This is late because there was not much to post in the morning so I got interested in other things. I made a loaf of bread that came out great. Then I helped Ron make a wonderful meal of rare Roasted Beast, baked potatoes, and broccoli, and hot just baked bread. I would like to add I am not sorry, the meal was great and we had a lot of fun. Also got the laundry done. Be well, many hugs. Scottie
But no pay increase or or other things for the workers. Hugs
It should be noted that the Squad has been leading the charge, using up all their political capital, to enact policies that directly help the poor and working-class. Despite that, they are still labeled "highly educated elites" who don't care about the working-class. 2/
Must be in a third world country where people have to go into debt to finance a university education. Meanwhile USAian students go to university in places like The Sorbonne in Paris, Oxford or Cambridge or Manchester or Edinburgh in the UK and graduate in 4 years and have little to no debt. Hugs
Yes, Bob Dole was a republican and, please remember, when he appeared in the Seate to push for some “handicapped” legislation, he WAS roundly greeted by his “fellow” republicans – but they refused to pass the legislation he wanted. Of course, what’s in the Senate, now, are not really republicans so he should have known better than to try to appeal to them.
By the way, on what he’s shown as tossing away – As a politician, Dole made a habit of carrying a pen in his right hand to prevent others from trying to shake it since he lost the use of his right arm in a war-time injury. Hugs
IMO it’s getting increasingly hard to see a viable path to avoiding prolonged minority rule in America https://t.co/9yK81cNbgb
“People talk a lot about how democracy itself is on the line in the 2022 election. What this misses is that in a number of states majority rule is already a thing of the past in state governments b/c the legislatures are so effectively gerrymandered.” https://t.co/ZBAl6iZJqx
1. North Dakota school superintendent blasts Critical Race Theory, compares Democrats to Nazis.
"Time to move away from godless corrupt woke, left-wing ideology and back to the devout Christ centered Republic the founders envisioned."https://t.co/PoAjhoNNlo
On our left: Hungary, on our right Poland. The hand in the middle belongs to the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General, who has filed and “opinion” that those two right wing countries must follow the rules that they agreed to when joining the union. Or, this cartoonist implies, lose funding. The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland have all gone backwards on democracy and human rights in recent years. I hope it can be reversed. Hugs
Until viability a zygote / fetus doesn’t anything. It doesn’t and shouldn’t have more rights than the woman it is inside of. I am tired of hearing about the “heartbeat” at a time when the heart is not even developed yet. Too many people have wannabe wishes instead of facts. They claim personhood for the fetus but ignore the personhood of the woman the zygote / fetus is in. They say the fetus has potential, but they ignore the potential of the woman the fetus is in. Hugs
Ergo, Smollett makes all the right wing attacks okay. Smollett did something stupid that will no doubt cause him trouble for the rest of his life. You sure it wasn’t George Soros and Antifa and migrant caravans and Communists and baby-eaters? It is the same old story deflection the Right wing deploys daily. The right wing stands behind their bad actors. Smollett has destroyed his career, unless he becomes a MAGA. Well,if he comes out and pledges his soul to the orange messiah I’m sure Republicans will flock to his defense. I note that Mr Goodwyn, like all the “conservative” cartoonists who have mocked Smollett, have drawn exactly nothing about Donald Kirk Hartle, the Nevada man whose claims that someone had fraudulently voted under the identity of his dead wife were widely touted by Trumpublicans and given a national platform by conservative media — and was arrested for committing the fraud himself. Trumpublicans don’t believe that Hartle did anything bad – by their definition, voter fraud is only bad if they can imagine it being done by Democrats… they also like to point out that voting fraud like Hartle’s proves that the election was tainted and that Trump should be reinstated – even when the only voting fraud they can find was a Republican doing it for Trump…Hugs
This old drunk needs to sober up. To blame this on liberals or even the school is denying reality. The parents gave the kid the gun, bought the ammo, took him shooting inspired his love of guns / shooting and convinced the kid that others deserved to die. Hugs
Though they intended to “reclaim America,” members of Patriot Front had more than enough trouble reclaiming their own ride.
