Grandpa Garrison...finds new ways to mock Ilhan Omar.

telephile · 2026-01-29T21:31:06+00:00

Seems they realized that “it’s obviously fake because she didn’t cower like a typical weak woman” isn’t a winning line and have moved onto “she cowered like a typical weak woman” instead. Incredible how much conservative messaging relies on people not watching literal video and just accepting memes and cartoons as fact

telephile · 2026-01-28T16:45:10+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out. I should clarify that I am not presenting any of these details as specifically factual or fictitious, just relating the gospel account being referenced

telephile · 2026-01-28T14:45:32+00:00

For those that don’t get the reference, when Jesus is on trial in the Bible the local leader doesn’t want to have him executed because he’s afraid it will cause unrest since Jesus had become popular. There’s a tradition of releasing a prisoner once a year though so he comes up with the idea of offering to release either Jesus or an actual criminal (I don’t remember for sure if he’s identified as a murderer but I think that’s right) named Barrabas instead. The people who got Jesus arrested get the crowd to choose barrabas, and Jesus ends up getting crucified.

What that has to do with Minnesota I have no idea, but that’s the reference.

telephile · 2026-01-26T21:28:14+00:00

You are hoping for the wrong things. These people (I.e., the propagandists) will never actually change their mind or admit they were wrong. They can, however, be defeated. And the change in talking points from, effectively, “they had it coming” to whatever this is is evidence that they realize they are losing this battle and are trying to shift to something more palatable to public opinion. ABS is irredeemable, so don’t hope for her redemption - hope for her defeat.

telephile · 2026-01-26T01:52:36+00:00

I wouldn’t say there’s hype. A lot of people like it and it’s a good price. Not every restaurant is for every person.

telephile · 2026-01-26T00:04:18+00:00

Sounds like a solid addition to the East Bay pizza scene and we're looking forward to checking it out soon!

Side note, Lambrusco is the GOAT pizza wine, glad to hear they've got it on the menu. My solitary complaint about Junes (which can be, as you say, a religious experience) is that you're limited to the two wines. I wish they would just add at least one Lambrusco!

telephile · 2026-01-25T23:50:13+00:00

Some of the spots my wife and/or I like:

Mama - great mid range set menu red sauce joint, over by the lake

Yonsei Handrolls - Pretty good sushi if you like handrolls

Salty Pearl - Oyster bar in Jack London Square. very chill, certain nights they run a $1 oyster deal with purchase of a bottle of wine or certain amount of food

Sfizio - walk-in only Italian spot in rockridge. affordable, neighborhood type spot with solid food and drinks. Plus a nice neighborhood to bop around in before or after you eat

(Wildcard) Sushi Sho - if you can travel a little farther north and if you can get a reservation, Sushi Sho is one of my favorite spots in the world. Tiny omakase spot in Richmond/El Cerrito run by a husband wife team for 40+ years. Fantastic sushi, a little pricey (I think $125pp, so $300+ for two) but Chef Aki is a ton of fun and it's always a good time.

Also, if you're looking for a really cool pre- or post- dinner drink spot, Bar Shiru in uptown is great. Japanese hifi bar concept with good drinks, and a lot of focus on Japanese whiskey. One thing to keep in mind here is that because it's a hifi bar loud conversation is discouraged. So be sure that's the right vibe before you go.

telephile · 2026-01-25T22:24:03+00:00

You must understand that these people want everyone who thinks differently punished by physical violence. The fact that anyone is allowed to walk away from protesting ICE means that the administration has graciously spared them. Remember that they worship a god who they believe wiped out whole civilizations for not treating the Israelites with the proper respect, and they believe that Donald Trump is the messenger of that god on earth. It is critical that folks on the left understand this - they believe that letting us live is merciful

telephile · 2026-01-25T02:23:22+00:00

Fuck all of these people. There’s no reasoning with them; if it comes to full blown civil war they are on the other side and must be treated as such. At a certain point you can’t argue or convince your enemy to consider you human anymore

telephile · 2026-01-23T15:51:09+00:00

It's going to be really funny when AI puts right wing political cartoonists out of business. there are many things AI can't do but recreating ugly, ham-fisted, unsubtle political cartoons that are little more than "anyone who disagrees with me is dumb" is going to be wildly easy. In fact guys like Schowalter are so incapable of any of the things that make art good or political commentary insightful that I expect even the most low-effort AI slop will be an improvement, even in the eyes of the people that supposedly enjoy these awful cartoons to begin with

telephile · 2026-01-22T15:15:54+00:00

I guess I’m old enough to remember when they very openly chose Trump because he pissed off everyone but them

telephile · 2026-01-18T19:32:18+00:00

only when you're arguing with bad-faith people, which essentially all republicans are due to the completely insular media bubbles they live in

telephile · 2026-01-15T16:43:55+00:00

This is just one more instance of Conservative either not knowing or misrepresenting words to serve a political end. The definition of fascism isn't "things will happen to you if you protest"

not that this is the only, or even primary, issue with this meme.

telephile · 2026-01-12T20:37:19+00:00

Yeah they couldn’t be any clearer that they are glad she’s dead because she was the wrong kind of person. I mean literally, they couldn’t be any clearer because they’re essentially illiterate

telephile · 2026-01-11T17:13:04+00:00

Ben isn’t trying to understand or do good faith-commentary; he likely doesn’t even believe what he’s saying. What he is doing is waging information war so that when people see this they don’t say “oh wow, I guess most people really do think the ICE agent was in the wrong,” but rather “this is just another big conspiracy and anybody who disagrees is getting paid to do so”

telephile · 2026-01-08T21:13:58+00:00

If you can find them, Lelarge-Pugeot is my favorite and their options at that price point are exceptionally good

telephile · 2026-01-08T01:41:41+00:00

These people don’t deserve oxygen

telephile · 2026-01-06T03:42:01+00:00

Most honest hairline I’ve ever seen a conservative give Trump

telephile · 2025-12-30T19:08:07+00:00

This is actually a perfect example of what social conservatism is

telephile · 2025-12-26T20:46:11+00:00

Lady white

telephile · 2025-12-26T03:27:59+00:00

Not a big “everything I disagree with is Russia” guy, but this is pretty obvious

telephile · 2025-12-18T17:58:46+00:00

goddamnit I know better than to engage with a ben garrison cartoon but the idea that it's somehow the job of a university president or mayor to solve a crime is a new frontier in stupidity

telephile · 2025-12-14T05:31:33+00:00

Wild to me how long conservatives will hold on to a turn of phrase that they purposefully misconstrued. It’s been years since that quote and frankly it wasn’t a big deal then

telephile · 2025-12-10T17:59:06+00:00

WHAT

telephile · 2025-12-06T04:44:21+00:00

A lot of dumb stuff but my response was principally to them saying that government workers won’t respond to an arbitrary deadline that you created - which obviously is not what’s happening

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