Don’t forget People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive.
And so it begins. Now that Biden is about to become President, Republicans suddenly care about the budget and debt.
Rasmussen, the polling organization which is always out of line with most other pollsters, quotes Stalin in suggesting that Pence should overturn the votes.
Ages ago I was at a gaming convention where a group was playing a multi-day game about choosing the post-WWII Chinese government. There were several factions and they were all armed. Needless to say there was a lot of plot hatching, betrayals, and changing of sides. The main action was played at a really large conference table but from time to time the factions would leave to plot something then come back.
On the one hand, any weapons needed to be obvious to the other players. On the other hand they didn’t want to panic the rest of the Con. Accordingly, they had paper fans with the weapon painted on them in large red letters. More than once I saw marching into the room several people with their fans at chest height with .45 ACP or 7.62mm Moisin-Nagant on them.
I’d be delighted to see the Proud Boys similarly equipped.
Georgia Republicans still using the same voter suppression playbook.
Some dude makes claim to board that these folks all moved out of state. Board has hearing, dude doesn’t show up or provide any evidence. Board still votes for voter removal. Judge slaps them down.
The DC hotel where the Proud Boys were planning on holing up when they try to disrupt the Electoral College certification vote on January 6th has shut down to avoid the situation.
Cue @octopus
But a baker can’t refuse service to a couple because they are gay…
They can still find lodging at Trump’s hotel which I hear suddenly has a block of rooms available at 25% discount.
Why not just invite them to bunk at the White House (for a nominal fee, of course). They can camp out in the State Dining Room or something. Build campfires with Melanie’s Christmas trees, spit on the floor, pee in the corners, shoot at things. Good times.
The situations are hardly equivalent.
In the first place, the Proud Boys have been disruptive and are not observing mask protocols or social distancing, thus posing a health hazard to hotel staff and the other hotel guests.
In the second place, by shutting down they are refusing service to everyone, not just the Proud Boys.
And I can’t say as I blame them; no one wants a (literally) bloody riot in the lobby, and the Proud Boys are there to make trouble.
Businesses have the right to refuse service to people they deem to be physically dangerous or abusive.
It’ll look just like Andy Jackson’s inauguration!
Damn, beat me to it. That’s just the response I was thinking of – Just like in the days of Trump’s hero Andy Jackson!
I feel sure that Riemann was just snarking at octopus there.
That’s the first thing I’ve heard about this planned Violent Event That Will Trigger Martial Law that has given me hope that it might not come off.
That, and Trump’s dwindling numbers–polls on favorability and Twitter followers are both on a downward trend for Dollhands Donald.
If only a hundred well-armed idiots show up, Trump won’t be able to get away with his Grand Plan. Even he will see that no one will buy it.
I’m still worried about what’s going on in the Pentagon, though. The true believers in military rule are still plotting.
Yeah, but I can’t see or reply to what octopus says.
He didn’t say anything yet, I was just anticipating his usual nonsense.
Michael Flynn has set up a merch store selling QAnon crap.
“Where we go one, but wait there’s more!”
Recall him to active duty. I hear Adak is lovely this time of the year.
Colin Powell suggested that.