I'm reading "Trump prosecutor Fani Willis faces racist abuse after indicting ex-US president/Georgia prosecutor subjected to flurry of threats after Trump makes thinly veiled reference to N-word after latest charges" (The Guardian).
Right after Willis announced the indictments, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!"
The Guardian notes: "Willis is African American. So too are the two New York-based prosecutors who have investigated Trump, the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg who indicted him in April over alleged hush-money payments, and Letitia James, the state attorney general who is investigating Trump’s financial records."
How can one ever know? "Rig" has been such a common word in this years-long controversy. But I'd never noticed the use of the word "rigger" before. In my entire 20-year archive, the word "rigger" has never appeared — not in my writing and not in anything I've quoted. It's an unusual, unnecessary word. I'd avoid it.
But let me go back to something I wrote about 2 days ago, in a post called "Unique difficulties," which observed that the "experts" seem troubled that federal prosecutors are not controlling all of the prosecuting of Trump. They are expressing unease about the prosecution that is controlled by black people — Willis, Bragg, and James. I asked my question — a question that aims at covert racism — How do I know you're not racist?
I got a lot of pushback in the comments, as if it was unfair of me even to ask that question about the elite experts who are worrying about the state-level prosecutors. But look at how readily Trump is suspected of covert racism. Let's have balance.
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The ‘riggers’ thing is stupid. Redefining a word to mean another word because it sounds like another word….and doing it because of politics. It’s stupid and not worthy of discussion. Now look how they get a pass as experts on reading Trumps mind. If that’s usually a bad thing here it shouldn’t get a pass because they don’t like Trump’s politics…
I think the racist question is a smoke screen, relevant only to the extent that the left can’t afford more erosion of the once solid black vote. They put the black prosecutors out there so the liberal whites in charge won’t be held accountable for the abuse of the judiciary should they not pull off their shit show. They’ve signaled they’re concerned about that…
Of course it was. What isn't a veiled racial slur, or dog whistle to the only people who hear or see those things...the REAL racists. At this point, what difference does it make??
As with most things that Trump says, I would prefer to not speculate about his racism if it detracts from the focus on Trump’s stupidity, his sociopathy, and his criminality.
There have been enough overtly racist statements from Trump to make a general racist judgment on him without resort to any questionably vague statements.
I saw “RIGGERS” and it caused no suspicious reaction with me as I read it. All that I have been thinking about is the same thing that Ty Cobb, Andrew Weismann and other experienced federal criminal practitioners and prosecutors have been thinking; that Trump is very quickly talking himself into more severe pretrial orders in all of his cases. On substantive issues. Trump’s promotion of his Monday “report” being such an example. Trump is again trying to try his case in the media. Explicitly. It's not illegal to be a racist. It is illegal to violate pretrial orders.
Trump, interestingly, isn't under any pretrial order yet in Georgia. He hasn't appeared for arraignment. But that's a bit of a silly technicality. He's on his fourth arraignment this year. If he has purposefully squeezed a media dog-and-pony show about his case into a time just before he appears for an arraignment on that same case, no Fulton County judge is going to be fooled, and Trump will quickly find himself under very tight trial court control to protect the jury pool.
The Clinton campaign chairman is backing a demand from 10 electors for an intelligence briefing on Russian interference in the presidential race. - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/podesta-electors/510449/
So the Clinton campaign wanted to tell electors about the Russian interference accusation that they had cooked up themselves, as a coverup for their own collusion with Ukraine, in order to "overturn an election." If they had the evidence against Trump that is laying out in the open against Clinton and Biden, Trump would be locked up right now, and I would personally pull the switch on the electric chair.
I will probably be dead by the time it happens, but this country is headed for collapse. Democrats will rule over the rubble, but they won't be recognizable to Democrats today.
I may convert to Islam, at least they are honest about their beliefs and their goals, well, generally,and they have a political ideology that likely can survive the coming calamity.
I think that the states that lost electoral votes due to "errors" made by Biden's census bureau, votes which, just by chance, shifted from red states to blue states, should bring Joe Biden up on charges of "theft of electoral votes." Oh yeah, and House seats.
