• Dark Brandon Rises

    From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 7 20:13:25 2022
    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week, (each
    of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days away
    from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10. Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11. Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go
    Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often
    accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden supporters
    have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it into something
    more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.
    Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to acknowledge
    and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the militants since
    Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

    From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe Biden.
    The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend evolved
    through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits seamlessly
    into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the Senate
    poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good, recovering from
    the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe Biden
    is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy Carter. So it
    is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR

    Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Mon Aug 8 06:17:22 2022
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week, (each
    of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days away
    from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden supporters
    have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it into something
    more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.
    Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to acknowledge
    and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

    From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe Biden.
    The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend evolved
    through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the Senate
    poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good, recovering from
    the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe Biden
    is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy Carter.  So it
    is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


        Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to kmiller on Mon Aug 8 07:54:02 2022
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week,
    (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days
    away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other
    big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy
    Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go
    Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often
    accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it
    into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.
    Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to acknowledge
    and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the militants
    since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe Biden.
    The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend evolved
    through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an unironic
    appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to
    Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since
    the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the
    Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good,
    recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down.
    Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to
    attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe
    Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

    Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
    and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Mon Aug 8 19:13:44 2022
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week,
    (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days
    away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other
    big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy
    Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news. >>> .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go
    Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often
    accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it
    into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.
    Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to
    acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the
    militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe
    Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend
    evolved through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an
    unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his
    administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to
    Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since
    the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the
    Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good,
    recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down.
    Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to
    attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.” >>>
    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe
    Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

         Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
    and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to kmiller on Tue Aug 9 15:37:09 2022
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week,
    (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days
    away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other
    big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy
    Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news. >>>> .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go
    Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often
    accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it
    into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the
    weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to
    acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the
    militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe
    Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend
    evolved through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an
    unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his
    administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to
    Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since >>>> the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the
    Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good,
    recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down.
    Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to >>>> attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.” >>>>
    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe
    Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

          Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman >> and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him touch their
    orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

    The golden shower story is dubious, at best. The orb is real and
    is connected to a fun story.

    "A photograph of President Donald Trump, the president of Egypt, and the
    Saudi king touching a sinister-looking glowing orb in 2017 went viral,
    with many people saying they looked like plotting supervillains.

    Now, the fate of the orb has been revealed in a new book about Crown
    Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named "MBS."

    According to the book, US diplomats loved playing with the orb so much
    that it was gifted to them and taken to the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi
    Arabia.

    But the orb was quickly put in storage over fears that pictures of staff touching it would leak to the media and cause embarrassment, the book said."

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-saudi-orb-gift-us-embassy-riyadh-hidden-mbs-book-2020-3

    Who knows? Maybe this is one of the tchotchkes the idiot drug off
    to Mar-a-Loco?

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Tue Aug 9 17:55:35 2022
    On 8/9/2022 3:37 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week,
    (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days
    away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other
    big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy
    Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor. >>>>> 4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news. >>>>> .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go
    Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often
    accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it
    into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the
    weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to
    acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to
    the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago. >>>>>
     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe
    Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme
    trend evolved through August 2022, however, it increasingly
    expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the
    accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel
    to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since >>>>> the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the
    Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good,
    recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down.
    Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used
    to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were
    omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe
    Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

          Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman >>> and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him touch their
    orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

         The golden shower story is dubious, at best.

    Maybe so - maybe not. It was good enough to make it into the film "The
    Comey Rules".

    The orb is real and
    is connected to a fun story.

    "A photograph of President Donald Trump, the president of Egypt, and the Saudi king touching a sinister-looking glowing orb in 2017 went viral,
    with many people saying they looked like plotting supervillains.

    Now, the fate of the orb has been revealed in a new book about Crown
    Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named "MBS."

    According to the book, US diplomats loved playing with the orb so much
    that it was gifted to them and taken to the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

    But the orb was quickly put in storage over fears that pictures of staff touching it would leak to the media and cause embarrassment, the book
    said."

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-saudi-orb-gift-us-embassy-riyadh-hidden-mbs-book-2020-3


        Who knows? Maybe this is one of the tchotchkes the idiot drug off
    to Mar-a-Loco?

