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  • Mike Johnson praised '18th-century values' in speech

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 28 06:34:25 2023
    New House speaker Mike Johnson praised '18th-century values' in speech

    Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event
    Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-value-moral-conservative-republican

    Mike is clueless....

    "The Western world has been strongly influenced by Christianity but
    has never managed to live up to the morality. "

    https://www.quora.com/Is-the-western-sense-of-morality-heavily-influenced-by-Christianity-or-by-Pre-Christian-Greco-Roman-philosophies

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Oct 29 11:58:43 2023
    On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 06:34:25 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event
    Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

    But, he does not practice this morality...
    =================================

    However, Johnson's actions in the wake of Trump's defeat--including
    his votes on January 6, 2021, not to certify the election of President
    Joe Biden--will be part of his long-term biography, according to
    Cross.

    "It's gonna be kind of a byline that follows him around for the
    foreseeable future, that he led attempts to keep President Trump in
    office and was kind of the architect of the Republican [votes against
    Biden on that day]."

    https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnsons-home-state-newspaper-rips-his-jan-6-connection-1838311

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 30 13:05:28 2023
    On 2023-10-28, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    New House speaker Mike Johnson praised '18th-century values' in speech

    Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event
    Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-value-moral-conservative-republican

    Mike is clueless....

    Or, he may know his audience, who's eager to hear more about a time when
    white men ruled the world. 2013 was a long time ago though, FWIW.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Oct 30 09:35:12 2023
    On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:05:28 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    2013 was a long time ago though, FWIW.


    Congressman Greg Steube @RepGregSteube

    In January, @RepMikeJohnson joined me on the House floor while we were
    in a deadlock over who our next Speaker would be. We lifted up the
    speaker's race to the Lord and asked for his divine guidance.

    Immediately after the prayer, 14 members changed their votes,
    ultimately leading to Speaker McCarthy securing the gavel by the end
    of the day.

    Mike Johnson is a strong conservative, but above all else, he is a
    strong Christian. He's not afraid to look to his faith for guidance.
    America needs that more than ever in the U.S. House.

    I look forward to voting for Mike Johnson as our next Speaker

    https://twitter.com/RepGregSteube/status/1717199225719570442

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  • From Mike Spencer@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 30 16:17:26 2023
    JAB <here@is.invalid> writes:

    Congressman Greg Steube @RepGregSteube

    In January, @RepMikeJohnson joined me on the House floor while we were
    in a deadlock over who our next Speaker would be. We lifted up the
    speaker's race to the Lord and asked for his divine guidance.

    Immediately after the prayer, 14 members changed their votes,
    ultimately leading to Speaker McCarthy securing the gavel by the end
    of the day.

    Mike Johnson is a strong conservative, but above all else, he is a
    strong Christian. He's not afraid to look to his faith for guidance.
    America needs that more than ever in the U.S. House.

    Don't forget that anyone who qualifies as a "strong Christian" is a
    monarchist.

    --
    Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 30 17:01:58 2023
    On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:35:12 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Mike Johnson is a strong conservative, but above all else, he is a
    strong Christian. He's not afraid to look to his faith for guidance.
    America needs that more than ever in the U.S. House.

    I look forward to voting for Mike Johnson as our next Speaker

    UhMerica, FUCK YEAH!

    I for one am looking forward to more 'thoughts and prayers' in response
    to future atrocities. And to Johnson shutting down the US government
    in about a month. /cracks open beer to enjoy the show/.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere on Mon Oct 30 16:16:46 2023
    On 30 Oct 2023 16:17:26 -0300, Mike Spencer
    <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

    anyone who qualifies as a "strong Christian" is a
    monarchist.

    And are not aware of Hinduism and the Book of the Dead [Egyptian
    funerary text], where the "soul" topic is expressed.
    ===================

    George Conway @gtconway3d

    To be posted in all Members' offices per order of the Speaker:

    1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me, except thou shalt
    followeth thy Orange Jesus over any moral cliff.

    2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, unless thou shalt
    have purchaseth it on http://DonaldJTrump.com.

