The Random, Meaningless Political post thread

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Kim CRIES as he calls on North Korean women to have more children

In his seemingly highly-choreographed emotional plea, the authoritarian leader was seen dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief while addressing thousands of women in Pyongyang.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Candidate for Santos' old seat is convicted on Jan. 6 charges after testifying he had 'no idea' Congress met in the Capitol

Prosecutors said Philip Sean Grillo, who is running for the seat previously held by George Santos, had videotaped himself during the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

www.nbcnews.com

Grillo in May filed as a candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District seat — the seat Santos, a Republican, held until his expulsion from the House last week following a scathing Ethics Committee report. The Justice Department noted that during his trial, Grillo testified that he had “no idea” that Congress convened inside the Capitol.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Grillo will also be a candidate in the Feb. 13 special election for the seat.

Good grief. He wants to run for Congress but had "no idea" that Congress convened inside the Capitol.

New York's 3rd Congressional District. First Santos, and now, this guy.

Maybe there's something wrong with the drinking water in that district.

 

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Liberal America is embracing firearms

The proportion of Democrats who have a gun at home has increased to 41 percent from just 33 percent in 2019.

www.newsweek.com

 

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BREAKING: Satanic idol at Iowa State Capitol BEHEADED by Christian veteran

“I saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged,” Cassidy said. “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted.”

thepostmillennial.com

Cassidy told the outlet that he destroyed the altar on Thursday to "awaken Christians to the anti-Christian acts promoted by our government."

"The world may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First Amendment," Cassidy said. "Anti-Christian values have steadily been mainstreamed more and more in recent decades, and Christians have largely acted like the proverbial frog in the boiling pot of water."

Cassidy turned himself in to officers who were present in the building, who confirmed that the Satanic Temple of Iowa seeks to press charges. Cassidy was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief.

“I saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged,” Cassidy said. “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted.”

Cassidy previously ran for Congress in Mississippi and served as a Navy pilot.

Apparently, there was a fundraiser for his defense, and they raised $20,000 in less than three hours.

I guess it's not all that surprising that someone would do this.

 

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It seems DeSantis has weighed in on the incident at the Iowa State Capitol:

Ron DeSantis Sides With Man Who Destroyed Satanic Temple Statue At Iowa State Capitol

“Satan has no place in our society and should not be recognized as a ‘religion’ by the federal government,” the Florida governor wrote on X.

www.huffpost.com

“Satan has no place in our society and should not be recognized as a ‘religion’ by the federal government,” DeSantis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. “Good prevails over evil — that’s the American spirit.”

 

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Apparently, there was a fundraiser for his defense, and they raised $20,000 in less than three hours.

I guess it's not all that surprising that someone would do this.

In my not so humble opinion, it would be better if government buildings did not have any religious displays in them. When anything of that nature—a picture of Jesus, a set of Ten Commandments tablets, a Satanic altar, an altar to Jupiter, or any other such item—is installed in a government building, it suggests a state religion or that somebody wants a state religion. People who want a state religion are the sort of people who approve of taking away the rights and citizenship of individuals who do not accept the state religion. I’m not saying that this is why The Satanic Temple installed their altar, by the way. The Cassidy fellow and his supporters should have petitioned to have the altar removed, explaining that religious displays have no place in government buildings. Instead, he destroyed what does not belong to him and told everybody that the Ten Commandments should be displayed everywhere as if the Mosaic religion were the state religion.

 

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I saw Santa riding a motorcycle last Saturday

 

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Texas Lt. Guv Threatens to Take Biden Off State’s Ballot After Colorado Ruling

‘Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border,’ Patrick told Fox News.

www.thedailybeast.com

“Seeing what happened in Colorado makes me think—except we believe in democracy in Texas—maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing eight million people to cross the border since he’s been president disrupting our state,” Patrick said.

Hmm...

 

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Huntington Beach to add new monthly celebrations, remove others like Black History Month

After some heated discussion, the City Council passed the new policy by a 4-3 vote on Tuesday night.

www.latimes.com

February’s city theme for Huntington Beach will be “We Love Our Libraries” in 2024, while the city will make no mention of Black History Month.

