Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

So it begin...
Adam Pankratz: Have universities become dangerous to our nation?
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/have-universities-become-dangerous-to-our-nation

Just a reminder that we can't ban AR-15s because Republicans think your kids should have to risk being slaughtered at a Target but should be spared the carnage of a drag queen reading Go, Dog. Go!

If the decline of democracy continues at the present pace, less than 5% of the world’s population will live in a full democracy by 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/how-the-global-rise-of-authoritarianism-is-misunderstood-and-why-it-matters#:~:text=If%20the%20decline%20of%20democracy%20continues%20at,live%20in%20a%20full%20democracy%20by%202026.

@Bette Gay Libertarians I do not agree with, but understand. Gay Republicans are utterly delusional.

Matt Gaetz may be despised even by a good percentage of the Republican House members — but by getting McCarthy removed, allowing chaos (and fatigue) to ensue, he managed move the GOP House further right.

This is how Fascism grows.

So.. you are “just not that into politics?”

-Your Boss is
-Your Landlord is
-Your Insurance Company is
And everyday they use their political power to keep your pay low, raise rent, and deny you coverage.

It’s time to get into politics.

If we forced gun owners to insure their weapons for liability, the insurance industry would explain - in dollars and cents - how dangerous having a gun in your house is versus NOT having a gun.

If every gun purchaser had to also purchase liability insurance for their death machine (that's what guns literally are), far fewer of them would purchase guns - because they couldn't afford the insurance bite.

I wonder if that's why we've never forced the owners of a device designed to KILL people to take FINANCIAL responsibility for their possession. Cars kill people BY ACCIDENT yet we're all forced - by law - to insure ourselves in case something UNEXPECTED happens.

The gun industry has bamboozled America to literal death.

Dems Turn Mike Johnson’s First Viral Moment Into Anti-GOP Ad

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-turn-mike-johnsons-first-viral-moment-into-anti-gop-ad

#DailyBeast #MikeJohnson #ViralMoment #AntiGOPAd #Democrats #GOP #Politics #News

Look if your risk management people are sending out idiotic questionnaires instead of actually reading the certified reports of independent auditors, your risk management program is a pile of dog shit and you should feel bad about it.

The Senate Finance Committee wants to know whether #ClarenceThomas properly reported on his taxes the forgiveness of a $267,230 personal loan he received to buy his R.V. https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/justice-thomas-did-not-repay-substantial-portion-of-267230-loan-finance-committee-investigation-reveals-failed-to-report-forgiven-debt-on-ethics-filings-raising-questions-about-tax-compliance

Amen.

Via Scott Linnen:

There’s something deeply cynical about asking God to solve a problem that you’re not willing to solve yourself. That’s not “prayer.” That’s perpetrating a fiendish con to cover your profit off the assault rifle body count.

Aaron Rupar:

New House #Speaker Mike Johnson offers prayers in response to the latest horrible mass #shooting. Can't believe nobody has thought of that before.

My favourite time of year is Halloween 🎃 because it represents everything the far-right hates:
1. Handouts
2. People in drag
3. Joy

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court STRIKES DOWN Georgia's congressional and legislative maps for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Legislature has until Dec. 8 to enact remedial maps. Congratulations to our clients, GA voters, and the ELG legal team! https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-congressional-redistricting-challenge/

I dunno, it seems pretty obvious the answer is unfettered access to weapons capable of mass murder for any american because of a bad reading of a 250yo law about muskets from a new country without standing army

Hopi leader tells Senate panel that red tape, financial hurdles put aid out of reach https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102623_tribal_infrastructure/hopi-leader-tells-senate-panel-that-red-tape-financial-hurdles-put-aid-out-reach/
The chairman of the Hopi tribe told a Senate panel that promises of federal infrastructure funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles such as cost matches.
#Tucson #Arizona

The House has a new Speaker, and he is truly awful. He represents the worst of MAGA extremism, and there’s turbulence ahead on the budget and Ukraine aid. But zooming out, his election could also be a HUGE problem for the GOP. How so, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/so-the-dog-caught-the-car-again?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

It will be sickening but not surprising if the House Republicans install as Speaker an active participant in the effort to overturn the lawful 2020 Presidential election. The majority of them who were in the House then voted to reject the electors submitted by Arizona or Pennsylvania, even though there was no evidence of any factual basis for doing so.