Tuesday Night Jam: Green Day, “BangBang”
What’s to say? It’s new, it’s Green Day, it’s loud, and it’s got some very cool animation.
What’s to say? It’s new, it’s Green Day, it’s loud, and it’s got some very cool animation.
Pretty awesome… definitely see some Saul Bass influence in the animation along with a ton of other stuff. Good stuff.
In honor of Green Day, here’s a real live American Idiot:
Karl Rove Whips Out Multiple White Board to Prove Clinton Has Health Problems https://t.co/CMpnygG5KF (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/qLWYu4Tif6
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 24, 2016
re: #2 Lidane
In honor of Green Day, here’s a real live American Idiot:
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We’ve had several male presidents with medical issues that were either known or appeared during their presidencies, but sure, the first woman candidate is too sick to run. And if she were a younger woman, they’d be asked aloud if she might be too “unstable” due to PMS.
@realphilhendrie is a good Twitter follow if you want some good caustic anti-Trump agitprop.
C’mon @AC360. You’re not getting shitbags like @KellyannePolls & @realJeffreyLord to admit that Trump’s gone bitch on his border policy
— Phil Hendrie (@realphilhendrie) August 24, 2016
re: #2 Lidane
“In honor of Green Day, here’s a real live American Idiot:”
Do these people have any shame? Rove knows HRC doesn’t have any serious health problems, and he knows he’s wrong for getting on-board the “HRC’s Too Sick To Be POTUS” bandwagon, but he’s doing it anyway. Any sane, normal person wouldn’t do something like this because s/he’d be conscious of how s/he would be perceived, but people like the Breitbarters, SMOTI, Rove, and Stone have no concern about appearing stupid on national TV. At least he went to the network where many viewers will believe this sh*t and parrot it at the next Trump rally. SMDH at this madness.
We’re still ascending Misogyny Mountain. The rhetoric will get worse. I wish I could say I’m surprised by all this fucktarded talk about Hillary’s health.
Off-Topic: Apparently I had my wife in Canada too long last month and this month: She is making poutine right now.
She says she is unsure how that will turn out in Nebraska.
Check this out! Repost from @teleskiermag ” Alaska Telemark Skiing. Six Women, deep snow, big mountains and one RV. Article live on telemarkskier.com” #girlswhotelemark #SpreadTelemark #telemark #mountaingirls #inspireusse #systraribergen - telemarkskier.com
re: #2 Lidane
In honor of Green Day, here’s a real live American Idiot:
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I love the fact that Kelly is just flat laughing at him. Wonder how that came across to viewers?
Meanwhile, in the mainlining of the “alt-right”, we have Bannon doing his best Grand Dragon impression by attacking Catholics:
“I understand why Catholics want as many Hispanics in this country as possible, because the church is dying in this country, right? If it was not for the Hispanics,” Bannon told Robert P. George, a Princeton law professor who, along with dozens of other leaders, wrote an open letter to fellow Catholics denouncing Trump.
“I get that, right? But I think that is the subtext of part of the letter, and I think that is the subtext of a lot of the political direction of this.”
Starting of #SpreadTelemark Sunday right. @svenjamin8 coming through some fresh in #NewZealand
re: #10 teleskiguy
I need to get up the mountains this winter, it’s been too long. Plus, I think I’m going to need new boots (definitely) and bindings (probably).
re: #5 majii
Uh, this is Karl Rove you’re talking about. No, he has no real shame…. never been paid to have any.
re: #12 (alpuz)
“Uh, this is Karl Rove you’re talking about. No, he has no real shame…. never been paid to have any.”
Yes, I know it’s Rove, but I would like to think that even the worst of persons has a level to which they won’t sink below, but then again, as you say, he’s being paid big bucks to throw any sense of decency he ever had into a Fox News dumpster.
re: #11 KGxvi
You alpine? Tele? Snowboard? Boots are important. If they’re alpine bindings then you don’t need new bindings. I and my boss used an electronic ASTM torque tester to test some 30-year-old Marker MRR bindings, they tested perfectly. Hell, I’d say they tested better than *new* bindings.
Tele and snowboard, that’s a different story. Bindings of those sort get worn the fuck out, moving parts and plastic, you see.
This is my clamp. If you’re looking for an indestructible telemark binding, this is it.
re: #13 majii
Maybe he’ll have his moment, like Atwater did. But by then the toothpaste is well out of the tube.
re: #14 teleskiguy
You alpine? Tele? Snowboard? Boots are important. If they’re alpine bindings then you don’t need new bindings. I and my boss used an electronic ASTM torque tester to test some 30-year-old Marker MRR bindings, they tested perfectly. Hell, I’d say they tested better than *new* bindings.
Tele and snowboard, that’s a different story. Bindings of those sort get worn the fuck out, moving parts and plastic, you see.
This is my clamp. If you’re looking for an indestructible telemark binding, this is it.
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I’m in southern California, so our skiing is probably in the “bless your heart” category of skiing compared to Colorado. I’ve got a pair of Volant skis, probably 17 years old or so. I got rid of my boots a few years ago because they were too small, and the bindings I have (also 17 years old) won’t accommodate the size of boots I really need (I’m a 13 but can make due with 12.5 for a day or so).
The Zappa house up in the Hollywood Hills near Laurel Canyon sold yesterday. $5.5 million.
What a beautiful pic of the home I grew up in. I will miss this magic land where everything and anything would happen for no reason at all. Thank you for all the memories xoxo
Wishing continued magic for the new owner xx
#endofanera #liftoff
re: #5 majii
“In honor of Green Day, here’s a real live American Idiot:”
Do these people have any shame? Rove knows HRC doesn’t have any serious health problems, and he knows he’s wrong for getting on-board the “HRC’s Too Sick To Be POTUS” bandwagon, but he’s doing it anyway. Any sane, normal person wouldn’t do something like this because s/he’d be conscious of how s/he would be perceived, but people like the Breitbarters, SMOTI, Rove, and Stone have no concern about appearing stupid on national TV. At least he went to the network where many viewers will believe this sh*t and parrot it at the next Trump rally. SMDH at this madness.
I was particularly struck by how well she carries the 103 pounds she’s gained — from the pictures during her TV appearance, it doesn’t show a bit. I wish that worked for me!
Also for how well she handles her ill health. I did a long flight with a not-so-major problem — the flu — and it took me three weeks to recover, but she seems to be flying all over the place with no (additional) problems.
OT: Poutine eaten.
Wife can now pass a Canadian immigration test. /s
Man, if Hillary weren’t sick with seizures, Parkinson’s, and intermittent strokes, her power level would be over 9000.
re: #21 The Ghost of a Flea
Man, if Hillary weren’t sick with seizures, Parkinson’s, and intermittent strokes, her power level would be over 9000.
Gee, I already have seizures. Does that mean I have to give up my village office?
What the heck is wrong with Republicans?
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has epilepsy. I wish Justice Roberts would speak of it more, because (regardless of your political position), he is living proof that (given a fair amount of luck and hard work) you can overcome all sorts of disabilities.
I understand Chief Justice Robert’s reticence about speaking about his epilepsy; a lot of us are not well-treated by society (or even family and friends). But dammit, the GOP leadership, and its operatives like Rove, know Mr. Roberts’s condition.
I guess its okay if you’re a Republican though, even though Mrs. Clinton has no “seizures.” Throwing two million people under the bus with epilepsy and spreading falsehoods about our condition, piffle.
re: #22 Anymouse
The good news is, it’s desperation.
My state (Nebr.) is going to be bummed:
Federal appellate court rules it is unconstitutional to stop someone merely because they have a license plate from a state where cannabis is legal.
In the case described above, a Colorado resident was stoped and an excessive search conducted (which produced nothing illegal), and was primarily predicated on the resident’s car registration.
france’s new flag pic.twitter.com/CuHQsSPOIy
— FanonDidn’tDie4This (@SubMedina) August 24, 2016
re: #24 Anymouse
It’s cool, we’ll just take that single electoral vote that NE-02 provides, thank you :)
re: #26 The Dude Abides
It’s cool, we’ll just take that single electoral vote that NE-02 provides, thank you :)
I am hopeful NE-1 will also go for Mrs. Clinton.
Alas, my own district is the most in support of Mr. Trump, according to Nate Silver’s projections. Nevertheless, I will add my vote to the pile for Mrs. Clinton, because it is not enough to merely defeat Mr. Trump, he has to be repudiated by such a large margin that the GOP never inflicts such a candidate on the American people again.
re: #27 Anymouse
I am hopeful NE-1 will also go for Mrs. Clinton.
Alas, my own district is the most in support of Mr. Trump, according to Nate Silver’s projections. Nevertheless, I will add my vote to the pile for Mrs. Clinton, because it is not enough to merely defeat Mr. Trump, he has to be repudiated by such a large margin that the GOP never inflicts such a candidate on the American people again.
That won’t happen, but the margin needs to be a large enough that the inevitable claims of voter fraud and manipulation are rendered invalid from the outset.
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That won’t happen, but the margin needs to be a large enough that the inevitable claims of voter fraud and manipulation are rendered invalid from the outset.
I suspect the usual suspects will make those claims anyway (the idea that tens of thousands of voting precincts could be simultaneously be subverted, at the same time by the so-called incompetent President Obama and Secretary Clinton is ludicrous, but they’ll still do it.)
re: #29 Anymouse
I suspect the usual suspects will make those claims anyway (the idea that tens of thousands of voting precincts could be simultaneously be subverted, at the same time by the so-called incompetent President Obama and Secretary Clinton is ludicrous, but they’ll still do it.)