Given the somersaults they have do to to try to get there I’m inclined to believe Trump is not only the least criminal of our Presidents but the least racist…
"Biden’s stupidity, his sociopathy, and his criminality."
Fixed it for you. I know you guys operate on the principle of projection, that if you smear the other guy with your own guy's flaws and weaknesses, it's hard for people to sort out the truth, but you have to veer from the playbook every once in a while or you become a joke.
I think that Trump's main problem is that he is *not* a sociopath.
Trump said something and to protect free speech; we must prosecute Trump for the words he said, because those words are now a danger to democracy.
My daughter's friend is a rigger. He bought a crane with some money he came into, and now he has a nice business going.
“A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey,”
“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others — There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election,” Trump continued. “They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” ~ Donald Trump Truth Social
I hear the press conference will be at Four Seasons Total Landscaping so seating may be limited.
No really… I’m no longer surprised by the people who clearly hear Trump’s dog whistles. I just had a relative visit who is a union rep for riggers. Riggers are used to, get this, rig rigging. Most often it is for lifts, but can be for transporting goods. It is basically people who secure things in place.
Rigger is a common word although maybe not in politics.
Dictionary definition: a person who rigs or attends to the rigging of a sailing ship, aircraft, or parachute.
a person who erects and maintains scaffolding, lifting tackle, cranes, etc.
a person who works on or helps construct an oil rig.
Someone involved in construction all their life will certainly come across the word "rigger".
I notice that a quick google search shows the racist narrative from a bunch of different news outlets though this morning, so the attempt at narrative framing is in full force.
I guess they are afraid of Trump actually fighting back.
Lots of things can be rigged — elections, obviously, and also sails on a ship; juries; ropes, nets, and cables for lifting heavy loads; and certain games of chance. We cannot call the people who are involved in such activities “riggers” anymore, lest the sort of dipshits who read the Guardian take offense? They can go straight to Hell. I refused to give up “niggardly” and I can’t see myself not using “riggers” for people who rig things.
What word would you use for someone who has rigged an election? Or who works with rigging in construction, theater, oil drilling or anything else that has some sort of rigging? The word has been around for 400 years.
Along with changing those job names, Outrigger hotels need to change their name. We'll need a new word for those projecting attachments on boats. Rigger is the new niggardly.
There was a time when a broad vocabulary was a good thing. Now you have to be afraid to use a word other people don't know if it rhymes with, or sounds similar to, a taboo (to you) word.
Yes. Yes indeed. What should one call those who rig? Everyone knows that a civilized person would refer to them as “regroes”. I note that the best book so far on what really happened in 2020 is Mollie Hemingway’s “Rigged”.
Althouse, this is stupid. We can all see the results that public officials have brought to our major cities. San Francisco and Chicago are urban paradises, right? Public administration can speak for itself…and perhaps should answer charges. And if public officials engage in idiotic political prosecutions, well, it is OK to say so. It is OK to call those who rig elections “riggers”.
The Guardian is just trying to shut up the marginal critics of the clown posses that currently infest our public offices. You reap what you sow.
I never thought Althouse would become a member of the anti-“niggardly”*brigade. If you let idiots dictate the language you can use, they are winning.
*classical reference
Dear Trump Fans,
I wish I had a nickel for every time that Trump published some weird misspelling, or some crazy grammatical error, or some wording misuse/malapropism. The all-caps obsession.
Covfefe. Hamberder. "White House Council." "An unpresidented act [by China]." "Honered to serve." "Teresa May [UK PM]." "Tapp my phones." Milktoast. Liddle. "A smocking gun." "The media likes to pour over my Tweets."
You get the idea. And it is a bit of an Althouse/Scott Adams kind of thing to try to take Trump typos seriously, as next-level communication tools designed to perk up reader interest or to send brilliant Trumpian messages.
Again; I don't read that much into it. But if you want to give Trump all sorts of odd credit for genius-level typos, then you better get prepared to answer for the subliminal racism too. Your choice. Either Trump is a semiliterate dolt (my view), or else he is an ultra-conscious communication genius (and racist troll).
Malignant narcissists are good at projecting what's wrong with them onto others. The real "deep state" these days is the deep state of ignorance of those who still support this clown.
