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John Russell

Potpourri Nov 2023

  
By:  JohnRussell  •  news  •  10 months ago  •  48 comments

Potpourri Nov 2023
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, announced Monday on X that she was quitting the social media site because it had devolved into a “gigantic global sewer” for disinformation, hatred, anti-Semitism and racism, and a “tool for destroying our democracies.”

This reminds me of the time Donald Trump Jr's fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle showed up at a family wedding dressed in black.

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Progressive commentator Keith Olbermann said he is leaving twitter, and gave Elon Musk's endorsing the Q Anon Pizzagate conspiracy as the reason. 

Elon Musk Takes Flirtation With Pizzagate to the Next Level


Elon Musk Takes Flirtation With Pizzagate to the Next Level (yahoo.com)

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Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, announced Monday on X that she was quitting the social media site because it had devolved into a “gigantic global sewer” for disinformation, hatred, anti-Semitism and racism, and a “tool for destroying our democracies.”
https://x.com/PENamerica/status/1729613447984230597?s=20

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Christmas song of the day

Winter Wonderland - Selena Gomez

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Tough guy wannabe and MAGA hero Kyle Rittenhouse is on a book tour to promote his memoir , "Acquitted". He went on a far right show with his therapy dog, which he says he needs because he suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 

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Has he ever appeared on a mainstream media show? I didnt think so. 

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JohnRussell
Professor Principal
1  author  JohnRussell    10 months ago
Kyle Rittenhouse
@ThisIsKyleR
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Follow @JoeBiden still hasn’t apologized for defaming me. We need a president who stands up for the constitution and rule of law, not a president who attacks everyday American rights.
 
 
 
JohnRussell
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1.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @1    10 months ago

Maybe Biden is waiting for Rittenhouse to apologize for shooting unarmed people. 

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.1  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  JohnRussell @1.1    10 months ago

Damn, the same legal system that convicted Derek Chauvin acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse.  Where is the justice?

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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1.1.2  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  JohnRussell @1.1    10 months ago
for shooting unarmed people

That sounds like eerily familiar commentary around here from a few folks that misunderstand how our justice system works. 

 
 
 
George
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1.1.3  George  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @1.1.2    10 months ago

Gee and the photo showing one of those pieces of shit Kyle shot pointing a gun at him must have been photoshopped. 

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
1.1.4  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  George @1.1.3    10 months ago

Yep. How soon the forget the actual video and photo evidence. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.1.5  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @1.1    10 months ago
Maybe Biden is waiting for Rittenhouse to apologize for shooting unarmed people.

I do believe that Biden will be waiting a longer time than he has left for such a thing to occur.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  JohnRussell @1    10 months ago

I didn't even know the little beastie could read let alone write a "memoir"

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.2.1  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.2    10 months ago

he still can't afford to pay off his mom's bar tab...

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.2.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @1.2.1    10 months ago

And he has PTSD????

From what?????

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.2.3  Tessylo  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.2.2    10 months ago

Murdering unarmed protesters??????????

 
 
 
CB
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1.2.4  CB  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.2    10 months ago

A memoir about what?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.2.5  Texan1211  replied to  CB @1.2.4    10 months ago
A memoir about what?

I think the title gives a clue about what it is all about--"Acquitted"

 
 
 
CB
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1.2.6  CB  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.5    10 months ago

Well, I hope he uses his "gains" beneficially and not recklessly, because its likely to be a one time thing. . .unless he plans to go out and get another 'case' that MAGA will be interested in seating him down to promote. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.2.7  Texan1211  replied to  CB @1.2.6    10 months ago
Well, I hope he uses his "gains" beneficially and not recklessly, because its likely to be a one time thing. .

Me too! Hate to see people waste money.

Probably right about one-time, too, as I suspect he couldn't get another book out of his trial.

.unless he plans to go out and get another 'case' that MAGA will be interested in seating him down to promote. 

Who in MAGA has promoted him or any of his case?

Maybe he'll just live a peaceful life from now, on, free from the tyranny of some liberals who liked to riot. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.2.8  Trout Giggles  replied to  CB @1.2.4    10 months ago

His shiny new gun?

 
 
 
CB
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1.2.9  CB  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.7    10 months ago

Better yet, maybe he will realize that people who don't go out of their way to be vigilantes during street protests. . . don't need therapy animals. Although I am sure the dog he's hosting needs a friend. Shooting people and having to deal with the consequences can be exasperating at the least!

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.2.10  Texan1211  replied to  CB @1.2.9    10 months ago

yeah, I agree, those idiots he shot could have learned a good lesson.

 
 
 
CB
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1.2.11  CB  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.10    10 months ago

Have a care how you speak about the dead (two killed by Rittenhouse), please. Something ought to be above politics and ideology in this life!

Killed:

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36.

Anthony Huber, 26.

Injured:

Gaige Grosskreutz, 26. (At the time.)

