Republicans: continued

[Brian Peacock]

Everything she says in that vid is a trigger word - in every sense.

[Tero]

Former governor prddling conservative children's books.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-mike- ... itter_page

[L'Emmerdeur]

It's reasonable to wonder whether shit like this is a display of ignorance, or if it's simply lying. A governor has a staff who is paid to provide their boss with legitimate information, so I'm inclined to think he's lying and depending on the ignorance of his intended audience.

'Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp keeps mentioning failed AIDS vaccine mandates. But there is no AIDS vaccine'

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, keeps mentioning the failed campaign to vaccinate Americans against the AIDS virus as an example of the pitfalls of healthcare mandates.

Except the AIDS vaccine doesn't exist. And there sure wasn't a failed campaign to mandate it.

He made the comments most recently on an episode of the right-wing commentator Erick Erickson's podcast, emphasizing that as a result of his knowledge of the nonexistent AIDS vaccine, he believes that education is a more effective tool than mandates.

"That is basically how the AIDS vaccine worked. People wouldn't take it early on because it was mandated, they started educating people and now it is doing a lot of good out there," Kemp told Erickson. "Same scenario, different year that we are dealing with right now."

A fact check from Atlanta TV station 11 Alive rated Kemp's claims "false" — and noted that the governor has made similar comments about AIDS vaccines at least two other times over the past year.

When reached for comment by the station, Kemp's office said he meant to mention the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine. But even this statement raises eyebrows — the HPV vaccine is also mandated in a number of states to attend public schools (among other inoculations), a campaign that has been largely effective in getting school-age children vaccinated, 11 Alive reported.

The governor has been a vocal opponent of recent public health efforts to tamp down on the spread of COVID-19. Kemp has repeatedly said that he will never sign off on mask or vaccine mandates while in office, drawing the criticism of public health experts.

[Brian Peacock]

It's nothing but trigger words and alternative realities all the way down now. All the way down...

[Joe]

[L'Emmerdeur]

Mehdi Hasan telling it like it is.

[Scot Dutchy]

Brian I have big problems with your avatar. It causes my cluster headaches. Will you please change it thanks.

[Brian Peacock]

Yeah. Sorry Scot.

[Scot Dutchy]

Thanks for the understanding but I am not joking. It is a trigger.

[Brian Peacock]

No probs I wasn't thinking.

[Scot Dutchy]

Thanks for changing.

[Tero]

Bobo wants Bisen to remove Americans from Afghanistan. Not exactly his job.
https://mobile.twitter.com/esa_jarvi/st ... 3237870593
Tourists are often helped in disaster. My sister in law got to stay at the embassy in Nepal.

[JimC]

It made my eyes go funny too, Brian, almost an acid flashback to the 70's, man...

[Scot Dutchy]

I have the same effect when playing VR games.

[Tero]

good point: Republicans get away with almost anything. Voters stay with party no matter what and independents forget. They are casual about politics.

The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
Stephen Colbert and Bob Woodward reveal why the GOP will never be held accountable: “This was a subversion, or an attempted subversion, of democracy. And it never stopped. And here’s the problem: It continues.”
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/statu ... 6593682448