Hello I'm trying to put you in jail on bogus charges because I hate you. I'm abusing my power and trying to destroy you.
However, never forget I'm a black man. And therefore a victim. Don't use veiled insults. Wags finger.
LOL. What a clown show!
Hello I'm trying to put you in jail on bogus charges because I hate you. I'm abusing my power and trying to destroy you.
However, never forget I'm a black man. And therefore a victim. Don't use veiled insults. Wags finger.
LOL. What a clown show!
Just wait until The Guardian reads its own coverage of the "Niger coup" and how some people ousted a black African elected leader:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/08/explainer-whats-behind-the-niger-coup
EEK!!! Racists!!!
As usual, the Democrats and the MSM (one and the same) are using the old tired racist "Code word" or "Dog whistle" trick.
Here's a tip to all you dummies on the Center-right. stop imputing good faith to the Liberal/left. They're calling you a racist because they hate you. Stop acting like this isn't a pattern of behavior that's been going on for years. And stop pretending they're "confused" or "crazy" or "stupid". Because they're not.
They want to call Trump racist. They want to call anyone who opposes them racist. Say that. And stop pretending they'll be reasonable when they read your 14 page memo on how they're wrong.
Its been going on since the greatest man McCain ever knew, John Lewis, said he was called "Rigger" by tea party activists in 2010. No TV or phone camera recorded that word. No one was identified. No one confessed to it. It didn't happen. He made it up. Because the charge is an attack. And Lewis hated the tea party.
When working in construction I noticed that the riggers never treated the other trades to coffee and a donut. They were niggardly riggers.
The same folks that repeatedly point their fingers at their political opponents and shriek 'Racist !' are the same ones that keep announcing there are 'racist' dog whistles, everywhere. They say they keep hearing them.
Another stupid and unforced error by Trump. Incredibly stupid. MSNBC will talk about it for months. Recall the Charlottesville controversy.
If Trump isn’t convicted, riots.
So, it's a word you haven't used/seen, before, but this time you don't go to the OED (as you normally do)?
It is a slang term for a person who dishonestly rigs something (e.g. an election).
I fully expect the top search results to automagically be taken over to mean it's a racist term, as if it was always such.
Complete insanity. He's not even referring to the black prosecutors. He's talking about the people who rigged the election: you know that cabal Molly Ball referred to in her infamous Time article: Zuckerberg and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, etc.
Althouse you didn't apply your "Trump rhetoric" tag to this post. I would have. (Although I must say, your faithful management of your subject tags is some beautiful work.)
Anyway, here's an example of how you applied that tag in the past. Enjoy your morning covfefe!
With Trump, one never knows but my hunch is that he planted the word RIGGERS, all caps no less, because he knew that his opponents would latch onto it and make themselves look like imbeciles.
It makes sense from a pure mathematical standpoint: People who think it's a veiled slur wouldn't ever support Trump under any circumstances. Those same people lose some bit of influence with the broader public when they beclown themselves by getting triggered in this hypersensitive way.
Elementary school level argument and reasoning. Silly.
I wonder at what point people will start to acknowledge that Trump is old and not all that much more with it than Biden. Trying to analyze his speech as if he's got some crafty, clever meaning that can be discerned, it's kind of sad really. He was never the sharpest tack in the drawer to begin with. This has got to be the last gasp of the baby boomers, right, these privileged old men trying to hang on to their power and their positions and the rest of us propping them up, hanging on every word like they're oracles, here to lead us to the fount of all wisdom.
I suppose if rigger is out then rigour must soon follow.
Of course Trump is racist. That's why he publicly supported Jesse Jackson's presidential run back in '84, to throw us all off.
Chuck wrote: "I wish I had a nickel for every time that Trump published some weird misspelling, or some crazy grammatical error, or some wording misuse/malapropism."
The FBI will need to employ its best forensic spellers to interpret Trump’s DMs ....
I'm with dbp on this one.
That being said, is it ok to say that Trump is trying to TRIGGER a reaction here?
Oh, my!
I've read young competitive runners recentl'y wondering whether they should stop using the word "niggles" to refer to minor incipient injuries. So very sensitive these youngsters are...
