Hate Speech, A Tool
(compliments to JimNorCal for the suggestion.)
What is hate speech?
Hate speech has very little to do with the “N” word or Holocaust denial. Those are the “public presentation” of hate speech. “Hate speech” is a misnomer. It gives you the impression that those who want to criminalize or outlaw hate speech want to get rid of hatred and/or get rid of ALL hate speech. That’s just not true.
Hate Speech is a specific set of speech: things said by “oppressors” which the “oppressed” (or “marginalized”) find objectionable. Here’s a short list: speech that is deemed racist, anti-transgender, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-Muslim. However, there’s more. Factual claims can be considered hate speech, for example: speaking about affirmative action. That can be hate speech because it harms the marginalized’s self-respect. Speaking about immigration, legal or illegal, harms the self-respect of our immigrant communities. Defending traditional views of the family and marriage also harms the dignity of those with non-traditional sexuality.
Even superficially neutral topics like “welfare reform” can be “dog whistles” and thus be considered hate speech. Hate speech theory demands that the marginalized speak out in ways that undermine the oppressor. The oppressor group must shut up. And listen.
A very objective standard by the Classical Liberal framing.
However that is not what is being pushed by BLM, 1619 Project, and others of the Gramsci school of Communist thought.
And one last thing: you also can’t question factual claims about the narratives or mythologies that the marginalized create for themselves. One cannot speak against those even if what you say is factually correct. For example, the New York Times’ 1619 Project is riddled with all errors. But in a hate speech regime, scholars who disagree on the facts, could not actually dispute these things aloud in public because this is a narrative, a sacred narrative of an oppressed, marginalized people.
Now, you may say “Things are great here in America! We have the Matal vs Tom Supreme Court decision. We’re safe. And, it was unanimous.” You’d be wrong to think that. Not only has hate speech spread to Europe, to Canada, to the UN, to Big Tech, to our universities, but there are some precedents already in the law that will be used to chip away at free speech rights. There are two to watch carefully … one is the use of the word “dignity” in sexual liberation cases culminating in Obergefell. There you will see this use of “dignity” that says you have the right to create your own identity. And the law can demand that others respect it. The second obvious place is in anti-discrimination laws. The EEOC already has regulations that certain kinds of speech in workplaces are violations of anti-discrimination laws. Those two legal paths will surely be the method used to take away free speech.
Ibid.
That is some of it. But I want to suggest it goes even deeper. The hate speech drum is being beaten as a tool, not an end in itself. If the Deep Left is successful in this regard then their next step is to seed institutions or create such institutions that determine what is hate speech and who is issuing it. Canada for example is pretty far along that road with the Provincial Councils that Mark Steyn ran afoul of. That and the proposed C16 proposal that would have Federalized in Canadian law the idea of forced speech and the suppression of other forms of speech. Once one can define what can be expressed in the public square then control of nearly everything else is possible. That which cannot be expressed can be utterly destroyed with impunity. (Tip: It is well to note that controlling the public square is what Twitter and Facebook are all about.)
An additional tool that the Left is adept at is the reclassification of speech and thought. The classic definition of racism is the belief in the inferiority of one class based on a physical characteristic; skin color, place of origin, accent, etc. But to the Deep Left the construct is entirely different. Racism is defined as the institutional disparity between classes such that all differences are the result of uneven power dynamics. Its why the 1619 Project states that the Revolutionary War was about support for slavery. Or that science is a tool of oppressors as it forces a hierarchy of process that oppresses those unaccustomed to the process. It is also the primary reason you can’t have reasoned discussion with them. The act of exchange of ideas is racist!
So where do we go from here? Like most of my tests, to the extreme. A proposal should be pushed to its outer limits and beyond. Do they breakdown as the limits induce instability? If so, reconsider the proposal. For the Left that limit is Intersectionality. At what point does the Venn diagram of race, sex, personal pronouns and andinfinitum other tests become so extreme that the only occupant of the space is an individual? At which point their Leftist preference for conformist ideals tend to fall apart. And I might add, isn’t that were we started – that the individual is a minority of one and their rights be protected in law?
Should the Right take them there? We might have to. I dread the process as it will be long an painful. It will be like a cultural version of ‘Waiting for Godot’.
For your consideration along a similar vein –
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In 2020 being labeled a racissst, is far worse than being called a murderer or rapist. If you are charged with murder o raope, you are innocent until proven guilty. If you are charged with being a racissst, you’re guilty unless you can prove your innocence and your life is likely destroyed.