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.2.12  Texan1211  replied to  CB @1.2.11    10 months ago

I will speak as I wish--just like you do with all your "some conservatives" bull.

 
 
 
CB
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1.2.13  CB  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.12    10 months ago

Don't have respect for the recent dead, see if I care. And as I have told you before, "some conservatives" is a tool I use for rules sake. I won't be able to address it properly - just because of its nature.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.2.14  Texan1211  replied to  CB @1.2.13    10 months ago

If you don't care, why keep on about it?

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.3  Tessylo  replied to  JohnRussell @1    10 months ago

So murdering people in cold blood gives one PTSD?

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.3.1  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Tessylo @1.3    10 months ago

You should keep asking until you get an answer.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
Professor Expert
2  Jeremy Retired in NC    10 months ago
Kyle Rittenhouse is on a book tour to promote his memoir , "Acquitted".

And the left is losing their collective mind.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @2    10 months ago
And the left is losing their collective mind.

You seem to say that on every article. Need some help coming up with new lines? 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2.1.1  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1    10 months ago
You seem to say that on every article.

Continue to lose your  mind over shit and I'll continue to call it out.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
3  author  JohnRussell    10 months ago

No one wants to comment on Melania Trump showing up at a funeral with light colored clothes on? 

I would say she needs a new social director. 

 
 
 
CB
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3.1  CB  replied to  JohnRussell @3    10 months ago

I actually dress 'down' for funerals myself. I tend to use neutral colors centered around black yet not only black . I do so because I think of death partly as a 'celebration' of liberty from pain and sickness. Also, that death is what it is—so we might as well just get on with it in the best manner we can-dress being the least important part of the service. That said, once again Melania has 'stunned' her audience likely as she did when she inexplicably wore this:

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All that said, Melania's obviously or probably did not chat with the other first ladies about her wardrobe choices as she strived to set herself apart from the rest of the "first wives club" and it leaves me prone to accept that she probably does not communicate with the other former first ladies at any length.

And so there you have it: Melania Trump is a maverick!

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  JohnRussell @3    10 months ago

Uh..I do.

Poor taste. I know she has a black dress.

One more comment. Do you think she had to be coerced into attending Mrs. Carter's funeral?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3.2.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2    10 months ago
Poor taste. I know she has a black dress.

I hope so. Her sugar daddy allegedly has 10 billion dollars. /s

 
 
 
devangelical
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3.2.2  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2    10 months ago

her tramp stamp says the same thing, only in slovenian...

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.3  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @3    10 months ago
No one wants to comment on Melania Trump showing up at a funeral with light colored clothes on? 

I certainly don't care what she wears, why do others?

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4  MrFrost    10 months ago

We shouldn't be too hard on Malaria Trump for showing up dressed the way she was...I mean, we're lucky she wore any clothing at all. 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  MrFrost @4    10 months ago

Everyone else in the photo is dressed in some form of black. I dont think she threw on whatever was handy, I think she was deliberately thumbing her nose at the other first ladies. 

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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4.2  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  MrFrost @4    10 months ago

Please help me understand the linkage between your comment and the seed.

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4.2.1  MrFrost  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @4.2    10 months ago

Please help me understand the linkage between your comment and the seed.

Um, reread it, your answers are there.. Hell, look at the pictures. 

 
 
 
Gazoo
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5  Gazoo    10 months ago

I think Vic can give you some pointers on how to do these type of articles better, much better.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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5.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  Gazoo @5    10 months ago

Vic couldnt give me pointers on how to do anything better. 

 
 
 
Tessylo
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5.2  Tessylo  replied to  Gazoo @5    10 months ago

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Tessylo
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5.3  Tessylo  replied to  Gazoo @5    10 months ago

I use his 'articles' for my morning BMs.  Don't even need the coffee!

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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5.3.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Tessylo @5.3    10 months ago

That's different. Most people use toilet paper.

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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5.3.2  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Tessylo @5.3    10 months ago
Don't even need the coffee!

In a bidet?  Do you have a fancy Japanese model?

 
 
 
George
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6  George    10 months ago

OMG Melanie wore light clothing, the people complaining about this can’t be the same ones that complained about conservatives making fun of Obama’s tan suit can they? Their hypocrisy just continues.

 
 
 
JBB
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6.1  JBB  replied to  George @6    10 months ago

Put another way, the same people who were hair on fire perturbed by Obama's "Disrespectful" brown suit and his half-assed salutes think nothing of Trump and Co disrespecting all America and Americans...

 
 
 
George
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6.1.1  George  replied to  JBB @6.1    10 months ago

So hypocrisy it is!

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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6.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  JBB @6.1    10 months ago

especially wounded veterans....

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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6.1.3  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  JBB @6.1    10 months ago

I liked his tan suit.  I have one for summertime.  Ronald Reagan wore tan and brown suits during his presidency.