Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Iconoclast: We Remember Prince and His Legacy; The Music of Generation X; Obama’s Statement on Prince; Harriet Tubman to Replace Andrew Jackson on the Twenty; Conservatives Respond; Fox and Friends Asks New Yorkers About Tubman; Wolf Blitzer and Purple Haze; and more.
“I loved Prince because he put out great music and was a great performer” says Obama of Prince.
— POTUS Press Pool (@POTUSPressPool) April 22, 2016
Planned Parenthood employee opens a can of whoopass on conservative troll — and it’s awesome https://t.co/UMfBi3MWfg
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 22, 2016
“Growing up I never, ever had someone talk to me about consent and its importance. I even had sex ED in school!” he added. “This shit is important ya’ll.”
When a commenter linked to the post and wrote, “It is the parents’ duty to have ‘the talk’ with their kids, not a government funded organization that murders babies,” — Damien slapped him back.
“First of all f*cktruck: I am not a government employee. My wages are not paid by the government,” He replied. “Second: zero babies have ever been murdered in a planned parenthood. I didn’t say a god damn word about abortion but you had to get your f*cking tighty whiteys in a bunch because an organization that you know nothing about is doing good things for millions of people and you hate it. Shut your face up about shit you don’t understand you f*cking dump truck.”
I assume Chuck Grassley bangs cattle.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 22, 2016
re: #2 Kragar
I’ve never considered calling someone a “dump truck” but I’ma write that one down.
re: #2 Kragar
Growing up I never, ever had someone talk to me about consent and its importance. I even had sex ED in school!” he added. “This shit is important ya’ll.”
When a commenter linked to the post and wrote, “It is the parents’ duty to have ‘the talk’ with their kids, not a government funded organization…”
And if parents choose not to talk to their sons about consent and its importance… then I got zero objection to some government-funded organization doing it for them. Partly to keep the guy from getting himself dragged into a courtroom, but mostly for the benefit of every non-consenting neighbor, classmate, etc who’d be better off if *somebody* had made sure the guy understood.
re: #8 Dr. Matt
Your daily dose of Salon.com Derp
More if you don’t think Bernie is the best thing since sliced bread, you’re not a real progressive. I like a lot of what Bernie stands for but like many voters I have seen nothing that makes me think he would be an effective president. If that makes me a hypocrite so be it, I’d rather want an effective moderately liberal president than a progressive one who barely gets anything accomplished since he doesn’t understand the complex realities of being president.
re: #8 Dr. Matt
Your daily dose of Salon.com Derp
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If I had time to write them, it would go something like “Oh, boo hoo, millions of Democrats decided they like Clinton better than Sanders, and your response is to say they’re not progressive enough? You don’t get to define progressive, and you certainly don’t get to tell millions of people how to think.”
re: #8 Dr. Matt
Your daily dose of Salon.com Derp
Yes? And?
The Democratic Party is a coalition that INCLUDES progressives. But it is not made entirely of progressives.
You can fairly critique previous actions of the party for not paying enough attention to the progressive wing. But you cannot remedy that by ignoring the more conservative part of the party; Democrats also include those who are not quite as progressive, and their viewpoint has to be included.
re: #11 gwangung
Yes? And?
The Democratic Party is a coalition that INCLUDES progressives. But it is not made entirely of progressives.
You can fairly critique previous actions of the party for not paying enough attention to the progressive wing. But you cannot remedy that by ignoring the more conservative part of the party; Democrats also include those who are not quite as progressive, and their viewpoint has to be included.
There’s that too.
re: #10 Belafon
If I had time to write them, it would go something like “Oh, boo hoo, millions of Democrats decided they like Clinton better than Sanders, and your response is to say they’re not progressive enough? You don’t get to define progressive, and you certainly don’t get to tell millions of people how to think.”
Well said.
re: #8 Dr. Matt
Your daily dose of Salon.com Derp
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I can top that, from the Federalist
Why Conservative Women Are So Pretty
re: #14 Kragar
I can top that, from the Federalist
I’m going to need the Billy Madison “I award you no points” meme for that.
re: #8 Dr. Matt
I’m old enough to remember going to Salon and finding interesting things to read. For a while now, I find myself saying “Let’s see what House of Dummies has today” as I click the bookmark. Some of the things I’ve seen during this primary season have seemed like self-parody.
Shorter @Reince on Trump being the eventual Republican nominee: pic.twitter.com/2v8UuUq5V1
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 22, 2016
Just love how folks claim that they should have the right to discriminate because of their religious beliefs. Defending the various RFRAs that condone bigotry because of your beliefs.
Only misrepresentation here @Heritage is that this is about “religious freedom”. It’s about condoning bigotry thru “religious belief” @NFL
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 22, 2016
Way to miss the point. Dont use god as excuse for bigotry. @ncketters @Heritage @NFL
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 22, 2016
@lawhawk @Heritage @NFL Are u serious. ALL is all, not pick/choose. If one chooses sin, their choice. I will NOT permit my kids violation.!
— Donald Ketter (@ncketters) April 22, 2016
What part of those teachings say to be bigoted to your fellow humans? Love thy Neighbor? @ncketters @Heritage @NFL
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 22, 2016
@lawhawk @Heritage @NFL None 4 only God judges. But Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death” is one of many. Includes any sin.
— Donald Ketter (@ncketters) April 22, 2016
Picking and choosing from the Bible is exactly what they are doing. Ignoring the bits about loving thy neighbor, or leaving it to God to Judge on one’s sins.
Oh, and which bible are they using? The Old Testament? New? Which version? Because sure as heck, they’re picking and choosing what stuff is important and what isn’t.
These folks are pathological in their hate. It blinds them, and they justify it with religious “belief”.
As Kragar pointed out - there’s plenty of Christian and other religious denomination groups that use the Bible as a foundation document and welcome LBGTs.
Veep premieres Sunday, but gonna be hard to top this moment from Kasich https://t.co/Ifq4ph09cY
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 22, 2016
Kevin Williamson just keeps lying about me.
@Green_Footballs Thought you might be interested in Kev’s argle bargle. pic.twitter.com/vortTmO6ou
— Lethal Dose (@LethalDose_50) April 22, 2016
re: #21 lawhawk
Picking and choosing from the Bible is exactly what they are doing. Ignoring the bits about loving thy neighbor, or leaving it to God to Judge on one’s sins.
Just as the others pick and choose the allegedly nice parts, forgetting about the bad stuff. And while I do prefer them, both sides (yep) employ the cafeteria approach.
So all these other Christians Sects have it wrong and only you know God’s Word? https://t.co/GRj6NakxyU @ncketters @lawhawk
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 22, 2016
You can find a pearl in a pile of dung and a reasonable opinion piece at Salon.
re: #26 Nyet
To summarize: You have to be a registered member of a party in order to vote in their primary. To many people who had, right up until last weekend, never even given this fact a moment’s thought, this became a grave injustice because, it turns out, they registered as independents and not Democrats and had no chance of voting in the primary. The outrage poured out and the rhetoric about “voter suppression” abounded.
This wasn’t just some social media fancy, however. Sanders was happily stoking this nonsense. ABC News ran a video of Sanders and some bearded white guy in New York chattering about how much a bummer it is that non-Democrats can’t vote in the Democratic primary, with Sanders intoning dramatically about how independent voters ” have lost their right to vote”. Which is blooey nonsense, since political parties are private organizations that your are free to join if you want, and these voters just chose not to.