Fear of being labeled a racissst controls the narrative. Facts and rational thought cannot be applied. That’s why the 77% illegitimacy rate, crime rates and astronomical drop out rates can never be discussed.
Regarding the 1619 Project, you cannot use facts (like 95% of the people in the colonies never owned slaves or Britain didn’t ban slavery in its colonies until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 – more than 50 years after the American Revolution). You also cannot Question the motives of Nikole Hannah Jones – its primary author, even though she wrote a letter to the editor, which many would view as racissst, while a student at Notre Dame.
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“Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, CVS, and Walgreens, along with other nationwide retailers, say they’ll serve customers even if they violate mask mandates, according to CNN. The retailers simply want to avoid confrontations between angry customers and employees.”
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-home-depot-wont-enforce-face-mask-rules-following-violent-confrontations
What morons in mgmt didn’t consider this eventuality from the jump? Hmm maybe we shouldn’t antagonize our customers more than we already do by funding terrorist organizations. Whatever though fk them all in particular for dozen other reasons.
“…Virginia, for example, has a statewide order for residents to wear them, but people with medical issues do not have to comply — and retailers are not allowed to ask people why they aren’t wearing a mask or demand to see proof that they actually have a medical issue.”
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Bingo. “I have medical condition” if feel like adding details say APB and let them ponder that when you refuse to give more detail – actually tell them to get a reaction. … All Political Bullshit.
Though watch that change in some places since they already have started ignoring the shit out of hipaa to begin with.
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/gohmert-democrats-strategy-trump-america-turmoil
Captain obvious over here. 😉
1- idk, frankly the term has lost all meaning to me years ago because of all the wore out use of the already tattered “race card” constantly being played. All they’ve done in the last couple years it make more people wake up to the fact said word has little to no meaning anymore.
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https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/these-are-the-innocuous-words-progressives-want-to-ban/
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Austin protester points rifle (actually AK-47) at driver, pays price:
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/ems-at-least-one-critically-injured-in-downtown-austin-shooting/
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While the MSM is playing up the increase in COVID-19 in Florida, Texas and Arizona, it is silent about the spike in COVID-19 in Portland and Seattle.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/mainstream-media-oddly-silent-as-virus-case-numbers-rise-in-portland-and-seattle/
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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/07/26/lou-dobbs-mitch-mcconnell-is-doing-a-paul-ryan-hes-about-to-lose-the-senate-951747
The king will be pleased.
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KH,2,
The issue for the retailers is they would run afoul of the ADA law in the initiation of the inquiry. Then HIPPA should they ask what medical condition. There is a no win for them regardless.
The problem is all those Karens who run on nothing but feeeelz.
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“The king will be pleased.”
The populace will not be.
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4,
If the Left can’t ban it, they morph its meaning. Its Their Way.
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the media isn’t even pretending any more
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/07/abc-news-works-overtime-at-making-a-fool-of-itself.php
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out here in the PRK, “Hate Speech” is anything…ANY thing…the Left doesn’t like. The number of people I will no longer speak to or correspond with grows by the day.
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In keeping with the post — https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rutgers-university-declares-grammar-racist — Now grammar is racist on one college campus.
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An interesting tool to play with on current events — https://civiqs.com/results/black_lives_matter?uncertainty=true&annotations=true&zoomIn=true&age=50-64&education=Postgraduate&party=Independent
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Here is one for IP
NO BETTER EXPLANATION HAS EVER EVOLVED!
Many years ago on a long Trans-Continental flight, an elderly lady (Gina) asked if she could visit the cockpit. When she got up there, she found four crew members. She asked the first what he did, and he explained that he was the Navigator and his responsibilities were to keep the aircraft on its track across the earth.
She turned to the next one and asked what he did. He explained that he was the Flight Engineer and his job was to monitor and troubleshoot any aircraft or engine system problems to keep the aircraft operating smoothly.
She turned to the next one and asked what he did. He explained that as the Captain he was responsible for everything in the aircraft and to fly and direct everyone in it.
She turned to the First Officer and asked, “Well young man, what is your job?” He replied “Ma’am, I am the captain’s sexual advisor.”
Somewhat shocked, she said, “I beg your pardon young man, but what do you mean by that?”
“Very simple ma’am. The captain has told me on a number of occasions that when he wants my f**king advice, he’ll ask me.”
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DrDog, great job on the hate speech post!
A map showing the 14 day trend of WuFlu cases. TX and FL doing well.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states
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post 16 fight on
Ahh the good old days,
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Texas and Florida were running a low number of cases while Cuomo, Murphy and Whitmer were forcing nursing homes to take infected patients. Naturally New York, New Jersey and Michigan have improved while Texas and Florida have pretty much returned to normal (whatever that is these days).
