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Jerry Falwell Jr. Cuckold Fetish Rumors Watch Wrap Up – Coda
When you think this is all wrapped up, the consummate attention whores go out whoring for more attention. In this episode Jerry and Becki streisand effect themselves in an interview with Vanity Fair. I will probably not read that interview, but get a load of this nugget:
“Because of my last name, people think I’m a religious person. But I’m not,” Falwell Jr., 59, told Vanity Fair in the interview,.
AH, YES! It was the name. It wasn’t going around for 30 or so years pretending to be a religious person that gave people that erroneous impression.
DL Open Thread Wednesday January 26 2022
Ukraine continues to dominate the little bit of news I consume. There’s lots of reason to believe that Russia quite seriously intends to use a mechanized offensive along several lines of attack to cut off parts of Ukraine and install a new government in Kiev. – VIA LGM I hear something like that and think, […]
What does Putin want?
If you think that Putin isn’t deploying 100,000 troops, short-range ballistic missiles, and elite spetsnaz operators on the Ukranian border for nothing, this explanation of what Putin actually wants makes sense. We continue not to know what Vladimir Putin intends nor wants with his massive military buildup around Ukraine, accompanied by diplomatic demands, primarily on […]
DL Open Thread Monday January 24th 2022
I listened to football this Sunday. A good radio play by play announcer is an artist. These games didn’t need a good play by play announcer to be interesting. Bills/Chiefs was probably the best football game I have ever listened to. But a playoff game shouldn’t be decided by a coin flip. Allow both teams […]
We can’t fix shit
When I was in my 20’s the United States of America was still widely admired around the world. Sure the CIA got involved in some bad shit, but the country’s heart was always in the right place, and when it decided to do something (like defeat Nazi Germany, go to the moon, or eradicate polio) by God that shit got done. Now we suck. Can’t get anything done, AND our heart is in the wrong place.
…The endless cycles of one step forward, two steps back, on numerous issues takes its toll. Brief windows open up and then the powerful backlash forces step in.
Fanatical devotion to the status quo is, sadly, considered to be the height of seriousness in The Discourse. I’d even be more accepting of this if it was merely, “the status quo, but a bit more convenient,” but often it is impossible to stare down even the trivial forces that impose large burdens on the rest of us.I mean, “we” can’t even fix spam calls. There are also the related cycles of, “YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WILL SAVE US,” followed immediately by, “oh no, not like that.”
Slow Motion General Strike Continues Apace in The UK
Workers pushing back against the abuses of late stage capitalism is officially a thing. Which means it is only a matter of time until capital organizes its assholes and lackeys (like Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) for example) to introduce some sort of bipartisan bills making it illegal to quit your suck-ass job.
Brits are quitting their jobs at a rate not seen in over a decade, new data shows, highlighting the struggles companies are facing when it comes to staff.Sanjay Raja, chief UK economist at Deutsche Bank, said analysis of official data suggests people are resigning at the highest rate since 2009 with “historically elevated levels of workers leaving the labour market entirely”.
The data shows that the so-called “Great Resignation” happening around the world in the wake of the pandemic is not just anecdotal. In the US, where the government produces official data on the so-called ‘quit rate’, a record 4.5 million people resigned in November.
Employers across the UK complain of struggling to both hang on to and recruit staff. Redundancies in the UK are at their lowest level since the mid-1990s, while the level of open vacancies is the highest on record.
The Loser’s Plan to Win
After losing to Joe Biden, all of Trump’s moves were designed to create enough discord and chaos to allow Pence to stall the electoral college certification. Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines The Jan. 6 select panel has obtained the draft order and a document titled “Remarks on National Healing.” […]
Darius Brown Verdict – The Highlands Bunker Take
Here is a pod for your ears brain and soul. I haven’t listened yet, but will return to the comments to give it a 1 to 5 rating. (1 being equal to a Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza and 5 being equal something so transcendently luminescent it is nigh on impossible to discuss with any heretofore devised human language.)
The Jerkyville Soviet is back in session as Tye Grier joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the Darius Brown verdict and controversy, the role of leadership in dealing with ethics issues, and some upcoming collaboration between local groups.
Bones Bugalu
I don’t know anything about Gabriel Ríos other than what I just read in wikipedia [(born 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican-Belgian singer songwriter currently residing in Belgium and New York.] and the fact that he is responsible for this bop which I first heard as a track on a Putumayo […]
Boris Johnson Fatigue
Boris seems to be in a lot of trouble, although post-Trump and from this side of the Atlantic it is hard to see why. I mean, has he headed an attempt to overthrow the government and install himself as Lord Protector? No? Whats the big deal then? I guess his act is just wearing thin.
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to “blackmail” those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of power.
Johnson, who won a large majority in 2019, is facing growing calls to step down over a series of scandals, including admitting he had attended a party at his Downing Street office at a time when Britain was under a strict COVID-19 lockdown.
Some younger lawmakers have spearheaded attempts to unseat Johnson, but it was an attack by one of the party’s longest-serving Conservatives that prompted gasps when he told the prime minister in parliament “In the name of God, go.” read more
Johnson, 57, has vowed to fight on, saying he would lead the Conservative Party into the next election and warning a lawmaker who defected to the main opposition Labour Party on Wednesday that he would win back his seat.
But in yet another blow to his shaky standing, William Wragg, chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee which oversees constitutional issues and standards, accused the government of blackmail.
“In recent days, a number of members of parliament have faced pressures and intimidation from members of the government because of their declared or assumed desire for a vote of confidence in the party leadership of the prime minister,” Wragg said in a statement before a meeting of the committee.
“Moreover, the reports of which I’m aware, would seem to constitute blackmail. As such, it would be my general advice to colleagues to report these matters to the speaker of the House of Commons and the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.”
In response to the allegations, a Downing Street spokesperson said: “We are not aware of any evidence to support what are clearly serious allegations. If there is any evidence to support these claims we would look at it very carefully.”
Coons v. Manchin
I don’t know how I missed this.
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the West Virginia senator for his blatant self-interest, Joe Manchin (D-WV) was slammed by critics Monday for stealing the spotlight from other Democratic senators who also oppose progressive legislation. “Joe Manchin would rather appear on TV than help his Democratic colleagues appear on TV,” said Delaware senator Chris Coons, who spoke on behalf of a coalition of moderate Democratic lawmakers in condemning Manchin for the undue attention he had received for obstructionist behavior that they would replicate in a heartbeat. “I’d love to be out there every day making up these nonsensical benchmarks and calling for compromise, but good luck getting oxygen when Joe Manchin is hogging all the attention. I’ve worked hard to block progressive legislation for years, and yet you don’t see my face plastered all over the news. Senator Manchin, we are calling on you to share the phone numbers and email addresses of your contacts at ABC News immediately. It’s time to think of the good of the party and share a bit of that limelight.” At press time, Coons added that it was repeated selfishness like this that made him question whether Manchin was really dedicated to maintaining the status quo. – Via the Onion
Maybe I missed it because it does not read as satire at all.
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