Fuck Bernie. Srsly.
Why are you still lying? I never said you “advocate ex post facto application of law.” Stop lying. https://t.co/ZevmLyyqPP @KevinNR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2016
It always amazes me how you can quote a conservative writer *verbatim*, and they’ll still deny they ever said it. @KevinNR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 22, 2016
re: #27 Nyet
That and Primary elections are put on by the parties. They aren’t in the constitution, and exist only because of the parties, for the parties.
They are under no legal obligation that I know of to nominate the winners either. So whining about 90% of what they are is asinine and no one who’s involved and paying attention gives a shit.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
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That’s how far he’s going to go into the minutiae to defend his bullshit claim?
#LIVESTREAM News conference with Ohio AG Mike DeWine on the mass murder of a family in Pike County at 4pm #WATCHHERE https://t.co/RLGzWWpngo
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) April 22, 2016
Bernie saying the degree to which he’d campaign for Hillary if she’s the nominee depends on her platform. Oh, okay. pic.twitter.com/hedNkKlkxr
— Alan Kestrel (@AlanKestrel750) April 22, 2016
Bernie saying the degree to which he’d campaign for Hillary if she’s the nominee depends on her platform. Oh, okay.
re: #18 Jebediah, RBG
I’m old enough to remember going to Salon and finding interesting things to read. For a while now, I find myself saying “Let’s see what House of Dummies has today” as I click the bookmark. Some of the things I’ve seen during this primary season have seemed like self-parody.
Same here. Salon is nothing like it was in the early days.
You kids get off my lawn!
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
SANDERS: I’M AN ASSHOLE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW THIS ALL WORKS.
re: #35 Jack Burton
SANDERS: I’M AN ASSHOLE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW THIS ALL WORKS.
AND IT MUST CHANGE!!!
When do we get to play Pin The Tail On The True Scotsman?
I saw a lot fewer people on my walk this morning.
The part where it was varying between a steady drizzle and some solid real rain probably had something to do with that.
re: #21 lawhawk
Picking and choosing from the Bible is exactly what they are doing. Ignoring the bits about loving thy neighbor, or leaving it to God to Judge on one’s sins.
I’m starting to think there’s a wingnut bible being circulated by the same people passing around the wingnut-annotated constitution.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs It is nice that odious extremists like @KevinNR are so embarrassed by their own words that they need to lie like this.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 22, 2016
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I love walking in the rain.
Before I moved to California, a friend and I used to love riding motorcycles in heavy rain. It was fun to be leaned over cornering and have a foot totally submerged!
re: #21 lawhawk
Odds that this guy spends his holy day of Sunday watching (and possibly betting on) NFL games?
‘Purple Rain’ is returning to AMC theaters across the country starting tomorrow: https://t.co/XHkmNfuBfx pic.twitter.com/WPUQTqHJkR
— The Film Stage (@TheFilmStage) April 22, 2016
MrBWS is traveling a seriously long memory lane this afternoon after the news of Lonnie Mack’s passing.
So many of his musician friends (and mine) from back in the day now gone.
I’m hearing stories today, some I’ve heard before, some I always had wondered about, some brand new.
Got lots more smiles than tears.
jeebus, latest on the mass shooting in Ohio:
Investigators expect to be on the scene all night. Manhunt on for suspects. pic.twitter.com/uxEygdMCud
— Rich Jaffe (@RAJaffe) April 22, 2016
so much for the hope that the shooter was among the dead.
re: #40 No Country For Old Haters
I’m starting to think there’s a wingnut bible being circulated by the same people passing around the wingnut-annotated constitution.
Samsung Patents Smart Contact Lenses With a Built-in Camera https://t.co/vlMVCB6msd #transhuman #scifi #cyborg
— Team Sci-Fi (@GoTeamSciFi) April 13, 2016
It is Friday.
I refuse to start my weekend with election drivel.
There is too much good Sci-Fi out there.
re: #48 Gretchen Tiger
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shit, I have enough problems with seeing the edges of contact lenses, I sure don’t need extraneous crap embedded on them.
re: #3 Kragar
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The hypocrisy of the GOP: Make a whole lot of noise about how “investigation” is into the release of confidential materials to people who don’t have permission to see such, then show absolutely no concern for the possibility that confidential reports from said “investigation” might leak to the press in the event that it fails to lead to an indictment.
re: #48 Gretchen Tiger
I work in a place where certain people are going to freak out over them.
available for pre-order The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville —https://t.co/sgfMykSYth via @amazon
— ggt (@geegeetee) April 22, 2016
re: #3 Kragar
I assume Chuck Grassleyhas the IQ of a turnip. @Kragar_LGF
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) April 22, 2016
re: #52 Belafon
I work in a place where certain people are going to freak out over them.
I really want blue-tooth cochlear implants.
re: #40 No Country For Old Haters
I’m starting to think there’s a wingnut bible being circulated by the same people passing around the wingnut-annotated constitution.
Did someone already post this?
NASA Honors Prince by Tweeting Photo of Purple Nebula
NASA-Purple Nebulare: #57 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I should really finish the thread first….
re: #58 Gretchen Tiger
Yeah, Charles. The previous post.
re: #6 Franklin
I’ve never considered calling someone a “dump truck” but I’ma write that one down.
John McClane to Kevin Smith’s Freddie (Warlock) in Live Free or Die Hard. “Hey! Dump truck! You’re going to answer my question or I’m going to beat you to death in your ‘Command Center’.”
Sci-Fi and Science:
How Do You Measure the I.Q. of an Octopus?
There’s a gigantic reef surrounding the Amazon river and nobody noticed: https://t.co/ntvgBbZwTT pic.twitter.com/gilvZYQQAE
— io9 (@io9) April 22, 2016
re: #26 Nyet
You can find a pearl in a pile of dung and a reasonable opinion piece at Salon.
I can only imagine the comments. I can’t bring myself to see the gross attacks. I already know what they say.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So Bernie wants to be the new Eugene McCarthy, kneecapping the DNC for a generation out of spite.
re: #27 Nyet
Fuck Bernie. Srsly.
It amazes me how ignorant Bernie and his bros are of the fact that he’s running for the Democratic Party’s nomination. I’ve run out of sympathy for him. The Democratic Party was happy to help him out even though they could have helped out a Democrat instead and he knows that and he has the nerve to act like the Democratic Party treats him badly.
WORD OF THE DAY:
PRONUNCIATION:
(FRAB-juhs)MEANING:
adjective: Wonderful; delightful.ETYMOLOGY:
Coined by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass. A blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous. See the text of the poem Jabberwocky.
re: #66 Targetpractice
So Bernie wants to be the new Eugene McCarthy, kneecapping the DNC for a generation out of spite.
I liked the article that Sergey linked to pointing out that Bernie’s argument about the reason why he’s losing in the South because those states are more conservative is utter crap. Bernie flat out cannot compete in states that have some diversity to them. And all the condescending crap in the world about how African-Americans, Hispanics, and others are voting against their interests won’t change that fact at all. It’s exactly why I am glad he won’t be the left’s standard bearer. Anyone who hopes to lead the Democratic party must be aware and do well with its very culturally diverse base and it’s clear that Bernie doesn’t value that base judging by his comments.
The fact of the matter is and Bernie will never admit this but he’s winning a lot of conservative Dems votes based off of Clinton hate and he’s losing big among actual registered Democrats, you know the people whose party whose nomination he wants.
and Lonnie Mack… .