My son who moved to Ireland last year was telling me how anti-racist the Irish are. Oh, and they really ARE! Just ask them. He was a bit taken aback to find that after a few pints they would, as he put it, "use the N-word with a hard R". Ha, they aren't all sweet little leprechauns, are they? They re also a bit quick to mention that it might be a good time for the RA to come back and do a few kneecaps.
I think our host is being niggardly in her true support of President Trump
And just like that, an entire shipyard occupation is now deemed racist!
Riggers and Crane Operators
“You can travel across the world, but you can’t avoid these pests. They live in every country.”
Source: Web MD
Chiggers
Does this make me a racist?
I mean, I am a white male heterosexual Christian and all.
And I bet in 20 years Ann has never used it once in her blog.
And the word is so rarely used that my spell checker tried to change it to “cigars”.
A co-worker writing a proposal for the Navy wrote that two riggers wouuld be needed for the job. The typing pool changed it to colored gentlement. But that was a handwriting question.
I await a protest from the International Brotherhood of Charlatans, Thimbleriggers, and Mountebanks.
This reminds me- do you know The Kentucky Fried Movie still plays on many of the major platforms, including Amazon and Peacock? Does John Landis rate Bogdanovich-class protection, or something?
The elite experts seem to be the ones who are pushing to get this case to a federal court. Most Democrats want this case left in a state court. The indicted, which includes Trump and Meadows have more legal peril in a state court.
I’ve already had to skip past three Chuck posts this early in the thread. The golf course must be closed for aeration today or something…
Thee must be an empty office, or twenty, in D.C. where we can staff up a bureaucracy of unwelcome homonyms. Can't use the word HOMOnyms in the actual title of course.
Just think of how helpful this office will be for censorship, finger pointing and editorial writers.
Ten or twenty billion would be a good estimate or the initial budget.
I'm old enough to remember when the Grauniad tried to swing Hamilton Cty in Ahia in 2004, and they were all in 'Stolen Florida' in 2000, and Russia Russia in 2016
Oh just like that the words rigger, jigger, trigger, vigor, tigger, rigor, chigger, bigger and others are relegated to the dustbin of the English language.
I agree with wendybar (first time?) -- At this point, what difference does it make??
Even worse, he den!grated her with his n!ggling comments.
John Henry
What does the scrabble dictionary say?
It is a common word in two different industries Trump has been involved with though: TV production and building multistory buildings. Context helps.
Oh, for God's sake.
Sigh. Sure. Why not.
Trump unveiled. He's so subtle.
So clever to catch on to the truth. Can we have an awards ceremony?
Heard he called Hunter a “wigger.” File another indictment.
according to Google's generative AI:
A rigger is a skilled tradesperson who specializes in using mechanical advantage devices, such as pulleys, cranes, and winches, to move heavy materials and equipment around worksites. Riggers also assemble and disassemble equipment, such as scaffolding, cables, and ropes.
Rigging work includes moving, securing, or putting down a load. Riggers may also erect and dismantle cranes and hoists.
Riggers are often detail-oriented and organized, and like working in a structured environment.
Devoutly to be wished: Rigger mortis sets in on Trump's candidacy.
According to Google's generative AI:
A rigger is a skilled tradesperson who specializes in using mechanical advantage devices, such as pulleys, cranes, and winches, to move heavy materials and equipment around worksites. Riggers also assemble and disassemble equipment, such as scaffolding, cables, and ropes.
Rigging work includes moving, securing, or putting down a load. Riggers may also erect and dismantle cranes and hoists.
Riggers are often detail-oriented and organized, and like working in a structured environment.
… b/c people who rig elections are called- what?
Definitely not a rigger.
F/k me, elites are dumb.
Trump says stupid stuff. he's old and he has never been articulate anyway. So - he steps on his dick a lot.
I heard Vivek speaking the other day. He is articulate...
You are far away from NY, NJ, and PA so I can excuse your lack of familiarity with the term "bid rigger".
https://www.justice.gov/atr/preventing-and-detecting-bid-rigging-price-fixing-and-market-allocation-post-disaster-rebuilding#:~:text=In%20simple%20terms%2C%20bid%20rigging,will%20submit%20the%20winning%20bid.