By the way: In #5 the medical examiner has ruled the cause of death of the SJW who pointed the AK-47 at the CCW driver as COVID-19 (lol).
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As we have discussed many times, political correctness is the left’s most potent weapon.
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Is MLB season coming to an abrupt end?
https://nypost.com/2020/07/27/yankees-phillies-game-canceled-as-mlb-battles-coronavirus-outbreak/
If the 2020 season didn’t accomplish anything else, MLB management and players were successful in p!ssing off millions of fans.
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To be fair, shutting down all businesses played a part …
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2020/05/20/misguided-shutdown-policy-began-as-high-school-science-project-n2569154
Misguided Shutdown Policy Began as High School Science Project
“The simple way to halt the spread of the disease is to limit the number of contacts people have. Quarantining people is hard. “If you went out and told everyone in your community to stay home, there’s a large percentage that wouldn’t do that,” she said.
(In her simulation) Glass found that a simpler step— closing the schools— had an impressive effect.
Instead of 5,000 people getting sick, the number was reduced to 500.”
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21 BC,
LMAO!
The players didnt want a season to begin with.
And a full blown strike is in the horizon.
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Very slow weekend in Chicago:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/27/report-59-shot-3-killed-over-weekend-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago/
But it is picking up elsewhere:
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/07/flint-mayor-calls-for-end-to-violence-after-weekend-shootings-leave-12-injured.html
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Eph #21 –
Employees at Kroger never stopped working; and they come in contact with far more people.
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“By the way: In #5 the medical examiner has ruled the cause of death of the SJW who pointed the AK-47 at the CCW driver as COVID-19 (lol).”
What?! Not Glock-19??
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25 BC,
It was never about the Wuhan for the players
Collective bargaining expires in 2021.
Thats all
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Now 2 games…
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-miami-marlins-covid-19-mlb-20200727
[29]
Another Tim — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwfq1olVBnA — He goes off on BLM/AntiFA.
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Eph #28 –
That makes sense because the Marlins are the team with the COVID-19 outbreak. The Phillies, whose game with the Yankees was canceled earlier, were the Marlins’ opponents last weekend.
Regarding the 2021 collective bargaining agreement, it’s time the players realize you can only push the envelope so far. When a washed-up former star like Manny Cabrera makes more in a single “at bat” than half the country makes working all year, it’s time to interject some common sense. But, we both know that won’t happen. Welcome to the world of $7.50 hot dogs and $12 beers and much lower attendance. In the quantities they buy beer, I figure MLB teams are paying 50 cents tops for a 16 ounce beer. At the current $10 price, that’s a 2,000% mark-up. At $12, it becomes a 2,400% mark-up and if it hits $15, it’s a 3,000% mark-up.
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AP reporter with federal agents has a mind opening experience:
https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/27/associated-press-reporter-portland-federal-agents-injured/
[32]
Destruction when parents leave 400 youts unattended at putt-putt center. Yes, you already know the identity of the perps:
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/all-hell-breaks-loose-in-memphis-400-teens-destroy-putt-putt-center/
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31,
Bring in the Scoops…..
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Folks it does not get any more real than this — https://the-southeast-journal.com/pedophiles-decapitated-corpse-found-on-judges-doorstep-after-bail-hearing-in-ocala-florida/ — In a world without rule of law this is what is before us. And remember this WAS WITH a still operating judicial system. Imagine us without one.
“One Adam 12, See the man … with no head?”
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https://www.ibtimes.com/coronavirus-stimulus-republicans-unveil-relief-proposals-including-check-taxpayers-3017401?amp=1
The King !
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They just can’t stop digging:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29549338/nfl-stencil-end-racism-takes-all-us-end-zone-borders-kickoff-week
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drdog, #34 is indeed the future. While the decapitation was a nice touch, simply making perps disappear works too. S-S-S.
Note to self: buy a back-hoe (I’m too old to shovel)
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https://www.lucianne.com/2020/07/27/over_30_shot_10_killed_as_violencebrsurges_in_de_blasios_nyc_39822.html
Compared to 60 shot, 3 killed in Chicago. The Windy City bros needs LOTS more range time.
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Cue the fat lady….
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/reports-mlb-not-canceling-postponing-all-games-due-covid-19-outbreak-yet?amp
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/if-mlb-couldnt-get-through-a-week-of-games-the-nfl-has-no-chance/ar-BB17f4bL
Full King Eyore tonight folks!