This may be truly, the year the music died.
:(
re: #73 Gretchen Tiger
and Lonnie Mack… .
This may be truly, the year the music died.
:(
As I mentioned in the previous thread, my name is only one letter different (replace the c with an s). Because my first name isn’t very common any more, it’s actually a little weird seeing it so much in one place.
THE CRIMSON TIDE IS TURNING! Appreciate that line for a moment & then combat period shame! https://t.co/BcBtreRhLa pic.twitter.com/zSdiPJvwXy
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) April 22, 2016
Rest in Power, Prince. You will forever be a possibility model for those living outside of the box. pic.twitter.com/62ca06hdya
— PP Generation Action (@PPGenAction) April 22, 2016
re: #61 MsJ
John McClane to Kevin Smith’s Freddie (Warlock) in Live Free or Die Hard. “Hey! Dump truck! You’re going to answer my question or I’m going to beat you to death in your ‘Command Center’.”
If I remember correctly, Jay (Jason Mewes) often called Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) “dump truck” in their various movies. It wouldn’t surprise me if Smith, being the fan boy that he can be, got that line inserted.
re: #78 KGxvi
dammit. Jay calls Silent Bob “lunch box”.
re: #78 KGxvi
If I remember correctly, Jay (Jason Mewes) often called Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) “dump truck” in their various movies. It wouldn’t surprise me if Smith, being the fan boy that he can be, got that line inserted.
I don’t remember of hearing dump truck, but he called him lunchbox quite a bit.
The more evolved kinder gentler Trump is a sham. But we knew this before we learned about this right?
Trump Institute Fired Veteran for ‘Absences’ After He Was Deployed to Afghanistan
re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth
shit, I have enough problems with seeing the edges of contact lenses, I sure don’t need extraneous crap embedded on them.
well, better get used to it —we may be accessing the internet thru them sooner rather than later.
Hopefully, I’ll be in the nursing home before I’ll be expected to adapt —thus making me exempt.
:)
re: #3 Kragar
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The GRASSHOLE proves once again that he’s a world crass Kochsucker.
BREAKING: Federal judge in Spokane allows former CIA detainees to sue two psychologists who designed their torments. Discovery begins
— Brian Bennett (@ByBrianBennett) April 22, 2016
see his TL for more information.
This is huge…
The winner of Wonkette’s contest for poems mocking Tayyip Erdoğan is “Spurning Beer”:
German law is, admittedly, quirky:
For insulting a douchebag from Turkey,
You can end up on trial
In the Nuremberg style,
With a future that’s more-or-less murky.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
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American Conservatives act just like Soviet Communists. They will lie any lie for The Party!
re: #86 Joe Bacon
American Conservatives act just like Soviet Communists. They will lie any lie for The Party!
TAQIYYAH!!
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is huge…
From the link in that first tweet:
[…]
The CIA hired them in 2002 to design ways to persuade detainees to disclose information. The agency ultimately paid $81 million to the company they created to design and run interrogations at the CIA’s “black sites,” and then to evaluate the effectiveness of their methods.
[…]
I can $ee now why Trump i$ $o intere$ted in torture.
re: #42 Jebediah, RBG
I love walking in the rain.
Before I moved to California, a friend and I used to love riding motorcycles in heavy rain. It was fun to be leaned over cornering and have a foot totally submerged!
I didn’t mind it too much. Had my rain gear on, although that was getting soaked through before it finally stopped. (It rained for 3.5 miles of my 5 mile walk.)
The bigger issue was that this particular pair of flip flops doesn’t handle the wet as well and I have one spot rubbed pretty raw as a result. Going to need to investigate alternatives for the next time I do this. (At the current rate, that may be in November.)
re: #90 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I didn’t mind it too much. Had my rain gear on, although that was getting soaked through before it finally stopped. (It rained for 3.5 miles of my 5 mile walk.)
The bigger issue was that this particular pair of flip flops doesn’t handle the wet as well and I have one spot rubbed pretty raw as a result. Going to need to investigate alternatives for the next time I do this. (At the current rate, that may be in November.)
I used to love walking in the rain. Now that I wear glasses, it has lost some of its charms.
re: #91 calochortus
I used to love walking in the rain. Now that I wear glasses, it has lost some of its charms.
I love my Over-The-Glasses goggles. Has to be really cold out to wear them though. They make me look like Marvin the Martian.
re: #92 wrenchwench
I love my Over-The-Glasses goggles. Has to be really cold out to wear them though. They make me look like Marvin the Martian.
Wouldn’t that still have the same problem as the glasses?
(Full disclosure, I just don’t wear my glasses when walking outside. My eyes aren’t so bad that I can’t get away with that yet. (I think all the negatives work out correctly there.))
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Maybe they have little goggle windshield wipers?
Category-Not So Fast
Remember the drone that a British Airways pilot said he hit in approach to London Heathrow airport earlier this week? Well, it turns out it may have been, “a plastic bag or something.”
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
AND IT MUST CHANGE!!!
There’s a good example of this going on in PA. In Philadelphia, the mayor is proposing a soft drink tax to fund the school district. Clinton supports this. Bernie insists that this puts the burden of the expense on the poorest people, a point which is not in dispute. Bernie argues that the marketers of the drinks should have to pay their fair share. (How that cost is not passed onto the customers any differently than the soda tax seems to slip away) However, in Philadelphia, there is no other option. You see, the way government actually works, the City of Philadelphia can’t get any more money from the Republican state legislature so it has to raise its own somehow.
People always ask me: “Why aren’t you wearing a coat?” Because my shirt will dry out a hell of a lot faster than my coat will, that’s why!
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Wouldn’t that still have the same problem as the glasses?
(Full disclosure, I just don’t wear my glasses when walking outside. My eyes aren’t so bad that I can’t get away with that yet. (I think all the negatives work out correctly there.))
They’re most useful for wind and snow. Just a bit better than glasses alone in the rain. Mostly I rely on my cap-brim to keep the rain off the glasses.
If one complains about rain here, one is spotted as a non-native.
re: #98 wrenchwench
They’re most useful for wind and snow. Just a bit better than glasses alone in the rain. Mostly I rely on my cap-brim to keep the rain off the glasses.
If one complains about rain here, one is spotted as a non-native.
Growing up in Seattle, I never saw anybody but tourists carry umbrellas. Now they’re all over the place. People are weenies nowadays.
re: #98 wrenchwench
They’re most useful for wind and snow. Just a bit better than glasses alone in the rain. Mostly I rely on my cap-brim to keep the rain off the glasses.
If one complains about rain here, one is spotted as a non-native.
I did give the guy out running a thumbs up.
Only other person I saw out exercising despite the rain. (Normally that particular path is pretty busy.)
I had my hood on because I was worried about how my Bluetooth headset would handle the rain. The rest of what I wore is getting washed this evening so I didn’t really care so much about that.
re: #100 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Growing up in Seattle, I never saw anybody but tourists carry umbrellas. Now they’re all over the place. People are weenies nowadays.
I was looking at the rain this morning and considering whether to walk or do the recumbent bike (would have had to walk some anyway to make step count) and mr. klys was like “just pretend we live in Seattle and walk in the rain.”
And they wonder why people mock them for being hypocritical fucking idiots
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 22, 2016
and more on the Ohio shooting.
jeebus…
The original reports had seven people dead on a rural, Pike County road. Then the scene was three different locations, then there was an eighth person, then a fourth location. Finally, at the press conference it was learned the victims were all executed with shots to the head. Some of the victims were killed in their beds early Friday morning. One woman was killed with a newborn baby lying right next to her.
