Funny events in anti-woke world

[Trunkage]

Someone found some stuff on the Bromeopathy stuff. Apparently they red lighted some mouse testicle for increases in testosterone but never reproduced it in humans. So of course that means it works

 

[Buyetyen]

Someone found some stuff on the Bromeopathy stuff. Apparently they red lighted some mouse testicle for increases in testosterone but never reproduced it in humans. So of course that means it works

Because of fucking course it's about testosterone levels.

 

[Silvanus]

Because of fucking course it's about testosterone levels.

BRO-tosterone.... test-BRO-sterone... testoster-BRO-ne?

I got nothin'. Anyone else in Marketing doing a better job?

EDIT: Oh shit wait! Hor-BRO-nal therapy!

 

[Dalisclock]

BRO-tosterone.... test-BRO-sterone... testoster-BRO-ne?

I got nothin'. Anyone else in Marketing doing a better job?

EDIT: Oh shit wait! Hor-BRO-nal therapy!

As a dude, hearing 'BRO' that much makes me want to....IDK, Bloodlet but with Testosterone or something. I guess I could geld myself but I'm not that confident in my ability to perform self surgery.

 

[Buyetyen]

BRO-tosterone.... test-BRO-sterone... testoster-BRO-ne?

I got nothin'. Anyone else in Marketing doing a better job?

EDIT: Oh shit wait! Hor-BRO-nal therapy!

Giving yourself a BRO-job.

 

[Gordon_4]

As a dude, hearing 'BRO' that much makes me want to....IDK, Bloodlet but with Testosterone or something. I guess I could geld myself but I'm not that confident in my ability to perform self surgery.

It’s not that hard; all you need is a decent mirror, a sharp cutting implement - comedy straight razor or tanto for example - and I’d recommend like the worlds hottest hair straightener.

 

[Seanchaidh]

Julian Assange is set to be extradited to the United States by the United Kingdom for the crime of obtaining and publishing evidence of war crimes by the United States.



Also, testosterbrone was definitely the best of those, what is wrong with you people?

 

[Trunkage]

BRO-tosterone.... test-BRO-sterone... testoster-BRO-ne?

I got nothin'. Anyone else in Marketing doing a better job?

EDIT: Oh shit wait! Hor-BRO-nal therapy!

I personally just would have gone with testosterBone. Yes, I know it doesn't have Bro but I think it delivers a 'better' message

 

[Trunkage]

Julian Assange is set to be extradited to the United States by the United Kingdom for the crime of obtaining and publishing evidence of war crimes by the United States.

Julian Assange should be exonerated

Julian Assange should also not be called 'most consequential journalist'. He has done one, reeaallyy important piece of journalism but that's it (couched in the proviso that he's pretty much been banned from journalism.... )

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

 

[Buyetyen]

I saw the clip of him bragging about this and the other co-hosts egging him on. Major serial killer energy.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I saw the clip of him bragging about this and the other co-hosts egging him on. Major serial killer energy.

That's how real testicle-taning men be though.

 

[Gordon_4]

Hang on, I've seen episodes of Law and Order SVU that start like this.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Ah, the traditional American family values that Republicans hold so dear.

 

[Gergar12]

What Happened to Jon Stewart?

He is comedy royalty. But the world has changed since he was at the height of his powers.

www.theatlantic.com

The author literally spends 70 to 80% of the article arguing Jon Stewart isn't funny anymore. Yeah no shit. But he is right on one thing... Jon Stewart lost the long game. Tucker Carlson his mortal enemy is now more popular than he is, or most if not all of his apprentices. Trump won in 2016 and could come back. Biden is less liberal than Obama on many issues like immigration, and guns, and the world has gotten bleaker. Joe Rogan exists using his excuses of I am just a comedian to spread Covid lies, and he won. Also more annoying stuff. He argues Jon Stewart was too naive on GME or Gamestop stocks when he's right on it, it is 2015 Jon Stewart talking, and it's a story of the little guy vs the big guy, but the idiot did it when he should have talked about Ukraine more. He also didn't run for New Jersey Senate or House, where he could have been a better version of Al Franken. He lost the long game. His only achievement is helping President Obama get elected.

And yes I am still bitter that Hasan didn't get his own show. Sam Bee isn't as funny, John Oliver makes me depressed somewhat, and Trevor Noah is a poor man's Steven Colbert. Also, Steven Colbert was a ladder climber who didn't care about the issues like Jon Stewart and is basically funny Rachael Maddow.

No Comedian is saving you, and all of the old politicos like Bernie Sanders, Warren, and Biden are too old. The only one I will vote for is John Fetterman.

 

[Silvanus]

But he is right on one thing... Jon Stewart lost the long game. Tucker Carlson his mortal enemy is now more popular than he is, or most if not all of his apprentices. Trump won in 2016 and could come back. Biden is less liberal than Obama on many issues like immigration, and guns, and the world has gotten bleaker.

I don't really think Jon Stewart can be held personally responsible for the state of the world getting bleaker or who's the president.

 

[Kwak]

I don't really think Jon Stewart can be held personally responsible for the state of the world getting bleaker or who's the president.

Rupert Murdoch could.

ETA....
And so could Mark Zuckerberg.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Two Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Plead Guilty To Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors

www.justice.gov

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRIAN KOLFAGE and ANDREW BADOLATO pled guilty today in connection with their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall.” Both defendants pled guilty before United States District Judge Analisa Torres.

