Chit-Chat: The Feels

[annzeepark914]

11 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

In other news:

• I think I may have inadvertently replied to an AI trollbot on a former work colleague's FB post.  I'm so embarrassed.
• One unrelated relative is very MAGA and posted a video of the marines on the road to LA with this caption: LFG!💪
  Does anyone here know what that means?

I looked it up. It's from gaming and stands for Let's Fu****g Go!

[tearknee]

Let's Fucking Go,

Spoiler

Chris

! ;)  

[Lantern7]

I shared my situation with friends on Facebook. I'm not going tomorrow. Best case, nothing happens at the rally near me and I feel like a grade-A jerk for going like I always do. I just feel like I should be doing more than being a wiseass on social media in order to combat the looming dread as well as to get laughs.

3 hours ago, tearknee said:

69 = remember "Bill and Ted's EA".

I have never ever seen the title written like that. I had to poke around this thread before I realized "EA" meant "Excellent Adventure."

Edited June 14 by Lantern7

[tearknee]

30 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

I have never ever seen the title written like that. I had to poke around this thread before I realized "EA" meant "Excellent Adventure."

 

I was saving on space. Some people do not have full use of both hands. Some might have once but they had a brain bleed.

 

[Lantern7]

5 minutes ago, tearknee said:

 

I was saving on space. Some people do not have full use of both hands. Some might have once but they had a brain bleed.

I'm sorry to hear that.

[tearknee]

Just now, Lantern7 said:

I'm sorry to hear that.

Not your fault. a shitty slide and spiral started decades ago by my egg donor.

 

[EtheltoTillie]

4 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

 

• One unrelated relative is very MAGA and posted a video of the marines on the road to LA with this caption: LFG!💪
  Does anyone here know what that means?

Oh never mind somebody else posted too. 

Edited June 14 by EtheltoTillie

[Annber03]

9 hours ago, heatherchandler said:

This has been going on for YEARS.  I watched a documentary on abortion clinics closing and people having to travel over state lines when Bush or Clinton was in office.  Disabled people have been struggling for adequate care since I can remember.  Trump is not the reason children are starving.  These are signs that the government has been broken for a very long time.  

And yet women still had the right to have an abortion under those administrations - even with the Bush administration's efforts to try and pass abortion restrictions, Roe vs. Wade was still law of the land.

Now thanks to Trump's SC appointees, women don't even have that protection to fall back on anymore. So yeah. He has a lot to answer for and is just as responsible for the hellhole our country currently finds itself in.

There absolutely have been issues in our government for years when it comes to ensuring the poor, sick, and vulnerable of society get the help they need - but see, that's why people shouldn't have voted for or supported Trump. 'Cause he has no interest in doing anything to help fix any of those issues. Nor do his administration. They'd rather do things like, y'know, mock us for being worried about people dying if they can't afford to go to a doctor. And ensure that women who need an abortion don't have the right or opportunity to have one. And things of that sort. 

[Anela]

11 hours ago, heatherchandler said:

This has been going on for YEARS.  I watched a documentary on abortion clinics closing and people having to travel over state lines when Bush or Clinton was in office.  Disabled people have been struggling for adequate care since I can remember.  Trump is not the reason children are starving.  These are signs that the government has been broken for a very long time.  

There is so much more that is happening, that you are totally ignoring.  

6 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

I shared my situation with friends on Facebook. I'm not going tomorrow. Best case, nothing happens at the rally near me and I feel like a grade-A jerk for going like I always do. I just feel like I should be doing more than being a wiseass on social media in order to combat the looming dread as well as to get laughs.

I have never ever seen the title written like that. I had to poke around this thread before I realized "EA" meant "Excellent Adventure."

My dad didn't get his days switched yet, after all, so I don't know if I can get to one now. I'm so disappointed.

[Affogato]

It is the least we can do. I figure if you can’t get to one stand on the highway with a sign. 
i was in a bus following a cybertruck yeaterday. What a stupid looking vehicle. 
 

[EtheltoTillie]

55 minutes ago, Affogato said:

It is the least we can do. I figure if you can’t get to one stand on the highway with a sign. 
i was in a bus following a cybertruck yeaterday. What a stupid looking vehicle. 
 

This year's prom flex:  rent a Cybertruck.  We saw some kids posing with one this week in Manhattan.  

I'm heading to a small march on Long Island as long as rain holds up.  The Manhattan march was supposed to be huge, but rain may affect numbers . . . 