The situation is still evolving. Officials do not know what the situation is in regards to the shooter or shooters. It is believed that they may be on the loose and both the Attorney General and the Pike County Sheriff said the people in surrounding areas should exercise caution, lock doors and be on high alert.
Officials are expected to be on the scene all night and into Saturday. It appears the killer(s) went from house to house targeting the same family.
re: #100 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Growing up in Seattle, I never saw anybody but tourists carry umbrellas. Now they’re all over the place. People are weenies nowadays.
Should we get off your lawn?
I’m still perplexed by the idea that a transgender person (who is has a penis) would be forced to use a restroom in which they are most likely to be raped?
Little girls don’t go to the restroom alone in public places and if they do their parents or guardians should be throttled.
I’ve yet to hear any statistics that show transgender individuals are more likely to commit sex crimes or indeed have been arrested for committing any sex crimes.
It seems they would be the most healthy of individuals having had to face many truths many of us never do.
just my .02
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
and more on the Ohio shooting.
jeebus…
AG says none of people are suicides. Appears they were shot in their beds. Scenes spread out over 30 miles. pic.twitter.com/eSjRDBsWKG
— Rich Jaffe (@RAJaffe) April 22, 2016
re: #106 Gretchen Tiger
I’ve yet to hear any statistics that show transgender individuals are more likely to commit sex crimes or indeed have been arrested for committing any sex crimes.
I thought the deal was that, overwhelmingly, they are the VICTIMS of those crimes.
ETA: So, if we are being honest and objective about it, they need more protection, rather than than everyone else being protected from them.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I feel weird updinging that, but thanks for keeping us posted.
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
I hope the baby is okay.
I don’t really know what else to say in the face of that kind of horror that humans are more than capable of inflicting on each other.
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
and more on the Ohio shooting.
jeebus…
If only they had guns to prot-
…
Never mind.
re: #109 calochortus
I feel weird updinging that, but thanks for keeping us posted.
I am very weirded out by all of this.
re: #110 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I hope the baby is okay.
I don’t really know what else to say in the face of that kind of horror that humans are more than capable of inflicting on each other.
Earlier reports said that two children survived.
I’ve heard nothing about them since.
So it is kind of quiet, per the normal Friday afternoon, and so I am going to go OT. It’s getting to the point of the year that gardening can start. What do various Lizards have going in their gardens?
I am mostly restricted to container gardening, due to how the backyard is set up, and so I have 5 pots going: a huge one with cucumbers that I am hoping to convince to grow up, plus basil and cilantro that goodness knows how well they will catch. Then two pots with tomatoes (one cherry, one regular), one pot with yellow bell peppers, and one pot with jalapenos. All seedlings from Home Depot, because I am not coordinated enough to plan in advance.
I would love to do some raised bed work and have more than one of each plant. It is on the list for “next house.”
Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, cool wild north country - the home of the aforementioned Prince, whose studio I drive by on a regular basis when I go into town. He lived not too far from my in-laws when Mrs. Fish was growing up; she got to meet him once, when he was out doing his door-to-door rounds as a Jehovah’s Witness. Her folks invited him in to talk religion, and she came downstairs and was introduced to him. Congratulations, you are all three degrees from Prince. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gloriously beautiful, fantastic day?
re: #116 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim from the beautiful, cool wild north country - the home of the aforementioned Prince, whose studio I drive by on a regular basis when I go into town. He lived not too far from my in-laws when Mrs. Fish was growing up; she got to meet him once, when he was out doing his door-to-door rounds as a Jehovah’s Witness. Her folks invited him in to talk religion, and she came downstairs and was introduced to him. Congratulations, you are all three degrees from Prince. How go things among the lizardfolk on this gloriously beautiful, fantastic day?
My hockey team has a chance to move on to the next round of the playoffs tonight. I will be doing my absolute best to ignore the game.
re: #113 calochortus
Who wouldn’t be?
John Kasich? Based on his ‘sorrow’ over Prince.
I’ll withhold my other guesses.
re: #118 wrenchwench
John Kasich? Based on his ‘sorrow’ over Prince.
I’ll withhold my other guesses.
OK, I’ll rephrase that: What decent human being wouldn’t be?
re: #119 calochortus
OK, I’ll rephrase that: What decent human being wouldn’t be?
Now it’s recognizable as a rhetorical question.
re: #82 Gretchen Tiger
well, better get used to it —we may be accessing the internet thru them sooner rather than later.
Hopefully, I’ll be in the nursing home before I’ll be expected to adapt —thus making me exempt.
:)
Personally, I am hoping they are able to map my brain to a computer before I die because I want to be around to see what comes next.
Hillary’s campaign ad for Maryland is narrated by Morgan Freeman. I have a feeling the Sandbaggers here are gonna throw a shit fit about it.
Glad we straightened all that out. Time to spend some quality time with my loom.
Laterz.
re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So it is kind of quiet, per the normal Friday afternoon, and so I am going to go OT. It’s getting to the point of the year that gardening can start. What do various Lizards have going in their gardens?
I am mostly restricted to container gardening, due to how the backyard is set up, and so I have 5 pots going: a huge one with cucumbers that I am hoping to convince to grow up, plus basil and cilantro that goodness knows how well they will catch. Then two pots with tomatoes (one cherry, one regular), one pot with yellow bell peppers, and one pot with jalapenos. All seedlings from Home Depot, because I am not coordinated enough to plan in advance.
I would love to do some raised bed work and have more than one of each plant. It is on the list for “next house.”
Strawberries, sage & puppy poop.
re: #121 Belafon
Personally, I am hoping they are able to map my brain to a computer before I die because I want to be around to see what comes next.
But it wouldn’t be you, it would be a clone.
re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So it is kind of quiet, per the normal Friday afternoon, and so I am going to go OT. It’s getting to the point of the year that gardening can start. What do various Lizards have going in their gardens?
I am mostly restricted to container gardening, due to how the backyard is set up, and so I have 5 pots going: a huge one with cucumbers that I am hoping to convince to grow up, plus basil and cilantro that goodness knows how well they will catch. Then two pots with tomatoes (one cherry, one regular), one pot with yellow bell peppers, and one pot with jalapenos. All seedlings from Home Depot, because I am not coordinated enough to plan in advance.
I would love to do some raised bed work and have more than one of each plant. It is on the list for “next house.”
To respond to your question, we have raspberry plants. They’ve practically taken over our garden; they grow like gangbusters up here. We did grow some other vegetables in previous years, like tomatoes and peppers and lettuce and pumpkins, but increasingly Mrs. Fish has been content to just let the berry bushes take over everything.
I just saw three political ads in a row, two Donna Edwards ones in a row. April 27th cannot come soon enough.
Elmwood Park, #NJ school trustee resigns after criticism of anti-Muslim posts https://t.co/R4y7jqwrJC #Islamophobia #bigotry
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) April 22, 2016
From the article—she’s a school board trustee, but apparently has poor spelling & grammar skills. Emphasis mine:
The posts include one where she said Muslims should “stay in your desserts[sic] and follow your religion in your own countries. ” In another, Gryskiewicz states “we cannot allow Islam to take over,” and in another writes: “Why now are we giving into[sic] the Muslims [sic—they missed one—this is possessive and should have an apostrophe] way of life? The French told them to get lost. This is what our President should be emulating.”
