The image above contains some REAL quotes from the trump-supporting blogger Minus FJ. It seems he REALLY believes the absurd claims he is making will come to pass. Yet, according to him, I'm a "potato brain".
For the record, while the image of d0n0ld as president is in the style of the Simpsons, the image is not from an actual episode. "This image is not from a real episode of The Simpsons. It's a fan-made meme designed in the style of the show" (source: Reddit).
Though The Simpsons DID accurately predict that d0n0ld would become president. And run up the debt bigly.
Video: May 9, 2011. Lisa Simpson calls Donald Trump Presidency and Increased Debt.
Video: Mar 26, 2023. How The Simpsons Predict The Future.
But, if Europe and South America will negotiate their tariffs down and the market booms, how will that incentivize more US manufacturing? Huh, Minus? It could help US exporters, but it will not move that manufacturing from any foreign country to the United States. And isn't that d0n0ld's stated goal?
Video: Apr 13, 2025. Chinese trade minister Chen Biao stops by SNL's Weekend Update and disputes that Trump has any leverage.
Chinese trade minister Chen Biao isn't a real person, but makes a valid point with the question he asks. Which is, "what side is willing to endure more hardship for the glory of their nation?" Yet trumpers think it's China who is going to cave to King d0n0ld's demands?
I'm skeptical. It seems the SNL writers are also skeptical. As per the Copilot AI, "China has not indicated any willingness to negotiate tariffs with Donald Trump at this time. In fact, President Xi Jinping has ... ramped up China's retaliatory tariffs on US goods, signaling defiance rather than submission".
Video: Apr 7, 2025. Thom Hartmann Breaks Down Trump Tariffs Plan. "It's not going to work".
In the video above, Progressive Talk Radio host Thom Hartmann, who has always supported using tariffs to protect American jobs, explains why King d0n0ld's tariffs are STUPID. Also, why tRump supporters like Minus FJ are potato brains.
I heard about this via The Thom Hartmann program, then queried Copilot for the following summary...
Copilot:Staffan Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute, has expressed concerns about the state of democracy in the United States. According to Lindberg, if current trends continue, the U.S. could lose its classification as a democracy in the near future. This warning stems from data collected by the V-Dem Institute, which tracks democratic attributes across nations. Lindberg has highlighted actions and policies that undermine democratic norms, such as the erosion of checks and balances, attacks on independent institutions, and the consolidation of power [1].
The V-Dem Institute's latest report still ranks the U.S. as a "Liberal Democracy", but Lindberg cautions that ongoing developments could lead to a reclassification. This reflects broader global trends, where the number of autocracies has surpassed democracies for the first time in decades.
**End Copilot Summary**
The "ongoing developments" are actions being taken by Turd-2, aka the 2nd d0n0ld administration.
...if trends described by the authors continue throughout 2025, the United States' government regime will definitely be reclassified in next year's annual Democracy Report, says Staffan Lindberg ... a professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
"Normally, these things -- over the past 25 years -- play out over up to 10 years before democracy is sort of done away with", Lindberg says. "The Trump administration is just unleashing all of it at the same time, more or less". usnews.com3/25/2025.
Video: Jan 24, 2025. Thom Hartmann. Trump didn't win 2024 Election. Investigative journalist Greg Palast proves the 2024 election was handed to Trump through underhanded voter suppression tactics. The only question now is... what do we do now that we know Trump's second term is illegitimate?
Partial Transcript Thom: Our buddy Greg Palast is with us ... So, who won or lost the election?
Greg: It's real simple. If not for vote suppression tactics -- that's a fancy way of saying shafting people of color and young people out of their votes—Kamala Harris would have won by 3,565,000 votes. That's the number of voters denied their right to vote because they were purged, challenged, or had their provisional ballots thrown out.
Let me give you some numbers. The reason I've waited to make this report is that I had to get the data from government agencies, particularly the Elections Assistance Commission. People don't realize that I used to be a professor of statistics and a forensic economist. This is my specialty -- numbers. I've done this work for attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Justice, and other agencies, even for federal courts.
According to the Elections Assistance Commission's official numbers, 4,776,706 voters were wrongly purged from the rolls. I'm not making this up. We had experts from Microsoft and Amazon go through every purge name in two states -- Georgia and Wisconsin. For example, in Georgia, we found 198,000 voters who were wrongly removed from the rolls. We even have their names and addresses. Overwhelmingly, these were voters of color.
