Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Top 10 Idiots
Top 10 Idiots's Journal
Top 10 Idiots's Journal
December 20, 2021
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 4: The Cult Of Kanye
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! I hope yall are doing well and I hope that you have a copy of our Good Book opened because we are going to explore followers of the good LAWRD JAYSUS and how far their beliefs can take them this week! And this is our year end special Episode 4 and normally we would recap the year that was but weve been off for a bit, and that wasnt because of COVID, that was because of a break in the supply chain. Its one of those shit happens kind of deals. But anyway were bringing you episode 4 today. And this week were going to discuss one of our favorite topics Kanye West (1), who for some reason now just goes by YE, and his Sunday Sermons. Only now to prove it, hes gone totally batshit off the wall crazy and is a remote compound in the woods away from being a full blown cult leader! Meanwhile, over in the second slot, our old friend Joel Osteen (2) and his venerable Lakewood Church have a found money problem on their hands. And Im neither shocked nor surprised that they would have $600,000 lining the walls of a bathroom in that place. Im surprised theres not more! But they might be rushing to hide it! And over in the third slot, theres a megachurch in Texas (not surprisingly) hosting a Q Anon conference thats a bizarre mix of religious personalities and batshit insane conspiracy theorists. And the ven diagram shows that these two groups overlap! And of course finally we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! And were going to play some clips of some religious people saying crazy things, and maybe even predict the future! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
You know we live in strange times. And in these strange times there are those who you turn to for comfort. But this week, this isnt about that. You know what this is about? This about the people who you shouldnt be turning to in this time for comfort. Im of course talking about Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Marilyn Manson. But that said is Kanye starting a cult? If theres anyone in hip hop that could do it, it would be Kanye. Like most cult leaders, hes charismatic and hes got lots of money. The only thing hes lacking is a remote compound in the middle of nowhere oh wait, he has that too! But why would you court Marilyn Manson of all people? This is a truly insane development and its not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But Marilyn Manson is a disgusting individual, and I know what the Good Book says. But thats also why we dont allow any mention of the Unholy Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul, and vile that his name not be said in my church! But that said, this is one of the stranger duos Ive ever seen.
Now could Kanye be the very devil that weve been preaching about? Well he certainly is the kind of undesirable hypocrite that the Good Book speaks of. And hes courting some people who you probably shouldnt be courting. So why did Kanye choose to court with Mr. Manson? Well like most people on the right, Kanye is railing against cancel culture and the Me Too movement. But why would you get DaBaby involved too? This is turning out to be quite the unholy trinity here, and thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
Yeah OK we get Kanyes point that you cant cancel music. But theyre not canceling music. These people all committed heinous crimes and they should all be punished for it, instead it seems like the opposite is happening. These people are abusers and criminals who should be shunned from society and instead theyre getting rewarded. Again our Good Book specifically states that JAYSUS would have hated these people if he were still alive today!
Yeah no, thats the very sort of gospel that we preach against here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10, ladies and gentlemen. Because while JAYSUS wants you to live long and prosper, much like the command of the Starship Enterprise, you should be wary of those people who preach in stadiums like Kanye. Oh wait, I forgot that he just wants to be called YE now. But once again, if youre on trial for something, you probably shouldnt talk about that thing that youre on trial for.
No it isnt! it is the symbol of the Unholy Dark One! That said, well keep an eye on this and its only a matter of time before Kanye moves his services to his compound in Wyoming and declares war on the government.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Lakewood Church Found Money
[br] [/font] [br]
You know this is our next to last sermon of the year. We hope that you have a very happy holiday, whatever holiday that is you happen to be worshipping. So that said, we decided that we were going to have some fun with this week because theres a lot of dark shit out there. Though one church has a bit of a money laundering problem on its hands. Of course you probably already know the church in question. Thats right, our old buddy Joel Osteen and his Lakewood Church thats in a giant stadium in Houston, Texas. Yes, Joel Osteen the pastor that has more money than his entire congregation combined, drives multiple Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and owns a mansion that practically has its own zip code. Now see, the GOOD LAWRD wants you to be rich, and wealth is a sign of prosperity, is it not? But theres wealth and then theres fuck you wealth. Joel Osteen is someone who has fuck you wealth. With tax exempt status on top of that! But that said, with this little find of $600,000, Mr. Osteens got some splainin to do!
Yeah these are the kind of preachers who do not say for the LAWRD, their god is the almighty dollar, though they really dont care about prosperity either. They only care about greed. And its no surprise that Pastor Osteen is hiding money in the walls of his church. But that said, Osteens got some splainin to do because this isnt just found money it could also be the evidence of a crime. Or is it money laundering? We wouldnt put anything past anybody here and we do not want to assume guilt either, though hes probably guilty.
Yes and that devil is the one who has all the money in the world! And by the way if you want to know what fuck you money looks like in the world of the televangelist, I will say that I have lived like a televangelist (see: Idiots #7-1 ). Its a pretty sweet life but it does come at a cost, and the cost is that those people will hate you. So that said, we dont live like televangelists here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10. So really, Joel Osteen has gains, but most of them are of the ill-gotten variety.
These people dont feel anything bad, Reverend. In one breath they say that JAYSUS gave to the poor then in the other breath they buy hundred million dollar estates and have a small army of luxury sports cars that the average person could not afford. That is not how GAWD wants us to live, that is most certainly an atrocity! I do realize Im contradicting myself, but the real HOLY BIBLE is full of contradictions, is it not? Surely they could spare some cash for found money, couldnt they?
Yeah so the guy who found money gets pennies on the dollar while the man who has more money than GOD, JAYSUS and his entire congregation combined gets to live that swanky billionaire lifestyle! Aint the system great? Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Q Anon Goes To Church
[br] [/font] [br]
This week I am just absolutely ashamed and appalled by my brothers and sisters on the right. For they have betrayed us once again by siding with the Unholy, Ungodly Dark One. A man who of course is so foul, vile, evil and rotten that his name dare not be spoken in my church! Then again this is the same group of people who think that a real president, JFK, is going to come down and announce mass arrests of all of the Deep State operatives that prevented the Dark One from winning his last election. So why are churches allowed to get away with preaching this foul hatred? Because it is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it? Well lets take a good look at what the Q Cult is up to in this latest round of pure insanity.
Yeah and it pretty much is! Unfortunately you think this would be all the event was, but it was quite the shit show everyone predicted it would be! Of course thats what happens when you support the unholy, ungodly Dark One! He is not a man of light or moral judgement. In fact Im pretty sure that he doesnt know what these things mean, or that hes ever set foot in a church. Yet his flock thinks of him as a GAWD! But this might be my favorite part of the whole embarrassing scene they couldnt remember the lyrics to the national anthem! Thats right the most patriotic among us couldnt remember the words to their own national anthem!
Yeah thats about what it is like. And in case youre wondering what the ultimate goal of ReAwaken America is, well, this entire conference has a ridiculous Nazi vibe to it. Forget about the south rising again, we need to worry about the Nazi party rising again! And their plan for one religion under America should terrify the living shit out of you. If it doesnt then you sure as shit are not paying attention to the EVILS they are prescribing!
Which only further cements the fact that they have absolutely no original ideas of their own. But this event was so toxic that even for a church as toxic as John Hagees, that is pretty damn toxic! But I guess that they want to hang on to their 503(c) status dont they? I mean if I was a church I wouldnt have even had this event in the first place! But then again as many times as I have said on this program, the Dark One and his minions do not want what is best for America!
Well there you have it even the church leaders are hypocrites themselves! I mean come on, even JAYSUS would hate them! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! We are almost at the end of the year and we of course are bringing you at the end of every episode our free floating segment where we answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Prayer line, which can be found on our Twitter feed at @churchoftop10 or you can e-mail us at holychurchoftop10@gmail.com. Dont be shy! We welcome all prayers, questions, comments, and of course hate mail. Yes, even the haters are welcome at the Holy Church Of The Top 10! So of course naturally we will answer your prayers with anything that is on your mind, something to deal with current events, or anything that the religious right happens to be talking about this week, because they say a lot of ridiculously crazy shit. And theyre only getting crazier by the day. So lets see what they have in store this week!
Ricardo G. from Ocean Beach, CA writes:
Heavenly father, when my religious friends say that they are not going to comply, what exactly do they mean?
Well brother Ricardo, they mean that theyre going to claim that today its mask mandates, tomorrow were going directly to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany! Wow, talk about something that escalated quickly!
Yes that indeed escalated very quickly! Next on the Hotline to Heaven we have:
Lucille O. from Milwaukee, WI writes:
Heavenly Father,
I have relatives who are unfortunately on the MAGA side of politics that I must buy Christmas presents for. What do I get them?
Well, sister Lucille! Theres no shortage of completely ridiculous gifts that you can get your MAGA relatives, heres a few selections!
Thats MAGA Santa for you! Our next prayer comes from Harry H. from Brooklyn, New York:
Heavenly Father,
Why are our anti-vaxxers seem so intent on taking themselves out? I know many who are practically dying for the cause.
Well thats a tricky subject, Brother Harry, given the extreme rhetoric coming from our right-wing religious zealots, it might be no surprise thats where they are headed. We might see some insane things happen to population numbers in the coming months. These people are not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS had in mind! Nothing can ever be naturally occurring, it must be a conspiracy!
Jordan Y. from Miami, FL writes:
Heavenly father,
Why do people insist on calling themselves prophets?
Well, Sister Jordan, there are plenty of reasons why and none of them are really Biblically correct. I mean imagine the balls that it takes to call yourself a prophet. And we may have to do a deep dive on this subject in a future sermon. But really, these so-called prophets and those who take the name of the LAWRD JAYSUS in vein can go fuck themselves with a rusty spoon!
Thanks for that, discount Ozzy Osbourne. Our final prayer this week comes from Kevin J. from North Hollywood, California:
Heavenly father,
Why cant I go to a church without it being like some sort of MAGA campaign event? And why is it that these things are becoming like rock concerts?
Well theres no logical explanation for that. But if you see some of these events popping up in your town, run the other way! They do not have the best interests of America, or their religion, at hand!
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Because of our unfortunate break in the schedule, Episode 5 will air on January 30th! We will see you then!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At:
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 4: The Cult Of Kanye
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 4: The Cult Of Kanye
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! I hope yall are doing well and I hope that you have a copy of our Good Book opened because we are going to explore followers of the good LAWRD JAYSUS and how far their beliefs can take them this week! And this is our year end special Episode 4 and normally we would recap the year that was but weve been off for a bit, and that wasnt because of COVID, that was because of a break in the supply chain. Its one of those shit happens kind of deals. But anyway were bringing you episode 4 today. And this week were going to discuss one of our favorite topics Kanye West (1), who for some reason now just goes by YE, and his Sunday Sermons. Only now to prove it, hes gone totally batshit off the wall crazy and is a remote compound in the woods away from being a full blown cult leader! Meanwhile, over in the second slot, our old friend Joel Osteen (2) and his venerable Lakewood Church have a found money problem on their hands. And Im neither shocked nor surprised that they would have $600,000 lining the walls of a bathroom in that place. Im surprised theres not more! But they might be rushing to hide it! And over in the third slot, theres a megachurch in Texas (not surprisingly) hosting a Q Anon conference thats a bizarre mix of religious personalities and batshit insane conspiracy theorists. And the ven diagram shows that these two groups overlap! And of course finally we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! And were going to play some clips of some religious people saying crazy things, and maybe even predict the future! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
You know we live in strange times. And in these strange times there are those who you turn to for comfort. But this week, this isnt about that. You know what this is about? This about the people who you shouldnt be turning to in this time for comfort. Im of course talking about Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Marilyn Manson. But that said is Kanye starting a cult? If theres anyone in hip hop that could do it, it would be Kanye. Like most cult leaders, hes charismatic and hes got lots of money. The only thing hes lacking is a remote compound in the middle of nowhere oh wait, he has that too! But why would you court Marilyn Manson of all people? This is a truly insane development and its not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But Marilyn Manson is a disgusting individual, and I know what the Good Book says. But thats also why we dont allow any mention of the Unholy Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul, and vile that his name not be said in my church! But that said, this is one of the stranger duos Ive ever seen.
It was only a matter of time before Kanye West would bring back his celebrity-friendly Sunday Service. But many were left slack-jawed when the rapper decided to mark its return this past Sunday (on Halloween no less) by having Marilyn Manson at his side nodding along as Justin Bieber prayed over the service.
Already West, who recently changed his name to Ye, was widely bashed over the summer for choosing to align himself with Manson, real name Brian Warner, when he decided to collaborate with him for the song Jail Pt. 2 on his latest album Donda. The shock rocker has been publicly accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, sexual battery, emotional and physical abuse, torture, as well as other disturbing behavior.
The 52-year-old is also still under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Warner has denied all allegations of abuse and assault.
The controversy surrounding West choosing to prop up Warner and fellow rapper DaBaby, who was also featured on Jail Pt. 2 shortly after his homophobic rant at a music festival, all but died down over the past few weeks, as West picked up press elsewhere for going on coffee dates with Trumps former attorney Michael Cohen and wearing bizarre prosthetic face masks.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/christians-divided-over-marilyn-mansons-appearance-at-kanye-wests-sunday-service
Already West, who recently changed his name to Ye, was widely bashed over the summer for choosing to align himself with Manson, real name Brian Warner, when he decided to collaborate with him for the song Jail Pt. 2 on his latest album Donda. The shock rocker has been publicly accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, sexual battery, emotional and physical abuse, torture, as well as other disturbing behavior.
The 52-year-old is also still under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Warner has denied all allegations of abuse and assault.
The controversy surrounding West choosing to prop up Warner and fellow rapper DaBaby, who was also featured on Jail Pt. 2 shortly after his homophobic rant at a music festival, all but died down over the past few weeks, as West picked up press elsewhere for going on coffee dates with Trumps former attorney Michael Cohen and wearing bizarre prosthetic face masks.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/christians-divided-over-marilyn-mansons-appearance-at-kanye-wests-sunday-service
Now could Kanye be the very devil that weve been preaching about? Well he certainly is the kind of undesirable hypocrite that the Good Book speaks of. And hes courting some people who you probably shouldnt be courting. So why did Kanye choose to court with Mr. Manson? Well like most people on the right, Kanye is railing against cancel culture and the Me Too movement. But why would you get DaBaby involved too? This is turning out to be quite the unholy trinity here, and thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
Kanye West has defended his decision to perform alongside Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, while describing the Me Too movement as power and politics.
West now legally known as Ye took part in a lengthy, wide-ranging interview on the Drink Champs podcast yesterday (November 4).
At one point in the conversation, he spoke out on having courted controversy for recently working with Manson and DaBaby.
All the Me Too like, when I sit next to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby right after both of them got cancelled, for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel us all, Ye explained.
Theyll hit you with the accusations of somebody who you was with 10 years ago.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-defends-performing-with-marilyn-manson-and-dababy-3088322
West now legally known as Ye took part in a lengthy, wide-ranging interview on the Drink Champs podcast yesterday (November 4).
At one point in the conversation, he spoke out on having courted controversy for recently working with Manson and DaBaby.
All the Me Too like, when I sit next to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby right after both of them got cancelled, for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel us all, Ye explained.
Theyll hit you with the accusations of somebody who you was with 10 years ago.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-defends-performing-with-marilyn-manson-and-dababy-3088322
Yeah OK we get Kanyes point that you cant cancel music. But theyre not canceling music. These people all committed heinous crimes and they should all be punished for it, instead it seems like the opposite is happening. These people are abusers and criminals who should be shunned from society and instead theyre getting rewarded. Again our Good Book specifically states that JAYSUS would have hated these people if he were still alive today!
Kayne West has spoken out about why hes joined forces with Marilyn Manson as of late. In a new interview, Kanye bemoaned cancel culture and various aspects of the #MeToo movement, adding that they cant cancel a song.
After multiple allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse were publicly made against Marilyn Manson earlier this year (the details of which you can see at the bottom of this post) the rock singer unexpectedly joined Kanye West onstage at an August listening party for Donda along with DaBaby.
Manson later prayed alongside Kanye West and Justin Bieber at a gospel gig, starting rumors that the Antichrist Superstar had converted to Christianity.
All the #MeToo like, when I sit next to DaBaby and Marilyn Manson for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel a song, West told Drink Champs. Theyll hit you with the accusations or somebody who you was with 10 years ago. And also, theres women whove been through very serious things, pulled in alleys against they will thats different than a hug, but its classified as the same thing. Its power and politics. You know, power-hungry maniacs and just, control. This is Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control that we in. And mob mentality. [via Consequence]
Read More: Kanye West Reveals Why He Joined Forces With Marilyn Manson | https://loudwire.com/kanye-west-reveals-why-joined-forces-marilyn-manson/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
After multiple allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse were publicly made against Marilyn Manson earlier this year (the details of which you can see at the bottom of this post) the rock singer unexpectedly joined Kanye West onstage at an August listening party for Donda along with DaBaby.
Manson later prayed alongside Kanye West and Justin Bieber at a gospel gig, starting rumors that the Antichrist Superstar had converted to Christianity.
All the #MeToo like, when I sit next to DaBaby and Marilyn Manson for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel a song, West told Drink Champs. Theyll hit you with the accusations or somebody who you was with 10 years ago. And also, theres women whove been through very serious things, pulled in alleys against they will thats different than a hug, but its classified as the same thing. Its power and politics. You know, power-hungry maniacs and just, control. This is Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control that we in. And mob mentality. [via Consequence]
Read More: Kanye West Reveals Why He Joined Forces With Marilyn Manson | https://loudwire.com/kanye-west-reveals-why-joined-forces-marilyn-manson/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Yeah no, thats the very sort of gospel that we preach against here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10, ladies and gentlemen. Because while JAYSUS wants you to live long and prosper, much like the command of the Starship Enterprise, you should be wary of those people who preach in stadiums like Kanye. Oh wait, I forgot that he just wants to be called YE now. But once again, if youre on trial for something, you probably shouldnt talk about that thing that youre on trial for.
It would appear that Kanye West's efforts to win back Kim Kardashian have fallen short considering she's going on breakfast dates with Pete Davidson in Beverly Hills, and he's on the other side of town taking a makeup-free Marilyn Manson out to dinner.
Two separate eyewitnesses saw the 44-year-old rapper and 52-year-old shock rocker at Bestia in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, eating and conversing.
One tipster told Deuxmoi that Manson attended the outing "sans makeup" and that "Ye had the ribeye." Another added that the Yeezy designer was overheard "talking about how all these hot girls still text him."
It's unclear what else the two may have discussed over the course of their meal, but West apparently made sure to "immediately put on headphones when he got up to leave."
https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-dinner-marilyn-manson-no-makeup-hot-girls/
Two separate eyewitnesses saw the 44-year-old rapper and 52-year-old shock rocker at Bestia in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, eating and conversing.
One tipster told Deuxmoi that Manson attended the outing "sans makeup" and that "Ye had the ribeye." Another added that the Yeezy designer was overheard "talking about how all these hot girls still text him."
It's unclear what else the two may have discussed over the course of their meal, but West apparently made sure to "immediately put on headphones when he got up to leave."
https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-dinner-marilyn-manson-no-makeup-hot-girls/
No it isnt! it is the symbol of the Unholy Dark One! That said, well keep an eye on this and its only a matter of time before Kanye moves his services to his compound in Wyoming and declares war on the government.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Lakewood Church Found Money
[br] [/font] [br]
You know this is our next to last sermon of the year. We hope that you have a very happy holiday, whatever holiday that is you happen to be worshipping. So that said, we decided that we were going to have some fun with this week because theres a lot of dark shit out there. Though one church has a bit of a money laundering problem on its hands. Of course you probably already know the church in question. Thats right, our old buddy Joel Osteen and his Lakewood Church thats in a giant stadium in Houston, Texas. Yes, Joel Osteen the pastor that has more money than his entire congregation combined, drives multiple Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and owns a mansion that practically has its own zip code. Now see, the GOOD LAWRD wants you to be rich, and wealth is a sign of prosperity, is it not? But theres wealth and then theres fuck you wealth. Joel Osteen is someone who has fuck you wealth. With tax exempt status on top of that! But that said, with this little find of $600,000, Mr. Osteens got some splainin to do!
A plumber doing repair work last month at televangelist Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas discovered a reported $600k in cash and checks stuffed in envelopes. The funds are believed to be part of a 2014 robbery at the venue.
The plumber revealed his story Thursday to Houston radio station KILT-FM, according to a report from the citys KPRC-TV. The caller claimed to have found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall inside the church, where he was repairing a loose toilet.
Police were called to the scene on Nov. 10. according to a statement from the Houston Police Department.
Church members stated that during a renovation project, a large amount of money including cash, checks and money orders was found inside a wall, the statement said.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/joel-osteen-plumber-lakewood-church-discovers-600k-behind-toilet-1234884951/
The plumber revealed his story Thursday to Houston radio station KILT-FM, according to a report from the citys KPRC-TV. The caller claimed to have found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall inside the church, where he was repairing a loose toilet.
Police were called to the scene on Nov. 10. according to a statement from the Houston Police Department.
Church members stated that during a renovation project, a large amount of money including cash, checks and money orders was found inside a wall, the statement said.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/joel-osteen-plumber-lakewood-church-discovers-600k-behind-toilet-1234884951/
Yeah these are the kind of preachers who do not say for the LAWRD, their god is the almighty dollar, though they really dont care about prosperity either. They only care about greed. And its no surprise that Pastor Osteen is hiding money in the walls of his church. But that said, Osteens got some splainin to do because this isnt just found money it could also be the evidence of a crime. Or is it money laundering? We wouldnt put anything past anybody here and we do not want to assume guilt either, though hes probably guilty.
For more than seven years, no one has known what happened to $600,000 in checks and cash that was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country.
Now, there's a possible plot twist in the case: The money might never have left the church and a plumber could have helped solve the mystery.
Houston police are investigating whether cash and checks discovered by a plumber during repair work that was being done at Lakewood Church is connected to the money that was stolen in 2014.
The revived investigation comes after a plumber on Thursday called "The Morning Bullpen with George, Mo & Erik on 100.3 The Bull" during a segment on the Houston radio station in which people were asked to talk about the most unusual things of value they had ever found.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/texas-plumber-find-megachurch-theft/38427194
Now, there's a possible plot twist in the case: The money might never have left the church and a plumber could have helped solve the mystery.
Houston police are investigating whether cash and checks discovered by a plumber during repair work that was being done at Lakewood Church is connected to the money that was stolen in 2014.
The revived investigation comes after a plumber on Thursday called "The Morning Bullpen with George, Mo & Erik on 100.3 The Bull" during a segment on the Houston radio station in which people were asked to talk about the most unusual things of value they had ever found.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/texas-plumber-find-megachurch-theft/38427194
Yes and that devil is the one who has all the money in the world! And by the way if you want to know what fuck you money looks like in the world of the televangelist, I will say that I have lived like a televangelist (see: Idiots #7-1 ). Its a pretty sweet life but it does come at a cost, and the cost is that those people will hate you. So that said, we dont live like televangelists here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10. So really, Joel Osteen has gains, but most of them are of the ill-gotten variety.
The Bible says it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven, but one celebrity pastor does not seem terribly concerned with the warning.
Joel Osteen, one of the wealthiest and most popular preachers in the US, has come under fire after evidence of his luxurious lifestyle was made public on social media.
Mr Osteen, who leads the Lakewood Church in Houston - one of the enormous congregations that are dubbed "megachurches" - was criticised after it was revealed the pastor owns a Ferrari sportscar that costs more than $300,000 dollars.
Users on Twitter lambasted the pastor, arguing his ownership of a Ferarri is a good argument for the government taxing churches.
"Ferrari is trending. That means either someone won a race or Joel Osteen took some of the money Jesus told him to give to the poor and went on another shopping spree," one user said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joel-osteen-preacher-luxury-lifestyle-b1888237.html
Joel Osteen, one of the wealthiest and most popular preachers in the US, has come under fire after evidence of his luxurious lifestyle was made public on social media.
Mr Osteen, who leads the Lakewood Church in Houston - one of the enormous congregations that are dubbed "megachurches" - was criticised after it was revealed the pastor owns a Ferrari sportscar that costs more than $300,000 dollars.
Users on Twitter lambasted the pastor, arguing his ownership of a Ferarri is a good argument for the government taxing churches.
"Ferrari is trending. That means either someone won a race or Joel Osteen took some of the money Jesus told him to give to the poor and went on another shopping spree," one user said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joel-osteen-preacher-luxury-lifestyle-b1888237.html
These people dont feel anything bad, Reverend. In one breath they say that JAYSUS gave to the poor then in the other breath they buy hundred million dollar estates and have a small army of luxury sports cars that the average person could not afford. That is not how GAWD wants us to live, that is most certainly an atrocity! I do realize Im contradicting myself, but the real HOLY BIBLE is full of contradictions, is it not? Surely they could spare some cash for found money, couldnt they?
The plumber who found a large sum of money hidden inside the wall of a Houston megachurch said he should get a reward.
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks that could be connected to a 2014 theft at the church.
I didnt solve their case, but I solved very key important clues as to what could or may have happened there, said the plumber who found the stash at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church.
Houston police said the discovery could be linked to the 2014 case, in which someone stole $600,000 from the church.
At the time of the theft, Crime Stoppers offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have so far been made in the 2014 case.
https://www.wave3.com/2021/12/05/plumber-who-found-money-wall-joel-osteens-houston-church-says-he-deserves-reward/
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks that could be connected to a 2014 theft at the church.
I didnt solve their case, but I solved very key important clues as to what could or may have happened there, said the plumber who found the stash at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church.
Houston police said the discovery could be linked to the 2014 case, in which someone stole $600,000 from the church.
At the time of the theft, Crime Stoppers offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have so far been made in the 2014 case.
https://www.wave3.com/2021/12/05/plumber-who-found-money-wall-joel-osteens-houston-church-says-he-deserves-reward/
Yeah so the guy who found money gets pennies on the dollar while the man who has more money than GOD, JAYSUS and his entire congregation combined gets to live that swanky billionaire lifestyle! Aint the system great? Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Q Anon Goes To Church
[br] [/font] [br]
This week I am just absolutely ashamed and appalled by my brothers and sisters on the right. For they have betrayed us once again by siding with the Unholy, Ungodly Dark One. A man who of course is so foul, vile, evil and rotten that his name dare not be spoken in my church! Then again this is the same group of people who think that a real president, JFK, is going to come down and announce mass arrests of all of the Deep State operatives that prevented the Dark One from winning his last election. So why are churches allowed to get away with preaching this foul hatred? Because it is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it? Well lets take a good look at what the Q Cult is up to in this latest round of pure insanity.
A high-profile conservative conference is coming to Frisco this weekend.
The ReAwaken America tour mixes conservative politics, controversial anti-vaccine discussions and conspiracy theories with Christian worship, hymnals and fellowship with like-minded Republican supporters, The Washington Post reported last month.
The event, hosted by business consulting company ThriveTime Show, will bring nearly 90 big-name conservative speakers to Elevate Life Church, including Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Alex Jones of Infowars, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Trump adviser Roger Stone and attorney Sidney Powell.
Nearly all of the 3,500 tickets for the three-day event, which began Thursday, have been sold, according to the website for the event.
Last month, the ReAwaken America tour gained national attention after an event at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. Videos circulated of eventgoers chanting Lets go, Brandon a euphemism for swearing at President Joe Biden and Flynn urged the U.S. to embrace one religion. My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny also spoke.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/12/09/reawaken-america-brings-big-name-conservatives-to-frisco-eric-trump-michael-flynn-alex-jones/
The ReAwaken America tour mixes conservative politics, controversial anti-vaccine discussions and conspiracy theories with Christian worship, hymnals and fellowship with like-minded Republican supporters, The Washington Post reported last month.
The event, hosted by business consulting company ThriveTime Show, will bring nearly 90 big-name conservative speakers to Elevate Life Church, including Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Alex Jones of Infowars, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Trump adviser Roger Stone and attorney Sidney Powell.
Nearly all of the 3,500 tickets for the three-day event, which began Thursday, have been sold, according to the website for the event.
Last month, the ReAwaken America tour gained national attention after an event at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. Videos circulated of eventgoers chanting Lets go, Brandon a euphemism for swearing at President Joe Biden and Flynn urged the U.S. to embrace one religion. My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny also spoke.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/12/09/reawaken-america-brings-big-name-conservatives-to-frisco-eric-trump-michael-flynn-alex-jones/
Yeah and it pretty much is! Unfortunately you think this would be all the event was, but it was quite the shit show everyone predicted it would be! Of course thats what happens when you support the unholy, ungodly Dark One! He is not a man of light or moral judgement. In fact Im pretty sure that he doesnt know what these things mean, or that hes ever set foot in a church. Yet his flock thinks of him as a GAWD! But this might be my favorite part of the whole embarrassing scene they couldnt remember the lyrics to the national anthem! Thats right the most patriotic among us couldnt remember the words to their own national anthem!
The niece of disgraced former general Michael Flynn appeared to forget the words to the national anthem while singing at a QAnon-friendly conference in Frisco, Texas.
Video of the event showed Julia Flynn take to the stage at the Elevate Life Church to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" to a crowd of thousands on December 10.
But, as Julia Flynn worked her way through the national anthem it appeared as if she forgot the lyrics.
She appeared to sing "came through, through the night," when the lyrics are "gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."
The apparent error was also noted by others, who went on to share their thoughts on social media..
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-niece-forgets-words-national-anthem-qanon-friendly-conference-1658652
Video of the event showed Julia Flynn take to the stage at the Elevate Life Church to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" to a crowd of thousands on December 10.
But, as Julia Flynn worked her way through the national anthem it appeared as if she forgot the lyrics.
She appeared to sing "came through, through the night," when the lyrics are "gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."
The apparent error was also noted by others, who went on to share their thoughts on social media..
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-niece-forgets-words-national-anthem-qanon-friendly-conference-1658652
Yeah thats about what it is like. And in case youre wondering what the ultimate goal of ReAwaken America is, well, this entire conference has a ridiculous Nazi vibe to it. Forget about the south rising again, we need to worry about the Nazi party rising again! And their plan for one religion under America should terrify the living shit out of you. If it doesnt then you sure as shit are not paying attention to the EVILS they are prescribing!
This past weekend, infamous FBI fibber Michael Flynn stood on a stage at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio and spoke his truth: If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God. Christian nationalist mic drop. Hed finally said the quiet part out loud.
Which, to be fair, was maybe not even the craziest thing that happened at Cornerstone last weekend as it hosted podcast host Clay Clarks Reawaken America Tour a shitshow so very spectacular that Cornerstone, the church of famed end times Christian Zionist John Hagee, had to release a face-saving statement saying that maybe, just maybe, things had gone a little too far even for them (Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views.) There was a woman wearing a Jewish-themed prayer shawl and blowing on a rams horn, because, as she explained it, Demons tremble at the sound of the shofar. There was My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and disgraced political operative Roger Stone on hand to provide the event with a legitimate dose of illegitimacy. There was Alex Jones growling at attendees that the devils reign on this planet is coming to an end and that Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that they chose SATAN! AND THEY! ARE GOING! TO FAIL! There were rousing rounds of the oddly-devised anti-Biden chant Lets go, Brandon and worship music provided by Sean Feucht, graciously in attendance thanks to his failed run for Californias state legislature. There was also, presumably, nary a vaccinated person in the house.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/michael-flynn-cornerstone-church-christian-theocracy-1260606/
Which, to be fair, was maybe not even the craziest thing that happened at Cornerstone last weekend as it hosted podcast host Clay Clarks Reawaken America Tour a shitshow so very spectacular that Cornerstone, the church of famed end times Christian Zionist John Hagee, had to release a face-saving statement saying that maybe, just maybe, things had gone a little too far even for them (Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views.) There was a woman wearing a Jewish-themed prayer shawl and blowing on a rams horn, because, as she explained it, Demons tremble at the sound of the shofar. There was My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and disgraced political operative Roger Stone on hand to provide the event with a legitimate dose of illegitimacy. There was Alex Jones growling at attendees that the devils reign on this planet is coming to an end and that Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that they chose SATAN! AND THEY! ARE GOING! TO FAIL! There were rousing rounds of the oddly-devised anti-Biden chant Lets go, Brandon and worship music provided by Sean Feucht, graciously in attendance thanks to his failed run for Californias state legislature. There was also, presumably, nary a vaccinated person in the house.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/michael-flynn-cornerstone-church-christian-theocracy-1260606/
Which only further cements the fact that they have absolutely no original ideas of their own. But this event was so toxic that even for a church as toxic as John Hagees, that is pretty damn toxic! But I guess that they want to hang on to their 503(c) status dont they? I mean if I was a church I wouldnt have even had this event in the first place! But then again as many times as I have said on this program, the Dark One and his minions do not want what is best for America!
San Antonio's Cornerstone Church made headlines over the weekend for hosting a far-right political rally at which former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn called for the United States to adopt "one religion."
Other news organizations, including the Express-News, latched onto viral video of attendees chanting "Let's go, Brandon" a cuss word-averse stand-in for "Fuck Joe Biden" from the pews during the three-day gathering.
Indeed, the speaker list for the Reawaken America Tour proved newsworthy in itself. In addition to Flynn, they included Trump loyalist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, InfoWars founder Alex Jones and anti-vaccine zealot Sherri Tenpenny. Organized by Oklahoma business coach Clay Clark, the multi-city tour provided a platform for 2020 election deniers, anti-vaxxers and other religious-right conspiracists.
Amid the event's fallout, Cornerstone led by the controversial father-son evangelical team of John and Matt Hagee issued a statement distancing itself from the Reawaken America Tour.
"This past week, Cornerstone Church facilities were used by an outside organization. Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views," said the statement the nondenominational congregation shared with multiple news outlets.
https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/cornerstone-church-said-it-does-not-endorse-far-right-rally-it-hosted-yet-its-pastor-spoke-from-the-stage/Content?oid=27588693
Other news organizations, including the Express-News, latched onto viral video of attendees chanting "Let's go, Brandon" a cuss word-averse stand-in for "Fuck Joe Biden" from the pews during the three-day gathering.
Indeed, the speaker list for the Reawaken America Tour proved newsworthy in itself. In addition to Flynn, they included Trump loyalist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, InfoWars founder Alex Jones and anti-vaccine zealot Sherri Tenpenny. Organized by Oklahoma business coach Clay Clark, the multi-city tour provided a platform for 2020 election deniers, anti-vaxxers and other religious-right conspiracists.
Amid the event's fallout, Cornerstone led by the controversial father-son evangelical team of John and Matt Hagee issued a statement distancing itself from the Reawaken America Tour.
"This past week, Cornerstone Church facilities were used by an outside organization. Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views," said the statement the nondenominational congregation shared with multiple news outlets.
https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/cornerstone-church-said-it-does-not-endorse-far-right-rally-it-hosted-yet-its-pastor-spoke-from-the-stage/Content?oid=27588693
Well there you have it even the church leaders are hypocrites themselves! I mean come on, even JAYSUS would hate them! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! We are almost at the end of the year and we of course are bringing you at the end of every episode our free floating segment where we answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Prayer line, which can be found on our Twitter feed at @churchoftop10 or you can e-mail us at holychurchoftop10@gmail.com. Dont be shy! We welcome all prayers, questions, comments, and of course hate mail. Yes, even the haters are welcome at the Holy Church Of The Top 10! So of course naturally we will answer your prayers with anything that is on your mind, something to deal with current events, or anything that the religious right happens to be talking about this week, because they say a lot of ridiculously crazy shit. And theyre only getting crazier by the day. So lets see what they have in store this week!
Ricardo G. from Ocean Beach, CA writes:
Heavenly father, when my religious friends say that they are not going to comply, what exactly do they mean?
Well brother Ricardo, they mean that theyre going to claim that today its mask mandates, tomorrow were going directly to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany! Wow, talk about something that escalated quickly!
Radical right-wing pastor Tony Spell appeared on The Pete Santilli Show Thursday, where he likened requiring schoolchildren to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the Holocaust.
Spell, who has been locked in battle with authorities in Louisiana for more than a year over his steadfast refusal to abide by any of the states stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and other public health restrictions, declared that Americans must resist and refuse to comply with efforts to limit the spread of the virus.
Imagine telling a child, Put this mask on to sit in your class, take it off or pull it down to sip or put something in your mouth, and put it back up,' Spell said. Why? Well, because the government says so.
Put this Star of David on your arm, and go to the Warsaw Ghetto. But why? Because the government said so, he continued. Get in this cattle car and go to six concentration camps, strip off your clothes, naked, hand you a bar of soap like youre going to take a shower. Why? Because the government says so. And then they drop Zyklon B, and 6 million Jews are murdered in Hitlers concentration camp, and 50 million civilians are killed under the crooked cross of the swastika. Why? Because a madman said so.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/do-not-comply-tony-spell-sees-a-direct-line-from-mask-mandates-to-concentration-camps/
Spell, who has been locked in battle with authorities in Louisiana for more than a year over his steadfast refusal to abide by any of the states stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and other public health restrictions, declared that Americans must resist and refuse to comply with efforts to limit the spread of the virus.
Imagine telling a child, Put this mask on to sit in your class, take it off or pull it down to sip or put something in your mouth, and put it back up,' Spell said. Why? Well, because the government says so.
Put this Star of David on your arm, and go to the Warsaw Ghetto. But why? Because the government said so, he continued. Get in this cattle car and go to six concentration camps, strip off your clothes, naked, hand you a bar of soap like youre going to take a shower. Why? Because the government says so. And then they drop Zyklon B, and 6 million Jews are murdered in Hitlers concentration camp, and 50 million civilians are killed under the crooked cross of the swastika. Why? Because a madman said so.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/do-not-comply-tony-spell-sees-a-direct-line-from-mask-mandates-to-concentration-camps/
Yes that indeed escalated very quickly! Next on the Hotline to Heaven we have:
Lucille O. from Milwaukee, WI writes:
Heavenly Father,
I have relatives who are unfortunately on the MAGA side of politics that I must buy Christmas presents for. What do I get them?
Well, sister Lucille! Theres no shortage of completely ridiculous gifts that you can get your MAGA relatives, heres a few selections!
As the Fox News Christmas tree was lit aflame in New York City, reportedly by a troubled homeless man, the network and right-wing media sprang into action. Torching Christmas trees, Tucker Carlson said, is an attack on Christianity. To Fox and its friends in the religious right, it was just the latest skirmish in the never-ending War on Christmas supposedly being waged by leftist secularists against their Christian nation. Of course, to the broader right-wing movement, it was also a sign of how the country has descended into chaos without a White House occupied by former President Donald Trump, who we all know saved Christmas.
So, while all those on the left may be granted coal this holiday season, what may good conservatives be unwrapping under their Christmas trees (that is, assuming they still stand)? Were glad you asked. Right Wing Watchs 2021 annual gift guide for the holiday season is here.
Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like
Looking for some holiday cheer this season? You can order a Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Lets Go Brandon! T-shirt for person in your life who really wants to say Fuck Joe Biden but realizes there are kids around. Sold on Donald Trump Jr.s website, its a good reminder that while the holiday season might be about giving and thanks, its also about sticking it to the liberal in your family.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-lets-go-brandon-the-2021-right-wing-watch-holiday-gift-guide/
So, while all those on the left may be granted coal this holiday season, what may good conservatives be unwrapping under their Christmas trees (that is, assuming they still stand)? Were glad you asked. Right Wing Watchs 2021 annual gift guide for the holiday season is here.
Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like
Looking for some holiday cheer this season? You can order a Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Lets Go Brandon! T-shirt for person in your life who really wants to say Fuck Joe Biden but realizes there are kids around. Sold on Donald Trump Jr.s website, its a good reminder that while the holiday season might be about giving and thanks, its also about sticking it to the liberal in your family.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-lets-go-brandon-the-2021-right-wing-watch-holiday-gift-guide/
Thats MAGA Santa for you! Our next prayer comes from Harry H. from Brooklyn, New York:
Heavenly Father,
Why are our anti-vaxxers seem so intent on taking themselves out? I know many who are practically dying for the cause.
Well thats a tricky subject, Brother Harry, given the extreme rhetoric coming from our right-wing religious zealots, it might be no surprise thats where they are headed. We might see some insane things happen to population numbers in the coming months. These people are not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS had in mind! Nothing can ever be naturally occurring, it must be a conspiracy!
Jordan Y. from Miami, FL writes:
Heavenly father,
Why do people insist on calling themselves prophets?
Well, Sister Jordan, there are plenty of reasons why and none of them are really Biblically correct. I mean imagine the balls that it takes to call yourself a prophet. And we may have to do a deep dive on this subject in a future sermon. But really, these so-called prophets and those who take the name of the LAWRD JAYSUS in vein can go fuck themselves with a rusty spoon!
Thanks for that, discount Ozzy Osbourne. Our final prayer this week comes from Kevin J. from North Hollywood, California:
Heavenly father,
Why cant I go to a church without it being like some sort of MAGA campaign event? And why is it that these things are becoming like rock concerts?
Well theres no logical explanation for that. But if you see some of these events popping up in your town, run the other way! They do not have the best interests of America, or their religion, at hand!
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec wants you to hang out with him at Turning Point USAs America Fest, billed as the biggest event in the conservative movement in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec 18-21. At least thats what he says on Twitter, where he offers a promo code for the event and insists it makes a great Christmas present. Joining him will be TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, Fox News Tucker Carlson, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, and Donald Trump Jr.
The event brings together right-wing Congress members, Christian nationalists, conspiracy theorists, and even right-wing activist athletes. A flashy promo video shows young conservatives dancing at what looks like a concertand indeed, the event promises full concerts from a handful of younger country music stars, God Bless the USA singer Lee Greenwood, and Dee Jay Silver.
While the promotion makes the event look more like a party, Turning Point USA is an organization that trains and mobilizes right-wing college students. This summer, that mobilization focused on targeting public school boards for allowing schools to teach about racism in U.S. history and implementing LGBTQ-inclusive policies. The group has raised tens of millions of dollars, peddled disinformation about President Joe Bidens win in 2020, and stoked fears about COVID-19 vaccines. The Associated Press writes that Kirk, who has called George Floyd a scumbag, exploits the racial divide to reach Gen Z.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/turning-point-usas-america-fest-aims-to-reach-gen-z-with-christian-nationalists-conspiracy-theorists-and-country/
The event brings together right-wing Congress members, Christian nationalists, conspiracy theorists, and even right-wing activist athletes. A flashy promo video shows young conservatives dancing at what looks like a concertand indeed, the event promises full concerts from a handful of younger country music stars, God Bless the USA singer Lee Greenwood, and Dee Jay Silver.
While the promotion makes the event look more like a party, Turning Point USA is an organization that trains and mobilizes right-wing college students. This summer, that mobilization focused on targeting public school boards for allowing schools to teach about racism in U.S. history and implementing LGBTQ-inclusive policies. The group has raised tens of millions of dollars, peddled disinformation about President Joe Bidens win in 2020, and stoked fears about COVID-19 vaccines. The Associated Press writes that Kirk, who has called George Floyd a scumbag, exploits the racial divide to reach Gen Z.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/turning-point-usas-america-fest-aims-to-reach-gen-z-with-christian-nationalists-conspiracy-theorists-and-country/
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Because of our unfortunate break in the schedule, Episode 5 will air on January 30th! We will see you then!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At:
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
December 16, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-17: 2021 Year In Review Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Hey everyone we made it! This edition marks the end of our Top 10 season which it seemed like an eternity and was very long and we had a lot of bumps reintegrating into society after being stuck at home and then in front of a blank void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for what seemed like years. But that said I want to let you know that we will be coming back strong in 2022 and we have a lot of fun things planned leading up to the mid-terms. Were also going to revive the World Tour for the latter half of 2022 after our Stupidest State contest. The last time we had a World Tour was in 2017 and things have changed a hell of a lot since then. So we thought it would be fun to revisit some of those countries. Look, in the 5 years that weve been doing this thing, the world has changed a lot. And in the last two months we literally experienced the end of the world as we knew it. And I feel fine. Apologies to REM for that joke. But we did make it through the nightmare year that was 2020 and were coming out of 2021 stronger than ever. 2022 is going to be a great year, I can feel it. Of course anything can happen like we get more right wing trolls elected to Congress and they proceed to bomb California because, reasons. Or Donald Trump could get elected to Congress and declare himself speaker and impeach Biden and Harris. Oh wait, thats not happening. Or JFK Jr could rise from the dead oh wait, thats not happening either. Regardless I dont want this to be a doomsday monologue here. But we do want you to know that were coming back next year and its going to be great, much more than 2020 and the first half of 2021. Enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to, but first Stephen Colbert is back and he delves into the XXX-Mas!
So where do we begin for our 2021 Year In Review? This is it folks, the final top 10 of 2021 and our annual look back at the year that was 2021! And since this is our year end special and we havent been able to do the Wheel Of Corruption lately, were going to bring you some of our favorite Clips Without Context! In the number one slot this week is January February (1) which saw Trumps horribly pathetic and misguided attempt to take over the US government and stop Joe Biden from becoming president which he did. The number 2 slot this week is March April (2) which was the distribution of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine and the reemergence of humanity after nearly 12 months of lockdowns. In the third slot this week was May June (3) and when you emerged from lockdowns, you probably had plans to get back to some kind of normalcy that you had two years ago, right? I know I did! In the fourth slot this week was July August (4), where those plans to get back to normal were quickly squashed by the Delta Variant of COVID-19 which meant we quickly went back to what we had in 2020. In the number 5 slot this week is September October (5) where humanity is mostly back to normal. In the number 6 slot is November December (6) which were defined by an insane alt right meme which is code for cursing obscenities at President Biden Lets Go Brandon! Plus a new COVID variant and a bizarre shooting in Michigan! At #7 this week its of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week were going to examine the Re-Awaken America tour which is coming to a megachurch near you! And its a melting pot of douchebags and conspiracy theorists. In the number 8 slot this week we have a new edition of I Need A Drink because we *HAVE* to talk about the Peloton beef with the HBO show Sex & The City, and Im going to need more than a few drinks to talk about this one! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week we have a new People Are Dumb and this week its our favorite as we recap our favorite People Are Dumb stories of 2021! Finally this week in our ongoing series Red State Diaries, whats up with people putting pictures of guns in their annual Christmas cards? This is a very alarming and disturbing trend! Plus as the closer, our good friends Rise Against are back with their excellent new album Nowhere Generation! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]January February: The Insurrection & Inauguration
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh.... pretty sure these are the people who you don't want taking over. They are not here for good. Moving on...
So the year 2021 starts off innocently enough. We did it! We kicked Trump and his doomsday cult to the curb. But that hasnt stopped Trump (who we have been referring to as That Former Guy) from shit talking the election results and saying that theyre phony on his favorite medium the tweet. Now comes January 6th. And we all knew that something was going to happen that day because its the day that Congress meets to officially certify the results of the election and hand the election to Joe Biden, who is going to become our 45th president. I could literally spend all day talking about the events but I do not have that kind of time! Hell, we here at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana, California, at the time were formulating a special edition of the Top 10 to give the Trump administration the proper fuck you that they very much deserved from us. But then January 6th happened, and we decided that wasnt worth doing. The sad thing is that we may never know how many people were involved and what the real plans of that day were. They could have murdered half of Congress and Mike Pence, who knows? But one thing said the MAGA in chief is in a whole mess of trouble for this thing. And while his Coup De Stupid didnt work out the first time, whats to stop him from trying again?
Oh people! Stop your rabbling! But that said, their plans backfired on them spectacularly, mainly thanks to the Capitol Police, who they beat to death with their own flags during the insurrection. Yeah that is something that actually happened, along with all the other batshit crazy things that have happened because of Donald Trump. but now Joe Biden is officially our 46th president and we couldnt have been happier. As we said in the Anniversary Special Ding dong the witch is dead! But that said Biden wasted no time undoing a lot of the damage that Trump did in his first two weeks in office.
But that said, since the election, as Mr. Smithers once put it Trump has evolved from regular every day villainy into cartoonish super-villainy. Really hes like the bad guy in cartoon shows that tries to wreak havoc while the main performer is on stage. So while Biden was doing his job as the *REAL* president on the United States, the former one was getting tried for impeachment and republicans were doing their best to sabotage the whole thing. So once again, the bad guys win, even if its just by a little bit.
Of course things are going well for your trial when you wind up firing your entire legal defense team, thats always the sign of a sure winner! But now that the dust has settled from January 6th, the guy who owns a pillow business and a newly cemented Q Anon Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, have been trying to convince people that the election was stolen. And it worked! But then again MAGA fans are very easily led off the cliff and can be convinced of everything and everything. And theyre going to keep the grift going all year long!
But wait theres more! In late February we were shocked and horrified about the coup in Myanmar where a new president just walked in and took over, and thought theres no way it could happen here, right? Yes, right. Especially while you all were obsessed with micro trading stocks for companies like AMC and Blockbuster Video. And were obsessed with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial (see: Idiots #10-3 ). But dont think that a coup couldnt happen here because it damn well could, and it will happen in the middle of the night when you least expect it!
And then of course at the end of February, something very sad happened. Rush Limbaugh died. Oh wait, did I say sad? I meant its about damn time! OK no, I dont wish death on anyone. But I am very thankful that kids and future families wont be torn apart by his hateful bullshit anymore. That said, Limbaugh did leave a legacy that ultimately cultivated in the shit show that was the 45th president of the United States, who will hopefully be forgotten in future generations. Or he might be worshipped as a god, who knows?
Thats it for the winter! Still no verifiable cases of voter fraud and Trump is no longer president. Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]March & April: The Vaccine
[br] [/font] [br]
We first reported on the coronavirus in Idiots #8-4. Of course then we had no idea that it would completely shut down the planet and fundamentally alter society as we once knew it. Thats what happens with a new virus that nobody knows anything about. But after an entire year of waiting, we get *cue Simpsons theme* The vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnneeeee! We dont get just one, or even two highly effective vaccines that can stop this virus. We get 3! The first one comes from a fairly unknown company in Massachusetts called Moderna. A company that was later revealed to have an extremely high profile investor. You know her as Dolly Parton! Thats right, the woman who gave us the song Working 9 To 5 helped bring us the life-saving vaccine! The second vaccine comes from German pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, developed in conjunction with a company called BioNTech. The third comes from American medical giant Johnson & Johnson. You were probably excited to get the vaccine and were even comparing vaccine notes with your friends. Now that we could finally leave the house again and mingle with our friends and the public once more, what was in store?
Yay! After 12 long, incredibly nightmarish months of being locked in our house and being afraid of even our own friends and family while watching the death toll climb into the ½ million range, we can finally go outside again! Woohoo!! Of course being able to go outside of the house again definitely was not without its challenges. Now we can have weddings, parties, gatherings even dare I say the return of sporting events, theatrical performances and concerts? Holy crap! Our long national nightmare is finally over! Of course if you book your wedding, you might want to be careful about where you book it, because you never know who might show up!
That was of course from our infamous backwards edition that we did for April Fools. But theres no fooling that Trump went from being the president to being a Z-grade party host in 2 months. Thats an incredibly fast drop off! But then we found out that another Q Anon congressperson Florida Man Matt Gaetz, was involved in what might be the most jaw-droppingly stupid sex scandals of all time. I mean shockingly stupid.
Thats right he paid for prostitutes using Cash App, a very easily traceable cell phone app for making online purchases. If youre going to commit a crime, dont use it! And Im not going to get into his creepy obsession with Britney Spears yet. Oh yeah and close to home in Huntington Beach, white supremacists attempted a White Lives Matter rally which was a spectacular fail (see: Idiots #10-11 ). And also lets not overlook the fact that our voting rights are under attack, and its being led by Georgia governor Brian Kemp, who got severely punished for it. Of course two GOP senators attempted to return the favor and it backfired on them spectacularly.
So while the world was opening back up and we were still stuck in that blank blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club, conservatives were working to attempt to steal the election. And Officer Derek Chauvin, who you might remember from the George Floyd murder, was found guilty (see Idiots #10-12 ). On the MAGA front, MAGA fans attempted to say that Trump was going to be reinstated on March 4th and conservative snowflakes had their feelings hurt about Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head (see: Idiots #10-6 ). But that didnt stop them from attempting an election audit in Arizona being run by people who you wouldnt trust to count to 10.
So that ends the spring. Trump *STILL* not reinstated. Capitol rioters are being arrested in droves. Now on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]May and June: We can go outside again!
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh... Marjorie, do you know what a communist is? And I'm pretty sure that's not a characteristic of being a communist. Moving on...
Yay!!! Its been two months! Pfizer and Moderna finally have the data they need to prove the efficacy of the vaccine! We can go outside again! That said, the rules for going outside have changed drastically since the last time we went outside freely. So while that was happening, Joe Biden had managed to successfully complete his first 100 days and things were going great, at least for the half that believes him, the half that listens to the guy who used to be president on the other hand, and the other half believes that theres an elite ring of underground pedophiles that controls the planet. Yeah I do realize thats 3/2 there. But probably the best news came out in early May as a result of what happened at the Capitol. Of course Trump got his ass handed to him by the Big Tech companies that he claims to despise (mainly because he has to play by their terms of service agreement). But that said that Generalissimo Francisco Trump is still banned from nearly all major social media sites.
&feature=emb_title
Meanwhile, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Greene (Q Batshit) went on their Nazi tour, and my favorite thing was their stop in Huntington Beach, CA which got denied by multiple venues and they eventually went and protested outside a hotel in Riverside (see: Idiots #10-15 ) . Ha ha ha ha ha. But then an Idiot favorite went and got himself arrested on child pornography charges, and whew, this guy seems like a real winner. Im of course talking about Josh Duggar of the show 19 Kids And Counting, who will soon get 19 years to life. Yeah, fuck child porn peddlers.
But then you know how every mob boss has a fixer in the movies? Well in the Trump mob, his fixer is Rudy Guiliani and he got raided by the Feds (see: Idiots #10-14 ) and Liz Cheney had an independent thought that went against the Q Anon Cult (see: Idiots #10-15 ). But in my home state of California, a movement was growing mainly started by angry Trump fans who didnt know why they were angry, or who they were angry at to recall governor Gavin Newsom. And his replacement would be Caitlyn Jenner? Yeah good luck getting the anti-trans crowd to vote for a trans woman. And of course this campaign was met with predictably disastrous results.
Hey look, if you have private jet hangar money and youre wondering why youre stepping over so many people to get to your private jet, youre part of the problem! And we cant leave May and June without mentioning how the Matt Gaetz sex scandal went predictably south for him when one of his biggest cronies Joel Greenberg got arrested and had his ass handed to him in court (see: Idiots #10-16 ). But we cant get out of this part of the year without a check-in of how the Arizona audit to find election fraud is going, and well, its exactly the shit show that everybody predicted it would be.
Thats it for spring. Trump is still not the president again. Now on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]July August: The Delta Variant
[br] [/font] [br]
Well, just as predicted, our plans to go outside of our homes again very quickly got squashed. Why? The virus had mutated as predicted and we all watched at home at the absolute horror show that was going on in India while thinking to ourselves it cant happen here!! (cue Frank Zappa). The WHO had adopted the Greek Alphabet to identify new variants and we were already up to Delta, which was the next variant on the list. But now conservatives had found a new miracle cure. And another virus that we cant seem to get rid of is our former president, Donald J. Trump. Who is still not accepting the fact that he lost the 2020 election and is very quickly becoming that cartoon character in the background who is committing mischief while the foreground character is performing on stage. So when hes banned from using his favorite medium for life, what does he do? Start his own company and trust us when we say it will be hacked in a week.
But then this might be one of the weirder stories of 2021. The obsession with Britney Spears and her conservatorship. Which if youve been following that story, Ms. Spears was in an abusive relationship with her conservator for several years now and was actively suing to get out of that relationship. It was an absolute clusterfuck. Now, that said, did we really need Matt Gaetz getting involved? Considering what hes been brought up on charges for, it adds an entirely new level of creepy to this story (see: Idiots #11-2 ).
You know, Matt, heres the thing if you are being arrested on sex crimes, it would make you look less guilty if you didnt lust after a woman who became famous for looking hot in a Catholic school girl uniform, Im just saying. And speaking of being accused of something, lets not forget that the people who participated in Trumps act to murder half of Congress and his own sitting vice president in an effort to overturn the election he lost in a landslide, aka the Insurrection, was still happening and the January 6th commission had only just begun!
Yeah pretty much. Lets not forget that another virus that constantly mutates is Fox News, and they were going all in on something called Critical Race Theory (see: Idiots #11-3 ), despite that its viewers could not tell you a single thing about what it actually is, though thats kind of the point, and these idiots began harassing and threatening school board members over it. Again, couldnt tell you what it is. And while thats going on, Trumps BFF and probably his running mate in 2024, creepy pillow guy Mike Lindell, had yet another batshit insane theory about the election. Which goes back to the old adage If you cant beat em, sue em!. And how well did that work out for ya?
Thats it for summer! Trump once again still not president even though hes moved the goalposts back once again! Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]September October: The California Recall & Anti-Vaxxer Madness
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh......................................... what the actual fuck???? That's all I have to say about that one. Moving on...
Well here we are in the fall. COVID is still here so that puts to rest any of the theories that it was made up to steal the election. But speaking of elections, we had a huge one in California. It wasnt so much that it was huge as it was that it was a rather pathetic attempt at a conservative power grab aimed at overturning virus restrictions. But who would lead? Well while democrats had one candidate, the GOP had a whopping 56. And it was a wide range of candidates everything from retail clerks to porn stars to reality TV stars to actual lawyers and businesspeople. And the reports seemed grim at first because it did look like the MAGAs actually had a real chance of flipping California red. However you know who their candidate was? Larry Elder. Thats right conservative radio host and far right MAGA sycophant Larry Elder. But they didnt and instead got owned HARD. In what might be one of the most laughably one sided elections in California history, so, sorry MAGAs, maybe try running an actual candidate next time and then well talk!
OK so we dodged a colossal bullet there. Meanwhile the pandemic is STILL going on and its getting weird. So weird in fact that now that weve had effective vaccines for 6 months now, theres people who are refusing to take it! And not only that, since their precious hydroxychloroquine failed to go anywhere (see: Idiots #9-7 ), wait until you see what theyre taking now! Thats right when a malaria drug fails to be a miracle cure they have now resorted to taking ivermectin! And what does ivermectin do? It removes worms from the intestinal tract of horses. I cant even. Im seriously convinced that you could convince these idiots to take anything after this.
I still cant believe that was an actual show by the way. And speaking of unbelievable things to come out of the pandemic, I have to talk for a minute about who might be one of the stupidest people on the planet and thats Nicki Minaj. Yes, when I saw the news that she went full anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist was one thing. But her having one of the most jaw-droppingly stupid stories to come out of the entire pandemic? Thats something else entirely! And man was this story something else or what? We need some AC/DC for this one!
So that happened. Also things that happened in September October there was more news coming out about the Jan. 6th insurrection that was certifiably batshit insane (see: Idiots #11-11 ) and it was learned that AT&T may have played a part in the rise of far-right MAGA friendly network OAN (see: Idiots #11-12 ). And Texas passed some of the most draconian abortion laws in the entire country. But some of the real news concerning the insurrection happened when Congress finally nailed Steve Bannon, though he went AWOL and got subpoenad for it (see: Idiots #11-13 ). But then Trump went and started his own social media network and look at how well thats going for him!
Thats it for the fall! And Trump is still not your president again! Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]November December: Lets Go Brandon
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
And you really wonder how the average person fell for the Nazis and their final solution. Moving on...
Were almost to the end of the year everybody! First off, I do want to brag for a minute that we here at the Top 10 celebrated our 5th anniversary and if you havent checked out our 5th anniversary special yet, what are you waiting for? You can do so here: Idiots #11-15. Well our plans to go outside again got squashed by yet another dangerous new variant of COVID Omicron! And not only that it could be the dreaded vaccine-resisting variant that we all feared from the beginning. Or it may not be. So Joe Bidens first year is going great but the MAGAs just arent having any of it, and theyre making the polls show. But theyve started fighting back in the form of a bizarre new meme that swept through the MAGA world. Whats their catch phrase du jour? Well this meme started when Brandon Brown won the NASCAR Championship and well some moron MAGAs were in the background chanting F--- Joe Biden and the reporter attempted to cover it up by saying Lets go Brandon. Yeah so that happened!
Yeah so that happened! Then in the world of online, where trolls reign supreme on Facebook, and anti-vaxxers were killing themselves off by the thousands, which launched one of my new favorite forums in r/HermanCainAwards (named after Herman Cain who died after going to a Trump rally) and its completely insane. Worth checking out. So maybe in order to avoid international prosecution in a potential criminal trial for allowing anti-vaccine information to spread as fast as the virus, Mark Zuckerberg decided to rebrand Facebook and its now called The Meta Corporation! Yes because thats what perfectly innocent companies do!
Yeah while that was going on, Joe Manchin was playing Joe Bidens infrastructure much in the same way that Lucy plays football with Charlie Brown (see: Idiots #11-14. And Trumps Truth Social is turning out to be a bust. Oh yeah and remember last year when that 17 year old kid crossed state lines with a loaded semi-automatic and shot two protestors on live television during the George Floyd riots? Well yeah we forgot to mention that little bit of news because the judge was a MAGA Trump fan and the kid got off scot-free! Ha ha ha ha ha Theres no justice in this world!
So he gets treated like royalty among the MAGA world because he shot some people they dont agree with and speaks their language. Aint the American justice system great? And lets not forget the craziness that went on after another shooting that took place this time involving a 14 year old whose parents were at the school that day to talk about his absurd behavior (see: Idiots #11-16 ). Meanwhile in the Trump world, another bomb was dropped when it was revealed that he intentionally went on that debate stage knowing he was infected and Mark Meadows had some really revealing text messages about Fox News involvement in the coup. But we cant ignore that conservatives are attempting to end abortion in the United States as we know it and they might actually succeed with the help of Former Guys SCOTUS justices. God help us if they do!
We did it everybody! Thats 2021 in a nutshell!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Wow, that is some absolute next level stupid right there. The Constitution of the US has zero Bible verses and the founding fathers hated the idea of a religious theocracy running the US. Moving on...
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! This is our last Holy Shit of 2021. Now dont be sad. Dont forget that we still have Episode 4 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons coming his Sunday! Shameless plug, I know. But that said, this week I am just absolutely ashamed and appalled by my brothers and sisters on the right. For they have betrayed us once again by siding with the Unholy, Ungodly Dark One. A man who of course is so foul, vile, evil and rotten that his name dare not be spoken in my church! Then again this is the same group of people who think that a real president, JFK, is going to come down and announce mass arrests of all of the Deep State operatives that prevented the Dark One from winning his last election. So why are churches allowed to get away with preaching this foul hatred? Because it is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it? Well lets take a good look at what the Q Cult is up to in this latest round of pure insanity.
Yeah and it pretty much is! Unfortunately you think this would be all the event was, but it was quite the shit show everyone predicted it would be! Of course thats what happens when you support the unholy, ungodly Dark One! He is not a man of light or moral judgement. In fact Im pretty sure that he doesnt know what these things mean, or that hes ever set foot in a church. Yet his flock thinks of him as a GAWD! But this might be my favorite part of the whole embarrassing scene they couldnt remember the lyrics to the national anthem! Thats right the most patriotic among us couldnt remember the words to their own national anthem!
Yeah thats about what it is like. And in case youre wondering what the ultimate goal of ReAwaken America is, well, this entire conference has a ridiculous Nazi vibe to it. Forget about the south rising again, we need to worry about the Nazi party rising again! And their plan for one religion under America should terrify the living shit out of you. If it doesnt then you sure as shit are not paying attention to the EVILS they are prescribing!
Which only further cements the fact that they have absolutely no original ideas of their own. But this event was so toxic that even for a church as toxic as John Hagees, that is pretty damn toxic! But I guess that they want to hang on to their 503(c) status dont they? I mean if I was a church I wouldnt have even had this event in the first place! But then again as many times as I have said on this program, the Dark One and his minions do not want what is best for America!
Well there you have it even the church leaders are hypocrites themselves! I mean come on, even JAYSUS would hate them! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: Peloton Vs Sex & The City
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
I bet she's fun to have at dinner parties! Moving on...
Hey everyone! Its the last Top 10 of the year and I could really use a drink!
Of course you know by now that the purpose of this bit is that we have some drinks and while were drinking we talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt relate to politics or COVID. Because theres a lot of really dark shit out there right now, so we take a lighter side at the news! Well I dont have to tell you folks that this story surrounding the manufacturers of the Peloton exercise bicycles and the HBO program Sex & The City is the stuff of pure insanity and its not over by any means! So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about Sex & The City? A cosmopolitan served in a British bowler hat? No thanks, Ill just stick to my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. But anyway the beef between the makers of Peloton and the producers of Sex & The City started when a character on that HBO show had a heart attack while riding on a Peloton. Needless to say, that did start quite the panic in the Peloton organization.
Yeah so in case youre wondering yes, Peloton was aware that their products were going to be featured in the Sex & The City reboot but wasnt aware that the machine would be used in killing off a major character on the show. And of course the company has had to do some serious damage control in the wake of this and its cost them. You know next time you might want to approve the script before you OK the use of your product in a major show like this! And if youre an investor in Peloton, you should probably check your stock accounts.
So if youre on the Peloton board of directors or youre a Peloton shareholder, or youre even a Peloton enthusiast, youre probably fuming mad over this scene. So how does the company fire back after the death of Mr. Big sends your stocks plummeting? Well in true superhero fashion theres only one man who can save the company, and that man so happens to be Ryan Reynolds. Thats right, Deadpool himself has to come in to rescue Peloton! So how does Peloton turn their situation around? Well you hire Ryan Reynolds to star in your own parody ad!
So Peloton brings in Ryan Reynolds a dude who Im serious could literally sell anything to save the company. So I guess that all is well then? Well its a temporary fix for sure it wont help reverse Pelotons image that came crashing down with this episode, but it will help save a few shares from being sold off. But whats the moral of the story here? If youre going to allow your product to be featured in an episode of a major TV show with millions of viewers worldwide, you might want to consider reading the script first before approving!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people and people are dumb! And this is my favorite People Are Dumb of the year because we get to look back at our favorite People Are Dumb entries from the entire year! Thats right the biggest idiots, the dumbest crooks and the overall most batshit insane news of the year here! And we bring it all to you without ad filters or giant browser-filling notices about the fact that we use cookies. We dont. But thats also why our budget is zero. Well some of the absolute dumbest criminals of the year came from the Capitol Insurrection and Im not even counting Matt Gaetz as this years dumbest criminal because you all knew that he would be (see: Idiots #10-10 ). But that said, this isnt reserved for Congressional criminals, this is reserved for your every day criminals. Like this guy who texted a picture of himself at the Capitol. You dont reveal evidence of your crime!
Yes that story gets that GIF! Someone who is literally too stupid to insult! Next up of course we have our good friend Florida Man represented here. Of course you know Florida as Homer Simpson once called it Americas Wang. But this might be one of my favorite Florida Man stories ever as its multiple levels of stupid. This guy found a body double, stole an election, committed massive fraud, and then was stupid enough to get caught. Too bad Fred Willard is gone because hed be perfect for the role in the movie based on this story.
Next up gender reveal parties. Look people enough with this shit already! Its bad enough that I almost had to evacuate my house last yea because it was in the path of the fire that was started by those morons that set off an explosive device and nearly burned down Riverside County, but do we really need another copycat? Just look at what this guy in Massachusetts did to his town after setting off an explosive device. Seriously, stop it, people, just stop it now.
Next up the Tesla auto pilot! This is its own genre of fail. And come on, you dont need to know advanced robotics and quantum mechanics to know that the Tesla Autopilot system is not a fully autonomous driving experience. And autonomous is a word that I rarely get to use. Even though your car is on autopilot, thats no excuse to kick back, grab a drink and play some video games. You still have to keep your eye on the car!
Finally this week, this might be my favorite People Are Dumb story of the year. This comes to us from back in September (see: Idiots #11-9 ). You know the pandemic is still very much a thing. And right now were at the I really dont give a shit what the rules are phase of the pandemic. So this one comes to us from Hawaii. And weve talked a lot on this program about people who have been trying to pass off fake vaccine cards as real ones, but in this case, if youre going to do this, at least spell check before you present! I mean come on, you really cant get much stupider than this!
Thats it this year for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Re d State Diaries: Guns In Christmas Cards
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time for our final Clip Without Context for the week!
Yeah and your 5,000 attempts to overturn the election have gone over so well, haven't they? Moving on...
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries and its certifiably insane what they are doing right now. Last week, we brought you the beef between Georgias Marjorie Greene (Q Batshit) and Minnesotas Ilhan Omar. And it was the stuff of batshit insanity because who knew that a white gym owner was an untrustworthy person? I certainly did! Well this week its Christmas time and this means that while everyone is getting into the holiday spirit again and going all out on the holly jolly after last years nightmare Christmas, that means that the War On Christmas once again is heating up. Of course the MAGAs and gun nuts are turning this into a way too literal war-on-Christmas this year. Do you really need a Christmas card that shows you and your family holding semi-automatic rifles? Well nobody really did and here is where we are, especially after some really terrible mass shootings lately. The controversy started when Kentucky rep Thomas Massie (Q Batshit) posted a family Christmas card with pictures of his family carrying guns after that horrifying mass shooting a couple of weeks ago.
Guess you could call this one I Saw Mommy Shooting Santa Claus? Or maybe Santa Claus Is Gunning You Down? But that said, Rep. Massie isnt the only one who is coming under fire (HA) for his poor choice of Christmas card. Theres also Lauren Boebert among the Congressional faithful that are turning the War On Christmas of 2021 into a way too literal War On Christmas. But then again this is all the acclamation of Fox News talking points gone completely berserk. And lets face it, youre not gun nuts, youre ammosexuals.
Yeah except in this case he can absolutely hurt you! So what to do about this? These are leaders of Congress pulling this shit when American gun violence is at the highest rate that its ever been in this countrys history! So that said, where do you go when members of Congress are the problem preventing you from coming up with a solution? And Im asking of course for the millions of Americans who have succumbed needlessly to the firearm.
v
Of course because Lauren Boebert is now a paid professional troll, thats naturally the response that youre going to get! She will say and do literally the opposite of what a decent person would say or do in this situation. And of course, the we apologize for nothing and do not comply crowd is refusing to back down from these disgusting displays of ammosexual affection. I mean, yeah thats kind of how we got to where we are is because of idiots like Boebert and Massie. Really, you two, grow the fuck up. Oh wait, thats never gonna happen.
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
There is no next week! Were back on January 20th with more insanity from the red states! See you then!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Rise Against: [/font]
Folks my next guest is our good friends Rise Against! They have a great new album out called Nowhere Generation. You can see them at the WaMu Theater in Seattle on April 19th, the Mechanics Bank Theater in Bakersfield on April 22nd, and at the Welcome To Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach on May 21st. Playing their song Broken Dreams, Inc, give it up for Rise Against!
Thank you very much everybody! We are out of here for the year! This has been a great season, and it has been great to be finally out of that blank, blue void. I want to thank my staff, the venues, and of course you guys! its been a great 5 years. Heres to 5 more years of the Top 10! Well be back on January 20th but we will be running a couple of Best Of editions until then. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year!
See you next year!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Constellation Room at Observatory OC, Santa Ana, CA
Rise Against Appear Courtesy Of: Loma Vista Recordings, Inc.
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-17: 2021 Year In Review Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-17: 2021 Year In Review Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Hey everyone we made it! This edition marks the end of our Top 10 season which it seemed like an eternity and was very long and we had a lot of bumps reintegrating into society after being stuck at home and then in front of a blank void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for what seemed like years. But that said I want to let you know that we will be coming back strong in 2022 and we have a lot of fun things planned leading up to the mid-terms. Were also going to revive the World Tour for the latter half of 2022 after our Stupidest State contest. The last time we had a World Tour was in 2017 and things have changed a hell of a lot since then. So we thought it would be fun to revisit some of those countries. Look, in the 5 years that weve been doing this thing, the world has changed a lot. And in the last two months we literally experienced the end of the world as we knew it. And I feel fine. Apologies to REM for that joke. But we did make it through the nightmare year that was 2020 and were coming out of 2021 stronger than ever. 2022 is going to be a great year, I can feel it. Of course anything can happen like we get more right wing trolls elected to Congress and they proceed to bomb California because, reasons. Or Donald Trump could get elected to Congress and declare himself speaker and impeach Biden and Harris. Oh wait, thats not happening. Or JFK Jr could rise from the dead oh wait, thats not happening either. Regardless I dont want this to be a doomsday monologue here. But we do want you to know that were coming back next year and its going to be great, much more than 2020 and the first half of 2021. Enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to, but first Stephen Colbert is back and he delves into the XXX-Mas!
So where do we begin for our 2021 Year In Review? This is it folks, the final top 10 of 2021 and our annual look back at the year that was 2021! And since this is our year end special and we havent been able to do the Wheel Of Corruption lately, were going to bring you some of our favorite Clips Without Context! In the number one slot this week is January February (1) which saw Trumps horribly pathetic and misguided attempt to take over the US government and stop Joe Biden from becoming president which he did. The number 2 slot this week is March April (2) which was the distribution of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine and the reemergence of humanity after nearly 12 months of lockdowns. In the third slot this week was May June (3) and when you emerged from lockdowns, you probably had plans to get back to some kind of normalcy that you had two years ago, right? I know I did! In the fourth slot this week was July August (4), where those plans to get back to normal were quickly squashed by the Delta Variant of COVID-19 which meant we quickly went back to what we had in 2020. In the number 5 slot this week is September October (5) where humanity is mostly back to normal. In the number 6 slot is November December (6) which were defined by an insane alt right meme which is code for cursing obscenities at President Biden Lets Go Brandon! Plus a new COVID variant and a bizarre shooting in Michigan! At #7 this week its of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week were going to examine the Re-Awaken America tour which is coming to a megachurch near you! And its a melting pot of douchebags and conspiracy theorists. In the number 8 slot this week we have a new edition of I Need A Drink because we *HAVE* to talk about the Peloton beef with the HBO show Sex & The City, and Im going to need more than a few drinks to talk about this one! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week we have a new People Are Dumb and this week its our favorite as we recap our favorite People Are Dumb stories of 2021! Finally this week in our ongoing series Red State Diaries, whats up with people putting pictures of guns in their annual Christmas cards? This is a very alarming and disturbing trend! Plus as the closer, our good friends Rise Against are back with their excellent new album Nowhere Generation! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]January February: The Insurrection & Inauguration
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh.... pretty sure these are the people who you don't want taking over. They are not here for good. Moving on...
So the year 2021 starts off innocently enough. We did it! We kicked Trump and his doomsday cult to the curb. But that hasnt stopped Trump (who we have been referring to as That Former Guy) from shit talking the election results and saying that theyre phony on his favorite medium the tweet. Now comes January 6th. And we all knew that something was going to happen that day because its the day that Congress meets to officially certify the results of the election and hand the election to Joe Biden, who is going to become our 45th president. I could literally spend all day talking about the events but I do not have that kind of time! Hell, we here at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana, California, at the time were formulating a special edition of the Top 10 to give the Trump administration the proper fuck you that they very much deserved from us. But then January 6th happened, and we decided that wasnt worth doing. The sad thing is that we may never know how many people were involved and what the real plans of that day were. They could have murdered half of Congress and Mike Pence, who knows? But one thing said the MAGA in chief is in a whole mess of trouble for this thing. And while his Coup De Stupid didnt work out the first time, whats to stop him from trying again?
Technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. It will rely on subversion more than violence, although each will have its place. If the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. Thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. The winner will be declared the loser. The loser will be certified president-elect.
The prospect of this democratic collapse is not remote. People with the motive to make it happen are manufacturing the means. Given the opportunity, they will act. They are acting already.
Who or what will safeguard our constitutional order is not apparent today. It is not even apparent who will try. Democrats, big and small D, are not behaving as if they believe the threat is real. Some of them, including President Joe Biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. They are making a grievous mistake.
The democratic emergency is already here, Richard L. Hasen, a professor of law and political science at UC Irvine, told me in late October. Hasen prides himself on a judicious temperament. Only a year ago he was cautioning me against hyperbole. Now he speaks matter-of-factly about the death of our body politic. We face a serious risk that American democracy as we know it will come to an end in 2024, he said, but urgent action is not happening.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/
The prospect of this democratic collapse is not remote. People with the motive to make it happen are manufacturing the means. Given the opportunity, they will act. They are acting already.
Who or what will safeguard our constitutional order is not apparent today. It is not even apparent who will try. Democrats, big and small D, are not behaving as if they believe the threat is real. Some of them, including President Joe Biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. They are making a grievous mistake.
The democratic emergency is already here, Richard L. Hasen, a professor of law and political science at UC Irvine, told me in late October. Hasen prides himself on a judicious temperament. Only a year ago he was cautioning me against hyperbole. Now he speaks matter-of-factly about the death of our body politic. We face a serious risk that American democracy as we know it will come to an end in 2024, he said, but urgent action is not happening.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/
Oh people! Stop your rabbling! But that said, their plans backfired on them spectacularly, mainly thanks to the Capitol Police, who they beat to death with their own flags during the insurrection. Yeah that is something that actually happened, along with all the other batshit crazy things that have happened because of Donald Trump. but now Joe Biden is officially our 46th president and we couldnt have been happier. As we said in the Anniversary Special Ding dong the witch is dead! But that said Biden wasted no time undoing a lot of the damage that Trump did in his first two weeks in office.
Biden walked into the White House with the gift of low expectations. His supporters were praying that he would be a strong leader, but when pressed for examples to buttress their faith, they often came up short. But it turned out that being a sleeper had its advantages especially following the chaotic presidency of a narcissistic showman like Trump.
Two weeks into the job, Bidens performance has surprised Republicans and Democrats alike. His policy moves have been quick and deliberate. His political touch has been light and deft. Every day, the White House rolls out a new policy initiative, presidential appointment or string of executive orders. By doing the ordinary tasks of government competently, Biden manages to seem unusual. It feels like the reinvention of what used to be known as regular order.
Bidens most nimble maneuver has been to ignore Trump and the political mania he brought to every interaction. He doesnt talk about his predecessor; he wont take a position on whether Trump should be convicted in the Senate impeachment trial. Rather than being miffed about Trumps decision to skip the inauguration, he said it was one of the few things we agree on.
Bidens initial two weeks have been one of the best-scripted political rollouts I can remember. Politicians often talk about messaging contrived events such as Trumps infrastructure week but Bidens team actually set a political agenda and hammered it home, day after day. Its a startlingly simple set of priorities get the country vaccinated; fix the economy and though Bidens deputies talk other policy initiatives, the centerline remains clear.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bidens-surprisingly-successful-first-two-weeks/2021/02/02/e45f0d80-65a4-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
Two weeks into the job, Bidens performance has surprised Republicans and Democrats alike. His policy moves have been quick and deliberate. His political touch has been light and deft. Every day, the White House rolls out a new policy initiative, presidential appointment or string of executive orders. By doing the ordinary tasks of government competently, Biden manages to seem unusual. It feels like the reinvention of what used to be known as regular order.
Bidens most nimble maneuver has been to ignore Trump and the political mania he brought to every interaction. He doesnt talk about his predecessor; he wont take a position on whether Trump should be convicted in the Senate impeachment trial. Rather than being miffed about Trumps decision to skip the inauguration, he said it was one of the few things we agree on.
Bidens initial two weeks have been one of the best-scripted political rollouts I can remember. Politicians often talk about messaging contrived events such as Trumps infrastructure week but Bidens team actually set a political agenda and hammered it home, day after day. Its a startlingly simple set of priorities get the country vaccinated; fix the economy and though Bidens deputies talk other policy initiatives, the centerline remains clear.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bidens-surprisingly-successful-first-two-weeks/2021/02/02/e45f0d80-65a4-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
But that said, since the election, as Mr. Smithers once put it Trump has evolved from regular every day villainy into cartoonish super-villainy. Really hes like the bad guy in cartoon shows that tries to wreak havoc while the main performer is on stage. So while Biden was doing his job as the *REAL* president on the United States, the former one was getting tried for impeachment and republicans were doing their best to sabotage the whole thing. So once again, the bad guys win, even if its just by a little bit.
A constellation of conservative groups that rallied behind former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment is sitting this one out, confident that the outcome is preordained.
The groups have gone quiet on social media, eschewing the pro-Trump tweets and calls for action that dominated their Twitter feeds last time Trump was approaching a Senate trial. Others said they are content to watch from the sidelines opting to preserve their war chests for the 2022 midterm elections or are still considering if and how they will get involved.
Were really more focused right now on a lot more of the Biden policies and executive orders, said Peter Vicenzi, director of communications for FreedomWorks, which became an unofficial rapid response operation during Trumps first impeachment in the fall of 2019.
During the impeachment trial in January 2020, the Tea Party Patriots did calls to action, urged supporters to call congressional offices, hosted conference calls to discuss messaging and talking points, and sent materials to voters. The group also sent 47 tweets condemning or criticizing the process. So far, this go around, it has only shared five impeachment-related tweets since the House impeached Trump again on Jan. 13, according to a POLITICO review.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-464826
The groups have gone quiet on social media, eschewing the pro-Trump tweets and calls for action that dominated their Twitter feeds last time Trump was approaching a Senate trial. Others said they are content to watch from the sidelines opting to preserve their war chests for the 2022 midterm elections or are still considering if and how they will get involved.
Were really more focused right now on a lot more of the Biden policies and executive orders, said Peter Vicenzi, director of communications for FreedomWorks, which became an unofficial rapid response operation during Trumps first impeachment in the fall of 2019.
During the impeachment trial in January 2020, the Tea Party Patriots did calls to action, urged supporters to call congressional offices, hosted conference calls to discuss messaging and talking points, and sent materials to voters. The group also sent 47 tweets condemning or criticizing the process. So far, this go around, it has only shared five impeachment-related tweets since the House impeached Trump again on Jan. 13, according to a POLITICO review.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-464826
Of course things are going well for your trial when you wind up firing your entire legal defense team, thats always the sign of a sure winner! But now that the dust has settled from January 6th, the guy who owns a pillow business and a newly cemented Q Anon Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, have been trying to convince people that the election was stolen. And it worked! But then again MAGA fans are very easily led off the cliff and can be convinced of everything and everything. And theyre going to keep the grift going all year long!
Absolute Proof, the so-called documentary about election fraud from My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, has been yanked by YouTube.
The two-hour film sees the avid Donald Trump supporter falsely claim that the former president won the 2020 presidential election, repeating a number of debunked election fraud claims in the process. The film was uploaded to multiple platforms, with several sites since YouTube removed it. YouTube said in a statement on Friday that all versions of the film would be taken down.
Per our presidential election integrity policy, we remove content uploaded after the safe harbor deadline that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a rep for the company told Fast Company. We removed this video and its reuploads in accordance with this policy.
The video has also been flagged on Facebook and will have its distribution reduced after being rated false by fact-checkers. According to Vice, it has also been removed from Vimeo.
The conservative news network OAN inserted a lengthly disclaimer before airing Absolute Proof in an attempt to distance themselves from Lindell. Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, two of the companies whose technology has been at the center of many of the election fraud claims, have both filed lawsuits targeting proponents of the false assertions in the film.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pillow-ceo-mike-lindell-election-202009712.html
The two-hour film sees the avid Donald Trump supporter falsely claim that the former president won the 2020 presidential election, repeating a number of debunked election fraud claims in the process. The film was uploaded to multiple platforms, with several sites since YouTube removed it. YouTube said in a statement on Friday that all versions of the film would be taken down.
Per our presidential election integrity policy, we remove content uploaded after the safe harbor deadline that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a rep for the company told Fast Company. We removed this video and its reuploads in accordance with this policy.
The video has also been flagged on Facebook and will have its distribution reduced after being rated false by fact-checkers. According to Vice, it has also been removed from Vimeo.
The conservative news network OAN inserted a lengthly disclaimer before airing Absolute Proof in an attempt to distance themselves from Lindell. Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, two of the companies whose technology has been at the center of many of the election fraud claims, have both filed lawsuits targeting proponents of the false assertions in the film.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pillow-ceo-mike-lindell-election-202009712.html
But wait theres more! In late February we were shocked and horrified about the coup in Myanmar where a new president just walked in and took over, and thought theres no way it could happen here, right? Yes, right. Especially while you all were obsessed with micro trading stocks for companies like AMC and Blockbuster Video. And were obsessed with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial (see: Idiots #10-3 ). But dont think that a coup couldnt happen here because it damn well could, and it will happen in the middle of the night when you least expect it!
Myanmar's military defended its actions and enacted new restrictions on Monday, exactly one week after it seized control of the government and on the third consecutive day of anti-coup protests that have intensified across the country.
In his first televised address since the takeover, Min Aung Hlaing, a career military officer who is commander in chief of Myanmar's armed forces, repeated claims of fraud in November's election, and said the military will hold new elections and transfer power to the winner. He did not specify when those elections would take place, though the military had previously declared a year-long state of emergency.
The military has imposed a slew of restrictions on gatherings and activities in the country's largest cities of Yangon and Mandalay, effective Monday until further notice.
Those include an 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew, as well as a ban on motorized processions and gatherings of more than five people. They are effective on a township-by-township basis.
In his address, Min Aung Hlaing said an electoral commission did not properly investigate irregularities over voter lists or allow fair campaigning, according to the BBC, which notes that the commission did not find evidence to support claims of widespread fraud. He also promised that a reformed commission would oversee another election, and spoke of achieving a "true and disciplined democracy."
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965413876/myanmar-coup-military-defends-takeover-and-enacts-curfew-as-protests-intensify
In his first televised address since the takeover, Min Aung Hlaing, a career military officer who is commander in chief of Myanmar's armed forces, repeated claims of fraud in November's election, and said the military will hold new elections and transfer power to the winner. He did not specify when those elections would take place, though the military had previously declared a year-long state of emergency.
The military has imposed a slew of restrictions on gatherings and activities in the country's largest cities of Yangon and Mandalay, effective Monday until further notice.
Those include an 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew, as well as a ban on motorized processions and gatherings of more than five people. They are effective on a township-by-township basis.
In his address, Min Aung Hlaing said an electoral commission did not properly investigate irregularities over voter lists or allow fair campaigning, according to the BBC, which notes that the commission did not find evidence to support claims of widespread fraud. He also promised that a reformed commission would oversee another election, and spoke of achieving a "true and disciplined democracy."
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965413876/myanmar-coup-military-defends-takeover-and-enacts-curfew-as-protests-intensify
And then of course at the end of February, something very sad happened. Rush Limbaugh died. Oh wait, did I say sad? I meant its about damn time! OK no, I dont wish death on anyone. But I am very thankful that kids and future families wont be torn apart by his hateful bullshit anymore. That said, Limbaugh did leave a legacy that ultimately cultivated in the shit show that was the 45th president of the United States, who will hopefully be forgotten in future generations. Or he might be worshipped as a god, who knows?
Rush Limbaugh, the relentlessly provocative voice of conservative America who dominated talk radio for more than three decades with shooting-gallery attacks on liberals, Democrats, feminists, environmentalists and other moving targets, died on Wednesday. He was 70.
His wife, Kathryn, announced the death at the beginning of Mr. Limbaughs radio show.
I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh that you tuned in to listen to today, she said before adding that Mr. Limbaugh had died of lung cancer that morning.
He had announced on his show last February that he had advanced lung cancer. A day later, President Donald J. Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/business/media/rush-limbaugh-dead.html
His wife, Kathryn, announced the death at the beginning of Mr. Limbaughs radio show.
I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh that you tuned in to listen to today, she said before adding that Mr. Limbaugh had died of lung cancer that morning.
He had announced on his show last February that he had advanced lung cancer. A day later, President Donald J. Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/business/media/rush-limbaugh-dead.html
Thats it for the winter! Still no verifiable cases of voter fraud and Trump is no longer president. Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]March & April: The Vaccine
[br] [/font] [br]
We first reported on the coronavirus in Idiots #8-4. Of course then we had no idea that it would completely shut down the planet and fundamentally alter society as we once knew it. Thats what happens with a new virus that nobody knows anything about. But after an entire year of waiting, we get *cue Simpsons theme* The vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnneeeee! We dont get just one, or even two highly effective vaccines that can stop this virus. We get 3! The first one comes from a fairly unknown company in Massachusetts called Moderna. A company that was later revealed to have an extremely high profile investor. You know her as Dolly Parton! Thats right, the woman who gave us the song Working 9 To 5 helped bring us the life-saving vaccine! The second vaccine comes from German pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, developed in conjunction with a company called BioNTech. The third comes from American medical giant Johnson & Johnson. You were probably excited to get the vaccine and were even comparing vaccine notes with your friends. Now that we could finally leave the house again and mingle with our friends and the public once more, what was in store?
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being deployed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are robustly effective in preventing infections in real-life conditions, according to a federal study released Monday that provides reassurance of protection for front-line workers in the United States.
In a study of about 4,000 health-care personnel, police, firefighters and other essential workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the vaccines reduced the risk of infection by 80 percent after one shot. Protection increased to 90 percent following the second dose. The findings are consistent with clinical trial results and studies showing strong effectiveness in Israel and the United Kingdom, and in initial studies of health-care workers at the University of Texas and in southern California.
The CDC report is significant, experts said, because it analyzed how well the vaccines worked among a diverse group of front-line working-age adults whose jobs make them more likely to be exposed to the virus and to spread it. The workers came from eight locations in six states Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Utah. They received vaccinations between mid-December, when the doses first became available, to mid-March, a 13-week period that included the deadly winter surge that was killing more than 3,000 people a day by January.
The study is also one of the first to estimate vaccine effectiveness among participants against infection rather than just monitoring for symptomatic cases including infections that did not result in symptoms, according to the CDC. Among 2,479 fully vaccinated people, just three had confirmed infections. Among 477 people who received one dose, eight infections were reported. By comparison, among 994 people who were not vaccinated, 161 developed infections. No deaths were reported.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/29/vaccine-effective-essential-workers-study/
In a study of about 4,000 health-care personnel, police, firefighters and other essential workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the vaccines reduced the risk of infection by 80 percent after one shot. Protection increased to 90 percent following the second dose. The findings are consistent with clinical trial results and studies showing strong effectiveness in Israel and the United Kingdom, and in initial studies of health-care workers at the University of Texas and in southern California.
The CDC report is significant, experts said, because it analyzed how well the vaccines worked among a diverse group of front-line working-age adults whose jobs make them more likely to be exposed to the virus and to spread it. The workers came from eight locations in six states Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Utah. They received vaccinations between mid-December, when the doses first became available, to mid-March, a 13-week period that included the deadly winter surge that was killing more than 3,000 people a day by January.
The study is also one of the first to estimate vaccine effectiveness among participants against infection rather than just monitoring for symptomatic cases including infections that did not result in symptoms, according to the CDC. Among 2,479 fully vaccinated people, just three had confirmed infections. Among 477 people who received one dose, eight infections were reported. By comparison, among 994 people who were not vaccinated, 161 developed infections. No deaths were reported.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/29/vaccine-effective-essential-workers-study/
Yay! After 12 long, incredibly nightmarish months of being locked in our house and being afraid of even our own friends and family while watching the death toll climb into the ½ million range, we can finally go outside again! Woohoo!! Of course being able to go outside of the house again definitely was not without its challenges. Now we can have weddings, parties, gatherings even dare I say the return of sporting events, theatrical performances and concerts? Holy crap! Our long national nightmare is finally over! Of course if you book your wedding, you might want to be careful about where you book it, because you never know who might show up!
One of the biggest wedding-related fears many people have is the prospect of a drunk guest grabbing the mic and, through slurred words, asking everyone to take their seats so they can just say a couple of words, tripping over the bandleaders foot in the process and yelling, Hey, man, watch where youre going! and then launching into a rambling, incoherent speech about how they and the bride were supposed to be together before the groom came along and stole her. Presumably fewer, if any, have ever worried about a former president of the United States wandering into their reception and giving a toast that involves ranting about how the election was stolen from him, in addition to his incomprehensible thoughts on the situation at the border and how he was going to make a beautiful deal with the Iranian government. Until now!
Moving forward, people will likely have the possibility in the back of their heads that Donald Trump might approach the dance floor while everyone is eating their salads to complain about no longer being presidentor at least the ones who choose to host their affairs at his Palm Beach resort will.
Yes, according to video footage, on Saturday night, Trump made his way into a wedding reception being held at Mar-a-Lago and gave a toast that was less about the happy couple than it was about the ways hes been wronged recently and why Joe Biden is doing a shitty job.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-wedding-speech
Moving forward, people will likely have the possibility in the back of their heads that Donald Trump might approach the dance floor while everyone is eating their salads to complain about no longer being presidentor at least the ones who choose to host their affairs at his Palm Beach resort will.
Yes, according to video footage, on Saturday night, Trump made his way into a wedding reception being held at Mar-a-Lago and gave a toast that was less about the happy couple than it was about the ways hes been wronged recently and why Joe Biden is doing a shitty job.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-wedding-speech
That was of course from our infamous backwards edition that we did for April Fools. But theres no fooling that Trump went from being the president to being a Z-grade party host in 2 months. Thats an incredibly fast drop off! But then we found out that another Q Anon congressperson Florida Man Matt Gaetz, was involved in what might be the most jaw-droppingly stupid sex scandals of all time. I mean shockingly stupid.
Florida representative and MAGA firebrand Matt Gaetz found himself in the middle of a reputational, and possibly criminal, firestorm this week after the New York Times broke the news on Tuesday that the Justice Department is looking into whether he broke federal sex trafficking laws and had sexual encounters with a minor. The Times sources say that investigators are examining Gaetzs relationship two years ago with someone who may have been 17 at the time. They are also determining whether he financially supported her, including paying for her to travel with him over state lines, in exchange for sex, which could amount to sex trafficking of a minor. Gaetz has categorically denied engaging in sexual relationships with minors or paying anyone for sex, and is instead claiming that the investigation is part of a ploy to extort $25 million from his family. Subsequent news reports have unearthed increasingly bizarre details about the scandal; Times reporters, for instance, reviewed records of suspicious transactions that Gaetz made through payment apps.
The Gaetz probe is reportedly part of a larger investigation into one of his political allies, former Seminole County, Florida, tax collector Joel Greenberg. Greenberg resigned last June after he was indicted on 14 federal charges, including sex trafficking of a 14-year-old. Greenberg was allegedly frequenting websites where users can meet people who are willing to have sex for gifts and other forms of ostensibly indirect financial support. According to the Times, Justice Department officials believe that Greenberg was having sex with these people and then introducing them to Gaetz for further sexual favors. Gaetz reportedly took ecstasy during some of these encounters, which occurred while he was in office in 2019 and 2020; the congressman notably criticized President Joe Bidens son Hunter for drug use in 2019. Reporters also retrieved receipts of payments that Gaetz and Greenberg made via Cash App and Apple Cash to one of the women involved. This particular detail raised eyebrows on social media, mostly because it seems foolhardy for a high-profile politician to commit a crime using something as traceable as these two extremely popular payment apps.
https://slate.com/technology/2021/04/matt-gaetz-cash-app-history.html
The Gaetz probe is reportedly part of a larger investigation into one of his political allies, former Seminole County, Florida, tax collector Joel Greenberg. Greenberg resigned last June after he was indicted on 14 federal charges, including sex trafficking of a 14-year-old. Greenberg was allegedly frequenting websites where users can meet people who are willing to have sex for gifts and other forms of ostensibly indirect financial support. According to the Times, Justice Department officials believe that Greenberg was having sex with these people and then introducing them to Gaetz for further sexual favors. Gaetz reportedly took ecstasy during some of these encounters, which occurred while he was in office in 2019 and 2020; the congressman notably criticized President Joe Bidens son Hunter for drug use in 2019. Reporters also retrieved receipts of payments that Gaetz and Greenberg made via Cash App and Apple Cash to one of the women involved. This particular detail raised eyebrows on social media, mostly because it seems foolhardy for a high-profile politician to commit a crime using something as traceable as these two extremely popular payment apps.
https://slate.com/technology/2021/04/matt-gaetz-cash-app-history.html
Thats right he paid for prostitutes using Cash App, a very easily traceable cell phone app for making online purchases. If youre going to commit a crime, dont use it! And Im not going to get into his creepy obsession with Britney Spears yet. Oh yeah and close to home in Huntington Beach, white supremacists attempted a White Lives Matter rally which was a spectacular fail (see: Idiots #10-11 ). And also lets not overlook the fact that our voting rights are under attack, and its being led by Georgia governor Brian Kemp, who got severely punished for it. Of course two GOP senators attempted to return the favor and it backfired on them spectacularly.
A trio of Republican lawmakers outlined legislation Tuesday aimed at ending Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption after the All-Star Game was moved out of Georgia in protest of that state's new voting restrictions.
The legislative push from the three conservative senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri comes amid growing frustrations among Republicans over corporations and sports leagues embracing causes associated with progressives, such as protecting voting rights.
MLB relocated the Midsummer Classic from Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves home in Cobb County, Georgia, to Denver's Coors Field due to recently enacted voting limits signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican.
"This past month, we have seen the rise of the woke corporation. We have seen the rise of big business enforcing a woke standard," Cruz told reporters.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sens-cruz-hawley-lee-seek-strip-major-league-baseball-anti-n1263930
The legislative push from the three conservative senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri comes amid growing frustrations among Republicans over corporations and sports leagues embracing causes associated with progressives, such as protecting voting rights.
MLB relocated the Midsummer Classic from Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves home in Cobb County, Georgia, to Denver's Coors Field due to recently enacted voting limits signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican.
"This past month, we have seen the rise of the woke corporation. We have seen the rise of big business enforcing a woke standard," Cruz told reporters.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sens-cruz-hawley-lee-seek-strip-major-league-baseball-anti-n1263930
So while the world was opening back up and we were still stuck in that blank blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club, conservatives were working to attempt to steal the election. And Officer Derek Chauvin, who you might remember from the George Floyd murder, was found guilty (see Idiots #10-12 ). On the MAGA front, MAGA fans attempted to say that Trump was going to be reinstated on March 4th and conservative snowflakes had their feelings hurt about Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head (see: Idiots #10-6 ). But that didnt stop them from attempting an election audit in Arizona being run by people who you wouldnt trust to count to 10.
A successful ninja is unseen, unheard, stealthy.
By that standard, the firm Cyber Ninjas which Arizona Republicans chose to audit the ballots cast in 2020 in the Phoenix area fits the bill: Almost no one involved in election or politics in Florida, the state where the company is headquartered, seems to have heard of it or knows anything about it.
Nor do they know anything about Cyber Ninjas founder, Doug Logan, who registered his firm in the southwest Florida city of Sarasota in 2014, state records show.
Doug Logan? Cyber Ninjas? No. I dont know these guys. Never heard of them, said Christian Ziegler, vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida and a resident of Sarasota, echoing a dozen top Florida Republicans and elections professionals interviewed by POLITICO.
The firms relative anonymity is a curious anomaly in Florida, one of the nations biggest battlegrounds, where top political players are typically familiar with companies that provide election services and technology.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/republicans-arizona-vote-audit-florida-484737
By that standard, the firm Cyber Ninjas which Arizona Republicans chose to audit the ballots cast in 2020 in the Phoenix area fits the bill: Almost no one involved in election or politics in Florida, the state where the company is headquartered, seems to have heard of it or knows anything about it.
Nor do they know anything about Cyber Ninjas founder, Doug Logan, who registered his firm in the southwest Florida city of Sarasota in 2014, state records show.
Doug Logan? Cyber Ninjas? No. I dont know these guys. Never heard of them, said Christian Ziegler, vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida and a resident of Sarasota, echoing a dozen top Florida Republicans and elections professionals interviewed by POLITICO.
The firms relative anonymity is a curious anomaly in Florida, one of the nations biggest battlegrounds, where top political players are typically familiar with companies that provide election services and technology.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/republicans-arizona-vote-audit-florida-484737
So that ends the spring. Trump *STILL* not reinstated. Capitol rioters are being arrested in droves. Now on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]May and June: We can go outside again!
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh... Marjorie, do you know what a communist is? And I'm pretty sure that's not a characteristic of being a communist. Moving on...
Yay!!! Its been two months! Pfizer and Moderna finally have the data they need to prove the efficacy of the vaccine! We can go outside again! That said, the rules for going outside have changed drastically since the last time we went outside freely. So while that was happening, Joe Biden had managed to successfully complete his first 100 days and things were going great, at least for the half that believes him, the half that listens to the guy who used to be president on the other hand, and the other half believes that theres an elite ring of underground pedophiles that controls the planet. Yeah I do realize thats 3/2 there. But probably the best news came out in early May as a result of what happened at the Capitol. Of course Trump got his ass handed to him by the Big Tech companies that he claims to despise (mainly because he has to play by their terms of service agreement). But that said that Generalissimo Francisco Trump is still banned from nearly all major social media sites.
Facebook was justified in its decision to suspend then-President Former Guy after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the company's Oversight Board said on Wednesday.
That means the company does not have to reinstate Former Guy's access to Facebook and Instagram immediately. But the panel said the company was wrong to impose an indefinite ban and said Facebook has six months to either restore Former Guy's account, make his suspension permanent, or suspend him for a specific period of time.
Facebook indefinitely suspended Former Guy's accounts in January after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, saying he used his account to "incite violent insurrection." Other social networks also kicked off the then-president, with Twitter going as far as banning Former Guy for good.
"At the time of Mr. Former Guy's posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for those involved in the riots legitimized their violent actions," the Oversight Board wrote in the announcement of its decision. "Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Former Guy's accounts."
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/987679590/facebook-justified-in-banning-donald-trump-social-medias-oversight-board-rules
That means the company does not have to reinstate Former Guy's access to Facebook and Instagram immediately. But the panel said the company was wrong to impose an indefinite ban and said Facebook has six months to either restore Former Guy's account, make his suspension permanent, or suspend him for a specific period of time.
Facebook indefinitely suspended Former Guy's accounts in January after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, saying he used his account to "incite violent insurrection." Other social networks also kicked off the then-president, with Twitter going as far as banning Former Guy for good.
"At the time of Mr. Former Guy's posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for those involved in the riots legitimized their violent actions," the Oversight Board wrote in the announcement of its decision. "Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Former Guy's accounts."
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/987679590/facebook-justified-in-banning-donald-trump-social-medias-oversight-board-rules
&feature=emb_title
Meanwhile, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Greene (Q Batshit) went on their Nazi tour, and my favorite thing was their stop in Huntington Beach, CA which got denied by multiple venues and they eventually went and protested outside a hotel in Riverside (see: Idiots #10-15 ) . Ha ha ha ha ha. But then an Idiot favorite went and got himself arrested on child pornography charges, and whew, this guy seems like a real winner. Im of course talking about Josh Duggar of the show 19 Kids And Counting, who will soon get 19 years to life. Yeah, fuck child porn peddlers.
Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar has been arrested on federal charges related to the possession of child pornography, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of Arkansas.
Duggar allegedly downloaded material that depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, the US attorney's office said in a statement. Duggar allegedly possessed the material in May 2019.
Duggar, the oldest son of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, whose family was the subject of the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," faces two charges, the indictment shows -- one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted, the statement said.
Duggar was arrested in Arkansas Thursday, according to the statement. He appeared in federal court Friday via video conference and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/us/joshua-duggar-arrest-child-pornography/index.html
Duggar allegedly downloaded material that depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, the US attorney's office said in a statement. Duggar allegedly possessed the material in May 2019.
Duggar, the oldest son of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, whose family was the subject of the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," faces two charges, the indictment shows -- one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted, the statement said.
Duggar was arrested in Arkansas Thursday, according to the statement. He appeared in federal court Friday via video conference and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/us/joshua-duggar-arrest-child-pornography/index.html
But then you know how every mob boss has a fixer in the movies? Well in the Trump mob, his fixer is Rudy Guiliani and he got raided by the Feds (see: Idiots #10-14 ) and Liz Cheney had an independent thought that went against the Q Anon Cult (see: Idiots #10-15 ). But in my home state of California, a movement was growing mainly started by angry Trump fans who didnt know why they were angry, or who they were angry at to recall governor Gavin Newsom. And his replacement would be Caitlyn Jenner? Yeah good luck getting the anti-trans crowd to vote for a trans woman. And of course this campaign was met with predictably disastrous results.
Republican candidate for California Governor Caitlyn Jenner talked up her private airplane hangar on Wednesday as she took issue with the number of homeless on local streets and set out her vision for the state.
As she criticized the Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom from her hangar near Malibu, Jenner told Fox News host Sean Hannity that a friend of hers with a hangar across the tarmac planned to leave California over its homeless problem.
The Olympic gold medalist also mentioned her private plane when the interview ended, saying that she was going to take it for a flight.
Speaking on the Hannity show last night, Jenner said: "My friends are leaving California. Actually my hangar, the guy right across, he was packing up his hangar and I said, where are you going? And he says 'I'm moving to Sedona, Arizona, I can't take it anymore. I can't walk down the streets and see the homeless.' I don't want to leave. Either I stay and fight, or I get out of here."
https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-airport-hangar-hannity-interview-1589095
As she criticized the Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom from her hangar near Malibu, Jenner told Fox News host Sean Hannity that a friend of hers with a hangar across the tarmac planned to leave California over its homeless problem.
The Olympic gold medalist also mentioned her private plane when the interview ended, saying that she was going to take it for a flight.
Speaking on the Hannity show last night, Jenner said: "My friends are leaving California. Actually my hangar, the guy right across, he was packing up his hangar and I said, where are you going? And he says 'I'm moving to Sedona, Arizona, I can't take it anymore. I can't walk down the streets and see the homeless.' I don't want to leave. Either I stay and fight, or I get out of here."
https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-airport-hangar-hannity-interview-1589095
Hey look, if you have private jet hangar money and youre wondering why youre stepping over so many people to get to your private jet, youre part of the problem! And we cant leave May and June without mentioning how the Matt Gaetz sex scandal went predictably south for him when one of his biggest cronies Joel Greenberg got arrested and had his ass handed to him in court (see: Idiots #10-16 ). But we cant get out of this part of the year without a check-in of how the Arizona audit to find election fraud is going, and well, its exactly the shit show that everybody predicted it would be.
Karen Fann probably has some regrets. Fann, the Republican president of the Arizona Senate, advocated for an outside team of contractors to conduct an audit of the 2020 election in March. Since then, an army of auditors has searched for some crumb of voter fraud that would back the conspiracies that former President Donald Trump spread, quickly becoming a mortifying spectacle for the state and a wedge between the state's GOP elected officials.
I hate to say it, but I have to give Doug Logan props for what appears from the outside to be a truly successful con job. His Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, was granted a $150,000 contract to recount the 2.1 million ballots cast last year in the state's largest county. By snagging the deal, Logan positioned himself to pull in potentially millions in private donations from Trump supporters, many eager to see their man vindicated.
Logan also reportedly promoted election conspiracies himself, but whether he genuinely believed the lies or was signaling to fools he would soon part from their money, I can't really say. (Is there even really that much of a difference these days between the two in this corner of the GOP?)
Either way, Logan clearly knows how to pick 'em. A good con artist can spot a mark who will believe whatever tale he's prepared to tell on this particular day. But a great con artist, someone on the level of Trump and, it seems, Logan understands that the best marks are the ones who are sold before he even opens his mouth. And boy, did Arizona's Senate Republicans want to be conned here, desperate for evidence to support the lie that Trump won the election, at least in their state.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/arizona-s-audit-2020-election-con-artist-s-dream-n1267985
I hate to say it, but I have to give Doug Logan props for what appears from the outside to be a truly successful con job. His Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, was granted a $150,000 contract to recount the 2.1 million ballots cast last year in the state's largest county. By snagging the deal, Logan positioned himself to pull in potentially millions in private donations from Trump supporters, many eager to see their man vindicated.
Logan also reportedly promoted election conspiracies himself, but whether he genuinely believed the lies or was signaling to fools he would soon part from their money, I can't really say. (Is there even really that much of a difference these days between the two in this corner of the GOP?)
Either way, Logan clearly knows how to pick 'em. A good con artist can spot a mark who will believe whatever tale he's prepared to tell on this particular day. But a great con artist, someone on the level of Trump and, it seems, Logan understands that the best marks are the ones who are sold before he even opens his mouth. And boy, did Arizona's Senate Republicans want to be conned here, desperate for evidence to support the lie that Trump won the election, at least in their state.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/arizona-s-audit-2020-election-con-artist-s-dream-n1267985
Thats it for spring. Trump is still not the president again. Now on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]July August: The Delta Variant
[br] [/font] [br]
Well, just as predicted, our plans to go outside of our homes again very quickly got squashed. Why? The virus had mutated as predicted and we all watched at home at the absolute horror show that was going on in India while thinking to ourselves it cant happen here!! (cue Frank Zappa). The WHO had adopted the Greek Alphabet to identify new variants and we were already up to Delta, which was the next variant on the list. But now conservatives had found a new miracle cure. And another virus that we cant seem to get rid of is our former president, Donald J. Trump. Who is still not accepting the fact that he lost the 2020 election and is very quickly becoming that cartoon character in the background who is committing mischief while the foreground character is performing on stage. So when hes banned from using his favorite medium for life, what does he do? Start his own company and trust us when we say it will be hacked in a week.
Former President Donald Trumps blog a webpage where he shared statements after larger social media companies banned him from their platforms has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The page From the Desk of Donald J. Trump has been scrubbed from Trumps website after going live less than a month earlier.
It will not be returning, his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on, Miller said via email.
He declined to provide additional details about those efforts.
Hoping to have more information on the broader efforts soon, but I do not have a precise awareness of timing, Miller said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-page-shuts-down-for-good.html?__source=sharebar
The page From the Desk of Donald J. Trump has been scrubbed from Trumps website after going live less than a month earlier.
It will not be returning, his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on, Miller said via email.
He declined to provide additional details about those efforts.
Hoping to have more information on the broader efforts soon, but I do not have a precise awareness of timing, Miller said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-page-shuts-down-for-good.html?__source=sharebar
But then this might be one of the weirder stories of 2021. The obsession with Britney Spears and her conservatorship. Which if youve been following that story, Ms. Spears was in an abusive relationship with her conservator for several years now and was actively suing to get out of that relationship. It was an absolute clusterfuck. Now, that said, did we really need Matt Gaetz getting involved? Considering what hes been brought up on charges for, it adds an entirely new level of creepy to this story (see: Idiots #11-2 ).
Rep. Matt Gaetz showed up at a rally outside a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday ahead of the latest conservatorship hearing for Britney Spears and took the microphone to call the pop icon's father Jamie "a d---."
"Britney has been abused by the media, she has been abused by her grifter father and she's been abused by the American justice system," the Republican Florida lawmaker told the crowd of Spears' supporters.
Gaetz continued, "There's a lot that divides us. But one thing we can all agree on is that Jamie Spears is a d---."
"And he shouldn't make any more decisions regarding his daughter," Gaetz said of Jamie. [Britney] is nearly 40-years-old. She should make her own decisions."
https://www.insider.com/rep-matt-gaetz-britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing-insults-jamie-2021-7
"Britney has been abused by the media, she has been abused by her grifter father and she's been abused by the American justice system," the Republican Florida lawmaker told the crowd of Spears' supporters.
Gaetz continued, "There's a lot that divides us. But one thing we can all agree on is that Jamie Spears is a d---."
"And he shouldn't make any more decisions regarding his daughter," Gaetz said of Jamie. [Britney] is nearly 40-years-old. She should make her own decisions."
https://www.insider.com/rep-matt-gaetz-britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing-insults-jamie-2021-7
You know, Matt, heres the thing if you are being arrested on sex crimes, it would make you look less guilty if you didnt lust after a woman who became famous for looking hot in a Catholic school girl uniform, Im just saying. And speaking of being accused of something, lets not forget that the people who participated in Trumps act to murder half of Congress and his own sitting vice president in an effort to overturn the election he lost in a landslide, aka the Insurrection, was still happening and the January 6th commission had only just begun!
America watched as hordes of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 crushing through windows, pressing up stairways, and sending lawmakers and law enforcement running for their lives. The flood of protesters who streamed into the Capitol that day left federal authorities with an equally immense task: finding and charging those responsible.
According to a CBS News review of court documents, at least 543 defendants have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack. Six months after the siege, the FBI said they have yet to identify more than 300 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, including over 200 who assaulted police officers.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said late last month, "This is far from over."
Prosecutors have called the case "unprecedented" in scale, and the government said in a March court filing that the Capitol attack "is likely the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-riot-arrests-latest-2021-07-27/
According to a CBS News review of court documents, at least 543 defendants have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack. Six months after the siege, the FBI said they have yet to identify more than 300 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, including over 200 who assaulted police officers.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said late last month, "This is far from over."
Prosecutors have called the case "unprecedented" in scale, and the government said in a March court filing that the Capitol attack "is likely the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-riot-arrests-latest-2021-07-27/
Yeah pretty much. Lets not forget that another virus that constantly mutates is Fox News, and they were going all in on something called Critical Race Theory (see: Idiots #11-3 ), despite that its viewers could not tell you a single thing about what it actually is, though thats kind of the point, and these idiots began harassing and threatening school board members over it. Again, couldnt tell you what it is. And while thats going on, Trumps BFF and probably his running mate in 2024, creepy pillow guy Mike Lindell, had yet another batshit insane theory about the election. Which goes back to the old adage If you cant beat em, sue em!. And how well did that work out for ya?
Three prominent allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump -Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell - on Wednesday lost a bid to dismiss multibillion dollar lawsuits saying their false claims about the 2020 presidential election defamed the Dominion voting equipment company.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington D.C. said in a written decision that lawsuits brought against the trio by Dominion Voting Systems should move forward. The company had said it was defamed because Trump and his supporters spread false claims that it rigged the election against him.
Nichols held that the First Amendment, which protects the right to free speech, offers "no blanket immunity" to Powell and Lindell in the lawsuits. Powell is a lawyer who later left the Trump campaign. Lindell is a conspiracy theorist who founded a pillow and bedding company.
The judge also rejected an argument by Giuliani, a former U.S. prosecutor and mayor of New York, that Dominion had not explained its request for money damages with enough specificity.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-allies-giuliani-powell-lose-bid-dismiss-dominion-lawsuits-2021-08-11/
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington D.C. said in a written decision that lawsuits brought against the trio by Dominion Voting Systems should move forward. The company had said it was defamed because Trump and his supporters spread false claims that it rigged the election against him.
Nichols held that the First Amendment, which protects the right to free speech, offers "no blanket immunity" to Powell and Lindell in the lawsuits. Powell is a lawyer who later left the Trump campaign. Lindell is a conspiracy theorist who founded a pillow and bedding company.
The judge also rejected an argument by Giuliani, a former U.S. prosecutor and mayor of New York, that Dominion had not explained its request for money damages with enough specificity.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-allies-giuliani-powell-lose-bid-dismiss-dominion-lawsuits-2021-08-11/
Thats it for summer! Trump once again still not president even though hes moved the goalposts back once again! Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]September October: The California Recall & Anti-Vaxxer Madness
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Uh......................................... what the actual fuck???? That's all I have to say about that one. Moving on...
Well here we are in the fall. COVID is still here so that puts to rest any of the theories that it was made up to steal the election. But speaking of elections, we had a huge one in California. It wasnt so much that it was huge as it was that it was a rather pathetic attempt at a conservative power grab aimed at overturning virus restrictions. But who would lead? Well while democrats had one candidate, the GOP had a whopping 56. And it was a wide range of candidates everything from retail clerks to porn stars to reality TV stars to actual lawyers and businesspeople. And the reports seemed grim at first because it did look like the MAGAs actually had a real chance of flipping California red. However you know who their candidate was? Larry Elder. Thats right conservative radio host and far right MAGA sycophant Larry Elder. But they didnt and instead got owned HARD. In what might be one of the most laughably one sided elections in California history, so, sorry MAGAs, maybe try running an actual candidate next time and then well talk!
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early, a contest the Democrat framed as part of a national battle for his partys values in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and continued threats from Trumpism.
Newsom bolted to a quick victory boosted by healthy turnout in the overwhelmingly Democratic state. He cast it as a win for his handling of the pandemic and liberal issues, and it ensures the nations most populous state will remain in Democratic control as a laboratory for progressive policies.
No is not the only thing that was expressed tonight, Newsom said. I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state: We said yes to science, we said yes to vaccines, we said yes to ending this pandemic.
With an estimated two-thirds of ballots counted, no on the question of whether to recall Newsom was ahead by a 30-point margin. That lead was built on votes cast by mail and in advance of Tuesdays in-person balloting, with a strong showing by Democrats. While likely to shrink somewhat in the days ahead as votes cast at polling places are counted, Newsoms lead couldnt be overcome.
https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-results-gavin-newsom-a590782877be099d44f1766b2d138394
Newsom bolted to a quick victory boosted by healthy turnout in the overwhelmingly Democratic state. He cast it as a win for his handling of the pandemic and liberal issues, and it ensures the nations most populous state will remain in Democratic control as a laboratory for progressive policies.
No is not the only thing that was expressed tonight, Newsom said. I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state: We said yes to science, we said yes to vaccines, we said yes to ending this pandemic.