Most indubitably. They have to do anything and everything possible to de-legitimize her Presidency. And impeachment will not be enough. It needs to be a public firing squad.
GOP lobbyist Jack Burkman sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding she investigate Mr. Trump for political corruption.
Mr. Burkman is quoted in the article:
“I’m a lobbyist, and a conservative Republican lobbyist, and I know this world very well,” Burkman explained to LawNewz. “What really kind of gripes me is [this]: Lobbyists today are heavily regulated. We’re like public utilities, […] and we go to great lengths to follow the rules and be squeaky clean because we have to. And then you have a guy like Trump, who comes along and [not only] breaks the rules, but boasts about breaking the rules. These aren’t allegations or suppositions: Just look at Trump’s own statements. He’s admitted more than 100 times to quid pro quo.”
A guide from Silverton Mountain, CO (he’s been my guide twice) and a friend down in South America.
Roaming the mountains with @chris_coulter @ddaysnowboards @sparkrandd @smithoptics @sassglobaltravel
Silverton Mountain is the very first ski area founded and developed by snowboarders.
re: #32 Anymouse
Quite the comments already at that article.
I would not trust the original sender of the letter, if only because this seems to play into the Clinton Foundation talking point too easily.
Say Lynch does what the letter writer asks.
The next days, thousands of news outlets will inquire why the same is not being done regarding the Clinton Foundation, regardless of merit.
I trust no one, not even myself.
- Joseph Stalin
re: #34 freetoken
Quite the comments already at that article.
I would not trust the original sender of the letter, if only because this seems to play into the Clinton Foundation talking point too easily.
Say Lynch does what the letter writer asks.
The next days, thousands of news outlets will inquire why the same is not being done regarding the Clinton Foundation, regardless of merit.
That seems to be the tactic behind it.
Some news from my little part of the world.
We had an old Communist-era shopping center about a five-minute walk from where I live called Odra. When I moved here, it was already a dilapidated wreck, with only a handful of stores left - they’ve all relocated around the neighborhood. Anyway, they finally tore it down last year, and there were plans to build something else. However, a new company has come along, and they’re going to rebuild the shopping center entirely, and basically to its original dimensions. The stores are going to be tailored to meet the needs and wants of the local community, not just your usual high-end stuff that you see at your typical mall. The Hruška supermarket has already been built and it’s been operational for a year now, and that’s the anchor of this new center.
Very convenient for me and the neighborhood. Here’s what it’s supposed to look like when the project is done by Spring 2018 at the latest. Construction permits have been approved by the city, the foundation is solid so there’s need to re-construct that, and there’s still a small segment of the old center left, which will be knocked down sometime next month. Construction is slated to begin in Spring 2017.
The death toll in Italy is going to go up. The sun has come up and rescue efforts have begun. This aerial view show the severe damage to unreinforced masonry.
Italy #earthquake: This aerial photo shows what Amatrice now looks like from above https://t.co/A3LJ7HzlRY pic.twitter.com/BD11QyhOVr
— Bilal Zafar Solangi (@bzsolangi) August 24, 2016
re: #37 Dr Lizardo
Interestingly, here in Scottsbluff we have a mall that for years fell on hard times, with more and more vacant shops.
The city went into negotiations with the mall owners, with the intent of buying the mall and demolishing it.
Instead, the mall owner found an out-of-state investor who was convinced he could revive the mall’s fortunes. That investor sunk several millions of dollars into renovations.
This year, every shop in the mall is occupied. In this era of dying malls, I don’t know how the investor did it, but the mall is booming today.
Five states (including mine) have entered into a lawsuit challenging regulations that require hospitals and clinics to provide transgender people with health care, citing religious objections.
Texas is in the lead on this suit, but my own state (Nebraska) is in on this too.
Wingnuts gotta wing.
re: #40 Anymouse
Five states (including mine) have entered into a lawsuit challenging regulations that require hospitals and clinics to provide transgender people with health care, citing religious objections.
Texas is in the lead on this suit, but my own state (Nebraska) is in on this too.
Wingnuts gotta wing.
God has made it really clear that he does not want us to help people who offend our religious sensibilities.
/
re: #39 Anymouse
Interestingly, here in Scottsbluff we have a mall that for years fell on hard times, with more and more vacant shops.
The city went into negotiations with the mall owners, with the intent of buying the mall and demolishing it.
Instead, the mall owner found an out-of-state investor who was convinced he could revive the mall’s fortunes. That investor sunk several millions of dollars into renovations.
This year, every shop in the mall is occupied. In this era of dying malls, I don’t know how the investor did it, but the mall is booming today.
That’s an impressive turnaround. Malls aren’t dying here; far from it, they’re thriving, but I’ve read that back in the US, malls aren’t doing so well anymore.
re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
God has made it really clear that he does not want us to help people who offend our religious sensibilities.
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The suit also argues that offering health insurance to transgender people is potentially supporting positions religions are against.
This suit reads like Hobby Lobby v. Burwell on steroids.
Paraphrasing the Bible:
Madison wept.
re: #43 Anymouse
The suit also argues that offering health insurance to transgender people is potentially supporting positions religions are against.
Religions that are against equal rights and protections under the law?
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
That’s an impressive turnaround. Malls aren’t dying here; far from it, they’re thriving, but I’ve read that back in the US, malls aren’t doing so well anymore.
A lot of the anchor stores have gone out of business, leaving malls fighting to bring in business. I know the local mall has kept itself going, but the shopping center that grew up around it has become a ghost town.
re: #44 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Religions that are against equal rights and protections under the law?
That would be a number of Christian denominations. I presume that also means that more inclusive denominations (such as Episcopalians or Unitarians) would also be forced to follow wingnut religious law.
re: #39 Anymouse
Interestingly, here in Scottsbluff we have a mall that for years fell on hard times, with more and more vacant shops.
The city went into negotiations with the mall owners, with the intent of buying the mall and demolishing it.
Instead, the mall owner found an out-of-state investor who was convinced he could revive the mall’s fortunes. That investor sunk several millions of dollars into renovations.
This year, every shop in the mall is occupied. In this era of dying malls, I don’t know how the investor did it, but the mall is booming today.
I read a story a few months ago, either on NPR or VOA, about how shopping malls have had to adapt to the loss of their anchors — stores like Macy’s, Bloomie’s, Sears, etc. — which have fallen on hard times. Some have done away with anchors altogether, using those large areas for community markets or bazaars. Others have added fitness clubs, movie theaters, upscale restaurants, etc., to encourage people to spend the whole day at the mall.
Don’t get too excited (yet), the entirety of the city they’re pushing ISIS out of (Jarabulus) all lies literally one mile inside the border. Still, it’s an escalation of sorts, first time that I’m aware of a NATO member state armored ground force has entered Syria.
#BREAKING | Turkish tanks cross Syrian border as part of anti-Daesh operations: Military sources pic.twitter.com/porkxLsxCX
— ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) (@anadoluagency) August 24, 2016
re: #43 Anymouse
The suit also argues that offering health insurance to transgender people is potentially supporting positions religions are against.
This suit reads like Hobby Lobby v. Burwell on steroids.
Paraphrasing the Bible:
Madison wept.
They need a few fundamentalist Islamic mosques as co-plaintiffs in this case just to highlight the sheer Righteousness of their bigotry…
re: #20 Anymouse
OT: Poutine eaten.
Wife can now pass a Canadian immigration test. /s
I grew up in Canada and didn’t know anything about poutine until a few years ago (from reading American blogs like this one). It sounds …. interesting to say the least.
re: #45 Targetpractice
A lot of the anchor stores have gone out of business, leaving malls fighting to bring in business. I know the local mall has kept itself going, but the shopping center that grew up around it has become a ghost town.
That is what happened to downtown Bingen, the next large town to where I live. Their downtown was completely gutted by the loss of a major chain department store.
If you Google Odra obchodni centrum Ostrava, you can see some pictures on the Images section of what the old center looked like before it was torn down. It was quite literally falling apart. Some locals who’ve lived here since the early 1970s told me it was built really quick, and obviously, it really wasn’t built to last. When I moved to this part of town in 2013, it was actually a dangerous place - two of the stairwells had collapsed at some point in the early 2000’s, and half the place had been abandoned and left to rot. There was a culture center (where I got some dining plates from…..they opened it up to the public prior to its demolition and let people take what they wanted from the interior - the culture center had been closed since 1993, along with the library) and the remains of what had been the coolest bar in Ostrava until that bit the dust in 1998.
re: #47 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I read a story a few months ago, either on NPR or VOA, about how shopping malls have had to adapt to the loss of their anchors — stores like Macy’s, Bloomie’s, Sears, etc. — which have fallen on hard times. Some have done away with anchors altogether, using those large areas for community markets or bazaars. Others have added fitness clubs, movie theaters, upscale restaurants, etc., to encourage people to spend the whole day at the mall.
Monument Mall has one anchor store: a K-mart. (They took over the space from another like Sears.)
re: #50 Patricia Kayden
I grew up in Canada and didn’t know anything about poutine until a few years ago (from reading American blogs like this one). It sounds …. interesting to say the least.