In Wisconsin, nearly every voter removed by the purge was either a Black voter in Milwaukee or a student in Madison. And this year, we saw a new phenomenon: vigilante voter challenges. For the first time, individual voters could challenge others. For example, I could say, “Thom Hartmann doesn’t live in Portland; he shouldn't be allowed to vote".
By August, there were 317,000 challenges. The NAACP reported over 200,000 challenges in Georgia alone by Election Day.
We also had 2.12 million mail-in ballots rejected. This wouldn't matter if it were random, but it's not. According to a Washington state study, Black voters are 400% more likely to have their mail-in ballots rejected compared to white voters. Washington has the least voter suppression of any state.
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission found that mail-in or in-precinct ballot rejection rates are 900% higher for Black voters than for white voters. Over half a million votes were spoiled because machines couldn’t read them -- again, disproportionately affecting voters of color.
We had 1.2 million provisional ballots rejected. People think, "Oh, I'll fill out a provisional ballot". But 43% of those were thrown out, according to the U.S. government. Provisional ballots are disproportionately given to Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Asian-American voters, who are 300% more likely to receive one than white voters.
Factoring in some double counting, the vote suppression rate was about 2.3%. Kamala Harris would have gained 3.565 million more votes, winning Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, with 286 electoral votes [270 is necessary to win]. These calculations are precise. Without voter suppression tactics, she would have won.
**End Transcript Excerpt**
The above video is the first segment from the 1/24/2025 airing of the Thom Hartmann Program. Thom interviews investigative journalist Greg Palast. This is how republicans "win"... they keep throwing out ballots until their guy is the victor.
Greg calls this the "Klan Plan" to suppress the Black vote. Why? He contacted people on the purge list and most of them were African Americans. Greg Palast (who has a background in staticts, data and crunching numbers) shows his work in his article here.
The bottom line is that republiturds stole the election for tRump using voter suppression. Kamala Harris, without voter suppression, would now be president with 286 electoral college votes and over 1 million more popular votes.
Time to celebrate the end of democracy and the beginning of the transition to fascism! All hail the Orange Turd Emperor, d0n0ld the Great, our White Supremacist savior, inaugurated today, 1/20/2025.
Video: Walt Disney's "Der Fuehrer's Face" is a 1943 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Directed by Jack Kinney and written by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, the cartoon is notable for its political satire and anti-Nazi sentiment.
Video: Nov 4, 2024. Fascist tendencies in Trump: A comparison to Hitler's rise. DW News. An unsettling question has been dominating the US presidential race: Is Donald Trump a fascist? Some have even compared him to Nazi Adolf Hitler. DW New's Washington Bureau Chief Ines Pohl sat down with Timothy Ryback, historian and author of Take Over: Hitler's Final Rise to Power.
Transcript from 2:43
Timothy Ryback: Trump did say he would be dictator for one day, on day one. And he identifies that as a modality for governance and rule, which we've known for millennia that, you know, authoritarian rules, rulers. And, you know, Hitler definitely embraced that. And I think Trump's embrace of that authoritarian rule, the vengeance, all of that is the most unsettling part of it. But I think this inherent view that democratic processes are not the best way to run a country is certainly unquestionably a key fascistic trait. 2:43 to 3:31.
Hitler himself declared that he was going he vowed to destroy democracy through democratic process. He had to appear in court as a witness at a trial in 19th September 1931. And Hitler basically said this to the judge, that he was out to destroy democracy through democratic process. The judge said so, but through Constitution and processes, Hitler gave a one word answer. Ja vol (yes absolutely). And he would, I think were the most astonishing things, was watching him dissemble this Democratic Republic, you know, piece by piece, very systematically in a very skilled and cunning way. 3:31 to 4:17.
Ines Pohl: Do you think that this is one of the biggest fear was the Trump administration, that he
really will undermine the democratic structure here in the United States? 4:17 to 4:26.
Timothy Ryback: I personally am concerned. We do have guardrails. I've studied, as have many scholars, the guardrails that existed for the Weimar Republic. But it's how these constitutional protections can be protected, how resilient they can be against a, you know, determined autocrat. What I will remind you is that, you know, Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. Joseph Goebbels said, once we're in office, he said they're going to have to drag us out as corpses. And in April of 1945, that's exactly what happened, was the only way they ended this, that government. 4:26 to 5:25.
