Eyebrows were raised earlier this week when the Trump campaign offered a baseball for sale on the website TrumpStore.com selling a baseball for $88 dollars.
https://www.truthorfiction.com/the-trump-stores-88-baseball/
Expensive, right? Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words
Fourteen Words, 14, or 14/88, is a reference to the fourteen-word slogan "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children",[1] or the less commonly used "Because the beauty of the White Aryan woman must not perish from the earth."[2] The slogans were originally coined by white supremacist David Lane,[3] a founding member of terrorist organization The Order[4] and serve as a rallying cry for militant white nationalists across the globe.[5] "88" is a veiled reference to "Heil Hitler", as 'H' is the 8th letter of the alphabet.[6]
Could just be a coincidence...
Here is a statement from the DHS:
The increase in claims filed is not associated with an increase in meritorious claims. As of FY 17, the asylum grant rate for defensive applications in immigration court is approximately 30%. On average, out of 88 claims that pass the credible fear screening, fewer than 13 will ultimately result in a grant of asylum.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/02/15/we-must-secure-border-and-build-wall-make-america-safe-again
"Out of 88 claims... fewer than 13...?" Who uses the number "88" for such a statistical measure?
On June 17, the campaign ran 88 ads on the Facebook pages for Trump, Pence, and Team Trump with an inverted red triangle. The red triangle was used for political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/facebook-let-trump-campaign-run-ads-inverted-red-triangle-infamous-nazi-symbol
88 ads... featuring an inverted red triangle - the symbol used by the Nazis for political prisoners in their concentration camps.
Twice in less than a year, the federal government has lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children after placing them in the homes of sponsors across the country, federal officials have acknowledged.
The Health and Human Services Department recently told Senate staffers that case managers could not find 1,488 children after they made follow-up calls to check on their safety from April through June. That number represents about 13 percent of all unaccompanied children the administration moved out of shelters and foster homes during that time.
https://apnews.com/aad956b7281f4057aaac1ef4b5732f12/Federal-agency-says-it-lost-track-of-1,488-migrant-children
Exactly 1488 children? Eerie coincidence again...
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We have to face an awkward reality: neo-Nazism is, if not outright celebrated, condoned and accepted in the Republican Party. The problem is far worse than a president defending white supremacists, they have deeply infiltrated the upper ranks of the U.S. government and its most powerful political party.
@KazetNagorra Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
ROFLMAO LOLOLOLOL - a freekin' DOG WHISTLE, oh.... my.... god.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
@earl-of-trumps saidhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics
@KazetNagorra Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
ROFLMAO LOLOLOLOL - a freekin' DOG WHISTLE, oh.... my.... god.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
@earl-of-trumps saidYou'd have been an opponent of the Nuremberg trials, I'm sure.
@KazetNagorra
You'd have been a real proponent of the Salem witch trials, I'm sure.
@earl-of-trumps saidAre you sure you've never read "The Crucible"?
@KazetNagorra
You'd have been a real proponent of the Salem witch trials, I'm sure.
@earl-of-trumps saidyou're barking now
@KazetNagorra Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
ROFLMAO LOLOLOLOL - a freekin' DOG WHISTLE, oh.... my.... god.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
@ashiitaka saidQuite sure, Ash. I hear it is on that, the witch trials. Never read it.
Are you sure you've never read "The Crucible"?
And Salem is quite near.
@earl-of-trumps saidYou think $88 is the carefully calculated selling price.
@KazetNagorra Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
ROFLMAO LOLOLOLOL - a freekin' DOG WHISTLE, oh.... my.... god.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Why not $89.99?
@kazetnagorra saidThey are now $87.50 and to be fair this is on TrumpStore.com and
Eyebrows were raised earlier this week when the Trump campaign offered a baseball for sale on the website TrumpStore.com selling a baseball for $88 dollars.
not donaldjtrump.com (although both claim to be "official"😉
@wolfgang59 saidWhat exactly is this dog whistle, $88, supposed to be whistling at? LOL (I can't help it)
You think $88 is the carefully calculated selling price.
Why not $89.99?
---Hey Edgar. Watch the price of the baseball. When it hits $88, the war begins!!!---
I understand we may soon have a flat earth forum here, too. happy?
@earl-of-trumps said88 is coded support for white supremacists.
What exactly is this dog whistle, $88, supposed to be whistling at? LOL (I can't help it)
I understand we may soon have a flat earth forum here, too. happy?
Do you understand that 88 should be avoided so as not to inadvertently support the far-right?
Do you understand that most people around Trump would know that?
As for flat-earth ... you can file that with your friend who swam from Cuba to USA.
I wonder if we can get Russ to ban "88"? And I mean, everywhere!
you played 5,488 moves? That must now be displayed as 5,4xx. Got it.
In fact: https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols
109/110
The figure 109 is white supremacist numeric shorthand for the number of countries anti-Semites claim Jews have been expelled from. In calling for the expulsion of Jews from the U.S., they often refer to the U.S. as the 110th.
12
The number 12 is a numeric symbol for Aryan Brotherhood groups (as are the numbers 1 and 2 separately), especially the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Substituting letters for numbers, 12 equals AB, i.e., Aryan Brotherhood.
13
The number 13 is a numeric symbol for the Aryan Circle, the large Texas-based racist prison gang. Substituting letters for numbers, 1 and 3 equals A and C, i.e., AC or Aryan Circle.
Phew!! getting tired here. Some more, in short:
13/52 and 13/90 - Racist number codes
14 - a white supremist slogan
14/23 - symbolic to the Southern Brotherhood
14/88
18
21-2-12
23 (hand sign)
23/16
28
311
318
and many many more from the above link! Who'da thunk it
We have to get Russ to ban all these DOG-WHISTLES
Phew! save the world.