    TB

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to kmiller on Tue Aug 9 19:55:32 2022
    On 8/9/2022 5:55 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 3:37 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR >>>>>>
    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week, >>>>>> (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere
    days away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and >>>>>> other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy >>>>>> Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor. >>>>>> 4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and
    protect their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good >>>>>> news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go >>>>>> Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon",
    often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain. >>>>>>
    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning
    it into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed >>>>>> Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the
    weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes
    to acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow
    to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade >>>>>> ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict >>>>>> Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe
    Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme
    trend evolved through August 2022, however, it increasingly
    expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the
    accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel
    to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s
    since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better
    in the Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking
    good, recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices >>>>>> down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used >>>>>> to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were
    omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe >>>>>> Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

          Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
    Salman and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him
    touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

          The golden shower story is dubious, at best.

    Maybe so - maybe not. It was good enough to make it into the film "The
    Comey Rules".

    Ewwwwwwwww! We have far different ideas of entertainment. There is absolutely NO way I could watch that thing, even if it has a golden
    shower scene. Some time before the two minute mark I would have my own psychotic break with reality. There's way way toooooooooo much agent
    orange in that thing for me.

    The Comey Rule (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Limited Series

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8XsWQMcs8

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Wed Aug 10 06:47:38 2022
    On 8/9/2022 7:55 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 5:55 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 3:37 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR >>>>>>>
    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this
    week, (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere
    days away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate
    and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the
    Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!). >>>>>>> 3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna
    Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and
    protect their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good >>>>>>> news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go >>>>>>> Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon",
    often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain. >>>>>>>
    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning >>>>>>> it into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it
    killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over
    the weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon"
    memes to acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the biggest >>>>>>> blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a >>>>>>> decade ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to
    depict Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S.
    President Joe Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. >>>>>>> As the meme trend evolved through August 2022, however, it
    increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and >>>>>>> the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits
    seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel >>>>>>> to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s >>>>>>> since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better >>>>>>> in the Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking
    good, recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas
    prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used >>>>>>> to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were
    omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe >>>>>>> Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy
    Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

          Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
    Salman and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him
    touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

          The golden shower story is dubious, at best.

    Maybe so - maybe not. It was good enough to make it into the film "The
    Comey Rules".

         Ewwwwwwwww! We have far different ideas of entertainment. There is absolutely NO way I could watch that thing, even if it has a golden
    shower scene.

    I think you'd be surprised. I don't know how accurate it is but it's got
    to be at least as accurate as Alex Jones and much more entertaining.

    Some time before the two minute mark I would have my own
    psychotic break with reality. There's way way toooooooooo much agent
    orange in that thing for me.

    The Comey Rule (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Limited Series

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8XsWQMcs8

    TB

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to kmiller on Wed Aug 10 08:19:37 2022
    On 8/10/2022 6:47 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 7:55 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 5:55 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 3:37 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR >>>>>>>>
    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this
    week, (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere >>>>>>>> days away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate >>>>>>>> and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the
    Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional
    $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna
    Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and
    protect their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good >>>>>>>> news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets >>>>>>>> go Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon",
    often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain. >>>>>>>>
    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden
    supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning >>>>>>>> it into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it
    killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over >>>>>>>> the weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" >>>>>>>> memes to acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the
    biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot
    dead over a decade ago.

     From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which >>>>>>>> appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to
    depict Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S.
    President Joe Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. >>>>>>>> As the meme trend evolved through August 2022, however, it
    increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and >>>>>>>> the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits >>>>>>>> seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from
    Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s >>>>>>>> since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better >>>>>>>> in the Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking
    good, recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas
    prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is >>>>>>>> used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he
    were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — >>>>>>>> Joe Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since
    Jimmy Carter.  So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


         Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators.

          Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin >>>>>> Salman and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him
    touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

          The golden shower story is dubious, at best.

    Maybe so - maybe not. It was good enough to make it into the film
    "The Comey Rules".

          Ewwwwwwwww! We have far different ideas of entertainment. There >> is absolutely NO way I could watch that thing, even if it has a golden
    shower scene.

