Random General Headlines

[allegro]

You cannot erase history, no.

Germany has zero iconography commemorating Hitler or the Third Reich. The history cannot be erased, but they will not celebrate it.*

The KKK game card feels commemorative. That’s the problem.


* Note, however, that Germany DOES have monuments to honor resisters.

[katara]

'White Lives Matter' is currently trending on Twitter in the UK.

People have been protesting against BLM in the streets, throwing bottles and smoke bombs at the police. WLM and All Lives Matter are at each other's throats.

I feel embarrassed to be a human being.

[allegro]

White people suck. Really, it's okay for us to say that. It's the white people who suck. And let's not do "Not all white people."

[theimage13]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scotu...b6299362046713

SCOTUS confirms LGBTQ employees are protected by civil rights statutes

[allegro]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scotu...b6299362046713

SCOTUS confirms LGBTQ employees are protected by civil rights statutes

And Gorsuch wrote the decision! Still waiting to read it, there’s problems with the SCOTUS server.

I knew Gorsuch was the likely swing vote on this one, but Roberts is a (pleasant) surprise.

The Louisiana abortion decision is coming down, today, too. And maybe DACA.

[allegate]

do we have a thread where the Ron Perlman / Ted Cruz twitter fight could be discussed? Because it's going places.

[theimage13]

And Gorsuch wrote the decision! Still waiting to read it, there’s problems with the SCOTUS server.

I knew Gorsuch was the likely swing vote on this one, but Roberts is a (pleasant) surprise.

The Louisiana abortion decision is coming down, today, too. And maybe DACA.

I think I just saw a headline that they declined DACA.

edit: yup

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...a6d_story.html

[chuckrh]

John Lydon is actually a pretty decent guy.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...195801788.html

[allegro]

I think I just saw a headline that they declined DACA.

edit: yup

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...a6d_story.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...a-in-november/

Different DACA case, SCOTUS heard oral arguments in November, decision expected today.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...poll-cbs-news/

[thelastdisciple]

Was anyone talking about NASCAR, Bubba Wallace and the noose?

I just watched the CNN bit from Lemon's show with Bubba and I am so confused, so supposedly this was a garage door pull that was there since 2019 or so the FBI had concluded.

Is this another Jussie Smollett or was Bubba being trolled? i have no idea what's going on.

[allegro]

Was anyone talking about NASCAR, Bubba Wallace and the noose?

I just watched the CNN bit from Lemon's show with Bubba and I am so confused, so supposedly this was a garage door pull that was there since 2019 or so the FBI had concluded.

Is this another Jussie Smollett or was Bubba being trolled? i have no idea what's going on.

It was not a hoax or a hate crime, because it wasn’t a noose; it was just a pull on a door that had been that way since last year, nobody assigned him that specific garage, the pull wasn’t put there after he was there. It was all just a misunderstanding during a very sensitive time.

[thelastdisciple]

It was not a hoax or a hate crime, because it wasn’t a noose; it was just a pull on a door that had been that way since last year, nobody assigned him that specific garage, the pull wasn’t put there after he was there. It was all just a misunderstanding during a very sensitive time.

Yet regardless of what it actually was Bubba still seems to stand firm in his belief of it to be a noose and so does as he also said the FBI and his NASCAR peers. :/

[allegro]

Yet regardless of what it actually was Bubba still seems to stand firm in his belief of it to be a noose and so does as he also said the FBI and his NASCAR peers. :/

Weird. There are cameras EVERYWHERE around there, so all he has to do is get the camera footage. It’d be super easy to determine if that was there, already; and, if not, who put it there. I guess that place, everywhere, is under a crazy amount of constant surveillance.

[thelastdisciple]

Weird. There are cameras EVERYWHERE around there, so all he has to do is get the camera footage. It’d be super easy to determine if that was there, already; and, if not, who put it there. I guess that place, everywhere, is under a crazy amount of constant surveillance.

Thoughts?

[allegro]

Thoughts?

That is not a noose.

