The Junk Drawer

Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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Did you ever feel like sharing something interesting, but you felt it wasn't worthy of a thread of its own or didn't fit the other threads?

I know I do, like every day actually
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So, I thought this could fit the ticket/work, a "Junk Drawer", a thread to toss stuff in that you think is cool/has merit.

Political stuff is nice but not absolutely necessary :)

So, until the mods pull it (I hope not :) ) just toss in some ideas, interesting news articles of any kind, good books/bad movies/music, etc

Basically anything your luvly hearts/corrupt minds desires :)

This is my 1st piece of junk.

It's very good but rather long, but I broke it up when I watched it.


They make good points as to why the Dems are getting shredded not only in the South but throughout the Midwestern states.
These communities feel/felt forgotten/abandoned by mostly everyone, especially the Dems & except for Donald J Trump they were alone.
And unfortunately, they were.
He heard them alright and brought his Carnival act with him to his rallies throughout the country.

And they loved it :)

What more can one ask for?

NOTHING!!!!

Corn dogs/fried butter/popcorn & a few Longhorns or PBA's & Trump, live & in person!

Heaven has come to Bum-Fuck :)

Believe it or not, they bonded with that Motherfucker from Queens, NY.

Figure that the fuck out.

Conman that he is, he saw the suckers flaying they're arms screaming Help Me & he answered & now we exist in this pile of shit left by Trump.

And that will be another legacy of Trump & that is turning the rural voter Republican

Fuck the Oath Keepers/Proud Boys. as far as a danger is concerned

They ain't shit, but millions of disaffected Dems in those Red states are/could be a problem

Combined with those Republican Trump freaks, they definitely are a force that badly needs attention

It's on the horizon & I'm glad it's being noticed now

I hope it's not too late.
 
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mooray

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I think that's the nicer way of saying it. Another way might be that he empowered people and made them feel incredibly special, when there was really nothing to feel special about, or anything to be empowered by. Of course the average boring person would love to feel like a rockstar, but it's incredibly harmful to society to make the average person feel like a rockstar.
 
smokinrav

smokinrav

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Jimdamick said:
Did you ever feel like sharing something interesting, but you felt it wasn't worthy of a thread of its own or didn't fit the other threads?

I know I do, like every day actually
.
So, I thought this could fit the ticket/work, a "Junk Drawer", a thread to toss stuff in that you think is cool/has merit.

Political stuff is nice but not absolutely necessary :)

So, until the mods pull it (I hope not :) ) just toss in some ideas, interesting news articles of any kind, good books/bad movies/music, etc

Basically anything your luvly hearts/corrupt minds desires :)

This is my 1st piece of junk.

It's very good but rather long, but I broke it up when I watched it.


They make good points as to why the Dems are getting shredded not only in the South but throughout the Midwestern states.
These communities feel/felt forgotten/abandoned by mostly everyone, especially the Dems & except for Donald J Trump they were alone.
And unfortunately, they were.
He heard them alright and brought his Carnival act with him to his rallies throughout the country.

And they loved it :)

What more can one ask for?

NOTHING!!!!

Corn dogs/fried butter/popcorn & a few Longhorns or PBA's & Trump, live & in person!

Heaven has come to Bum-Fuck :)

Believe it or not, they bonded with that Motherfucker from Queens, NY.

Figure that the fuck out.

Conman that he is, he saw the suckers flaying they're arms screaming Help Me & he answered & now we exist in this pile of shit left by Trump.

And that will be another legacy of Trump & that is turning the rural voter Republican

Fuck the Oath Keepers/Proud Boys. as far as a danger is concerned

They ain't shit, but millions of disaffected Dems in those Red states are/could be a problem

Combined with those Republican Trump freaks, they definitely are a force that badly needs attention

It's on the horizon & I'm glad it's being noticed now

I hope it's not too late.
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I was a clergy husband for 20 years, we had 7 rural churches in that time (Methodists love to switch churches :shrug:)
The churches we had were all white and almost all old. Very old, even. And all hard core Republican. It was the same way at virtually every denomination in every small town we lived in. Many of the churches we had existed due to the will of dead parishioners.
They're in a real death spiral out in the rurals.
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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www.nytimes.com

On the Path to Day X: The Return of Germany’s Far Right (Published 2021)

A timeline of key moments for understanding the far right in modern Germany.
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There is a version of Germany known around the world.

A liberal democracy, an economic powerhouse in Europe and a country that atones for the Holocaust with memorials and history lessons in every public school.

It’s the Germany that elected Angela Merkel and admitted over a million refugees.