In June, the city theme will be focused on the history of Independence Day, but the city will not be recognizing (LGBTQ+) Pride Month.

The City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday night to approve a 12-month calendar that will see each month dedicated to a specific theme but would remove other familiar months from the recognition list.

The item, introduced by Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark, Mayor Pro Tem Pat Burns and Councilman Casey McKeon, states that it is designed to honor the rich historic heritage of the country, state and Surf City itself. Each month’s theme will highlight significant events, landmarks and influential figures.

These federally recognized celebrations include Black History Month, Women’s History Month in March and Pride Month in June, among others. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and Hispanic Heritage Month runs from mid-September to mid-October.

The item states that the new Huntington Beach celebrations are intended to be “free of any identity politics and political agendas.”

Kalmick questioned both the item itself and why the previously approved celebrations need to be disregarded.

“This is not public policy,” he said. “This is an Eagle Scout project. This is what we all learned in fourth grade and 10th grade and 11th grade. I do apologize if you didn’t know some of these things; a lot of folks in town do ... So, February of 2024 we’re not going to celebrate Black History Month. Why not?”

McKeon said the previous themed months could be added back in future years.

“This is meant to be a fun exercise that brings the community together,” he said. “You’re totally over-complicating it.”

Moser, who has a bachelor’s degree in history from Cal State Long Beach, said that presenting a comprehensive historical narrative is complex, and she cautioned against over-simplification or inadvertent sanitizing of the past.

“I love history and I want us to know more about history, [but] our immediate role as council members is to prioritize the needs of the community that directly impact them,” she said.

Don Han is the director of community partnerships for Groundswell, formerly known as OC Human Relations. He said he had been working to support the Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force/Committee, which the council voted to ax over the summer, since 2005.

“It is kind of disheartening to see that the nationally recognized heritage months are being removed from the city of Huntington Beach,” Han said Wednesday. “The history of Huntington Beach is the history of these people. If Huntington Beach wants to continue to celebrate its diversity, it has to embrace and be inclusive of all people, so that they feel that they belong. Removing the Black History Month celebration, imagine if you identify as a Black person in that community, to see your city’s elected officials say, ‘We’re not going to recognize you and your history.’ That can be disheartening.”

State Sen. Dave Min also released a statement that was highly critical of the item.

My grandparents lived in Santa Ana for many years, and I also became acquainted with Huntington Beach. Orange County was pretty right-wing back in the day. That was Robert K. Dornan's district for quite a few years.

And of course, there was Orange County's most famous son:

He was not a crook. He said so.

 

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Ex-GOP lawmaker describes Trump as smelling like a mix of armpits, ketchup and a butt

In an interview on The MeidasTouch Network, Adam Kinzinger didn't hold back when discussing Trump's odor

www.salon.com

Trying his hand at Smell-O-Vision, the former GOP lawmaker went into greater detail about the way Trump smells, saying, "It’s not good. The best way to describe it . . . take armpits, ketchup, a butt and makeup and put that all in a blender and bottle that as a cologne. That’s kind of that. I’ve been amazed that everybody is just kind of learning about this now."

I suppose the ketchup smell comes from his diet of fast food.

 

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Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.

apnews.com

“COVID-19 is over, and Nebraska taxpayers expect that pandemic-era government relief programs will end too,” Pillen said in his statement. Pillen announced on Dec. 19 that Nebraska would not participate in the program. He has drawn a firestorm of criticism for later defending that stance at a news conference by saying, “I don’t believe in welfare.”

Neighboring Iowa is also opting out of the program, with Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announcing that decision last week and saying, “An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”

He doesn't believe in welfare.

Nebraska:

 

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Wasn't she beautiful? Ivana Zelnickova? Czech Republic should be proud of her.

 

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Wasn't she beautiful? Ivana Zelnickova? Czech Republic should be proud of her.


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I still remember this SNL skit from 1990, with the late great Phil Hartman playing Trump:

The three-card monte game at the end pretty much sums up Trump, in more ways than one.