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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
bolverk replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
bolverk replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
I appreciated him posting a Bksy account, rather than driving traffic to Elmo's poop-filled Xitter. Not sure if that was his intent, but there it is. -
Winter Weather 2025 - Arctic Blasts or Sweaty Ass?
bolverk replied to NorthLoop's topic in Daily Texan
I'm about 200 miles south of you, and we only got down to the lower 60s after the line of storms came through around 5-6 am (hope y’all got some up there). The forecast calls for a low of 52 tonight in the eastern Permian. Giddy just thinking about it and planning to keep all the windows open. That is, unless it gets too cold. -
Have we ever discussed the views of Netanyahu's podcasting adult son, Yair? His very first guest was the son of Bolsonaro, noted reich-wing Brazilian demagogue who tried to overturn democracy down there, and a member of Steve Bannon's political organization in Europe, The Movement, which in turn has the support of Victor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen? Let's see what else this guy is all about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Netanyahu Views and opinions According to Haaretz, Netanyahu uses social media "for the benefit of spreading lies, defamation and slander against those who are perceived in his eyes as enemies of the camp headed by his father".[28] He is known for defending his father on social media.[29][13][30] Netanyahu has also published his opinions in Breitbart News, an American far-right[31] news and opinion website.[32] In late 2017, Netanyahu posted a meme on Facebook portraying his father's political opponents as puppets controlled by George Soros; the meme garnered support from US white nationalists, including David Duke, and neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer which described itself as "The World's #1 Yair Netanyahu fansite".[29][33][34] Netanyahu later deleted the post following backlash.[29] In December 2018, he was suspended from Facebook for 24 hours after posting anti-Muslim content.[35][36][37] One of Netanyahu's comments read: "There will never be peace with those monsters in the form of men that have called themselves 'Palestinians' since 1964".[29] In March 2019, he was asked to leave his work at the Israel Law Center, an NGO that provides legal services to terror victims, after criticizing President Reuven Rivlin for his efforts on behalf of Arab-Israeli coexistence.[10] In May 2019, Netanyahu expressed support for right-wing nationalist figures Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Nigel Farage and Geert Wilders in the 2019 European Parliament election.[38] In the same month, some observers hypothesized that Netanyahu was looking for a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[39] although Netanyahu has denied that he is looking for a political career.[29] In June 2019, Netanyahu met with Katrina Pierson, a senior advisor for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.[10] In July 2019, Netanyahu expressed support for British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, during the latter's imprisonment by British authorities.[40] In September 2019, Netanyahu accused former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995, of having "murdered Holocaust survivors on the Altalena". The comments were disavowed by his father.[41][42][43] He has compared Roni Alsheikh, the Israel Police chief who played a role in the Netanyahu corruption investigations, to the fictional mobster Tony Soprano.[29] While being questioned by police during the investigations, Netanyahu called the police "Stasi" and "Gestapo" and said they were worse than the mafia. He also accused Nir Hafetz and Gideon Saar of various crimes.[44] In May 2020, the far-right politician and Alternative for Germany (AfD) member Joachim Kuhs used a quote from Netanyahu in his campaign graphics. Following this, Netanyahu urged the AfD to work towards stopping German funding for NGOs operating in Israel.[45] During the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Netanyahu claimed a 2013 video from Egypt was an example of Pallywood and showed Palestinians faking their casualties.[46] After the Israeli military police in July 2024 visited Sde Teiman detention camp to detain nine Israeli soldiers suspected of abuse of a Palestinian prisoner, Netanyahu commented that the prosecution of the soldiers was "criminal and anti-Zionist".[47] Legal issues In January 2018, a scandal erupted when a recording of Netanyahu's visit to a Tel Aviv strip club in 2015 was leaked. In the recording, Netanyahu discussed strippers and referred to a controversial gas deal recently passed into law.[48][49] Netanyahu apologized for his remarks.[50] He filed a lawsuit for 1 million NIS ($272,000) against his driver, who allegedly recorded the conversation.[51] On 7 July 2019, he won a libel suit against Israeli Labor Party activist Abie Binyamin for claiming that Netanyahu was hiding millions in offshore accounts.[52] In November 2019, Netanyahu was sued for slander after sharing a Facebook post claiming that former Walla news site editor Avi Alkalay was a plant for the Wexner Foundation.[53] In February 2020, he was ordered to pay damages and legal costs totalling $81,000.[54][55] Netanyahu appealed the decision, but his appeal was rejected by the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in July 2021.[56] In January 2025, an appeal of a lawsuit previously filed by Yair Netanyahu against former Knesset member Stav Shaffir for publicly calling him "a liar, an evil man, a racist and a sexual-abuser" was rejected by the court, and Netanyahu was forced to compensate Shaffir for her legal fees, in addition to compensation after losing the initial court case.[57]
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I'm not clicking to view that video on a website by a man who threw up a Heil Hitler at a political rally, who has reinstated multiple neo-Nazi accounts on this same website that you support through your views and clicks, who stole and opened up all of our personal data to who-the-fuck knows, who dangerously hacked away at vital government services and eliminated the jobs of thousands of civil servants in the process, and who bankrolled and continues support the the charlaton who’s driving everything good about this country into the ground. Give me another link, and I'll happily check out whatever mistranslation is purported.
