[The Weeping Angel]

[Cyclist]

More reasons why we don't want to be like America

A Texas butterfly sanctuary that sued to block border wall construction has been forced to close due to escalating threats from conspiracy theorists.

The National Butterfly Center sits on the Rio Grande river on the US-Mexico border. It was a vocal opponent of Donald Trump's promised border barrier.

QAnon believers and groups supporting Mr Trump have baselessly claimed the centre is smuggling migrants.

The centre said it was closing for "the safety of our staff and visitors".

The centre will be closed until further notice, Jeffrey Glassberg, president of the North American Butterfly Association, which runs the organisation, said.

His statement cited "disruption caused by false and defamatory attacks directed by political operatives"....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60254327

This is a result of the type of freeze peach advocated by twats like Toby Young. Not in the UK please, thanks all the same.

[Nigredo]

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pit ... e14d7.html

“Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen”

[Cyclist]

American Christians. They're just the Taleban with tidy hair.

[MisterMuncher]

More reasons why we don't want to be like America

A Texas butterfly sanctuary that sued to block border wall construction has been forced to close due to escalating threats from conspiracy theorists.

The National Butterfly Center sits on the Rio Grande river on the US-Mexico border. It was a vocal opponent of Donald Trump's promised border barrier.

QAnon believers and groups supporting Mr Trump have baselessly claimed the centre is smuggling migrants.

The centre said it was closing for "the safety of our staff and visitors".

The centre will be closed until further notice, Jeffrey Glassberg, president of the North American Butterfly Association, which runs the organisation, said.

His statement cited "disruption caused by false and defamatory attacks directed by political operatives"....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60254327

This is a result of the type of freeze peach advocated by twats like Toby Young. Not in the UK please, thanks all the same.

I can imagine the average Qanon type trying to figure out what a lepidopterist is.

[Spoonman]

I have no words.

[RedSparrows]

So it wasn't the FBI, Antifa, the State Department Hilary Clinton etc etc. Got it

[Malcolm Armsteen]

It's now outright fascism.

[Cyclist]

I like Ike

[davidjay]

It's now outright fascism.

Coming soon, to a country near you.

[Bones McCoy]

Don't burn a book, burn this

[Spoonman]

A "mini 'murica" edition...

First, will the "but killary's emails!!!!!11one" criers say anything about this? Pfff!

Meanwhile from the documents seized at Mar-A-Lago...

Haberman reports Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — whose "love letters," as Trump once called them, were among documents the National Archives retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-b ... f524f.html

...and to wrap up...

[Spoonman]

"Lets Go Bankrupt!"

‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Crypto Coin Turns Into Total Dumpster Fire
The MAGA-themed coin with dreams of sponsoring a NASCAR team is now circling the drain.

The MAGA-themed “Let’s Go Brandon” Ethereum cryptocurrency has fallen on tough times.

So much so that the value of all 330 trillion coins totals just a few thousand dollars combined, according to the trading sites CoinMarketCap and Crypto, a far cry from the days of pro-Trump investors believing they could strike it rich in the ever-complex world of crypto.

That represents a 99.5 percent decline over the last 30 days, leaving a singular LGB coin effectively worthless.

Some apparent investors seem skeptical as well. One commenter complained in the comment section of LGB’s Twitter page in January that their $15,000 investment had plummeted to just “a couple [of] hundred dollars.” Another expressed alarm that their 73 million coins were worth a measly $1.66 altogether.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lets-go-b ... pster-fire

[Bones McCoy]

"Lets Go Bankrupt!"

‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Crypto Coin Turns Into Total Dumpster Fire
The MAGA-themed coin with dreams of sponsoring a NASCAR team is now circling the drain.

The MAGA-themed “Let’s Go Brandon” Ethereum cryptocurrency has fallen on tough times.

So much so that the value of all 330 trillion coins totals just a few thousand dollars combined, according to the trading sites CoinMarketCap and Crypto, a far cry from the days of pro-Trump investors believing they could strike it rich in the ever-complex world of crypto.

That represents a 99.5 percent decline over the last 30 days, leaving a singular LGB coin effectively worthless.

Some apparent investors seem skeptical as well. One commenter complained in the comment section of LGB’s Twitter page in January that their $15,000 investment had plummeted to just “a couple [of] hundred dollars.” Another expressed alarm that their 73 million coins were worth a measly $1.66 altogether.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lets-go-b ... pster-fire

[kreuzberger]

Time to jump in with a tenner and start a rumour that Peter Thiel is also considering a play?

[Andy McDandy]

Peter Theil? OK, apparently he is real.

Was thinking for a moment that his parents must really have hated him.

[kreuzberger]

Very real. Thiel is one one of the founders of Paypal and sundry other concerns that have contributed to his billionaire status. Bit fashy, very Trumpy, darling of the right.

Was thinking for a moment that his parents must really have hated him.

Don't geddit?

[Andy McDandy]

Peter Theil. Say the surname as if it rhymes with file.

[kreuzberger]

Ah, I see. That's why it hit the outside of the post and went sailing into row zed. His name is Thiel. It rhymes with peel, and he's of German heritage where "ie" and "ei" are very different in their pronunciation.

Eeee and aye, for our Mancunian and Glaswegian readers.

[The Weeping Angel]

I can't tell whether this is genuine or parody.