Edited June 14 by EtheltoTillie

[Anela]

I’m in the van, waiting for my dad to load everything.  He’s late, because of me. He said he would pause deliveries, and go to one of the protests with me. I was rushing around, trying to get ready in time to come out with him.

There’s one happening in cuyahoga falls, that we’re closest to on his schedule.  That’s in two hours.  The other one is Akron at 2pm. I couldn’t do anything if I stayed home, except walk up and down my neighborhood. I live in nowheresville. Nothing is happening there.  

This site just reloaded on me, before I posted. I have my regular camera, because people have said to leave your phone, but I doubt anything will happen where I am, and my political beliefs are well-known by now, if the feds are tracking me. 

Edited June 14 by Anela

[tres bien]

The good news

No Kings Protests are happening now around the world 

👊🌎🔥

[annzeepark914]

I just read that two MN state legislators were shot & are in serious condition. The shooter was posing as a law enforcement officer. Both legislators are Democrats. 

[Dimity]

5 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

I just read that two MN state legislators were shot & are in serious condition. The shooter was posing as a law enforcement officer. Both legislators are Democrats. 

I don't know the specifics of this situation, but a country where masked people, claiming to be law enforcement,  are being applauded for snatching people off the streets, is a country ripe for situations such as this.

[tearknee]

Then again, we are still taught trunk escape tactics :(

[annzeepark914]

One is dead--Rep. Melissa Hortman. The other, Sen. Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and are expected to survive (following surgery according to Gov. Walz).

[Dimity]

4 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

One is dead--Rep. Melissa Hortman. The other, Sen. Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and are expected to survive (following surgery according to Gov. Walz).

How horrible!   And why do we all know that Trump will not be presidential in his response to this - unless someone else is posting on his behalf.

[peacheslatour]

11 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

One is dead--Rep. Melissa Hortman. The other, Sen. Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and are expected to survive (following surgery according to Gov. Walz).

The Dems have a 1 seat majority in the MN Senate and are tied in the MN House. This is intentional probably.

[tearknee]

Please someone remind pacifists that non-violent resistance does not work 99% of the time. 

 

[Annber03]

So we've got Ron DeSantis saying Floridians should run down protesters with their cars, we've got people shooting and killing Democratic politicians, we've got people like Ernst dismissing people's concerns about dying if they can't afford to go to a doctor, we've got Trump siccing military officials on peaceful protesters... And then of course there was the way people basically suggested that the elderly were sacrifices for the economy during hte pandemic (or words to that effect), and pushing anti-abortion laws that they know will lead to women dying if they're forced to carry pregnancies that pose a threat to their health...

The right wants the rest of us dead. 

Do you get this now, people who keep trying to defend this party? Do you understand why the rest of us don't have any time or patience for listening to these pathetic defenses anymore and why we don't want to hear any lectures about how we need to "be kind" to these people? 

[Absolom]

BTW, in case it matters, I'm one of the people they want dead.  I think it's OK if I'm insulted by people who agree with policies that will hasten my death or make my last years miserable.  

[tres bien]

58 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

One is dead--Rep. Melissa Hortman. The other, Sen. Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and are expected to survive (following surgery according to Gov. Walz).

This is so sad. These are not my state legislators but  I live in Minneapolis only 30 minutes from their districts

Rep Hortman’s husband was also killed 

Edited June 14 by tres bien

[DrSpaceman73]

Just horrible. 

Can't way to see his tweet saying they were evil and brought it on themselves. 

Our country is headed for civil war. 

Edited June 14 by DrSpaceman73

[tearknee]

get rid of two state legislators and force special elections that with the usual GOP tactics the party would win control of both houses? Yes, definitely planned. And not some crank acting on his own, either. Would anyone believe that some average gun nut knows the BOP numbers in his state's legislature?

[Dimity]

32 minutes ago, Absolom said:

BTW, in case it matters, I'm one of the people they want dead.  I think it's OK if I'm insulted by people who agree with policies that will hasten my death or make my last years miserable.  

As a Canadian I am also one of the people he has targeted,  with his tariffs, his insults and, of course, with his threats of a takeover.  I am really not going to play nice with anyone who supports this, or who may not support it but hand waves it away with a "well that's just his way".  Either is totally unacceptable to me.

[EtheltoTillie]

I just came back from the march.  I was going to post some of the funny signs people had, but now I'm too upset by this other news.  We did have a good turnout, though.  

I'm glad I went, even though it was raining.  We have to show numbers and stand up to tyranny.

Edited June 14 by EtheltoTillie

[kittykat]

I was just reading about this awful situation before coming here and my first thought was "so it begins."

They won't be the last.

