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Trump Flies Over 'Stop The Steal' Rally Where Supporters Chant 'Destroy The GOP!'
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 6 years ago
“"Stop the Steal" supporters cried "Destroy the GOP!" on Saturday in a demonstration that appeared to antagonize the Republican Party amid...”
How far will this mess go? Proud Boys circulating... Helicopters overflying... "Destroy the GOP!"
Believing Lies
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 6 years ago
“I'm still trying to figure out how Trump supporters make logical sense of his claims about election fraud”
Trumpism is faith-based. Trump himself is the high priest, or perhaps the god of the faith. Faith requires belief without proof. That does not mean belief contrary to proof, but many understand it that way.
Republicans Supporting Trump's Election Challenge Lawsuits
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“Despite his increasingly aggressive rhetoric and increasingly absurd legal filings, Republicans are standing by their man”
I'm bewildered. Could these Republicans who follow the President be sincere? Can anyone be so obtuse? And if they are not sincere... what can they hope to gain?
Trump Tries to Kill Covid Relief
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“Is it ignorance, or is it cynicism?”
Paul Krugman is not cynical enough. Republicans do not vote for relief for working Americans because those working Americans are only "near" desperation. The ultra-rich want the working class completely desperate. Desperate people will do any shitty, dangerous job if they must, to feed their...
In Case You Missed It, December 12th, 2020
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 20 Comments • 6 years ago
“Short takes ...of whatever ...from wherever...”
Trump Has Listed the Fewest Endangered Species of Any President EverEvery nation France has defeated in a warOkay, but, what is a suburb?XKCDGreat Scot! Scotland Gives Its Snowplows—All of Them—Hilarious NamesBrexit stockpiling causing 10-mile tailbacks in CalaisCarbon dioxide emissions from...
State Dept IG Finds Pompeo's Wife Bypassed Approval For Most Taxpayer Funded Trips
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“The State Department inspector general found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife, Susan, bypassed written approval from the State Department...”
Gee... a Trump Cabinet-member's wife is using government money for private needs. Gosh. Isn't this a surprise? I think this is the first time in four years that we've heard anything like this...
Fox News Is Starting to Feel the Pain of Life After Trump
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 20 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“As Newsmax ekes out its first ratings win over Fox and CNN maintains a lead in Nielsen ratings for the first time in nearly two decades, the...”
My information comes from newspapers, blogs, ... Never from cable news, which I haven't watched for five years. The relentless repetition of the same news, 24/7, bores me.
My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
“Veteran line-cooks, experts, and die-hard fans tell the story of the fries that birthed an empire, then disappeared — until now”
I remember those fries... ... decades later... ... sigh ...