With an estimated two-thirds of ballots counted, no on the question of whether to recall Newsom was ahead by a 30-point margin. That lead was built on votes cast by mail and in advance of Tuesdays in-person balloting, with a strong showing by Democrats. While likely to shrink somewhat in the days ahead as votes cast at polling places are counted, Newsoms lead couldnt be overcome.
https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-results-gavin-newsom-a590782877be099d44f1766b2d138394
OK so we dodged a colossal bullet there. Meanwhile the pandemic is STILL going on and its getting weird. So weird in fact that now that weve had effective vaccines for 6 months now, theres people who are refusing to take it! And not only that, since their precious hydroxychloroquine failed to go anywhere (see: Idiots #9-7 ), wait until you see what theyre taking now! Thats right when a malaria drug fails to be a miracle cure they have now resorted to taking ivermectin! And what does ivermectin do? It removes worms from the intestinal tract of horses. I cant even. Im seriously convinced that you could convince these idiots to take anything after this.
A pair of local doctors are creating some controversy by backing the use of unapproved drugs to help treat COVID-19.
One of them is Maui district health officer Dr. Lorrin Pang.
He recently joined Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a cardiologist, to talk about early treatment of COVID-19 for a panel discussion by the Pono Coalition for Informed Consent.
They claim using a malaria drug called Hydroxychloroquine, and an anti-parasite drug called Ivermectin, in small doses, could help treat coronavirus symptoms early on.
However, the Federal Food and Drug Administration reports using those drugs could be deadly.
https://www.kitv.com/story/44604318/pair-of-local-doctors-creating-controversy-over-unapproved-drugs-to-help-treat-covid19
One of them is Maui district health officer Dr. Lorrin Pang.
He recently joined Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a cardiologist, to talk about early treatment of COVID-19 for a panel discussion by the Pono Coalition for Informed Consent.
They claim using a malaria drug called Hydroxychloroquine, and an anti-parasite drug called Ivermectin, in small doses, could help treat coronavirus symptoms early on.
However, the Federal Food and Drug Administration reports using those drugs could be deadly.
https://www.kitv.com/story/44604318/pair-of-local-doctors-creating-controversy-over-unapproved-drugs-to-help-treat-covid19
I still cant believe that was an actual show by the way. And speaking of unbelievable things to come out of the pandemic, I have to talk for a minute about who might be one of the stupidest people on the planet and thats Nicki Minaj. Yes, when I saw the news that she went full anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist was one thing. But her having one of the most jaw-droppingly stupid stories to come out of the entire pandemic? Thats something else entirely! And man was this story something else or what? We need some AC/DC for this one!
Nicki Minaj faced public backlash after tweeting that a friend of her cousin developed swollen testicles and impotence after getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
In a series of tweets Monday, the 10-time Grammy-nominated rap artist told fans she would only get immunized once she did enough research and recommended that they wear masks and get the shots if theyre required to for work. Minaj skipped Mondays Met Gala, which enforced a vaccine mandate, saying she was generally avoiding public events because she has a new baby at home.
Minaj said she was shooting a video and preparing for the Video Music Awards, which aired Sunday, when she caught Covid earlier this year and had to quarantine away from her infant son for a week.
Most people, however, seized on her comments about her cousins friend, which many people criticized as spreading false information.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/rap-artist-nicki-minaj-faces-backlash-after-tweeting-inaccurate-information-about-covid-vaccines.html
In a series of tweets Monday, the 10-time Grammy-nominated rap artist told fans she would only get immunized once she did enough research and recommended that they wear masks and get the shots if theyre required to for work. Minaj skipped Mondays Met Gala, which enforced a vaccine mandate, saying she was generally avoiding public events because she has a new baby at home.
Minaj said she was shooting a video and preparing for the Video Music Awards, which aired Sunday, when she caught Covid earlier this year and had to quarantine away from her infant son for a week.
Most people, however, seized on her comments about her cousins friend, which many people criticized as spreading false information.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/rap-artist-nicki-minaj-faces-backlash-after-tweeting-inaccurate-information-about-covid-vaccines.html
So that happened. Also things that happened in September October there was more news coming out about the Jan. 6th insurrection that was certifiably batshit insane (see: Idiots #11-11 ) and it was learned that AT&T may have played a part in the rise of far-right MAGA friendly network OAN (see: Idiots #11-12 ). And Texas passed some of the most draconian abortion laws in the entire country. But some of the real news concerning the insurrection happened when Congress finally nailed Steve Bannon, though he went AWOL and got subpoenad for it (see: Idiots #11-13 ). But then Trump went and started his own social media network and look at how well thats going for him!
Former President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the media, plans to wade into the world of video streaming services and potentially web services and payment processing as well.
Trump, who was kicked off all his social media accounts in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, has been teasing the launch of a Trump-approved social media platform for months. Last week, he announced the creation of the Truth Social platform, and on Tuesday he shared his plans to go beyond social media. The platform will operate under the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), a company designed to "challenge the dominance" of big tech, according to Trump.
Calling Truth Social "only the beginning" of the group's plans, Trump said an on-demand video streaming service to compete with the "woke and politicized 'entertainment' programming created by Big Tech and Big Media players" is being launched. He added that the group also sees opportunities to create "cancel-proof" alternatives in web services and payment processing.
"It's a tremendously difficult set of challengesand I realized I might be the only person in America with the megaphone, the resources, the experience, and the desire to make it all happen," Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-launch-video-streaming-service-compete-woke-politicized-programming-1642658
Trump, who was kicked off all his social media accounts in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, has been teasing the launch of a Trump-approved social media platform for months. Last week, he announced the creation of the Truth Social platform, and on Tuesday he shared his plans to go beyond social media. The platform will operate under the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), a company designed to "challenge the dominance" of big tech, according to Trump.
Calling Truth Social "only the beginning" of the group's plans, Trump said an on-demand video streaming service to compete with the "woke and politicized 'entertainment' programming created by Big Tech and Big Media players" is being launched. He added that the group also sees opportunities to create "cancel-proof" alternatives in web services and payment processing.
"It's a tremendously difficult set of challengesand I realized I might be the only person in America with the megaphone, the resources, the experience, and the desire to make it all happen," Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-launch-video-streaming-service-compete-woke-politicized-programming-1642658
Thats it for the fall! And Trump is still not your president again! Now its on to
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]November December: Lets Go Brandon
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
And you really wonder how the average person fell for the Nazis and their final solution. Moving on...
Were almost to the end of the year everybody! First off, I do want to brag for a minute that we here at the Top 10 celebrated our 5th anniversary and if you havent checked out our 5th anniversary special yet, what are you waiting for? You can do so here: Idiots #11-15. Well our plans to go outside again got squashed by yet another dangerous new variant of COVID Omicron! And not only that it could be the dreaded vaccine-resisting variant that we all feared from the beginning. Or it may not be. So Joe Bidens first year is going great but the MAGAs just arent having any of it, and theyre making the polls show. But theyve started fighting back in the form of a bizarre new meme that swept through the MAGA world. Whats their catch phrase du jour? Well this meme started when Brandon Brown won the NASCAR Championship and well some moron MAGAs were in the background chanting F--- Joe Biden and the reporter attempted to cover it up by saying Lets go Brandon. Yeah so that happened!
Donald Trump Jr. has been revelling in the Washington Post newspaper issuing a correction about chants the crowd were making during one of his speeches in Georgia.
A Washington Post article that was published on October 23, entitled "Biden's critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts," incorrectly said that the crowd was singing: "Let's go Brandon" instead of "F*** Joe Biden!" at a Trump Jr. speech in September.
At the rally, Trump Jr. took the stage after the crowd had been chanting "USA! USA!"
"There's a couple other chants I've been hearing going around," he said. "Have you heard the other one that's been going around?" The crowd then shouted of "F*** Joe Biden!"
A correction was issued at the bottom of the article. It read: "Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said a crowd broke into a "Let's go Brandon" chant during a Donald Trump Jr. speech in Georgia. The crowd broke into a "F*** Joe Biden!" chant at that speech in September. The error, which was inserted by an editor, has been corrected."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-gets-washington-post-correction-over-lets-go-brandon-chant-1642139
A Washington Post article that was published on October 23, entitled "Biden's critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts," incorrectly said that the crowd was singing: "Let's go Brandon" instead of "F*** Joe Biden!" at a Trump Jr. speech in September.
At the rally, Trump Jr. took the stage after the crowd had been chanting "USA! USA!"
"There's a couple other chants I've been hearing going around," he said. "Have you heard the other one that's been going around?" The crowd then shouted of "F*** Joe Biden!"
A correction was issued at the bottom of the article. It read: "Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said a crowd broke into a "Let's go Brandon" chant during a Donald Trump Jr. speech in Georgia. The crowd broke into a "F*** Joe Biden!" chant at that speech in September. The error, which was inserted by an editor, has been corrected."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-gets-washington-post-correction-over-lets-go-brandon-chant-1642139
Yeah so that happened! Then in the world of online, where trolls reign supreme on Facebook, and anti-vaxxers were killing themselves off by the thousands, which launched one of my new favorite forums in r/HermanCainAwards (named after Herman Cain who died after going to a Trump rally) and its completely insane. Worth checking out. So maybe in order to avoid international prosecution in a potential criminal trial for allowing anti-vaccine information to spread as fast as the virus, Mark Zuckerberg decided to rebrand Facebook and its now called The Meta Corporation! Yes because thats what perfectly innocent companies do!
Facebook was rushed into the Meta rebrand to deflect press from whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony that the social media giant disregarded user safety in the pursuit of profit, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee said.
In the absence of Frances Haugen I dont think there is a chance that Facebook would have done this rebranding or this emphasis on the Meta now, McNamee said Wednesday at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
McNamee was referring to the recent rebrand of Facebooks parent company to Meta, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims will encompass the work the tech giant has done in building out a VR-enabled metaverse. McNamee calls the timing of the announcement opportunistic and says it was something Facebook's leaders were forced into by Haugen's claims in an attempt to change the subject."
"It did not work, he added.
Roger McNamee was an early investor in Facebook and was played a key role in such decisions at Facebook as turning down Yahoos buyout offer for $1 billion dollars in 2006, as well as its hiring of Sheryl Sandberg in 2008. He invested $210 million in the firm in 2009, just two years before its IPO.
https://fortune.com/2021/11/03/facebook-rushed-meta-rebrand-roger-macnamee-nick-clegg-web-summit-mark-zuckerberg/
In the absence of Frances Haugen I dont think there is a chance that Facebook would have done this rebranding or this emphasis on the Meta now, McNamee said Wednesday at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
McNamee was referring to the recent rebrand of Facebooks parent company to Meta, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims will encompass the work the tech giant has done in building out a VR-enabled metaverse. McNamee calls the timing of the announcement opportunistic and says it was something Facebook's leaders were forced into by Haugen's claims in an attempt to change the subject."
"It did not work, he added.
Roger McNamee was an early investor in Facebook and was played a key role in such decisions at Facebook as turning down Yahoos buyout offer for $1 billion dollars in 2006, as well as its hiring of Sheryl Sandberg in 2008. He invested $210 million in the firm in 2009, just two years before its IPO.
https://fortune.com/2021/11/03/facebook-rushed-meta-rebrand-roger-macnamee-nick-clegg-web-summit-mark-zuckerberg/
Yeah while that was going on, Joe Manchin was playing Joe Bidens infrastructure much in the same way that Lucy plays football with Charlie Brown (see: Idiots #11-14. And Trumps Truth Social is turning out to be a bust. Oh yeah and remember last year when that 17 year old kid crossed state lines with a loaded semi-automatic and shot two protestors on live television during the George Floyd riots? Well yeah we forgot to mention that little bit of news because the judge was a MAGA Trump fan and the kid got off scot-free! Ha ha ha ha ha Theres no justice in this world!
No doubt, some people will express shock at the verdict over the next few days. But Rittenhouses freedom is not a miscarriage of justiceit is our white justice system working as intended. This system is designed to free people like Rittenhouse: white vigilantes who kill to maintain the best interests of whiteness. It doesnt always work (I still believe the people who lynched Ahmaud Arbery will be found guilty). But it works often enough (see George Zimmerman) that it gives comfort and confidence to any white person who clearly realizes that they might do an obviously illegal and violent thing (like, say, storm the US Capitol) and either get away with it completely or receive a light punishment.
We know that the system does not work this way for Black people. It is difficult even to imagine a similar set of circumstances for a Black defendant. Nobody honestly thinks that a Black teenager who got an illegal gun and then crossed state lines to shoot up a MAGA protest would be greeted by a sympathetic Black judge, in front of a predominately Black jury; be lauded by prominent Black leaders; enjoy favorable media coverage; and then walk free. Nobody credible thinks that. In point of fact, here is the full and complete list of Black teenagers who have killed two people at a MAGA rally to defend their community:
Rittenhouse, however, shot and killed two people at a protest against police violence with an illegally obtained gun, and even the illegal gun charge was dropped against him. And that is precisely how a majority of white people want the white justice system to work. By their votes in elections (including elections for judges like Bruce Schroeder); their lack of support for criminal justice reform; and the cold reality that prosecutors favor white jurors when the defendants are Black, while defense attorneys favor white jurors when the defendants are white, we see that a majority of white people choose things to be this way. They want a system that will be, if not sympathetic, at least empathetic toward eruptions of white violence, while swift and harsh toward Black people accused of crime. We dont have to live with a biased criminal justice system; white people, enough of them, just like it that way.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/
We know that the system does not work this way for Black people. It is difficult even to imagine a similar set of circumstances for a Black defendant. Nobody honestly thinks that a Black teenager who got an illegal gun and then crossed state lines to shoot up a MAGA protest would be greeted by a sympathetic Black judge, in front of a predominately Black jury; be lauded by prominent Black leaders; enjoy favorable media coverage; and then walk free. Nobody credible thinks that. In point of fact, here is the full and complete list of Black teenagers who have killed two people at a MAGA rally to defend their community:
Rittenhouse, however, shot and killed two people at a protest against police violence with an illegally obtained gun, and even the illegal gun charge was dropped against him. And that is precisely how a majority of white people want the white justice system to work. By their votes in elections (including elections for judges like Bruce Schroeder); their lack of support for criminal justice reform; and the cold reality that prosecutors favor white jurors when the defendants are Black, while defense attorneys favor white jurors when the defendants are white, we see that a majority of white people choose things to be this way. They want a system that will be, if not sympathetic, at least empathetic toward eruptions of white violence, while swift and harsh toward Black people accused of crime. We dont have to live with a biased criminal justice system; white people, enough of them, just like it that way.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/
So he gets treated like royalty among the MAGA world because he shot some people they dont agree with and speaks their language. Aint the American justice system great? And lets not forget the craziness that went on after another shooting that took place this time involving a 14 year old whose parents were at the school that day to talk about his absurd behavior (see: Idiots #11-16 ). Meanwhile in the Trump world, another bomb was dropped when it was revealed that he intentionally went on that debate stage knowing he was infected and Mark Meadows had some really revealing text messages about Fox News involvement in the coup. But we cant ignore that conservatives are attempting to end abortion in the United States as we know it and they might actually succeed with the help of Former Guys SCOTUS justices. God help us if they do!
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Womens Health Organization case, which challenges the constitutionality of the 2018 Mississippi law known as the Gestational Age Act. The legislation bans abortions after the first 15 weeks of pregnancyfive weeks earlier than the states typical abortion restrictionand directly challenges the ruling of Roe vs. Wade in which the Supreme Court ruled that abortion access should be available up until at least the 24-week point of viability, or longer if the pregnancy threatens a patients life or health.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a consistent supporter of reproductive rights, challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart late Wednesday morning about even taking up and overturning precedents that have been set by both Roe and the 1992 landmark Supreme Court case Casey vs. Planned Parenthood in which the court reaffirmed the 1973 Roe ruling. She then set her sights on just how damaging the present case could be to not just the court itself, but to the constitution and the country, as well.
What hasnt been at issue in the last 30 years is the line that Casey drew of viability. There has been some difference of opinion with respect to undue burden, but the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body, has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged. You want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. Fifteen justices over 50 years have, or, I should say, 30 since Casey, have reaffirmed that basic viability line. Four had said no, two of them members of this court, but 15 justices have said yes, of varying political backgrounds. Now, the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in Mississippi, said were doing it because we have new justices, Sotomayor said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/1/2060512/--How-will-we-survive-Sonia-Sotomayor-calls-out-threat-to-SCOTUS-in-Mississippi-abortion-law-case
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a consistent supporter of reproductive rights, challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart late Wednesday morning about even taking up and overturning precedents that have been set by both Roe and the 1992 landmark Supreme Court case Casey vs. Planned Parenthood in which the court reaffirmed the 1973 Roe ruling. She then set her sights on just how damaging the present case could be to not just the court itself, but to the constitution and the country, as well.
What hasnt been at issue in the last 30 years is the line that Casey drew of viability. There has been some difference of opinion with respect to undue burden, but the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body, has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged. You want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. Fifteen justices over 50 years have, or, I should say, 30 since Casey, have reaffirmed that basic viability line. Four had said no, two of them members of this court, but 15 justices have said yes, of varying political backgrounds. Now, the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in Mississippi, said were doing it because we have new justices, Sotomayor said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/1/2060512/--How-will-we-survive-Sonia-Sotomayor-calls-out-threat-to-SCOTUS-in-Mississippi-abortion-law-case
We did it everybody! Thats 2021 in a nutshell!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
Wow, that is some absolute next level stupid right there. The Constitution of the US has zero Bible verses and the founding fathers hated the idea of a religious theocracy running the US. Moving on...
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! This is our last Holy Shit of 2021. Now dont be sad. Dont forget that we still have Episode 4 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons coming his Sunday! Shameless plug, I know. But that said, this week I am just absolutely ashamed and appalled by my brothers and sisters on the right. For they have betrayed us once again by siding with the Unholy, Ungodly Dark One. A man who of course is so foul, vile, evil and rotten that his name dare not be spoken in my church! Then again this is the same group of people who think that a real president, JFK, is going to come down and announce mass arrests of all of the Deep State operatives that prevented the Dark One from winning his last election. So why are churches allowed to get away with preaching this foul hatred? Because it is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it? Well lets take a good look at what the Q Cult is up to in this latest round of pure insanity.
A high-profile conservative conference is coming to Frisco this weekend.
The ReAwaken America tour mixes conservative politics, controversial anti-vaccine discussions and conspiracy theories with Christian worship, hymnals and fellowship with like-minded Republican supporters, The Washington Post reported last month.
The event, hosted by business consulting company ThriveTime Show, will bring nearly 90 big-name conservative speakers to Elevate Life Church, including Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Alex Jones of Infowars, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Trump adviser Roger Stone and attorney Sidney Powell.
Nearly all of the 3,500 tickets for the three-day event, which began Thursday, have been sold, according to the website for the event.
Last month, the ReAwaken America tour gained national attention after an event at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. Videos circulated of eventgoers chanting Lets go, Brandon a euphemism for swearing at President Joe Biden and Flynn urged the U.S. to embrace one religion. My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny also spoke.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/12/09/reawaken-america-brings-big-name-conservatives-to-frisco-eric-trump-michael-flynn-alex-jones/
The ReAwaken America tour mixes conservative politics, controversial anti-vaccine discussions and conspiracy theories with Christian worship, hymnals and fellowship with like-minded Republican supporters, The Washington Post reported last month.
The event, hosted by business consulting company ThriveTime Show, will bring nearly 90 big-name conservative speakers to Elevate Life Church, including Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Alex Jones of Infowars, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Trump adviser Roger Stone and attorney Sidney Powell.
Nearly all of the 3,500 tickets for the three-day event, which began Thursday, have been sold, according to the website for the event.
Last month, the ReAwaken America tour gained national attention after an event at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. Videos circulated of eventgoers chanting Lets go, Brandon a euphemism for swearing at President Joe Biden and Flynn urged the U.S. to embrace one religion. My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny also spoke.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/12/09/reawaken-america-brings-big-name-conservatives-to-frisco-eric-trump-michael-flynn-alex-jones/
Yeah and it pretty much is! Unfortunately you think this would be all the event was, but it was quite the shit show everyone predicted it would be! Of course thats what happens when you support the unholy, ungodly Dark One! He is not a man of light or moral judgement. In fact Im pretty sure that he doesnt know what these things mean, or that hes ever set foot in a church. Yet his flock thinks of him as a GAWD! But this might be my favorite part of the whole embarrassing scene they couldnt remember the lyrics to the national anthem! Thats right the most patriotic among us couldnt remember the words to their own national anthem!
The niece of disgraced former general Michael Flynn appeared to forget the words to the national anthem while singing at a QAnon-friendly conference in Frisco, Texas.
Video of the event showed Julia Flynn take to the stage at the Elevate Life Church to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" to a crowd of thousands on December 10.
But, as Julia Flynn worked her way through the national anthem it appeared as if she forgot the lyrics.
She appeared to sing "came through, through the night," when the lyrics are "gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."
The apparent error was also noted by others, who went on to share their thoughts on social media..
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-niece-forgets-words-national-anthem-qanon-friendly-conference-1658652
Video of the event showed Julia Flynn take to the stage at the Elevate Life Church to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" to a crowd of thousands on December 10.
But, as Julia Flynn worked her way through the national anthem it appeared as if she forgot the lyrics.
She appeared to sing "came through, through the night," when the lyrics are "gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."
The apparent error was also noted by others, who went on to share their thoughts on social media..
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-niece-forgets-words-national-anthem-qanon-friendly-conference-1658652
Yeah thats about what it is like. And in case youre wondering what the ultimate goal of ReAwaken America is, well, this entire conference has a ridiculous Nazi vibe to it. Forget about the south rising again, we need to worry about the Nazi party rising again! And their plan for one religion under America should terrify the living shit out of you. If it doesnt then you sure as shit are not paying attention to the EVILS they are prescribing!
This past weekend, infamous FBI fibber Michael Flynn stood on a stage at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio and spoke his truth: If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God. Christian nationalist mic drop. Hed finally said the quiet part out loud.
Which, to be fair, was maybe not even the craziest thing that happened at Cornerstone last weekend as it hosted podcast host Clay Clarks Reawaken America Tour a shitshow so very spectacular that Cornerstone, the church of famed end times Christian Zionist John Hagee, had to release a face-saving statement saying that maybe, just maybe, things had gone a little too far even for them (Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views.) There was a woman wearing a Jewish-themed prayer shawl and blowing on a rams horn, because, as she explained it, Demons tremble at the sound of the shofar. There was My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and disgraced political operative Roger Stone on hand to provide the event with a legitimate dose of illegitimacy. There was Alex Jones growling at attendees that the devils reign on this planet is coming to an end and that Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that they chose SATAN! AND THEY! ARE GOING! TO FAIL! There were rousing rounds of the oddly-devised anti-Biden chant Lets go, Brandon and worship music provided by Sean Feucht, graciously in attendance thanks to his failed run for Californias state legislature. There was also, presumably, nary a vaccinated person in the house.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/michael-flynn-cornerstone-church-christian-theocracy-1260606/
Which, to be fair, was maybe not even the craziest thing that happened at Cornerstone last weekend as it hosted podcast host Clay Clarks Reawaken America Tour a shitshow so very spectacular that Cornerstone, the church of famed end times Christian Zionist John Hagee, had to release a face-saving statement saying that maybe, just maybe, things had gone a little too far even for them (Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views.) There was a woman wearing a Jewish-themed prayer shawl and blowing on a rams horn, because, as she explained it, Demons tremble at the sound of the shofar. There was My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and disgraced political operative Roger Stone on hand to provide the event with a legitimate dose of illegitimacy. There was Alex Jones growling at attendees that the devils reign on this planet is coming to an end and that Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that they chose SATAN! AND THEY! ARE GOING! TO FAIL! There were rousing rounds of the oddly-devised anti-Biden chant Lets go, Brandon and worship music provided by Sean Feucht, graciously in attendance thanks to his failed run for Californias state legislature. There was also, presumably, nary a vaccinated person in the house.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/michael-flynn-cornerstone-church-christian-theocracy-1260606/
Which only further cements the fact that they have absolutely no original ideas of their own. But this event was so toxic that even for a church as toxic as John Hagees, that is pretty damn toxic! But I guess that they want to hang on to their 503(c) status dont they? I mean if I was a church I wouldnt have even had this event in the first place! But then again as many times as I have said on this program, the Dark One and his minions do not want what is best for America!
San Antonio's Cornerstone Church made headlines over the weekend for hosting a far-right political rally at which former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn called for the United States to adopt "one religion."
Other news organizations, including the Express-News, latched onto viral video of attendees chanting "Let's go, Brandon" a cuss word-averse stand-in for "Fuck Joe Biden" from the pews during the three-day gathering.
Indeed, the speaker list for the Reawaken America Tour proved newsworthy in itself. In addition to Flynn, they included Trump loyalist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, InfoWars founder Alex Jones and anti-vaccine zealot Sherri Tenpenny. Organized by Oklahoma business coach Clay Clark, the multi-city tour provided a platform for 2020 election deniers, anti-vaxxers and other religious-right conspiracists.
Amid the event's fallout, Cornerstone led by the controversial father-son evangelical team of John and Matt Hagee issued a statement distancing itself from the Reawaken America Tour.
"This past week, Cornerstone Church facilities were used by an outside organization. Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views," said the statement the nondenominational congregation shared with multiple news outlets.
https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/cornerstone-church-said-it-does-not-endorse-far-right-rally-it-hosted-yet-its-pastor-spoke-from-the-stage/Content?oid=27588693
Other news organizations, including the Express-News, latched onto viral video of attendees chanting "Let's go, Brandon" a cuss word-averse stand-in for "Fuck Joe Biden" from the pews during the three-day gathering.
Indeed, the speaker list for the Reawaken America Tour proved newsworthy in itself. In addition to Flynn, they included Trump loyalist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, InfoWars founder Alex Jones and anti-vaccine zealot Sherri Tenpenny. Organized by Oklahoma business coach Clay Clark, the multi-city tour provided a platform for 2020 election deniers, anti-vaxxers and other religious-right conspiracists.
Amid the event's fallout, Cornerstone led by the controversial father-son evangelical team of John and Matt Hagee issued a statement distancing itself from the Reawaken America Tour.
"This past week, Cornerstone Church facilities were used by an outside organization. Cornerstone Church is not associated with this organization and does not endorse their views," said the statement the nondenominational congregation shared with multiple news outlets.
https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/cornerstone-church-said-it-does-not-endorse-far-right-rally-it-hosted-yet-its-pastor-spoke-from-the-stage/Content?oid=27588693
Well there you have it even the church leaders are hypocrites themselves! I mean come on, even JAYSUS would hate them! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: Peloton Vs Sex & The City
[br] [/font] [br]
Clip without context time!
I bet she's fun to have at dinner parties! Moving on...
Hey everyone! Its the last Top 10 of the year and I could really use a drink!
Of course you know by now that the purpose of this bit is that we have some drinks and while were drinking we talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt relate to politics or COVID. Because theres a lot of really dark shit out there right now, so we take a lighter side at the news! Well I dont have to tell you folks that this story surrounding the manufacturers of the Peloton exercise bicycles and the HBO program Sex & The City is the stuff of pure insanity and its not over by any means! So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about Sex & The City? A cosmopolitan served in a British bowler hat? No thanks, Ill just stick to my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. But anyway the beef between the makers of Peloton and the producers of Sex & The City started when a character on that HBO show had a heart attack while riding on a Peloton. Needless to say, that did start quite the panic in the Peloton organization.
Warning: If youre planning to watch the Sex and the City revival, And Just Like That, avert your eyes for this intro spoilers are incoming. Peloton probably wished everyone did just that.
Yes, the ubiquitous, expensive exercise bike featured in a major plotline in the first episode of the new series, which itself isnt particularly shocking. The shock came when Carrie's husband, Mr. Big, died of a heart attack after he finished a 45-minute Peloton class on the company's Bike (with real instructor Jess King in a fictional role as a Peloton instructor).
The plotline hit Pelotons stock price over the weekend something the company has seen over the last year as many folks head back to their gyms or perhaps, like me, just dont want to stay in their homes to exercise anymore.
Peloton was also caught unawares the company knew HBO would feature a Peloton in the episode and that King would portray an instructor, but "confidentiality reasons" prevented it from learning it would kill off a character.
https://news.yahoo.com/the-morning-after-pelotons-unfortunate-cameo-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot-121514275.html
Yes, the ubiquitous, expensive exercise bike featured in a major plotline in the first episode of the new series, which itself isnt particularly shocking. The shock came when Carrie's husband, Mr. Big, died of a heart attack after he finished a 45-minute Peloton class on the company's Bike (with real instructor Jess King in a fictional role as a Peloton instructor).
The plotline hit Pelotons stock price over the weekend something the company has seen over the last year as many folks head back to their gyms or perhaps, like me, just dont want to stay in their homes to exercise anymore.
Peloton was also caught unawares the company knew HBO would feature a Peloton in the episode and that King would portray an instructor, but "confidentiality reasons" prevented it from learning it would kill off a character.
https://news.yahoo.com/the-morning-after-pelotons-unfortunate-cameo-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot-121514275.html
Yeah so in case youre wondering yes, Peloton was aware that their products were going to be featured in the Sex & The City reboot but wasnt aware that the machine would be used in killing off a major character on the show. And of course the company has had to do some serious damage control in the wake of this and its cost them. You know next time you might want to approve the script before you OK the use of your product in a major show like this! And if youre an investor in Peloton, you should probably check your stock accounts.
Shares of Peloton, the fitness equipment company, fell 11.3% Thursday tumbling to a 19-month low after a key character in HBO Maxs Sex and the City revival, And Just Like That, was shown dying of a heart attack after a 45-minute workout on one of the companys exercise bikes.
The stock continued its slide Friday, down more than 5% in midmorning trading.
According to Peloton, the company had approved the shows use of the bike as well as the appearance of Allegra, a fictional instructor played by real-life Peloton cycling instructor Jess King. However, Peloton did not know that And Just Like That, which premiered Dec. 9, would show [SPOILER ALERT] Mr. Big, played by Chris Noth, collapsing and then dying after a Peloton workout. Mr. Big was the on-again-off-again love interest of protagonist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). And just like that Big died, Carrie says in the scene.
In response, Peloton pointed to Mr. Bigs unhealthy lifestyle choices as the likely cause of his demise rather than the fact that his death was precipitated by his use of the companys exercise bike. Prior to hopping on the Peloton bike, Big is seen puffing on a cigar.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/peloton-stock-drops-just-characters-shocking-post-workout-death-rcna8420
The stock continued its slide Friday, down more than 5% in midmorning trading.
According to Peloton, the company had approved the shows use of the bike as well as the appearance of Allegra, a fictional instructor played by real-life Peloton cycling instructor Jess King. However, Peloton did not know that And Just Like That, which premiered Dec. 9, would show [SPOILER ALERT] Mr. Big, played by Chris Noth, collapsing and then dying after a Peloton workout. Mr. Big was the on-again-off-again love interest of protagonist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). And just like that Big died, Carrie says in the scene.
In response, Peloton pointed to Mr. Bigs unhealthy lifestyle choices as the likely cause of his demise rather than the fact that his death was precipitated by his use of the companys exercise bike. Prior to hopping on the Peloton bike, Big is seen puffing on a cigar.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/peloton-stock-drops-just-characters-shocking-post-workout-death-rcna8420
So if youre on the Peloton board of directors or youre a Peloton shareholder, or youre even a Peloton enthusiast, youre probably fuming mad over this scene. So how does the company fire back after the death of Mr. Big sends your stocks plummeting? Well in true superhero fashion theres only one man who can save the company, and that man so happens to be Ryan Reynolds. Thats right, Deadpool himself has to come in to rescue Peloton! So how does Peloton turn their situation around? Well you hire Ryan Reynolds to star in your own parody ad!
Peloton wants users to know its at-home fitness equipment can improve ones physical health not lead to health complications, which was implied in the reboot of Sex and the City on HBO Max.
The company put out a response on its Twitter account on Sunday to a plot in Sex and the City that sent shares of the company tumbling last week, piling onto a recent selloff. The stock is down about 75% year-to-date, and it hit a 52-week low of $37.67 on Friday.
In the widely shared Sex and the City scene, one of the main characters of And Just Like That..., Mr. Big, died from a heart attack after taking a 45-minute Peloton class.
In Pelotons parody commercial, Jess King the Peloton instructor who was portrayed in the HBO show sits down with Mr. Big, played by Sex and the City actor Chris Noth, after he gets up from a fall and asks him if he would like to take another class on the Bike.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/12/peloton-fires-back-at-its-portrayal-in-sex-and-the-city-reboot-with-own-parody-ad.html
The company put out a response on its Twitter account on Sunday to a plot in Sex and the City that sent shares of the company tumbling last week, piling onto a recent selloff. The stock is down about 75% year-to-date, and it hit a 52-week low of $37.67 on Friday.
In the widely shared Sex and the City scene, one of the main characters of And Just Like That..., Mr. Big, died from a heart attack after taking a 45-minute Peloton class.
In Pelotons parody commercial, Jess King the Peloton instructor who was portrayed in the HBO show sits down with Mr. Big, played by Sex and the City actor Chris Noth, after he gets up from a fall and asks him if he would like to take another class on the Bike.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/12/peloton-fires-back-at-its-portrayal-in-sex-and-the-city-reboot-with-own-parody-ad.html
So Peloton brings in Ryan Reynolds a dude who Im serious could literally sell anything to save the company. So I guess that all is well then? Well its a temporary fix for sure it wont help reverse Pelotons image that came crashing down with this episode, but it will help save a few shares from being sold off. But whats the moral of the story here? If youre going to allow your product to be featured in an episode of a major TV show with millions of viewers worldwide, you might want to consider reading the script first before approving!
Peloton wants users to know its at-home fitness equipment can improve ones physical health not lead to health complications, which was implied in the reboot of Sex and the City on HBO Max.
The company put out a response on its Twitter account on Sunday to a plot in Sex and the City that sent shares of the company tumbling last week, piling onto a recent selloff. The stock is down about 75% year-to-date, and it hit a 52-week low of $37.67 on Friday.
In the widely shared Sex and the City scene, one of the main characters of And Just Like That..., Mr. Big, died from a heart attack after taking a 45-minute Peloton class.
In Pelotons parody commercial, Jess King the Peloton instructor who was portrayed in the HBO show sits down with Mr. Big, played by Sex and the City actor Chris Noth, after he gets up from a fall and asks him if he would like to take another class on the Bike.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/12/peloton-fires-back-at-its-portrayal-in-sex-and-the-city-reboot-with-own-parody-ad.html
The company put out a response on its Twitter account on Sunday to a plot in Sex and the City that sent shares of the company tumbling last week, piling onto a recent selloff. The stock is down about 75% year-to-date, and it hit a 52-week low of $37.67 on Friday.
In the widely shared Sex and the City scene, one of the main characters of And Just Like That..., Mr. Big, died from a heart attack after taking a 45-minute Peloton class.
In Pelotons parody commercial, Jess King the Peloton instructor who was portrayed in the HBO show sits down with Mr. Big, played by Sex and the City actor Chris Noth, after he gets up from a fall and asks him if he would like to take another class on the Bike.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/12/peloton-fires-back-at-its-portrayal-in-sex-and-the-city-reboot-with-own-parody-ad.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people and people are dumb! And this is my favorite People Are Dumb of the year because we get to look back at our favorite People Are Dumb entries from the entire year! Thats right the biggest idiots, the dumbest crooks and the overall most batshit insane news of the year here! And we bring it all to you without ad filters or giant browser-filling notices about the fact that we use cookies. We dont. But thats also why our budget is zero. Well some of the absolute dumbest criminals of the year came from the Capitol Insurrection and Im not even counting Matt Gaetz as this years dumbest criminal because you all knew that he would be (see: Idiots #10-10 ). But that said, this isnt reserved for Congressional criminals, this is reserved for your every day criminals. Like this guy who texted a picture of himself at the Capitol. You dont reveal evidence of your crime!
A New York man has now been charged with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection in D.C. after allegedly texting a picture and video of himself in the Capitol to his girlfriends brother a special agent with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the agent who is a federal officer employed by the U.S. Department of State reported the photo and video to the Diplomatic Security Service, which then passed it along to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The agent reportedly saw a post from his sister on Facebook that her boyfriend, Thomas Fee, of Freeport, New York, was in D.C. at the rally on Jan. 6. The agent subsequently texted Fee, who allegedly confirmed his presence and sent him a selfie of him in the Capitol Rotunda, along with a video and a text saying he was at the tip of the spear.
According to the affidavit, federal investigators were able to confirm a white Chevy Tahoe registered to Fee left Long Island, where Freeport is located, on Jan. 5 and returned Jan. 7 at around 11 a.m.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/capitol-rioter-new-york-thomas-fee-selfie-rotunda-insurrection-retired-firefighter/65-9c7cd936-35e5-402e-a085-63cb14bf045a
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the agent who is a federal officer employed by the U.S. Department of State reported the photo and video to the Diplomatic Security Service, which then passed it along to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The agent reportedly saw a post from his sister on Facebook that her boyfriend, Thomas Fee, of Freeport, New York, was in D.C. at the rally on Jan. 6. The agent subsequently texted Fee, who allegedly confirmed his presence and sent him a selfie of him in the Capitol Rotunda, along with a video and a text saying he was at the tip of the spear.
According to the affidavit, federal investigators were able to confirm a white Chevy Tahoe registered to Fee left Long Island, where Freeport is located, on Jan. 5 and returned Jan. 7 at around 11 a.m.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/capitol-rioter-new-york-thomas-fee-selfie-rotunda-insurrection-retired-firefighter/65-9c7cd936-35e5-402e-a085-63cb14bf045a
Yes that story gets that GIF! Someone who is literally too stupid to insult! Next up of course we have our good friend Florida Man represented here. Of course you know Florida as Homer Simpson once called it Americas Wang. But this might be one of my favorite Florida Man stories ever as its multiple levels of stupid. This guy found a body double, stole an election, committed massive fraud, and then was stupid enough to get caught. Too bad Fred Willard is gone because hed be perfect for the role in the movie based on this story.
The details surrounding a political whodunit involving a former Miami GOP state senator, a mysterious no-party candidate and an alleged scheme to sway the outcome of a key Florida Senate race came pouring out Thursday in a 25-page affidavit.
The alleged campaign chicanery involved early morning Facebook messages, incriminating text messages and, at the heart of it all, tens of thousands of dollars in documented payments in exchange for a ringer candidate to get his name on the ballot.
Frank Artiles, a Republican political operative, is at the center of the drama. He is facing felony charges on suspicion of offering Alexis Alex Rodriguez $50,000 to run as an independent in Miami-Dades Senate District 37 race. The goal, investigators say, was to confuse voters and influence the outcome of the race to represent Senate District 37, a large swath that includes downtown Miami, Coral Gables and Pinecrest.
The race pitted former TV personality Ileana Garcia, a Republican, against incumbent José Javier Rodríguez, a Democrat. Alex Rodriguez, an auto-parts dealer who shares the same surname as the incumbent, ran as an independent. Investigators said Artiles recruited him to siphon votes from the incumbent, José Javier Rodríguez, who lost by a mere 32 votes after a manual recount. Alex Rodriguez, who did no campaigning, received more than 6,000 votes.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article250015359.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The alleged campaign chicanery involved early morning Facebook messages, incriminating text messages and, at the heart of it all, tens of thousands of dollars in documented payments in exchange for a ringer candidate to get his name on the ballot.
Frank Artiles, a Republican political operative, is at the center of the drama. He is facing felony charges on suspicion of offering Alexis Alex Rodriguez $50,000 to run as an independent in Miami-Dades Senate District 37 race. The goal, investigators say, was to confuse voters and influence the outcome of the race to represent Senate District 37, a large swath that includes downtown Miami, Coral Gables and Pinecrest.
The race pitted former TV personality Ileana Garcia, a Republican, against incumbent José Javier Rodríguez, a Democrat. Alex Rodriguez, an auto-parts dealer who shares the same surname as the incumbent, ran as an independent. Investigators said Artiles recruited him to siphon votes from the incumbent, José Javier Rodríguez, who lost by a mere 32 votes after a manual recount. Alex Rodriguez, who did no campaigning, received more than 6,000 votes.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article250015359.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Next up gender reveal parties. Look people enough with this shit already! Its bad enough that I almost had to evacuate my house last yea because it was in the path of the fire that was started by those morons that set off an explosive device and nearly burned down Riverside County, but do we really need another copycat? Just look at what this guy in Massachusetts did to his town after setting off an explosive device. Seriously, stop it, people, just stop it now.
One New Hampshire familys gender reveal party was such a blast that it rattled towns, set off reports of an earthquake, and could be heard from across the state line, police said.
Police in Kingston, a town not far from the Massachusetts border, received reports of a loud explosion Tuesday evening. They responded to Torromeo quarry where they found people who acknowledged holding a gender reveal party with explosives.
The source was Tannerite 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of it, police said. The family thought the quarry would be the safest spot to blow up the explosive, which is typically sold over the counter as a target for firearms practice, police said.
Nearby residents said the blast rocked their homes. Some reported property damage, NBC 10 Boston reported.
We heard this god-awful blast, Sara Taglieri, who lives in a home that abuts the quarry, told the television station. It knocked pictures off our walls ... Im all up for silliness and what not, but that was extreme.
https://apnews.com/article/nh-state-wire-eb279a8493dd54b8857e20434f9a0c9a
Police in Kingston, a town not far from the Massachusetts border, received reports of a loud explosion Tuesday evening. They responded to Torromeo quarry where they found people who acknowledged holding a gender reveal party with explosives.
The source was Tannerite 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of it, police said. The family thought the quarry would be the safest spot to blow up the explosive, which is typically sold over the counter as a target for firearms practice, police said.
Nearby residents said the blast rocked their homes. Some reported property damage, NBC 10 Boston reported.
We heard this god-awful blast, Sara Taglieri, who lives in a home that abuts the quarry, told the television station. It knocked pictures off our walls ... Im all up for silliness and what not, but that was extreme.
https://apnews.com/article/nh-state-wire-eb279a8493dd54b8857e20434f9a0c9a
Next up the Tesla auto pilot! This is its own genre of fail. And come on, you dont need to know advanced robotics and quantum mechanics to know that the Tesla Autopilot system is not a fully autonomous driving experience. And autonomous is a word that I rarely get to use. Even though your car is on autopilot, thats no excuse to kick back, grab a drink and play some video games. You still have to keep your eye on the car!
The unwritten golden rule of partially automated vehicles is simple: don't be dumb. Apparently, this rule needs to be a little more profound (or mandated), because despite laws and standards being set in place to define vehicle automation, some people just don't seem to get it. Fortunately, the California Highway Patrol does.
On Tuesday, the CHP arrested 25-year-old Param Sharma, a Tesla driver whose presence was made viral after photos and videos of him riding in the back seat of his Model 3 circulated on social media.
The CHP says that on May 10, it received several complaints from motorists regarding a Tesla Model 3 traveling on the highway without a driver in the front seat. An officer spotted the vehicle near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza and initiated a traffic stop where the rear passenger was seen moving into the driver's seat. The officer then arrested Sharma and charged him with two counts of reckless driving and disobeying a Peace Officer.
Apparently, Sharma is no stranger to backseat driving, as the CHP acknowledges that he was cited previously on April 27 for similar behavior. On May 8, the CHP publicly acknowledged that they were aware of a similar stunt that was captured and posted to YouTube just three days earlier, noting that they were actively investigating the incident.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/40575/california-police-arrest-serial-backseat-tesla-driver-for-abusing-autopilot
On Tuesday, the CHP arrested 25-year-old Param Sharma, a Tesla driver whose presence was made viral after photos and videos of him riding in the back seat of his Model 3 circulated on social media.
The CHP says that on May 10, it received several complaints from motorists regarding a Tesla Model 3 traveling on the highway without a driver in the front seat. An officer spotted the vehicle near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza and initiated a traffic stop where the rear passenger was seen moving into the driver's seat. The officer then arrested Sharma and charged him with two counts of reckless driving and disobeying a Peace Officer.
Apparently, Sharma is no stranger to backseat driving, as the CHP acknowledges that he was cited previously on April 27 for similar behavior. On May 8, the CHP publicly acknowledged that they were aware of a similar stunt that was captured and posted to YouTube just three days earlier, noting that they were actively investigating the incident.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/40575/california-police-arrest-serial-backseat-tesla-driver-for-abusing-autopilot
Finally this week, this might be my favorite People Are Dumb story of the year. This comes to us from back in September (see: Idiots #11-9 ). You know the pandemic is still very much a thing. And right now were at the I really dont give a shit what the rules are phase of the pandemic. So this one comes to us from Hawaii. And weve talked a lot on this program about people who have been trying to pass off fake vaccine cards as real ones, but in this case, if youre going to do this, at least spell check before you present! I mean come on, you really cant get much stupider than this!
A 24-year-old Illinois woman submitted a fake COVID-19 vaccination card to visit Hawaii with a glaring spelling error that led to her arrest: Moderna was spelled Maderna, according to court documents.
In order to bypass Hawaiis 10-day traveler quarantine, she uploaded a vaccination card to the states Safe Travels program and arrived in Honolulu Aug. 23 on a Southwest Airlines flight, the documents said.
Airport screeners found suspicious errors such as Moderna was spelled wrong and that her home was in Illinois but her shot was taken at Delaware, Wilson Lau, a special agent with the Hawaii attorney generals investigation division, wrote in an email to a Delaware official who confirmed there was no vaccination record for the woman under her name and birth date.
The email is included in documents filed in court. She was charged with two misdemeanor counts of violating Hawaiis emergency rules to control the spread of COVID-19. She had been in custody on $2,000 bail until a judge released her at a hearing Wednesday and scheduled another hearing in three weeks, according the public defenders office.
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/24-year-old-tourist-with-fake-maderna-covid-19-vaccine-card-arrested-in-hawaii-court-docs/
In order to bypass Hawaiis 10-day traveler quarantine, she uploaded a vaccination card to the states Safe Travels program and arrived in Honolulu Aug. 23 on a Southwest Airlines flight, the documents said.
Airport screeners found suspicious errors such as Moderna was spelled wrong and that her home was in Illinois but her shot was taken at Delaware, Wilson Lau, a special agent with the Hawaii attorney generals investigation division, wrote in an email to a Delaware official who confirmed there was no vaccination record for the woman under her name and birth date.
The email is included in documents filed in court. She was charged with two misdemeanor counts of violating Hawaiis emergency rules to control the spread of COVID-19. She had been in custody on $2,000 bail until a judge released her at a hearing Wednesday and scheduled another hearing in three weeks, according the public defenders office.
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/24-year-old-tourist-with-fake-maderna-covid-19-vaccine-card-arrested-in-hawaii-court-docs/
Thats it this year for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Re d State Diaries: Guns In Christmas Cards
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time for our final Clip Without Context for the week!
Yeah and your 5,000 attempts to overturn the election have gone over so well, haven't they? Moving on...
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries and its certifiably insane what they are doing right now. Last week, we brought you the beef between Georgias Marjorie Greene (Q Batshit) and Minnesotas Ilhan Omar. And it was the stuff of batshit insanity because who knew that a white gym owner was an untrustworthy person? I certainly did! Well this week its Christmas time and this means that while everyone is getting into the holiday spirit again and going all out on the holly jolly after last years nightmare Christmas, that means that the War On Christmas once again is heating up. Of course the MAGAs and gun nuts are turning this into a way too literal war-on-Christmas this year. Do you really need a Christmas card that shows you and your family holding semi-automatic rifles? Well nobody really did and here is where we are, especially after some really terrible mass shootings lately. The controversy started when Kentucky rep Thomas Massie (Q Batshit) posted a family Christmas card with pictures of his family carrying guns after that horrifying mass shooting a couple of weeks ago.
Rep. Thomas Massie said Monday he'll never delete the controversial photo he posted over the weekend of him and his family holding guns in front of a Christmas tree.
Massie's picture has gotten over 81,000 "likes" on Twitter but also attracted a lot of criticism because he posted it less than a week after four teenagers in Michigan were killed in the nation's latest mass school shooting.
"A lot of people think that's going to be our Christmas card," Massie said of the gun-filled photo during a Monday interview on conservative radio host Todd Starnes' show.
"We actually took a very similar picture holding musical instruments because we like to shoot guns and play music when we get together as a family. And the one that's going on the Christmas card are bluegrass instruments."
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/06/rep-thomas-massie-ill-never-delete-family-christmas-photo-guns/6407550001/
Massie's picture has gotten over 81,000 "likes" on Twitter but also attracted a lot of criticism because he posted it less than a week after four teenagers in Michigan were killed in the nation's latest mass school shooting.
"A lot of people think that's going to be our Christmas card," Massie said of the gun-filled photo during a Monday interview on conservative radio host Todd Starnes' show.
"We actually took a very similar picture holding musical instruments because we like to shoot guns and play music when we get together as a family. And the one that's going on the Christmas card are bluegrass instruments."
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/06/rep-thomas-massie-ill-never-delete-family-christmas-photo-guns/6407550001/
Guess you could call this one I Saw Mommy Shooting Santa Claus? Or maybe Santa Claus Is Gunning You Down? But that said, Rep. Massie isnt the only one who is coming under fire (HA) for his poor choice of Christmas card. Theres also Lauren Boebert among the Congressional faithful that are turning the War On Christmas of 2021 into a way too literal War On Christmas. But then again this is all the acclamation of Fox News talking points gone completely berserk. And lets face it, youre not gun nuts, youre ammosexuals.
I hope that one day Ill live in a country where parents, communities and lawmakers work to shield schools and children from gun violence with the same energy they apply to banning accurate portrayals of American history, books and little-known academic theories. But for starters, I would like elected officials to stop glorifying the instruments of death and injury that are devastating so many families.
According to Everytown Research and Policy, a group that tracks gun violence, there have been at least 149 incidents of gun fire on school grounds this year. And according to a study conducted by the Child Welfare League of America, Participants identified that frequent media portrayal of guns glorifies their use and promotes using gun violence as an acceptable means of conflict resolution.
With gun-related research funding largely blocked by the government, studies havent clearly connected the glorification of guns to the rate of gun deaths. But it seems intensely counterproductive for public officials to normalize the appearance of deadly weapons in what should otherwise be innocuous holiday photos, given that children and teens in the U.S. experience staggeringly high rates of gun deaths and injuries compared to other high-income countries, according to Everytown, and that firearms are the second-largest injury-related cause of death for children and teens. Exploiting their children as props to glorify and promote gun-wielding is nothing short of alarming.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/christmas-card-guns-lauren-boebert-thomas-massie-start-new-culture-ncna1285709
According to Everytown Research and Policy, a group that tracks gun violence, there have been at least 149 incidents of gun fire on school grounds this year. And according to a study conducted by the Child Welfare League of America, Participants identified that frequent media portrayal of guns glorifies their use and promotes using gun violence as an acceptable means of conflict resolution.
With gun-related research funding largely blocked by the government, studies havent clearly connected the glorification of guns to the rate of gun deaths. But it seems intensely counterproductive for public officials to normalize the appearance of deadly weapons in what should otherwise be innocuous holiday photos, given that children and teens in the U.S. experience staggeringly high rates of gun deaths and injuries compared to other high-income countries, according to Everytown, and that firearms are the second-largest injury-related cause of death for children and teens. Exploiting their children as props to glorify and promote gun-wielding is nothing short of alarming.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/christmas-card-guns-lauren-boebert-thomas-massie-start-new-culture-ncna1285709
Yeah except in this case he can absolutely hurt you! So what to do about this? These are leaders of Congress pulling this shit when American gun violence is at the highest rate that its ever been in this countrys history! So that said, where do you go when members of Congress are the problem preventing you from coming up with a solution? And Im asking of course for the millions of Americans who have succumbed needlessly to the firearm.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting Colorado Republican who is under threat of being removed from her committee assignments for Islamophobic comments targeted at fellow lawmakers, faced more backlash on Wednesday after sharing a family photo showing her four children posing with guns in front of a Christmas tree.
"The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!" Boebert wrote on Twitter late Tuesday, in apparent solidarity with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a fellow gun enthusiast, who faced criticism for posting a similar photo last week of his family proudly holding firearms in front of their Christmas tree. Both families appeared smiling while heavily armed ahead of the holiday season.
"Santa, please bring more ammo," Massie's photo with his wife and six kids posted Dec. 4 was captioned.
On the heels of Massie's post last week but ahead of her own, Boebert offered her support to her colleague's photo, tweeting, "That's my kind of Christmas card!"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/boebert-draws-backlash-family-christmas-photo-kids-posing/story?id=81623347
"The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!" Boebert wrote on Twitter late Tuesday, in apparent solidarity with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a fellow gun enthusiast, who faced criticism for posting a similar photo last week of his family proudly holding firearms in front of their Christmas tree. Both families appeared smiling while heavily armed ahead of the holiday season.
"Santa, please bring more ammo," Massie's photo with his wife and six kids posted Dec. 4 was captioned.
On the heels of Massie's post last week but ahead of her own, Boebert offered her support to her colleague's photo, tweeting, "That's my kind of Christmas card!"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/boebert-draws-backlash-family-christmas-photo-kids-posing/story?id=81623347
v
Of course because Lauren Boebert is now a paid professional troll, thats naturally the response that youre going to get! She will say and do literally the opposite of what a decent person would say or do in this situation. And of course, the we apologize for nothing and do not comply crowd is refusing to back down from these disgusting displays of ammosexual affection. I mean, yeah thats kind of how we got to where we are is because of idiots like Boebert and Massie. Really, you two, grow the fuck up. Oh wait, thats never gonna happen.
On Day 3 of the controversy caused by Lauren Boebert's suggestion that a Muslim member of Congress might be a terrorist, the Colorado Republican said that she "can't wait" to debate the issue with Rep. Ilhan Omar on a Fox News primetime show.
Yup. That's what she said.
What the two would debate is not entirely clear to me. Boebert said on multiple occasions that Omar, a Democrat who represents Minnesota in Congress, was a terrorist. She also said that Omar was "black-hearted" and "evil." And she regularly refers to Omar as well as Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts as the "Jihad Squad."
Omar, for her part, asked Boebert in a phone conversation Monday to issue a public apology. Boebert refused to do so, saying later in an Instagram post, "I will fearlessly continue to put America first, never sympathizing with terrorists. Unfortunately Ilhan can't say the same thing and our country is worse off for it."
On Tuesday afternoon, Omar played a recording of a voice message she had received following Boebert's comments in which several slurs were used and the caller told the congresswoman that she "will not live much longer."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html
Yup. That's what she said.
What the two would debate is not entirely clear to me. Boebert said on multiple occasions that Omar, a Democrat who represents Minnesota in Congress, was a terrorist. She also said that Omar was "black-hearted" and "evil." And she regularly refers to Omar as well as Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts as the "Jihad Squad."
Omar, for her part, asked Boebert in a phone conversation Monday to issue a public apology. Boebert refused to do so, saying later in an Instagram post, "I will fearlessly continue to put America first, never sympathizing with terrorists. Unfortunately Ilhan can't say the same thing and our country is worse off for it."
On Tuesday afternoon, Omar played a recording of a voice message she had received following Boebert's comments in which several slurs were used and the caller told the congresswoman that she "will not live much longer."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/politics/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
There is no next week! Were back on January 20th with more insanity from the red states! See you then!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Rise Against: [/font]
Folks my next guest is our good friends Rise Against! They have a great new album out called Nowhere Generation. You can see them at the WaMu Theater in Seattle on April 19th, the Mechanics Bank Theater in Bakersfield on April 22nd, and at the Welcome To Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach on May 21st. Playing their song Broken Dreams, Inc, give it up for Rise Against!
Thank you very much everybody! We are out of here for the year! This has been a great season, and it has been great to be finally out of that blank, blue void. I want to thank my staff, the venues, and of course you guys! its been a great 5 years. Heres to 5 more years of the Top 10! Well be back on January 20th but we will be running a couple of Best Of editions until then. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year!
See you next year!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Constellation Room at Observatory OC, Santa Ana, CA
Rise Against Appear Courtesy Of: Loma Vista Recordings, Inc.
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
December 9, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-16: C.R.E.A.M.: Conspiracies Rule Everything Around Me Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Welcome welcome welcome! Whats up New York City??? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Its great to be back in the Big Apple here at the beautiful Grammercy Theater! Now that we have 5 full years under our belts, its time to start thinking about the next five! What will happen? Will Trump declare himself god? Will the Q nuts rise up and burn down Dealy Plaza? Will Kanye start a suicide cult in Wyoming? Will COVID-19 morph into a super virus that takes out all the red state voters? Only one way to find out! Next year is our annual wrap up of the year and what a truly insane and crazy year 2021 was! But weve got one more regular Top 10 for you and here it is! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! You know Bill Maher was right the longer you spend in the virtual world the harder it is to relate to the real one. I mean come on, people have had entire wedding ceremonies in Minecraft. Now get ready for the next evolution of that Metaverse weddings! Thats right the Meta corporation, formerly known as Facebook has used VR technology to create an entire virtual world in which we live. Its almost similar to the plot of that movie from a couple of years ago called Ready Player One. So yeah get ready for a whole slew of events to take place on your VR headset. Goodbye reality, it was nice knowing you! So if we have virtual weddings, does that mean that virtual divorces are far behind? And if we have virtual marriages, does that mean that virtual babies are far behind? Holy shit! We really are going to live in the Matrix! Goodbye, nice knowing everyone! OK enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first I have to play Bill Mahers new rule - are you Kylie Jenner or are you Greta Thunberg?
So where do we begin for our penultimate Top 10 of 2021? Weve got a lot for you so lets not waste time in our next to last edition, shall we? In the number one slot this week is the Supreme Court (1). Yes, our far right Supreme Court is now deciding the fate on Americas stance on abortion and its left to a crazy cult member and a sloppy drunk known for assaulting women. Thanks MAGAs! In the second slot this week is the King MAGA himself (2) and the white washing of the January 6th attack on Congress has begun, so what is he concerned with? Thats right the size of the crowd that attended the rally before hand! You cant make this stuff up! In the number 3 slot this week is also That Guy (3). Theres a stunning, though hardly shocking revelation that he went through with the 2020 televised debate after getting infected, because thats the kind of psychopath that he is. In the number 4 slot is the return of Were All Gonna Die (4). So Omicron Variant mild version of what weve been through in the last 2 years or is it going to kill us all? Depends on what your media source is. In the number 5 slot this week is also the return of Top 10 Investigates! Stores like Apple and Neiman Marcus are getting hit hard with a series of smash n grab robberies, so whats fueling this madness? We dont know either! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit (6) and this week our resident pastor is becoming increasingly alarmed at the popularity of Q Anon and its becoming as popular as some major religions, so what the fuck people? In the number 7 slot this week, we have a new This Fucking Guy (7) and this week were profiling far right Canadian self help guru Jordan Peterson who jus announced a huge speaking tour for 2022, and if hes coming to your city, run the other way! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and this week, after 3 major NFL players got busted for presenting fake vaccine cards, how many more are out there? Adjust your tin foil hat accordingly! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week is a new I Need A Drink and this week, wait for your town to get bombarded by Santas who dont care if youre naughty or nice, they just want to drink and get rowdy! Its the return of Santa Con! Yay!!! Finally this week, in Red State Diaries whats Marjorie Taylor Greenes beef with Ilhan Omar? Well you could say its racist, and well yeah it absolutely is racist. Plus we have some live music from our good friend Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Supreme Court
[br] [/font] [br]
Americas march towards a totalitarian religious theocratic society isnt going to be something that makes the front page news. Its happening behind the scenes. Ever wonder how the worst president in United States history got three Supreme Court justices including a guy who drinks too much and got accused of something called boofing (whatever that is)? Yeah its to decide these upcoming cases right here. Putting a guy who got blackout drunk and raped women in charge of handing the abortion issue is like putting the most socially awkward guy in the world in charge of social media. Oh wait, we actually did that. But one of the cooler heads in the room is absolutely Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who called it out how much this whole thing stinks. Its literally the definition of partisan politics and we unfortunately have the deck stacked against us in deciding this issue.
Yeah its truly disturbing that the fate of womens rights in this country is being put in the hands of a guy who wants to date his own daughter. Thats like putting someone who endorses a fried chicken chain on a weight loss program. Oh wait, we did that too. But enough of that. Whats the future of abortion and womens rights in America after this case goes through SCOTUS? Well its not a very good one from the future outcomes that are being predicted.
Happy Thursday everybody! Glad I could cheer everybody up! But then again this program is called Top 10 Conservative Idiots and we are here to report on the idiots. And heres the thing about this too the unholy trinity of Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch - they were all grilled extensively about their allegiance to the court precedence in their Senate confirmation hearings. And these are the people who are going to decide the future of womens rights in this country. Just AHHH!!!!
During his contentious 2018 confirmation process, Kavanaugh won vital support from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), an abortion rights supporter, in part because she said he had privately reassured her that Roe was settled law.
On Wednesday, Kavanaugh listed more than a half-dozen major decisions in which the court had reversed its previous positions. The list included groundbreaking decisions about gay rights and school desegregation.
If you think about some of the most important cases, the most consequential cases in this courts history, theres a string of them where the cases overruled precedent, Kavanaugh said in an exchange with Julie Rikelman, the lawyer representing Mississippis sole abortion clinic, Jackson Womens Health.
If we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, he added, why isnt the proper approach to not stick with those precedents in the same way that all those other cases didnt?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/kavanaugh-who-told-senate-roe-v-wade-was-settled-precedent-signals-openness-overturning-abortion-decision/
Thats an understatement! Who knows where this is headed? Were currently in a chess match with the religious right and theyre close to checkmate. So whats at stake in the event that Roe V. Wade is actually overturned? Lets look at Texas where the issue of abortion, well, pretty much they have the worst abortion laws in the country, save for Mississippi. But this part of Texas abortion laws make it clear what the ultimate end game for the Christian right is on the abortion issue.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"] That Former Guy
[br] [/font] [br]
Moving on to much lighter news treason! So were just three weeks away from the 1 year anniversary of the clusterfuck known as the January 6th insurrection of Congress. And as predicted, the conservatives are attempting to white wash the disaster they created as a sort of MOVE ALONG! NOTHING TO SEE HERE! PLEASE DISPERSE! kind of thing. As we have pointed out before, they attempted to commit treason against the United States government, that is a crime that is defined in the United States Constitution! We cannot under any circumstances let them get away with this. Oh but theyll certainly try. And they will convince the people who turn into Fox, OAN, Newsmax, and all of the other conservative shit out there to comply with their every evil bidding. But none are so stupid and headstrong to try to whitewash the treason as the MAGA commander himself. While his useful idiots like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone are getting arrested in droves, guess what hes complaining about? Thats right his crowd size!
Remember last year when Trump literally compared himself to Nero? That analogy isnt really that far off. People fucking DIED because of his bullshit. There was damage done to the Capitol complex in the fucking MILLIONS. His supporters were out for blood quite literally! But in the Trump world, this is a new definition of the Wu Tang classic album C.R.E.A.M., but in this case well call it Conspiracies Rule Everything Around Me. Thank you graphics department! Trump played the fiddle while Washington DC was literally burning around him!
Sorry GOP but you dont get to MOVE ALONG! NOTHING TO SEE HERE! your way out of this one, because its truly insane what happened and we may never know everyone who was there and we may never know the true extent of the damage that was done. And same goes for you, Mark Meadows, where were you on the 6th? Theres no way Trump was mortified by what was going on, he was probably toasting with his shit-eating grin and a thumbs up to the madness that was happening.
And by the way in case youre wondering the caliber of person that Donald Trump attracts, lets just say that hes not attracting Americas best people. Weve brought you countless tales of people whove been arrested and just cant handle prison life, like real estate agent who inexplicably flies to the rally in a private jet, Jenna Ryan (see: Idiots #10-1 ) or that Q Anon Shaman guy (see: Idiots #10-4 ). But this is the quality person that went to the Capitol Riot and well, its quite possible these are the dumbest people on the planet.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Michigan Shooting
[br] [/font] [br]
So normally we dont talk about this sort of thing on the Top 10. Because shootings unless they make world news arent exactly something to make fun of. But this is one of the weirder and more fucked up stories of 2021 so far. Im sure by now you know about the horrifying story of a bullied kid from Michigan who went in and shot and killed four of his classmates. But thats not the end of this story, oh no, it gets really weird really quickly. And this is also kind of a story about life imitating art because if you know popular music, it is pretty much a real life recreation of the Foster The People song Pumped Up Kicks. You know what? Lets play that, shall we?
But now that the dust has settled from another day in the American gun toting society nightmare where you can be shot at, at any time of day, at anywhere, this is what we are stuck with. And the parents in this situation definitely arent helping things. But the weird part of this story actually starts at the beginning of it. Heres what happened.
So that is the most fucked up thing about this story. The parents were called into school that day. The kid was meeting with the principal that day. He was caught searching for ammo on his phone, and he had the gun in his backpack that day. Oh and in case you were wondering yes this story does get weirder and more fucked up the more you peel back the layers! So what happens when you find out your son is a murderer? You flee the cops! Because thats what perfectly innocent people do, right?
Unless they disappear themselves, that is! So now the parents ran from the cops. And its no secret that the kids mom is a huge fan of our former president. Gee, you think that he might have been a bad role model for your son? Garbage in, garbage out. But like every mass shooting thats happened in the last 20 years, the same damn question gets asked could this have been prevented?. Of course it could have been prevented! But we live in America, where guns have more rights than people do. And its absolutely concerning. So what happened the day of that could have prevented this?
Well except in this case when youre literally in the principals office with the fucking gun in your backpack!!! Just I cant even. Good thing were going on a break after next week because I need a long one after this story. It is in every sense of the word, an absolute clusterfuck. Dont worry we will be following this story and bringing you any updates for now. But if that mother is any indication, yes, there is a connection to that former president we all know. This family is going to be in a whole heaping mess of trouble.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Were All Gonna Die: Omicron Variant
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone! Guess what? Were all gonna die! Woooooooooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooo! Wooooo! Woo. Of course thats been the mentality the last 18 months that weve been living under this virus called COVID-19. And I remember when I first brought this to everybodys attention in Idiots #8-4. Of course who knew that wed be in this mess two years later and that it would fundamentally alter the entire world as we once knew it? Well, nearly half the Greek alphabet later, were up to the Omicron variant that originated in South Africa. So what does this hold for the latest round of COVID madness? Well, lets say that if you havent got your vaccine by now what the hell are you waiting for? This virus is an absolute menace and the sooner its controlled the better! So by now of course the entire world is coming to grips with the latest mutant variant. Could it do more damage than Delta? Probably. But then again everything so far is probably.
Calm down, were not gonna die. Of course I said that back in 2020 and look what happened we spent nearly 20 months of our lives stuck at home with nowhere to go and literally reaching the end of our Netflix and Hulu cues. But two years later, weve got a cure people! And since we live in a country where half the population refuses to listen to the other half, weve got a large percentage of the population not taking a free cure and going out of their way to not take it! At least the WHO has the answers and if youre thinking of throwing out those face masks, dont do it just yet!
Oh calm down cute CGI characters! Were not going to die yet! So yeah we have a new mutant on our hands and nobody has any answers! But remember when we said get the vaccine? I mean exactly that GET THE DAMN VACCINE! Trust me, Im related to an emergency room doctor, you do not want any part of this! And yeah not at all surprisingly, the new mutant is occurring among DRUM ROLL the unvaccinated population! Ive been slapping my head so much that my forehead is now a bright red color, and Im literally all out of fucks to give at this point!
Yeah probably. Just give the anti-vaxxers enough time to work their um whats the opposite of magic? Yeah whatever that is! But that said it is great to live in the information age isnt it? While it has brought out the best and worst in society, one thing it has done is that it has made identifying this latest virus that much faster and were able to deal with it now, where we werent able to in 2020. But what if COVID is an evolved version of the common cold? Thats something that scientists are rushing to find answwes to with this latest version of the virus. Could we all die? Probably. And probably not. Thats the beauty of science!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Top 10 Investigates: Smash N Grabs
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time to investigate beyond the headlines. This is Top 10 Investigates!
High end retailers and department stores across America are becoming the victims of something called Smash n grab robberies. Theres even an AC/DC song called Smash N Grab:
Its hit everything from mom and pop businesses at the Del Amo, California swap meet to ultra-high end retailers like Louis Vuitton. But these arent just a mere string of robberies, these are carefully planned attacks designed to quickly go in, loot the place, and leave. But whats fueling these mobs? Theres many different theories out there about what is causing this phenomenon. Authorities are baffled and few arrests, if any have been made. Its left retailers and store owners stunned about what to do in case this happens again. And theres even been several attempts to stop future smash and grab robberies from happening. But right now theres nothing that can stop them and the police dont have a lot of answers or solutions to whats causing these problems. Can they be prevented? That is something that authorities are looking into. But the business owners are looking into solutions because they want to protect their stores and their merchandise from being looted.
The bad thing is that you cant arrest them if you dont know who they are, or can even attempt to find the stolen loot. But we do know what happens during one of them. Footage obtained on a Nordstrom security camera of one of the stores that was looted caught footage of a robbery in progress the masked robbers smash the store windows, grab whatever they can, and get into cars that are waiting outside for a quick getaway. Just look at what happened to a Nordstrom in downtown Los Angeles during one of these robberies.
But Los Angeles wasnt just an isolated incident. Theres tons of these popping up all over the country and even all over the world. Just look at what happened at this store in the Bay Area in Walnut Creek, California. Its exactly part of the same pattern of robberies that happened in Los Angeles and Del Amo suspects get out of a car, smash, loot, then quickly get away. But now police want to know who is behind these robberies? Can they be stopped again?
That said what can be done about these robberies? There have already been a number of measures taken to prevent future robberies. But the Nordstrom in Los Angeles that was the subject of the first robbery in question is already taking drastic steps to prevent future robberies from happening. And those measures include a very dangerous and far more potent spray thats used on bears, think of it as an upgraded version of commonly used pepper spray.
Thats it this week for Top 10 Investigates. Good day.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Lakewood Church Found Money
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know this is our next to last sermon of the year. We hope that you have a very happy holiday, whatever holiday that is you happen to be worshipping. So that said, we decided that we were going to have some fun with this week because theres a lot of dark shit out there. Though one church has a bit of a money laundering problem on its hands. Of course you probably already know the church in question. Thats right, our old buddy Joel Osteen and his Lakewood Church thats in a giant stadium in Houston, Texas. Yes, Joel Osteen the pastor that has more money than his entire congregation combined, drives multiple Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and owns a mansion that practically has its own zip code. Now see, the GOOD LAWRD wants you to be rich, and wealth is a sign of prosperity, is it not? But theres wealth and then theres fuck you wealth. Joel Osteen is someone who has fuck you wealth. With tax exempt status on top of that! But that said, with this little find of $600,000, Mr. Osteens got some splainin to do!
Yeah these are the kind of preachers who do not say for the LAWRD, their god is the almighty dollar, though they really dont care about prosperity either. They only care about greed. And its no surprise that Pastor Osteen is hiding money in the walls of his church. But that said, Osteens got some splainin to do because this isnt just found money it could also be the evidence of a crime. Or is it money laundering? We wouldnt put anything past anybody here and we do not want to assume guilt either, though hes probably guilty.
Yes and that devil is the one who has all the money in the world! And by the way if you want to know what fuck you money looks like in the world of the televangelist, I will say that I have lived like a televangelist (see: Idiots #7-1 ). Its a pretty sweet life but it does come at a cost, and the cost is that those people will hate you. So that said, we dont live like televangelists here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10. So really, Joel Osteen has gains, but most of them are of the ill-gotten variety.
These people dont feel anything bad, Reverend. In one breath they say that JAYSUS gave to the poor then in the other breath they buy hundred million dollar estates and have a small army of luxury sports cars that the average person could not afford. That is not how GAWD wants us to live, that is most certainly an atrocity! I do realize Im contradicting myself, but the real HOLY BIBLE is full of contradictions, is it not? Surely they could spare some cash for found money, couldnt they?
Yeah so the guy who found money gets pennies on the dollar while the man who has more money than GOD, JAYSUS and his entire congregation combined gets to live that swanky billionaire lifestyle! Aint the system great? Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Eric Zemmour
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy is Eric Zimmour. I dont need to remind you that our mission statement here at the Top 10 Conservative Idiots home office in Santa Ana, California, is that conservative idiocy isnt just a uniquely American problem. No, its a global problem with every country breeding its own unique brand of far right insanity. Folks, if you want to get a preview of where Americas GOP is headed, just look to France. Thats right, the country that America once ridiculed and changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries is in the process of breeding its own breed of batshit crazy conservatives. And they make our conservative seem like the sane ones in the room for some reason, and thats saying a lot! So before we get into what makes this man so controversial, who is he? Well hes a far right French radio pundit, media personality, and social media troll. Which perfectly suits him to be among other social media trolls like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. In fact hes even going so far as to mimic Trumps famous Make America Great Again slogan.
Oh really now this is a personal call! But heres the thing we all laughed when Trump announced his candidacy for president and the same with Jair Bolsonaro. So when a white nationalist media personality like Eric Zemmour runs for president, we cant look the other way. Yes, sir, fuck these people! What that guy in the back said! So that being said, just how dangerous could a man like Eric Zemmour be if he ever got to the highest level of office possible? He could be incredibly fucking dangerous.
Yeah seriously. We can no longer afford to ignore these people. Look at how dangerous people like Candace Owens are here, and if they run for any kind of office, theyd be incredibly dangerous. And this is a guy who does not mind being compared to a certain American politician either. So the thing is we have to take these people seriously, I know we shouldnt because their policies suck. But we cant afford to let the white supremacists claim another country for their own. Just look at what they did to America after 4 years of ruining it.
And heres the thing if you think Im kidding about the French alt right being the next evolution of the American alt right, I can assure you that I am not. I can also assure you that the alt right powers that be (namely Vladimir Putin) have learned a thing or two from the Trump and Bolsonaro administrations, and its going to get really ugly. Just look at the kind of crowd that Zemmour attracts and these are the people who you wouldnt want to be anywhere near. And the really scary thing? Hes ahead in the French polls, too!
Yeah thats pretty much what it is going to be like! But thats Eric Zemmour, expect to hear more of this guy hes Frances Donald Trump. And hes this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to the segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! We are coming back to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico badlands! Undisclosed location, of course! Now just let me adjust my trusty tin foil hat for maximum government interference they are trying to read our thoughts after all! There got it! Well folks this week, the anti-vaccine movement is going to strange new levels, which includes everything from fake vaccine passports to this guy in Italy who used a fake arm to attempt to get a vaccine and was caught red handed. So while hes a hero to the anti-vaxxer movement hes really just a blithering idiot and will get the criminal prosecution that he so deserves. But the virus denial is out there, folks. And the anti-vaccine movement is getting weird. So heres what happened with the guy in Italy.
Yeah thats not how that works but I wouldnt trust Dr. Nick to carry out this operation. Im just saying, thats all. But the war on vaccines is heating up and heading in strange and bizarre new directions, and Im not shocked in the least that those who arent taking the vaccine are dying in huge numbers. But dont tell that to people like Antonio Brown, who used a fake vaccine card to get around NFL safety protocols and got busted red handed for it!
Then again no one wants to deal with this deadly virus and the battle over fake vaccine passports has just begun. Hey anti-vaxxers, you can run, you can hide, but youre going to have to face reality and its something that is the opposite of what your stupid Facebook memes convey. Just take a look at what happened in Germany when police raided a group that was caught making fake COVID passports. Yeah you do not want to be involved in this.
And if you think this is just a first world problem, oh no! That I can assure you it is not its a global problem and the more it spreads the more it becomes a thing. And this is a thing you dont want coming to your country, but just like the Omicron variant, it might already be here! And heres the irony the vaccine is free and its reliable and it works! If you dont take the vaccine its going to cost you, and the harder you work to not do the easy thing, the more difficult is going to be for you as we attempt to get out of this nightmare pandemic. Yeah that makes sense.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: 2021 GOOP Holiday Gift Guide
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know by now that the idea of this segment is that we have some drinks and while we drink we talk about literally anything in the news that doesnt relate to politics or COVID. Because theres currently a lot of dark shit in the world, and all we want to do is have some fun. This week its 2021 and after the nightmare year that was 2020, the holidays are back in full swing. And since its that time of year again, you know who else is back at it? Our friends in New York are going to really hate the coming weekend because you know whats back? Santa Con! Thats right the annual gathering of the Santas and these Santas really dont care if youre naughty or nice. Theyre just here to drink the egg nog loaded with rum. So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about drunk Santas? A large glass of egg nog loaded with rum? Excuse me a minute yeah I will take that! Oh come on, as Homer Simpson says, we only get 30 sweet days of noggy goodness then the government takes it away! Well, while Im waiting for my extra large glass of the nog, heres more!
Oh yeah sure its non political until the Santas get a few shots of peppermint schnapps in, then its anything goes! But that said, Newport is not the only area where Santas will be descending upon the area pubs to drink heavily. Well, in case youre wondering why New Yorkers hate SantaCon so much, well, just take a look at some of the incidents from past SantaCons. Theres plenty of very naughty activities going on, so naughty that the police and the emergency room are involved. Though this year thats probably the last place you want to end up.
Yeah chug, Santa, chug! But heres the thing are the people here really just dorks for Christmas or are they here to get loaded? Just like were doing ah sweet egg nog! But come on, are Santa and Mrs. Santa really just kissing underneath the mistletoe or are they just making out? Oh oh Santa just got cold clocked! This isnt really much a SantaCon as it is a Santa Con. Emphasis on the word con because theres plenty of holly jolly, but some more emphasis on being naughty than being nice! I am using this metaphor way too much.
I think Santas had just a bit too much there! That said, while SantaCon puts the emphasis on booze and bad behavior, if youre a Santa and a teetotaler, then where do you go for a solution to your holly jolly party atmosphere? Then you should check out the neighboring ElfCon, which is the booze free, family friendly solution to the holiday mayhem. At ElfCon, instead of getting a booze high, youll be getting a chocolate infused sugar and caffeine high, so instead of ending up like Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, youll end up more like Will Ferrells Buddy The Elf in Elf.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the post 2020 MAGA insurrectionists are up to in Red State Diaries! Because we can no longer afford to ignore these people and all the damage that they are causing, and lets face it, MAGA is no longer a political ideology but a full blown cult! Last week, we talked about how Q Anon fans were waiting in Dallas for JFK Jr and announce that he was arresting most of Trumps political opponents. This week, we have a beef! You know me, I love a good beef. And this beef is between the Squad (Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Jones, Talib) and what Im going to start referring to as the Bonehead Squad (Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Jones, Cawthorn). But this week were going to analyze the beef between these two groups and really Marjorie, we dont hate you because youre a conservative Christian white woman. We hate you because youre a raging racist asshole who belongs in the dumpster instead of in Congress. Thank you audience! But that said heres what is happening with this delightful bunch. /sarcasm
Yeah thats what happens when you elect social media trolls to Congress! You get them trolling with racist and hateful shit in real life. Thanks to the Alex Joneses and Steve Bannons of the world, Congress is devolving into a cesspool of racist and hateful shit. But what happens when the racist beef goes way too far? Well Ilhan Omar is putting the pressure on Nancy Pelosi to do something. The sad thing is any other job these idiots would have been fired on the first day. So why cant we get rid of Boebert and Greene?
Yeah probably! And what happens when even the mediators cant control the beast that has been unleashed? Well the racist piece of garbage known as Marjorie Greene (I refuse to use all 3 of her names) cant stop fighting with people. And as I have said if I treated my coworkers like this I would have been out on my ass a long time ago. But the sad thing is the more you tell Marjorie no or the more you say that you hate her, that only makes them stronger. You cant get rid of social media trolls no matter how much you try.
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Angels & Airwaves [/font]
My next guest of course you know him best as Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves! Their latest album is called Lifebloods. Playing their song Timebomb give it up for Angels & Airwaves!
Thank you New York City! We had a great time on our East Coast trek! Were back home next week for our final Top 10 of the year! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Grammercy Theater, New York City, NY
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-16: C.R.E.A.M.: Conspiracies Rule Everything Around Me Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-16: C.R.E.A.M.: Conspiracies Rule Everything Around Me Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Welcome welcome welcome! Whats up New York City??? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Its great to be back in the Big Apple here at the beautiful Grammercy Theater! Now that we have 5 full years under our belts, its time to start thinking about the next five! What will happen? Will Trump declare himself god? Will the Q nuts rise up and burn down Dealy Plaza? Will Kanye start a suicide cult in Wyoming? Will COVID-19 morph into a super virus that takes out all the red state voters? Only one way to find out! Next year is our annual wrap up of the year and what a truly insane and crazy year 2021 was! But weve got one more regular Top 10 for you and here it is! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! You know Bill Maher was right the longer you spend in the virtual world the harder it is to relate to the real one. I mean come on, people have had entire wedding ceremonies in Minecraft. Now get ready for the next evolution of that Metaverse weddings! Thats right the Meta corporation, formerly known as Facebook has used VR technology to create an entire virtual world in which we live. Its almost similar to the plot of that movie from a couple of years ago called Ready Player One. So yeah get ready for a whole slew of events to take place on your VR headset. Goodbye reality, it was nice knowing you! So if we have virtual weddings, does that mean that virtual divorces are far behind? And if we have virtual marriages, does that mean that virtual babies are far behind? Holy shit! We really are going to live in the Matrix! Goodbye, nice knowing everyone! OK enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first I have to play Bill Mahers new rule - are you Kylie Jenner or are you Greta Thunberg?
So where do we begin for our penultimate Top 10 of 2021? Weve got a lot for you so lets not waste time in our next to last edition, shall we? In the number one slot this week is the Supreme Court (1). Yes, our far right Supreme Court is now deciding the fate on Americas stance on abortion and its left to a crazy cult member and a sloppy drunk known for assaulting women. Thanks MAGAs! In the second slot this week is the King MAGA himself (2) and the white washing of the January 6th attack on Congress has begun, so what is he concerned with? Thats right the size of the crowd that attended the rally before hand! You cant make this stuff up! In the number 3 slot this week is also That Guy (3). Theres a stunning, though hardly shocking revelation that he went through with the 2020 televised debate after getting infected, because thats the kind of psychopath that he is. In the number 4 slot is the return of Were All Gonna Die (4). So Omicron Variant mild version of what weve been through in the last 2 years or is it going to kill us all? Depends on what your media source is. In the number 5 slot this week is also the return of Top 10 Investigates! Stores like Apple and Neiman Marcus are getting hit hard with a series of smash n grab robberies, so whats fueling this madness? We dont know either! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit (6) and this week our resident pastor is becoming increasingly alarmed at the popularity of Q Anon and its becoming as popular as some major religions, so what the fuck people? In the number 7 slot this week, we have a new This Fucking Guy (7) and this week were profiling far right Canadian self help guru Jordan Peterson who jus announced a huge speaking tour for 2022, and if hes coming to your city, run the other way! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and this week, after 3 major NFL players got busted for presenting fake vaccine cards, how many more are out there? Adjust your tin foil hat accordingly! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week is a new I Need A Drink and this week, wait for your town to get bombarded by Santas who dont care if youre naughty or nice, they just want to drink and get rowdy! Its the return of Santa Con! Yay!!! Finally this week, in Red State Diaries whats Marjorie Taylor Greenes beef with Ilhan Omar? Well you could say its racist, and well yeah it absolutely is racist. Plus we have some live music from our good friend Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Supreme Court
[br] [/font] [br]
Americas march towards a totalitarian religious theocratic society isnt going to be something that makes the front page news. Its happening behind the scenes. Ever wonder how the worst president in United States history got three Supreme Court justices including a guy who drinks too much and got accused of something called boofing (whatever that is)? Yeah its to decide these upcoming cases right here. Putting a guy who got blackout drunk and raped women in charge of handing the abortion issue is like putting the most socially awkward guy in the world in charge of social media. Oh wait, we actually did that. But one of the cooler heads in the room is absolutely Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who called it out how much this whole thing stinks. Its literally the definition of partisan politics and we unfortunately have the deck stacked against us in deciding this issue.
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Womens Health Organization case, which challenges the constitutionality of the 2018 Mississippi law known as the Gestational Age Act. The legislation bans abortions after the first 15 weeks of pregnancyfive weeks earlier than the states typical abortion restrictionand directly challenges the ruling of Roe vs. Wade in which the Supreme Court ruled that abortion access should be available up until at least the 24-week point of viability, or longer if the pregnancy threatens a patients life or health.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a consistent supporter of reproductive rights, challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart late Wednesday morning about even taking up and overturning precedents that have been set by both Roe and the 1992 landmark Supreme Court case Casey vs. Planned Parenthood in which the court reaffirmed the 1973 Roe ruling. She then set her sights on just how damaging the present case could be to not just the court itself, but to the constitution and the country, as well.
What hasnt been at issue in the last 30 years is the line that Casey drew of viability. There has been some difference of opinion with respect to undue burden, but the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body, has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged. You want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. Fifteen justices over 50 years have, or, I should say, 30 since Casey, have reaffirmed that basic viability line. Four had said no, two of them members of this court, but 15 justices have said yes, of varying political backgrounds. Now, the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in Mississippi, said were doing it because we have new justices, Sotomayor said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/1/2060512/--How-will-we-survive-Sonia-Sotomayor-calls-out-threat-to-SCOTUS-in-Mississippi-abortion-law-case
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a consistent supporter of reproductive rights, challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart late Wednesday morning about even taking up and overturning precedents that have been set by both Roe and the 1992 landmark Supreme Court case Casey vs. Planned Parenthood in which the court reaffirmed the 1973 Roe ruling. She then set her sights on just how damaging the present case could be to not just the court itself, but to the constitution and the country, as well.
What hasnt been at issue in the last 30 years is the line that Casey drew of viability. There has been some difference of opinion with respect to undue burden, but the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body, has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged. You want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. Fifteen justices over 50 years have, or, I should say, 30 since Casey, have reaffirmed that basic viability line. Four had said no, two of them members of this court, but 15 justices have said yes, of varying political backgrounds. Now, the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in Mississippi, said were doing it because we have new justices, Sotomayor said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/1/2060512/--How-will-we-survive-Sonia-Sotomayor-calls-out-threat-to-SCOTUS-in-Mississippi-abortion-law-case
Yeah its truly disturbing that the fate of womens rights in this country is being put in the hands of a guy who wants to date his own daughter. Thats like putting someone who endorses a fried chicken chain on a weight loss program. Oh wait, we did that too. But enough of that. Whats the future of abortion and womens rights in America after this case goes through SCOTUS? Well its not a very good one from the future outcomes that are being predicted.
Dr. DeShawn Taylor considers herself fortunate to have spent a career working in states where the laws governing abortion are relatively straightforward.
But the owner of the Desert Star Family Planning clinic in Arizona knows the drama unfolding at the Supreme Court over Mississippis ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy could have immediate consequences for her practice as well.
"With the court's current composition, I am very concerned," said Taylor, an OB-GYN, noting the 6-3 conservative advantage on the high court. "Abortion would be outlawed in Arizona if we lost Roe v. Wade, and I don't think people understand that."
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a major challenge to Mississippis 15-week ban. The justices' decision could quickly involve other conservative states that have approved abortion bans in anticipation of a ruling.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-courts-decision-in-abortion-case-will-affect-dozens-of-states-beyond-mississippi/ar-AARi9UL
But the owner of the Desert Star Family Planning clinic in Arizona knows the drama unfolding at the Supreme Court over Mississippis ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy could have immediate consequences for her practice as well.
"With the court's current composition, I am very concerned," said Taylor, an OB-GYN, noting the 6-3 conservative advantage on the high court. "Abortion would be outlawed in Arizona if we lost Roe v. Wade, and I don't think people understand that."
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a major challenge to Mississippis 15-week ban. The justices' decision could quickly involve other conservative states that have approved abortion bans in anticipation of a ruling.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-courts-decision-in-abortion-case-will-affect-dozens-of-states-beyond-mississippi/ar-AARi9UL
Happy Thursday everybody! Glad I could cheer everybody up! But then again this program is called Top 10 Conservative Idiots and we are here to report on the idiots. And heres the thing about this too the unholy trinity of Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch - they were all grilled extensively about their allegiance to the court precedence in their Senate confirmation hearings. And these are the people who are going to decide the future of womens rights in this country. Just AHHH!!!!
During his contentious 2018 confirmation process, Kavanaugh won vital support from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), an abortion rights supporter, in part because she said he had privately reassured her that Roe was settled law.
On Wednesday, Kavanaugh listed more than a half-dozen major decisions in which the court had reversed its previous positions. The list included groundbreaking decisions about gay rights and school desegregation.
If you think about some of the most important cases, the most consequential cases in this courts history, theres a string of them where the cases overruled precedent, Kavanaugh said in an exchange with Julie Rikelman, the lawyer representing Mississippis sole abortion clinic, Jackson Womens Health.
If we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, he added, why isnt the proper approach to not stick with those precedents in the same way that all those other cases didnt?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/kavanaugh-who-told-senate-roe-v-wade-was-settled-precedent-signals-openness-overturning-abortion-decision/
Thats an understatement! Who knows where this is headed? Were currently in a chess match with the religious right and theyre close to checkmate. So whats at stake in the event that Roe V. Wade is actually overturned? Lets look at Texas where the issue of abortion, well, pretty much they have the worst abortion laws in the country, save for Mississippi. But this part of Texas abortion laws make it clear what the ultimate end game for the Christian right is on the abortion issue.
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, most abortions in Texas would be a felony, the result of a recent state law that could hinge on a Mississippi case argued before the court earlier this month.
Justices on Dec. 1 took up a Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. During the arguments, the courts conservative justices appeared open to upholding the states law. There also seemed to be some support for rescinding Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roes earlier decision. A decision is expected around June.
Texas new abortion law effectively bans abortions after about six weeks. But during the same session lawmakers also passed whats often called a trigger law in which abortion would be banned if the Roe or Casey rulings were overturned, wholly or partly. The law would go into effect 30 days after the decision. Those who perform an abortion could face up to 20 years in prison and up to life if an unborn child dies as a result of the offense.
The goal of this bill is to end the practice of abortion in Texas, said Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Southlake Republican who authored House Bill 1280.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article256286182.html
Justices on Dec. 1 took up a Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. During the arguments, the courts conservative justices appeared open to upholding the states law. There also seemed to be some support for rescinding Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roes earlier decision. A decision is expected around June.
Texas new abortion law effectively bans abortions after about six weeks. But during the same session lawmakers also passed whats often called a trigger law in which abortion would be banned if the Roe or Casey rulings were overturned, wholly or partly. The law would go into effect 30 days after the decision. Those who perform an abortion could face up to 20 years in prison and up to life if an unborn child dies as a result of the offense.
The goal of this bill is to end the practice of abortion in Texas, said Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Southlake Republican who authored House Bill 1280.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article256286182.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"] That Former Guy
[br] [/font] [br]
Moving on to much lighter news treason! So were just three weeks away from the 1 year anniversary of the clusterfuck known as the January 6th insurrection of Congress. And as predicted, the conservatives are attempting to white wash the disaster they created as a sort of MOVE ALONG! NOTHING TO SEE HERE! PLEASE DISPERSE! kind of thing. As we have pointed out before, they attempted to commit treason against the United States government, that is a crime that is defined in the United States Constitution! We cannot under any circumstances let them get away with this. Oh but theyll certainly try. And they will convince the people who turn into Fox, OAN, Newsmax, and all of the other conservative shit out there to comply with their every evil bidding. But none are so stupid and headstrong to try to whitewash the treason as the MAGA commander himself. While his useful idiots like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone are getting arrested in droves, guess what hes complaining about? Thats right his crowd size!
Hundreds of former President Trumps supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, breaking into Congress in a violent attempt to overthrow democracy that resulted in five deaths, dozens of injuries, and an untold number of questions about how it was allowed to happen, how to hold those responsible to account, and how to contend with the growing thirst for violence among the American right.
Trump has a question about Jan. 6, too: Why is no one talking about his crowd size at the rally that preceded the riot?
It was a massive rally, with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people. I think it was the largest crowd Ive even spoken in front of before, Trump told British conservative Nigel Farage in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding (falsely) that the real insurrection took place on Election Day.
If you would have looked at the crowds, nobody wants to talk about that, he continued. I believe it was the biggest and most people and Ive spoken to very big crowds I have never spoken in front of a crowd that size. Nobody ever talks about that.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-complains-jan-6-rally-crowd-size-coverage-1265771/
Trump has a question about Jan. 6, too: Why is no one talking about his crowd size at the rally that preceded the riot?
It was a massive rally, with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people. I think it was the largest crowd Ive even spoken in front of before, Trump told British conservative Nigel Farage in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding (falsely) that the real insurrection took place on Election Day.
If you would have looked at the crowds, nobody wants to talk about that, he continued. I believe it was the biggest and most people and Ive spoken to very big crowds I have never spoken in front of a crowd that size. Nobody ever talks about that.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-complains-jan-6-rally-crowd-size-coverage-1265771/
Remember last year when Trump literally compared himself to Nero? That analogy isnt really that far off. People fucking DIED because of his bullshit. There was damage done to the Capitol complex in the fucking MILLIONS. His supporters were out for blood quite literally! But in the Trump world, this is a new definition of the Wu Tang classic album C.R.E.A.M., but in this case well call it Conspiracies Rule Everything Around Me. Thank you graphics department! Trump played the fiddle while Washington DC was literally burning around him!
The cost of repairing damages from the attack on the U.S. Capitol and related security expenses have already topped $30 million and will keep rising, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton told lawmakers on Wednesday.
The events of Jan. 6, he said, were "difficult for the American people and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness."
Blanton said that congressional appropriations committees have already approved a transfer request of $30 million to pay for expenses and extend a temporary perimeter fencing contract through March 31.
But more money will be needed, he added: "History teaches us that project costs for replacements and repairs beyond in-kind improvements across campus will be considerable and beyond the scope of the current budgetary environment."
The price tag will go even higher, Blanton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, if the fence and other security measures are needed beyond March.
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot
The events of Jan. 6, he said, were "difficult for the American people and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness."
Blanton said that congressional appropriations committees have already approved a transfer request of $30 million to pay for expenses and extend a temporary perimeter fencing contract through March 31.
But more money will be needed, he added: "History teaches us that project costs for replacements and repairs beyond in-kind improvements across campus will be considerable and beyond the scope of the current budgetary environment."
The price tag will go even higher, Blanton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, if the fence and other security measures are needed beyond March.
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot
Sorry GOP but you dont get to MOVE ALONG! NOTHING TO SEE HERE! your way out of this one, because its truly insane what happened and we may never know everyone who was there and we may never know the true extent of the damage that was done. And same goes for you, Mark Meadows, where were you on the 6th? Theres no way Trump was mortified by what was going on, he was probably toasting with his shit-eating grin and a thumbs up to the madness that was happening.
Former President Donald Trump was "mortified" in the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot, Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, wrote in his new book.
"In the aftermath of the attack, President Trump was mortified," Meadows wrote in "The Chief's Chief."
Trump "knew that the media would take this terrible incident and twist it around. He also knew that his days on Twitter were probably numbered," the book said.
Trump was ultimately booted off most major social media platforms in the wake of the failed insurrection, including Facebook and Twitter, which cited the threat of additional violence. Multiple reports have also said that Trump watched the riot play out on television from his perch at the White House and ignored pleas from White House advisors and national security officials to step in and call off his supporters who were storming the Capitol.
When he did release a video as the violence was unfolding, Trump was sharply criticized for repeating the same lies about the election that provoked the frenzied mob in the first place, and for telling the rioters that "you're very special" and "we love you."
https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-meadows-says-trump-was-mortified-after-capitol-riot-2021-12
"In the aftermath of the attack, President Trump was mortified," Meadows wrote in "The Chief's Chief."
Trump "knew that the media would take this terrible incident and twist it around. He also knew that his days on Twitter were probably numbered," the book said.
Trump was ultimately booted off most major social media platforms in the wake of the failed insurrection, including Facebook and Twitter, which cited the threat of additional violence. Multiple reports have also said that Trump watched the riot play out on television from his perch at the White House and ignored pleas from White House advisors and national security officials to step in and call off his supporters who were storming the Capitol.
When he did release a video as the violence was unfolding, Trump was sharply criticized for repeating the same lies about the election that provoked the frenzied mob in the first place, and for telling the rioters that "you're very special" and "we love you."
https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-meadows-says-trump-was-mortified-after-capitol-riot-2021-12
And by the way in case youre wondering the caliber of person that Donald Trump attracts, lets just say that hes not attracting Americas best people. Weve brought you countless tales of people whove been arrested and just cant handle prison life, like real estate agent who inexplicably flies to the rally in a private jet, Jenna Ryan (see: Idiots #10-1 ) or that Q Anon Shaman guy (see: Idiots #10-4 ). But this is the quality person that went to the Capitol Riot and well, its quite possible these are the dumbest people on the planet.
The FBI has arrested a Donald Trump supporter from Michigan who was captured on video attacking law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and whose identity was confirmed with the help of a FUCK YOU tattoo on the middle finger of his left hand.
Justin Jersey of Michigan ― who was No. 106 on the FBIs Capitol wanted page and known to online Sedition Hunters as #Fingerman ― was charged by indictment for his role in the Capitol attack. Authorities arrested him on Thursday and he is being held until a hearing before a D.C. judge. At the moment, a court-appointed lawyer is representing him in Detroit.
One of the citizen sleuths who helped identify Jersey told HuffPost that his identification was sent in to the FBI in August, about a month after the bureau circulated a video of Jersey attacking officers and asked the public to help identify him.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fingerman-capitol-attack-justin-jersey-trump_n_61a9091ee4b025be1af50402
Justin Jersey of Michigan ― who was No. 106 on the FBIs Capitol wanted page and known to online Sedition Hunters as #Fingerman ― was charged by indictment for his role in the Capitol attack. Authorities arrested him on Thursday and he is being held until a hearing before a D.C. judge. At the moment, a court-appointed lawyer is representing him in Detroit.
One of the citizen sleuths who helped identify Jersey told HuffPost that his identification was sent in to the FBI in August, about a month after the bureau circulated a video of Jersey attacking officers and asked the public to help identify him.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fingerman-capitol-attack-justin-jersey-trump_n_61a9091ee4b025be1af50402
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Michigan Shooting
[br] [/font] [br]
So normally we dont talk about this sort of thing on the Top 10. Because shootings unless they make world news arent exactly something to make fun of. But this is one of the weirder and more fucked up stories of 2021 so far. Im sure by now you know about the horrifying story of a bullied kid from Michigan who went in and shot and killed four of his classmates. But thats not the end of this story, oh no, it gets really weird really quickly. And this is also kind of a story about life imitating art because if you know popular music, it is pretty much a real life recreation of the Foster The People song Pumped Up Kicks. You know what? Lets play that, shall we?
But now that the dust has settled from another day in the American gun toting society nightmare where you can be shot at, at any time of day, at anywhere, this is what we are stuck with. And the parents in this situation definitely arent helping things. But the weird part of this story actually starts at the beginning of it. Heres what happened.
The day earlier, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley was found by a teacher to be viewing images of bullets on his phone during class. When questioned by a counselor and another staff member, Crumbley said he and his mother had recently gone to a shooting range and that shooting was a family hobby. The next day, Throne wrote, his parents confirmed his account.
The morning of the shooting, a teacher noticed drawings and writings allegedly done by Crumbley and reported them to school counselors and the dean of students. Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald described a violent drawing that included the words, The thoughts wont stop. Help me. ... Blood everywhere was scrawled next to a drawing of a bullet, and a sketch of a bloody figure with two gunshot wounds was also found.
Crumbley was brought to the guidance counselors office, where he said the drawings were merely part of a video game he was designing," Throne said in the note. Crumbley told counselors that he wanted to pursue video game design as a career. ... Crumbleys parents were summoned to the school, and while waiting for them, he stayed in the office for an hour and a half, Throne wrote, while counselors continued to observe, analyze and speak with him.
Once they arrived, his parents were informed that they were to seek counseling for him within 48 hours or the school would contact Child Protective Services. His parents refused to take him home and left, leading counselors to send him back to class rather than sent home to an empty house," Throne wrote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/05/oxford-shooting-school-investigation-ethan-crumbley/
The morning of the shooting, a teacher noticed drawings and writings allegedly done by Crumbley and reported them to school counselors and the dean of students. Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald described a violent drawing that included the words, The thoughts wont stop. Help me. ... Blood everywhere was scrawled next to a drawing of a bullet, and a sketch of a bloody figure with two gunshot wounds was also found.
Crumbley was brought to the guidance counselors office, where he said the drawings were merely part of a video game he was designing," Throne said in the note. Crumbley told counselors that he wanted to pursue video game design as a career. ... Crumbleys parents were summoned to the school, and while waiting for them, he stayed in the office for an hour and a half, Throne wrote, while counselors continued to observe, analyze and speak with him.
Once they arrived, his parents were informed that they were to seek counseling for him within 48 hours or the school would contact Child Protective Services. His parents refused to take him home and left, leading counselors to send him back to class rather than sent home to an empty house," Throne wrote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/05/oxford-shooting-school-investigation-ethan-crumbley/
So that is the most fucked up thing about this story. The parents were called into school that day. The kid was meeting with the principal that day. He was caught searching for ammo on his phone, and he had the gun in his backpack that day. Oh and in case you were wondering yes this story does get weirder and more fucked up the more you peel back the layers! So what happens when you find out your son is a murderer? You flee the cops! Because thats what perfectly innocent people do, right?
The parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect have reportedly gone missing after being charged in relation to the incident, CNN reports.
Local authorities confirmed they are searching for James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, hours after they were each announced to face four counts of homicide involuntary manslaughter on Friday (December 3).
The parents were scheduled for an arraignment at 4:00 p.m. ET.
On Thursday (December 2), Oxford County prosecutor Karen McDonald criticized Crumbley's parents' actions as being "far beyond negligence" in relation to the incident and said a charging decision was expected to come by Friday.
Read more: https://1430kasi.iheart.com/content/2021-12-03-parents-of-michigan-shooter-have-gone-missing-after-charges-filed/.
Local authorities confirmed they are searching for James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, hours after they were each announced to face four counts of homicide involuntary manslaughter on Friday (December 3).
The parents were scheduled for an arraignment at 4:00 p.m. ET.
On Thursday (December 2), Oxford County prosecutor Karen McDonald criticized Crumbley's parents' actions as being "far beyond negligence" in relation to the incident and said a charging decision was expected to come by Friday.
Read more: https://1430kasi.iheart.com/content/2021-12-03-parents-of-michigan-shooter-have-gone-missing-after-charges-filed/.
Unless they disappear themselves, that is! So now the parents ran from the cops. And its no secret that the kids mom is a huge fan of our former president. Gee, you think that he might have been a bad role model for your son? Garbage in, garbage out. But like every mass shooting thats happened in the last 20 years, the same damn question gets asked could this have been prevented?. Of course it could have been prevented! But we live in America, where guns have more rights than people do. And its absolutely concerning. So what happened the day of that could have prevented this?
Detailed descriptions of a wish to massacre classmates on his cellphone and in a journal. At least one social media post pointing to elation at access to a handgun bought by his dad. A mom who thanked Trump for my right to bear arms. And a meeting between his parents and school administrators about his conduct just hours before the attack.
Authorities on Wednesday identified the teenage suspect in the mass shooting a day earlier at Michigans Oxford High School as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, painting a picture of a clear-eyed teen who planned and executed a rampage that left at least four students dead and seven others, a teacher among them, injured.
Crumbley, a sophomore, was previously flagged by administrators for behavior in the classroom that they felt was concerning, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Wednesday. He was called in to talk with school officials on Monday and Tuesday. Then, his parents were brought into the school the morning of the shooting for a face-to-face meeting about their sons behavior, according to Bouchard. He wouldnt say what the behavior was, and police werent informed about any potential issues prior to the tragic event.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-crumbley-identified-as-oxford-high-school-michigan-mass-shooter
Authorities on Wednesday identified the teenage suspect in the mass shooting a day earlier at Michigans Oxford High School as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, painting a picture of a clear-eyed teen who planned and executed a rampage that left at least four students dead and seven others, a teacher among them, injured.
Crumbley, a sophomore, was previously flagged by administrators for behavior in the classroom that they felt was concerning, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Wednesday. He was called in to talk with school officials on Monday and Tuesday. Then, his parents were brought into the school the morning of the shooting for a face-to-face meeting about their sons behavior, according to Bouchard. He wouldnt say what the behavior was, and police werent informed about any potential issues prior to the tragic event.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-crumbley-identified-as-oxford-high-school-michigan-mass-shooter
Well except in this case when youre literally in the principals office with the fucking gun in your backpack!!! Just I cant even. Good thing were going on a break after next week because I need a long one after this story. It is in every sense of the word, an absolute clusterfuck. Dont worry we will be following this story and bringing you any updates for now. But if that mother is any indication, yes, there is a connection to that former president we all know. This family is going to be in a whole heaping mess of trouble.
The boys father, James Crumbley, 45, has worked as a tech salesman and recently ran into legal trouble in Florida regarding child support payments. It is unknown if James current wife, Jennifer Crumbley, is Ethans mother. Two of James exes did not respond to The Daily Beasts requests for comment.
Jennifer Crumbley, 43, worked as a real estate broker in the Oxford area, but her staff bio has now been taken down. Although James online presence demonstrates a preference for the Seattle Seahawks, his posts were not overtly political.
Jennifer, however, in November 2016, penned an open letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, which she posted on her blog.
Mr. Trump, I actually love that you are a bad public speaker because that showed sincerity, and humility, she wrote. You changed your mind, and you said so what. You made the famous grab them in the pussy comment, did it offend me? No. I say things all the time that people take the wrong way, do I mean them, not always. Do I agree that you should of (sic) shown your tax returns? No. I dont care what you do or maybe dont pay in taxes, I think those are personal and if the Govt can lock someone up over $10,000 of unpaid taxes and you slipped on by, then that shows the corruption.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-crumbley-identified-as-oxford-high-school-michigan-mass-shooter
Jennifer Crumbley, 43, worked as a real estate broker in the Oxford area, but her staff bio has now been taken down. Although James online presence demonstrates a preference for the Seattle Seahawks, his posts were not overtly political.
Jennifer, however, in November 2016, penned an open letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, which she posted on her blog.
Mr. Trump, I actually love that you are a bad public speaker because that showed sincerity, and humility, she wrote. You changed your mind, and you said so what. You made the famous grab them in the pussy comment, did it offend me? No. I say things all the time that people take the wrong way, do I mean them, not always. Do I agree that you should of (sic) shown your tax returns? No. I dont care what you do or maybe dont pay in taxes, I think those are personal and if the Govt can lock someone up over $10,000 of unpaid taxes and you slipped on by, then that shows the corruption.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-crumbley-identified-as-oxford-high-school-michigan-mass-shooter
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Were All Gonna Die: Omicron Variant
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone! Guess what? Were all gonna die! Woooooooooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooo! Wooooo! Woo. Of course thats been the mentality the last 18 months that weve been living under this virus called COVID-19. And I remember when I first brought this to everybodys attention in Idiots #8-4. Of course who knew that wed be in this mess two years later and that it would fundamentally alter the entire world as we once knew it? Well, nearly half the Greek alphabet later, were up to the Omicron variant that originated in South Africa. So what does this hold for the latest round of COVID madness? Well, lets say that if you havent got your vaccine by now what the hell are you waiting for? This virus is an absolute menace and the sooner its controlled the better! So by now of course the entire world is coming to grips with the latest mutant variant. Could it do more damage than Delta? Probably. But then again everything so far is probably.
A potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, which causes covid-19, is raising concern around the globe.
Health authorities say the new variant, known by the Greek letter omicron, was first identified in southern Africa. Scientists there quickly put the world on alert, noting that the variant had an unusually high number of mutations, including some that could make it adept at evading the bodys natural or vaccine-acquired immune response.
Cases have since been confirmed in more than four dozen countries including the United States, where officials say there are signs of community spread.
World leaders have responded by placing new restrictions on travel, boosting vaccination drives, increasing testing and encouraging an already pandemic-fatigued public to double down on such measures as wearing masks and social distancing. Vaccine makers say they stand ready to tweak their shots if needed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/26/faq-new-variant-omicron/
Health authorities say the new variant, known by the Greek letter omicron, was first identified in southern Africa. Scientists there quickly put the world on alert, noting that the variant had an unusually high number of mutations, including some that could make it adept at evading the bodys natural or vaccine-acquired immune response.
Cases have since been confirmed in more than four dozen countries including the United States, where officials say there are signs of community spread.
World leaders have responded by placing new restrictions on travel, boosting vaccination drives, increasing testing and encouraging an already pandemic-fatigued public to double down on such measures as wearing masks and social distancing. Vaccine makers say they stand ready to tweak their shots if needed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/26/faq-new-variant-omicron/
Calm down, were not gonna die. Of course I said that back in 2020 and look what happened we spent nearly 20 months of our lives stuck at home with nowhere to go and literally reaching the end of our Netflix and Hulu cues. But two years later, weve got a cure people! And since we live in a country where half the population refuses to listen to the other half, weve got a large percentage of the population not taking a free cure and going out of their way to not take it! At least the WHO has the answers and if youre thinking of throwing out those face masks, dont do it just yet!
Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Friday, while acknowledging that the travel restrictions imposed by some countries may buy time.
While about three dozen countries worldwide have reported omicron infections, including India on Thursday, the numbers so far are small outside of South Africa, which is facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and where the new variant may be becoming dominant. Still, much remains unclear about omicron, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, whether it makes people more seriously ill, or whether it can evade vaccine protection.
Border control can delay the virus coming in and buy time. But every country and every community must prepare for new surges in cases, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, told reporters Friday during a virtual news conference from the Philippines. The positive news in all of this is that none of the information we have currently about omicron suggests we need to change the directions of our response.
That means continuing to push for higher vaccination rates, abiding by social-distancing guidelines, and wearing masks, among other measures, said WHO Regional Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-philippines-manila-world-health-organization-77142314f66839f0aa15d47c8d0850a8
While about three dozen countries worldwide have reported omicron infections, including India on Thursday, the numbers so far are small outside of South Africa, which is facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and where the new variant may be becoming dominant. Still, much remains unclear about omicron, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, whether it makes people more seriously ill, or whether it can evade vaccine protection.
Border control can delay the virus coming in and buy time. But every country and every community must prepare for new surges in cases, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, told reporters Friday during a virtual news conference from the Philippines. The positive news in all of this is that none of the information we have currently about omicron suggests we need to change the directions of our response.
That means continuing to push for higher vaccination rates, abiding by social-distancing guidelines, and wearing masks, among other measures, said WHO Regional Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-philippines-manila-world-health-organization-77142314f66839f0aa15d47c8d0850a8
Oh calm down cute CGI characters! Were not going to die yet! So yeah we have a new mutant on our hands and nobody has any answers! But remember when we said get the vaccine? I mean exactly that GET THE DAMN VACCINE! Trust me, Im related to an emergency room doctor, you do not want any part of this! And yeah not at all surprisingly, the new mutant is occurring among DRUM ROLL the unvaccinated population! Ive been slapping my head so much that my forehead is now a bright red color, and Im literally all out of fucks to give at this point!
South Africas rapid increase in COVID-19 cases attributed to the new omicron variant is resulting in mostly mild symptoms, doctors say.
Weve seen a sharp increase in cases for the past 10 days. So far they have mostly been very mild cases, with patients having flu-like symptoms: dry coughs, fever, night sweats, a lot of body pains, said Dr. Unben Pillay, a general practitioner in Gauteng province where 81% of the new cases have been reported.
Most of these patients have been treated at home, Pillay told an online press briefing Monday. Vaccinated people tend to do much better. We have not seen a vast increase in hospitalizations, but this is still early days. Hospitalizations often come several days after a rise in confirmed cases.
Most of the new cases in South Africa have been among people in their 20s and 30s, and doctors note that age group generally has milder symptoms of COVID-19 in any case. They warn that older people infected by the new variant could have more severe symptoms.
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/11/omicron-variant-cases-in-south-africa-mostly-among-unvaccinated-president-biden-speaks-about-us-efforts.html
Weve seen a sharp increase in cases for the past 10 days. So far they have mostly been very mild cases, with patients having flu-like symptoms: dry coughs, fever, night sweats, a lot of body pains, said Dr. Unben Pillay, a general practitioner in Gauteng province where 81% of the new cases have been reported.
Most of these patients have been treated at home, Pillay told an online press briefing Monday. Vaccinated people tend to do much better. We have not seen a vast increase in hospitalizations, but this is still early days. Hospitalizations often come several days after a rise in confirmed cases.
Most of the new cases in South Africa have been among people in their 20s and 30s, and doctors note that age group generally has milder symptoms of COVID-19 in any case. They warn that older people infected by the new variant could have more severe symptoms.
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/11/omicron-variant-cases-in-south-africa-mostly-among-unvaccinated-president-biden-speaks-about-us-efforts.html
Yeah probably. Just give the anti-vaxxers enough time to work their um whats the opposite of magic? Yeah whatever that is! But that said it is great to live in the information age isnt it? While it has brought out the best and worst in society, one thing it has done is that it has made identifying this latest virus that much faster and were able to deal with it now, where we werent able to in 2020. But what if COVID is an evolved version of the common cold? Thats something that scientists are rushing to find answwes to with this latest version of the virus. Could we all die? Probably. And probably not. Thats the beauty of science!
The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, according to researchers.
This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those that cause the common cold, and also in the human genome, researchers said.
By inserting this particular snippet into itself, Omicron might be making itself look "more human," which would help it evade attack by the human immune system, said Venky Soundararajan of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based data analytics firm nference, who led the study posted on Thursday on the website OSF Preprints.
This could mean the virus transmits more easily, while only causing mild or asymptomatic disease. Scientists do not yet know whether Omicron is more infectious than other variants, whether it causes more severe disease or whether it will overtake Delta as the most prevalent variant. It may take several weeks to get answers to these questions.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-variant-may-have-picked-up-piece-common-cold-virus-2021-12-03/
This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those that cause the common cold, and also in the human genome, researchers said.
By inserting this particular snippet into itself, Omicron might be making itself look "more human," which would help it evade attack by the human immune system, said Venky Soundararajan of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based data analytics firm nference, who led the study posted on Thursday on the website OSF Preprints.
This could mean the virus transmits more easily, while only causing mild or asymptomatic disease. Scientists do not yet know whether Omicron is more infectious than other variants, whether it causes more severe disease or whether it will overtake Delta as the most prevalent variant. It may take several weeks to get answers to these questions.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-variant-may-have-picked-up-piece-common-cold-virus-2021-12-03/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Top 10 Investigates: Smash N Grabs
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time to investigate beyond the headlines. This is Top 10 Investigates!
High end retailers and department stores across America are becoming the victims of something called Smash n grab robberies. Theres even an AC/DC song called Smash N Grab:
Its hit everything from mom and pop businesses at the Del Amo, California swap meet to ultra-high end retailers like Louis Vuitton. But these arent just a mere string of robberies, these are carefully planned attacks designed to quickly go in, loot the place, and leave. But whats fueling these mobs? Theres many different theories out there about what is causing this phenomenon. Authorities are baffled and few arrests, if any have been made. Its left retailers and store owners stunned about what to do in case this happens again. And theres even been several attempts to stop future smash and grab robberies from happening. But right now theres nothing that can stop them and the police dont have a lot of answers or solutions to whats causing these problems. Can they be prevented? That is something that authorities are looking into. But the business owners are looking into solutions because they want to protect their stores and their merchandise from being looted.
C-Bond Systems (the Company or C-Bond) (OTC: CBNT), a nanotechnology solutions company, announced today that its Patriot Glass Solutions division is urging business owners and landlords to protect businesses and property from smash-and-grab robberies, gunfire, and break-ins with Patriot Glass Solutions forced entry and ballistic-resistant window film applications. To see our security solutions in action, watch our video here: https://bit.ly/3l93oZV
This month thieves have smashed windows and looted stores for thousands of dollars in merchandise. Patriot Glass Solutions can help prevent this criminal activity by protecting personal, commercial and government property from looting, rioting, break-ins, and gunfire. Its leading products are C-Bond BRS, a ballistic-resistant film system, and C-Bond Secure, a multi-purpose glass strengthening primer and window film mounting solution that deters forced entry.
Businesses from Home Depot to Apple to Nordstrom and many more have been hit by smash-and-grab robberies this November and this illegal trend doesnt seem to be slowing down, stated Michael Wanke, President of Patriot Glass Solutions. Our window film solutions are in use at numerous schools, government offices, media headquarters, jewelry stores, and more to prevent potential loss of property and protect personal safety. We provide a cost-effective way to reinforce glass and windows and empower business owners and landlords to fortify their facilities and protect against this type of crime.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/given-recent-increase-smash-grab-133000562.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACUQ131MT_dcPo_8iu_hM1Y7GwerkyPMAJRuvASRZkCl-8X8hraiOTQT5g1SW85eI7E7ZyKpTx8TprSirbuaCiZIX3mL-7sM_zihqG5IHehj-jI3JeRStaqL_PQ3pEM8B-lAf01Cb9ZRRInXK5Ot9-O2UHVvHt0YhXaIM31spD2_
This month thieves have smashed windows and looted stores for thousands of dollars in merchandise. Patriot Glass Solutions can help prevent this criminal activity by protecting personal, commercial and government property from looting, rioting, break-ins, and gunfire. Its leading products are C-Bond BRS, a ballistic-resistant film system, and C-Bond Secure, a multi-purpose glass strengthening primer and window film mounting solution that deters forced entry.
