GOP Insanity Containment 2: This is the Place. This is the Time, Cowboy.

[LFS]

@goofyballer

Did you all know this about him? Given all the times I’ve seen him in the news I’m shocked to just be finding this out in year 8 of his being governor.

I learned it last week.

[Melkerson]

@goofyballer

Abbott was paralyzed from the waist down in July 1984 when he was 26 years old and had recently graduated from law school.

Did you all know this about him? Given all the times I’ve seen him in the news I’m shocked to just be finding this out in year 8 of his being governor.

Me neither.

I’m sure I have seen his head on TV tens of times, but never once a hint of a wheelchair.

Here’s the story.

On July 14, 1984, at age 26, Abbott was paralyzed below the waist when an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging after a storm.[6][254] Two steel rods were implanted in his spine, and he underwent extensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston and has used a wheelchair ever since.[255][256] He sued the homeowner and a tree service company, resulting in an insurance settlement that provides him with lump sum payments every three years until 2022 along with monthly payments for life; both are adjusted for inflation.[257] As of August 2013, the monthly payment was US$14,000 and the three-year lump sum payment was US$400,000, all tax-free. Abbott has said he relied on the money to pay for nearly three decades of medical expenses and other costs

[TheNewT50]

I’ll bet he’s got a big pro-tort claimant streak based on what happened to hi—

Politician Who Fought To Cap Medical Malpractice Awards Received Huge...

Greg Abbott: Tort Reform Hypocrite

Oh.

[beetlejuice]

@Melkerson

As of August 2013, the monthly payment was US$14,000

[beetlejuice]

@goofyballer

Thankfully, it’s not!

Verizon Fios, OANN’s largest remaining carrier, notified its customers on July 21, 2022, that it could not come to terms to renew its contract with OANN and would remove the network from its service in nine days.[61] August 1, 2022 was OANN’s final day on cable or satellite,[62] marking the end of OANN’s availability on major carriers.[63] OANN commentator Pearson Sharp said on-air that OANN was dropped because Verizon is a “radical Marxist” corporation.[64][62]

[Riverman]

https://twitter.com/ronbrownstein/status/1564487336078979073?s=21&t=jIdpB07Gxnz_xZswlwfpiA

[j8i3h289dn3x7]

I only knew about this because a few years ago I had a dying tree and the tree guy I hired told me the story as a cautionary tale of why it’s important to cut down dead/dying trees so nobody gets hurt.

[Coasterbrad]

Had no idea. Googled it after seeing that photo ITT. He/the GOP does a good job of hiding his disability I guess.

[Riverman]

Wheelchair guy has no empathy. It’s pure sociopaths from top to bottom.

[Danspartan]

“3/5”

[Devil]

I didn’t know the Abbott story but Google news warned me about oak trees so I’m not surprised.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/summer-branch-drop-in-yosemite-17377339.php

“Cooling off underneath an oak tree is one of the greatest pleasures after a long trek in the summer sun. However, a delightful picnic or siesta in the shade can be dangerously disrupted by summer branch drop,” a Yosemite staff member recently posted on Facebook as a safety reminder.

They further advise that if you hear a loud crack, gtfo.

[kre8tive]

https://twitter.com/MajesticResists/status/1564440471463727105?s=20&t=jqcPDRWhMoqGxtvfmP5GHw

[CanadaMatt3004]

Lightning Bolt!

[dlk9s]

This is Sparta?

[Huehuecoyotl]

I mean it’s funny hahaha but also not funny because it’s a militia training for street fighting which is going to be very dangerous when they roll up on some soccer moms who are protesting some random thing.

[beetlejuice]

But but eventually the police will step in, right?

[ripdog]

[simplicitus]

Presented without comment.

[simplicitus]

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1564730714762973186?t=lZiF-kLnC9QOsGVNE7XDiA&s=19

[Riverman]

Base isn’t gonna like this

https://twitter.com/meganmesserly/status/1564738132427374592?s=21&t=5MgUO0DpL5rVkUOHXqeA0w