I was blown away by KFC in Manitoba and northern Ontario selling the Colonel’s poutine. Harland Sanders would likely roll over in his grave if he knew.
Tim Horton’s opened a shop near my hometown. Ontario already has my home state of Michigan surrounded; now they are moving in for the kill.
re: #49 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They need a few fundamentalist Islamic mosques as co-plaintiffs in this case just to highlight the sheer Righteousness of their bigotry…
None of those here, anyway (no mosques at all I am aware of). The closest is in Grand Island, several hundred miles away from here, or in Denver, Colorado. (Colorado is not part of this wingnut suit.)
A mosque in Omaha was attacked for the fourth time in one year though. I am pretty sure wingnuts don’t want mosques as part of their suit.
re: #53 Anymouse
A mosque in Omaha was attacked for the fourth time in one year though. I am pretty sure wingnuts don’t want mosques as part of their suit.
Why? Fundamentalist Islam shares their deeply held religious views about gays and transgender!!!
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why? Fundamentalist Islam shares their deeply held religious views about gays and transgender!!!
Not Christians.
When I told my wife that now she likes and is making poutine herself she is turning into a common Ted Cruz, she threw a book at me. (::
How to get poutine in an American KFC (it is sometimes available but not on the menu):
re: #54 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Found the report I mentioned:
As Their Anchors Sink, Malls Try To Present Retail ‘Experience’
Article: npr.org
Audio: npr.org
One of the malls here - Avion Shopping Park - is actually owned by IKEA, the Swedish furniture and meatballs store. Which, for IKEA, is a great idea…..the next closest IKEA is 95 kilometers away in the city of Katowice, Poland. There’s two IKEA’s in Prague and one in Brno for a total of four in the entire damn country.
Not too many people are willing to drive the 95 kilometers to the next closest store. There is, however, an outlet mall (which I’ve never been to) not far from here across the border in Poland, and I know a few people who do go there for big-ticket item shopping; apparently, it’s considerably cheaper.
re: #57 Dr Lizardo
One of the malls here - Avion Shopping Park - is actually owned by IKEA, the Swedish furniture and meatballs store. Which, for IKEA, is a great idea…..the next closest IKEA is 95 kilometers away in the city of Katowice, Poland. There’s two IKEA’s in Prague and one in Brno for a total of four in the entire damn country.
Not too many people are willing to drive the 95 kilometers to the next closest store. There is, however, an outlet mall (which I’ve never been to) not far from here across the border in Poland, and I know a few people who do go there for big-ticket item shopping; apparently, it’s considerably cheaper.
The Chinese mall model is a glitzy high rise with lots of brand name stores, chain restaurants, a playground/arcade, multiplex, fitness club, and a Western restaurant like Pizza Hut (not a fast food joint, but a sit-down casual restaurant). There will also be a large supermarket on the lower level. There are no “anchor stores,” as in the US model.
re: #58 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The Chinese mall model is a glitzy high rise with lots of brand name stores, chain restaurants, a playground/arcade, multiplex, fitness club, and a Western restaurant like Pizza Hut (not a fast food joint, but a sit-down casual restaurant). There will also be a large supermarket on the lower level. There are no “anchor stores,” as in the US model.
Just anchor babies.
re: #58 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The Chinese mall model is a glitzy high rise with lots of brand name stores, chain restaurants, a playground/arcade, multiplex, fitness club, and a Western restaurant like Pizza Hut (not a fast food joint, but a sit-down casual restaurant). There will also be a large supermarket on the lower level. There are no “anchor stores,” as in the US model.
That’s very much like Forum Nova Karolina, the newest shopping center in Ostrava. Quite a few sit-down restaurants, a food court as well, a Starbucks (of course!) a large hypermarket in the basement level and no anchor stores.
The major downside……it’s pretty much emptied out the city center. A lot of the shops that used to be in the downtown core have closed up and moved to the mall. It’s easy walking distance from the downtown core, and now the city center has very little left aside from pawnshops, bars and casinos.
Michele Bachmann So Mad Obama Made It Legal to Beat Up White People
Anyway, Bachmann explained that the reason none of these black people were arrested during the protest is because police are not allowed to arrest them for ANYTHING anymore. Which means that nice, normal (read: white) people are in danger, and have to fear that attending a Donald Trump rally could mean the end of their very lives.
The people [protesters at a Trump rally in Minnesota] who were doing the pounding, the spitting, the physical touching, the violence, nothing happened to them, there wasn’t an arrest. And part of that is because the Justice Department now has a new program in place for these major metropolitan areas and it’s called Disparate Impact, and what they’re saying is if blacks or Latinos are being arrested in greater numbers than whites, then that is considered an obvious sign of racism. It doesn’t matter if it is more blacks or Latinos who are lawless, cops are told you can’t arrest, you can’t book more minorities than you can whites.
YES. Disparate Impact is the new Affirmative Action, and police are totally unable to arrest black people (or a white guy they clearly Patty Hearsted into being pushy at protests) unless they meet their arresting-white-people quotas! Except not, because that’s not actually a thing!
Wow, Mrs. Bachmann has ramped up the crazy to thirteen. The article has even more crazy dingbattery from the former representative.
re: #60 Dr Lizardo
Interestingly enough, in my town the three malls are all in the Central Business District, the one that was here when I arrived 8 years ago, and two new ones built since 2013. That pattern may end, as the prefecture has been ramping up expansion of a neighboring district to effectively supplant my city as the de facto CBD and government HQ. Already, there are several new (and huge!) government buildings in the new district, many high rise apartment blocks, a sports arena (under construction), and a new vocational-technical college. A new railway station will open in October there, too, to provide high speed rail service.
I have no idea what will become of all the old government buildings and residences. Considering how ugly they are, tearing them down would be a blessing.
re: #61 Anymouse
Michele Bachmann So Mad Obama Made It Legal to Beat Up White People
Wow, Mrs. Bachmann has ramped up the crazy to thirteen. The article has even more crazy dingbattery from the former representative.
It is a matter of Wingnut faith that if you support Black Lives Matter, you advocate the murder of white policemen, and the general genocide of the White American race.
re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is a matter of Wingnut faith that if you support Black Lives Matter, you advocate the murder of white policemen, and the general genocide of the White American race.
I guess that means I am advocating my own genocide? Strange way to commit suicide.
re: #62 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Interestingly enough, in my town the three malls are all in the Central Business District, the one that was here when I arrived 8 years ago, and two new ones built since 2013. That pattern may end, as the prefecture has been ramping up expansion of a neighboring district to effectively supplant my city as the de facto CBD and government HQ. Already, there are several new (and huge!) government buildings in the new district, many high rise apartment blocks, a sports arena (under construction), and a new vocational-technical college. A new railway station will open in October there, too, to provide high speed rail service.
I have no idea what will become of all the old government buildings and residences. Considering how ugly they are, tearing them down would be a blessing.
There is the skeleton of a building here in Ostrava, close to downtown, that had been standing like that since the Revolution in 1989. It was supposed to be a new regional Communist Party HQ, but of course, history put the kibosh on that idea. Anyway, work has finally started on re-purposing the building, and in a couple of years or so, it’s apparently going to be a new Technical University of Ostrava campus.
re: #65 Dr Lizardo
There is the skeleton of a building here in Ostrava, close to downtown, that had been standing like that since the Revolution in 1989. It was supposed to be a new regional Communist Party HQ, but of course, history put the kibosh on that idea. Anyway, work has finally started on re-purposing the building, and in a couple of years or so, it’s apparently going to be a new Technical University of Ostrava campus.
The new district here has grown so rapidly that the taxi drivers have to use GPS apps to find their way around. Eight years ago, that area was undeveloped land. I wish I had had the foresight of taking some pictures of that area when I first arrived, to do a before and after comparison.
re: #66 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The new district here has grown so rapidly that the taxi drivers have to use GPS apps to find their way around. Eight years ago, that area was undeveloped land. I wish I had had the foresight of taking some pictures of that area when I first arrived, to do a before and after comparison.
GPS won’t work around here (no cell phone service)
re: #67 Anymouse
GPS won’t work around here (no cell phone service)
GPS uses satellite signals, so you’d know where you are, but not what’s around you, like shops and stuff.
re: #65 Dr Lizardo
There is the skeleton of a building here in Ostrava, close to downtown, that had been standing like that since the Revolution in 1989. It was supposed to be a new regional Communist Party HQ, but of course, history put the kibosh on that idea. Anyway, work has finally started on re-purposing the building, and in a couple of years or so, it’s apparently going to be a new Technical University of Ostrava campus.
And here’s what it looks like now:
And in the not-too-distant future:
re: #68 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
GPS uses satellite signals, so you’d know where you are, but not what’s around you, like shops and stuff.
Got it. So a GPS mapping device would work (presuming it showed our dirt roads), but a cell phone with a map system would not.
re: #69 Dr Lizardo
Not bad. You’d hardly know the new building was a Communist-bloc era concrete monstrosity.
re: #70 Anymouse
Got it. So a GPS mapping device would work (presuming it showed our dirt roads), but a cell phone with a mpa system would not.
Right. Even your cell phone’s GPS app could give your latitude, longitude and elevation, your heading, and so on, but a map app would not provide any geographic details.
re: #71 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Not bad. You’d hardly know the new building was a Communist-bloc era concrete monstrosity.
