• Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).

Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens

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Coworker got the jab in January. Didn’t have any issues. Wednesday before last he figured since he hadn’t got the Covid it must work so he got the booster. By that Saturday the whole family was sick and all diagnosed with Covid on Sunday.

FIL got the booster last Tuesday. He’s now sick hacking up his lungs and feeling like shit which started Friday. He hasn’t tested but that shit right there is why I brought the Covid protocol with me for the holidays.

Here we are being exposed to the spike protein and having turkey day with my wife’s 82 year old grandmother who wisely said he’ll no to the vax. Wife told him to quit putting that fucking poison in his body. My parents aren’t listening worth a shit either.

Only 6% of Africa is vaccinated and “professionals” are “befuddled” by how they haven’t had the outbreaks the US and Europe are having.

I guess it takes a got damned rocket surgeon to figure out why the fuck this is happening.

FFS this shit pisses me off to no end.

 
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@MortgageHorn
They can definitely read memes electronically now. Have you noticed when you go to copy a meme if you press on the word it will highlight and past the words only?
my phone won’t respond as easily and struggles to autocorrect to words I use ALL THE TIME when it comes to sharing vital info with y’all or making a solid point on a HOT topic.
 

Is There a Chorus Building for DOJ to Look Into Possible Federal Charges Against Kyle Rittenhouse?​

Derek Chauvin was indicted on federal charges in Minnesota after a Motion For New Trial was filed following his conviction in state court​


One thing is certain about the Merrick Garland-led Justice Department of the Joe Biden Administration — they are clearly responsive to the demands of the “Social Justice Warrior” (SJW) demographic of the current Democrat Party establishment and identity-based interest groups.
Reading and listening to the post-verdict coverage of the jury’s exoneration of Kyle Rittenhouse, I fear the SJW types inside the Civil Rights Division of DOJ will prove themselves malleable enough to bend to the demands of the radical left.
It could be coincidental but the blanketing of the airwaves with this messaging seems to me to be more purposeful:
Twitter avatar for @ggreenwaldGlenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
The use of the phrase "cross state lines" -- as if it's some inherently nefarious act that demonstrates evil intent rather than something people who live in border towns do every day -- was one of the most preposterous parts of the media's narrative deceit, and they can't stop. https://t.co/Tl6Yow1yLw

November 20th 2021
932 Retweets3,232 Likes

And this is what I is fear the messaging might be about: 18 U.S.C. Sec. 239:
(2) Offenses involving actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.—
(A)
In general.—Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, in any circumstance described in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (3), willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person—
(i) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years, fined in accordance with this title, or both; and
(ii) shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in accordance with this title, or both, if—
(I) death results from the offense;
(B) Circumstances described.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the circumstances described in this subparagraph are that
(i) the conduct described in subparagraph (A) occurs during the course of, or as the result of, the travel of the defendant or the victim—
(I) across a State line or national border; or
….
This is the “Shepard Byrd Act Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009,” named after Matthew Shepard and Michael Byrd, two men whose murderers were motivated by their victim’s homosexuality (Shepard) and African-American race (Byrd).
Congress included a “Certification Requirement” in this statute — findings that must be made by the Attorney General before prosecution under this statute can be initiated. The certification required is as follows:
(b) Certification Requirement.—
(1) In general.—
No prosecution of any offense described in this subsection may be undertaken by the United States, except under the certification in writing of the Attorney General, or a designee, that—
(A) the State does not have jurisdiction;
(B) the State has requested that the Federal Government assume jurisdiction;
(C) the verdict or sentence obtained pursuant to State charges left demonstratively unvindicated the Federal interest in eradicating bias-motivated violence; or
(D)
a prosecution by the United States is in the public interest and necessary to secure substantial justice.
Note the disjunctive between (C) and (D). It is only necessary that the Attorney General certify that one of these factual circumstances apply before DOJ can bring a federal case under this statute.
Do not for a minute believe that DOJ has not been inundated, from outside and inside, with demands that the Civil Rights Division actively pursue a grand jury investigation of Kyle Rittenhouse, assuming they haven’t already started.
In my opinion, the facts of the case do not fit within the legislative intent behind the statute — there is no evidence that Rittenhouse was motivated in any respect by the race of any of the persons he shot. The simple fact is that none of them fit within the “protected” classes identified in the statute.
My fear is that the SJWs who now control DOJ will take a more expansive view of the statutory language, and will focus on the following:
Whoever… willfully causes bodily injury to any person … through the use of … a firearm … because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person
I expect there to be an argument made that the two references in the statute to “any person” do not necessarily limit the application of the statute to circumstances where “any person” is the same individual. I expect there to be an effort to read the statute expansively and to argue that an injury caused to any victim if motivated by “hate”, falls within the statute even if the person injured or killed was not the person at whom the “hate” was directed.
The argument will be that the protests in Kenosha following the Blake shooting by Kenosha police were protests for racial justice, and a substantial number of the protesters were racial minorities.
The argument will be that an inference can be made that Kyle Rittenhouse came to Kenosha, arming himself along the way, with a motivation to stop or hinder these racial justice protesters, i.e., he was motivated to be out on the street with a firearm because of the racial composition of the protest groups.
When he used the AR15, he injured and killed others out of a motivation to stop or hinder protesters based on the race of the protester groups.
His conduct took place during the course of his travel across a State line.
To justify the certification of such a prosecution, they will likely rely on (C) — “the verdict or sentence obtained pursuant to State charges left demonstratively unvindicated the Federal interest in eradicating bias-motivated violence.”
The repetitive chorus in the media from talking heads and pundits — including some former federal prosecutors — about him “crossing state lines” seems likely to be the result of the wide circulation of “talking points” emphasizing that fact in a way that will be used to justify DOJ taking up the issue.
This would be an extraordinarily weak reading of the statutory language. But with the SJW types at Main Justice, winning isn’t always the point. The federal prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse would be a vehicle by which to warn all counter-protesters who come out in response to “racial justice” grievance protests that they are risking federal prosecution by the Biden Justice Department in doing so.
The protests are justified because they are motivated by “injustice” on the part of police and white patriarchal society and privilege. But counter-protesters risk being illegal because they are motivated by racial animus directed at the protesters.
Those leading the Biden DOJ have already proven themselves willing to be the “Storm Troopers” for left-wing interest groups. Pursuing a prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse would simply be another chapter in the same book.