Businesses from Home Depot to Apple to Nordstrom and many more have been hit by smash-and-grab robberies this November and this illegal trend doesnt seem to be slowing down, stated Michael Wanke, President of Patriot Glass Solutions. Our window film solutions are in use at numerous schools, government offices, media headquarters, jewelry stores, and more to prevent potential loss of property and protect personal safety. We provide a cost-effective way to reinforce glass and windows and empower business owners and landlords to fortify their facilities and protect against this type of crime.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/given-recent-increase-smash-grab-133000562.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACUQ131MT_dcPo_8iu_hM1Y7GwerkyPMAJRuvASRZkCl-8X8hraiOTQT5g1SW85eI7E7ZyKpTx8TprSirbuaCiZIX3mL-7sM_zihqG5IHehj-jI3JeRStaqL_PQ3pEM8B-lAf01Cb9ZRRInXK5Ot9-O2UHVvHt0YhXaIM31spD2_
The bad thing is that you cant arrest them if you dont know who they are, or can even attempt to find the stolen loot. But we do know what happens during one of them. Footage obtained on a Nordstrom security camera of one of the stores that was looted caught footage of a robbery in progress the masked robbers smash the store windows, grab whatever they can, and get into cars that are waiting outside for a quick getaway. Just look at what happened to a Nordstrom in downtown Los Angeles during one of these robberies.
A Nordstrom (JWN.N) department store in a Los Angeles mall on Monday night became the latest target in a string of "smash-and-grab" robberies that have hit luxury retailers in California and Illinois as the holiday shopping season approaches.
The Los Angeles Police Department said it had taken three suspects into custody. Local reports said as many as 20 people may have been involved in the break-in and theft.
Law enforcement authorities say they are alarmed by the brazen nature of the burglaries -- some involving dozens of people -- which have targeted high-end stores in the two states in the past week.
Videos from the chaotic burglaries, called "smash-and-grabs", have flooded social media in recent days, showing masked figures breaking into stores, running out with bags of merchandise, and fleeing in cars idling outside.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/holidays-near-smash-and-grab-robbers-hit-us-luxury-retailers-2021-11-23/
The Los Angeles Police Department said it had taken three suspects into custody. Local reports said as many as 20 people may have been involved in the break-in and theft.
Law enforcement authorities say they are alarmed by the brazen nature of the burglaries -- some involving dozens of people -- which have targeted high-end stores in the two states in the past week.
Videos from the chaotic burglaries, called "smash-and-grabs", have flooded social media in recent days, showing masked figures breaking into stores, running out with bags of merchandise, and fleeing in cars idling outside.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/holidays-near-smash-and-grab-robbers-hit-us-luxury-retailers-2021-11-23/
But Los Angeles wasnt just an isolated incident. Theres tons of these popping up all over the country and even all over the world. Just look at what happened at this store in the Bay Area in Walnut Creek, California. Its exactly part of the same pattern of robberies that happened in Los Angeles and Del Amo suspects get out of a car, smash, loot, then quickly get away. But now police want to know who is behind these robberies? Can they be stopped again?
An Oakland clothing store was stripped Monday night after nearly 30 people stormed the place, according to a police report.
Surveillance video from inside Prime 356, located on 14th Street in downtown Oakland, shows a group running through the store and snatching hats, shoes, and clothing from shelves.
The suspects are shown on video dressed in black with latex gloves on and most of their faces concealed. They are seen moving swiftly through the store with an alarm blaring in the background. That alarm system is what alerted the store's owner who then called the police.
Officers made it to the scene within 10 minutes, but no arrests were made.
The shop was looted following a string of other retail thefts across the Bay Area from shops in San Francisco's Union Square to Nordstrom in Walnut Creek.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-clothing-store-raided-by-smash-and-grab-thieves
Surveillance video from inside Prime 356, located on 14th Street in downtown Oakland, shows a group running through the store and snatching hats, shoes, and clothing from shelves.
The suspects are shown on video dressed in black with latex gloves on and most of their faces concealed. They are seen moving swiftly through the store with an alarm blaring in the background. That alarm system is what alerted the store's owner who then called the police.
Officers made it to the scene within 10 minutes, but no arrests were made.
The shop was looted following a string of other retail thefts across the Bay Area from shops in San Francisco's Union Square to Nordstrom in Walnut Creek.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-clothing-store-raided-by-smash-and-grab-thieves
That said what can be done about these robberies? There have already been a number of measures taken to prevent future robberies. But the Nordstrom in Los Angeles that was the subject of the first robbery in question is already taking drastic steps to prevent future robberies from happening. And those measures include a very dangerous and far more potent spray thats used on bears, think of it as an upgraded version of commonly used pepper spray.
Los Angeles police said Monday that among the implements used in the holiday season's spree of smash-and-grab crimes is bear spray, a chemical irritant similar to pepper spray but more potent.
The police department said in a statement that someone who was part of a group of suspects at a Nordstrom in the city's San Fernando Valley on Nov. 24 used bear spray on a security guard.
Police released security video of the guard being sprayed.
The incident was part of a spree of smash-and-grab and flash-mob thefts last month that police said resulted in about $330,000 in losses for about 10 retailers.
For comparison, the police department's defunct, two-person Art Theft Detail recovered nearly $4.4 million every year in stolen items since 1993, according to the police department's figures.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bear-spray-used-california-smash-grab-theft-rcna7828
The police department said in a statement that someone who was part of a group of suspects at a Nordstrom in the city's San Fernando Valley on Nov. 24 used bear spray on a security guard.
Police released security video of the guard being sprayed.
The incident was part of a spree of smash-and-grab and flash-mob thefts last month that police said resulted in about $330,000 in losses for about 10 retailers.
For comparison, the police department's defunct, two-person Art Theft Detail recovered nearly $4.4 million every year in stolen items since 1993, according to the police department's figures.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bear-spray-used-california-smash-grab-theft-rcna7828
Thats it this week for Top 10 Investigates. Good day.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Lakewood Church Found Money
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know this is our next to last sermon of the year. We hope that you have a very happy holiday, whatever holiday that is you happen to be worshipping. So that said, we decided that we were going to have some fun with this week because theres a lot of dark shit out there. Though one church has a bit of a money laundering problem on its hands. Of course you probably already know the church in question. Thats right, our old buddy Joel Osteen and his Lakewood Church thats in a giant stadium in Houston, Texas. Yes, Joel Osteen the pastor that has more money than his entire congregation combined, drives multiple Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and owns a mansion that practically has its own zip code. Now see, the GOOD LAWRD wants you to be rich, and wealth is a sign of prosperity, is it not? But theres wealth and then theres fuck you wealth. Joel Osteen is someone who has fuck you wealth. With tax exempt status on top of that! But that said, with this little find of $600,000, Mr. Osteens got some splainin to do!
A plumber doing repair work last month at televangelist Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas discovered a reported $600k in cash and checks stuffed in envelopes. The funds are believed to be part of a 2014 robbery at the venue.
The plumber revealed his story Thursday to Houston radio station KILT-FM, according to a report from the citys KPRC-TV. The caller claimed to have found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall inside the church, where he was repairing a loose toilet.
Police were called to the scene on Nov. 10. according to a statement from the Houston Police Department.
Church members stated that during a renovation project, a large amount of money including cash, checks and money orders was found inside a wall, the statement said.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/joel-osteen-plumber-lakewood-church-discovers-600k-behind-toilet-1234884951/
The plumber revealed his story Thursday to Houston radio station KILT-FM, according to a report from the citys KPRC-TV. The caller claimed to have found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall inside the church, where he was repairing a loose toilet.
Police were called to the scene on Nov. 10. according to a statement from the Houston Police Department.
Church members stated that during a renovation project, a large amount of money including cash, checks and money orders was found inside a wall, the statement said.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/joel-osteen-plumber-lakewood-church-discovers-600k-behind-toilet-1234884951/
Yeah these are the kind of preachers who do not say for the LAWRD, their god is the almighty dollar, though they really dont care about prosperity either. They only care about greed. And its no surprise that Pastor Osteen is hiding money in the walls of his church. But that said, Osteens got some splainin to do because this isnt just found money it could also be the evidence of a crime. Or is it money laundering? We wouldnt put anything past anybody here and we do not want to assume guilt either, though hes probably guilty.
For more than seven years, no one has known what happened to $600,000 in checks and cash that was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country.
Now, there's a possible plot twist in the case: The money might never have left the church and a plumber could have helped solve the mystery.
Houston police are investigating whether cash and checks discovered by a plumber during repair work that was being done at Lakewood Church is connected to the money that was stolen in 2014.
The revived investigation comes after a plumber on Thursday called "The Morning Bullpen with George, Mo & Erik on 100.3 The Bull" during a segment on the Houston radio station in which people were asked to talk about the most unusual things of value they had ever found.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/texas-plumber-find-megachurch-theft/38427194
Now, there's a possible plot twist in the case: The money might never have left the church and a plumber could have helped solve the mystery.
Houston police are investigating whether cash and checks discovered by a plumber during repair work that was being done at Lakewood Church is connected to the money that was stolen in 2014.
The revived investigation comes after a plumber on Thursday called "The Morning Bullpen with George, Mo & Erik on 100.3 The Bull" during a segment on the Houston radio station in which people were asked to talk about the most unusual things of value they had ever found.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/texas-plumber-find-megachurch-theft/38427194
Yes and that devil is the one who has all the money in the world! And by the way if you want to know what fuck you money looks like in the world of the televangelist, I will say that I have lived like a televangelist (see: Idiots #7-1 ). Its a pretty sweet life but it does come at a cost, and the cost is that those people will hate you. So that said, we dont live like televangelists here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10. So really, Joel Osteen has gains, but most of them are of the ill-gotten variety.
The Bible says it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven, but one celebrity pastor does not seem terribly concerned with the warning.
Joel Osteen, one of the wealthiest and most popular preachers in the US, has come under fire after evidence of his luxurious lifestyle was made public on social media.
Mr Osteen, who leads the Lakewood Church in Houston - one of the enormous congregations that are dubbed "megachurches" - was criticised after it was revealed the pastor owns a Ferrari sportscar that costs more than $300,000 dollars.
Users on Twitter lambasted the pastor, arguing his ownership of a Ferarri is a good argument for the government taxing churches.
"Ferrari is trending. That means either someone won a race or Joel Osteen took some of the money Jesus told him to give to the poor and went on another shopping spree," one user said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joel-osteen-preacher-luxury-lifestyle-b1888237.html
Joel Osteen, one of the wealthiest and most popular preachers in the US, has come under fire after evidence of his luxurious lifestyle was made public on social media.
Mr Osteen, who leads the Lakewood Church in Houston - one of the enormous congregations that are dubbed "megachurches" - was criticised after it was revealed the pastor owns a Ferrari sportscar that costs more than $300,000 dollars.
Users on Twitter lambasted the pastor, arguing his ownership of a Ferarri is a good argument for the government taxing churches.
"Ferrari is trending. That means either someone won a race or Joel Osteen took some of the money Jesus told him to give to the poor and went on another shopping spree," one user said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joel-osteen-preacher-luxury-lifestyle-b1888237.html
These people dont feel anything bad, Reverend. In one breath they say that JAYSUS gave to the poor then in the other breath they buy hundred million dollar estates and have a small army of luxury sports cars that the average person could not afford. That is not how GAWD wants us to live, that is most certainly an atrocity! I do realize Im contradicting myself, but the real HOLY BIBLE is full of contradictions, is it not? Surely they could spare some cash for found money, couldnt they?
The plumber who found a large sum of money hidden inside the wall of a Houston megachurch said he should get a reward.
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks that could be connected to a 2014 theft at the church.
I didnt solve their case, but I solved very key important clues as to what could or may have happened there, said the plumber who found the stash at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church.
Houston police said the discovery could be linked to the 2014 case, in which someone stole $600,000 from the church.
At the time of the theft, Crime Stoppers offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have so far been made in the 2014 case.
https://www.wave3.com/2021/12/05/plumber-who-found-money-wall-joel-osteens-houston-church-says-he-deserves-reward/
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks that could be connected to a 2014 theft at the church.
I didnt solve their case, but I solved very key important clues as to what could or may have happened there, said the plumber who found the stash at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church.
Houston police said the discovery could be linked to the 2014 case, in which someone stole $600,000 from the church.
At the time of the theft, Crime Stoppers offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have so far been made in the 2014 case.
https://www.wave3.com/2021/12/05/plumber-who-found-money-wall-joel-osteens-houston-church-says-he-deserves-reward/
Yeah so the guy who found money gets pennies on the dollar while the man who has more money than GOD, JAYSUS and his entire congregation combined gets to live that swanky billionaire lifestyle! Aint the system great? Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Eric Zemmour
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy is Eric Zimmour. I dont need to remind you that our mission statement here at the Top 10 Conservative Idiots home office in Santa Ana, California, is that conservative idiocy isnt just a uniquely American problem. No, its a global problem with every country breeding its own unique brand of far right insanity. Folks, if you want to get a preview of where Americas GOP is headed, just look to France. Thats right, the country that America once ridiculed and changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries is in the process of breeding its own breed of batshit crazy conservatives. And they make our conservative seem like the sane ones in the room for some reason, and thats saying a lot! So before we get into what makes this man so controversial, who is he? Well hes a far right French radio pundit, media personality, and social media troll. Which perfectly suits him to be among other social media trolls like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. In fact hes even going so far as to mimic Trumps famous Make America Great Again slogan.
Éric Zemmour does not mind comparisons to Donald Trump.
We are not the same but we have points in common, the far-right TV pundit, who Tuesday declared his candidacy for French president, told NBC News at a recent book signing outside Lyon. He is very American and I am very French, almost to the point of being a caricature.
In fact, a central plank of his political vision echoes Trumps Make America Great Again message: I want a French France, he has said.
Slight and charismatic Zemmour, whose parents were French Algerian Jews, may be very French, but the media frenzy surrounding him and his background as an outspoken star of the small screen is drawing parallels to the former American presidents meteoric rise. A recent video of Zemmour pointing a sniper rifle at journalists in Paris has been watched by millions. His controversial opinions on women and Frances role in World War II have shocked many.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/eric-zemmour-far-right-pundit-runs-president-france-rcna6783
We are not the same but we have points in common, the far-right TV pundit, who Tuesday declared his candidacy for French president, told NBC News at a recent book signing outside Lyon. He is very American and I am very French, almost to the point of being a caricature.
In fact, a central plank of his political vision echoes Trumps Make America Great Again message: I want a French France, he has said.
Slight and charismatic Zemmour, whose parents were French Algerian Jews, may be very French, but the media frenzy surrounding him and his background as an outspoken star of the small screen is drawing parallels to the former American presidents meteoric rise. A recent video of Zemmour pointing a sniper rifle at journalists in Paris has been watched by millions. His controversial opinions on women and Frances role in World War II have shocked many.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/eric-zemmour-far-right-pundit-runs-president-france-rcna6783
Oh really now this is a personal call! But heres the thing we all laughed when Trump announced his candidacy for president and the same with Jair Bolsonaro. So when a white nationalist media personality like Eric Zemmour runs for president, we cant look the other way. Yes, sir, fuck these people! What that guy in the back said! So that being said, just how dangerous could a man like Eric Zemmour be if he ever got to the highest level of office possible? He could be incredibly fucking dangerous.
After some false signals and feints, the French populist, polemicist, and ultra-nationalist Éric Zemmour announced on Tuesday, in one of the most bizarre videos ever offered by a would-be leader to his nation, that he is running for President of France. In the video, which is ten minutes long, he reads a prepared statement, head down, as music by that echt-Gallic composer Beethoven plays solemnlythe slow movement of the Seventh Symphony, which, as Zemmour perhaps knew, perhaps did not, was broadcast on wartime German radio on Hitlers birthday. As he continues to read, the video shows street violence and football players taking a knee, among other things, as well as Muslims praying, all apparently exemplifying the grand remplacement he warns against, along with a collage of images of the douce France that he thinks is being replaced. This last is represented by a strange mélange of characters, including the radical republican Victor Hugo and his oppressed Cosette, the sixties chanteuse Barbara (the Paris-born daughter of a Ukrainian-Alsatian Jewish family who spent her wartime childhood in hiding from the government of Marshal Pétain that Zemmour now defends), and Charles Aznavour (who was born in Paris to Armenian parents who named him Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian). Images illustrating the grandeur of French heritage include the Louvre pyramid, which was designed, of course, by I. M. Pei, an Asian American. Its an odd roll call for a hyper-nationalist manifesto, made odder by the reality that Zemmour, for all that he casts himself as the last defender of the legacy of Jeanne dArc, the perpetual heroine of the far right, is the offspring of an immigrant Algerian Jewish family welcomed into France in the nineteen-fifties. This shouldnt be any real surprise: leaders of extreme nationalist fervor always tend to rise from the extremities of a nationNapoleon the Corsican, Stalin the Georgian, and even Hitler the Austrian.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-ultra-nationalist-eric-zemmour-makes-a-bizarre-bid-for-the-french-presidency
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-ultra-nationalist-eric-zemmour-makes-a-bizarre-bid-for-the-french-presidency
Yeah seriously. We can no longer afford to ignore these people. Look at how dangerous people like Candace Owens are here, and if they run for any kind of office, theyd be incredibly dangerous. And this is a guy who does not mind being compared to a certain American politician either. So the thing is we have to take these people seriously, I know we shouldnt because their policies suck. But we cant afford to let the white supremacists claim another country for their own. Just look at what they did to America after 4 years of ruining it.
The retro choreography was heavy-handed, its intent obvious: Éric Zemmour in a dark tie, eyes averted from the camera, reading into an old-fashioned microphone from sheets of paper, just like Charles de Gaulle in his famous speech from London on June 18, 1940, when he called for the liberation of a fallen France.
Mr. Zemmour is not a towering general, and France is not on its knees. But Mr. Zemmour, the far-right polemicist who this week announced his run for next years presidential election, understands the power of provocative imagery. Effrontery and scandal have propelled his outsider candidacy.
His campaign-launching video was a nationalistic call for reborn French glory. From Joan of Arc to the singer Johnny Hallyday, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Brigitte Bardot, from Voltaire to Versailles, from Notre Dame to village church bells, it took viewers on a tour of Mr. Zemmours imaginary France.
The France that in the telling of Mr. Zemmour, a Jewish journalist of North African descent whose family arrived in France 70 years ago existed before immigrants, Muslim veils, vandalism and mealy-mouthed elites led the country to its most recent strange defeat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/world/europe/eric-zemmour-france.html
Mr. Zemmour is not a towering general, and France is not on its knees. But Mr. Zemmour, the far-right polemicist who this week announced his run for next years presidential election, understands the power of provocative imagery. Effrontery and scandal have propelled his outsider candidacy.
His campaign-launching video was a nationalistic call for reborn French glory. From Joan of Arc to the singer Johnny Hallyday, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Brigitte Bardot, from Voltaire to Versailles, from Notre Dame to village church bells, it took viewers on a tour of Mr. Zemmours imaginary France.
The France that in the telling of Mr. Zemmour, a Jewish journalist of North African descent whose family arrived in France 70 years ago existed before immigrants, Muslim veils, vandalism and mealy-mouthed elites led the country to its most recent strange defeat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/world/europe/eric-zemmour-france.html
And heres the thing if you think Im kidding about the French alt right being the next evolution of the American alt right, I can assure you that I am not. I can also assure you that the alt right powers that be (namely Vladimir Putin) have learned a thing or two from the Trump and Bolsonaro administrations, and its going to get really ugly. Just look at the kind of crowd that Zemmour attracts and these are the people who you wouldnt want to be anywhere near. And the really scary thing? Hes ahead in the French polls, too!
French authorities opened an investigation on Monday into a fight that erupted at a presidential campaign rally for far-right candidate Eric Zemmour over the weekend.
The rally was held late Sunday and the fight broke out between supporters and anti-racism activists who'd protested the event in Paris.
More than 60 people were arrested and prosecutors intend to charge them criminally if the investigation warrants.
Some of the people who were attacked were injured.
Zemmour's assailant was among those arrested, and faces an assault charge.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/12/06/france-eric-zemmour-rally-fight-investigation/1401638809003/
The rally was held late Sunday and the fight broke out between supporters and anti-racism activists who'd protested the event in Paris.
More than 60 people were arrested and prosecutors intend to charge them criminally if the investigation warrants.
Some of the people who were attacked were injured.
Zemmour's assailant was among those arrested, and faces an assault charge.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/12/06/france-eric-zemmour-rally-fight-investigation/1401638809003/
Yeah thats pretty much what it is going to be like! But thats Eric Zemmour, expect to hear more of this guy hes Frances Donald Trump. And hes this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to the segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! We are coming back to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico badlands! Undisclosed location, of course! Now just let me adjust my trusty tin foil hat for maximum government interference they are trying to read our thoughts after all! There got it! Well folks this week, the anti-vaccine movement is going to strange new levels, which includes everything from fake vaccine passports to this guy in Italy who used a fake arm to attempt to get a vaccine and was caught red handed. So while hes a hero to the anti-vaxxer movement hes really just a blithering idiot and will get the criminal prosecution that he so deserves. But the virus denial is out there, folks. And the anti-vaccine movement is getting weird. So heres what happened with the guy in Italy.
A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a vaccine certificate without actually getting inoculated.
The deception was spotted by a nurse, Filippa Bua, as she was about to administer the vaccine in Biella, Piedmont on Thursday. Bua told CNN she noticed something odd about the arm.
"The color of the skin was anomalous, much lighter compared to the hands or the face of the patient," she said.
After inspecting the area, she realized that the arm was fake, made of silicone.
"I first felt sorry for the man, thinking that he had a prosthesis and wondering if I had somehow forced him to give me the wrong arm," Bua said. "But then he admitted he was wearing the fake arm on purpose to avoid getting the vaccine!"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/europe/italy-man-silicone-arm-vaccine-intl-scli/index.html
The deception was spotted by a nurse, Filippa Bua, as she was about to administer the vaccine in Biella, Piedmont on Thursday. Bua told CNN she noticed something odd about the arm.
"The color of the skin was anomalous, much lighter compared to the hands or the face of the patient," she said.
After inspecting the area, she realized that the arm was fake, made of silicone.
"I first felt sorry for the man, thinking that he had a prosthesis and wondering if I had somehow forced him to give me the wrong arm," Bua said. "But then he admitted he was wearing the fake arm on purpose to avoid getting the vaccine!"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/europe/italy-man-silicone-arm-vaccine-intl-scli/index.html
Yeah thats not how that works but I wouldnt trust Dr. Nick to carry out this operation. Im just saying, thats all. But the war on vaccines is heating up and heading in strange and bizarre new directions, and Im not shocked in the least that those who arent taking the vaccine are dying in huge numbers. But dont tell that to people like Antonio Brown, who used a fake vaccine card to get around NFL safety protocols and got busted red handed for it!
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians left the door open on Antonio Brown's future this week in his first comments after the receiver was suspended three games for violations of the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols.
With Brown and safety Mike Edwards penalized for misrepresenting their vaccination status, Arians was asked if they'll remain on the team and he said, Well address their future at that time. The answer appropriately fueled speculation.
One source said no decision has been made on whether Brown will return to the team after his suspension, and another said it is possible the team keeps the players -- with the insinuation being that it's possible they do not.
Arians was particularly frustrated, considering the efforts his team made in getting to 100% vaccination status. He also said he hoped the league would continue to look for players who were not honest about their vaccination status.
https://www.nfl.com/news/bucs-wide-receiver-antonio-brown-s-future-up-in-the-air-following-suspension-for
With Brown and safety Mike Edwards penalized for misrepresenting their vaccination status, Arians was asked if they'll remain on the team and he said, Well address their future at that time. The answer appropriately fueled speculation.
One source said no decision has been made on whether Brown will return to the team after his suspension, and another said it is possible the team keeps the players -- with the insinuation being that it's possible they do not.
Arians was particularly frustrated, considering the efforts his team made in getting to 100% vaccination status. He also said he hoped the league would continue to look for players who were not honest about their vaccination status.
https://www.nfl.com/news/bucs-wide-receiver-antonio-brown-s-future-up-in-the-air-following-suspension-for
Then again no one wants to deal with this deadly virus and the battle over fake vaccine passports has just begun. Hey anti-vaxxers, you can run, you can hide, but youre going to have to face reality and its something that is the opposite of what your stupid Facebook memes convey. Just take a look at what happened in Germany when police raided a group that was caught making fake COVID passports. Yeah you do not want to be involved in this.
German police on Wednesday arrested 12 individuals suspected of being involved in the production and sale of falsified COVID-19 vaccine certificates.
Criminal investigators in the state of Hesse said in a press statement that more than 200 officers had taken part in raids on a total of 23 locations throughout the central German state, as well as two cities in the neighboring state of Baden-Württemberg.
Vaccine passports either shown as a QR code or in an official vaccine paper booklet are required as evidence of vaccination. Most bars, restaurants, and entertainment facilities require proof of vaccination or recovery from an infection. Some also allow proof of a recent negative test.
Germany has one of the highest rates of vaccine deniers who refuse to be vaccinated against the virus.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-arrest-12-in-fake-covid-vaccine-passports-raids/a-59847837
Criminal investigators in the state of Hesse said in a press statement that more than 200 officers had taken part in raids on a total of 23 locations throughout the central German state, as well as two cities in the neighboring state of Baden-Württemberg.
Vaccine passports either shown as a QR code or in an official vaccine paper booklet are required as evidence of vaccination. Most bars, restaurants, and entertainment facilities require proof of vaccination or recovery from an infection. Some also allow proof of a recent negative test.
Germany has one of the highest rates of vaccine deniers who refuse to be vaccinated against the virus.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-arrest-12-in-fake-covid-vaccine-passports-raids/a-59847837
And if you think this is just a first world problem, oh no! That I can assure you it is not its a global problem and the more it spreads the more it becomes a thing. And this is a thing you dont want coming to your country, but just like the Omicron variant, it might already be here! And heres the irony the vaccine is free and its reliable and it works! If you dont take the vaccine its going to cost you, and the harder you work to not do the easy thing, the more difficult is going to be for you as we attempt to get out of this nightmare pandemic. Yeah that makes sense.
A prolific Irish drug dealer is selling fake Covid-19 vaccine certificates on the dark web for as much as 350 each.
It is believed the digital certificates are likely functional and are being sold to people who want to travel abroad on holidays but do not want to be vaccinated.
The seller is one of a number of people advertising what are purporting to be Irish vaccine certificates on dark web marketplaces. Also available on other sites are fake negative PCR tests and fake documents stating the holder has recently recovered from Covid-19.
While many such items have been available for months, prices increased after the Government announced in October that vaccine passports will be required for the immediate future.
Gardaí said they are consulting with health officials on how to respond. The Department of Health said it is working with other EU countries to put in a system to revoke or invalidate fraudulent certificates at short notice.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/fake-irish-vaccine-passports-for-sale-on-dark-web-for-350-1.4722949
It is believed the digital certificates are likely functional and are being sold to people who want to travel abroad on holidays but do not want to be vaccinated.
The seller is one of a number of people advertising what are purporting to be Irish vaccine certificates on dark web marketplaces. Also available on other sites are fake negative PCR tests and fake documents stating the holder has recently recovered from Covid-19.
While many such items have been available for months, prices increased after the Government announced in October that vaccine passports will be required for the immediate future.
Gardaí said they are consulting with health officials on how to respond. The Department of Health said it is working with other EU countries to put in a system to revoke or invalidate fraudulent certificates at short notice.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/fake-irish-vaccine-passports-for-sale-on-dark-web-for-350-1.4722949
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: 2021 GOOP Holiday Gift Guide
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know by now that the idea of this segment is that we have some drinks and while we drink we talk about literally anything in the news that doesnt relate to politics or COVID. Because theres currently a lot of dark shit in the world, and all we want to do is have some fun. This week its 2021 and after the nightmare year that was 2020, the holidays are back in full swing. And since its that time of year again, you know who else is back at it? Our friends in New York are going to really hate the coming weekend because you know whats back? Santa Con! Thats right the annual gathering of the Santas and these Santas really dont care if youre naughty or nice. Theyre just here to drink the egg nog loaded with rum. So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about drunk Santas? A large glass of egg nog loaded with rum? Excuse me a minute yeah I will take that! Oh come on, as Homer Simpson says, we only get 30 sweet days of noggy goodness then the government takes it away! Well, while Im waiting for my extra large glass of the nog, heres more!
Dozens of Santas are expected to take to the streets of Newport on Saturday, December 4 to take part in the annual event known as SantaCon.
SantaCon is a free-to-attend non-commercial, non-political, nonsensical Santa Claus convention that happens once a year for charity. Its a mass gathering where people dress in Santa Claus costumes or as other Christmas / Holiday characters and parade throughout Newport and several cities around the world.
According to a Facebook Event, SantaCon Newport will run from 12 pm to 7 pm and will make stops at Celtica at 12 pm, Skiff at 1 pm, a stop for a group photo at 2:30 pm, a stop at Fastnet at 3 pm, and One Pelham East at 4:30 pm. The event will conclude with live music with Rusty until 6:30 pm at One Pelham East.
Prizes are awarded to the best dressed Santa and winner of the Santa dance-off. Participants are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to Toys For Tots.
https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/12/santacon-returns-to-newport-on-saturday/
SantaCon is a free-to-attend non-commercial, non-political, nonsensical Santa Claus convention that happens once a year for charity. Its a mass gathering where people dress in Santa Claus costumes or as other Christmas / Holiday characters and parade throughout Newport and several cities around the world.
According to a Facebook Event, SantaCon Newport will run from 12 pm to 7 pm and will make stops at Celtica at 12 pm, Skiff at 1 pm, a stop for a group photo at 2:30 pm, a stop at Fastnet at 3 pm, and One Pelham East at 4:30 pm. The event will conclude with live music with Rusty until 6:30 pm at One Pelham East.
Prizes are awarded to the best dressed Santa and winner of the Santa dance-off. Participants are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to Toys For Tots.
https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/12/santacon-returns-to-newport-on-saturday/
Oh yeah sure its non political until the Santas get a few shots of peppermint schnapps in, then its anything goes! But that said, Newport is not the only area where Santas will be descending upon the area pubs to drink heavily. Well, in case youre wondering why New Yorkers hate SantaCon so much, well, just take a look at some of the incidents from past SantaCons. Theres plenty of very naughty activities going on, so naughty that the police and the emergency room are involved. Though this year thats probably the last place you want to end up.
Bad SantaCon, a different twist on the annual SantaCon event, is coming to Highland.
If you aren't familiar with SantaCon, it's a popular pub crawl that takes place annually, all over the world where people dress up as Santa Clause or other Christmas characters. SantaCon has gotten a lot of negative feedback in recent years, especially in New York City where the event has led to drunken brawling, public urination, and disorder.
In 2013: A wild video was released of a SantaCon brawl in NYC.
In 2018: Police say a Hudson Valley man punched a woman at NYC SantaCon and another Hudson Valley Man assaulted an officer at the Hoboken SantaCon
In 2019: A knife wielding man brawled with Santas on a train.
Despite the problems, SantaCon will be returning to NYC this year with a vengeance after Covid hiatus.
There was actually a Poughkeepsie SantaCon that existed for a short time but while researching the event, it doesn't appear that there has been one in at least five years.
Read More: Bad SantaCon Event Coming to Hudson Valley Area | https://wibx950.com/bad-santacon-coming-to-hudson-valley/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
If you aren't familiar with SantaCon, it's a popular pub crawl that takes place annually, all over the world where people dress up as Santa Clause or other Christmas characters. SantaCon has gotten a lot of negative feedback in recent years, especially in New York City where the event has led to drunken brawling, public urination, and disorder.
In 2013: A wild video was released of a SantaCon brawl in NYC.
In 2018: Police say a Hudson Valley man punched a woman at NYC SantaCon and another Hudson Valley Man assaulted an officer at the Hoboken SantaCon
In 2019: A knife wielding man brawled with Santas on a train.
Despite the problems, SantaCon will be returning to NYC this year with a vengeance after Covid hiatus.
There was actually a Poughkeepsie SantaCon that existed for a short time but while researching the event, it doesn't appear that there has been one in at least five years.
Read More: Bad SantaCon Event Coming to Hudson Valley Area | https://wibx950.com/bad-santacon-coming-to-hudson-valley/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Yeah chug, Santa, chug! But heres the thing are the people here really just dorks for Christmas or are they here to get loaded? Just like were doing ah sweet egg nog! But come on, are Santa and Mrs. Santa really just kissing underneath the mistletoe or are they just making out? Oh oh Santa just got cold clocked! This isnt really much a SantaCon as it is a Santa Con. Emphasis on the word con because theres plenty of holly jolly, but some more emphasis on being naughty than being nice! I am using this metaphor way too much.
Megan Lewman and Bethany Reycraft consider themselves big nerds about Christmas. Both have December birthdays with Lewman being a Christmas baby and Reycrafts middle name is a variation of Noel.
And for the past two years, Lewman and Reycraft have been the coordinators for SantaCon, an annual Christmas-themed bar-crawl event through downtown Lakeland that will take place Dec. 11 this year.
Its a labor of love. Were just dorks about Christmas. Its festive and its just something we love, Lewman added.
Lewman attended her first SantaCon in 2016, when it was organized by Robert Wagner, after seeing a flyer on Facebook. After the first year, she started helping plan the pub crawl event.
https://www.theledger.com/story/entertainment/holiday/christmas/2021/12/02/lakeland-santacon-has-grown-recent-years-event-format-has-changed/8792159002/
And for the past two years, Lewman and Reycraft have been the coordinators for SantaCon, an annual Christmas-themed bar-crawl event through downtown Lakeland that will take place Dec. 11 this year.
Its a labor of love. Were just dorks about Christmas. Its festive and its just something we love, Lewman added.
Lewman attended her first SantaCon in 2016, when it was organized by Robert Wagner, after seeing a flyer on Facebook. After the first year, she started helping plan the pub crawl event.
https://www.theledger.com/story/entertainment/holiday/christmas/2021/12/02/lakeland-santacon-has-grown-recent-years-event-format-has-changed/8792159002/
I think Santas had just a bit too much there! That said, while SantaCon puts the emphasis on booze and bad behavior, if youre a Santa and a teetotaler, then where do you go for a solution to your holly jolly party atmosphere? Then you should check out the neighboring ElfCon, which is the booze free, family friendly solution to the holiday mayhem. At ElfCon, instead of getting a booze high, youll be getting a chocolate infused sugar and caffeine high, so instead of ending up like Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, youll end up more like Will Ferrells Buddy The Elf in Elf.
Move over, Santa! The elves are taking over New York City.
Hundreds of New Yorkers in elf garb will be congregating at some of NYC's best hot chocolate purveyors for ElfCon, a brand-new, family-friendly hot cocoa crawl in the city.
ElfCon is an adventure without a particular route. Instead, elves are supposed stop at several Manhattan cocoa locations on a provided map and get their special Elf Passports stamped for a special prize at the end. And yes, participants are asked to wear elf garb. (Think: jingle bells, pointy shoes, striped stockings...)
While imbibing on that sweet, sweet hot chocolate and getting a major sugar high, elf crawlers will also be raising money for two charitiesThe Trevor Project, an organization that helps protect LGBTQ youth, and Making Headway, a foundation dedicated to helping families with children with brain tumors.
The jolly jaunt around the city is one high schooler's answer to SantaCon, the infamous beer crawl that is either the best day of the year or the worst depending on who you are. (Yes, that's also still on this year.)
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-hot-chocolate-crawl-is-a-local-high-schoolers-answer-to-santacon-120221
Hundreds of New Yorkers in elf garb will be congregating at some of NYC's best hot chocolate purveyors for ElfCon, a brand-new, family-friendly hot cocoa crawl in the city.
ElfCon is an adventure without a particular route. Instead, elves are supposed stop at several Manhattan cocoa locations on a provided map and get their special Elf Passports stamped for a special prize at the end. And yes, participants are asked to wear elf garb. (Think: jingle bells, pointy shoes, striped stockings...)
While imbibing on that sweet, sweet hot chocolate and getting a major sugar high, elf crawlers will also be raising money for two charitiesThe Trevor Project, an organization that helps protect LGBTQ youth, and Making Headway, a foundation dedicated to helping families with children with brain tumors.
The jolly jaunt around the city is one high schooler's answer to SantaCon, the infamous beer crawl that is either the best day of the year or the worst depending on who you are. (Yes, that's also still on this year.)
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-hot-chocolate-crawl-is-a-local-high-schoolers-answer-to-santacon-120221
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the post 2020 MAGA insurrectionists are up to in Red State Diaries! Because we can no longer afford to ignore these people and all the damage that they are causing, and lets face it, MAGA is no longer a political ideology but a full blown cult! Last week, we talked about how Q Anon fans were waiting in Dallas for JFK Jr and announce that he was arresting most of Trumps political opponents. This week, we have a beef! You know me, I love a good beef. And this beef is between the Squad (Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Jones, Talib) and what Im going to start referring to as the Bonehead Squad (Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Jones, Cawthorn). But this week were going to analyze the beef between these two groups and really Marjorie, we dont hate you because youre a conservative Christian white woman. We hate you because youre a raging racist asshole who belongs in the dumpster instead of in Congress. Thank you audience! But that said heres what is happening with this delightful bunch. /sarcasm
Six months after a shooting war in Gaza, Congress is more involved in controversies over Islamophobia and anti-Semitism than it is in resuscitating a two-state solution in the Middle East.
Support for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel has notably declined on Capitol Hill as poisonous rhetoric replaces policy debates about long-term security in a region where conflict has flared for more than a generation. For many lawmakers and more prominently in the GOP as of late the weaponization of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism has become the rule, not the exception.
This past week alone, two videos emerged of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-born Muslim who's outspoken in favor of Palestinian rights, is a terrorist; and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called Omar a jihadist. The Democratic Party has its own internal fractures over the U.S.-Israel relationship: Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was criticized by a far-left activist group last week for simply meeting with Israeli leaders, even as he has been critical of the countrys right-wing-led coalition government.
Lawmakers and two-state advocates alike are wincing at those episodes, warning about a serious undermining of what used to be an overwhelmingly bipartisan goal to help end the decadeslong Middle East conflict not to mention the intimidation of those on both sides of the aisle seeking real solutions.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/islamophobia-anti-semitism-controversies-congress-523724
Support for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel has notably declined on Capitol Hill as poisonous rhetoric replaces policy debates about long-term security in a region where conflict has flared for more than a generation. For many lawmakers and more prominently in the GOP as of late the weaponization of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism has become the rule, not the exception.
This past week alone, two videos emerged of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-born Muslim who's outspoken in favor of Palestinian rights, is a terrorist; and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called Omar a jihadist. The Democratic Party has its own internal fractures over the U.S.-Israel relationship: Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was criticized by a far-left activist group last week for simply meeting with Israeli leaders, even as he has been critical of the countrys right-wing-led coalition government.
Lawmakers and two-state advocates alike are wincing at those episodes, warning about a serious undermining of what used to be an overwhelmingly bipartisan goal to help end the decadeslong Middle East conflict not to mention the intimidation of those on both sides of the aisle seeking real solutions.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/islamophobia-anti-semitism-controversies-congress-523724
Yeah thats what happens when you elect social media trolls to Congress! You get them trolling with racist and hateful shit in real life. Thanks to the Alex Joneses and Steve Bannons of the world, Congress is devolving into a cesspool of racist and hateful shit. But what happens when the racist beef goes way too far? Well Ilhan Omar is putting the pressure on Nancy Pelosi to do something. The sad thing is any other job these idiots would have been fired on the first day. So why cant we get rid of Boebert and Greene?
The House only has four days left in session this year. And Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday she expects Speaker Nancy Pelosi to use at least some of that time to sanction Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert for suggesting that she was a terrorist.
"I have had a conversation with the speaker, and I'm very confident that she will take decisive action next week," Omar told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday. She also noted that "it's important for us to say, this kind of language, this kind of hate cannot be condoned by the House of Representatives. And we should punish and sanction Boebert by stripping her of her committees, by rebuking her language, by doing everything that we can to send a clear and decisive message to the American public that, if the Republicans are not going to be adults and condone -- condemn this, that we are going to do that."
Which, well big deal!
What to do about Boebert has been percolating in Congress since just after Thanksgiving when remarks by the controversial Colorado Republican came to light.
"I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers and he and I were leaving the Capitol, we're going back to my office and we get in the elevator and I see a Capitol Police officer running hurriedly to the elevator. I see fret all over his face," Boebert recounted. "And he's reaching. The door is shutting. I can't open it. What's happening? I look to my left and there she is, Ilhan Omar, and I said, 'Well she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.'"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/ilhan-omar-lauren-boebert/index.html
"I have had a conversation with the speaker, and I'm very confident that she will take decisive action next week," Omar told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday. She also noted that "it's important for us to say, this kind of language, this kind of hate cannot be condoned by the House of Representatives. And we should punish and sanction Boebert by stripping her of her committees, by rebuking her language, by doing everything that we can to send a clear and decisive message to the American public that, if the Republicans are not going to be adults and condone -- condemn this, that we are going to do that."
Which, well big deal!
What to do about Boebert has been percolating in Congress since just after Thanksgiving when remarks by the controversial Colorado Republican came to light.
"I was getting into an elevator with one of my staffers and he and I were leaving the Capitol, we're going back to my office and we get in the elevator and I see a Capitol Police officer running hurriedly to the elevator. I see fret all over his face," Boebert recounted. "And he's reaching. The door is shutting. I can't open it. What's happening? I look to my left and there she is, Ilhan Omar, and I said, 'Well she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.'"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/ilhan-omar-lauren-boebert/index.html
Yeah probably! And what happens when even the mediators cant control the beast that has been unleashed? Well the racist piece of garbage known as Marjorie Greene (I refuse to use all 3 of her names) cant stop fighting with people. And as I have said if I treated my coworkers like this I would have been out on my ass a long time ago. But the sad thing is the more you tell Marjorie no or the more you say that you hate her, that only makes them stronger. You cant get rid of social media trolls no matter how much you try.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried without success Tuesday night to end an ugly battle between two of his GOP freshmen.
The California Republican implored Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), in separate private meetings, to stop attacking one another after their back-and-forth online spat dragged on for hours earlier Tuesday.
After speaking with the GOP leader, Greene said she told McCarthy that she would quit attacking Mace. But as she was leaving the meeting, Greene suggested to CNN that she was interested in seeing Mace get a Republican primary challenger, something former President Donald Trump has called for.
Mace, after meeting with McCarthy, also didnt back down after being asked about Greenes primary challenger comments.
All I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her fucking heart, Mace told reporters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/30/mace-greene-feud-mccarthy-523587 [/div
Damn is right! That is a low blow if there ever was one! That said, well be keeping an eye on these two in case Marjorie goes insane and climbs to the top of the watchtower. Which, lets face it, will be the inevitable end of her career as a politician. I mean come on, you can only hate the media so much before they start turning on you, which I am pretty sure has happened. But dont complain about them, they will troll on right wing news programs about how theyre being silenced and censored. But yeah then at least start calling out their bullshit!
[font size="4"]Next week:[/font]
For our last Red State Diaries of 2021, whats up with Congressional representatives sending out themselves with pictures of guns on their holiday greeting cards? We will find out whats fueling this weird and dangerous new trend!
The California Republican implored Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), in separate private meetings, to stop attacking one another after their back-and-forth online spat dragged on for hours earlier Tuesday.
After speaking with the GOP leader, Greene said she told McCarthy that she would quit attacking Mace. But as she was leaving the meeting, Greene suggested to CNN that she was interested in seeing Mace get a Republican primary challenger, something former President Donald Trump has called for.
Mace, after meeting with McCarthy, also didnt back down after being asked about Greenes primary challenger comments.
All I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her fucking heart, Mace told reporters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/30/mace-greene-feud-mccarthy-523587 [/div
Damn is right! That is a low blow if there ever was one! That said, well be keeping an eye on these two in case Marjorie goes insane and climbs to the top of the watchtower. Which, lets face it, will be the inevitable end of her career as a politician. I mean come on, you can only hate the media so much before they start turning on you, which I am pretty sure has happened. But dont complain about them, they will troll on right wing news programs about how theyre being silenced and censored. But yeah then at least start calling out their bullshit!
Under rising pressure from the left, House Democratic leaders are eyeing several options to respond to Rep. Lauren Boebert's Islamophobic comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar all of which fall short of progressives' demands.
Referring Boebert to the House Ethics Committee or calling up a measure tackling Islamophobia are among the actions being discussed by Democratic leaders to deal with the Colorado conservative, according to three people familiar with the matter. That might not be enough to satisfy progressives, who want their leadership to act and on Wednesday introduced legislation to boot Boebert from her committees.
"If leadership does not act accordingly, we are condoning that behavior. Not just here in Congress, but we are sending the message across the country, around the world, that anti-Muslim hate is OK," Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday.
Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) added that we cannot be complicit as members of this body trample on the fundamental right of religious freedom and put peoples lives in danger."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/08/anti-islamaphobia-bill-boebert-omar-523953
Referring Boebert to the House Ethics Committee or calling up a measure tackling Islamophobia are among the actions being discussed by Democratic leaders to deal with the Colorado conservative, according to three people familiar with the matter. That might not be enough to satisfy progressives, who want their leadership to act and on Wednesday introduced legislation to boot Boebert from her committees.
"If leadership does not act accordingly, we are condoning that behavior. Not just here in Congress, but we are sending the message across the country, around the world, that anti-Muslim hate is OK," Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday.
Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) added that we cannot be complicit as members of this body trample on the fundamental right of religious freedom and put peoples lives in danger."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/08/anti-islamaphobia-bill-boebert-omar-523953
[font size="4"]Next week:[/font]
For our last Red State Diaries of 2021, whats up with Congressional representatives sending out themselves with pictures of guns on their holiday greeting cards? We will find out whats fueling this weird and dangerous new trend!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Angels & Airwaves [/font]
My next guest of course you know him best as Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves! Their latest album is called Lifebloods. Playing their song Timebomb give it up for Angels & Airwaves!
Thank you New York City! We had a great time on our East Coast trek! Were back home next week for our final Top 10 of the year! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Grammercy Theater, New York City, NY
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
December 2, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-15: Top 10 Conservative Idiots 5th Anniversary Special Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yo whats up Boston? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! Man did I pick the right city to host our 5 year special didnt I? So because this is a very special edition of the Top 10, were going to throw out most of our usual nonsense and commentary on current events and just go through 5 years of the Top 10. And look, before we go any further, look. We know that technically its the 6th anniversary of the Top 10 and we put out 9 editions from 12/5/15 12/27/15 which is an insane amount of Top 10s to produce in such a short length of time. That was also when we didnt know what we were doing, and we lacked a staff and a budget to produce segments (though that budget still remains pretty low). But that said, the true weekly form of the Top 10 didnt take place until January 2016. And also last year, 2020 didnt technically count since we were all still hulled at home because of COVID and couldnt give the Top 10 the proper celebration that we felt it deserved. So there, please dont bother pointing that out. In the first two slots were going to have a one on one interview with me! Thats right, as the host of the Top 10, I will take you through how it came to be, some of our favorite segments, how those came to be, and what the future of our fine program is going to be! Then were also going to talk my thoughts on the current state of politics, and then a 2 part montage of some of my favorite bits and jokes through our over 250+ editions of the Top 10. So just so you know we have 3 editions left in this crazy year that is 2021. We have our 5th anniversary special today, then we have our last regular edition next week 12/9, and then our year-ending Year In Review on 12/16! And for our celebration this week, weve painstakingly combed through all 252 editions of the Top 10 to bring you the best, funniest one liners, memes, JPGs, clips and jokes throughout the years, the most insane moments of the Trump administration, and some of our favorite bits from the beginning of the Top 10! Plus we also have to do the rest of our idiocy as well. OK enough of the intro, lets get to it, shall we? But first John Oliver is back and he delves into the topic of union busting:
So I knew that when we started this season, I had big plans for the Top 10 5th Anniversary Special and were going to party! So how do we celebrate 5 years? We were kicking around ideas at the Top 10 Home Office, but I decided that why dont we get to know each other better? So with that I will be interviewed in the first two slots! The first slot will talk about how the Top 10 came to be and the origins of our favorite segments (1)! But thats not all! In the second slot, is also me! Youll get my thoughts (2) on the current state of American and world affairs and where I think American politics is going, because its getting very scary out there. And the fact that social media trolls like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Greene are the future of the GOP, well its going to get way worse before it gets better. In the number 3 slot this week, as I said in the monologue, we have painstakingly combed through the best bits and entries from all 5 seasons. And in the number 3 slot well be bringing you the best bits, clips, memes and jokes from seasons 1 5 (3). And likewise in the 4th slot the best bits and clips from seasons 6 11 (4). Thats right even when we were holed up at home during the nightmare year that was 2020, we still had some great moments! Getting back to our usual nonsense, in the 5th slot this week, I have to talk about the Kyle Rittenhouse (5) verdict, and whew, boy do I have some thoughts on this one, and my thought is really fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!. And thats putting it lightly, by the way! In the number 6 slot this week is of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week, is Kanye starting a cult? Ye is taking his Sunday Service to strange new levels and recruiting some very questionable choices of celebrities with him to support his cause. Yeah its getting weird! In the number 7 slot this week we have a new Beating A Dead Horse (7). Do we really need Kid Rock barfing his brain on woke culture? Its just another byproduct of how Fox News is scrambling peoples brains. And in the number 8 slot this week we have a new Conspiracy Corner was the January 6th riot a false flag? We delve into Tucker Carlsons insane new Fox News special detailing the subject! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week, we have an all new People Are Dumb (9) because of course they are! Finally this week in Red State Diaries (10), remember in the last edition how we talked about that crazy Q Anon cult that believes that JFK was a deep state operative? Well theyre back and its getting weirder! . And to top everything off weve got some live music for you from one of my favorite bands, Mastodon! Plus were going to end with our very first entry that we ever did, preserved for the last 5 years in its entirety for you guys! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]My Interview: Part 1
[br] [/font] [br]
Well here we are. 5 years of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. And how do we celebrate such a monumental achievement? Weve been going to sold out clubs around the country now for three of the 5 years that this thing has existed. Weve even catered to international audiences with our big British edition of the Top 10 (see: Idiots #5-23 ). Weve been there and done that. So I figured that what better way to celebrate the 5th anniversary edition than to get to know me, your merry host of the show, better. So this interview will talk about how the Top 10 came to be, the creation of some of your favorite segments, and what the future of this program is going to be. And trust us, were going to do this thing until its no longer profitable, or we perish at the hands of a MAGA-led genocide. Which if Trump gets reelected in 2024, dont think that couldnt happen! You dont know! You dont know! And also to celebrate, we painstakingly combed through all 250+ editions to find the best moments from them. And if we didnt get to them, dont worry, theres plenty more where that came from! Anyway enough of my rambling! Lets get to the interview, shall we?
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]My Interview Part 2
[br] [/font] [br]
My interview part 2. So for this part of the interview we delve into the nightmare that was the years from 2015 2021. And it has been a nightmare hasnt it? Of course like everybody else I celebrated the fact that we no longer have to call Donald Trump the president of the United States. Instead we can call him by his current title former professional Twitter troll Donald Trump. And lets face it, Twitter and Facebook have been much better without his bile and garbage havent they? Well in this part of the interview I take a look at the past, present and future of politics. I dont want to be one of those alarmists who is just going to make this entire interview a downer. But before we get into this thing I do want to say that following the GOP as closely as I have the last 6 years, things are inevitably going to get much worse. Maybe not as worse as things are being projected. Could we see a civil war in this lifetime, even several years from now? Its entirely possible. But then again no one predicted wed be in a raging pandemic like we are now. OK enough of my rambling. Lets do this!
Q. What would you say the most ridiculous moment of the entire Trump administration was?
A. Oh god, where to begin? While I could say the entire month of November, 2020 was completely ridiculous watching from home, it was literally like watching an entire series of some weird foreign childrens show that aired in Scandinavia or something. The whole thing felt cartoonish. You couldnt make this up if you had all the comedy writers in the world. Thats where we had Trump sitting at the tiny desk (see: Idiots #9-18 ) and the unbelievably ridiculous Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco (see: Idiots #9-16 ), I still cant believe that was a thing that happened. But one of my favorite things was seeing him staring at the sun, which we unfortunately didnt get to cover because we were off that week. So that said, if I had to pinpoint the single most ridiculous moment in the entire administration, it would be that time he invited the Clemson Football Team to the White House and served them a buffet of Big Macs and Dominos Pizza, which we covered in Idiots #6-2. Because, honestly, crap on a silver platter is the best way I can accurately describe that administration.
Q. Thats how you would describe this administration.
A. Well, yes and no.
Q. Why is that?
A. Honestly I look at the Donald Trump MAGA administration like the screaming child whos begging for a toy at Target. And its like no matter how many times you tell them no they just act like you didnt say it. In fact telling them no only makes them stronger. And thats what happens when you live so detached from reality that its impossible to interact with the world around you. When you shun real news from actual journalists in favor of the Alex Jones types and the Glenn Becks of the world, you dont know how to deal when real world news affects you directly
Q. How would you describe the year 2020 comedy, tragedy, or horror show?
A. Honestly? All of the above. Plus the added bonus of us getting to celebrate at the end because Joe Biden won. And I say that 2020 was part comedy because in the early days of the pandemic, literally the only entertainment we had was Trumps nightly shit show where he was recommending garbage cures hawked by quacks (see: Idiots #9-7 ) and suggesting that we drink bleach (see: Idiots #8-15 ). Its truly insane how horrible that was handled and I dont even think historians 100 years from now will be able to truly grasp this level of pure insanity. But seeing the rising death toll makes it a tragedy. Made even worse that the anti-vaccination crowd is voluntarily taking themselves out at an incredible rate.
Q. Thats assuming that humanity is still around 100 years from now.
A. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha right! Though I think humanitys demise wont be nuclear missiles, it will be global warming. And thanks to Fox News, the deniers will be led off a cliff by Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.
Q. Was there any event that you could have predicted would be a disaster?
A. Actually we did predict one major incident would be a total disaster and we called it in Idiots #3-9, and that was the Unite The Right rally. We saw the announcements and figured that it would be a colossal shit show, and sure enough we were right! Of course nobody could have predicted that this rally would have got someone killed in the process.
Q. You have repeatedly said that there are no sane republicans anymore. Would you care to elaborate on that?
A. Just look at any of their events past and present. Look at CPAC, the Values Voters Summit, any of their events. Theres even a full blown Q Anon convention in Dallas. That family has just taken over the GOP. Literally everything is someone involved with or is a member of the Trump family. The GOP has become the MAGA party. Theyre the party of the Sean Hannitys, Tucker Carlsons, and Alex Joneses of the world. And their conspiracy theories continue to get nuttier. I would have thought Pizzagate would have been the apex of the Infowars conspiracy theory complex, but then Pizzagate morphed into Q Anon, and Q Anon is now morphing into a group of whackjobs that think that JFK survived his assassination and is working undercover to out all the deep state operatives. Eventually well see a split between the GOP and the MAGA party. Like I said, you cant make this stuff up.
Q. Why was there such a large gap between the end of season 9 and the start of season 10?
A. When we found out that Joe Biden was going to be our 46th president, we originally began formulating plans to give the Trump administration the proper fuck you that they very much deserved from us. Then January 6th happened. And we just decided as a staff fuck it. They did not deserve the proper send off that we had planned to give them, so that Top 10 got completely shelved and it may never see the light of day. Thats when we postponed the start of the Top 10 until after the inauguration.
Q. What would you say the most satisfying thing about having Joe Biden as president is?
A. Well, several things. One is that we have a normal president who does normal things and is seen as a regular guy. Two, we dont have to hear what mind vomit he comes up with on Twitter on a daily basis, because he, oh yeah does his job! We also have a president who glorifies actual heroes, and not serial killers, underwear models, has-been musicians, and murderous dictators because they suck up to him. And speaking of vomit, we dont have to hear about his sex life every day. Im thankful we have a president who keeps his private life private. I dont ever want to hear about another presidents sex life ever again after the Trump administration. Remember when Stormy Daniels compared Trumps male organs to a character on Super Mario Bros (see: Idiots #5-12 ) ? Way too much information if you ask me!
Q. Where do you think conspiracy theories got the most nutty?
A. Oh there are many examples I can think of two instances one was when Alex Jones accused Lady Gaga of something called spirit cooking (see: Idiots #2-12 ) and the other was when Q Anon nuts were accusing Wayfair of child trafficking through selling $10,000 filing cabinets (see: Idiots #9-6 ). But my favorite thing about conspiracy theories is how they are quick to point out how EVERYTHING is a false flag (see: Idiots #5-18 ) and its not just one incident here or there, its EVERY incident. Everything is a false flag to these morons. Even now, which well get to in a minute, is how theyre trying to pin up January 6th as a false flag, because they literally have nothing else to go on.
Q. Theres no way conspiracy theories could get worse from there is there?
A. Oh there absolutely is. If Trump got elected in 2024, who knows what kind of shit they could get away with? I have a feeling it would turn out like when Bane took over Gotham at the end of The Dark Knight Rises he would pardon all the criminals that were put away as a result of January 6th and things would just turn to shit.
Q. And we have to do everything in our power to stop that from happening.
A. Well Ive made the comparison of whats happening now in American politics to the plot of Thor: Ragnarok. And it sounds ridiculous but lets think about this here. The point of Ragnarok was to stop Surtur from destroying Asguard. And if Surturs skull was to be put into the eternal flame, he would rise up even more powerful than before and destroy the planet. So with that analogy, Trump is Surtur, and we silenced him in the 2020 election. His skull is next to the eternal flame. If he got elected, he would rise up as a giant flaming monster and end America.
Q. Would you say Americas Ragnarok is inevitable?
A. Yeah probably. At least unlike Asguard, we can stop it from happening here. It just takes a willing populace.
Q. Would you say youre worried about the future?
A. Well I know that people either really love or really hate Bill Maher, but he was absolutely right on the money when he said that people who live 100% in the virtual world have trouble interacting with the real one. We saw that in Idiots #7-7 when this group on 4Chan was harassing and saying shit about a recently deceased influencer and making death threats against everyone involved in the story. It was pretty horrifying and a preview of where we could be headed. Lets hope it doesnt.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Best Of The Top 10: Seasons 1 5
[br] [/font] [br]
This entry is pretty self-explanatory! Were going to compile some of the best jokes, clips, JPEGS, memes, GIFs, and quirks from seasons 1 5! Hit it!
Idiots #4-18
Hey everyone guess what? Were all gonna get raptured! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Woooooooooooooo! Woooo! Woo. Ok maybe its not at all as exciting as its made out to be since a whole lot of us are probably gonna die in a nuclear holocaust, and relatively soon. At least the doomsday preppers can say I told you so!. Followed by a very childish neener neener!. So for the sake of this piece, lets call it Left Behind: The Real Life Interactive Version. Or to use something that might be more popular with the kids these days: Left Behind: Infinity War. Yes Im crossing two franchises here one has a really bizarre doomsday scenario in which half of the population gets snapped up by a crazy wannnabe god bent on controlling the universe, and the other one has Iron Man.
*audience laughs and applauds
Idiots #3-7
You know, Donnie, if youre under investigation for Russian collusion, you dont hang out with Putin in secret meetings, do you? You dont tell the guy trying to lose 100 pounds go ahead, eat that giant plate of chili cheese fries with a side of mac and cheese, do you? I mean go ahead, eat the whole thing, its right there in front of you!
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #2-15:
I cant wait until the day comes where we get to say that to Trump. Donald J. Trump, you are terminated! Now get to the choppa!. Remember that show Celebrity Apprentice? Because if Trump were still hosting it, wed get a glimpse of what American state run television would look like, it would be the Celebrity Apprentice. You know, the show where Z-grade celebrities like Meatloaf and Gary Busey threatened to murder each other over art supplies?
*audience applauds wildly*
Edition #2-20:
So if you're keeping score at home in the last 8 months, conservatives have staged boycotts against Hamilton, because they were mean to Mike Pence. They started an inexplicably insane campaign to get Starbucks to write Trump on their cups as a means of protest (?). They staged a boycott of Hawaii because judges have blocked Trumps illegal and unconstitutional travel ban. Theyve also staged boycotts against Oreos, Star Wars, Nordstrom, Netflix, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Budweiser and Pepsi. These are all real. I am not making any of these up! Hell, Ranker even has a list of the 15 things Trump supporters have boycotted.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #3-16:
Yeah this thing is turning into as much of a distraction as the squirrels in Up!. I mean really, are we going to go through this shit every single week now? Are we going to make reporters wear the cone of shame so they stop paying attention to this issue? I mean ESPN now has an Anthem Watch! Week4!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #2-22:
So if you're keeping score at home in the last 8 months, conservatives have staged boycotts against Hamilton, because they were mean to Mike Pence. They started an inexplicably insane campaign to get Starbucks to write Trump on their cups as a means of protest (?). They staged a boycott of Hawaii because judges have blocked Trumps illegal and unconstitutional travel ban. Theyve also staged boycotts against Oreos, Star Wars, Nordstrom, Netflix, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Budweiser and Pepsi. These are all real. I am not making any of these up! Hell, Ranker even has a list of the 15 things Trump supporters have boycotted. And now theyre staging a boycott against Colbert and CBS. We liberals have just one boycott going and thats against Trump himself.
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #3-5:
Its like Peter Griffin is in charge!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #3-22:
Oh, I like that one! Seriously the GOP cant stand that one of their own is now a member of the White Male Gropers Club! It must be driving them completely insane! So is there anyone left defending Mr. Moore?
Some conservatives are destroying their Keurig coffee machines in protest of the company pulling ads from Sean Hannity's show over his coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations levied at Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Keurig, Realtor.com, 23 and Me, Eloquii and Nature's Bounty all pulled their ads from the television show, in response to the Fox host urging viewers not to rush to judgment against Moore.
On social media, many used the hashtag #BoycottKeurig to slam the company for pulling its ads. Some posted videos of themselves smashing their Keurig machines and others vowed never to use the coffee maker again.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/11/13/people-destroying-their-keurig-coffee-makers-after-company-pulls-ads-hannity-fox-show/857563001/
Bet you didnt think it was gonna be him did you? And you think youre so smart! Were going to talk about this more later in the show, but well end this entry with this clip because I feel its fitting!
Idiots #5-6:
Holy fucking shitballs! Did Trump really just say that? Of course he did, and if you expect anything less then were not living in the same year. Heres the tweet. Can we throw that up there?
That must have been an exceptionally angry 3:00 AM toilet tweet that morning. Is someone putting something in Trumps food? You know hes taking a colossally backed up shit when he puts his all caps face on! Just let that image sink in for a moment.
*audience cringes, laughs*
Idiots #1-21:
Heres the story of a man named Cliven who raised up three very angry sons. All of them hate the government. The youngest one said so on Facebook. Heres the story of a man named Ammon who dug a poop trench and got dildos instead of snacks. And now theyre all behind bars as one big jail happy family. And thats why theyre called the Bundy Bunch. The Bundy Bunch. I could do that bit all day.
*audience applauds wildly*
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Best Of The Top 10: Seasons 6 - 11
[br] [/font] [br]
This entry is going to chronicle the best of season 6 season 11. And if we didnt get to your favorites, dont worry, theres plenty more where this came from! Hit it!
Idiots #6-3:
Shut up!!!!! If you really were serious about crime and drugs youd start prosecuting the pharmaceutical companies who peddle addictive opioids and the for profit prisons who lock people for the pettiest of crimes! Those are the people who are really bringing crime and drugs into our streets. And you know Trump is a guy who loves to rub salt in the wound. Think of it like Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown and then she spits in his face and kicks him in the ribs as hes lying on the ground.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #6-5:
OK so lets recap. Media company that touts America First Trumpism and promotes MAGA conspiracy theories and is hostile to democratic causes takes down a democratic governor with a medical school yearbook picture? Nah, that cant be coincidence. And speaking of coincidence, you cant say that its you because of a yearbook scandal from just one year. But if your school has to ban yearbooks because of multiple racist scandals, then yeah, its you.
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #6-8:
Thats right we got him!!!! You commit 16 crimes, whaddya get??? Damn that sure is catchy isnt it? I mean thats my Tennessee Ernie Ford chunk right there. Yeah were keeping up with what the kids like, arent we? OK getting back on topic. What is Paul Manafort actually charged with? And you might be outraged that Mr. Manafort only got a slap on the wrist a couple of weeks ago, but if one court doesnt get him, the other one will!
Idiots #6-14:
And that is certainly true! But, the resignation (or firing depending on which way you look at it) of Tribute Nielsen wasnt the only significant elimination from the Trumper Games this week! No, the president has proven that he simply doesnt care about security, as he fired longtime Secret Service head Tribute Alles from the 1st District!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-5:
Yes, Trump dont know much about history. Or biology. Or the French he took. Ever since our president, @realDonaldTrump, got a taste of Frances grandiose military celebration known as Bastille Day, Trump has always wanted him a piece of that sweet, sweet, dictator chic. So of course, hes throwing a parade the size of his ego, with a budget to match. I mean he originally had a budget of $1 million and it came out to about $93 million. Any director who went 547% over budget would be fired instantly. And of course it was also a total shit show. Because this happened. You know what? Lets show the clip first.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-7:
Yes, stay creepy 4chan! And really what an age we live in where evidence of a fucking murder can be posted online in messaging forums. And how is 4chan not being monitored by the FBI and CIA as being a terrorist group? Well, maybe terrorism is a harsh word to use for a group of incels who live in their moms basement and spend the whole day chain smoking and pooping their pants. I assume thats what incels do all day.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-12:
Yes, again threatening to murder someone with a weapon that you own is a pretty clear sign that you shouldnt have one. Thanks, NRA!
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #8-4:
Well I for one welcome our nuclear squirrel overlords. And Nuclear Squirrel I hear just got added to Coachella. And in case youre wondering what is fueling the fire moving the Doomsday Clock well guess what? Its that device that youre holding in your hand right now. Yeah Im talking to you. Its your phone your Facebook, Twitter, and social media accounts.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #8-13
What unique status? The only reason he has a unique status is that he happens to be married to your girlfriend, er, daughter Ivanka. Yeah that got weird didnt it?
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #8-16:
Yeah seriously stop being so fucking stupid! Do we need to remind you that theres a killer virus out there that as George Carlin put it is capable of turning your vital organs into liquid shit? And that it kills at a 5% rate? Go ahead and get your surf on while the rest of us stay inside. Yeah it sucks that we cant go enjoy a nice day on the beach right now, but its better than being buried in a box in a ditch on an abandoned island. I can guarantee that.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-1:
That is a good point! Weve been cooped up here at the Top 10 Home Offices for so long weve forgot what it would be like to be part of a functioning society again. And remember when society used to function before COVID? Yeah that was like unleashing Skynet or Thanos snapping.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-7:
Uh Mayor Bottoms? Have you been following the same insane administration we have for the last four years? Are you really surprised by anything he says anymore? Yes, Trump, your message is bad and you should feel bad! But then again Trump is a sociopath who makes everything about himself and feels no empathy or shame in anything he does.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-11:
I think having a killer spider might make things even worse! But really no one took the liberty of naming the fly? Thats pretty lame! Seriously, even the fly has more charisma than Mike Pence does.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #10-1: Were of course still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club.
Idiots #10-2: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club.
Idiots #10-3: Were still coming at you live from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club and we will be doing that for the foreseeable future at least.
Idiots #10-4: Of course were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future, so theres that.
Idiots #10-5: Still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-6: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future which currently seems hopeless, I know.
Idiots #10-7: Were still of course coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future and we might actually have a date as to when were finally going to get out of this thing!
Idiots #10-8: Were still coming to you live from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-9: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-10: Still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-11: This is the very last and final Top 10 Conservative Idiots at Flappers Comedy Club with the blank, blue void!
Idiots #11-2:
Uh . Yes we are! I mean this guy attempted to overthrow the government! Why isnt this being hammered more in the media? Why do we have to read about it in a book thats coming out several months after the fact?
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #10-10:
Let me speak to all the future wannabe criminals out there - if you're going to commit a crime, maybe, I don't know, don't use fucking Cash App to commit said crime! Oh look at that! He broke the stupid scale! Ladies and gentlemen, mark this very moment as the time of death for the stupid scale! By the way, Matt Gaetz turns on his full Trump conservative persona and suggests that hes actually the victim in all of this! Now really, you have got to be fucking kidding me on this one. But not really.
*virtual audience applause*
Idiots #11-7:
Excuse me a minute OK go ahead and take that horse dewormer, we wont stop you! Dont be surprised when youre eating through a feeding tube and using a colostomy bag when the ivermectin turns your small intestine into liquid shit. But remember hydroxychloroquine? That emerged when Former Guy suggested it after telling people to drink bleach? Yeah fool me once shame on you. Fool me ten thousand times, you were probably brainwashed by social media propaganda!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #10-5:
Oh man if we had an audience right now you can bet they would be booing as loudly as possible. That is fucked up! It is so fucked up! And if you want to know what he really thinks about people who have had crippling cancer, well, lets just say that he got what was coming to him. In fact Im reminded of George Carlins bit about cigars. Think about this as you see what he said about gay men suffering from AIDS, one of the worst possible ways to go. Yes, Rush Limbaugh, may you rot in peace.
*audience applauds*
RIP Rush Limbaugh and the Donald Trump Presidential Administration: May You Both Rot In Hell.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict
[br] [/font] [br]
Whew. Thanks for letting me indulge in that for a bit! Now we are back to our usual business. And I have to start with the biggest story from the last two weeks. And Ive been waiting for 3 weeks to talk about this because we had that unexpected shut down because of a software error. So we have to talk about Kyle Rittenhouse. Yeah Im sure that everyone is probably sick of talking about this thing, and I can assure you so are we. But the thing is none of this had to happen. Its because of 40 years of the NRAs completely reckless policies that a teenager can cross state lines with a loaded weapon, murder two protestors and injure 3, and gets acquitted because the judge is a card carrying member of the MAGA cult. Whats even more bizarre is that the right wing is making this psychopath a hero! I tell ya if the Democrats dont hammer this point home in 2022 that the GOP is the party of cult members and psychopaths, then what are we doing? Am I right? OK enough of my rambling. Heres the latest.
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! OK people stop your booing. Look I saw this coming and I even called it a few weeks ago. But I guess I shouldnt be surprised. They literally let a kid get away with murder and he even went to Mar-A-Shithole to meet with Trump and hes in a bidding war over the Troll Squad thank you graphics department over who he gets to intern for. I wish I was making this up, but you really cant. Its truly disgusting and disturbing.
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! OK so yeah thats taking things a step too far. Marjorie Greene is a professional Facebook troll, we all know that. But heres the thing weve pointed out on this program how he was hanging out with the Proud Boys flashing white supremacist signs and wearing a shirt that said Free as fuck. But that said, this guy is a wannabe killer. I mean theres even evidence of him saying he wanted to shoot shoplifting protestors. So yeah is he guilty as fuck? Absolutely!
Yeah this dude is guilty as fuck! Would the GOP be propping him up on a pedestal the way that theyre doing with this kid now? I mean one of my favorite headlines out of this is that our old buddy Ted Nugent offered him a lifetime supply of ammo (yes thats a thing) and a gun club even gave him an AR-15. Seriously, are you trying to encourage him to kill again? Because youre doing a damn good job of doing so! But if he is not going to prison for this, he might go to debtors prison! Because his bail was set at $2 million, and someones got to pay it!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know we live in strange times. And in these strange times there are those who you turn to for comfort. But this week, this isnt about that. You know what this is about? This about the people who you shouldnt be turning to in this time for comfort. Im of course talking about Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Marilyn Manson. But that said is Kanye starting a cult? If theres anyone in hip hop that could do it, it would be Kanye. Like most cult leaders, hes charismatic and hes got lots of money. The only thing hes lacking is a remote compound in the middle of nowhere oh wait, he has that too! But why would you court Marilyn Manson of all people? This is a truly insane development and its not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But Marilyn Manson is a disgusting individual, and I know what the Good Book says. But thats also why we dont allow any mention of the Unholy Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul, and vile that his name not be said in my church! But that said, this is one of the stranger duos Ive ever seen.
Now could Kanye be the very devil that weve been preaching about? Well he certainly is the kind of undesirable hypocrite that the Good Book speaks of. And hes courting some people who you probably shouldnt be courting. So why did Kanye choose to court with Mr. Manson? Well like most people on the right, Kanye is railing against cancel culture and the Me Too movement. But why would you get DaBaby involved too? This is turning out to be quite the unholy trinity here, and thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
Yeah OK we get Kanyes point that you cant cancel music. But theyre not canceling music. These people all committed heinous crimes and they should all be punished for it, instead it seems like the opposite is happening. These people are abusers and criminals who should be shunned from society and instead theyre getting rewarded. Again our Good Book specifically states that JAYSUS would have hated these people if he were still alive today!
Yeah no, thats the very sort of gospel that we preach against here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10, ladies and gentlemen. Because while JAYSUS wants you to live long and prosper, much like the command of the Starship Enterprise, you should be wary of those people who preach in stadiums like Kanye. Oh wait, I forgot that he just wants to be called YE now. But once again, if youre on trial for something, you probably shouldnt talk about that thing that youre on trial for.
No it isnt! it is the symbol of the Unholy Dark One! That said, well keep an eye on this and its only a matter of time before Kanye moves his services to his compound in Wyoming and declares war on the government. When that happens well be there. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Beating A Dead Horse: Woke Kid Rock
[br] [/font] [br]
Ah you know that old saying Get woke, go broke!. Heres the thing, MAGAs when someone like Rage Against The Machine writes a song, its because they really are raging against the machine! But when someone like Kid Rock writes a political song, theyre really raging for the machine. And thats a huge drop off in quality. By the way, MAGA people, were not laughing with you. Were laughing *AT* you and because you dont really care that were laughing at you, this is the kind of crap that we get. But this song is ridiculously terrible and Im not even exaggerating here. But heres the thing guys you know that Kid Rock is not exactly someone who you should be listening to politically. Hes just trying to score points with the Fox News and Ben Shapiro crowd and thats about it. I mean come on guys, Trump lost. Get over it. and when you start railing against cancel culture, not only do you come off as a colossal tool, you also come off as an angry asshole! And once again this is proof that conservatives absolutely have no sense of humor.
OK I gotta admit that a 50 track album is pretty impressive. But given Kid Rocks extreme far right politics, I think I will pass hard on this. Now heres the thing too I love a good beef, and I have no idea who these two people are but I totally side with Danko Jones on this one! Because the thing you cant tell the MAGAs is how embarrassing their political beliefs are. Theyre the product of a news network with a political agenda and the far right fringes of social media. But Im glad there are people out there who are calling this bullshit out!
Here he is .. the biggest douche in the universe! Hes the douchiest of all! But heres what I love about the internet. Internet celebrities. And one actual celebrity in particular is one of my favorite musicians of all time, Mr. Weird Al Yankovic! You gotta love it when Weird Al calls out Kid Rock for making what is essentially a bad parody of a Kid Rock song. And come on, a celebrity beef is probably my favorite reason why social media exists. Its the only reason to use Twitter, IMO!
And thats probably the worst episode of the Simpsons, BTW. I mean come on, do you know how ridiculously dumb those lyrics sound? Like I said if you make songs parroting Fox News talking points, youre just an angry asshole. And youre not raging against the machine by any stretch of the imagination. Youre actually raging for the machine. But even Rolling Stone thinks this talking point might be beating its own dead horse. And whats their obsession with dicks and reproductive organs, by the way? I dont get that one.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable, Conspiracy Corner! We of course are coming to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico Badlands Undisclosed location of course. Let me just adjust my tin foil hat here for maximum government interference they are trying to read our thoughts after all! There, got it done. So this week, the people who are calling everything a conspiracy might actually be committing a conspiracy of their own! So the talking point now going around on Fox News, OAN, and your crazy uncles Facebook page is that January 6th was a false flag. Its like they have no other talking points. As weve pointed out on this show, literally everything is a false flag to these wingnuts! Of course it is! They literally cannot compare it to anything else. And should Liz Cheney really be that surprised? The MAGA party is quickly taking over the Trump party, like a virus killing its hosts. OK bad analogy, but the principle applies!
Yeah probably! As if this cant get any nuttier! But of course it was coming from our old friend Tucker Carlson. Hes the wingnuttiest of wingnuts. And come on, how can you possibly make that claim when theres no evidence whatsoever backing it up? Well have you been following this administration? They literally take no responsibility for anything they have done. Everything is a false flag, or it was someone elses fault. Or it was demons. Yeah fuck it, lets go with demons on this one!
Heres your answer: It was that guys fault! Yes, Trump is the guy who is responsible for all of this and he probably should be in prison right now for trying to overthrow the government. Come on, even Geraldo is dunking on Carlson for this insane theory. And I never thought Id see the day when I would agree with Geraldo on anything! But does this mean that Fox News is even admitting that their own fanbase was involved with the January 6th attack? Or was it someone elses fault?
https://i.giphy.com/media/xT0BKlOsSWDIFA0F7a/giphy.webp
Now thats probably the best way to protect yourself in this 24 hour surveillance world! And everything has a truther element to it. 9/11, Sandy Hook, Aurora, the Vegas Shooting, my uncles funeral. I was there man! How many more people gotta die??? It was a false flag! It was Antifas fault! But really what this really is, is a lack of reading comprehension skills. Of course youre going to misinterpret that NPR article because NPR uses things like big words and facts. If you cant get past the headlines, youre going to believe everything is a false flag!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people and people are dumb. First off dont worry, weve got plenty of Florida for you this week! But before we get to that, I want to clarify what makes a People Are Dumb story. OK take this for example. A woman burning down her house, because a cigarette was left on the mantle, thats not dumb. A guy burning down a McDonalds because they ran out of chicken nuggets? Now thats a People Are Dumb story! I want to start with this story. Im sure that the Tim Burton classic film The Nightmare Before Christmas is a beloved film. I mean they recently recreated the soundtrack to this movie in a sold out stadium. But what makes this a People Are Dumb story is because people in LA were reporting that a man was flying around in a jet pack. But on closer inspection, no it wasnt Iron Man. Instead it was a Jack Skelington balloon that got loose and started wreaking havoc.
Of course thats what happens when Homer Simpson is involved! Next up we go to Portland, Oregon for this one! OK you know that old saying dont bring a gun to a knife fight? Well in the country where theres more guns than people, maybe dont bring a sword to a gun fight. Well, this guy in Portland got a valuable lesson what kind of weapons you should bring to a road rage battle. And I do love a good road rage story!
Next up of course we have to go to Florida, because Florida Man never stops bringing the crazy and because of that, theres tons of these stories out there! This story comes to us from the Florida town of Indian River, and is brought to you by the letter G! And come on, do you want me to start singing Nuthin But A G Thang? Because I will! Theres plenty of jokes that you can make about this story, but when you start throwing letters around, literally in this case, all bets are off! I really wonder what the police report said about this one and if the cops were laughing when they wrote it?
Conservatives want to cancel Big Bird, by the way! Next up I love a good fast food rage story! This is one of my favorite types of People Are Dumb stories. Because these people are crazy. We go to the city of Tampa for this one. Look, everyone is getting back in the swing of things, but dont take your frustrations out on the people who serve you food. Or flight attendants. But really this is mostly about food servers. But yeah dont be like this guy.
That it is, Peter! Finally this week you know the staff and I were debating on whether or not this was a People Are Dumb story. But considering the politics behind it, and the gross insensitivity on the subject, we have to include it. Because this is what People Are Dumb was made for. I mean theres multiple layers of stupid in this story. But what am I getting at? You know one group you should never mock under any circumstances? Holocaust survivors. And with the reemergence of the Nazi party you really want to go through this crap again? I didnt think so. But yeah lets get to it.
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the post-election MAGA clan is up to in our ongoing segment Red State Diaries! Last time, we brought you the story of how Q Anon nuts gathered at Dealy Plaza because a group of conspiracy theory nuts posting on the dark corners of the internet said that JFK Jr. survived his plane crash and was going to come back and tell the people that he was going to arrest all of the deep state operatives who were part of an elite pedophile ring. Whew. That is some serious amount of crazy here. But heres where it gets weird since we last left off, they have refused to leave! I would have thought that them thinking that Keith Richards was in fact JFK all this time would have been the absolute nuttiest conspiracy theory I could ever dream of. And it doesnt even make any sense. But here's the latest on the crazy nuts in Dallas.
Whats even more insane is that have these nuts not even researched any part of the history of the Kennedy family? JFK would literally hate these people. But the fact that theyre still there is some seriously insane shit. But that said, this is forming a melting pot of two serious groups of batshit crazy conspiracy theorists. Those groups are people who believe every crazy theory youve ever heard about JFK and every crazy theory that youve ever heard about Donald Trump. I cant even.
Thats an understatement there! These people are off the wall over the top grade A certified batshit insane. Whew. And that sounds like the worst commune ever. I mean at least at a Phish concert theres plenty of opportunities for beer and weed. These people bring what Im assuming to be a combination of meth and semi-automatic weapons. Well, it is Texas. But that said, these people are fucking nuts and theyre not going anywhere. Does someone want to explain to them that theyre living in a make believe fantasy land of bullshit?
Damn right! But the question on the table is where is this shit coming from? Whos convincing them that JFK is still alive and that hes a right wing operative looking to expose the deep state for committing satanic cannibalistic rituals? Well its coming from the author of a book thats popular in Q circles called Trust The Plan. And whats even scarier to me is that Q Anon is becoming as popular as some religions now. Trust me when I say we will cover this next week!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Mastodon [/font]
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/613a64a57c34b5ffaef74527/1:1/w_320/Mastodon.jpeg
Folks my next guest is one of my favorite metal bands of all time, you can see them on tour with Opeth through December 5th. Playing their song Skeleton Of Splendor, give it up for Mastodon!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]The First Entry [/font]
Here it is folks, the very first entry we did from Idiots #1-1! Enjoy!
[font size="12"]Carly Fiorina[/font]
If you're puzzled by the attacks at the Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado as much as we are, Carly Fiorina definitely isn't the one to look to for answers or sympathy. My definition of today's modern GOP is that they have a glorious lack of empathy. And while evil, their intentions are not the best and clearly misguided. Enter Carly Fiornia, disgraced HP CEO and current disgraced GOP candidate. This is Carly before the shooting:
Shoot the messenger? Extremely poor choice of words there, Carly.
Thank you everybody! I want to say thank you for supporting 5 (6?) years of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots, heres to 5 more! This has been a very sentimental evening for me and Im glad to see it finally come about! Weve got just two more Top 10s for you this year and well see you back on the 9th for our last regular Top 10 of the year!
See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Laugh Boston, Boston, MA
Mastodon appears courtesy of: Reprise Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
The Top 10 Conservative Idiots 5th Anniversary Special
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-15: Top 10 Conservative Idiots 5th Anniversary Special Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yo whats up Boston? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! Man did I pick the right city to host our 5 year special didnt I? So because this is a very special edition of the Top 10, were going to throw out most of our usual nonsense and commentary on current events and just go through 5 years of the Top 10. And look, before we go any further, look. We know that technically its the 6th anniversary of the Top 10 and we put out 9 editions from 12/5/15 12/27/15 which is an insane amount of Top 10s to produce in such a short length of time. That was also when we didnt know what we were doing, and we lacked a staff and a budget to produce segments (though that budget still remains pretty low). But that said, the true weekly form of the Top 10 didnt take place until January 2016. And also last year, 2020 didnt technically count since we were all still hulled at home because of COVID and couldnt give the Top 10 the proper celebration that we felt it deserved. So there, please dont bother pointing that out. In the first two slots were going to have a one on one interview with me! Thats right, as the host of the Top 10, I will take you through how it came to be, some of our favorite segments, how those came to be, and what the future of our fine program is going to be! Then were also going to talk my thoughts on the current state of politics, and then a 2 part montage of some of my favorite bits and jokes through our over 250+ editions of the Top 10. So just so you know we have 3 editions left in this crazy year that is 2021. We have our 5th anniversary special today, then we have our last regular edition next week 12/9, and then our year-ending Year In Review on 12/16! And for our celebration this week, weve painstakingly combed through all 252 editions of the Top 10 to bring you the best, funniest one liners, memes, JPGs, clips and jokes throughout the years, the most insane moments of the Trump administration, and some of our favorite bits from the beginning of the Top 10! Plus we also have to do the rest of our idiocy as well. OK enough of the intro, lets get to it, shall we? But first John Oliver is back and he delves into the topic of union busting:
So I knew that when we started this season, I had big plans for the Top 10 5th Anniversary Special and were going to party! So how do we celebrate 5 years? We were kicking around ideas at the Top 10 Home Office, but I decided that why dont we get to know each other better? So with that I will be interviewed in the first two slots! The first slot will talk about how the Top 10 came to be and the origins of our favorite segments (1)! But thats not all! In the second slot, is also me! Youll get my thoughts (2) on the current state of American and world affairs and where I think American politics is going, because its getting very scary out there. And the fact that social media trolls like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Greene are the future of the GOP, well its going to get way worse before it gets better. In the number 3 slot this week, as I said in the monologue, we have painstakingly combed through the best bits and entries from all 5 seasons. And in the number 3 slot well be bringing you the best bits, clips, memes and jokes from seasons 1 5 (3). And likewise in the 4th slot the best bits and clips from seasons 6 11 (4). Thats right even when we were holed up at home during the nightmare year that was 2020, we still had some great moments! Getting back to our usual nonsense, in the 5th slot this week, I have to talk about the Kyle Rittenhouse (5) verdict, and whew, boy do I have some thoughts on this one, and my thought is really fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!. And thats putting it lightly, by the way! In the number 6 slot this week is of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week, is Kanye starting a cult? Ye is taking his Sunday Service to strange new levels and recruiting some very questionable choices of celebrities with him to support his cause. Yeah its getting weird! In the number 7 slot this week we have a new Beating A Dead Horse (7). Do we really need Kid Rock barfing his brain on woke culture? Its just another byproduct of how Fox News is scrambling peoples brains. And in the number 8 slot this week we have a new Conspiracy Corner was the January 6th riot a false flag? We delve into Tucker Carlsons insane new Fox News special detailing the subject! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week, we have an all new People Are Dumb (9) because of course they are! Finally this week in Red State Diaries (10), remember in the last edition how we talked about that crazy Q Anon cult that believes that JFK was a deep state operative? Well theyre back and its getting weirder! . And to top everything off weve got some live music for you from one of my favorite bands, Mastodon! Plus were going to end with our very first entry that we ever did, preserved for the last 5 years in its entirety for you guys! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]My Interview: Part 1
[br] [/font] [br]
Well here we are. 5 years of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. And how do we celebrate such a monumental achievement? Weve been going to sold out clubs around the country now for three of the 5 years that this thing has existed. Weve even catered to international audiences with our big British edition of the Top 10 (see: Idiots #5-23 ). Weve been there and done that. So I figured that what better way to celebrate the 5th anniversary edition than to get to know me, your merry host of the show, better. So this interview will talk about how the Top 10 came to be, the creation of some of your favorite segments, and what the future of this program is going to be. And trust us, were going to do this thing until its no longer profitable, or we perish at the hands of a MAGA-led genocide. Which if Trump gets reelected in 2024, dont think that couldnt happen! You dont know! You dont know! And also to celebrate, we painstakingly combed through all 250+ editions to find the best moments from them. And if we didnt get to them, dont worry, theres plenty more where that came from! Anyway enough of my rambling! Lets get to the interview, shall we?
Q. How did the current iteration of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots come about?
A. Well way back in 2015, I was growing increasingly alarmed at the state of toxic politics in the world. People were getting meaner and nastier and ruder to each other. But I had always suspected that it was the rise of social media that was causing it. So I wanted to get to the bottom of what was happening . I saw what was going on in countries like Brazil and Turkey and thought that theres no way this couldnt happen in the United States. Sure enough, it did. And we elected the most foul, vile, awful human being to become the leader of the free world that we could possibly find. While I was optimistic at the close of season 1, I should have seen this coming.
Q. What was the event that made you see it coming? A personal witness to toxic politics?
A. Yes. Shortly after we aired the first edition, I attended an event on New Years Eve, 2015 it was Motley Crue at Staples Center.
Q. That was their farewell show, the one chronicled in The Dirt.
A. Yes.
Q. So what happened there?
A. I was dining at the Yardhouse at LA Live before the show. And there were people staying in downtown LA before heading out to the Rose Bowl. Which was the Stanford and Iowa game, which we talked about in Idiots #1-9. So there were some rather unruly Iowa fans there who were on their 4th or 5th Moscow Mules who were saying some extremely horrible things about democrats and Hillary Clinton so loud the entire restaurant could hear them. And thats what made me realize that joking about the state of current affairs was the key to getting through this difficult time in America. I should have also realized the irony of the Iowa Trump fans consuming drinks named after the Russian capital. Of course I didnt know what was coming at the time.
Q. What shows are the basis for the humor in the Top 10?
A. Several. Many of our segments come from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, though I base a lot of my style after Steven Colbert, Lewis Black, Trevor Noah, the now defunct Jim Jefferies Show, and of course the late, great George Carlin.
Q. How do you feel when you see anti-vaccine crusaders use George Carlin memes?
A. Well honestly it makes me want to leap through the screen and slap them. Though I do usually counter with his Fear Of Germs bit from his album You Are All Diseased.
Q. Lets talk about the music featured on the show. How did that get started?
A. Ive always felt that music and politics go hand in hand. And it wasnt until Idiots #1-43 that I regularly started featuring live music as a palate cleanser after listening to me comment on all the particularly dark shit in the world.
Q. Any favorite albums or artists from the show?
A. All time? So many. Theres AFI and Dreamcar, theres King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Gogol Bordello, Judas Priest, Weezer, the Dropkick Murphys, Trey Anastasio Band, Bastille, Alice In Chains, Raconteurs, Beck, the Black Keys, The 1975, Sturgill Simpson, theres one of my personal favorite bands of all time, 311, I could name so many.
Q. Any you disliked?
A. Billy Corgan is a weird, awkward and insane person. And after hearing about his recent sexual assault allegations, Marilyn Manson can go fuck himself. Which is a shame because I loved his album The Pale Emperor. But yeah we support the victims here, not the abusers.
Q. Any recent favorites?
A. There were a lot of great albums that came out this year. Too much in fact. We had long time favorites like Garbage, Chevelle, The Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Iron Maiden, The Melvins, Dream Theater, the Dropkick Murphys, Mastodon, My Morning Jacket, Angels & Airwaves, and so on. Then you had younger bands like Twenty One Pilots, Greta Van Fleet, Royal Blood, The War On Drugs, all drop albums and they were all great. A recent favorite album of mine is The Future Bites from Steven Wilson, whos the leader of one of my favorite bands of all time, Porcupine Tree (which, new Porcupine Tree album next June! Wooo!!!). Theres been lots of favorite albums of mine from 2021. But this album The Future Bites was a real standout of this year. And in this album, Mr. Wilson perfectly encapsulates how our always connected lifestyle is scrambling our brains, which was made even worse with the 2020 COVID pandemic. Also for people who say my taste in music isnt diverse enough, I loved Tyler The Creators new album Call Me If You Get Lost and Halseys album that she did with Nine Inch Nails If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power and probably my favorite female fronted band, Garbage, with their recent release No Gods No Masters which was so good. Those were some great albums this year!
Q. How did you handle that?
A. Not well honestly. It was hard having to do a live show from home with limited resources, but the worst of that is behind us. But its definitely better now that we can begin doing the show like we used to before this nightmare happened.
Q. And how do you take it when people say that musicians shouldnt discuss politics in their songs or live shows?
A. Those people are idiots! Political music has existed since well since ancient Egypt days. Protest songs in rock music has existed as long as rock music has been a thing. So the people who say that musicians should stay in their lane should really shut up. This is their lane!
Q. What about Kid Rocks controversial new song? Or MAGA rappers like Bryson Gray?
A. MAGA rap is ridiculously awful. And Kid Rock? Im not going to say he shouldnt be political because it is his right to say what he wants to say under the Constitution of these great United States of ours. I am not going to say that anyone shouldnt be allowed to say what they want to say, Im not touching that argument with a 10 foot pole.
Q. Youve catered the Top 10 to international audiences. Any future plans?
A. The British edition was awesome and having it in Leicester Square was a great choice of venue. Assuming international travel is allowed again next year we have plans to go back to London, and before COVID we were planning a Canadian edition and a German and Italian edition. So I would love to see those come about. In fact were thinking about reviving the World Tour for the latter half of 2022 after Stupidest State. Its been over 4 years since we last did the tour and we think it would be fun to revisit and see whats happened since the last time we were there.
Q. Whats your favorite segment to do on this show?
A. Honestly my personal favorite is People Are Dumb because theres so many stupid people out there. Lets face it, after over an hour of listening to me talk about all the dark and disturbing shit in the world, you really just want to hear about a guy who goes crazy and ransacks a McDonalds because they ran out of chicken nuggets.
Q. Whats your favorite segment to do on this show?
A. Theres other segments I enjoy doing, like Beating A Dead Horse, because I love talking about pop culture and the way that its just become politicized mainly thanks to Fox News. Conspiracy Corner, which I started doing last year, has become a favorite because I love conspiracy theories and talking about the crazy people who enable them. But now that Trump is out of the White House, Im thankful that we dont have to put up with his crap anymore. Its certainly made my job easier, ha ha.
Q. How do you manage that?
A. Seriously, its been so much easier since he hasnt been president. And Twitter and Facebook are so much better without the feces he flings on a daily basis. I personally love waking up in the morning and not having to worry about what hate-filled mind vomit that our president flings on Twitter like a monkey flinging feces.
Q. How did Holy Shit get started?
A. Since I began the Top 10, I have always wanted a space where I talk about all of the absolutely batshit crazy things that the Christian right says on a daily basis, and I feel like nobody ever calls them out on it, no matter how off the wall insane they sound. So the idea that I originally came up with for this feature was called Fundies Say The Darndest Things. But then that whole thing with Bill Cosby happened, and since I decided that I didnt want to be associated with Bill Cosby, I decided to go back to the drawing board. And when I came up with the idea for Holy Shit, I just could not stop laughing. I mean come on, thats a double pun right there! Then Holy Shit 2.0 came about in early 2018 and that was it. And despite the hiccups that weve had the last couple of weeks, I could not be more pleased with the launch of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons!
Q. Whats your favorite thing to talk about on Holy Shit?
A. Like I said, I feel like nobody calls the Christian right out on the ridiculous things that they say, which only enables them and makes them crazier and crazier. But I just love talking about crazy Christian conspiracy theories and making fun of Liberty University, which was one of the first Holy Shit segments.
Q. Whats your favorite People Are Dumb story?
A. Without question, my favorite People Are Dumb story has to be that of Mike Hughes, the Flat Earth Society Member known as Mad Mike. We chronicled Mad Mikes journey in multiple Top 10s because I was totally fascinated with a guy who wanted to build his own rocket and I knew it would end with a fiery blaze of glory. Which it did. We originally documented his rise to fame in Idiots #3-24 and then drank to his memory in I Need A Drink in Idiots #8-9, right before society went to hell.
A. Well way back in 2015, I was growing increasingly alarmed at the state of toxic politics in the world. People were getting meaner and nastier and ruder to each other. But I had always suspected that it was the rise of social media that was causing it. So I wanted to get to the bottom of what was happening . I saw what was going on in countries like Brazil and Turkey and thought that theres no way this couldnt happen in the United States. Sure enough, it did. And we elected the most foul, vile, awful human being to become the leader of the free world that we could possibly find. While I was optimistic at the close of season 1, I should have seen this coming.
Q. What was the event that made you see it coming? A personal witness to toxic politics?
A. Yes. Shortly after we aired the first edition, I attended an event on New Years Eve, 2015 it was Motley Crue at Staples Center.
Q. That was their farewell show, the one chronicled in The Dirt.
A. Yes.
Q. So what happened there?
A. I was dining at the Yardhouse at LA Live before the show. And there were people staying in downtown LA before heading out to the Rose Bowl. Which was the Stanford and Iowa game, which we talked about in Idiots #1-9. So there were some rather unruly Iowa fans there who were on their 4th or 5th Moscow Mules who were saying some extremely horrible things about democrats and Hillary Clinton so loud the entire restaurant could hear them. And thats what made me realize that joking about the state of current affairs was the key to getting through this difficult time in America. I should have also realized the irony of the Iowa Trump fans consuming drinks named after the Russian capital. Of course I didnt know what was coming at the time.
Q. What shows are the basis for the humor in the Top 10?
A. Several. Many of our segments come from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, though I base a lot of my style after Steven Colbert, Lewis Black, Trevor Noah, the now defunct Jim Jefferies Show, and of course the late, great George Carlin.
Q. How do you feel when you see anti-vaccine crusaders use George Carlin memes?
A. Well honestly it makes me want to leap through the screen and slap them. Though I do usually counter with his Fear Of Germs bit from his album You Are All Diseased.
Q. Lets talk about the music featured on the show. How did that get started?
A. Ive always felt that music and politics go hand in hand. And it wasnt until Idiots #1-43 that I regularly started featuring live music as a palate cleanser after listening to me comment on all the particularly dark shit in the world.
Q. Any favorite albums or artists from the show?
A. All time? So many. Theres AFI and Dreamcar, theres King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Gogol Bordello, Judas Priest, Weezer, the Dropkick Murphys, Trey Anastasio Band, Bastille, Alice In Chains, Raconteurs, Beck, the Black Keys, The 1975, Sturgill Simpson, theres one of my personal favorite bands of all time, 311, I could name so many.
Q. Any you disliked?
A. Billy Corgan is a weird, awkward and insane person. And after hearing about his recent sexual assault allegations, Marilyn Manson can go fuck himself. Which is a shame because I loved his album The Pale Emperor. But yeah we support the victims here, not the abusers.
Q. Any recent favorites?
A. There were a lot of great albums that came out this year. Too much in fact. We had long time favorites like Garbage, Chevelle, The Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Iron Maiden, The Melvins, Dream Theater, the Dropkick Murphys, Mastodon, My Morning Jacket, Angels & Airwaves, and so on. Then you had younger bands like Twenty One Pilots, Greta Van Fleet, Royal Blood, The War On Drugs, all drop albums and they were all great. A recent favorite album of mine is The Future Bites from Steven Wilson, whos the leader of one of my favorite bands of all time, Porcupine Tree (which, new Porcupine Tree album next June! Wooo!!!). Theres been lots of favorite albums of mine from 2021. But this album The Future Bites was a real standout of this year. And in this album, Mr. Wilson perfectly encapsulates how our always connected lifestyle is scrambling our brains, which was made even worse with the 2020 COVID pandemic. Also for people who say my taste in music isnt diverse enough, I loved Tyler The Creators new album Call Me If You Get Lost and Halseys album that she did with Nine Inch Nails If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power and probably my favorite female fronted band, Garbage, with their recent release No Gods No Masters which was so good. Those were some great albums this year!
Q. How did you handle that?
A. Not well honestly. It was hard having to do a live show from home with limited resources, but the worst of that is behind us. But its definitely better now that we can begin doing the show like we used to before this nightmare happened.
Q. And how do you take it when people say that musicians shouldnt discuss politics in their songs or live shows?
A. Those people are idiots! Political music has existed since well since ancient Egypt days. Protest songs in rock music has existed as long as rock music has been a thing. So the people who say that musicians should stay in their lane should really shut up. This is their lane!
Q. What about Kid Rocks controversial new song? Or MAGA rappers like Bryson Gray?
A. MAGA rap is ridiculously awful. And Kid Rock? Im not going to say he shouldnt be political because it is his right to say what he wants to say under the Constitution of these great United States of ours. I am not going to say that anyone shouldnt be allowed to say what they want to say, Im not touching that argument with a 10 foot pole.
Q. Youve catered the Top 10 to international audiences. Any future plans?
A. The British edition was awesome and having it in Leicester Square was a great choice of venue. Assuming international travel is allowed again next year we have plans to go back to London, and before COVID we were planning a Canadian edition and a German and Italian edition. So I would love to see those come about. In fact were thinking about reviving the World Tour for the latter half of 2022 after Stupidest State. Its been over 4 years since we last did the tour and we think it would be fun to revisit and see whats happened since the last time we were there.
Q. Whats your favorite segment to do on this show?
A. Honestly my personal favorite is People Are Dumb because theres so many stupid people out there. Lets face it, after over an hour of listening to me talk about all the dark and disturbing shit in the world, you really just want to hear about a guy who goes crazy and ransacks a McDonalds because they ran out of chicken nuggets.
Q. Whats your favorite segment to do on this show?
A. Theres other segments I enjoy doing, like Beating A Dead Horse, because I love talking about pop culture and the way that its just become politicized mainly thanks to Fox News. Conspiracy Corner, which I started doing last year, has become a favorite because I love conspiracy theories and talking about the crazy people who enable them. But now that Trump is out of the White House, Im thankful that we dont have to put up with his crap anymore. Its certainly made my job easier, ha ha.
Q. How do you manage that?
A. Seriously, its been so much easier since he hasnt been president. And Twitter and Facebook are so much better without the feces he flings on a daily basis. I personally love waking up in the morning and not having to worry about what hate-filled mind vomit that our president flings on Twitter like a monkey flinging feces.
Q. How did Holy Shit get started?
A. Since I began the Top 10, I have always wanted a space where I talk about all of the absolutely batshit crazy things that the Christian right says on a daily basis, and I feel like nobody ever calls them out on it, no matter how off the wall insane they sound. So the idea that I originally came up with for this feature was called Fundies Say The Darndest Things. But then that whole thing with Bill Cosby happened, and since I decided that I didnt want to be associated with Bill Cosby, I decided to go back to the drawing board. And when I came up with the idea for Holy Shit, I just could not stop laughing. I mean come on, thats a double pun right there! Then Holy Shit 2.0 came about in early 2018 and that was it. And despite the hiccups that weve had the last couple of weeks, I could not be more pleased with the launch of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons!
Q. Whats your favorite thing to talk about on Holy Shit?
A. Like I said, I feel like nobody calls the Christian right out on the ridiculous things that they say, which only enables them and makes them crazier and crazier. But I just love talking about crazy Christian conspiracy theories and making fun of Liberty University, which was one of the first Holy Shit segments.
Q. Whats your favorite People Are Dumb story?
A. Without question, my favorite People Are Dumb story has to be that of Mike Hughes, the Flat Earth Society Member known as Mad Mike. We chronicled Mad Mikes journey in multiple Top 10s because I was totally fascinated with a guy who wanted to build his own rocket and I knew it would end with a fiery blaze of glory. Which it did. We originally documented his rise to fame in Idiots #3-24 and then drank to his memory in I Need A Drink in Idiots #8-9, right before society went to hell.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]My Interview Part 2
[br] [/font] [br]
My interview part 2. So for this part of the interview we delve into the nightmare that was the years from 2015 2021. And it has been a nightmare hasnt it? Of course like everybody else I celebrated the fact that we no longer have to call Donald Trump the president of the United States. Instead we can call him by his current title former professional Twitter troll Donald Trump. And lets face it, Twitter and Facebook have been much better without his bile and garbage havent they? Well in this part of the interview I take a look at the past, present and future of politics. I dont want to be one of those alarmists who is just going to make this entire interview a downer. But before we get into this thing I do want to say that following the GOP as closely as I have the last 6 years, things are inevitably going to get much worse. Maybe not as worse as things are being projected. Could we see a civil war in this lifetime, even several years from now? Its entirely possible. But then again no one predicted wed be in a raging pandemic like we are now. OK enough of my rambling. Lets do this!
Q. What would you say the most ridiculous moment of the entire Trump administration was?
A. Oh god, where to begin? While I could say the entire month of November, 2020 was completely ridiculous watching from home, it was literally like watching an entire series of some weird foreign childrens show that aired in Scandinavia or something. The whole thing felt cartoonish. You couldnt make this up if you had all the comedy writers in the world. Thats where we had Trump sitting at the tiny desk (see: Idiots #9-18 ) and the unbelievably ridiculous Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco (see: Idiots #9-16 ), I still cant believe that was a thing that happened. But one of my favorite things was seeing him staring at the sun, which we unfortunately didnt get to cover because we were off that week. So that said, if I had to pinpoint the single most ridiculous moment in the entire administration, it would be that time he invited the Clemson Football Team to the White House and served them a buffet of Big Macs and Dominos Pizza, which we covered in Idiots #6-2. Because, honestly, crap on a silver platter is the best way I can accurately describe that administration.
Q. Thats how you would describe this administration.
A. Well, yes and no.
Q. Why is that?
A. Honestly I look at the Donald Trump MAGA administration like the screaming child whos begging for a toy at Target. And its like no matter how many times you tell them no they just act like you didnt say it. In fact telling them no only makes them stronger. And thats what happens when you live so detached from reality that its impossible to interact with the world around you. When you shun real news from actual journalists in favor of the Alex Jones types and the Glenn Becks of the world, you dont know how to deal when real world news affects you directly
Q. How would you describe the year 2020 comedy, tragedy, or horror show?
A. Honestly? All of the above. Plus the added bonus of us getting to celebrate at the end because Joe Biden won. And I say that 2020 was part comedy because in the early days of the pandemic, literally the only entertainment we had was Trumps nightly shit show where he was recommending garbage cures hawked by quacks (see: Idiots #9-7 ) and suggesting that we drink bleach (see: Idiots #8-15 ). Its truly insane how horrible that was handled and I dont even think historians 100 years from now will be able to truly grasp this level of pure insanity. But seeing the rising death toll makes it a tragedy. Made even worse that the anti-vaccination crowd is voluntarily taking themselves out at an incredible rate.
Q. Thats assuming that humanity is still around 100 years from now.
A. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha right! Though I think humanitys demise wont be nuclear missiles, it will be global warming. And thanks to Fox News, the deniers will be led off a cliff by Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.
Q. Was there any event that you could have predicted would be a disaster?
A. Actually we did predict one major incident would be a total disaster and we called it in Idiots #3-9, and that was the Unite The Right rally. We saw the announcements and figured that it would be a colossal shit show, and sure enough we were right! Of course nobody could have predicted that this rally would have got someone killed in the process.
Q. You have repeatedly said that there are no sane republicans anymore. Would you care to elaborate on that?
A. Just look at any of their events past and present. Look at CPAC, the Values Voters Summit, any of their events. Theres even a full blown Q Anon convention in Dallas. That family has just taken over the GOP. Literally everything is someone involved with or is a member of the Trump family. The GOP has become the MAGA party. Theyre the party of the Sean Hannitys, Tucker Carlsons, and Alex Joneses of the world. And their conspiracy theories continue to get nuttier. I would have thought Pizzagate would have been the apex of the Infowars conspiracy theory complex, but then Pizzagate morphed into Q Anon, and Q Anon is now morphing into a group of whackjobs that think that JFK survived his assassination and is working undercover to out all the deep state operatives. Eventually well see a split between the GOP and the MAGA party. Like I said, you cant make this stuff up.
Q. Why was there such a large gap between the end of season 9 and the start of season 10?
A. When we found out that Joe Biden was going to be our 46th president, we originally began formulating plans to give the Trump administration the proper fuck you that they very much deserved from us. Then January 6th happened. And we just decided as a staff fuck it. They did not deserve the proper send off that we had planned to give them, so that Top 10 got completely shelved and it may never see the light of day. Thats when we postponed the start of the Top 10 until after the inauguration.
Q. What would you say the most satisfying thing about having Joe Biden as president is?
A. Well, several things. One is that we have a normal president who does normal things and is seen as a regular guy. Two, we dont have to hear what mind vomit he comes up with on Twitter on a daily basis, because he, oh yeah does his job! We also have a president who glorifies actual heroes, and not serial killers, underwear models, has-been musicians, and murderous dictators because they suck up to him. And speaking of vomit, we dont have to hear about his sex life every day. Im thankful we have a president who keeps his private life private. I dont ever want to hear about another presidents sex life ever again after the Trump administration. Remember when Stormy Daniels compared Trumps male organs to a character on Super Mario Bros (see: Idiots #5-12 ) ? Way too much information if you ask me!
Q. Where do you think conspiracy theories got the most nutty?
A. Oh there are many examples I can think of two instances one was when Alex Jones accused Lady Gaga of something called spirit cooking (see: Idiots #2-12 ) and the other was when Q Anon nuts were accusing Wayfair of child trafficking through selling $10,000 filing cabinets (see: Idiots #9-6 ). But my favorite thing about conspiracy theories is how they are quick to point out how EVERYTHING is a false flag (see: Idiots #5-18 ) and its not just one incident here or there, its EVERY incident. Everything is a false flag to these morons. Even now, which well get to in a minute, is how theyre trying to pin up January 6th as a false flag, because they literally have nothing else to go on.
Q. Theres no way conspiracy theories could get worse from there is there?
A. Oh there absolutely is. If Trump got elected in 2024, who knows what kind of shit they could get away with? I have a feeling it would turn out like when Bane took over Gotham at the end of The Dark Knight Rises he would pardon all the criminals that were put away as a result of January 6th and things would just turn to shit.
Q. And we have to do everything in our power to stop that from happening.
A. Well Ive made the comparison of whats happening now in American politics to the plot of Thor: Ragnarok. And it sounds ridiculous but lets think about this here. The point of Ragnarok was to stop Surtur from destroying Asguard. And if Surturs skull was to be put into the eternal flame, he would rise up even more powerful than before and destroy the planet. So with that analogy, Trump is Surtur, and we silenced him in the 2020 election. His skull is next to the eternal flame. If he got elected, he would rise up as a giant flaming monster and end America.
Q. Would you say Americas Ragnarok is inevitable?
A. Yeah probably. At least unlike Asguard, we can stop it from happening here. It just takes a willing populace.
Q. Would you say youre worried about the future?
A. Well I know that people either really love or really hate Bill Maher, but he was absolutely right on the money when he said that people who live 100% in the virtual world have trouble interacting with the real one. We saw that in Idiots #7-7 when this group on 4Chan was harassing and saying shit about a recently deceased influencer and making death threats against everyone involved in the story. It was pretty horrifying and a preview of where we could be headed. Lets hope it doesnt.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Best Of The Top 10: Seasons 1 5
[br] [/font] [br]
This entry is pretty self-explanatory! Were going to compile some of the best jokes, clips, JPEGS, memes, GIFs, and quirks from seasons 1 5! Hit it!
Idiots #4-18
Hey everyone guess what? Were all gonna get raptured! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Woooooooooooooo! Woooo! Woo. Ok maybe its not at all as exciting as its made out to be since a whole lot of us are probably gonna die in a nuclear holocaust, and relatively soon. At least the doomsday preppers can say I told you so!. Followed by a very childish neener neener!. So for the sake of this piece, lets call it Left Behind: The Real Life Interactive Version. Or to use something that might be more popular with the kids these days: Left Behind: Infinity War. Yes Im crossing two franchises here one has a really bizarre doomsday scenario in which half of the population gets snapped up by a crazy wannnabe god bent on controlling the universe, and the other one has Iron Man.
*audience laughs and applauds
Idiots #3-7
You know, Donnie, if youre under investigation for Russian collusion, you dont hang out with Putin in secret meetings, do you? You dont tell the guy trying to lose 100 pounds go ahead, eat that giant plate of chili cheese fries with a side of mac and cheese, do you? I mean go ahead, eat the whole thing, its right there in front of you!
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #2-15:
I cant wait until the day comes where we get to say that to Trump. Donald J. Trump, you are terminated! Now get to the choppa!. Remember that show Celebrity Apprentice? Because if Trump were still hosting it, wed get a glimpse of what American state run television would look like, it would be the Celebrity Apprentice. You know, the show where Z-grade celebrities like Meatloaf and Gary Busey threatened to murder each other over art supplies?
*audience applauds wildly*
Edition #2-20:
So if you're keeping score at home in the last 8 months, conservatives have staged boycotts against Hamilton, because they were mean to Mike Pence. They started an inexplicably insane campaign to get Starbucks to write Trump on their cups as a means of protest (?). They staged a boycott of Hawaii because judges have blocked Trumps illegal and unconstitutional travel ban. Theyve also staged boycotts against Oreos, Star Wars, Nordstrom, Netflix, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Budweiser and Pepsi. These are all real. I am not making any of these up! Hell, Ranker even has a list of the 15 things Trump supporters have boycotted.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #3-16:
Yeah this thing is turning into as much of a distraction as the squirrels in Up!. I mean really, are we going to go through this shit every single week now? Are we going to make reporters wear the cone of shame so they stop paying attention to this issue? I mean ESPN now has an Anthem Watch! Week4!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #2-22:
So if you're keeping score at home in the last 8 months, conservatives have staged boycotts against Hamilton, because they were mean to Mike Pence. They started an inexplicably insane campaign to get Starbucks to write Trump on their cups as a means of protest (?). They staged a boycott of Hawaii because judges have blocked Trumps illegal and unconstitutional travel ban. Theyve also staged boycotts against Oreos, Star Wars, Nordstrom, Netflix, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Budweiser and Pepsi. These are all real. I am not making any of these up! Hell, Ranker even has a list of the 15 things Trump supporters have boycotted. And now theyre staging a boycott against Colbert and CBS. We liberals have just one boycott going and thats against Trump himself.
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #3-5:
Its like Peter Griffin is in charge!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #3-22:
Oh, I like that one! Seriously the GOP cant stand that one of their own is now a member of the White Male Gropers Club! It must be driving them completely insane! So is there anyone left defending Mr. Moore?
Some conservatives are destroying their Keurig coffee machines in protest of the company pulling ads from Sean Hannity's show over his coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations levied at Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Keurig, Realtor.com, 23 and Me, Eloquii and Nature's Bounty all pulled their ads from the television show, in response to the Fox host urging viewers not to rush to judgment against Moore.
On social media, many used the hashtag #BoycottKeurig to slam the company for pulling its ads. Some posted videos of themselves smashing their Keurig machines and others vowed never to use the coffee maker again.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/11/13/people-destroying-their-keurig-coffee-makers-after-company-pulls-ads-hannity-fox-show/857563001/
Bet you didnt think it was gonna be him did you? And you think youre so smart! Were going to talk about this more later in the show, but well end this entry with this clip because I feel its fitting!
Idiots #5-6:
Holy fucking shitballs! Did Trump really just say that? Of course he did, and if you expect anything less then were not living in the same year. Heres the tweet. Can we throw that up there?
That must have been an exceptionally angry 3:00 AM toilet tweet that morning. Is someone putting something in Trumps food? You know hes taking a colossally backed up shit when he puts his all caps face on! Just let that image sink in for a moment.
*audience cringes, laughs*
Idiots #1-21:
Heres the story of a man named Cliven who raised up three very angry sons. All of them hate the government. The youngest one said so on Facebook. Heres the story of a man named Ammon who dug a poop trench and got dildos instead of snacks. And now theyre all behind bars as one big jail happy family. And thats why theyre called the Bundy Bunch. The Bundy Bunch. I could do that bit all day.
*audience applauds wildly*
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Best Of The Top 10: Seasons 6 - 11
[br] [/font] [br]
This entry is going to chronicle the best of season 6 season 11. And if we didnt get to your favorites, dont worry, theres plenty more where this came from! Hit it!
Idiots #6-3:
Shut up!!!!! If you really were serious about crime and drugs youd start prosecuting the pharmaceutical companies who peddle addictive opioids and the for profit prisons who lock people for the pettiest of crimes! Those are the people who are really bringing crime and drugs into our streets. And you know Trump is a guy who loves to rub salt in the wound. Think of it like Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown and then she spits in his face and kicks him in the ribs as hes lying on the ground.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #6-5:
OK so lets recap. Media company that touts America First Trumpism and promotes MAGA conspiracy theories and is hostile to democratic causes takes down a democratic governor with a medical school yearbook picture? Nah, that cant be coincidence. And speaking of coincidence, you cant say that its you because of a yearbook scandal from just one year. But if your school has to ban yearbooks because of multiple racist scandals, then yeah, its you.
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #6-8:
Thats right we got him!!!! You commit 16 crimes, whaddya get??? Damn that sure is catchy isnt it? I mean thats my Tennessee Ernie Ford chunk right there. Yeah were keeping up with what the kids like, arent we? OK getting back on topic. What is Paul Manafort actually charged with? And you might be outraged that Mr. Manafort only got a slap on the wrist a couple of weeks ago, but if one court doesnt get him, the other one will!
Idiots #6-14:
And that is certainly true! But, the resignation (or firing depending on which way you look at it) of Tribute Nielsen wasnt the only significant elimination from the Trumper Games this week! No, the president has proven that he simply doesnt care about security, as he fired longtime Secret Service head Tribute Alles from the 1st District!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-5:
Yes, Trump dont know much about history. Or biology. Or the French he took. Ever since our president, @realDonaldTrump, got a taste of Frances grandiose military celebration known as Bastille Day, Trump has always wanted him a piece of that sweet, sweet, dictator chic. So of course, hes throwing a parade the size of his ego, with a budget to match. I mean he originally had a budget of $1 million and it came out to about $93 million. Any director who went 547% over budget would be fired instantly. And of course it was also a total shit show. Because this happened. You know what? Lets show the clip first.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-7:
Yes, stay creepy 4chan! And really what an age we live in where evidence of a fucking murder can be posted online in messaging forums. And how is 4chan not being monitored by the FBI and CIA as being a terrorist group? Well, maybe terrorism is a harsh word to use for a group of incels who live in their moms basement and spend the whole day chain smoking and pooping their pants. I assume thats what incels do all day.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #7-12:
Yes, again threatening to murder someone with a weapon that you own is a pretty clear sign that you shouldnt have one. Thanks, NRA!
