Ripped from tomorrow's (or maybe even today's) headline. It's truly depressing that this, written as parody, is so close to the actual events of the day. I have to agree with Manqueman--not funny, just saddening.
From the England article you linked: "She [ England] also told interviewers that she doesn’t regret having her son, even though the father, Charles Graner, who was the ringleader of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, doesn’t want anything to do with him." Dante was right that there are levels of hell, but you don't have to wait till you die, you just have to be England and Graner. What miserable wastes of DNA.
Well that was disturbing. The factual stuff kind of slides into satire (or at least I hope it's satire) very subtly and terrifyingly quickly so that I had to double check what was real and what isn't (that's a compliment by the way). Shades of Lt. Calley or Sand Creek for that matter. Tell me again about the moral arch of the universe again grandpa.
Enough events and statements already in this extreme, so even the Medal of Freedom would not be a stretch. I would like very much for Trump to go too far finally in the eyes of his idiot base and have that also bring down Fox commentators. Trump is stupid enough to do it.
The brilliant Brit tv show The Thick of It (created by Armando Iannucci, who then went on to create its US version, Veep) had on staff a "cursing adviser," whose only job, apparently, was to suggest creative curses for the show's great character Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi, who went on to be Dr. Who). Sometimes I think Trump has an "evil adviser," whose job is to think up new ways to offend decency itself. Then I remember that that's one of the few things Trump can do for himself. I know this piece is satire, and thus fictional--but is it really?
At his rally today in Chickenhawk, Arkansas, Trumped touted, "some say these are the best pardons in our nation's history. These great American soldiers were only doing their job, killing bad guys. Hell, if I was there I would have stabbed that prisoner, too. Why not? These soldiers are victims of the very same Democrats who tried to bring down the greatest soldier of them all, their commander in chief, me. Can you believe that? Disgusting. And I'm told that one of them, a great SEAL, a tremendous SEAL, used his rifle to stop a very very dangerous young woman from bringing some kind of lawsuit. Totally justified, totally justified."
This is not at all funny, just sad as fuck.
I guess the time has finally come to impeach the motherfucker.
Ripped from tomorrow's (or maybe even today's) headline. It's truly depressing that this, written as parody, is so close to the actual events of the day. I have to agree with Manqueman--not funny, just saddening.
Also agreeing with Manqueman.
This one will, if given the worst possible way to do something, always choose it.
From the England article you linked: "She [ England] also told interviewers that she doesn’t regret having her son, even though the father, Charles Graner, who was the ringleader of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, doesn’t want anything to do with him." Dante was right that there are levels of hell, but you don't have to wait till you die, you just have to be England and Graner. What miserable wastes of DNA.
Well I'm sure that child will end up a healthy caring human being.
Isn't it pretty to think so?
At last. JUSTICE for The Angel of Abu Ghraib.
Well that was disturbing. The factual stuff kind of slides into satire (or at least I hope it's satire) very subtly and terrifyingly quickly so that I had to double check what was real and what isn't (that's a compliment by the way). Shades of Lt. Calley or Sand Creek for that matter. Tell me again about the moral arch of the universe again grandpa.
I had to double check too.
I think that moral arc is actually part of one of those non-linear strange attractors.
Enough events and statements already in this extreme, so even the Medal of Freedom would not be a stretch. I would like very much for Trump to go too far finally in the eyes of his idiot base and have that also bring down Fox commentators. Trump is stupid enough to do it.
There's nothing here that couldn't be true and the way they're moving on Iran, we better get used to it.
Oof. A little too real, there...
The brilliant Brit tv show The Thick of It (created by Armando Iannucci, who then went on to create its US version, Veep) had on staff a "cursing adviser," whose only job, apparently, was to suggest creative curses for the show's great character Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi, who went on to be Dr. Who). Sometimes I think Trump has an "evil adviser," whose job is to think up new ways to offend decency itself. Then I remember that that's one of the few things Trump can do for himself. I know this piece is satire, and thus fictional--but is it really?
That evil adviser would be Stephen Miller.
(slaps forehead) D'OH!
Maybe, in a Sartrean sense, we are all each others' evil advisors.
All too believable in the case of our scumbag president.
I'm hoping this is broad satire but in today's world, reality surpasses satire for obscenity.
At his rally today in Chickenhawk, Arkansas, Trumped touted, "some say these are the best pardons in our nation's history. These great American soldiers were only doing their job, killing bad guys. Hell, if I was there I would have stabbed that prisoner, too. Why not? These soldiers are victims of the very same Democrats who tried to bring down the greatest soldier of them all, their commander in chief, me. Can you believe that? Disgusting. And I'm told that one of them, a great SEAL, a tremendous SEAL, used his rifle to stop a very very dangerous young woman from bringing some kind of lawsuit. Totally justified, totally justified."
And to think, Trump could shoot Eddie Slovik on 5th Ave. and still get elected!
Well for that matter so could Eisenhower.