    I think you'd be surprised. I don't know how accurate it is but it's got
    to be at least as accurate as Alex Jones and much more entertaining.

    Some time before the two minute mark I would have my own psychotic
    break with reality. There's way way toooooooooo much agent orange in
    that thing for me.

    The Comey Rule (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Limited Series

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8XsWQMcs8

    TB


    The accuracy wouldn't matter. I simply could not watch that much
    orange asshole. I also can't watch crime shows in which children are
    injured or women are brutalized. It just isn't entertaining for me.

    I don't care how charming the coroner is, I also don't watch shows
    that depict autopsies for the same reason.

    TB

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  • From filmbydon@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Wed Aug 10 11:27:29 2022
    On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:19:42 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/10/2022 6:47 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 7:55 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 5:55 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/9/2022 3:37 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:13 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 7:54 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 8/8/2022 6:17 AM, kmiller wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 8:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR >>>>>>>>
    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this >>>>>>>> week, (each of which I will go into more detail about below) >>>>>>>> .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere >>>>>>>> days away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate >>>>>>>> and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the >>>>>>>> Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional
    $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna >>>>>>>> Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion. >>>>>>>> 7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10. Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11. Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and >>>>>>>> protect their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good >>>>>>>> news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets >>>>>>>> go Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", >>>>>>>> often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain. >>>>>>>>
    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden >>>>>>>> supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning >>>>>>>> it into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it >>>>>>>> killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over >>>>>>>> the weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" >>>>>>>> memes to acknowledge and celebrate what is said to be the
    biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot >>>>>>>> dead over a decade ago.

    From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which >>>>>>>> appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to >>>>>>>> depict Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S.
    President Joe Biden. The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. >>>>>>>> As the meme trend evolved through August 2022, however, it
    increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and >>>>>>>> the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits >>>>>>>> seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from
    Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s >>>>>>>> since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better >>>>>>>> in the Senate poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking >>>>>>>> good, recovering from the coronavirus , inflation down, gas >>>>>>>> prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is >>>>>>>> used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he >>>>>>>> were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — >>>>>>>> Joe Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since >>>>>>>> Jimmy Carter. So it is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs. >>>>>>>>
    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


    Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    Yeahbut, no praise for white supremacists or foreign dictators. >>>>>>
    Hey, he fist bumped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
    Salman and sold him a bunch of missiles. But they didn't let him >>>>>> touch their orb.

    "trump 100% made a wish when he touched the orb"

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/22/529482915/heres-the-deal-with-that-glowing-orb-and-plenty-of-notes-on-what-it-isnt


    TB

    Golden orbs, golden showers; there seems to be a pattern here...

    The golden shower story is dubious, at best.

    Maybe so - maybe not. It was good enough to make it into the film
    "The Comey Rules".

    Ewwwwwwwww! We have far different ideas of entertainment. There
    is absolutely NO way I could watch that thing, even if it has a golden
    shower scene.

    I think you'd be surprised. I don't know how accurate it is but it's got to be at least as accurate as Alex Jones and much more entertaining.

    Some time before the two minute mark I would have my own psychotic
    break with reality. There's way way toooooooooo much agent orange in
    that thing for me.

    The Comey Rule (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Limited Series

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8XsWQMcs8

    TB

    The accuracy wouldn't matter. I simply could not watch that much
    orange asshole. I also can't watch crime shows in which children are
    injured or women are brutalized. It just isn't entertaining for me.

    I don't care how charming the coroner is, I also don't watch shows
    that depict autopsies for the same reason.

    TB

    Alec Baldwin would have made a much better antagonist in the movie....

    Cecil B. DeMille Jr.

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Wed Aug 10 15:46:31 2022
    On 8/7/2022 10:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week, (each
    of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days away
    from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other big issues.
    2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10.  Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11.  Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden supporters
    have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it into something
    more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed
    Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.
    Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to acknowledge
    and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

    From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe Biden.
    The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend evolved
    through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since the whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the Senate
    poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good, recovering from
    the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe Biden
    is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy Carter.  So it
    is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


        Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB

    All these futilely wasted liberal keystrokes won't amount to a hill of
    beans for the 2022 and 2024 elections. If Trump can't run, the
    republicans bench is much longer than the democrats no-seater. So keep
    being hopeful and more important to republicans, over confident.