I am pretty good at nautical knots. I tie lots of them. Quickly.

This is a noose:

https://www.animatedknots.com/noose-knot

That knot in Bubba’s locker?

That’s a hangman’s knot / noose.

https://www.101knots.com/hangmans-knot-noose.html

See Uni Knot:

https://www.animatedknots.com/uni-knot

As someone who ties lots of knots, has them memorized, has APPS for knots, I’m with those who question why anyone would use any noose knot as a pull on a garage, because any noose knot is self-tightening; eventually, the loose end will disappear. This was either some kind of “joke” or it was aimed to be eventually sent as a message by luck of the draw, because Bubba got assigned that Number 4 garage by standings. He was bound to get it, eventually.

Not sure security footage goes back far enough to show who put it there, or if it’s erased. But the FBI would still have to show motive for a hate crime. If it was there last year, and the garage space is assigned strictly by standings, then it’s pretty impossible to show motive or link it to a hate crime.

Bottom line, though, is that EVERY driver got behind Bubba out there on that track behind his car to show support. That was really something.

[thelastdisciple]

It must be a misconception or a semantics thing, as anytime i thought of a "noose" it was definitely the hangman's one that immediately came to mind. Since it literally has "hang man..." in the name and was always used for public executions. Burned in my brain as a visual representation of hangings or lynchings, clearly I've watched way too many Westerns.

So to say it's not a noose in comparison to your first link, that's absolutely not what i was thinking of. Certainly confused the hell out of me haha

I know knot of what i speak.

You're right though about the main takeaway, all the drivers supporting him. That's what matters most.

[allegate]

[NotoriousTIMP]

a protester in Seattle was hit and killed by a car yesterday

https://twitter.com/i/events/1279691093521489920

[allegro]

a protester in Seattle was hit and killed by a car yesterday

https://twitter.com/i/events/1279691093521489920

I saw them get hit via a video that was tweeted, OMG it was horrible, Horrible. The SOUND was horrible. And horrible evil people were commenting that it was their fault for being on an interstate, except it was CLOSED. Wtf. They were LAUNCHED into the air, it was obviously deliberate. No punishment is enough. I can’t get the video out of my mind. My thoughts and prayers are with Summer’s family, as well as Diaz’s for a full recovery.

I do hope that protesters will stay off the interstates / freeways / expressways; they are far too dangerous.

[mfte]

Damn....Protesters are killing civilians now?

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atl...H3UUGXQCKDPBA/

[allegro]

Damn....Protesters are killing civilians now?

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atl...H3UUGXQCKDPBA/

This is awful. A lot of this shit is just so random, idiotic and out-of-control, the message is getting lost. The focus has turned to “anarchy” and most people don’t want anarchy, so it will be a failure and will spark more hatred from the authoritarians on the right.

These children dying is just bullshit.

[elevenism]

In, hmmm, how do I put this: more petty news?

How about this whole James Charles/Jefree Star/Tati Westbrook/Shane Dawson/Will Smith jumblefuck?

I didn't want to say LIGHTER news, because one of YouTube's all time most popular content creators was found to have pretended to masturbate at a picture of a then 11 year old Willow Smith, and Will Smith and the rest of the family aren't taking it lightly.

But the accusations and side changing and just, general fucking toxicity of everyone involved, aside from the Smith family, is just STUNNING. For the record, the people outing Dawson all seem to have been cancelled, and uncancelled, themselves, at various points in time.

You need a good solid two hours of YouTube commentary channel viewing to sort all this shit out. It's like a reality show.

At least it's less disturbing than donald trump

[versusreality]

This is awful. A lot of this shit is just so random, idiotic and out-of-control, the message is getting lost. The focus has turned to “anarchy” and most people don’t want anarchy, so it will be a failure and will spark more hatred from the authoritarians on the right.

These children dying is just bullshit.

it's awful that a girl was killed. as much unity that has been happening, gang violence hasn't ceased. even here in Jersey City, where there has been multiple peaceful protests, it's been a (not as bad as Chicago) violent summer (media hasn't been honest about it) and there was a phony photo opp a few months ago of the various gang leaders of the different projects here coming together to vow peace.