[tearknee]

"Commander Cody? Execute: Order 66"

 

[Kemper]

I am sorry, but I am watching this tragedy unfold here. In the United States. I am also sorry that I am just not getting many of the references my fellow posters are using. I am mad, pissed, angry, furious. And so very very sad. 

[tres bien]

No matter what happens today let’s not forget that this is the kind of person that serves in his “administration”

From Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent:

“Happy Birthday to President Trump who is leading the most consequential political movement in modern history and ushering in a new Golden Age in America. It is fitting that one of the greatest patriots to ever serve the American people was born on Flag Day which we are also commemorating today”

😡

[Bliss]

2 minutes ago, tres bien said:

No matter what happens today let’s not forget that this is the kind of person that serves in his “administration”

From Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent:

“Happy Birthday to President Trump who is leading the most consequential political movement in modern history and ushering in a new Golden Age in America. It is fitting that one of the greatest patriots to ever serve the American people was born on Flag Day which we are also commemorating today”

😡

Vomit button! Stat!

[bluegirl147]

My fear is the tragedy in Minnesota is going to be just the beginning. If they don't take the shooter alive the right is going to spin the same narrative they always spin. That he was a leftie and this was planned by antifa or some shit.  

[Affogato]

47 always, even when younger, never seemed to me to be warlike or manly. Sort of a metrosexual, frankly. Wtf?

[anony.miss]

According to CBS news,  the assassin  (Vance Boelter) had abortion providers and pro-choice advocates on his kill list:

"There was an extensive list of possible targets among writings found in Boelter's vehicle. The list included more than 50 individuals including officials outside of Minnesota, and including abortion rights advocates and abortion facilities."

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-dfl-shootings-melissa-horman-suspect-vance-boelter/

Edited June 14 by anony.miss

[tearknee]

As King's family believes about JER, i'm smelling "patsy"

[bluegirl147]

33 minutes ago, Affogato said:

47 always, even when younger, never seemed to me to be warlike or manly. Sort of a metrosexual, frankly. Wtf?

No not metrosexual.  Just a rich guy that was spoiled and handed everything.  The epitome of born on home plate and thinks he hit a Homer.

28 minutes ago, anony.miss said:

Apparently, the assassin  (Vance Boelter) had abortion providers and pro-choice advocates on his kill list:

"There was an extensive list of possible targets among writings found in Boelter's vehicle. The list included more than 50 individuals including officials outside of Minnesota, and including abortion rights advocates and abortion facilities. 

There were also fliers in his car referencing a "No Kings" rally. Following the shootings, officials canceled all "No Kings" protests that had been planned in the state for Saturday."

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-dfl-shootings-melissa-horman-suspect-vance-boelter/

So a guy who thought abortion is wrong has no problem murdering people.  

[tres bien]

1 hour ago, bluegirl147 said:

My fear is the tragedy in Minnesota is going to be just the beginning. If they don't take the shooter alive the right is going to spin the same narrative they always spin. That he was a leftie and this was planned by antifa or some shit.  

I don’t know what to make of this 

The suspected shooter was appointed to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council 

First in 2016 by former Governor Mark Dayton then again in 2019 by Governor Walz. His term then expired in 2023

[Affogato]

https://www.reddit.com/r/mbta/s/u342H1kU9t
 

Boston

4 minutes ago, tres bien said:

I don’t know what to make of this 

The suspected shooter was appointed to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council 

First in 2016 by former Governor Mark Dayton then again in 2019 by Governor Walz. His term then expired in 2023

I don’t either.😞

Edited June 14 by Affogato

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, tres bien said:

No matter what happens today let’s not forget that this is the kind of person that serves in his “administration”

From Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent:

“Happy Birthday to President Trump who is leading the most consequential political movement in modern history and ushering in a new Golden Age in America. It is fitting that one of the greatest patriots to ever serve the American people was born on Flag Day which we are also commemorating today”

😡

Jeez, man! Do you see the long line of people who also want to glaze the President? Get off your knees and let the next person have a go at it!

[anony.miss]

42 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

 

So a guy who thought abortion is wrong has no problem murdering people.  

Exacly - so many anti-abortion terrorists see themselves as having the sacred duty to kill nurses, doctors, and patients in the name of God, when they're nothing but serial killers. Sick beyond belief.