The comments were posted to Facebook in January and February. Screenshots of the posts, which her attorney confirmed she wrote, were made public last month. Gryskiewicz has denied writing other, older posts obtained by The Record, including one from November 2015 that calls President Obama a “Muslim lover” and states it is “time to take action.” […]
I swear these people live in some bizarre parallel universe where less than 1% of the population is able to overwhelm & subjugate the other 99.1%, which is composed of the federal government, all the armed forces, and millions of heavily armed civilians.
Must be residing on Planet Geller or something. *shrugs*
re: #127 b_sharp
But it wouldn’t be you, it would be a clone.
There’s really isn’t a difference. Yes, the physical me will know that it’s not going to continue, but a version of me will. Ever read Permutation City?
re: #128 thedopefishlives
To respond to your question, we have raspberry plants. They’ve practically taken over our garden; they grow like gangbusters up here. We did grow some other vegetables in previous years, like tomatoes and peppers and lettuce and pumpkins, but increasingly Mrs. Fish has been content to just let the berry bushes take over everything.
I like fresh raspberries.
There’s something really satisfying about growing your own fruits and veggies, and I wish I had better space to work with. And/or better set aside the time to work on it. At this point, I’d be willing to, but most of that stuff is less portable, so I just stick with my container gardening for now.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So basically he’s okay with a Trump Presidency which will destroy minority and women’s rights. That’s really progressive, right?
Hopefully once this is all over, he’ll do the right thing and campaign for Secretary Clinton as hard as she campaigned for President Obama back in 2008. His ego appears to be getting in his way right now.
re: #130 CuriousLurker
In a small part of their mind, they just know that when they are in the minority, they will be treated the way they’ve treated others. They just know it.
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
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see his TL for more information.
This is huge…
O-o. Trump is not going to like this at all.
Hope the Plaintiffs are successful and this sends a powerful message about the U.S. not condoning torture.
re: #130 CuriousLurker
I try to stay in my desserts as much as possible.
I’ve put some thought into the concept of copying a brain, and I think the process would have to include destroying the physical brain. Not because it would be necessary but because most people couldn’t handle the concept of their physical version still existing.
re: #132 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I like fresh raspberries.
There’s something really satisfying about growing your own fruits and veggies, and I wish I had better space to work with. And/or better set aside the time to work on it. At this point, I’d be willing to, but most of that stuff is less portable, so I just stick with my container gardening for now.
We also have window boxes attached to the top of our deck railing in which Mrs. Fish grows herbs (sage, thyme, basil, chives). Fresh-cut herbs are absolutely amazing.
Hey all. I just wanted to put this here.
I-35 in Texas is a sick joke.
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 22, 2016
I’m finally sitting in my hotel room in Austin for the second of three Umphrey’s McGee shows. What a nightmare that drive is, from the Red River all the way to where I sit. First of all, near the TX/OK border some semi truck tire exploded right next to me. Scared. The. Shit. Out. Of. Me. Second, drivers on this highway are insane - bobbing in and out of traffic (ever hear of a turn signal?) at 20 or over m/ph over the posted speed limit - and this is seemingly everybody on the highway except me. Third, what the fuck is going on north of Ft. Worth and in and around Temple? Looks like they’re building a very big thing for autos to drive on in Ft. Worth. In Temple the highway looks like a bomb exploded, not road construction. And don’t even get me started on rush hour traffic on a Friday evening in Austin. How do y’all do it?!?
With that said, I had a wonderful time in Tulsa last night. Though I didn’t know anybody there I was able to make some friends nonetheless. The band played When Doves Cry in remembrance of Prince. And at the end of the night this happened:
About the @umphreysmcgee show in Tulsa tonight: A dude came up to me and hugged me and said “This is what Oklahoma needs.” #umphreys
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 22, 2016
re: #127 b_sharp
But it wouldn’t be you, it would be a clone.
“We could replace your brain with an electronic one…”
“A simple one should do…”
“…And no one would know the difference.”
“I’D know!”
“No, you wouldn’t. You’d be programmed not to!”
I also saw this, swear to Ullr.
Just saw a SUV with Oklahoma plates with a *gasp* #Hillary2016 bumper sticker. What is the world coming to?!?
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 22, 2016
re: #131 Belafon
There’s really isn’t a difference. Yes, the physical me will know that it’s not going to continue, but a version of me will. Ever read Permutation City?
No, but it’s a common SciFi plot & I thought a lot about it when I was younger.
Gah.
My religious sister posted links on Facebook to Camille Puglia’s article about Jon Stewart and to another article about the PP hearings which bemoans the “business” of baby parts. A friend posted links to three different articles complaining about how badly the ‘oligarchy’ of Democrats and the media are treating the Sanders campaign.
It’s going to take a whole lot of baby elephants and mountain pictures and a few sarky comments from Stonekettle to get me back on Facebook tonight.
/rant off/
So far the garden has strawberries planted last fall and starting to revive, and three tomato plants sitting in my kitchen waiting for the spouse to plant them in a whiskey barrel on the back deck. And raspberry bushes starting to leaf out. Down to about three little patches of snow in the yard, time to get out there and deal with it. *yick*
Nice thing about tonight’s concert? I’m meeting five friends there. Won’t be all lone wolf like last night.
re: #143 CleverToad
Mmmm, strawberries. Strawberries are good.
I think I’m most excited about the cucumbers this year. I adore cucumbers. Fresh cucumbers with salt, yum.
re: #131 Belafon
There’s really isn’t a difference. Yes, the physical me will know that it’s not going to continue, but a version of me will. Ever read Permutation City?
Just what the world needs: a bunch of dead people telling everyone else how they know better. I suppose they’ll want to continue voting too.
//
Get off of my cloud!!
re: #146 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Mmmm, strawberries. Strawberries are good.
I think I’m most excited about the cucumbers this year. I adore cucumbers. Fresh cucumbers with salt, yum.
Strawberries are practically a weed. Plant a few of them, the next year, it’s like a bomb went off. I love ‘em to death, but if you hope to control your garden, you have to pay a lot of attention to your berries.
re: #148 thedopefishlives
Strawberries are practically a weed. Plant a few of them, the next year, it’s like a bomb went off. I love ‘em to death, but if you hope to control your garden, you have to pay a lot of attention to your berries.
That’s where I’d do raised beds, I think.
I think they’d be fun and satisfying to build too. Something nice about seeing the tangible proof of your work.
The Kenyan Islamo-communist usurper bows down to yet another world leader, one named for an avowed enemy of ‘Murica no less:
POTUS with Prince George today.re: #149 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That’s where I’d do raised beds, I think.
I think they’d be fun and satisfying to build too. Something nice about seeing the tangible proof of your work.
Yeah, that’s a good option.
re: #151 thedopefishlives
Yeah, that’s a good option.
Really JUST LET ME PLAY WITH THE POWER SAW AND THE HAMMER.
Ahem.
I had fun getting the sprinkler system set up. I now have visions of doing a fantastic layout for the next house, complete with in ground drip irrigation (because otherwise I completely forget to water things). Playing with PVC is a lot of fun. Dad even talked me into getting the awesome tool that makes it so easy to cut.
re: #152 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Really JUST LET ME PLAY WITH THE POWER SAW AND THE HAMMER.
Ahem.