Bwahahahha
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JR,37,
Clear that the guy that left his calling card on the the stoop could not afford a backhoe! 🙂
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Eph #40 –
Baseball has 9 defensive players on the field, 1 batter, 0-3 base runners, 2 coaches and 4 umpires spread out on the field. With the exception of the home plate umpire, catcher and batter, they are all meeting social distancing standards.
Football, by comparison, has 22 players and 7 officials. The offence (and sometimes the defense) goes into a huddle. When they break out of the huddle, 11 offensive players, 7+ defensive players and several officials are within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage. Once the play is underway, there’s blocking and tackling.
Tell me which sport is more threatened by COVID-19.
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BC
If you can’t fully quarantine MLB how the hell are you going to do it for the NFL.???
Karma is a bitch
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Of the four major sports, baseball has the most distancing, least physical contact and is generally played outdoors. Basketball and hockey are played indoors and have plenty of physical contact. I’ve already addressed football.
[45]
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/go-notre-dame-withdraws-hosting-presidential-debate-due-concerns-covid-19/
Here comes the King!!!
[46]
Bc
The dugout is baseball’s biggest problem. A confined space with no air circulation and an entire roster full of hocking drooling spitters.
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Mullet #46 –
With the exception of some of the older ballparks (Wrigley, Fenway, Oakland, LA Dodgers) the dugouts are very open and spacious. At Comerica, there is a large open air area where players can watch the game. It’s a far cry from old Tiger Stadium, which was what you described and the worst place in the park to watch the game. But there’s nothing forcing players to use the dugout, especially in an empty stadium. They can occupy a section between the dugout and home plate. They can even observe social distancing. It’s not like hockey, where players go on/come off the ice every 60-90 seconds. Have the 10 players – current pitcher, 8 position players and DH closest to a gate. When the manager wants a relief pitcher to start warming up, he simply uses his cell phone to call the bullpen coach on his cell phone.
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45 – Nothing to do with corona but just doing their part to help joe find a way to pullout of debates. Watch Case Western pullout a couple weeks before as well.
“A local resident said of the horrific discovery that finding a headless body was an “unusual” occurrence: “This is a nice area.This is the kind of thing that usually happens in mob films, but not around here.” ” —
Resident must not have lived though the late 70’s and early 80’s in FL. Gotta love the headline saying “notorious” instead of “alleged”, dipshit press as usual, I see no reason he shouldn’t have got bail. btw why do I recall a story nearly exactly like this one also from FL earlier in the year?
32- Zero emotional control.
– Nine month trial…jesus.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/28/dana-stubblefield-ex-49ers-star-convicted-of-rape/
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Yet again unless you have a compromised immune system, CoVid is not that deadly — https://noqreport.com/2020/07/28/infection-fatality-rate-estimates-the-numbers-they-dont-want-you-to-know/
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Mike Adams found dead in his home — https://stream.org/let-mike-adams-rest-in-peace-but-trump-must-free-us-from-the-lefts-chokehold-on-schools/ — Gun shot wound, but that is all that is known.
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Interesting editorial – the left doesn’t worry about being canceled:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/liberals-fuel-cancel-culture-because-they-dont-fear-getting-canceled
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the idiots at CNN & WaPo can’t keep their mouths shut. Sue ’em again! 🙂
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/alleging-breaches-of-confidentiality-covington-teens-attorney-vows-further-legal-action-against-cnn-and-washington-post
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https://www.wvxu.org/post/madisonville-woman-imprisoned-vote-fraud-case-released
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34. Decapitation story.
It’s entertaining but … at the bottom, in a small typeface it says:
Disclaimer: this is satire
I’m dubious
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JR #52 –
Stelter is an incredibly ugly human being, inside and out.
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Two teens shot dead while playing basketball in an NYC park:
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/2-teens-shot-dead-playing-basketball-in-nyc-park-caught-on-video/
Has NYC become the new Chicago?
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Calling Eph and his buddy:
According to Vegas, there’s an 85% chance MLB will be suspended at some time in 2020:
https://www.oddsshark.com/mlb/mlb-season-return-odds
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303 NYC police cars damaged since George Floyd death; cost: $1 million
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-police-cars-damaged-george-floyd-death
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Linked by Don Surber: Welcome to Portland
https://mobile.twitter.com/realPowerTie/status/1284497400137048067
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Gold $1950
$2k in 15 days
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60 – At the rate congress is planning to print money I wouldn’t be surprised.
