In which we continue to post interesting or amusing - or neither - tweets

superdave · Jan 30, 2023

“Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said about transgender kids in 2022.

On Saturday, he signed a bill into law that targets trans kids.

Tonight, @lawdorknews, on #SB16 and a coming lawsuit: https://t.co/lt3XDBv0OY
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 30, 2023

superdave · Jan 30, 2023

They are just trolling @TuckerCarlson now. pic.twitter.com/CZ4QQvdkr7
— TG ☕️ (@TG22110) January 29, 2023

superdave · Jan 30, 2023

JAMES COMER: We're investigating the Biden family for influence peddling

CNN'S PAMELA BROWN: But why not investigate the Trump family for the same?

COMER: We have no evidence

BROWN: What evidence do you have for Biden?

COMER: That's what we're investigating pic.twitter.com/NpvpD3MDx7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 30, 2023

superdave · Jan 30, 2023

RIP Tom Verlaine of Television, who could make a guitar sound like lightning striking itself, a virtuoso of restraint & the negative void, a spare & elegant lyricist like his symbolist namesake. His stage alias, band name, and style defined punk cool. Artistic elevation perfected pic.twitter.com/wYdgbxCso0
— Otto Von Biz Markie (@Passionweiss) January 29, 2023

dapip · Jan 30, 2023

Education doctorate…. Meehhhh

Doctorate in Fascism….

Megyn Kelly complained that people refer to Dr. Jill Biden using her title (she earned an EdD), saying, "Get a real MD or just work on your self-esteem."

Here she refers to Seb Gorka as “Dr. Seb Gorka” even though he’s not a MD. Should he “work on his self-esteem,” @megynkelly? pic.twitter.com/jMQvPeBvcd
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 30, 2023

dapip · Jan 30, 2023

Facebook memories today pic.twitter.com/qCfiWG0MwL
— Stephen Mag (@Magusiak) January 29, 2023

superdave · Jan 31, 2023

Paul Pelosi’s attacker calls in to a local Fox News affiliate to apologize for not getting “more of them.”

Conservatives are domestic terrorists pic.twitter.com/cEhXdXE3LK
— Pastor Ben (@BenjaminPDixon) January 30, 2023

The Jitty Slitter · Jan 31, 2023

This shit is wild

In a sizeable proportion of American Christian households, battling the devil is a full-time occupation, an invisible total war. This manichaean worldview has led to an alternative spiritual topography, one designed to map a world where the Satanic Panic never ended.

Across the American right, insinuations of Satanic associations and the drinking of children’s blood are now so commonplace and so widespread that they have swayed elections. As Brandy Zadrozny, an extremism reporter with NBC, reported, David Leavitt, a longtime politician in Provo, Utah, lost his reelection as prosecutor in part because of widespread Internet rumors that he and his wife led a “ritual sex abuse cult.”

That these Satanic rumors were started by an individual Leavitt had charged with rape—and who subsequently fled to Scotland after faking his own death—mattered little in the brackish ecology of conspiracy theorists and those willing to portray themselves as righteous protectors of the innocent. Leavitt vowed never to run for office again, after a press conference in which he was forced to deny that he had ever murdered or cannibalized children for Satan. The cost of public service, he said, was too high.

"The first thing you have to understand about America is the devil is real here. Not a metaphor or a Halloween costume or some elaborate Miltonian construct but an honest to goodness cleft-footed malevolent influence on every aspect of life."
— @swordsjew https://t.co/tGugmfspPi
— David Swanson 🦢☀️ (@DavidSwansonNYC) January 31, 2023

Sounders78 · Jan 31, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

This shit is wild

In a sizeable proportion of American Christian households, battling the devil is a full-time occupation, an invisible total war. This manichaean worldview has led to an alternative spiritual topography, one designed to map a world where the Satanic Panic never ended.

Across the American right, insinuations of Satanic associations and the drinking of children’s blood are now so commonplace and so widespread that they have swayed elections. As Brandy Zadrozny, an extremism reporter with NBC, reported, David Leavitt, a longtime politician in Provo, Utah, lost his reelection as prosecutor in part because of widespread Internet rumors that he and his wife led a “ritual sex abuse cult.”

That these Satanic rumors were started by an individual Leavitt had charged with rape—and who subsequently fled to Scotland after faking his own death—mattered little in the brackish ecology of conspiracy theorists and those willing to portray themselves as righteous protectors of the innocent. Leavitt vowed never to run for office again, after a press conference in which he was forced to deny that he had ever murdered or cannibalized children for Satan. The cost of public service, he said, was too high.

"The first thing you have to understand about America is the devil is real here. Not a metaphor or a Halloween costume or some elaborate Miltonian construct but an honest to goodness cleft-footed malevolent influence on every aspect of life."
— @swordsjew https://t.co/tGugmfspPi
— David Swanson 🦢☀️ (@DavidSwansonNYC) January 31, 2023

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I've said it many times before here, read This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti if you want to understand the conservative evangelical Christian mindset. It was highly influential when it was written and shapes things today. This article focuses on that.

A sinister schoolteacher steadily grooms kids in their care to accept liberal indoctrination, ultimately leading to the takeover of young minds by shadowy forces. All the while, the teachers are backed by a larger, high-powered conspiracy to control the government, the educational system, and the national media — all in the name of evil leftists battling the ongoing culture war.