Boelter is the CEO of Praetorian Guard Security Services, so it might be some time before he's found - unfortunately, he'll know how to evade police:

"Boelter is reportedly the CEO of Red Lion Group, which is based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to LinkedIn. The Minnesota Africans United website also indicated he is the CEO of Praetorian Guard Security Services. The company website says that Boelter serves as the director of security patrols and has had training by people in the U.S. Military."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/who-is-vance-boelter-minneapolis-shooting-suspect-trained-by-people-in-us-military/ar-AA1GICzW

Edited June 14 by anony.miss

[tres bien]

Then there’s this guy 

Brevard County FL Sheriff this morning:

“If you throw a brick a firebomb or point a gun at one of our deputies we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead”

MAGA is terrified of American citizens and throwing out threats thinking they can quell our rights 

[peacheslatour]

2 minutes ago, anony.miss said:

Exacly - so many anti-abortion terrorists see themselves as having the sacred moral duty to kill nurses, doctors, and patients, all in the name of God, when they're nothing but serial killers. Sick beyond belief.

Boelter is head of a security services company called The Red Lion Group, so it might be some time before he's found.

"Boelter is reportedly the CEO of Red Lion Group, which is based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to LinkedIn. The Minnesota Africans United website also indicated he is the CEO of Praetorian Guard Security Services. The company website says that Boelter serves as the director of security patrols and has had training by people in the U.S. Military."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/who-is-vance-boelter-minneapolis-shooting-suspect-trained-by-people-in-us-military/ar-AA1GICzW

Another Afrikaner like Elmo.

[Affogato]

6 minutes ago, anony.miss said:

Exacly - so many anti-abortion terrorists see themselves as having the sacred moral duty to kill nurses, doctors, and patients, all in the name of God, when they're nothing but serial killers. Sick beyond belief.

Boelter is head of a security services company called The Red Lion Group, so it might be some time before he's found.

"Boelter is reportedly the CEO of Red Lion Group, which is based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to LinkedIn. The Minnesota Africans United website also indicated he is the CEO of Praetorian Guard Security Services. The company website says that Boelter serves as the director of security patrols and has had training by people in the U.S. Military."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/who-is-vance-boelter-minneapolis-shooting-suspect-trained-by-people-in-us-military/ar-AA1GICzW

Makes you wonder if he was hired

[anony.miss]

Corrected my previous post - the security firm is called The Praetorian Guard Security Services (not The Red Lion Group).

18 minutes ago, Affogato said:

Makes you wonder if he was hired

Could be, but it feels like he's a true believer, imo. Killing abortion providers is usually driven by (perverted) morality, not money. But it's early days in the investigation & my sense of it could be completely wrong  - who knows what else they're going to find?

 

Edited June 14 by anony.miss

[Affogato]

4 minutes ago, anony.miss said:

Corrected my previous post - the security firm is called The Praetorian Guard Security Services (not The Red Lion Group).

Could be, but it feels like he's a true believer, imo. Killing abortion providers is usually driven by (perverted) morality, not money. But it's early days in the investigation & my sense of it could be completely wrong  - who knows what else they're going to find?

 

I have no insider information and should not conjecture 

[Eri]

56 minutes ago, tres bien said:

Then there’s this guy 

Brevard County FL Sheriff this morning:

“If you throw a brick a firebomb or point a gun at one of our deputies we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead”

MAGA is terrified of American citizens and throwing out threats thinking they can quell our rights 

Because stupid politicians like DeSantis contribute to the amplified feelings of resentment and radicalization. Since the state legislature predominantly leans toward MAGA, it doesn't particularly surprise me either. One minute, we're a "nation of laws" and the next, there are state leaders encouraging lawlessness. So which is it?

Who would say that in a polite society? They're supposed to enforce the law, not act as judge, jury, and executioner — that's not what a civil society is about. And they wonder why trust and morale in law enforcement is so low. 

Who is there to protect us from them? It's so sad..😟

Edited June 14 by Eri

[bluegirl147]

Whatever his motive this tragedy  has taken attention way from the No Kings protests.  At this point I would believe just about anything.  We are sailing in uncharted waters.

[peacheslatour]

3 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

Whatever his motive this tragedy  has taken attention way from the No Kings protests.  At this point I would believe just about anything.  We are sailing in uncharted waters.

My husband just called me from downtown Kirkland, our little lakefront city and there are over three thousand No Kings protesters marching down the main street. He said he's taken so many pictures, his camera overheated.

[Dimity]

9 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

Whatever his motive this tragedy  has taken attention way from the No Kings protests. 

This is true, but it's also taken some attention away from the Tin Pot Dictator "Per"ade (this is how Trump spelled it today).

I am glad, if surprised, that none of the major networks, or at least none my cable company carries anyway, are showing the Perade.