Lion in Winter

Wtf? I mean, this particular defendant sounds like a vile person and also mentally ill but nevertheless...I had no idea they were electrocuting shackled prisoners in court. Aren't ordinary shackles and armed guards enough


Conviction overturned for man electrocuted by Texas judge - BBC News

moneypenny20

That is ****ing outrageous.

yellowroom

The really outrageous part is that the judge gets to have another go because the case is coming back to him. How on earth he is still a judge is beyond me.

Bahtatboy

Talk about divided by a common language:

Its use ["globalist"] on Wednesday, again on the national stage, led to renewed concern on social media ― in particular, that the word is being normalized or “mainstreamed.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0e9381c14ec9b

robin1234

That article has to be one of the most depressing things I've read in a long time. I didn't think I'd find myself defending the President and Sarah Huckabee Sanders - but the only way to defeat this crap is for people to continue to use the word in its original meaning, whenever they feel it's the appropriate word.

SultanOfSwing

Jesus Christ

'Globalist' is basically dog-whistle speak for Jew these days anyway.

Pulaski

Yeah, that's a real "WTF", right there! I had no idea that globalist had been repurposed in such an utterly bizarre way.

SultanOfSwing

Apparently, this is what the article was about. I didn't read it, you might have guessed.

robin1234

You and me both! Too much yard-work and home maintenance, not enough devouring of alt-right message boards!

SultanOfSwing

Just browse sites like Reddit. You get the Cliff Notes, without having to actually dive into cesspools like Stormfront, or the Daily Mail ...

Maste

That article gives another definition for globalist, which isn't Anti-Semitic, and seems to to be the one they were using when looking at the context... Are people just getting wound up over nothing? I mean sure, could have chose better words, but I highly doubt the word was meant in an Anti-Semitic context.

Not really a WTF moment, they just meant something else (and could have used a better word/phrase possibly being politicians) but people decide to take it the other way.

Anian

I think some people use globalist in a way to mean anti-American rather than specifically against Jewish conspiracy. Sometimes, the people who use it are actually super pro-Israel, so they are more nationalist and anti-foreigner. I've never seen anyone use it who wasn't a few slices short of a loaf, so it is always a good indicator of who to ignore.

Octang Frye

Apparently using three parantheses is code for Zionist.
Example: (((banana)))

Also, Canadian is code for black.
And Basic Bitch is code for a woman in yoga pants, Ugg boots, clutching a yoga mat and a spiced cinnamon latte.

This judge thing is outrageous. A person can invoke his fifth amendment right.
You should read about "diesel therapy". The court and penal system, and prisons for profit, in this country are horrific.

scrubbedexpat099

Federal jury gives Colorado murderer $6 million after he was beaten by a guard
Inmate Jayson Oslund said guard slammed him to the floor during seizure, left him confined to a wheelchair

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/0...rison-beating/

I assume the Guard is not that wealthy, so anything would be minimal less 40%? for the Lawyer, what is left presumably will be something his victims estate would want less 40% for their Lawyer.

NYer

What nonsense. It never has meant that and will never mean that. That sounds like something The Guardian would make up to, yet again, restrict language on people who don't particularly like the progressive agenda.

And that stupid phrase "dog whistle"!