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Is There a Chorus Building for DOJ to Look Into Possible Federal Charges Against Kyle Rittenhouse?​

Derek Chauvin was indicted on federal charges in Minnesota after a Motion For New Trial was filed following his conviction in state court​


One thing is certain about the Merrick Garland-led Justice Department of the Joe Biden Administration — they are clearly responsive to the demands of the “Social Justice Warrior” (SJW) demographic of the current Democrat Party establishment and identity-based interest groups.
Reading and listening to the post-verdict coverage of the jury’s exoneration of Kyle Rittenhouse, I fear the SJW types inside the Civil Rights Division of DOJ will prove themselves malleable enough to bend to the demands of the radical left.
It could be coincidental but the blanketing of the airwaves with this messaging seems to me to be more purposeful:
Twitter avatar for @ggreenwaldGlenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
The use of the phrase "cross state lines" -- as if it's some inherently nefarious act that demonstrates evil intent rather than something people who live in border towns do every day -- was one of the most preposterous parts of the media's narrative deceit, and they can't stop. https://t.co/Tl6Yow1yLw
November 20th 2021
932 Retweets3,232 Likes
And this is what I is fear the messaging might be about: 18 U.S.C. Sec. 239:

This is the “Shepard Byrd Act Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009,” named after Matthew Shepard and Michael Byrd, two men whose murderers were motivated by their victim’s homosexuality (Shepard) and African-American race (Byrd).
Congress included a “Certification Requirement” in this statute — findings that must be made by the Attorney General before prosecution under this statute can be initiated. The certification required is as follows:

Note the disjunctive between (C) and (D). It is only necessary that the Attorney General certify that one of these factual circumstances apply before DOJ can bring a federal case under this statute.
Do not for a minute believe that DOJ has not been inundated, from outside and inside, with demands that the Civil Rights Division actively pursue a grand jury investigation of Kyle Rittenhouse, assuming they haven’t already started.
In my opinion, the facts of the case do not fit within the legislative intent behind the statute — there is no evidence that Rittenhouse was motivated in any respect by the race of any of the persons he shot. The simple fact is that none of them fit within the “protected” classes identified in the statute.
My fear is that the SJWs who now control DOJ will take a more expansive view of the statutory language, and will focus on the following:

I expect there to be an argument made that the two references in the statute to “any person” do not necessarily limit the application of the statute to circumstances where “any person” is the same individual. I expect there to be an effort to read the statute expansively and to argue that an injury caused to any victim if motivated by “hate”, falls within the statute even if the person injured or killed was not the person at whom the “hate” was directed.
The argument will be that the protests in Kenosha following the Blake shooting by Kenosha police were protests for racial justice, and a substantial number of the protesters were racial minorities.
The argument will be that an inference can be made that Kyle Rittenhouse came to Kenosha, arming himself along the way, with a motivation to stop or hinder these racial justice protesters, i.e., he was motivated to be out on the street with a firearm because of the racial composition of the protest groups.
When he used the AR15, he injured and killed others out of a motivation to stop or hinder protesters based on the race of the protester groups.
His conduct took place during the course of his travel across a State line.
To justify the certification of such a prosecution, they will likely rely on (C) — “the verdict or sentence obtained pursuant to State charges left demonstratively unvindicated the Federal interest in eradicating bias-motivated violence.”
The repetitive chorus in the media from talking heads and pundits — including some former federal prosecutors — about him “crossing state lines” seems likely to be the result of the wide circulation of “talking points” emphasizing that fact in a way that will be used to justify DOJ taking up the issue.
This would be an extraordinarily weak reading of the statutory language. But with the SJW types at Main Justice, winning isn’t always the point. The federal prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse would be a vehicle by which to warn all counter-protesters who come out in response to “racial justice” grievance protests that they are risking federal prosecution by the Biden Justice Department in doing so.
The protests are justified because they are motivated by “injustice” on the part of police and white patriarchal society and privilege. But counter-protesters risk being illegal because they are motivated by racial animus directed at the protesters.
Those leading the Biden DOJ have already proven themselves willing to be the “Storm Troopers” for left-wing interest groups. Pursuing a prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse would simply be another chapter in the same book.



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They will only use the DOJ to keep their base energized. A whole lot of libs(not leftists) have seen through this charade, and some are mad at the media lies. Eyes have been opened, DOJ stepping in may push them over the edge
 

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