Have a sick basin at hand.
Unspeakably vile and callous. Trump says he considered canceling his political rally not because 11 people were murdered in an anti-Semitic act of terrorism, but because he had a bad hair day due to answering questions about the murders of Jews in the rain pic.twitter.com/diM9mxB58D
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 27, 2018
This fucking fool.
President Trump, asked about gun laws, says the Pittsburgh synagogue should have had armed security at the bris and the gunman wouldn’t be able to do what he did pic.twitter.com/y9Cq59wPM5
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) October 27, 2018
Oh they should have had armed protection. So what’s he saying? That there should be armed protection everywhere? Supermarkets for instance, like that Kroger in Jeffersontown, Kentucky where a white guy shot two black people to death a few days ago? But what if the security guard is in aisle 10 so the shooter goes to aisle 2 to shoot people there? It would take a lot of armed security to cover the whole space, and the parking lot … Read the rest
A gunman attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue during services Saturday morning, killing multiple people and wounding three police officers, among others.
The suspect opened fire inside the Tree of Life Synagogue during a baby naming ceremony, Philadelphia’s attorney general told the Associated Press.
Ah, during a baby naming ceremony. Thoughtful touch.
… Read the restDuring a standoff, the suspect spoke multiple times about wanting or needing to kill Jews, police dispatchers said on the radio.
He surrendered to police around 11 a.m. Dispatchers said he had a pistol on his ankle and another in his waistband, and had been injured. KDKA reported that he came out crawling.
The Tree of Life synagogue is located in a leafy residential enclave
Oh look, an exciting investigative scoop by The Oxford Student.
In an exclusive investigation, The Oxford Student can reveal a fellow of St Cross, and Sociology Professor, has been making #transphobic statements anonymously on Twitter #Investigation #Oxfordhttps://t.co/sZEAzYcaSY
— The Oxford Student (@TheOxStu) October 26, 2018
Let’s rush to read this investigative uncovering of a truth:
… Read the restPlease note that this article contains explicit discussion of transphobic statements and images.
Professor of Sociology and Fellow of St Cross College Michael Biggs has been posting transphobic statements online under the Twitter handle @MrHenryWimbush, The Oxford Student can reveal.
The Twitter account, named Henry Wimbush and still online at the time of publication, has been tweeting statements such as “transphobia is a
Gary Younge at the Guardian sees a connection between Trump’s constant stoking of hatred and the highly stoked hatred we see all around us.
… Read the restTrump’s election and the xenophobic rhetoric that came with it not only emboldened schoolchildren to parrot bigotry to their peers, it gave the state free rein to unleash its power indiscriminately against a minority community. So when pipe bombs are sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, California congresswoman Maxine Waters and CNN it should be understood not only as a specific threat to democracy but as one of the most violent examples yet from a democracy that has long been under threat.
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…Both in his candidacy and presidency Trump has made direct appeals
Trump explains why it’s so necessary for him to keep inciting violence against journalists.
WATCH: When asked if his rhetoric and encouragement to violence could be toned down, Trump says "I could tone it up" implicitly threatening the assembled reporters. pic.twitter.com/GnWoniL8uk
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) October 26, 2018
… Read the restFederal authorities made an arrest on Friday in connection with the nationwide bombing campaign against outspoken critics of President Trump, a significant breakthrough in a case that has gripped the country in the days leading up to the midterm elections.
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The arrest came only hours after the mysterious spate of pipe bombs spread further as federal authorities said on Friday morning that they had found two more of the explosive devices: one addressed to Senator Cory Booker and the other to James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence.
…The package addressed to Mr. Clapper was meant to be delivered to the New York offices of CNN, where he works as an analyst,
A Jesus and Mo from ten years ago, brought back for obvious reasons.
After moving Dodge City’s sole polling site outside city limits, county election officials sent newly registered voters an official certificate of registration that listed the wrong place to cast a ballot in the midterm election — the latest election snafu to surface in the iconic Wild West town where Hispanics now make up the majority of the population.
The southwest Kansas city, located 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of Wichita, has only one polling site for its 27,000 residents. For nearly two decades, that site was at the civic center in the mostly white part of town.
So, finding that too easy, officials moved it outside of town a mile from any bus stop…and then they … Read the rest
Oh good, more erasing.
The National Sexual Wellbeing Survey for Women Who Have Sex With Women is live for 4 more weeks!
We need to make sure this research is representative of ALL self identifying women!
CALLING ALL TRANS WOMEN-
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: https://t.co/6FL6X3EiKe#transwomenarewomen pic.twitter.com/IgYmqO4re5— LGBT Foundation (@LGBTfdn) October 24, 2018
Weird, ain’t it? No mention of lesbians, but urgent recruiting of trans women.
Oh wait there is one mention of lesbians! Well sort of. Well not really mention, but tiny hint. Tiny bashful hardly there hint. There’s the L in LGBT Foundation.