Exactly; it should look quite nice when they’re finished and be a nice addition to the city’s education infrastructure.
re: #72 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Right. Even your cell phone’s GPS app could give your latitude, longitude and elevation, your heading, and so on, but a map app would not provide any geographic details.
Or, I can spend $2 and buy a road map. Seems a bit cheaper than a GPS device, or a cell phone I can only use away from home… .
Regarding the earthquake that struck Italy, here’s a photogallery from Blesk, a Czech tabloid, that shows the scale of the the devastation.
re: #67 Anymouse
(no cell phone service)
Check this map. If I’m right your village is right on the cusp of having basic AT&T voice (not HD) coverage now and has some kind of unspecified 3rd party coverage in place. I wanted to check because as I’ve said before my ex’s family lived in Potter and I figured that since Cabela’s HQ is in Sidney there’d probably be much better coverage the nearer one got to I-80.
Still if you’re that close to a dead zone whatever service you’re likely to get might be spotty at best.
re: #76 goddamnedfrank
Check this map. If I’m right your village is right on the cups of having basic AT&T voice (not HD) coverage now and has some kind of unspecified 3rd party coverage in place. I wanted to check because as I’ve said before my ex’s family lived in Potter and I figured that since Cabela’s is HQ’s in Sidney there’d probably be much better coverage the nearer one got to I-80.
Still if you’re that close to a dead zone whatever service you’re likely to get might be spotty at best.
The unspecified third party coverage is a Viero tower here in the village. I live too far away from it to get a signal (400 yards).
In Sidney (sixty miles to the south) there is good coverage for cell service. Though Potter is a small village, it is right next to I-80 (there are cell towers all along I-80).
The AT&T tower is on the county line halfway between here and Sidney (much too far to get a signal).
re: #78 Anymouse
The unspecified third party coverage is a Viero tower here in the village. I live too far away from it to get a signal (400 yards).
In Sidney (sixty miles to the south) there is good coverage for cell service. Though Potter is a small village, it is right next to I-80 (there are cell towers all along I-80).
The AT&T tower is on the county line halfway between here and Sidney (much too far to get a signal).
By comparison, there are few areas in China that don’t have cell phone coverage.
re: #77 Anymouse
Holy crap, the town is pretty much gone.
That’s pretty massive damage. Apparently, the earthquake was 3.9 miles (6.2 km) deep; I wonder what the Mercalli Scale was - moment magnitude was 6.2. Looking at those photos, I’d guess an MS measurement of VII or VIII.
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Postal Service announced on Twitter that for the first time, it will release a Hindu Diwali stamp for the holiday season.
Wingnuts predictably become outraged about this there, as the Post Office War on Christmas proceeds apace:
This fall, USPS will honor joyous Hindu Festival of #Diwali with a Forever(r) stamp! https://t.co/ahplXrlp5s pic.twitter.com/XadduwKYok
— U.S. Postal Service (@USPS) 23 August 2016
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
That’s pretty massive damage. Apparently, the earthquake was 3.9 miles (6.2 km) deep; I wonder what the Mercalli Scale was - moment magnitude was 6.2. Looking at those photos, I’d guess an MS measurement of VII or VIII.
Unreinforced masonry is bad enough, but combine it with heavy tile roofs and this is what you get. There’s no real excuse for this, the before pictures showed zero evidence of floor-wall anchors that would’ve been visible on the exterior if seismic retrofitting had been part of the occupancy fire code. Hopefully this will serve as a wake up call for the region, architectural historicity must take a back seat to public safety.
re: #64 Anymouse
I guess that means I am advocating my own genocide? Strange way to commit suicide.
You are just a useful librul idiot and tool of the Jihadi Genocidists.
/
re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You are just a useful librul idiot and tool of the Jihadi Genocidists.
/
Who knew? Especially with no Muslims I am aware of around here.
re: #85 Anymouse
Who knew? Especially with no Muslims I am aware of around here.
That’s what they want you to think.
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re: #86 Timothy Watson
That’s what they want you to think.
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There are sekrit Mooslims hiding in the cornfield to the west, and more in the cattle pasture to my east.
If they arm the cattle after taking over the gun shop, we’re doomed.
re: #87 Anymouse
There are sekrit Mooslims hiding in the cornfield to the west, and more in the cattle pasture to my east.
If they arm the cattle after taking over the gun shop, we’re doomed.
No, those would be the radical Hindoos arming the cattle.
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
No, those would be the radical Hindoos arming the cattle.
The thing about all the wingnut outrage over the War on Christmas over this stamp is that Diwali starts this year on October 30. It is more properly a War on Hallowe’en (which they also don’t like).
I buy Eid stamps every year from my little post office in my village, mostly to mess with everyone else. Now I will have to get the Diwali ones when they come out.
I think the Postal Service has figured out that liberals like messing with conservative wingnuts, and they can monetise that with stamps.
re: #89 Anymouse
The thing about all the wingnut outrage over the War on Christmas over this stamp is that Diwali starts this year on October 30. It is more properly a War on Hallowe’en (which they also don’t like).
I buy Eid stamps every year from my little post office in my village, mostly to mess with everyone else. Now I will have to get the Diwali ones when they come out.
I think the Postal Service has figured out that liberals like messing with conservative wingnuts, and they can monetise that with stamps.
Yep, the US Postal Service has banned all Christmas stamps showing religious motifs (from the first row of their holiday stamp collection)
However, if you sort by name, then Christmas stamps come right up on the first page (something about C being at the start of the alphabet):
re: #87 Anymouse
There are sekrit Mooslims hiding in the cornfield to the west, and more in the cattle pasture to my east.
If they arm the cattle after taking over the gun shop, we’re doomed.
re: #92 dangerman
LOL.
After a bull escaped a pasture here and staved in the door of our Post Office, then left a cow pie in front of the church as it escaped town, my wife suggested it was a good thing the cattle here have not heard that song yet.
re: #89 Anymouse
The thing about all the wingnut outrage over the War on Christmas over this stamp is that Diwali starts this year on October 30. It is more properly a War on Hallowe’en (which they also don’t like).
I buy Eid stamps every year from my little post office in my village, mostly to mess with everyone else. Now I will have to get the Diwali ones when they come out.
I think the Postal Service has figured out that liberals like messing with conservative wingnuts, and they can monetise that with stamps.
We need to stop the War on Halloween.
re: #39 Anymouse
Interestingly, here in Scottsbluff we have a mall that for years fell on hard times, with more and more vacant shops.
The city went into negotiations with the mall owners, with the intent of buying the mall and demolishing it.
Instead, the mall owner found an out-of-state investor who was convinced he could revive the mall’s fortunes. That investor sunk several millions of dollars into renovations.
This year, every shop in the mall is occupied. In this era of dying malls, I don’t know how the investor did it, but the mall is booming today.
Malls succeed when people have money to spend there.
So this is what this hour of the ridiculously early morning looks like from this direction. Woke up about 4am and finally got tired of tossing about annoying the dog. Now I’ve got a cup o’ coffee and the light on so I can annoy the dog (who burrowed under the pillow for some more zzzzzs) and the cockatoo (whose face is in my coffee mug guzzling away).
G’morning y’all.
“Historians Against Trump” publish an open letter:
Today, we are faced with a moral test. As historians, we recognize both the ominous precedents for Donald J. Trump’s candidacy and the exceptional challenge it poses to civil society. Historians of different specialties, eras and regions understand the enduring appeal of demagogues, the promise and peril of populism, and the political uses of bigotry and scapegoating. Historians understand the impact these phenomena have upon society’s most vulnerable and upon a nation’s conscience. The lessons of history compel us to speak out against a movement rooted in fear and authoritarianism. The lessons of history compel us to speak out against Trump.
It continues at the link.
re: #97 Anymouse
“Historians Against Trump” publish an open letter:
Today, we are faced with a moral test. As historians, we recognize both the ominous precedents for Donald J. Trump’s candidacy and the exceptional challenge it poses to civil society. Historians of different specialties, eras and regions understand the enduring appeal of demagogues, the promise and peril of populism, and the political uses of bigotry and scapegoating. Historians understand the impact these phenomena have upon society’s most vulnerable and upon a nation’s conscience. The lessons of history compel us to speak out against a movement rooted in fear and authoritarianism. The lessons of history compel us to speak out against Trump.
It continues at the link.
Couldn’t search for Ken Burns among the 750 or so.
re: #98 Decatur Deb
Perhaps he is unaware of the petition?
I would sign it, but they are looking for historians, not village trustees.
Organisational meeting for the Panhandle Pride Picnic this evening; my wife and I are attending to help out as fifth columnist heteroliberals. (Well, my wife is still affected by libertarianism, but she is getting better.)
Plus the sun is coming up. Time for this blood-sucking liberal moocher to hit the rack… .
Looks like Italy isn’t the only place getting hit by earthquakes today.
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, and was felt as far away as Thailand, Bangladesh and India, reports say.
The quake struck 25km (15.5 miles) west of Chauk, at a depth of 84km, the US Geological Survey said.
No casualties or damage have yet been reported.
Building’s shook in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city and the Thai capital Bangkok, media reports say.
Last year was the first Pride event ever held in the Nebr. Panhandle (also a picnic). I was the only elected official at any level of government there. (Maybe because I am the only liberal in 90,000 square miles.)
