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Musk Triggers Mass Journophrenia

Journos love free speech unless it's yours

Jim Treacher
Apr 15
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A lot of people are already freaking out over the prospect of Elon Musk buying Twitter, before he’s even spent a dime. We call these people “journalists.”

There are too many examples of this mass journophrenia to count, but here’s my favorite one so far:

Twitter avatar for @tomselliottTom Elliott @tomselliott
MSNBC's @KatyTurNBC: "There are real and devastating consequences for using [Twitter] to lie ... @elonmusk wants to buy it, but there are — massive, life and globe-altering consequences for just letting people run wild on the thing.”

April 14th 2022

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Damn straight. If you want to lie to people, you need to get your own show on MSNBC.

Journos are now brazenly calling for censorship. They’re panicking that Elon Musk will take over their favorite bird website and let anybody say whatever they want. Just imagine all the precious egos that will be shattered.

These political activists with press passes have always thought they’re better than you and hated you for disagreeing, but now they’re not even pretending to give a damn about free speech.

That’s because we’re not their audience. We’re their competitors.

They’ve got bills to pay and nannies to feed, you filthy peasants. Stop heckling them!

I’m a Musk agnostic, but he sure is showing us who these arrogant buttholes really are. And all he has to do is exhibit a base understanding of free speech:

Twitter avatar for @karenvaitesKaren Vaites @karenvaites
As usual, Twitter is awash with hot takes on @elonmusk buying Twitter that are rooted in socio-political divides, and no one’s talking about what he would actually DO as owner of Twitter. FWIW, I think this is a fantastic idea:
cnn.com/2022/04/14/tec…
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April 15th 2022

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“Is someone you don’t like allowed to say something you don’t like? And if that is the case, then we have free speech.”

This attitude is #libertarianAF and I’m all for it. When someone tells a lie, you respond with the truth. Then you let everybody decide for themselves who’s right. You won’t always win out, but that’s the price of freedom.

What you don’t do is silence people for spreading “misinformation,” because sometimes you’ll get it wrong. Sometimes it’s just plain ol’ information.

Or have we all forgotten this?

If the journos had their way, you never would’ve known anything about Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop full of incriminating evidence of his ongoing criminal conspiracy with his father. Because having that information might make you vote the wrong way.

And that’s fascism! Stop bringing up facts that make Democrats look bad, you Nazi.


As for Musk’s Plan B if this doesn’t work:

Twitter avatar for @heydave7Dave Lee @heydave7
Here's @elonmusk describing that he has a plan B if Twitter rejects his buyout offer.

April 14th 2022

816 Retweets5,430 Likes

I’m telling you, if Elon Musk tweets a Dr. Evil GIF right now, he wins 46 states in 2024.


Twitter avatar for @jtLOLjimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL
Day 229 of Americans stranded in Afghanistan.

April 15th 2022


Oh, Joe Biden is doing just fine. Why do you ask?

Twitter avatar for @FreeBeaconWashington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
After Biden finished his speech, he turned around and tried to shake hands with thin air and then wandered around looking confused

April 14th 2022

16,638 Retweets56,369 Likes

“Where am I and where do I go now?” asked the leader of the free world.

If Trump runs again and wins — which I’m supposed to prefer, apparently — he’ll be 78 years young on Inauguration Day 2025. Sorry, but we need somebody in that office who didn’t watch brand-new episodes of The Honeymooners.

Speaking of old people who should retire, Dianne Feinstein has obviously outlived her usefulness to the Democratic Party, because now she’s getting trashed by the left. They’re putting her on an ice floe and pushing her out to sea.

Not that I’ll miss Feinstein, but at least she has an excuse for her bad memory. She’s pushing 90! What about all these libs trying to oust her while ignoring Biden’s obvious mental decline? Are their memories going as well? Nah, they just don’t care about anything but power.


Obama is a liar.


As an American and a Hoosier, I really like Amy Coney Barrett.

Here’s what the dumb protester screamed: “Amy Coney Barrett, you are an enslaver of women!” God bless the United States of America, where you can gain clout by pretending to be oppressed.


The Central Alaskan Yup’ik language has about 20,000 speakers. That’s bigger than the subscriber base of CNN+.


I don’t talk much about music on here, because there hasn’t been much to talk about. The Billboard Hot 100 might as well be from another planet. Guess I’m stuck in the ‘90s.

So it’s nice to have this guy back:

Twitter avatar for @thirdmanrecordsThird Man Records @thirdmanrecords
It's finally here! #JackWhite's new album FEAR OF THE DAWN is out now. Listen loud.
orcd.co/fearofthedawn
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April 8th 2022

194 Retweets784 Likes

It’s very loud and very weird and I like it:

What would you call that? Minimalist electronic disco-punk? Dunno, I’m not a music critic. Whatever it is, it’s still rock and roll to me.

The new album also has a song with Q-Tip. Maybe White listened to that BlakRoc album the Black Keys put out and said, “I can beat that.”

White also got married onstage during a concert in his hometown of Detroit last week:

His new bride is named Olivia Jean, and here she is:

Okay, yeah, of course Jack White married this woman onstage. Duh.


Remember when Joe Rogan slapped Chris Rock for saying “horse medicine”? Man, I miss the ‘20s.


A few of you had some suggestions after I lamented my chronic knee pain yesterday, so thank you for that. I did pick up a tube of Voltaren (diclofenac sodium) a while back after seeing that commercial with the crazy dancing guy, but then I got intimidated by the long list of warnings. You need to use a precise dosage, it can raise your blood pressure and/or damage your liver and kidneys, may cause stomach bleeding and cardiac arrest, etc. I’ll just limp around in pain, thanks!

Arnica gel was another suggestion, so I’ll see if that one can kill me...


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Lillia Gajewski
Apr 15

I don't know how into alternative medicine you are, but you could try the SOTA (https://www.sota.com/default.aspx?page=Magnetic-Pulser) or a HealthLight (https://healthlightllc.com/). The HealthLight is a bit overwhelming in price. I only have one because my herbalist has a wholesale account, which made it (more) affordable.

I've only used the SOTA for pain once, but it helped after a few treatments, but I've used both for nerve issues, like the beginnings of neuropathy, and they really do help, at least for me.

There is also a company that makes PEMF mats (Vasindux) that makes a ring, and people swear by it. I've used the mat for overall issues, but never the ring, so I can't say for sure.

Chronic anything will grind you down and take you really not good places mentally, so I am sorry. Thank you for going through all that and still trying to make other people smile.

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Dan Chern
Apr 15

After watching the two music videos, it makes sense that these two are married. Kind of like when I learned about Gene Wilder and Gilder Radner getting married. I only knew of them through their work, but the marriage immediately made perfect sense.

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