I had fun getting the sprinkler system set up. I now have visions of doing a fantastic layout for the next house, complete with in ground drip irrigation (because otherwise I completely forget to water things). Playing with PVC is a lot of fun. Dad even talked me into getting the awesome tool that makes it so easy to cut.
I keep meaning to get started on fixing Mrs. Fish’s brown Lincoln, but April is birthday month for, like, everybody. So I haven’t had a chance to buy the parts I need, and I’m still a bit intimidated by everything I’m going to have to do.
re: #146 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The only cucumbers I’ll eat are pickled ones, preferably in salt (as opposed to vinegar) brine. The middle eastern ones are nom, nom, nom.
Dammit, now I want some and all I have are hamburger dill chips. Maybe I should go for some feta & Kalamata olives instead. Too bad I don’t have any bread for hummus…
See what you started??
re: #147 stpaulbear
Just what the world needs: a bunch of dead people telling everyone else how they know better. I suppose they’ll want to continue voting too.
//Get off of my cloud!!
MCCLOUD!!!!
re: #155 CuriousLurker
The only cucumbers I’ll eat are pickled ones, preferably in salt (as opposed to vinegar) brine. The middle eastern ones are nom, nom, nom.
Dammit, now I want some and all I have are hamburger dill chips. Maybe I should go for some feta & Kalamata olives instead. Too bad I don’t have any bread for hummus…
See what you started??
Oooo, you should make fresh hummus. From scratch. It’s so amazing. (I’m sure you know that.)
I need to figure out how to scale my recipe down from starting with a pound of dried chickpeas.
re: #148 thedopefishlives
Strawberries are practically a weed. Plant a few of them, the next year, it’s like a bomb went off. I love ‘em to death, but if you hope to control your garden, you have to pay a lot of attention to your berries.
Just plant mint nearby, and fence the whole thing in with bamboo.
Choosing a suitable font is very important pic.twitter.com/aHprIxdiVS
— KStreetHipster (@KStreetHipster) April 22, 2016
re: #150 Shiplord Kirel
The Kenyan Islamo-communist usurper bows down to yet another world leader, one named for an avowed enemy of ‘Murica no less:
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The munchkin who would be King……….
re: #148 thedopefishlives
Strawberries are practically a weed. Plant a few of them, the next year, it’s like a bomb went off. I love ‘em to death, but if you hope to control your garden, you have to pay a lot of attention to your berries.
The strawberries are in a bed with just the berries and some bulbs like tulips and daffodils. Just replanted last fall, so we’re hoping they will all spread. The berries very seldom make it into the house — mostly just nibbled straight from the stem, at least when we can beat the birds and the bunnies to the harvest.
I’ll be standing somewhere where near Joel is wildly waving his hands tonight.
In case you didn’t know, @goldlikejoel is Jake’s #1 fan. pic.twitter.com/lxdrMSTTX6
— Kevin Browning (@Soundcaresser) April 22, 2016
I’m very excite!
re: #149 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That’s where I’d do raised beds, I think.
I think they’d be fun and satisfying to build too. Something nice about seeing the tangible proof of your work.
Totally worth it. But I really need to go out and rehabilitate ours, after several years of not planting vegetables.
re: #136 wrenchwench
I try to stay in my desserts as much as possible.
I already do. That’s the problem.
re: #162 teleskiguy
Hey, thanks for that link to the House of Blues show, it was a lot of fun.
re: #168 teleskiguy
I’m going to try to see them next time they come to Houston (or maybe Austin).
re: #11 gwangung
Yes? And?
The Democratic Party is a coalition that INCLUDES progressives. But it is not made entirely of progressives.
You can fairly critique previous actions of the party for not paying enough attention to the progressive wing. But you cannot remedy that by ignoring the more conservative part of the party; Democrats also include those who are not quite as progressive, and their viewpoint has to be included.
I’d also say that “progressive” is not a monolithic definition and Berners don’t really get to be the final word on who’s in and who’s out. I definitely consider myself a progressive, but differ in many ways from the more vocal Berners about how to achieve progressive goals. Matter of fact, being told I’m not a true progressive pisses me off more than most of the true believer bullshit. (It’s equally as offensive as being painted as a low-information conservative whose vote doesn’t really count because I’m in South Carolina.)
re: #139 teleskiguy
Welcome to Texas. You drove within spitting distance from me in Fort Worth, had I’d known I’d have a beverage of your choice ready for a parched traveler. In north Fort Wort they are building a yuuuuge overdue mess to help out our current small mess.
I-35 is a disgrace, there was a time where Texas took care of their roads,, then the tax cut morons took over and now construction budgets are tight so nothing ever gets completed quickly.
Enjoy your stay in the town I grew up in.
re: #169 jaunte
ONE OF US…ONE OF US…ONE OF US…
re: #153 MsJ
Flowering bushes & plants and puppy poop.
Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
And lots of flowers
On which to wiz
- Happy Pup
And one of my neighbors just started his lawn mower. It is 6:51 PM. What is WRONG with these people.
OK, thanks for listening. Gotta do the three S’s for a night out in Austin. Ciao!
re: #174 A Cranky One
Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
And lots of flowers
On which to wiz- Happy Pup
Excellent!
They’ve killed four pear trees. I’m welcoming suggestions. I want pear trees!!
re: #160 Shiplord Kirel
The munchkin who would be King……….
The Lord of the Crumpets! (Junior)
For the old Bloom County fans — that was one of my favorite bits.
re: #175 thedopefishlives
And one of my neighbors just started his lawn mower. It is 6:51 PM. What is WRONG with these people.
Better than 8 am tomorrow morning.
re: #179 MsJ
Better than 8 am tomorrow morning.
They do that, too. From March until November, there isn’t a day or time when there isn’t a mower running somewhere in the neighborhood.
“Now there’s no path to victory for Cruz so he should get out. They should both get out,” Trump told supporters in Harrington, Delaware. “And when they get out …, we will start on Hillary Clinton like nobody’s ever seen.”
how long are you willing to stand in the line to bash hillary?
‘Evening, Lizards. A couple of things…
First - Not to be outdone by Kasich, Sheriff Joe also decides to be an even bigger dickhead while ‘memorializing’ Prince.
In much cooler news - in case you didn’t see it, Chevrolet took out this full-page ad in the NYT today.
SO cool.re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So it is kind of quiet, per the normal Friday afternoon, and so I am going to go OT. It’s getting to the point of the year that gardening can start. What do various Lizards have going in their gardens?
I am mostly restricted to container gardening, due to how the backyard is set up, and so I have 5 pots going: a huge one with cucumbers that I am hoping to convince to grow up, plus basil and cilantro that goodness knows how well they will catch. Then two pots with tomatoes (one cherry, one regular), one pot with yellow bell peppers, and one pot with jalapenos. All seedlings from Home Depot, because I am not coordinated enough to plan in advance.
I would love to do some raised bed work and have more than one of each plant. It is on the list for “next house.”
I’m still limited to the boxes on the window sills - and indoor gardening at that. Rosemary, dill, thyme, sage, parsley, catnip, basil, and trying to get more basil and some cilantro going.
re: #186 Feline Fearless Leader
I’m still limited to the boxes on the window sills - and indoor gardening at that. Rosemary, dill, thyme, sage, parsley, catnip, basil, and trying to get more basil and some cilantro going.
Cilantro is a new one for me this year. So far so good, but we’ll see.
I typically manage to kill a lot of things (my thumb is not very green) so …I’m trying.
