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Tom Yossarian Joad

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December 11, 2022

My apoligies.

A couple of days ago I had a couple of posts hidden and marks against my standing here in pretty close order. The last time that happened was several years ago when i posted things like "guns Suck."


This time my posts were satire against Trump doing a suicide in a bathroom and then getting canceled and... Complaining of biblical inferences injected into Dem events.



December 11, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene Delivers Rousing Speech About Butt Plugs

Source: Jezebel

The Tucker Carlson-segment-to-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-speech pipeline is well trodden, but her willingness to completely humiliate herself in service of him is always infinity times funnier than her actual punchlines, which last night also included this one: “They care about a country called Ukraine whose borders are far away and most of you couldn’t find it on a map.” While it is probably true that neither Greene nor anyone in that room can find Ukraine on a map, that’s really not the burn on Democrats that she thinks it is.

Anyway, I’d like to think MTG’s inadvertent plug for butt plugs and dildos at Target led to a really fun night for everyone in attendance at that gala. She finally did something useful.

Read more: https://jezebel.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-delivers-rousing-speech-about-bu-1849880180



As to the newsworthiness of this I feel that any evidence of the continuing stupidity of the far right wing needs to be put out there in as many ways possible.

But that's just me.

Cheers and love to you all.
December 6, 2022

Holiday season advertising in America:

Kids with disabilities and birth defects, abused animals and expensive perfumes.

Strange days.

December 3, 2022

Russian troops mutiny as conscripts storm off military base and head home in protest

Source: Express

Mobilised Russian soldiers preparing for the war in Ukraine appear to have enough poor equipment and training as a mass walkout is caught on camera in Kazan, southwest Russia. The footage shows uniformed conscripts marching towards a guarded gate and demanding to be let through.

The Visegrád 24 Twitter account shared the video with the caption: "Mutiny in a military base in the Russian the city of Kazan.

"Partially mobilized men had enough of the treatment and poor equipment, and decided to head back home.

Guards tried to stop them but were outnumbered. /snip




Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1704790/Russia-army-mutiny-conscripts-Ukraine-war-latest-Vladimir-Putin-vn



More at link.
December 2, 2022

Stacked up against 11 coyotes, herd dog kills 8 to save sheep in Georgia

When stacked up against a pack of 11 coyotes looking for blood, the expectation of a dog overcoming the odds to defeat them all seems insurmountable. Little did these coyotes know they were up against Casper.

Despite being only a 20-month-old Great Pyrenees, the livestock herding dog at a home in Decatur displayed his heroic actions by protecting a herd of sheep last month.

It all started in the cul de sac around 9 p.m. on Nov. 3 when a few coyotes came near the house. John Wierwille, the homeowner and Casper's owner, said that he was able to turn them away by throwing a few rocks in their direction and yelling at them to go away.

/snip

After the coyotes jumped out of the fence, they split up and ran different ways. The undeterred Casper chased them down outside of the fence line, where another fight led to him killing a few more down an embankment to the creek that borders their home, Wierwille said. He lost sight of Casper and couldn't find him anymore.

/snip

Worth the read if you're so inclined.

https://www.abc10.com/article/life/animals/herd-dog-kills-8-coyotes-to-save-sheep-decatur-neighborhood/85-4197e55d-d611-4047-a6c6-f7cbe34e43d5

December 1, 2022

Bill Clinton tests positive for COVID

Source: The Hilll

Former President Clinton announced on Twitter Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. 

Clinton tweeted that he is “doing fine overall” and is grateful to be fully vaccinated and boosted. 

“I’m grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild, and I urge everyone to do the same, especially as we move into the winter months,” he said. 

Former secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the former president’s wife, tested positive for COVID-19 in March and experienced mild cold symptoms. She said at the time that her husband tested negative but would quarantine until the household is “fully in the clear.” 

/snip

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3756669-bill-clinton-tests-positive-for-covid/

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