What's interesting is that the Weimar constitution remained in place throughout the entire Third Reich. I mean, the basis of governance was the Weimar Constitution. All you know, it was suspended, but it still existed. And so I think, for the U.S. Constitution, for all the protections that are there, it's only as strong, it's only as resilient as the people who are there to protect it. 5:25 to 5:56.
One of the most worrying [things] for me is, you know, Hitler said that once he was in office, heads would roll -- a verbatim quote about of Hitler. Trump didn't say that, but he did say bring out the guillotine. And I do think this notion of vengeance against political opponents is unsettling because there are various instruments of government for applying that kind of vengeance. 5:25 to 6:30.
The other thing that I think it might add to this was, Hitler was ridiculed. Throughout his entire political [career]. He was considered a buffoon. They called him out on all kinds of things. But the point was, the fall of 32 when Hitler was at his high watermark. And you said, you know, for 12 years people have been laughing at me. No one's laughing now, which read in retrospect as chilling. 6:30 to 7:02.
Ines Pohl: I'm covering this election intensely, Fascism's concept of masculinity traveling a lot. And my feeling is it's also really a gender election. So maybe you can talk a little bit about the concept of masculinity in the fascist world and maybe also compare it to the Trump world a little bit. 7:02 to 7:17.
Timothy Ryback: ...clearly there was this hyper masculinity among the national Socialists. Mussolini strutting. They did even, you know, Hitler with this presence and the people he surrounded himself with. There is a clear element to that. But, you know, clearly that's playing a role in this current election. You look at the Republican candidate, you look at the vice presidential candidate, you listen to the remarks that are that are being made. 7:17 to 7:54.
But oddly enough, Adolf Hitler polled very well among women in Germany at the time. And I don't know if it's changed his attitude. You know, second and third wave feminism has changed it. But Hitler did very well among women, with the electorate sometimes polling better among women than than among men. 8:24 to 8:31.
Ines Pohl: Maybe you can talk a little bit about the importance of free press, of media? 7:54 to 8:32.
**skip**
Timothy Ryback: ...frankly, in the press today -- and I mean, clearly I'm a New York Times reader ... But I've started watching Fox News to try to make sense out of what is going on. And, when you look at the same event being reported by these two entities, you get something completely different here. 9:12 to 9:35.
**skip**
What's amazing to me about fascists or these right wing extremists in Germany at the time, they understood democratic processes as well as anyone. And you know, it was Joseph Goebbels when they entered the parliament the day of the Reichstag, the legislative body, essentially Congress. He said, well, we did not come as friends. We did not come as neutrals. We come as enemies. They knew how to gridlock the legislative process. And, you know, Goebbels at one point said, you know, the big joke on democracy is that they give their own mortal enemies the means to their own destruction. 10:12 to 10:57.
**skip**
What he intended to do, though the publican of explicit fake news, was to hollow out the center, polarize public opinion in communities, in neighborhoods, even in families. 11:17 to 11:32.
Ines Pohl: Do you think Donald Trump studied Adolf Hitler? 11:32 to 11:36.
**skip**
Timothy Ryback: [No] According to Vanity Fair he did keep a copy of Hitler's speeches... I think he understood Hitler's rhetoric and his speeches very well. 12:28 to 12:41.
**end transcript excerpt**
Is d0n0ld tRump Hitler reincarnated? Or possibly the Antichrist? I certainly cannot say if either of those are true. Though it's very obvious there are many parallels between Adolf Hitler and d0n0ld tRump. Hitler hated democracy and successfully overthrew it. d0n0ld tRump hates democracy and seeks to overthrow it.
Both Joe Biden and Kalama Harris warned that d0n0ld is an existential threat to democracy. The voters failed to heed this warning and now we will see what happens. We all know d0n0ld will go farther than violating norms this time. Now that the corrupt scotus has granted him criming immunity, it is assured he will crime. Guaranteed. Whether or not democracy survives is up in the air, but it is for certain that we are in for a bumpy ride.
Also, many Americans will have hardship inflicted on them. Also non-citizens, who are to be immediately targeted. Though the ensuing misery is greatly desired by trump's cultists. So long as the person suffering the misery isn't them or any of their loved ones. Many will be surprised to find out that, yes, they are included among those who will suffer.
