Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

djt's propaganda toy; Invasive, cruel Christian theocracy; MAGA lawmakers' "diligence"

Rolling Stone reports: "Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone -- Donald Trump reposted a baseless conspiracy theory claiming Joe Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced with a robot clone. The president shared a post from a social media user that alleged: “There is no #JoeBiden – executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. #Democrats don’t know the difference.” Similar unfounded theories about Biden have been floating around the internet for years." 

djt knows that Biden is not a clone or artificial intelligence hallucination or any of the other extreme crackpot lies about Biden's alleged non-existence. Those lies have been circulating among radical right crackpots for years. 

So why does he say things he knows are false? Probably at least three reasons. One is to virtue signal to his cult base -- they seem to love insulting lies and sheer lunacy like this. Another is to upsent and demoralize as many people in opposition to him as he can. Third, this is just plain fun for the cruel sadist to publicly degrade the office of the presidency, presumably as payback for whatever real and imagined wrongs and insults he may have suffered. 

He knows exactly what he is doing. Unfortunately most of the MSM still doesn't know what he is doing. For the most part, our pathetic MSM is djt's fun time play toy.
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This 1:39 video discusses a new law in West Virginia that makes it a felony for a woman who has a miscarriage within 9 weeks of pregnancy to dispose of fetal tissue without getting the police involved.


Why impose such a cruel, invasive law? Because there are science-based ways to distinguish between a natural miscarriage and an abortion induced by misoprostol and/or mifepristone. To do the analyses, the state need to get fetal tissue to do the analyses. Specifically, placental mRNA analysis combined with a toxicology screen provides evidence of whether the tissue was chemically aborted or naturally miscarried. Why focus on self-administered, chemically-induced abortions, which are illegal in states with abortion bans? This is why:




In abortion ban states, nearly all abortions are self-managed. That data reflects the reality that women are forced to get chemical abortion drugs. They cannot go to a doctor, and nothing is as safe as chemical abortion drugs. 

Why call this law Christian theocratic? Because theocratic Christian nationalist elites have bulldozed forced birth laws on women in red states.
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A smattering of news is coming out reporting that, not surprisingly, MAGA lawmakers in congress don't read the laws they vote to pass. The Daily Beast reports that MTG was in a proper snit when she found out that djt's OBBB (one big beautiful bill) includes a 10-year ban on states passing any AI (artificial intelligence) regulations. Greene stated on X that she is "adamantly OPPOSED" to this provision, calling it a violation of states' rights and saying she would have voted against the bill had she known about it. In the world of AI, 10-years is a heck of a long time. Nearly all of the damage that can be done by AI will be done by then.

Adamantly OPPOSED, mind you! Attaboy Marjorie -- give 'em hell. MAGA!!  /s

Meanwhile in Nebraska, NBC News reports that MAGA lawmaker Mike Flood was all shocked and amazed when he found out in a Town Hall meeting that djt's OBBB, which he proudly voted for, includes a provision that basically guts what little is left of the power of federal courts to enforce their contempt orders and fines imposed on people in contempt of court orders. This one is a real democracy killer, literally. 

Flood defended himself like this: “I believe in the rule of law. I’ve taken an oath as an attorney, I’ve taken an oath as a state senator, I’ve taken an oath as a member of Congress, and I support our court system, and I do believe that the federal district courts, when issuing an injunction, should have legal effect. In fact, I relied upon that when the Biden administration was in place. The federal courts did a tremendous amount of good work. I am not going to hide the truth. This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that, and when I found out that provision was in the bill, I immediately reached out to my Senate counterparts and told them of my concern. 

In response to that fine excuse the crowd jeered Flood, to his consternation. Many raspberries were in play with the boisterous crowd.

But seriously, in Flood's defense, he did reach out to his Senate counterparts and told them of his concern. Bwahahahahahaha!! Giggle, snort, snort!!

Reached out, mind you! Attaboy Mike -- give 'em hell. MAGA!!  /s  

But as we all know, lawmakers usually do not read or understand long bills. They leave it to their staff to flag issues. Guess we got some flagless staff going on in MAGAlandia. Or much more likely, the staff actually liked these horrendous provisions in the OBBB, so for them there was nothing to flag!

We are so screwed. not /s