Wednesday, July 31, 2024
We're Having A Heat Wave
Didn't know how smutty & French this is. Wound her waist & started a heat wave.
Sexist, Racist Trash
He doesn't want to say why, but, according to the spinners, he's not "referring to race or gender". Why doesn't he want to say why then? It is a mystery.Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump suggests Harris would struggle with world leaders based on her appearance — “I don't want to say as to why,” Trump said. A campaign spokeswoman denied he was talking about her race or gender. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that Vice President Harris wouldn’t be able to stand up to world leaders because of her appearance, adding that he didn’t want to spell it out but viewers would know what he meant.“She’ll be like a play toy,” Trump — who has a history of using sexist attacks and stereotypes in campaigns against women — said in a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham, a portion of which aired on Tuesday night. “They look at her and they say, ‘We can’t believe we got so lucky.’ They’re going to walk all over her.”Trump then turned to look directly at the camera and added: “And I don’t want to say as to why. But a lot of people understand it.”Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said he was not referring to race or gender and went on to criticize Harris over her record on immigration and other Biden administration policies.“She is weak, dishonest and dangerously liberal, and that’s why the American people will reject her on November 5th,” Leavitt said.
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A sort of explanation/context, from The Hill:
Lara Trump Compares Harris to a Fashion Designer's Faux ‘Trash Bag’Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Lara Trump Compares Kamala Harris to a Designer ‘Trash Bag’Nick Robertson / The Hill: Lara Trump compares Harris to faux trash bag with $2,000 price tagDavid Gardner / The Daily Beast: Lara Trump Likens Kamala Harris to a Designer ‘Trash Bag’
Strained analogy, if it is one at all. Almost as if Lara (Parent's couldn't afford the "u"?) had just been looking for a way to call the Veep "trash". Extra-amusing considering that the younger (by 13 yrs., so Mel probably is old enogh to be Lara's mommy) Mrs. Trump's a perfect example of what the racists call "DEI hires"; unqualified & incompetent, but fits the desired racial (&/or in-law) profile.“It’s been incredible to see the way they have tried to prop up Kamala Harris and really sell her as some sort of — this amazing political figure,” Trump said. “It reminds me of there was this bag that a very famous designer designed, this is several years ago, and it literally was a trash bag, but they sold this thing for like $2,000 thinking that people would actually buy it. It’s a similar situation with Kamala Harris.”Trump was referring to a handbag sold by Balenciaga designed to look like a trash bag as a form of head-turning high fashion.
The popularity expert has logged on https://t.co/trwL4fo8Sf
— vituperativeerb (@vituperativeerb) July 29, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Mark Of The Bezos
I will remind all that this reporter has never, nor will he ever, order anything from the Bezos. Can you disconnect from the pig exploitation your society runs on?U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
CPSC Finds Amazon Responsible Under Federal Safety Law for Hazardous Products Sold by Third-Party Sellers on Amazon.comSarah Fortinsky / The Hill: Biden administration rules Amazon liable for recalled, hazardous products sold onlineAudrey Baker / Washington Examiner: Amazon responsible for more than 400,000 hazardous products sold by third-party sellers, CPSC findsRob Wile / Reuters: Amazon is responsible for dangerous products sold on its site, federal agency rulesAshley Belanger / Ars Technica: Amazon forced to recall 400K products that could kill, electrocute peopleAnn Gehan / The Information: Federal Safety Regulator Rules Amazon Is Responsible for Product Safety Recalls
It's Only Fucking Tuesday?
Sums Up My Empty Existence
First Camps, Then Gas
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Head of Project 2025 Steps Down Following Trump Criticism — The group had set an agenda for a second Trump term but was criticized by the former president — WASHINGTON—The Heritage Foundation official who leads Project 2025, the conservative roadmap for the next Republican administration …Rachel Leingang / The Guardian: Project 2025 director to step down after ‘pressure from Trump campaign’Erin Doherty / Axios: Project 2025 director steps down at Heritage FoundationWashington Post:
Project 2025 to end policy work after Democratic attacks angered Trump — The Trump campaign grew furious with the Heritage Foundation over press coverage tying the candidate to unpopular policy proposals — The right-wing policy operation that became a rallying cry for Democrats …Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast: Trump Forces Project 2025 Mastermind Out of His JobAntjuan Seawright / Black America Web: Trump Implemented Project 2017, He'll Do The Same With Project 2025
Monday, July 29, 2024
“Some Folks Need Killing!”