We are in the "fvck around and find out" phase starting NOW. Me, I'd rather we never found out. Because we took the much wiser path and elected Kamala Harris.
A caller to the Thom Hartmann Program (on the 20th) said "I believe he is going to trigger a national emergency, possibly using a border incident, and he will declare martial law and nullify the Constitution". In reply Thom said, "I think that is entirely possible".
Video: Former President Donald Trump called for the use of paper ballots and said voting should only take place on one day during a rally in Lititz PA. NBC News' Dasha Burns reported on Trump's final rallies heading into Election Day. Weekends with Alex Witt. 11/3/2020
Transcript Excerpt: d0n0ld tRump... We should have one day voting and paper ballots. ...I heard a couple of states may go an extra 12 days. How the hell do you have an election? 0:37.
Video: Washington Journal. Thom Hartmann on the Role of Media in U.S. Politics. Progressive radio talk show host Thom Hartmann talks about the role of media in US politics with C-SPAN host Bill Scanlan. December 27, 2020.
Transcript Excerpt: Thom Hartmann... I have been a fan of paper ballots forever. I never thought we should have gotten into the territory of voting machines being owned by private companies. ... If we all agree that we all own the government -- we tell them what to do through the vote, and the government administers the public lands and the quality of air and water in the public schools -- then the ultimate part of the commons is our vote, the beating heart of democracy. If you take away a man's vote you reduce him to slavery. The vote should never be given to a private corporation. That part should never have been privatized which is what we did in 2000. I think people should be voting on paper. ... It is fraud free, not that there is really any voting fraud out there...
What tRump really means with his objections is, "how the hell do you have an election if you take the time to count all the votes? Just count enough votes to make me the winner".
Because what does counting votes have to do with elections? btw, paper ballots would SLOW down the process. Which is fine by me. I agree with Thom Hartmann. But tRump only claims that he wants paper ballots because it serves his false "bigly fraud" narrative. He doesn't care about accurately counting the votes. PROVEN by his wanting to cut off voting before all the ballots are tallied.
Below are the answers to some questions I asked Perplexity about the use of paper ballots in US elections...
...paper ballots are considered more secure than electronic-only voting machines for several key reasons...
Key Security Benefits of Paper Ballots...
1. Verifiable Audit Trail: Paper provides a physical record that can be used to verify results if software/hardware fails. About 97% of votes are now recorded on paper to ensure security and accuracy. Without paper trails, it's difficult or impossible to detect errors or breaches in voting machine software.
2. Protection Against Hacking: At the 2018 DEF CON conference, hackers easily manipulated paperless DRE (Direct-Recording Electronic) systems. Paper ballots provide backup if electronic systems are compromised. Physical paper ballots require close physical proximity to tamper with, making large-scale fraud more difficult.
3. Built-in Redundancy: Paper serves as a backup when technology fails. Election workers can return to traditional paper ballots if electronic machines break down [1]. Two-person or bipartisan teams handle paper ballots, providing additional security.
Current Implementation...
1. Widespread Adoption: 97% of voters now cast ballots in jurisdictions with verifiable paper backups. 12 states still used some paperless DREs as of 2018, representing 150 electoral votes [4]. Many states are moving away from paperless systems due to security concerns [4].
2. Expert Consensus: Election security experts from Harvard, Stanford, and the Brennan Center all recommend phasing out paperless. Paper is considered "state-of-the-art" despite seeming low-tech. The decentralized nature of paper ballot systems helps prevent large-scale systemic problems.
Citations [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
...paper ballot only voting is generally considered more secure than software-based voting machines, even those with a paper trail printout. Here are the key points...
1. Expert recommendations: Election security experts from institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and the Brennan Center for Justice recommend phasing out paperless voting in favor of paper ballots.
2. Paper as the "gold standard": Hand-marked paper ballots are described as the "gold standard protection" for voting security by experts like J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan.
3. Vulnerabilities in electronic systems: Electronic voting machines, even those with paper trails, are known to have potential security vulnerabilities. For example, severe security flaws were identified in Georgia's Dominion Voting Systems touch screen voting machines.
4. Human error factor: With electronic voting machines, there's a higher risk of human error in selecting options on touchscreens, which can lead to incorrect votes being cast.