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #8-4:
Well I for one welcome our nuclear squirrel overlords. And Nuclear Squirrel I hear just got added to Coachella. And in case youre wondering what is fueling the fire moving the Doomsday Clock well guess what? Its that device that youre holding in your hand right now. Yeah Im talking to you. Its your phone your Facebook, Twitter, and social media accounts.
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #8-13
What unique status? The only reason he has a unique status is that he happens to be married to your girlfriend, er, daughter Ivanka. Yeah that got weird didnt it?
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #8-16:
Yeah seriously stop being so fucking stupid! Do we need to remind you that theres a killer virus out there that as George Carlin put it is capable of turning your vital organs into liquid shit? And that it kills at a 5% rate? Go ahead and get your surf on while the rest of us stay inside. Yeah it sucks that we cant go enjoy a nice day on the beach right now, but its better than being buried in a box in a ditch on an abandoned island. I can guarantee that.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-1:
That is a good point! Weve been cooped up here at the Top 10 Home Offices for so long weve forgot what it would be like to be part of a functioning society again. And remember when society used to function before COVID? Yeah that was like unleashing Skynet or Thanos snapping.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-7:
Uh Mayor Bottoms? Have you been following the same insane administration we have for the last four years? Are you really surprised by anything he says anymore? Yes, Trump, your message is bad and you should feel bad! But then again Trump is a sociopath who makes everything about himself and feels no empathy or shame in anything he does.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #9-11:
I think having a killer spider might make things even worse! But really no one took the liberty of naming the fly? Thats pretty lame! Seriously, even the fly has more charisma than Mike Pence does.
*virtual audience laughter*
Idiots #10-1: Were of course still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club.
Idiots #10-2: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club.
Idiots #10-3: Were still coming at you live from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club and we will be doing that for the foreseeable future at least.
Idiots #10-4: Of course were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future, so theres that.
Idiots #10-5: Still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-6: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future which currently seems hopeless, I know.
Idiots #10-7: Were still of course coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future and we might actually have a date as to when were finally going to get out of this thing!
Idiots #10-8: Were still coming to you live from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-9: Were still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-10: Still coming to you from this blank, blue void in the back room of a Burbank comedy club for the foreseeable future.
Idiots #10-11: This is the very last and final Top 10 Conservative Idiots at Flappers Comedy Club with the blank, blue void!
Idiots #11-2:
Uh . Yes we are! I mean this guy attempted to overthrow the government! Why isnt this being hammered more in the media? Why do we have to read about it in a book thats coming out several months after the fact?
*audience applauds wildly*
Idiots #10-10:
Let me speak to all the future wannabe criminals out there - if you're going to commit a crime, maybe, I don't know, don't use fucking Cash App to commit said crime! Oh look at that! He broke the stupid scale! Ladies and gentlemen, mark this very moment as the time of death for the stupid scale! By the way, Matt Gaetz turns on his full Trump conservative persona and suggests that hes actually the victim in all of this! Now really, you have got to be fucking kidding me on this one. But not really.
*virtual audience applause*
Idiots #11-7:
Excuse me a minute OK go ahead and take that horse dewormer, we wont stop you! Dont be surprised when youre eating through a feeding tube and using a colostomy bag when the ivermectin turns your small intestine into liquid shit. But remember hydroxychloroquine? That emerged when Former Guy suggested it after telling people to drink bleach? Yeah fool me once shame on you. Fool me ten thousand times, you were probably brainwashed by social media propaganda!
*audience laughs and applauds*
Idiots #10-5:
Oh man if we had an audience right now you can bet they would be booing as loudly as possible. That is fucked up! It is so fucked up! And if you want to know what he really thinks about people who have had crippling cancer, well, lets just say that he got what was coming to him. In fact Im reminded of George Carlins bit about cigars. Think about this as you see what he said about gay men suffering from AIDS, one of the worst possible ways to go. Yes, Rush Limbaugh, may you rot in peace.
*audience applauds*
RIP Rush Limbaugh and the Donald Trump Presidential Administration: May You Both Rot In Hell.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict
[br] [/font] [br]
Whew. Thanks for letting me indulge in that for a bit! Now we are back to our usual business. And I have to start with the biggest story from the last two weeks. And Ive been waiting for 3 weeks to talk about this because we had that unexpected shut down because of a software error. So we have to talk about Kyle Rittenhouse. Yeah Im sure that everyone is probably sick of talking about this thing, and I can assure you so are we. But the thing is none of this had to happen. Its because of 40 years of the NRAs completely reckless policies that a teenager can cross state lines with a loaded weapon, murder two protestors and injure 3, and gets acquitted because the judge is a card carrying member of the MAGA cult. Whats even more bizarre is that the right wing is making this psychopath a hero! I tell ya if the Democrats dont hammer this point home in 2022 that the GOP is the party of cult members and psychopaths, then what are we doing? Am I right? OK enough of my rambling. Heres the latest.
No doubt, some people will express shock at the verdict over the next few days. But Rittenhouses freedom is not a miscarriage of justiceit is our white justice system working as intended. This system is designed to free people like Rittenhouse: white vigilantes who kill to maintain the best interests of whiteness. It doesnt always work (I still believe the people who lynched Ahmaud Arbery will be found guilty). But it works often enough (see George Zimmerman) that it gives comfort and confidence to any white person who clearly realizes that they might do an obviously illegal and violent thing (like, say, storm the US Capitol) and either get away with it completely or receive a light punishment.
We know that the system does not work this way for Black people. It is difficult even to imagine a similar set of circumstances for a Black defendant. Nobody honestly thinks that a Black teenager who got an illegal gun and then crossed state lines to shoot up a MAGA protest would be greeted by a sympathetic Black judge, in front of a predominately Black jury; be lauded by prominent Black leaders; enjoy favorable media coverage; and then walk free. Nobody credible thinks that. In point of fact, here is the full and complete list of Black teenagers who have killed two people at a MAGA rally to defend their community:
Rittenhouse, however, shot and killed two people at a protest against police violence with an illegally obtained gun, and even the illegal gun charge was dropped against him. And that is precisely how a majority of white people want the white justice system to work. By their votes in elections (including elections for judges like Bruce Schroeder); their lack of support for criminal justice reform; and the cold reality that prosecutors favor white jurors when the defendants are Black, while defense attorneys favor white jurors when the defendants are white, we see that a majority of white people choose things to be this way. They want a system that will be, if not sympathetic, at least empathetic toward eruptions of white violence, while swift and harsh toward Black people accused of crime. We dont have to live with a biased criminal justice system; white people, enough of them, just like it that way.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/
We know that the system does not work this way for Black people. It is difficult even to imagine a similar set of circumstances for a Black defendant. Nobody honestly thinks that a Black teenager who got an illegal gun and then crossed state lines to shoot up a MAGA protest would be greeted by a sympathetic Black judge, in front of a predominately Black jury; be lauded by prominent Black leaders; enjoy favorable media coverage; and then walk free. Nobody credible thinks that. In point of fact, here is the full and complete list of Black teenagers who have killed two people at a MAGA rally to defend their community:
Rittenhouse, however, shot and killed two people at a protest against police violence with an illegally obtained gun, and even the illegal gun charge was dropped against him. And that is precisely how a majority of white people want the white justice system to work. By their votes in elections (including elections for judges like Bruce Schroeder); their lack of support for criminal justice reform; and the cold reality that prosecutors favor white jurors when the defendants are Black, while defense attorneys favor white jurors when the defendants are white, we see that a majority of white people choose things to be this way. They want a system that will be, if not sympathetic, at least empathetic toward eruptions of white violence, while swift and harsh toward Black people accused of crime. We dont have to live with a biased criminal justice system; white people, enough of them, just like it that way.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! OK people stop your booing. Look I saw this coming and I even called it a few weeks ago. But I guess I shouldnt be surprised. They literally let a kid get away with murder and he even went to Mar-A-Shithole to meet with Trump and hes in a bidding war over the Troll Squad thank you graphics department over who he gets to intern for. I wish I was making this up, but you really cant. Its truly disgusting and disturbing.
Greene introduced a bill Tuesday to give Rittenhouse the award. While the bills full text was not immediately available, a summary states that the measure would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Kyle H. Rittenhouse, who protected the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot.
The likelihood that Greenes effort will be successful is low. A bill requesting a Congressional Gold Medal must be co-sponsored by two-thirds of the House and the Senate, both now controlled by Democrats, before it is considered by the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. After it is passed in Congress, the measure must be authorized by the president.
While congressional Democrats and President Biden have said they respect the jurys decision in Rittenhouses case, they have largely condemned his actions in Kenosha.
Rittenhouse, now 18, was found not guilty of homicide, attempted homicide and other charges related to the August 2020 killings. During his trial, the teen testified that he had acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-rittenhouse-congressional-gold-medal/2021/11/24/c09980d2-4d49-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html
The likelihood that Greenes effort will be successful is low. A bill requesting a Congressional Gold Medal must be co-sponsored by two-thirds of the House and the Senate, both now controlled by Democrats, before it is considered by the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. After it is passed in Congress, the measure must be authorized by the president.
While congressional Democrats and President Biden have said they respect the jurys decision in Rittenhouses case, they have largely condemned his actions in Kenosha.
Rittenhouse, now 18, was found not guilty of homicide, attempted homicide and other charges related to the August 2020 killings. During his trial, the teen testified that he had acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-rittenhouse-congressional-gold-medal/2021/11/24/c09980d2-4d49-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! OK so yeah thats taking things a step too far. Marjorie Greene is a professional Facebook troll, we all know that. But heres the thing weve pointed out on this program how he was hanging out with the Proud Boys flashing white supremacist signs and wearing a shirt that said Free as fuck. But that said, this guy is a wannabe killer. I mean theres even evidence of him saying he wanted to shoot shoplifting protestors. So yeah is he guilty as fuck? Absolutely!
Newly discovered video caught Kyle Rittenhouse fantasizing about being a vigilante gunning down shoplifters just 15 days before he shot three protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to prosecutors seeking to use it in his trial.
The 29-second clip included in a court motion filed Wednesday shows a CVS store, with a voice sounding like Rittenhouse suggesting that people running out were shoplifters.
It looks like one of them has a weapon, says the person prosecutors identify as Rittenhouse, but who was not actually seen in the video.
Brah, I wish I had my fing AR. ld start shooting rounds at them, says the same person in the video used in the filing.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/kyle-rittenhouse-dreamed-about-shooting-people-days-before-kenosha-video/
The 29-second clip included in a court motion filed Wednesday shows a CVS store, with a voice sounding like Rittenhouse suggesting that people running out were shoplifters.
It looks like one of them has a weapon, says the person prosecutors identify as Rittenhouse, but who was not actually seen in the video.
Brah, I wish I had my fing AR. ld start shooting rounds at them, says the same person in the video used in the filing.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/kyle-rittenhouse-dreamed-about-shooting-people-days-before-kenosha-video/
Yeah this dude is guilty as fuck! Would the GOP be propping him up on a pedestal the way that theyre doing with this kid now? I mean one of my favorite headlines out of this is that our old buddy Ted Nugent offered him a lifetime supply of ammo (yes thats a thing) and a gun club even gave him an AR-15. Seriously, are you trying to encourage him to kill again? Because youre doing a damn good job of doing so! But if he is not going to prison for this, he might go to debtors prison! Because his bail was set at $2 million, and someones got to pay it!
Kyle Rittenhouses high-profile murder trial came to an end Friday with an acquittal, but the legal fight over the fate of his $2 million bail money is just beginning. Immediately after the jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, ruled Rittenhouse not guilty, his defense team filed to have the Illinois teen receive the bail money that was raised on his behalf. But a nonprofit led by controversial defamation lawyer and QAnon conspiracy theorist Lin Wood has also filed a motion seeking the money.
Theres going to be a fight over that, Rittenhouse attorney Mark Richards said after the verdict. The money was initially raised after Rittenhouses bail was set at a staggering $2 million in November 2020, following a ruling from a court official that Rittenhouses hefty potential sentence and potential supporters meant he could become a flight risk. Conservative celebrities like Wood swung into action to raise enough money to get Rittenhouse out of jail ahead of his trial.
The dispute over the bail now centers on who deserves to receive the money now that Rittenhouse is free. The FightBack Foundation, which is run by Wood, claims it deserves the bail money because it raised much of the money, including in the form of a $150,000 loan from former Silver Spoons child star Ricky Schroder. Wood claims he personally guaranteed the loan, meaning he would be on the hook for paying it back if thats true.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-rips-lawyers-lin-wood-and-john-pierce-as-they-feud-over-his-dollar2m-bail
Theres going to be a fight over that, Rittenhouse attorney Mark Richards said after the verdict. The money was initially raised after Rittenhouses bail was set at a staggering $2 million in November 2020, following a ruling from a court official that Rittenhouses hefty potential sentence and potential supporters meant he could become a flight risk. Conservative celebrities like Wood swung into action to raise enough money to get Rittenhouse out of jail ahead of his trial.
The dispute over the bail now centers on who deserves to receive the money now that Rittenhouse is free. The FightBack Foundation, which is run by Wood, claims it deserves the bail money because it raised much of the money, including in the form of a $150,000 loan from former Silver Spoons child star Ricky Schroder. Wood claims he personally guaranteed the loan, meaning he would be on the hook for paying it back if thats true.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-rips-lawyers-lin-wood-and-john-pierce-as-they-feud-over-his-dollar2m-bail
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know we live in strange times. And in these strange times there are those who you turn to for comfort. But this week, this isnt about that. You know what this is about? This about the people who you shouldnt be turning to in this time for comfort. Im of course talking about Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Marilyn Manson. But that said is Kanye starting a cult? If theres anyone in hip hop that could do it, it would be Kanye. Like most cult leaders, hes charismatic and hes got lots of money. The only thing hes lacking is a remote compound in the middle of nowhere oh wait, he has that too! But why would you court Marilyn Manson of all people? This is a truly insane development and its not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But Marilyn Manson is a disgusting individual, and I know what the Good Book says. But thats also why we dont allow any mention of the Unholy Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul, and vile that his name not be said in my church! But that said, this is one of the stranger duos Ive ever seen.
It was only a matter of time before Kanye West would bring back his celebrity-friendly Sunday Service. But many were left slack-jawed when the rapper decided to mark its return this past Sunday (on Halloween no less) by having Marilyn Manson at his side nodding along as Justin Bieber prayed over the service.
Already West, who recently changed his name to Ye, was widely bashed over the summer for choosing to align himself with Manson, real name Brian Warner, when he decided to collaborate with him for the song Jail Pt. 2 on his latest album Donda. The shock rocker has been publicly accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, sexual battery, emotional and physical abuse, torture, as well as other disturbing behavior.
The 52-year-old is also still under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Warner has denied all allegations of abuse and assault.
The controversy surrounding West choosing to prop up Warner and fellow rapper DaBaby, who was also featured on Jail Pt. 2 shortly after his homophobic rant at a music festival, all but died down over the past few weeks, as West picked up press elsewhere for going on coffee dates with Trumps former attorney Michael Cohen and wearing bizarre prosthetic face masks.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/christians-divided-over-marilyn-mansons-appearance-at-kanye-wests-sunday-service
Already West, who recently changed his name to Ye, was widely bashed over the summer for choosing to align himself with Manson, real name Brian Warner, when he decided to collaborate with him for the song Jail Pt. 2 on his latest album Donda. The shock rocker has been publicly accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, sexual battery, emotional and physical abuse, torture, as well as other disturbing behavior.
The 52-year-old is also still under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Warner has denied all allegations of abuse and assault.
The controversy surrounding West choosing to prop up Warner and fellow rapper DaBaby, who was also featured on Jail Pt. 2 shortly after his homophobic rant at a music festival, all but died down over the past few weeks, as West picked up press elsewhere for going on coffee dates with Trumps former attorney Michael Cohen and wearing bizarre prosthetic face masks.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/christians-divided-over-marilyn-mansons-appearance-at-kanye-wests-sunday-service
Now could Kanye be the very devil that weve been preaching about? Well he certainly is the kind of undesirable hypocrite that the Good Book speaks of. And hes courting some people who you probably shouldnt be courting. So why did Kanye choose to court with Mr. Manson? Well like most people on the right, Kanye is railing against cancel culture and the Me Too movement. But why would you get DaBaby involved too? This is turning out to be quite the unholy trinity here, and thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
Kanye West has defended his decision to perform alongside Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, while describing the Me Too movement as power and politics.
West now legally known as Ye took part in a lengthy, wide-ranging interview on the Drink Champs podcast yesterday (November 4).
At one point in the conversation, he spoke out on having courted controversy for recently working with Manson and DaBaby.
All the Me Too like, when I sit next to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby right after both of them got cancelled, for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel us all, Ye explained.
Theyll hit you with the accusations of somebody who you was with 10 years ago.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-defends-performing-with-marilyn-manson-and-dababy-3088322
West now legally known as Ye took part in a lengthy, wide-ranging interview on the Drink Champs podcast yesterday (November 4).
At one point in the conversation, he spoke out on having courted controversy for recently working with Manson and DaBaby.
All the Me Too like, when I sit next to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby right after both of them got cancelled, for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel us all, Ye explained.
Theyll hit you with the accusations of somebody who you was with 10 years ago.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-defends-performing-with-marilyn-manson-and-dababy-3088322
Yeah OK we get Kanyes point that you cant cancel music. But theyre not canceling music. These people all committed heinous crimes and they should all be punished for it, instead it seems like the opposite is happening. These people are abusers and criminals who should be shunned from society and instead theyre getting rewarded. Again our Good Book specifically states that JAYSUS would have hated these people if he were still alive today!
Kayne West has spoken out about why hes joined forces with Marilyn Manson as of late. In a new interview, Kanye bemoaned cancel culture and various aspects of the #MeToo movement, adding that they cant cancel a song.
After multiple allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse were publicly made against Marilyn Manson earlier this year (the details of which you can see at the bottom of this post) the rock singer unexpectedly joined Kanye West onstage at an August listening party for Donda along with DaBaby.
Manson later prayed alongside Kanye West and Justin Bieber at a gospel gig, starting rumors that the Antichrist Superstar had converted to Christianity.
All the #MeToo like, when I sit next to DaBaby and Marilyn Manson for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel a song, West told Drink Champs. Theyll hit you with the accusations or somebody who you was with 10 years ago. And also, theres women whove been through very serious things, pulled in alleys against they will thats different than a hug, but its classified as the same thing. Its power and politics. You know, power-hungry maniacs and just, control. This is Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control that we in. And mob mentality. [via Consequence]
Read More: Kanye West Reveals Why He Joined Forces With Marilyn Manson | https://loudwire.com/kanye-west-reveals-why-joined-forces-marilyn-manson/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
After multiple allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse were publicly made against Marilyn Manson earlier this year (the details of which you can see at the bottom of this post) the rock singer unexpectedly joined Kanye West onstage at an August listening party for Donda along with DaBaby.
Manson later prayed alongside Kanye West and Justin Bieber at a gospel gig, starting rumors that the Antichrist Superstar had converted to Christianity.
All the #MeToo like, when I sit next to DaBaby and Marilyn Manson for five songs, you know, its like they cant cancel a song, West told Drink Champs. Theyll hit you with the accusations or somebody who you was with 10 years ago. And also, theres women whove been through very serious things, pulled in alleys against they will thats different than a hug, but its classified as the same thing. Its power and politics. You know, power-hungry maniacs and just, control. This is Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control that we in. And mob mentality. [via Consequence]
Read More: Kanye West Reveals Why He Joined Forces With Marilyn Manson | https://loudwire.com/kanye-west-reveals-why-joined-forces-marilyn-manson/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Yeah no, thats the very sort of gospel that we preach against here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10, ladies and gentlemen. Because while JAYSUS wants you to live long and prosper, much like the command of the Starship Enterprise, you should be wary of those people who preach in stadiums like Kanye. Oh wait, I forgot that he just wants to be called YE now. But once again, if youre on trial for something, you probably shouldnt talk about that thing that youre on trial for.
It would appear that Kanye West's efforts to win back Kim Kardashian have fallen short considering she's going on breakfast dates with Pete Davidson in Beverly Hills, and he's on the other side of town taking a makeup-free Marilyn Manson out to dinner.
Two separate eyewitnesses saw the 44-year-old rapper and 52-year-old shock rocker at Bestia in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, eating and conversing.
One tipster told Deuxmoi that Manson attended the outing "sans makeup" and that "Ye had the ribeye." Another added that the Yeezy designer was overheard "talking about how all these hot girls still text him."
It's unclear what else the two may have discussed over the course of their meal, but West apparently made sure to "immediately put on headphones when he got up to leave."
https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-dinner-marilyn-manson-no-makeup-hot-girls/
Two separate eyewitnesses saw the 44-year-old rapper and 52-year-old shock rocker at Bestia in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, eating and conversing.
One tipster told Deuxmoi that Manson attended the outing "sans makeup" and that "Ye had the ribeye." Another added that the Yeezy designer was overheard "talking about how all these hot girls still text him."
It's unclear what else the two may have discussed over the course of their meal, but West apparently made sure to "immediately put on headphones when he got up to leave."
https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-dinner-marilyn-manson-no-makeup-hot-girls/
No it isnt! it is the symbol of the Unholy Dark One! That said, well keep an eye on this and its only a matter of time before Kanye moves his services to his compound in Wyoming and declares war on the government. When that happens well be there. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Beating A Dead Horse: Woke Kid Rock
[br] [/font] [br]
Ah you know that old saying Get woke, go broke!. Heres the thing, MAGAs when someone like Rage Against The Machine writes a song, its because they really are raging against the machine! But when someone like Kid Rock writes a political song, theyre really raging for the machine. And thats a huge drop off in quality. By the way, MAGA people, were not laughing with you. Were laughing *AT* you and because you dont really care that were laughing at you, this is the kind of crap that we get. But this song is ridiculously terrible and Im not even exaggerating here. But heres the thing guys you know that Kid Rock is not exactly someone who you should be listening to politically. Hes just trying to score points with the Fox News and Ben Shapiro crowd and thats about it. I mean come on guys, Trump lost. Get over it. and when you start railing against cancel culture, not only do you come off as a colossal tool, you also come off as an angry asshole! And once again this is proof that conservatives absolutely have no sense of humor.
Kid Rock comes out swinging in his expletive-riddled collaboration with Canadian rock group Monster Truck, called "Don't Tell Me How to Live." The new song is a fiery take-down of "cancel culture," "offended" millennials," "backlash" and "fake news," with a lyrics sheet that reads like a bingo card of today's most politicized buzzwords.
"Years ago, we all thought it was a joke, see / That every kid got a motherf--king trophy / But yo, homie, here's the situation / A nation of p--sies is our next generation," Rock rap-sings in the song's second verse.
"And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millenial offended / But this amendment one, it rings true / And if you don't dissent, b--ch, then see number two ..."
Per the Detroit Free Press, "Don't Tell Me How to Live" is the first installment of a forthcoming new project for Rock, and its stylistic return to '90s style, guns-blazing rock is indicative of more to come. The project is planned to be a 50-track triple album, breaking down into 10 hip-hop songs, 10 rock songs and 10 country songs, plus 20 previously unreleased tracks.
Read More: Kid Rock Lambasts 'Snowflakes' in 'Don't Tell Me How to Live' | https://tasteofcountry.com/kid-rock-dont-tell-me-how-to-live/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
"Years ago, we all thought it was a joke, see / That every kid got a motherf--king trophy / But yo, homie, here's the situation / A nation of p--sies is our next generation," Rock rap-sings in the song's second verse.
"And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millenial offended / But this amendment one, it rings true / And if you don't dissent, b--ch, then see number two ..."
Per the Detroit Free Press, "Don't Tell Me How to Live" is the first installment of a forthcoming new project for Rock, and its stylistic return to '90s style, guns-blazing rock is indicative of more to come. The project is planned to be a 50-track triple album, breaking down into 10 hip-hop songs, 10 rock songs and 10 country songs, plus 20 previously unreleased tracks.
Read More: Kid Rock Lambasts 'Snowflakes' in 'Don't Tell Me How to Live' | https://tasteofcountry.com/kid-rock-dont-tell-me-how-to-live/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
OK I gotta admit that a 50 track album is pretty impressive. But given Kid Rocks extreme far right politics, I think I will pass hard on this. Now heres the thing too I love a good beef, and I have no idea who these two people are but I totally side with Danko Jones on this one! Because the thing you cant tell the MAGAs is how embarrassing their political beliefs are. Theyre the product of a news network with a political agenda and the far right fringes of social media. But Im glad there are people out there who are calling this bullshit out!
MONSTER TRUCK frontman Jon Harvey says that he was "super offended" by Danko Jones's recent criticism of his collaboration with Kid Rock.
On Friday (November 19), Kid Rock released his latest single, "Don't Tell Me How to Live", in which he rants against "woke" culture and the mainstream media at a time when "every opinion has a millennial offended." The first new music from the Michigan-bred rap-rocker since 2017, which was recorded with MONSTER TRUCK and plays off the Canadian band's 2015 song of the same title, was accompanied by an official music video which features Kid Rock telling his critics to "kiss my ass" and "suck a dick sideways" while wearing a white fur coat, a nod to his "Devil Without A Cause" days, along with basketball shorts, tube socks, chains and a fedora. Rock and Harvey trade vocals, smoke cigars and generally seem to be having a good time as Rock compares himself to some of the greatest icons of our time in what Rolling Stone calls, "the most offensive verse in the terrible song." "I'm like Reverend Run or David Lee Roth / Like Springsteen bitch, I'm the motherfucking Boss," Kid Rock declares. "James Dean, shit / I'm more like Brad Pitt / A little less pretty but I slang more dick."
On Saturday (November 20), Danko Jones, who was born and raised in the eastern-Toronto borough Scarborough, took to his Twitter to offer his scathing opinion of Kid Rock's new song as well as to call out the members of MONSTER TRUCK for choosing to align themselves with the conservative rocker, saying it gets them "a lifetime membership in the douchebag hall of fame."
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/monster-truck-frontman-fires-back-at-angry-danko-jones-over-opportunistic-kid-rock-comments/
On Friday (November 19), Kid Rock released his latest single, "Don't Tell Me How to Live", in which he rants against "woke" culture and the mainstream media at a time when "every opinion has a millennial offended." The first new music from the Michigan-bred rap-rocker since 2017, which was recorded with MONSTER TRUCK and plays off the Canadian band's 2015 song of the same title, was accompanied by an official music video which features Kid Rock telling his critics to "kiss my ass" and "suck a dick sideways" while wearing a white fur coat, a nod to his "Devil Without A Cause" days, along with basketball shorts, tube socks, chains and a fedora. Rock and Harvey trade vocals, smoke cigars and generally seem to be having a good time as Rock compares himself to some of the greatest icons of our time in what Rolling Stone calls, "the most offensive verse in the terrible song." "I'm like Reverend Run or David Lee Roth / Like Springsteen bitch, I'm the motherfucking Boss," Kid Rock declares. "James Dean, shit / I'm more like Brad Pitt / A little less pretty but I slang more dick."
On Saturday (November 20), Danko Jones, who was born and raised in the eastern-Toronto borough Scarborough, took to his Twitter to offer his scathing opinion of Kid Rock's new song as well as to call out the members of MONSTER TRUCK for choosing to align themselves with the conservative rocker, saying it gets them "a lifetime membership in the douchebag hall of fame."
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/monster-truck-frontman-fires-back-at-angry-danko-jones-over-opportunistic-kid-rock-comments/
Here he is .. the biggest douche in the universe! Hes the douchiest of all! But heres what I love about the internet. Internet celebrities. And one actual celebrity in particular is one of my favorite musicians of all time, Mr. Weird Al Yankovic! You gotta love it when Weird Al calls out Kid Rock for making what is essentially a bad parody of a Kid Rock song. And come on, a celebrity beef is probably my favorite reason why social media exists. Its the only reason to use Twitter, IMO!
"Weird Al" Yankovic wants to clear the air and let music fans know that Kid Rock's new video for "Don't Tell Me How to Live" the "Bawitdaba" singer and Joe Dirt actor's recent song that rails against "snowflakes," slams cancel culture and invokes the First Amendment is not one of his parody music videos.
You know, lest one think the latest entry from Kid Rock featuring members of the group Monster Truck is a humorous take akin to Yankovic's past rock and pop pastiches of popular artists and songs such as "Smells Like Nirvana," "Eat It" and "Amish Paradise," among many others. Because apparently people on Twitter were already drawing that parallel.
"Don't Tell Me How to Live" emerged last week and pairs Kid Rock's rap stylings with gritty guitar backing, recalling the sound that first put him on the map. Its lyrics reference past Kid Rock songs while taking shots at the things seemingly troubling his worldview.
"A nation of pussies is our next generation!" Rock relays in the song. "And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millennial offended / But this amendment one, it rings true."
In the accompanying video, Rock and Monster Truck's Jon Harvey smoke cigars while they trade off on vocals. Things later take a surreal turn when Rock blasts out of this world, hanging onto a giant middle finger statue propelling his journey to elsewhere. (If you haven't yet seen the music video, you can watch it below.)
Read More: 'Weird Al' Clarifies That Kid Rock's New Video Is Not His Parody | https://loudwire.com/weird-al-kid-rock-video-not-parody/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
You know, lest one think the latest entry from Kid Rock featuring members of the group Monster Truck is a humorous take akin to Yankovic's past rock and pop pastiches of popular artists and songs such as "Smells Like Nirvana," "Eat It" and "Amish Paradise," among many others. Because apparently people on Twitter were already drawing that parallel.
"Don't Tell Me How to Live" emerged last week and pairs Kid Rock's rap stylings with gritty guitar backing, recalling the sound that first put him on the map. Its lyrics reference past Kid Rock songs while taking shots at the things seemingly troubling his worldview.
"A nation of pussies is our next generation!" Rock relays in the song. "And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millennial offended / But this amendment one, it rings true."
In the accompanying video, Rock and Monster Truck's Jon Harvey smoke cigars while they trade off on vocals. Things later take a surreal turn when Rock blasts out of this world, hanging onto a giant middle finger statue propelling his journey to elsewhere. (If you haven't yet seen the music video, you can watch it below.)
Read More: 'Weird Al' Clarifies That Kid Rock's New Video Is Not His Parody | https://loudwire.com/weird-al-kid-rock-video-not-parody/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
And thats probably the worst episode of the Simpsons, BTW. I mean come on, do you know how ridiculously dumb those lyrics sound? Like I said if you make songs parroting Fox News talking points, youre just an angry asshole. And youre not raging against the machine by any stretch of the imagination. Youre actually raging for the machine. But even Rolling Stone thinks this talking point might be beating its own dead horse. And whats their obsession with dicks and reproductive organs, by the way? I dont get that one.
Kid Rock gives a middle finger to the snowflakes and a nation of pussies on Dont Tell Me How to Live, his first new song following a four-year reprieve from his music.
Despite wearing a shirt that reads Social Media Sucks throughout the video, Kid Rock spews a series of verses that read like an angry uncles tweets about the libs, complaining about cancel culture, fake news and how every kid got a motherfucking trophy.
A nation of pussies is our next generation / And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millennial offended, Kid Rock raps. But this Amendment One it rings true / And if you dont dissent, bitch, then see Number Two.
However, Kid Rock saves the most offensive verse in the terrible song for last, when he compares himself to the likes of Bruce Springsteen.
Im like Reverend Run or David Lee Roth / Like Springsteen bitch, Im the motherfucking Boss, Kid Rock claims. James Dean, shit / Im more like Brad Pitt / A little less pretty but I slang more dick.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-snowflakes-fake-news-new-song-1260716/
Despite wearing a shirt that reads Social Media Sucks throughout the video, Kid Rock spews a series of verses that read like an angry uncles tweets about the libs, complaining about cancel culture, fake news and how every kid got a motherfucking trophy.
A nation of pussies is our next generation / And these minions and their agendas / Every opinion has a millennial offended, Kid Rock raps. But this Amendment One it rings true / And if you dont dissent, bitch, then see Number Two.
However, Kid Rock saves the most offensive verse in the terrible song for last, when he compares himself to the likes of Bruce Springsteen.
Im like Reverend Run or David Lee Roth / Like Springsteen bitch, Im the motherfucking Boss, Kid Rock claims. James Dean, shit / Im more like Brad Pitt / A little less pretty but I slang more dick.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-snowflakes-fake-news-new-song-1260716/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable, Conspiracy Corner! We of course are coming to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico Badlands Undisclosed location of course. Let me just adjust my tin foil hat here for maximum government interference they are trying to read our thoughts after all! There, got it done. So this week, the people who are calling everything a conspiracy might actually be committing a conspiracy of their own! So the talking point now going around on Fox News, OAN, and your crazy uncles Facebook page is that January 6th was a false flag. Its like they have no other talking points. As weve pointed out on this show, literally everything is a false flag to these wingnuts! Of course it is! They literally cannot compare it to anything else. And should Liz Cheney really be that surprised? The MAGA party is quickly taking over the Trump party, like a virus killing its hosts. OK bad analogy, but the principle applies!
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday likened the claim that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was a false flag operation to individuals who say the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job.
Asked by host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday if there is any truth to arguments that the Jan. 6 attack was a false flag operation specifically that liberal individuals from the deep state created the riots to set up conservatives and Trump supporters Cheney said, None at all before comparing the assertions to ones made in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
It's the same kind of thing that you hear from people who say that 9/11 was an inside job, for example. It's un-American to be spreading those kinds of lies, and they are lies, Cheney said.
The Wyoming congresswoman is one of two Republican lawmakers serving on the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. She is joined by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on the panel.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/580439-cheney-likens-claims-that-jan-6-was-a-false-flag-operation-to-9-11
Asked by host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday if there is any truth to arguments that the Jan. 6 attack was a false flag operation specifically that liberal individuals from the deep state created the riots to set up conservatives and Trump supporters Cheney said, None at all before comparing the assertions to ones made in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
It's the same kind of thing that you hear from people who say that 9/11 was an inside job, for example. It's un-American to be spreading those kinds of lies, and they are lies, Cheney said.
The Wyoming congresswoman is one of two Republican lawmakers serving on the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. She is joined by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on the panel.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/580439-cheney-likens-claims-that-jan-6-was-a-false-flag-operation-to-9-11
Yeah probably! As if this cant get any nuttier! But of course it was coming from our old friend Tucker Carlson. Hes the wingnuttiest of wingnuts. And come on, how can you possibly make that claim when theres no evidence whatsoever backing it up? Well have you been following this administration? They literally take no responsibility for anything they have done. Everything is a false flag, or it was someone elses fault. Or it was demons. Yeah fuck it, lets go with demons on this one!
A debunked conspiracy theory that claims federal agents incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is making a new appearance in Fox News host Tucker Carlsons new three-part documentary series, "Patriot Purge."
The controversial series that started airing Nov. 1 attempts to frame the insurrection as a false flag arranged by the federal government to ensnare American citizens who supported former President Donald Trump. The video is available on Fox News subscription-based streaming service "Fox Nation," but its not being aired on the Fox News channel.
"Most Americans probably assume the chaos on Jan. 6 was the result of intelligence failures or of simple government incompetence. But direct incitement by federal agents? The intentional entrapment of American citizens? No decent person wants to believe that. But increasingly theres evidence it is true," Carlson claimed at the close of the first segment.
Carlson is wrong. There is no credible evidence behind this theory, and Carlsons piece doesnt present any. PolitiFact reached out to Fox News but did not hear back. The FBI declined to comment.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/04/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-conspiracy-theory-about-fbi-and-ja/
The controversial series that started airing Nov. 1 attempts to frame the insurrection as a false flag arranged by the federal government to ensnare American citizens who supported former President Donald Trump. The video is available on Fox News subscription-based streaming service "Fox Nation," but its not being aired on the Fox News channel.
"Most Americans probably assume the chaos on Jan. 6 was the result of intelligence failures or of simple government incompetence. But direct incitement by federal agents? The intentional entrapment of American citizens? No decent person wants to believe that. But increasingly theres evidence it is true," Carlson claimed at the close of the first segment.
Carlson is wrong. There is no credible evidence behind this theory, and Carlsons piece doesnt present any. PolitiFact reached out to Fox News but did not hear back. The FBI declined to comment.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/04/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-conspiracy-theory-about-fbi-and-ja/
Heres your answer: It was that guys fault! Yes, Trump is the guy who is responsible for all of this and he probably should be in prison right now for trying to overthrow the government. Come on, even Geraldo is dunking on Carlson for this insane theory. And I never thought Id see the day when I would agree with Geraldo on anything! But does this mean that Fox News is even admitting that their own fanbase was involved with the January 6th attack? Or was it someone elses fault?
Geraldo Rivera spoke out against his Fox News colleague Tucker Carlson on Thursday for the primetime stars upcoming conspiratorial documentary on the Jan. 6 insurrection, lamenting that Carlson is peddling inflammatory and outrageous rhetoric in an effort to provoke.
Carlson, who has long downplayed the violent Capitol riots as nothing more than a political protest that got out of hand, previewed his new three-part series, titled Patriot Purge and premiering next week on Fox Nation, the networks online streaming service.
The U.S. government has in fact launched a new war on terror, but its not against al Qaeda, its against American citizens, Carlson asserted before airing a teaser on Wednesday night. Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of our country. This is an attack on core civil liberties and its essential that you know whats happening and that you resist it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/geraldo-rivera-swipes-at-tucker-carlson-over-jan-6-false-flag-documentary
Carlson, who has long downplayed the violent Capitol riots as nothing more than a political protest that got out of hand, previewed his new three-part series, titled Patriot Purge and premiering next week on Fox Nation, the networks online streaming service.
The U.S. government has in fact launched a new war on terror, but its not against al Qaeda, its against American citizens, Carlson asserted before airing a teaser on Wednesday night. Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of our country. This is an attack on core civil liberties and its essential that you know whats happening and that you resist it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/geraldo-rivera-swipes-at-tucker-carlson-over-jan-6-false-flag-documentary
https://i.giphy.com/media/xT0BKlOsSWDIFA0F7a/giphy.webp
Now thats probably the best way to protect yourself in this 24 hour surveillance world! And everything has a truther element to it. 9/11, Sandy Hook, Aurora, the Vegas Shooting, my uncles funeral. I was there man! How many more people gotta die??? It was a false flag! It was Antifas fault! But really what this really is, is a lack of reading comprehension skills. Of course youre going to misinterpret that NPR article because NPR uses things like big words and facts. If you cant get past the headlines, youre going to believe everything is a false flag!
Social media users have been sharing a screenshot of an NPR article entitled Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Clash with Police, claiming that the timestamp on the article, January 6, 2021, 9:33 AM ET, proves that the storming of the Capitol was a staged event planned by the so-called Deep State. This claim is false: at 9:33am the headline of the article read Diehard Trump Supporters Gather in Nations Capital to Protest Election Results and it was later updated to reflect the storming of the Capitol.
Most of the posts ( here , here , here ) share a screenshot of a Parler post with the caption NPR accidentally released an article at 9am about Trump supporters clash with police and Congress electoral count of votes being halted, HOURS before anything like this ever occurred. Advice to the Deep State: If youre going to carry out a false flag, at least do it well.
The Parler post includes a screenshot of the NPR article with the timestamp underlined and the deadline circled, topped with the caption This was posted at 9:30 am today on NPR. Think about what time the event happened at the Capitol today. Captions on some of the social media posts include, This was a Deep State False Flag operation (here) and Lets write up our news article BEFORE the event actually happened. Why? Because weve already staged everything and we know whats going to happen. (here)
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-npr-headline-storming-of-c/fact-check-npr-jan-6-article-headline-does-not-prove-storming-of-the-capitol-was-staged-idUSKBN29J2MI
Most of the posts ( here , here , here ) share a screenshot of a Parler post with the caption NPR accidentally released an article at 9am about Trump supporters clash with police and Congress electoral count of votes being halted, HOURS before anything like this ever occurred. Advice to the Deep State: If youre going to carry out a false flag, at least do it well.
The Parler post includes a screenshot of the NPR article with the timestamp underlined and the deadline circled, topped with the caption This was posted at 9:30 am today on NPR. Think about what time the event happened at the Capitol today. Captions on some of the social media posts include, This was a Deep State False Flag operation (here) and Lets write up our news article BEFORE the event actually happened. Why? Because weve already staged everything and we know whats going to happen. (here)
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-npr-headline-storming-of-c/fact-check-npr-jan-6-article-headline-does-not-prove-storming-of-the-capitol-was-staged-idUSKBN29J2MI
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people and people are dumb. First off dont worry, weve got plenty of Florida for you this week! But before we get to that, I want to clarify what makes a People Are Dumb story. OK take this for example. A woman burning down her house, because a cigarette was left on the mantle, thats not dumb. A guy burning down a McDonalds because they ran out of chicken nuggets? Now thats a People Are Dumb story! I want to start with this story. Im sure that the Tim Burton classic film The Nightmare Before Christmas is a beloved film. I mean they recently recreated the soundtrack to this movie in a sold out stadium. But what makes this a People Are Dumb story is because people in LA were reporting that a man was flying around in a jet pack. But on closer inspection, no it wasnt Iron Man. Instead it was a Jack Skelington balloon that got loose and started wreaking havoc.
Investigators looking into a series of sightings of a mysterious "jetpack man" flying over Los Angeles say they may in fact have been balloons.
The FBI launched an investigation after several pilots reported spotting "a guy in a jetpack" at 3,000ft (915m) above the city's LAX airport last year.
But now officials say the pilots may have seen inflatables.
Police helicopter footage apparently shows a Halloween decoration that broke loose and drifted into the sky.
The images show what appears to be life-sized balloon effigy of Jack Skellington, from the 1993 Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59167345
The FBI launched an investigation after several pilots reported spotting "a guy in a jetpack" at 3,000ft (915m) above the city's LAX airport last year.
But now officials say the pilots may have seen inflatables.
Police helicopter footage apparently shows a Halloween decoration that broke loose and drifted into the sky.
The images show what appears to be life-sized balloon effigy of Jack Skellington, from the 1993 Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59167345
Of course thats what happens when Homer Simpson is involved! Next up we go to Portland, Oregon for this one! OK you know that old saying dont bring a gun to a knife fight? Well in the country where theres more guns than people, maybe dont bring a sword to a gun fight. Well, this guy in Portland got a valuable lesson what kind of weapons you should bring to a road rage battle. And I do love a good road rage story!
When it comes to driving, we all go a little mad sometimes. Maybe somebody forgot to indicate, maybe youre stuck behind a car going 25mph on a national speed limit road, maybe another driver pulls out in front of you without warning. Its inevitable; we all reach boiling point, and shouting and swearing helps if its kept inside the car, obviously.
However, over in Portland, Oregon, footage has emerged of two armed men facing their frustrations head on.
Twitter user @SirThaFella recently shared a clip of two men caught up in some road rage, although its unclear what kicked off their altercation.
One man, armed with a bent sword and wearing only socks, approaches the other and swings it to his shoulder. The man facing the weapon seems completely unfazed, while the sword-carrier only gets more annoyed. After a while, he backs away, while the person filming shouts, Beat his ass.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/man-pulls-out-samurai-sword-during-heated-road-rage-stand-off-with-man-holding-assault-rifle/
However, over in Portland, Oregon, footage has emerged of two armed men facing their frustrations head on.
Twitter user @SirThaFella recently shared a clip of two men caught up in some road rage, although its unclear what kicked off their altercation.
One man, armed with a bent sword and wearing only socks, approaches the other and swings it to his shoulder. The man facing the weapon seems completely unfazed, while the sword-carrier only gets more annoyed. After a while, he backs away, while the person filming shouts, Beat his ass.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/man-pulls-out-samurai-sword-during-heated-road-rage-stand-off-with-man-holding-assault-rifle/
Next up of course we have to go to Florida, because Florida Man never stops bringing the crazy and because of that, theres tons of these stories out there! This story comes to us from the Florida town of Indian River, and is brought to you by the letter G! And come on, do you want me to start singing Nuthin But A G Thang? Because I will! Theres plenty of jokes that you can make about this story, but when you start throwing letters around, literally in this case, all bets are off! I really wonder what the police report said about this one and if the cops were laughing when they wrote it?
A Florida man appearing for arraignment ended up behind bars again Tuesday (October 19) after "violating the letter of law," as the Smoking Gun puts it.
Authorities in Indian River County arrested 26-year-old Jordan Thomas for allegedly battering a woman at a courthouse, but what he used was the bizarre part. An arrest report claims Thomas took "a signage letter from the blackboard in front of Court Room 3" and threw it at Shanterria Rolle, a 23-year-old Vero Beach resident. The letter "G" ended up hitting the victim, cops say.
Thomas, an Amazon driver, was being arraigned for a misdemeanor charge of battery, reporters say. He was accused of attacking Rolle in September, authorities confirmed. Officials say they caught the chaos on video while they were in recess.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-10-22-florida-man-arrested-after-throwing-a-g-at-woman/
Authorities in Indian River County arrested 26-year-old Jordan Thomas for allegedly battering a woman at a courthouse, but what he used was the bizarre part. An arrest report claims Thomas took "a signage letter from the blackboard in front of Court Room 3" and threw it at Shanterria Rolle, a 23-year-old Vero Beach resident. The letter "G" ended up hitting the victim, cops say.
Thomas, an Amazon driver, was being arraigned for a misdemeanor charge of battery, reporters say. He was accused of attacking Rolle in September, authorities confirmed. Officials say they caught the chaos on video while they were in recess.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-10-22-florida-man-arrested-after-throwing-a-g-at-woman/
Conservatives want to cancel Big Bird, by the way! Next up I love a good fast food rage story! This is one of my favorite types of People Are Dumb stories. Because these people are crazy. We go to the city of Tampa for this one. Look, everyone is getting back in the swing of things, but dont take your frustrations out on the people who serve you food. Or flight attendants. But really this is mostly about food servers. But yeah dont be like this guy.
Florida man is at again, this time for going on a sushi throwing rampage in a hibachi buffet line.
According to an arrest affidavit, Mitchell, 52, entered the Hibachi Buffet in Pinellas Park and was not happy at all, to see the sushi he wanted on Saturday, was not being served.
Police say that Mitchell became angry and started flipping several plates of sushi that were on the hibachi buffet line.
Investigators say that Mitchell then walked to the front of the store and battered the store manager who was recording the sushi flipping escapade.
https://www.tampafp.com/florida-man-paul-mitchell-arrested-after-sushi-flipping-rampage/
According to an arrest affidavit, Mitchell, 52, entered the Hibachi Buffet in Pinellas Park and was not happy at all, to see the sushi he wanted on Saturday, was not being served.
Police say that Mitchell became angry and started flipping several plates of sushi that were on the hibachi buffet line.
Investigators say that Mitchell then walked to the front of the store and battered the store manager who was recording the sushi flipping escapade.
https://www.tampafp.com/florida-man-paul-mitchell-arrested-after-sushi-flipping-rampage/
That it is, Peter! Finally this week you know the staff and I were debating on whether or not this was a People Are Dumb story. But considering the politics behind it, and the gross insensitivity on the subject, we have to include it. Because this is what People Are Dumb was made for. I mean theres multiple layers of stupid in this story. But what am I getting at? You know one group you should never mock under any circumstances? Holocaust survivors. And with the reemergence of the Nazi party you really want to go through this crap again? I didnt think so. But yeah lets get to it.
Ten survivors of the Nazi genocide are taking part in the first global contest to crown the winner of the Miss Holocaust Survivor Beauty Pageant.
The event is organized by Yad Ezer lHaver, a Haifa based charity that provides care and lodging for Holocaust survivors. It is funded by evangelical Trump super fan Mike Evans, whose Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem is hosting the gala.
Evans is best known for his fanatical support of former President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last June, he warned that Israel was likely to lose the support of American evangelicals if it allowed rabid dogs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapidnow the countrys prime minister and foreign ministerto crucify Netanyahu.
One man who will not be attending is Jerusalemite Rami Ostrovsky, whose mother, Miriam Ostrovsky, survived multiple Nazi extermination camps as a teenager, said he saw an ad for the event in the paper.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/miss-holocaust-survivor-beauty-pageant-hosted-by-trump-super-fan?ref=home
The event is organized by Yad Ezer lHaver, a Haifa based charity that provides care and lodging for Holocaust survivors. It is funded by evangelical Trump super fan Mike Evans, whose Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem is hosting the gala.
Evans is best known for his fanatical support of former President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last June, he warned that Israel was likely to lose the support of American evangelicals if it allowed rabid dogs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapidnow the countrys prime minister and foreign ministerto crucify Netanyahu.
One man who will not be attending is Jerusalemite Rami Ostrovsky, whose mother, Miriam Ostrovsky, survived multiple Nazi extermination camps as a teenager, said he saw an ad for the event in the paper.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/miss-holocaust-survivor-beauty-pageant-hosted-by-trump-super-fan?ref=home
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the post-election MAGA clan is up to in our ongoing segment Red State Diaries! Last time, we brought you the story of how Q Anon nuts gathered at Dealy Plaza because a group of conspiracy theory nuts posting on the dark corners of the internet said that JFK Jr. survived his plane crash and was going to come back and tell the people that he was going to arrest all of the deep state operatives who were part of an elite pedophile ring. Whew. That is some serious amount of crazy here. But heres where it gets weird since we last left off, they have refused to leave! I would have thought that them thinking that Keith Richards was in fact JFK all this time would have been the absolute nuttiest conspiracy theory I could ever dream of. And it doesnt even make any sense. But here's the latest on the crazy nuts in Dallas.
Weeks after they first gathered near Dealey Plaza, dozens of believers in the furthest fringe of the QAnon conspiracy theory remain in Dallas, expecting long-dead John F. Kennedy Jr. to reveal himself in the city where his father was assassinated and usher in the reinstatement of Donald Trump as president.
While their beliefs are patently absurd, the fervency and devotion of this particular group, along with their loyalty to a leader known as Negative48 and unwillingness to leave Dallas, is unique and cause for alarm and concern, according to an expert who has followed QAnon for years.
I think what youre seeing here is really, undeniably a cult, said Mike Rothschild, author of The Storm Is Upon Us, which chronicles the rise of, and fallout from, QAnon.
The leader of the group is Michael Brian Protzman, a Washington man who amassed a following on social media with his version of gematria, a Hebrew numerology language. Interpreting codes that include numbers and letters, and using elements of Christianity and QAnon, his followers have come to believe that Kennedy, who died in a plane crash in 1999, will reappear in Dallas and commence a new Trump administration.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/11/22/undeniably-a-cult-fringe-qanon-group-remains-in-dallas-awaiting-jfk-jrs-arrival/
While their beliefs are patently absurd, the fervency and devotion of this particular group, along with their loyalty to a leader known as Negative48 and unwillingness to leave Dallas, is unique and cause for alarm and concern, according to an expert who has followed QAnon for years.
I think what youre seeing here is really, undeniably a cult, said Mike Rothschild, author of The Storm Is Upon Us, which chronicles the rise of, and fallout from, QAnon.
The leader of the group is Michael Brian Protzman, a Washington man who amassed a following on social media with his version of gematria, a Hebrew numerology language. Interpreting codes that include numbers and letters, and using elements of Christianity and QAnon, his followers have come to believe that Kennedy, who died in a plane crash in 1999, will reappear in Dallas and commence a new Trump administration.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/11/22/undeniably-a-cult-fringe-qanon-group-remains-in-dallas-awaiting-jfk-jrs-arrival/
Whats even more insane is that have these nuts not even researched any part of the history of the Kennedy family? JFK would literally hate these people. But the fact that theyre still there is some seriously insane shit. But that said, this is forming a melting pot of two serious groups of batshit crazy conspiracy theorists. Those groups are people who believe every crazy theory youve ever heard about JFK and every crazy theory that youve ever heard about Donald Trump. I cant even.
Nearly three weeks ago, hundreds of middle-aged QAnon fanatics gathered in Dallas to witness the return of John F. Kennedy, Jr. This group believes that JFK Jr. and many other deceased celebrities including his father, President John F. Kennedy are not only alive, but part of a decades-long plot to take down a global pedophile cabal that secretly controls the world. Despite multiple no-shows from the former George publisher or his charismatic dad, dozens still havent left. In fact, one of the JFK Jr. truthers a rapper by the name of Pryme Minister offered the use of his property just outside Dallas, and the groups Telegram chats indicate some of them have been living communally for weeks
This QAnon group in particular is led by a popular conspiracy theory influencer named Michael Protzman, who has prophesied the Kennedys return, and organized these gatherings, the latest of which took place on Monday, the anniversary of the assassination of JFK. But this time theyre not the only JFK obsessed conspiracy theorist in Dallas. Just a few block away, at the Magnolia Hotel, about three dozen people gathered for the Ninth Annual JFK Assassination Conference, three days of discussions about the latest evidence and theories regarding autopsies, CIA informants, and links to 9/11.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-jfk-jr-conspiracy-theorist-convention-dallas-dealey-plaza-1261278/
This QAnon group in particular is led by a popular conspiracy theory influencer named Michael Protzman, who has prophesied the Kennedys return, and organized these gatherings, the latest of which took place on Monday, the anniversary of the assassination of JFK. But this time theyre not the only JFK obsessed conspiracy theorist in Dallas. Just a few block away, at the Magnolia Hotel, about three dozen people gathered for the Ninth Annual JFK Assassination Conference, three days of discussions about the latest evidence and theories regarding autopsies, CIA informants, and links to 9/11.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-jfk-jr-conspiracy-theorist-convention-dallas-dealey-plaza-1261278/
Thats an understatement there! These people are off the wall over the top grade A certified batshit insane. Whew. And that sounds like the worst commune ever. I mean at least at a Phish concert theres plenty of opportunities for beer and weed. These people bring what Im assuming to be a combination of meth and semi-automatic weapons. Well, it is Texas. But that said, these people are fucking nuts and theyre not going anywhere. Does someone want to explain to them that theyre living in a make believe fantasy land of bullshit?
Scores of QAnon conspiracy theorists converged in Dallas on Monday under the delusion that John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in 1999 and has been hailed as a savior by many in the movement, would somehow return on the anniversary of his fathers assassinationsetting themselves up for another letdown after weeks of waiting for JFK Jr. to return and usher in a new Trump presidency.
More than 100 QAnon supporters gathered at Dealey Plaza, the site of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on this date in 1963, according to a reporter on the scene, packing onto a bridge overlooking the roadway where the president was fatally shot.
QAnon backers have been gathering in Dallas for weeks, and Monday is just the latest in a series of dates marked for JFK Jr.'s return.
Followers say JFK Jr. is Q himself, a mythological Trump supporter entrenched in the deep state that occasionally leaks information on the Satan-worshipping cabal of cannibalistic, pedophiliac Democrats QAnon followers think rule the world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/11/22/qanon-supporters-pack-site-of-jfk-assassination-in-hopes-jfk-jr-and-maybe-his-dad-will-return/?sh=71e577af48a3
More than 100 QAnon supporters gathered at Dealey Plaza, the site of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on this date in 1963, according to a reporter on the scene, packing onto a bridge overlooking the roadway where the president was fatally shot.
QAnon backers have been gathering in Dallas for weeks, and Monday is just the latest in a series of dates marked for JFK Jr.'s return.
Followers say JFK Jr. is Q himself, a mythological Trump supporter entrenched in the deep state that occasionally leaks information on the Satan-worshipping cabal of cannibalistic, pedophiliac Democrats QAnon followers think rule the world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/11/22/qanon-supporters-pack-site-of-jfk-assassination-in-hopes-jfk-jr-and-maybe-his-dad-will-return/?sh=71e577af48a3
Damn right! But the question on the table is where is this shit coming from? Whos convincing them that JFK is still alive and that hes a right wing operative looking to expose the deep state for committing satanic cannibalistic rituals? Well its coming from the author of a book thats popular in Q circles called Trust The Plan. And whats even scarier to me is that Q Anon is becoming as popular as some religions now. Trust me when I say we will cover this next week!
Conspiracy theorist group QAnon hit a bizarre milestone on Tuesday, when its supporters gathered for what they believed would be the return of the late JFK junior who, they postured, would be running on an imagined 2024 ticket with former President Donald Trump.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Juniors plane was pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean more than 22 years ago in a crash that killed him, his wife Carolyn and his sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette.
For some QAnon true believers, however, the son of the 35th president of the United States not only survived the tragedy but is poised to make a dramatic return to public life.
A bizarre theory has emerged suggesting that the accident was just a ruse to fake his death and that he will re-emerge perhaps as early as next month to join a reinstated President Donald Trump as his VP.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jfk-jr-qanon-back-dead-dallas-b1964092.html
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Juniors plane was pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean more than 22 years ago in a crash that killed him, his wife Carolyn and his sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette.
For some QAnon true believers, however, the son of the 35th president of the United States not only survived the tragedy but is poised to make a dramatic return to public life.
A bizarre theory has emerged suggesting that the accident was just a ruse to fake his death and that he will re-emerge perhaps as early as next month to join a reinstated President Donald Trump as his VP.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jfk-jr-qanon-back-dead-dallas-b1964092.html
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Mastodon [/font]
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/613a64a57c34b5ffaef74527/1:1/w_320/Mastodon.jpeg
Folks my next guest is one of my favorite metal bands of all time, you can see them on tour with Opeth through December 5th. Playing their song Skeleton Of Splendor, give it up for Mastodon!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]The First Entry [/font]
Here it is folks, the very first entry we did from Idiots #1-1! Enjoy!
[font size="12"]Carly Fiorina[/font]
If you're puzzled by the attacks at the Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado as much as we are, Carly Fiorina definitely isn't the one to look to for answers or sympathy. My definition of today's modern GOP is that they have a glorious lack of empathy. And while evil, their intentions are not the best and clearly misguided. Enter Carly Fiornia, disgraced HP CEO and current disgraced GOP candidate. This is Carly before the shooting:
"Whether youre pro-choice or pro-life, the majority of Americans are horrified by the reality that were harvesting baby parts through late-term abortions, Fiorina said.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426725/carly-fiorina-the-view-planned-parenthood"
After the shooting:
"Secondly, this is so typical of the left to immediately begin demonizing the messenger, because they dont agree with the message. The vast majority of Americans agree, what Planned Parenthood is doing is wrong. Thats why the vast majority of Americans are prepared not only to defund Planned Parenthood, but also to stop abortion for any reason at all after five months.
http://reverbpress.com/politics/carly-fiorina-planned-parenthood-lies/
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426725/carly-fiorina-the-view-planned-parenthood"
After the shooting:
"Secondly, this is so typical of the left to immediately begin demonizing the messenger, because they dont agree with the message. The vast majority of Americans agree, what Planned Parenthood is doing is wrong. Thats why the vast majority of Americans are prepared not only to defund Planned Parenthood, but also to stop abortion for any reason at all after five months.
http://reverbpress.com/politics/carly-fiorina-planned-parenthood-lies/
Shoot the messenger? Extremely poor choice of words there, Carly.
Thank you everybody! I want to say thank you for supporting 5 (6?) years of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots, heres to 5 more! This has been a very sentimental evening for me and Im glad to see it finally come about! Weve got just two more Top 10s for you this year and well see you back on the 9th for our last regular Top 10 of the year!
See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Laugh Boston, Boston, MA
Mastodon appears courtesy of: Reprise Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
October 28, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-13: The Insurrection Family Edition (Halloween Special!)
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots Halloween Spooktacular! Whats up, Sacramento? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! Happy Halloween everybody! So you will see that our set dressers dressed up our set with some fun Halloween decorations and Im wearing this Dracula costume, because reasons! Oh and our good friends in Phish are stopping by to play a Halloween jam in support of their shows this weekend at the MGM Grand! So weve got some great things planned this week! And I also hope youre enjoying Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons as much as we are! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! OK so I am starting to feel like we are living in a world full of adult children. And Im of course not saying this dressed as Dracula sitting at a desk in front of a giant monitor covered in fake spider webs. No sir! But what I am talking about Fisher Price, you know them as the premier manufacturer of childrens toys. Well they made a 2021 version of the childhood dial phone that were all familiar with. But the twist? It runs on Bluetooth, can hook up to your smartphone, and costs $60. Yes and theres a huge demand for this thing. Can we show that? But look heres the thing I cant get over the eyes! I feel like someone is watching me even when I am not on the phone here! Thats just weird! But really, grow up people! OK thats enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first John Oliver is back and he talks about the dire straits that Taiwan is in:
Where do we begin for this Thursday Halloween Spooktacular? In the number one slot this week is obviously the Former Guy (1). Yes we still want to know where he, Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, and Ali Alexander were on January 6th, but Steve Bannons shocking revelation puts Trump in the crosshairs of Congress! And dont think were not letting Steve Bannon (2) get away with it for a minute because the fact that hes defying Congressional orders to subpoena means that hes hiding something, but what is it? We want to know! Come on, Steve, what are you hiding? In the third slot this week is Social Media (3). While Facebook is considering rebranding, because thats what perfectly innocent companies do, Former Guy is also launching his own social media site and it wasnt long before it was hacked and defaced! Taking the number 4 slot this week is Netflix (4). Well apparently the Netflix controversy with Dave Chappelle over his incendiary comments about transgender people isnt going away any time soon and we will tread very carefully with this one! In the number 5 slot this week is Anti-Vaxxers. You know that meme going around Facebook Yesterdays heroes, today were fired meme? Well some people are taking that way too seriously. In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week our resident pastor is going to ask the question Is Virginia for lovers?? Well apparently not once you meet rising GOP star Glenn Youngkin whos going for the Virgnia governors seat. In the number 7 slot this week, we have a new Beating A Dead Horse (7). And after the controversy involving the Raiders Jon Gruden, we ask the question - should 10 year old e-mails get you in trouble? We will answer both sides of the question! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new edition of This Fucking Guy and in light of some recent controversies, were going to profile a pair of country music twits Travis Tritt and newly outed MAGA Jason Aldean! In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week, we have a new People Are Dumb, because of course they are! Finally this week in our ongoing explanation of what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries (10), whats the latest meme going around on the right Lets Go Brandon? We will examine this one and show you some of the stupider things to come out of it! All this plus we have our good friends Phish joining us! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
Ed. Note: Before we begin this week, I want to address this: We are *NOT* going to address the Alec Baldwin shooting at this time. We did get a lot of requests for Donald Trump Jr. because he sold those disgusting Alec Baldwin Kills People shirts. For that, he is a colossal scumbag. But even with that, we are choosing not to cover this story this week. We may choose to cover at a later date.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Insurrection Family
[br] [/font] [br]
https://twitter.com/avenaim/status/1452010028542480384
Is that really a band? No its the Insurrection Family! Thank you graphics department!
What? Stop the music! Im not singing some lame Addams Family cover. Besides, Progressive Insurance already ruined it with those lame advertisements. OK fine theyre scary and theyre treasonous, the Insurrection Family! But you know folks its no secret that in season 10 we had a Goodbye To The Trump Administration special edition planned. But then these assholes just had to go and overthrow the government. And thats when we were sitting at home watching the horror of January 6th unfold on our computer screens and said a collective fuck this shit over a Zoom call. Yeah that almost did us in for good with that one. How do you even top that for conservative idiocy? You dont. That might be the absolute peak. Yeah lets try to overthrow the government and hang our own sitting vice president, how well is that going to work out? Well if Steve Bannons defiance of a subpoena is any indication of their guilt, theres going to be a whole lot of trouble!
Oh yeah sure and the Nazis werent out to conquer Europe and exterminate the Jewish people either, shut the fuck up! And come on it doesnt take a political science major to see where this is headed. That entire party has been compromised with Trump loyalists from top to bottom. Remember the youre with us or youre against us mantra from the Bush years? Yeah picture that but a hundred thousand times worse!
Oh come on people stop your rabbling! But come on, Trump, own it. You caused this and I by the way am not at all shocked in any way, shape, or form that Tucker Carlson is turning around and blaming this on literally anyone but the MAGAs. But now Trump is turning the tables and saying that the real insurrection happened on November 6th when he lost the election. Wait, what? Thats too batshit insane, even for him! I really wish hed just shut the fuck up already.
I know, right? Its almost as if theyre trying to white wash or blackball the situation of what happened on January 6th. Hey listen MAGAs and I will say this very carefully: SHUT THE FUCK UP. You tried to overthrow the government and murder half of Congress. You get no say from now on about how much you love the country. You dont. Fuck you. Sit down. I cant wait to see all of your sorry asses in jail and I hope you all lose the right to vote in 2024. That said just I cant wait until we are rid of these cretins.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon
[br] [/font] [br]
And speaking of the Insurrection Family, dont think youre getting away from us for a minute there, Steve Bannon! You know Steve Bannon is doing what perfectly innocent people do in these types of situations. They just deny and defy. Deny. Defy. Deny. Defy. Thats what 40 years of listening to AM hate radio goons like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck will get you. So what happens after all of that and hes still not going to jail? Well in the last edition we pointed out how scummy it is of Steve Bannon to defy Congress because he wont say where he was in the events leading up to and including the morning of January 6th. And now would really be the time to find out what he knows and who he knows because there could be some serious charges dropping. But right now hes in his hidey hole on his podcast taking calls from people who are deranged enough to call into his show. Because again thats exactly what perfectly innocent people do!
Whoa lets not judge just yet! Remember this is America where you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But considering Steve Bannon is already a criminal whos been pardoned by our former president, hes probably guilty. Of something. But what that is, we dont know. Moving on though, where does that put the January 6th commission and our current attorney general Merrick Garland? Theyre currently in a tough spot and hoping to weasel out the weasel.
You guys attempted to overthrow the government! You dont get to weasel out of it! And not only that, as weve come to realize, that entire party is compromised from top to bottom. Who knows how deep this goes (phrasing) and who knows who is involved and what they know? And what the primary intentions of this little exercise in domestic terrorism were? We may never know unless we start hammering (phrasing) this home. We have got to nail (phrasing) these assholes for what they did!
Yeah probably. So whats next for the MAGA movement? Unless Trump has a massive heart attack and drops dead (which will most likely be the source of his ultimate demise), it seems nothing can touch them. Yeah phrasing, I know! But weve tried arresting them, weve tried trying them, and weve tried impeaching them. But they keep coming back stronger like an insane T2 robot. I guess the only thing left to do is to Scooby Doo them and pull off their mask and find out who they really are.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Truth Social
[br] [/font] [br]
Yay! Another right wing social media platform I couldnt give less of a shit about! Theres Parler, then theres GETTR, then theres Telegram, then theres Dlive, then theres Gab, theres way too much of this bullshit. Eventually these things are going to prop up about as fast as the orange stands you see on the freeway offramps. And theyre all shitty services too. But what makes Truth Social the new platform of choice among hard right conservatives? Thats right its got the Former Guys Seal Of Approval on this latest ring of shitty merchandise. You know he really is getting to be a real life Krusty The Klown, hell put his name and face on everything! And of course while conservatives everywhere are screaming at Big Tech about rules and censorship, guess what? Truth Social has its own terms of service that users must abide by. But they dont believe in rules do they?
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! 75 million users! Thats a good one! Trump could barely fill a stadium in Tulsa! And a pasture in Alabama. You know thats another thing why are they calling us sheep when theyre the ones who are sitting in cages on a farm? Yeah answer me that, my fair audience! I just the ego on these people is criminally insane. And not only is he fighting back against Big Tech (whatever that is), hes also fighting back against Woke and Politicized programming (again, whatever that is).
That is a good question. Before Trump channels his inner Bender, lets remember Trumps track record of failed products. This was a guy who sold freeze-dried steaks through the Sharper Image and that was a colossal fail. He had his own airline, that failed. He had his own vodka, that failed. He had his own university, that failed. Now he has Truth Social. I guess this is the only Trump product that doesnt have his name or face on it? And how are they going to attract 75 million users when they cant even get the beta testing for this ridiculous app off the ground?
Thats pretty much what it is like for these people. You get banned from the big sites? Go start your own site. But good luck on it attracting users away from the popular sites like Twitter and Facebook. But by the way, in case youre wondering what the over / under on this site being hacked is, well guess what? It didnt take long! In fact this might be the quickest that a right-wing social media site has been hit with a DDOS attack. So Truth Social may be out there, but we suspect it will fold faster than the burrito that I had for lunch!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Netflix
[br] [/font] [br]
We at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana were having a hard time as to how to spin this one and Im not going to lie about that. Because I am a fan of Dave Chappelle. But on the other hand we can see how the trans community is really pissed off. So that said lets start by walking back the events of the last month. It all stated because of Chappelles latest special The Closer. And Chappelle said some very unflattering things about trans people. This of course caused a proverbial shit storm among the trans employees who work at Netflix, including the firing of the show runner of a show on Netflix called Dear White People. This all sounds made up doesnt it? That it is not, and I can assure you that its a complete and total clusterfuck. And really this is all on Netflix. But the question that is on the table here is did Dave Chappelle cross the line with the comments he made in his special? To which I answer we are not touching this one with a 10 foot pole!.
Yeah pleading the 5th is probably the best stance we could take here. I refuse to testify on the grounds that it may incriminate me. But this whole thing is weird and its getting even weirder. But then of course that gets into the whole cancel culture talking point thats been dominating Fox News and Real Time with Bill Maher lately. You cant cancel a comedian. Especially one as prolific as Dave Chappelle is, and that only gives them more fuel for the fire.
Yeah probably! Now heres where it gets really weird, and you knew it was going to. So Dave Chappelle attempted to fan the flames by apologizing to the trans community. But the list of demands that he included were some of the most ridiculous demands weve ever heard. And really I had no idea who the fuck Hannah Gadsby is or why Dave would not consider her to be funny, but that is most definitely the most insane thing about this whole thing.
Holy shit, I think even the Pope has less requirements for scheduling a meeting with him! Well that said, we dont expect this controversy to end any time soon and we will be covering it when it does. But lets just say that the biggest enemy in all of Netflixs mess is of course Netflix themselves. Because when you dont pay attention to a particular group of employees, it can bring the whole organization down and thats something that you never want to have happen under any circumstances! But you know what how about this? Lets ask actual trans comedians about this subject!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Look people, if you want to end this nightmare, there is only one thing that you have to do and that is take the damn vaccine. Its a simple externalities problem. The more people that take the vaccine, the more beneficial it is to society. Its not that difficult to understand. But then again we live in the stupid country where half of the country listens to Fox News and AM hate radio and other bullshit rather than listen to the people who theyre supposed to listen to. But heres the official Top 10 policy on this subject if you lose your job or anything because you wont get the vaccine, we wont feel the least bit sorry for you. But then again is Florida and their douchebag governor Ron DeSantis who clearly isnt helping the debate. And not only is he not helping, hes actively taking us backwards! But make no mistake that the war on vaccine mandates is getting more and more intense every day and with people like Greg Abbott and Ron DeShithead in charge of handling the pandemic, you know things are actively going to get worse before they get better.
Can we just give these morons their own island to ruin thats far, far away from civilized society? I am asking for about 81,000,000 friends here! But thanks to Facebook, we live in a world where bad is good, good is bad, vaccines are evil, and those who peddle vaccines are even evil-er. But these morons wont be happy until they get their way, much like the spoiled kids you see screaming in Target every single day wanting a toy. And even then theyre putting children smack dab in the middle of their madness and its not going to stop.
Oh come on, even Batman is giving you the facepalm! But you know who should be getting the facepalm and in fact infinite facepalms? Really there arent enough for this. I mean seriously theres medical workers who are quitting their jobs in droves because they are refusing to get the vaccine. It is totally insane what is happening and I really place all of this madness son Facebook. Really, Mark Zuckerberg dropped all of this craziness on us and its going to take a long time to deprogram these cult members.
So go ahead post your stupid memes on Facebook and watch as the likes come in. But heres the thing, anti-vaxxers and you need to realize this: YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS LITERALLY KILLING YOU! So you can hate Dr. Fauci all you want but hes really trying to do the right thing. But the scary thing to watch out for is that even the airlines are walking back their plans to mandate vaccines because of these cretins. Yeah thats a great way to spread disease and were about to find out just how many anti-vaxxers are willing to remove themselves from the gene pool because they were brainwashed by Facebook propaganda that much.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Meet Glenn Youngkin
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know we live in strange times. A time where good is bad and bad is good, and a time when EVIL reigns supreme! And you know how I know this? I have been monitoring the elections and they are running some crazy candidates. And yes we are allowed to speak about politics here, for we have not broken any IRS 503(C) rules (see: Top 10 #7-5 ).! Yes, we like to maintain our tax exempt status around here. But for those that dont, I have your ideal political candidate. Meet Glenn Youngkin, hes running for governor of Virginia. Now wait a minute, I know the question youre all asking is Wait, I thought Virginia was for lovers! Why is it not? and I answer you good sir or madam it is. But its being taken over by extremists who dont stand for the things that our good LAWRD JAYSUS stands for! Mr. Youngkin stands, much like the unholy Dark One, of everything that is soulless and wrong with this world! Such as:
Election integrity, shut up. And here I am risking my 503c status to report this shit! And by the way in case youre wondering what his neo-Nazi credentials are, well, hes got lots of them. Hes also got plenty of social media credentials at that. But of course if youre falling on the side of the Dark One you might as well go all the way and appear on Sebastian Gorkas show. Really if you go Nazi, you might as well go full Nazi, and you never ever go full Nazi, because thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have intended!
But come on, Gorka calling someone reprehensible? Thats rich these guys are truly, utterly despicable, and Youngkin secured the GOP nomination at that. So thats where that party is headed, folks. To the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! And by the way, remember last time when we talked about the Pray Vote Stand festival? Well guess what? Mr. Youngkin was there, and he spoke on the things that your average Fox News loving neighbor is against! Imagine being proud of taking a stand on this, I wont stand for it!
Well no you havent. Now turn off Facebook and Fox News and say 40 holy rosaries until you are blue in the face! Because thats how I punish the non-believers in my church! But like I said earlier, imagine being proud of taking the same stance as your creepy uncle on these subjects. Because Glenn is, even though every single one of his stances is wrong, wrong, wrong. But then again thats what a steady diet of Fox News and Facebook propaganda gets you!
Agreed, Fluffy! You need JAYSUS, not hate and bigotry and thats what Glenn Youngkin brings to the table, and its ridiculous where that party is heading. I need a drink after this one! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Beating A Dead Horse: Raiders E-mail controversy
[br] [/font] [br]
Look, Im not going to lie, I love Las Vegas. I love going to Vegas. I was in Las Vegas the day the lockdowns began. But I am happy to see the city returning and they are finally getting professional sports by the way of the Knights and the Raiders. I definitely hope to visit the new Raiders stadium at some point. But heres the thing, I have been following the controversy surrounding the Las Vegas Raiders and coach Jon Grunden for quite a while now and its the stuff of batshit insanity. I mean should you get in trouble for things you said 10 years ago? Well I would certainly hope not as wed probably be out of a job! Though we dont say things like that. And heres the thing, Fox, and Fox News trolls if you dont want to be canceled in todays society, maybe, I am just spitballing here dont say things that will get you canceled! But heres the thing too if you read past the headlines as we so often suggest here, the other thing you shouldnt do is insult your boss when he could be reading the very thing that you wrote! Yes, football coaches have bosses too!
Oh fuck off! Look heres the thing weve all had bad days and weve all needed to unload our frustrations at management. You know where you dont do that? In corporate e-mails! Because chances are good that your boss will be reading them. See us regular folks have this place called the bar where we go unload our frustrations at management. Usually involves a few beers. But as you get through this controversy, it gets weirder!
Oh come on, Mike! Thats what talking heads do they make stuff up! Thats what they get paid to do spin the news! Wait, thats what we get paid to do! Well not really since we do have whatever our budget allows. But how do the Raiders staff and players feel about this one? Was he as toxic as his 10 year old e-mails believe? Well heres where he plays the Im not a racist card. And be honest, you all knew that was coming!
But that said we go back to our original question here should e-mails from 10 years ago get you in trouble today? And also how the hell does one go about finding this stuff? Well if you think having an abusive boss at the Raiders is bad, wait until you see whats happening with the Washington Football Team! But do we really need to take this fight to Congress? Well it will be interesting to see what happens when this comes to fruition!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Travis Tritt and Jason Aldean
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy - we have a BOGO deal for you! Thats right we have a 2 for one deal with this weeks entry. Look I love music and I am not going to lie that I love all different kinds of music. But one genre I dont really delve into much is the country music genre. And weve also been covering a lot of anti-vaxxers in the news this week. So to me it was no surprise that on the ven diagram this fucking guy, Travis Tritt, is both country music *AND* a fervent anti-vaxxer. But then theres also this fucking guy, Jason Aldean. Dont worry, well get to him in a minute. See look heres the thing, theres a reason why vaccine mandates exist and I will spell it out for you: THIS VIRUS IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS! And if youre in an area where theres a lot of people who are not protected against this virus, its going to spread and spread fast. But that doesnt matter to a guy like Travis Tritt, whos being praised by the likes of Tucker Carlson (shocker) for his anti-vaccine stance. Sigh this is why we cant have nice things.
So I guess that means you wont be playing at any of them? Or maybe youre confining yourself to Florida because I guess anything goes down there? But that said, what kind of message are they trying to send at the MLB playoffs? I mean its insane that after all the controversy surrounding this fucking guy that the Atlanta Braves actually invited him to sing the National Anthem at game 6 of the NLCS. So I guess that MLB is OK with killing a large portion of its customer base then?
Yeah outlaw country!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! But theres a reason why I dont dabble in country music and its not just Travis Tritt. Theres this fucking guy, Jason Aldean. Who you might remember as being the performer during the worst mass shooting in America (see: Top 10 #3-16 ). But hes in the news lately because hes finally letting his politics be known. And guess what? He is not on our side. Thats right hes gone hard MAGA and hes not coming back any time soon. Guess thats what happens on a steady diet of Facebook and Fox News!
After Jason Aldeans wife Brittany received backlash for posting photos of her kids wearing anti-President Biden T-shirts, the country star took to Instagram to defend his family and his beliefs.
I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country, Aldean wrote Thursday alongside a photo of his silhouette in front of an American flag. This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way. #unapologetic #phoenixwasfire
The singers statement comes after Brittany Aldean posted a photo wearing a shirt that reads Anti Biden Social Club, while another picture showed the couples children, 4-year-old son Memphis and 2-year-old daughter Navy, wearing black shirts emblazoned with the message Hidin From Biden. Though Aldean himself was not pictured wearing anti-Biden clothing in the photos, he did comment on a photo of his son wearing one of the shirts, writing, My boy!
When one Instagram user accused Brittany of using the couples children as political props, Aldean also defended his family. According to The Washington Post, Aldean commented, saying, Watch ur mouth lady! We will teach our kids what we think is right and what we think is best for their future. If you think what is happening right now is great for the future of our kids and grandkids, u are delusional! When a commenter stated, If you thought Trumps path for America was any better, youre delusional!, to which Aldean responded, Definitely better than what we got now! Please tell me one thing that the current administration has done that is positive? Just 1!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/jason-aldean-reacts-to-backlash-over-wife-s-anti-biden-post-i-will-never-apologize-for-my-beliefs/ar-AAP3hyv?ocid=msedgntp
Sigh why is it that when someone who you previously didnt know their political stance suddenly comes out as a hardcore MAGA? Were they couped up with a computer monitor and their eyes taped up looking at propaganda memes and watching Alex Jones like they were being tortured? Or is it something else? But this is certifiably nuts. And not only that, teaching your children to hate too. I just cant even with these people anymore. Yes youre allowed to have an opinion and were also allowed to be ashamed of that opinion. Thats how free speech works!
So yeah combine hardcore anti-vaxxerism and hardcore MAGA beliefs and youve got Travis Tritt and Jason Aldean. Maybe they can combine for the Diseased Lunatic tour. Thats this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people, and people are dumb. Folks look I have been getting a lot of COVID related requests for stories. But thats not really the whole point of this segment. Again we dont really make fun of death here, we prefer the people in these stories to still be alive. If you want to post those stories, I direct you to r/HermanCainAwards, r/qanoncasulaties, and r/covidatemyface. We endorse those forums here, so if you want to go air your grievances, that is a good place to start. Now here's a COVID story that is just plain fucking dumb. Look were a small business and we got affected by COVID because we couldnt tour for a year and a half. But if youre a small business and you get that money, you know what you should spend it on? The fucking business! You know what you shouldnt spend that money on? $60,000 Pokemon cards! And I mean come on, $60,000 for a Pokemon card is quite literally insane.
Yeah I know nothing about Pokemon, that was definitely after my time as a kid. So I still dont get why a card would fetch $60,000. You know what? Let us know in the comments. Next up we go to Colorado for this one. Look, the Sopranos was a great show. But Tony Soprano is not a guy who you should imitate in real life. And this story has everything these guys stole cars, jewelry, you name it. And then they got caught. You know how? They livestreamed the crimes they committed. You really cant get much stupider than that, folks!
Wow, even Tony Soprano is giving the Facepalm on this one! RIP James Gandolfini, BTW. We at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana, CA occasionally like to check with the Sunshine State, or as Homer Simpson famously called it, Americas Wang. You know what is it with Florida and people who throw things at each other? I feel like this is a common occurrence in Florida because weve been doing these stories forever and will probably continue to do so.
Next up in a case of life imitating art, remember that 30 Rock scene where Tracy Jordan is whacked out of his mind wielding a Light Saber on the 405 in LA? Yeah its kind of like that, except that the person in question is nowhere near as famous as Tracy Jordan, but really this is pretty spectacular. Although where does one buy an actual sword if theres no Medieval Times around? I have so many questions about this one!
Finally this week this is a story that shockingly is not in Florida! This story comes to us from Floridas neighbors to the north in Maine. Look weve all made up excuses to get out of work. Ive been there, youve been there. Weve all been there. But you know what I would never do? Call in a bomb threat to my place of employment. Yeah you can do whatever you want to get out of work, but just dont do anything that would get you arrested, OK?
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing analysis of what the MAGA crowd is up to post election in our segment Red State Diaries! Ooh that was some good reverb. You know we here at the Top 10 love to debunk the nonsense coming from the right. And that especially includes some of their social media trends that we see on their sites. Yes, we do monitor Gab, Parler, and GETTR, and we will be adding Truth Social to the mix when that launches. Theres so much of this shit that its literally getting impossible to keep up with and its reaching ridiculous and absurd proportions. Their latest meme is no exception and it might be one of the lamest memes that theyve ever come up with. So the backstory of this meme happened at the NASCAR championship race where driver Brandon Brown won the race and was being interviewed about his victory afterward. Some in the crowd started chanting f--- Joe Biden and the interviewer said Hey! It sounds like theyre chanting Lets Go Brandon. Can we show that clip?
Yeah so that happened! Now how did this whole thing become a viral MAGA sensation? Well we got to start at the top.
God I love that movie! But thats honestly not really that far off from this one! But this is what passes for conservative comedy these days. That and that horrible Gutfeld! show on Fox News. Its not that conservatives arent funny, its that what passes for conservative humor is very mean spirited and generally attacks the person or people and not the subject matter. Of course theres merchandise involved and dont think for a minute that Trump isnt profiting off of this.
Yeah merchandising! Merchandising! Thats where the real money from the meme is made. I mean come on how else do you explain that #IMOMSOHARD show? You cant! Its even more absurd that this has spawned a multitude of rap songs on Spotify and iTunes about this very subject. Hell this meme has even made an appearance in Congress. Seriously its the catch phrase du jour among these people and their idiocy and childishness is really starting to show on this one. But not like it hasnt multiple times already!
Dont do it, Brandon! dont you go stick that knife in your leg! And I mean of course Florida Man had to be involved. You know hes got that song on repeat in his creepy panel van covered with MAGA and Trump bumper stickers! See? Its all about the merchandising! Im in the wrong business, man! Oh and by the way we have plenty of Top 10 merchandise for yall for sale in the lobby! But this crap is even creeping its way to the halls of Congress! I just cant even so childish and stupid.
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Phish [/font]
Folks, we are very privileged to have my next musical guest they are playing not one, not two, not three, but four sold out Halloween shows at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and our crappy little show for some reason! They are touring in support of their new album Sigma Oasis. Playing their song Everythings Right, give it up for Phish!
Thank you Sacramento and thank you for joining us for our annual Halloween Spooktacular!! We are off to Chicago next with live music from the Dropkick Murphys! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Phish Appear Courtesy Of: Phish, Inc.
Rob Zombie appears courtesy of: Nuclear Blast Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-13: The Insurrection Family Edition (Halloween Special!)
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-13: The Insurrection Family Edition (Halloween Special!)
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots Halloween Spooktacular! Whats up, Sacramento? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! Happy Halloween everybody! So you will see that our set dressers dressed up our set with some fun Halloween decorations and Im wearing this Dracula costume, because reasons! Oh and our good friends in Phish are stopping by to play a Halloween jam in support of their shows this weekend at the MGM Grand! So weve got some great things planned this week! And I also hope youre enjoying Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons as much as we are! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! OK so I am starting to feel like we are living in a world full of adult children. And Im of course not saying this dressed as Dracula sitting at a desk in front of a giant monitor covered in fake spider webs. No sir! But what I am talking about Fisher Price, you know them as the premier manufacturer of childrens toys. Well they made a 2021 version of the childhood dial phone that were all familiar with. But the twist? It runs on Bluetooth, can hook up to your smartphone, and costs $60. Yes and theres a huge demand for this thing. Can we show that? But look heres the thing I cant get over the eyes! I feel like someone is watching me even when I am not on the phone here! Thats just weird! But really, grow up people! OK thats enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first John Oliver is back and he talks about the dire straits that Taiwan is in:
Where do we begin for this Thursday Halloween Spooktacular? In the number one slot this week is obviously the Former Guy (1). Yes we still want to know where he, Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, and Ali Alexander were on January 6th, but Steve Bannons shocking revelation puts Trump in the crosshairs of Congress! And dont think were not letting Steve Bannon (2) get away with it for a minute because the fact that hes defying Congressional orders to subpoena means that hes hiding something, but what is it? We want to know! Come on, Steve, what are you hiding? In the third slot this week is Social Media (3). While Facebook is considering rebranding, because thats what perfectly innocent companies do, Former Guy is also launching his own social media site and it wasnt long before it was hacked and defaced! Taking the number 4 slot this week is Netflix (4). Well apparently the Netflix controversy with Dave Chappelle over his incendiary comments about transgender people isnt going away any time soon and we will tread very carefully with this one! In the number 5 slot this week is Anti-Vaxxers. You know that meme going around Facebook Yesterdays heroes, today were fired meme? Well some people are taking that way too seriously. In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week our resident pastor is going to ask the question Is Virginia for lovers?? Well apparently not once you meet rising GOP star Glenn Youngkin whos going for the Virgnia governors seat. In the number 7 slot this week, we have a new Beating A Dead Horse (7). And after the controversy involving the Raiders Jon Gruden, we ask the question - should 10 year old e-mails get you in trouble? We will answer both sides of the question! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new edition of This Fucking Guy and in light of some recent controversies, were going to profile a pair of country music twits Travis Tritt and newly outed MAGA Jason Aldean! In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week, we have a new People Are Dumb, because of course they are! Finally this week in our ongoing explanation of what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries (10), whats the latest meme going around on the right Lets Go Brandon? We will examine this one and show you some of the stupider things to come out of it! All this plus we have our good friends Phish joining us! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
Ed. Note: Before we begin this week, I want to address this: We are *NOT* going to address the Alec Baldwin shooting at this time. We did get a lot of requests for Donald Trump Jr. because he sold those disgusting Alec Baldwin Kills People shirts. For that, he is a colossal scumbag. But even with that, we are choosing not to cover this story this week. We may choose to cover at a later date.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Insurrection Family
[br] [/font] [br]
https://twitter.com/avenaim/status/1452010028542480384
Is that really a band? No its the Insurrection Family! Thank you graphics department!
What? Stop the music! Im not singing some lame Addams Family cover. Besides, Progressive Insurance already ruined it with those lame advertisements. OK fine theyre scary and theyre treasonous, the Insurrection Family! But you know folks its no secret that in season 10 we had a Goodbye To The Trump Administration special edition planned. But then these assholes just had to go and overthrow the government. And thats when we were sitting at home watching the horror of January 6th unfold on our computer screens and said a collective fuck this shit over a Zoom call. Yeah that almost did us in for good with that one. How do you even top that for conservative idiocy? You dont. That might be the absolute peak. Yeah lets try to overthrow the government and hang our own sitting vice president, how well is that going to work out? Well if Steve Bannons defiance of a subpoena is any indication of their guilt, theres going to be a whole lot of trouble!
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday widely praised those who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the insurrection at the Capitol, repeatedly using the word love to describe the tone of the event.
Echoing his rhetoric about the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump said, These were peaceful people, these were great people.
Speaking on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, he also said the rally participants were patriots, that some of them were unjustly arrested and jailed, and that a woman who was shot and killed by law enforcement during the insurrection was a great hero.
The remarks reflected recent efforts by Trump and his supporters to cast themselves as the aggrieved parties from the Jan. 6 riot, which left five people dead and others injured and, for a brief time, halted the wheels of democracy as President-elect Joe Bidens victory over Trump in the Electoral College was being confirmed by Congress.
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/07/11/trump-jan-6-insurrection-these-were-great-people-499165
Echoing his rhetoric about the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump said, These were peaceful people, these were great people.
Speaking on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, he also said the rally participants were patriots, that some of them were unjustly arrested and jailed, and that a woman who was shot and killed by law enforcement during the insurrection was a great hero.
The remarks reflected recent efforts by Trump and his supporters to cast themselves as the aggrieved parties from the Jan. 6 riot, which left five people dead and others injured and, for a brief time, halted the wheels of democracy as President-elect Joe Bidens victory over Trump in the Electoral College was being confirmed by Congress.
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/07/11/trump-jan-6-insurrection-these-were-great-people-499165
Oh yeah sure and the Nazis werent out to conquer Europe and exterminate the Jewish people either, shut the fuck up! And come on it doesnt take a political science major to see where this is headed. That entire party has been compromised with Trump loyalists from top to bottom. Remember the youre with us or youre against us mantra from the Bush years? Yeah picture that but a hundred thousand times worse!
Trump supporters organized and attended the January 6 US Capitol insurrection, according to The New York Times, Recode and NBC
Many of the hundreds of people who have been arrested for participating in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building were long-time supporters of former president Donald Trump, according to fact-checkers and reporters. Some of the people who participated in the attacks were named as unindicted co-conspirators in Capitol riot indictments and according to legal experts, undercover agents cannot be named as unindicted co-conspirators.
They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.
Big protest in D.C. on January 6th, Trump tweeted a week before Christmas. Be there, will be wild!
The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the presidents behest and stormed the U.S. Capitol was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials, GOP political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists, members of the military and adherents of the QAnon myth that the government is secretly controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophile cannibals. Records show that some were heavily armed and included convicted criminals, such as a Florida man recently released from prison for attempted murder.
The Associated Press reviewed social media posts, voter registrations, court files and other public records for more than 120 people either facing criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 unrest or who, going maskless amid the pandemic, were later identified through photographs and videos taken during the melee.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/records-show-fervent-trump-fans-fueled-us-capitol-takeover/2503330/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand
Many of the hundreds of people who have been arrested for participating in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building were long-time supporters of former president Donald Trump, according to fact-checkers and reporters. Some of the people who participated in the attacks were named as unindicted co-conspirators in Capitol riot indictments and according to legal experts, undercover agents cannot be named as unindicted co-conspirators.
They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.
Big protest in D.C. on January 6th, Trump tweeted a week before Christmas. Be there, will be wild!
The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the presidents behest and stormed the U.S. Capitol was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials, GOP political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists, members of the military and adherents of the QAnon myth that the government is secretly controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophile cannibals. Records show that some were heavily armed and included convicted criminals, such as a Florida man recently released from prison for attempted murder.
The Associated Press reviewed social media posts, voter registrations, court files and other public records for more than 120 people either facing criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 unrest or who, going maskless amid the pandemic, were later identified through photographs and videos taken during the melee.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/records-show-fervent-trump-fans-fueled-us-capitol-takeover/2503330/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand
Oh come on people stop your rabbling! But come on, Trump, own it. You caused this and I by the way am not at all shocked in any way, shape, or form that Tucker Carlson is turning around and blaming this on literally anyone but the MAGAs. But now Trump is turning the tables and saying that the real insurrection happened on November 6th when he lost the election. Wait, what? Thats too batshit insane, even for him! I really wish hed just shut the fuck up already.
Former President Donald Trump continued to champion the lie that he was unfairly stripped of office in the White House race against President Biden, saying Wednesday that the "real insurrection" happened on Election Day 2020.
"The Unselect Committee of partisan Democrats, and two very weak and pathetic RINOs, should come to the conclusion after spending many millions of dollars, that the real insurrection happened on November 3rd, the Presidential Election, not on January 6thwhich was a day of protesting the Fake Election results," Trump said in an unfounded, conspiratorial statement.
The deadly January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was egged on by Trump in the waning days of his single-term presidency, with protesters some of whom waved anti-American flags storming the Capitol building in an attempt to stop the certification of Biden's election victory.
High-ranking lawmakers, including then-Vice President Mike Pence, had to be evacuated to safety as some of the protesters threatened violence, including chants of "Hang Mike Pence," against those inside.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/06/1043746455/trump-continues-to-lie-says-real-insurrection-happened-when-he-lost-election
"The Unselect Committee of partisan Democrats, and two very weak and pathetic RINOs, should come to the conclusion after spending many millions of dollars, that the real insurrection happened on November 3rd, the Presidential Election, not on January 6thwhich was a day of protesting the Fake Election results," Trump said in an unfounded, conspiratorial statement.
The deadly January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was egged on by Trump in the waning days of his single-term presidency, with protesters some of whom waved anti-American flags storming the Capitol building in an attempt to stop the certification of Biden's election victory.
High-ranking lawmakers, including then-Vice President Mike Pence, had to be evacuated to safety as some of the protesters threatened violence, including chants of "Hang Mike Pence," against those inside.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/06/1043746455/trump-continues-to-lie-says-real-insurrection-happened-when-he-lost-election
I know, right? Its almost as if theyre trying to white wash or blackball the situation of what happened on January 6th. Hey listen MAGAs and I will say this very carefully: SHUT THE FUCK UP. You tried to overthrow the government and murder half of Congress. You get no say from now on about how much you love the country. You dont. Fuck you. Sit down. I cant wait to see all of your sorry asses in jail and I hope you all lose the right to vote in 2024. That said just I cant wait until we are rid of these cretins.
What was obvious from the start is becoming even clearer with each day: The events that unfolded last Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol were an attempted coup that was planned, aided and abetted by a circle of GOP lawmakers and advisers.
The latest salvo comes courtesy of an eye-opening story from Rolling Stone, which reports that more than a half-dozen pro-Trump GOP congressmen or their representatives attended dozens of meetings designed to plan the mass break-in at the U.S. Capitol by demonstrators, in an attempt to stop the Senate from certifying Joe Bidens election as president.
Rolling Stone quotes two organizers who were involved in the plans. The magazine said the two insiders have been talking to U.S. House investigators and plan to tell what they know to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
We hope their testimony and that of others along with evidence gathered puts to rest the lie that the insurrection was merely the work of disgruntled yahoos or a normal tourist visit.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/25/22744566/we-need-find-out-who-organized-january-6-insurrection-washington
The latest salvo comes courtesy of an eye-opening story from Rolling Stone, which reports that more than a half-dozen pro-Trump GOP congressmen or their representatives attended dozens of meetings designed to plan the mass break-in at the U.S. Capitol by demonstrators, in an attempt to stop the Senate from certifying Joe Bidens election as president.
Rolling Stone quotes two organizers who were involved in the plans. The magazine said the two insiders have been talking to U.S. House investigators and plan to tell what they know to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
We hope their testimony and that of others along with evidence gathered puts to rest the lie that the insurrection was merely the work of disgruntled yahoos or a normal tourist visit.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/25/22744566/we-need-find-out-who-organized-january-6-insurrection-washington
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon
[br] [/font] [br]
And speaking of the Insurrection Family, dont think youre getting away from us for a minute there, Steve Bannon! You know Steve Bannon is doing what perfectly innocent people do in these types of situations. They just deny and defy. Deny. Defy. Deny. Defy. Thats what 40 years of listening to AM hate radio goons like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck will get you. So what happens after all of that and hes still not going to jail? Well in the last edition we pointed out how scummy it is of Steve Bannon to defy Congress because he wont say where he was in the events leading up to and including the morning of January 6th. And now would really be the time to find out what he knows and who he knows because there could be some serious charges dropping. But right now hes in his hidey hole on his podcast taking calls from people who are deranged enough to call into his show. Because again thats exactly what perfectly innocent people do!
Former Trump White House strategist Stephen Bannons choice to buck a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could tee up a big decision for a Justice Department determined to strike an independent tone.
The House committee has said it may refer Bannon for criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice (DOJ) if he doesnt appear for a deposition slated for Thursday.
Such a move would place Attorney General Merrick Garland in the center of a debate over whether to go after a former right-hand man of Donald Trump after vowing to restore the reputation of a department that was deeply politicized under the prior administration.
Thats going to be something that will be considered at the highest levels at DOJ, and what they're going to consider with any referral like that is how strong of a case is it, and even if its readily provable how important is it that we do this? said Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of St. Thomas.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/576256-bannons-subpoena-snub-sets-up-big-decision-for-biden-doj
The House committee has said it may refer Bannon for criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice (DOJ) if he doesnt appear for a deposition slated for Thursday.
Such a move would place Attorney General Merrick Garland in the center of a debate over whether to go after a former right-hand man of Donald Trump after vowing to restore the reputation of a department that was deeply politicized under the prior administration.
Thats going to be something that will be considered at the highest levels at DOJ, and what they're going to consider with any referral like that is how strong of a case is it, and even if its readily provable how important is it that we do this? said Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of St. Thomas.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/576256-bannons-subpoena-snub-sets-up-big-decision-for-biden-doj
Whoa lets not judge just yet! Remember this is America where you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But considering Steve Bannon is already a criminal whos been pardoned by our former president, hes probably guilty. Of something. But what that is, we dont know. Moving on though, where does that put the January 6th commission and our current attorney general Merrick Garland? Theyre currently in a tough spot and hoping to weasel out the weasel.
As a top adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and chair of the House Intelligence Committee, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff has been a principal figure in some of the countrys most dramatic political and national security concerns, including the 2020 impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
A Framingham, Mass., native and 1985 Harvard Law School graduate, Schiff was first elected to Congress in 2000. His leadership of the intelligence committee put him squarely in the middle of Trumps clashes with U.S. intelligence, from the FBI investigation into Russias election interference to the impeachment of the president for his efforts to pressure Ukraine for political gain. The California Democrat is now a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Out with a bestselling memoir, Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could, Schiff spoke to the Gazette Tuesday about the Jan. 6 committees work even as new information unfolds. Interview has been edited for clarity and length.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/10/adam-schiff-vows-speedy-aggressive-probe-of-jan-6-assault/
A Framingham, Mass., native and 1985 Harvard Law School graduate, Schiff was first elected to Congress in 2000. His leadership of the intelligence committee put him squarely in the middle of Trumps clashes with U.S. intelligence, from the FBI investigation into Russias election interference to the impeachment of the president for his efforts to pressure Ukraine for political gain. The California Democrat is now a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Out with a bestselling memoir, Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could, Schiff spoke to the Gazette Tuesday about the Jan. 6 committees work even as new information unfolds. Interview has been edited for clarity and length.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/10/adam-schiff-vows-speedy-aggressive-probe-of-jan-6-assault/
You guys attempted to overthrow the government! You dont get to weasel out of it! And not only that, as weve come to realize, that entire party is compromised from top to bottom. Who knows how deep this goes (phrasing) and who knows who is involved and what they know? And what the primary intentions of this little exercise in domestic terrorism were? We may never know unless we start hammering (phrasing) this home. We have got to nail (phrasing) these assholes for what they did!
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol faces a major test of its subpoena powers as the Justice Department considers whether to prosecute former Trump aide Steve Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress.
Members of the select committee have repeatedly warned that there will be serious consequences for anyone who refuses to comply with subpoenas for testimony or documents with relevant information about the storming of the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, and the events leading up to it.
The Select Committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, the committees chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement earlier this month, insisting that witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed.
But days after the House of Representatives voted to cite Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress for doing just that, it remains unclear what more, if anything, will be done to compel him or anyone else to cooperate with the probe going forward.
https://news.yahoo.com/bannons-been-cited-for-contempt-of-congress-but-will-he-ever-be-forced-to-cooperate-with-the-jan-6-probe-172601854.html
Members of the select committee have repeatedly warned that there will be serious consequences for anyone who refuses to comply with subpoenas for testimony or documents with relevant information about the storming of the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, and the events leading up to it.
The Select Committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, the committees chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement earlier this month, insisting that witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed.
But days after the House of Representatives voted to cite Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress for doing just that, it remains unclear what more, if anything, will be done to compel him or anyone else to cooperate with the probe going forward.
https://news.yahoo.com/bannons-been-cited-for-contempt-of-congress-but-will-he-ever-be-forced-to-cooperate-with-the-jan-6-probe-172601854.html
Yeah probably. So whats next for the MAGA movement? Unless Trump has a massive heart attack and drops dead (which will most likely be the source of his ultimate demise), it seems nothing can touch them. Yeah phrasing, I know! But weve tried arresting them, weve tried trying them, and weve tried impeaching them. But they keep coming back stronger like an insane T2 robot. I guess the only thing left to do is to Scooby Doo them and pull off their mask and find out who they really are.
A tweet issued by Representative Paul Gosar on January 6 has resurfaced following a report that the Republican offered pardons to those planning the protests in Washington, D.C.
The post, which encouraged Joe Biden to step back from his electoral victory, included a photo of the large crowd assembled at the Stop the Steal rally earlier that day.
"Biden should concede," Gosar wrote. "I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Don't make me come over there."
Social media users re-upped the tweet in light of the Rolling Stone article published Sunday in which two pro-Trump rally organizers said they met with Gosar and other GOP lawmakers in the weeks leading up to the Capitol attack.
https://www.newsweek.com/paul-gosars-january-6-tweet-resurfaces-after-report-he-offered-pardons-rally-planners-1642267
The post, which encouraged Joe Biden to step back from his electoral victory, included a photo of the large crowd assembled at the Stop the Steal rally earlier that day.
"Biden should concede," Gosar wrote. "I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Don't make me come over there."
Social media users re-upped the tweet in light of the Rolling Stone article published Sunday in which two pro-Trump rally organizers said they met with Gosar and other GOP lawmakers in the weeks leading up to the Capitol attack.
https://www.newsweek.com/paul-gosars-january-6-tweet-resurfaces-after-report-he-offered-pardons-rally-planners-1642267
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Truth Social
[br] [/font] [br]
Yay! Another right wing social media platform I couldnt give less of a shit about! Theres Parler, then theres GETTR, then theres Telegram, then theres Dlive, then theres Gab, theres way too much of this bullshit. Eventually these things are going to prop up about as fast as the orange stands you see on the freeway offramps. And theyre all shitty services too. But what makes Truth Social the new platform of choice among hard right conservatives? Thats right its got the Former Guys Seal Of Approval on this latest ring of shitty merchandise. You know he really is getting to be a real life Krusty The Klown, hell put his name and face on everything! And of course while conservatives everywhere are screaming at Big Tech about rules and censorship, guess what? Truth Social has its own terms of service that users must abide by. But they dont believe in rules do they?
The internet infrastructure company that will host former President Trumps new social media platform says it expects the network to have more than 75 million users.
RightForge, which is known for hosting conservative sites, will host Trumps Truth Social network, Axios first reported, with company CEO Martín Avila telling the news outlet on Monday that it has been laying the groundwork for Truth Social to have more than 75 million users.
"Thats why there will be servers everywhere," Avila said.
Representatives affiliated with the network declined to comment to Axios on whether RightForge is their provider.
The Hill has reached out to Trump Media & Technology Group for comment.
The former president, who following the Jan. 6 insurrection was banned from Twitter and suspended from Facebook over his false claims on the 2020 election, announced the launch of Truth Social last week. A beta launch for invited guests is expected in November, and a full launch is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/578557-host-of-trump-social-media-platform-expecting-more-than-75m-users
RightForge, which is known for hosting conservative sites, will host Trumps Truth Social network, Axios first reported, with company CEO Martín Avila telling the news outlet on Monday that it has been laying the groundwork for Truth Social to have more than 75 million users.
"Thats why there will be servers everywhere," Avila said.
Representatives affiliated with the network declined to comment to Axios on whether RightForge is their provider.
The Hill has reached out to Trump Media & Technology Group for comment.
The former president, who following the Jan. 6 insurrection was banned from Twitter and suspended from Facebook over his false claims on the 2020 election, announced the launch of Truth Social last week. A beta launch for invited guests is expected in November, and a full launch is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/578557-host-of-trump-social-media-platform-expecting-more-than-75m-users
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! 75 million users! Thats a good one! Trump could barely fill a stadium in Tulsa! And a pasture in Alabama. You know thats another thing why are they calling us sheep when theyre the ones who are sitting in cages on a farm? Yeah answer me that, my fair audience! I just the ego on these people is criminally insane. And not only is he fighting back against Big Tech (whatever that is), hes also fighting back against Woke and Politicized programming (again, whatever that is).
Former President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the media, plans to wade into the world of video streaming services and potentially web services and payment processing as well.
Trump, who was kicked off all his social media accounts in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, has been teasing the launch of a Trump-approved social media platform for months. Last week, he announced the creation of the Truth Social platform, and on Tuesday he shared his plans to go beyond social media. The platform will operate under the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), a company designed to "challenge the dominance" of big tech, according to Trump.
Calling Truth Social "only the beginning" of the group's plans, Trump said an on-demand video streaming service to compete with the "woke and politicized 'entertainment' programming created by Big Tech and Big Media players" is being launched. He added that the group also sees opportunities to create "cancel-proof" alternatives in web services and payment processing.
"It's a tremendously difficult set of challengesand I realized I might be the only person in America with the megaphone, the resources, the experience, and the desire to make it all happen," Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-launch-video-streaming-service-compete-woke-politicized-programming-1642658
Trump, who was kicked off all his social media accounts in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, has been teasing the launch of a Trump-approved social media platform for months. Last week, he announced the creation of the Truth Social platform, and on Tuesday he shared his plans to go beyond social media. The platform will operate under the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), a company designed to "challenge the dominance" of big tech, according to Trump.
Calling Truth Social "only the beginning" of the group's plans, Trump said an on-demand video streaming service to compete with the "woke and politicized 'entertainment' programming created by Big Tech and Big Media players" is being launched. He added that the group also sees opportunities to create "cancel-proof" alternatives in web services and payment processing.
"It's a tremendously difficult set of challengesand I realized I might be the only person in America with the megaphone, the resources, the experience, and the desire to make it all happen," Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-launch-video-streaming-service-compete-woke-politicized-programming-1642658
That is a good question. Before Trump channels his inner Bender, lets remember Trumps track record of failed products. This was a guy who sold freeze-dried steaks through the Sharper Image and that was a colossal fail. He had his own airline, that failed. He had his own vodka, that failed. He had his own university, that failed. Now he has Truth Social. I guess this is the only Trump product that doesnt have his name or face on it? And how are they going to attract 75 million users when they cant even get the beta testing for this ridiculous app off the ground?
Ex-President Donald Trump and his associates have been accused of many crimes, but here's a new one. The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit organization that promotes open source software and defends open source licenses such as the Gnu Affero GPL version 3 (AGPLv3) license, has accused the Trump Media and Technology Group of violating the AGPL by illegally copying the Mastodon social network source code for its Truth Social social network beta.
Here's how it worked, as Bradley M. Kuhn, a free software activist and SFC Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence, sees it.
Mastodon is free and open source software for running self-hosted social networking services. Anyone can use it, as Kuhn observes: "The license purposefully treats everyone equally (even people we don't like or agree with), but they must operate under the same rules of the copyleft licenses that apply to everyone else." But, if you use it, you must release the source code or make it possible for users to get the code; Trump and his cronies didn't. It's that simple.
The AGPLv3 is one of the less commonly used open source licenses. It's explicitly designed to ensure that the operator of a network server that provides a service, such as a social network, must provide the source code of the modified version running there to its users.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/trumps-truth-social-beta-site-violates-open-source-license/
Here's how it worked, as Bradley M. Kuhn, a free software activist and SFC Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence, sees it.
Mastodon is free and open source software for running self-hosted social networking services. Anyone can use it, as Kuhn observes: "The license purposefully treats everyone equally (even people we don't like or agree with), but they must operate under the same rules of the copyleft licenses that apply to everyone else." But, if you use it, you must release the source code or make it possible for users to get the code; Trump and his cronies didn't. It's that simple.
The AGPLv3 is one of the less commonly used open source licenses. It's explicitly designed to ensure that the operator of a network server that provides a service, such as a social network, must provide the source code of the modified version running there to its users.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/trumps-truth-social-beta-site-violates-open-source-license/
Thats pretty much what it is like for these people. You get banned from the big sites? Go start your own site. But good luck on it attracting users away from the popular sites like Twitter and Facebook. But by the way, in case youre wondering what the over / under on this site being hacked is, well guess what? It didnt take long! In fact this might be the quickest that a right-wing social media site has been hit with a DDOS attack. So Truth Social may be out there, but we suspect it will fold faster than the burrito that I had for lunch!
Former President Donald Trump's new social media platform was reportedly hacked within hours of its announcement.
Trump announced he was launching a new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, and its "Truth Social" app on Wednesday. The "Truth Social" app will begin a beta launch for "invited guests" in November, with a nationwide rollout planned for early 2022, according to a press release.
But people were able to sign up to create accounts using a publicly available link, Drew Harwell, a technology reporter for The Washington Post, said on Twitter late on Wednesday.
"I literally just registered 'mikepence.' The site hasn't even launched yet and it's already this vulnerable," Harwell added. In a subsequent tweet, he revealed that account had been suspended.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-truth-social-hacked-within-hours-announcement-1641137?amp=1
Trump announced he was launching a new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, and its "Truth Social" app on Wednesday. The "Truth Social" app will begin a beta launch for "invited guests" in November, with a nationwide rollout planned for early 2022, according to a press release.
But people were able to sign up to create accounts using a publicly available link, Drew Harwell, a technology reporter for The Washington Post, said on Twitter late on Wednesday.
"I literally just registered 'mikepence.' The site hasn't even launched yet and it's already this vulnerable," Harwell added. In a subsequent tweet, he revealed that account had been suspended.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-truth-social-hacked-within-hours-announcement-1641137?amp=1
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Netflix
[br] [/font] [br]
We at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana were having a hard time as to how to spin this one and Im not going to lie about that. Because I am a fan of Dave Chappelle. But on the other hand we can see how the trans community is really pissed off. So that said lets start by walking back the events of the last month. It all stated because of Chappelles latest special The Closer. And Chappelle said some very unflattering things about trans people. This of course caused a proverbial shit storm among the trans employees who work at Netflix, including the firing of the show runner of a show on Netflix called Dear White People. This all sounds made up doesnt it? That it is not, and I can assure you that its a complete and total clusterfuck. And really this is all on Netflix. But the question that is on the table here is did Dave Chappelle cross the line with the comments he made in his special? To which I answer we are not touching this one with a 10 foot pole!.
Though Dave Chappelle is known for his irreverent comedy style, many believe that the transphobic comments he made in his most recent Netflix special, Dave Chappelle: The Closer, crossed the line. The 72-minute streaming stand-up routine drew widespread criticism after its Oct. 5 release, with an executive producer on another Netflix series calling out the streamer for dangerously transphobic content, per the New York Times. The controversy has been swirling ever since on social media, in think pieces, and even within Netflix itself.
Chappelle has not incurred any sort of retribution outside of public backlash, but not all of the streaming services employees have been so fortunate. On Friday, Oct. 15, The Verge reported that Netflix fired the leader of a trans employee resource group that had been organizing an Oct. 20 employee walkout in light of the companys defense of the special. The unnamed former employee, whom the outlet described as Black and currently pregnant, had reportedly been encouraging trans staffers and allies to stage a protest prior to their termination.
A Netflix spokesperson confirmed the employees dismissal, per the Verge, citing sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company as the reason for termination. We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix, but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company, the spokesperson explained. (Though its unclear if the two are related, Bloomberg published a report that included leaked metrics, including that Netflix shelled out $24.1 million on The Closer.)
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/dave-chappelle-netflix-controversy-explained
Chappelle has not incurred any sort of retribution outside of public backlash, but not all of the streaming services employees have been so fortunate. On Friday, Oct. 15, The Verge reported that Netflix fired the leader of a trans employee resource group that had been organizing an Oct. 20 employee walkout in light of the companys defense of the special. The unnamed former employee, whom the outlet described as Black and currently pregnant, had reportedly been encouraging trans staffers and allies to stage a protest prior to their termination.
A Netflix spokesperson confirmed the employees dismissal, per the Verge, citing sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company as the reason for termination. We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix, but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company, the spokesperson explained. (Though its unclear if the two are related, Bloomberg published a report that included leaked metrics, including that Netflix shelled out $24.1 million on The Closer.)
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/dave-chappelle-netflix-controversy-explained
Yeah pleading the 5th is probably the best stance we could take here. I refuse to testify on the grounds that it may incriminate me. But this whole thing is weird and its getting even weirder. But then of course that gets into the whole cancel culture talking point thats been dominating Fox News and Real Time with Bill Maher lately. You cant cancel a comedian. Especially one as prolific as Dave Chappelle is, and that only gives them more fuel for the fire.
Amid a swirl of controversy around his new Netflix special, The Closer, Dave Chappelle took center stage Thursday night at a star-studded and sold-out show at L.A.s iconic Hollywood Bowl. Though the superstar comedian did not repeat any of the jokes that have been loudly rejected by members of the LGBTQ community, GLAAD and the National Black Justice Coalition, he thumbed his nose at the notion of cancel culture while also promoting messages of kindness and love.
Chappelle shared the marquee with a screening of his Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary, a 118-minute film directed by American Factory Oscar winners Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert that offers an inside look at last years Summer Camp series. Mounted at Wirrig Pavilion near Chappelles home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the more than 50 shows served to reinvigorate the small town during dark days in the COVID-19 pandemic as it played host to his circle of famous friends.
Some were on the bill tonight, including Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Stevie Wonder, poet Amir Sulaiman, Nas, Lizzo and a singing Jon Hamm. Comedian Jeff Ross kicked off the program with a short set, followed by a screening of the film, which one attendee described as moving. Then came Chappelle dressed in a suit, with his wife and a cigarette in hand for the main event that saw him being heralded at the mic on numerous occasions as the greatest living comic.
If this is what being canceled is like, I love it, the 48-year-old said in response to a standing ovation. The line, and many more like it, was greeted by rapturous applause from the crowd, which included a masked Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish, Donnell Rawlings, Chuck Lorre, Sterling K. Brown and others. At another point, he was more blunt: Fuck Twitter. Fuck NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid ass networks. Im not talking to them. Im talking to you. This is real life.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-critics-cancel-culture-1235028197/
Chappelle shared the marquee with a screening of his Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary, a 118-minute film directed by American Factory Oscar winners Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert that offers an inside look at last years Summer Camp series. Mounted at Wirrig Pavilion near Chappelles home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the more than 50 shows served to reinvigorate the small town during dark days in the COVID-19 pandemic as it played host to his circle of famous friends.
Some were on the bill tonight, including Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Stevie Wonder, poet Amir Sulaiman, Nas, Lizzo and a singing Jon Hamm. Comedian Jeff Ross kicked off the program with a short set, followed by a screening of the film, which one attendee described as moving. Then came Chappelle dressed in a suit, with his wife and a cigarette in hand for the main event that saw him being heralded at the mic on numerous occasions as the greatest living comic.
If this is what being canceled is like, I love it, the 48-year-old said in response to a standing ovation. The line, and many more like it, was greeted by rapturous applause from the crowd, which included a masked Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish, Donnell Rawlings, Chuck Lorre, Sterling K. Brown and others. At another point, he was more blunt: Fuck Twitter. Fuck NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid ass networks. Im not talking to them. Im talking to you. This is real life.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-critics-cancel-culture-1235028197/
Yeah probably! Now heres where it gets really weird, and you knew it was going to. So Dave Chappelle attempted to fan the flames by apologizing to the trans community. But the list of demands that he included were some of the most ridiculous demands weve ever heard. And really I had no idea who the fuck Hannah Gadsby is or why Dave would not consider her to be funny, but that is most definitely the most insane thing about this whole thing.
Dave Chappelle is denying a claim that he was invited, but declined, to meet with Netflixs transgender employees/allies who took issue with his latest stand-up comedy special and on Oct. 20 staged a walkout. But he is open to such a sitdown, he said in a video posted Monday afternoon to his Instagram account.
If they had invited me I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about, Chappelle says in the video below. I said what I said, and boy, I heard what you said. My God, how could I not?
To the transgender community: I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybodys demands, Chappelle says about three minutes in. And if you want to meet with me, Id be more than willing to, but I have some conditions.
First of all, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to end, he said. Secondly, You must come to a place of my choosing at a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny.
https://tvline.com/2021/10/25/dave-chappelle-willing-to-meet-with-transgender-community-the-closer-controversy/
If they had invited me I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about, Chappelle says in the video below. I said what I said, and boy, I heard what you said. My God, how could I not?
To the transgender community: I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybodys demands, Chappelle says about three minutes in. And if you want to meet with me, Id be more than willing to, but I have some conditions.
First of all, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to end, he said. Secondly, You must come to a place of my choosing at a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny.
https://tvline.com/2021/10/25/dave-chappelle-willing-to-meet-with-transgender-community-the-closer-controversy/
Holy shit, I think even the Pope has less requirements for scheduling a meeting with him! Well that said, we dont expect this controversy to end any time soon and we will be covering it when it does. But lets just say that the biggest enemy in all of Netflixs mess is of course Netflix themselves. Because when you dont pay attention to a particular group of employees, it can bring the whole organization down and thats something that you never want to have happen under any circumstances! But you know what how about this? Lets ask actual trans comedians about this subject!
On a summer night in New York's Greenwich Village, standup Jaye McBride's energy was squirrelly and unpredictable as she stood a few feet from a full crowd at the Comedy Cellar.
"You guys know I'm trans, right?" she asked the audience. "Y'all have figured that out by now? Bunch of Brooklyn detectives."
She made a crack about how 6 feet of distance and Zoom couldn't conceal her being trans.
"It's weird, because I wasn't trans before the vaccine," she deadpanned with a shrug.
The audience sat with the joke for a second before erupting into laughter and applause. McBride cracked a sly smile.
The vaccine joke is one of several in McBride's set that revolve around being transgender -- like many successful standups, she mines her own life for material, though she thinks her jokes are relatable for cisgender audiences, too.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/entertainment/trans-comics-dave-chappelle-netflix-cec/index.html
"You guys know I'm trans, right?" she asked the audience. "Y'all have figured that out by now? Bunch of Brooklyn detectives."
She made a crack about how 6 feet of distance and Zoom couldn't conceal her being trans.
"It's weird, because I wasn't trans before the vaccine," she deadpanned with a shrug.
The audience sat with the joke for a second before erupting into laughter and applause. McBride cracked a sly smile.
The vaccine joke is one of several in McBride's set that revolve around being transgender -- like many successful standups, she mines her own life for material, though she thinks her jokes are relatable for cisgender audiences, too.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/entertainment/trans-comics-dave-chappelle-netflix-cec/index.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Look people, if you want to end this nightmare, there is only one thing that you have to do and that is take the damn vaccine. Its a simple externalities problem. The more people that take the vaccine, the more beneficial it is to society. Its not that difficult to understand. But then again we live in the stupid country where half of the country listens to Fox News and AM hate radio and other bullshit rather than listen to the people who theyre supposed to listen to. But heres the official Top 10 policy on this subject if you lose your job or anything because you wont get the vaccine, we wont feel the least bit sorry for you. But then again is Florida and their douchebag governor Ron DeSantis who clearly isnt helping the debate. And not only is he not helping, hes actively taking us backwards! But make no mistake that the war on vaccine mandates is getting more and more intense every day and with people like Greg Abbott and Ron DeShithead in charge of handling the pandemic, you know things are actively going to get worse before they get better.
Floridas governor has declared war on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.
At a news conference in Clearwater, Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out a litany of legislative policy priorities that would undermine federal requirements that workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Among the laws DeSantis wants to see passed:
A proposal making businesses liable for any medical harm that results from a mandatory vaccination
An addendum to the 2021 law protecting businesses from coronavirus-related liability if those businesses mandate vaccination for their employees
A measure allowing parents to collect attorneys fees if they win a lawsuit against a school district for enacting illegal coronavirus restrictions
A law making it clear that its illegal for governments to mandate the vaccine for government employees
Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/10/21/desantis-plans-to-call-a-special-legislative-session-on-vaccine-mandates/
At a news conference in Clearwater, Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out a litany of legislative policy priorities that would undermine federal requirements that workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Among the laws DeSantis wants to see passed:
A proposal making businesses liable for any medical harm that results from a mandatory vaccination
An addendum to the 2021 law protecting businesses from coronavirus-related liability if those businesses mandate vaccination for their employees
A measure allowing parents to collect attorneys fees if they win a lawsuit against a school district for enacting illegal coronavirus restrictions
A law making it clear that its illegal for governments to mandate the vaccine for government employees
Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/10/21/desantis-plans-to-call-a-special-legislative-session-on-vaccine-mandates/
Can we just give these morons their own island to ruin thats far, far away from civilized society? I am asking for about 81,000,000 friends here! But thanks to Facebook, we live in a world where bad is good, good is bad, vaccines are evil, and those who peddle vaccines are even evil-er. But these morons wont be happy until they get their way, much like the spoiled kids you see screaming in Target every single day wanting a toy. And even then theyre putting children smack dab in the middle of their madness and its not going to stop.
It took a small town chiropractor named Charles Brown to help vaccinate millions of kids for decades to come all because he didnt want to vaccinate his own.
It was 1979 in Houston, Mississippi, and Brown needed to enroll his 6-year-old son in school. But state law required the boy to be vaccinated against certain diseases, and Brown didnt want to vaccinate his son. At the time, Mississippi had two exceptions to this law: medical exemption, for kids who had a medical condition that prevented them from receiving certain shots, and a religious exemption, but only for religious groups whose doctrines explicitly prohibit vaccination, such as Christian Scientists. Browns son wasnt eligible for either exemption. So Brown sued.
Brown argued that by limiting the exemption to only certain religious groups, the law violated his First Amendment rights and ought to be expanded to include any religion. (The Browns were Christian, but not a sect approved for a medical exemption.) The case made it to the state Supreme Court where it spectacularly backfired. Rather than expand the religious exemption, the justices argued that having the exemption at all was a violation of the 14th Amendment because it put the rights of certain religious parents over the rights of other parents. The state court struck down the exemption altogether.
With that decision, Mississippi became just the second state (after West Virginia) not to offer religious or personal belief exemptions to its child vaccination mandate. Mississippi now consistently has the countrys highest rates of vaccination among children entering school.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-fight-over-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-is-coming-to-kids-next/
It was 1979 in Houston, Mississippi, and Brown needed to enroll his 6-year-old son in school. But state law required the boy to be vaccinated against certain diseases, and Brown didnt want to vaccinate his son. At the time, Mississippi had two exceptions to this law: medical exemption, for kids who had a medical condition that prevented them from receiving certain shots, and a religious exemption, but only for religious groups whose doctrines explicitly prohibit vaccination, such as Christian Scientists. Browns son wasnt eligible for either exemption. So Brown sued.
Brown argued that by limiting the exemption to only certain religious groups, the law violated his First Amendment rights and ought to be expanded to include any religion. (The Browns were Christian, but not a sect approved for a medical exemption.) The case made it to the state Supreme Court where it spectacularly backfired. Rather than expand the religious exemption, the justices argued that having the exemption at all was a violation of the 14th Amendment because it put the rights of certain religious parents over the rights of other parents. The state court struck down the exemption altogether.
With that decision, Mississippi became just the second state (after West Virginia) not to offer religious or personal belief exemptions to its child vaccination mandate. Mississippi now consistently has the countrys highest rates of vaccination among children entering school.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-fight-over-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-is-coming-to-kids-next/
Oh come on, even Batman is giving you the facepalm! But you know who should be getting the facepalm and in fact infinite facepalms? Really there arent enough for this. I mean seriously theres medical workers who are quitting their jobs in droves because they are refusing to get the vaccine. It is totally insane what is happening and I really place all of this madness son Facebook. Really, Mark Zuckerberg dropped all of this craziness on us and its going to take a long time to deprogram these cult members.
The past several months have seen thousands of hospitals announce COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff and clinicians as a condition of employment.
Although controversial, the policies picked up steam when Pfizer and BioNTechs Comirnaty received a full regulatory approval and then really kicked into gear when the Biden administration made workforce vaccination a requirement for Medicare and Medicaid participation.
Most health system leaders and professional organizations have been supportive of the requirement, with some describing vaccination as the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all healthcare workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first.
However, some executives and industry figures have warned that mandates might place provider organizations in a bind as disgruntled employees choose to walk away rather than comply.
As a practical matter, this policy may result in exacerbating the severe workforce shortage problems that currently exist, American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack said in a Sept. 9 statement.
Arkansas Community Hospital Executive Director James Magee said Sept. 22 that his 25-bed rural facility would not require COVID-19 vaccinations. He stressed that staffing issues and the fear of losing too many nurses were major factors in the decision.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals/how-many-employees-have-hospitals-lost-to-vaccine-mandates-numbers-so-far
Although controversial, the policies picked up steam when Pfizer and BioNTechs Comirnaty received a full regulatory approval and then really kicked into gear when the Biden administration made workforce vaccination a requirement for Medicare and Medicaid participation.
Most health system leaders and professional organizations have been supportive of the requirement, with some describing vaccination as the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all healthcare workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first.
However, some executives and industry figures have warned that mandates might place provider organizations in a bind as disgruntled employees choose to walk away rather than comply.
As a practical matter, this policy may result in exacerbating the severe workforce shortage problems that currently exist, American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack said in a Sept. 9 statement.
Arkansas Community Hospital Executive Director James Magee said Sept. 22 that his 25-bed rural facility would not require COVID-19 vaccinations. He stressed that staffing issues and the fear of losing too many nurses were major factors in the decision.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals/how-many-employees-have-hospitals-lost-to-vaccine-mandates-numbers-so-far
So go ahead post your stupid memes on Facebook and watch as the likes come in. But heres the thing, anti-vaxxers and you need to realize this: YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS LITERALLY KILLING YOU! So you can hate Dr. Fauci all you want but hes really trying to do the right thing. But the scary thing to watch out for is that even the airlines are walking back their plans to mandate vaccines because of these cretins. Yeah thats a great way to spread disease and were about to find out just how many anti-vaxxers are willing to remove themselves from the gene pool because they were brainwashed by Facebook propaganda that much.
Covid-19 vaccine mandates are only as good as the people enforcing them. And it seems the executives running Southwest Airlines Co. and American Airlines Inc. could use more backbone. For inspiration, they can look to United Airlines Inc.s managers, or to mayors, governors and college presidents around the country.
Last week, Southwest and American gamely pushed back against Texas Governor Greg Abbotts effort to forbid companies headquartered in his state to impose mandates. Both airlines issued statements saying their first responsibility was to follow the Biden administrations planned federal mandates. In the days since, however, the two Texas-based airlines have shown less gumption.
American originally told employees they would have to be vaccinated or lose their jobs, and eventually imposed a Nov. 24 deadline. It invited employees with religious, medical or disability claims to apply for an exemption. But Americans flight attendants union said management recently indicated that employees who have applied for exemptions can keep working a concession that weakens the mandate. Southwest first told its employees they had to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 to keep their jobs unless they received an exemption. Employees who applied for exemptions would be placed on unpaid leave while applications were reviewed. But more recently, Southwest told employees that anyone seeking an exemption would not be placed on leave and encouraged them to apply. I imagine that might persuade many Southwest employees who are opposed to vaccination to take that advice and dodge the mandate.
Maybe this shouldnt be surprising. Gary Kelly, Southwests chief executive officer, told CNBC last week he wasnt fully behind this public health stuff. Ive never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate, he said. Im not in favor of that, never have been. But he had federal guidelines to follow, he allowed. My goal obviously is that no one loses their job. The objective here obviously is to improve health and safety, not for people to lose their jobs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-20/southwest-and-american-s-vaccine-mandates-won-t-work-unless-enforced
Last week, Southwest and American gamely pushed back against Texas Governor Greg Abbotts effort to forbid companies headquartered in his state to impose mandates. Both airlines issued statements saying their first responsibility was to follow the Biden administrations planned federal mandates. In the days since, however, the two Texas-based airlines have shown less gumption.
American originally told employees they would have to be vaccinated or lose their jobs, and eventually imposed a Nov. 24 deadline. It invited employees with religious, medical or disability claims to apply for an exemption. But Americans flight attendants union said management recently indicated that employees who have applied for exemptions can keep working a concession that weakens the mandate. Southwest first told its employees they had to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 to keep their jobs unless they received an exemption. Employees who applied for exemptions would be placed on unpaid leave while applications were reviewed. But more recently, Southwest told employees that anyone seeking an exemption would not be placed on leave and encouraged them to apply. I imagine that might persuade many Southwest employees who are opposed to vaccination to take that advice and dodge the mandate.
Maybe this shouldnt be surprising. Gary Kelly, Southwests chief executive officer, told CNBC last week he wasnt fully behind this public health stuff. Ive never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate, he said. Im not in favor of that, never have been. But he had federal guidelines to follow, he allowed. My goal obviously is that no one loses their job. The objective here obviously is to improve health and safety, not for people to lose their jobs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-20/southwest-and-american-s-vaccine-mandates-won-t-work-unless-enforced
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Meet Glenn Youngkin
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! You know we live in strange times. A time where good is bad and bad is good, and a time when EVIL reigns supreme! And you know how I know this? I have been monitoring the elections and they are running some crazy candidates. And yes we are allowed to speak about politics here, for we have not broken any IRS 503(C) rules (see: Top 10 #7-5 ).! Yes, we like to maintain our tax exempt status around here. But for those that dont, I have your ideal political candidate. Meet Glenn Youngkin, hes running for governor of Virginia. Now wait a minute, I know the question youre all asking is Wait, I thought Virginia was for lovers! Why is it not? and I answer you good sir or madam it is. But its being taken over by extremists who dont stand for the things that our good LAWRD JAYSUS stands for! Mr. Youngkin stands, much like the unholy Dark One, of everything that is soulless and wrong with this world! Such as:
Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee in this years gubernatorial race in Virginia, attended a so-called election integrity rally sponsored by the local Republican Party at Liberty University on Saturday. Other members of the GOP statewide ticket took a pass after news of the event drew public criticism. The Washington Post reported that the event was organized by Melvin Adams, a supporter of former president Donald Trump who was outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Youngkin, who has tried to position himself as a centrist moderate while accepting Trumps enthusiastic endorsement, has passed up opportunities on the campaign trail to refute conspiracy theorists beliefs that Trump won the election and might be reinstated by the courts. Instead, he told a voter last week that the courts move slowly.
Youngkin has tried to have it both ways, putting election integritya term used to undergird false claims of voter fraud with promises of audited votes and new voting restrictionsat the center of his campaign while grudgingly acknowledging in May, once he secured the Republican nomination, that President Joe Biden holds office legitimately.
Election integrity is the misleading term adopted by promoters of Trumps false stolen election claims, including activists in the so-called Stop the Steal movement who tried to keep Trump in power. Those claims, and the election integrity label, are being used to justify passage of new voter suppression laws around the country, and Youngkin has followed suit, pledging to impose more restrictive voter ID requirements in the state should he be elected.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gop-candidate-for-virginia-governor-promotes-trumpist-propaganda-on-election-integrity-at-liberty-university/
Youngkin, who has tried to position himself as a centrist moderate while accepting Trumps enthusiastic endorsement, has passed up opportunities on the campaign trail to refute conspiracy theorists beliefs that Trump won the election and might be reinstated by the courts. Instead, he told a voter last week that the courts move slowly.
Youngkin has tried to have it both ways, putting election integritya term used to undergird false claims of voter fraud with promises of audited votes and new voting restrictionsat the center of his campaign while grudgingly acknowledging in May, once he secured the Republican nomination, that President Joe Biden holds office legitimately.
Election integrity is the misleading term adopted by promoters of Trumps false stolen election claims, including activists in the so-called Stop the Steal movement who tried to keep Trump in power. Those claims, and the election integrity label, are being used to justify passage of new voter suppression laws around the country, and Youngkin has followed suit, pledging to impose more restrictive voter ID requirements in the state should he be elected.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gop-candidate-for-virginia-governor-promotes-trumpist-propaganda-on-election-integrity-at-liberty-university/
Election integrity, shut up. And here I am risking my 503c status to report this shit! And by the way in case youre wondering what his neo-Nazi credentials are, well, hes got lots of them. Hes also got plenty of social media credentials at that. But of course if youre falling on the side of the Dark One you might as well go all the way and appear on Sebastian Gorkas show. Really if you go Nazi, you might as well go full Nazi, and you never ever go full Nazi, because thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have intended!
Republican candidate for governor Glenn Youngkin appeared on Sebastian Gorkas America First radio show in a clip posted to Gorkas website Monday night.
Gorka, a former Trump White House official turned Salem Broadcasting radio host, has a long history of Islamophobic comments, once saying that taking Muslim refugees into America would be a national suicide. A Nazi-linked Hungarian groupwhose pin Gorka wore to Trumps Inaugural Ball in 2017says that he is one of their sworn members.
Gorka has been trying to get Youngkin to come on to his show in recent weeks, suggesting that Youngkin was a RINORepublican in name onlyand needed to convince his viewers otherwise.
Thanking Gorka for having him on his show, Youngkin launched into his pitch, vowing to get critical race theory out of our schools and to invest in law enforcement instead of getting them defunded. He began criticizing Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe before Gorka cut him off.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/glenn-youngkin-appears-on-podcast-of-neo-nazi-linked-sebastian-gorka/
Gorka, a former Trump White House official turned Salem Broadcasting radio host, has a long history of Islamophobic comments, once saying that taking Muslim refugees into America would be a national suicide. A Nazi-linked Hungarian groupwhose pin Gorka wore to Trumps Inaugural Ball in 2017says that he is one of their sworn members.
Gorka has been trying to get Youngkin to come on to his show in recent weeks, suggesting that Youngkin was a RINORepublican in name onlyand needed to convince his viewers otherwise.
Thanking Gorka for having him on his show, Youngkin launched into his pitch, vowing to get critical race theory out of our schools and to invest in law enforcement instead of getting them defunded. He began criticizing Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe before Gorka cut him off.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/glenn-youngkin-appears-on-podcast-of-neo-nazi-linked-sebastian-gorka/
But come on, Gorka calling someone reprehensible? Thats rich these guys are truly, utterly despicable, and Youngkin secured the GOP nomination at that. So thats where that party is headed, folks. To the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! And by the way, remember last time when we talked about the Pray Vote Stand festival? Well guess what? Mr. Youngkin was there, and he spoke on the things that your average Fox News loving neighbor is against! Imagine being proud of taking a stand on this, I wont stand for it!
Virginia Republican candidate for governor Glenn Youngkin will speak Friday at a gathering of right-wing and far-right political activists hosted by the Family Research Council, which has been designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Youngkin, who spoke last Saturday at a gala hosted by the anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice Family Foundation, has been endorsed by FRCs political affiliate.
FRCs Pray Vote Stand summita rebranding of its annual Values Voter Summitbegins tonight and runs through Friday. Religious-right activists from across the country will gather at Cornerstone Chapel, a Northern Virginia church whose pastor promotes Christian nationalist themes and denounces the Democratic Party as evil and demonic. FRC President Tony Perkins and Alliance Defending Freedom President Mike Farris spoke at Cornerstone Chapel in February, where Farris bragged that hundreds of graduates of the groups Christian worldview training have clerked for federal judges, and that two are now serving as federal appeals court judges while another three serve on state supreme courts. Farris is also scheduled to speak at Pray Vote Stand.
This weeks conference is meant to fire up and mobilize religious-right activists for more intense political engagement. Among the topics on this years schedule: voter suppression in the name of election reform, resisting vaccine tyranny, preparing for anti-abortion activism in a post-Roe v. Wade America, and fighting wokeism, gender ideology and indoctrination in public schools.
Speakers include E. W. Jackson, a right-wing pastor who calls the Democratic Party the party of Satan, says that Black Lives Matter is worse than COVID, and claims liberals would gladly kill Black conservatives if they had the courage.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/virginia-gop-gov-candidate-glenn-youngkin-public-officials-join-family-research-councils-far-right-festival/
FRCs Pray Vote Stand summita rebranding of its annual Values Voter Summitbegins tonight and runs through Friday. Religious-right activists from across the country will gather at Cornerstone Chapel, a Northern Virginia church whose pastor promotes Christian nationalist themes and denounces the Democratic Party as evil and demonic. FRC President Tony Perkins and Alliance Defending Freedom President Mike Farris spoke at Cornerstone Chapel in February, where Farris bragged that hundreds of graduates of the groups Christian worldview training have clerked for federal judges, and that two are now serving as federal appeals court judges while another three serve on state supreme courts. Farris is also scheduled to speak at Pray Vote Stand.
This weeks conference is meant to fire up and mobilize religious-right activists for more intense political engagement. Among the topics on this years schedule: voter suppression in the name of election reform, resisting vaccine tyranny, preparing for anti-abortion activism in a post-Roe v. Wade America, and fighting wokeism, gender ideology and indoctrination in public schools.
Speakers include E. W. Jackson, a right-wing pastor who calls the Democratic Party the party of Satan, says that Black Lives Matter is worse than COVID, and claims liberals would gladly kill Black conservatives if they had the courage.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/virginia-gop-gov-candidate-glenn-youngkin-public-officials-join-family-research-councils-far-right-festival/
Well no you havent. Now turn off Facebook and Fox News and say 40 holy rosaries until you are blue in the face! Because thats how I punish the non-believers in my church! But like I said earlier, imagine being proud of taking the same stance as your creepy uncle on these subjects. Because Glenn is, even though every single one of his stances is wrong, wrong, wrong. But then again thats what a steady diet of Fox News and Facebook propaganda gets you!
Republican Glenn Youngkin is continuing to rally anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ extremists in his bid to become Virginias next governor. Most Virginians support legal equality, including marriage equality, and most Virginians believe abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances, but Youngkin continues to seek and tout endorsements from groups that oppose LGBTQ equality and want to make abortion illegal. Youngkin has told activists that he will go on offense against reproductive choice once elected, and he has refused to say whether he supports marriage equality.
In a press release dated Oct. 8, Youngkin boasted about endorsements from the Family Research Councils political arm, the Virginia Society for Human Life PAC, and longtime anti-abortion and anti-equality activist Penny Nance, head of Concerned Women for America.
FRC supports total abortion bans that criminalize abortion at all stages. The organization has been designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has long promoted anti-Muslim bigotry. None of that kept Youngkin from agreeing to speak at FRCs annual conference for religious-right activists earlier this month, where speakers delivered Christian nationalist and bigoted messages. Delivering his own speech, Youngkin urged the activists, Lock arms with me!
A Youngkin campaign press release touting the latest endorsements included a long quote from FRCs Tony Perkins smearing the Democratic nominee as a threat to religious freedom and claiming that Youngkin understands the values that are important to Virginians.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/glenn-youngkin-brags-about-support-from-advocates-of-total-abortion-bans-opponents-of-lgbtq-equality/
In a press release dated Oct. 8, Youngkin boasted about endorsements from the Family Research Councils political arm, the Virginia Society for Human Life PAC, and longtime anti-abortion and anti-equality activist Penny Nance, head of Concerned Women for America.
FRC supports total abortion bans that criminalize abortion at all stages. The organization has been designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has long promoted anti-Muslim bigotry. None of that kept Youngkin from agreeing to speak at FRCs annual conference for religious-right activists earlier this month, where speakers delivered Christian nationalist and bigoted messages. Delivering his own speech, Youngkin urged the activists, Lock arms with me!
A Youngkin campaign press release touting the latest endorsements included a long quote from FRCs Tony Perkins smearing the Democratic nominee as a threat to religious freedom and claiming that Youngkin understands the values that are important to Virginians.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/glenn-youngkin-brags-about-support-from-advocates-of-total-abortion-bans-opponents-of-lgbtq-equality/
Agreed, Fluffy! You need JAYSUS, not hate and bigotry and thats what Glenn Youngkin brings to the table, and its ridiculous where that party is heading. I need a drink after this one! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Beating A Dead Horse: Raiders E-mail controversy
[br] [/font] [br]
Look, Im not going to lie, I love Las Vegas. I love going to Vegas. I was in Las Vegas the day the lockdowns began. But I am happy to see the city returning and they are finally getting professional sports by the way of the Knights and the Raiders. I definitely hope to visit the new Raiders stadium at some point. But heres the thing, I have been following the controversy surrounding the Las Vegas Raiders and coach Jon Grunden for quite a while now and its the stuff of batshit insanity. I mean should you get in trouble for things you said 10 years ago? Well I would certainly hope not as wed probably be out of a job! Though we dont say things like that. And heres the thing, Fox, and Fox News trolls if you dont want to be canceled in todays society, maybe, I am just spitballing here dont say things that will get you canceled! But heres the thing too if you read past the headlines as we so often suggest here, the other thing you shouldnt do is insult your boss when he could be reading the very thing that you wrote! Yes, football coaches have bosses too!
Jon Gruden came under fire this week for a comment he made about NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith in a 2011 email to then-Washington Football Team president Bruce Allen.
Gruden used an apparent racist stereotype to describe Smith, saying "Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin (sic) tires." He has since tried to distance himself from those emails, explaining that he uses the term "rubber lips" to call someone a liar. He also said Smith wasn't the only one he insulted in those communications.
"I was in a bad frame of mind at the time (in 2011), and I called Roger Goodell a (expletive) in one of these emails too," Gruden told ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Friday night.
Neither Gruden nor league officials clarified what the Raiders coach called Goodell in the email. Gruden did, however, explain that the NFL lockout was troubling him at the time of his insensitive comments.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/jon-gruden-emails-raiders-coach-roger-goodell/1bkzhjnz6wsf11agbjdo5hroxd
Gruden used an apparent racist stereotype to describe Smith, saying "Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin (sic) tires." He has since tried to distance himself from those emails, explaining that he uses the term "rubber lips" to call someone a liar. He also said Smith wasn't the only one he insulted in those communications.
"I was in a bad frame of mind at the time (in 2011), and I called Roger Goodell a (expletive) in one of these emails too," Gruden told ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Friday night.
Neither Gruden nor league officials clarified what the Raiders coach called Goodell in the email. Gruden did, however, explain that the NFL lockout was troubling him at the time of his insensitive comments.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/jon-gruden-emails-raiders-coach-roger-goodell/1bkzhjnz6wsf11agbjdo5hroxd
Oh fuck off! Look heres the thing weve all had bad days and weve all needed to unload our frustrations at management. You know where you dont do that? In corporate e-mails! Because chances are good that your boss will be reading them. See us regular folks have this place called the bar where we go unload our frustrations at management. Usually involves a few beers. But as you get through this controversy, it gets weirder!
Just minutes after the Raiders had responded to a tumultuous week with a resounding 34-24 victory over the Broncos, Raiders owner Mark Davis made clear to the Review-Journal where he stood on the insensitive emails from Jon Gruden that led the coach to resign.
Listen, Davis said outside the Raiders locker room in relation to Grudens emails, the Raiders stand for diversity, inclusion and social justice. We always have and we always will. The emails that came out are not what we stand for. So Jon Gruden is no longer head coach of the Raiders.
Theres not much more I can say. All the talking heads are making up all sorts of stuff. Thats all it is. We dont stand for it.
The Raiders under interim coach Rich Bisaccia rolled up 426 yards against Denver on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, including 341 passing from quarterback Derek Carr.
It was one of the best games I have seen us play in a long time, Davis said. I thought it was fantastic. All three phases of the game. My emotions are that Im excited that we looked good and are moving towards the future.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/grudens-emails-not-what-raiders-stand-for-mark-davis-says-2461670/
Listen, Davis said outside the Raiders locker room in relation to Grudens emails, the Raiders stand for diversity, inclusion and social justice. We always have and we always will. The emails that came out are not what we stand for. So Jon Gruden is no longer head coach of the Raiders.
Theres not much more I can say. All the talking heads are making up all sorts of stuff. Thats all it is. We dont stand for it.
The Raiders under interim coach Rich Bisaccia rolled up 426 yards against Denver on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, including 341 passing from quarterback Derek Carr.
It was one of the best games I have seen us play in a long time, Davis said. I thought it was fantastic. All three phases of the game. My emotions are that Im excited that we looked good and are moving towards the future.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/grudens-emails-not-what-raiders-stand-for-mark-davis-says-2461670/
Oh come on, Mike! Thats what talking heads do they make stuff up! Thats what they get paid to do spin the news! Wait, thats what we get paid to do! Well not really since we do have whatever our budget allows. But how do the Raiders staff and players feel about this one? Was he as toxic as his 10 year old e-mails believe? Well heres where he plays the Im not a racist card. And be honest, you all knew that was coming!
Jon Gruden again said he is not a racist after his Las Vegas Raiders lost their first game since the revelation of the head coachs 2011 racial remark about players union leader DeMaurice Smith.
Gruden apologized for his insensitive remarks when asked about the decade-old emails following the Raiders 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. A Wall Street Journal story last week noted that Gruden, then working for ESPN, referred in a racist way to Smiths facial features in an email.
Im not a racist, Gruden said. I cant tell you how sick I am. I apologize again to D Smith, but I feel good about who I am and what Ive done my entire life. I had no racial intention with those remarks at all. Im not like that at all. I apologize. I dont want to keep addressing it.
Gruden ended his news conference after a series of questions about the emails and his behavior. He said he has not been contacted by the NFL about the remark, but well see what happens here in the next few days.
https://ktla.com/sports/raiders-coach-jon-gruden-apologizes-says-hes-not-a-racist-in-wake-of-email-controversy/
Gruden apologized for his insensitive remarks when asked about the decade-old emails following the Raiders 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. A Wall Street Journal story last week noted that Gruden, then working for ESPN, referred in a racist way to Smiths facial features in an email.
Im not a racist, Gruden said. I cant tell you how sick I am. I apologize again to D Smith, but I feel good about who I am and what Ive done my entire life. I had no racial intention with those remarks at all. Im not like that at all. I apologize. I dont want to keep addressing it.
Gruden ended his news conference after a series of questions about the emails and his behavior. He said he has not been contacted by the NFL about the remark, but well see what happens here in the next few days.
https://ktla.com/sports/raiders-coach-jon-gruden-apologizes-says-hes-not-a-racist-in-wake-of-email-controversy/
But that said we go back to our original question here should e-mails from 10 years ago get you in trouble today? And also how the hell does one go about finding this stuff? Well if you think having an abusive boss at the Raiders is bad, wait until you see whats happening with the Washington Football Team! But do we really need to take this fight to Congress? Well it will be interesting to see what happens when this comes to fruition!
A Congressional committee is seeking documents and information from the NFL regarding the investigation into the Washington Football Team and how the league handled it.
The discussion includes the emails that led to the resignation of Raiders coach Jon Gruden.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform said Thursday it sent a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell requesting by Nov. 4 all documents and communication about the probe into the workplace culture at the Washington Football Team.
We have serious concerns about what appears to be widespread abusive workplace conduct at the WFT and about the NFLs handling of this matter, U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, wrote in the letter to the commissioner.
Communications between league management and WFT leadership also raise questions about the leagues asserted impartiality in these investigations.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/congress-seeks-emails-from-gruden-nfl-investigation-2463996/
The discussion includes the emails that led to the resignation of Raiders coach Jon Gruden.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform said Thursday it sent a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell requesting by Nov. 4 all documents and communication about the probe into the workplace culture at the Washington Football Team.
We have serious concerns about what appears to be widespread abusive workplace conduct at the WFT and about the NFLs handling of this matter, U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, wrote in the letter to the commissioner.
Communications between league management and WFT leadership also raise questions about the leagues asserted impartiality in these investigations.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/congress-seeks-emails-from-gruden-nfl-investigation-2463996/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Travis Tritt and Jason Aldean
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy - we have a BOGO deal for you! Thats right we have a 2 for one deal with this weeks entry. Look I love music and I am not going to lie that I love all different kinds of music. But one genre I dont really delve into much is the country music genre. And weve also been covering a lot of anti-vaxxers in the news this week. So to me it was no surprise that on the ven diagram this fucking guy, Travis Tritt, is both country music *AND* a fervent anti-vaxxer. But then theres also this fucking guy, Jason Aldean. Dont worry, well get to him in a minute. See look heres the thing, theres a reason why vaccine mandates exist and I will spell it out for you: THIS VIRUS IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS! And if youre in an area where theres a lot of people who are not protected against this virus, its going to spread and spread fast. But that doesnt matter to a guy like Travis Tritt, whos being praised by the likes of Tucker Carlson (shocker) for his anti-vaccine stance. Sigh this is why we cant have nice things.
Travis Tritt announced that he was cancelling all upcoming shows at venues that had any COVID-19 restrictions in place, knocking out several performances. The announcement came Monday, with impacted shows called off in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Illinois, and Kentucky.
Whereas some artists have opted against performing at venues that dont require mandatory vaccination and others opting against performing at venues that do, Tritt is calling off shows that have any mitigation efforts in place at all, including mask-wearing or providing a negative test in lieu of being fully vaccinated.
Im putting my money where my mouth is and announcing that any venue or promoter mandating masks, requiring vaccinations, or pushing COVID testing protocols on my fans will not be tolerated, Tritt said in a statement.
This is a sacrifice that Im willing to make to stand up for the freedoms that generations of Americans have enjoyed for their entire lifetimes.
https://www.ticketnews.com/2021/10/travis-tritt-cancels-shows-citing-freedom-from-covid-mandates/
Whereas some artists have opted against performing at venues that dont require mandatory vaccination and others opting against performing at venues that do, Tritt is calling off shows that have any mitigation efforts in place at all, including mask-wearing or providing a negative test in lieu of being fully vaccinated.
Im putting my money where my mouth is and announcing that any venue or promoter mandating masks, requiring vaccinations, or pushing COVID testing protocols on my fans will not be tolerated, Tritt said in a statement.
This is a sacrifice that Im willing to make to stand up for the freedoms that generations of Americans have enjoyed for their entire lifetimes.
https://www.ticketnews.com/2021/10/travis-tritt-cancels-shows-citing-freedom-from-covid-mandates/
So I guess that means you wont be playing at any of them? Or maybe youre confining yourself to Florida because I guess anything goes down there? But that said, what kind of message are they trying to send at the MLB playoffs? I mean its insane that after all the controversy surrounding this fucking guy that the Atlanta Braves actually invited him to sing the National Anthem at game 6 of the NLCS. So I guess that MLB is OK with killing a large portion of its customer base then?
The Atlanta Braves have picked country singer Travis Tritt to sing the national anthem to open Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tritt made the announcement on Twitter.
Tritt, a Georgia native, has been very outspoken about his opposition to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 safety measure. Earlier this week Tritt announced that he's canceling concerts in four states due to their required COVID-19 safety measures. Venues in Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana require concertgoers to wear masks, show proof of vaccination, or proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
In an interview with Billboard, Tritt said that he decided to cancel the shows due to the negative comments he received after performing in venues with COVID requirements. In August, he released a statement that said vaccine mandates were "discriminating" against people who choose to remain unvaccinated. He implied that vaccine mandates are akin to the squelching of any specific freedoms and basic human rights around the world.
If Tritt had for some reason been chosen to sing the national anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, he might have said no since Los Angeles County requires proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter large venues. Georgia's Cobb County has no such requirements.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-nlcs-braves-travis-tritt-who-opposes-covid-19-safety-measures-sing-national-anthem-game-6-210223958.html
Tritt, a Georgia native, has been very outspoken about his opposition to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 safety measure. Earlier this week Tritt announced that he's canceling concerts in four states due to their required COVID-19 safety measures. Venues in Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana require concertgoers to wear masks, show proof of vaccination, or proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
In an interview with Billboard, Tritt said that he decided to cancel the shows due to the negative comments he received after performing in venues with COVID requirements. In August, he released a statement that said vaccine mandates were "discriminating" against people who choose to remain unvaccinated. He implied that vaccine mandates are akin to the squelching of any specific freedoms and basic human rights around the world.
If Tritt had for some reason been chosen to sing the national anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, he might have said no since Los Angeles County requires proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter large venues. Georgia's Cobb County has no such requirements.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-nlcs-braves-travis-tritt-who-opposes-covid-19-safety-measures-sing-national-anthem-game-6-210223958.html
Yeah outlaw country!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! But theres a reason why I dont dabble in country music and its not just Travis Tritt. Theres this fucking guy, Jason Aldean. Who you might remember as being the performer during the worst mass shooting in America (see: Top 10 #3-16 ). But hes in the news lately because hes finally letting his politics be known. And guess what? He is not on our side. Thats right hes gone hard MAGA and hes not coming back any time soon. Guess thats what happens on a steady diet of Facebook and Fox News!
After Jason Aldeans wife Brittany received backlash for posting photos of her kids wearing anti-President Biden T-shirts, the country star took to Instagram to defend his family and his beliefs.
I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country, Aldean wrote Thursday alongside a photo of his silhouette in front of an American flag. This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way. #unapologetic #phoenixwasfire
The singers statement comes after Brittany Aldean posted a photo wearing a shirt that reads Anti Biden Social Club, while another picture showed the couples children, 4-year-old son Memphis and 2-year-old daughter Navy, wearing black shirts emblazoned with the message Hidin From Biden. Though Aldean himself was not pictured wearing anti-Biden clothing in the photos, he did comment on a photo of his son wearing one of the shirts, writing, My boy!
When one Instagram user accused Brittany of using the couples children as political props, Aldean also defended his family. According to The Washington Post, Aldean commented, saying, Watch ur mouth lady! We will teach our kids what we think is right and what we think is best for their future. If you think what is happening right now is great for the future of our kids and grandkids, u are delusional! When a commenter stated, If you thought Trumps path for America was any better, youre delusional!, to which Aldean responded, Definitely better than what we got now! Please tell me one thing that the current administration has done that is positive? Just 1!!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/jason-aldean-reacts-to-backlash-over-wife-s-anti-biden-post-i-will-never-apologize-for-my-beliefs/ar-AAP3hyv?ocid=msedgntp
Sigh why is it that when someone who you previously didnt know their political stance suddenly comes out as a hardcore MAGA? Were they couped up with a computer monitor and their eyes taped up looking at propaganda memes and watching Alex Jones like they were being tortured? Or is it something else? But this is certifiably nuts. And not only that, teaching your children to hate too. I just cant even with these people anymore. Yes youre allowed to have an opinion and were also allowed to be ashamed of that opinion. Thats how free speech works!
Brittany, who has 2 million followers, received nearly 400,000 comments some positive, but some negative.
In another post, she shared a shot of her son, holding up two thumbs while wearing the "Hidin' from Biden" shirt. "My boy!" her husband commented.
Alden later took to his own Instagram to share about his beliefs. "I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country. This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way. #unapologetic 🇺🇸 #phoenixwasfire," Aldean wrote in a Thursday night post with a photo of himself silhouetted in front of an American flag.
The singer was in one of the photos his wife posted, but he was not wearing an anti-Biden shirt.
On her Instagram stories Thursday, Brittany Aldean also re-shared a TikTok video that praised her for being openly conservative. "Conservatives, it's okay to speak up. Some people won't like you, but most will," she wrote. "You're allowed to have an opinion too."
She also shared that she was invited to the Turning Point USA offices in Phoenix. The organization, founded by Charlie Kirk, is a conservative group with chapters at many U.S. colleges. Southern Poverty Law Center has warned of Turning Point USA's "blooming romance with the alt-right" and its connection to racists.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-aldean-brittany-anti-biden-post/
In another post, she shared a shot of her son, holding up two thumbs while wearing the "Hidin' from Biden" shirt. "My boy!" her husband commented.
Alden later took to his own Instagram to share about his beliefs. "I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country. This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way. #unapologetic 🇺🇸 #phoenixwasfire," Aldean wrote in a Thursday night post with a photo of himself silhouetted in front of an American flag.
The singer was in one of the photos his wife posted, but he was not wearing an anti-Biden shirt.
On her Instagram stories Thursday, Brittany Aldean also re-shared a TikTok video that praised her for being openly conservative. "Conservatives, it's okay to speak up. Some people won't like you, but most will," she wrote. "You're allowed to have an opinion too."
She also shared that she was invited to the Turning Point USA offices in Phoenix. The organization, founded by Charlie Kirk, is a conservative group with chapters at many U.S. colleges. Southern Poverty Law Center has warned of Turning Point USA's "blooming romance with the alt-right" and its connection to racists.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-aldean-brittany-anti-biden-post/
So yeah combine hardcore anti-vaxxerism and hardcore MAGA beliefs and youve got Travis Tritt and Jason Aldean. Maybe they can combine for the Diseased Lunatic tour. Thats this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Hit it!
Of course you know by now that people are people, and people are dumb. Folks look I have been getting a lot of COVID related requests for stories. But thats not really the whole point of this segment. Again we dont really make fun of death here, we prefer the people in these stories to still be alive. If you want to post those stories, I direct you to r/HermanCainAwards, r/qanoncasulaties, and r/covidatemyface. We endorse those forums here, so if you want to go air your grievances, that is a good place to start. Now here's a COVID story that is just plain fucking dumb. Look were a small business and we got affected by COVID because we couldnt tour for a year and a half. But if youre a small business and you get that money, you know what you should spend it on? The fucking business! You know what you shouldnt spend that money on? $60,000 Pokemon cards! And I mean come on, $60,000 for a Pokemon card is quite literally insane.
Federal prosecutors said a Georgia man used a COVID-19 relief loan to purchase a Pokemon card worth more than $57,000, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities arrested and charged Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Georgia Tuesday on one count of wire fraud, The Telegraph reported.
Court records indicated that the man lied on his Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application about the number of people his business employed and his companys gross revenue, according to the Telegraph.
Oudomsine received $85,000 in August 2020, using the money to buy the Pokemon card for $57,789, according to AP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578224-georgia-man-used-covid-loan-to-purchase-57000-pokemon-card-prosecutors
Authorities arrested and charged Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Georgia Tuesday on one count of wire fraud, The Telegraph reported.
Court records indicated that the man lied on his Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application about the number of people his business employed and his companys gross revenue, according to the Telegraph.
Oudomsine received $85,000 in August 2020, using the money to buy the Pokemon card for $57,789, according to AP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578224-georgia-man-used-covid-loan-to-purchase-57000-pokemon-card-prosecutors
Yeah I know nothing about Pokemon, that was definitely after my time as a kid. So I still dont get why a card would fetch $60,000. You know what? Let us know in the comments. Next up we go to Colorado for this one. Look, the Sopranos was a great show. But Tony Soprano is not a guy who you should imitate in real life. And this story has everything these guys stole cars, jewelry, you name it. And then they got caught. You know how? They livestreamed the crimes they committed. You really cant get much stupider than that, folks!
A strung-out group of small-time Colorado criminals that called themselves the Sopranos including one who has Styles Sopranos and a Nike logo tattooed on his forehead are singing the blues after being busted for a series of petty crimes to support their narcotic habits.
A Denver grand jury indicted 11 people for a laundry list of thefts committed to keep themselves flush with fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, prosecutors said.
The two-bit syndicate, consisting of men and women ranging from ages 21 to 42, allegedly stole $950,000 worth of cars, weapons, tools and other items, officials said in a Friday press release.
The family would use teamwork to break into and hotwire Kias and Hyundais, deploying lookouts and getaway drivers who put stolen license plates on the hot cars, according to the release.
They would then use credit cards found in the stolen cars to buy gift cards and property that could be easily sold for cash, officials claim.
On some occasions they are accused of livestreaming their crimes while in progress over Facebook as other enterprise members offered real-time encouragement, District Attorney Beth McCann wrote.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/colorado-sopranos-stole-to-support-drug-habits-feds/amp/
A Denver grand jury indicted 11 people for a laundry list of thefts committed to keep themselves flush with fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, prosecutors said.
The two-bit syndicate, consisting of men and women ranging from ages 21 to 42, allegedly stole $950,000 worth of cars, weapons, tools and other items, officials said in a Friday press release.
The family would use teamwork to break into and hotwire Kias and Hyundais, deploying lookouts and getaway drivers who put stolen license plates on the hot cars, according to the release.
They would then use credit cards found in the stolen cars to buy gift cards and property that could be easily sold for cash, officials claim.
On some occasions they are accused of livestreaming their crimes while in progress over Facebook as other enterprise members offered real-time encouragement, District Attorney Beth McCann wrote.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/colorado-sopranos-stole-to-support-drug-habits-feds/amp/
Wow, even Tony Soprano is giving the Facepalm on this one! RIP James Gandolfini, BTW. We at the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana, CA occasionally like to check with the Sunshine State, or as Homer Simpson famously called it, Americas Wang. You know what is it with Florida and people who throw things at each other? I feel like this is a common occurrence in Florida because weve been doing these stories forever and will probably continue to do so.
A Florida man appearing for arraignment ended up behind bars again Tuesday (October 19) after "violating the letter of law," as the Smoking Gun puts it.
Authorities in Indian River County arrested 26-year-old Jordan Thomas for allegedly battering a woman at a courthouse, but what he used was the bizarre part. An arrest report claims Thomas took "a signage letter from the blackboard in front of Court Room 3" and threw it at Shanterria Rolle, a 23-year-old Vero Beach resident. The letter "G" ended up hitting the victim, cops say.
Thomas, an Amazon driver, was being arraigned for a misdemeanor charge of battery, reporters say. He was accused of attacking Rolle in September, authorities confirmed. Officials say they caught the chaos on video while they were in recess.
The 26-year-old is being held without bond in county jail. He faces charges of battery and violating the terms of his pretrial release in the prior case (which included a condition that he have no contact with Rolle).
https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-10-22-florida-man-arrested-after-throwing-a-g-at-woman/
Authorities in Indian River County arrested 26-year-old Jordan Thomas for allegedly battering a woman at a courthouse, but what he used was the bizarre part. An arrest report claims Thomas took "a signage letter from the blackboard in front of Court Room 3" and threw it at Shanterria Rolle, a 23-year-old Vero Beach resident. The letter "G" ended up hitting the victim, cops say.
Thomas, an Amazon driver, was being arraigned for a misdemeanor charge of battery, reporters say. He was accused of attacking Rolle in September, authorities confirmed. Officials say they caught the chaos on video while they were in recess.
The 26-year-old is being held without bond in county jail. He faces charges of battery and violating the terms of his pretrial release in the prior case (which included a condition that he have no contact with Rolle).
https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-10-22-florida-man-arrested-after-throwing-a-g-at-woman/
Next up in a case of life imitating art, remember that 30 Rock scene where Tracy Jordan is whacked out of his mind wielding a Light Saber on the 405 in LA? Yeah its kind of like that, except that the person in question is nowhere near as famous as Tracy Jordan, but really this is pretty spectacular. Although where does one buy an actual sword if theres no Medieval Times around? I have so many questions about this one!
Authorities say when they arrived to four-feet high flames in a Brevard County roadway, they found a man holding a sword and drinking alcohol.
Deputies say they were on active patrol when they spotted the flames on Craig Avenue in Titusville around 2:12 a.m. on Thursday.
According to police, the fire was in front of a mans home who they visited around five times in the past six months for illegal burns. Officials say the fires ranged from being on the sidewalk, to taking up the entire street.
Officials say when they went to speak with suspect Scott Taylor he was sitting in his front yard holding a sword in his hand and had a knife in his waistband. Police say he was also actively drinking in front of them then began chugging from a half-gallon-sized Captain Morgan spiced rum. ..............(more)
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-man-wielding-sword-sets-fire-in-roadway-floods-booking-office-after-arrest/
Deputies say they were on active patrol when they spotted the flames on Craig Avenue in Titusville around 2:12 a.m. on Thursday.
According to police, the fire was in front of a mans home who they visited around five times in the past six months for illegal burns. Officials say the fires ranged from being on the sidewalk, to taking up the entire street.
Officials say when they went to speak with suspect Scott Taylor he was sitting in his front yard holding a sword in his hand and had a knife in his waistband. Police say he was also actively drinking in front of them then began chugging from a half-gallon-sized Captain Morgan spiced rum. ..............(more)
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-man-wielding-sword-sets-fire-in-roadway-floods-booking-office-after-arrest/
Finally this week this is a story that shockingly is not in Florida! This story comes to us from Floridas neighbors to the north in Maine. Look weve all made up excuses to get out of work. Ive been there, youve been there. Weve all been there. But you know what I would never do? Call in a bomb threat to my place of employment. Yeah you can do whatever you want to get out of work, but just dont do anything that would get you arrested, OK?
PITTSFIELD An Etna woman who wanted to spend more time with her boyfriend was arrested after she directed two separate bomb threats at Puritan Medical Products where he worked, forcing evacuations and disrupting manufacturing operations, police and company officials said Friday.
Pittsfield police Chief Harold Pete Bickmore said the first threat was made around 9 a.m. Thursday when a woman called Maine State Police and said she was going to place a bomb at the Puritan plant at 129 North Main St. The same woman in a second call two hours later said she intended to place four pipe bombs near the plant, Bickmore said.
State Police notified Pittsfield police and the sheriffs offices in both Somerset and Penobscot counties, and then traced the call to Etna, Bickmore said. Penobscot deputies found the woman after interviewing people in an Etna neighborhood. The deputies secured a confession from the woman, who said there were no bombs, according to Bickmore.
She was identified by authorities as 33-year-old Kayla Blake. She was charged with a felony count of terrorizing and taken to the Somerset County Jail. Her bail was set at $1,500 and she was ordered to stay away from Puritan property and not contact the company.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/09/24/woman-arrested-after-bomb-threats-force-evacuation-of-pittsfield-company-police-say/
Pittsfield police Chief Harold Pete Bickmore said the first threat was made around 9 a.m. Thursday when a woman called Maine State Police and said she was going to place a bomb at the Puritan plant at 129 North Main St. The same woman in a second call two hours later said she intended to place four pipe bombs near the plant, Bickmore said.
State Police notified Pittsfield police and the sheriffs offices in both Somerset and Penobscot counties, and then traced the call to Etna, Bickmore said. Penobscot deputies found the woman after interviewing people in an Etna neighborhood. The deputies secured a confession from the woman, who said there were no bombs, according to Bickmore.
She was identified by authorities as 33-year-old Kayla Blake. She was charged with a felony count of terrorizing and taken to the Somerset County Jail. Her bail was set at $1,500 and she was ordered to stay away from Puritan property and not contact the company.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/09/24/woman-arrested-after-bomb-threats-force-evacuation-of-pittsfield-company-police-say/
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our ongoing analysis of what the MAGA crowd is up to post election in our segment Red State Diaries! Ooh that was some good reverb. You know we here at the Top 10 love to debunk the nonsense coming from the right. And that especially includes some of their social media trends that we see on their sites. Yes, we do monitor Gab, Parler, and GETTR, and we will be adding Truth Social to the mix when that launches. Theres so much of this shit that its literally getting impossible to keep up with and its reaching ridiculous and absurd proportions. Their latest meme is no exception and it might be one of the lamest memes that theyve ever come up with. So the backstory of this meme happened at the NASCAR championship race where driver Brandon Brown won the race and was being interviewed about his victory afterward. Some in the crowd started chanting f--- Joe Biden and the interviewer said Hey! It sounds like theyre chanting Lets Go Brandon. Can we show that clip?
Yeah so that happened! Now how did this whole thing become a viral MAGA sensation? Well we got to start at the top.
Donald Trump Jr. has been revelling in the Washington Post newspaper issuing a correction about chants the crowd were making during one of his speeches in Georgia.
A Washington Post article that was published on October 23, entitled "Biden's critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts," incorrectly said that the crowd was singing: "Let's go Brandon" instead of "F*** Joe Biden!" at a Trump Jr. speech in September.
At the rally, Trump Jr. took the stage after the crowd had been chanting "USA! USA!"
"There's a couple other chants I've been hearing going around," he said. "Have you heard the other one that's been going around?" The crowd then shouted of "F*** Joe Biden!"
A correction was issued at the bottom of the article. It read: "Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said a crowd broke into a "Let's go Brandon" chant during a Donald Trump Jr. speech in Georgia. The crowd broke into a "F*** Joe Biden!" chant at that speech in September. The error, which was inserted by an editor, has been corrected."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-gets-washington-post-correction-over-lets-go-brandon-chant-1642139
A Washington Post article that was published on October 23, entitled "Biden's critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts," incorrectly said that the crowd was singing: "Let's go Brandon" instead of "F*** Joe Biden!" at a Trump Jr. speech in September.
At the rally, Trump Jr. took the stage after the crowd had been chanting "USA! USA!"
"There's a couple other chants I've been hearing going around," he said. "Have you heard the other one that's been going around?" The crowd then shouted of "F*** Joe Biden!"
A correction was issued at the bottom of the article. It read: "Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said a crowd broke into a "Let's go Brandon" chant during a Donald Trump Jr. speech in Georgia. The crowd broke into a "F*** Joe Biden!" chant at that speech in September. The error, which was inserted by an editor, has been corrected."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-gets-washington-post-correction-over-lets-go-brandon-chant-1642139
God I love that movie! But thats honestly not really that far off from this one! But this is what passes for conservative comedy these days. That and that horrible Gutfeld! show on Fox News. Its not that conservatives arent funny, its that what passes for conservative humor is very mean spirited and generally attacks the person or people and not the subject matter. Of course theres merchandise involved and dont think for a minute that Trump isnt profiting off of this.
Former President Donald Trump has capitalised on the Lets go Brandon bandwagon by releasing limited edition merchandise to his Save America page as anti-Biden chants continued over the weekend.
Mr Trumps website showed his team have released extremely limited t-shirts which will be given to anyone who contributes $45 (USD) or more to the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.
He has also released a t-shirt that reads #FJB.
The phrase Lets go Brandon has become popular at crowded events like football games after a video went viral a few weeks ago of race car driver Brandon Brown.
He was being interviewed post-win when the reporter misunderstood the crowd chanting Lets go Brandon when they were actually chanting anti-Biden slurs.
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/trump-releases-lets-go-brandon-merchandise-as-antibiden-chanting-continues/video/579371c20c8227f5a043594ece2b515d
Mr Trumps website showed his team have released extremely limited t-shirts which will be given to anyone who contributes $45 (USD) or more to the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.
He has also released a t-shirt that reads #FJB.
The phrase Lets go Brandon has become popular at crowded events like football games after a video went viral a few weeks ago of race car driver Brandon Brown.
He was being interviewed post-win when the reporter misunderstood the crowd chanting Lets go Brandon when they were actually chanting anti-Biden slurs.
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/trump-releases-lets-go-brandon-merchandise-as-antibiden-chanting-continues/video/579371c20c8227f5a043594ece2b515d
Yeah merchandising! Merchandising! Thats where the real money from the meme is made. I mean come on how else do you explain that #IMOMSOHARD show? You cant! Its even more absurd that this has spawned a multitude of rap songs on Spotify and iTunes about this very subject. Hell this meme has even made an appearance in Congress. Seriously its the catch phrase du jour among these people and their idiocy and childishness is really starting to show on this one. But not like it hasnt multiple times already!
A Florida man faces a $50 daily fine for displaying a banner outside his home proclaiming "Trump Won," a reference to Republican former President Donald Trump.
Walton County, Florida, will charge part-time resident Marvin Peavy $50 a day starting October 25 if he doesn't remove the "Trump Won" banner from outside of his home.
Peavy said he plans to also put up a banner that says "Let's Go Brandon," a phrase that conservatives have conflated with "F*ck you, Biden," an insult referencing Democratic President Joe Biden.
County officials said Peavy's banner violates signage regulations for the 30A scenic corridor, where Peavy's home resides. The corridor is part of a beachside route known for its natural beauty.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-pays-50-daily-fine-hang-trump-won-banner-plans-lets-go-brandon-sign-1641873
Walton County, Florida, will charge part-time resident Marvin Peavy $50 a day starting October 25 if he doesn't remove the "Trump Won" banner from outside of his home.
Peavy said he plans to also put up a banner that says "Let's Go Brandon," a phrase that conservatives have conflated with "F*ck you, Biden," an insult referencing Democratic President Joe Biden.
County officials said Peavy's banner violates signage regulations for the 30A scenic corridor, where Peavy's home resides. The corridor is part of a beachside route known for its natural beauty.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-pays-50-daily-fine-hang-trump-won-banner-plans-lets-go-brandon-sign-1641873
Dont do it, Brandon! dont you go stick that knife in your leg! And I mean of course Florida Man had to be involved. You know hes got that song on repeat in his creepy panel van covered with MAGA and Trump bumper stickers! See? Its all about the merchandising! Im in the wrong business, man! Oh and by the way we have plenty of Top 10 merchandise for yall for sale in the lobby! But this crap is even creeping its way to the halls of Congress! I just cant even so childish and stupid.
South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan is making headlines for a face mask worn this week on the floor of the House of Representatives and emblazoned with "let's go Brandon," a seemingly benign phrase that serves as coded reference to profane criticism of President Joe Biden.
The backstory is a bit convoluted, but the phrase is basically a stand-in for "f--- Joe Biden," a chant that has become increasingly popular among conservatives who see the president as political vulnerable in the wake of the end of the Afghanistan war and as he continues trying to pass his domestic agenda through Congress.
A spokesperson for Rep. Duncan, who has been in office since 2011, did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. His selection of the mask comes just days after fellow Republican Rep. Bill Posey ended a speech on the House floor by saying, "Let's go, Brandon!"
The phrase, as detailed by Slate, is rooted in a remark made by an NBC Sports reporter while interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown following his win at the Talladega Superspeedway
https://people.com/politics/gop-lawmaker-wears-lets-go-brandon-mask-on-the-house-floor/
The backstory is a bit convoluted, but the phrase is basically a stand-in for "f--- Joe Biden," a chant that has become increasingly popular among conservatives who see the president as political vulnerable in the wake of the end of the Afghanistan war and as he continues trying to pass his domestic agenda through Congress.
A spokesperson for Rep. Duncan, who has been in office since 2011, did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. His selection of the mask comes just days after fellow Republican Rep. Bill Posey ended a speech on the House floor by saying, "Let's go, Brandon!"
The phrase, as detailed by Slate, is rooted in a remark made by an NBC Sports reporter while interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown following his win at the Talladega Superspeedway
https://people.com/politics/gop-lawmaker-wears-lets-go-brandon-mask-on-the-house-floor/
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Phish [/font]
Folks, we are very privileged to have my next musical guest they are playing not one, not two, not three, but four sold out Halloween shows at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and our crappy little show for some reason! They are touring in support of their new album Sigma Oasis. Playing their song Everythings Right, give it up for Phish!
Thank you Sacramento and thank you for joining us for our annual Halloween Spooktacular!! We are off to Chicago next with live music from the Dropkick Murphys! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Phish Appear Courtesy Of: Phish, Inc.
Rob Zombie appears courtesy of: Nuclear Blast Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
October 25, 2021
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 2: Religion TO THE EXTREME!!!
Hi folks, OK we are not good. We had this taped and ready to go, yet forgot to air it. So here it is a day late and yes, a dollar short! I guess that's what happens when you try to get a new series off the ground. But that said, the people responsible for this have been sacked. And the people responsible for sacking the people who need to be sacked, have been sacked.
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! I hope yall are doing well and I hope that you have a copy of our Good Book opened because we are going to explore followers of the good LAWRD JAYSUS and how far their beliefs can take them this week. This is episode 2 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! I hope you enjoyed last weeks feature as much as we did. We hit a bit of a snag though as the Top 10 was canceled this week but that wont stop us from airing episode 2. This weeks theme for this episode is called Religion TO THE EXTREME!!! and we are going to explore just how far religious beliefs can go. The first we are going to examine how far religion can go in a group context with the Pray Vote Stand festival. And believe me they say some crazy shit there! And yes, we are allowed to swear in my church! So go ahead, let it fly my fair brothers and sisters! Then we are going to explore how far one man can take his beliefs in the form of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Because this guy says a lot of batshit crazy stuff and we wonder where it is all coming from? And also if he believes it or not? And of course finally we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! We of course love to check in from time to time what our brothers and sisters on the right are up to. And last weekend was no exception. For it was one of their annual festivals. Last week was one such gathering called the Pray Vote Stand Festival which was formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. And we went to Pray Vote Stand Festival to bring you some of the juiciest highlights, because thats what we get to do now that we have our very own spinoff show! So what did we find at the Pray Vote Stand Festival? Well its basically the same crap with a new hat. And in fact it really shows just how far right wing religion can and has been circling the drain. Because what these people want is certainly *NOT* what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have had in mind now is it? Well now lets start with whats behind door number one shall we?
Im not sure you have that interpreted correctly there. So what is so bad about having to get a shot in the arm so you dont die of a deadly virus? Just the sheer insanity of these lunatics knows no boundaries, and neither does their hatred of the government. But really if its that hard to get a simple little vaccine then I dont really have a lot of sympathy for your complaints! Now lets see whats behind door number 2, shall we?
Of course they are, Reverend! Thats what this entire festival is for! But imagine what it takes to not only stand up at a podium and say something this batshit insane, but to also believe it! I mean I really wonder how these people sleep at night, like if they think what they are doing really suits the LAWRD JAYSUS? I mean they support a man so foul that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But next up did you know that Marxism is apparently the mark of the beast? Well neither did we!
That is a good question because I dont know either! And what makes these people think they are fighting for good when really what they stand for is everything that the good LAWRD JAYSUS doesnt stand for? Jesus stood to love your fellow man, not think that everything contains the mark of the beast, now does he? And the only thing on earth that I can think of that accurately contains the mark of the beast is the Iron Maiden album The Number Of The Beast. But thats about it! Last but not least we have George Barna who says that Christians must indoctrinate other peoples children into a Biblical world view, because that sort of thing always works out well doesnt it?
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Mark Robinson
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! In the world of extreme religion, one can never be too extreme. And if you want a preview of what America would look like under a religious fascist totalitarian regime, look no further than the great state of North Carolina. There, there is a man who has got a lot of very unwanted attention because of his Christian extremism. And before we go any further, I just want to preface look, we make fun of Christianity a lot on this program. But we make fun of all religions on this program, and if it feels like we single out Christianity, its because Christian nationalists deserve every bit of shit that we throw at them. And dont think you will get off lightly, Madison Cawthorn, youre next! Anyway now that I got that off my chest, I want to introduce you to Mark Robinson. So what kind of man is Mark Robinson? Now well I will let you know what kind of man he is with just one story. For he is a bigot of the highest caliber. Thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
Now that devil is the one standing at the podium in this case! Now youd think this was an isolated incident, now wouldnt you? But no! In fact its part of a pattern of bigotry and in fact. Mr. Robinson is part of a growing movement of Christian nationalists, like Virginias Glenn Youngkin, who dont worry, we will get to next week! And what is the right wing obsession with drag queens? They are obsessed with this stuff. And I wouldnt be surprised if they had a few mini skirts in their closet. But this is what happens when you put Christian nationalism on full display!
Oh but in Mark Robinsons church there is! And by the way you know whats not mentioned in the Bible? Guns! But thats not in the twisted worldview of Mark Robinson and people who think like him and vote for him. I will never understand the gun cabal because they are not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have wanted now is it? But in the eyes of people like him, they somehow equate the 2nd Amendment with JAYSUS worship. That to me is quite literally insane!
Come on, Brother Mark. I have read the Bible, I dont remember guns mentioned anywhere. And what are you defending yourself from? You live in the suburbs, youre not defending anyone from anything and you know it! And by the way in case youre wondering whether or not anyone actually votes for an extremist like this, you might want to consider your local pastor. Theres a reason why he purposefully checked that box for the unholy Dark One! And no, Reverend, the only one here whos lost their minds is you, and you might want to look in the mirror!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! This of course is the free form discussion room where we get to discuss anything as long as its related to religion. And I must preface that it can be anything you want to talk about something in the news, something a right wing politician said or did, or anything else you can dream of! No subject is too taboo or off the table for us. Except of course for the unholy, ungodly Dark One you know him. The man who is so disgusting, depraved, vile, and evil that his name dare NOT be spoken in my church! That said lets check the voice mails and Tweets left on our Hotline To Heaven! Thats right, were a bit more high tech than your standard church is!
Mike S. from Jackson Hole, Wyoming writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why has there been an increase in anti-Semitism lately? Didnt we fight an entire war on this sort of thing back in the 1940s?
Well, my son, if theres anything that we have learned from the former administration, and He Who Shall Not Be Named, its that Facebook and internet activity has made people more racist. And were not joking about this.
Yeah probably! And with representative s like this at the helm, who needs enemies? Next up:
Stephanie P. from San Diego, California writes:
Heavenly Father,
I looked at my uber-religious cousins Facebook page. Its filled with vicious anti-vaccine memes and other hateful rhetoric aimed at democrats. Is there any reason for that?
So theres no direct reason for that. But thanks to our good friends over at r/HermanCainAwards, we have been tracking some of the vicious stuff thats being said and its quite appalling. But when pastors and other church leaders start spewing this nonsense, we cant be surprised when their flock follows suit. And with pastors like these, were really not surprised that people are getting more hateful.
My god is it any wonder why I havent taken a sledge hammer to my computer yet? But as our Good Book points out violence doesnt really solve anything, thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? Next up we have:
Jason N. from Henderson, NV writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why do my fellow Christians fall for scams and hucksters and conspiracy theories every single time?
Well, brother Jason, I would suspect that it has something to do with their gatherings. You invite someone up on stage enough and if they repeat the lie long enough, people will eventually start to believe it! And believe me when I say that theyve said some pretty crazy shit over the years. Even though our Good Book instructs that thou shalt not lie, that hasnt stopped our brothers and sisters on the right from arguing in a crowd in front of a stage!
Oh come on. Re-Awaken America. Last thing we need is turning more people in favor of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man so foul, depraved, sinful, and disgusting that his name dare NOT be spoken in my church, thus you will be banished to the further reaches of the place where fire, torture and brimstone are common! Finally this week, our final prayer comes to us from:
Lisa Q. from Tuscon, Arizona writes:
Heavenly Father,
I am new to this church. Who is this Dark One that you speak of and why are we not allowed to mention his name during your sermons?
Well, my fair sister Lisa, the Dark One refers to the man who was our 45th president. And the reason why we dont say his name here is because, as I have repeated multiple times, he is so foul, so vile, so evil, and so depraved and sinful that he breaks every sin known to man in our Good Book. And our brothers and sisters on the right have been thinking of him in the same way as they think of our good LAWRD JAYSUS! I will not stand idly by while they allow such filth to be compared to the Holy Lord! He does not stand for good. He stands for all that is evil and wrong with the world! The religious rights undying support of this foul creature goes against every moral fiber in my body and the morals and values that I was taught growing up!
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! We will return on 11/7 with episode 3!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At: Constellation Room at Observatory OC, Santa Ana, CA
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 2: Religion... TO THE EXTREME!!!
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 2: Religion TO THE EXTREME!!!
Hi folks, OK we are not good. We had this taped and ready to go, yet forgot to air it. So here it is a day late and yes, a dollar short! I guess that's what happens when you try to get a new series off the ground. But that said, the people responsible for this have been sacked. And the people responsible for sacking the people who need to be sacked, have been sacked.
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! I hope yall are doing well and I hope that you have a copy of our Good Book opened because we are going to explore followers of the good LAWRD JAYSUS and how far their beliefs can take them this week. This is episode 2 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! I hope you enjoyed last weeks feature as much as we did. We hit a bit of a snag though as the Top 10 was canceled this week but that wont stop us from airing episode 2. This weeks theme for this episode is called Religion TO THE EXTREME!!! and we are going to explore just how far religious beliefs can go. The first we are going to examine how far religion can go in a group context with the Pray Vote Stand festival. And believe me they say some crazy shit there! And yes, we are allowed to swear in my church! So go ahead, let it fly my fair brothers and sisters! Then we are going to explore how far one man can take his beliefs in the form of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Because this guy says a lot of batshit crazy stuff and we wonder where it is all coming from? And also if he believes it or not? And of course finally we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! We of course love to check in from time to time what our brothers and sisters on the right are up to. And last weekend was no exception. For it was one of their annual festivals. Last week was one such gathering called the Pray Vote Stand Festival which was formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. And we went to Pray Vote Stand Festival to bring you some of the juiciest highlights, because thats what we get to do now that we have our very own spinoff show! So what did we find at the Pray Vote Stand Festival? Well its basically the same crap with a new hat. And in fact it really shows just how far right wing religion can and has been circling the drain. Because what these people want is certainly *NOT* what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have had in mind now is it? Well now lets start with whats behind door number one shall we?
Former Rep. Michele Bachmann was among those who spoke during the first session of the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference Wednesday night. Following her remarks, Bachmann was interviewed backstage on Facebook Live by FRCs Marjorie Jackson, who asked Bachmann what sort of battles she foresees for the nation in the years ahead.
Bachmann, who is currently dean of the school of government at Pat Robertsons Regent University, responded by declaring that the United States government has been overthrown in a fascist coup, claiming that we are now living in the absolute worst times in this nations history.
Its tough to get much more draconian than we are right now, Bachmann said. Quite literally, the government has turned to fascism. Thats what were in. I believe were in a coup right nowwhich is an illegal hostile takeover of governmentand I believe that thats what were in the middle of.
When you have government forcing private businesses to fire people because the people arent complying with what government says, then youre denying people the right to earn a living, she continued. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says when you deny someone the right to their living, its the same as murder, and so our government is engaging in probably some of the most horrific actions we have ever seen. If you take all the bad actions of government throughout the entire history of the United States and you put them all together, they pale in comparison to what were seeing now. This is a very unique time, so people shouldnt think theyre crazy when theyre looking at current events and wondering whats going on. This really is the absolute worst times.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-says-we-are-living-in-the-absolute-worst-times-in-american-history/
Bachmann, who is currently dean of the school of government at Pat Robertsons Regent University, responded by declaring that the United States government has been overthrown in a fascist coup, claiming that we are now living in the absolute worst times in this nations history.
Its tough to get much more draconian than we are right now, Bachmann said. Quite literally, the government has turned to fascism. Thats what were in. I believe were in a coup right nowwhich is an illegal hostile takeover of governmentand I believe that thats what were in the middle of.
When you have government forcing private businesses to fire people because the people arent complying with what government says, then youre denying people the right to earn a living, she continued. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says when you deny someone the right to their living, its the same as murder, and so our government is engaging in probably some of the most horrific actions we have ever seen. If you take all the bad actions of government throughout the entire history of the United States and you put them all together, they pale in comparison to what were seeing now. This is a very unique time, so people shouldnt think theyre crazy when theyre looking at current events and wondering whats going on. This really is the absolute worst times.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-says-we-are-living-in-the-absolute-worst-times-in-american-history/
Im not sure you have that interpreted correctly there. So what is so bad about having to get a shot in the arm so you dont die of a deadly virus? Just the sheer insanity of these lunatics knows no boundaries, and neither does their hatred of the government. But really if its that hard to get a simple little vaccine then I dont really have a lot of sympathy for your complaints! Now lets see whats behind door number 2, shall we?
Organizers of the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference for religious-right activists invited Kenneth Blackwell, who actively promoted former President Donald Trumps false stolen-election claims after the 2020 election, to discuss election reform. Blackwell praised states that have passed restrictive voting laws this year while condemning federal voting rights legislation pending in Congress.
FRC Action Vice President Brent Keilen interviewed Blackwell on stage, framing the topic of conversation as election integrity, the right-wing buzzword favored by so-called Stop the Steal activists and Republican legislators who use false claims of voter fraud to justify passing more restrictive voting laws. Blackwell urged activists to demand that every state impose photo ID requirements for voters, and he called for dramatic restrictions on early voting.
After the 2020 election, Blackwell aggressively promoted Trumps false claims that he won the election. Blackwell signed a Dec. 10 open letter from right-wing leaders that declared, There is no doubt President Donald J. Trump is the lawful winner of the presidential election. Joe Biden is not president elect. The letter called on legislatures in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan to override the election results and appoint pro-Trump electors.
Blackwell signed another open letter at the end of December, urging Senate Republicans to contest the electoral votes from five battleground states won by Biden. FRC President Tony Perkins also signed both letters.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stop-the-steal-activist-ken-blackwell-backs-state-voter-suppression-slams-federal-voting-rights-legislation-at-religious-right-activist-conference/
FRC Action Vice President Brent Keilen interviewed Blackwell on stage, framing the topic of conversation as election integrity, the right-wing buzzword favored by so-called Stop the Steal activists and Republican legislators who use false claims of voter fraud to justify passing more restrictive voting laws. Blackwell urged activists to demand that every state impose photo ID requirements for voters, and he called for dramatic restrictions on early voting.
After the 2020 election, Blackwell aggressively promoted Trumps false claims that he won the election. Blackwell signed a Dec. 10 open letter from right-wing leaders that declared, There is no doubt President Donald J. Trump is the lawful winner of the presidential election. Joe Biden is not president elect. The letter called on legislatures in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan to override the election results and appoint pro-Trump electors.
Blackwell signed another open letter at the end of December, urging Senate Republicans to contest the electoral votes from five battleground states won by Biden. FRC President Tony Perkins also signed both letters.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stop-the-steal-activist-ken-blackwell-backs-state-voter-suppression-slams-federal-voting-rights-legislation-at-religious-right-activist-conference/
Of course they are, Reverend! Thats what this entire festival is for! But imagine what it takes to not only stand up at a podium and say something this batshit insane, but to also believe it! I mean I really wonder how these people sleep at night, like if they think what they are doing really suits the LAWRD JAYSUS? I mean they support a man so foul that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But next up did you know that Marxism is apparently the mark of the beast? Well neither did we!
E.W. Jackson, a right-wing pastor who was the Republican Partys nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor in 2013, told religious-right activists at the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference Thursday that Marxism, socialism, transgenderism, homosexuality, and abortion are works of the devil, and that God wants to intervene in the rotten here and now and bring us out of this mess that we are in.
Jackson, whose radio show is broadcast on the American Family Associations radio network, told attendees that the problem that we have in America is ultimately not political and ultimately not cultural. It is spiritual.
The United States, he said, is a providential nation and a gift from Almighty God:
Patriotism comes from the word pater, meaning love of or honor of the father. And its not just about our Founding Fathers; its about the Father God who gave us this nation. And if you really believe that this nation is the gift that God gave to you, to your children, and to your grandchildren, then you ought to be willing to say, Im not going to let some bunch of Marxists and socialists and communists take this nation away and rob my posterity of the great gift that God has given us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-tells-religious-right-activists-they-will-defeat-marxism-homosexuality-and-other-works-of-the-devil/
Jackson, whose radio show is broadcast on the American Family Associations radio network, told attendees that the problem that we have in America is ultimately not political and ultimately not cultural. It is spiritual.
The United States, he said, is a providential nation and a gift from Almighty God:
Patriotism comes from the word pater, meaning love of or honor of the father. And its not just about our Founding Fathers; its about the Father God who gave us this nation. And if you really believe that this nation is the gift that God gave to you, to your children, and to your grandchildren, then you ought to be willing to say, Im not going to let some bunch of Marxists and socialists and communists take this nation away and rob my posterity of the great gift that God has given us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-tells-religious-right-activists-they-will-defeat-marxism-homosexuality-and-other-works-of-the-devil/
That is a good question because I dont know either! And what makes these people think they are fighting for good when really what they stand for is everything that the good LAWRD JAYSUS doesnt stand for? Jesus stood to love your fellow man, not think that everything contains the mark of the beast, now does he? And the only thing on earth that I can think of that accurately contains the mark of the beast is the Iron Maiden album The Number Of The Beast. But thats about it! Last but not least we have George Barna who says that Christians must indoctrinate other peoples children into a Biblical world view, because that sort of thing always works out well doesnt it?
While right-wing groups are mobilizing angry mobs to yell at school board members that parents have the right to control what their children are taught, evangelical pollster George Barna told religious-right activists at the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand summit Thursday that it is their duty to try to indoctrinate other peoples children into a biblical worldview.
Barna, one of the first senior fellows at FRCs recently established Center for Biblical Worldview, specializes in studying what he calls SAGE ConsSpiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians. What is most striking about FRC and Barnas worldview project is how few peopleand how few conservative evangelicalsmeasure up to their right-wing biblical worldview standard.
When the Center for Biblical Worldview launched in May, FRC President Tony Perkins said that a biblical worldview is only achieved when a person believes that the Bible is true, authoritative, and then taught how it is applicable to every area of life, which enables them to live out those beliefs.
Barna told Pray Vote Stand attendees that only 6 percent of American adults measure up to that standard of a biblical worldviewand only one out of five people who attend an evangelical church.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-christians-must-indoctrinate-other-peoples-children-into-a-biblical-worldview-says-frcs-george-barna/
Barna, one of the first senior fellows at FRCs recently established Center for Biblical Worldview, specializes in studying what he calls SAGE ConsSpiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians. What is most striking about FRC and Barnas worldview project is how few peopleand how few conservative evangelicalsmeasure up to their right-wing biblical worldview standard.
When the Center for Biblical Worldview launched in May, FRC President Tony Perkins said that a biblical worldview is only achieved when a person believes that the Bible is true, authoritative, and then taught how it is applicable to every area of life, which enables them to live out those beliefs.
Barna told Pray Vote Stand attendees that only 6 percent of American adults measure up to that standard of a biblical worldviewand only one out of five people who attend an evangelical church.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-christians-must-indoctrinate-other-peoples-children-into-a-biblical-worldview-says-frcs-george-barna/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Mark Robinson
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! In the world of extreme religion, one can never be too extreme. And if you want a preview of what America would look like under a religious fascist totalitarian regime, look no further than the great state of North Carolina. There, there is a man who has got a lot of very unwanted attention because of his Christian extremism. And before we go any further, I just want to preface look, we make fun of Christianity a lot on this program. But we make fun of all religions on this program, and if it feels like we single out Christianity, its because Christian nationalists deserve every bit of shit that we throw at them. And dont think you will get off lightly, Madison Cawthorn, youre next! Anyway now that I got that off my chest, I want to introduce you to Mark Robinson. So what kind of man is Mark Robinson? Now well I will let you know what kind of man he is with just one story. For he is a bigot of the highest caliber. Thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
North Carolinas Christian nationalist Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is under fire after Right Wing Watch posted a clip of him speaking Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, North Carolina, ranting that Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught filth.
Theres no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth, Robinson said during his remarks in June.
In August, Robinson spoke at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, a church that is run by Bishop Patrick Wooden, a vehemently anti-gay right-wing pastor who once claimed that gay men have to wear diapers because they routinely insert cellphones, baseball bats, and animals into their anuses.
Not surprisingly, Robinson felt so at home in Woodens church that he spent nearly five minutes ranting that the transgender rights movement is demonic and full of the Antichrist spirit.
Heres something else Im not supposed to say: Aint but two genders, Robinson declared. You can go to the doctor and get cut up, you can go down to the dress shop and get made up, you can go down there and get drugged up, but at the end of the day, you are just a drugged-up, dressed-up, made-up, cut-up man or woman. You aint changed what God put in you, that DNA. You cant transcend Gods creation; I dont care how hard you try. The transgender movement in this countryif theres a movement in this country that is demonic and that is full of the spirit of Antichrist, it is the transgender movement.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-transgender-rights-movement-is-demonic-and-full-of-the-antichrist-spirit/
Theres no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth, Robinson said during his remarks in June.
In August, Robinson spoke at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, a church that is run by Bishop Patrick Wooden, a vehemently anti-gay right-wing pastor who once claimed that gay men have to wear diapers because they routinely insert cellphones, baseball bats, and animals into their anuses.
Not surprisingly, Robinson felt so at home in Woodens church that he spent nearly five minutes ranting that the transgender rights movement is demonic and full of the Antichrist spirit.
Heres something else Im not supposed to say: Aint but two genders, Robinson declared. You can go to the doctor and get cut up, you can go down to the dress shop and get made up, you can go down there and get drugged up, but at the end of the day, you are just a drugged-up, dressed-up, made-up, cut-up man or woman. You aint changed what God put in you, that DNA. You cant transcend Gods creation; I dont care how hard you try. The transgender movement in this countryif theres a movement in this country that is demonic and that is full of the spirit of Antichrist, it is the transgender movement.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nc-lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-transgender-rights-movement-is-demonic-and-full-of-the-antichrist-spirit/
Now that devil is the one standing at the podium in this case! Now youd think this was an isolated incident, now wouldnt you? But no! In fact its part of a pattern of bigotry and in fact. Mr. Robinson is part of a growing movement of Christian nationalists, like Virginias Glenn Youngkin, who dont worry, we will get to next week! And what is the right wing obsession with drag queens? They are obsessed with this stuff. And I wouldnt be surprised if they had a few mini skirts in their closet. But this is what happens when you put Christian nationalism on full display!
North Carolinas Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was among members of Congress, state legislators, various candidates for office, and radical religious-right activists who gathered at Temple Baptist Church in Mount Airy, North Carolina, last weekend for the North Carolina Faith & Freedom Coalitions Salt & Light Conference.
Robinson, who closed out the event on Saturday, is a regular participant in pastor gatherings organized by the American Renewal Project, an organization run by Christian nationalist political operative David Lane. As Lane recently explained, the aim and purpose of such gatherings is to recruit pastors and spiritual leaders to run for local officecity council, school board, county commissioner, parks and recreation, etc.in 2022, 2024, 2026 and thereafter, in an attempt to neutralize and overcome the assault by cultural Marxism.
Based on the speech Robinson delivered at the Salt & Light Conference, it is easy to see why he has been a featured speaker at so many of Lanes events. The ardent strain of Christian nationalism that fueled his remarks would have been extreme coming from a radical right-wing pastor; it was even more alarming coming from a high-ranking elected official.
Robinson opened his remarks by declaring that the United States has been, is, and always will be a Christian nation and that anyone who doesnt like it is free to leave:
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/north-carolinas-republican-lt-gov-mark-robinson-puts-his-christian-nationalism-on-full-display/
Robinson, who closed out the event on Saturday, is a regular participant in pastor gatherings organized by the American Renewal Project, an organization run by Christian nationalist political operative David Lane. As Lane recently explained, the aim and purpose of such gatherings is to recruit pastors and spiritual leaders to run for local officecity council, school board, county commissioner, parks and recreation, etc.in 2022, 2024, 2026 and thereafter, in an attempt to neutralize and overcome the assault by cultural Marxism.
Based on the speech Robinson delivered at the Salt & Light Conference, it is easy to see why he has been a featured speaker at so many of Lanes events. The ardent strain of Christian nationalism that fueled his remarks would have been extreme coming from a radical right-wing pastor; it was even more alarming coming from a high-ranking elected official.
Robinson opened his remarks by declaring that the United States has been, is, and always will be a Christian nation and that anyone who doesnt like it is free to leave:
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/north-carolinas-republican-lt-gov-mark-robinson-puts-his-christian-nationalism-on-full-display/
Oh but in Mark Robinsons church there is! And by the way you know whats not mentioned in the Bible? Guns! But thats not in the twisted worldview of Mark Robinson and people who think like him and vote for him. I will never understand the gun cabal because they are not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have wanted now is it? But in the eyes of people like him, they somehow equate the 2nd Amendment with JAYSUS worship. That to me is quite literally insane!
Last week, we published a piece about a speech delivered by North Carolinas Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson at a right-wing Christian conference in which Robinson was unabashed in promoting his radical Christian nationalist worldview. The shocking nature of Robinsons remarks prompted us to start looking at other speeches Robinson has delivered, many of which, we discovered, were equally extreme.
In June, Robinson spoke at Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, North Carolina, where he ranted that Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught filth.
During that same speech, Robinson also claimed that guns are a gift from God given to humans so they can protect themselves, just as garden slugs produce certain enzymes that prevent them from being eaten by predators.
To every animal, God has given the ability to defend yourself, Robinson said. God didnt even leave the garden slug out. Garden slugs have little enzymes in it that make it unappealing for folks to eat. Certainly we wouldnt want to eat them. But even some animals look at garden slugs and find them unappealing because theres an enzyme in them that gives off something that drives creatures away. And theres even an inside enzyme in some of them that if creatures eat them, they automatically spit them out.
God gave the garden slug a way to defend itself, he continued. Now, if God gave the garden slug a way to defend themselves, what makes you think he didnt give man, who he created in his own image, a way to defend himself? Those AR-15s and Glock 9mms and .45 calibers; where do you think they came from? Who do you think inspired them? God knew the world he was putting us into, so he formed in our mind the ability for us to be able to defend ourselves from anybody who may threaten us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-guns-are-a-gift-from-god/
In June, Robinson spoke at Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, North Carolina, where he ranted that Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught filth.
During that same speech, Robinson also claimed that guns are a gift from God given to humans so they can protect themselves, just as garden slugs produce certain enzymes that prevent them from being eaten by predators.
To every animal, God has given the ability to defend yourself, Robinson said. God didnt even leave the garden slug out. Garden slugs have little enzymes in it that make it unappealing for folks to eat. Certainly we wouldnt want to eat them. But even some animals look at garden slugs and find them unappealing because theres an enzyme in them that gives off something that drives creatures away. And theres even an inside enzyme in some of them that if creatures eat them, they automatically spit them out.
God gave the garden slug a way to defend itself, he continued. Now, if God gave the garden slug a way to defend themselves, what makes you think he didnt give man, who he created in his own image, a way to defend himself? Those AR-15s and Glock 9mms and .45 calibers; where do you think they came from? Who do you think inspired them? God knew the world he was putting us into, so he formed in our mind the ability for us to be able to defend ourselves from anybody who may threaten us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-guns-are-a-gift-from-god/
Come on, Brother Mark. I have read the Bible, I dont remember guns mentioned anywhere. And what are you defending yourself from? You live in the suburbs, youre not defending anyone from anything and you know it! And by the way in case youre wondering whether or not anyone actually votes for an extremist like this, you might want to consider your local pastor. Theres a reason why he purposefully checked that box for the unholy Dark One! And no, Reverend, the only one here whos lost their minds is you, and you might want to look in the mirror!
Bishop Patrick Wooden of North Carolina is a viciously anti-LGBTQ right-wing pastor who has claimed, among other things, that gay men have to wear diapers because they routinely insert cellphones, baseball bats, and animals into their anuses.
Naturally, Wooden is close allies with North Carolinas Christian nationalist Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is likewise vehemently opposed to efforts to promote LGBTQ rights and equality. With Robinson under fire over a clip Right Wing Watch posted of him ranting that Christians must take control of public schools because theres no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth, Wooden is predictably coming to Robinsons defense.
On Thursday, Wooden posted a video on his YouTube channel in which he praised Robinsons comments, asserted that those who have criticized Robinson are racist, dismissed local LGBTQ leaders as losers, and reported that Robinsons right-wing supporters had gathered with him Wednesday to hold a big prayer meeting amid the controversy.
Many in North Carolina have lost their minds, Wooden said. We have a tremendous lieutenant governorLt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a history-making lieutenant governor, the only African American lieutenant governor in the history of this here great stateand the man is doing a fantastic job.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-thank-god-for-him-right-wing-pastor-patrick-wooden-defends-nc-lt-gov-mark-robinsons-bigoted-comments/
Naturally, Wooden is close allies with North Carolinas Christian nationalist Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is likewise vehemently opposed to efforts to promote LGBTQ rights and equality. With Robinson under fire over a clip Right Wing Watch posted of him ranting that Christians must take control of public schools because theres no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth, Wooden is predictably coming to Robinsons defense.
On Thursday, Wooden posted a video on his YouTube channel in which he praised Robinsons comments, asserted that those who have criticized Robinson are racist, dismissed local LGBTQ leaders as losers, and reported that Robinsons right-wing supporters had gathered with him Wednesday to hold a big prayer meeting amid the controversy.
Many in North Carolina have lost their minds, Wooden said. We have a tremendous lieutenant governorLt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a history-making lieutenant governor, the only African American lieutenant governor in the history of this here great stateand the man is doing a fantastic job.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-thank-god-for-him-right-wing-pastor-patrick-wooden-defends-nc-lt-gov-mark-robinsons-bigoted-comments/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! This of course is the free form discussion room where we get to discuss anything as long as its related to religion. And I must preface that it can be anything you want to talk about something in the news, something a right wing politician said or did, or anything else you can dream of! No subject is too taboo or off the table for us. Except of course for the unholy, ungodly Dark One you know him. The man who is so disgusting, depraved, vile, and evil that his name dare NOT be spoken in my church! That said lets check the voice mails and Tweets left on our Hotline To Heaven! Thats right, were a bit more high tech than your standard church is!
Mike S. from Jackson Hole, Wyoming writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why has there been an increase in anti-Semitism lately? Didnt we fight an entire war on this sort of thing back in the 1940s?
Well, my son, if theres anything that we have learned from the former administration, and He Who Shall Not Be Named, its that Facebook and internet activity has made people more racist. And were not joking about this.
For more than five years, I begged Republicans to reject the creeping anti-Semitism Donald Trump brought to the party, noting on the eve of the 2016 election that when a demagogue begins to identify scapegoats, the Jews are never far behind.
But I never expected I would see in my lifetime, in the United States of America, what occurred on the floor of the House this week. One hundred ninety-nine Republican members of Congress rallied to the defense of a vile, unapologetic anti-Semite in their ranks who calls for assassination of her opponents.
This is more than a Republican problem; its an American problem. You dont have to be a scholar of 20th-century Europe to know what happens when the elected leaders of a democracy condone violence as a political tool and blame the countrys ills on the Jews.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who is quickly becoming the de facto face of the Republican Party, has suggested that the deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, where white supremacists chanted Jews will not replace us, was actually an inside job to further the agenda of the elites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/199-house-republicans-have-embraced-anti-semitism-violence/
But I never expected I would see in my lifetime, in the United States of America, what occurred on the floor of the House this week. One hundred ninety-nine Republican members of Congress rallied to the defense of a vile, unapologetic anti-Semite in their ranks who calls for assassination of her opponents.
This is more than a Republican problem; its an American problem. You dont have to be a scholar of 20th-century Europe to know what happens when the elected leaders of a democracy condone violence as a political tool and blame the countrys ills on the Jews.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who is quickly becoming the de facto face of the Republican Party, has suggested that the deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, where white supremacists chanted Jews will not replace us, was actually an inside job to further the agenda of the elites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/199-house-republicans-have-embraced-anti-semitism-violence/
Yeah probably! And with representative s like this at the helm, who needs enemies? Next up:
Stephanie P. from San Diego, California writes:
Heavenly Father,
I looked at my uber-religious cousins Facebook page. Its filled with vicious anti-vaccine memes and other hateful rhetoric aimed at democrats. Is there any reason for that?
So theres no direct reason for that. But thanks to our good friends over at r/HermanCainAwards, we have been tracking some of the vicious stuff thats being said and its quite appalling. But when pastors and other church leaders start spewing this nonsense, we cant be surprised when their flock follows suit. And with pastors like these, were really not surprised that people are getting more hateful.
My god is it any wonder why I havent taken a sledge hammer to my computer yet? But as our Good Book points out violence doesnt really solve anything, thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? Next up we have:
Jason N. from Henderson, NV writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why do my fellow Christians fall for scams and hucksters and conspiracy theories every single time?
Well, brother Jason, I would suspect that it has something to do with their gatherings. You invite someone up on stage enough and if they repeat the lie long enough, people will eventually start to believe it! And believe me when I say that theyve said some pretty crazy shit over the years. Even though our Good Book instructs that thou shalt not lie, that hasnt stopped our brothers and sisters on the right from arguing in a crowd in front of a stage!
For the last several months, Clay Clark, a business consultant who hosts a podcast called Thrivetime, has been leading a ReAwaken America Tour in venues around the country. As Right Wing Watch reported in June, Clark himself is a radical anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, and so it is no surprise that he has crammed his events full of right-wing election, COVID-19, and QAnon conspiracy theorists.
In December, Clark will be taking his tour to Elevate Live Church in Frisco, Texas, and hes filled the speaking slots with the usual allotment of MAGA activists and conspiracy theorists, such as Michael Flynn, Greg Locke, Scott McKay, Ann Vandersteel, Mark Sherwood, Gene Ho, Patrick Byrne, Stella Immanuel, Jackson Lahmeyer, Leon Benjamin, Mark Burns, and dozens more.
Joining this motley crew in Dallas, according to Clark, will be Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Appearing on The Todd Coconato Show Friday, Clark revealed that Paxton will be participating in the December event, as will religious-right activist Sean Feucht and Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-to-appear-at-election-covid-19-qanon-conspiracy-theory-conference-in-december/
In December, Clark will be taking his tour to Elevate Live Church in Frisco, Texas, and hes filled the speaking slots with the usual allotment of MAGA activists and conspiracy theorists, such as Michael Flynn, Greg Locke, Scott McKay, Ann Vandersteel, Mark Sherwood, Gene Ho, Patrick Byrne, Stella Immanuel, Jackson Lahmeyer, Leon Benjamin, Mark Burns, and dozens more.
Joining this motley crew in Dallas, according to Clark, will be Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Appearing on The Todd Coconato Show Friday, Clark revealed that Paxton will be participating in the December event, as will religious-right activist Sean Feucht and Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-to-appear-at-election-covid-19-qanon-conspiracy-theory-conference-in-december/
Oh come on. Re-Awaken America. Last thing we need is turning more people in favor of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man so foul, depraved, sinful, and disgusting that his name dare NOT be spoken in my church, thus you will be banished to the further reaches of the place where fire, torture and brimstone are common! Finally this week, our final prayer comes to us from:
Lisa Q. from Tuscon, Arizona writes:
Heavenly Father,
I am new to this church. Who is this Dark One that you speak of and why are we not allowed to mention his name during your sermons?
Well, my fair sister Lisa, the Dark One refers to the man who was our 45th president. And the reason why we dont say his name here is because, as I have repeated multiple times, he is so foul, so vile, so evil, and so depraved and sinful that he breaks every sin known to man in our Good Book. And our brothers and sisters on the right have been thinking of him in the same way as they think of our good LAWRD JAYSUS! I will not stand idly by while they allow such filth to be compared to the Holy Lord! He does not stand for good. He stands for all that is evil and wrong with the world! The religious rights undying support of this foul creature goes against every moral fiber in my body and the morals and values that I was taught growing up!
Right-wing radio host Eric Metaxas is an adamant election conspiracy theorist who was booted from YouTube earlier this year for relentlessly pushing the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
Metaxas, who conveniently ignores every bit of information that debunks his false narrative, appeared on the FlashPoint program, which airs on Kenneth Copelands The Victory Channel, Tuesday night, where he called the election of President Joe Biden a satanic usurpation and vowed never to accept the results, likening it someone having raped and killed somebody I love.
Should we just give up on the election? host Gene Bailey facetiously asked. Is that what you think?
You know, if somebody raped and killed somebody I love, Im not the kind of guy that says, You know what? Hey, we all make mistakes. Let it go,' Metaxas replied. Once that person is in jail, I might go and pray with that person. But I will not sleep until that person is found and put behind bars.
I believe [the election] was stolen, he continued. But lets say it wasnt. I want to know, I want to be convinced, and I want every American to be convinced that our election processes are absolutely transparent. And when people tell you to, Shut up, move along, that is a big red flag [that] theyre hiding something.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/election-conspiracy-theorist-eric-metaxas-says-bidens-election-was-a-satanic-usurpation/
Metaxas, who conveniently ignores every bit of information that debunks his false narrative, appeared on the FlashPoint program, which airs on Kenneth Copelands The Victory Channel, Tuesday night, where he called the election of President Joe Biden a satanic usurpation and vowed never to accept the results, likening it someone having raped and killed somebody I love.
Should we just give up on the election? host Gene Bailey facetiously asked. Is that what you think?
You know, if somebody raped and killed somebody I love, Im not the kind of guy that says, You know what? Hey, we all make mistakes. Let it go,' Metaxas replied. Once that person is in jail, I might go and pray with that person. But I will not sleep until that person is found and put behind bars.
I believe [the election] was stolen, he continued. But lets say it wasnt. I want to know, I want to be convinced, and I want every American to be convinced that our election processes are absolutely transparent. And when people tell you to, Shut up, move along, that is a big red flag [that] theyre hiding something.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/election-conspiracy-theorist-eric-metaxas-says-bidens-election-was-a-satanic-usurpation/
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! We will return on 11/7 with episode 3!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At: Constellation Room at Observatory OC, Santa Ana, CA
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
October 14, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-12: Three Men & A Subpoena Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Whats up Salt Lake City? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! So I do have to say that episode 1 of our first ever spinoff series - Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons was an absolutely rousing success! Well be back on 10/24 for episode 2 and I promise that its going to be a good one! And I do want to say that weve been renewed for season 12 which means the return of Stupidest State 2022! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! So let me ask you something my fair audience do we really need another Home Alone? I am so damn tired of sequels and reboots that I am getting to the point where I cant stand this shit anymore. But the Home Alone reboot is definitely approaching ridiculous territory. And come on lets face it Home Alone doesnt really hold up much anymore. And I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Home Alone 2 because it has the worst human being in the world in a cameo. Lets also face it I had no idea Home Alone 3 even existed and its one of the worst sequels ever. Can we stop remaking things now? This is getting ridiculous! OK rant over. Enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to but first John Oliver is back and he discusses the one subject that is about as bad for your brain as any number of drugs misinformation!
Man this week was a banner week for conservative idiocy wasnt it? In the number one slot this week is the GOP (1). Bill Maher dropped a bombshell of a New Rule last week which showed how the republicans are part of a slow moving coup against the United States and were going to break it down and examine how it could happen from our perspective. In the second slot this week is AT&T. Did they help unleash the beast known as OAN? Yeah they did, and fuck them! In the number 3 slot is Steve Bannon (3) who is aiding Rudy Giuliani and Ali Alexander in defying Congressional orders to subpoena about where they were on January 6th. In the number 4 slot this week is anti-vaxxers (4) which includes the extreme violence coming from Italian anti-vaxxers, while our home grown bioterrorists are making a bizarre claim about the recent Southwest Airlines fiasco. Taking the number 5 slot this week is Elon Musk (5). So Tesla has officially left California for greener pastures in Texas and thats largely so Elon can afford some nice tax breaks. In the number 6 slot this week is of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10- and this week is another gathering of hardline MAGAs known as the Pray Vote Stand Festival, formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. New identity and the same bullshit from the Christian right that youve always known! In the number 7 slot this week is a new edition of This Fucking Guy and this week were going after Eric Clapton (7). Yes, the guy who was almost once a Beatle, is a hard right anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist, and hes getting raked over the coals for his beliefs! In the number 8 slot this week is a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and this week the Gabby Petito murder has reached ridiculous heights with Dog The Bounty Hunter involved, but is it really a ploy by him to get back on TV? Probably. In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week we have a new I Need A Drink and this week were finally taking a look at the bizarre obsession of celebrities who refuse to bathe properly in a piece were calling Stanky Ass Celebs. Finally this week in Red State Diaries (10) weve got highlights from the Orange Ones latest MAGA rally and its quite possibly one of his most insane yet. But well say that next time too. And weve got some live music from the great Twenty One Pilots! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The GOP
[br] [/font] [br]
You know we had a much different entry for this one, about the Amp Fesitval in Miami, but I hated the entry so I threw it out. And we normally dont talk about editorials on this show. But we have to talk about Bill Maher from last week. Because he really hit the nail on the head about how republicans and conservatives could steal 2024 from us. In fact before we go any further lets roll the clip. Watch it in its entirety.
Yeah holy shit indeed! Thats some scary dark prophecies right there. The thing is we dodged the most massive of bullets in 2020. But that bullet does have the potential to ricochet. See weve been talking a long time about how conservatives have the potential to steal elections and they almost got away with it in 2020. Almost. But in 2024? We should expect that the MAGAs will be prepared for an all out war with the US government if they dont win in a landslide.
Yes oh shit indeed! And they may actually get away with it too. So lets extrapolate and see how this dark prophecy could play out, shall we? Lets start with our old buddy Mike Lindell. Yes, Creepy Pillow Man might be back on the pipe again. Because lets take a look at his latest claim. First he claimed that there was an 850 year old man who voted in the election. Which is weird because America isnt even that old. Then there was this.
Holy shit! Bart wasnt that far off there! But thats just one possible way that the fuckheads (formerly known as MAGAs) can steal the 2024 election. I mean look were three years away and I wouldnt put it past them that theyre planning the steal now. And Trump and his supporters would carry out the next holocaust if enabled! Im convinced that if social media conspiracies had been around in 1940 wed currently be under Nazi rule and I am not exaggerating that! But lets look at another angle on how they could steal 2024 rewriting history and make no mistake they will attempt that.
Well us too! Because the path to authoritarianism like Bill Maher described, is a slow moving coup, and it will sneak up on you before you realize that its too late. We should be paying attention to what they are doing now, and we should be alarmed at their every move. Its not a slow moving coup. Conspiracy theories are a cancer and they are dangerous. We should be giving them a heavy dose of chemotherapy, but instead ones like Q Anon have metastasized and grown. Were at stage 4. Next step? It kills the host and good night everybody! Sleep tight!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]AT&T
[br] [/font] [br]
RIP Liberal media. 1920 2021. You will be missed. The cause of death? Well AT&T might just be the cause of it. I do have to say that thank god I am no longer an AT&T customer because I would have canceled whatever contract I have because of it. Because there was a massive bombshell this week dropped by Reuters that AT&T were the ones behind the pro-Trump conservative network One America News, or OAN. Thats right the network that openly flaunts pro-Trump conspiracy theories and occasionally goes full Q Anon may have been the brainchild of AT&T executives. And look even the liberal media that they constantly rail against isnt really that liberal. But this takes that entire talking point and turns it on its ear. This is quite possibly one of the most egregious things anyone can do, and if corporations are people, AT&T should be facing serious punishment for this.
Wow, that is quite the bombshell! Now before you boo, and you absolutely should boo AT&T for this, but what makes this even worse is that this is a win for Q Anon conspiracy theorists. Thats right funding a network that caters to the lunatic fringe has devastating consequences. And we saw those come to fruition on January 6th. And even now, they run clips like this on their show that just flaunt election conspiracy theories and pro-Trump bullshit. And that is what makes OAN dangerous, but now that Reuters has Scooby Dood them and pulled off their masks, we know whos really behind them!
Yeah we cant even begin to emphasize how much AT&T sucks for what they did. If they took sides they absolutely chose the wrong one. Itd be like playing a game of darts and instead of hitting the target, you hit the pole on the right and then claim you were actually trying to hit the target. Not the best analogy but you get my point. But even the president of AT&T admitted that they were the ones behind OAN, now lets pull off their mask and find out who they really are!
Damn straight! AT&T funded a steaming load of grade A certified bullshit. You might as well slap a pile of horse manure with an AT&T logo and then feed it ivermectin. Yeah thank you for that image graphics department! Though I do love that they are being raked over the coals for their decision to fund this bastion of fake news. And especially John Oliver. That man is a national treasure. I dont care if hes British, were claiming him!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon
[br] [/font] [br]
The slow moving coup has already metastasized and is quickly becoming a cancer. The conservatives war on Joe Biden has escalated to the point where I am not making this up this happened.
Yeah I shit you not! They actually tried to disguise a Fuck Joe Biden chant as if the audience has been saying Lets Go Brandon!. Which I can assure you they most certainly did not. And we wonder why ordinary people fell for the Nazis. But this isnt about that, well save that more for the next entry. This entry is instead going to be about the beginning of the slow moving coup being orchestrated by Steve Bannon, Ali Alexander, and Rudy Guiliani defying orders to testify about their involvement in the January 6th fast moving coup. Or as Im calling this, Three Men And A Subpoena. Thank you very much, graphics department! So heres Steve Bannons role in all of this. Hes predicting use of a private MAGA army to carry out Trumps evil biddings in the 2024 election if it doesnt go 100% their way. And this is why conspiracy theories are dangerous.
Yeah thats putting it lightly! But that said, while Congress is putting pressure on the trio of traitors to appear at the next round of January 6th hearings, theyre laughing at the prospect of actually having to testify. Because lets face it, if youre a white man and you have an R next to your name and firmly subscribe to the cult beliefs, you can pretty much get away with murder. But that said, Mr. Bannon is in the process of forming a far right power grab, which will hit you like a ton of bricks.
Yeah theyre moving about this at the same pace as Wiley Coyote is attempting to catch the Road Runner, and with the same quality Acme branded products. But if Steve Bannon doesnt scare the shit out of you, he absolutely should. He might just be the link in Trumps slow moving coup. They say its a game of however many dimensions of chess there are, and it seems like they add a new one every week or so. Its more like a game of dominoes. Theyre setting up the pieces right now as we speak.
No youre not, Mr. Bannon! In fact were onto you. Now heres where it gets weird because you knew it was going to. Remember a while back when we discussed a church that was obsessed with firearms that had purchased a large plot of land outside Pennsylvania (see: Top 10 Best Of #17 ). We now know what they are doing with it. Is it a compound or a cult? Or is it a military training center for a MAGA coup in 2024? And why does it involve Steve Bannon? See? We can make up our own conspiracies too!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Anti-vaxxers when are you going to learn two things? The first is that youre probably loaded with vaccines. Hell, my parents have pages of vaccine records from when I was a kid. The second is vaccines are the reason why youre still alive! And if you dont believe that the virus is real and is a real threat I would like to direct you to my favorite subreddit called r/HermanCainAwards. Named after the late Herman Cain (see: Idiots #9-9 ), this subreddit explores people who are vehemently and publicly anti-vaccine, get COVID, get admitted to the hospital, get put on a ventilator and die. While seeking prayer warriors and that ultimately leads to their demise. Morbid, I know. But not as insane as the latest nonsense coming from anti-vaxxers about the Southwest Airlines fiasco. Which they are seeing as some kind of anti-vaccine moral crusader victory for their cause. Um its not.
Now heres the thing you know we give American anti-vaxxers a hard time largely because were an American based show. And they absolutely deserve every bit of shit that they get. Because its thanks to this nonsense that theyre going to the hospital and dying in droves. But that said, Americas anti-vaxxers aint got nothing on Italys anti-vaxxers, who are turning way more violent and crazy than ours could ever even dream of! We go across the sea to Italy for this story!
Yeah the shit is really hitting the fan in Italy. But back here you might have seen reports of anti-vaxxers taking their fight about vaccine and mask mandates to school boards. You personally could not pay me enough to sit at a school board meeting. But these people are crashing these meetings and treating school board members like shit. I cant imagine these people are proud of what they are doing, though they probably think they are.
Sigh .. you know heres the thing if you collapse while youre at the podium screaming about vaccine mandates, youre not exactly proving your point. But that said the conservatives have lost their damn minds when it comes to this issue. We cannot stress this enough: STOP LISTENING TO IDIOTS ON FUCKING FACEBOOK!!!! Get the vaccine! Ok now that I got that off my chest heres what conservatives think of the Southwest going behind their backs. Comply or die! Id rather comply.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Elon Musk
[br] [/font] [br]
You know lets face it at this point, Elon Musk is an underwater fortress and a furry cat away from becoming a real life Ernst Starvo Blofeld. So is the Tesla move from California to Texas a good thing or a bad thing? Well its mostly bad. And as a Californian Im quite frankly insulted. Sure, the Tesla factory, which was formerly owned by Toyota, will probably get picked up by a new manufacturer of electric vehicles, of which theres plenty to choose from. And thats one thing that I am glad about is that more and more people and governments are embracing the future of electric vehicles and electric transportation. Which is why the Tesla move to Texas is a really horrible one. Because its mostly about taxes. So why the move now? Well its going to have a huge effect on not only California but the city that its moving to Austin, Texas.
You know thats kind of how it feels like a giant rejection letter. So what are Elons plans for Texas and whats happening there? Well naturally the citizens feel that the influx of people who will be moving to Austin to get a job at the new Tesla plant will be raising the rent prices. Which in Austin currently are super cheap. So lets ask actual Austin residents how they feel about Tesla moving in and its not exactly what one would call good.
Yeah no seriously I do feel like Elon is a new Blofeld. In fact coming soon the new Tesla Underwater Fortress! All thats needed is a suave super spy and a submarine car that can destroy it! Yeah I have been watching a lot of Bond movies, cant you tell? But just like Blofeld, Elon is a man of many questions and very few answers. Yes the move from California to Texas seems oddly suspicious, but why is it that he can get away with stuff like this?
Well there is some good news. I dont want you to think that this is all doom and gloom. But Elon hasnt totally closed the Tesla plants and offices in California. But dont think hes gone full Larry David and opened up his own spite factory in Texas. Yeah it might appear that way but at least Elon is still committed to California even though theyre moving full on into Austin. And well definitely keep an eye on this story and all the things Tesla and Space X are up to.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
First off Id like to say that if you missed Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 1, you can find it here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215940098
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! We of course love to check in from time to time what our brothers and sisters on the right are up to. And last weekend was no exception. For it was one of their annual festivals. Last week was one such gathering called the Pray Vote Stand Festival which was formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. And we went to Pray Vote Stand Festival to bring you some of the juiciest highlights, because thats what we get to do now that we have our very own spinoff show! So what did we find at the Pray Vote Stand Festival? Well its basically the same crap with a new hat. And in fact it really shows just how far right wing religion can and has been circling the drain. Because what these people want is certainly *NOT* what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have had in mind now is it? Well now lets start with whats behind door number one shall we?
Im not sure you have that interpreted correctly there. So what is so bad about having to get a shot in the arm so you dont die of a deadly virus? Just the sheer insanity of these lunatics knows no boundaries, and neither does their hatred of the government. But really if its that hard to get a simple little vaccine then I dont really have a lot of sympathy for your complaints! Now lets see whats behind door number 2, shall we?
Of course they are, Reverend! Thats what this entire festival is for! But imagine what it takes to not only stand up at a podium and say something this batshit insane, but to also believe it! I mean I really wonder how these people sleep at night, like if they think what they are doing really suits the LAWRD JAYSUS? I mean they support a man so foul that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But next up did you know that Marxism is apparently the mark of the beast? Well neither did we!
That is a good question because I dont know either! And what makes these people think they are fighting for good when really what they stand for is everything that the good LAWRD JAYSUS doesnt stand for? Jesus stood to love your fellow man, not think that everything contains the mark of the beast, now does he? And the only thing on earth that I can think of that accurately contains the mark of the beast is the Iron Maiden album The Number Of The Beast. But thats about it! Last but not least we have George Barna who says that Christians must indoctrinate other peoples children into a Biblical world view, because that sort of thing always works out well doesnt it?
Well Pastor Barna, do you want terrorists? Because thats how you get terrorists. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Eric Clapton
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy is one of the best guitar players on the planet and a guy who was almost considered to be the fifth member of the Beatles Eric Clapton. So why is he on this list? Well Mr. Clapton is not exactly what one would call a nice guy. In fact hes got a history of making racist statements and is a rabid anti-vaxxer extremist conspiracy theorist. So apparently the reason why Mr. Clapton is so vehemently against vaccines is because he apparently had a bad reaction to his first one and that was enough to flip him to the side of batshit crazy. But has he always been this way? Well easy answer is yes and yes. So whos fault is it? Well Mr. Clapton blames it primarily on the propaganda but hey wait a minute! Thats our job! But not only is he doubling down on his anti-vaccine nonsense, hes apparently bankrolling it.
Thats right Eric Clapton actually gave money to an anti-vaccine group. And actually said that they were doing great work. And by the way he might just be Mr. Flip Flopper extreme because he previously said that he wouldnt play at any venue that required a vaccine mandate. Which is needless to say all of them! In fact he even played a show in Texas attended by famously noted anti-vaxxer governor Greg Abbott.
Yes me fans are stupid pigs! So why is Eric Clapton hanging out with anti-vaxxers and batshit insane politicians? I mean how could you possibly be in the same room as Greg Abbott and not want to punch him in the face? Its an impossibility I tell you! And yeah would you really want to be around Gov. Abbott after he tested positive? I know I wouldnt! So why is Mr. Clapton funding a band full of anti-vaxxers spreading misinformation? Well this goes back to May when he first got his AstraZeneca jab.
So heres the thing regardless of which side of the fence Mr. Clapton happens to fall on and lets say that, oh fuck it, he did fall on the wrong side. Heres the thing and we cannot stress this enough get the damn vaccine! Whatever side effects you go through are worth it because the alternative is spending the rest of eternity six feet under. The bottom line is either listen to experts or listen to idiots, and listening to the experts is the way to go. Because if you listen to idiots youre the one who will ultimately lose in the long run.
Yeah so thats anti-vaccination crusader Eric Clapton. Thats this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! Were coming to you live from our underground doomsday bunker deep in the alkali flats of the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location of course! Let me just adjust my trusty tin foil hat for maximum government interference they are trying to read your thoughts you know! Heres the thing folks were not making fun of the murder of Gabby Petito at all. I cannot stress that enough. But what we can make fun of is the situation at hand. Last week we talked about how things got ridiculous when Dog The Bounty Hunter got involved. But theres far more to his involvement than meets the eye. And trust us when I say that the more you go down the wormhole on this, the weirder it gets. It starts with Dog The Bounty Hunter canceling his appearance at Hazzard Fest an annual celebration of the TV show The Dukes Of Hazzard. Youll have to excuse the TMZ link.
So that happened. Then from there it gets even more ridiculous. Apparently he went to Brian Laundries house for some reason. But two things one why am I not at all surprised that this story is taking place in Florida? And second why would you leave a vacation to find this out? OK Im done trying to understand this story, its getting too weird even for a segment that explores conspiracy theories and all the batshit crazy things that the right does.
Wait wait wait wait so let me get this straight. Youre in Florida to hunt down Brian Laundrie or youre in Florida because youre on vacation and just happened to vacation near Brian Laundries house? I am getting mixed signals here. But guess what? Dog may be using this case to launch a platform for a new reality series. Thats right hes interested in this case because it will help catapult his TV career? And why wouldnt it? It already got an episode of South Park, what more do you want?
Now heres where it gets weird. You didnt think it could possibly get much weirder did you? Well I say youre wrong! And heres the thing if Dog The Bounty Hunter actually succeeds in helping the police capture Brian Laundrie and he absolutely should be brought to justice then I will gladly chew on my tin foil hat and admit that I was wrong about this whole thing. But for now this entire thing clearly sits in the too ridiculous to make up counter.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know that the idea behind this segment is that we have some drinks, and we talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt relate to politics. This week were taking a look at the growing phenomenon of celebrities who refuse to take a shower. Yeah its a disgusting subject, I know. So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about BO? The BO cocktail? Whats in it? Why dont you just bottle that and sell it as a COVID cure to idiots who refuse to get the vaccine? All right Ill go partners with you. In the meantime I want my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. I mean come on, were in Salt Lake City. We have to jump through hoops for our booze! But this week were going to talk about the phenomenon of the stinky celebrity. Its been reported that a growing number of celebrities are among those who refuse to shower. So what is going on exactly? Well it just seems like its one after another after another!
Ah I needed that! So thats the entire thing about celebrities theyre weird. We get it. But thats why theyre celebrities. Its why Gwenyth Paltrow sells a $100 candle called This Smells Like My Vagina that exploded. Yeah picture that for a minute. Im getting off topic here. But thats just the tip of the iceberg, and theres plenty of bizarre celebrity behavior that could span over several editions of our favorite segment here. But none have gone as far as Paul Wall who doesnt even wear deodorant! Get the puke bucket ready!
Yes, we like our booze in mass quantities here! And me being the host of the show, I get my drinks comped! But that said, theres not all celebrities who are refusing to cleanse themselves. The antidote to this madness comes from Jason Momoa. Yes, Aquaman himself has the cure for the BS. Thats right hes the king of the fucking water, and thats according to his words. So why wouldnt he want to bathe or use a pool? Good question!
So now you might be asking whats the solution?. Well I answer you sir / madam, with a simple I dont know. But is going au natural the solution? Well youre about half right. It turns out that the human need for showering and cleanliness stems out of fear. The most obvious targets being the smelly kids in middle school. You know, kind of like Pig Pen from the old Peanuts cartoons. Ask yourself this do you want to be Pig Pen or do you want to be like Mila Kunis? Yeah thats a weird question, but I am kind of drunk right now. No wait, Im extremely drunk.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment exploring what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries. Last week, we came back with a vengeance because the Former Guy is going out on his Out For Justice tour. And do we need to point out the fact that Steven Segal has moved to Moscow and is heavily involved with the Russian government? Do we really need to? Of course if youre following us you already know that so we are moving on! But what we are going to do this week the Former Guy went to Iowa and was once again spewing his bullshit. And this is in front of a crowd that will willfully ingest medication thats meant for farm animals. But why is this his craziest rally yet? And weve been covering these damn things from the beginning. Well when Trump can no longer barf his brain on social media, he gets very weird. And whats really alarming is that people who condemned his involvement in the January 6th riots like Charles Grassley for instance, are now none too happy to bend over and kiss his ass. Which is actually a pretty disgusting sight.
Yeah so Charles Grassley had an independent thought and now the Former Guy has reeled him in, made him kiss his proverbial feet and now he is firmly back in with the cult. But now hes either Make America Great Again, Again or Save America depending on where the location is. This time it was Save America. But you cant deny how intentionally awful the phrase Make America Great Again, Again is. Its like a 1st grader wrote this who thought he was funny repeating the same word twice.
Yes, holy shit indeed! If Iowas poll numbers dont alarm you then youre not paying attention! But whats even more alarming is that the right is talking about the prospect of civil war. Now heres the thing most of Trumps base is vehemently anti-vaccine. So how the hell can we expect them to fight a civil war when most of their people are dead or dying from COVID? Its absolute insanity I tell you! I just cant even with these people.