Not for long though, judging by the replies.… Read the rest
The Daily Mail (yes; sorry):
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a woman convicted by an Austrian court of calling the Prophet Mohammed a paedophile did not have her freedom of speech rights infringed.
The woman, named only as Mrs. S, 47, from Vienna, was said to have held two seminars in which she discussed the marriage between the Prophet Mohammad and a six-year old girl, Aisha.
According to scripture the marriage was consummated when Aisha was just nine years old, leading Mrs S. to say to her class Mohammad ‘liked to do it with children’.
She also reportedly said ‘… A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? … What do we call it, if it is not paedophilia?’
It … Read the rest
By way of refreshment:
https://twitter.com/ClintFalin/status/1055538301845864449… Read the rest
The Guardian reports live on a law enforcement press conference in NYC:
… Read the restSweeney is reiterating that the 10 bombs are being analyzed at Quantico, the FBI’s forensics lab in Virginia. He’s also confirmed that white powder in some of the devices, including the one delivered to the CNN offices, does not constitute a biological threat.
John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of intelligence and counter terrorism, says that a retired police officer found the package in lower Manhattan addressed to Robert DeNiro.
“A retired NYPD detective who was awake and watching the news saw an image of one of these devices and it occurred to him that it resembled a package he had
Charles Blow on Trump’s hate-mongering and how it may connect to all these bombs popping up:
… Read the restTrump’s hatred, racism, insecurity, anti-intellectualism and grudge against the elite society that had always disdained him was perfectly suited for conservatives who were entertaining the same notions but had no one to openly champion their intolerance with effrontery.
On Monday in Houston, Trump was again whipping a rally crowd into a fear frenzy with his dystopian vision of America. He said:
“Democrat immigration policies allow poisonous drugs and MS-13 to pour into our country. And Democrat sanctuary cities release violent criminals from jail and straight into your neighborhoods.”
As the audience chanted, “CNN sucks,” he said, “Don’t worry. I don’t like them either, O.K.?”
Bomb sent to CNN yesterday. Today Trump tweets:
A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018
In other words, Trump says SEND MORE BOMBS.
… Read the restPresident Trump on Thursday blamed the news media for the division and anger in the United States, as the authorities discovered more pipe bombs intended for the president’s political rivals.
Mr. Trump had called the night before for national unity
The Guardian has a letter plus answer thing under the headings In it together Women.
Headline: When I went home with period pains I told my boss I had a cold. Should I have told the truth?
Letter:
… Read the restLast month I had to leave work in the middle of the day. I was in a great deal of pain from my period, a problem I have had for several years. Sometimes I can manage it with painkillers, but not always. Even when I can cope with the pain, my periods affect my sleep, and make me slower and less productive. When my (female) boss saw how unwell I was, she kindly suggested I go home. I told her the
Originally a comment by latsot on He’d blab all the secrets if only he knew anything about them.
As the text says, it’s not only secret information that’s damaging. We all routinely give away far more information than is good for us. We tend to assume that the minutia of our lives are uninteresting and cannot harm us (if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear).
We do crazy things like tell Amazon who our friends and family are, when their birthdays are and the sort of stuff they like. In fact, it’s worse than that, because we tell them the sort of stuff we think they like. Of course, if they are Amazon customers too, … Read the rest
The president of CNN strongly criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his anti-media rhetoric, just hours after the network discovered that a pipe bomb had been sent to its headquarters in New York.
“There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media,” Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. “The President, and especially the White House press secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that.”
Still not showing any comprehension. Trump is off at another rally as we speak.
… Read the restTrump has frequently criticized CNN and other media organizations as “the fake
In better news…
Breaking: federal court rules Georgia can't reject absentee ballots for mismatched signatures. 1 in 10 absentee ballots rejected in Gwinnett County, GA's 2nd largest. Blacks, Latinos & Asian-American voters more likely to have ballots rejected than whites. via @sophlin229 @ACLU pic.twitter.com/E3yQMMr1gm
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 24, 2018
Judge who struck down GA signature mismatch law for absentee ballots had strong words for Brian Kemp: "The Court does not understand how assuring all eligible voters are permitted to vote undermines integrity of the election process" https://t.co/836D4jI9yn pic.twitter.com/tE129ggAw6
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 24, 2018
… Read the restGwinnett County GA rejected 171 absentee ballots for black voters vs 66 for whites. Asian & Pacific Islanders made up 15% of mail
Meanwhile though Trump is taking those bombs sent to Democrats and CNN very seriously.
Kidding. Of course he’s not.
I cannot believe he is going through with a political rally tonight, except of course I can because he always does the worst possible thing in every situation. https://t.co/lG6ftfRBOd
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 24, 2018
Will he rant about “fake news” and the evil Democrats at his rally? Of course he will.… Read the rest