That rhetoric might sound like sheer fantasy, but it’s increasingly becoming the dominant worldview of many right-wing US conservatives, especially white evangelicals. It’s also the literal plot of two novels by Christian fantasy author Frank Peretti, This Present Darkness (1986) and its sequel Piercing the Darkness (1989). Although not household names to many, these are very likely two of the most culturally influential novels in recent history.
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rslfanboy · Jan 31, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

This shit is wild

In a sizeable proportion of American Christian households, battling the devil is a full-time occupation, an invisible total war. This manichaean worldview has led to an alternative spiritual topography, one designed to map a world where the Satanic Panic never ended.

Across the American right, insinuations of Satanic associations and the drinking of children’s blood are now so commonplace and so widespread that they have swayed elections. As Brandy Zadrozny, an extremism reporter with NBC, reported, David Leavitt, a longtime politician in Provo, Utah, lost his reelection as prosecutor in part because of widespread Internet rumors that he and his wife led a “ritual sex abuse cult.”

That these Satanic rumors were started by an individual Leavitt had charged with rape—and who subsequently fled to Scotland after faking his own death—mattered little in the brackish ecology of conspiracy theorists and those willing to portray themselves as righteous protectors of the innocent. Leavitt vowed never to run for office again, after a press conference in which he was forced to deny that he had ever murdered or cannibalized children for Satan. The cost of public service, he said, was too high.

"The first thing you have to understand about America is the devil is real here. Not a metaphor or a Halloween costume or some elaborate Miltonian construct but an honest to goodness cleft-footed malevolent influence on every aspect of life."
— @swordsjew https://t.co/tGugmfspPi
— David Swanson 🦢☀️ (@DavidSwansonNYC) January 31, 2023

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Fast & Testimony meeting at the local LDS ward (1st Sunday of the month) hosts some wild shit!

The Jitty Slitter · Jan 31, 2023

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Fast & Testimony meeting at the local LDS ward (1st Sunday of the month) hosts some wild shit!
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Lori Vallow territory?

rslfanboy · Jan 31, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

Lori Vallow territory?
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In rural communities, more likely.

David Leavitt, the guy in the article above, lives in a pretty urban area where a bunch of tech companies have locations, and BYU is nearby. It's also the home of Doterra, Xango, LifeVantage, NuSkin, Young Living, Usana, etc.... Prime wacko territory. These communities intentionally keep themselves isolated from the larger culture, because it's corrupting, and are so susceptible into believing anything evil about some unknown bogeyman.

Sounders is 100% spot on. Satanic Panic never died, and now it is in resurgence.

Q*bert Jones III · Jan 31, 2023

Hail Satan!

rslfanboy · Jan 31, 2023

Q*bert Jones III said: ↑

Hail Satan!
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Hail Satan!

HAIL GRIMES!!!

The Jitty Slitter · Jan 31, 2023

rslfanboy said: ↑

Hail Satan!

HAIL GRIMES!!!
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rslfanboy · Jan 31, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

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More like this:

chaski · Jan 31, 2023

Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven

song219 · Jan 31, 2023

rslfanboy said: ↑

In rural communities, more likely.

David Leavitt, the guy in the article above, lives in a pretty urban area where a bunch of tech companies have locations, and BYU is nearby. It's also the home of Doterra, Xango, LifeVantage, NuSkin, Young Living, Usana, etc.... Prime wacko territory. These communities intentionally keep themselves isolated from the larger culture, because it's corrupting, and are so susceptible into believing anything evil about some unknown bogeyman.

Sounders is 100% spot on. Satanic Panic never died, and now it is in resurgence.
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What's the quickest way to make money off of this?

Dr. Wankler · Jan 31, 2023

Q*bert Jones III said: ↑

Hail Satan!
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Why would you hail the lowliest of Grimes' lowly minions?

HAIL GRIMES!

dapip · Jan 31, 2023

“An assault weapons ban is stupid. Not to mention it’s completely unenforceable. How do you plan on enforcing a ban?”

“I don’t know. We could try doing it the same way we’re doing these book bans.”
— Brian MD🇮🇱 (@bone00afide) January 31, 2023

spejic · Jan 31, 2023

chaski said: ↑

Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven
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I thought the quote was "It rains better in Hell than it does in California".

rslfanboy · Jan 31, 2023

chaski said: ↑

Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven
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You spelled it wrong.

RAIN in hell.

HAIL GRIMES!!!

chaski · Jan 31, 2023

spejic said: ↑

I thought the quote was "It rains better in Hell than it does in California".
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You spelled it wrong.

RAIN in hell.
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Take your reins elsewhere.

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Jan 31, 2023

SB humor

My Dad:

There’s two brothers facing off in Super Bowl for the first time ever?!?

Me:

Yeaaaaa, They both played ball at Cincinnati in college too.

My Dad:

Boy, Hurts ain’t go to no damn Cincinnati.

😭😭😭
— Andrew Hawkins (@Hawk) January 31, 2023

superdave · Jan 31, 2023

It’s like a TV show that has had a very long run, and all the actors are getting raises, but ratings are going down, so the producers let some of the cast go to save money. That means the remaining characters have to be in every scene.

Or maybe it’s more like those NY stage actors who were on Law & Order and played a rapist in season 2, then a witness in season 4, then showed up in season 7 as a friend to the victim, etc.

Unsurprisingly, George Santos’s top staffer was at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop origin story. https://t.co/BLoApzTHUb pic.twitter.com/sPyTgxPyVK
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 31, 2023