Yeah civil war right. Fuck you. Thats like the worst possible thing you could do, and the ramifications could last years and even decades. If you think getting a fucking vaccine in your arm is going to inconvenience you? Just wait until a war breaks out. Yeah its no reason why we should be headed that way but were more divided than ever. Its going to be the HEY! THEY LOOK LIKE DORKS defense that lights this powder keg. But with many of them dead or dying from COVID, dont expect this war to get past the planning stages.
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
MAGA wants a war? Well give them some stats that show them that theyve got a lot of building to do and even then they still wont win!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Twenty One Pilots [/font]
Folks my next guest are one of the best bands to break out in the last 10 years. You can see them on the Takeover Tour through Nov. 4th! Playing their song Saturday, give it up for Twenty One Pilots!
Thank you Salt Lake City! We had an awesome time. Unfortunately our show next week in Seattle got canceled (Holy Shit will still air as scheduled) but we will be back on 10/28 live from Sacramento with our Halloween special with live music from our good friend Rob Zombie!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Zanies Comedy Club, Salt Lake City, UT
Twenty One Pilots appear courtesy of: Fueled By Ramen, LLC
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-12: Three Men & A Subpoena Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-12: Three Men & A Subpoena Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Whats up Salt Lake City? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! So I do have to say that episode 1 of our first ever spinoff series - Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons was an absolutely rousing success! Well be back on 10/24 for episode 2 and I promise that its going to be a good one! And I do want to say that weve been renewed for season 12 which means the return of Stupidest State 2022! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! So let me ask you something my fair audience do we really need another Home Alone? I am so damn tired of sequels and reboots that I am getting to the point where I cant stand this shit anymore. But the Home Alone reboot is definitely approaching ridiculous territory. And come on lets face it Home Alone doesnt really hold up much anymore. And I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Home Alone 2 because it has the worst human being in the world in a cameo. Lets also face it I had no idea Home Alone 3 even existed and its one of the worst sequels ever. Can we stop remaking things now? This is getting ridiculous! OK rant over. Enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to but first John Oliver is back and he discusses the one subject that is about as bad for your brain as any number of drugs misinformation!
Man this week was a banner week for conservative idiocy wasnt it? In the number one slot this week is the GOP (1). Bill Maher dropped a bombshell of a New Rule last week which showed how the republicans are part of a slow moving coup against the United States and were going to break it down and examine how it could happen from our perspective. In the second slot this week is AT&T. Did they help unleash the beast known as OAN? Yeah they did, and fuck them! In the number 3 slot is Steve Bannon (3) who is aiding Rudy Giuliani and Ali Alexander in defying Congressional orders to subpoena about where they were on January 6th. In the number 4 slot this week is anti-vaxxers (4) which includes the extreme violence coming from Italian anti-vaxxers, while our home grown bioterrorists are making a bizarre claim about the recent Southwest Airlines fiasco. Taking the number 5 slot this week is Elon Musk (5). So Tesla has officially left California for greener pastures in Texas and thats largely so Elon can afford some nice tax breaks. In the number 6 slot this week is of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10- and this week is another gathering of hardline MAGAs known as the Pray Vote Stand Festival, formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. New identity and the same bullshit from the Christian right that youve always known! In the number 7 slot this week is a new edition of This Fucking Guy and this week were going after Eric Clapton (7). Yes, the guy who was almost once a Beatle, is a hard right anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist, and hes getting raked over the coals for his beliefs! In the number 8 slot this week is a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and this week the Gabby Petito murder has reached ridiculous heights with Dog The Bounty Hunter involved, but is it really a ploy by him to get back on TV? Probably. In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week we have a new I Need A Drink and this week were finally taking a look at the bizarre obsession of celebrities who refuse to bathe properly in a piece were calling Stanky Ass Celebs. Finally this week in Red State Diaries (10) weve got highlights from the Orange Ones latest MAGA rally and its quite possibly one of his most insane yet. But well say that next time too. And weve got some live music from the great Twenty One Pilots! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The GOP
[br] [/font] [br]
You know we had a much different entry for this one, about the Amp Fesitval in Miami, but I hated the entry so I threw it out. And we normally dont talk about editorials on this show. But we have to talk about Bill Maher from last week. Because he really hit the nail on the head about how republicans and conservatives could steal 2024 from us. In fact before we go any further lets roll the clip. Watch it in its entirety.
Yeah holy shit indeed! Thats some scary dark prophecies right there. The thing is we dodged the most massive of bullets in 2020. But that bullet does have the potential to ricochet. See weve been talking a long time about how conservatives have the potential to steal elections and they almost got away with it in 2020. Almost. But in 2024? We should expect that the MAGAs will be prepared for an all out war with the US government if they dont win in a landslide.
In a bombshell report issued last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee painted a disturbing picture of what the United States could become if something drastic isnt done to halt the slide into single-party rule and soon.
Particularly troubling in the report titled Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election is the foreshadowing of how former President Trump will undoubtedly again abuse the Justice Department if he or one of his allies becomes president in 2025. America has seen this ugliness before. The abuses of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, have been described by historians as little less than blackmail of prominent public officials and private citizens and personal intimidation toward any person or institution daring to question his authority, including the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr.
What America is facing with a possible second Trump presidency is the potential for widespread spying, bullying and retaliation of U.S. citizens based on their perceived loyalty or disloyalty to the Oval Office occupant.
Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher offered a chilling, must-watch preview of the U.S. 2024 presidential election, warning, I hope I scared the shit out of you. Yes, we should all be scared.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/576249-whats-at-stake-if-trump-wins-in-2024-single-party-authoritarian-rule
Particularly troubling in the report titled Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election is the foreshadowing of how former President Trump will undoubtedly again abuse the Justice Department if he or one of his allies becomes president in 2025. America has seen this ugliness before. The abuses of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, have been described by historians as little less than blackmail of prominent public officials and private citizens and personal intimidation toward any person or institution daring to question his authority, including the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr.
What America is facing with a possible second Trump presidency is the potential for widespread spying, bullying and retaliation of U.S. citizens based on their perceived loyalty or disloyalty to the Oval Office occupant.
Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher offered a chilling, must-watch preview of the U.S. 2024 presidential election, warning, I hope I scared the shit out of you. Yes, we should all be scared.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/576249-whats-at-stake-if-trump-wins-in-2024-single-party-authoritarian-rule
Yes oh shit indeed! And they may actually get away with it too. So lets extrapolate and see how this dark prophecy could play out, shall we? Lets start with our old buddy Mike Lindell. Yes, Creepy Pillow Man might be back on the pipe again. Because lets take a look at his latest claim. First he claimed that there was an 850 year old man who voted in the election. Which is weird because America isnt even that old. Then there was this.
Nearly one year after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, MyPillow CEO and fierce Trump loyalist Mike Lindell is still espousing a string of bizarre - and false - claims about the election results.
This time, the right-wing businessman trumpeted a conspiracy theory that tens of thousands of people voted using a fake address and phone number in Wisconsin to help Biden win the battleground state that Trump took in 2016.
Without offering any evidence, Lindell, during an interview on his own website, michaeljlindell.com, suggested 23,000 people voted using the same prison address in the state and claimed "a lot of them" weren't even alive.
"If you can pull up, I'm gonna show you guys in Wisconsin, just an example, how 23,000 people voted using a prison address and used the same phone number," he said. "And a lot of them were people that turned out, as we dove into it, they're not alive anymore, they just used their names obviously, and they don't live in Wisconsin."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-lindell-is-still-spreading-lies-about-the-2020-election-he-most-recently-claimed-23000-dead-people-voted-in-wisconsin-using-a-prison-address/ar-AAPrvRt
6
This time, the right-wing businessman trumpeted a conspiracy theory that tens of thousands of people voted using a fake address and phone number in Wisconsin to help Biden win the battleground state that Trump took in 2016.
Without offering any evidence, Lindell, during an interview on his own website, michaeljlindell.com, suggested 23,000 people voted using the same prison address in the state and claimed "a lot of them" weren't even alive.
"If you can pull up, I'm gonna show you guys in Wisconsin, just an example, how 23,000 people voted using a prison address and used the same phone number," he said. "And a lot of them were people that turned out, as we dove into it, they're not alive anymore, they just used their names obviously, and they don't live in Wisconsin."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-lindell-is-still-spreading-lies-about-the-2020-election-he-most-recently-claimed-23000-dead-people-voted-in-wisconsin-using-a-prison-address/ar-AAPrvRt
6
Holy shit! Bart wasnt that far off there! But thats just one possible way that the fuckheads (formerly known as MAGAs) can steal the 2024 election. I mean look were three years away and I wouldnt put it past them that theyre planning the steal now. And Trump and his supporters would carry out the next holocaust if enabled! Im convinced that if social media conspiracies had been around in 1940 wed currently be under Nazi rule and I am not exaggerating that! But lets look at another angle on how they could steal 2024 rewriting history and make no mistake they will attempt that.
Nine months after the attack on the US Capitol, Republicans in Congress are defending Donald Trump's role on January 6 in some of their strongest terms yet -- and signaling he'd have widespread backing from the party if he ran for president again in 2024.
Republicans from across the conference -- including some who are vulnerable in next year's midterms or have long been seen as part of the establishment wing of the party -- are expressing little to no reservations about the prospect of Trump topping the ticket again, even as he continues to spread the same election lies that led a mob to storm their place of work. Some GOP members are cheering on a Trump comeback, saying he remains a popular figure and powerful force in the party. And there's widespread agreement among Republicans that Trump would be the automatic frontrunner -- and freeze the primary field -- if he chooses to jump in.
Even some Republicans in swing districts -- like Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey -- are embracing Trump's potential return into the political fray.
"Yes, I would," Van Drew, who switched parties and became a Republican in 2019 to defend Trump during his first impeachment proceedings, said when asked if he would back the ex-President if he ran again in 2024.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/congressional-republicans-trump-president-2024/index.html
Republicans from across the conference -- including some who are vulnerable in next year's midterms or have long been seen as part of the establishment wing of the party -- are expressing little to no reservations about the prospect of Trump topping the ticket again, even as he continues to spread the same election lies that led a mob to storm their place of work. Some GOP members are cheering on a Trump comeback, saying he remains a popular figure and powerful force in the party. And there's widespread agreement among Republicans that Trump would be the automatic frontrunner -- and freeze the primary field -- if he chooses to jump in.
Even some Republicans in swing districts -- like Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey -- are embracing Trump's potential return into the political fray.
"Yes, I would," Van Drew, who switched parties and became a Republican in 2019 to defend Trump during his first impeachment proceedings, said when asked if he would back the ex-President if he ran again in 2024.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/congressional-republicans-trump-president-2024/index.html
Well us too! Because the path to authoritarianism like Bill Maher described, is a slow moving coup, and it will sneak up on you before you realize that its too late. We should be paying attention to what they are doing now, and we should be alarmed at their every move. Its not a slow moving coup. Conspiracy theories are a cancer and they are dangerous. We should be giving them a heavy dose of chemotherapy, but instead ones like Q Anon have metastasized and grown. Were at stage 4. Next step? It kills the host and good night everybody! Sleep tight!
It started as one big, false claim that the election was stolen from Donald Trump.
But nearly a year later, the Big Lie is metastasizing, with Republicans throughout the country raising the specter of rigged elections in their own campaigns ahead of the midterms.
The preemptive spin is everywhere. Last week it was Larry Elder in California, who before getting trounced in the GOPs failed effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom posted a Stop Fraud page on his campaign website. Before that, at a rally in Virginia, state Sen. Amanda Chase introduced herself as a surrogate for gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and told the crowd, Because the Democrats like to cheat, you have to cast your vote before they do. In Nevada, Adam Laxalt, the former state attorney general running to unseat Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, is already talking about filing lawsuits to tighten up the election more than a year before votes are cast. And in Pennsylvania, former Rep. Lou Barletta, who is running for governor after losing a Senate race two years earlier, said he had to consider whether a Republican could ever win a race again in his state given the current administration of elections there.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/20/election-fraud-conspiracies-infect-midterms-512783
But nearly a year later, the Big Lie is metastasizing, with Republicans throughout the country raising the specter of rigged elections in their own campaigns ahead of the midterms.
The preemptive spin is everywhere. Last week it was Larry Elder in California, who before getting trounced in the GOPs failed effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom posted a Stop Fraud page on his campaign website. Before that, at a rally in Virginia, state Sen. Amanda Chase introduced herself as a surrogate for gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and told the crowd, Because the Democrats like to cheat, you have to cast your vote before they do. In Nevada, Adam Laxalt, the former state attorney general running to unseat Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, is already talking about filing lawsuits to tighten up the election more than a year before votes are cast. And in Pennsylvania, former Rep. Lou Barletta, who is running for governor after losing a Senate race two years earlier, said he had to consider whether a Republican could ever win a race again in his state given the current administration of elections there.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/20/election-fraud-conspiracies-infect-midterms-512783
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]AT&T
[br] [/font] [br]
RIP Liberal media. 1920 2021. You will be missed. The cause of death? Well AT&T might just be the cause of it. I do have to say that thank god I am no longer an AT&T customer because I would have canceled whatever contract I have because of it. Because there was a massive bombshell this week dropped by Reuters that AT&T were the ones behind the pro-Trump conservative network One America News, or OAN. Thats right the network that openly flaunts pro-Trump conspiracy theories and occasionally goes full Q Anon may have been the brainchild of AT&T executives. And look even the liberal media that they constantly rail against isnt really that liberal. But this takes that entire talking point and turns it on its ear. This is quite possibly one of the most egregious things anyone can do, and if corporations are people, AT&T should be facing serious punishment for this.
One America News, the far-right network whose fortunes and viewership rose amid the triumph and tumult of the Trump administration, has flourished with support from a surprising source: AT&T Inc, the world's largest communications company.
A Reuters review of court records shows the role AT&T played in creating and funding OAN, a network that continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic.
OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr has testified that the inspiration to launch OAN in 2013 came from AT&T executives.
They told us they wanted a conservative network, Herring said during a 2019 deposition seen by Reuters. They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other [leftwing] side. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.
Since then, AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, court records show. Ninety percent of OANs revenue came from a contract with AT&T-owned television platforms, including satellite broadcaster DirecTV, according to 2020 sworn testimony by an OAN accountant.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/
A Reuters review of court records shows the role AT&T played in creating and funding OAN, a network that continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic.
OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr has testified that the inspiration to launch OAN in 2013 came from AT&T executives.
They told us they wanted a conservative network, Herring said during a 2019 deposition seen by Reuters. They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other [leftwing] side. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.
Since then, AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, court records show. Ninety percent of OANs revenue came from a contract with AT&T-owned television platforms, including satellite broadcaster DirecTV, according to 2020 sworn testimony by an OAN accountant.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/
Wow, that is quite the bombshell! Now before you boo, and you absolutely should boo AT&T for this, but what makes this even worse is that this is a win for Q Anon conspiracy theorists. Thats right funding a network that caters to the lunatic fringe has devastating consequences. And we saw those come to fruition on January 6th. And even now, they run clips like this on their show that just flaunt election conspiracy theories and pro-Trump bullshit. And that is what makes OAN dangerous, but now that Reuters has Scooby Dood them and pulled off their masks, we know whos really behind them!
Operating on the ragged edge of legality, right-wing news outlet One America News Network, or OAN, appears to have a very strange bedfellow, at least according to an alarming report from Reuters. In the piece, it describes how telecommunications giant AT&T (NYSE:T) funded the agency often responsible for spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories. Naturally, investors are worried about the potential fallout to T stock.
As political analysts have pointed out, two key narratives are at play here: one is the societal and political aspect of funding a fringe network. Second is the economic angle. For the former, its very difficult to have the warm and fuzzies for T stock. This isnt just about a difference of opinion. Rather, OAN hawks irresponsible ideas.
Indeed, The Independent called out an OAN host for calling for the execution of traitors who stole the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Honestly, its hard to distinguish some of OANs talking points to that of QAnon, the infamous far-right conspiracy movement. Therefore, the fear that T stock could suffer from the association is a real one.
For its part, AT&T denied funding OAN nor has it ever had a financial interest in its success, per a Newsweek article. If this happens to be another example of an overzealous report jumping to conclusions, then investors may be penalizing T stock prematurely.
https://investorplace.com/2021/10/t-stock-latest-controversy-yuge-win-qanon/
As political analysts have pointed out, two key narratives are at play here: one is the societal and political aspect of funding a fringe network. Second is the economic angle. For the former, its very difficult to have the warm and fuzzies for T stock. This isnt just about a difference of opinion. Rather, OAN hawks irresponsible ideas.
Indeed, The Independent called out an OAN host for calling for the execution of traitors who stole the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Honestly, its hard to distinguish some of OANs talking points to that of QAnon, the infamous far-right conspiracy movement. Therefore, the fear that T stock could suffer from the association is a real one.
For its part, AT&T denied funding OAN nor has it ever had a financial interest in its success, per a Newsweek article. If this happens to be another example of an overzealous report jumping to conclusions, then investors may be penalizing T stock prematurely.
https://investorplace.com/2021/10/t-stock-latest-controversy-yuge-win-qanon/
Yeah we cant even begin to emphasize how much AT&T sucks for what they did. If they took sides they absolutely chose the wrong one. Itd be like playing a game of darts and instead of hitting the target, you hit the pole on the right and then claim you were actually trying to hit the target. Not the best analogy but you get my point. But even the president of AT&T admitted that they were the ones behind OAN, now lets pull off their mask and find out who they really are!
OAN is a little-watched channel headquartered in San Diego that was founded in 2013 by California businessman Robert Herring. But it has grown in popularity in recent years due in large part to promotion by former President Donald Trump.
The outlet has been notorious for pushing misinformation about the coronavirus as well as being one of the main promoters of the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
But until Reuters published its reporting on Wednesday, little was known about AT&T's role in the founding of the channel.
Herring filed a lawsuit in 2016 against AT&T, alleging the company had violated an agreement to carry his channel on DirecTV, which it owned at the time (AT&T still owns 70% of DirecTV, which has been spun off into a standalone company). In a court document as part of the lawsuit, which was reviewed by CNN, Herring said that when he was thinking about creating a new cable channel, AT&T advised him to launch a news network.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/media/att-oan/index.html
The outlet has been notorious for pushing misinformation about the coronavirus as well as being one of the main promoters of the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
But until Reuters published its reporting on Wednesday, little was known about AT&T's role in the founding of the channel.
Herring filed a lawsuit in 2016 against AT&T, alleging the company had violated an agreement to carry his channel on DirecTV, which it owned at the time (AT&T still owns 70% of DirecTV, which has been spun off into a standalone company). In a court document as part of the lawsuit, which was reviewed by CNN, Herring said that when he was thinking about creating a new cable channel, AT&T advised him to launch a news network.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/media/att-oan/index.html
Damn straight! AT&T funded a steaming load of grade A certified bullshit. You might as well slap a pile of horse manure with an AT&T logo and then feed it ivermectin. Yeah thank you for that image graphics department! Though I do love that they are being raked over the coals for their decision to fund this bastion of fake news. And especially John Oliver. That man is a national treasure. I dont care if hes British, were claiming him!
John Olivers still enjoying his return to a live audience, and this week, he fired shots at Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade for his most awkward obsession, but before that happened, the Last Week Tonight host wasnt afraid (as he never is) to spare some words to skewer some right-leaning actions of current HBO parent company AT&T. Only one month ago, Oliver took aim at the multinational conglomerate for making political donations to Texas legislators who worked to pass Texas insane new abortion law. And last week, a Reuters investigative report revealed how AT&T played a massive role in creating and funding OAN, the conservative news network (and Fox News competitor) that continues to peddle baseless (and dangerous) election-fraud and pandemic-centered conspiracy theories.
As Oliver put things, AT&T has been up to some sh*t. This follows Reuters reporting of testimony from OAN CEO and founder, Robert Herring Sr., who stated (during a deposition) that AT&T executives told us they wanted a conservative network. To that, Herring says that he jumped at the offering, and Oliver is not impressed because AT&T reportedly funds 90% of whats essentially a far-right-wing factory at Herring Networks.
AT&T is still technically our business daddy, Oliver explained while beginning his rant. Making OAN our business step-sibling, and not in a hot way. In the end, this grew very dramatic. Youre a terrible company. You do bad things. and you make the world worse.
https://uproxx.com/tv/john-oliver-hbo-att-oan-funding/
As Oliver put things, AT&T has been up to some sh*t. This follows Reuters reporting of testimony from OAN CEO and founder, Robert Herring Sr., who stated (during a deposition) that AT&T executives told us they wanted a conservative network. To that, Herring says that he jumped at the offering, and Oliver is not impressed because AT&T reportedly funds 90% of whats essentially a far-right-wing factory at Herring Networks.
AT&T is still technically our business daddy, Oliver explained while beginning his rant. Making OAN our business step-sibling, and not in a hot way. In the end, this grew very dramatic. Youre a terrible company. You do bad things. and you make the world worse.
https://uproxx.com/tv/john-oliver-hbo-att-oan-funding/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon
[br] [/font] [br]
The slow moving coup has already metastasized and is quickly becoming a cancer. The conservatives war on Joe Biden has escalated to the point where I am not making this up this happened.
Yeah I shit you not! They actually tried to disguise a Fuck Joe Biden chant as if the audience has been saying Lets Go Brandon!. Which I can assure you they most certainly did not. And we wonder why ordinary people fell for the Nazis. But this isnt about that, well save that more for the next entry. This entry is instead going to be about the beginning of the slow moving coup being orchestrated by Steve Bannon, Ali Alexander, and Rudy Guiliani defying orders to testify about their involvement in the January 6th fast moving coup. Or as Im calling this, Three Men And A Subpoena. Thank you very much, graphics department! So heres Steve Bannons role in all of this. Hes predicting use of a private MAGA army to carry out Trumps evil biddings in the 2024 election if it doesnt go 100% their way. And this is why conspiracy theories are dangerous.
Donald Trumps former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Saturday evoked a dystopian future when he called for shock troops to quickly deconstruct the state as soon as a Republican takes the Oval Office again.
Bannon made the chilling comments in a phone interview on NBC News after it reported that he had met Wednesday with the party faithful to urge them to be prepared to reconfigure the government with a Republican leader.
Bannon, who ran Trumps 2016 campaign, said the former presidents agenda packing the government with loyalists was delayed because he couldnt move quickly enough to fill some 4,000 posts.
Bannon spoke at the Capitol Hill Club Wednesday at the invitation of a new organization called the Association of Republican Presidential Appointees, according to NBC. The group was formed as a resource for future GOP officials to tap into to quickly fill federal jobs.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-gop-shock-troops-deconstruct-the-state-nbc_n_6158e747e4b05040d1db8f34
Bannon made the chilling comments in a phone interview on NBC News after it reported that he had met Wednesday with the party faithful to urge them to be prepared to reconfigure the government with a Republican leader.
Bannon, who ran Trumps 2016 campaign, said the former presidents agenda packing the government with loyalists was delayed because he couldnt move quickly enough to fill some 4,000 posts.
Bannon spoke at the Capitol Hill Club Wednesday at the invitation of a new organization called the Association of Republican Presidential Appointees, according to NBC. The group was formed as a resource for future GOP officials to tap into to quickly fill federal jobs.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-gop-shock-troops-deconstruct-the-state-nbc_n_6158e747e4b05040d1db8f34
Yeah thats putting it lightly! But that said, while Congress is putting pressure on the trio of traitors to appear at the next round of January 6th hearings, theyre laughing at the prospect of actually having to testify. Because lets face it, if youre a white man and you have an R next to your name and firmly subscribe to the cult beliefs, you can pretty much get away with murder. But that said, Mr. Bannon is in the process of forming a far right power grab, which will hit you like a ton of bricks.
Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.
"If youre going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it, then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately," Bannon said in a telephone interview with NBC News. "I gave 'em fire and brimstone."
Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump's first campaign and later worked as a top adviser in the White House, said that Trump's agenda was delayed by the challenges of quickly filling roughly 4,000 slots for presidential appointees at federal agencies and the steep learning curve for political officials who were new to Washington.
He is not alone in that view. His appearance at the Capitol Hill Club came at the invitation of a new organization called the Association of Republican Presidential Appointees, which was formed to create a resource for future GOP officials tapped to fill federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bannon-fires-shock-troops-next-gop-white-house-n1280591?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
"If youre going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it, then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately," Bannon said in a telephone interview with NBC News. "I gave 'em fire and brimstone."
Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump's first campaign and later worked as a top adviser in the White House, said that Trump's agenda was delayed by the challenges of quickly filling roughly 4,000 slots for presidential appointees at federal agencies and the steep learning curve for political officials who were new to Washington.
He is not alone in that view. His appearance at the Capitol Hill Club came at the invitation of a new organization called the Association of Republican Presidential Appointees, which was formed to create a resource for future GOP officials tapped to fill federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bannon-fires-shock-troops-next-gop-white-house-n1280591?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Yeah theyre moving about this at the same pace as Wiley Coyote is attempting to catch the Road Runner, and with the same quality Acme branded products. But if Steve Bannon doesnt scare the shit out of you, he absolutely should. He might just be the link in Trumps slow moving coup. They say its a game of however many dimensions of chess there are, and it seems like they add a new one every week or so. Its more like a game of dominoes. Theyre setting up the pieces right now as we speak.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will "swiftly consider" holding one-time Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, and potentially others, in contempt of Congress for ignoring committee subpoenas, committee chairman Bennie Thompson vice-chair Liz Cheney said Friday.
The move came after Bannon formally advised the committee that he would be unable to comply with their requests, citing former President Donald Trump's intention to invoke executive privilege. In a letter obtained by ABC News, Bannon's lawyers said that until the matter is settled in court, they will not comply with the committee's subpoena.
The committee last month issued subpoenas to Bannon and other top Trump aides Mark Meadows, Kash Patel and Dan Scavino, as part of its probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. An additional 11 subpoenas were issued last week to organizers of the pro-Trump rally that preceded the attack.
Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, and Patel, an ex-Pentagon official, are "engaging" with the committee, officials said. The committee had no update on the status of Scavino.
"While Mr. Meadows and Mr. Patel are, so far, engaging with the Select Committee, Mr. Bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former President," Thompson and Cheney said in a joint statement. "The Select Committee fully expects all of these witnesses to comply with our demands for both documents and deposition testimony."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-committee-swiftly-criminal-contempt-steve-bannon-ignore/story?id=80486293
The move came after Bannon formally advised the committee that he would be unable to comply with their requests, citing former President Donald Trump's intention to invoke executive privilege. In a letter obtained by ABC News, Bannon's lawyers said that until the matter is settled in court, they will not comply with the committee's subpoena.
The committee last month issued subpoenas to Bannon and other top Trump aides Mark Meadows, Kash Patel and Dan Scavino, as part of its probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. An additional 11 subpoenas were issued last week to organizers of the pro-Trump rally that preceded the attack.
Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, and Patel, an ex-Pentagon official, are "engaging" with the committee, officials said. The committee had no update on the status of Scavino.
"While Mr. Meadows and Mr. Patel are, so far, engaging with the Select Committee, Mr. Bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former President," Thompson and Cheney said in a joint statement. "The Select Committee fully expects all of these witnesses to comply with our demands for both documents and deposition testimony."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-committee-swiftly-criminal-contempt-steve-bannon-ignore/story?id=80486293
No youre not, Mr. Bannon! In fact were onto you. Now heres where it gets weird because you knew it was going to. Remember a while back when we discussed a church that was obsessed with firearms that had purchased a large plot of land outside Pennsylvania (see: Top 10 Best Of #17 ). We now know what they are doing with it. Is it a compound or a cult? Or is it a military training center for a MAGA coup in 2024? And why does it involve Steve Bannon? See? We can make up our own conspiracies too!
Global takeover conspiracy theories. Christian pastors and local sheriffs still pissed that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. And the head of a group that even the reserved Facebook censors labeled a violent social militia.
Few Americans are even aware that the gun company Kahr and a rural Pennsylvania doomsday churchboth run by the same ultra-rich Korean familyhold an annual Freedom Festival that attracts gun enthusiasts and the type of people who attach Dont Tread on Me flags to the back of their trucks. But in the wake of the failed Jan. 6 insurrection, the events amalgamation of sovereign citizens and alt-truthers has taken on a new meaning. And now, its even got an all-star lineup.
This years top speakers include Steve Bannon, once the chief strategist for President Trump, Dana Loesch, the former aggressively vocal National Rifle Association spokeswoman who made millions while achieving celebrity status in the gun industry, and a smattering of alt-right figures known for championing Trump and the Second Amendment.
Ryan Busse, a former gun industry executive turned self-described whistleblower, told The Daily Beast that the presence of such high-profile speakers lends a dangerous credibility to the armed American fringe that is increasingly angry, vocal, and demanding of government policies that cater to their politics.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doomsday-church-and-gun-company-kahr-team-up-for-ultra-right-festival-steve-bannon-dana-loesch-freedom-fest
Few Americans are even aware that the gun company Kahr and a rural Pennsylvania doomsday churchboth run by the same ultra-rich Korean familyhold an annual Freedom Festival that attracts gun enthusiasts and the type of people who attach Dont Tread on Me flags to the back of their trucks. But in the wake of the failed Jan. 6 insurrection, the events amalgamation of sovereign citizens and alt-truthers has taken on a new meaning. And now, its even got an all-star lineup.
This years top speakers include Steve Bannon, once the chief strategist for President Trump, Dana Loesch, the former aggressively vocal National Rifle Association spokeswoman who made millions while achieving celebrity status in the gun industry, and a smattering of alt-right figures known for championing Trump and the Second Amendment.
Ryan Busse, a former gun industry executive turned self-described whistleblower, told The Daily Beast that the presence of such high-profile speakers lends a dangerous credibility to the armed American fringe that is increasingly angry, vocal, and demanding of government policies that cater to their politics.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doomsday-church-and-gun-company-kahr-team-up-for-ultra-right-festival-steve-bannon-dana-loesch-freedom-fest
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Anti-vaxxers when are you going to learn two things? The first is that youre probably loaded with vaccines. Hell, my parents have pages of vaccine records from when I was a kid. The second is vaccines are the reason why youre still alive! And if you dont believe that the virus is real and is a real threat I would like to direct you to my favorite subreddit called r/HermanCainAwards. Named after the late Herman Cain (see: Idiots #9-9 ), this subreddit explores people who are vehemently and publicly anti-vaccine, get COVID, get admitted to the hospital, get put on a ventilator and die. While seeking prayer warriors and that ultimately leads to their demise. Morbid, I know. But not as insane as the latest nonsense coming from anti-vaxxers about the Southwest Airlines fiasco. Which they are seeing as some kind of anti-vaccine moral crusader victory for their cause. Um its not.
Conservative figures and politicians opposing vaccine and mask mandates have blamed more than 2,000 recent flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines on vaccine mandates, but both the airline and pilots union have said the massive number of flight disruptions had nothing to do with it.
That didn't stop some politicians, like former president Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rep. Andy Biggs from Arizona, from trying to link the cancellations to federal vaccine mandates even though they offered no evidence of it.
"The weekend challenges were not a result of Southwest Employee demonstrations, as some are reporting," a spokesperson with the airline told BuzzFeed News.
False rumors online suggested the cancellations may have been linked to pilots walking off the job or calling in sick to protest mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, which the company is requiring all employees to get by Dec. 8. The company requirement comes after President Joe Biden in September issued a mandate for COVID vaccines for federal employees, federal contractors, and companies with more than 100 employees.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/southwest-airlines-flights-canceled
That didn't stop some politicians, like former president Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rep. Andy Biggs from Arizona, from trying to link the cancellations to federal vaccine mandates even though they offered no evidence of it.
"The weekend challenges were not a result of Southwest Employee demonstrations, as some are reporting," a spokesperson with the airline told BuzzFeed News.
False rumors online suggested the cancellations may have been linked to pilots walking off the job or calling in sick to protest mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, which the company is requiring all employees to get by Dec. 8. The company requirement comes after President Joe Biden in September issued a mandate for COVID vaccines for federal employees, federal contractors, and companies with more than 100 employees.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/southwest-airlines-flights-canceled
Now heres the thing you know we give American anti-vaxxers a hard time largely because were an American based show. And they absolutely deserve every bit of shit that they get. Because its thanks to this nonsense that theyre going to the hospital and dying in droves. But that said, Americas anti-vaxxers aint got nothing on Italys anti-vaxxers, who are turning way more violent and crazy than ours could ever even dream of! We go across the sea to Italy for this story!
Central Rome was gripped with violence this weekend as thousands of protesters marched against the toughest new vaccine mandates in the world. All Italians will soon be required to show a coronavirus "Green Pass," proving either vaccination, recovery in the past six months, or a negative COVID-19 test from the past 48 hours to enter their workplaces.
What started off as a restless but peaceful demonstration against the looming measure in Rome's Piazza del Popolo ended up sparking a tinderbox when an offshoot of protesters stormed the headquarters of CGIL, Italy's oldest and biggest labor union.
In a bizarre twist, the unrest created a security incident for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Rome for a meeting with foreign leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Pope Francis. She was attending Mass at St. Patrick's Church and scheduled to give a reading when the chaos outside moved Italian government officials to remove the speaker and her husband from the premises.
Loud chants of "liberta'" (freedom) echoed throughout the Eternal City. Freedom, the protesters demanded, from the national vaccine mandate scheduled to go into effect on October 15.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-mandate-italy-violent-protests/
What started off as a restless but peaceful demonstration against the looming measure in Rome's Piazza del Popolo ended up sparking a tinderbox when an offshoot of protesters stormed the headquarters of CGIL, Italy's oldest and biggest labor union.
In a bizarre twist, the unrest created a security incident for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Rome for a meeting with foreign leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Pope Francis. She was attending Mass at St. Patrick's Church and scheduled to give a reading when the chaos outside moved Italian government officials to remove the speaker and her husband from the premises.
Loud chants of "liberta'" (freedom) echoed throughout the Eternal City. Freedom, the protesters demanded, from the national vaccine mandate scheduled to go into effect on October 15.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-mandate-italy-violent-protests/
Yeah the shit is really hitting the fan in Italy. But back here you might have seen reports of anti-vaxxers taking their fight about vaccine and mask mandates to school boards. You personally could not pay me enough to sit at a school board meeting. But these people are crashing these meetings and treating school board members like shit. I cant imagine these people are proud of what they are doing, though they probably think they are.
Parents packed an Oakdale school board meeting on Monday to protest Gov. Gavin Newsoms COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students, urging trustees to fight it.
Under the governors Oct. 1 announcement, students at all California public and private K-12 schools will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes, following full authorization of the shots for their age groups from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This could apply to grades seven through 12 in July 2022, according to Newsoms office.
Theres a lot that can happen between now and then, Superintendent Dave Kline told The Modesto Bee.
Parents on Monday asked the trustees of Oakdale Joint Unified School District to not enforce the vaccine mandate, pleading for the ability to make medical choices for their children. They carried signs with slogans including My Child, My Choice, No Vaccine and wore shirts bearing We do not co-parent with the government and other messages.
At one point, someone standing near the podium collapsed. After a brief pause to check if the person was OK, public comment continued.
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article254952482.html
Under the governors Oct. 1 announcement, students at all California public and private K-12 schools will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes, following full authorization of the shots for their age groups from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This could apply to grades seven through 12 in July 2022, according to Newsoms office.
Theres a lot that can happen between now and then, Superintendent Dave Kline told The Modesto Bee.
Parents on Monday asked the trustees of Oakdale Joint Unified School District to not enforce the vaccine mandate, pleading for the ability to make medical choices for their children. They carried signs with slogans including My Child, My Choice, No Vaccine and wore shirts bearing We do not co-parent with the government and other messages.
At one point, someone standing near the podium collapsed. After a brief pause to check if the person was OK, public comment continued.
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article254952482.html
Sigh .. you know heres the thing if you collapse while youre at the podium screaming about vaccine mandates, youre not exactly proving your point. But that said the conservatives have lost their damn minds when it comes to this issue. We cannot stress this enough: STOP LISTENING TO IDIOTS ON FUCKING FACEBOOK!!!! Get the vaccine! Ok now that I got that off my chest heres what conservatives think of the Southwest going behind their backs. Comply or die! Id rather comply.
Reports of Southwest cancelling nearly 2,000 flights on Saturday and Sundaydisruptions the airline blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issuesimmediately sparked speculation from Republicans about the role of the companys new vaccine mandate, which had already drawn some internal opposition.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) took to Twitter on Sunday night to declare the cancellations the result of Joe Bidens illegal vaccine mandate at work, referencing the federal governments requirement that major airlines get workers vaccinated or risk losing lucrative contracts.
Fellow Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy went a step further, proclaiming himself 100% behind employees at the Dallas-based company, which he called on his colleagues in the House and Senate to boycott for future aid.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) similarly took up the cause of Southwest employees, with Biggs saying he stands with what he described as a fight for freedom.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/10/11/shut-them-down-republicans-attack-southwest-airlines-side-with-employees-amid-rumored-vaccine-mandate-protest/?sh=b7ae8f565c39
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) took to Twitter on Sunday night to declare the cancellations the result of Joe Bidens illegal vaccine mandate at work, referencing the federal governments requirement that major airlines get workers vaccinated or risk losing lucrative contracts.
Fellow Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy went a step further, proclaiming himself 100% behind employees at the Dallas-based company, which he called on his colleagues in the House and Senate to boycott for future aid.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) similarly took up the cause of Southwest employees, with Biggs saying he stands with what he described as a fight for freedom.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/10/11/shut-them-down-republicans-attack-southwest-airlines-side-with-employees-amid-rumored-vaccine-mandate-protest/?sh=b7ae8f565c39
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Elon Musk
[br] [/font] [br]
You know lets face it at this point, Elon Musk is an underwater fortress and a furry cat away from becoming a real life Ernst Starvo Blofeld. So is the Tesla move from California to Texas a good thing or a bad thing? Well its mostly bad. And as a Californian Im quite frankly insulted. Sure, the Tesla factory, which was formerly owned by Toyota, will probably get picked up by a new manufacturer of electric vehicles, of which theres plenty to choose from. And thats one thing that I am glad about is that more and more people and governments are embracing the future of electric vehicles and electric transportation. Which is why the Tesla move to Texas is a really horrible one. Because its mostly about taxes. So why the move now? Well its going to have a huge effect on not only California but the city that its moving to Austin, Texas.
Upon moving from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, critics and fans of Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have mixed opinions about the move. Tesla enthusiasts might have seen it coming all along, especially after California politicians spewed profanities in the direction of the CEO, whose company has already provided an influx of employment opportunities to its new Texas market. However, without darkness, there would not be light, and there are plenty of people who are widely skeptical of Teslas recent decision to move its Headquarters to Austin from Fremont. However, the reasons for the move are being labeled as a betrayal of California and its workers, even though Tesla has no intentions to move any of its facilities out of the Golden State. Additionally, a commonly spread myth about all billionaires attempting to avoid paying taxes is also being thrown into the mix, further adding fuel to a fire that doesnt really need to exist.
A recent article from the San Antonio Express-News indicates that Musk and Tesla have betrayed its California workers who have built the electric automaker from a longshot success story to the most highly-valued car company on Earth. Despite the reasoning from the articles author, which misses the point of Teslas move, the narrative that Elon Musk is some sort of evil super villain sitting in a large chair with excessive lumbar support sitting in a billionaires palace scheming new reasons to get ahead while squishing the average Joe seems to appear out of nowhere. Even though Musks entire vision was to help avert a climate crisis and revolutionize the automotive industry, some people still seem to be convinced he is a man with horrible intentions. Still, the South African-born CEO was essentially driven out of California by its own people of authority. They asked, he granted, and now Musk is still being painted as the bad guy.
The assumption that Musk is forcing Tesla and its several manufacturing plants, logistics facilities, design studios out of California and shoving them to the Lone Star State is a common misconception amongst those who genuinely believe his mission is to make money and avoid paying his fair share of taxes. The thing is: If Musk was someone with this sort of agenda, would he have sold many of his residences? Would he be living part-time in a $50,000 home in Starbase, Texas to help with SpaceX projects? Would he be making portions of the companys Fremont facility in Northern California permanent? Probably not.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-texas-betrayal-california-elon-musk-taxes/
A recent article from the San Antonio Express-News indicates that Musk and Tesla have betrayed its California workers who have built the electric automaker from a longshot success story to the most highly-valued car company on Earth. Despite the reasoning from the articles author, which misses the point of Teslas move, the narrative that Elon Musk is some sort of evil super villain sitting in a large chair with excessive lumbar support sitting in a billionaires palace scheming new reasons to get ahead while squishing the average Joe seems to appear out of nowhere. Even though Musks entire vision was to help avert a climate crisis and revolutionize the automotive industry, some people still seem to be convinced he is a man with horrible intentions. Still, the South African-born CEO was essentially driven out of California by its own people of authority. They asked, he granted, and now Musk is still being painted as the bad guy.
The assumption that Musk is forcing Tesla and its several manufacturing plants, logistics facilities, design studios out of California and shoving them to the Lone Star State is a common misconception amongst those who genuinely believe his mission is to make money and avoid paying his fair share of taxes. The thing is: If Musk was someone with this sort of agenda, would he have sold many of his residences? Would he be living part-time in a $50,000 home in Starbase, Texas to help with SpaceX projects? Would he be making portions of the companys Fremont facility in Northern California permanent? Probably not.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-texas-betrayal-california-elon-musk-taxes/
You know thats kind of how it feels like a giant rejection letter. So what are Elons plans for Texas and whats happening there? Well naturally the citizens feel that the influx of people who will be moving to Austin to get a job at the new Tesla plant will be raising the rent prices. Which in Austin currently are super cheap. So lets ask actual Austin residents how they feel about Tesla moving in and its not exactly what one would call good.
Austin prides itself on "keeping it weird," but the city's success at luring more big companies such as Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has some residents wary of getting priced out of their unique culture.
Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, said on Thursday the electric car maker will move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas. read more
Housing prices in the Austin metro area have skyrocketed in recent years, with large tech firms including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) building new campuses in and around the city.
"I'm really happy for all the jobs this will create, but my family is already unable to buy a house right now, and it will only get worse with Tesla," Trish Webb, 47, a resident of South Austin, said on Friday while on her lunch break from her job as a hospital administrative assistant.
Median prices for Austin houses have risen some 40% over the last two years, with the median price for a house around $549,000 in September, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/austin-cheers-teslas-headquarters-move-local-home-buyers-left-edge-2021-10-11/
Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, said on Thursday the electric car maker will move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas. read more
Housing prices in the Austin metro area have skyrocketed in recent years, with large tech firms including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) building new campuses in and around the city.
"I'm really happy for all the jobs this will create, but my family is already unable to buy a house right now, and it will only get worse with Tesla," Trish Webb, 47, a resident of South Austin, said on Friday while on her lunch break from her job as a hospital administrative assistant.
Median prices for Austin houses have risen some 40% over the last two years, with the median price for a house around $549,000 in September, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/austin-cheers-teslas-headquarters-move-local-home-buyers-left-edge-2021-10-11/
Yeah no seriously I do feel like Elon is a new Blofeld. In fact coming soon the new Tesla Underwater Fortress! All thats needed is a suave super spy and a submarine car that can destroy it! Yeah I have been watching a lot of Bond movies, cant you tell? But just like Blofeld, Elon is a man of many questions and very few answers. Yes the move from California to Texas seems oddly suspicious, but why is it that he can get away with stuff like this?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a news bomb Thursday, announcing that the electric automaker will move its corporate headquarters from Palo Alto, Calif., to Austin. While the move was heralded by industry experts and local officials as a huge economic win for Central Texas, Musk a mercurial and enigmatic billionaire who is one of the world's wealthiest people left a number of questions unanswered.
Here's a look at what we do and don't know about Tesla's move to Austin:
When will Tesla formally move to Austin, and will its HQ offices be on property the company already owns in Travis County?
Musk didn't address either of these questions during Thursday's shareholder meeting, so those answers will have to come later. Building or leasing a corporate headquarters can take time, not to mention movting hundreds or thousands of employees, so it won't happen overnight. As for the new corporate headquarters location, Musk didn't spell it out, but he hinted that it could be on the 2,100-acre site at Texas 130 and Harold Green Road where the company is building its $1.1 billion manufacturing facility, saying that Tesla is "going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River."
When will Tesla formally move to Austin, and will its HQ offices be on property the company already owns in Travis County?
Musk didn't address either of these questions during Thursday's shareholder meeting, so those answers will have to come later. Building or leasing a corporate headquarters can take time, not to mention movting hundreds or thousands of employees, so it won't happen overnight. As for the new corporate headquarters location, Musk didn't spell it out, but he hinted that it could be on the 2,100-acre site at Texas 130 and Harold Green Road where the company is building its $1.1 billion manufacturing facility, saying that Tesla is "going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River."
https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/10/08/tesla-headquarters-move-austin-questions-elon-musk-home-employees-relocating-new-jobs/6049335001/
Here's a look at what we do and don't know about Tesla's move to Austin:
When will Tesla formally move to Austin, and will its HQ offices be on property the company already owns in Travis County?
Musk didn't address either of these questions during Thursday's shareholder meeting, so those answers will have to come later. Building or leasing a corporate headquarters can take time, not to mention movting hundreds or thousands of employees, so it won't happen overnight. As for the new corporate headquarters location, Musk didn't spell it out, but he hinted that it could be on the 2,100-acre site at Texas 130 and Harold Green Road where the company is building its $1.1 billion manufacturing facility, saying that Tesla is "going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River."
When will Tesla formally move to Austin, and will its HQ offices be on property the company already owns in Travis County?
Musk didn't address either of these questions during Thursday's shareholder meeting, so those answers will have to come later. Building or leasing a corporate headquarters can take time, not to mention movting hundreds or thousands of employees, so it won't happen overnight. As for the new corporate headquarters location, Musk didn't spell it out, but he hinted that it could be on the 2,100-acre site at Texas 130 and Harold Green Road where the company is building its $1.1 billion manufacturing facility, saying that Tesla is "going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River."
https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/10/08/tesla-headquarters-move-austin-questions-elon-musk-home-employees-relocating-new-jobs/6049335001/
Well there is some good news. I dont want you to think that this is all doom and gloom. But Elon hasnt totally closed the Tesla plants and offices in California. But dont think hes gone full Larry David and opened up his own spite factory in Texas. Yeah it might appear that way but at least Elon is still committed to California even though theyre moving full on into Austin. And well definitely keep an eye on this story and all the things Tesla and Space X are up to.
Musk's announcement of Tesla's headquarters move to Austin from Palo Alto isn't all that it seemed on first blush.
From the outside, the announcement tended to be viewed in the context of Musk's repeated grousing about California business regulation especially attempts by local officials in Alameda County to force Tesla's Fremont auto plant to comply with anti-pandemic measures last year.
That wasn't the case from the inside. The lone rationale Musk gave during Tesla's annual meeting Thursday was different. There, he cited the high cost of housing and the long commutes burdening Tesla employees. In any event, the headquarters relocation wasn't entirely news: Musk first announced his intention to move Tesla's headquarters out of California in May 2020, in the teeth of his fight with Alameda County.
At that time he also threatened to shut down the Fremont plant, "dependen[t] on how Tesla is treated in the future."
In the fullness of time, the threat to Fremont turned out to be a bluff. At the annual meeting Thursday, he stated that Tesla's "intention is to actually increase output from Fremont," along with that of the company's battery plant in Nevada, by 50%.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-elon-musks-moving-teslas-185804889.html
From the outside, the announcement tended to be viewed in the context of Musk's repeated grousing about California business regulation especially attempts by local officials in Alameda County to force Tesla's Fremont auto plant to comply with anti-pandemic measures last year.
That wasn't the case from the inside. The lone rationale Musk gave during Tesla's annual meeting Thursday was different. There, he cited the high cost of housing and the long commutes burdening Tesla employees. In any event, the headquarters relocation wasn't entirely news: Musk first announced his intention to move Tesla's headquarters out of California in May 2020, in the teeth of his fight with Alameda County.
At that time he also threatened to shut down the Fremont plant, "dependen[t] on how Tesla is treated in the future."
In the fullness of time, the threat to Fremont turned out to be a bluff. At the annual meeting Thursday, he stated that Tesla's "intention is to actually increase output from Fremont," along with that of the company's battery plant in Nevada, by 50%.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-elon-musks-moving-teslas-185804889.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
First off Id like to say that if you missed Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 1, you can find it here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215940098
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! We of course love to check in from time to time what our brothers and sisters on the right are up to. And last weekend was no exception. For it was one of their annual festivals. Last week was one such gathering called the Pray Vote Stand Festival which was formerly known as the Values Voters Summit. And we went to Pray Vote Stand Festival to bring you some of the juiciest highlights, because thats what we get to do now that we have our very own spinoff show! So what did we find at the Pray Vote Stand Festival? Well its basically the same crap with a new hat. And in fact it really shows just how far right wing religion can and has been circling the drain. Because what these people want is certainly *NOT* what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would have had in mind now is it? Well now lets start with whats behind door number one shall we?
Former Rep. Michele Bachmann was among those who spoke during the first session of the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference Wednesday night. Following her remarks, Bachmann was interviewed backstage on Facebook Live by FRCs Marjorie Jackson, who asked Bachmann what sort of battles she foresees for the nation in the years ahead.
Bachmann, who is currently dean of the school of government at Pat Robertsons Regent University, responded by declaring that the United States government has been overthrown in a fascist coup, claiming that we are now living in the absolute worst times in this nations history.
Its tough to get much more draconian than we are right now, Bachmann said. Quite literally, the government has turned to fascism. Thats what were in. I believe were in a coup right nowwhich is an illegal hostile takeover of governmentand I believe that thats what were in the middle of.
When you have government forcing private businesses to fire people because the people arent complying with what government says, then youre denying people the right to earn a living, she continued. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says when you deny someone the right to their living, its the same as murder, and so our government is engaging in probably some of the most horrific actions we have ever seen. If you take all the bad actions of government throughout the entire history of the United States and you put them all together, they pale in comparison to what were seeing now. This is a very unique time, so people shouldnt think theyre crazy when theyre looking at current events and wondering whats going on. This really is the absolute worst times.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-says-we-are-living-in-the-absolute-worst-times-in-american-history/
Bachmann, who is currently dean of the school of government at Pat Robertsons Regent University, responded by declaring that the United States government has been overthrown in a fascist coup, claiming that we are now living in the absolute worst times in this nations history.
Its tough to get much more draconian than we are right now, Bachmann said. Quite literally, the government has turned to fascism. Thats what were in. I believe were in a coup right nowwhich is an illegal hostile takeover of governmentand I believe that thats what were in the middle of.
When you have government forcing private businesses to fire people because the people arent complying with what government says, then youre denying people the right to earn a living, she continued. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says when you deny someone the right to their living, its the same as murder, and so our government is engaging in probably some of the most horrific actions we have ever seen. If you take all the bad actions of government throughout the entire history of the United States and you put them all together, they pale in comparison to what were seeing now. This is a very unique time, so people shouldnt think theyre crazy when theyre looking at current events and wondering whats going on. This really is the absolute worst times.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-says-we-are-living-in-the-absolute-worst-times-in-american-history/
Im not sure you have that interpreted correctly there. So what is so bad about having to get a shot in the arm so you dont die of a deadly virus? Just the sheer insanity of these lunatics knows no boundaries, and neither does their hatred of the government. But really if its that hard to get a simple little vaccine then I dont really have a lot of sympathy for your complaints! Now lets see whats behind door number 2, shall we?
Organizers of the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference for religious-right activists invited Kenneth Blackwell, who actively promoted former President Donald Trumps false stolen-election claims after the 2020 election, to discuss election reform. Blackwell praised states that have passed restrictive voting laws this year while condemning federal voting rights legislation pending in Congress.
FRC Action Vice President Brent Keilen interviewed Blackwell on stage, framing the topic of conversation as election integrity, the right-wing buzzword favored by so-called Stop the Steal activists and Republican legislators who use false claims of voter fraud to justify passing more restrictive voting laws. Blackwell urged activists to demand that every state impose photo ID requirements for voters, and he called for dramatic restrictions on early voting.
After the 2020 election, Blackwell aggressively promoted Trumps false claims that he won the election. Blackwell signed a Dec. 10 open letter from right-wing leaders that declared, There is no doubt President Donald J. Trump is the lawful winner of the presidential election. Joe Biden is not president elect. The letter called on legislatures in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan to override the election results and appoint pro-Trump electors.
Blackwell signed another open letter at the end of December, urging Senate Republicans to contest the electoral votes from five battleground states won by Biden. FRC President Tony Perkins also signed both letters.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stop-the-steal-activist-ken-blackwell-backs-state-voter-suppression-slams-federal-voting-rights-legislation-at-religious-right-activist-conference/
FRC Action Vice President Brent Keilen interviewed Blackwell on stage, framing the topic of conversation as election integrity, the right-wing buzzword favored by so-called Stop the Steal activists and Republican legislators who use false claims of voter fraud to justify passing more restrictive voting laws. Blackwell urged activists to demand that every state impose photo ID requirements for voters, and he called for dramatic restrictions on early voting.
After the 2020 election, Blackwell aggressively promoted Trumps false claims that he won the election. Blackwell signed a Dec. 10 open letter from right-wing leaders that declared, There is no doubt President Donald J. Trump is the lawful winner of the presidential election. Joe Biden is not president elect. The letter called on legislatures in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan to override the election results and appoint pro-Trump electors.
Blackwell signed another open letter at the end of December, urging Senate Republicans to contest the electoral votes from five battleground states won by Biden. FRC President Tony Perkins also signed both letters.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stop-the-steal-activist-ken-blackwell-backs-state-voter-suppression-slams-federal-voting-rights-legislation-at-religious-right-activist-conference/
Of course they are, Reverend! Thats what this entire festival is for! But imagine what it takes to not only stand up at a podium and say something this batshit insane, but to also believe it! I mean I really wonder how these people sleep at night, like if they think what they are doing really suits the LAWRD JAYSUS? I mean they support a man so foul that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But next up did you know that Marxism is apparently the mark of the beast? Well neither did we!
E.W. Jackson, a right-wing pastor who was the Republican Partys nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor in 2013, told religious-right activists at the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand conference Thursday that Marxism, socialism, transgenderism, homosexuality, and abortion are works of the devil, and that God wants to intervene in the rotten here and now and bring us out of this mess that we are in.
Jackson, whose radio show is broadcast on the American Family Associations radio network, told attendees that the problem that we have in America is ultimately not political and ultimately not cultural. It is spiritual.
The United States, he said, is a providential nation and a gift from Almighty God:
Patriotism comes from the word pater, meaning love of or honor of the father. And its not just about our Founding Fathers; its about the Father God who gave us this nation. And if you really believe that this nation is the gift that God gave to you, to your children, and to your grandchildren, then you ought to be willing to say, Im not going to let some bunch of Marxists and socialists and communists take this nation away and rob my posterity of the great gift that God has given us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-tells-religious-right-activists-they-will-defeat-marxism-homosexuality-and-other-works-of-the-devil/
Jackson, whose radio show is broadcast on the American Family Associations radio network, told attendees that the problem that we have in America is ultimately not political and ultimately not cultural. It is spiritual.
The United States, he said, is a providential nation and a gift from Almighty God:
Patriotism comes from the word pater, meaning love of or honor of the father. And its not just about our Founding Fathers; its about the Father God who gave us this nation. And if you really believe that this nation is the gift that God gave to you, to your children, and to your grandchildren, then you ought to be willing to say, Im not going to let some bunch of Marxists and socialists and communists take this nation away and rob my posterity of the great gift that God has given us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/e-w-jackson-tells-religious-right-activists-they-will-defeat-marxism-homosexuality-and-other-works-of-the-devil/
That is a good question because I dont know either! And what makes these people think they are fighting for good when really what they stand for is everything that the good LAWRD JAYSUS doesnt stand for? Jesus stood to love your fellow man, not think that everything contains the mark of the beast, now does he? And the only thing on earth that I can think of that accurately contains the mark of the beast is the Iron Maiden album The Number Of The Beast. But thats about it! Last but not least we have George Barna who says that Christians must indoctrinate other peoples children into a Biblical world view, because that sort of thing always works out well doesnt it?
While right-wing groups are mobilizing angry mobs to yell at school board members that parents have the right to control what their children are taught, evangelical pollster George Barna told religious-right activists at the Family Research Councils Pray Vote Stand summit Thursday that it is their duty to try to indoctrinate other peoples children into a biblical worldview.
Barna, one of the first senior fellows at FRCs recently established Center for Biblical Worldview, specializes in studying what he calls SAGE ConsSpiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians. What is most striking about FRC and Barnas worldview project is how few peopleand how few conservative evangelicalsmeasure up to their right-wing biblical worldview standard.
When the Center for Biblical Worldview launched in May, FRC President Tony Perkins said that a biblical worldview is only achieved when a person believes that the Bible is true, authoritative, and then taught how it is applicable to every area of life, which enables them to live out those beliefs.
Barna told Pray Vote Stand attendees that only 6 percent of American adults measure up to that standard of a biblical worldviewand only one out of five people who attend an evangelical church.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-christians-must-indoctrinate-other-peoples-children-into-a-biblical-worldview-says-frcs-george-barna/
Barna, one of the first senior fellows at FRCs recently established Center for Biblical Worldview, specializes in studying what he calls SAGE ConsSpiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians. What is most striking about FRC and Barnas worldview project is how few peopleand how few conservative evangelicalsmeasure up to their right-wing biblical worldview standard.
When the Center for Biblical Worldview launched in May, FRC President Tony Perkins said that a biblical worldview is only achieved when a person believes that the Bible is true, authoritative, and then taught how it is applicable to every area of life, which enables them to live out those beliefs.
Barna told Pray Vote Stand attendees that only 6 percent of American adults measure up to that standard of a biblical worldviewand only one out of five people who attend an evangelical church.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-christians-must-indoctrinate-other-peoples-children-into-a-biblical-worldview-says-frcs-george-barna/
Well Pastor Barna, do you want terrorists? Because thats how you get terrorists. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]This Fucking Guy: Eric Clapton
[br] [/font] [br]
This weeks This Fucking Guy is one of the best guitar players on the planet and a guy who was almost considered to be the fifth member of the Beatles Eric Clapton. So why is he on this list? Well Mr. Clapton is not exactly what one would call a nice guy. In fact hes got a history of making racist statements and is a rabid anti-vaxxer extremist conspiracy theorist. So apparently the reason why Mr. Clapton is so vehemently against vaccines is because he apparently had a bad reaction to his first one and that was enough to flip him to the side of batshit crazy. But has he always been this way? Well easy answer is yes and yes. So whos fault is it? Well Mr. Clapton blames it primarily on the propaganda but hey wait a minute! Thats our job! But not only is he doubling down on his anti-vaccine nonsense, hes apparently bankrolling it.
Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked. An unapologetic opponent of lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccine skeptic he is, as he puts it, pro-medical choice the 27-year-old Brit is founder of Jam for Freedom, a group of U.K. musicians that plays for free in public spaces, spreading the anti-lockdown word and sometimes singing songs with lyrics like You can stick your poison vaccine up your arse. For their efforts, Jam for Freedom are often hassled by police, and McLaughlin himself says he was arrested for what he calls breach of Covid regulations during one show.
This past spring, the car the group used to transport its gear was rendered nearly unusable after an accident, so McLaughlin started a GoFundMe page to help pay for transportation, gas, and legal fees. And one day this past spring, he was shocked to see a £1,000 donation on the site from Eric Clapton.
Im, like, this could be fake, McLaughlin recalls. But when McLaughlin emailed the account listed with the donation, he received a text from the 76-year-old British guitar hero himself. It was something complimentary, along the lines of, Hey, its Eric great work youre doing, McLaughlin says. The two later talked by phone, and before McLaughlin knew it, Clapton offered his familys white, six-person VW Transporter van as a temporary replacement for Jam for Freedoms wheels. He also gave them a chunk of money (McLaughlin declines to say how much) to buy a new van and said he might even sit in with the group at some point. Thanks to Claptons assistance, Jam for Freedom are now free to spread their message all over the U.K.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-clapton-vaccine-lockdown-racist-comments-1239027/
This past spring, the car the group used to transport its gear was rendered nearly unusable after an accident, so McLaughlin started a GoFundMe page to help pay for transportation, gas, and legal fees. And one day this past spring, he was shocked to see a £1,000 donation on the site from Eric Clapton.
Im, like, this could be fake, McLaughlin recalls. But when McLaughlin emailed the account listed with the donation, he received a text from the 76-year-old British guitar hero himself. It was something complimentary, along the lines of, Hey, its Eric great work youre doing, McLaughlin says. The two later talked by phone, and before McLaughlin knew it, Clapton offered his familys white, six-person VW Transporter van as a temporary replacement for Jam for Freedoms wheels. He also gave them a chunk of money (McLaughlin declines to say how much) to buy a new van and said he might even sit in with the group at some point. Thanks to Claptons assistance, Jam for Freedom are now free to spread their message all over the U.K.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-clapton-vaccine-lockdown-racist-comments-1239027/
Thats right Eric Clapton actually gave money to an anti-vaccine group. And actually said that they were doing great work. And by the way he might just be Mr. Flip Flopper extreme because he previously said that he wouldnt play at any venue that required a vaccine mandate. Which is needless to say all of them! In fact he even played a show in Texas attended by famously noted anti-vaxxer governor Greg Abbott.
Gov. Greg Abbott attended Eric Claptons Tuesday concert in Austin, going backstage and meeting mask-less with the guitarist weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.
The Republican leader, who is fully vaccinated, posted a photo with the English guitarist and Austin rocker Jimmie Vaughan following a concert at the Frank Erwin Center on Wednesday night.
More than a few Twitter users were turned off by the governor's photo opp with Clapton, a vocal vaccine skeptic with a track record of unsavory public remarks on race and society.
Clapton has been less than quiet about his anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown views, vowing in July to not perform at any venues requiring proof of vaccination, according to Ethan Shanfeld of Variety. The "Layla" artist was in luck Wednesday, as the Frank Erwin Center, owned and operated by the University of Texas, is prohibited from requiring masks or proof of vaccination thanks to Abbott's recent anti-mask mandates.
Abbott announced in August that he had tested positive for COVID-19. In a video uploaded to Twitter just four days after the announcement, the governor said he tested negative for the virus, crediting the brief and mild case to his vaccination.
https://www.lmtonline.com/politics/article/Houston-greg-abbott-concert-eric-clapton-masks-16464129.php
The Republican leader, who is fully vaccinated, posted a photo with the English guitarist and Austin rocker Jimmie Vaughan following a concert at the Frank Erwin Center on Wednesday night.
More than a few Twitter users were turned off by the governor's photo opp with Clapton, a vocal vaccine skeptic with a track record of unsavory public remarks on race and society.
Clapton has been less than quiet about his anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown views, vowing in July to not perform at any venues requiring proof of vaccination, according to Ethan Shanfeld of Variety. The "Layla" artist was in luck Wednesday, as the Frank Erwin Center, owned and operated by the University of Texas, is prohibited from requiring masks or proof of vaccination thanks to Abbott's recent anti-mask mandates.
Abbott announced in August that he had tested positive for COVID-19. In a video uploaded to Twitter just four days after the announcement, the governor said he tested negative for the virus, crediting the brief and mild case to his vaccination.
https://www.lmtonline.com/politics/article/Houston-greg-abbott-concert-eric-clapton-masks-16464129.php
Yes me fans are stupid pigs! So why is Eric Clapton hanging out with anti-vaxxers and batshit insane politicians? I mean how could you possibly be in the same room as Greg Abbott and not want to punch him in the face? Its an impossibility I tell you! And yeah would you really want to be around Gov. Abbott after he tested positive? I know I wouldnt! So why is Mr. Clapton funding a band full of anti-vaxxers spreading misinformation? Well this goes back to May when he first got his AstraZeneca jab.
Eric Clapton detailed his disastrous health experience after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and blamed the propaganda for overstating the safety of the vaccine in a letter the guitarist shared with an architect/anti-lockdown activist.
Clapton previously shared his thoughts on the Covid-19 shutdown when he appeared on Van Morrisons anti-lockdown song Stand and Deliver in December 2020; two months later, in February, Clapton received his first of two AstraZeneca vaccinations, he wrote in his letter to Robin Monotti, who shared the letter on his Telegram with the guitarists permission. (Rolling Stone has confirmed the authenticity of the letter. A rep for Clapton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
I took the first jab of AZ and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days. I recovered eventually and was told it would be twelve weeks before the second one , Clapton wrote.
About six weeks later I was offered and took the second AZ shot, but with a little more knowledge of the dangers. Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again, (I suffer with peripheral neuropathy and should never have gone near the needle.) But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eric-clapton-disastrous-vaccine-propaganda-1170264/
Clapton previously shared his thoughts on the Covid-19 shutdown when he appeared on Van Morrisons anti-lockdown song Stand and Deliver in December 2020; two months later, in February, Clapton received his first of two AstraZeneca vaccinations, he wrote in his letter to Robin Monotti, who shared the letter on his Telegram with the guitarists permission. (Rolling Stone has confirmed the authenticity of the letter. A rep for Clapton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
I took the first jab of AZ and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days. I recovered eventually and was told it would be twelve weeks before the second one , Clapton wrote.
About six weeks later I was offered and took the second AZ shot, but with a little more knowledge of the dangers. Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again, (I suffer with peripheral neuropathy and should never have gone near the needle.) But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eric-clapton-disastrous-vaccine-propaganda-1170264/
So heres the thing regardless of which side of the fence Mr. Clapton happens to fall on and lets say that, oh fuck it, he did fall on the wrong side. Heres the thing and we cannot stress this enough get the damn vaccine! Whatever side effects you go through are worth it because the alternative is spending the rest of eternity six feet under. The bottom line is either listen to experts or listen to idiots, and listening to the experts is the way to go. Because if you listen to idiots youre the one who will ultimately lose in the long run.
World-renowned guitarist Eric Clapton has emerged as a public face against COVID-19 vaccines and mandates, and a new report claiming he gave funds to an anti-vax band drew the ire of
Reid excoriated the 76-year-old musician in her "The Absolute Worst" segment on the Monday edition of MSNBC's The ReidOut program. Along with Clapton protesting vaccines, the broadcaster took exception with him comparing lockdowns to slavery.
She noted how the lyrics of a recent anti-lockdown song he recorded with Van Morrison, which includes the line, "Do you want to be a free man or do you want to be a slave?"
Newsweek Newsletter sign-up >
While also referencing comedian Jim Breuer's recent anti-mandate remarks, Reid said that "what really stands out about white anti-vaxxers, in particular, is they act like their freedom has been taken from them and they have this weird habit of trying to do that by co-opting the history of actually oppressed people."
"Yeah, because getting a free vaccine is exactly like slavery and Jim Crow," she said.
During the segment, Reid also brought up racist statements Clapton made in the past. Most infamous were his comments made during a 1976 concert in Birmingham, England. He told the audience that night to, among other things, "stop Britain from becoming a black colony" and to "keep Britain white."
https://www.newsweek.com/joy-reid-slams-eric-clapton-donating-anti-vax-group-what-he-has-said-vaccines-1638206
Reid excoriated the 76-year-old musician in her "The Absolute Worst" segment on the Monday edition of MSNBC's The ReidOut program. Along with Clapton protesting vaccines, the broadcaster took exception with him comparing lockdowns to slavery.
She noted how the lyrics of a recent anti-lockdown song he recorded with Van Morrison, which includes the line, "Do you want to be a free man or do you want to be a slave?"
Newsweek Newsletter sign-up >
While also referencing comedian Jim Breuer's recent anti-mandate remarks, Reid said that "what really stands out about white anti-vaxxers, in particular, is they act like their freedom has been taken from them and they have this weird habit of trying to do that by co-opting the history of actually oppressed people."
"Yeah, because getting a free vaccine is exactly like slavery and Jim Crow," she said.
During the segment, Reid also brought up racist statements Clapton made in the past. Most infamous were his comments made during a 1976 concert in Birmingham, England. He told the audience that night to, among other things, "stop Britain from becoming a black colony" and to "keep Britain white."
https://www.newsweek.com/joy-reid-slams-eric-clapton-donating-anti-vax-group-what-he-has-said-vaccines-1638206
Yeah so thats anti-vaccination crusader Eric Clapton. Thats this weeks:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! Were coming to you live from our underground doomsday bunker deep in the alkali flats of the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location of course! Let me just adjust my trusty tin foil hat for maximum government interference they are trying to read your thoughts you know! Heres the thing folks were not making fun of the murder of Gabby Petito at all. I cannot stress that enough. But what we can make fun of is the situation at hand. Last week we talked about how things got ridiculous when Dog The Bounty Hunter got involved. But theres far more to his involvement than meets the eye. And trust us when I say that the more you go down the wormhole on this, the weirder it gets. It starts with Dog The Bounty Hunter canceling his appearance at Hazzard Fest an annual celebration of the TV show The Dukes Of Hazzard. Youll have to excuse the TMZ link.
Dog the Bounty Hunter is skipping a scheduled gig with fans to keep grinding on his search for Brian Laundrie -- speaking to how seriously the guy's taking this manhunt.
A rep for Duane Chapman tells TMZ ... Dog will NOT be appearing this weekend at Hazzard Fest in Tennessee, where he was booked for a celeb meet-and-greet alongside the likes of folks like 'Duck Dynasty' stars, 'Swamp People' stars and other A&E famous faces.
Dog's presence at Hazzard was announced in mid-September ... and he was probably booked well ahead of that. However, in light of his recent involvement in the Laundrie search ... we're told he's forgoing Hazzard to keep working -- which is his top priority right now.
In his place ... Dog's son, Leland Chapman, will show up and shake hands on behalf of his pops.
Long story short, it's clear Dog is taking this assignment to heart ... and, as it turns out, he plans to see it through 'til the end -- no matter how long it takes, we're told. His rep says Dog will stay on Laundrie's trail so long as viable tips come in, and there's still belief he may be out there and alive.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/05/dog-the-bounty-hunter-cancels-hazzard-fest-appearance-focus-brian-laundrie-search/
A rep for Duane Chapman tells TMZ ... Dog will NOT be appearing this weekend at Hazzard Fest in Tennessee, where he was booked for a celeb meet-and-greet alongside the likes of folks like 'Duck Dynasty' stars, 'Swamp People' stars and other A&E famous faces.
Dog's presence at Hazzard was announced in mid-September ... and he was probably booked well ahead of that. However, in light of his recent involvement in the Laundrie search ... we're told he's forgoing Hazzard to keep working -- which is his top priority right now.
In his place ... Dog's son, Leland Chapman, will show up and shake hands on behalf of his pops.
Long story short, it's clear Dog is taking this assignment to heart ... and, as it turns out, he plans to see it through 'til the end -- no matter how long it takes, we're told. His rep says Dog will stay on Laundrie's trail so long as viable tips come in, and there's still belief he may be out there and alive.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/05/dog-the-bounty-hunter-cancels-hazzard-fest-appearance-focus-brian-laundrie-search/
So that happened. Then from there it gets even more ridiculous. Apparently he went to Brian Laundries house for some reason. But two things one why am I not at all surprised that this story is taking place in Florida? And second why would you leave a vacation to find this out? OK Im done trying to understand this story, its getting too weird even for a segment that explores conspiracy theories and all the batshit crazy things that the right does.
Television's Dog the Bounty Hunter is joining the search for Brian Laundrie, the only person wanted in connection with Gabby Petito's disappearance. Saturday afternoon, the reality star was seen banging on the screen door of the North Port home Brian shares with his parents.
The family did not answer and Duane "Dog" Chapman, along with his wife, left the home after a few minutes. Police were seen shortly afterward entering the Laundrie home and exiting within moments.
Chapman was already in Florida on a honeymoon with his wife Francie, he told FOX News, when people began reaching out to him to look into Laundries disappearance.
Dog and Francie are currently searching the community where Brian Laundrie was last seen, but the preserve is closed to all but law enforcement.
Crews continued searching Saturday, having already combed the whole north side and much of the Venice side of the reserve.
"We are not wasting our time out here. We are doing our due diligence to find Brian in an area that intelligence had led us that he could possibly be in," Fussell explained Friday.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/dog-the-bounty-hunter-joins-the-search-for-brian-laundrie
The family did not answer and Duane "Dog" Chapman, along with his wife, left the home after a few minutes. Police were seen shortly afterward entering the Laundrie home and exiting within moments.
Chapman was already in Florida on a honeymoon with his wife Francie, he told FOX News, when people began reaching out to him to look into Laundries disappearance.
Dog and Francie are currently searching the community where Brian Laundrie was last seen, but the preserve is closed to all but law enforcement.
Crews continued searching Saturday, having already combed the whole north side and much of the Venice side of the reserve.
"We are not wasting our time out here. We are doing our due diligence to find Brian in an area that intelligence had led us that he could possibly be in," Fussell explained Friday.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/dog-the-bounty-hunter-joins-the-search-for-brian-laundrie
Wait wait wait wait so let me get this straight. Youre in Florida to hunt down Brian Laundrie or youre in Florida because youre on vacation and just happened to vacation near Brian Laundries house? I am getting mixed signals here. But guess what? Dog may be using this case to launch a platform for a new reality series. Thats right hes interested in this case because it will help catapult his TV career? And why wouldnt it? It already got an episode of South Park, what more do you want?
As Dog the Bounty Hunter makes his way back into the news by chasing down Brian Laundrie the person of interest after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was found dead in Wyoming hes also plotting his return to TV. Thinkfactory Media, the producers behind WE TVs Marriage Boot Camp and Mama June: From Not to Hot and TBS Rat in the Kitchen, among other hit reality franchises, is currently shopping a new series starring the Dog.
Dog the Bounty Hunter, of course, is Duane Dog Chapman, who starred in A&Es Dog the Bounty Hunter for eight seasons. Later, Chapman and his wife, Beth, starred in the CMT series Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, which ran for two years. A&E chronicled Beth Chapmans cancer diagnosis in the 2017 special Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives.
Most recently, WGN America ran the series Dogs Most Wanted, which aired in fall 2019. Another series, Dogs Unleashed, was originally set to run on the streaming service UnleashedTV, but was later scrapped.
Thinkfactory is currently working with Chapman on pitching the new show, believed to follow Chapmans day-to-day life and his exploits. That could include his current activities and hes back in the headlines as he leads a bounty hunting expedition to find Laundrie. Chapman has been posting video on social media of his search, including one on Wednesday in which he detailed his active and specific search in a key area based on the intelligence we are receiving and researching. Boat crews and ground teams have been called in and we have search and rescue dogs deployed.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dog-the-bounty-hunter-duane-chapman-brian-laundrie-manhunt-tv-series-1235077177/
Dog the Bounty Hunter, of course, is Duane Dog Chapman, who starred in A&Es Dog the Bounty Hunter for eight seasons. Later, Chapman and his wife, Beth, starred in the CMT series Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, which ran for two years. A&E chronicled Beth Chapmans cancer diagnosis in the 2017 special Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives.
Most recently, WGN America ran the series Dogs Most Wanted, which aired in fall 2019. Another series, Dogs Unleashed, was originally set to run on the streaming service UnleashedTV, but was later scrapped.
Thinkfactory is currently working with Chapman on pitching the new show, believed to follow Chapmans day-to-day life and his exploits. That could include his current activities and hes back in the headlines as he leads a bounty hunting expedition to find Laundrie. Chapman has been posting video on social media of his search, including one on Wednesday in which he detailed his active and specific search in a key area based on the intelligence we are receiving and researching. Boat crews and ground teams have been called in and we have search and rescue dogs deployed.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dog-the-bounty-hunter-duane-chapman-brian-laundrie-manhunt-tv-series-1235077177/
Now heres where it gets weird. You didnt think it could possibly get much weirder did you? Well I say youre wrong! And heres the thing if Dog The Bounty Hunter actually succeeds in helping the police capture Brian Laundrie and he absolutely should be brought to justice then I will gladly chew on my tin foil hat and admit that I was wrong about this whole thing. But for now this entire thing clearly sits in the too ridiculous to make up counter.
Dog the Bounty Hunter is leaving the hunt for Brian Laundrie in Florida after suffering an ankle injury, according to reports. But he isnt calling off the search just yet.
Dog, whose real name is Duane Chapman, returned home to Colorado to meet with his doctor following the ankle injury, according to WFLA. He had been searching for Laundrie since Sept. 27 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Laundrie, 23, has been missing since Sept. 17, shortly after he returned home from a cross-country trip with his girlfriend, Gabby Petito. Petito was later found dead in Wyoming.
According to WFLA, Chapmans search for Laundrie is not over.
Hes put together a talented network of local team members he calls the Florida Team that will continue the search while hes gone, the report said. He says he will continue to process leads in Colorado while hes there.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/10/dog-the-bounty-hunter-injured-during-search-for-brian-laundrie-returns-home.html
Dog, whose real name is Duane Chapman, returned home to Colorado to meet with his doctor following the ankle injury, according to WFLA. He had been searching for Laundrie since Sept. 27 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Laundrie, 23, has been missing since Sept. 17, shortly after he returned home from a cross-country trip with his girlfriend, Gabby Petito. Petito was later found dead in Wyoming.
According to WFLA, Chapmans search for Laundrie is not over.
Hes put together a talented network of local team members he calls the Florida Team that will continue the search while hes gone, the report said. He says he will continue to process leads in Colorado while hes there.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/10/dog-the-bounty-hunter-injured-during-search-for-brian-laundrie-returns-home.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know that the idea behind this segment is that we have some drinks, and we talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt relate to politics. This week were taking a look at the growing phenomenon of celebrities who refuse to take a shower. Yeah its a disgusting subject, I know. So tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about BO? The BO cocktail? Whats in it? Why dont you just bottle that and sell it as a COVID cure to idiots who refuse to get the vaccine? All right Ill go partners with you. In the meantime I want my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. I mean come on, were in Salt Lake City. We have to jump through hoops for our booze! But this week were going to talk about the phenomenon of the stinky celebrity. Its been reported that a growing number of celebrities are among those who refuse to shower. So what is going on exactly? Well it just seems like its one after another after another!
From juice cleanses to keto diets, and more recently, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, it seems wealthy celebrities always have something to say about how we, the humble poors and normies, should be living our best, healthiest lives. This sort of out-of-touch prescriptivism is, after all, the stuff of multi-million dollar celebrity lifestyle brands, from Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop to Kourtney Kardashian's Poosh. If we try this life hack or that, our lives will supposedly become like those of the celebrities we're taught to worship.
Enter: the celebrity bath debate, that's split up an entire roster of A-listers into Team Shower vs. Team Anti-Shower. Somewhere in the shuffle between noting the shower statuses of Chris Evans and Cardi B, one has to take a step back and ask themselves, what does any of this really mean? Why do we, as a culture, even care? And is anyone really all that shocked that Jake Gyllenhal doesn't bathe? To answer these and other questions requires us to go back to the start, when the controversy first emerged earlier this summer.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis got us started in July when they opened up about only bathing their children when they start to smell, and fellow celeb parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard co-signed. What followed was a symphony of celebrity confessions and rebuffs.
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/17/celebrity-bathing-kutcher-kunis-gyllenhaal/
Enter: the celebrity bath debate, that's split up an entire roster of A-listers into Team Shower vs. Team Anti-Shower. Somewhere in the shuffle between noting the shower statuses of Chris Evans and Cardi B, one has to take a step back and ask themselves, what does any of this really mean? Why do we, as a culture, even care? And is anyone really all that shocked that Jake Gyllenhal doesn't bathe? To answer these and other questions requires us to go back to the start, when the controversy first emerged earlier this summer.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis got us started in July when they opened up about only bathing their children when they start to smell, and fellow celeb parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard co-signed. What followed was a symphony of celebrity confessions and rebuffs.
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/17/celebrity-bathing-kutcher-kunis-gyllenhaal/
Ah I needed that! So thats the entire thing about celebrities theyre weird. We get it. But thats why theyre celebrities. Its why Gwenyth Paltrow sells a $100 candle called This Smells Like My Vagina that exploded. Yeah picture that for a minute. Im getting off topic here. But thats just the tip of the iceberg, and theres plenty of bizarre celebrity behavior that could span over several editions of our favorite segment here. But none have gone as far as Paul Wall who doesnt even wear deodorant! Get the puke bucket ready!
Just when you thought the great shower debate was over, 97.9 The Box kicked it back into gear. We recently witnessed celebrities coming forward to reveal that they didn't shower daily. Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Jake Gyllenhall, and several others admitted that they do not have a habit of showering daily, and Paul Wall has joined the list.
He appeared on 97.9 and was asked about his routine. Every few days. Im not gonna sayFew is like more than two, so it could mean three, it could be thirteen maybe," the rapper joked. "Today is shower day.
Wall also stated that he does not wear deodorant for health reasons. "I used to, but when I stoppedits something you gotta get out of your systembut when I stopped wearing deodorant, I stopped getting as funky when I sweat. I dont know if its just a hormone thing when I got older. Maybe its cause I got older, I dont know.
The rapper said that his wife and children continue to wear deodorant even though he has chosen not to. Wall was insistent that he does not smell bad and cited the "aluminum in deodorant" as the reason why he has opted to not use certain products. Swipe below to listen to the rapper explain himself in full.
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/paul-wall-doesnt-shower-daily-explains-why-he-no-longer-wears-deodorant-news.139410.html
He appeared on 97.9 and was asked about his routine. Every few days. Im not gonna sayFew is like more than two, so it could mean three, it could be thirteen maybe," the rapper joked. "Today is shower day.
Wall also stated that he does not wear deodorant for health reasons. "I used to, but when I stoppedits something you gotta get out of your systembut when I stopped wearing deodorant, I stopped getting as funky when I sweat. I dont know if its just a hormone thing when I got older. Maybe its cause I got older, I dont know.
The rapper said that his wife and children continue to wear deodorant even though he has chosen not to. Wall was insistent that he does not smell bad and cited the "aluminum in deodorant" as the reason why he has opted to not use certain products. Swipe below to listen to the rapper explain himself in full.
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/paul-wall-doesnt-shower-daily-explains-why-he-no-longer-wears-deodorant-news.139410.html
Yes, we like our booze in mass quantities here! And me being the host of the show, I get my drinks comped! But that said, theres not all celebrities who are refusing to cleanse themselves. The antidote to this madness comes from Jason Momoa. Yes, Aquaman himself has the cure for the BS. Thats right hes the king of the fucking water, and thats according to his words. So why wouldnt he want to bathe or use a pool? Good question!
After the trend of celebrities sharing their controversial bathing habits went viral, Aquaman star Jason Momoa made his position on personal hygiene clear while doing press for his upcoming movie, Sweet Girl. Momoa first hit the scene in 1999 playing Jason Ioane on Baywatch: Hawaii. However, it wasn't until 2011 when he truly stepped into the spotlight after playing Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of HBO's hit fantasy series, Game of Thrones. Since 2011, Momoa has portrayed the half-human, half-Atlantean superhero, Aquaman (a.k.a. Arthur Curry), in the DCEU.
Celebrity hygiene hasstrangely enoughbecome a trending topic in recent weeks, sparking somewhat of a Hollywood bathing debate. The conversation started when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher told Dax Shepard that they don't bathe daily, Kunis adding: "I don't wash my body with soap every day." They also explained that they didn't wash their kids daily when they were young, raising some eyebrows from readers, and yes, other celebs. On Twitter, Dwayne Johnson said that he's "the opposite of a 'not washing themselves' celeb," and showers at least 3 times a day. Other A-listers have taken their sides, with Shepard's wife, Kristen Bell, and actor Jake Gyllenhaal agreeing with Kunis and Kutcher's more casual approach to bathing. Jodie Turner-Smith, on the other hand, reacted by tweeting: "Before you lot even ask: in this house, we bathe."
In an interview with Access Hollywood alongside co-star Isabel Merced, the whole celebrity showering debate came up in conversation. Momoa insisted that while other celebs might skip out on their daily hygiene rituals, he prefers to stay squeaky clean. Momoa told the interviewer, "I'm Aquaman. I'm in the fking water. Don't worry about it. I'm Hawaiian. We got saltwater on me. We good."
https://screenrant.com/aquaman-jason-momoa-celebrity-shower-bathe-response/
Celebrity hygiene hasstrangely enoughbecome a trending topic in recent weeks, sparking somewhat of a Hollywood bathing debate. The conversation started when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher told Dax Shepard that they don't bathe daily, Kunis adding: "I don't wash my body with soap every day." They also explained that they didn't wash their kids daily when they were young, raising some eyebrows from readers, and yes, other celebs. On Twitter, Dwayne Johnson said that he's "the opposite of a 'not washing themselves' celeb," and showers at least 3 times a day. Other A-listers have taken their sides, with Shepard's wife, Kristen Bell, and actor Jake Gyllenhaal agreeing with Kunis and Kutcher's more casual approach to bathing. Jodie Turner-Smith, on the other hand, reacted by tweeting: "Before you lot even ask: in this house, we bathe."
In an interview with Access Hollywood alongside co-star Isabel Merced, the whole celebrity showering debate came up in conversation. Momoa insisted that while other celebs might skip out on their daily hygiene rituals, he prefers to stay squeaky clean. Momoa told the interviewer, "I'm Aquaman. I'm in the fking water. Don't worry about it. I'm Hawaiian. We got saltwater on me. We good."
https://screenrant.com/aquaman-jason-momoa-celebrity-shower-bathe-response/
So now you might be asking whats the solution?. Well I answer you sir / madam, with a simple I dont know. But is going au natural the solution? Well youre about half right. It turns out that the human need for showering and cleanliness stems out of fear. The most obvious targets being the smelly kids in middle school. You know, kind of like Pig Pen from the old Peanuts cartoons. Ask yourself this do you want to be Pig Pen or do you want to be like Mila Kunis? Yeah thats a weird question, but I am kind of drunk right now. No wait, Im extremely drunk.
This summer, we as an adoring, dutiful public watched in horror as our glamorous perception of celebrities was shattered thanks to waves of rich and famous people coming out as proudly
dirty. The people were supposed to hold up as the pinnacle of beauty, taste, and presumably hygiene set the internet ablaze with seemingly endless interviews in which they reveal that they are forgoing the traditional bathing schedule for something a little more, how do you say, au naturel. It turns out all that glitters is in fact not gold, and maybe on top of that is kind of stinky. Well, Im coming to you today, dear reader, to potentially ruin my own life by saying that actually, this is not that big of a deal. Im here to stand up for our celebrity brethren and defend their right to be a little bit crusty.
First, I think its important to note that I am riddled with personal biases. For example, I have in my past claimed to be a lil stinker, which I define as someone who showers when needed based on smell and comfort but not necessarily a daily schedule, and who doesnt really wear deodorant unless Im going to something where it would be actively impolite to sweat (think: warm-weather funeral). Does this lead to me being gross? My internal polling of those close to me has led me to believe that I am of neutral scent and therefore completely inoffensive (theres obviously room for error in the event that everyone is lying to me, but I cannot go down that rabbit hole). I guess my deal is mostly like: Some days I dont shower and thats okay.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/the-stinky-celebrities-are-right.html
First, I think its important to note that I am riddled with personal biases. For example, I have in my past claimed to be a lil stinker, which I define as someone who showers when needed based on smell and comfort but not necessarily a daily schedule, and who doesnt really wear deodorant unless Im going to something where it would be actively impolite to sweat (think: warm-weather funeral). Does this lead to me being gross? My internal polling of those close to me has led me to believe that I am of neutral scent and therefore completely inoffensive (theres obviously room for error in the event that everyone is lying to me, but I cannot go down that rabbit hole). I guess my deal is mostly like: Some days I dont shower and thats okay.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/the-stinky-celebrities-are-right.html
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment exploring what the MAGA cult is up to in Red State Diaries. Last week, we came back with a vengeance because the Former Guy is going out on his Out For Justice tour. And do we need to point out the fact that Steven Segal has moved to Moscow and is heavily involved with the Russian government? Do we really need to? Of course if youre following us you already know that so we are moving on! But what we are going to do this week the Former Guy went to Iowa and was once again spewing his bullshit. And this is in front of a crowd that will willfully ingest medication thats meant for farm animals. But why is this his craziest rally yet? And weve been covering these damn things from the beginning. Well when Trump can no longer barf his brain on social media, he gets very weird. And whats really alarming is that people who condemned his involvement in the January 6th riots like Charles Grassley for instance, are now none too happy to bend over and kiss his ass. Which is actually a pretty disgusting sight.
While Donald Trump has held several rallies since the January 6 Capitol insurrection, his rally in Iowa Saturday was the most alarming by far.
At Trump's past post-presidency events, you wouldn't find the state's leading GOP officials attending en masse. In fact, at a rally in Georgia last month, Trump railed against the state's Republican leaders for refusing to assist him in illegally overturning the 2020 election. Trump even told the crowd he'd prefer potential Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams as governor over his fellow Republican who's currently in office, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
Saturday's rally in Iowa, though, was different. This one was attended by longtime Iowa US Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, and other mainstream Republican officials. Some of these very same people, who just nine months ago were slamming Trump for his role in the Capitol riots, were now only too happy to be seen supporting him. This is politics at its worst -- and at its most dangerous for our democracy.
The most hypocritical of the bunch is Sen. Grassley, who on January 6 was escorted by his security detail to a secure location to protect him from the pro-Trump mob that had laid siege on the Capitol. Grassley, who voted to certify the 2020 election, made a veiled reference to Trump in his statement, noting that the lawsuits filed after the election had failed and that "politicians in Washington should not second guess the courts once they have ruled."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/10/opinions/trump-iowa-rally-gop-embrace-obeidallah/index.html
At Trump's past post-presidency events, you wouldn't find the state's leading GOP officials attending en masse. In fact, at a rally in Georgia last month, Trump railed against the state's Republican leaders for refusing to assist him in illegally overturning the 2020 election. Trump even told the crowd he'd prefer potential Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams as governor over his fellow Republican who's currently in office, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
Saturday's rally in Iowa, though, was different. This one was attended by longtime Iowa US Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, and other mainstream Republican officials. Some of these very same people, who just nine months ago were slamming Trump for his role in the Capitol riots, were now only too happy to be seen supporting him. This is politics at its worst -- and at its most dangerous for our democracy.
The most hypocritical of the bunch is Sen. Grassley, who on January 6 was escorted by his security detail to a secure location to protect him from the pro-Trump mob that had laid siege on the Capitol. Grassley, who voted to certify the 2020 election, made a veiled reference to Trump in his statement, noting that the lawsuits filed after the election had failed and that "politicians in Washington should not second guess the courts once they have ruled."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/10/opinions/trump-iowa-rally-gop-embrace-obeidallah/index.html
Yeah so Charles Grassley had an independent thought and now the Former Guy has reeled him in, made him kiss his proverbial feet and now he is firmly back in with the cult. But now hes either Make America Great Again, Again or Save America depending on where the location is. This time it was Save America. But you cant deny how intentionally awful the phrase Make America Great Again, Again is. Its like a 1st grader wrote this who thought he was funny repeating the same word twice.
Former President Trumps latest stop was Des Moines, Iowa, as he made the rounds across the United States to fire up his political supporters.
Iowa is the first state in the nation to hold presidential nomination precinct caucuses.
Trump made several familiar claims in the state he won in the 2020 election some were true, and others were either exaggerated or outright false especially his claims of election fraud.
Conjecture that former President Donald Trump is seeking back the White House job he held for four years continued to generate news and fact checks in Iowa on Saturday night, Oct. 9.
Trumps latest visit was a Save America Rally that drew thousands of people to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and was run by Trumps Save America PAC.
We checked some of the Republican former presidents Iowa comments. Many are familiar from previous appearances across the country. But, they bear paying attention to because Iowa has held the nations first presidential nominating precinct caucuses and, so far, figures to do so again in 2024.
"Just this week the latest Des Moines Register poll showed that Biden is a record low, 31 percent approval in Iowa While your all-time favorite president is at a record high, the highest weve ever been."
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/11/fact-checking-former-president-donald-trumps-iowa-/
Iowa is the first state in the nation to hold presidential nomination precinct caucuses.
Trump made several familiar claims in the state he won in the 2020 election some were true, and others were either exaggerated or outright false especially his claims of election fraud.
Conjecture that former President Donald Trump is seeking back the White House job he held for four years continued to generate news and fact checks in Iowa on Saturday night, Oct. 9.
Trumps latest visit was a Save America Rally that drew thousands of people to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and was run by Trumps Save America PAC.
We checked some of the Republican former presidents Iowa comments. Many are familiar from previous appearances across the country. But, they bear paying attention to because Iowa has held the nations first presidential nominating precinct caucuses and, so far, figures to do so again in 2024.
"Just this week the latest Des Moines Register poll showed that Biden is a record low, 31 percent approval in Iowa While your all-time favorite president is at a record high, the highest weve ever been."
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/11/fact-checking-former-president-donald-trumps-iowa-/
Yes, holy shit indeed! If Iowas poll numbers dont alarm you then youre not paying attention! But whats even more alarming is that the right is talking about the prospect of civil war. Now heres the thing most of Trumps base is vehemently anti-vaccine. So how the hell can we expect them to fight a civil war when most of their people are dead or dying from COVID? Its absolute insanity I tell you! I just cant even with these people.
Civil War" was a top trending topic on Twitter on Sunday after remarks from an attendee of former President Donald Trump's rally in Iowa were widely circulated online and by the media.
Trump held a rally at the Iowa State Fairground in Des Moines on Saturday. At the event, Trump supporter Lori Levi told MSNBC that she believes the U.S. is headed for a "civil war." Levi criticized Democrats and Republicans, saying most members of the GOP are "as weak as they possibly could be in Congress."
"They're establishment. They don't care about the American people because they're in their elite little tower," she said. "So we're just sick of it, you know, and we're not going to take it anymore. I see a civil war coming. I do. I see civil war coming."
As of Sunday afternoon, the term "Civil War" had been tweeted nearly 67,000 times as it trended on the major social media platform. Many were criticizing Trump supporters and the right-wing "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement. Some also tried to offer solutions to the current divide within American society.
https://www.newsweek.com/civil-war-trends-twitter-after-iowa-trump-rally-attendees-remarks-go-viral-1637410
Trump held a rally at the Iowa State Fairground in Des Moines on Saturday. At the event, Trump supporter Lori Levi told MSNBC that she believes the U.S. is headed for a "civil war." Levi criticized Democrats and Republicans, saying most members of the GOP are "as weak as they possibly could be in Congress."
"They're establishment. They don't care about the American people because they're in their elite little tower," she said. "So we're just sick of it, you know, and we're not going to take it anymore. I see a civil war coming. I do. I see civil war coming."
As of Sunday afternoon, the term "Civil War" had been tweeted nearly 67,000 times as it trended on the major social media platform. Many were criticizing Trump supporters and the right-wing "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement. Some also tried to offer solutions to the current divide within American society.
https://www.newsweek.com/civil-war-trends-twitter-after-iowa-trump-rally-attendees-remarks-go-viral-1637410
Yeah civil war right. Fuck you. Thats like the worst possible thing you could do, and the ramifications could last years and even decades. If you think getting a fucking vaccine in your arm is going to inconvenience you? Just wait until a war breaks out. Yeah its no reason why we should be headed that way but were more divided than ever. Its going to be the HEY! THEY LOOK LIKE DORKS defense that lights this powder keg. But with many of them dead or dying from COVID, dont expect this war to get past the planning stages.
The man just refuses to go away, he said of Donald Trump, who held a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday in which he repeated the same deranged lies about the election that hes been repeating for months.
Trump ranted about Pennsylvania and claimed he won the election in the state because at one point, he was ahead during the vote count. Yet even his own crowd wasnt exactly electrified by hearing the same old incoherent nonsense over and over again, said Meyers. I love the cutaways to sullen Trump fans just standing there in silence like tourists watching one of those gold statue guys in Times Square.
And you can tell Trump was waiting for a crowd reaction, too, he added. Its like watching an open mic night at the senior center.
While Meyers called it liberating to not think or care about what this lunatic says or does on a daily basis, the Republican party remains fully devoted to Trump. The Iowa senator Chuck Grassley joined Trump at his rally in the state, and on Fox News Sunday, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the Houses No 2 Republican, refused to deny Trumps big lie of election fraud.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/seth-meyers-trump-jimmy-kimmel-fallon
Trump ranted about Pennsylvania and claimed he won the election in the state because at one point, he was ahead during the vote count. Yet even his own crowd wasnt exactly electrified by hearing the same old incoherent nonsense over and over again, said Meyers. I love the cutaways to sullen Trump fans just standing there in silence like tourists watching one of those gold statue guys in Times Square.
And you can tell Trump was waiting for a crowd reaction, too, he added. Its like watching an open mic night at the senior center.
While Meyers called it liberating to not think or care about what this lunatic says or does on a daily basis, the Republican party remains fully devoted to Trump. The Iowa senator Chuck Grassley joined Trump at his rally in the state, and on Fox News Sunday, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the Houses No 2 Republican, refused to deny Trumps big lie of election fraud.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/seth-meyers-trump-jimmy-kimmel-fallon
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
MAGA wants a war? Well give them some stats that show them that theyve got a lot of building to do and even then they still wont win!
[font size="4"]And Now This: [/font]
[font size="4"]Twenty One Pilots [/font]
Folks my next guest are one of the best bands to break out in the last 10 years. You can see them on the Takeover Tour through Nov. 4th! Playing their song Saturday, give it up for Twenty One Pilots!
Thank you Salt Lake City! We had an awesome time. Unfortunately our show next week in Seattle got canceled (Holy Shit will still air as scheduled) but we will be back on 10/28 live from Sacramento with our Halloween special with live music from our good friend Rob Zombie!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Zanies Comedy Club, Salt Lake City, UT
Twenty One Pilots appear courtesy of: Fueled By Ramen, LLC
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
October 10, 2021
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 1: The Church That Literally Answers Your Prayers
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
Welcome to the first ever edition of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! We are offering to you the first ever episode of this brand new series with new expanded and revised content! How this is going to work is we will expand the first two sermons between each episode that you normally see in our regular Holy Shit feature in the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. We will also expand with any additional content that we might find, as well as in the third slot we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit prayer line, which you can find at the official Holy Shit Twitter feed at: @churchoftop10. You can also e-mail us at any time with your prayers, concerns, hate mail, or suggestions for new topics! In this weeks episode we take a look at the wacky world of evangelical conspiracy theories (1) while Pat Robertson (2) retires and we take a look at the 700 Clubs greatest hits. And we close this week by answering your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Evangelical Conspiracy Theories
[br] [/font] [br]
Now I notice a great many of you happen to be wearing tin foil hats today. That is because conspiracy theories are running a foul with our brothers and sisters on the right side of things. Now let me ask you this why are religious people so prone to believing in insane conspiracy theories? Well theres no real answer for that but it seems like the crazier they are the more likely they are to believe them. But when you have pastors and podcasts that they listen to who are peddling these theories, theyre part of the problem. And Im sure thats not what our good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But lets take a look at some of the insane theories that they believe in and theres plenty of them to pick from. Well for starters lets start with our old buddy David Barton who is a religious historian that gets it wrong every single time. Well wait until you hear his latest piece of claptrap! This might be one of his most insane theories yet!
That is most certainly true, Fluffy! But you know that part of the problem is that todays active religious fundamentalists think that theyre waging a spiritual war, and that war is digital. Its not being fought on a battlefield, its being fought on your Facebook and Instagram accounts! So when you have most of the religious body being convinced that theyre soldiers fighting a war, and that war is being waged on conspiracy theories, this is what you get!
Now heres where it gets weird, because you know it was going to! One of the strangest people ever elected to Congress is the bizarre Madison Cawthorn, who is firmly on the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man who is so foul, vile, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But as I have stated, when you have people convinced theyre fighting spiritual warfare, these are the kind of crackpots that are going to come out of the woodwork!
Yes, high fis and boob tubes are great, Reverend! But you know whats not great? Having to deal with insane conspiracy theorists on a daily basis! I do love talking about conspiracy theories because a lot of times theyre stranger than fiction, and the people who actually believe them are even stranger! Now what happens when Christian nationalist theories are put into practice? Well lets just say these people actually believe this stuff and theyre not going away!
Probably or maybe not depending on how these crazy people act on their beliefs!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Pat Robertson Retires
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! I dont need to tell you that youre in the audience for the taping of the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons, but thats neither here nor there. That said were going to do something a bit different this week. Think of this as the lecture where we blow off our plans and just show a whole bunch of videos for the class. This week theres been a massive shakeup in the holy community. Thats right the long time host of the religious TV favorite the 700 Club is stepping down from his reign of terror. Yes, that man has done more damage to the collective psyche of Americans than any terrorist could ever do. Now that said, were going to dedicate this weeks sermon to recapping his greatest hits. Yes, he may not agree with the unholy, ungodly Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul and vile that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But that doesnt excuse him from decades of foul, bigoted behavior or his multitudes of conspiracy theories that have been left in his wake. So heres what is happening. No longer will you see his vile and disgusting rhetoric on the 700 Club anymore. Get ready for a whole new wave of disgusting rhetoric!
Now theres where you are wrong. Because Pat Robertson is a man who I would not exactly call good, instead hes the opposite. The man is pure evil and bigoted. Hes advocated for things like domestic abuse and said that JAYSUS should steal the election for the unholy Dark One! But this might be one of my favorite 700 Club clips. This is something that was said. On television.
And this is another one of my favorites. Apparently did you know that if you buy your clothing from a second hand store it could be filled with DAYMONS??? Thats right!
Then of course theres one of my favorite clips of what he said about earthquakes. Did you know that devastating earthquakes are blessings in disguise? Only in Pat Robertsons senile, warped mind!
Then there was that time when he advocated for divorcing a wife who has alzheimers. Yeah thats a horrible way to go but also a horrible way to treat a person. Again, this is in his senile brain that we are talking about here, and thats not something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want!
Now seriously imagine what it takes to not only say something that batshit insane but to also believe that what you are saying is right. Imagine saying that a husband cheating on his wife is right thats not what we believe here!
Or my personal favorite how about that time he got name dropped during that war crimes trial at the Hague no more than a mere 10 years ago? Thats right a so called man of GAWD is implicated in war crimes! How about that?
And then of course who could forget my all time favorite Pat Robertson quote? Yes, sir. That one. You know the one a grieving mother calls into the 700 Club about having a miscarriage. You know Mr. Robertson responded? Well with about the most horrible response humanly possible:
So that said I am glad that you indulged me as I went through some of his greatest hits. Because I cant believe someone would sit through something like that? But that said what can we expect from the new leader of the 700 Club? Well pretty much and I quote the Who meet the new boss, same as the old boss! Now that said, I dont know what direction the 700 Club will go in but you can rest assured that well cover every batshit crazy thing that comes out of that show!
So yeah thats Pat Robertson for you. We cant let him get away with the things he said in the past even if hes started to right the ship. The damage has been done.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome to the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! How this is going to work is that this is a free form segment where we answer your prayers coming from around the country. No subject is off the table, no subject is too taboo. And not only that we get to show you some of our favorite clips of right wing pastors and congregations behaving extremely poorly. And of course I dont need to remind you that this week is the annual Values Voters Summit, which is now for some reason called the Pray Vote Stand festival. And I think they might be trying to skirt around IRS 501c rules. Because the separation of church and state seems like it doesnt exist anymore and that line is fading and fading and fading. But that said how this is going to work is that we are going to answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline to Heaven which can be found at our official Twitter feed at @churchoftop10. So if youve got a prayer that you want answered, lets hear it!
Joseph C. from Reno, Nevada writes in:
Heavenly father
I have friends that are becoming increasingly radicalized on online social media platforms. Why does the Christian right think that were engaged in a war? I pray for their salvation and hope that they see the light on what they are doing.
Well, brother Joseph. If you have friends that are becoming radicalized and indoctrinated on social media platforms, look no further than their pastors. Who are increasingly flaunting the rules regarding the separation of church and state. Make no mistake that they are coming for the Johnson Amendment and if they get a hold of that, there will be no stopping them! Just look at what religious leaders are saying and how they are becoming increasingly radicalized. The phrase prayer warrior is not to be taken literally in this or any context!
So that is insane, so much to unpack there. But my favorite thing is that somehow wokeness is what is causing the destruction of America. Thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS says now is it? Our next prayer request comes to us from:
Melanie C. from Garden Grove, California writes:
Heavenly Father
I pray for the salvation of my friend Kevin, for he is deeply engrossed in that Q Anon stuff after becoming radicalized on social media. Why is this happening to people who I know?
Well my fair sister, there is no explanation for this. And weve attempted to find answers but this is one thing that we really dont have an answer for. If someone believes in this nonsense they can be saved but it must be taken with the careful consideration that one uses to deprogram the members of bizarre cults much like the NXIVM cult out of Hollywood. But with people like this that really isnt helping things.
Mass arrests. Shut up. They have a bizarre obsession with mass arrests and war tribunals and executions, and its very unhealthy. There hasnt been any and there never will be any. Next on the hotline:
Jack H. from Santa Fe, New Mexico writes:
Heavenly Father
Who is that creepy preacher that kind of looks like he should be playing in a death metal band? And what about that guy who thinks hes a coach? Why do they have such crazy people on their side?
Ah my son, you are thinking of Robin Bullock and then Dave Daubenmire. Both of these guys are some of the craziest that weve been following for a while.
Yeah $100 million for a guy who shouldnt be trusted with 10 cents and a guy who thinks hes a lead singer in a death metal band. Some crazy mofos out there but all are fine in the eyes of the LAWRD even though their world views are entirely twisted! Our final prayer this week:
Shirley H. from Lansing, Michigan writes:
Heavenly Father
Why do Christians think that we are engaged to be in a spiritual warfare? I pray that we dont actually come to a real holy war.
My fair Shirley, I hear your prayers and I can tell you that is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? Our GAWD stands for peace and good will. However, thats not what our brothers and sisters on the right would want. And people like Madison Cawthorn (Q Batshit) certainly arent helping things.
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! We will return on Sunday, October 24th with episode 2!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At: Laugh Factory, Long Beach, CA
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 1: The Church That Literally Answers Your Prayers
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 1: The Church That Literally Answers Your Prayers
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
Welcome to the first ever edition of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! We are offering to you the first ever episode of this brand new series with new expanded and revised content! How this is going to work is we will expand the first two sermons between each episode that you normally see in our regular Holy Shit feature in the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. We will also expand with any additional content that we might find, as well as in the third slot we will answer your prayers from the Holy Shit prayer line, which you can find at the official Holy Shit Twitter feed at: @churchoftop10. You can also e-mail us at any time with your prayers, concerns, hate mail, or suggestions for new topics! In this weeks episode we take a look at the wacky world of evangelical conspiracy theories (1) while Pat Robertson (2) retires and we take a look at the 700 Clubs greatest hits. And we close this week by answering your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Evangelical Conspiracy Theories
[br] [/font] [br]
Now I notice a great many of you happen to be wearing tin foil hats today. That is because conspiracy theories are running a foul with our brothers and sisters on the right side of things. Now let me ask you this why are religious people so prone to believing in insane conspiracy theories? Well theres no real answer for that but it seems like the crazier they are the more likely they are to believe them. But when you have pastors and podcasts that they listen to who are peddling these theories, theyre part of the problem. And Im sure thats not what our good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But lets take a look at some of the insane theories that they believe in and theres plenty of them to pick from. Well for starters lets start with our old buddy David Barton who is a religious historian that gets it wrong every single time. Well wait until you hear his latest piece of claptrap! This might be one of his most insane theories yet!
Religious-right activist David Barton is currently traveling the country as part of the Faith Wins American Restoration Tour, spreading his right-wing pseudo-history in churches in an effort to mobilize conservative Christians heading into the 2022 midterm elections.
On Monday, Barton spoke at Mountain View Baptist Church in Cowpens, South Carolina, where he claimed that the Bible instructs religious leaders to take responsibility for recruiting candidates to run for office.
If you go to Exodus 18:21, the Bible is very clear, Barton said. The Bible says, Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. OK, guys, lets have elections. Lets have local, county, state, and federal elections.
But how do you get those [candidates]? Barton asked. Who does that providing? Its interesting: the spiritual leader. Moses saysand he repeats this in Deuteronomy 1 and Deuteronomy 16he says, I went and recruited from among you good people, and I brought them before you and set them before you, and you chose from among those good people. In other words, I recruited candidates for office, and then you elected the candidate you wanted to office. So what happens is theres a recruiting effort going on in the background. Moses is the one who did it.
As we have noted before, Barton intentionally misrepresents this passage from the Bible in order to promote his own right-wing political agenda.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-says-the-bible-instructs-religious-leaders-to-recruit-political-candidates-for-office/
On Monday, Barton spoke at Mountain View Baptist Church in Cowpens, South Carolina, where he claimed that the Bible instructs religious leaders to take responsibility for recruiting candidates to run for office.
If you go to Exodus 18:21, the Bible is very clear, Barton said. The Bible says, Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. OK, guys, lets have elections. Lets have local, county, state, and federal elections.
But how do you get those [candidates]? Barton asked. Who does that providing? Its interesting: the spiritual leader. Moses saysand he repeats this in Deuteronomy 1 and Deuteronomy 16he says, I went and recruited from among you good people, and I brought them before you and set them before you, and you chose from among those good people. In other words, I recruited candidates for office, and then you elected the candidate you wanted to office. So what happens is theres a recruiting effort going on in the background. Moses is the one who did it.
As we have noted before, Barton intentionally misrepresents this passage from the Bible in order to promote his own right-wing political agenda.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-says-the-bible-instructs-religious-leaders-to-recruit-political-candidates-for-office/
That is most certainly true, Fluffy! But you know that part of the problem is that todays active religious fundamentalists think that theyre waging a spiritual war, and that war is digital. Its not being fought on a battlefield, its being fought on your Facebook and Instagram accounts! So when you have most of the religious body being convinced that theyre soldiers fighting a war, and that war is being waged on conspiracy theories, this is what you get!
QAnon conspiracy theorists have long fancied themselves digital soldiers whose skills at posting dank memes and owning libs on the internet plays a key role in former President Donald Trumps purported operation to take down the global network of satanic pedophiles that supposedly secretly runs the world.
Dave Hayes, who built a reputation as a leading decoder of Q posts under the handle Praying Medic until he was booted from most major social media platforms for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation, takes his role as a digital soldier very seriously. Appearing on fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Greg Harveys livestream program Monday, Hayes said that he and other QAnon activists are the online equivalent of the special forces in the military who have been trained to overcome any obstacle in order to achieve their objective.
The thing that we have to realize as anons is that we went through a three-year course of training and equipping to detect, expose, and help wake other people up to the realities of corruption through Q, Hayes said. Qs operation was a training course to teach us how to do research in such a way that we could detect corruption and then find a way to make that information available to the public.
We have been trained for years to do exactly what were doing, he continued. Even though we dont necessarily know whats coming in the future, we have been trained to deal with whatever comes. Its like being in the special forces in the military. Special forces groups dont necessarily know what plans, what attacks, what kind of opposition theyre going to face when they go into a certain territory. When theyre doing an operation, they dont necessarily know the troop strength thats going to oppose them, they dont know how well armed their enemy is, but they rely on their training, they rely on the fact that they are trained and equipped, and theyre able to overcome whatever obstacle is set in front of them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dave-hayes-says-being-a-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-is-like-being-in-the-special-forces/
Dave Hayes, who built a reputation as a leading decoder of Q posts under the handle Praying Medic until he was booted from most major social media platforms for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation, takes his role as a digital soldier very seriously. Appearing on fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Greg Harveys livestream program Monday, Hayes said that he and other QAnon activists are the online equivalent of the special forces in the military who have been trained to overcome any obstacle in order to achieve their objective.
The thing that we have to realize as anons is that we went through a three-year course of training and equipping to detect, expose, and help wake other people up to the realities of corruption through Q, Hayes said. Qs operation was a training course to teach us how to do research in such a way that we could detect corruption and then find a way to make that information available to the public.
We have been trained for years to do exactly what were doing, he continued. Even though we dont necessarily know whats coming in the future, we have been trained to deal with whatever comes. Its like being in the special forces in the military. Special forces groups dont necessarily know what plans, what attacks, what kind of opposition theyre going to face when they go into a certain territory. When theyre doing an operation, they dont necessarily know the troop strength thats going to oppose them, they dont know how well armed their enemy is, but they rely on their training, they rely on the fact that they are trained and equipped, and theyre able to overcome whatever obstacle is set in front of them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dave-hayes-says-being-a-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-is-like-being-in-the-special-forces/
Now heres where it gets weird, because you know it was going to! One of the strangest people ever elected to Congress is the bizarre Madison Cawthorn, who is firmly on the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man who is so foul, vile, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But as I have stated, when you have people convinced theyre fighting spiritual warfare, these are the kind of crackpots that are going to come out of the woodwork!
Several Republican members of Congress, North Carolina state legislators, various candidates for office, and radical religious-right activists gathered at Temple Baptist Church in Mount Airy, North Carolina, last weekend for the North Carolina Faith & Freedom Coalitions Salt & Light Conference.
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Yes, high fis and boob tubes are great, Reverend! But you know whats not great? Having to deal with insane conspiracy theorists on a daily basis! I do love talking about conspiracy theories because a lot of times theyre stranger than fiction, and the people who actually believe them are even stranger! Now what happens when Christian nationalist theories are put into practice? Well lets just say these people actually believe this stuff and theyre not going away!
Rick Scarborough, a self-described Christocrat, strident anti-LGBTQ activist, and longtime critic of public education, is raising money for his group Recover America to help elect right-wing candidates to school boards in three Houston-area school districts, which are among the nations largest.
Right Wing Watch has reported that an array of right-wing political groups are mobilizing this year to take over local school boards in an effort to reverse LGBTQ-inclusive policies, stifle teaching about racism, and more. The Leadership Institute, one of the groups that is encouraging and training right-wing activists to take over school boards across the country, held campaign workshops in Houston and Temple, Texas, on Sept. 18.
Recover Americas website says its purpose is to work for a revival in America resulting in a nation where Biblical values are embraced, and decency is restored and that its mission is to mobilize Pastors and Church Leaders to use their influence to register, educate and mobilize values-based citizens to vote their Biblical values on Election Day. The groups vice president, Hunter Kelly, is a former staffer for Republican Sens. Tim Scott and Josh Hawley.
Scarborough discussed his groups plans this week on two episodes of his podcast, Mixing Church and State Gods Way, which is promoted via the Charisma podcasting network, an arm of Steven Strangs Pentecostal-oriented media empire. On a Sept. 20 episode of the podcast, Scarborough claimed it is a tragic reality that the church is so absent in the current moral conflict our countrys found itself in.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-rick-scarborough-targets-houston-area-public-school-boards/
Right Wing Watch has reported that an array of right-wing political groups are mobilizing this year to take over local school boards in an effort to reverse LGBTQ-inclusive policies, stifle teaching about racism, and more. The Leadership Institute, one of the groups that is encouraging and training right-wing activists to take over school boards across the country, held campaign workshops in Houston and Temple, Texas, on Sept. 18.
Recover Americas website says its purpose is to work for a revival in America resulting in a nation where Biblical values are embraced, and decency is restored and that its mission is to mobilize Pastors and Church Leaders to use their influence to register, educate and mobilize values-based citizens to vote their Biblical values on Election Day. The groups vice president, Hunter Kelly, is a former staffer for Republican Sens. Tim Scott and Josh Hawley.
Scarborough discussed his groups plans this week on two episodes of his podcast, Mixing Church and State Gods Way, which is promoted via the Charisma podcasting network, an arm of Steven Strangs Pentecostal-oriented media empire. On a Sept. 20 episode of the podcast, Scarborough claimed it is a tragic reality that the church is so absent in the current moral conflict our countrys found itself in.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-rick-scarborough-targets-houston-area-public-school-boards/
Probably or maybe not depending on how these crazy people act on their beliefs!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Pat Robertson Retires
[br] [/font] [br]
My fair congregation! I dont need to tell you that youre in the audience for the taping of the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons, but thats neither here nor there. That said were going to do something a bit different this week. Think of this as the lecture where we blow off our plans and just show a whole bunch of videos for the class. This week theres been a massive shakeup in the holy community. Thats right the long time host of the religious TV favorite the 700 Club is stepping down from his reign of terror. Yes, that man has done more damage to the collective psyche of Americans than any terrorist could ever do. Now that said, were going to dedicate this weeks sermon to recapping his greatest hits. Yes, he may not agree with the unholy, ungodly Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul and vile that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But that doesnt excuse him from decades of foul, bigoted behavior or his multitudes of conspiracy theories that have been left in his wake. So heres what is happening. No longer will you see his vile and disgusting rhetoric on the 700 Club anymore. Get ready for a whole new wave of disgusting rhetoric!
Televangelist Pat Robertson announced Friday that he would be stepping down as host of his Christian Broadcasting Network's (CBN) flagship show "The 700 Club" after six decades on the program.
The 91-year-old unveiled the news during the show's 60th anniversary broadcast, saying that he will still be joining CBN broadcasts for special projects in the future but would be putting his focus on teaching at Regent University, the Virginia Beach private Christian school he founded in 1977.