Yes, every one of you Euro-American neo-colonialist pigs. Is there no justice? Or decency? I know damn well there's no humanity, just a gaping maw waiting to be filled w/ plastic nothing made by slaves. If you fucking pigs would stop lying to yourselves you'd all kill yourselves & save decent people the trouble of slitting your pig throats.The high levels of consumption enjoyed by wealthy countries in the Global North are only possible because of mass appropriation of labor from the population of the Global South. This is evidenced by research from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), which indicates that this appropriation takes place through unequal exchange in international trade and global commodity chains.The new study, published in Nature Communications, measured the flows of labor embodied in traded goods around the world from 1995 to 2021. The results show that in 2021, the Global North imported 906 billion hours of embodied labor from the South while exporting only 80 billion hours in return. In other words, for every hour of labor the Global South imports from the Global North, they must export 11 hours to “pay” for it.
As a result, the countries of the Global North net-appropriated 826 billion hours of labor from the Global South, across all skill levels and all sectors: mining, agriculture, manufacturing and services. The figure of 826 billion hours is more than the labor rendered by the entire workforce of the United States and Europe combined.
The wage value of this net-appropriated labor was equivalent to €16.9 trillion in 2021, in Northern prices. In other words, this is how much the appropriated labor would be worth if it was paid at prevailing Northern wages, with equal wages for equal work.
“These are staggering figures. It shows that very large quantities of value flow from the South to the North each year” says Jason Hickel, researcher at ICTA-UAB and the Department of Anthropology at the UAB. “The Global North grows rich by siphoning value out of the South.”
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Some Of Us Just Want To
Watch It All Burn
Gawd's-eye views here. Let's see if this embeds.It did. Another gummint service that shithead Trump & his Project 2025 want to privatize.
California is rolling coal! Choke on our smoke, Canucks & Easterners!
Pointless Photo Essay
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Don't Wanna Talk About Jesus ...
Slightly different take from The AP.Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson blasts Olympics for mocking Christians, Last SupperCarly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter: Olympics Drag Performance Seemingly Resembling ‘Last Supper’ Draws Backlash From Conservative LeadersEvan Rosen / New York Daily News: Director of controversial Olympics opening says ‘In France, we have the right to love each other’Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart: French Bishops Deplore ‘Derision and Mockery of Christianity’ at Paris Olympics
No Humans Involved
Do read Corn's piece. These people are deranged & deluded paranoids, apparently w/ every possible psychological malady.
That Sen. Vance certainly picks books to endorse; see post directly below. As is said, none more zealous than converts.In fact, they compare the BLM protests of 2020 to the terror of the French Revolution, noting, “There is no way to reason with those who manipulate the have-nots en masse to loot and to shoot. They simply hate those who are good-looking and successful.” (Yes, they wrote that.)
In conclusion, it's perfectly alright (if not necessary & expected) to crush liberals like the cockroaches they are.David Corn / Mother Jones:
J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters — The GOP veep candidate embraced the extreme view that today's left is part of a centuries-long effort to “destroy” civilization. — During his acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week, Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, praised Donald Trump’s call for “unity.” But this year, Vance endorsed a new book co-written by a far-right conspiracy-monger that calls progressives “unhumans” and claims they are waging an “Irregular Communist Revolution” against American civilization.The book, Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them), was written by Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec. Posobiec is a well-known alt-right agitator and conservative media personality who promoted the bonkers Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Lisec is a professional ghostwriter. And their book professes to be a history of communist and leftist revolutionary abuses over the decades—but with a twist. They claim, “For as long as there have been beauty and truth, love and life, there have also been the ugly liars who hate and kill.” And these “people of anti-civilization” have always gone by different names: communists, socialists, leftists, and progressives. The pair contend these folks—be they the Bolsheviks of Russia or the BLM activists of this decade—are better called “unhumans.”