[elevenism]

This is awful. A lot of this shit is just so random, idiotic and out-of-control, the message is getting lost. The focus has turned to “anarchy” and most people don’t want anarchy, so it will be a failure and will spark more hatred from the authoritarians on the right.

These children dying is just bullshit.

you're absolutely right, and the current administration is going to use all this chaos to paint the left as unbridled, hate fueled, violent communist revolutionaries who want to kill all the white people.
They're already gearing up for it, it seems, and it might just work.

This is exactly why I'm entertaining myself with the aforementioned YouTube gossip "news" today, after listening to MSNBC for four hours while driving the day before.

[allegro]

How about this whole James Charles/Jefree Star/Tati Westbrook/Shane Dawson/Will Smith jumblefuck?

I didn't want to say LIGHTER news, because one of YouTube's all time most popular content creators was found to have pretended to masturbate at a picture of a then 11 year old Willow Smith, and Will Smith and the rest of the family aren't taking it lightly.

Okay, I had to Google this. Other than the Smiths, I have NO fucking idea who ANY of these people are. Or were. And I didn’t or don’t care enough to find out, lol.

[allegro]

to paint the left

Except it’s not clear who “the left” is ... and that it’s not the Democrats (who are really more “left of center”).

Anarchy is REEEEAAAAALLLY far left. BLM is, evidently, beginning to follow the path of the (Socialist) Black Panthers, but without clear structure and leaders, it’s just chaos and anarchy. And, of course, none of it has anything to do with the DNC, despite what QAnon is spreading around.

[versusreality]

it's awful that a girl was killed. as much unity that has been happening, gang violence hasn't ceased. even here in Jersey City, where there has been multiple peaceful protests, it's been a (not as bad as Chicago) violent summer (media hasn't been honest about it) and there was a phony photo opp a few months ago of the various gang leaders of the different projects here coming together to vow peace.

another minor dead
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/07/17...ities-say.html

[elevenism]

Except it’s not clear who “the left” is ... and that it’s not the Democrats (who are really more “left of center”).

Anarchy is REEEEAAAAALLLY far left. BLM is, evidently, beginning to follow the path of the (Socialist) Black Panthers, but without clear structure and leaders, it’s just chaos and anarchy. And, of course, none of it has anything to do with the DNC, despite what QAnon is spreading around.

I hear you.

But, I'm afraid it doesn't matter, because trump's RNC is going to paint it as an Us and Them duality, and our Dear Leader will become the law and order candidate who will save swing voters from violence In the Streets, threatening Our great Country.

All in all, we're a nation of rebellious fucks, and this is a double edged sword.

[allegro]

I hear you.

But, I'm afraid it doesn't matter, because trump's RNC is going to paint it as an Us and Them duality

Oh honey it most definitely is motherfucking us vs them shit, this is all out fucking WAR, now. Even the most pacifist Democrats I know full out HATE Republicans now. Nobody gives a single fuck what the Republicans think. They sold their souls.

When the GOP is evil enough to give millions in Covid loans to Jared Kushner, Elaine Chao, Kanye West, Ivanka Trump, Chick Fil A, etc. but won’t extend assistance to nursing homes, SNAP benefits, the elderly, or the unemployed (because “they might not want to go back to work”), and said kids should return to school in the hottest Covid state in the nation, that gauntlet was thrown.

[elevenism]

@allegro , Shane Dawson is one of the most well known, revered, prolific, oldest, richest YouTubers of all time. He's been doing it since '08.

I always thought he was just this sweet guy, but I somehow missed all THIS shit.

A feud in the YouTube makeup/beauty community led people to start compiling old clips, and, yeah, it's fucking NUTS.

Get you a little taste of it. Remember that this guy is a multimillionaire who is only finally being hung out to dry because Willow Smith was involved in the insanity.

Now, it's in the mainstream news.

It's a fascinating and disturbing rabbit hole