51 – Why would they’re they the ones behind the canceling 98/100 times.
52 – Haha lovely.
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Lead author of the NY Times 1619 Project admits it is not fact-based, but she was making sh!t up to control the national narrative:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/1619-project-creator-admits-it-is-not-a-history-but-a-fight-to-control-the-national-narrative/comment-page-1/#comment-1070601
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MSNBC Historian: Many Trump voters won’t admit it to pollsters:
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/07/26/msnbc-historian-warns-many-trump-voters-not-going-to-tell-pollsters/
Eyeore on life support.
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McDonald’s to close 200 US locations:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8568451/McDonalds-close-200-locations-global-sales-drop-30.html
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I feel for Eeyore.
A lot of times both sides know what’s happening. They may not tell anyone but one side is carefully conserving a lead, trying to avoid mistakes. The other side is determinedly reaching out trying to upset things and hoping for a change of fortune.
I *think* neither side knows what is happening so it’ll be a roller coaster ride for Eeyore.
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Would you believe — https://noqreport.com/2020/07/28/breaking-leak-reveals-joe-bidens-vp-pick-senator-kamala-harris/ — Kamala Harris?
All ‘informed’ rumor. 🙂
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Suck on it DNC — https://whdh.com/news/police-agencies-pulling-out-of-democratic-convention/ — What would you expect huh??
[68]
Biden says he will announce his running mate next week. Who do you think it will be?
Kamala Harris +110 (47.6%)
Susan Rice +350 (28.5%)
Karen Bass +600 (16.7%)
Tammy Duckworth +700 (14.3%)
Val Demings +1600 (6.3%)
Elizabeth Warren +1600 (6.3%)
Michelle Obama +2000 (4.8%)
Keisha Lance Bottoms +3300 (2.9%)
Michelle Lujan Grisham +3300 (2.9%)
Stacey Abrams +5000 (2.0%)
ODDS FROM WILLIAM HILL
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DR
Trump would have a field day with TV ads of her trashing Bin Biden.
Pick doesnt make sense.
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69,
Just reporting what is being exposed.
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Eyore will be royally PISSED if its true.
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Those 2 could make a tv show…
Senile and Stretch
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72,
Hmmmm. A meme is forming…..
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Tucker Carlson needs to be cancelled.
– The King of Kings
[75]
DR,
How about Dimensia and dick sucker ??
[76]
South Carolina:
Lucy 43
Dem 41
Bye bye lucy.
66 – Yes I can believe it.
69 – You assume networks would run said ads…lol
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I’m glad I came across this odds converter. It converts +150 (which means nothing to me) to a probability factor of 47.6%.
I am going with a long shot: Karen Bass. I would have said Duckworth, but the way things are going with the left, only a black woman will be acceptable.
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Something from tonight’s show? I stopped watching FNC 5+ years ago.
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BC,
Reminder: Eph and King Eyore are two totally different personas. At least that’s what my shrink (Dr Jack Daniels) tells me.
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78 BC,
King Eyore : Tucker needs to be cancelled
Eph: Trump will win easily. More so than 2016.
[81]
KH
I can beat that….
Dim 60
McSally 29
RV poll. LoL
[82]
“At least that’s what my shrink (Dr Jack Daniels) tells me.”
Its all in the charcoal…..
[83]
By June 2021 be ready to hunker down. At the latest. Regardless of who wins in November.
[84]
OK, this brought a smile to my face.
Marxist grandson riots in Portland
Marxist grandmother concerned for grandson buys him a cheap Chinese made tactical vest online to wear
Marxist grandson wears the vest while lobbing IEDs at federal officers during riots
Fellow leftists post videos online of Marxist grandson wearing the vest throwing IED
Federal officers identify where the vest is sold online
Federal officers find an online review by Marxist grandmother saying how much Marxist grandson loves the said vest
Marxist grandmother includes photo in the review of Marxist grandson wearing the vest
Federal officers arrest Marxist grandson thanks to Marxist grandmother doxing her little terrorist
Marxist grandson will likely now spend a large part of his adulthood in Federal prison
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/breaking-antifa-terrorist-threw-bomb-federal-agents-portland-identified-grandmother/
I suspect, after having Federal officers gravely injured in the riots, the Feds are in no mood to lightly on this guy.
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Kamala? We’ll know before long.
Some AP photog snapped a shot of Biden’s notes with her name and talking points.
Rumor is that MSM was told so they can prepare stories but keep secret for now.
“Supposedly given to the press already but embargoed ‘til Saturday.”
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83, good advice.
Red state residents may not technically need to.