I think some folks enjoy his stuff and we occasionally see him linked here, so kind of a PSA:
Oh my god @pattonoswalt I am so sorry. https://t.co/Y5yQbC06Li
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) April 23, 2016
Wow, props to John Kasich for actually managing to queef out a Passover message that didn’t mention the blood of Jesus Christ.
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) April 23, 2016
re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So it is kind of quiet, per the normal Friday afternoon, and so I am going to go OT. It’s getting to the point of the year that gardening can start. What do various Lizards have going in their gardens?
I am mostly restricted to container gardening, due to how the backyard is set up, and so I have 5 pots going: a huge one with cucumbers that I am hoping to convince to grow up, plus basil and cilantro that goodness knows how well they will catch. Then two pots with tomatoes (one cherry, one regular), one pot with yellow bell peppers, and one pot with jalapenos. All seedlings from Home Depot, because I am not coordinated enough to plan in advance.
I would love to do some raised bed work and have more than one of each plant. It is on the list for “next house.”
If you’re not already listening to this program, may I recommend, “You Bet Your Garden.”
I just listened to the guitar solo on “Purple Rain” ten times in a row and can’t stop crying. God, he could play.
re: #184 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
“Now there’s no path to victory for Cruz so he should get out. They should both get out,” Trump told supporters in Harrington, Delaware. “And when they get out …, we will start on Hillary Clinton like nobody’s ever seen.”
how long are you willing to stand in the line to bash hillary?
I need a phrase. Maybe a new word. Something with syllables and a growl to it. A phrase that uniquely describes the “not this shit again” and the facepalm thing and a little bit of ‘I’m not gonna take this anymore”.
Heard this anti Hilary stuff since Bill first took office. Losing patience fast as it mounts and mounts. Gonna need another twitter account or two. That or otoh maybe just go offline a lot.
I wondered when Donald Trump would get around to specifically targeting and pissing off Indians. https://t.co/uRRyYptDak
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) April 23, 2016
re: #195 PhillyPretzel
That is a popular radio show in Philly. Enjoy.
I’m really appreciative of radio shows that make themselves available through podcasts. In cases like this, it definitely gives them a wider audience.
I listen to a hockey related one out of Toronto too, and really enjoy that.
re: #162 teleskiguy
I’ll be standing somewhere where near Joel is wildly waving his hands tonight.
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Wnjoy Charlie, wish I could have made it tonite but it wasn’t in the stars. I’ll be listening tomorrow tho.
So, out of curiosity, if Trump supporters are going to lose their minds to violence in Cleveland…what happens if he’s the nominee and loses the general?
re: #201 MsJ
All heck will break loose. I am not looking forward to it.
re: #201 MsJ
So, out of curiosity, if Trump supporters are going to lose their minds to violence in Cleveland…what happens if he’s the nominee and loses the general?
Hillary gets empeached!
re: #185 makeitstop
They took out the same ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune as well.
re: #201 MsJ
So, out of curiosity, if Trump supporters are going to lose their minds to violence in Cleveland…what happens if he’s the nominee and loses the general?
*voter fraud
*he wasn’t conservative enough
*the media screwed him
re: #205 b.d.
*voter fraud
*he wasn’t conservative enough
*the media screwed him
*The Missing White Voters from 2012 are still missing!
re: #201 MsJ
So, out of curiosity, if Trump supporters are going to lose their minds to violence in Cleveland…what happens if he’s the nominee and loses the general?
When he loses the general it will be by an overwhelming popular vote margin. They ain’t gonna do a thing but bitch for a week and then pivot to claiming he was never a “true conservative” and that’s why he lost. That’s the magic of modern conservatism as an ideology, it’s protean and fluid in a way that renders its adherents utterly incapable of introspection. As far as the collective Republican subconscious is concerned he’s always been an intentionally disposable candidate. The establishment hates him but even his strongest supporters will only care about him until he loses resoundingly, then they’ll tear him apart and start looking for a new führer.
re: #207 goddamnedfrank
When he loses the general it will be by an overwhelming popular vote margin. They ain’t gonna do a thing but bitch for a week and then pivot to claiming he was never a “true conservative” and that’s why he lost. That’s the magic of modern conservatism as an ideology, it’s protean and fluid in a way that renders its adherents utterly incapable of introspection. As far as the collective Republican subconscious is concerned he’s always been an intentionally disposable candidate. The establishment hates him but even his strongest supporters will only care about him until he loses resoundingly, then they’ll tear him apart and start looking for a new führer.
Now, what if some sick puppy successfully plants a “voter fraud” narrative which causes things to escalate to the brink of a civ, or over it? That’s my fear.
re: #208 Teukka
Now, what if some sick puppy successfully plants a “voter fraud” narrative which causes things to escalate to the brink of a civ, or over it? That’s my fear.
I can hardly wait to see Trump’s “concession” speech on election night. I wouldn’t be surprised if he blames his loss on massive voter fraud caused by allowing illegals to vote.
Ain’t that the feckin’ truth?
Usually celebrity deaths come in threes but someone went to Costco this year.
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) April 21, 2016
What do you think the odds are that the GOP puts out such an emphasis on downticket races that Trump gets a sort of reverse coattail effect and gets a lift from the locals?
What a great way for a great city to remember a local hero.
Gov. Dayton orders I-35W Bridge to remain purple all weekend in honor of #Princehttps://t.co/Nipr8wgy3I #RIPPrince pic.twitter.com/R8WQ6MNOxx
— Governor Mark Dayton (@GovMarkDayton) April 22, 2016
Grand Canyon. #NationalParkWeek #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/NCBKkMzz8W
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) April 23, 2016
re: #212 De Kolta Chair
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The whole city was lit with purple when I drove in to work this morning. Set against the clear dawn sky, it was breathtaking.
more on the Ohio shooting.
Three children under the age of 4 also home during mass shooting but are ok. None of the deaths appear to be suicides
— Brad Underwood (@BUnderwoodWKRC) April 22, 2016
There’s another presser coming up in a few minutes.
re: #208 Teukka
Now, what if some sick puppy successfully plants a “voter fraud” narrative which causes things to escalate to the brink of a civ, or over it? That’s my fear.
Never happen. He’s going to lose by millions of votes, quite possibly over ten million, more than Obama beat McCain by.
Also, in real life conservatives are chickenshits.
re: #197 goddamnedfrank
Donald is going to bring all of those fiercely sought after call center jobs back to the U.S. of A!
The “gun-toting Republican” pictured here isn’t actually #HarrietTubman: https://t.co/DutcVQwCIh pic.twitter.com/zsSf3XcaDj
re: #214 thedopefishlives
The whole city was lit with purple when I drove in to work this morning. Set against the clear dawn sky, it was breathtaking.
That’s sweet.
When I go, I want everyone to give the hang loose surfer sign to one another when they cross paths. A devilish grin would also be cool.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Righties are really into portraying Ms. Tubman with a weapon today. Like they’ve ever considered a firearm, especially as a symbol of freedom, liberty, etc., a bad thing?
re: #81 Great White Snark
The more evolved kinder gentler Trump is a sham. But we knew this before we learned about this right?
Trump Institute Fired Veteran for ‘Absences’ After He Was Deployed to Afghanistan
Trump: Let me tell you. I’m not involved with the Institute. They just use my name, ok?