Perhaps since it went so well last year, other elected officials from other towns or counties will show up (I don’t expect other village board members in my town to be within fifty miles of the place).
re: #97 Anymouse
This stuff is so important but unfortunately those who even lean towards Trump because Republican are unwilling to entertain what we call facts and reality. Talked to a neighbor the other night who responded to my statement that Trump is a racist by demanding I demonstrate one single racist thing Trump has said/done. I rattled off like 3. (We all know them here.) Then he said, really, just name one thing. OK, I rattled off another 3. He continued to demand that I give him examples, completely ignoring the long list I’d just given. Thick. As. A. Brick.
That was the same guy who earlier in the evening asked if I was an atheist after something I’d said and I answered yes. He then leaned forward, looked deep into my eyes and said “Do you accept Jesus as your lord and savior?” I laughed and said of course not and he got pissed, accusing me of insulting his beliefs. Dude, I just told you I’m an atheist, what do you think that means? If you don’t want the answer, don’t ask the question.
Getting real tired of these numbnuts.
Trump is attacking Clinton Foundation, but once donated $100K https://t.co/kwwS4m6NmK pic.twitter.com/OmVj1gQxLW
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 24, 2016
re: #103 allegro
My town leans heavily Republican (I am surprised I was elected twice).
That said, when I had a Bernie Sanders sign in my yard that provoked a lot of discussion amongst my neighbours and me.
Since then, the attack on Senator McCain (which did not go over very well with this town full of military veterans), Gold Star Families (of which I am a member), and other such things have shifted the conversation in my little town.
I don’t expect Hillary Clinton to take NE-3. I would be surprised if she got five thousand votes in my district. That said, Mr. Trump has discouraged a lot of voters in my village.
I got pilloried over at Daily Kos for a diary I wrote there a few months ago noting I’d encouraged one of the Republican voters here to vote (because there are referenda and other things on the ballot, even if he could not bring himself to vote for Mrs. Clinton and he no longer supported Mr. Trump).
I argued that I want as many people as possible to vote; moreover, as a village trustee, I do not think it is my place to discourage people from voting.
In my town, my position on encouraging Republicans to vote, even if they do not support the guy at the top of the ticket has earned me a bit of good will with my conservative neighbours.
For some reason, that made me a pariah over at Kos for a while.
Additional: The whole village knows both my wife and I are atheists. As it turns out, so are the three village employees. It would seem that in this very religious area, that does not enter into voting calculus.
re: #91 Anymouse
However, if you sort by name, then Christmas stamps come right up on the first page (something about C being at the start of the alphabet):
Why should CHRISTIANS have to make an extra mouse click in order to be afforded the respect due to them in this CHRISTIAN nation of America?!?
re: #104 The Vicious Babushka
Trump is attacking Clinton Foundation, but once donated $100K
That explains the face time he had with Hillary…
Happy #NationalWaffleDay! pic.twitter.com/5S0AA68cej
— Good Morning America (@GMA) August 24, 2016
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why should CHRISTIANS have to make an extra mouse click in order to be afforded the respect due to them in this CHRISTIAN nation of America?!?
For the same reason they have to “Press 1 for English.”
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
A reason to go to IHOP (if we had one within a hundred miles… .)
Thanks, Miss Babushka. I am off to bed, now I will dream of waffles I can’t get. /s
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
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Waffles are best at night with chocolate chip ice cream on top.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
For the same reason they have to “Press 1 for English.”
Why should they f***ing have to press ANYTHING to get ENGLISH?!?!?
(I am the voice of righteous outrage today)
re: #112 allegro
Waffles are best at night with chocolate chip ice cream on top.
Blueberries, butter & real maple syrup or GTFO
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why should they f***ing have to press ANYTHING to get ENGLISH?!?!?
(I am the voice of righteous outrage today)
‘Cause it’s a little-used dialect ‘round these parts.
re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
Blueberries, butter & real maple syrup or GTFO
Yay Maple Syrup. I smuggled in a bunch from Canada a couple weeks ago.
re: #116 Anymouse
Yay Maple Syrup. I smuggled in a bunch from Canada a couple weeks ago.
They have been removing the French traffic signs all along the 401. There are only about 3 left as you approach Windsor from the East.
Whelp, I guess that backfired 🙄 ‘It’s about freedom’: Ban boosts #burkini sales ‘by 200%’ @sylk https://t.co/8NpkZvJnOI
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) August 24, 2016
Meanwhile in #Canada: Mounties allow women in uniform to wear #hijabs @sylk https://t.co/7Bl4FwIwD4
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) August 24, 2016
Sharia compliant Mounties—Canada is doomed!!11!
This is obviously parody but I’m waiting for SMOTI to take it seriously==>
Hillary Health Shocker! https://t.co/r1pe2YwC3q via @nytopinion pic.twitter.com/JEMFZY9FJm
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2016
re: #117 The Vicious Babushka
They have been removing the French traffic signs all along the 401. There are only about 3 left as you approach Windsor from the East.
Hmm. I came down the Bruce Peninsula from the north over the ferry. Our whole trip across northern Ontario there were still both French and English signs, as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
I wonder why they would remove them from the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway (401)? That seems like an expense (paying people to remove them) that is unnecessary.
He who must be obeyed (my cat) is insisting I go to bed, so he can lay on me to sleep and place his paws around my neck (someday he is going to slash my throat and kill me).
re: #120 Anymouse
Hmm. I came down the Bruce Peninsula from the north over the ferry. Our whole trip across northern Ontario there were still both French and English signs, as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
I wonder why they would remove them from the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway (401)? That seems like an expense (paying people to remove them) that is unnecessary.
He who must be obeyed (my cat) is insisting I go to bed, so he can lay on me to sleep and place his paws around my neck (someday he is going to slash my throat and kill me).
They have been quietly removing them for years, I don’t think there is a special crew tasked with removing French signs, just that I have noticed there are fewer than there used to be along the same highway.
re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
Blueberries, butter & real maple syrup or GTFO
pineapple? oh wait. different war
I can understand a ban on veils that cover the face: public interaction is based on the ability to identify the person we are dealing with.
But I feel that France is pushing a bit too hard on secularism.
And there are many reasons for a woman to wear a headscarf. Simply wearing one is not de facto proof that they are involved in or somehow victims of religious extremism.
re: #121 The Vicious Babushka
They have been quietly removing them for years, I don’t think there is a special crew tasked with removing French signs, just that I have noticed there are fewer than there used to be along the same highway.
Well, in my home state (Michigan), Ontario (which surrounds it) has been quietly conquering it.
Canadian money circulated in Michigan even when I was a child; now there are Tim Hortons springing up everywhere, even one where I grew up.
Ontario looks to finish the job the United Kingdom was unable to accomplish in the War of 1812.
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can understand a ban on veils that cover the face: public interaction is based on the ability to identify the person we are dealing with.
But I feel that France is pushing a bit too hard on secularism.
And there are many reasons for a woman to wear a headscarf. Simply wearing one is not de facto proof that they are involved in or somehow victims of religious extremism.
or necessarily of any particular religion
Canadians rescue 1,500 Americans who veered off course on inflatable rafts https://t.co/w5OybzbU8g pic.twitter.com/fZpPR71ypv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2016
re: #124 Anymouse
Well, in my home state (Michigan), Ontario (which surrounds it) has been quietly conquering it.
Canadian money circulated in Michigan even when I was a child; now there are Tim Hortons springing up everywhere, even one where I grew up.
Ontario looks to finish the job the United Kingdom was unable to accomplish in the War of 1812.
Tim Horton’s has great coffee! They are the second best coffee place (after Wawa in PA)
re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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Is that the Dancing Babushkas? :)
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can understand a ban on veils that cover the face: public interaction is based on the ability to identify the person we are dealing with.
But I feel that France is pushing a bit too hard on secularism.
And there are many reasons for a woman to wear a headscarf. Simply wearing one is not de facto proof that they are involved in or somehow victims of religious extremism.
Curious, is the wearing of a cross necklace banned as well?
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
Tim Horton’s has great coffee! They are the second best coffee place (after Wawa in PA)
I smuggled in a bunch of Tim Hortons coffee as well, both for me and for a friend in Omaha (he insisted I bring him some).
I am not familiar with coffee in Wawa, Penna. I drove through Wawa, Ontario a couple weeks ago; they have a Tim Hortons.
re: #131 Anymouse
I smuggled in a bunch of Tim Hortons coffee as well, both for me and for a friend in Omaha (he insisted I bring him some).
I am not familiar with coffee in Wawa, Penna. I drove through Wawa, Ontario a couple weeks ago; they have a Tim Hortons.
Wawa is the name of a coffee chain in PA, NY and NJ. Best. Coffee. Ever.
Must … go … to … bed … must … drag … myself … away from … LGF …
This place is addictive and has too many good people. It is bad for my health (it interferes with my sleep).
Mr. Johnson, I hold you responsible.
It seems that all the accusations that Trump hurls at Hillary are actually things that he has done himself.
re: #135 The Vicious Babushka
It seems that all the accusations that Trump hurls at Hillary are actually things that he has done himself.