Blake Montgomery
Reporter/Editor
Zachary Petrizzo
Media Reporter
Screenshot/Twitter
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A group of white supremacists stormed through downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening, bearing American flags and mildly menacing plastic shields while marching to the beat of a snare drum down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. But after chanting aggressively about their plans to “reclaim America,” their intended show of force stalled spectacularly when they lost their ride.
While the group had marched through the city with threatening chants about their plan to “reclaim America,” by the end of the night it was not even clear how they intended to reclaim their U-Haul.
The rally by more than 100 members of the “Patriot Front” group, held just blocks from the White House, sparked fear among many bystanders and immediately attracted the attention of law enforcement, who shadowed the group to forestall any conflict.
Members wore a uniform: white gaiters, sunglasses, blue jackets, khaki pants, and brown boots and hats. Some donned plastic shinguards, seeming to anticipate violence.
As Patriot Front’s leader Thomas Rousseau spoke beside the Capitol reflecting pool, bystanders booed. Asked about the reason for the march, Rousseau said, “Our demonstrations are an exhibition of our unified capability to organize, to show our strength—not as brawlers or public nuisances, but as men capable of illustrating a message and seeking an America that more closely resembles the interests of its true people.”
At the end of the night, the march ended in a logistical anti-climax. No arrests were made at the Arlington Memorial Bridge, where the demonstration wound down, and D.C. police Lt. Jason Bagshaw told The Daily Beast that the cops, some in riot gear, were on the scene simply “waiting for people to leave.”
That is when it became clear that more than two dozen members of the white supremacist group could not leave, as they were apparently stranded. Members of the group had waited in a one-way roundabout to depart in one of the U-Hauls they had used to transport themselves for the rally. But the large rented moving van could not fit them all, so many of them were forced to wait in 45-degree darkness as the bulky orange vehicle made multiple trips over the course of nearly three hours.
As the group finally departed, one police officer yelled, “Whose shield is that?” after one white supremacist apparently left his plastic shield behind.
Patriot Front was once known as Vanguard America but changed its name after a man affiliated with the group murdered a woman at the notorious Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Members with military experience often train each other in basic tactics ranging from a protest gear list (Marine Corps-issued combat boots and decontaminate wipes) to hand-to-hand combat. White nationalists like Richard Spencer have hired the group for their own security.
Members of the right-wing group Patriot Front march across Memorial Bridge in front of the Lincoln Memorial on December 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Patriot Front members believe that their ancestors conquered America.
More than a hundred members of the group staged a rally in Washington DC on Saturday to “reclaim America.”
Bystanders booed as their leader Thomas Rousseau gave a speech, reports say.
More than a hundred members of a white supremacist group marched in downtown Washington, DC on Saturday evening while chanting “reclaim America,” reports say.
Videos show members of Patriot Front outside the Lincoln Memorial wearing matching outfits of khaki pants, dark blue jackets, and baseball caps.
A beautiful night at the Lincoln Memorial interrupted by demonstrators chanting “reclaim America.“ The crowd gave them the finger and exchanged profanities. pic.twitter.com/Z2voculi9Z
Some carried flags, shields, and photographs show one banner reading “victory or death.”
Their faces were obscured mainly by sunglasses and white coverings around their noses and mouths.
Members of the rightwing group Patriot Front march along the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial on December 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The group’s leader Thomas Rousseau gave a speech near the Capitol reflecting pool while bystanders booed, The Daily Beast said.
“Our demonstrations are an exhibition of our unified capability to organize, to show our strength,” Rousseau said, according to the outlet.
“Not as brawlers or public nuisances, but as men capable of illustrating a message and seeking an America that more closely resembles the interests of its true people.”
Members of the rightwing group Patriot Front march across Memorial Bridge in front of the Lincoln Memorial on December 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
On Saturday, police closely monitored the scene in case of violence, but the march ended without incident, The Daily Beast reported.
At the end of the protest, two dozen members were stranded as all could not fit in a U-Haul van rented to transport them to and from the rally, The Daily Beast said.
Many waited by the side of the road for hours as the vehicle made several trips, the outlet said.