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Clicked the link to read the rest of the story and found this. So, the BBC fucked up by not doing a background check and apologized. Ofcom's review, however, apparently found no evidence of familial influence. So, this is the son, a 13-year-old kid, seemingly wandering around the rubble. Based on the info provided above, I was imagining something more nefarious. I hadn't heard of, nor have I watched, this documentary, so I have no way of judging whether it was overly biased. Fortunately, it looks like it can be viewed on YouTube. It's about an hour long, in English, and this version includes a disclaimer that the kid is the son of a deputy agricultural minister. Thanks for letting me know this documentary exists, as I'll be sure to watch.
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The President of the United States of America... https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115391463725537040 Not just the same colors, but the horizontal tricolor of the Russian flag in the same order: white, blue, red. https://unn.ua/en/news/us-secretary-of-defense-hegset-wore-a-tie-in-the-colors-of-the-russian-flag-at-the-meeting-between-zelenskyy-and-trump
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Kinda niche, but easily bribed, charlatan politicians who sell cheaply made/poor quality consumer products (e.g., watches, fragrance, apparel, hats, shoes, Bibles, etc.) and super scammy digital currencies/trading cards to a gullible base as a bajillion dollar side hustle.
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Oh, and btw @immamac, that comment he made was a direct threat of being confrontational to other posters at a family-friendly event that you were hosting. Your continued tolerance for his presence is you giving tacit permission for a psycho to psycho around posters and their families.
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I'm only telling you that his pattern of behavior is getting worse. This is more than eccentricity. His posting rate has slowed considerably, so you can easily peruse everything he's said since January. And if his online posts are an accurate reflection of his real-life sentiments, that dude is not someone I want to be around, especially with kids present, because he sounds like a ticking time bomb. I shouldn't have to remind you how we've seen radicalized online people, who might not technically be breaking the rules of their communities, can go off, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who paused for a moment, contemplating an unhinged asshole like that being present, within a coupl3 weeks of Kirk's murder and the frequency of mass shootings in this country. And, yeah, I think you actually do know him based on your blasé response just now.
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You talking about the Kentucky watch party? Because who the fuck wants to bring their kid to either if there's a chance this increasingly unhinged fucking psycho shows up? I mean, I've seen him post about going to tailgates in the past, so you actually might know him irl and know his damned handle. Look, I know it's problematic to IP-ban people because of VPNs and shit. That said, you've remained silent and turned a blind eye to his shit, so maybe make it known to him that he ain't fucking welcome on this board or at any of the get-togethers. And, you know, he posted this in the middle of you discussing the fucking Florida tailgate. If he was actually there, all I can do is just shake my damn head. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/45197-2025-tailgate-thread-lets-party/page/5/#comment-7350994
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It'd be fucking righteous if they then formed a punk cover band called The Socially Dead Milkmen, but alas those dudes will forever be dorks.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
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I'll put this here since it's the general resistance thread. Maybe this will become a trend for more kids publicly shaming their shitty politician parents. When Children of Public Figures Go Public With Their Dissent The conversation heats up on social media. Maddie Block was scrolling on social media last month when she saw a post from a New Mexico state senator about his recent trip to Israel, where he heard remarks from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ms. Block, 28, who lives in New York and is a vocal defender of Palestinian rights, was stopped in her tracks. The post dismissed the idea that Israel was committing genocide in its war in Gaza, saying that “Israel does everything possible to avoid killing Gazan civilians.” To Ms. Block, the post amounted to misinformation, and sought to excuse Israel for killing tens of thousands of people in Gaza, she said in an interview. So she decided to post a TikTok video disagreeing with its author — who also happens to be her father. “It looks like my dad and a bunch of other, just like, loser politicians from New Mexico went to meet with Netanyahu,” Ms. Block said in a video that has been viewed more than 1.8 million times and gained national media attention. In the video and a series of follow-up posts, she speculated that her father, State Senator Jay Block, a Republican representing parts of northwestern Albuquerque, was being paid to repeat pro-Israel talking points. (He denies this.) She questioned why a state senator needed to get involved in the Middle East, anyway: “How does meeting with Netanyahu help the local people of New Mexico?” she asked. The political rifts that exist in families across the country often play out behind closed doors. But in an era of intense polarization, some young family members of political figures have taken to social media to condemn the positions of their elders. Social media has had a “profound impact in terms of taking these disagreements public,” said Ioana Literat, an associate professor of communication at Teachers College, Columbia University, and an author of “Not Your Parents’ Politics.” Whether or not they are from high-profile families, members of Gen Z “don’t have to rely on traditional media gatekeepers or family approval to be heard.” The phenomenon has left some lawmakers in the awkward position of having to field phone calls from reporters about their child’s TikTok account. Reached by phone last week, Senator Block said he was proud of his daughter, and that he supported her right to say whatever she wanted about his political positions. The two are not currently in contact, he said. “I love my daughter very much,” he said. “Anything she has said to hurt me, whether politically or financially or relationship-wise, I forgive her.” In the interview, Mr. Block reiterated his support for Israel, which he thinks has been justified in how it has conducted its strikes in Gaza. He said he had visited as part of a bipartisan cultural exchange program paid for by the Israeli government, motivated in part by his concerns about rising antisemitism in the United States after the Oct. 7 attack. He said that after his daughter posted her video, he and a member of his staff had received death threats. “Reckless comments can really push people toward violence, and unfortunately we’ve seen that a lot today, quite frankly, with the left,” he said. The Block family is not alone in navigating their political disagreements in public. Political scions have long applied public pressure to their parents. Patti Davis, for instance, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, was a thorn in her father’s side throughout his presidency, loudly denouncing his policies on nuclear weapons. In recent years, the dynamic more often results in political sparring and family drama that tends to draw an audience online. Take Jack Schlossberg, who called his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign “an embarrassment” and has continued to oppose his efforts as President Trump’s health secretary. Or Christian Walker, a conservative social media figure who publicly criticized his father, the Senate candidate Herschel Walker, in 2022 after reports that he paid a girlfriend to have an abortion. And then there is Vivian Wilson, a daughter of Elon Musk, who wrote on Threads last year that her father had misrepresented her experience as a transgender woman “in a last-ditch attempt to garner sympathy points.” She called the Trump administration, which her father helped into office, “cartoonishly evil” in an interview this year with Teen Vogue. Some of the young, digitally savvy family members speaking up are estranged from the relatives whose politics they oppose. But not all of them. Claudia Conway, daughter of the former Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, made news as a 15-year-old for a series of posts disapproving of her mother’s political views. (In one, she begged Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to “adopt” her.) In an interview with The New York Times last year, Ms. Conway said she regretted the way she had worded some of her posts in 2020. In the years since, she said that she and her mother had worked to repair their relationship. Ms. Block, who has not spoken to her father in more than two years, does not expect that kind of reconciliation. In a recent interview, she said she grew up mostly sharing the Republican viewpoints of her father, a former lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. When he retired from the military and ran for a seat on the Sandoval County Commission in 2016, Ms. Block helped with his campaign. “I couldn’t have won my first election without her,” he said in the interview. The two began to have private arguments about abortion rights and immigration as the Trump administration got underway, Ms. Block said. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 strained their relationship further. “He was so anti-vax and not wanting to wear masks and saying this was some form of government tyranny,” Ms. Block said. Children of politicians are already exposed to the public’s approval or disapproval of their parents’ politics, said Christopher Ojeda, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Merced. In many cases, those young people end up choosing between conflict with their families and conflict with their peers. “They’re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place,” he said. Ms. Block, who now works for a nonprofit and is pursuing a master’s degree, said she would have been more willing to overlook their disagreements if her father were not in office. However, he was influencing policies that she believed were hurting people, she said, and he had not been receptive to her private confrontations. “That was when I was like, I think I kind of need to start speaking out about this,” she said. Ms. Block said she did not want her posts to result in threats for either her or her father. She said she hoped her videos on TikTok, where she has more than 50,000 followers, would encourage people to pay attention to politics at the local and state level. She is quickly learning that even criticism can become fodder for more content. When she saw that her father had spoken to The Daily Mail about their relationship, describing her actions as “horrible,” she posted on TikTok again. “I had a good laugh,” she wrote [Nice use of Glover's "This is America"].
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
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We don't have quite the same checks and balances on billionaires that other Western countries do.
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Appreciate the response. One benefit of going to public school in a one-high-school town was exposure to all elements of society, good and bad, and having the opportunity to associate with all social classes. Both of my parents were teachers, so we weren't rich, by any means, but we went to the "right" church and lived on the "right" side of town. Also, being white and fairly smart, I was in all the same "honors" classes with them. Somewhat embarrassing to say on a football board, but being in marching band with 125+ other kids from all social backgrounds also helped immensely in my getting out of that bubble.
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