Except the cheating contractors, and hiring Polish undocumented workers, and proposing building a wall in the Rio Grande river, …
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
Tim Horton’s has great coffee! They are the second best coffee place (after Wawa in PA)
I remember Wawa from my younger, wilder days, working around PA. Their coffee, combined with a blueberry bagel w/cream cheese wielded almost magical restorative powers,
Oh, and good morning all!
re: #137 lizardofid
I remember Wawa from my younger, wilder days, working around PA. Their coffee, combined with a blueberry bagel w/cream cheese wielded almost magical restorative powers,
Oh, and good morning all!
this is not going to go anywhere good
re: #138 dangerman
this is not going to go anywhere good
I agree. It’s not going into my mouth. Not good.
re: #138 dangerman
this is not going to go anywhere good
I know, but it just worked. The pickled brain wants what it wants.
heh
During my high school days in Park Ridge, IL, my best friend/boyfriend worked at a local Bagel and Bialy shop. My dad woke me up early most every Saturday morning to go fetch fresh, hot bagels. Bobby would always throw in some freebies as well. I told my dad that Bobby would happily do the same thing for him (he adored my parents) but noooo, had to be me.
My dad pimped me out for bagels.
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can understand a ban on veils that cover the face: public interaction is based on the ability to identify the person we are dealing with.
I can see the ban it in banks, government buildings, etc. (including while driving as it could potentially obstruct vision). If it’s truly a case of public interaction, then I’d like to see balaclavas and any other sort of face covering banned.
But I feel that France is pushing a bit too hard on secularism.
And there are many reasons for a woman to wear a headscarf. Simply wearing one is not de facto proof that they are involved in or somehow victims of religious extremism.
Yeah, AFAIK no burkini wearing jihadis have attacked anyone. //
There was also this from Cannes, where there’s also a ban in place:
Thierry Migoule, head of municipal services for the town said: “We are not talking about banning the wearing of religious symbols on the beach … but ostentatious clothing which refers to an allegiance to terrorist movements which are at war with us.” […]
Now “ostentatious” religious apparel denotes allegiance to terrorists. So does that mean any woman wearing hijab is a terrorist (sympathizer)? What about men with beards? Oh right, can’t do that because there might be non-Muslim men who choose to have beards and we wouldn’t want to impinge on their freedoms. //
This Guardian summed it up pretty well for me. The snark made me giggle:
Burkinis: unhygienic, terrorist wear - or just a wetsuit with a hood?
re: #142 CuriousLurker
I can see the ban it in banks, government buildings, etc. (including while driving as it could potentially obstruct vision). If it’s truly a case of public interaction, then I’d like to see balaclavas and any other sort of face covering banned.
Yeah, AFAIK no burkini wearing jihadis have attacked anyone. //
There was also this from Cannes, where there’s also a ban in place:
Now “ostentatious” religious apparel denotes allegiance to terrorists. So does that mean any woman wearing hijab is a terrorist (sympathizer)? What about men with beards? Oh right, can’t do that because there might be non-Muslim men who choose to have beards and we wouldn’t want to impinge on their freedoms. //
This Guardian summed it up pretty well for me. The snark made me giggle:
Burkinis: unhygienic, terrorist wear - or just a wetsuit with a hood?
What is the difference between a burkini and the full body suit that some surfers wear? Also, it seems to me that women in Miami Beach should wear the burkini as protection against Zika.
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
What is the difference between a burkini and the full body suit that some surfers wear? Also, it seems to me that women in Miami Beach should wear the burkini as protection against Zika.
And skin cancer.
OTOH, ex-Confederate states often have anti-covering laws for good reason, dating from the 1890s and later campaigns to rob the Klan actions of anonymity. they were enforced at least as late as the 1960s.
re: #130 allegro
Curious, is the wearing of a cross necklace banned as well?
Yes, in schools. Not sure about other places, but I would assume not. If they did then they’d need a police force dedicated to enforcing secularism, walking around checking people 24/7 issuing fines and/or making them remove the symbols.
The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public (i.e. government-operated) primary and secondary schools. The law is an amendment to the French Code of Education that expands principles founded in existing French law, especially the constitutional requirement of laïcité: the separation of state and religious activities. […]
The law does not mention any particular symbol, and thus bans all Christian (veil, signs), Muslim (veil, signs), Sikh (turban, signs) Jewish and other religions’ signs. It is however considered by many to specifically target the wearing of headscarves (a khimar, considered by most Muslims to be an obligatory article of faith as part of hijab [“modesty”]) by Muslim schoolgirls. For this reason, it is occasionally referred to as the French headscarf ban in the foreign press. […]
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
What is the difference between a burkini and the full body suit that some surfers wear? Also, it seems to me that women in Miami Beach should wear the burkini as protection against Zika.
None as far as I can tell. Yes, it would be good protection against Zika!
re: #146 CuriousLurker
Yes, in schools. Not sure about other places, but I would assume not. If they did then they’d need a police force dedicated to enforcing secularism, walking around checking people 24/7 and/or issuing fines or making them remove the symbols.
I knew about the schools. I was wondering if they are patrolling the beaches insisting that people remove their religious symbols along with forcing a Muslim woman to publicly strip. Kinda figured they weren’t.
I saw some discussion on Twitter by feminists wanting to challenge the French law by showing up on the beaches en masse wearing burkinis, though they are not Muslimas.
Meanwhile, orders for burkinis have gone through the roof, according to the BBC.
re: #146 CuriousLurker
Yes, in schools. Not sure about other places, but I would assume not. If they did then they’d need a police force dedicated to enforcing secularism, walking around checking people 24/7 and/or issuing fines or making them remove the symbols.
So, sort of an opposite number to Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or Mutaween, except enforcing secularism?
Oh, the irony.
re: #150 Dr Lizardo
So, sort of an opposite number to Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or Mutaween, except enforcing secularism?
Oh, the irony.
Except they’re not that opposite. Both are on the continuum, using state power to needlessly coerce changes in public appearance.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. My inlaws are in Italy on a vacation as I write; they’re safe and sufficiently far away from the epicenter to not have felt any of its serious effects. They’re scheduled to return home tomorrow. Whew.
From the look of it, the quake was extremely shallow and that meant the damage was more severe than one would expect from a 6.2 quake these days. Two of the towns near the epicenter look like they’ve been hit with a steamroller. Flattened.
Pics are from @AP it gives some perspective on damage in Anatrice earthquake. #ItalyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/UBbF849Amu
— Lourdes Duarte (@LourdesWGN) August 24, 2016
re: #149 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Same people who fat shame women for baring too much skin in US are among those cheering a burkini ban in France. #misogyny
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
So, Sausage Party is premiering here on Saturday; I checked the listings and it looks like there’s a matinee showing. Gonna have to go check that one out - thankfully, it’s in the original English with Czech subtitles.
Totally NSFW.
Heather Bresch, daughter of Sen. Manchin behind the 400% increase in price of EpiPens, is somehow worse than Shkreli pic.twitter.com/wVDfeS0xOe
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) August 24, 2016
re: #155 lawhawk
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Last night CBS had a segment interviewing Shkreli about the EpiPen price hike, which he was all excited about. His face has become even more punchable than you ever thought possible.
re: #148 allegro
I knew about the schools. I was wondering if they are patrolling the beaches insisting that people remove their religious symbols along with forcing a Muslim woman to publicly strip. Kinda figured they weren’t.
I’m sure that’s why they added the “ostentatious” language as, presumably, a burkuini is ostentatious. I haven’t heard of any Sikhs, Hasidic Jews, etc. being told to publicly strip. I found this disturbing also:
The photographs emerged as a mother of two also told on Tuesday how she had been fined on the beach in nearby Cannes wearing leggings, a tunic and a headscarf.
Her ticket, seen by French news agency AFP, read that she was not wearing “an outfit respecting good morals and secularism”.
“I was sitting on a beach with my family,” said the 34-year-old who gave only her first name, Siam. “I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming.”
A witness to the scene, Mathilde Cousin, confirmed the incident. “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home’, some were applauding the police,” she said. “Her daughter was crying.” […]
It’s getting ugly out there. It seems that people are completely missing the fact that by scapegoating law abiding Muslims because of the actions of terrorists they’re using the very same logic as the terrorists who attack innocents because the hate the U.S. or France or Israel or the entire Western word or whatever.
re: #150 Dr Lizardo
So, sort of an opposite number to Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or Mutaween, except enforcing secularism?
Oh, the irony.
Exactly. *smh*
There’s Just One Flaw in Donald Trump’s New Plan to Show He’s Not Racist
The main difficulty Trump faces in dispelling the impression that he is a racist is that Trump is, in fact, a gigantic racist.
New York Magazine
re: #150 Dr Lizardo
So, sort of an opposite number to Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or Mutaween, except enforcing secularism?
Oh, the irony.
Let’s not leave out the Mea Shearim Shomrei Ha’Tsniut
re: #151 Decatur Deb
Except they’re not that opposite. Both are on the continuum, using state power to needlessly coerce changes in public appearance.
Yep. As I mentioned when this came up last night, extremism sucks, regardless of whether it’s secular or religious.
re: #160 The Vicious Babushka
Let’s not leave out the Mea Shearim Shomrei Ha’Tsniut
Still got my “I was stoned in Mea Shearim” t-shirt.
re: #146 CuriousLurker
I was listening to a BBC news thing on the radio the other week in which hijabi London women were asked about their position on the headscarf. Many were western African by extraction and they mostly answered along lines that, yes, it was a cultural thing, but mostly that it was something they considered to be a fashion-statement rather than a religious observation.
In fact, one lady whose heritage lay in Burkina Faso said that she had adopted the headscarf purely for reasons of fashion, adding that it is now the in-thing for ladies in the home country to sport hats.