The Gumpization of America…
Almost makes one’s teeth ache.
Vivek doesn’t make stupid unforced verbal errors that antagonize people in the middle.
Blogger Rich said...
Chuck wrote: "I wish I had a nickel....
8/17/23, 6:47 AM
Meta!
rehajm said...
I’ve already had to skip past three Chuck posts this early in the thread. The golf course must be closed for aeration today or something…
Afternoon club matches today. Aeration in September.
"I heard Vivek speaking the other day. He is articulate."
But is he bright and clean and a nice-looking guy? Uncle Joe Sniffs wants to know.
When you're a projector, everything's a movie screen.
Rich said...
Chuck wrote: "I wish I had a nickel for every time that Trump published some weird misspelling, or some crazy grammatical error, or some wording misuse/malapropism."
The FBI will need to employ its best forensic spellers to interpret Trump’s DMs ....
I saw that Tweet/X, Rich. I nearly posted the link.
And in your honor, now I will.
https://riggersinternational.com/
Much of the political class and media have had little contact with the real world.
"Riggers International is a growing Manufacturers and Supplier of wide range of drilling equipments including Drilling Rigs, trucks, hydraulic spares which are Suitable for Various Applications like Water Well Drilling, Piling, Geotechnical, Geothermal, Mineral Exploration, Blast Hole, Core Drilling, Reverse Circulation & Many Custom Made Rigs"
This sort of leftist absurdity is my favorite internet amusement. And the supply seems limitless.
Here's my question:
Are a large number of people involved in the prosecution of Trump and the article went out of its way to find the five blacks in the group in order to push this...
Or are they accidentally saying out loud the quiet bit that 100% of the people prosecuting Trump come from 13% of the population (that voted for Biden 90%)?
"Trump used a word that rhymes with a slur because every single person involved in this attack on him is black" is certainly a false statement on several counts, but also one that should make a Dem think twice before shouting from the rooftops.
Where I used to work, the millwrights took care of the rigging.
This is a reach. If you farm, you're a farmer. If you wash, you're a washer. If you cheat, you're a cheater. If you race-bait, you're a race-baiter. Or a "journalist."
Although Trump was clearly referring to those whom he asserts rigged the elections and not these prosecutors, the word "riggers" does in fact very accurately describe what these prosecutors have done, regardless of what race they happen to be. Legal experts like Turley and Dershowitz have already pointed out that some of these indictments are assembled like a complex web of inappropriate charges scaffolded to look in totality like a crime but not in fact fitting the legal definition of a crime. Whether or not they did this with malignant intent is a separate issue. The charges themselves are elaborately rigged (no quotation marks needed).
Not only are they "riggers", they are "friggers". As in they are "frigging with the rigging"
"frigging IN the rigging" is a phrase any of my shipmates here will be familiar with.
I use the word "Rigger" multiple times in my "packaging machinery Handbook" and "secrets of buying packaging machinery" books (portal!) does that make me a racist?
In my defense, as a "person of color" (Puerto Rican) it is impossible for me to be racist. Only white people can be racist.
And since white people cannot not be racist and our president emeritus is white, he is racist QED.
John Henry
Hunter Biden's tax payer funded Hooker said...
"Trump says stupid stuff. he's old and he has never been articulate anyway. So - he steps on his dick a lot.
I heard Vivek speaking the other day. He is articulate..."
Has David Brooks commented on the crease in his pants yet?
"@VivekGRamaswamy....
"Here’s a fun challenge to the GOP field:
- No speeches written by others
- No use of teleprompters or reading printed speeches
That’ll keep it real & prevent political consultants from owning the process."
https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1640341234739707905
...and not only that, but Trump sometimes ask for a jigger of Gin in his drinks!!!!
jim5301 said...
I agree with wendybar (first time?) -- At this point, what difference does it make??
8/17/23, 7:21 AM
Glad you see that the REAL Racists are the ones on YOUR side that see RACISM in everything, since they are the only ones who hear the dog whistles... It's plain as the nose on your face.
I wonder if I might be the only actual "Rigger" here?
I once worked 2 weeks on a union rigging crew at Todd shipyard in Red Hook Brooklyn in 1971.