5. Auditability: While both systems can be audited, paper ballots provide a more straightforward and reliable audit trail. Risk-limiting audits, which are considered a best practice, are more easily conducted with paper ballots.
6. Decentralization: The decentralized nature of paper ballot systems helps prevent large-scale systemic problems that could potentially affect software-based systems.
7. Hacking resistance: Paper ballots are inherently more resistant to remote hacking attempts, as they require physical access to tamper with.
8. Voter verification: With paper ballots, voters can directly verify their choices before submitting, whereas with electronic systems, even those with paper trails, there's an additional step of verifying the printout.
While software-based voting machines with paper trail printouts are certainly more secure than paperless electronic voting, they still introduce additional complexities and potential vulnerabilities compared to simple paper ballot systems. The consensus among experts seems to favor paper ballots as the most secure and reliable voting method.
Citations [1] [2] [3] [4]
[5] [6] [7] [8]
...I cannot give you an exact number or percentage of districts that use paper ballots only. However, I can break down what we know...
1. Voting System Types: Most jurisdictions use a mix of systems. Many use optical scan systems where voters mark paper ballots that are then scanned. Some use ballot marking devices (BMDs) where voters select on a screen and the machine prints a paper ballot. Some still use direct-recording electronic (DRE) machines.
2. State Examples, as per Ballotpedia data: Maine uses "Hand-marked paper ballots, BMDs for "accessibility" with "Hand count and optical scan". Massachusetts uses the same system as Maine. Several states use a combination of methods. Louisiana is noted as using "DREs without VVPAT for all voters".
3. Paper Usage: While 97% of votes are recorded on paper in some form, this includes both hand-marked paper ballots and machine-printed paper trails. This doesn't mean 97% use paper ballots only. The paper record could be from various systems including optical scan, BMDs, or DREs with paper trails.
Recent Trends: Some states are moving toward paper-based systems. Tennessee has proposed legislation (SB821) to move to hand-marked paper ballots and hand counting beginning with the 2024 election cycle. Without more specific data, I cannot provide an exact count or percentage of districts that use paper ballots exclusively.
Conclusion ... I support the use of paper ballots in agreement with the views of Thom Hartmann. d0n0ld tRump says he likes paper ballots, but only because it serves his narrative that elections are rigged against republicans and Democrats are cheating. This is complete bullpucky.
I support democracy, while d0n0ld tRump opposes it. Proven by his calls for one day of in-person voting when counting ALL the votes takes as long as it takes. Getting the tally correct is what is important. As opposed to cutting off voting before all the votes are tallied.
Post authored by the Liberal/Progressive Leftist blogger and proud Harris voter, Dervish Sanders. wym334.
Dotard fans like Minus FJ are thrilled, I'm sure. According to him Dotard is an "autocratic outsider". This he said, not as an insult, but as praise. While Minus is a fan of autocracy, most Dotard supporters would deny he is an autocrat. Or a wannbe autocrat. But if Dotard is able to steal a second term -- I definitely think he will go full autocrat.
Dotard is definitely a domestic adversary. This video explains why Dotard and Mitch will push for getting a judge seated ASAP. btw, turnout has been up under Dotard (how we got the blue wave), but will it be high enough to save Democracy? Everyone is on the edge of their seats. According to Thom Hartmann, in 2000 the republican controlled legislature in Florida was considering passing legislation to just give it's electors to gwb (and that Jeb Bush would have signed the bill). But then the SCOTUS ruled the way it did -- so they didn't.
The point is that a state legislature almost gave it's electors to the loser of the popular vote in it's state in 2000 (before the SCOTUS intervened) -- and this scenario could play out in several swing states this year. Meaning Dotard could very clearly lose, but "win" anyway. And, given that it's Constitutional, public outcry is the ONLY thing that might stop legislators in swing states from handing their electors to Dotard. Even if it is the will of the people that they go to Joe Biden. In which case America is screwed [end comment from RN's blog].
I got the "get rid of the ballots" image from the blog Progressive Eruptions (Shaw Kenawe). Dotard really said that we should "get rid" of the ballots. Throw out mail in ballots cast by people legally entitled to vote in response to bogus claims that they are fradulent.