Get this: her mother sort of tut-tutted the hijab as London attire.
Alot more complex than I had thought.
This Cannes thing has me absolutely spewing.
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book
FEC rules dictate the Republican nominee must forgo royalties on the book’s sales, or else the $55,000 purchase at Barnes & Noble was illegal.
re: #156 The Vicious Babushka
Last night CBS had a segment interviewing Shkreli about the EpiPen price hike, which he was all excited about. His face has become even more punchable than you ever thought possible.
Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli weighs in on skyrocketing EpiPen prices https://t.co/VIOXKC34SQ pic.twitter.com/uzv3j7QJuu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 24, 2016
re: #166 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Crooked Don!
re: #166 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book
FEC rules dictate the Republican nominee must forgo royalties on the book’s sales, or else the $55,000 purchase at Barnes & Noble was illegal.
the guy is brilliantly craven
i think this is the fourth or fifth (ive stopped counting) issue where someone has said “probably illegal” and for the fourth or fifth time it’ll go nowhere
re: #167 The Vicious Babushka
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Because of the nature of the life-safety threat, making Epi-Pens unaffordable is one of the shorter paths to killing bunches of people through market mechanisms. Even anti-vaxxers are more long term and statistical.
re: #166 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book
FEC rules dictate the Republican nominee must forgo royalties on the book’s sales, or else the $55,000 purchase at Barnes & Noble was illegal.
Sarah Palin does the same thing with her PAC money.
re: #165 Alyosha
Get this: her mother sort of tut-tutted the hijab as London attire.
LOL!
Alot more complex than I had thought.
This Cannes thing has me absolutely spewing.
You and me both, my friend. I don’t think they realize how bad the optics are.
re: #169 dangerman
the guy is brilliantly craven
i think this is the fourth or fifth (ive stopped counting) issue where someone has said “probably illegal” and for the fourth or fifth time it’ll go nowhere
America has an outlaw romanticism that can embrace a flamboyant-enough thief. Trump might turn out to be the Murph the Surf of modern politics.
re: #170 Decatur Deb
Because of the nature of the life-safety threat, making Epi-Pens unaffordable is one of the shorter paths to killing bunches of people through market mechanisms. Even anti-vaxxers are more long term and statistical.
At what point will price controls be imposed on these greedy pusbuckets?
re: #173 Decatur Deb
America has an outlaw romanticism that can embrace a flamboyant-enough thief. Trump might turn out to be the Murph the Surf of modern politics.
Willie Sutton. He went into politics because “That’s where the money is”.
re: #174 The Vicious Babushka
At what point will price controls be imposed on these greedy pusbuckets?
It’ll be part of the Protecting America From Billionaires Act of 3016.
re: #155 lawhawk
Heather Bresch, daughter of Sen. Manchin behind the 400% increase in price of EpiPens, is somehow worse than Shkreli pic.twitter.com/wVDfeS0xOe
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) August 24, 2016
I can’t see the picture, so I don’t know what’s in it, but I also missed the memo that says there can only be one evil person.
re: #155 lawhawk
Heather Bresch, daughter of Sen. Manchin behind the 400% increase in price of EpiPens, is somehow worse than Shkreli pic.twitter.com
— sean
Well, why should Shkreli get all the attention?
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Alex Jones just yelling out rejected “X Files” plots now. https://t.co/JIEMhTjavb
— I, Hoebot. (@eclecticbrotha) August 24, 2016
With great art, it’s hard to tell where the artwork ends and the artist begins. pic.twitter.com/2aPxkYDfHw
— Glauciane Diniz (@GlaucianeDiniz) June 22, 2016
re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth
He must be rather angry that fellow psychopath, Sean Hannity, gets all of Trump’s interview time.
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re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That kid must be in the same preschool as my granddaughter.
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a young Tobias Fünke
off to make kona coffee in a french press pot
taste before country
Just to be clear everyone, only ONE of these is illegal to wear on the beach in France, #BurkiniBan pic.twitter.com/74HQhbZYPV
— Ally (@_AllysonMarie_) August 24, 2016
Business news-We have a cheddar cheese glut. The government will buy twenty two million dollars of this surplus. See typical government false economics. Sheesh. Don’t buy the cheese.
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Subsidize the wine and crackers!!!!
Your Clinton Foundation talking points:
Clinton Foundation has 7000 donors.
Hillary met with 60 as SoS= ~1%.
Wouldn’t have made for a great AP tweet @brianefallon @SheWhoVotes— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) August 24, 2016
Before @ClintinFdn, 200K people with HIV AIDS in poor countries got lifesaving anti-retroviral meds. Because of @ClintonFdn, 11.5M do now.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) August 24, 2016
I think Clinton ought to do a presentation of the work of the Clinton Foundation. Not an apology for helping people presser, but a full on presentation of the work the foundation does and where the money goes. And right after it’s over, her twitter can challenge Trump to do the same with his “charities.”
re: #135 The Vicious Babushka
It seems that all the accusations that Trump hurls at Hillary are actually things that he has done himself.
Funny how the media never seems to notice that.
re: #194 Skip Intro
Funny how the media never seems to notice that.
After Trump whined the other day about how mean the media was being to him the media had to rechannel their efforts to create another faux scandal.
It’s the way of the world.
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The Doctor is in:
BEN CARSON: ‘Elderly’ candidates Trump and Clinton must release their medical records https://t.co/RycZdWzEpc pic.twitter.com/02tsMmsPTj
— BI Politics (@bi_politics) August 24, 2016
Elderly? @RealBenCarson ignores that @realDonaldTrump is older than @HillaryClinton and his mental status is more questionable @bi_politics
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
re: #193 Sir John Barron
Yes but “access”.
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BREAKING: AP analysis: More than half those who met Clinton as Cabinet secretary gave money to Clinton Foundation.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 23, 2016
The actual story does not really support that claim. https://t.co/JT4uCkP0v4 https://t.co/EYPdMhHd7I
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 23, 2016
And the smoking gun is that Clinton went out of her way to help a Nobel Peace Prize winner who was having trouble with a foreign government?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 23, 2016
From the article:
Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering low-interest “microcredit” for poor business owners, met with Clinton three times and talked with her by phone during a period when Bangladeshi government authorities investigated his oversight of a nonprofit bank and ultimately pressured him to resign from the bank’s board. Throughout the process, he pleaded for help in messages routed to Clinton, and she ordered aides to find ways to assist him.
They’ve known Yunus since they were in Arkansas. Isn’t helping with a foreign government the point of the state department?
I’ve been one of those believing that HRC should do a press conference for the media critters.
Now I’m not as convinced. I doubt it would help much or be informative at this point.
re: #192 Belafon
I think Clinton ought to do a presentation of the work of the Clinton Foundation. Not an apology for helping people presser, but a full on presentation of the work the foundation does and where the money goes. And right after it’s over, her twitter can challenge Trump to do the same with his “charities.”
experts from the foundation that do this work should do it
I have a plan that mobilizes conservatives throughout this country and it’s launching soon. https://t.co/7K2ZC21B2X pic.twitter.com/PL2yC54rXv
— Dr. Ben Carson (@RealBenCarson) August 24, 2016
@RealBenCarson Are you tweaking you plan to mobilize republicans during the primaries?
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) August 24, 2016
Good luck with that.
This morning a yellowjacket stung me on my mouse controller finger
I hate Florida— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 24, 2016
Meanwhile, more media outlets are jumping on the shuttering of the Clinton Foundation over the Judicial Watch nothingburger.
Seriously, these fuckers want to shut down a charitable foundation because the Clintons are involved in it. Let’s just ignore the millions of lives across Africa whose lives are improved because the Foundation expanded access to HIV drugs and other health initiatives.
Apparently, someone thinks that this is a bad thing. That someone happens to be right wingers over at Judicial Watch and a pliant media that completely misinterprets the info that JW leaked out in drips and drabs.
Far from Clinton meeting with donors as Sec. State in some kind of pay to play, Huma (yeah, you knew that name was going to come up) was a real gatekeeper demanding that those seeking access go through proper channels to donate to the foundation or seek meetings with Clinton.
In fact, there was a real reason some of these donors met with Clinton while as Secretary of State - the State Department was setting up a public-private partnership to improve health initiatives overseas.
Far from scandalous, this is the kind of thing that we want government to be doing.
Except the right wing/GOP thinks charity begins and ends with Trump’s Foundation buying copies of his book for $50k.
re: #197 Belafon
Read even further down the thread:
Is this the least-scandalous revelation of all time? pic.twitter.com/NXg3XaMYMj
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 24, 2016
re: #200 FormerDirtDart
I have a plan that mobilizes conservatives throughout this country and it’s launching soon. realbencarson.com pic.twitter.com
— Dr. Ben Carson
“I’m going to call my group a Tea Party, like the revolutionaries, get it?”
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re: #200 FormerDirtDart
I have a plan that mobilizes conservatives throughout this country and it’s launching soon. realbencarson.com pic.twitter.com
— Dr. Ben Carson
“Send me $$$$ and I’ll send you an autographed copy of one of my books.”
Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft, crashes into telegraph pole on test flight https://t.co/EbI0fQfxl5
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 24, 2016
Whoops. Wonder what caused the crash - a loss of control?
re: #202 lawhawk
She could throw “Christian” in the title, and confuse the wingers.
re: #192 Belafon
I think Clinton ought to do a presentation of the work of the Clinton Foundation. Not an apology for helping people presser, but a full on presentation of the work the foundation does and where the money goes. And right after it’s over, her twitter can challenge Trump to do the same with his “charities.”