Just while my ship was in graving dock there as a temp job. What a farce that was.
John Henry
Bigger. Chigger. Digger. Figure. Snigger. Trigger. Vigor.
BAN THEM ALL THEY ARE HURTING MY PEOPLE. WAAAAAAAAH
Remember the bullshit brouhaha over niggardly?
This crap is the ultimate destination of "words you shouldn't use".
Oops. “Gigger” can join the other 7 words on the Bad Word Ban List.
Chuck said...
"There have been enough overtly racist statements from Trump..."
Link to a couple Chuckster.
wendybar - not sure I agree with all the words you want to put in my mouth but at this point, what difference does it make??
"What word would you use for someone who has rigged an election?"
That would be "Democrat".
Avoid rigor mortis too. Play it safe. Use postmortem rigidity instead.
Man cancelled after chigger infestation.
‘No frigging in the rigging’ ~ Song by Sex Pistols
Blogger Inga said...
The elite experts seem to be the ones who are pushing to get this case to a federal court.
The dullard shows her ignorance of the law. It's OK. The GA DA needs the publicity.
Strange that a person that has spent his live building high rise buildings, and renovating those would use such a common term.
As several have pointed out, it is a common term. IF you happen to be a blue collar worker. Riggers is a common term, in the work a day world.
The take away? Self determined 'journalists' know nothing. They live their lives in rigid silos of information, and just know very little of the actual world they live in.
They literally know nothing. But opine with great certainty.
Just a short example of why govt is sliding down hill fast in the problem solving game.
Supply chain issues are much in the news. Fixing them...not so much. The container ports in California are a big part of the problem. A big portion of the incoming containers must be moved out by truck. Half the trucks in the United States cannot operate in California, because of California's emission standards. Also, because of Federal commercial driver license regulations, 18 year old Truck drivers cannot leave the State of California. They can drive the state from north to south all year and rack up 100's of thousands of miles, but cant leave the state.
How hard would it be to just lift the emission standards and age restrictions, to address the emergency?
Pete Butteg?? Is a Rhodes scholar, but just doesn't now anything. These are the people leading us.
They always find the most negative interpretation of everything Trump says, and spins it that way. Remember "Russia, if you're listening?" and how they went to town on that? I tend to pay them no mind, whether they're black or not.
The tards think they have caught Trump red-handed in this instance.
It finally looks like the jig is up! /s
Rigger is also BDSM jargon for people that tie each other with rope for sexual gratification. Trump's statement was not racist. But, he was kink-shaming.
Those are Democrat prosecutors. They are racists by nature. It's in the Democrat DNA.
Joe Biden bragged about the Democrat election fraud organization just prior to the 2020 election.
Who are we to dispute his statement about rigging elections?
Multiple parachute malfunctions kill entire plane load of skydivers after misunderstanding with jump club's parachute rigger.
Dave Begley said...
"Another stupid and unforced error by Trump. Incredibly stupid. MSNBC will talk about it for months. Recall the Charlottesville controversy.
If Trump isn’t convicted, riots."
Why? I'm not responsible for how you interpret what I say.
If Trump is convicted, riots. Fixed that for you.
The Guardian notes: "Willis is African American. So too are the two New York-based prosecutors who have investigated Trump, the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg who indicted him in April over alleged hush-money payments, and Letitia James, the state attorney general who is investigating Trump’s financial records."
Affirmative action is working as designed!
It's possible that a "rigger" is "one who rigs". You know, like a "swimmer" is "one who swims", or a "digger" is ....
BUT TRUMP!!
In addition to exposing the political corruption of the Democrats Trump has exposed the stupidity and latent insanity of 30+% of our population.
Between them they will drive the country to destruction.
He probably should have said "...fought to find the RIGROES!" just to be safe and to preempt those racism searchers who would sniff, "I would avoid it."
Reminds me of chiggers: https://www.tiktok.com/@rising_path/video/7237889898471148846?q=chiggers&t=1692289494295
Not sure if that last comment posted, got an error.
Reminds me of the chiggers tik tok https://www.tiktok.com/@rising_path/video/7237889898471148846?q=chiggers&t=1692289494295
This post needed a tregro warning.