He is trying to use the fact that many people want to vote by mail (in response to the ongoing pandemic) to steal the election. Another reason why he's been downplaying the danger the virus poses. A a result Democrats are more likely to vote by mail this year. Why it might appear as though Dotard has won on election night (before the mail in ballots are counted). Dotard will challange these ballots and try to get as many of them thrown out as he can. On MSNBC they are referring to the probablity that it might look like Dotard is winning on election night as a "red mirage".
What follows is a video of highlights from the 9/23/2020 airing of The Rachel Maddow Show. This was the episode in which she reacts to Dotard's desire to "get rid of the ballots (12:34).
Dotard will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power because he intends to fight to hang onto power no matter what the election results are. Unless (perhaps) the results overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden. And maybe not even then. Certainly (if that is the case) Dotard will complain loudly about how bigly fraud was committed by people who mailed in their ballots.
And he will attempt to push off certification by the states of their election results past December 14 (the safe harbor date). This is the date by which The 1887 Electoral Count Act requires that the states say who their electors will be. If it is unclear (in any particular state) who won -- maybe the state will pass a law that says who their electors will be. As I previously noted, Florida almost passed such legislation in 2000 to say (forget a recount), it's electors would go to George W bush.
Maybe some swing states (with republican legislatures and republican governors) will actually pass such legislation this year? That would "get rid of the ballots" (override the will of the people) and just give a state's electors to Dotard. And the majority Conservative Supreme Court might say, "yes, this is Constitutional". Clearly Dotard is signaling he believes this is what will happen. Then it's goodbye Democracy, hello Dotard -- America's first unelected autocrat.
Calling other bloggers "NPC" is an insult recently adopted by the blogger Minus FJ. At first I was confused. Having played Dungeons & Dragons, I am aware that an NPC is a "non player character". A character controlled by the Dungeon Master or by the game programming (as it was online gamers from whom this meme originated).
Initially I didn't make the connection, given that NPC is an RPG (role playing game) term, not a political one. I did figure it out, though. It's the trumper version of "sheeple". As per the following NYT article What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet's New Favorite Insult?
Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump's policies, but because they're brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.
As a Reddit user, BasedMedicalDoctor, explains in a thread about the appeal of the meme, NPCs are "completely dependent on their programming, and can't do or think on their own". (10/16/2018 article by Kevin Roose).
Here I was thinking that maybe Minus came up with the "NPC" insult all by himself. But as it turns out, he's reading from the 4chan/Reddit/trumper script. Which makes him the real NPC, or "sheeple". I call these people Orange Turd cultists. And I came up with that by myself, btw. Although I had heard trumpers as being members of a cult of personality. Also, Googling "Orange Turd Cult" gets hits.
Whenever I think of something I like to Google it to see if anyone else has thought of it. In this case, others have. But I'm not reading from a script. I can think on my own, NPC Minus. I, for example, agree that "free trade" and globalism are problems. And I was disappointed that Obama supported the TPP. See the article I wrote on my primary blog "Sleeping with The Devil" titled Jimmy Fallon & BHO Catapult The Propaganda During Prez 6/9/2016 Tonight Show Appearance. In this blog post I criticize former President Obama his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in order to promote the lie that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be good for American workers.
This piece of propaganda took the form of the the popular Tonight Show segment "slow jam the news". I referred to it as "definitely a low point in the Obama presidency". It was because of this, and because Hillary Clinton (at least while Secretary of State) supported the TPP (calling it the "gold standard") that I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary. I am however, truth be told, a long time Bernie Sanders supporter. Having become familiar with his positions via his weekly appearances on Thom Hartmann's radio and Free Speech TV program.
Additionally, in a comenary titled "If You're Sick Of Unending War You Should Vote For Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton" I criticized HRC for her hawkishness. And I agreed with Donald tRump that we should get out of Afghanistan. A position he held right up until the time came for him to make a decision. And, despite saying previously that we should withdraw ASAP, he decided we are going to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. Was there any outcry from tRump supporters who agreed with his prior position? Not that I'm aware of.
Long story short, there is no way you could characterize my informed support for Bernie Sanders and Bernie-Sanders-type Progressive Democratic positions as "NPC" in nature. NPC Minus, on the other hand, takes his sheeple marching orders from the Reddit script writers. Another example of this would be his recent comparison of people protesting tRump showing up in PA following the synagogue shooting.