"Today's show will be my final as host of 'The 700 Club,'" Robertson said Friday, adding that his replacement "will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will take over as full-time host of the program."
Gordon Robertson, who has already served as co-host and executive producer of "The 700 Club" for two decades, said in a statement Friday, "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pat-robertson-steps-down-as-700-club-host-after-60-years/ar-AAP2FsM?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
The 91-year-old unveiled the news during the show's 60th anniversary broadcast, saying that he will still be joining CBN broadcasts for special projects in the future but would be putting his focus on teaching at Regent University, the Virginia Beach private Christian school he founded in 1977.
"Today's show will be my final as host of 'The 700 Club,'" Robertson said Friday, adding that his replacement "will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will take over as full-time host of the program."
Gordon Robertson, who has already served as co-host and executive producer of "The 700 Club" for two decades, said in a statement Friday, "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pat-robertson-steps-down-as-700-club-host-after-60-years/ar-AAP2FsM?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
Now theres where you are wrong. Because Pat Robertson is a man who I would not exactly call good, instead hes the opposite. The man is pure evil and bigoted. Hes advocated for things like domestic abuse and said that JAYSUS should steal the election for the unholy Dark One! But this might be one of my favorite 700 Club clips. This is something that was said. On television.
And this is another one of my favorites. Apparently did you know that if you buy your clothing from a second hand store it could be filled with DAYMONS??? Thats right!
Then of course theres one of my favorite clips of what he said about earthquakes. Did you know that devastating earthquakes are blessings in disguise? Only in Pat Robertsons senile, warped mind!
Then there was that time when he advocated for divorcing a wife who has alzheimers. Yeah thats a horrible way to go but also a horrible way to treat a person. Again, this is in his senile brain that we are talking about here, and thats not something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want!
Now seriously imagine what it takes to not only say something that batshit insane but to also believe that what you are saying is right. Imagine saying that a husband cheating on his wife is right thats not what we believe here!
Or my personal favorite how about that time he got name dropped during that war crimes trial at the Hague no more than a mere 10 years ago? Thats right a so called man of GAWD is implicated in war crimes! How about that?
And then of course who could forget my all time favorite Pat Robertson quote? Yes, sir. That one. You know the one a grieving mother calls into the 700 Club about having a miscarriage. You know Mr. Robertson responded? Well with about the most horrible response humanly possible:
So that said I am glad that you indulged me as I went through some of his greatest hits. Because I cant believe someone would sit through something like that? But that said what can we expect from the new leader of the 700 Club? Well pretty much and I quote the Who meet the new boss, same as the old boss! Now that said, I dont know what direction the 700 Club will go in but you can rest assured that well cover every batshit crazy thing that comes out of that show!
TV evangelist Pat Robertson marked the 60-year anniversary of his Christian Broadcasting Network by announcing he was stepping down from its popular 700 Club morning show and handing hosting duties to his son, Gordon Robertson.
I will no longer be the host of the 700 Club, Robertson told his audience on Fridays program. I thank God for everyone thats been involved. And I want to thank all of you.
The 91-year-old entrepreneur began his religious broadcasting empire in 1961 after buying a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Va. The CBNs 700 Club, which launched Oct. 1, 1966, appealed to viewers by using a network-style talk-show format to communicate with Robertsons followers as opposed to having speakers preach from a pulpit.
That allowed the Yale graduate to discuss the news of the day, infused with Christian messaging, in an accessible fashion for television watchers.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-pat-roberston-retires-700-club-20211001-omo7vpfzvnauxnv4dkcwid5ij4-story.html
I will no longer be the host of the 700 Club, Robertson told his audience on Fridays program. I thank God for everyone thats been involved. And I want to thank all of you.
The 91-year-old entrepreneur began his religious broadcasting empire in 1961 after buying a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Va. The CBNs 700 Club, which launched Oct. 1, 1966, appealed to viewers by using a network-style talk-show format to communicate with Robertsons followers as opposed to having speakers preach from a pulpit.
That allowed the Yale graduate to discuss the news of the day, infused with Christian messaging, in an accessible fashion for television watchers.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-pat-roberston-retires-700-club-20211001-omo7vpfzvnauxnv4dkcwid5ij4-story.html
So yeah thats Pat Robertson for you. We cant let him get away with the things he said in the past even if hes started to right the ship. The damage has been done.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome to the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! How this is going to work is that this is a free form segment where we answer your prayers coming from around the country. No subject is off the table, no subject is too taboo. And not only that we get to show you some of our favorite clips of right wing pastors and congregations behaving extremely poorly. And of course I dont need to remind you that this week is the annual Values Voters Summit, which is now for some reason called the Pray Vote Stand festival. And I think they might be trying to skirt around IRS 501c rules. Because the separation of church and state seems like it doesnt exist anymore and that line is fading and fading and fading. But that said how this is going to work is that we are going to answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline to Heaven which can be found at our official Twitter feed at @churchoftop10. So if youve got a prayer that you want answered, lets hear it!
Joseph C. from Reno, Nevada writes in:
Heavenly father
I have friends that are becoming increasingly radicalized on online social media platforms. Why does the Christian right think that were engaged in a war? I pray for their salvation and hope that they see the light on what they are doing.
Well, brother Joseph. If you have friends that are becoming radicalized and indoctrinated on social media platforms, look no further than their pastors. Who are increasingly flaunting the rules regarding the separation of church and state. Make no mistake that they are coming for the Johnson Amendment and if they get a hold of that, there will be no stopping them! Just look at what religious leaders are saying and how they are becoming increasingly radicalized. The phrase prayer warrior is not to be taken literally in this or any context!
Evangelist and right-wing activist Mario Murillo told a group of self-proclaimed prayer warriors Friday that the Christian righteous army of God is rising up against the Democratic Party, wokeness, and perversion. Declaring that there can be no compromise in such a battle, Murillo said that pastors and activists must see themselves as wartime Christians as he prayed that Gods judgment and fire would fall on the nations evildoers.
Murillo was speaking on a monthly prayer call hosted by Intercessors for America, a network of right-wing pastors and religious-right activists who were closely aligned with the Trump White House and campaign. IFA leader Dave Kubal, a member of the Trump campaigns recently reinvigorated faith advisory board, claimed that a few thousand intercessors were listening to Fridays call.
Via email and on its blog, IFA promoted the Oct. 1 call and livestream with messages from Murillo declaring, We are now in wartime and You are now a wartime Christian.
Satan prizes the destruction of America, Murillo told IFAs intercessors. He went on to say that when the pilgrims landed in America, they made a covenant with God that this would be a land that would preach the gospel.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/we-are-now-in-wartime-right-wing-activist-mario-murillo-tells-intercessors-for-americas-prayer-warriors/
Murillo was speaking on a monthly prayer call hosted by Intercessors for America, a network of right-wing pastors and religious-right activists who were closely aligned with the Trump White House and campaign. IFA leader Dave Kubal, a member of the Trump campaigns recently reinvigorated faith advisory board, claimed that a few thousand intercessors were listening to Fridays call.
Via email and on its blog, IFA promoted the Oct. 1 call and livestream with messages from Murillo declaring, We are now in wartime and You are now a wartime Christian.
Satan prizes the destruction of America, Murillo told IFAs intercessors. He went on to say that when the pilgrims landed in America, they made a covenant with God that this would be a land that would preach the gospel.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/we-are-now-in-wartime-right-wing-activist-mario-murillo-tells-intercessors-for-americas-prayer-warriors/
So that is insane, so much to unpack there. But my favorite thing is that somehow wokeness is what is causing the destruction of America. Thats not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS says now is it? Our next prayer request comes to us from:
Melanie C. from Garden Grove, California writes:
Heavenly Father
I pray for the salvation of my friend Kevin, for he is deeply engrossed in that Q Anon stuff after becoming radicalized on social media. Why is this happening to people who I know?
Well my fair sister, there is no explanation for this. And weve attempted to find answers but this is one thing that we really dont have an answer for. If someone believes in this nonsense they can be saved but it must be taken with the careful consideration that one uses to deprogram the members of bizarre cults much like the NXIVM cult out of Hollywood. But with people like this that really isnt helping things.
When the QAnon conspiracy theory first emerged back in 2017, Dave Hayes was one of the first prominent figures within the movement whom we began covering. Operating under the online handle of The Praying Medic, Hayes was one of the leading self-declared decoders of Q drops and had built up a substantial following on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, where his videos attempting to explain the real meaning behind Qs cryptic posts regularly racked up hundreds of thousands of views.
In May 2019, Hayes used his position as one of the leading experts on Q to boldly declare that mass arrests of prominent Democrats and thousands of business, media, and entertainment leaders would happen within a year, which would destroy the Democratic Party for a generation.
The promised arrests, of course, never happened. What did happen is that former President Donald Trump was voted out of the White House in 2020, Q disappeared, and Hayes was banned from just about every mainstream social media platform.
But Hayes is not giving up. More than two years after he confidently and falsely predicted that mass arrests would happen within a year, Hayes is still promising that the arrests are going to happen any day now.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/qanon-conspiracy-theorist-dave-hayes-is-still-promising-that-mass-arrests-will-happen-in-the-not-too-distant-future/
In May 2019, Hayes used his position as one of the leading experts on Q to boldly declare that mass arrests of prominent Democrats and thousands of business, media, and entertainment leaders would happen within a year, which would destroy the Democratic Party for a generation.
The promised arrests, of course, never happened. What did happen is that former President Donald Trump was voted out of the White House in 2020, Q disappeared, and Hayes was banned from just about every mainstream social media platform.
But Hayes is not giving up. More than two years after he confidently and falsely predicted that mass arrests would happen within a year, Hayes is still promising that the arrests are going to happen any day now.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/qanon-conspiracy-theorist-dave-hayes-is-still-promising-that-mass-arrests-will-happen-in-the-not-too-distant-future/
Mass arrests. Shut up. They have a bizarre obsession with mass arrests and war tribunals and executions, and its very unhealthy. There hasnt been any and there never will be any. Next on the hotline:
Jack H. from Santa Fe, New Mexico writes:
Heavenly Father
Who is that creepy preacher that kind of looks like he should be playing in a death metal band? And what about that guy who thinks hes a coach? Why do they have such crazy people on their side?
Ah my son, you are thinking of Robin Bullock and then Dave Daubenmire. Both of these guys are some of the craziest that weve been following for a while.
Yeah $100 million for a guy who shouldnt be trusted with 10 cents and a guy who thinks hes a lead singer in a death metal band. Some crazy mofos out there but all are fine in the eyes of the LAWRD even though their world views are entirely twisted! Our final prayer this week:
Shirley H. from Lansing, Michigan writes:
Heavenly Father
Why do Christians think that we are engaged to be in a spiritual warfare? I pray that we dont actually come to a real holy war.
My fair Shirley, I hear your prayers and I can tell you that is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? Our GAWD stands for peace and good will. However, thats not what our brothers and sisters on the right would want. And people like Madison Cawthorn (Q Batshit) certainly arent helping things.
Several Republican members of Congress, North Carolina state legislators, various candidates for office, and radical religious-right activists gathered at Temple Baptist Church in Mount Airy, North Carolina, last weekend for the North Carolina Faith & Freedom Coalitions Salt & Light Conference.
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Thank you my fair congregation! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! We will return on Sunday, October 24th with episode 2!
Credits
Host: Pastor Initech
Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Recorded Live At: Laugh Factory, Long Beach, CA
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
October 7, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-11: Wheel Of Corruption: No Time To Die Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Whats up Long Beach? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! This is of course a makeup show from when our last canceled show was and it just happened to work out. Isnt that great when that happens? But weve got plenty of conservative mayhem for you this week and today is a special day its the taping for the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! I am so excited and I cant wait for this to come to fruition! Tune in Sunday at 4:00 for the first episode! So do we have time for the thing? Good. OK so let's talk bathrooms. Yeah I know. Don't worry - next week we've got a great "I Need A Drink" that deals with the stanky celebrity phenomenon. But this is too really damn weird for us not to talk about it. I'm of course talking about singer - songwriter Meghan Trainor and her husband have side by side toilets. Honestly I wish I were making this up. And she says that she and her husband have really only pooped together once. Come on seriously, how is that even a thing? And what do you talk about if you're sitting on the can in the middle of taking a shit? I thought most people used that time for "doing their own research". At least that's according to the latest meme that I've seen going around. But really if you have his and hers toilets, it's at least a gag right? I just have so many questions about this. But this is just the latest in the seemingly never ending wormhole of bizarre celebrity behavior. OK enough of the intro we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first John Oliver is back and he takes a look at a toxic chemical called PFAS and more people should be made aware of it:
Where do we begin this week? The number one slot this week goes to Anti-Vaxxers (1). Because a disturbing new study found theres no discernable difference between MAGA voters and anti-vaxxers while Youtube finally put the smackdown on anti-vaccine content! In the number two slot this week is our old buddy Alex Jones. Yes, Infowars is back in the news this week but its actually for a good reason Alex just got his ass handed to him in a major defamation case! Time to lock his ass up! Taking the number 3 slot this week is the Capitol Rioters (3) and weve got the latest round of arrests for you as the second round of hearings starts up! Taking the number 4 slot this week is the US Economy (4). Wait, thats not a person! Well Joe Biden helped us narrowly avoid total economic disaster as the US hits the debt ceiling. That other guy would have steered the Titanic into the iceberg! In the 5th slot this week is Joe Manchin (5). Wait, what? I thought he was a democrat! Wrong! He may be, but his voting record is anything but, and hes bent on taking the party backwards! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week, Pat Robertson is saying goodbye to his long time reign as the head of the 700 Club! Well be happy to bring you some of his greatest hits in the world of bigotry! Taking the number 7 slot this week, we have a brand new edition of How Is This Still A Thing? and since next week is once again Columbus Day (7), were going to ask: Columbus Day: How Is This Still A Thing?. In the number 8 slot this week we have a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and the bizarre Gabby Petito murder mystery has everyone asking whats the deal with missing white girl syndrome? Well bring you that plus some insane conspiracy theories, and of course Dog The Bounty Hunter gets involved! In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week we have a new People Are Dumb (9) because of course they are! Finally this week we have a new edition of Red State Diaries (10) and why is the former guy hold his rallies in the middle of nowhere? And why do they draw out the weirdest people to them? We will answer those questions and more! Plus we have some live music from one of my favorite bands of all time, the almighty Pearl Jam! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone say it with me: Its time for the WHEEL OF CORRUPTION! YAY!!!!!
Oh how I have waited for this day! Of course you know the rules by now I spin the wheel and we have to talk about whatever it lands on. Of course if it lands on the guacamole option, you know that it costs $1.50 extra. And the wheel is all new with lots of items on it! Heres what is on the wheel this week:
- Guns
- Abortion
- Crime
- Poverty
- Capitol Riots
- Treason
- Buy A Vowel
- Whammy
- Greed
- Food
- Elections
- The Border
- Donald Trump
- Flip Flopping
- The GOP
- Clip Without Context
- Death
- Fox News
- Vaccines
- Something Random In The News
- Merica!
- Chance
- 5,000
- Homosexuality
- The US Constitution
- COVID-19
- George Soros
- Top 10 Investigates
- Conspiracy Corner
- Morally Bankrupt
- Guacamole
- Holy Shit
- Beating A Dead Horse
- This Fucking Guy
- How Is This Still A Thing?
- Red State Diaries
- Intermission
- Double Whammy
- 10,000
- People Are Dumb
- I Need A Drink
- Infowars
- Go Directly To Jail
- T-Shirt Cannon
- Lightning Round
- Bonus Spin
Lets get this going! Spin that shit! Come on no whammy no whammy no whamm stop! Hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
Yeah Mark, Im pretty sure that thoughts and prayers wont stop bullets and semi-automatics and fully automatics. Nice try though. Spin it again! And it lands on Vaccines. Specifically anti-vaxxers. Since last year weve repeatedly railed on anti-vaxxers and they absolutely deserve every single last bit of shit that they get. Because theyre getting chased out of everything whether its schools, concerts, sporting events or their jobs. And its perfectly reasonable. No one wants to be ground zero for a super spreading mutant that burns out of control. So with that I say anti-vaxxers can fuck off and take their diseased asses with them. The latest place theyre getting kicked out of? Youtube! Thats right Youtube has finally had enough with the rampant disinformation coming from anti-vaxxers that theyre cracking down on disinformation.
Yes thats right even Dr. Strange is telling you to go the fuck away. Nobody wants you! And youd think that someone as prolific as RFK Jr would know that this sort of thing isnt OK. But the question remains what took so long? By not kicking these morons off the platform sooner, anti-vaxxers are now everywhere and its going to be impossible to get rid of them. Think of it like a bee hive that broke loose and now theres killer bees everywhere. Which is not that far off of this analogy.
Thank you Mr. DeNiro! But heres why the influencer model is 100% grade A bullshit it allows misinformation to run rampant. And anyone can literally say anything. Such is the case with people like Mr. Kennedy and Joseph Mercola. Theyve been flinging their bullshit against vaccines for far too long and now that were still in the middle of a raging pandemic, its finally time to shut down their bullshit once and for all!
Thats right! But that said, the right wing can protest vaccine mandates all they want. But the proof is that they work. And they work very well. And they are the extinguisher that were going to need to put out the fire that is COVID-19. Because the longer the anti-vaccine bullshit goes on, the longer misinformation spreads, and the longer misinformation spreads, the more it puts the entire world in danger once again.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Alex Jones
[br] [/font] [br]
Spin it to win it! And it lands on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Guns!
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1445792712351838214
No seriously there arent enough facepalms in the world for this one. So I will say this: Go fuck yourself, Ted! Spin it again! Aw man do I really have to talk about Infowars? Yeah OK fine only because Alex Jones lost big time this week. I do delight when that treasonous scumbag loses. And really I think being banned from Youtube has actually helped Alex Jones, as bizarre as that sounds. But Id like to think that this is one more proverbial nail in the Infowars coffin. Because while I normally hate talking about the sewer that is Infowars, theres a lot of good things that happened to that scumbag this week. The first is that he got his ass handed to him yet again by the survivors of the horrible school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And of course the fact that we have scumbag politicians like Ted Cruz as an echo chamber is horrible to say the least.
Thank you Nelson! Yeah so Alex Jones got his ass handed to him yet again. How many more times do these people have to lose before society accepts them as the losers they are? They just keep losing and losing and losing and losing! But yeah Alex you shouldnt have spent all those years calling literally every mass shooting that ever happened a hoax. Spoiler alert! Theyre real! And you defaming the vicitms has dire consequences.
You want to know why I think Alex Jones is such a vile, rotten piece of garbage? They say you shouldnt speak ill of the dead, but thats all he does! He literally speaks ill of the dead. Any time theres a shooting he says it didnt happen, or the victims are fake. Or makes up some bullshit. Thats why he is such a vile piece of shit. And I am now glad that I am not the only one who thinks this way. Because the long story short is that Infowars is going down. And we will be there when the Titanic hits the iceberg.
Dude, Alex Jones is a real life Billy Madison. He tells kids that they suck. But heres where it gets weird and you knew it was going to. Alex Jones is literally up a creek without a paddle. Hes got nothing and hes got no defense. So you know who hes going to subpoena? Thats right his old arch nemesis Hillary Clinton. I mean come on thats like Bart Simpson subpoenaing Nelson on a prank against Principal Skinner that he committed. So yeah shut up! I bet Hillary doesnt give him the time of day.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Capitol Riots
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets spin the wheel shall we? And it lands on wait for it . A random tweet!
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1445749433140924417
Just let me see if I have any fucks to give here up found one!
Yeah thats kind of how I feel. Spin it again! And it lands on the Capitol Riots! You know the riots just keep getting weirder and weirder the more you dig into them and its really starting to show. For someone who runs a comedy news show about conservative idiocy, it really is the gift that keeps on giving. I know that we were all horrified by the events of that day, January 6th, 2021. But you know who wasnt? Our old friend Marjorie Taylor Greene. While the rest of us were watching the events of that day unfold in sheer horror, it had the opposite effect on Ms. Greene, who was watching it with all the glee and slimeball energy youd expect from a raging psychopath who regularly appears on Infowars to barf her brain to the conspiracy theorists who will listen. So yeah think about that for a minute and let it sink in to how much of an abusive jerk this woman is. And shes the exact kind of mind that Alex Jones and Donald Trump attract.
Yeah it was pretty much like that! But now heres an interesting turn of events. Did you know that theres an attempt to whitewash the events of that day? Oh wait we did! Of course if youve been following this program you know thats exactly what theyre up to. But that is according to one cop who actually got arrested for participating in the riots. You know what they say some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses!
Yeah some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses! UH!!! But again in the no fucks to give category, heres what one treason weasel did when people found out that she got arrested for participating in the riots. But this is yet another story in the long list of things MAGAs are complaining about this week where I have literally no fucks to give. But really you were part of an attempt to overthrow the government and now youre expecting sympathy? Boo fucking hoo!
Yeah let me play ya a sad song for ya on the worlds tiniest violin. Again, no fucks to give for these treasonous scumbags. And hey you should have thought about your business before you participated in that riot. Treason is bad for business, I am just saying. And speaking of treason being bad for business, heres an interesting statistic. You know that theory about Trump voters that said they were uneducated buffoons? Actually no its quite the opposite! So yeah those treason weasels are actually moderately wealthy middle class people with degrees. Plot twist!
After a Donald Trump campaign event in Mobile, Ala., in 2015 attracted about 20,000 attendees, a narrative emerged that his popularity centered on White working-class voters in small towns in red states. Books such as Hillbilly Elegy rose to the top of bestseller lists as a way to help more Americans understand this group of voters that got behind the wealthy reality star from Manhattan. And cable news networks regularly featured panels of journalists asking these voters why they continued to back such a widely unpopular leader.
But new data supports something that some critics of the former president were confident of from the earliest days of Trumps presidential campaign: The Ivy League graduate from New York City got to the White House with the support of more college-educated professionals than is often acknowledged.
Robert A. Pape, director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, worked with court records to analyze the demographics and home county characteristics of the 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington aimed at overturning the 2020 election.
What we know 90 days later is that the insurrection was the result of a large, diffuse and new kind of protest movement congealing in the United States, the political science professor wrote in The Washington Post. Those involved are, by and large, older and more professional than right-wing protesters we have surveyed in the past. They typically have no ties to existing right-wing groups. But like earlier protesters, they are 95 percent White and 85 percent male, and many live near and among Biden supporters in blue and purple counties.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/data-about-the-capitol-rioters-serves-another-blow-to-the-white-working-class-trump-supporter-narrative/ar-BB1fzw3a?ocid=uxbndlbing
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Debt Ceiling
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets spin it to win it! And it lands on wait for it CHANCE! Let me just pick a card here
Ill just put that away for later. Spin it again! The economy. Folks I dont need to tell you that reckless spending in favor of billionaires and gigantic corporations, not to mention the multitude of times the US has defaulted on debt, and on top of that a raging pandemic that shut down the global economy for over a year and crippled supply chains around the globe has not been kind on our wallets. Or the American economy. In fact we almost hit the proverbial debt ceiling. So the question is what is the debt ceiling and how can the US get out of it? Well for one thing theres one obstacle standing in the way of our plan: Mitch McConnell. What? Im actually completely serious on this one. Because no matter what hair brained schemes Congress come up with to save the US from a catastrophic debt default that could usher in a second Great Depression, Mitch McConnell will veto, block it, or force the absolutely dreaded filibuster. So whats his latest hairbrained scheme? Well it might be the schemiest of schemes to ever scheme. Heres more.
Thats pretty much what it is like at the moment just a big pile of money on fire! But you want to know what the potentially worst side effect is from all of this? It could potentially cripple national security. I know, that is a huge problem! National security is a huge contributor to our economy and its also a huge protector of the US. And with the clusterfuck in Afghanistan right now, this is the last thing we need!
Yeah just take a big old pile of money and light it on fire! But now we have to talk about what might be the most batshit insane plan to rescue the economy yet. The plan is to mint a coin worth a trillion dollars to save the economy. Thats right. A trillion dollars. I mean come fucking on! Has nobody seen the Simpsons? This is literally a Simpsons episode come to life. A trillion dollars, you say? Thats a spicy meatball!
Youll have to excuse my proverbial gut laugh for a minute here but AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Can you imagine what would happen if this were to get into the wrong hands? We dont have Mr. Burns but we do have Donald Trump, and Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos. I can just imagine Trump posing as a pilot and then stealing the coin. But lets face it, 40 years of Reganomics brought us here, and the only thing trickling down isnt money. Its well I probably shouldnt finish this sentence.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"] Joe Manchin
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a spin shall we? And it lands on Oh hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
OK discount Ozzy Osbourne, Im pretty sure thats not how it works. This guy looks like a total creep who hangs around cemeteries on the weekends and plays Ouija boards with goth crowds doesnt he? Im just saying. Spin it again! And it lands on Flip Flopping! I know what youre thinking hey wait! This is supposed to be Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Why is Joe Manchin on this list? He may be the liberal senator from West Virginia whos been inexplicably reelected many times over, but hes on this list this week for his constant flip flopping. Heres the thing about Joe Manchin the guy may be a progressive but in name only. Dont worry Kristen Sinema were coming for you next. But Manchin is a product of his time. Got rich in the 60s and 70s when America was far more racist and sexist and is using his time in the senate to capitalize on his already obscene wealth that he made from being a coal baron. Look, just how wealthy is this guy anyways? Well he clearly has a lot of what us middle class people like to refer to as F U Money. And just like rich people he really uses that as an F U to poor people.
Now lets contrast that with why Joe Manchin is in the news this week. One of the biggest problems with his platform is that, while he votes with Biden 100% of the time, one of the biggest drawbacks is what he wants in the controversial infrastructure bill. Wait a minute lets get this straight. The guy is a multi- millionaire that makes money in an industry that gets tons of money in government subsidiaries and handouts. This is what I believe might be called flip flopping?
Yeah so that happened. I mean come on when youre on Exxons payroll isnt it obvious where you stand now? Biden wants rail and clean energy both of these things are great for the planet, but terrible for the oil and gas industry! And by the way talk about someone voting against their best interests in favor of those sweet sweet big dollars Bidens massive infrastructure plan would help out Manchins home state of West Virginia. A lot.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Pat Robertson Retires
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? And it lands on wait for it oh hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
Oh yeah this all sounds perfectly sane and logical. How do people subscribe to this nonsense? I cant even. Spin it again! Hey its time for Holy Shit!
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! First off I dont need to tell you that youre in the audience for the taping of the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons, but thats neither here nor there. That said were going to do something a bit different this week. Think of this as the lecture where we blow off our plans and just show a whole bunch of videos for the class. This week theres been a massive shakeup in the holy community. Thats right the long time host of the religious TV favorite the 700 Club is stepping down from his reign of terror. Yes, that man has done more damage to the collective psyche of Americans than any terrorist could ever do. Now that said, were going to dedicate this weeks sermon to recapping his greatest hits. Yes, he may not agree with the unholy, ungodly Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul and vile that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But that doesnt excuse him from decades of foul, bigoted behavior or his multitudes of conspiracy theories that have been left in his wake. So heres what is happening. No longer will you see his vile and disgusting rhetoric on the 700 Club anymore. Get ready for a whole new wave of disgusting rhetoric!
Now theres where you are wrong. Because Pat Robertson is a man who I would not exactly call good, instead hes the opposite. The man is pure evil and bigoted. Hes advocated for things like domestic abuse and said that JAYSUS should steal the election for the unholy Dark One! But this might be one of my favorite 700 Club clips. This is something that was said. On television.
And this is another one of my favorites. Apparently did you know that if you buy your clothing from a second hand store it could be filled with DAYMONS??? Thats right!
Then of course theres one of my favorite clips of what he said about earthquakes. Did you know that devastating earthquakes are blessings in disguise? Only in Pat Robertsons senile, warped mind!
Then there was that time when he advocated for divorcing a wife who has alzheimers. Yeah thats a horrible way to go but also a horrible way to treat a person. Again, this is in his senile brain that we are talking about here, and thats not something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want!
Now seriously imagine what it takes to not only say something that batshit insane but to also believe that what you are saying is right. Imagine saying that a husband cheating on his wife is right thats not what we believe here!
Or my personal favorite how about that time he got name dropped during that war crimes trial at the Hague no more than a mere 10 years ago? Thats right a so called man of GAWD is implicated in war crimes! How about that?
And then of course who could forget my all time favorite Pat Robertson quote? Yes, sir. That one. You know the one a grieving mother calls into the 700 Club about having a miscarriage. You know Mr. Robertson responded? Well with about the most horrible response humanly possible:
So that said I am glad that you indulged me as I went through some of his greatest hits. Because I cant believe someone would sit through something like that? But that said what can we expect from the new leader of the 700 Club? Well pretty much and I quote the Who meet the new boss, same as the old boss! Now that said, I dont know what direction the 700 Club will go in but you can rest assured that well cover every batshit crazy thing that comes out of that show!
So yeah thats Pat Robertson for you. We cant let him get away with the things he said in the past even if hes started to right the ship. The damage has been done. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Dont forget to turn in this Sunday for episode 1 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]How Is This Still A Thing: Trumps Wall
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Intermission! Go on, lets take a break. I will just amuse myself with Words With Friends. Go!
Spin it again! Oh hey its time for: How Is This Still A Thing?
It's time once again to ask:
This week: Donald Trumps failed border wall. How is this still a thing? Back in 2016, Candidate Trump advocated relentlessly for a border wall. And in 2017 2018 it got built. And then in 2019 it fell down after a hurricane swept part of the wall into Mexico. While the wall kept out exactly 0 immigrants and nearly collapsed on itself, theres people who are still advocating for it! And not only that, but the now Trump-ified SCOTUS has actually upheld the part of the border wall where the government has to pay $3.6 billion for this wall. Theres a lot of things that $3.6 billion could buy. Thats identical to the budget of what it cost to build SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. But that said this wall is an atrocity and an enormous waste of money and resources. And by the way what good is a wall when ladders, walls, and airplanes exist? Well wait until you here what the latest atrocity that is happening with this border wall is. Well we cant say were surprised, only because we have been following this thing from the beginning.
Thats pretty much how the Trump Border Wall is supposed to work. But it doesnt work that way its a fence and a rather ugly one at that. But while one photographer spent several months camping out near the border hoping to catch an award winning image mainly having to do with animal migration the one thing that it actually stopped was a road runner, who just stared at the wall. Thats right Wiley Coyote might not have been able to stop the Road Runner but the border wall did!
But that said that is how that is supposed to work. And that hasnt stopped the Trump packed supreme court from demanding that money be used for the wall. Gee, is it any wonder why they would vote that way at all? Were not shocked at all! So why is all of this money being used and allocated for the use of a wall that so far all it has stopped is a single road runner that stared at it? And its all for a Fox News manufactured crisis at that.
But that said the Fox News crisis about immigrants is getting louder and angrier. And the conspiracy theories surrounding it are getting crazier and crazier. In fact the Wall has a high favorability rating among Fox News viewers and GOP governors many of which are demanding that it be built. But then again theyre becoming an increasing minority among the electorate and its because they pull stunts like this to gain favor of Fox News and OAN viewers.
So it costs billions and is only popular among GOP voters and Fox News viewers, and so far has only stopped a road runner and a couple of guys with ropes. Thats enough to make you ask Trumps boder wall:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner: Missing White Girl Syndrome
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! No, a whammy!!!
Spin it again! Oh hey its time for Conspiracy Corner!
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! We of course are coming to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location. Just let me adjust my tin foil hat for maximum government interference ah there we go! Folks this week we are going to tackle one of the biggest conspiracies of all time. And heres the thing before I venture further we are not making fun of the Gabby Petito murder / kidnapping at all. That would be beneath us. I cannot stress that enough. No, what we instead are going to do is make fun of the conspiracies and the media shit storm that ignites every time something like this happens, and we wonder why other countries dont take us seriously. But that said this is one of the more ridiculous conspiracies that Ive seen lately and Ive documented all of them. That is why I live in this underground bunker. But much attention has been paid to what Im going to call missing white girl syndrome. What is that exactly?
Whew, there is a lot to unpack there and a lot of buzzwords. You can bash the mainstream media all that you want. But the thing is this is so infurating that when someone is kidnapped like that you literally hear every minute of every excruciating detail that has ever detailed 24 hours a day. This latest kidnapping is also a sad reminder that CNNs Nancy Grace still exists. Thank god that joke nearly got rejected in the writers room. But the fact is missing white woman syndrome isnt just a theory, its a real thing with real consequences!
So yes where the mainstream media refuses to cover stories like this, we will! But this is becoming such a problem in America that even the FBI is addressing it! But really how does the media decide what to cover and what not to cover? Well probably the same way that we do things here around the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana we just throw ideas around and find out what sticks. But that said Im not sure it really works that way IRL!
Yeah probably. But heres where the Gabby Petito story veers from kidnapping case into batshit crazy, off the wall, real life is stranger than fiction you cant make this stuff up if you tried territory. That is Dog The Bounty Hunter is involved. Thats right! He is on the case folks and you know when it becomes a reality show thats when I give up. The case has morphed from mere conspiracy theories into something thats way too far gone for comfort.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Oh hey! Its one of our patented clips without context!
Ok . OK First off that sounds like the most metal song ever! Second man theyre getting increasingly violent with their fantasies arent they? I can guarantee my fantasies dont involve people getting impaled on meat hooks. Holy shit! Spin it again! Oh hey its time for People Are Dumb!
Of course you know by now that people are people, and people are dumb. Again I want to emphasize what makes a People Are Dumb story. Like fast food rage for instance. I love a good fast food rage story, I collect them. I trade them with my friends. Like give me a story where some crazy woman destroys a McDonalds because they ran out of Big Mac sauce. Now thats a People Are Dumb story! So lets start this week with this bizarre story out of British Columbia. Yes, even our neighbors to the north arent immune from stupid people. Now the guy in the story is not whats in question here. But the pandemic and everyones fears over COVID are definitely understandable. But does it cause volatile diarrhea? You know the kind you can only get after an order of the ultra-hot platter at Buffalo Wild Wings and a few cold brewskies? No! But this has to be one of the most 2021 headlines to ever 2021!
OK maybe the poops not that bad! Though I am a firm believer that poop should not go near the mouth for any reason. The only place it belongs is the toilet. Enough hot takes. By the way speaking of poop, heres another disgusting story out of Toronto. Of all the things you could steal why the hell would you steal used diapers from a day care center? Ugh even the thought of this makes me want to wretch, though this is People Are Dumb and this definitely qualifies as a People Are Dumb story! But this is the most Canadian thief weve had in a while!
Yeah just make sure that guy doesnt go anywhere near the day center dumpsters. Im just saying he looks kinda creepy. Next up we of course go back to our favorite state the Sunshine State, the state of Florida. Americas wang. And we go to the Florida highways for this one. OK I can kind of see why Florida Man would expose himself once, even though thats uncalled for, but 7 times? Come on, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 7 times
Well, 7 times. But two more and he would have hit 9 times. Next up we go to the Florida city of Jacksonville for this one. OK look heres a message I have to all you wannabe car thieves next time youre thinking of stealing a new car maybe dont return it to the dealer from which you got it! Man this edition of People Are Dumb is full of hot takes! But yeah I think the dealers might get just a little bit suspicious on this one!
Doh!!! Finally this week dumb police officers! Yes, even police officers arent immune from stupid people. But heres the thing anyone whos ever seen a crime show knows that the first place you check for an officer would be the hospital. Well guess what? This particular department did not. And this particular officer got demoted for deserting his job and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Guess where the one place they didnt check was? The hospital! We go to the African nation of Kenya for this story!
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries: Scenes From A MAGA Rally
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a final spin for this week! And it lands on wait for it.. T-shirt cannon! Were shooting out our new 2021 Tour: Out Of The Blue Void to our fine audience!
Lets spin it again! And it lands on Red State Diaries!
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the MAGA cult is up to since they lost the 2020 election in Red State Diaries! We spent the last four weeks covering the California recall election which they not only lost, but got their asses handed to them! This week were going to talk about rallies. Why do they still have them? And why are they literally out in the middle of nowhere? Well thats because the guy who puts them on our 45th president knows that if he went to a major city like Chicago or New York or DC or Los Angeles, hed get laughed at and run out of town. But sadly people show up to them even when he holds them in the middle of nowhere. But why? Of all the activities one could do, this would be at the bottom of my list!
Oh and lets not forget that thanks to a combination of vaccine denial and COVID, Alabama is poised to actually post a NEGATIVE population gain for the first time in the states history! Great job, MAGAs and Trump voters! Boy you sure owned us with that one! But the Former Guy isnt the only one holding rallies attempting to have a gathering of the MAGAs. Lets look at what happened in Kentucky when Creepy Pillow Man tried culling the herd.
OK lets see if I am understanding the irony here. Former Guy holds a rally at a farm in the middle of nowhere and people literally flock to it. Creepy Pillow Guy holds a rally and nobody shows up. And they call us sheep. Ha, thats rich! But then last week we mentioned that attempted rally to support the January 6th rioters who they have been calling political prisoners. But yeah that rally was a complete bust but theres plenty of complete busts coming!
Man even Dwight is calling you a loser! Thats pretty harsh! So with that the Former Guy has to watch what he says because he can and probably will get into trouble. Especially if he wants to run in 2024, which at this point who really gives a fuck? But the strange thing with this guy is that no matter what he says, people still inexplicably are drawn to this guy like flies to a bug zapper. And its getting weirder and harder to explain why people like this guy. But he does have even his most die-hard supporters fighting each other. And his rallies might be doing more harm than good.
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
Will he or wont he run? We break down all the latest speculation madness but in all seriousness, who cares?
[font size="8"]And Now This:[/font]
[font size="8"]Pearl Jam[/font]
Folks! My next guest is one of my favorite bands ever. They just wrapped up a mini festival tour in support of their new album Gigaton. Playing their song Dance Of The Clairvoyants, give it up for Pearl Jam!
Thank you Long Beach! We are off to Salt Lake City next with live music from Twenty One Pilots! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: San Jose Improv, San Jose, CA
Pearl Jam Appears Courtesy Of: Republic Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-11: Wheel Of Corruption: No Time To Die Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-11: Wheel Of Corruption: No Time To Die Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Whats up Long Beach? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! This is of course a makeup show from when our last canceled show was and it just happened to work out. Isnt that great when that happens? But weve got plenty of conservative mayhem for you this week and today is a special day its the taping for the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! I am so excited and I cant wait for this to come to fruition! Tune in Sunday at 4:00 for the first episode! So do we have time for the thing? Good. OK so let's talk bathrooms. Yeah I know. Don't worry - next week we've got a great "I Need A Drink" that deals with the stanky celebrity phenomenon. But this is too really damn weird for us not to talk about it. I'm of course talking about singer - songwriter Meghan Trainor and her husband have side by side toilets. Honestly I wish I were making this up. And she says that she and her husband have really only pooped together once. Come on seriously, how is that even a thing? And what do you talk about if you're sitting on the can in the middle of taking a shit? I thought most people used that time for "doing their own research". At least that's according to the latest meme that I've seen going around. But really if you have his and hers toilets, it's at least a gag right? I just have so many questions about this. But this is just the latest in the seemingly never ending wormhole of bizarre celebrity behavior. OK enough of the intro we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first John Oliver is back and he takes a look at a toxic chemical called PFAS and more people should be made aware of it:
Where do we begin this week? The number one slot this week goes to Anti-Vaxxers (1). Because a disturbing new study found theres no discernable difference between MAGA voters and anti-vaxxers while Youtube finally put the smackdown on anti-vaccine content! In the number two slot this week is our old buddy Alex Jones. Yes, Infowars is back in the news this week but its actually for a good reason Alex just got his ass handed to him in a major defamation case! Time to lock his ass up! Taking the number 3 slot this week is the Capitol Rioters (3) and weve got the latest round of arrests for you as the second round of hearings starts up! Taking the number 4 slot this week is the US Economy (4). Wait, thats not a person! Well Joe Biden helped us narrowly avoid total economic disaster as the US hits the debt ceiling. That other guy would have steered the Titanic into the iceberg! In the 5th slot this week is Joe Manchin (5). Wait, what? I thought he was a democrat! Wrong! He may be, but his voting record is anything but, and hes bent on taking the party backwards! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit and this week, Pat Robertson is saying goodbye to his long time reign as the head of the 700 Club! Well be happy to bring you some of his greatest hits in the world of bigotry! Taking the number 7 slot this week, we have a brand new edition of How Is This Still A Thing? and since next week is once again Columbus Day (7), were going to ask: Columbus Day: How Is This Still A Thing?. In the number 8 slot this week we have a new Conspiracy Corner (8) and the bizarre Gabby Petito murder mystery has everyone asking whats the deal with missing white girl syndrome? Well bring you that plus some insane conspiracy theories, and of course Dog The Bounty Hunter gets involved! In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week we have a new People Are Dumb (9) because of course they are! Finally this week we have a new edition of Red State Diaries (10) and why is the former guy hold his rallies in the middle of nowhere? And why do they draw out the weirdest people to them? We will answer those questions and more! Plus we have some live music from one of my favorite bands of all time, the almighty Pearl Jam! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Anti-Vaxxers
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone say it with me: Its time for the WHEEL OF CORRUPTION! YAY!!!!!
Oh how I have waited for this day! Of course you know the rules by now I spin the wheel and we have to talk about whatever it lands on. Of course if it lands on the guacamole option, you know that it costs $1.50 extra. And the wheel is all new with lots of items on it! Heres what is on the wheel this week:
- Guns
- Abortion
- Crime
- Poverty
- Capitol Riots
- Treason
- Buy A Vowel
- Whammy
- Greed
- Food
- Elections
- The Border
- Donald Trump
- Flip Flopping
- The GOP
- Clip Without Context
- Death
- Fox News
- Vaccines
- Something Random In The News
- Merica!
- Chance
- 5,000
- Homosexuality
- The US Constitution
- COVID-19
- George Soros
- Top 10 Investigates
- Conspiracy Corner
- Morally Bankrupt
- Guacamole
- Holy Shit
- Beating A Dead Horse
- This Fucking Guy
- How Is This Still A Thing?
- Red State Diaries
- Intermission
- Double Whammy
- 10,000
- People Are Dumb
- I Need A Drink
- Infowars
- Go Directly To Jail
- T-Shirt Cannon
- Lightning Round
- Bonus Spin
Lets get this going! Spin that shit! Come on no whammy no whammy no whamm stop! Hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
Yeah Mark, Im pretty sure that thoughts and prayers wont stop bullets and semi-automatics and fully automatics. Nice try though. Spin it again! And it lands on Vaccines. Specifically anti-vaxxers. Since last year weve repeatedly railed on anti-vaxxers and they absolutely deserve every single last bit of shit that they get. Because theyre getting chased out of everything whether its schools, concerts, sporting events or their jobs. And its perfectly reasonable. No one wants to be ground zero for a super spreading mutant that burns out of control. So with that I say anti-vaxxers can fuck off and take their diseased asses with them. The latest place theyre getting kicked out of? Youtube! Thats right Youtube has finally had enough with the rampant disinformation coming from anti-vaxxers that theyre cracking down on disinformation.
With the speed of a tortoise and an only recently acquired clarity of its public responsibility, YouTube has kicked off Robert F. Kennedy Jr., osteopathic physician Joseph Mercola, and others who have used the platform to spread anti-vaccine misinformation.
At least better late than never, YouTube is banning content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines, a blog post said. This expands its policy of prohibiting medical misinformation, which anti-vaxxers mistakenly feel should be protected by freedom of speech and the press.
Someone with the pedigree of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., should understand that the First Amendment was not written to allow misinformation to jeopardize public health. Freedom of the press was not designed for individuals to wantonly misappropriate technology owned by private companies and manipulate it as their own. These facts have been realized by Facebook, Twitter and now YouTube, all of which endured widespread abuse of their properties before the damage being done to the public forced their hand.
Because COVID-19 is a communicable disease, the anti-vaxxers propaganda potentially affects not only their health but that of innocent people. That is most certainly not their right.
https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2021/10/better-late-than-never-youtube-kicks-off-anti-vaccine-misinformants-editorial.html
At least better late than never, YouTube is banning content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines, a blog post said. This expands its policy of prohibiting medical misinformation, which anti-vaxxers mistakenly feel should be protected by freedom of speech and the press.
Someone with the pedigree of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., should understand that the First Amendment was not written to allow misinformation to jeopardize public health. Freedom of the press was not designed for individuals to wantonly misappropriate technology owned by private companies and manipulate it as their own. These facts have been realized by Facebook, Twitter and now YouTube, all of which endured widespread abuse of their properties before the damage being done to the public forced their hand.
Because COVID-19 is a communicable disease, the anti-vaxxers propaganda potentially affects not only their health but that of innocent people. That is most certainly not their right.
https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2021/10/better-late-than-never-youtube-kicks-off-anti-vaccine-misinformants-editorial.html
Yes thats right even Dr. Strange is telling you to go the fuck away. Nobody wants you! And youd think that someone as prolific as RFK Jr would know that this sort of thing isnt OK. But the question remains what took so long? By not kicking these morons off the platform sooner, anti-vaxxers are now everywhere and its going to be impossible to get rid of them. Think of it like a bee hive that broke loose and now theres killer bees everywhere. Which is not that far off of this analogy.
Heres the best thing that can be said about YouTubes policy, announced Wednesday, to ban prominent anti-vaccine activists such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola from its platform:
Its about time.
But that points to some important questions about YouTubes policies on health misinformation: Why have anti-vaxxers been permitted to infect the video platform for so long? And is YouTubes action coming too late?
Anti-vaccine material has been rife on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter for years. Indeed, they may be the prime vectors for the misinformation. Over that time, so much of it has made its way around the world that YouTubes ban is tantamount to bailing out a sinking boat.
In announcing the ban, YouTube stated that since last year, it has removed 130,000 videos for violating its policies on COVID-19 misinformation.
Those policies ban inaccurate claims that COVID vaccines would cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism or diseases, or that they contained fetal matter or tracking devices; content that recommended such useless nostrums for the pandemic as ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine; and many other false assertions.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/04/what-took-you-so-long-youtube/
Its about time.
But that points to some important questions about YouTubes policies on health misinformation: Why have anti-vaxxers been permitted to infect the video platform for so long? And is YouTubes action coming too late?
Anti-vaccine material has been rife on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter for years. Indeed, they may be the prime vectors for the misinformation. Over that time, so much of it has made its way around the world that YouTubes ban is tantamount to bailing out a sinking boat.
In announcing the ban, YouTube stated that since last year, it has removed 130,000 videos for violating its policies on COVID-19 misinformation.
Those policies ban inaccurate claims that COVID vaccines would cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism or diseases, or that they contained fetal matter or tracking devices; content that recommended such useless nostrums for the pandemic as ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine; and many other false assertions.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/04/what-took-you-so-long-youtube/
Thank you Mr. DeNiro! But heres why the influencer model is 100% grade A bullshit it allows misinformation to run rampant. And anyone can literally say anything. Such is the case with people like Mr. Kennedy and Joseph Mercola. Theyve been flinging their bullshit against vaccines for far too long and now that were still in the middle of a raging pandemic, its finally time to shut down their bullshit once and for all!
YouTube is banning all anti-vaccine content on its platform, including misinformation about approved vaccines for common illnesses in addition to COVID-19, the company said Wednesday.
The Google-owned social media platform will remove any video that attempts to describe well-known vaccines that are approved by federal health officials as being harmful, it said in a blog post first reported by the Washington Post. That includes content claiming vaccines can cause autism, cancer, infertility, or can allow the recipient of the vaccine to be tracked via microchip.
YouTube previously had banned false information surrounding the coronavirus vaccines in October 2020. The company said it will still allow discussion around vaccine policies, new vaccine trials, and personal accounts of receiving the vaccine.
A YouTube spokesperson also confirmed to Insider that the company will remove the accounts of high-profile anti-vaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, and anti-vaccine activist and author Joseph Mercola.
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-expands-anti-vaccine-rules-bans-prominent-anti-vaxxers-covid-2021-9
The Google-owned social media platform will remove any video that attempts to describe well-known vaccines that are approved by federal health officials as being harmful, it said in a blog post first reported by the Washington Post. That includes content claiming vaccines can cause autism, cancer, infertility, or can allow the recipient of the vaccine to be tracked via microchip.
YouTube previously had banned false information surrounding the coronavirus vaccines in October 2020. The company said it will still allow discussion around vaccine policies, new vaccine trials, and personal accounts of receiving the vaccine.
A YouTube spokesperson also confirmed to Insider that the company will remove the accounts of high-profile anti-vaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, and anti-vaccine activist and author Joseph Mercola.
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-expands-anti-vaccine-rules-bans-prominent-anti-vaxxers-covid-2021-9
Thats right! But that said, the right wing can protest vaccine mandates all they want. But the proof is that they work. And they work very well. And they are the extinguisher that were going to need to put out the fire that is COVID-19. Because the longer the anti-vaccine bullshit goes on, the longer misinformation spreads, and the longer misinformation spreads, the more it puts the entire world in danger once again.
For months, President Biden resisted COVID-19 vaccination mandates because he didn't want to make the vaccines any more politicized than they already were.
But when the delta variant surged, and it became clear that most of the hardcore vaccine resistance was partisan, Biden leaned into America's newest culture war: the great mandate debate.
"We have the tools to combat COVID-19, and a distinct minority of Americans, supported by a distinct minority of elected officials, are keeping us from turning the corner," Biden said in early September when announcing new vaccine requirements. "These pandemic politics, as I refer to, are making people sick, causing unvaccinated people to die."
The requirements go beyond just mandating federal employees and health care workers get the shots. They also place obligations on larger private employers to require vaccinations or weekly testing.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041221961/why-biden-has-taken-up-vaccine-mandates-and-the-political-fight-over-them
But when the delta variant surged, and it became clear that most of the hardcore vaccine resistance was partisan, Biden leaned into America's newest culture war: the great mandate debate.
"We have the tools to combat COVID-19, and a distinct minority of Americans, supported by a distinct minority of elected officials, are keeping us from turning the corner," Biden said in early September when announcing new vaccine requirements. "These pandemic politics, as I refer to, are making people sick, causing unvaccinated people to die."
The requirements go beyond just mandating federal employees and health care workers get the shots. They also place obligations on larger private employers to require vaccinations or weekly testing.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041221961/why-biden-has-taken-up-vaccine-mandates-and-the-political-fight-over-them
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Alex Jones
[br] [/font] [br]
Spin it to win it! And it lands on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Guns!
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1445792712351838214
No seriously there arent enough facepalms in the world for this one. So I will say this: Go fuck yourself, Ted! Spin it again! Aw man do I really have to talk about Infowars? Yeah OK fine only because Alex Jones lost big time this week. I do delight when that treasonous scumbag loses. And really I think being banned from Youtube has actually helped Alex Jones, as bizarre as that sounds. But Id like to think that this is one more proverbial nail in the Infowars coffin. Because while I normally hate talking about the sewer that is Infowars, theres a lot of good things that happened to that scumbag this week. The first is that he got his ass handed to him yet again by the survivors of the horrible school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And of course the fact that we have scumbag politicians like Ted Cruz as an echo chamber is horrible to say the least.
A third parent of a slain Sandy Hook child has won a defamation case against US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones who called the deadly 2012 shooting at the elementary school fake.
Neil Heslin will join two other parents Scarlett Lewis and Lenny Pozner who won separate defamation cases against Mr Jones last week, in having his case heard by a jury to determine damages.
On 14 December 2012, 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Sandy Hooks Elementary School, Connecticut, after a gunman opened fire in one of the worst school shootings in US history.
Mr Jones, who is the founder of right-wing website Infowars in Texas, claimed on his radio show and website that the event was completely fake with actors, synthetic and a giant hoax by supporters of gun control and mainstream media.
He faces a slew of legal cases by several parents of the victims. While he has acknowledged the shooting in court documents, he said that he has the right to be wrong under the First Amendment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandy-hook-defamation-alex-jones-b1933089.html
Neil Heslin will join two other parents Scarlett Lewis and Lenny Pozner who won separate defamation cases against Mr Jones last week, in having his case heard by a jury to determine damages.
On 14 December 2012, 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Sandy Hooks Elementary School, Connecticut, after a gunman opened fire in one of the worst school shootings in US history.
Mr Jones, who is the founder of right-wing website Infowars in Texas, claimed on his radio show and website that the event was completely fake with actors, synthetic and a giant hoax by supporters of gun control and mainstream media.
He faces a slew of legal cases by several parents of the victims. While he has acknowledged the shooting in court documents, he said that he has the right to be wrong under the First Amendment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandy-hook-defamation-alex-jones-b1933089.html
Thank you Nelson! Yeah so Alex Jones got his ass handed to him yet again. How many more times do these people have to lose before society accepts them as the losers they are? They just keep losing and losing and losing and losing! But yeah Alex you shouldnt have spent all those years calling literally every mass shooting that ever happened a hoax. Spoiler alert! Theyre real! And you defaming the vicitms has dire consequences.
Alex Jones just found out the hard way that you can't just spit out dangerous nonsense and get away with it. According to files released last Thursday, a Texas judge ruled that the far-right conspiracy theorist has to pay damages to two families of children who were murdered in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
The plaintiffs include Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of 6-year-old Noah, the youngest to be killed in the massacre. The other is Scarlett Lewis, who lost her 6-year-old son, Jesse, in the shooting.
For years after the tragedy that left 20 children and six school employees dead, Jones told his radio and online audience of millions that the event was a "giant hoax" carried out by "crisis actors." Jones sold the big, dangerous lie that the government staged the incident as a "false flag" event that would eventually lead to the Second Amendment being abolished.
In the years after the shooting, Jones would tell his audience that "the whole thing was fake" and "pretty much didn't happen."
In 2012, Jones' Infowars website ran a news headline that read: "FBI says no one killed at Sandy Hook."
https://www.upworthy.com/court-demands-alex-jones-pay-damages-to-sandy-hook-families-for-calling-the-massacre-a-hoax
The plaintiffs include Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of 6-year-old Noah, the youngest to be killed in the massacre. The other is Scarlett Lewis, who lost her 6-year-old son, Jesse, in the shooting.
For years after the tragedy that left 20 children and six school employees dead, Jones told his radio and online audience of millions that the event was a "giant hoax" carried out by "crisis actors." Jones sold the big, dangerous lie that the government staged the incident as a "false flag" event that would eventually lead to the Second Amendment being abolished.
In the years after the shooting, Jones would tell his audience that "the whole thing was fake" and "pretty much didn't happen."
In 2012, Jones' Infowars website ran a news headline that read: "FBI says no one killed at Sandy Hook."
https://www.upworthy.com/court-demands-alex-jones-pay-damages-to-sandy-hook-families-for-calling-the-massacre-a-hoax
You want to know why I think Alex Jones is such a vile, rotten piece of garbage? They say you shouldnt speak ill of the dead, but thats all he does! He literally speaks ill of the dead. Any time theres a shooting he says it didnt happen, or the victims are fake. Or makes up some bullshit. Thats why he is such a vile piece of shit. And I am now glad that I am not the only one who thinks this way. Because the long story short is that Infowars is going down. And we will be there when the Titanic hits the iceberg.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected, without comment, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' attempt to toss out four defamation lawsuits by parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.
The parents sued in Travis County, where Jones and his InfoWars website are based, arguing that they were defamed and suffered emotional distress after InfoWars broadcasts disputed the authenticity of the school shooting and the news coverage that followed.
Twenty young students and six adults were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Conn.
Friday's action by the Supreme Court upheld rulings by two lower courts that had allowed the lawsuits to continue.
The state's highest civil court also gave the green light to another defamation lawsuit against InfoWars and reporter Kit Daniels by a man mistakenly identified as a suspect in the 2018 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/22/alex-jones-sandy-hook-parents-texas-supreme-court/6670360002/
The parents sued in Travis County, where Jones and his InfoWars website are based, arguing that they were defamed and suffered emotional distress after InfoWars broadcasts disputed the authenticity of the school shooting and the news coverage that followed.
Twenty young students and six adults were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Conn.
Friday's action by the Supreme Court upheld rulings by two lower courts that had allowed the lawsuits to continue.
The state's highest civil court also gave the green light to another defamation lawsuit against InfoWars and reporter Kit Daniels by a man mistakenly identified as a suspect in the 2018 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/22/alex-jones-sandy-hook-parents-texas-supreme-court/6670360002/
Dude, Alex Jones is a real life Billy Madison. He tells kids that they suck. But heres where it gets weird and you knew it was going to. Alex Jones is literally up a creek without a paddle. Hes got nothing and hes got no defense. So you know who hes going to subpoena? Thats right his old arch nemesis Hillary Clinton. I mean come on thats like Bart Simpson subpoenaing Nelson on a prank against Principal Skinner that he committed. So yeah shut up! I bet Hillary doesnt give him the time of day.
Alex Jones, an extremist who has previously promoted hoaxes on his Texas-based internet broadcast, has asked a Connecticut judge to subpoena Hillary Clinton, claiming she is behind a group of Sandy Hook families suing him for defamation.
Norm Pattis, one of Jones attorneys, said Clinton wanted revenge for Jones vitriolic criticism of her on his Infowars program.
The defendants in this case believe that this suit was filed six years after the shootings at Sandy Hook as part of a vendetta inspired, orchestrated and directed in whole or in part by Hillary Clinton, Pattis wrote in state Superior Court. (Its) part of a vendetta to silence Alex Jones after Ms. Clinton lost the presidential race to Donald J. Trump.
Christopher Mattei, an attorney for the families, responded in court on Tuesday with a motion to sanction Jones, calling the request to depose Clinton frivolous and abusive.
https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Alex-Jones-attorney-is-trying-to-subpoena-16296248.php
Norm Pattis, one of Jones attorneys, said Clinton wanted revenge for Jones vitriolic criticism of her on his Infowars program.
The defendants in this case believe that this suit was filed six years after the shootings at Sandy Hook as part of a vendetta inspired, orchestrated and directed in whole or in part by Hillary Clinton, Pattis wrote in state Superior Court. (Its) part of a vendetta to silence Alex Jones after Ms. Clinton lost the presidential race to Donald J. Trump.
Christopher Mattei, an attorney for the families, responded in court on Tuesday with a motion to sanction Jones, calling the request to depose Clinton frivolous and abusive.
https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Alex-Jones-attorney-is-trying-to-subpoena-16296248.php
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Capitol Riots
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets spin the wheel shall we? And it lands on wait for it . A random tweet!
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1445749433140924417
Just let me see if I have any fucks to give here up found one!
Yeah thats kind of how I feel. Spin it again! And it lands on the Capitol Riots! You know the riots just keep getting weirder and weirder the more you dig into them and its really starting to show. For someone who runs a comedy news show about conservative idiocy, it really is the gift that keeps on giving. I know that we were all horrified by the events of that day, January 6th, 2021. But you know who wasnt? Our old friend Marjorie Taylor Greene. While the rest of us were watching the events of that day unfold in sheer horror, it had the opposite effect on Ms. Greene, who was watching it with all the glee and slimeball energy youd expect from a raging psychopath who regularly appears on Infowars to barf her brain to the conspiracy theorists who will listen. So yeah think about that for a minute and let it sink in to how much of an abusive jerk this woman is. And shes the exact kind of mind that Alex Jones and Donald Trump attract.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was "gleeful" as supporters of former President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
Maloney made the remarks during an interview on the latest edition of MSNBC's Deadline: White House. The congressman said he noticed unusual behavior from Greene and her staff after being evacuated from the Capitol, where lawmakers had gathered to certify President Joe Biden's 2020 election win during a joint session of Congress, to an "undisclosed location" once the insurrection began.
"Look, I was there," said Maloney. "I was on the House floor. I was in that undisclosed location with a bunch of Republicans who were... one in particular, who was gleeful at what was transpiring outside. It took me a minute to understand why she was having such a good time. But I saw it, I saw it with her staff who caught up with her. They were excited about what was going on."
"They had been at the White House, I believe, the day beforetalking about what was going to happen," he added. "I mean, it's not really a mystery when [Rep.] Mo Brooks is down at the rally, whipping up the crowd and pointing them towards the capitol, I believe, with a bulletproof vest on... a lot of this is right out there in the open."
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-was-gleeful-during-capitol-riots-rep-sean-patrick-maloney-says-1632286
Maloney made the remarks during an interview on the latest edition of MSNBC's Deadline: White House. The congressman said he noticed unusual behavior from Greene and her staff after being evacuated from the Capitol, where lawmakers had gathered to certify President Joe Biden's 2020 election win during a joint session of Congress, to an "undisclosed location" once the insurrection began.
"Look, I was there," said Maloney. "I was on the House floor. I was in that undisclosed location with a bunch of Republicans who were... one in particular, who was gleeful at what was transpiring outside. It took me a minute to understand why she was having such a good time. But I saw it, I saw it with her staff who caught up with her. They were excited about what was going on."
"They had been at the White House, I believe, the day beforetalking about what was going to happen," he added. "I mean, it's not really a mystery when [Rep.] Mo Brooks is down at the rally, whipping up the crowd and pointing them towards the capitol, I believe, with a bulletproof vest on... a lot of this is right out there in the open."
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-was-gleeful-during-capitol-riots-rep-sean-patrick-maloney-says-1632286
Yeah it was pretty much like that! But now heres an interesting turn of events. Did you know that theres an attempt to whitewash the events of that day? Oh wait we did! Of course if youve been following this program you know thats exactly what theyre up to. But that is according to one cop who actually got arrested for participating in the riots. You know what they say some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses!
Michael Fanone recounted the horrific violence he experienced at the hands of Capitol insurrectionists on Jan. 6. Fanone, who suffered a heart attack after he was beaten and tased by rioters, expressed disappointment that Trump supporters have tried to memory hole the events of that day.
Its been very difficult seeing elected officials and other individuals kind of whitewash the events of that day or downplay what happened, Fanone told CNN anchor Don Lemon. Asked to react to conservatives who have painted the rioters as peaceful protesters, Fanone said that rhetoric was dangerous, adding that he experienced a group of individuals that were trying to kill me to accomplish their goal.
Fanone found himself needing to pause and collect himself throughout the lengthy interview, apologizing for getting emotional. I experienced the most brutal, savage hand-to-hand combat of my entire life, let alone my policing career, which spans almost two decades, he starkly noted.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-cop-michael-fanone-who-was-assaulted-by-maga-mob-blasts-whitewashing-of-capitol-riots?ref=home
Its been very difficult seeing elected officials and other individuals kind of whitewash the events of that day or downplay what happened, Fanone told CNN anchor Don Lemon. Asked to react to conservatives who have painted the rioters as peaceful protesters, Fanone said that rhetoric was dangerous, adding that he experienced a group of individuals that were trying to kill me to accomplish their goal.
Fanone found himself needing to pause and collect himself throughout the lengthy interview, apologizing for getting emotional. I experienced the most brutal, savage hand-to-hand combat of my entire life, let alone my policing career, which spans almost two decades, he starkly noted.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-cop-michael-fanone-who-was-assaulted-by-maga-mob-blasts-whitewashing-of-capitol-riots?ref=home
Yeah some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses! UH!!! But again in the no fucks to give category, heres what one treason weasel did when people found out that she got arrested for participating in the riots. But this is yet another story in the long list of things MAGAs are complaining about this week where I have literally no fucks to give. But really you were part of an attempt to overthrow the government and now youre expecting sympathy? Boo fucking hoo!
A Capitol riot suspect has been "shunned" and "chastised" by her community since her arrest in February, her lawyer wrote in a sentencing memorandum seen by Insider.
On Tuesday, Dona Bissey, 53, from Bloomfield, Indiana, wrote a letter to the court pleading for leniency and asking for a sentence of 18 months of probation.
Bissey faces four charges, including entering and remaining in a restricted building, violent entry, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol.
In the sentencing memorandum, A. J. Kramer, a federal public defender, said the events of the insurrection had left Bissey with "deep regret, fear, shame, and remorse."
Bissey, who owns a hair salon, has lost a lot of customers since her arrest and is taking antidepressants, Kramer said.
"Ms. Bissey has been chastised on the street and her business shunned. She had to move her salon following huge losses from a drop in clientele and because the pandemic made rental space unaffordable," he wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-capitol-riot-suspect-is-being-shunned-by-people-in-her-small-indiana-town-and-chastised-on-the-street-lawyer-says/ar-AAPcezV
On Tuesday, Dona Bissey, 53, from Bloomfield, Indiana, wrote a letter to the court pleading for leniency and asking for a sentence of 18 months of probation.
Bissey faces four charges, including entering and remaining in a restricted building, violent entry, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol.
In the sentencing memorandum, A. J. Kramer, a federal public defender, said the events of the insurrection had left Bissey with "deep regret, fear, shame, and remorse."
Bissey, who owns a hair salon, has lost a lot of customers since her arrest and is taking antidepressants, Kramer said.
"Ms. Bissey has been chastised on the street and her business shunned. She had to move her salon following huge losses from a drop in clientele and because the pandemic made rental space unaffordable," he wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-capitol-riot-suspect-is-being-shunned-by-people-in-her-small-indiana-town-and-chastised-on-the-street-lawyer-says/ar-AAPcezV
Yeah let me play ya a sad song for ya on the worlds tiniest violin. Again, no fucks to give for these treasonous scumbags. And hey you should have thought about your business before you participated in that riot. Treason is bad for business, I am just saying. And speaking of treason being bad for business, heres an interesting statistic. You know that theory about Trump voters that said they were uneducated buffoons? Actually no its quite the opposite! So yeah those treason weasels are actually moderately wealthy middle class people with degrees. Plot twist!
After a Donald Trump campaign event in Mobile, Ala., in 2015 attracted about 20,000 attendees, a narrative emerged that his popularity centered on White working-class voters in small towns in red states. Books such as Hillbilly Elegy rose to the top of bestseller lists as a way to help more Americans understand this group of voters that got behind the wealthy reality star from Manhattan. And cable news networks regularly featured panels of journalists asking these voters why they continued to back such a widely unpopular leader.
But new data supports something that some critics of the former president were confident of from the earliest days of Trumps presidential campaign: The Ivy League graduate from New York City got to the White House with the support of more college-educated professionals than is often acknowledged.
Robert A. Pape, director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, worked with court records to analyze the demographics and home county characteristics of the 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington aimed at overturning the 2020 election.
What we know 90 days later is that the insurrection was the result of a large, diffuse and new kind of protest movement congealing in the United States, the political science professor wrote in The Washington Post. Those involved are, by and large, older and more professional than right-wing protesters we have surveyed in the past. They typically have no ties to existing right-wing groups. But like earlier protesters, they are 95 percent White and 85 percent male, and many live near and among Biden supporters in blue and purple counties.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/data-about-the-capitol-rioters-serves-another-blow-to-the-white-working-class-trump-supporter-narrative/ar-BB1fzw3a?ocid=uxbndlbing
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Debt Ceiling
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets spin it to win it! And it lands on wait for it CHANCE! Let me just pick a card here
Ill just put that away for later. Spin it again! The economy. Folks I dont need to tell you that reckless spending in favor of billionaires and gigantic corporations, not to mention the multitude of times the US has defaulted on debt, and on top of that a raging pandemic that shut down the global economy for over a year and crippled supply chains around the globe has not been kind on our wallets. Or the American economy. In fact we almost hit the proverbial debt ceiling. So the question is what is the debt ceiling and how can the US get out of it? Well for one thing theres one obstacle standing in the way of our plan: Mitch McConnell. What? Im actually completely serious on this one. Because no matter what hair brained schemes Congress come up with to save the US from a catastrophic debt default that could usher in a second Great Depression, Mitch McConnell will veto, block it, or force the absolutely dreaded filibuster. So whats his latest hairbrained scheme? Well it might be the schemiest of schemes to ever scheme. Heres more.
Democratic senators on Wednesday signaled they will accept a proposal by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to raise the debt-limit for two months to avoid a potential economic crisis.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) noted that accepting McConnells offer to vote to raise the debt limit to a certain number high enough to cover the nations financial obligations until December would amount to a temporary victory.
In terms of a temporary lifting of the debt ceiling, we view that as a victory, a temporary victory with more work to do, she told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Baldwin made her comments after leaving a closed-door meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus where lawmakers discussed McConnells offer floated earlier in the day.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/575631-democrats-signal-they-will-accept-mcconnell-offer
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) noted that accepting McConnells offer to vote to raise the debt limit to a certain number high enough to cover the nations financial obligations until December would amount to a temporary victory.
In terms of a temporary lifting of the debt ceiling, we view that as a victory, a temporary victory with more work to do, she told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Baldwin made her comments after leaving a closed-door meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus where lawmakers discussed McConnells offer floated earlier in the day.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/575631-democrats-signal-they-will-accept-mcconnell-offer
Thats pretty much what it is like at the moment just a big pile of money on fire! But you want to know what the potentially worst side effect is from all of this? It could potentially cripple national security. I know, that is a huge problem! National security is a huge contributor to our economy and its also a huge protector of the US. And with the clusterfuck in Afghanistan right now, this is the last thing we need!
The threat of the U.S. government defaulting on its loans became real enough Wednesday for the Pentagon to wade into the political morass, warning Congress that a failure to act would harm America's ability to defend itself and take care of its troops.
"If the United States defaults, it would undermine the economic strength on which our national security rests," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Wednesday morning. "It would also seriously harm our service members and their families because, as secretary, I would have no authority or ability to ensure that our service members, civilians, or contractors would be paid in full or on time."
The department may not be able to dole out benefits to 2.4 million military veterans nor issue payments to federal contractors, Austin said. America's defaulting on its loans would undermine its international reputation, he added, "as a reliable and trustworthy economic and national security partner."
The Pentagon chief's stark warning comes amid an increasingly tense standoff between the White House and Republicans in Congress, who have opposed Democratic attempts to raise America's debt limit as a way to rail against President Joe Biden's domestic investment agenda.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-10-06/pentagon-warns-of-national-security-fallout-from-debt-ceiling-crisis
"If the United States defaults, it would undermine the economic strength on which our national security rests," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Wednesday morning. "It would also seriously harm our service members and their families because, as secretary, I would have no authority or ability to ensure that our service members, civilians, or contractors would be paid in full or on time."
The department may not be able to dole out benefits to 2.4 million military veterans nor issue payments to federal contractors, Austin said. America's defaulting on its loans would undermine its international reputation, he added, "as a reliable and trustworthy economic and national security partner."
The Pentagon chief's stark warning comes amid an increasingly tense standoff between the White House and Republicans in Congress, who have opposed Democratic attempts to raise America's debt limit as a way to rail against President Joe Biden's domestic investment agenda.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-10-06/pentagon-warns-of-national-security-fallout-from-debt-ceiling-crisis
Yeah just take a big old pile of money and light it on fire! But now we have to talk about what might be the most batshit insane plan to rescue the economy yet. The plan is to mint a coin worth a trillion dollars to save the economy. Thats right. A trillion dollars. I mean come fucking on! Has nobody seen the Simpsons? This is literally a Simpsons episode come to life. A trillion dollars, you say? Thats a spicy meatball!
A $1 trillion coin could be minted within hours of an emergency decision by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to avert a default on America's debts.
Philip Diehl, the director of the US Mint from 1994 to 2000, told Axios that the agency had no shortage of platinum coin blanks. That's the metal required to make such a coin, according to the law that the entire idea is based on.
"This could be quickly executed on the existing plaster mold of the Platinum Eagle," Diehl said, adding that only the denomination of the coin would need to be changed.
After that, the $1 trillion coin could be created within minutes at the West Point, New York, mint and flown to the New York Fed for physical deposit via helicopter.
https://news.yahoo.com/trillion-dollar-coin-could-minted-190109548.html
Philip Diehl, the director of the US Mint from 1994 to 2000, told Axios that the agency had no shortage of platinum coin blanks. That's the metal required to make such a coin, according to the law that the entire idea is based on.
"This could be quickly executed on the existing plaster mold of the Platinum Eagle," Diehl said, adding that only the denomination of the coin would need to be changed.
After that, the $1 trillion coin could be created within minutes at the West Point, New York, mint and flown to the New York Fed for physical deposit via helicopter.
https://news.yahoo.com/trillion-dollar-coin-could-minted-190109548.html
Youll have to excuse my proverbial gut laugh for a minute here but AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Can you imagine what would happen if this were to get into the wrong hands? We dont have Mr. Burns but we do have Donald Trump, and Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos. I can just imagine Trump posing as a pilot and then stealing the coin. But lets face it, 40 years of Reganomics brought us here, and the only thing trickling down isnt money. Its well I probably shouldnt finish this sentence.
The federal government could soon run out of money to pay its bills, raising questions about what the U.S. can do to avoid a historic default.
Washington lawmakers have acted 25 times since 1993 to raise or modify the federal borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, according to the Congressional Research Service. The narrowly divided Congress is still considering approaches this time around, creating speculation about other possible options. Those range from changing Senate filibuster rules to the Treasury Department minting a trillion-dollar coin to pay government debts.
The Treasury Department since August has been taking measures to conserve cash after the nations debt limit was reinstated at roughly $28.5 trillion following a two-year suspension. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the agency is likely to exhaust those measures by Oct. 18 if Congress doesnt act, creating uncertainty about whether the Treasury could meet all the nations commitments afterward.
Here are some theories on how the debt ceiling stalemate might be resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-a-trillion-dollar-coin-to-invoking-the-14th-amendment-how-the-u-s-could-address-the-debt-ceiling-11633540140
Washington lawmakers have acted 25 times since 1993 to raise or modify the federal borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, according to the Congressional Research Service. The narrowly divided Congress is still considering approaches this time around, creating speculation about other possible options. Those range from changing Senate filibuster rules to the Treasury Department minting a trillion-dollar coin to pay government debts.
The Treasury Department since August has been taking measures to conserve cash after the nations debt limit was reinstated at roughly $28.5 trillion following a two-year suspension. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the agency is likely to exhaust those measures by Oct. 18 if Congress doesnt act, creating uncertainty about whether the Treasury could meet all the nations commitments afterward.
Here are some theories on how the debt ceiling stalemate might be resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-a-trillion-dollar-coin-to-invoking-the-14th-amendment-how-the-u-s-could-address-the-debt-ceiling-11633540140
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"] Joe Manchin
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a spin shall we? And it lands on Oh hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
OK discount Ozzy Osbourne, Im pretty sure thats not how it works. This guy looks like a total creep who hangs around cemeteries on the weekends and plays Ouija boards with goth crowds doesnt he? Im just saying. Spin it again! And it lands on Flip Flopping! I know what youre thinking hey wait! This is supposed to be Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Why is Joe Manchin on this list? He may be the liberal senator from West Virginia whos been inexplicably reelected many times over, but hes on this list this week for his constant flip flopping. Heres the thing about Joe Manchin the guy may be a progressive but in name only. Dont worry Kristen Sinema were coming for you next. But Manchin is a product of his time. Got rich in the 60s and 70s when America was far more racist and sexist and is using his time in the senate to capitalize on his already obscene wealth that he made from being a coal baron. Look, just how wealthy is this guy anyways? Well he clearly has a lot of what us middle class people like to refer to as F U Money. And just like rich people he really uses that as an F U to poor people.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who has in his own words "never been in a liberal in any way shape or form," is currently holding up the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that central to President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" domestic agenda.
But he's also likely to hold back any further action to combat the climate crisis, which could impact his million-dollar investments in the coal and energy industries.
-snip-
As The Guardian reported in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy in July, Manchin himself founded a private coal brokerage in 1998 called "Enersystems." Though currently run by his son, Manchin still owns as much as a $5 million stake in the company, raking in $500,000 of income from it in 2020 alone. As of late 2019, Manchin was by far the most invested of any senator in "dirty energy."
Manchin serves as chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which oversees the coal industry as well as "global climate change." As Sludge reported in early July, Manchin told the 2021 annual conference of the Edison Electric Institute in June that "coal-fired plants are being unfairly targeted by environmentalists."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-manchin-who-is-holding-up-crucial-climate-change-initiatives-in-bidens-reconciliation-bill-collects-dollar500000-a-year-from-coal-stocks-dividends-report/ar-AAP0Kah
But he's also likely to hold back any further action to combat the climate crisis, which could impact his million-dollar investments in the coal and energy industries.
-snip-
As The Guardian reported in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy in July, Manchin himself founded a private coal brokerage in 1998 called "Enersystems." Though currently run by his son, Manchin still owns as much as a $5 million stake in the company, raking in $500,000 of income from it in 2020 alone. As of late 2019, Manchin was by far the most invested of any senator in "dirty energy."
Manchin serves as chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which oversees the coal industry as well as "global climate change." As Sludge reported in early July, Manchin told the 2021 annual conference of the Edison Electric Institute in June that "coal-fired plants are being unfairly targeted by environmentalists."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-manchin-who-is-holding-up-crucial-climate-change-initiatives-in-bidens-reconciliation-bill-collects-dollar500000-a-year-from-coal-stocks-dividends-report/ar-AAP0Kah
Now lets contrast that with why Joe Manchin is in the news this week. One of the biggest problems with his platform is that, while he votes with Biden 100% of the time, one of the biggest drawbacks is what he wants in the controversial infrastructure bill. Wait a minute lets get this straight. The guy is a multi- millionaire that makes money in an industry that gets tons of money in government subsidiaries and handouts. This is what I believe might be called flip flopping?
A senior lobbyist for ExxonMobil has claimed the oil giant is secretly fighting legislative attempts to tackle climate changeand identified Democratic Senator Joe Manchin as one of the lawmakers targeted in the campaign.
Lobbyist Keith McCoy's remarks were covertly recorded by Greenpeace UK's investigative platform Unearthed and shared with British news program Channel 4 News.
During the call, recorded last month, McCoy alleged that ExxonMobil had used third-party organizations to fight legislative action on climate change, despite publicly claiming to be working to tackle the issue.
He also claimed that he had lobbied several key senators to oppose climate change measures in President Joe Biden's infrastructure and jobs legislation.
Along with Manchin, McCoy named 10 other senators he described as "crucial" to ExxonMobil's efforts. Five are RepublicansJohn Barrasso, John Cornyn, Steve Daines, Shelley Moore Capito and Marco Rubio. Five are DemocratsChris Coons, Maggie Hassan, Mark Kelly, Kyrsten Sinema and Jon Tester.
https://www.newsweek.com/exxonmobil-lobbyist-joe-manchin-kingmaker-11-senators-targeted-climate-change-1605865
Lobbyist Keith McCoy's remarks were covertly recorded by Greenpeace UK's investigative platform Unearthed and shared with British news program Channel 4 News.
During the call, recorded last month, McCoy alleged that ExxonMobil had used third-party organizations to fight legislative action on climate change, despite publicly claiming to be working to tackle the issue.
He also claimed that he had lobbied several key senators to oppose climate change measures in President Joe Biden's infrastructure and jobs legislation.
Along with Manchin, McCoy named 10 other senators he described as "crucial" to ExxonMobil's efforts. Five are RepublicansJohn Barrasso, John Cornyn, Steve Daines, Shelley Moore Capito and Marco Rubio. Five are DemocratsChris Coons, Maggie Hassan, Mark Kelly, Kyrsten Sinema and Jon Tester.
https://www.newsweek.com/exxonmobil-lobbyist-joe-manchin-kingmaker-11-senators-targeted-climate-change-1605865
Yeah so that happened. I mean come on when youre on Exxons payroll isnt it obvious where you stand now? Biden wants rail and clean energy both of these things are great for the planet, but terrible for the oil and gas industry! And by the way talk about someone voting against their best interests in favor of those sweet sweet big dollars Bidens massive infrastructure plan would help out Manchins home state of West Virginia. A lot.
The child care center that Michelle McFall runs in Union, West Virginia, has been around for about 40 years. Just keeping it open has been something of an accomplishment.
Union sits on the states hilly and rural southeastern border. With a countywide poverty rate that is about 38% higher than the national average and a median income about 39% lower, almost nobody can afford to pay much for child care there. Three-quarters of the centers kids receive government subsidies. Others could benefit from assistance but arent eligible, because a grandparent is their primary custodian (a consequence of the opioid epidemic).
These factors limit tuition revenue, McFall told HuffPost, and covering expenses with the centers annual operating budget of about $200,000 has frequently been difficult. There were many days, she said, when I said, OK, how am I going to make payroll? How am I going to make the mortgage payments, cover the taxes?
Even so, McFall has managed to put together a center that meets the quality standards for the states Tier Two accreditation. Only a handful of providers in southern West Virginia have that status, which entitles the center to higher subsidy payments. McFall has done it with the help of dedicated workers, some of whom have special training in childhood development and have been with her for more than 10 years. Shes also set up a curriculum that, for 3- and 4-year-olds, mirrors what public schools elsewhere in the state offer as part of their pre-kindergarten programs.
There are entire counties that dont have child care centers at all. Kelly Allen, West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manchin-biden-west-virginia-child-care-hcbs-poverty_n_614e2e70e4b03dd7280afa11
Union sits on the states hilly and rural southeastern border. With a countywide poverty rate that is about 38% higher than the national average and a median income about 39% lower, almost nobody can afford to pay much for child care there. Three-quarters of the centers kids receive government subsidies. Others could benefit from assistance but arent eligible, because a grandparent is their primary custodian (a consequence of the opioid epidemic).
These factors limit tuition revenue, McFall told HuffPost, and covering expenses with the centers annual operating budget of about $200,000 has frequently been difficult. There were many days, she said, when I said, OK, how am I going to make payroll? How am I going to make the mortgage payments, cover the taxes?
Even so, McFall has managed to put together a center that meets the quality standards for the states Tier Two accreditation. Only a handful of providers in southern West Virginia have that status, which entitles the center to higher subsidy payments. McFall has done it with the help of dedicated workers, some of whom have special training in childhood development and have been with her for more than 10 years. Shes also set up a curriculum that, for 3- and 4-year-olds, mirrors what public schools elsewhere in the state offer as part of their pre-kindergarten programs.
There are entire counties that dont have child care centers at all. Kelly Allen, West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manchin-biden-west-virginia-child-care-hcbs-poverty_n_614e2e70e4b03dd7280afa11
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit: Pat Robertson Retires
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? And it lands on wait for it oh hey its one of our patented Clips Without Context!
Oh yeah this all sounds perfectly sane and logical. How do people subscribe to this nonsense? I cant even. Spin it again! Hey its time for Holy Shit!
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! First off I dont need to tell you that youre in the audience for the taping of the pilot episode of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons, but thats neither here nor there. That said were going to do something a bit different this week. Think of this as the lecture where we blow off our plans and just show a whole bunch of videos for the class. This week theres been a massive shakeup in the holy community. Thats right the long time host of the religious TV favorite the 700 Club is stepping down from his reign of terror. Yes, that man has done more damage to the collective psyche of Americans than any terrorist could ever do. Now that said, were going to dedicate this weeks sermon to recapping his greatest hits. Yes, he may not agree with the unholy, ungodly Dark One, a man so disgusting, foul and vile that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But that doesnt excuse him from decades of foul, bigoted behavior or his multitudes of conspiracy theories that have been left in his wake. So heres what is happening. No longer will you see his vile and disgusting rhetoric on the 700 Club anymore. Get ready for a whole new wave of disgusting rhetoric!
Televangelist Pat Robertson announced Friday that he would be stepping down as host of his Christian Broadcasting Network's (CBN) flagship show "The 700 Club" after six decades on the program.
The 91-year-old unveiled the news during the show's 60th anniversary broadcast, saying that he will still be joining CBN broadcasts for special projects in the future but would be putting his focus on teaching at Regent University, the Virginia Beach private Christian school he founded in 1977.
"Today's show will be my final as host of 'The 700 Club,'" Robertson said Friday, adding that his replacement "will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will take over as full-time host of the program."
Gordon Robertson, who has already served as co-host and executive producer of "The 700 Club" for two decades, said in a statement Friday, "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pat-robertson-steps-down-as-700-club-host-after-60-years/ar-AAP2FsM?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
The 91-year-old unveiled the news during the show's 60th anniversary broadcast, saying that he will still be joining CBN broadcasts for special projects in the future but would be putting his focus on teaching at Regent University, the Virginia Beach private Christian school he founded in 1977.
"Today's show will be my final as host of 'The 700 Club,'" Robertson said Friday, adding that his replacement "will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will take over as full-time host of the program."
Gordon Robertson, who has already served as co-host and executive producer of "The 700 Club" for two decades, said in a statement Friday, "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pat-robertson-steps-down-as-700-club-host-after-60-years/ar-AAP2FsM?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP
Now theres where you are wrong. Because Pat Robertson is a man who I would not exactly call good, instead hes the opposite. The man is pure evil and bigoted. Hes advocated for things like domestic abuse and said that JAYSUS should steal the election for the unholy Dark One! But this might be one of my favorite 700 Club clips. This is something that was said. On television.
And this is another one of my favorites. Apparently did you know that if you buy your clothing from a second hand store it could be filled with DAYMONS??? Thats right!
Then of course theres one of my favorite clips of what he said about earthquakes. Did you know that devastating earthquakes are blessings in disguise? Only in Pat Robertsons senile, warped mind!
Then there was that time when he advocated for divorcing a wife who has alzheimers. Yeah thats a horrible way to go but also a horrible way to treat a person. Again, this is in his senile brain that we are talking about here, and thats not something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want!
Now seriously imagine what it takes to not only say something that batshit insane but to also believe that what you are saying is right. Imagine saying that a husband cheating on his wife is right thats not what we believe here!
Or my personal favorite how about that time he got name dropped during that war crimes trial at the Hague no more than a mere 10 years ago? Thats right a so called man of GAWD is implicated in war crimes! How about that?
And then of course who could forget my all time favorite Pat Robertson quote? Yes, sir. That one. You know the one a grieving mother calls into the 700 Club about having a miscarriage. You know Mr. Robertson responded? Well with about the most horrible response humanly possible:
So that said I am glad that you indulged me as I went through some of his greatest hits. Because I cant believe someone would sit through something like that? But that said what can we expect from the new leader of the 700 Club? Well pretty much and I quote the Who meet the new boss, same as the old boss! Now that said, I dont know what direction the 700 Club will go in but you can rest assured that well cover every batshit crazy thing that comes out of that show!
TV evangelist Pat Robertson marked the 60-year anniversary of his Christian Broadcasting Network by announcing he was stepping down from its popular 700 Club morning show and handing hosting duties to his son, Gordon Robertson.
I will no longer be the host of the 700 Club, Robertson told his audience on Fridays program. I thank God for everyone thats been involved. And I want to thank all of you.
The 91-year-old entrepreneur began his religious broadcasting empire in 1961 after buying a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Va. The CBNs 700 Club, which launched Oct. 1, 1966, appealed to viewers by using a network-style talk-show format to communicate with Robertsons followers as opposed to having speakers preach from a pulpit.
That allowed the Yale graduate to discuss the news of the day, infused with Christian messaging, in an accessible fashion for television watchers.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-pat-roberston-retires-700-club-20211001-omo7vpfzvnauxnv4dkcwid5ij4-story.html
I will no longer be the host of the 700 Club, Robertson told his audience on Fridays program. I thank God for everyone thats been involved. And I want to thank all of you.
The 91-year-old entrepreneur began his religious broadcasting empire in 1961 after buying a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Va. The CBNs 700 Club, which launched Oct. 1, 1966, appealed to viewers by using a network-style talk-show format to communicate with Robertsons followers as opposed to having speakers preach from a pulpit.
That allowed the Yale graduate to discuss the news of the day, infused with Christian messaging, in an accessible fashion for television watchers.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-pat-roberston-retires-700-club-20211001-omo7vpfzvnauxnv4dkcwid5ij4-story.html
So yeah thats Pat Robertson for you. We cant let him get away with the things he said in the past even if hes started to right the ship. The damage has been done. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! Dont forget to turn in this Sunday for episode 1 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]How Is This Still A Thing: Trumps Wall
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Intermission! Go on, lets take a break. I will just amuse myself with Words With Friends. Go!
Spin it again! Oh hey its time for: How Is This Still A Thing?
It's time once again to ask:
This week: Donald Trumps failed border wall. How is this still a thing? Back in 2016, Candidate Trump advocated relentlessly for a border wall. And in 2017 2018 it got built. And then in 2019 it fell down after a hurricane swept part of the wall into Mexico. While the wall kept out exactly 0 immigrants and nearly collapsed on itself, theres people who are still advocating for it! And not only that, but the now Trump-ified SCOTUS has actually upheld the part of the border wall where the government has to pay $3.6 billion for this wall. Theres a lot of things that $3.6 billion could buy. Thats identical to the budget of what it cost to build SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. But that said this wall is an atrocity and an enormous waste of money and resources. And by the way what good is a wall when ladders, walls, and airplanes exist? Well wait until you here what the latest atrocity that is happening with this border wall is. Well we cant say were surprised, only because we have been following this thing from the beginning.
The $15 billion border wall built under former President Trump is being scaled by people using $5 ladders, according to Texas Monthly.
The report cites U.S. Border Patrol agents who monitor the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that crosses into southern Texas. The agents said they often find ladders left behind by undocumented migrants who use them to climb over certain portions of the border wall.
Scott Nicol, an activist in Texas, told Texas Monthly, "These ladders are probably $5 worth of hardware, and they're defeating a wall that cost $12 million a mile in that location."
The ladders typically appear in specific areas between Granjeno and Hidalgo, Texas.
Trumps promises of building a border wall were the cornerstone of his 2016 presidential campaign. He pledged to build a wall spanning 1,000 miles funded by Mexico. During his presidency, more than 400 miles of already-existing border wall were reinforced, and only about 80 miles of previously nonexistent wall were constructed. The wall was funded by federal taxes.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/refugees/549758-trumps-15-billion-border-wall-is-being-easily-defeated
The report cites U.S. Border Patrol agents who monitor the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that crosses into southern Texas. The agents said they often find ladders left behind by undocumented migrants who use them to climb over certain portions of the border wall.
Scott Nicol, an activist in Texas, told Texas Monthly, "These ladders are probably $5 worth of hardware, and they're defeating a wall that cost $12 million a mile in that location."
The ladders typically appear in specific areas between Granjeno and Hidalgo, Texas.
Trumps promises of building a border wall were the cornerstone of his 2016 presidential campaign. He pledged to build a wall spanning 1,000 miles funded by Mexico. During his presidency, more than 400 miles of already-existing border wall were reinforced, and only about 80 miles of previously nonexistent wall were constructed. The wall was funded by federal taxes.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/refugees/549758-trumps-15-billion-border-wall-is-being-easily-defeated
Thats pretty much how the Trump Border Wall is supposed to work. But it doesnt work that way its a fence and a rather ugly one at that. But while one photographer spent several months camping out near the border hoping to catch an award winning image mainly having to do with animal migration the one thing that it actually stopped was a road runner, who just stared at the wall. Thats right Wiley Coyote might not have been able to stop the Road Runner but the border wall did!
Alejandro Prieto has spent nearly 16 months camped out near the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, where he has documented the barricades effect on bobcats, jaguars, sheep and other animals.
He was driving on the U.S. side of the border wall near Naco, Ariz., about two years ago when a roadrunner darted out of the vegetation. Prieto, a wildlife photographer from Guadalajara, Mexico, grabbed his camera as the speedy bird stopped in the middle of a gravel road.
The roadrunner appeared to gaze at the tall barbed-wire-covered wall that cut through the desert. It was there just long enough for Prieto to snap a few shots.
It was a fleeting moment but full of emotions, Prieto told The Washington Post.
One of those photos which he named Blocked received the top prize this month in the annual Bird Photographer of the Year awards, a global competition celebrating avian beauty. It was selected from more than 22,000 submissions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/13/roadrunner-photo-trump-border-wall/
He was driving on the U.S. side of the border wall near Naco, Ariz., about two years ago when a roadrunner darted out of the vegetation. Prieto, a wildlife photographer from Guadalajara, Mexico, grabbed his camera as the speedy bird stopped in the middle of a gravel road.
The roadrunner appeared to gaze at the tall barbed-wire-covered wall that cut through the desert. It was there just long enough for Prieto to snap a few shots.
It was a fleeting moment but full of emotions, Prieto told The Washington Post.
One of those photos which he named Blocked received the top prize this month in the annual Bird Photographer of the Year awards, a global competition celebrating avian beauty. It was selected from more than 22,000 submissions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/13/roadrunner-photo-trump-border-wall/
But that said that is how that is supposed to work. And that hasnt stopped the Trump packed supreme court from demanding that money be used for the wall. Gee, is it any wonder why they would vote that way at all? Were not shocked at all! So why is all of this money being used and allocated for the use of a wall that so far all it has stopped is a single road runner that stared at it? And its all for a Fox News manufactured crisis at that.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday advised a lower court to reconsider earlier decisions that blocked an estimated $3.6 billion from being used for construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall championed by former President Donald Trump.
After taking office in January, President Joe Biden has sought to halt funding for border wall construction pushed by his predecessor. The Biden administration had argued that the Supreme Court did not need to weigh in on the case concerning border wall funding since the project was shuttered by the new administration.
But the Court's Monday ruling called for a reassessment of the case, given the new circumstances under which the project is being considered and with a different administration in the White House.
The Supreme Court returned the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit "with instructions to direct the District Court to vacate its judgments," the Supreme Court wrote in its Monday order.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-donald-trumps-plan-to-use-dollar36-billion-for-border-wall/ar-AAP8323?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnbfcL
After taking office in January, President Joe Biden has sought to halt funding for border wall construction pushed by his predecessor. The Biden administration had argued that the Supreme Court did not need to weigh in on the case concerning border wall funding since the project was shuttered by the new administration.
But the Court's Monday ruling called for a reassessment of the case, given the new circumstances under which the project is being considered and with a different administration in the White House.
The Supreme Court returned the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit "with instructions to direct the District Court to vacate its judgments," the Supreme Court wrote in its Monday order.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-donald-trumps-plan-to-use-dollar36-billion-for-border-wall/ar-AAP8323?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnbfcL
But that said the Fox News crisis about immigrants is getting louder and angrier. And the conspiracy theories surrounding it are getting crazier and crazier. In fact the Wall has a high favorability rating among Fox News viewers and GOP governors many of which are demanding that it be built. But then again theyre becoming an increasing minority among the electorate and its because they pull stunts like this to gain favor of Fox News and OAN viewers.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts joined eight other Republican governors Wednesday at the U.S.-Mexico border to criticize Democratic President Bidens handling of immigration issues.
The governors who gathered in Texas called on Biden to take a number of actions, including building a border wall supported by former Republican President Trump, requiring those seeking asylum to remain in Mexico instead of being allowed into the United States and prohibiting the entry of anyone who potentially poses a health risk.
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement that Reynolds trip to the border was nothing more than a political stunt and a distraction from her failed leadership.
Reynolds bristled when asked whether the trip was more about politics than confronting immigration issues.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-06/gop-governors-u-s-mexico-border
The governors who gathered in Texas called on Biden to take a number of actions, including building a border wall supported by former Republican President Trump, requiring those seeking asylum to remain in Mexico instead of being allowed into the United States and prohibiting the entry of anyone who potentially poses a health risk.
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement that Reynolds trip to the border was nothing more than a political stunt and a distraction from her failed leadership.
Reynolds bristled when asked whether the trip was more about politics than confronting immigration issues.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-06/gop-governors-u-s-mexico-border
So it costs billions and is only popular among GOP voters and Fox News viewers, and so far has only stopped a road runner and a couple of guys with ropes. Thats enough to make you ask Trumps boder wall:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner: Missing White Girl Syndrome
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! No, a whammy!!!
Spin it again! Oh hey its time for Conspiracy Corner!
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable Conspiracy Corner! We of course are coming to you live from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the heart of the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location. Just let me adjust my tin foil hat for maximum government interference ah there we go! Folks this week we are going to tackle one of the biggest conspiracies of all time. And heres the thing before I venture further we are not making fun of the Gabby Petito murder / kidnapping at all. That would be beneath us. I cannot stress that enough. No, what we instead are going to do is make fun of the conspiracies and the media shit storm that ignites every time something like this happens, and we wonder why other countries dont take us seriously. But that said this is one of the more ridiculous conspiracies that Ive seen lately and Ive documented all of them. That is why I live in this underground bunker. But much attention has been paid to what Im going to call missing white girl syndrome. What is that exactly?
When the late Gwen Ifill used the phrase Missing White Woman Syndrome at a 2004 journalism conference, she was responding to news anchor Suzanne Malveauxs concern that US media outlets had failed to cover international genocides early on, including Rwanda and Kosovo. Malvaeux told the diverse crowd: In 1994, during Rwanda, we were looking at Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. The two figure skaters had received more coverage than a million genocide victims and survivors. Ifill playfully interrupted her, mocking newsroom executives: If its a missing white woman, youre going to cover that, every day. The room welcomed her interjection with resounding applause.
But rather than being celebrated as part of Malveauxs criticism of US-centric media, Missing White Woman Syndrome has found a life of its own. Commentators widely use it now to describe the disparity in media coverage that missing young, conventionally attractive white women receive over missing Black and brown people.
This disparity is real. Black people constitute 13% of the US population and 31% of missing persons; 54% of missing persons are white, though they make up 76% of the population. A 2013 study found that news outlets covered missing white women significantly more often, and more intensely, than everyone else. As Charles Blow recently penned: It is not that these white women should matter less, but rather that all missing people should matter equally. Race should not determine how newsroom leaders assign coverage, especially because those decisions often lead to disproportionate allocation of government resources, as investigators try to solve the highest-profile cases. Advocates and families of color express that the disparate media coverage signals that their loved ones lives dont matter as much as the lives of white women, which they believe then discourages police from pouring resources to pursue the cases.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/29/the-missing-white-woman-syndrome-still-plagues-america
But rather than being celebrated as part of Malveauxs criticism of US-centric media, Missing White Woman Syndrome has found a life of its own. Commentators widely use it now to describe the disparity in media coverage that missing young, conventionally attractive white women receive over missing Black and brown people.
This disparity is real. Black people constitute 13% of the US population and 31% of missing persons; 54% of missing persons are white, though they make up 76% of the population. A 2013 study found that news outlets covered missing white women significantly more often, and more intensely, than everyone else. As Charles Blow recently penned: It is not that these white women should matter less, but rather that all missing people should matter equally. Race should not determine how newsroom leaders assign coverage, especially because those decisions often lead to disproportionate allocation of government resources, as investigators try to solve the highest-profile cases. Advocates and families of color express that the disparate media coverage signals that their loved ones lives dont matter as much as the lives of white women, which they believe then discourages police from pouring resources to pursue the cases.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/29/the-missing-white-woman-syndrome-still-plagues-america
Whew, there is a lot to unpack there and a lot of buzzwords. You can bash the mainstream media all that you want. But the thing is this is so infurating that when someone is kidnapped like that you literally hear every minute of every excruciating detail that has ever detailed 24 hours a day. This latest kidnapping is also a sad reminder that CNNs Nancy Grace still exists. Thank god that joke nearly got rejected in the writers room. But the fact is missing white woman syndrome isnt just a theory, its a real thing with real consequences!
A Bay Area news anchor has been "suspended indefinitely" for requesting to cover "missing white woman syndrome" in relation to the Gabby Petito case, The Mercury News reported.
KTVU news anchor Frank Somerville was removed from air over a newsroom dispute involving coverage of the Petito case. Somerville, the father of a Black adopted daughter, reportedly requested to add a brief tagline drawing attention to the disproportionate media coverage that missing white women tend to receive compared with women of color.
The Mercury News noted that the term used to describe the media phenomenon, "missing white woman syndrome," was coined by the late PBS anchor Gwen Ifill.
By the end of 2020, 45 percent of the FBI's 89,000 active missing person cases were people of color, according to a report from ABC News.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/574020-news-anchor-suspended-over-request-to-cover-missing-white-woman-syndrome
KTVU news anchor Frank Somerville was removed from air over a newsroom dispute involving coverage of the Petito case. Somerville, the father of a Black adopted daughter, reportedly requested to add a brief tagline drawing attention to the disproportionate media coverage that missing white women tend to receive compared with women of color.
The Mercury News noted that the term used to describe the media phenomenon, "missing white woman syndrome," was coined by the late PBS anchor Gwen Ifill.
By the end of 2020, 45 percent of the FBI's 89,000 active missing person cases were people of color, according to a report from ABC News.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/574020-news-anchor-suspended-over-request-to-cover-missing-white-woman-syndrome
So yes where the mainstream media refuses to cover stories like this, we will! But this is becoming such a problem in America that even the FBI is addressing it! But really how does the media decide what to cover and what not to cover? Well probably the same way that we do things here around the Top 10 home offices in Santa Ana we just throw ideas around and find out what sticks. But that said Im not sure it really works that way IRL!
The missing person case of 22-year-old Gabby Petito has drawn national attention.
The missing person case of 16-year-old Leivy Rodas remains virtually unknown.
Both young women went missing in the last month, but a key difference made it more likely that one would get more news coverage; Petito is White, while Rodas is Hispanic.
Uneven coverage of missing people isnt new. In 2004 the late PBS anchor Gwen Ifill coined the term to describe it: missing white woman syndrome, or the tendency of media and national attention to focus on missing white women more than women of color or men.
Forty-six percent of missing person cases in 2020 were not White, according to FBI statistics. Yet the news covers only about one fifth of missing person cases involving minorities, according to a 2016 analysis by Northwestern University.
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/missing-white-woman-syndrome/521-4ea32e1b-3b6a-4dc2-bbe2-10e8a439d1d8
The missing person case of 16-year-old Leivy Rodas remains virtually unknown.
Both young women went missing in the last month, but a key difference made it more likely that one would get more news coverage; Petito is White, while Rodas is Hispanic.
Uneven coverage of missing people isnt new. In 2004 the late PBS anchor Gwen Ifill coined the term to describe it: missing white woman syndrome, or the tendency of media and national attention to focus on missing white women more than women of color or men.
Forty-six percent of missing person cases in 2020 were not White, according to FBI statistics. Yet the news covers only about one fifth of missing person cases involving minorities, according to a 2016 analysis by Northwestern University.
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/missing-white-woman-syndrome/521-4ea32e1b-3b6a-4dc2-bbe2-10e8a439d1d8
Yeah probably. But heres where the Gabby Petito story veers from kidnapping case into batshit crazy, off the wall, real life is stranger than fiction you cant make this stuff up if you tried territory. That is Dog The Bounty Hunter is involved. Thats right! He is on the case folks and you know when it becomes a reality show thats when I give up. The case has morphed from mere conspiracy theories into something thats way too far gone for comfort.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has become an unlikely figure in the Gabby Petito case, as the reality television star leads a high-profile manhunt for the fugitive Brian Laundrie that has revived his career.
Duane Chapman has been the front and center of a media storm over the past two weeks as he and his team have tirelessly searched for the 23-year-old who was reported missing after returning from a trip without his girlfriend, who was later found dead.
Laundrie has been named a person of interest in Petito's disappearance but he has vanished, having last been seen in Florida.
Newsweek first reached out to Chapman on September 22 to ask if he had any insight into how to trace and find Laundrie.
Chapman gave his expert opinion and since then, began leading a high-profile search, with the aid of former law enforcement, Navy seals, marines and a K-9 unit.
https://www.newsweek.com/brian-laundrie-search-resurrects-dog-bounty-hunter-career-1635724
Duane Chapman has been the front and center of a media storm over the past two weeks as he and his team have tirelessly searched for the 23-year-old who was reported missing after returning from a trip without his girlfriend, who was later found dead.
Laundrie has been named a person of interest in Petito's disappearance but he has vanished, having last been seen in Florida.
Newsweek first reached out to Chapman on September 22 to ask if he had any insight into how to trace and find Laundrie.
Chapman gave his expert opinion and since then, began leading a high-profile search, with the aid of former law enforcement, Navy seals, marines and a K-9 unit.
https://www.newsweek.com/brian-laundrie-search-resurrects-dog-bounty-hunter-career-1635724
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a good strong spin shall we? Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Oh hey! Its one of our patented clips without context!
Ok . OK First off that sounds like the most metal song ever! Second man theyre getting increasingly violent with their fantasies arent they? I can guarantee my fantasies dont involve people getting impaled on meat hooks. Holy shit! Spin it again! Oh hey its time for People Are Dumb!
Of course you know by now that people are people, and people are dumb. Again I want to emphasize what makes a People Are Dumb story. Like fast food rage for instance. I love a good fast food rage story, I collect them. I trade them with my friends. Like give me a story where some crazy woman destroys a McDonalds because they ran out of Big Mac sauce. Now thats a People Are Dumb story! So lets start this week with this bizarre story out of British Columbia. Yes, even our neighbors to the north arent immune from stupid people. Now the guy in the story is not whats in question here. But the pandemic and everyones fears over COVID are definitely understandable. But does it cause volatile diarrhea? You know the kind you can only get after an order of the ultra-hot platter at Buffalo Wild Wings and a few cold brewskies? No! But this has to be one of the most 2021 headlines to ever 2021!
When Jeremy Arnot ordered a bad plate of chicken wings to his Ladysmith hotel room while on a work trip, he had no idea it could cost him his job.
The wings allegedly induced a case of diarrhea for Arnot, whose employer then insisted he get tested for COVID-19. When Arnot failed to follow the companys COVID-19 policies, he was fired, told to pay for his hotel room and find his own way home to Trail. But now, labour arbitrator Paul Love has reinstated Arnots employment as an industrial cleaner, saying that companies need to establish clear COVID-19 safety protocols and ensure their employees are trained on what to do if they may be infected with COVID-19.
An employees report of diarrhea during this pandemic is not a sufficient justification for demanding a COVID test. The employer must establish, based on objective considerations, that a demand for a test is warranted, Love wrote.
It all started when Arnot and a crew from Terrapure Environmental were sent for a cleaning job at a mill in Crofton in late November 2020. On that trip, Arnot ordered the fateful chicken wings that kept him up sick all night and into work the next day.
Arnot was sent back to his Ladysmith hotel to rest after he complained to a supervisor. What happened next was anything but restful.
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/b-c-man-wins-job-back-after-diarrhea-symptoms-mistaken-for-covid/
The wings allegedly induced a case of diarrhea for Arnot, whose employer then insisted he get tested for COVID-19. When Arnot failed to follow the companys COVID-19 policies, he was fired, told to pay for his hotel room and find his own way home to Trail. But now, labour arbitrator Paul Love has reinstated Arnots employment as an industrial cleaner, saying that companies need to establish clear COVID-19 safety protocols and ensure their employees are trained on what to do if they may be infected with COVID-19.
An employees report of diarrhea during this pandemic is not a sufficient justification for demanding a COVID test. The employer must establish, based on objective considerations, that a demand for a test is warranted, Love wrote.
It all started when Arnot and a crew from Terrapure Environmental were sent for a cleaning job at a mill in Crofton in late November 2020. On that trip, Arnot ordered the fateful chicken wings that kept him up sick all night and into work the next day.
Arnot was sent back to his Ladysmith hotel to rest after he complained to a supervisor. What happened next was anything but restful.
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/b-c-man-wins-job-back-after-diarrhea-symptoms-mistaken-for-covid/
OK maybe the poops not that bad! Though I am a firm believer that poop should not go near the mouth for any reason. The only place it belongs is the toilet. Enough hot takes. By the way speaking of poop, heres another disgusting story out of Toronto. Of all the things you could steal why the hell would you steal used diapers from a day care center? Ugh even the thought of this makes me want to wretch, though this is People Are Dumb and this definitely qualifies as a People Are Dumb story! But this is the most Canadian thief weve had in a while!
Toronto police are looking for a person who they say removed soiled diapers from a daycare centre garbage.
Officers were called the centre at Danforth and Coxwell Avenues last Friday around 11:30 a.m.
It was reported the person attended the daycare several times during the day and removed soiled diapers from a garbage bin.
The person is described as a male, around five foot five inches tall. He was seen wearing a red baseball cap with a grey brim, black track pants and black running shoes. He had a black/dark blue back pack, and was riding a black mountain bike.
He was last seen riding his bike westbound along Danforth Avenue.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police directly. Tips can also be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers.
https://www.680news.com/2021/10/01/toronto-police-soiled-diapers-daycare/
Officers were called the centre at Danforth and Coxwell Avenues last Friday around 11:30 a.m.
It was reported the person attended the daycare several times during the day and removed soiled diapers from a garbage bin.
The person is described as a male, around five foot five inches tall. He was seen wearing a red baseball cap with a grey brim, black track pants and black running shoes. He had a black/dark blue back pack, and was riding a black mountain bike.
He was last seen riding his bike westbound along Danforth Avenue.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police directly. Tips can also be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers.
https://www.680news.com/2021/10/01/toronto-police-soiled-diapers-daycare/
Yeah just make sure that guy doesnt go anywhere near the day center dumpsters. Im just saying he looks kinda creepy. Next up we of course go back to our favorite state the Sunshine State, the state of Florida. Americas wang. And we go to the Florida highways for this one. OK I can kind of see why Florida Man would expose himself once, even though thats uncalled for, but 7 times? Come on, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 7 times
A Florida man has been arrested on charges he exposed himself at various toll collectors over a weeks span.
The Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement that Mark Anthony Fillyaw was booked into the Osceola County Jail on Saturday.
All seven instances happened on three days around 7 a.m. as he entered the cash lanes of the toll plazas. Toll workers told troopers the man had no clothes on and was showing his privates.
He was identified through a photo comparison and his identity matched.
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/2021/09/13/florida-man-exposed-himself-to-toll-collectors-7-times-troopers-say/
The Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement that Mark Anthony Fillyaw was booked into the Osceola County Jail on Saturday.
All seven instances happened on three days around 7 a.m. as he entered the cash lanes of the toll plazas. Toll workers told troopers the man had no clothes on and was showing his privates.
He was identified through a photo comparison and his identity matched.
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/2021/09/13/florida-man-exposed-himself-to-toll-collectors-7-times-troopers-say/
Well, 7 times. But two more and he would have hit 9 times. Next up we go to the Florida city of Jacksonville for this one. OK look heres a message I have to all you wannabe car thieves next time youre thinking of stealing a new car maybe dont return it to the dealer from which you got it! Man this edition of People Are Dumb is full of hot takes! But yeah I think the dealers might get just a little bit suspicious on this one!
A man walks into a car dealership, wishing to trade the vehicle he drove up in for a new one. Happens all the time, right?
But when the man is a Florida man, things get more interesting.
According to First Coast News and some other Florida outlets, police in Jacksonville responded to Lake City Chrysler Dodge Jeep, where the scene above played out, as it does every day. But this time was different.
When the dealership's sales staff logged the VIN on the man's trade-in, they discovered that the car had been stolen from that very dealership just days prior. That's right, a customer, for lack of a better term, was trying to trade a car stolen at that dealership for something better.
Police say that after they read him his rights, he told them he had stolen the car. Also, the dealership's security cameras showed the theft, though it's unclear from accounts whether the thief is identifiable in that video. The 50-year-old Lake City man also said he was homeless.
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/22/florida-man-tries-to-trade-stolen-car-to-dealership/
But when the man is a Florida man, things get more interesting.
According to First Coast News and some other Florida outlets, police in Jacksonville responded to Lake City Chrysler Dodge Jeep, where the scene above played out, as it does every day. But this time was different.
When the dealership's sales staff logged the VIN on the man's trade-in, they discovered that the car had been stolen from that very dealership just days prior. That's right, a customer, for lack of a better term, was trying to trade a car stolen at that dealership for something better.
Police say that after they read him his rights, he told them he had stolen the car. Also, the dealership's security cameras showed the theft, though it's unclear from accounts whether the thief is identifiable in that video. The 50-year-old Lake City man also said he was homeless.
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/22/florida-man-tries-to-trade-stolen-car-to-dealership/
Doh!!! Finally this week dumb police officers! Yes, even police officers arent immune from stupid people. But heres the thing anyone whos ever seen a crime show knows that the first place you check for an officer would be the hospital. Well guess what? This particular department did not. And this particular officer got demoted for deserting his job and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Guess where the one place they didnt check was? The hospital! We go to the African nation of Kenya for this story!
Neither the family nor the police force had any idea where Constable Reuben Kimutai Lel was - his niece told the BBC they thought he was dead.
...
The police officer was admitted on 21 December 2020 as an unknown person at the main referral hospital in the capital, Nairobi. He had no identity documents with him.
Meanwhile, he was sacked from his job, charged in absentia with desertion and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The case was later withdrawn after police failed to find him.
He regained consciousness last week, and although he has still not regained his full memory, he was able to identify himself by name and that he was a police officer - and so the search for his relatives began.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58681463
...
The police officer was admitted on 21 December 2020 as an unknown person at the main referral hospital in the capital, Nairobi. He had no identity documents with him.
Meanwhile, he was sacked from his job, charged in absentia with desertion and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The case was later withdrawn after police failed to find him.
He regained consciousness last week, and although he has still not regained his full memory, he was able to identify himself by name and that he was a police officer - and so the search for his relatives began.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58681463
Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Red State Diaries: Scenes From A MAGA Rally
[br] [/font] [br]
Lets give the wheel a final spin for this week! And it lands on wait for it.. T-shirt cannon! Were shooting out our new 2021 Tour: Out Of The Blue Void to our fine audience!
Lets spin it again! And it lands on Red State Diaries!
Welcome back to our ongoing survey of what the MAGA cult is up to since they lost the 2020 election in Red State Diaries! We spent the last four weeks covering the California recall election which they not only lost, but got their asses handed to them! This week were going to talk about rallies. Why do they still have them? And why are they literally out in the middle of nowhere? Well thats because the guy who puts them on our 45th president knows that if he went to a major city like Chicago or New York or DC or Los Angeles, hed get laughed at and run out of town. But sadly people show up to them even when he holds them in the middle of nowhere. But why? Of all the activities one could do, this would be at the bottom of my list!
The Alabama Republican Party said Wednesday that former President Donald Trumps rally in Cullman Saturday was the largest political event in Alabama history.
According to the Alabama Republican Party, up to 50,000 people attended the rally and over a million more watched it from home. A Donald Trump reception fundraiser brought in $1.17 million in contributions and commitments from across the state.
Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl released the following statement:
We are very excited about what we accomplished together this weekend. The Trump Rally was the biggest political event Ive ever seen in the State of Alabama, and it shows the passion people have for our county, and the Conservative values the Republican Party represents.
The Republican Party is committed to fighting for the people of Alabama, and we are thrilled that Donald Trump joined us in jump starting our campaign to take back the House and Senate. Its not easy to break fundraising records, but its important that Republicans have the resources we need to challenge the Democrat Party and the socialist agenda that is being forced on the people of Alabama.
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/08/26/alabama-republican-party-50000-attended-trump-rally-cullman/
According to the Alabama Republican Party, up to 50,000 people attended the rally and over a million more watched it from home. A Donald Trump reception fundraiser brought in $1.17 million in contributions and commitments from across the state.
Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl released the following statement:
We are very excited about what we accomplished together this weekend. The Trump Rally was the biggest political event Ive ever seen in the State of Alabama, and it shows the passion people have for our county, and the Conservative values the Republican Party represents.
The Republican Party is committed to fighting for the people of Alabama, and we are thrilled that Donald Trump joined us in jump starting our campaign to take back the House and Senate. Its not easy to break fundraising records, but its important that Republicans have the resources we need to challenge the Democrat Party and the socialist agenda that is being forced on the people of Alabama.
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/08/26/alabama-republican-party-50000-attended-trump-rally-cullman/
Oh and lets not forget that thanks to a combination of vaccine denial and COVID, Alabama is poised to actually post a NEGATIVE population gain for the first time in the states history! Great job, MAGAs and Trump voters! Boy you sure owned us with that one! But the Former Guy isnt the only one holding rallies attempting to have a gathering of the MAGAs. Lets look at what happened in Kentucky when Creepy Pillow Man tried culling the herd.
Organizers of a Kentucky rally in support of former President Donald Trump featuring several prominent allies and conspiracy theorists expected some 10,000 people to show up this weekend. Instead, less than 300 were in attendance when local journalists attempted to cover the proceedings.
The "We the People Reunion" was held at the Muhlenberg County Agriculture & Convention Center Fairgrounds in Powderly, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, retired General Michael Flynn, attorney Lin Wood and others were among the featured speakers, according to the event and ticket page online.
Local channel WFIE 14 News sent a team to shoot video at the event on Friday but was later asked to leave, according to a report broadcast by the NBC News affiliate. The news channel reported that promoters had expected a crowd of about 10,000 people but less than 300 were in attendance from what their journalists saw. Event organizers reportedly refused to speak to WFIE about the rally.
Photos and videos of the event posted to social media appeared to show only a few hundred people in attendance.
https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-rally-expecting-10000-attendees-sees-only-few-hundred-show-1628299
The "We the People Reunion" was held at the Muhlenberg County Agriculture & Convention Center Fairgrounds in Powderly, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, retired General Michael Flynn, attorney Lin Wood and others were among the featured speakers, according to the event and ticket page online.
Local channel WFIE 14 News sent a team to shoot video at the event on Friday but was later asked to leave, according to a report broadcast by the NBC News affiliate. The news channel reported that promoters had expected a crowd of about 10,000 people but less than 300 were in attendance from what their journalists saw. Event organizers reportedly refused to speak to WFIE about the rally.
