Gray Goods

Beware the Jabbertrump, my son! The lies that bite, the cons that catch. Beware the Elon bird, and shun all rightwing balderdash. (With poetic license, apologies to Lewis Carroll)

The entire right-wing is going to go absolutely ape shit over the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But just remember how none of them gave a shit about a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota being assassinated just a couple months ago. Trump basically ignored it.

remember this

When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.

Charlie Kirk called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a “huge mistake.”

According to Charlie Kirk's own words, his death was worth it. So, no reason for crocodile's tears. He had made his choice, even though he may not have really expected the consequences.

@davidsirota So damn true. And it gets worse every day. Here in Germany, too. ☹

@davidsirota Caption: "I have no clue at all what this kiddo's talking about, but it's the "next big thing", so I got on this stage"

Important story about how lots of ordinary people got tricked into investing in crypto: levernews.com/i-heard-it-was… Before you insist you cannot understand how people got tricked into thinking crypto is legit, let me show you one picture of global icons insisting crypto is great👇

@RepJeffries Nominate Liz Cheney for Speaker, please. Yes, you can! Imagine the possibilities. With the votes of the Dems, it only takes FIVE Republicans with a conscience to stage a coup. 5 outa 222, those odds are good. The result? Much better than McCarthy. Take a chance! 😎

It’s time to get to work. For. The. People.

@ryangrim Should you stumble upon some hundreds of millions, please license Mastodon software and create a better Twitter from scratch with it, including migration of accounts.

If I were a liberal billionaire I’d go buy parler and turn it into the old twitter, and the two apps would just trade places

@StephenKing I suspect this is the result of Mr. Musks continous sleep deprivation and maybe self-medication, which make his decisions increasingly irrational.

@elonmusk This new rule will make every live tweet about sports, concerts, campaign events etc a violation, you genius! And even links to such reports. You haven't thought about this, huh? 🙄

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

@ggadventures Good to read that. I'm glad you're ok. 👋🙂👍

@Richpf @wcgirl1 How did you manage the different lifestyle, Rich? You're someone who spends a lot of time for home (or garden!) improvement projects, so I guess, that's how you compensated the reduction of social life? 🤔

@Richpf @wcgirl1 Aw, that's really nice of you, thanks! But, really, I'm a guy who acts impulsively sometimes, but I'm not reckless. Please don't worry about me, I've been careful, I followed the rules and recommendations, I didn't run a risk. As a natural hermit, I got along. No fun, though. 😕

@graygoods Sir, you were missing for a long time. I don't know when you came back but I just saw your retweet and I'm so glad you are back. Our friend @wcgirl1 was very concerned about you as I was.

@mtaibbi You're too honest to make a big carreer in this profession, Mr. Taibbi. Bob Woodward would never have said this. Carl Bernstein, maybe. 🤔

I'm sure everyone gets this, but here's how "Experts Say" pieces work: journalists talk to a bunch of credentialed people, highlight the ones they agree with (especially in the headline), and bury the ones whose opinions are inconvenient.

@nathaliejacoby1 Why do you care? Are you looking for a pusher? 🙄

@redlianak As someone who's aware of the gray zones of reality, and who has to defend his views against ignorants who only think in white vs. black, I very much agree with you, Liana. ☹

Doing a thing you don't like doesn't immediately make someone a bad person. But bad people do exist. And it's as if most people have completely lost any ability to see any nuance on this point.

@PeterKiefor Too many voters who have swallowed the establishment view hook, line and sinker, Peter. In a parliamentary democracy, he would have had won (just look at much less popular Olaf Scholz in Germany), but not in the US. The founding fathers were afraid of guys like Bernie. ☹