The dog at the end is like "What were you, raised by wolves?" https://t.co/8p0AEFKTiW
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 27, 2022
(To be fair, that golden gives his human the same look, sometimes… )
The dog at the end is like "What were you, raised by wolves?" https://t.co/8p0AEFKTiW
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 27, 2022
(To be fair, that golden gives his human the same look, sometimes… )
U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 141,078
– Average: 110,515 (-698)
– States reporting: 32/50
– In hospital: 26,080 (+180)
– In ICU: 2,826 (+13)
– New deaths: 424
– Average: 364 (-11)More data: https://t.co/ohnVKtNdM3 pic.twitter.com/AYZ4ovuQqq
— BNN|Medriva đşđ¸ Newsroom (@medrivaUS) May 28, 2022
Something for practically every taste!
A remastered concert film of an epic March 1985 performance by Prince & The Revolution in Syracuse, New York, will be released next week.
âThe next generation needs to see this because this is what it was all about," says Revolution member Lisa Coleman. https://t.co/cXWgNzkOws— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) May 23, 2022
This journalist was denied access, despite having credentials. So instead he covered the protests. I think his time was better spent there. Click on any of his tweets to read his full report.
I've been escorted out of the NRA convention by police for asking why my application was rejected.
"It's full. We are at capacity."
I asked what capacity means.
"That's proprietary."
I asked the officer if anyone else has been escorted out.
He said no. pic.twitter.com/tb9caUzK7T
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) May 27, 2022
Protesters chase away impotent white NRA supporter:
Here at the anti-NRA protest in Houston, I just witnessed North Texas based right wing provocateur who goes by the name Chet Goldstein get ejected by the crowd for trying to disrupt the event pic.twitter.com/PkW7tLQs7p
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) May 27, 2022
… On If The Party Ejects And Then Resets Before Britain Elects. Part III (and last, for the moment) of this Letter from Brexitannia installment:
It was always, absolutely, definitely going to happen. The very nature of the beasts involved made it an exercise in Pavlovian inevitability, but by the citrus-flavoured kisses of the Man from Delmonte, literally the only way they could have been more blatant about it is if theyâd tattooed âLaws R 4 Loozerzâ on their shaven taints and performed this dance of the seven bullshits via the medium of naked synchronised swimming.
I speak, of course, of the decision made by the London Metropolitan Police Force, popularly known as The Met, the Order of Paramilitary Freemasons, Those Wacky Whitewashers, or just The Filth, to shit with great force and infinite contempt upon the very concept of blind justice by concluding Operation Hillman – their half-arsed âinvestigationâ into multiple incidents of alcohol fuelled rule-breaking at Number 10 Downing Street during the 2020 Lockdowns – with a final blast of Fixed Penalty Notices addressed to various low-level civil servants and nameless petty officials while somehow sparing any further embarrassment to that globulous splat of lardy vileness whose house it (currently) is, namely our esteemed (Sub)Prime Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
Now, you may ask, how is it even possible that 126 FPNs could be issued to people identified by The Met as being present at one or more of the 12 illegal gatherings they claimed to be investigating, but Flobalob, who was at 6 of them, only got a single FTN, and that for the âambushed by a cakeâ surprise birthday party organised by his tardily legitimised [Spermbaker Apparent]… err, Wife Mark#3?
Thatâs a very good question, and soâs this one.
How could The Met justify fining, say, a junior assistant to the Prime Ministerâs Permanent Private Secretary for being at the same illegal gathering as the Prime Minister without also fining the Prime Minister? How does that work, exactly? If the gathering is illegal, attendance is illegal. If all are equal before the eyes of the Law, how can some attendees be given fines while others (the hosts, in fact) escape unscathed?
Basically, because itâs The Met, baby. Protecting those with Establishment cred is what they do. Effectively itâs all they do. Thereâs nothing else. If youâre not wired into the In-Crowd by birth, wealth or patronage then The Met couldnât give a single solitary fuckadoodle about you. In fact, if youâre not in the In-Crowd, then as far as theyâre concerned, youâre nothing more than a potentially illegal trespasser within their metropolitan demesne who deserves, nay, demands, to feel the full majesty of the Law Unbound manifest around your head, neck and exposed kidneys in the form of an enthusiastically wielded truncheon, and thatâs if they donât just shoot you dead for being flagrantly brown. Theyâre not so much corrupt as they are misnamed. Itâs not a Police Force per se, itâs a publicly funded private security militia with occupation duties over a city of 9 million sullen natives and a duty to serve and protect only the ârightâ kind of people.
Because of that, itâs not like any of this is in the least bit surprising. Indeed, Flobalob knew and boasted back in April that he would only be investigated for 2 out of the 6 illegal gatherings he was known to have attended and had been assured he would only get one FPN. It was in the papers and everything.
So, who told him that, then? Continue reading…
All through this nightmarish week, the timeline authorities in Texas offered for the police response to the school shooting kept falling apart. Itâs normal for early accounts of what happened in a chaotic situation to evolve, but the changing story in this case seemed like ass-covering, and this catastrophic press conference basically confirms that:
On 40 minute delay in police engaging the suspect inside Robb Elementary School, officials say, "a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject…there was time to retrieve the keys."