Photos and videos of the event posted to social media appeared to show only a few hundred people in attendance.
https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-rally-expecting-10000-attendees-sees-only-few-hundred-show-1628299
OK lets see if I am understanding the irony here. Former Guy holds a rally at a farm in the middle of nowhere and people literally flock to it. Creepy Pillow Guy holds a rally and nobody shows up. And they call us sheep. Ha, thats rich! But then last week we mentioned that attempted rally to support the January 6th rioters who they have been calling political prisoners. But yeah that rally was a complete bust but theres plenty of complete busts coming!
The Justice for J6 rally to advocate the release of jailed pro-Trump insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 lacked much drama Saturday. Only a small number of protesters showed up, matched by a heavy media and law enforcement presence.
Demonstrators came out on a muggy day in less than droves to a sleepy Capitol complex shrouded in a black security fence and a large law enforcement footprint, with members of the media appearing to rival the protesting crowd in size. Capitol Police put the turnout at the protest area at approximately 400 to 450 people.
Unlike Jan. 6, Saturdays rally, which took place near the Capitol Reflecting Pool and lasted just over an hour, was not marred by violence. Capitol Police tweeted that one man armed with a knife was arrested on a weapons violation.
What Im asking you to do is to take your anger and channel it into something productive, rally architect Matt Braynard, a former Trump campaign employee, said onstage as he closed the event. He encouraged the protestors to volunteer with his organization, Look Ahead America, and work to fix our election system.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/18/low-turnout-low-drama-mark-rally-for-jailed-pro-trump-rioters/
Demonstrators came out on a muggy day in less than droves to a sleepy Capitol complex shrouded in a black security fence and a large law enforcement footprint, with members of the media appearing to rival the protesting crowd in size. Capitol Police put the turnout at the protest area at approximately 400 to 450 people.
Unlike Jan. 6, Saturdays rally, which took place near the Capitol Reflecting Pool and lasted just over an hour, was not marred by violence. Capitol Police tweeted that one man armed with a knife was arrested on a weapons violation.
What Im asking you to do is to take your anger and channel it into something productive, rally architect Matt Braynard, a former Trump campaign employee, said onstage as he closed the event. He encouraged the protestors to volunteer with his organization, Look Ahead America, and work to fix our election system.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/18/low-turnout-low-drama-mark-rally-for-jailed-pro-trump-rioters/
Man even Dwight is calling you a loser! Thats pretty harsh! So with that the Former Guy has to watch what he says because he can and probably will get into trouble. Especially if he wants to run in 2024, which at this point who really gives a fuck? But the strange thing with this guy is that no matter what he says, people still inexplicably are drawn to this guy like flies to a bug zapper. And its getting weirder and harder to explain why people like this guy. But he does have even his most die-hard supporters fighting each other. And his rallies might be doing more harm than good.
Donald Trumps scorched-earth rally in Georgia last month might have done more than deepen the factional divide in the state GOP. It might have also strengthened the criminal case that Fulton County prosecutors could build against the former president.
The Brookings Institution think tank on Monday updated its analysis of Trumps post-election conduct to include his remarks at the Sept. 25 rally in Perry, when he repeatedly blasted Gov. Brian Kemp for refusing to reverse his defeat.
The report, authored by seven legal analysts, highlights that Trump twice said he asked the Republican governor to call a special election to decertify his narrow defeat to President Joe Biden in Georgia.
I said, Brian, listen, you have a big election integrity problem in Georgia. I hope you can help us out and call a special election and lets get to the bottom of it for the good of the country, Trump said at the rally, recounting his effort to subvert the election results.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/trumps-rally-in-perry-might-have-bolstered-legal-case-against-him-think-tank-says/WASQCAHXFNFI5M3N5RHN4FODQM/
The Brookings Institution think tank on Monday updated its analysis of Trumps post-election conduct to include his remarks at the Sept. 25 rally in Perry, when he repeatedly blasted Gov. Brian Kemp for refusing to reverse his defeat.
The report, authored by seven legal analysts, highlights that Trump twice said he asked the Republican governor to call a special election to decertify his narrow defeat to President Joe Biden in Georgia.
I said, Brian, listen, you have a big election integrity problem in Georgia. I hope you can help us out and call a special election and lets get to the bottom of it for the good of the country, Trump said at the rally, recounting his effort to subvert the election results.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/trumps-rally-in-perry-might-have-bolstered-legal-case-against-him-think-tank-says/WASQCAHXFNFI5M3N5RHN4FODQM/
[font size="4"]Next Week: [/font]
Will he or wont he run? We break down all the latest speculation madness but in all seriousness, who cares?
[font size="8"]And Now This:[/font]
[font size="8"]Pearl Jam[/font]
Folks! My next guest is one of my favorite bands ever. They just wrapped up a mini festival tour in support of their new album Gigaton. Playing their song Dance Of The Clairvoyants, give it up for Pearl Jam!
Thank you Long Beach! We are off to Salt Lake City next with live music from Twenty One Pilots! See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: San Jose Improv, San Jose, CA
Pearl Jam Appears Courtesy Of: Republic Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
September 30, 2021
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-10: Cyber Ninjas II: The Secret Of The Ooze Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yo!!! Whats up Denver? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Its good to be back in the Mile High City! And hey since marijuana is legal here, its the Really High City! Am I right? OK yeah Ill file that one. And folks need I remind you that we are only two short weeks away from the series premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! It is getting very exciting around here! Be sure to follow our Twitter account at @10Idiots and @churchoftop10 for more! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! OK so do we really need more spam? I know I sure as shit do not! I get what, 200 e-mails a day. I throw away maybe 199 of them, and there is usually a +- 1 e-mail margin of error there. So yeah fuck spam. But Texas is about to make it worse. And Texas usually makes everything worse dont they? Yeah one guy in the back yelling boo! Thank you sir, I got the message. But maybe its not so much Texas as it is the Texas GOP . Because they passed a social media censorship bill, and we may delve into that next week. But it has an unintended side effect: you get more spam! Yay! Even more reasons not to open my inbox. The people who authored this bill can really just go fuck themselves. Either play by the rules or get out. Dont attempt to rewrite them. Because youll just make things worse.
Thank you sound effects guy! Key to comedy is timing! OK enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to, but first John Oliver is back and I have to play what he did to get duck stamps made, because its freaking hilarious:
Well where do we begin this week? Well our number one entry goes to Cyber Ninjas (1)! Yes, the shady auditing firm that was running the Arizona election recount proved what we all already knew they were completely full of shit! But that hasnt stopped Former Guy (2) or the MAGAs oh no! They are hopping mad! And now theyre taking the recount fight to Texas? Why are they auditing states where they won an overwhelming majority, like Texas and Montana? Well they are batshit crazy! In the number 3 slot this week is the UN General Assembly (3), or our highlights from it. Thank god we have competent leadership back in the White House, am I right? Taking the number 4 slot this week is our old buddy Steve Bannon (4)! Did the white supremacist in chief basically admit to planning the Capitol Riots? Oh yeah he did! And his buddy Alex Jones might go down with him! In the number 5 slot this week, we have a new Top 10 Investigates (5)! China is putting the hammer down on crypto currency trading, could this mean the death of fun for blockchain bros? Yeah probably! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit (6) and this week, were doing a deep dive into the world of evangelical conspiracy theories! Theyre getting extremely weird and increasingly violent our resident pastor will take a look at the best (and worst) of them! In the number 7 slot this week we have a new segment debuting The Pride Files (7) our first ever segment dedicated to the LGBT community and taking a look at the LGBT news of the week! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new edition of Conspiracy Corner (8) after 20 years, has worship of the events of 9/11/2001 become a cult? We take a look at both sides of the issue! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week is a new I Need A Drink (9) and this week were going to have some drinks and discuss the issue of Cast Shaming particularly with Nintendos new Mario Movie and some other instances of fanboys being fanboys! Finally this week in Road To Recall (10), we give our final thoughts on the MAGAs getting their asses beaten again and talk about how this can be prevented in the future! Plus we also have some live Rush music for you from Primus! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Cyber Ninjas
[br] [/font] [br]
Excuse me for a minute while I engage in a colossal gut laugh here. But here it goes! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Wait ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Ok ok Im done. This is the first laugh like this Ive had on the show in a long ass time, but when I saw last week that the auditing firm known as the Teenage Mutant Cyber Ninjas had completed their counting of the ballots of the 2020 election, and found even more votes for Biden, all I could say was LOSER!!!. And they are the biggest losers of them all. Of course Former Guy is attempting to steal the 2020 election with all the same finess as the Acme branded weapons of destruction that Wiley Coyote uses to catch the Road Runner. So how did this happen and why was it allowed to happen in the first place?
Does anyone get the irony of this? The guy whos the head of Cyber Ninjas is a MAGA conspiracy theorist and even he cant say that Trump won Arizona! I already got the gut laugh out of my system here. But Cyber Ninjas might want to consider some rebranding. How about: Cyber Ninjas II: The Secret Of The Ooze? Or maybe Cyber Ninjas: Out Of The Shadows? Oh wait, terrible movie. But there is some bad news is that this madness is spreading to other states.
Donald Trump: Electionus Stealicus. And yeah like I said hes attempting to steal the election with all the finesse of the Acme branded products that Wiley Coyote uses. So why does he keep doing this if it keeps backfiring on him? Well theres no clear explanation for this. Think of it this way the people who are actively pushing conspiracy theories may be the same people behind said conspiracy theories. Its a really fucked up episode of Scooby Doo were watching. Zoiks, Scoob!
Come on, we have qualified people on our side. They have underwear models and clothing hawkers on theirs, yet they have more followers. What do we have on this thing? A Cuisinart? Seriously the other side is a clown show. Theyre a fucking joke! Which is why even though they are losers in the 2020 election, we still have to deal with these dipshits. But the even worse news is that audit madness is coming to a state near you!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Donald Trump
[br] [/font] [br]
If you will notice, since season 10 and 11 of the Top 10 began, in the Joe Biden era, I have not been referring to our 45th president by name. Ive been referring to him as Former Guy, Loser 45, or my personal favorite The Slobfather. But like a fly on the wall or a bad weed, we just cant seem to get rid of this inhuman monster. So of course you know that one of the biggest Trump ass kissers is Texas governor Greg Abbott, and really with all of the problems you think would be bigger issues in Texas to fry such as their crippling power grid crisis. But instead the hill that Abbott chooses to die on is . The 2020 election! In Texas! In a state that voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Slobfather! Just this is absolutely insane. We all know what a spectacular fail the Arizona audit was. Lets hope that the Texas audit produces the same results!
Thats about the same reaction I have to this. I mean seriously what questions are they asking? And whos asking this? Alex Jones? Tucker Carlson? Any of the other right wing dipshits we hear on a daily basis? I mean Trumps lifeline whispering sweet nothings into Sean Hannitys ears every night has been cut off, so he needs to find a new megaphone with which to amplify his stupidity and insanity. And really hes quite batshit insane.
Im guessing he most likely doesnt. Even Abbotts offices themselves werent sure what to make of this latest insanity. Now you might be asking what the fuck are they trying to accomplish with this? And I answer you, sir or madam the answer is well something. And theyre doing this because reasons. I dont really have any explanation other than that. But I am guessing its a bullshit fueled conspiracy that is causing this and we probably wont hear the end of it.
Yeah definitely! So why now? Why almost a year after it was announced that Biden won and all the votes have been counted, certified, and counted again? Whats that old saying? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, 100,000 or more times, you must be a member of the MAGA cult! And the most infuriating thing about the MAGA cult is that they fall for scammers and con artists every time. Well could it be that they elected a con artist in chief? Yes! And he continues the con!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Highlights from the UN General Assembly
[br] [/font] [br]
You know thank god we have competent leadership back in the White House. This week marked the return of the United Nations General Assembly. Now if you dont know what this is, its basically a meeting where the leaders of the free world can meet and basically air their grievances or introduce new ideas to the world. You might have seen this at the end of the Marvel flick Black Panther. Well the UN general assembly is exactly like that. But of course while the world may be much freer than it was decades ago, is it really? Especially when everyone has a problem child. That problem child happens to be North Korea. Which of course as you know is run by a criminally insane mad man with access to nuclear weapons and has the entire world afraid of him. Oh wait, thats Trump. And wait, thats also Trump. But that said heres what the worlds problem child is up to.
God I love that movie! So what else happened during this meeting? Well North Korea isnt our only problem child in the world because theres also Afghanistan and Myanmar both of which are at the beginning of what will possibly be a very long and painful Civil War. But we definitely dont want our far right terrorists to get any ideas from those guys. But its still pretty troubling that neither country made an appearance this year.
Yeah thats pretty much what its like there. But at least with a competent president at the helm, we get a speech like this. Could you just imagine Trump at this forum? I mean of course if hes even invited? He would accuse half of the room of being losers and then talking about building walls and rage tweeting on the toilet. But enough about that asshole. The thing is weve got a lot to do if were going to get this planet back on track so the next several generations can enjoy it.
Excuse me a minute damn I love that movie! But you know what the biggest highlight of the 2021 UN General Assembly was? It wasnt Biden, or COVID, or civil war, or any of the other horrifying things facing our planet. It was Korean boy band BTS. Thats right the insanely popular Korean group that gets 1,000,000,000 hits on social media if one of the group members breathes, was the big hit at this years assembly. Seriously, theyll take over the whole world at this rate!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon and Alex Jones
[br] [/font] [br]
It's been 267 days since the attempted coup and attack on the US Capitol and every day I am asking the same damn question why the hell havent Alex Jones and Steve Bannon been hauled before the Congressional committee to answer for their crimes? And look you can point out that the Former Guy pardoned Bannon for some of his crimes, but he didnt pardon Bannon for any new ones he might have committed during his administration. And dont think were letting Alex Jones off the hook either. No, both of these scumbags are knee deep in their own conspiracy theories and while the shit hasnt quite hit the fan yet, it definitely will. I hope. So of course the representatives of the former administration are trying to keep their involvement in the events of that horrible day a secret. But its going to very quickly backfire on them.
Im with the kid on this one. But the good news coming out of DC right now is that the committee is planning to investigate people connected with the Former Guy. The second round of hearings is coming up in the middle of October, but expect in the next round that Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Steve Bannon will be hauled before the committee. Why arent these guys in jail yet? That should be the bigger question here!
Im with you on that, sir! But where is Alex Jones? Is he currently holed up in his Infowars bunker hawking cheap merchandise? Well the good news there is that the Infowars dominos are starting to fall and we could see some very interesting information coming about Jones involvement in the riots very soon. Bonus points if Owen Shoyer squeals before the committee if hes called to testify! Yeah get the popcorn and the beer ready!
So Steve Bannon and Alex Jones could potentially be in some very deep trouble. Weve been keeping close tabs on the riots since it happened and we will continue to do so. But what we do know is that two Infowars hosts have been arrested in coordination with the attack. And thats two too many! So could Alex Jones potentially be arrested? Well he absolutely should answer for his crimes but in what capacity certainly remains to be seen. But we also do know that the Oath Keepers are in some real trouble!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Top 10 Investigates: Chinas Cryptocurrency Ban
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time to investigate beyond the headlines! This is Top 10 Investigates!
The cryptocurrency boom has created some interesting characters. Most notably a group that calls themselves the Blockchain Bros. But recently the Chinese crackdown has created a huge bust for burgeoning cryptocurrencies around the globe. So could the fun be over for the Blockchain Bros? Yes probably. How is the internet world scrambling to keep up with whats been going on in China? Well theres been a lot of speculation about the cryptocurrency ban. And what its doing to the markets, and it's going to bring a world of hurt to crypto miners. But just like in the gold rush of 1890, in the end, the people who are really getting rich off the crypto mining boom are the ones who are selling the mining equipment. So how is the fun going to end for mining firms and blockchain bros? Well lets just say weve only just begun.
So is China going to finally finish the job or not of banning crypto currency? The logistics of it are complex but could it do long lasting damage to the economy? Part of the problem with crypto currency is that theres no central governing bank backing the money, like there is for printed currency. And the other part is that crypto currency can be very easily stolen. But that said, China is getting very serious this time around.
So crypto currency is a hot bed for underground illegal activity, which is part of the reason why China wants to ban it. Not to mention some of the people whove got really rich off crypto mining are people who you wouldnt trust with 15 cents, let alone 15 million dollars. Also just like the Gold Rush. But Chinas crackdown on Crypto mining is having an effect on Bitcoin and other coins all around the globe, and it will be interesting to see what happens.
So the door is closing and the fun might be over for the blockchain bros and crypto miners and all of the other insane things to come out of the crypto mining craze that have made life both interesting and miserable at the same time. Go ahead live it up with your Lamborghinis and your lavish lifestyles because when this thing goes bust, your life will go with it. But then again the ban could have the reverse effect that China is hoping for, and it might not have anything to do with greenhouse gases.
Thats it this week for Top 10 Investigates. Good day.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! Please be seated! Now I notice a great many of you happen to be wearing tin foil hats today. That is because conspiracy theories are running a foul with our brothers and sisters on the right side of things. Now let me ask you this why are religious people so prone to believing in insane conspiracy theories? Well theres no real answer for that but it seems like the crazier they are the more likely they are to believe them. But when you have pastors and podcasts that they listen to who are peddling these theories, theyre part of the problem. And Im sure thats not what our good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But lets take a look at some of the insane theories that they believe in and theres plenty of them to pick from. Well for starters lets start with our old buddy David Barton who is a religious historian that gets it wrong every single time. Well wait until you hear his latest piece of claptrap! This might be one of his most insane theories yet!
That is most certainly true, Fluffy! But you know that part of the problem is that todays active religious fundamentalists think that theyre waging a spiritual war, and that war is digital. Its not being fought on a battlefield, its being fought on your Facebook and Instagram accounts! So when you have most of the religious body being convinced that theyre soldiers fighting a war, and that war is being waged on conspiracy theories, this is what you get!
Now heres where it gets weird, because you know it was going to! One of the strangest people ever elected to Congress is the bizarre Madison Cawthorn, who is firmly on the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man who is so foul, vile, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But as I have stated, when you have people convinced theyre fighting spiritual warfare, these are the kind of crackpots that are going to come out of the woodwork!
Yes, high fis and boob tubes are great, Reverend! But you know whats not great? Having to deal with insane conspiracy theorists on a daily basis! I do love talking about conspiracy theories because a lot of times theyre stranger than fiction, and the people who actually believe them are even stranger! Now what happens when Christian nationalist theories are put into practice? Well lets just say these people actually believe this stuff and theyre not going away!
Probably or maybe not depending on how these crazy people act on their beliefs! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! But before you do, just remember that we are but 10 short days away from the premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! Sunday October 10th at 4:00 PM. Now you may go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Pride Files
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome to our first ever segment on the ongoing issues that are affecting the LGBT community, the Pride Files! And we picked quite the insane week to kick things off. I want to start with movies. Im really excited that things are getting back to where we were before this nightmare pandemic happened. But one movie specifically has people up in arms, and thats Marvels upcoming film The Eternals. Its a movie that was originally supposed to be released last year, but got delayed because of the you know what. But thats not the controversy. Oh no, my friends! The controversy is wait for it the evil gays because Marvel put a gay superhero in their movies. But this once again proves the sheer and utter ridiculousness of LGBT representation in cinema. And I dont blame Marvel one bit for wanting to please everyone.
Yeah yeah think of the children think of the children. Right. Ill tell you whos not thinking of the children is Tennessee moms! So heres the thing two women kissing on a parade float would that be cause for outrage in 2021? No? Youd think so, wouldnt you? But then again this is rural Tennessee were talking about here. And really people, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Because in 2021 theres far worse things to be outraged about!
Good point, Moe! Next up international LGBT news! You know its not just Americas LGBT community that is facing insanity coming from the Christian right. As we keep saying on this program its a global phenomenon and these assholes are literally the same no matter where you go. Except for maybe New Zealand, they might actually have a handle on the volatility of the Christian right. So yeah if youre thinking of relocating, maybe relocate to New Zealand.
OK yes! Think of the children! Think of the children! But you know I want to end with some good news, dont want you to think this segment is all fearmongering and doom and gloom. How about we end with this story out of Iowa where this teacher was placed on leave after admitting that hes bisexual, so you wont believe what these students did next. I went all Buzzfeed there on that sentence, didnt I? Well here's what happened next!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable, Conspiracy Corner! We are coming to you live of course from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location of course. Let me just adjust my tin foil hat for maximum government interference and ah there we go! This week were taking a look at conspiracy theories surrounding vaccines and vaccine mandates of which there are many to choose from! And you know those right wing lunatics who are crashing school boards and city council meetings? Oh youd better expect that to get worse before this nightmare is finally over. But not quite! There are anti-vaxxers everywhere! It doesnt matter if you are in the military or the NBA. But you will encounter one of these cretins at least once during the day. And calling them deplorable is a bit of an understatement these morons are utterly despicable!
Dude, seriously the NBA is the last place where this shit should be pushed around. I mean come on you have guys in close contact breathing on each other and sweating all over the place, thats not a place for infectious diseases to arise! Thank you audience! But if thats not enough, the king of conspiracy theorists our old buddy Tucker Carlson is kicking his bullshit into overdrive over the militarys vaccine requirements. Does he not know that active duty military get injected with literally every other vaccine known to man?
Yeah probably! So what do you call it when its not suicide and people are voluntarily dying from a now preventable illness? I personally call it VDBP Voluntary Death By Propaganda! You know since this segment began last year which currently feels like it was 15 years ago weve gone over literally every conspiracy theory in the book. But whats driving this madness? Well for one thing being isolated at home has really done a number on Q Anon nuts who are driving this crap.
Ah yes its the classic red pill blue pill dilemma. The people whove taken the red pill should fail to realize that this movie was written by two trans women and is actually a metaphor for how trans people are treated in society. But getting back to my point, staying at home for the last year and a half really amplified how much social media propaganda is screwing with peoples brains. This shit isnt anything new either, it happened 100 years ago too. But now that people are emerging from the basement Zoom calls, so is the propaganda!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know the idea behind this segment is that we have some drinks and we literally talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt involve politics. Because there is some seriously dark shit out there, so why not take a look at the lighter side of the news while indulging in our favorite beverages? Thats one of lifes few remaining pleasures! And Im so happy I get to drink in front of an audience again! Safety protocols first, of course. This week, you know I love a good beef. And right now this is one of the beefiest beefs to ever beef. Tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about a music beef? A meat juice cocktail? Whats in that? No thanks Ill just stick to my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. So whos beefing this week? In this corner, we have heavy metal demi-god Corey Taylor, leader of the band Slipknot! And in this corner, we have failed rapper turned movie star turned Blink 182 protégé Machine Gun Kelly! Trust us, this ones gonna get real weird real quick!
Yeah keep em coming! So it started with Taylor doing a verse on Machine Gun Kellys album from last year called Tickets To My Downfall and the verse didnt make it onto the album. But heres the thing that weve learned about the world of the beef dont throw shade at someone and then keep throwing shade at them! You know when youre in a hole, the last thing you want to do is to keep digging. Yeah dig up, stupid! Gotta love Chief Wiggum! But heres how that went and it totally backfired in his face.
Oh man nothing beats a good aged whisky ah! OK the Corey Taylor beef I get but why would you go after Conor McGregor? You know that dude is a loose cannon. And you cant have a black tongue and think its weird to wear masks! At least the masks you can take off! Now heres where it gets weird and I told you it was going to. Of course MGK went and took things a bit too far, and dont do that without getting shit thrown back at you in return!
Somehow I dont think thats not nearly enough! Now this is the point in the beef where the manager of one side usually tells the person that they might want to take a step back and reevaluate things. But seriously, Machine Gun, you might want to do that. Youre clearly on the losing end of this fight because Corey Taylor is just too powerful of a voice in the metal community. So really yeah take my advice and you might want to get away for a while. Even Tracy Jordan knew when he got crazy and pretended to be a Jedi that was where he hit rock bottom, so
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Road To Recall: The Final Chapter
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our very last and final edition of Road To Recall! And I really hope that this is the last time we have to talk about conservatives attempting to steal elections from liberal politicians. Because this is just McCarthyism gone berserk. Look, I know that were all tired of these shenanigans and I know they must stop. So the question remains how do we prevent this from happening again? Well that has been the talking point for most of the last couple of weeks here in The Golden State. And really unfortunately theres no good answer. But you know what Newsoms real success was? Larry Elder. Yup thats right! His biggest opponent in the election was also the key to his success. Because Larry Elder is one of those guys who tries to impress people with his knowledge, but really, he comes off looking like an idiot.
Yeah theres a lot of losers this week. A couple of winners, but mostly losers. And while this victory may be sweet, the war is just beginning. As I said last week theres lots of recalls happing in other parts of the country and some of those could succeed. But the question here in California is how do we prevent the next partisan power grab? Is it a sign that democracy is failing or is it a wake up call to how badly conservatives want to gain power? Its about 50/50.
Though the one thing about this recall election besides revealing how many truly awful people live in California is that its very eye opening about the changing demographics of the state. Will this be a model of what to watch in 2022? Because the midterms are coming and its a chance to give Joe Biden and the Dems their grades. But one alarming statistic out of the recall election is Riverside County, which went hard MAGA in this election. And theyre one of the largest in this state.
Yup! And heres the thing you have to realize about elections theyre all about star power! And the closest thing that they had to a star? Larry Elder! The reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger won in 2008 was because he had star power! Who did they have? Talk radio hosts executives car dealer owners retail clerks. You think any of them had a chance? Hell no! Which leaves us with Caitlyn Jenner. Sorry, but you lose. And the GOP is more divisive than its ever been. You chose this path, you live with it!
This concludes our 4 part mini-series! Back to Red State Diaries next week! The end! We did it!
[font size="8"]And Now This:[/font]
[font size="8]Primus[/font]
My next musical guest are touring paying tribute to one of the greatest progressive rock bands of all time, Rush! You can see them on the A Farewell To Kings Tour with Wolfmother through October 30th which includes a stop here in Denver October 21st and 22nd! Playing the Rush classic Xanadu, give it up for Primus!
Thank you Denver! Were off to Long Beach next with the famous Wheel Of Corruption and live music from Pearl Jam! Also dont forget next week is the taping of the series premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons!
See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Comedy Works, Denver, CO
Primus appears courtesy of: Prawn Song Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-10: Cyber Ninjas II: The Secret Of The Ooze Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #11-10: Cyber Ninjas II: The Secret Of The Ooze Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yo!!! Whats up Denver? How you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Its good to be back in the Mile High City! And hey since marijuana is legal here, its the Really High City! Am I right? OK yeah Ill file that one. And folks need I remind you that we are only two short weeks away from the series premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! It is getting very exciting around here! Be sure to follow our Twitter account at @10Idiots and @churchoftop10 for more! Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! OK so do we really need more spam? I know I sure as shit do not! I get what, 200 e-mails a day. I throw away maybe 199 of them, and there is usually a +- 1 e-mail margin of error there. So yeah fuck spam. But Texas is about to make it worse. And Texas usually makes everything worse dont they? Yeah one guy in the back yelling boo! Thank you sir, I got the message. But maybe its not so much Texas as it is the Texas GOP . Because they passed a social media censorship bill, and we may delve into that next week. But it has an unintended side effect: you get more spam! Yay! Even more reasons not to open my inbox. The people who authored this bill can really just go fuck themselves. Either play by the rules or get out. Dont attempt to rewrite them. Because youll just make things worse.
Thank you sound effects guy! Key to comedy is timing! OK enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to, but first John Oliver is back and I have to play what he did to get duck stamps made, because its freaking hilarious:
Well where do we begin this week? Well our number one entry goes to Cyber Ninjas (1)! Yes, the shady auditing firm that was running the Arizona election recount proved what we all already knew they were completely full of shit! But that hasnt stopped Former Guy (2) or the MAGAs oh no! They are hopping mad! And now theyre taking the recount fight to Texas? Why are they auditing states where they won an overwhelming majority, like Texas and Montana? Well they are batshit crazy! In the number 3 slot this week is the UN General Assembly (3), or our highlights from it. Thank god we have competent leadership back in the White House, am I right? Taking the number 4 slot this week is our old buddy Steve Bannon (4)! Did the white supremacist in chief basically admit to planning the Capitol Riots? Oh yeah he did! And his buddy Alex Jones might go down with him! In the number 5 slot this week, we have a new Top 10 Investigates (5)! China is putting the hammer down on crypto currency trading, could this mean the death of fun for blockchain bros? Yeah probably! In the number 6 slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in Holy Shit (6) and this week, were doing a deep dive into the world of evangelical conspiracy theories! Theyre getting extremely weird and increasingly violent our resident pastor will take a look at the best (and worst) of them! In the number 7 slot this week we have a new segment debuting The Pride Files (7) our first ever segment dedicated to the LGBT community and taking a look at the LGBT news of the week! In the number 8 slot this week, we have a new edition of Conspiracy Corner (8) after 20 years, has worship of the events of 9/11/2001 become a cult? We take a look at both sides of the issue! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week is a new I Need A Drink (9) and this week were going to have some drinks and discuss the issue of Cast Shaming particularly with Nintendos new Mario Movie and some other instances of fanboys being fanboys! Finally this week in Road To Recall (10), we give our final thoughts on the MAGAs getting their asses beaten again and talk about how this can be prevented in the future! Plus we also have some live Rush music for you from Primus! Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Cyber Ninjas
[br] [/font] [br]
Excuse me for a minute while I engage in a colossal gut laugh here. But here it goes! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Wait ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Ok ok Im done. This is the first laugh like this Ive had on the show in a long ass time, but when I saw last week that the auditing firm known as the Teenage Mutant Cyber Ninjas had completed their counting of the ballots of the 2020 election, and found even more votes for Biden, all I could say was LOSER!!!. And they are the biggest losers of them all. Of course Former Guy is attempting to steal the 2020 election with all the same finess as the Acme branded weapons of destruction that Wiley Coyote uses to catch the Road Runner. So how did this happen and why was it allowed to happen in the first place?
The long-awaited and repeatedly delayed report of the Senates purported audit of the election in Maricopa County featured a plethora of unsubstantiated allegations that files were deleted, equipment was improperly connected to the internet, signatures werent properly verified and ineligible voters may have cast ballots.
The county vehemently denied all of the allegations, and said the election review teams ignorance of election laws and procedures led them to make false claims.
What effect the audit will have remains to be seen. The hand-recount of nearly 2.1 million ballots reached the same result as the official tally: Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Maricopa County and in Arizona. (The audit concluded that Biden actually won by about 260 more votes than the official election results.)
Lead auditor Doug Logan, head of the Florida-based firm Cyber Ninjas, presented the audits findings along with former Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, CyFir CEO Ben Cotton, former Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Shiva Ayyadurai, an engineer and promoter of conspiracy theories, during a three-hour presentation at the Senate on Friday afternoon.
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/09/24/arizona-audit-a-multitude-of-unsubstantiated-claims-and-no-proof-of-fraud/
The county vehemently denied all of the allegations, and said the election review teams ignorance of election laws and procedures led them to make false claims.
What effect the audit will have remains to be seen. The hand-recount of nearly 2.1 million ballots reached the same result as the official tally: Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Maricopa County and in Arizona. (The audit concluded that Biden actually won by about 260 more votes than the official election results.)
Lead auditor Doug Logan, head of the Florida-based firm Cyber Ninjas, presented the audits findings along with former Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, CyFir CEO Ben Cotton, former Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Shiva Ayyadurai, an engineer and promoter of conspiracy theories, during a three-hour presentation at the Senate on Friday afternoon.
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/09/24/arizona-audit-a-multitude-of-unsubstantiated-claims-and-no-proof-of-fraud/
Does anyone get the irony of this? The guy whos the head of Cyber Ninjas is a MAGA conspiracy theorist and even he cant say that Trump won Arizona! I already got the gut laugh out of my system here. But Cyber Ninjas might want to consider some rebranding. How about: Cyber Ninjas II: The Secret Of The Ooze? Or maybe Cyber Ninjas: Out Of The Shadows? Oh wait, terrible movie. But there is some bad news is that this madness is spreading to other states.
What if the audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Arizona, ordered by the state Senate had not confirmed the certified results? Or go a step further: What if the contractors hired to do the work, Cyber Ninjas, had claimed to discover at least 10,458 missing votes for former President Donald Trump, enough to overcome President Bidens November victory in the Grand Canyon State?
They did not, instead releasing a report that alleges Trump lost the county by 360 more votes than the official returns show. But lets try the thought experiment: What if, after hauling around and manhandling more than 2 million ballots for counting by untrained volunteerslikely sympathetic to the causeat a former NBA arena, the Cyber Ninjas came forward with claims of election fraud massive enough that it could have shifted the states 11 electoral votes to Trump?
In terms of making Trump president, of course, it would mean nothing. Leaving aside the fact that Trump would still have lost his re-election even with Arizona in his column, theres no legal or constitutional means to take back a presidential certification. That would be true even if somehow the kooks and charlatansTrump chief among themwho claim that massive fraud in Arizona and at least two other states robbed the former president of a second term were proven right. In some bizarre alternate universe where Rudy Giuliani was credible and correct in his claims, Congress could only impeach and remove the sitting president and vice president if they wouldnt resign. That would make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi president for the next three years. Theres no means by which Congress could just appoint a former president into power like a Roman dictator.
https://thedispatch.com/p/arizona-audit-result-no-cause-for
They did not, instead releasing a report that alleges Trump lost the county by 360 more votes than the official returns show. But lets try the thought experiment: What if, after hauling around and manhandling more than 2 million ballots for counting by untrained volunteerslikely sympathetic to the causeat a former NBA arena, the Cyber Ninjas came forward with claims of election fraud massive enough that it could have shifted the states 11 electoral votes to Trump?
In terms of making Trump president, of course, it would mean nothing. Leaving aside the fact that Trump would still have lost his re-election even with Arizona in his column, theres no legal or constitutional means to take back a presidential certification. That would be true even if somehow the kooks and charlatansTrump chief among themwho claim that massive fraud in Arizona and at least two other states robbed the former president of a second term were proven right. In some bizarre alternate universe where Rudy Giuliani was credible and correct in his claims, Congress could only impeach and remove the sitting president and vice president if they wouldnt resign. That would make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi president for the next three years. Theres no means by which Congress could just appoint a former president into power like a Roman dictator.
https://thedispatch.com/p/arizona-audit-result-no-cause-for
Donald Trump: Electionus Stealicus. And yeah like I said hes attempting to steal the election with all the finesse of the Acme branded products that Wiley Coyote uses. So why does he keep doing this if it keeps backfiring on him? Well theres no clear explanation for this. Think of it this way the people who are actively pushing conspiracy theories may be the same people behind said conspiracy theories. Its a really fucked up episode of Scooby Doo were watching. Zoiks, Scoob!
Before the Arizona Senate decided to begin its review of ballots, Michigan lawyer Matthew DePerno was working to gather alleged evidence of election fraud in Antrim County, a small county in northwest Michigan that Trump won easily.
Antrim County quickly became a focal point for election fraud claims on election night because of an initial reporting error of unofficial results that was soon corrected. The mistake by an election worker, led to election fraud conspiracy theorists descending upon the state and accusing Dominion Voting Systems, the company that made Antrims election machines, of switching votes.
Maricopa County, the focus of the Arizona Senates audit, also uses Dominion machines.
DePerno has been a key player in pushing debunked election fraud claims about Antrim and has continued to fight for them in court, despite them being thrown out multiple times. In those court filings, DePerno claimed both Logan and Hayes were expert witnesses who could support his fraud claims.
The surfer and former clothing company owner was listed as an expert on application security, systems, process, generally accepted programming practices, standards of care, as it relates to application development of sensitive systems.
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/09/08/conan-hayes-the-former-pro-surfer-and-stop-the-steal-supporter-connected-to-the-arizona-audit/
Antrim County quickly became a focal point for election fraud claims on election night because of an initial reporting error of unofficial results that was soon corrected. The mistake by an election worker, led to election fraud conspiracy theorists descending upon the state and accusing Dominion Voting Systems, the company that made Antrims election machines, of switching votes.
Maricopa County, the focus of the Arizona Senates audit, also uses Dominion machines.
DePerno has been a key player in pushing debunked election fraud claims about Antrim and has continued to fight for them in court, despite them being thrown out multiple times. In those court filings, DePerno claimed both Logan and Hayes were expert witnesses who could support his fraud claims.
The surfer and former clothing company owner was listed as an expert on application security, systems, process, generally accepted programming practices, standards of care, as it relates to application development of sensitive systems.
https://www.azmirror.com/2021/09/08/conan-hayes-the-former-pro-surfer-and-stop-the-steal-supporter-connected-to-the-arizona-audit/
Come on, we have qualified people on our side. They have underwear models and clothing hawkers on theirs, yet they have more followers. What do we have on this thing? A Cuisinart? Seriously the other side is a clown show. Theyre a fucking joke! Which is why even though they are losers in the 2020 election, we still have to deal with these dipshits. But the even worse news is that audit madness is coming to a state near you!
Arizonas spurious election audit concluded on Friday, confirming yet again that President Joe Biden won Maricopa County and the state of Arizona but not putting an end to former President Donald Trumps false claims of election fraud, which are now fueling similar efforts to relitigate the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Texas.
The results of the audit a haphazard GOP review of ballots with no legal force behind it, done by a group called Cyber Ninjas in Arizonas Maricopa County, home to Phoenix found the vote totals virtually unchanged from the actual election results, which were certified by Arizona officials in November of last year.
That outcome isnt a surprise: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which US elections officials said last year was the most secure in American history. Every recount requested by Trump and his supporters has upheld the results of the 2020 election.
While the ballot review didnt turn up Trumps nonexistent election fraud, the process has caused a legion of problems for Arizona elections officials, who are currently facing death threats and will now have to spend millions to replace voting machines in Maricopa County.
https://www.vox.com/2021/9/25/22692965/arizona-audit-finished-other-states-getting-started
The results of the audit a haphazard GOP review of ballots with no legal force behind it, done by a group called Cyber Ninjas in Arizonas Maricopa County, home to Phoenix found the vote totals virtually unchanged from the actual election results, which were certified by Arizona officials in November of last year.
That outcome isnt a surprise: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which US elections officials said last year was the most secure in American history. Every recount requested by Trump and his supporters has upheld the results of the 2020 election.
While the ballot review didnt turn up Trumps nonexistent election fraud, the process has caused a legion of problems for Arizona elections officials, who are currently facing death threats and will now have to spend millions to replace voting machines in Maricopa County.
https://www.vox.com/2021/9/25/22692965/arizona-audit-finished-other-states-getting-started
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Donald Trump
[br] [/font] [br]
If you will notice, since season 10 and 11 of the Top 10 began, in the Joe Biden era, I have not been referring to our 45th president by name. Ive been referring to him as Former Guy, Loser 45, or my personal favorite The Slobfather. But like a fly on the wall or a bad weed, we just cant seem to get rid of this inhuman monster. So of course you know that one of the biggest Trump ass kissers is Texas governor Greg Abbott, and really with all of the problems you think would be bigger issues in Texas to fry such as their crippling power grid crisis. But instead the hill that Abbott chooses to die on is . The 2020 election! In Texas! In a state that voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Slobfather! Just this is absolutely insane. We all know what a spectacular fail the Arizona audit was. Lets hope that the Texas audit produces the same results!
Former President Trump is pressuring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to back a bill to launch an election audit in the Lone Star State, signaling an expanded effort to throw his broader 2020 election defeat into question.
While Trump won Texas handily in November, he issued an open letter to Abbott on Thursday repeating his unfounded claims of voter fraud and other irregularities "in some" counties in the state and urged the governor to back the election audit bill in the Texas Legislature's upcoming special session.
Despite my big win in Texas, I hear Texans want an election audit! You know your fellow Texans have big questions about the November 2020 Election, Trump said.
Texas needs you to act now. Your Third Special Session is the perfect, and maybe last, opportunity to pass this audit bill, he added. Texans know voting fraud occurred in some of their counties. Let's get to the bottom of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam!
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573629-trump-demands-abbott-back-election-audit-in-texas
While Trump won Texas handily in November, he issued an open letter to Abbott on Thursday repeating his unfounded claims of voter fraud and other irregularities "in some" counties in the state and urged the governor to back the election audit bill in the Texas Legislature's upcoming special session.
Despite my big win in Texas, I hear Texans want an election audit! You know your fellow Texans have big questions about the November 2020 Election, Trump said.
Texas needs you to act now. Your Third Special Session is the perfect, and maybe last, opportunity to pass this audit bill, he added. Texans know voting fraud occurred in some of their counties. Let's get to the bottom of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam!
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573629-trump-demands-abbott-back-election-audit-in-texas
Thats about the same reaction I have to this. I mean seriously what questions are they asking? And whos asking this? Alex Jones? Tucker Carlson? Any of the other right wing dipshits we hear on a daily basis? I mean Trumps lifeline whispering sweet nothings into Sean Hannitys ears every night has been cut off, so he needs to find a new megaphone with which to amplify his stupidity and insanity. And really hes quite batshit insane.
Donald Trumps letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanding he pursue an audit of the 2020 election set off a mad dash in the governors office as aides sought to figure out just how serious the former president was, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
In the letter, Trump called on Abbott to hold a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Election" and pass HB 16, a bill recently filed in the Third Special Session of the Texas legislature, which would allow for an Arizona-style audit of the presidential election.
"Despite my big win in Texas, I hear Texans want an election audit!" Trump wrote in a public letter addressed to Abbott on Thursday. "Texas needs you to act now. Your Third Special Session is the perfect, and maybe last, opportunity to pass this audit bill. Time is running out."
Just hours after Trump released the letter, a statement was put out by Sam Taylor, assistant secretary of state for communications, who said the office had already begun the process of reviewing 2020 votes in the states two largest Democrat and two largest Republican counties: Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin. Trump only won Collin County, and Biden won Dallas, Harris and Tarrant counties in 2020.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/trump-texas-audit-abbott-scramble-514454
In the letter, Trump called on Abbott to hold a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Election" and pass HB 16, a bill recently filed in the Third Special Session of the Texas legislature, which would allow for an Arizona-style audit of the presidential election.
"Despite my big win in Texas, I hear Texans want an election audit!" Trump wrote in a public letter addressed to Abbott on Thursday. "Texas needs you to act now. Your Third Special Session is the perfect, and maybe last, opportunity to pass this audit bill. Time is running out."
Just hours after Trump released the letter, a statement was put out by Sam Taylor, assistant secretary of state for communications, who said the office had already begun the process of reviewing 2020 votes in the states two largest Democrat and two largest Republican counties: Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin. Trump only won Collin County, and Biden won Dallas, Harris and Tarrant counties in 2020.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/trump-texas-audit-abbott-scramble-514454
Im guessing he most likely doesnt. Even Abbotts offices themselves werent sure what to make of this latest insanity. Now you might be asking what the fuck are they trying to accomplish with this? And I answer you, sir or madam the answer is well something. And theyre doing this because reasons. I dont really have any explanation other than that. But I am guessing its a bullshit fueled conspiracy that is causing this and we probably wont hear the end of it.
The Texas Secretary of State's Office announced Tuesday the details of a "forensic audit" of the 2020 election it launched last week, a day after former President Donald Trump suggested that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) order the audit.
The Secretary of State's Office says the audit ensures "Texas voters have confidence in the elections system" and addresses things election officials could face "that undermine the integrity of our elections."
Trump won Texas in 2020 by 5.5 percentage points and there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the state. Still, it was the closest margin of victory by a GOP presidential nominee in Texas in decades.
The Secretary of State is appointed by the governor in Texas but has remained vacant since Ruth Ruggero Hughs stepped down in May.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lone-star-politics/texas-announces-details-of-forensic-audit-of-2020-election-results/2753747/
The Secretary of State's Office says the audit ensures "Texas voters have confidence in the elections system" and addresses things election officials could face "that undermine the integrity of our elections."
Trump won Texas in 2020 by 5.5 percentage points and there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the state. Still, it was the closest margin of victory by a GOP presidential nominee in Texas in decades.
The Secretary of State is appointed by the governor in Texas but has remained vacant since Ruth Ruggero Hughs stepped down in May.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lone-star-politics/texas-announces-details-of-forensic-audit-of-2020-election-results/2753747/
Yeah definitely! So why now? Why almost a year after it was announced that Biden won and all the votes have been counted, certified, and counted again? Whats that old saying? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, 100,000 or more times, you must be a member of the MAGA cult! And the most infuriating thing about the MAGA cult is that they fall for scammers and con artists every time. Well could it be that they elected a con artist in chief? Yes! And he continues the con!
Officials in the Texas secretary of state's office have launched a "full and comprehensive forensic audit" of 2020 general election results in four of the state's largest counties: Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin.
The state agency announced the audit late Thursday in a short statement, hours after former President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott to add an election audit bill to the agenda for the current special legislative session.
More:Trump asks Abbott to add 2020 election audit legislation to special session agenda
The statement said the agency has the authority under existing state laws to conduct election audits and that officials had "already begun the process." It did not say what prompted the audits. State elections officials told lawmakers earlier this year that the 2020 election was "smooth and secure," and data show that voter fraud is rare in the state.
In a public letter to Abbott, Trump repeated unfounded claims of voter fraud that he has advanced since he lost his reelection bid. He continues to falsely claim that the election was stolen from him, despite an investigation by his own Department of Justice that determined that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud during the election.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/09/23/texas-audit-2020-election-results-four-major-counties/5838556001/
The state agency announced the audit late Thursday in a short statement, hours after former President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott to add an election audit bill to the agenda for the current special legislative session.
More:Trump asks Abbott to add 2020 election audit legislation to special session agenda
The statement said the agency has the authority under existing state laws to conduct election audits and that officials had "already begun the process." It did not say what prompted the audits. State elections officials told lawmakers earlier this year that the 2020 election was "smooth and secure," and data show that voter fraud is rare in the state.
In a public letter to Abbott, Trump repeated unfounded claims of voter fraud that he has advanced since he lost his reelection bid. He continues to falsely claim that the election was stolen from him, despite an investigation by his own Department of Justice that determined that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud during the election.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/09/23/texas-audit-2020-election-results-four-major-counties/5838556001/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Highlights from the UN General Assembly
[br] [/font] [br]
You know thank god we have competent leadership back in the White House. This week marked the return of the United Nations General Assembly. Now if you dont know what this is, its basically a meeting where the leaders of the free world can meet and basically air their grievances or introduce new ideas to the world. You might have seen this at the end of the Marvel flick Black Panther. Well the UN general assembly is exactly like that. But of course while the world may be much freer than it was decades ago, is it really? Especially when everyone has a problem child. That problem child happens to be North Korea. Which of course as you know is run by a criminally insane mad man with access to nuclear weapons and has the entire world afraid of him. Oh wait, thats Trump. And wait, thats also Trump. But that said heres what the worlds problem child is up to.
Minutes before North Korea's representative addressed the United Nations General Assembly Monday, South Korea's military chiefs said Pyongyang had fired an "unidentified projectile" into the Sea of Japan.
North Korea's U.N. ambassador did not mention the incident during his address on the final day of the annual debate, which draws world leaders to New York.
Instead, Kim Song spoke about the bad relations between Pyongyang and Washington, attributing them to the United States' "anachronistic hostile policy" toward North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, for the past 70 years and the fact that the Korean War has never officially ended.
"The possible outbreak of a new war on the Korean Peninsula is contained not because of the U.S.'s mercy on the DPRK," Ambassador Kim added, using the abbreviation for his countrys official name the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. "It is because our state is growing reliable deterrent that can control the hostile forces in their attempts for military invasion."
https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-myanmar-skip-un-general-assembly-/6247496.html
North Korea's U.N. ambassador did not mention the incident during his address on the final day of the annual debate, which draws world leaders to New York.
Instead, Kim Song spoke about the bad relations between Pyongyang and Washington, attributing them to the United States' "anachronistic hostile policy" toward North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, for the past 70 years and the fact that the Korean War has never officially ended.
"The possible outbreak of a new war on the Korean Peninsula is contained not because of the U.S.'s mercy on the DPRK," Ambassador Kim added, using the abbreviation for his countrys official name the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. "It is because our state is growing reliable deterrent that can control the hostile forces in their attempts for military invasion."
https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-myanmar-skip-un-general-assembly-/6247496.html
God I love that movie! So what else happened during this meeting? Well North Korea isnt our only problem child in the world because theres also Afghanistan and Myanmar both of which are at the beginning of what will possibly be a very long and painful Civil War. But we definitely dont want our far right terrorists to get any ideas from those guys. But its still pretty troubling that neither country made an appearance this year.
The UN representatives for Afghanistan and Myanmar were dropped from the list of speakers who were to address world leaders on Monday, the last day of the UN General Assembly in New York City.
Both the Taliban in Afghanistan and the military junta in Myanmar had written to the UN secretary-general to say their representatives to the United Nations were appointed by governments that were no longer in power.
Diplomats told news agency AFP that Washington, Beijing and Moscow appear to have brokered the move to drop each of the countries' representatives from speaking at the general debate session.
The three countries are part of a nine-member committee that decides on whether an appointed person has the credentials to represent the country at the global body.
Afghanistan's ambassador to the UN was on the speakers list until late Sunday evening. He was dropped Monday morning.
https://www.dw.com/en/un-general-assembly-ends-with-no-speeches-from-afghanistan-or-myanmar/a-59333811
Both the Taliban in Afghanistan and the military junta in Myanmar had written to the UN secretary-general to say their representatives to the United Nations were appointed by governments that were no longer in power.
Diplomats told news agency AFP that Washington, Beijing and Moscow appear to have brokered the move to drop each of the countries' representatives from speaking at the general debate session.
The three countries are part of a nine-member committee that decides on whether an appointed person has the credentials to represent the country at the global body.
Afghanistan's ambassador to the UN was on the speakers list until late Sunday evening. He was dropped Monday morning.
https://www.dw.com/en/un-general-assembly-ends-with-no-speeches-from-afghanistan-or-myanmar/a-59333811
Yeah thats pretty much what its like there. But at least with a competent president at the helm, we get a speech like this. Could you just imagine Trump at this forum? I mean of course if hes even invited? He would accuse half of the room of being losers and then talking about building walls and rage tweeting on the toilet. But enough about that asshole. The thing is weve got a lot to do if were going to get this planet back on track so the next several generations can enjoy it.
When President Joe Biden mounts the iconic green marble rostrum inside the hall of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, he will face an audience skeptical he really is as different from his predecessor as he likes to claim.
For world leaders who were alternately addled and amused by former President Donald Trump -- who once encountered mocking laughter from the UN crowd in the middle of his big speech -- Biden represented hope for a different era in American foreign relations. He spent his first foreign trip in June declaring across Europe that "America is back."
He continued that message in his first appearance in New York when he met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"The strong partnership between the United States and the U.N. is based on common values and principals, and at this moment, those bonds are more important than ever. America's back and we believe in the United Nations and its values," Biden said.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/politics/joe-biden-united-nations-donald-trump/index.html
For world leaders who were alternately addled and amused by former President Donald Trump -- who once encountered mocking laughter from the UN crowd in the middle of his big speech -- Biden represented hope for a different era in American foreign relations. He spent his first foreign trip in June declaring across Europe that "America is back."
He continued that message in his first appearance in New York when he met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"The strong partnership between the United States and the U.N. is based on common values and principals, and at this moment, those bonds are more important than ever. America's back and we believe in the United Nations and its values," Biden said.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/politics/joe-biden-united-nations-donald-trump/index.html
Excuse me a minute damn I love that movie! But you know what the biggest highlight of the 2021 UN General Assembly was? It wasnt Biden, or COVID, or civil war, or any of the other horrifying things facing our planet. It was Korean boy band BTS. Thats right the insanely popular Korean group that gets 1,000,000,000 hits on social media if one of the group members breathes, was the big hit at this years assembly. Seriously, theyll take over the whole world at this rate!
Fans around the world look to their favourite stars for guidance and inspiration, and some K-pop stars are taking up the mantle of advocating change.
Global leaders have turned to BTS and Blackpink to share their intentions with the world.
On September 20, BTS took the floor at the United Nations
to discuss, among other things, their hope for a world where the Covid-19 pandemic is less debilitating and one where climate change
isnt a monumental threat.
Every choice we make is the beginning of change, not the end, said band leader RM, during the bands third speech to the UN since 2018. They accompanied the delegation of South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and were sworn in as presidential envoys and given diplomatic passports ahead of the trip.
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/article/3150216/bts-blackpink-un-assembly-covid-19-bts-talk-about-vaccination
Global leaders have turned to BTS and Blackpink to share their intentions with the world.
On September 20, BTS took the floor at the United Nations
to discuss, among other things, their hope for a world where the Covid-19 pandemic is less debilitating and one where climate change
isnt a monumental threat.
Every choice we make is the beginning of change, not the end, said band leader RM, during the bands third speech to the UN since 2018. They accompanied the delegation of South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and were sworn in as presidential envoys and given diplomatic passports ahead of the trip.
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/article/3150216/bts-blackpink-un-assembly-covid-19-bts-talk-about-vaccination
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Steve Bannon and Alex Jones
[br] [/font] [br]
It's been 267 days since the attempted coup and attack on the US Capitol and every day I am asking the same damn question why the hell havent Alex Jones and Steve Bannon been hauled before the Congressional committee to answer for their crimes? And look you can point out that the Former Guy pardoned Bannon for some of his crimes, but he didnt pardon Bannon for any new ones he might have committed during his administration. And dont think were letting Alex Jones off the hook either. No, both of these scumbags are knee deep in their own conspiracy theories and while the shit hasnt quite hit the fan yet, it definitely will. I hope. So of course the representatives of the former administration are trying to keep their involvement in the events of that horrible day a secret. But its going to very quickly backfire on them.
In the days leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol that left five people dead and more than 100 police officers wounded, one man may have been whispering in Donald Trump's ear more than any other: Steve Bannon.
In the waning days of December, Bannon was on the phone with Trump, urging the President to make January 6 -- the date of the official certification on the Electoral College vote by Congress -- a sort of final stand in his war on (nonexistent) voter fraud.
As authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa recount in their book "Peril":
"'You've got to call Pence off the [expletive] ski slopes and get him back here today. This is a crisis.' Bannon said, referring to the vice president who was vacationing in Vail, Colorado.
"Bannon told Trump to focus on January 6. That was the moment for a reckoning.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/politics/steve-bannon-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html
In the waning days of December, Bannon was on the phone with Trump, urging the President to make January 6 -- the date of the official certification on the Electoral College vote by Congress -- a sort of final stand in his war on (nonexistent) voter fraud.
As authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa recount in their book "Peril":
"'You've got to call Pence off the [expletive] ski slopes and get him back here today. This is a crisis.' Bannon said, referring to the vice president who was vacationing in Vail, Colorado.
"Bannon told Trump to focus on January 6. That was the moment for a reckoning.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/politics/steve-bannon-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html
Im with the kid on this one. But the good news coming out of DC right now is that the committee is planning to investigate people connected with the Former Guy. The second round of hearings is coming up in the middle of October, but expect in the next round that Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Steve Bannon will be hauled before the committee. Why arent these guys in jail yet? That should be the bigger question here!
The committee investigating the Capitol riot has issued its first subpoenas of President Trump's allies - including Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon.
The Democratic-led committee has demanded documents and called them to testify in mid-October.
A letter written by the committee's chairman suggests they were involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election that led to the deadly unrest.
Lawmakers are after information on Mr Trump's actions leading up to the riot.
The committee's first four subpoenas were issued to Mr Meadows, former White House chief of staff; Mr Bannon, Mr Trump's former advisor; former deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino; and Kashyap Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.
"The committee is investigating the facts, circumstances, and causes of the January 6th attack and issues relating to the peaceful transfer of power," the committee said in a letter on Thursday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58673755
The Democratic-led committee has demanded documents and called them to testify in mid-October.
A letter written by the committee's chairman suggests they were involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election that led to the deadly unrest.
Lawmakers are after information on Mr Trump's actions leading up to the riot.
The committee's first four subpoenas were issued to Mr Meadows, former White House chief of staff; Mr Bannon, Mr Trump's former advisor; former deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino; and Kashyap Patel, a former Pentagon chief of staff.
"The committee is investigating the facts, circumstances, and causes of the January 6th attack and issues relating to the peaceful transfer of power," the committee said in a letter on Thursday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58673755
Im with you on that, sir! But where is Alex Jones? Is he currently holed up in his Infowars bunker hawking cheap merchandise? Well the good news there is that the Infowars dominos are starting to fall and we could see some very interesting information coming about Jones involvement in the riots very soon. Bonus points if Owen Shoyer squeals before the committee if hes called to testify! Yeah get the popcorn and the beer ready!
A Texas talk show host for the far-right website InfoWars was arrested last month in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according the the Department of Justice.
Jonathon Owen Shroyer, the host of "The War Room with Owen Shroyer," was charged with knowingly entering a restricted building and two counts of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. The FBI arrested him Aug. 23 in San Antonio.
The Austin-based website features videos promoting conspiracy videos that have been banned from other online and social media sites for hate speech and misinformation, including false theories about 9/11, the Sandy Hook massacre and the coronavirus.
According to the FBI, there is livestream footage showing Shroyer marching to the Capitol with a crowd of people. Once inside, Shroyer is seen standing above the crowd on the west side of the building near the inauguration stage, the FBI said.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/InfoWars-Owen-Shroyer-arrested-Capitol-Riot-16430977.php
Jonathon Owen Shroyer, the host of "The War Room with Owen Shroyer," was charged with knowingly entering a restricted building and two counts of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. The FBI arrested him Aug. 23 in San Antonio.
The Austin-based website features videos promoting conspiracy videos that have been banned from other online and social media sites for hate speech and misinformation, including false theories about 9/11, the Sandy Hook massacre and the coronavirus.
According to the FBI, there is livestream footage showing Shroyer marching to the Capitol with a crowd of people. Once inside, Shroyer is seen standing above the crowd on the west side of the building near the inauguration stage, the FBI said.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/InfoWars-Owen-Shroyer-arrested-Capitol-Riot-16430977.php
So Steve Bannon and Alex Jones could potentially be in some very deep trouble. Weve been keeping close tabs on the riots since it happened and we will continue to do so. But what we do know is that two Infowars hosts have been arrested in coordination with the attack. And thats two too many! So could Alex Jones potentially be arrested? Well he absolutely should answer for his crimes but in what capacity certainly remains to be seen. But we also do know that the Oath Keepers are in some real trouble!
Court records show that of the more than 500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, no one was more coordinated in their efforts to disrupt the congressional certification of the U.S. electoral votes than individuals like these.
The people in the Capitol steps formation were Oath Keepers, militarily-trained people who spoke with one another about commitment to their "oath" one to "uphold the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Their ranks included active-duty military, veterans and some with law enforcement experience, people who had joined up with the organization since its founding in 2009. The groups motto, "not on our watch," emphasized a level of vigilance against a perceived threat that could strike at any time.
Their leaders sent top-down messages ordering members to protest and fight. Some trained before they came and brought armor, tools and weapons. They raised money for protective gear and travel to D.C. Some attacked police. In many cases, prosecutors say, members of far-right groups helped escalate the rally into a full-on attack.
Of approximately 40 people facing conspiracy charges as of early September, 19 were associated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia, according to PolitiFacts review of court files. Another 17 were affiliated with the Proud Boys extremist group. As part of PolitiFacts ongoing look at how misinformation fueled the events of Jan. 6, we examined the case files of defendants associated with Oath Keepers and found they tell a story of preparation, communication and structure.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/23/everything-we-trained-how-far-right-oath-keepers-m/
The people in the Capitol steps formation were Oath Keepers, militarily-trained people who spoke with one another about commitment to their "oath" one to "uphold the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Their ranks included active-duty military, veterans and some with law enforcement experience, people who had joined up with the organization since its founding in 2009. The groups motto, "not on our watch," emphasized a level of vigilance against a perceived threat that could strike at any time.
Their leaders sent top-down messages ordering members to protest and fight. Some trained before they came and brought armor, tools and weapons. They raised money for protective gear and travel to D.C. Some attacked police. In many cases, prosecutors say, members of far-right groups helped escalate the rally into a full-on attack.
Of approximately 40 people facing conspiracy charges as of early September, 19 were associated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia, according to PolitiFacts review of court files. Another 17 were affiliated with the Proud Boys extremist group. As part of PolitiFacts ongoing look at how misinformation fueled the events of Jan. 6, we examined the case files of defendants associated with Oath Keepers and found they tell a story of preparation, communication and structure.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/23/everything-we-trained-how-far-right-oath-keepers-m/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Top 10 Investigates: Chinas Cryptocurrency Ban
[br] [/font] [br]
It's time to investigate beyond the headlines! This is Top 10 Investigates!
The cryptocurrency boom has created some interesting characters. Most notably a group that calls themselves the Blockchain Bros. But recently the Chinese crackdown has created a huge bust for burgeoning cryptocurrencies around the globe. So could the fun be over for the Blockchain Bros? Yes probably. How is the internet world scrambling to keep up with whats been going on in China? Well theres been a lot of speculation about the cryptocurrency ban. And what its doing to the markets, and it's going to bring a world of hurt to crypto miners. But just like in the gold rush of 1890, in the end, the people who are really getting rich off the crypto mining boom are the ones who are selling the mining equipment. So how is the fun going to end for mining firms and blockchain bros? Well lets just say weve only just begun.
Cryptocurrency exchanges and providers of crypto services are scrambling to sever business ties with mainland Chinese clients, after Beijing issued last week a blanket ban on all crypto trading and mining.
In a culmination of years of efforts to rein in the sector, 10 powerful Chinese government bodies including the central bank said overseas exchanges were barred from providing services to mainland investors via the internet a previously grey area and promised to jointly root out illegal cryptocurrency activities.
While this is not a surprise as China has banned crypto many times in the past, this time there is no ambiguity, said Henri Arslanian, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) crypto leader and partner, on Twitter. Crypto transactions and crypto services of all kind are banned in China. No room for discussion. No gray area.
Huobi Global and Binance, two of the worlds largest exchanges and popular with Chinese users, have stopped new registrations of accounts by mainland customers. Huobi also said it would clean up existing ones by the end of the year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/27/with-chinese-ban-final-on-crypto-firms-scramble-to-sever-ties
In a culmination of years of efforts to rein in the sector, 10 powerful Chinese government bodies including the central bank said overseas exchanges were barred from providing services to mainland investors via the internet a previously grey area and promised to jointly root out illegal cryptocurrency activities.
While this is not a surprise as China has banned crypto many times in the past, this time there is no ambiguity, said Henri Arslanian, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) crypto leader and partner, on Twitter. Crypto transactions and crypto services of all kind are banned in China. No room for discussion. No gray area.
Huobi Global and Binance, two of the worlds largest exchanges and popular with Chinese users, have stopped new registrations of accounts by mainland customers. Huobi also said it would clean up existing ones by the end of the year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/27/with-chinese-ban-final-on-crypto-firms-scramble-to-sever-ties
So is China going to finally finish the job or not of banning crypto currency? The logistics of it are complex but could it do long lasting damage to the economy? Part of the problem with crypto currency is that theres no central governing bank backing the money, like there is for printed currency. And the other part is that crypto currency can be very easily stolen. But that said, China is getting very serious this time around.
China's central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin.
"Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities," the People's Bank of China said, warning it "seriously endangers the safety of people's assets".
China is one of the world's largest crypto-currency markets.
Fluctuations there often impact the global price of crypto-currencies.
The price of Bitcoin fell by more than $2,000 (£1,460) in the wake of the Chinese announcement.
It is the latest in China's national crackdown on what it sees as a volatile, speculative investment at best - and a way to launder money at worst.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678907
"Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities," the People's Bank of China said, warning it "seriously endangers the safety of people's assets".
China is one of the world's largest crypto-currency markets.
Fluctuations there often impact the global price of crypto-currencies.
The price of Bitcoin fell by more than $2,000 (£1,460) in the wake of the Chinese announcement.
It is the latest in China's national crackdown on what it sees as a volatile, speculative investment at best - and a way to launder money at worst.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678907
So crypto currency is a hot bed for underground illegal activity, which is part of the reason why China wants to ban it. Not to mention some of the people whove got really rich off crypto mining are people who you wouldnt trust with 15 cents, let alone 15 million dollars. Also just like the Gold Rush. But Chinas crackdown on Crypto mining is having an effect on Bitcoin and other coins all around the globe, and it will be interesting to see what happens.
China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks.
Ten agencies, including the central bank, financial, securities and foreign exchange regulators, vowed to work together to root out "illegal" cryptocurrency activity, the first time the Beijing-based regulators have joined forces to explicitly ban all cryptocurrency-related activity.
China in May banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions, and issued similar bans in 2013 and 2017.
The repeated prohibitions highlight the challenge of closing loopholes and identifying bitcoin-related transactions, though banks and payment firms say they support the effort.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/
Ten agencies, including the central bank, financial, securities and foreign exchange regulators, vowed to work together to root out "illegal" cryptocurrency activity, the first time the Beijing-based regulators have joined forces to explicitly ban all cryptocurrency-related activity.
China in May banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions, and issued similar bans in 2013 and 2017.
The repeated prohibitions highlight the challenge of closing loopholes and identifying bitcoin-related transactions, though banks and payment firms say they support the effort.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/
So the door is closing and the fun might be over for the blockchain bros and crypto miners and all of the other insane things to come out of the crypto mining craze that have made life both interesting and miserable at the same time. Go ahead live it up with your Lamborghinis and your lavish lifestyles because when this thing goes bust, your life will go with it. But then again the ban could have the reverse effect that China is hoping for, and it might not have anything to do with greenhouse gases.
Last week, the Peoples Bank of China made an unprecedented move, declaring all cryptocurrency transactions in the country illegal. Crypto exchanges are reportedly scrambling to drop Chinese users before the ban comes into effect, and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether dropped as much as 7% when the ban was announced. (They have since largely recovered, on which more below).
Chinas robust cryptocurrency mining market which was responsible for 53% of Bitcoin mining worldwide as of February of this year is effectively dead in the water. Chinese companies have reportedly ceased to sell cryptocurrency mining hardware, with major players like Alibaba blocking new sales. The reasons behind Chinas cryptocurrency ban are complex. Ultimately, however, the countrys move is great news for cryptocurrencies politically, economically, and environmentally.
Chinas ban might feel sudden, but its actually been a long time coming. According to Business Insider, China banned banks from handling cryptocurrency transactions as early as 2013, reiterating the ban in 2017. In June of this year, the country cracked down on cryptocurrency miners, forcing many to move overseas. Viewed in that light, Chinas blanket ban is perhaps surprising in its comprehensiveness, but its not exactly unexpected. Indeed, the speed with which crypto prices recovered following the bans announcement suggests that crypto investors were expecting it, and had already priced the ban into their coin investments.
https://onezero.medium.com/chinas-ban-is-great-news-for-cryptocurrencies-17233acdba22
Chinas robust cryptocurrency mining market which was responsible for 53% of Bitcoin mining worldwide as of February of this year is effectively dead in the water. Chinese companies have reportedly ceased to sell cryptocurrency mining hardware, with major players like Alibaba blocking new sales. The reasons behind Chinas cryptocurrency ban are complex. Ultimately, however, the countrys move is great news for cryptocurrencies politically, economically, and environmentally.
Chinas ban might feel sudden, but its actually been a long time coming. According to Business Insider, China banned banks from handling cryptocurrency transactions as early as 2013, reiterating the ban in 2017. In June of this year, the country cracked down on cryptocurrency miners, forcing many to move overseas. Viewed in that light, Chinas blanket ban is perhaps surprising in its comprehensiveness, but its not exactly unexpected. Indeed, the speed with which crypto prices recovered following the bans announcement suggests that crypto investors were expecting it, and had already priced the ban into their coin investments.
https://onezero.medium.com/chinas-ban-is-great-news-for-cryptocurrencies-17233acdba22
Thats it this week for Top 10 Investigates. Good day.
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Holy Shit
[br] [/font] [br]
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! Please be seated! Now I notice a great many of you happen to be wearing tin foil hats today. That is because conspiracy theories are running a foul with our brothers and sisters on the right side of things. Now let me ask you this why are religious people so prone to believing in insane conspiracy theories? Well theres no real answer for that but it seems like the crazier they are the more likely they are to believe them. But when you have pastors and podcasts that they listen to who are peddling these theories, theyre part of the problem. And Im sure thats not what our good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now is it? But lets take a look at some of the insane theories that they believe in and theres plenty of them to pick from. Well for starters lets start with our old buddy David Barton who is a religious historian that gets it wrong every single time. Well wait until you hear his latest piece of claptrap! This might be one of his most insane theories yet!
Religious-right activist David Barton is currently traveling the country as part of the Faith Wins American Restoration Tour, spreading his right-wing pseudo-history in churches in an effort to mobilize conservative Christians heading into the 2022 midterm elections.
On Monday, Barton spoke at Mountain View Baptist Church in Cowpens, South Carolina, where he claimed that the Bible instructs religious leaders to take responsibility for recruiting candidates to run for office.
If you go to Exodus 18:21, the Bible is very clear, Barton said. The Bible says, Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. OK, guys, lets have elections. Lets have local, county, state, and federal elections.
But how do you get those [candidates]? Barton asked. Who does that providing? Its interesting: the spiritual leader. Moses saysand he repeats this in Deuteronomy 1 and Deuteronomy 16he says, I went and recruited from among you good people, and I brought them before you and set them before you, and you chose from among those good people. In other words, I recruited candidates for office, and then you elected the candidate you wanted to office. So what happens is theres a recruiting effort going on in the background. Moses is the one who did it.
As we have noted before, Barton intentionally misrepresents this passage from the Bible in order to promote his own right-wing political agenda.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-says-the-bible-instructs-religious-leaders-to-recruit-political-candidates-for-office/
On Monday, Barton spoke at Mountain View Baptist Church in Cowpens, South Carolina, where he claimed that the Bible instructs religious leaders to take responsibility for recruiting candidates to run for office.
If you go to Exodus 18:21, the Bible is very clear, Barton said. The Bible says, Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. OK, guys, lets have elections. Lets have local, county, state, and federal elections.
But how do you get those [candidates]? Barton asked. Who does that providing? Its interesting: the spiritual leader. Moses saysand he repeats this in Deuteronomy 1 and Deuteronomy 16he says, I went and recruited from among you good people, and I brought them before you and set them before you, and you chose from among those good people. In other words, I recruited candidates for office, and then you elected the candidate you wanted to office. So what happens is theres a recruiting effort going on in the background. Moses is the one who did it.
As we have noted before, Barton intentionally misrepresents this passage from the Bible in order to promote his own right-wing political agenda.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-says-the-bible-instructs-religious-leaders-to-recruit-political-candidates-for-office/
That is most certainly true, Fluffy! But you know that part of the problem is that todays active religious fundamentalists think that theyre waging a spiritual war, and that war is digital. Its not being fought on a battlefield, its being fought on your Facebook and Instagram accounts! So when you have most of the religious body being convinced that theyre soldiers fighting a war, and that war is being waged on conspiracy theories, this is what you get!
QAnon conspiracy theorists have long fancied themselves digital soldiers whose skills at posting dank memes and owning libs on the internet plays a key role in former President Donald Trumps purported operation to take down the global network of satanic pedophiles that supposedly secretly runs the world.
Dave Hayes, who built a reputation as a leading decoder of Q posts under the handle Praying Medic until he was booted from most major social media platforms for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation, takes his role as a digital soldier very seriously. Appearing on fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Greg Harveys livestream program Monday, Hayes said that he and other QAnon activists are the online equivalent of the special forces in the military who have been trained to overcome any obstacle in order to achieve their objective.
The thing that we have to realize as anons is that we went through a three-year course of training and equipping to detect, expose, and help wake other people up to the realities of corruption through Q, Hayes said. Qs operation was a training course to teach us how to do research in such a way that we could detect corruption and then find a way to make that information available to the public.
We have been trained for years to do exactly what were doing, he continued. Even though we dont necessarily know whats coming in the future, we have been trained to deal with whatever comes. Its like being in the special forces in the military. Special forces groups dont necessarily know what plans, what attacks, what kind of opposition theyre going to face when they go into a certain territory. When theyre doing an operation, they dont necessarily know the troop strength thats going to oppose them, they dont know how well armed their enemy is, but they rely on their training, they rely on the fact that they are trained and equipped, and theyre able to overcome whatever obstacle is set in front of them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dave-hayes-says-being-a-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-is-like-being-in-the-special-forces/
Dave Hayes, who built a reputation as a leading decoder of Q posts under the handle Praying Medic until he was booted from most major social media platforms for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation, takes his role as a digital soldier very seriously. Appearing on fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Greg Harveys livestream program Monday, Hayes said that he and other QAnon activists are the online equivalent of the special forces in the military who have been trained to overcome any obstacle in order to achieve their objective.
The thing that we have to realize as anons is that we went through a three-year course of training and equipping to detect, expose, and help wake other people up to the realities of corruption through Q, Hayes said. Qs operation was a training course to teach us how to do research in such a way that we could detect corruption and then find a way to make that information available to the public.
We have been trained for years to do exactly what were doing, he continued. Even though we dont necessarily know whats coming in the future, we have been trained to deal with whatever comes. Its like being in the special forces in the military. Special forces groups dont necessarily know what plans, what attacks, what kind of opposition theyre going to face when they go into a certain territory. When theyre doing an operation, they dont necessarily know the troop strength thats going to oppose them, they dont know how well armed their enemy is, but they rely on their training, they rely on the fact that they are trained and equipped, and theyre able to overcome whatever obstacle is set in front of them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dave-hayes-says-being-a-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-is-like-being-in-the-special-forces/
Now heres where it gets weird, because you know it was going to! One of the strangest people ever elected to Congress is the bizarre Madison Cawthorn, who is firmly on the side of the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man who is so foul, vile, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But as I have stated, when you have people convinced theyre fighting spiritual warfare, these are the kind of crackpots that are going to come out of the woodwork!
Several Republican members of Congress, North Carolina state legislators, various candidates for office, and radical religious-right activists gathered at Temple Baptist Church in Mount Airy, North Carolina, last weekend for the North Carolina Faith & Freedom Coalitions Salt & Light Conference.
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Among the politicians in attendance was Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who used his time in front of his home state crowd to declare that he is waging a spiritual battle in the supposedly evil and vile Washington, D.C., against people like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cold, evil eyes.
I believe that the power of prayer will save this country in the coming decades, Cawthorn said. When Im in Washington, D.C., I know a lot of you consider the place to be evil and vile, and I am here to tell you with first-hand knowledge, it is evil and vile. But I will tell you when Im there, I dont feel an overwhelming sense of darkness as if the devil has complete dominion of that area because I feel a spiritual battle going on on Capitol Hill. And patriots like all of you in this room, on your knees, praying that we have the cover within the spiritual fight is what it will take to save this country.
I have to look Nancy Pelosi in her cold, evil eyes every single day, he continued. She just passed a bill yesterday trying to say that we can abort babies on demand all the way up until right before the day of birth. When we hear this, when we hear the fact that if a baby comes through a botched abortion alive, sitting there on the table, they then still have the right to murder that child, we realize that when I quip and say, I look her in her cold, evil eyes, its not a joke. These people hate us.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rep-madison-cawthorn-is-waging-a-spiritual-battle-against-evil-and-vile-washington-d-c/
Yes, high fis and boob tubes are great, Reverend! But you know whats not great? Having to deal with insane conspiracy theorists on a daily basis! I do love talking about conspiracy theories because a lot of times theyre stranger than fiction, and the people who actually believe them are even stranger! Now what happens when Christian nationalist theories are put into practice? Well lets just say these people actually believe this stuff and theyre not going away!
Rick Scarborough, a self-described Christocrat, strident anti-LGBTQ activist, and longtime critic of public education, is raising money for his group Recover America to help elect right-wing candidates to school boards in three Houston-area school districts, which are among the nations largest.
Right Wing Watch has reported that an array of right-wing political groups are mobilizing this year to take over local school boards in an effort to reverse LGBTQ-inclusive policies, stifle teaching about racism, and more. The Leadership Institute, one of the groups that is encouraging and training right-wing activists to take over school boards across the country, held campaign workshops in Houston and Temple, Texas, on Sept. 18.
Recover Americas website says its purpose is to work for a revival in America resulting in a nation where Biblical values are embraced, and decency is restored and that its mission is to mobilize Pastors and Church Leaders to use their influence to register, educate and mobilize values-based citizens to vote their Biblical values on Election Day. The groups vice president, Hunter Kelly, is a former staffer for Republican Sens. Tim Scott and Josh Hawley.
Scarborough discussed his groups plans this week on two episodes of his podcast, Mixing Church and State Gods Way, which is promoted via the Charisma podcasting network, an arm of Steven Strangs Pentecostal-oriented media empire. On a Sept. 20 episode of the podcast, Scarborough claimed it is a tragic reality that the church is so absent in the current moral conflict our countrys found itself in.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-rick-scarborough-targets-houston-area-public-school-boards/
Right Wing Watch has reported that an array of right-wing political groups are mobilizing this year to take over local school boards in an effort to reverse LGBTQ-inclusive policies, stifle teaching about racism, and more. The Leadership Institute, one of the groups that is encouraging and training right-wing activists to take over school boards across the country, held campaign workshops in Houston and Temple, Texas, on Sept. 18.
Recover Americas website says its purpose is to work for a revival in America resulting in a nation where Biblical values are embraced, and decency is restored and that its mission is to mobilize Pastors and Church Leaders to use their influence to register, educate and mobilize values-based citizens to vote their Biblical values on Election Day. The groups vice president, Hunter Kelly, is a former staffer for Republican Sens. Tim Scott and Josh Hawley.
Scarborough discussed his groups plans this week on two episodes of his podcast, Mixing Church and State Gods Way, which is promoted via the Charisma podcasting network, an arm of Steven Strangs Pentecostal-oriented media empire. On a Sept. 20 episode of the podcast, Scarborough claimed it is a tragic reality that the church is so absent in the current moral conflict our countrys found itself in.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-rick-scarborough-targets-houston-area-public-school-boards/
Probably or maybe not depending on how these crazy people act on their beliefs! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! But before you do, just remember that we are but 10 short days away from the premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons! Sunday October 10th at 4:00 PM. Now you may go in peace! Thats it this week for:
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]The Pride Files
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome to our first ever segment on the ongoing issues that are affecting the LGBT community, the Pride Files! And we picked quite the insane week to kick things off. I want to start with movies. Im really excited that things are getting back to where we were before this nightmare pandemic happened. But one movie specifically has people up in arms, and thats Marvels upcoming film The Eternals. Its a movie that was originally supposed to be released last year, but got delayed because of the you know what. But thats not the controversy. Oh no, my friends! The controversy is wait for it the evil gays because Marvel put a gay superhero in their movies. But this once again proves the sheer and utter ridiculousness of LGBT representation in cinema. And I dont blame Marvel one bit for wanting to please everyone.
Marvel's Eternals gets saddled with a mature rating in Russia because of its openly gay superhero. Following the blockbuster success of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the MCU will once again return to theaters in November with Eternals. The millennia-spanning film was originally scheduled to premiere last year, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed it to 2021. Just like Shang-Chi, Eternals will receive a theaters-only release and hopefully continue to further the domestic box office's recovery. Aiding the movie's prospects are its star-studded cast and director, Chloé Zhao, who made history earlier this year by winning Best Director at the Oscars.
Eternals stands to be among the MCU's most diverse projects yet, between its inclusive ensemble and its firsts. In addition to having the franchise's first deaf hero in Lauren Ridloff's Makkari, Eternals holds its first openly gay character. Brian Tyree Henry plays Phastos, one of the Eternals who creates the team's weapons and tech. He's confirmed to be married to another man, and the two will reportedly share a kiss onscreen. After years of fans calling for genuine LGBTQ representation in the MCU, Eternals has the potential to be a major step forward.
And yet, it's receiving some slight pushback from Russia over this. According to Kino Metro, a Russian film site, Eternals has been rated 18+, which is the country's mature equivalent and considered to be "prohibited for children." For comparison's sake, per The Direct, most MCU films receive a 12+ (The Avengers, Ant-Man and the Wasp) or a 16+ (Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow) in Russia, making Eternals the first to go higher. The country has done this before over gay content in movies, as it gave Power Rangers an 18+ rating as well in 2017.
Whether this also means Russia will cut some of the scenes from Eternals that outwardly depict Phastos' sexuality remains to be seen, though there has been precedence for this in other countries. For example, the brief lesbian kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was removed in countries like the United Arab Emirates back in 2019. Censorship like this or rating a movie higher simply because it includes LGBTQ content is disappointing, particularly since projects with heterosexual romances never get the same treatment.
https://screenrant.com/eternals-mcu-movie-rating-russia-phastos-gay/
Eternals stands to be among the MCU's most diverse projects yet, between its inclusive ensemble and its firsts. In addition to having the franchise's first deaf hero in Lauren Ridloff's Makkari, Eternals holds its first openly gay character. Brian Tyree Henry plays Phastos, one of the Eternals who creates the team's weapons and tech. He's confirmed to be married to another man, and the two will reportedly share a kiss onscreen. After years of fans calling for genuine LGBTQ representation in the MCU, Eternals has the potential to be a major step forward.
And yet, it's receiving some slight pushback from Russia over this. According to Kino Metro, a Russian film site, Eternals has been rated 18+, which is the country's mature equivalent and considered to be "prohibited for children." For comparison's sake, per The Direct, most MCU films receive a 12+ (The Avengers, Ant-Man and the Wasp) or a 16+ (Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow) in Russia, making Eternals the first to go higher. The country has done this before over gay content in movies, as it gave Power Rangers an 18+ rating as well in 2017.
Whether this also means Russia will cut some of the scenes from Eternals that outwardly depict Phastos' sexuality remains to be seen, though there has been precedence for this in other countries. For example, the brief lesbian kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was removed in countries like the United Arab Emirates back in 2019. Censorship like this or rating a movie higher simply because it includes LGBTQ content is disappointing, particularly since projects with heterosexual romances never get the same treatment.
https://screenrant.com/eternals-mcu-movie-rating-russia-phastos-gay/
Yeah yeah think of the children think of the children. Right. Ill tell you whos not thinking of the children is Tennessee moms! So heres the thing two women kissing on a parade float would that be cause for outrage in 2021? No? Youd think so, wouldnt you? But then again this is rural Tennessee were talking about here. And really people, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Because in 2021 theres far worse things to be outraged about!
A contentious school board meeting was held in Tennessee on Monday night after a video released on social media by a local chapter of Moms for Liberty showed two girls briefly kissing on a Pride float in their local high schools homecoming parade. The conservative group also accused folks on the float of groping and even exposing a breast. Indy Pride, the local LGBTQ+ group responsible for the float, said the parents were overreacting to the kiss and denied the other allegations.
WCS parents, did you know yesterdays Independence High Schools homecoming parade included an LGBTQ+ float, that was paraded in front of Thompson Station Elementary & Middle School students, featuring two girls kissing? the Moms For Liberty chapter in Williamson County, Tennessee tweeted last week.
The post went on to suggest a youth in the parade was handing out bisexual recruitment cards, though those just ended uo being information pamphlets about Bi Week.
Sophomore student Spencer Lyst, the president and founder of Indy Pride, denied the allegations.
https://www.out.com/news/2021/9/24/two-girls-kissing-homecoming-float-enraged-right-wing-moms
WCS parents, did you know yesterdays Independence High Schools homecoming parade included an LGBTQ+ float, that was paraded in front of Thompson Station Elementary & Middle School students, featuring two girls kissing? the Moms For Liberty chapter in Williamson County, Tennessee tweeted last week.
The post went on to suggest a youth in the parade was handing out bisexual recruitment cards, though those just ended uo being information pamphlets about Bi Week.
Sophomore student Spencer Lyst, the president and founder of Indy Pride, denied the allegations.
https://www.out.com/news/2021/9/24/two-girls-kissing-homecoming-float-enraged-right-wing-moms
Good point, Moe! Next up international LGBT news! You know its not just Americas LGBT community that is facing insanity coming from the Christian right. As we keep saying on this program its a global phenomenon and these assholes are literally the same no matter where you go. Except for maybe New Zealand, they might actually have a handle on the volatility of the Christian right. So yeah if youre thinking of relocating, maybe relocate to New Zealand.
More than 100,000 people have sent in submissions on New Zealands plan to ban LGBTQ conversion practices more than have ever been made on a piece of legislation.
Weve already made history with this movement and were not even done, said Shaneel Lal, an activist and organiser in the movement to ban conversion practices. People really and truly care about this because in 2021 it is not appropriate to erase queer identities.
The government received a total of 106,700 submissions on the bill, which will make it a crime to conduct conversion practices or attempting to change someones sexuality or gender identity.
It is more than double the submissions received on other recent controversial legislation, including the End of Life euthanasia bill, which Stuff reported was the previous record-holder at 40,000 submissions. It was close to five times the number of submissions received on the bill legalising same-sex marriage in 2013.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/113755683
Weve already made history with this movement and were not even done, said Shaneel Lal, an activist and organiser in the movement to ban conversion practices. People really and truly care about this because in 2021 it is not appropriate to erase queer identities.
The government received a total of 106,700 submissions on the bill, which will make it a crime to conduct conversion practices or attempting to change someones sexuality or gender identity.
It is more than double the submissions received on other recent controversial legislation, including the End of Life euthanasia bill, which Stuff reported was the previous record-holder at 40,000 submissions. It was close to five times the number of submissions received on the bill legalising same-sex marriage in 2013.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/113755683
OK yes! Think of the children! Think of the children! But you know I want to end with some good news, dont want you to think this segment is all fearmongering and doom and gloom. How about we end with this story out of Iowa where this teacher was placed on leave after admitting that hes bisexual, so you wont believe what these students did next. I went all Buzzfeed there on that sentence, didnt I? Well here's what happened next!
Cora Smith walked out of Winterset's High School Tuesday with a bisexual pride flag draped over her shoulders.
The 10th grader was among more than 100 students who walked out a in protest over the school district placing seventh-grade literacy teacher Lucas Kaufmann on leave.
Kaufmann was placed on leave last week following a presentation about himself to his class featured the LGBT Pride flag, according to a www.change.org petition. When asked by students, Kaufmann said he was bisexual.
Nearly 1,500 people have signed the online petition. "We're hoping that this will help Mr. Kaufmann," Smith said.
Winterset Community School District Superintendent Justin Gross confirmed Kaufmann was placed on leave after concerns were raised following his presentation, but declined further comment. State law prohibits employers from firing employees based on sexual orientation and gender identification, which Gross acknowledged.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/07/iowa-students-lucas-kaufmann-administrative-leave/576377500
The 10th grader was among more than 100 students who walked out a in protest over the school district placing seventh-grade literacy teacher Lucas Kaufmann on leave.
Kaufmann was placed on leave last week following a presentation about himself to his class featured the LGBT Pride flag, according to a www.change.org petition. When asked by students, Kaufmann said he was bisexual.
Nearly 1,500 people have signed the online petition. "We're hoping that this will help Mr. Kaufmann," Smith said.
Winterset Community School District Superintendent Justin Gross confirmed Kaufmann was placed on leave after concerns were raised following his presentation, but declined further comment. State law prohibits employers from firing employees based on sexual orientation and gender identification, which Gross acknowledged.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/07/iowa-students-lucas-kaufmann-administrative-leave/576377500
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Conspiracy Corner
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable, Conspiracy Corner! We are coming to you live of course from our underground doomsday shelter deep in the New Mexico badlands undisclosed location of course. Let me just adjust my tin foil hat for maximum government interference and ah there we go! This week were taking a look at conspiracy theories surrounding vaccines and vaccine mandates of which there are many to choose from! And you know those right wing lunatics who are crashing school boards and city council meetings? Oh youd better expect that to get worse before this nightmare is finally over. But not quite! There are anti-vaxxers everywhere! It doesnt matter if you are in the military or the NBA. But you will encounter one of these cretins at least once during the day. And calling them deplorable is a bit of an understatement these morons are utterly despicable!
Kyrie Irving was not present for the Brooklyn Nets pre-season media day at Barclays Center, where city law requires athletes to have at least one dose of Covid vaccination to participate in team activities.
Appearing from his house for a brief press conference with reporters, Irving declined to answer directly four separate questions regarding his vaccination and playing status, after this story raised questions of whether he might skip home games to avoid public-health regulations. Living in this public sphere, theres a lot of questions about whats going on in the world of Kyrie, he said, and I would love to just keep that private and handle that the right way with my team and go forward with a plan.
Irvings teammates dodged questions on Monday about what such a plan might be. San Francisco city officials removed religious and medical exemptions from their policy on Friday, emboldening the NBAs decision to deny an application from the Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins. A league source said any comment on further applications for exemptions in New York would make too clear who had applied; the New York Knicks have said their team is 100-percent vaccinated, but the Nets, this seasons prohibitive championship favorite, have at least one elusive holdout.
One by one, the basketball players non-vaccinated star here, fully-inoculated veteran on mute down there, a full-on anti-vaxxer front-and-center logged into the video conference. The annual summer meeting of the powerful NBA union had gone virtual again on August 7, and high on the agenda for the season ahead was a proposed mandate from the league office that 100 percent of players get vaccinated against Covid-19.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nba-anti-vaxxers-covid-1231988/
Appearing from his house for a brief press conference with reporters, Irving declined to answer directly four separate questions regarding his vaccination and playing status, after this story raised questions of whether he might skip home games to avoid public-health regulations. Living in this public sphere, theres a lot of questions about whats going on in the world of Kyrie, he said, and I would love to just keep that private and handle that the right way with my team and go forward with a plan.
Irvings teammates dodged questions on Monday about what such a plan might be. San Francisco city officials removed religious and medical exemptions from their policy on Friday, emboldening the NBAs decision to deny an application from the Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins. A league source said any comment on further applications for exemptions in New York would make too clear who had applied; the New York Knicks have said their team is 100-percent vaccinated, but the Nets, this seasons prohibitive championship favorite, have at least one elusive holdout.
One by one, the basketball players non-vaccinated star here, fully-inoculated veteran on mute down there, a full-on anti-vaxxer front-and-center logged into the video conference. The annual summer meeting of the powerful NBA union had gone virtual again on August 7, and high on the agenda for the season ahead was a proposed mandate from the league office that 100 percent of players get vaccinated against Covid-19.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nba-anti-vaxxers-covid-1231988/
Dude, seriously the NBA is the last place where this shit should be pushed around. I mean come on you have guys in close contact breathing on each other and sweating all over the place, thats not a place for infectious diseases to arise! Thank you audience! But if thats not enough, the king of conspiracy theorists our old buddy Tucker Carlson is kicking his bullshit into overdrive over the militarys vaccine requirements. Does he not know that active duty military get injected with literally every other vaccine known to man?
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been spouting conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccineand COVID in generalsince the topic first graced the nightly news more than a year ago. But now that Joe Biden has issued a mandatory vaccination order for federal employees, hes kicking things into high gear. This week, Carlson trained his eyes on the U.S. militarywhich in the past he has accused of promoting feminist ideology and critical race theorysuggesting that the mandate is a White House power grab. The army is essential for political control, he said, adding that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has manufactured a new political purity test. One designed to separate the obedient from the free.
In that vein, he continued: The point of mandatory vaccination is to identify the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anyone else who doesnt love Joe Biden and make them leave immediately. He did not mention that the Department of Defense has had vaccine requirements in place for years, or that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the vaccine reduces testosterone levels.
He then proposed a red herring, pointing to veteran suicide rates as more worthy of attention than COVID. Only 46 members of the entire U.S. military have died from the coronavirus over the last year and a half. Suicides, by contrast, kill many, many times more, he said. So, military suicide is an actual crisis that the Pentagon might want to address. Lloyd Austin might want to look into that. But, no, that would get the Democratic Party nothing. (As recently as July, Austin addressed the veteran suicide epidemic during a press conference at Eielson Air Force Base. Im deeply concerned about the suicide rates, not only here but across the force, he said. One loss by suicide is too many. While were working hard on this problem, we have a lot more to do.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/militarys-covid-vaccine-mandate-tucker-carlson
In that vein, he continued: The point of mandatory vaccination is to identify the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anyone else who doesnt love Joe Biden and make them leave immediately. He did not mention that the Department of Defense has had vaccine requirements in place for years, or that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the vaccine reduces testosterone levels.
He then proposed a red herring, pointing to veteran suicide rates as more worthy of attention than COVID. Only 46 members of the entire U.S. military have died from the coronavirus over the last year and a half. Suicides, by contrast, kill many, many times more, he said. So, military suicide is an actual crisis that the Pentagon might want to address. Lloyd Austin might want to look into that. But, no, that would get the Democratic Party nothing. (As recently as July, Austin addressed the veteran suicide epidemic during a press conference at Eielson Air Force Base. Im deeply concerned about the suicide rates, not only here but across the force, he said. One loss by suicide is too many. While were working hard on this problem, we have a lot more to do.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/militarys-covid-vaccine-mandate-tucker-carlson
Yeah probably! So what do you call it when its not suicide and people are voluntarily dying from a now preventable illness? I personally call it VDBP Voluntary Death By Propaganda! You know since this segment began last year which currently feels like it was 15 years ago weve gone over literally every conspiracy theory in the book. But whats driving this madness? Well for one thing being isolated at home has really done a number on Q Anon nuts who are driving this crap.
When Sarah Wildes, a seventh grade teacher in Alabama, was asked by a student about the mass confusion surrounding the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, she knew she had a big job in front of her.
I have to tread lightly, but I pointed out that we do know, said Wildes, a science and technology teacher at Sparkman Middle School in the small town of Toney. There are facts. There have been committees who reviewed the election. The numbers show us a truth, but the social media bubbles confuse us about that truth.
Wildes and teachers across the country face a vexing and evolving challenge as the new school year begins and students return to the classroom following a roughly 18-month hiatus from normal in-person learning. Since the last time full classrooms congregated, a whole industry of misinformation has exploded online, spreading conspiracy theories on everything from the alleged steal of the presidential election, which Joe Biden won, to the prevalence of microchips in Covid-19 vaccines.
Its bad enough that kids are exposed to dangerous untruths across their favorite social media apps like Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. An equally large problem is that, while stuck at home during the pandemic, many students had their days of virtual schooling interrupted by screaming parents, who themselves had fallen deep into the internets darkest rabbit holes.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/04/qanon-and-anti-vaxxers-brainwashed-kids-stuck-at-home-during-pandemic.html
I have to tread lightly, but I pointed out that we do know, said Wildes, a science and technology teacher at Sparkman Middle School in the small town of Toney. There are facts. There have been committees who reviewed the election. The numbers show us a truth, but the social media bubbles confuse us about that truth.
Wildes and teachers across the country face a vexing and evolving challenge as the new school year begins and students return to the classroom following a roughly 18-month hiatus from normal in-person learning. Since the last time full classrooms congregated, a whole industry of misinformation has exploded online, spreading conspiracy theories on everything from the alleged steal of the presidential election, which Joe Biden won, to the prevalence of microchips in Covid-19 vaccines.
Its bad enough that kids are exposed to dangerous untruths across their favorite social media apps like Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. An equally large problem is that, while stuck at home during the pandemic, many students had their days of virtual schooling interrupted by screaming parents, who themselves had fallen deep into the internets darkest rabbit holes.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/04/qanon-and-anti-vaxxers-brainwashed-kids-stuck-at-home-during-pandemic.html
Ah yes its the classic red pill blue pill dilemma. The people whove taken the red pill should fail to realize that this movie was written by two trans women and is actually a metaphor for how trans people are treated in society. But getting back to my point, staying at home for the last year and a half really amplified how much social media propaganda is screwing with peoples brains. This shit isnt anything new either, it happened 100 years ago too. But now that people are emerging from the basement Zoom calls, so is the propaganda!
A controversial billboard advertising against COVID-19 vaccination mandates has been making the rounds across Texas and the U.S., and now Houston is its latest host.
The billboard, best recognized by its bold message, "DON'T BE BULLIED" was spotted this week along Interstate 45, near 9000 North Freeway.
A Minnesota organization, Citizens Council for Health Freedom, is the group behind the nationwide campaign and aims to build resistance to the vaccination mandates that the organization claims are currently being used as an effort to coerce Americans into getting the jab.
"The vaccination mandates and the associated bullying of those who choose not to get the shot is '...a power grab in the name of public health,'" said CCHF president and co-founder, Twila Brase.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/coronavirus/article/Don-t-Be-Bullied-anti-vaccination-mandate-16482449.php
The billboard, best recognized by its bold message, "DON'T BE BULLIED" was spotted this week along Interstate 45, near 9000 North Freeway.
A Minnesota organization, Citizens Council for Health Freedom, is the group behind the nationwide campaign and aims to build resistance to the vaccination mandates that the organization claims are currently being used as an effort to coerce Americans into getting the jab.
"The vaccination mandates and the associated bullying of those who choose not to get the shot is '...a power grab in the name of public health,'" said CCHF president and co-founder, Twila Brase.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/coronavirus/article/Don-t-Be-Bullied-anti-vaccination-mandate-16482449.php
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]I Need A Drink
[br] [/font] [br]
Hey everyone I dont know about you but I could really use a drink!
So of course you know the idea behind this segment is that we have some drinks and we literally talk about anything in the news as long as it doesnt involve politics. Because there is some seriously dark shit out there, so why not take a look at the lighter side of the news while indulging in our favorite beverages? Thats one of lifes few remaining pleasures! And Im so happy I get to drink in front of an audience again! Safety protocols first, of course. This week, you know I love a good beef. And right now this is one of the beefiest beefs to ever beef. Tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about a music beef? A meat juice cocktail? Whats in that? No thanks Ill just stick to my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. So whos beefing this week? In this corner, we have heavy metal demi-god Corey Taylor, leader of the band Slipknot! And in this corner, we have failed rapper turned movie star turned Blink 182 protégé Machine Gun Kelly! Trust us, this ones gonna get real weird real quick!
If you're a rock or metal fan, chances are you've heard at least something about the feud that's been going on between Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Machine Gun Kelly recently. In case you need a concise explanation of what the heck is going on, we've got you covered.
While it may appear that Kelly started the drama unprovoked earlier this month when he dissed Slipknot during his set at Riot Fest, the saga actually publicly started in February of this year with an interview that Taylor did. The 'Knot frontman insulted Kelly's change in musical direction from rap to rock without directly saying his name, but he certainly didn't hide his sentiments about it.
As the musicians started going back and forth at each other on social media, it was revealed that the quarrel actually began back when Taylor recorded a verse for MGK's 2020 album Tickets to My Downfall, which ultimately didn't make it on the album.
Back in February, Taylor did an interview with Cutter's Rockcast where he indirectly referenced Kelly's change in musical direction. They were discussing genres and trends, and Taylor said, "I am the worst old, fogey dude shaking his cane ever. And I hate everything, I hate all new rock for the most part well, the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock. And I think he knows who he is, but thats another story.
https://loudwire.com/summary-corey-taylor-machine-gun-kelly-feud/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
While it may appear that Kelly started the drama unprovoked earlier this month when he dissed Slipknot during his set at Riot Fest, the saga actually publicly started in February of this year with an interview that Taylor did. The 'Knot frontman insulted Kelly's change in musical direction from rap to rock without directly saying his name, but he certainly didn't hide his sentiments about it.
As the musicians started going back and forth at each other on social media, it was revealed that the quarrel actually began back when Taylor recorded a verse for MGK's 2020 album Tickets to My Downfall, which ultimately didn't make it on the album.
Back in February, Taylor did an interview with Cutter's Rockcast where he indirectly referenced Kelly's change in musical direction. They were discussing genres and trends, and Taylor said, "I am the worst old, fogey dude shaking his cane ever. And I hate everything, I hate all new rock for the most part well, the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock. And I think he knows who he is, but thats another story.
https://loudwire.com/summary-corey-taylor-machine-gun-kelly-feud/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Yeah keep em coming! So it started with Taylor doing a verse on Machine Gun Kellys album from last year called Tickets To My Downfall and the verse didnt make it onto the album. But heres the thing that weve learned about the world of the beef dont throw shade at someone and then keep throwing shade at them! You know when youre in a hole, the last thing you want to do is to keep digging. Yeah dig up, stupid! Gotta love Chief Wiggum! But heres how that went and it totally backfired in his face.
UPDATE (9/21): Machine Gun Kelly and Corey Taylor have taken their bickering to the final frontier Twitter. On Monday, September 20th, MGK explained his side of the beef, saying Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor had recorded a verse for a song on Tickets to My Downfall, but it was fucking terrible, so I didnt use it. MGK added: He got mad about it, and talked shit to a magazine about the same album he was almost on. Yalls stories are all off. Just admit hes bitter.
About an hour later, Taylor replied: I dont like people airing private shit like a child. So this is all Ill say: I didnt do the track because I dont like when people try to write for me. I said NO to THEM. Taylor proceeded to produce some #receipts in the form of an email exchange between him and Tickets to My Downfall co-producer, Travis Barker. Barkers initial email included some notes from MGK among them, Can u tell him he fuckin killed it and Im so stoked and HONORED he is even on it wtf !!!! and fuck yea tell him he rocks but in his reply, Taylor admitted that he wasnt feeling some of the musical changes MGK was suggesting.
I listened to the ideas and to be honest, I dont think Im the right guy for the track, Taylor wrote. Nothing personal, I just think if this is what MGK is looking for, someone else is the guy to do it. Its ALL good, and Im stoked for him I hope you guys find the right fit for it. Hope you understand and I wish you guys the best with it. If I can help in any way, let me know.
Machine Gun Kelly, hot off his red carpet bout with Conor McGregor at the MTV Video Music Awards, kept his fighting spirit alive by taking a few shots at Slipknot during their competing sets at Riot Fest in Chicago Sunday night, September 19th.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/machine-gun-kelly-who-dyed-tongue-black-thinks-its-weird-slipknot-wear-masks-1229255/
About an hour later, Taylor replied: I dont like people airing private shit like a child. So this is all Ill say: I didnt do the track because I dont like when people try to write for me. I said NO to THEM. Taylor proceeded to produce some #receipts in the form of an email exchange between him and Tickets to My Downfall co-producer, Travis Barker. Barkers initial email included some notes from MGK among them, Can u tell him he fuckin killed it and Im so stoked and HONORED he is even on it wtf !!!! and fuck yea tell him he rocks but in his reply, Taylor admitted that he wasnt feeling some of the musical changes MGK was suggesting.
I listened to the ideas and to be honest, I dont think Im the right guy for the track, Taylor wrote. Nothing personal, I just think if this is what MGK is looking for, someone else is the guy to do it. Its ALL good, and Im stoked for him I hope you guys find the right fit for it. Hope you understand and I wish you guys the best with it. If I can help in any way, let me know.
Machine Gun Kelly, hot off his red carpet bout with Conor McGregor at the MTV Video Music Awards, kept his fighting spirit alive by taking a few shots at Slipknot during their competing sets at Riot Fest in Chicago Sunday night, September 19th.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/machine-gun-kelly-who-dyed-tongue-black-thinks-its-weird-slipknot-wear-masks-1229255/
Oh man nothing beats a good aged whisky ah! OK the Corey Taylor beef I get but why would you go after Conor McGregor? You know that dude is a loose cannon. And you cant have a black tongue and think its weird to wear masks! At least the masks you can take off! Now heres where it gets weird and I told you it was going to. Of course MGK went and took things a bit too far, and dont do that without getting shit thrown back at you in return!
Machine Gun Kelly has sure been getting into some scrapes recently. First, the rapper-turned-pop-punk hopeful got into a scrap with Conor McGregor at the VMAs, before using his spot on the Riot Fest bill to very publicly diss Slipknot while on stage.
The latter altercation led to a whole internet shit-storm which saw aggrieved metal fans and Maggots as well as Corey Taylor himself pile on to take swipes at Kelly online. But the ill-feeling wasn't contained to the internet, and carried on throughout the duration of his performance at this weekend's Louder Than Life festival in Kentucky.
As the vocalist took to the stage at the event which mostly billed artists of the heavier persuasion MGK found himself face to face with a sea of booing punters and middle fingers. Obviously, a lot of Slipknot fans were there in attendance.
Later in the set, MGK made his way to the photo pit, and was confronted by two fans jumping the barrier. As the evening's hostility reached boiling point, MGK was seen taking a swing at one of the fans, resulting in security stepping in to separate them. Seriously MGK, ever heard of Yoga? Meditation? Not giving a fuck? Perhaps not.
https://www.loudersound.com/news/machine-gun-kelly-throws-punch-at-fan-gets-booed-by-audience-and-dissed-by-triviums-matt-heafy
The latter altercation led to a whole internet shit-storm which saw aggrieved metal fans and Maggots as well as Corey Taylor himself pile on to take swipes at Kelly online. But the ill-feeling wasn't contained to the internet, and carried on throughout the duration of his performance at this weekend's Louder Than Life festival in Kentucky.
As the vocalist took to the stage at the event which mostly billed artists of the heavier persuasion MGK found himself face to face with a sea of booing punters and middle fingers. Obviously, a lot of Slipknot fans were there in attendance.
Later in the set, MGK made his way to the photo pit, and was confronted by two fans jumping the barrier. As the evening's hostility reached boiling point, MGK was seen taking a swing at one of the fans, resulting in security stepping in to separate them. Seriously MGK, ever heard of Yoga? Meditation? Not giving a fuck? Perhaps not.
https://www.loudersound.com/news/machine-gun-kelly-throws-punch-at-fan-gets-booed-by-audience-and-dissed-by-triviums-matt-heafy
Somehow I dont think thats not nearly enough! Now this is the point in the beef where the manager of one side usually tells the person that they might want to take a step back and reevaluate things. But seriously, Machine Gun, you might want to do that. Youre clearly on the losing end of this fight because Corey Taylor is just too powerful of a voice in the metal community. So really yeah take my advice and you might want to get away for a while. Even Tracy Jordan knew when he got crazy and pretended to be a Jedi that was where he hit rock bottom, so
Following a week of beefing with Slipknot, Machine Gun Kelly was greeted with a chorus of boos throughout the singer-rappers Saturday set at the metal-leaning Louder Than Life Festival.
Last weekend, Machine Gun Kelly launched into a tirade at Chicagos Riot Fest against Slipknot who were playing at the same time on a neighboring stage calling the group old weird dudes with masks. It was later revealed that there was some residual animosity over a nixed collaboration between MGK and Slipknots Corey Taylor.
MGK an artist who, as Taylor hinted, failed in one genre and decided to go rock brought his new punk sound to the metal-purist Louisville, Kentucky festival Saturday, and the reception was not welcoming: According to reports and video from the gig, after every song that Kelly performed, a serenade of boos and middle fingers rose up from the crowd.
At one point, Kelly got into verbally with a festival-goer, even threatening him with a Star Wars light saber that was onstage for some reason:
I see you dude, I see you mad as fuck in your weird fucking outfit. Im here for the same shit youre here for, so its all good. Clearly, Im not going nowhere, so just enjoy. he told the audience member. You keep fuckin with me, homie? Trained Jedi, bitch!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/machine-gun-kelly-booed-louder-than-life-fest-1232585/
Last weekend, Machine Gun Kelly launched into a tirade at Chicagos Riot Fest against Slipknot who were playing at the same time on a neighboring stage calling the group old weird dudes with masks. It was later revealed that there was some residual animosity over a nixed collaboration between MGK and Slipknots Corey Taylor.
MGK an artist who, as Taylor hinted, failed in one genre and decided to go rock brought his new punk sound to the metal-purist Louisville, Kentucky festival Saturday, and the reception was not welcoming: According to reports and video from the gig, after every song that Kelly performed, a serenade of boos and middle fingers rose up from the crowd.
At one point, Kelly got into verbally with a festival-goer, even threatening him with a Star Wars light saber that was onstage for some reason:
I see you dude, I see you mad as fuck in your weird fucking outfit. Im here for the same shit youre here for, so its all good. Clearly, Im not going nowhere, so just enjoy. he told the audience member. You keep fuckin with me, homie? Trained Jedi, bitch!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/machine-gun-kelly-booed-louder-than-life-fest-1232585/
[div style="padding: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px #aaa;"][div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; padding-bottom: 8px;"]
[font size="8"]Road To Recall: The Final Chapter
[br] [/font] [br]
Welcome back to our very last and final edition of Road To Recall! And I really hope that this is the last time we have to talk about conservatives attempting to steal elections from liberal politicians. Because this is just McCarthyism gone berserk. Look, I know that were all tired of these shenanigans and I know they must stop. So the question remains how do we prevent this from happening again? Well that has been the talking point for most of the last couple of weeks here in The Golden State. And really unfortunately theres no good answer. But you know what Newsoms real success was? Larry Elder. Yup thats right! His biggest opponent in the election was also the key to his success. Because Larry Elder is one of those guys who tries to impress people with his knowledge, but really, he comes off looking like an idiot.
Earlier this year, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was searching for the right message to convince disengaged Democrats to vote against the effort to oust him in Tuesday's recall election, it would have been impossible to imagine a more perfect foil than conservative talk radio host Larry Elder.
In this deep blue state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1 and only one governor has successfully been recalled, few progressive voters had viewed the recall of their governor as a real possibility until late July, when the polls tightened. The Delta coronavirus variant was taking hold, angering many vaccinated Californians, who had thought the worst was behind them. And Elder, who had announced his candidacy earlier that month, emerged as Newsom's chief opponent, promising that one of his first acts would be to eliminate the governor's mandate for state workers to get vaccinated or else face weekly testing.
Many Democratic voters in a state that President Joe Biden won by nearly 30 points had not engaged or paid much attention as Newsom made an amorphous argument that the recall was an attempted Republican takeover by acolytes of former President Donald Trump and a symbol of the enduring hold of "Trumpism."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/politics/larry-elder-covid-newsom-recall/index.html
In this deep blue state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1 and only one governor has successfully been recalled, few progressive voters had viewed the recall of their governor as a real possibility until late July, when the polls tightened. The Delta coronavirus variant was taking hold, angering many vaccinated Californians, who had thought the worst was behind them. And Elder, who had announced his candidacy earlier that month, emerged as Newsom's chief opponent, promising that one of his first acts would be to eliminate the governor's mandate for state workers to get vaccinated or else face weekly testing.
Many Democratic voters in a state that President Joe Biden won by nearly 30 points had not engaged or paid much attention as Newsom made an amorphous argument that the recall was an attempted Republican takeover by acolytes of former President Donald Trump and a symbol of the enduring hold of "Trumpism."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/politics/larry-elder-covid-newsom-recall/index.html
Yeah theres a lot of losers this week. A couple of winners, but mostly losers. And while this victory may be sweet, the war is just beginning. As I said last week theres lots of recalls happing in other parts of the country and some of those could succeed. But the question here in California is how do we prevent the next partisan power grab? Is it a sign that democracy is failing or is it a wake up call to how badly conservatives want to gain power? Its about 50/50.
An ominous four-word message issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsoms campaign on the morning of Aug. 5 served as the shock Democrats needed to take seriously a recall election that could remove him from office: This recall is close.
Newsoms warning in a fundraising email came just days after a poll indicated the once-popular Democratic governor who was elected in a 2018 landslide was facing the unthinkable prospect of losing his job in a state that hadnt elected a Republican in a statewide race in 15 years.
The race is close enough to start thinking about what itd be like if we had a Republican governor in California. Sorry to put the thought in your head, but its true, Newsoms campaign wrote.
The alarmist message was quickly incorporated into Newsoms remarks on the campaign trail he was in serious trouble, he warned. The sequence of events combined to create a turning point in the race and helped energize Californias dominant Democratic voters, who until then appeared to be greeting the contest with a collective shrug.
https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-how-newsrom-turned-tide-94ec35b222a529e8ef97a023e342af41
Newsoms warning in a fundraising email came just days after a poll indicated the once-popular Democratic governor who was elected in a 2018 landslide was facing the unthinkable prospect of losing his job in a state that hadnt elected a Republican in a statewide race in 15 years.
The race is close enough to start thinking about what itd be like if we had a Republican governor in California. Sorry to put the thought in your head, but its true, Newsoms campaign wrote.
The alarmist message was quickly incorporated into Newsoms remarks on the campaign trail he was in serious trouble, he warned. The sequence of events combined to create a turning point in the race and helped energize Californias dominant Democratic voters, who until then appeared to be greeting the contest with a collective shrug.
https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-how-newsrom-turned-tide-94ec35b222a529e8ef97a023e342af41
Though the one thing about this recall election besides revealing how many truly awful people live in California is that its very eye opening about the changing demographics of the state. Will this be a model of what to watch in 2022? Because the midterms are coming and its a chance to give Joe Biden and the Dems their grades. But one alarming statistic out of the recall election is Riverside County, which went hard MAGA in this election. And theyre one of the largest in this state.
Riverside County is poised to become the largest county in California where voters favored recalling California Gov. Gavin Newsom in this months special election, according to an updated ballot count posted Monday afternoon.
Newsom easily survived the recall attempt at a statewide level, however the yes side in Riverside County is ahead with 50.5% of the vote, out of a total of more than 717,000 ballots cast in the county.
Only a few hundred ballots remain to be counted in Riverside County, and the next round of results will be posted upon the election's certification Thursday, according to the county registrar of voters. Once all county officials have reported their official tallies, the California Secretary of State is expected to certify the election results Oct. 22.
The no side was initially leading in Riverside County on Election Night and in a few subsequent updates, but a majority of the county's voters ultimately decided to support the unsuccessful recall attempt.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/09/27/california-recall-riverside-county-votes-yes-removing-newsom/5892215001/
Newsom easily survived the recall attempt at a statewide level, however the yes side in Riverside County is ahead with 50.5% of the vote, out of a total of more than 717,000 ballots cast in the county.
Only a few hundred ballots remain to be counted in Riverside County, and the next round of results will be posted upon the election's certification Thursday, according to the county registrar of voters. Once all county officials have reported their official tallies, the California Secretary of State is expected to certify the election results Oct. 22.
The no side was initially leading in Riverside County on Election Night and in a few subsequent updates, but a majority of the county's voters ultimately decided to support the unsuccessful recall attempt.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/09/27/california-recall-riverside-county-votes-yes-removing-newsom/5892215001/
Yup! And heres the thing you have to realize about elections theyre all about star power! And the closest thing that they had to a star? Larry Elder! The reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger won in 2008 was because he had star power! Who did they have? Talk radio hosts executives car dealer owners retail clerks. You think any of them had a chance? Hell no! Which leaves us with Caitlyn Jenner. Sorry, but you lose. And the GOP is more divisive than its ever been. You chose this path, you live with it!
Caitlyn Jenner said Tuesday she would run for political office again following her participation in California's recent gubernatorial recall election, which she said "opened my eyes to political life."
Jenner, a reality-TV personality and former Olympic athlete, was one of 46 candidates who campaigned to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom in the state's September 14 vote. The recall was ultimately unsuccessful in ousting Newsom from office after a majority of California voters decided to keep the Democrat for the remainder of his term.
Jenner addressed the election during a Tuesday appearance on The View and was asked if she would consider running for political office again.
"Would I run again? Yes," Jenner said. "I want to stay involved. It really opened my eyes to political life."
https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-says-failed-california-recall-opened-my-eyes-political-life-1633619
Jenner, a reality-TV personality and former Olympic athlete, was one of 46 candidates who campaigned to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom in the state's September 14 vote. The recall was ultimately unsuccessful in ousting Newsom from office after a majority of California voters decided to keep the Democrat for the remainder of his term.
Jenner addressed the election during a Tuesday appearance on The View and was asked if she would consider running for political office again.
"Would I run again? Yes," Jenner said. "I want to stay involved. It really opened my eyes to political life."
https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-says-failed-california-recall-opened-my-eyes-political-life-1633619
This concludes our 4 part mini-series! Back to Red State Diaries next week! The end! We did it!
[font size="8"]And Now This:[/font]
[font size="8]Primus[/font]
My next musical guest are touring paying tribute to one of the greatest progressive rock bands of all time, Rush! You can see them on the A Farewell To Kings Tour with Wolfmother through October 30th which includes a stop here in Denver October 21st and 22nd! Playing the Rush classic Xanadu, give it up for Primus!
Thank you Denver! Were off to Long Beach next with the famous Wheel Of Corruption and live music from Pearl Jam! Also dont forget next week is the taping of the series premiere of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons!
See you next week!
Credits
Host: Initech
Top 10 Conservative Idiots Recorded At: Comedy Works, Denver, CO
Primus appears courtesy of: Prawn Song Records
Images: All images copyright belongs to respective copyright holders.
Videos: All videos copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Articles: All article content copyright belongs to respective copyright holders
Writing: Top 10 Writing Department
Graphics: Top 10 Graphics Department
Research: Top 10 Research Department
Lighting & Stage Props: Top 10 Lighting Department
Legal: Top 10 Legal Department
Advertising: Top 10 Advertising Department
HR: Top 10 Human Resources Department
Initechs Wardrobe Provided By: JAB Inc.
Wheel Of Corruption By: Studio 1 Stage Props, Burbank, CA
Management: Initech Productions, CCC Management
Follow The Top 10 On Twitter at: @10Idiots
New! Follow The Holy Church Of The Top 10 On Twitter: @churchoftop10
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Hate mail? E-mail The Top 10 at: Top10ConIdiots@gmail.com
Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo
Profile Information
Gender: Do not displayHometown: California
Home country: USA
Current location: Southern California, North Orange County Area
Member since: Wed May 30, 2018, 12:44 PM
Number of posts: 598