But in the shadows of this national image, far-right extremism lurks. Over the past few years, the country has suffered a series of deadly far-right terror attacks and uncovered what prosecutors say was an assassination plot intended to bring down the German government.

On the Path to Day X: The Return of Germany’s Far Right


In 2017, a German soldier was discovered living an elaborate double life. First Lt. Franco A., whose surname is abbreviated in keeping with German privacy laws, faked a Syrian identity and posed as a refugee, only to be arrested 16 months later while retrieving a loaded gun in an airport bathroom. The mysterious case cracked the door open to a network of far-right extremists inside the German military and the police. They are preparing for the collapse of democracy — a coming apocalypse they call Day X.

In our new audio series, Day X, we explore the recent resurgence of the far right in Germany. It’s a story about a changing national identity — and the backlash against it — raising a question that democracies across the world are waking up to: What happens when the threat is coming from within?

While the series is focused on Germany’s present, it’s also a story inseparable from Germany’s past. Below, we set out some key moments for the far right in modern Germany, and highlight some earlier events that may help to understand the threat is poses.

The article starts off with historical background.

Too bad about Dresden, BTW. Maybe Hitler's Nazis should have just stuck to hanging paper instead of people.

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It's a good article and a good read. Thanks, @Kassiopeija for showing us your true colors.
 
smokinrav

smokinrav

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Unclebaldrick said:
P. J. O'Rourke died Tuesday.

I was a big fan of his work on the National Lampoon.

Had not read anything worthwhile in his last ten years. Kind of like Hunter S. Thompson.

Still, here's to ya, P.J..
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Car and Driver has some nice tributes to PJ on its website. Worth a read. He was as funny as it got in the 1980s and 9

www.caranddriver.com

Ferrari Reinvents Manifest Destiny: P.J. O'Rourke Drives Cross-Country in a Ferrari 308GTS

We remember the late satirist and essayist with this classic story from 1980 in which he streaks westward in a 308GTS.
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The obituary

www.caranddriver.com

P.J. O'Rourke, Acerbic Voice of Unreason and Unrepentant Car Enthusiast, Dies at 74

O'Rourke was most famous for his satirical writing in The National Lampoon and his sharp, witty political essays, but some of his finest work happened here at Car and Driver.
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Fogdog

Fogdog

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One year ago today, a scrub who was so good at it that he medaled in Olympic scrubbing, went to hell.

Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70

February 17, 2021

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Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70

Limbaugh entertained millions, propelled waves of Republican politicians and rebuked the media establishment as liberal. He also trampled the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.
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Fogdog

Fogdog

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smokinrav said:
I listened to him in the 90s railing on about the Clinton's. Went to sports talk radio shortly thereafter
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I thought it would be good if I listened to what he had to say, in a "know what the other side is saying" kind of way. Not for long, though. The day after Kurt Cobain committed suicide, the fat oxy man devoted most of his show to snarky celebration of Cobain's leaving us. With my objective complete, I switched to NPR.
 
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mooray

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Fogdog said:
I thought it would be good if I listened to what he had to say, in a "know what the other side is saying" kind of way. Not for long, though. The day after Kurt Cobain committed suicide, the fat oxy man devoted most of his show to snarky celebration of Cobain's leaving us. It was disgusting. With my objective complete, I switched to NPR.
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He was a good two minute novelty for when you felt like laughing at a crazy person.
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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mooray said:
He was a good two minute novelty for when you felt like laughing at a crazy person.
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He was no longer broadcasting when Jan 6 went down but I switched to his show to find out what the other side was saying about it. It was telling. Some guy with a snooty accent was already pushing the Antifa narrative. Mind you, Capitol police were literally putting their lives on the line defending our democracy when Snooty Snoot McSnooty was pushing a false narrative. So, it's public service of a kind. Two minutes of that is about my limit too. A friend of mine at work described listening to his show as their way of getting in some cardiovascular exercise.
 
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cannabineer

cannabineer

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Fogdog said:
One year ago today, a scrub who was so good at it that he medaled in Olympic scrubbing, went to hell.

Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70

February 17, 2021

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www.npr.org

Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70

Limbaugh entertained millions, propelled waves of Republican politicians and rebuked the media establishment as liberal. He also trampled the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.
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One year sober!
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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I was reading the news this morning about how fucked Trump is and this scene from one of my favorite movies came to mind.


"Help me! Help me! Help me!"

Trump gonna wish someone would crush him with a rock by the time this is over & all the time I'll be singing this :)

 
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