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Rally in Portland

mardi 24 août 2021 à 02:00

200 of right-wing extremists, presenting themselves as "Proud Boys", held a rally in Portland, Oregon, many carrying weapons. Some 30 antifascist protesters came by to object. The fascists attacked them (and other people) physically, and appear to have hurt some people badly.

The city thug chief had announced in advance that the thugs would not try to prevent the violent intimidation that right-wing extremists crowds go in for. So it went on one fascist started shooting at the antifascists. One antifascist was also armed, and shot back.

The fascists took advantage of the impunity they had been awarded to form gangs that attacked vehicles and their drivers.

Last year, thugs at similar rallies showed their support for right-wing violence. Portland's officials had better take action to prevent that from happening again.

The leader of the Proud Boys has been sentenced to 5 months in prison for bringing high-capacity magazines to Washington, DC, plus vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a church. The magazines were preparation for possible violence on Jan 6, though he didn't actually carry it out. The vandalism demonstrates that white supremacy is the base of the group's ideology.

Failure from day one

mardi 24 août 2021 à 02:00

*In Latest Yes Men Prank, 'Paul Wolfowitz' Says Afghanistan War 'Failure From Day One'.* But it was worth all the cost and suffering, according to the imitation Wolfowitz, because Americans can always be proud of fighting a war.

Here is a transcript.

Bravo for the Yes Men!

Sea snakes

mardi 24 août 2021 à 02:00

Sexually aroused sea snakes seem to mistake divers for sea snakes.

Male dolphins do try to have sex with humans, but that doesn't imply they are mistaken about anything.

Unvaccinated candidates

mardi 24 août 2021 à 02:00

The Canadian Conservative Party is driving away voters by sending unvaccinated candidates to knock on voters' doors.

Sad to say, Trudeau's Liberal Party is rather conservative too.

Enemies of the state

mardi 24 août 2021 à 02:00

When Lukashenko considers people "enemies of the state" and places criminal charges against them, lawyers are not supposed to defend them against the charges. The "trials" are for show only.