Pence’s campaign was the strangest of all. Trump’s base hate him. There was no way for him to become president. If Trump cakewalks into the nomination as we all expect - of course there was a zero chance of Pence being veep again. An even if Trump dies of something like a massive heart attack - there’s still no path to the presidency or to veepdom because no nominee would choose him.
But I guess Jesus in All his Glory appeared to him and told him to run so he had no choice but to undertake the difficult burden.
In my opinion “evangelical” in the US is basically life-style branding. They don’t actually give a fuck about god or Jesus. Trump is their guy and their lodestar.
By rejecting Jesus as god - it makes it simple for evangelicals to ignore what Jesus said and believed. He said “This is my command. Love each other as I have loved you.” But they moved on to Trumpism, racism, intolerance, greed, etc.
I know “[OC]” in the title is goofy but I put it there so my post doesn’t get removed. The mods removed by last MS Paint effort. I thought it was ridiculous enough that nobody would think it was real but some Hexbears did.
George Clooney, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson and a group of other A-listers gave a proposal to SAG-AFTRA leadership on Tuesday, which they hoped would help end the 98-day actors strike....
People talk about soldiers being brave. But it’s something else for a teenager to throw rocks at an occupying force of guys with assault rifles who have in effect a license to kill and who in an instant can call in the equivalent of a national guard to help them to brutally “enforce order”.
I never have had nor will I have have the - cough - stones for that.
Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict....
By Dr. Zaher Sahloul, MedGlobal President and Co-Founder
Three years ago, I was in Yemen with three other medical volunteers, providing internal medicine and pediatrics services to people suffering from the effects of war and famine. MedGlobal had just been formed. In between medical consultations, we talked about the goals for the future of our organization, dedicated to providing innovative healthcare to crisis-affected and low-resource areas.
I don’t know anything about him - I copy and pasted that for context.
I was listening to in the background so I don’t know how long the interview was. I think ~7 minutes at least. I noticed something very unusual. Almost zero questions. Stephanie Ruhle was interviewing him. Ruhle isn’t rude but it’s her habit to pepper guests with questions. She always does that. I’ve never seen her be so quiet. Also - MSNBC’s PR shtick is that they ask questions and it makes you smarter. I forget an recent tagline - it was something like “Never stop asking questions”.
It’s the norm that anchors/reporters ask a lot of questions. In one way - the lack of questions was really great. He was highly knowledgeable and informed the audience in stark terms about how awful things are. That’s the first time I’ve seen that on CNN or MSNBC. But the producers must have had him on because even though he didn’t pull punches about the medical situation - they knew he was very politic and he’d avoid “politics”.
The end result was that the agent of the chaos, Israel, hardly came up at all. It was like these horrible unfolding health problems were happening all by themselves due to unknown or poorly understood causes.
The GOP clown car got one smaller. Pence drops out of 2024 presidential race (thehill.com)
Just over 7% of adults and 2% of children in the United States have received the new COVID shots as of Oct. 14. (archive.ph)
The first two paragraphs...
Netanyahu has released more evidence. (hexbear.net)
I stole the idea from this tweet which had the original and Netanyahu’s 3D video example of “proof”....
Thoughts? (hexbear.net)
Mountain peak Tre Kroner (Three crowns), Norway (hexbear.net)
I saw a tweet that I had no interest in but the thumb intrigued me so I googled.
[Not the Onion] US in "active conversations"... (hexbear.net)
www.cnn.com/…/h_84c4a0aa7d59643895fee16077858e5f
As always Palestinians have no seat at the table. (hexbear.net)
nytimes.com/…/edcab96c-cd4c-542e-9aaf-7ff3b26095c…
Bowman pleads guilty to pulling Capitol Hill fire alarm (www.axios.com)
Based? Cringe? YOU DECIDE!
I googled to be sure I was spelling "complimenting" correctly and google showed me this. (hexbear.net)
Meanwhile in Real America... [OC] (hexbear.net)
I know “[OC]” in the title is goofy but I put it there so my post doesn’t get removed. The mods removed by last MS Paint effort. I thought it was ridiculous enough that nobody would think it was real but some Hexbears did.
Caption this. (hexbear.net)
Photo caption...
SAG-AFTRA rejects pressure from A-list actors to end actors strike (variety.com)
George Clooney, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson and a group of other A-listers gave a proposal to SAG-AFTRA leadership on Tuesday, which they hoped would help end the 98-day actors strike....
We, the State of Israel, Proudly Proclaim That OUR Missiles Are Certified Vegan. (hexbear.net)
It’s a real tweet in case you’re wondering....
Map of real cities in America (hexbear.net)
Nitter
Mama bear and her cubs splashing in pond. Mama bear gets a bit annoyed. (www.youtube.com)
Paxlovid is expected to rise by as much as 5x, to $2,500/course, as US transitions to a commercial market. Access program for govt-insured and uninsured so free but others will have a copay. (www.cnn.com)
Caption this. (hexbear.net)
Nitter
I'm such a pretty bird. (hexbear.net)
He’s a violet backed starling.
Palestine-Israel Crisis Megathread (lemmy.ml)
Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict....