#Ring Of Fire

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Emily Singer at Daily Kos:

In 2016, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crapped all over Donald Trump and his supporters, agreeing that they were racist idiots too stupid to succeed, according to a trove of radio clips unearthed by CNN.

CNN reported that Kennedy—Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services—made the comments on his radio show “Ring of Fire,” where he regularly criticized Trump and those who backed him. For example, in an episode that aired in March 2016, Kennedy praised journalist Matt Taibbi’s criticism of Trump and his base. “One of the things that you write so beautifully, and your stuff is so fun to read, but you write about Trump, quote, ‘The way that you build a truly vicious nationalist movement is to wed a relatively small core of belligerent idiots to a much larger group of opportunists and spineless fellow travelers whose primary function is to turn a blind eye to things,’” Kennedy said, quoting Taibbi’s writing. “‘We may not have that many outright Nazis in America, but we have plenty of cowards and bootlickers, and once those fleshy dominoes start tumbling into the Trump camp, the game is up.’” Kennedy went on to say that Trump is a racist demagogue but isn’t smart enough to be effective like Adolf Hitler because Hitler had a "plan" and “was interested in policy,” while Trump is "non compos mentis"—Latin for "of unsound mind."

CNN reported that Kennedy also compared Trump to other past autocrats, like Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco. “And you can see that every statement that Donald Trump makes is fear-based,” Kennedy said in an episode that aired in December 2016, according to CNN. “Every statement he makes. You know, we have to be fear of the Muslims. We have to be fear of the black people, and particularly the big Black guy Obama, who’s destroying this country, who’s making everybody miserable.” Kennedy went on: “And only one person has the genius and the capacity to solve these things. And I’m not gonna tell you how I’m gonna do it. Just trust in me, vote for me and everything will be great again. And of course, that whole thing is like a carnival barker.” He also called Trump racist and compared him with former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, an infamous segregationist.

“Wallace’s appeal … was to White middle-class men who had experienced the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s as a social demotion, and who found their lives in turmoil,” Kennedy said, according to CNN. “And that kind of insecurity, I think, is the target of the summons that Donald Trump has sent out to the American public.” Of course, Kennedy has now changed his tune, blaming his past comments on—you guessed it—the "mainstream media." “Like many Americans, I allowed myself to believe the mainstream media’s distorted, dystopian portrait of President Trump. I no longer hold this belief and now regret having made those statements,” he told CNN. “There’s apparently nothing that can’t be blamed on the mainstream media, even one’s own very public criticisms,” CNN reporter Jim Sciutto wrote in a post on X. Ultimately, Kennedy is one of a number of people now in Trump's orbit who slammed the president-elect in the past but have since retracted their statements in an effort to amass power.

During a March 2016 appearance on Ring Of Fire, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave praise to journalist Matt Taibbi’s blunt criticisms of Donald Trump and his MAGA Cultists by calling them “belligerent idiots.”

Now, both Taibbi and RFK Jr. are on the Trump train (esp. RFK Jr.), or at least Trump-curious. Also, Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance, was once ardently critical of him, but now is a suck-up toady for him.

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Ring of Fire in Cloudy Skies © Bryan Minear

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[gleafer]

If he doesn’t make eye contact, he isn’t in trouble.

Hey kids!

I’ve dropped my 500th Patreon Post and it’s hasn’t even been a full year, yet (Nov. 25th is when I launched that ship!)

Thank you, Pigeons, for supporting me and my brand of nonsense! Love and appreciate you!

Nonpigeons:

Now would be a great time to join if you were thinking about it, especially if you use Apple apps. In November Evil Corp (Apple) is adding 30% charge to purchases on apps, this includes Patreon.

Anyone joining before that gets grandfathered in and fees don’t apply.

THAT BEING SAID you can always join through a web browser or android and avoid this BS completely, while still using the Apple app to look through your favorite Patreons!*

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[boxsocialgames]

This game is a culmination of years of trial and error with making a drinking game to play with not only huge nerd-dorks such as myself, but casual observers as well. I wanted a pick-up-and-play version of King's Cup where you don't need to spend 10 minutes deciding the rules before you start, and that allows great variation and chance between each game. Also, I wanted to get rid of waterfall.