That "the Democrat Party is about as unhinged now as the Westboro Baptist Church" is according to a thread on /r/The_Donald. Spank-da-monkey says "they think it’s ok to protest a funeral. Think about that for a minute".
-FJ: The Left IS protesting Jewish funerals and there's only one word appropriate for it. Disgusting! (11/1/2018 at 4:3am).
-FJ: They're just the self-righteous political A-holes who like the Westboro Baptist cult, have zero class and PROTEST AT FUNERALS. (11/1/2018 at 5:02am).
The protests were about the presence of tRump, not the funerals. Nobody was protesting Jewish funerals. I wonder how many hours a day NPC Minus spends at Reddit? Surely the answer can't be zero. Given how ON SCRIPT this fellow is. He may deny this accusation and say he does not regularly visit Reddit, but why then does NPC Minus come off as such a brainwashed sheeple who has been conditioned to parrot trumper/anti-cultural Marxism aka anti-globalist orthodoxy? And SO in the manner of a scripted character?
The Antifa (Anti Fascist) movement is a Leftist movement, yet the Beantown AntiFascist (individual who comments on the Trumpanzee blog Who's Your Daddy) posts RW talking points. He refers to the Democratic Party as the "DemoKKKrat Klan", and has submitted a number of comments defending the people marching with Nazi and Confederate flags in Boston and elsewhere. People are "lying" about them being racist, Beantown sez.
Having previously called him out for being a RW sockpuppet (wym3), I returned to see he had responded with 2 additional Republican lies/bashes against the Democratic Party.
The Bean sockpuppet's comments and my response as follows...
Dervish Sanders: Video the Beantown Sockpuppet links to should be titled "Ben Shapiro doesn't debunk the Party Switch reality". Nixon called it the Southern Strategy. Robert Byrd called joining the KKK his "greatest mistake" and apologized. BTW, Republicans put forward the "slippery slope" argument (Trump tweeted about taking down statues of slave-owning Founding Fathers) yet they say remove statues of people like Byrd. Byrd never supported insurrection. I'm fine with removing statues of traitors and stopping there. (8/26/2017 at 12:53pm).
I am watching The Thom Hartmann Program as I type this (8/25/2017 episode on my DVR) and he (responding to a caller) said that Antifa is peaceful. Despite it saying on Wikipedia that "the distinctive feature of self-described antifa groups is to oppose Fascism in direct action, including the willingness to use violence".
According to Mr. Hartmann it is the Black Bloc who is perpetrating the violence. Wikipedia says "a black bloc is a name given to groups of protesters who wear black clothing, scarves, sunglasses, ski masks, motorcycle helmets with padding, or other face-concealing and face-protecting items. The clothing is used to conceal marchers' identities, and hinder criminal prosecution".
Thom Hartmann later brought up a fake news story concerning White female Trump supporters getting beat up by the Antifa (see image below). It's being presented as Antifa calling for White female Trump supporters to be beaten up. But it's a fake. It is also being circulated by Right-wingers in an effort to smear Antifa.
Beantown Antifascist is one such RW faker. I suspected he was a fake for a while, but today (Saturday 8/6/2017) he gave himself away. With no doubt he is a RWer posing as a member of Antifa in order to discredit/smear Antifa. POS.
Another of the Bean Sockpuppet's comments that reveal him as a fake...
Beantown AntiFacist: Come chill with us at one of our un-permitted protests like the one recently in Raleigh-Durham and we'll give you a safe space and make you feel real comfy. Really, we're just doing this to prevent people from being harassed or made to feel like they're not welcome. (8/22/2017 at 9:38am).
The link is to a post on his blog titled "Fun with my Antifa Brothers in Raleigh-Durham". "Really, we're just doing this to prevent people from being harassed or made to feel like they're not welcome" is obviously meant sarcastically. More proof that this a-hole is a complete fake. Even though he's got a blog (started this year) with 37 posts. He's clearly put a lot of effort into his fake Antifa blog.
Image: Falsified pictures circulating on social media include an image of actress Anna Friel from a 2007 anti-domestic violence campaign (r). According to BBC News, "Far-right activists are using fake Twitter accounts and images of battered women to smear anti-fascist groups in the US, an online investigation has revealed".
Post authored by Dervish Sanders. WYM is a Liberal/Progressive/Anti-Trump blog. wym5.