I am deeply disturbed that even under Joe Biden our government, in this case OSHA, actually goes into detail about what it means to be a "qualified rigger".
"OSHA Fact Sheet
Subpart CC – Cranes and Derricks in
Construction: Qualified Rigger"
Long time readers of Althouse blog will undoubtedly recall the many vicious and racist attacks against black republicans and conservatives launched by LLR-democratical and Violent Homosexual Rage Rape Fantasist Chuck.
These attacks were leveled against Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, John James amongst others.
Chuck's infamous slur against Ben Carson (only capable of running a "Department of Black People") was enough all by itself to justify the banning Chuck received.
But again, I think it is helpful when democraticals like LLR-democratical Chuck take time out from pushing pro-groomer stances and rabid far left Soviet lawfare thinking to let their racist Freak Flag fly.
Transparency in debate is always a good thing.
Rigger may trigger.
Mike of Snoqualmie said...
Joe Biden bragged about the Democrat election fraud organization just prior to the 2020 election.
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That's just Pedo Pete stuttering. He's a stutterer.
Also explains him promising to surge the border.
Say a prayer for "lone justice". The insensitive Trans talk her must have sent him into a psychotic break.
Webster defines a "rigger" as "a person who rigs; a person whose occupation is the fitting of the rigging of ships; a person who works with hoisting tackle, cranes, scaffolding, etc.; a protective structure around a construction site and when applicable, a mechanic skilled in the assembly, adjustment, and alignment of aircraft control surfaces, wings, and the like."
How do we get to "racial slur" from there?
The list of forbidden words just keeps getting BIGGER!
Go FIGGER.
Poor President Trump. He can’t turn to drink because all his money has gone to pay lawyers. And he would be caught with a JIGGER of gin which is obviously a Racist Whistle. And in the end the Soros Gang pays to steals the vote count like usual.
Diversity politics.
Oligonicella said...
Chuck said...
"There have been enough overtly racist statements from Trump..."
Link to a couple Chuckster.
8/17/23, 9:00 AM
Take your pick.
"Rigger" is a very common word in the theater. It's used to describe anyone who is involved in the process of rigging the scenery or the performers. It's also used a lot in the construction industry. (Especially when dealing with crane work.) There is not a current synonym for it, so it is the only word to use. I actually own a copy of The Rigger's Handbook.
“Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations” ~ NBC News
“A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT …. Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others — There will be a complete EXONERATION!” (yes that report)
What we have here is a conflict between Trump’s press strategy and his legal strategy. Trump wants to publicly lie but his lawyers are telling him it will damage him in court. I was looking forward to hearing his motive for committing crimes. I wonder if Mike Lindell had a hand in preparing it because he’s been such an effective fact checker for Trump.
98 comments in, and no mention of those racist words "Chicago" and "golf" yet?
In the end, accusations of racism is all they have.
rigger2 | ˈriɡər |
noun
a person who fraudulently manipulates something so as to produce a result or situation to their advantage.
But there are also,
sailing riggers
construction riggers
bondage riggers
crane riggers
parachute riggers
plane riggers
Under the more common definition of
a person who rigs or attends to the rigging of...
If you hear the dog whistle, you are the dog
Chuck said...
"I saw “RIGGERS” and it caused no suspicious reaction with me as I read it. All that I have been thinking about is the same thing that Ty Cobb, Andrew Weismann..."
Since we're talking about racism, the original Ty Cobb - the Georgia Peach - has long been incorrectly portrayed as racist. But that was an invention of a northern sportswriter who hated Cobb's guts. And he was portrayed in the media as a villain at the time - sometimes even with good reason - so it was easy for the public to believe the worst of a white southerner.
"Link to a couple Chuckster."
That's not how it works. The way it works is that you keep repeating the lies and avoid direct quotes from primary sources at all. costs. Otherwise you end up with a complete indefensible mess, like the indictments. I am not worried that Chuck is going to shut me up with a whole slew of racist direct quotes from Trump, to put me in my place, because these quotes don't exist, at least not in any original context. All such quotes that I have ever seen require a great deal of studious ignorance of the original, in context quote, and a lot of mind-reading to lard the smear with stuff that isn't actually there.