Link Below:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1656565414/the-demons-head-a-drinking-game

[kwisatzworld]

Rossi had won ten out of twelve races by the time he wrapped up the title in Rio. Ever the crowd pleaser, he posed with members of his official Fan Club clad in Brazilian football kit. It was time to celebrate. Honda hosted a party after a season in which they had destroyed the opposition. Rossi’s victory margin would be 140 points and might have been more but for the fact he started losing once the title had been decided with four races to spare. It was a rollicking night. Uccio was there. He liked the fact that his best friend was a magnet for the best-looking women in any room. Rossi was already well on the way to drinking himself towards oblivion when he noticed an elfin figure loitering like a wallflower. Dani Pedrosa had just turned seventeen and earlier that day had suffered a torrid time in the 125cc race. He was very much the antithesis of the extroverted bandleader. Rossi rallied his drinking partners and they bowed and began a chant of ‘Pedrosa! Pedrosa! Pedrosa!’ The teenager blushed. ‘I always remember that night in Rio,’ he would later tell me. ‘It was the first time I ever tried alcohol. Valentino, Marco Melandri and a few others started chanting my name. I couldn’t believe it. I was at the bottom and they were at the very top. It was emotional, but at the same time I was grateful.’

[nasa]

Don’t Say “Bye, Bye, Bye” To Your Vision: Solar Eclipse Safety Tips

On Oct. 14, 2023, many people across North, Central, and South America will have an opportunity to view a “ring of fire” eclipse – an annular solar eclipse – when the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun! During an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. To spread the word, *NSYNC's Lance Bass stopped by to share some tips on how to stay safe while viewing a solar eclipse.

Check out these detailed viewing maps to see if you will be able to see the entire or partial solar eclipse. If you are, make sure your solar viewing glasses have the ISO certification 12312-2. You can also check with local libraries or science museums to see if they have safe solar viewing glasses to hand out. You can also make a simple pinhole camera at home with some paper and aluminum foil: go.nasa.gov/pinholeprojector

Everyone online can watch the eclipse with NASA. Set a reminder to watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlY79zjud-Q

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"The Ring of Fire" Today's Solar Ring Eclipse 2023

✨Live Solar Eclipse 2023 (click on below link) :

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The 2023 Annular Eclipse as seen from Albuquerque, NM // Jordan Martin

[bettyfrommars]

Ring of Fire

a biker!Steve au

Part 1: I went down, and the flames went higher - 5k Part 2: More than words - 4.3k Part3: The Runaway - 5.4k

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Nightmare Steve

Summary: It's the mid-90's, and we get to see life through the eyes of biker Steve, in a parallel universe called Hawkeye. He’s a lover and a fighter and a sad boy at his core. He also works at Eddie's garage alongside biker Hopper and can be spotted on Saturday mornings at Patsy's Diner having breakfast with his ride or die Robin. When I first posted the teaser for this, I thought it would be the same world as I'm on Fire, but as I started writing, this Steve had a different story to tell, in a different place, with some new characters.

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18+ONLY, friends to strangers to lovers, there will be plenty of warnings for this series, as it is inspired by biker media I've enjoyed over the years, but Steve is a real softie, and it will also be an ode to my love of all things abandoned. Unprotected sex, violence, angst, some gore, weapons, mention of incarceration, sex work, fighting, illegal activity, cheating (not on reader) etc.

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[adventuretimeprincess]

The Ring Of Fire🎶🔥

From Adventure Time Comic V4 Cover Gallery

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[kwisatzworld]

Not everyone thought that. Despite the divorce of his parents Graziano and Stefania, Rossi had a normal and carefree childhood, but John Cooper claimed that Rossi had cut all ties with another family who had been supportive of him during his early days. They ran a garage near Tavullia and even had one of Rossi’s old mini bikes nailed to the wall.

‘They don’t know why, but Rossi just refuses to acknowledge them now,’ Cooper said when we met in his Derbyshire home in 2008.

‘I went to a function where I knew Rossi was going to be so they asked me if I would have a word with him. I went up to Rossi at a quiet moment and showed him a photograph and asked if he recognized anyone. He said no and walked off. They have no idea why he has behaved like that. Even Graziano says he is at a loss to understand.’