    -----------------------------------
    Recession? We ain't in no steenkin' recession.
    - Joe "The Redefiner" Biden

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  • From filmbydon@gmail.com@21:1/5 to George.Anthony on Wed Aug 10 17:21:08 2022
    On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 1:46:35 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    On 8/7/2022 10:13 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:


    DARK BRANDON RISES and brings THE BEST WEEK EVER!!! Saturday's GNR

    Here are just a few of the amazing things that happened this week, (each of which I will go into more detail about below)
    .
    1. With Manchin and Sinema on board, it looks like we are mere days away from passing a major piece of legislation on climate and other big issues. 2. Alex Jones has to pay 4 million dollars in damages to the Sandy Hook families (LATE BREAKING — plus an additional $42.5M!!!!).
    3. DOJ arrests/charges four officers in the murder of Breonna Taylor.
    4. The PACT act passed.
    5. Jobs numbers greatly exceed expectations.
    6. Kansas overwhelming voted to protect access to abortion.
    7. 50 days of decreasing gas prices
    8. 76 judges confirmed
    9. executive order on abortion rights.
    10. Justice is closer for Trump et al.
    11. Biden took out a major terrorist
    12. The DOJ is fighting for women to be able to control and protect
    their own bodies
    13. Record number of insured Americans
    14. Giant win for mail-in voting in PA
    .
    Y’all buckle in, because it is a LONG GNR, just filled with good news.
    .
    Whom do we thank for these amazing things?
    .
    I am going with Dark Brandon.
    .
    Who is Dark Brandon? Well it started with the whole dumb “lets go Brandon” thing

    There has since been a spin-off version under "Dark Brandon", often accompanied by edited depictions of Biden as an evil villain.

    While it appears to have started amongst conservatives, Biden supporters have given the meaning a new lease of life by turning it into something more positive.

    On Monday (August 1), the Biden administration announced it killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend. Social media was soon flooded with "Dark Brandon" memes to acknowledge
    and celebrate what is said to be the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead over a decade ago.

    From Know Your Meme

    Dark Brandon or #DarkBrandon refers to a series of memes which
    appropriate imagery originally used by rightwing posters to depict
    Donald Trump to represent an edgy version of U.S. President Joe Biden.
    The trend started in early 2022 on Twitter. As the meme trend evolved through August 2022, however, it increasingly expressed an unironic appreciation of Joe Biden and the accomplishments of his administration.

    What is the Dark Brandon meme?

    One user said, “Dark Brandon is a great meme because it fits seamlessly into so many different pop culture tracks, from Marvel to Digimon.”

    Another asked: “Is it just me or has Biden taken a lot of W’s since the
    whole Dark Brandon meme started? Dems are doing better in the Senate
    poll, the Chips bill passed and the IRA looking good, recovering from
    the coronavirus , inflation down, gas prices down. Approval rate next?’

    A third wrote: “Dark Brandon is a positive subversion. It is used to attribute all the good that happens to him, as if he were omnipotent.”

    One thing I love about Dark Brandon is how ridiculous it is — Joe Biden is unequivocally the kindest man to be POTUS since Jimmy Carter. So it
    is silly.

    But it is also Awesome because it flips the script on the Rs.

    Here are some of the memes:
    [snip]

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/6/2114030/-DARK-BRANDON-RISES-and-brings-THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER-Saturday-s-GNR


    Fun stuff. Lets Go Dark Brandon. lol

    TB
    All these futilely wasted liberal keystrokes won't amount to a hill of
    beans for the 2022 and 2024 elections. If Trump can't run, the
    republicans bench is much longer than the democrats no-seater. So keep
    being hopeful and more important to republicans, over confident.

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    Recession? We ain't in no steenkin' recession.
    - Joe "The Redefiner" Biden

    We'll see... We'll see.... HawHawHaw!

    Guess Who

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