No More Voting!
Not many (any, really) tunes about voting (Or not voting.) in the Bouffant musical lexicon.Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Cryptically Declares, 'You Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He Wins Second Term — Former President Donald Trump urged members of a crowd in Florida to vote and said that if he wins, they “won't have to vote anymore.” — Speaking at a Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach on Friday …Daniel Hampton / Raw Story: ‘Wannabe dictator’: Outrage as Trump tells fans 'you won't have to vote anymore'The Guardian:
Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei — Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings — Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation president and the architect of Project 2025 …Trudy Ring / Advocate: Project 2025's Kevin Roberts and his association with the secretive far-right Catholic group Opus DeiMadeline Peltz / Media Matters for America: JD Vance said Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts is “somebody I rely on a lot who has very good advice”Mara Richards Bim / Baptist News Global: Catholic Christian nationalism is having a moment
Friday, July 26, 2024
You Damn Right
"We Destroy The Family"
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Vance defends ‘sarcastic’ ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks amid blowbackDiscussion:Jared Mitovich / Politico: JD Vance says he's not a hater of ‘childless cat ladies’Molly Bohannon / Forbes: JD Vance Calls ‘Cat Lady’ Comment ‘Sarcastic’—But Doubles Down On His CriticismLevon Satamian / RedState: JD Vance Makes First Public Comments Since Media Latched Onto His ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Remark From 2021Meg Storm / Megyn Kelly: Exclusive: J.D. Vance Addresses ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Remark and Calls Out ‘Anti-Family’ DemocratsJames Bickerton / Newsweek: Picking JD Vance Looks Like a Mistake, Top Conservative SaysMaya Yang / The Guardian: Trump says Harris comments about war in Gaza not ‘very nice’ to Israel as Netanyahu's Mar-a-Lago visit draws protesters - liveKatie Kindelan / ABC News: Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance's comments on ‘childless cat ladies’Caitlin Yilek / CBS News: JD Vance defends “childless cat ladies” remark amid backlashRELATED:Vance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview — Trump's running mate has faced criticism over other similar previous comments. — Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Virginia.Discussion:Arthur Delaney / HuffPost: JD Vance Says He Was Being ‘Sarcastic’ About Childless Cat Ladies, Has ‘Nothing Against Cats’Bryan Metzger / Business Insider: Why JD Vance is being dogged by couch memes — and struggling in generalMatt Gertz / Media Matters for America: JD Vance's “childless cat ladies” comment points to the GOP's right-wing media problemDavid Badash / Alternet.org: JD Vance suggested America should ‘punish’ people for not having childrenRobert Schmad / Daily Caller News Foundation: Harris Campaign Staffer Appears To ‘Come Out Against’ Child Tax CreditJa'han Jones / MSNBC: In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votesMark Sumner / Daily Kos: JD Vance is a gift—to Democrats
Vance responds to ‘childless cat ladies’ backlash, claims Democrats are ‘anti-family’Discussion:Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times: Vance Calls ‘Cat Ladies’ Remark ‘Sarcasm’ but Amplifies Birthrate ArgumentGrace Eliza Goodwin / Business Insider: JD Vance defends his infamous ‘childless cat ladies’ comment: ‘I have nothing against cats’Caroline Blair / Page Six: Kesha blasts JD Vance for attack on ‘childless cat ladies,’ endorses Kamala Harris: ‘F-k that man’Carl Gibson / Alternet.org: Vance effort to retract ‘sexist’ remark ripped: ‘No problem with the cats, just the women’Jeet Heer / The Nation: J.D. Vance's Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You ThinkMeg Storm / Megyn Kelly: Megyn Calls Out Jennifer Aniston After She Slammed J.D. Vance's ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ CommentDavid Oliver / USA Today: Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston and when we reduce women to ‘childless cat ladies’Christopher Brito / CBS News: Jennifer Aniston responds to JD Vance's “childless cat ladies” remarkDNyuz: Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance over ‘childless cat ladies’ comment from resurfaced interviewCatherine Shoard / The Guardian: Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance's ‘childless cat ladies’ commentKathleen Walsh / Glamour: Jennifer Aniston Blasts JD Vance for the ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment in Rare Political StatementAnn Althouse / Althouse: “Three years ago... JD Vance... suggested in a TV interview that some Democrats including Vice President Harris are ‘a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable.’”