    3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, except
    when thou shalt attacketh Brandon or thy RINOs.

    4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy, unless thou attendeth a
    musical production in Denver.

    5. Honour thy father and thy mother, and burieth thy mother on thy
    father's golf course.

    6. Thou shalt not kill, but thou shalt shooteth looters on sight, and
    puteth alligators in thy moat to keepeth out the Mexicans.

    7. Thou shalt not commit adultery, but if thou shalt do so with thy
    porn star, thou shalt payeth her off through an intermediary and
    falsifieth thy accounting records.

    8. Thou shalt not steal, unless thou needeth to steeleth one moreth
    than a certain number of popular votes or unless thou can hideth thy
    stollen documents at thy bathroom in thy resort.

    9. Thou shalt not bear false witness. LOL.

    10. Thou shalt not covet (but seeth nos. 2, 4, 7, and 8 aboveth).

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Oct 31 01:01:12 2023
    On 2023-10-30, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    George Conway @gtconway3d
    To be posted in all Members' offices per order of the Speaker:

    Ha, that is excellent. Keep it up, George!

    Number 7 in particular, LOL.

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Oct 31 02:15:00 2023
    JAB wrote:
    New House speaker Mike Johnson praised '18th-century values' in speech

    Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event
    Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-value-moral-conservative-republican

    Mike is clueless....

    Mike Johnson supports funding the Brother War in the Ukraine, supports
    standing with the God damned Pharisees, supports US "boots on the ground"
    in order to stand with the God damned Pharisees, and thinks Russia, China
    and Iran are the new "Axis of Evil".

    In other words, he's one of YOURS.

    "The Western world has been strongly influenced by Christianity but
    has never managed to live up to the morality. "

    https://www.quora.com/Is-the-western-sense-of-morality-heavily-influenced-by-Christianity-or-by-Pre-Christian-Greco-Roman-philosophies

    Kill whoever wrote that.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Mon Oct 30 22:08:56 2023
    On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:15:00 +0000, Anonymous <anon@anon.net> wrote:

    thinks Russia, China and Iran are the new "Axis of Evil".

    I believe this is well known by the Five Eyes, et.al nations.

    US "boots on the ground"

    "Israel is not alone in believing it must defeat Hamas. Over the past
    two weeks, when I talked to Arab officials throughout the region whom
    I have long known, every single one told me that Hamas must be
    destroyed in Gaza. They made clear that if Hamas is perceived as
    winning, it will validate the group's ideology of rejection, give
    leverage and momentum to Iran and its collaborators and put their own governments on the defensive,"

    https://nytimes.com/2023/10/27/opinion/hamas-war-gaza-israel.html

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 7 21:04:03 2023
    Sidenote

    @Liz_Cheney on Speaker Mike Johnson:

    "He was willing to set aside what he knew to be the rulings of the
    courts, the requirements of the Constitution, in order to placate
    Donald Trump...So it's a concerning moment to have him be elected
    Speaker of the House."

    https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1721998540195463668

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Nov 10 13:48:28 2023
    On 2023-11-08, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Sidenote

    @Liz_Cheney on Speaker Mike Johnson:

    "He was willing to set aside what he knew to be the rulings of the
    courts, the requirements of the Constitution, in order to placate
    Donald Trump...So it's a concerning moment to have him be elected
    Speaker of the House."

    https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1721998540195463668

    Think about what a pathetic lot of losers the political class can be,
    that Cheetoman can grab them all so firmly by the short hairs that
    they'll find themselves in this situation. I mean, real losers that
    they can be so easily twisted in exchange for ... some money, I can only assume.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Nov 10 07:55:45 2023
    On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:48:28 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Think about what a pathetic lot of losers the political class can be,

    Uneducated voters is the main reason for their behavior.

    that Cheetoman can grab them all so firmly by the short hairs

    Politicians wanting to be elected or re-elected need funding, so their
    rhetoric adapts to the prevailing songs and dances.

    Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, for instance, is illiterate mostly,
    but adapts to this new lifestyle.

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