This is why I sometimes suspect that Chuck actually is a life long Republican who is here to inoculate us against the left by presenting a weakened and easily debunked version of their arguments, except that their arguments are apparently already that weak.
Oh Please.. (times 1,000,000,000,000,000)
In the Army, MOS 92R is a Parachute............
How about removing the letters "N", "I", "G", "E" and "R" from the English language alphabet? Wouldn't that make constantly-aggrieved progressives happy?
Mark Fuhrman.
Trump is niggardly in his use of the term "riggers".
Can’t say riggers. Can’t say rig. Can’t say niggardly. Put you in prison in the UK and soon here.
Dani willis father was a black panther. So there is that.
"Sources tell ABC News that Trump's legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-legal-advisers-urge-cancel-press-conference-refute/story?id=102336380
Maybe NBC did an NBC edit.
Malignant narcissists are good at projecting what's wrong with them onto others.
Malignant narcissist says what?
We're dealing with people who think "North of Richmond" is a dog whistle too. In other words, morons.
Mind you, calling people Fascists or Nazis is sophiticated and nuanced.
'Red Bugs'...
"I heard Vivek speaking the other day. He is articulate..."
Yes, but is he bright and clean?
Trump should have called them Riggas. That one's ok.
Blogger walter said...
"Sources tell ABC News that Trump's legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it."
Yes, every Republican should take political advice from ABC News. "Honest as the day is long" says S Z SaKall in "Casablanca."
What Is a "Rigger" in Film and TV?
Back in the day, when people sailed across the world, riggers were the ones who controlled the ropes and the sails. And on boats across the world, there are still ones who do that.
But in film and television, they have a very different and also very similar job.
Rigger Definition in Movies and TV
A rigger works on ropes, booms, cameras, lights, lifts, hoists, and other similar apparatuses for a film or television show.
Dani willis father was a black panther. So there is that.
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so she has vibranium body armor! can Trump overcome that
Darkisland said...
"I wonder if I might be the only actual 'Rigger' here? I once worked 2 weeks on a union rigging crew at Todd shipyard in Red Hook Brooklyn in 1971."
I worked as an unpaid rigger on a cable access talk show back in the 90s for a season.
Just helping out the farce : where was Alito in 2001?
Before: MANSMANN and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and ACKERMAN, District Judge.*
Thomas Alkon v. United States of America; G&c Enterprises; Rigger & Erectors; Lebron Associates; Spillis Candela and Partners, Inc., United States of America, Appellants, 239 F.3d 565 (3d Cir. 2001)
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - 239 F.3d 565 (3d Cir. 2001)
Argued December 4, 2000Filed January 19, 2001
Appeal from the District Court of the Virgin Islands (Division of St. Croix)
Oh Professor Althouse, how could you forget about the 1994 action movie The Specialist starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, and James Woods?
It features a memorably bonkers performance by Woods including his exasperated delivery of the line "you're the rigger and I'm the trigger!"
The most slander Al Sharpton needs to keep his base agitated to keep those dollars flowing into his National Action Network. He also has to remind his tamed corporations who's boss so they keep sending their Danegeld into NAN.
There's graft to be found and the most slander Al Sharpton is on the job.
Blogger Rocco said..
I worked as an unpaid rigger on a cable access talk show back in the 90s for a season.
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Meaning you hung the black curtain and positioned the set plant? ;)
"Sources tell ABC News that Trump's legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it."
In other words, Trump's lawyers decided it was better to distract him with the notion of filing it in court, rather than let him make their jobs any more insurmountable than they already are. I legitimately don’t understand using the phrasing “Trump’s baseless allegations of fraud about the election” instead of “Trump’s lies about the election.”
I’m open to a good faith argument, but…?
Hey "Rich",
Ask the "sources".
I hired "riggers",(the word is on their trucks), to move and install heavy machinery. There is a seperate category of riggers that only move precision machinery.
I used to feed trolls too. But it only encourages them to hang around more. More troll is annoying. So much to skip over.
Interesting an article just got blurbed on Insty using the word “riggers” referring to the CIA’s role in the 2020 election. Ha!
I HATE RIGGERS
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