Members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front are loading themselves into a U-Haul—one of several trips—following a march in downtown DC (shot by @ZTPetrizzo) pic.twitter.com/5nOmIv5pnA
According to The Anti-Defamation League, Patriot Front members believe that their ancestors conquered America and bequeathed it.
The group espouses “racism, anti-Semitism, and intolerance under the guise of preserving the ethnic and cultural origins of their European ancestors,” the organization said.
Patriot Front broke off from the white nationalist group Vanguard America after the group murdered a woman at the notorious “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Cassie Miller with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, told 6abc that Patriot Front is arguably “the leading white supremacist group in the country,” with 42 chapters across the United States.
The group is known for staging “flash” protests and torch demonstrations.
The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.
A member of Congress thinks that cancer is contagious.
Republicans love the ignorance. Rather than cast out the idiots, they become the idiots.
So kind of the WSJournal opinion editors, Misters Gigot and Heninninger, to find 3 other Misters to respond to their editorial advising the Supremes strike down Roe v Wade. pic.twitter.com/3iFnHNZp2X
Who needs science or data when you only follow predetermined narratives?
Great article on a great injustice. Anthony Broadwater was wrongfully convicted of raping Alice Sebold four decades ago — and fought to get his life back https://t.co/JD6xHPQO99
This all comes just as the DOJ has determined that Alabama prisons have not improved over the past two years despite the ongoing lawsuit against them – and frankly it seems like rodents are the least of their problems. https://t.co/6komO9Dlcl
Why does the right wing media blame Biden for what the Republicans are doing. Oh yes they are the misleading lying right wing media. The Build Back Better bill had money to help people buy electric vehicles that Republicans wouldn’t support. Same with the infrastructure bill that again Republicans fought. So electric cars too expensive for most people, blame Republicans. Hugs
This cartoonist is one of the most rabid right wing I have the displeasure to read. In order to slam a Democrat elected governor he insinuates that crime only happens where and when a Democrat is in charge. This is false. Any life experience and a quick google search will show that. Crime is driven not by politics but by other factors such a poverty, income inequality, housing, and other basic needs being unmet. Hugs
So are school shootings and every other goddam kind of shootings. Only the Boys in Blue matter. the rest are collateral damage or the fault of the ’libs”. I noticed he wasn’t as compassionate towards the Capital Police that were injured during the Insurrection. It is a tragedy when any officer loses their life when on the job. Also tragic, and likely more preventable, is how many have lost their lives due to Covid:https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/16/us/police-vaccine-covid-deaths/index.html COVID-19 killed more police officers in the last 18 months than guns. That was 100% preventable if they would get vaccinated and wear masks. Perhaps there would be fewer shootings if the gun makers and their propaganda puppets in the NRA worked on promoting proper gun safety, responsibility, and use instead of telling gullible Americans that a handgun under the Christmas tree is a great gift for children. Hugs
He said he was pulling the hammer back at the direction of Halyna Hutchins, and when they had the angle right, he let the hammer go and the gun went off. You need to work on your comprehension skills, and if you believe there is no such thing as an accidental discharge of a gun, your history of gun accidents. No one has shown any motive he may have had to murder anyone, and witnesses agree it was an accident. What is really disgusting is the way neocons are gleefully dancing on Halyna Hutchins’ grave because it advances their narrative. Alec Baldwin mocked the God Emperor tRump on a TV comedy show. That’s really all you need to know here. Hugs
For around $150, plexiglass, water, lenses, and ordinary mirrors, professor of Physics at the University of Rochester John Howell built an uni-directional optical cloaking device: This video shows one of the devices and two of his sons… sometimes: https://t.co/H1NPb6RPjApic.twitter.com/4lupYhLejI
Scottie's Playtime 
Yes, Bob Dole was a republican and, please remember, when he appeared in the Seate to push for some “handicapped” legislation, he WAS roundly greeted by his “fellow” republicans – but they refused to pass the legislation he wanted. Of course, what’s in the Senate, now, are not really republicans so he should have known better than to try to appeal to them.
By the way, on what he’s shown as tossing away – As a politician, Dole made a habit of carrying a pen in his right hand to prevent others from trying to shake it since he lost the use of his right arm in a war-time injury. Hugs