"From the benefit of hindsight…it was the wrong decision." https://t.co/q812K5OQTv pic.twitter.com/59SMt32ElZ
— ABC News (@ABC) May 27, 2022
Earlier, video emerged of frantic parents being treated like criminals for questioning the copsâ strategy of standing around outside the school. One woman, Angeli Rose Gomez, heard about the shooting while at work and drove 40 miles to the school to see about her second- and third-grade children. Here’s more of her story from the anti-cop, commie WSJ:
Ms. Gomez, a farm supervisor, was also waiting outside for her children. She said she was one of numerous parents who began encouragingâfirst politely, and then with more urgencyâpolice and other law enforcement to enter the school sooner. After a few minutes, she said, U.S. Marshals put her in handcuffs, telling her she was being arrested for intervening in an active investigation.
Ms. Gomez said she convinced local Uvalde police officers whom she knew to persuade the marshals to set her freeâŚ
Ms. Gomez described the scene as frantic. She said she saw a father tackled and thrown to the ground by police and a third pepper-sprayed. Once freed from her cuffs, Ms. Gomez made her distance from the crowd, jumped the school fence, and ran inside to grab her two children. She sprinted out of the school with them.
The U.S. Marshals deny cuffing Ms. Gomez, but whoâs credible here? The people who keep changing the story? I believe her.
JFC. I know we need law enforcement, but seriously, what the fuck are we doing? Even aside from the atrocity in Texas and the occupying force mentality most cops display toward “civilians,” complete with summary beatings and executions that fall disproportionately on people of color, what are we getting for our massive police investment?
The average âclearance ratesâ are godawful for all categories of crimes nationwide. Is this true in other countries too? I honestly don’t know. But dumping money and military equipment on police forces here doesn’t seem to be working.
Open thread.
From one of the best presidents ever:
Do you remember this photo?
I sure do.
In 2009, Carlton Philadelphia, a National Security Council staffer, brought his wife and two sons to the Oval Office for a departure photo. Carltonâs older son, Isaac, asked me a few questions about policy, but a more surprising question came from his younger brother, five-year-old Jacob.
âIs your hair like mine?â he asked.
It wasnât the kind of question a president gets every day.
So, I bent down and told him, âGo ahead, touch it.â
He replied, âYeah, I think thatâs pretty much what Iâve got. â
White House photographer Pete Souza captured that moment and for years the photo hung in the halls of the West Wing. It was a reminder of one of the reasons I first ran for president: that if I were to win, young peopleâBlack kids, Hispanic kids, kids who may not have always felt like they belongedâmight see more possibilities for their own future.
Itâs hard to believe 13 years have passed. Today, Jacob will graduate high school and continue on to the University of Memphis to study political science. And I couldnât be more proud of him.
Congratulations, Jacob, and best of luck to the Class of 2022.
âBarack
Just a reminder there are good things, good people, and hope in the world. Some days it’s hard to remember.
My new morning reminder:
This is an open thread
BTS is heading to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden. The White House says the South Korean boy band will talk with Biden next week about Asian representation and inclusion. Theyâll also discuss hate crimes and discrimination against Asians. https://t.co/ZQVTJ1xznq
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 26, 2022
Per Reuters:
… The seven members of the South Korean boy band are known for their upbeat songs and dances and have built a loyal global fan base, winning the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year crown in February for the second straight year.
The meeting comes as May’s recognition of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) month comes to a close amid a sharp upswing in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the past year. Attacks against people of Asian descent have escalated as some politicians and pundits have encouraged Americans to blame China for COVID-19, amid other tensions…
The K-pop stars are also known for using their lyrics and social campaigns aimed at empowering youngsters since debuting in 2013.
“Biden and BTS will also discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion and BTS’ platform as youth ambassadors who spread a message of hope and positivity across the world,” the White House said in its statement…
Spare a thought for the beleaguered workers at Marred-A-Largo, because in terms of Presidential Celebrity Adjacency, I suspect BTS ranks at least as high as Kanye / Ye, and certainly much higher than Kid Rock and Ted Nugent in combination. (Primal howl on No-Truth Social: Those kids are so clean, so expensively clothed, why can’t we have stars that dress sharp like that?… )
U.S. COVID update: Daily deaths rise 3 days in a row, at one-month high
– New cases: 108,128
– Average: 111,212 (-394)
– States reporting: 33/50
– In hospital: 25,900 (+306)
– In ICU: 2,813 (+56)
– New deaths: 511
– Average: 375 (+23)More data: https://t.co/ohnVKtNdM3 pic.twitter.com/9wN3uaXI5p
— BNN|Medriva đşđ¸ Newsroom (@medrivaUS) May 27, 2022
Ukraine savages idea of concessions to end war, evokes appeasement of Nazis https://t.co/KGvKZ9S8Rv pic.twitter.com/qpcPHPPosv
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 26, 2022
To repeat:Â I’m an aggregator, not an expert…
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