According to the Indictment filed in the case:

Starting in approximately December 2018, BRIAN KOLFAGE, ANDREW BADOLATO, and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors, including donors in the Southern District of New York, in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign ultimately known as “We Build The Wall” that raised more than $25,000,000 to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. In particular, to induce donors to donate to the campaign, KOLFAGE repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would “not take a penny in salary or compensation” and that “100% of the funds raised . . . will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose.”

Those representations were false. In truth, KOLFAGE, BADOLATO, and others received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations. For example, KOLFAGE covertly took for his personal use more than $350,000 in funds that donors had given to We Build the Wall. To conceal the payments to KOLFAGE from We Build the Wall, KOLFAGE, BADOLATO, and others devised a scheme to route those payments from We Build the Wall to KOLFAGE indirectly. They did so by using fake invoices and sham “vendor” arrangements, among other ways, to ensure, as KOLFAGE noted in a text message to BADOLATO, that his pay arrangement remained “completely confidential” and kept on a “need to know” basis.

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KOLFAGE, 39, and BADOLATO, 57, both residents of Florida, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. In the same proceeding, KOLFAGE also pled guilty to tax and wire fraud charges filed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

The statutory maximum penalties are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants would be determined by the judge.

Both KOLFAGE and BADOLATO are scheduled to be sentenced at 1:00 pm on September 6, 2022, by Judge Torres.

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Special Agents of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

The case is being handled by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Nicolas Roos, Alison G. Moe, and Robert B. Sobelman are in charge of the prosecution.

It's greatly appreciated how simple that Justice site is for copy-pasting here, no annoying faff to edit out whatsoever.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/21/kolfage-bannon-wall-plea/

NEW YORK — Brian Kolfage, a disabled veteran who headed a $25 million fundraising effort for a U.S.-Mexico border wall with the help of former Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon, has pleaded guilty in connection to defrauding donors for his own gain.

Kolfage, an amputee who lost three limbs serving in Iraq, could serve more than five years in prison. He was accused of using more than $350,000 in donations on personal expenses such as home renovations and vehicle payments, after telling “We Build the Wall” campaign contributors that he would not take a cut of the collections or give himself a salary. On Thursday, in federal court in Manhattan, he admitted to siphoning off money for himself and also pleaded guilty to tax crimes for failing to report that income.

The Florida resident told U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres that the organization met roadblocks in carrying out its original mission of subsidizing the construction of a border wall but that he “continued to raise funds and promised I would take no salary and would not take a penny in profits.”

Kolfage, a conservative activist, admitted that he “knowingly and willfully conspired to receive money from donations” as he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax-related charges.

As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to forfeit more than $17 million collected during the fundraising push.

“We Build the Wall” was a large-scale private crowdfunding effort orchestrated by Kolfage, Bannon, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea in 2018. Its stated goal was to help the federal government complete the coast-to-coast barrier President Donald Trump had repeatedly promised his supporters. The four men were arrested in August 2020, when prosecutors accused Bannon of personally pocketing more than $1 million.

Bannon, a far-right figure who was a key strategist in Trump’s 2016 campaign, followed Trump to the White House for a relatively short stint as an administration official.

Their relationship had not completely soured by the end of Trump’s presidency, and Bannon received a presidential pardon on the eve of Trump’s departure from the White House, part of a wave of more than 140 other clemency actions — including for Trump associates who were ensnared in the Justice Department’s probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

How a veteran’s idea to solicit donations for a border wall won over Trump supporters — and produced conspiracy charges

Kolfage, Badolato and Shea were not given clemency. Badolato also pleaded guilty on Thursday to wire fraud and faces up to 4¼ years in prison. Kolfage and Badolato are expected to be sentenced in September. They were allowed to remain free on bail after Thursday’s proceeding.

Building a border wall on the theory that it would help curtail illegal immigration through Mexico was a hallmark campaign promise of Trump’s that never came to fruition. He promised that Mexico would pay for the wall’s construction, which the U.S. neighbor never agreed to.

Trump supporters who championed his promise of constructing a wall quickly dumped funds into “We Build the Wall,” which began as a GoFundMe drive.

Kolfage said Thursday that after launching the fund, he learned that a donation could not be made to the U.S. government to be specifically earmarked for subsidizing wall construction.

“We Build the Wall” was Kolfage’s brainchild. It followed a previous fundraising bid he spearheaded, ostensibly for veterans at military hospitals. In that drive, he was accused of misusing the collections by directing donations to his conservative website.

Separately, Bannon was indicted in November on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to comply with subpoenas by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. That case is pending.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

 

[Gergar12]

I don't really think Jon Stewart can be held personally responsible for the state of the world getting bleaker or who's the president.

He's somewhat part of it. Embarrassing people is fine unless they turn out to supercharge the fascist movement, or run for president, and win in revenge due to you calling them a Fuckface Von Clockstick(Trump), or canceling their show. (Carlson)

All Jon Stewart had to do was stay on his show, or run for office where he would win in a landslide, and he would have countered the alt-right. Instead, he failed, and let Trevor Noah take his place who doesn't have the same cultural clout he has. By the way, there is an anti-comic elitism among people like NY senator Gillibrand who smeared Al Franken who I don't agree with on universal healthcare, but who was a strong anti-Cruz force in the Senate. She canceled him over a fucking skit. But I argued comedians can be good politicians, the court jesters in medieval times were some of the smartest people alive.

The left and social liberals are fucked. Biden's approval is underwater like Trump's, they will lose both houses of Congress. Manchin won't even allow another democrat SCOTUS pick. In my state of Ohio people are literally not bothering to vote for the democrats, and instead vote in a moderate republican like Dewine to stop another DeSantis. .