Fuckin Louisiana. Just watching an interview on the local news with Charles Boustany, one of several nutjobs running for Vitter’s (spit) Senate seat. After going through his conservo bona fides and talking about how we need a simpler state tax, maybe a flat tax, for tax “fairness,” he started on flood insurance (a major gong ringer locally this year) and how it too needs to be simplified, because too many people don’t have this insurance, and (I swear to God he said this) “without flood insurance, you’re left high and dry.”
re: #221 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump: Let me tell you. I’m not involved with the Institute. They just use my name, ok?
That’s just a minor detail. The Donald doesn’t do details.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
Isn’t this missing the “STUPID MEME OF THE DAY” tag?
And just, btw, who ARE these “leftist feminists” who “voted” Jackson off the Twenty (as if the Treasury Department were merely bystanders?)?
On one hand, we cannot be surprised at all by the outrage over the concept of putting a black woman on US currency.
On the other hand, I guess I was not fully prepared for the way 7 years of a black POTUS and the whole Trump phenomenon has led to absolutely disgusting outbursts of utterly unvarnished racism. It’s absolutely vile.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t even have to click the link to know that’s Mary Fields, because I’m awesome like that.
re: #189 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I think some folks enjoy his stuff and we occasionally see him linked here, so kind of a PSA:
Shit. I like True Crime Diary.
Rachel is giving It to Paul LePage over the Narcan veto. So Much for pro-Life repug.
I just saw this lovely proposal over at DailyKos, with reference to the Oklahoma bill presently before the governor that would pull the license of any doctor that performs an abortion.
What we need is a law or Constitutional amendment whereby a court can rule a statute to be not just unconstitutional, but “egregiously unconstitutional,” meaning that anyone with a high school education should recognize that it is unconstitutional. The result of such a ruling is that the legislators who voted for the law, and the governor who signed it, have to reimburse their state the full cost of the litigation over the law, from their own salaries.
In other words, if they want to use legislation as a form of activism to change a precedent, they have to put their own money on the line to do it.
This x1000. RWNJ douchebags engaging in endless Roe v. Wade legal theater can damn well pay for it personally.
re: #212 De Kolta Chair
The “Cincininnati” lights on the Convention Center are purple tonight also.
re: #228 Dave In Austin
Rachel is giving It to Paul LePage over the Narcan veto. So Much for pro-Life repug.
Ain’t no such thing as a pro-life Republican.
It’s all a death cult. Anti-Abortion makes perfect sense in that context once it is noted that deaths etc. from illegal abortion are absolutely the point of RWNJ abortion bans.
@AZEALIABANKS c’mon, no need to call him, or anyone, a “fag.”
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2016
Yes! Faggots aka. men who hate women,,, ARE REAL. You don’t have to like dick to be a faggot. https://t.co/F7L8GC0p3i
— AZEALIABANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 23, 2016
This is a odd hill to die on when there are much better terms like fuckboi & scrote-waddle you could deploy instead. https://t.co/1oyTbA0CUT
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) April 23, 2016
Marco Rubio, who puts the “Junior” in Junior Senator, hosted a seder today with a group of happening with it young people. Judging by the copy machine and the total disinterest on the faces of his fellow celebrants, it was in his office. And we all know how much happening with it young people love eating exotic yet bland food in government offices, those scampish goyim!
Then again, one of the perks of being in the U.S. Senate is they get all the spoilers before the common herd…
re: #232 goddamnedfrank
Perhaps I’m quaint in a Pepperridge Farms, rocking-chair-on-the-porch way, but back in my day, “jackass” and “fuckwit” were sufficient.
GET OFF MY LEXICOLOGICAL LAWN
re: #62 Gretchen Tiger
Sci-Fi and Science:
How Do You Measure the I.Q. of an Octopus?
Easy test:
Put the octopus and CCJ in a room with two computers and Twitter accounts. The one that doesn’t go full on racist and ruin his future by spouting crap that will leave him radioactive to prospective employers is the one with the higher IQ.
re: #234 The Ghost of a Flea
Perhaps I’m quaint in a Pepperridge Farms, rocking-chair-on-the-porch way, but back in my day, “jackass” and “fuckwit” were sufficient.
GET OFF MY LEXICOLOGICAL LAWN
But the new lingo is so much more memorable. E.g., “Smegma elemental”, which I will likely remember to my dying day.
re: #236 EPR-radar
But the new lingo is so much more memorable. E.g., “Smegma elemental”, which I will likely remember to my dying day.
I’m with the Flea on this one; sometimes, the classics are better. Douchecanoe.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
Know what folks, none of the stuff described there about Tubman, if true, bothers me. She needed a gun, and 19th century Democrats were slave owners that needed to be dealt with. But we kind of grew up a little as a party.
re: #234 The Ghost of a Flea
Perhaps I’m quaint in a Pepperridge Farms, rocking-chair-on-the-porch way, but back in my day, “jackass” and “fuckwit” were sufficient.
GET OFF MY LEXICOLOGICAL LAWN
You must be younger. Back in my day, you needed something more along the lines of “Get off the people’s lawn and up against the wall, motherfucker!”
Writer Michelle McNamara, wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, dies at 46 https://t.co/yQDtz9EnI9 pic.twitter.com/Vyo5LDhuQl
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 23, 2016
“…Oswalt’s publicist, Kevin McLaughlin of Main Stage Public Relations, said Friday that McNamara died in her sleep Thursday. No cause of death was given…”
re: #228 Dave In Austin
At least CVS in many states has made Narcan available over-the-counter.
As to why Maine re-elected that troglodyte to Governor with a bigger margin this last go-round? The Republicans in Maine are definitely odd ducks - I knew one when I was contracting. I doubt he was as batshit crazy as LePage is, but Dayum!…..
re: #241 Eric The Fruit Bat
At least CVS in many states has made Narcan available over-the-counter.
As to why Maine re-elected that troglodyte to Governor with a bigger margin this last go-round? The Republicans in Maine are definitely odd ducks - I knew one when I was contracting. I doubt he was as batshit crazy as LePage is, but Dayum!…..
He had two opponents that split the vote.
re: #130 CuriousLurker
They seem to really believe that BS and circulate it among like-minded individuals who are either as ignorant as they are or lack the courage to tell them to knock that sh*t off. It’s only when the wider world/society is made aware of their thoughts and rejects them that they really learn how truly stupid and small-minded they are. Curt Shilling felt absolutely fine posting ugly mess on his Facebook wall about NC’s anti-LGBTQ bathroom law even though ESPN had a policy against such behavior. Now he’s all butthurt that he was canned. Personally, I don’t think ESPN management should have had to put up with one second of his divisive behavior. After he compared Muslims to Nazis, he should be been gone. He went to some right-wing radio show today to allege that he’s not homophobic. His behavior shows otherwise. He’s not only homophobic, he’s Islamophobic and has a sense of innate entitlement that he appears to use to excuse behavior that I believe most of us reject with a passion. I know I do. After experiencing life under Jim Crow, I know exactly how members of the groups these tools target feel, and it ain’t good.
re: #225 bratwurst
On one hand, we cannot be surprised at all by the outrage over the concept of putting a black woman on US currency.
On the other hand, I guess I was not fully prepared for the way 7 years of a black POTUS and the whole Trump phenomenon has led to absolutely disgusting outbursts of utterly unvarnished racism. It’s absolutely vile.
I saw in the local paper today that a Kentucky State University professor debated Jared Taylor. Bad move; slime like Taylor should not be dignified by giving them a forum to spew their bile.
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