Inside JD Vance's Blogger DaysDiscussion:Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch: Baby Bust — On J.D. Vance and ‘childless cat ladies.’ — I have more in common with J.D. Vance than I'd like to admit.Will Selber / Grumpy Combat Veteran + Friends: Bibi Should Take The Deal — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Washington …Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story: Here's what J.D. Vance's old blogs expose about Trump's V.P. pick
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Friday Finger
Do not for a minute think Vance's crap went unnoticed here, three yrs. ago.Bonnie McLaren / BBC:KiMi Robinson / USA Today: Jennifer Aniston hits back at JD Vance's viral ‘childless cat ladies’ commentsNiha Masih / Washington Post: ‘Childless cat ladies,’ Jennifer Aniston, and Swifties take on JD VanceCatherine Shoard / The Guardian: Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance's ‘childless cat ladies’ commentArthur Delaney / HuffPost: Here Comes The Backlash To JD Vance's ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment From 2021Ginia Bellafante / New York Times: JD Vance and the Age-Old Trope of ‘Childless Cat Ladies’Nardine Saad / Los Angeles Times: Jennifer Aniston blasts J.D. Vance over ‘childless cat ladies’ view on Kamala HarrisAsher Notheis / Washington Examiner: JD Vance's previous support for IVF defies Jennifer Aniston social media slamChristopher Brito / CBS News: Jennifer Aniston responds to JD Vance's “childless cat ladies” remarkNick Catoggio / The Dispatch: Baby Bust — On J.D. Vance and ‘childless cat ladies.’ — I have more in common with J.D. Vance than I'd like to admit.Clay Jones / Claytoonz: Meow — In J.D. Vance's eyes, it's better to have five kids from three women you cheated on than to be a childless woman.Julia Reinstein / ABC News: JD Vance slammed for ‘childless cat ladies’ commentNeil Steinberg / Chicago Sun Times: J.D. Vance thinks childless Americans have no stake in society. He's wrong.Martha Ross / East Bay Times: Jennifer Aniston ‘prays’ for the future fertility of JD Vance's daughter to slam his childless women commentsDNyuz: Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance over ‘childless cat ladies’ comment from resurfaced interviewKathleen Walsh / Glamour: Jennifer Aniston Blasts JD Vance for the ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment in Rare Political StatementSavannah Walsh / Vanity Fair: Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance's Resurfaced Remarks About “Childless Cat Ladies”Daniel Hampton / Raw Story: ‘Rachel is activated’: Jennifer Aniston unloads on J.D. Vance over controversial commentSandra Rhodes / IJR: Cat Fight: Vance's ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Sparks Rebuttal From Jennifer Aniston, SwiftiesCharlie Nash / Mediaite: Jennifer Aniston Tears Into JD Vance Over ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Remark: 'I Truly Can't Believe This Is Coming From a Potential VP of the United States'Alexa Mae Asperin / WTTG-TV: Jennifer Aniston slams JD Vance's ‘childless cat ladies’ commentEllise Shafer / Variety: Jennifer Aniston Slams JD Vance's Comments About Women Without Children: ‘I Truly Cannot Believe This Is Coming From a Potential VP’Ann Althouse / Althouse: “Three years ago... JD Vance... suggested in a TV interview that some Democrats including Vice President Harris are ‘a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable.’”Tom Tapp / Deadline: Jennifer Aniston Rips Trump VP Pick J.D. Vance For “Childless Cat Lady” RemarksTomás Mier / Rolling Stone: Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance's ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment About Women Without ChildrenKelly Rissman / The Independent: JD Vance's sexist comments on ‘childless cat ladies’ like Kamala Harris go viral againCarly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter: Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance's Resurfaced Comments About Women Without ChildrenBecca Wood / Yahoo News: JD Vance's 2021 comments calling Kamala Harris a ‘childless cat lady’ go viral
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