US politics

[Just Some Guy]

On 7/23/2024 at 4:48 PM, mim731 said:

She apparently said in an interview or similar that she quite liked Trump, even if she didn't totally agree with everything he says. It got some traction in the news cycle so presumably she's trying to further elongate the relevancy of the story. Why anyone would care, given she's clearly thick as mince, I could not tell you. 

I'd really like this meeting to take place now that Farrage has had to come home without getting to pay homage in person.

 

[Carbomb]

1 hour ago, Merzbow said:

American politics is something I'd rarely ever comment on, I'm your typical "fuck both sides" type but christ if Trump wns it's not him you have to worry about, it's the fact that in his ear he has maybe the biggest proponent of Curtis fucking Yarvin. JD Vance owes the entirety of his rise to Peter Thiel and along with him the government will be directly influenced by Elon Musk, another big fan of Yarvin. Techno-Fascism isn't the thing of pulpy cyberpunk books any longer.

Peter Thiel is one truly nasty piece of work. I don't know anything about Yarvin, but if he's in the same camp as Thiel, he must be an abject wretch.

[Merzbow]

8 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Peter Thiel is one truly nasty piece of work. I don't know anything about Yarvin, but if he's in the same camp as Thiel, he must be an abject wretch.

If you've ever heard of the edgelord right-wing philosophy known as "Dark Enlightenment" it's the guy behind that along with Nick Land, a lot of it's taken from Thiel himself who also funded the movement. It's all the same circle. There's a very good intro here.

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/dark-enlightenment-part-one-the-cathedral

But yeah, a lot of your ultra rich tech guys are heavily in to it.

Edited July 26, 2024 by Merzbow

[Carbomb]

2 hours ago, Merzbow said:

If you've ever heard of the edgelord right-wing philosophy known as "Dark Enlightenment" it's the guy behind that along with Nick Land, a lot of it's taken from Thiel himself who also funded the movement. It's all the same circle. There's a very good intro here.

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/dark-enlightenment-part-one-the-cathedral

But yeah, a lot of your ultra rich tech guys are heavily in to it.

A very well written, if disturbing and very American liberal back-slappy, read.

[Chili]

Eat their young moment here, the prick that shot people dead and got away with it said he might not vote Trump (he is now and retracted) but it gave a few curious hours where some people went completely out of their tree.

I'd love to be a crisis actor, it must be the steadiest work in the industry.

 

[Mr_Danger]

Put your fucking shirt back on Robert and leave my endorsement on the bedside table on your way out! It’s Cheryl I feel sorry for.

[Sergio Mendacious]

Normal stuff happening in Virginia

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hung-cao-maga-candidate-hits-drag-queens-during-bizarre-cannibalistic-rant

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

19 minutes ago, Sergio Mendacious said:

Normal stuff happening in Virginia

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hung-cao-maga-candidate-hits-drag-queens-during-bizarre-cannibalistic-rant

Sadly Serge that seems fairly normal for Republicans in the US. Just talking mad shit. 

[Sergio Mendacious]

Disconcerting that it's leaking into senate and gubernatorial races, it was previously quarantined to the house, and the presidency.

Our republican candidate for governor is a right lad 

[SuperBacon]

1 hour ago, Sergio Mendacious said:

gubernatorial

Just the best word ever.

[Sergio Mendacious]

26 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Just the best word ever.

Just have to hope you end up with a competent guber.

Edited October 3, 2024 by Sergio Mendacious

[Onyx2]

I just saw this picture, disgusting as it is, redeemed beautifully by the caption "PayPalpatine". 

[Hannibal Scorch]

Love Big Dave

[Onyx2]

Windmills?

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

Just now, Onyx2 said:

Windmills?

Wind turbines and wind farms. They kill whales apparently.