I’ll restate my position, that if arranging an introduction, via a third party, get’s a million dollars worth of clean drinking water or anti-hiv drugs for some kids in Africa, let er rip.
Call me a pragmatic consequentialist. (If that’s a thing.)
BREAKING: Italy’s civil protection agency upgrades provisional death toll from earthquake to 73.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 24, 2016
re: #203 dangerman
i think he misspelled “monetized” as “mobilized”
I regret that I have but one up-ding to give…
re: #202 lawhawk
…Except the right wing/GOP thinks charity begins and ends with Trump’s Foundation buying copies of his book for $50k.
ah, working at the spiro agnew level of corruption
re: #207 lawhawk
Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft, crashes into telegraph pole on test flight
Whoops. Wonder what caused the crash - a loss of control?
I have to wonder where in the hell they found a telegraph pole to run into?
Time traveling airship? Awesome, even with steering problems…
Too bad the media just doesn’t have the time to investigate the various Trump Foundations for money laundering, since that appears to be their only function.
re: #214 Skip Intro
Too bad the media just doesn’t have the time to investigate the various Trump Foundations for money laundering, since that appears to be their only function.
That’s boring. Everyone knows and expects Trump to do that. What’s juicy is that Clinton may have performed state department work during her time as SoS.
re: #202 lawhawk
Except the right wing/GOP thinks charity begins and ends with Trump’s Foundation buying copies of his book for $50k.
Not to mention the Tim Tebow souvenirs.
re: #154 Dr Lizardo
It’s hilarious. I didn’t take my vegan friend though, for fear of her starving herself after seeing it.
re: #202 lawhawk
If Trump waited long enough, that could have been 50,000 books. I am glad he didn’t, think of the forests!
WHEN I AM PRESIDENT I WILL STOP ALL THE EARTHQUAKES. TRUST ME. BELIEVE ME.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families of those affected by two powerful earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2016
re: #215 Belafon
That’s boring. Everyone knows and expects Trump to do that. What’s juicy is that Clinton may have performed state department work during her time as SoS.
A government employee actually working? Talk about a man bites dog story!
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re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ouch. I got an alert about that quake from the quake feed app. I clicked on it and looked at the map. Knew it was going to be bad. :(
re: #219 The Vicious Babushka
And Italy is a NATO ally.
re: #215 Belafon
That’s boring. Everyone knows and expects Trump to do that. What’s juicy is that Clinton may have performed state department work during her time as SoS.
cause everyone knows that all government employees are either lazy d’s who do nothing but collect a paycheck or patriotic r’s whose job it is to obstruct anything those do nothing d’s try and do
re: #219 The Vicious Babushka
My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families of those affected by two powerful earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar.
— Donald J. Trump
“Now let me see which media is being meany to me today.”
re: #200 FormerDirtDart
I have a plan that mobilizes conservatives throughout this country and it’s launching soon. realbencarson.com pic.twitter.com
— Dr. Ben Carson
“How will your plan mobilize conservatives?”
Carson: it will ask them to send me money so I can mobilize them.
Wingnuts on Twitter projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space==>
At this rate, #Obama’s going to destroy the democrats as a viable US political party. #TCOT
— Federalist 46 (@Federalist46) August 24, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton using the Clinton Foundation as a #MoneyLaundering scheme? #tcot #ccot #gop
— ConservtveChicksRock (@conservtivegurl) August 24, 2016
Commercial flights are too ‘burdensome’ for Clinton via @NYPost#tcot #tlot https://t.co/K1Yfoy0ufm
— PoofImGraham (@PoofImGraham) August 24, 2016
Under #HillaryClinton, the #StateDepartment was for sale through the #ClintonFoundation. It all stinks and embarrasses America.#tcot
— Jim Nelli (@JimNelli) August 24, 2016
re: #191 Belafon
Your Clinton Foundation talking points:
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And everyone’s idiot MorningJoke was saying the AP is such a respected media outlet every word they say must be true.
re: #226 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts on Twitter projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space==>
Funny, I don’t see any of them referring to any great, really great, just terrific, poll numbers.
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Large earthquake just felt in Indonesia. #9WX #9news #9newsmornings pic.twitter.com/LKo5ICMN0r
— 9NEWS Weather (@9NEWSWeather) August 24, 2016
Cormorant, Mn
Dog wins third mayoral term in Minnesota town: https://t.co/Z57DTunhL6 pic.twitter.com/BmlFZzfSQx
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) August 23, 2016
Duke? DUKE?
Damn liberals bestowing titles of nobility in violation of the “REAL” Thirteenth Amendment…
re: #226 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts on Twitter projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space==>
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you know, there’s a 990. it’s public information. anyone could read it (well almost anyone)
also - is pricewaterhousecoopers in on the scamming? if so, who at pwc?
From Adam Silverman at Balloon Juice:
Lines On the Map: The Human Geography of the US’s Southern Border
We find this map of Hispanic or Latino population by county. I’m amazed how many counties are over 50%.
Here in Washington, it looks like Adams and Franklin counties are—of course, I knew there were a lot of Hispanic people in Eastern Washington. The real shocker is Skagit County in the 16.3%-49.9% category. Seriously? That’s the Alabama of Western Washington. That’s where Glenn Beck and Jim Caviezel are from!
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Ford recalls 113K cars for fuel pumps, power windows. https://t.co/D1DqKrba2k pic.twitter.com/PMZOF8M2lN
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) August 24, 2016
This is for Ziggy_TARDIS
In Home and Food, #DoctorWho is in the Kitchen with an Official Cookbookhttps://t.co/x0BtUF9s17 pic.twitter.com/UwEDCJ2nHV
— Culturess (@CulturessFS) August 24, 2016
re: #230 FormerDirtDart
Cormorant, Mn
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Duke? DUKE?
Damn liberals bestowing titles of nobility in violation of the “REAL” Thirteenth Amendment…
Our rescue mutt is all/most Great Pyr. Lovely dogs, but he’s shed enough fur to cover a yurt.
re: #226 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts on Twitter projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space==>
If I remember correctly, the Clintons themselves don’t take a salary from the foundation.
Their money laundering consists of taking wealthy people’s money and turning it into AIDS drugs. Those scoundrels.
re: #233 The Vicious Babushka
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they forgot to install them?
re: #236 Belafon
If I remember correctly, the Clintons themselves don’t take a salary from the foundation.
Their money laundering consists of taking wealthy people’s money and turning it into AIDS drugs. Those scoundrels.
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re: #233 The Vicious Babushka
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My ‘63 Fairlane ate a fuel pump every six months. Too little, too late!
Morning Lizards. Here is your morning Chuckle.
Larson: Neil deGrasse Tyson is a horse’s astrophysicist
And NDT’s response.
Famed astrophysicist calls out Idaho columnist
And please, DO read the comments.
re: #239 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
My ‘63 Fairlane ate a fuel pump every six months. Too little, too late!
They are not recalling ‘63 Fairlanes! You are SOL.
re: #240 Bubblehead II
Idaho Falls talk radio personality Neal Larson
Do wingnuts do anything other than host radio shows?
re: #242 Sir John Barron
Do wingnuts do anything other than host radio shows?
It’s the business version of being a preacher.
heh
Trump security kicks Morrow out of Austin rally https://t.co/F31jD7YXYV
— Robert Morrow (@RobMorroLiberty) August 24, 2016
re: #242 Sir John Barron
Do wingnuts do anything other than host radio shows?
They also run Faux News and assorted blogs such as Breightfart.
re: #240 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards. Here is your morning Chuckle.
Larson: Neil deGrasse Tyson is a horse’s astrophysicist
And NDT’s response.
Famed astrophysicist calls out Idaho columnist
And please, DO read the comments.
Nice of the Idaho newspaper to provide space for NDT to respond to the wingnut idiot. Wingnut idiot probably not expecting that. Expected he could lob criticisms every which way and just have the locals believe him.
re: #226 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts on Twitter projecting like a giant IMAX in outer space==>
Guess the wingnut talking points went out early this morning.
The earthquake that just hit Indonesia was a 5.8 in the sea off Southern Sumatra; no tsunami warning has been issued.
oh………
EX UK Independence Party leader Farage to appear at Trump event in US Wednesday, to discuss Brexit - @SkyNewsBreak https://t.co/0atTwEBkU9
— Breaking Politics (@breakingpol) August 24, 2016
I now look forward to a very angry news conference from Gov. LaPage
President Obama declares a new national monument in Maine on 87,000 acres donated by the founder of Burt’s Bees. https://t.co/ADSUsYIKZ6
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 24, 2016
Don’t you just love how “patriots” want to imprison someone based on rumors & conspiracy, not evidence & due process #tcot #UniteBlue
— (((Beelzebubbie))) (@viciousbabushka) August 24, 2016
re: #118 CuriousLurker
Sharia compliant Mounties—Canada is doomed!!11!
This pretty much summarizes the problem in France — lack of integration of its religious/racial minorities versus Canada which prides itself on its diversity and multiculturalism (and bilingualism). France has to do better on making its minorities feel French and not “othered”.
I don’t even see how banning head scarves and burkinis helps to fight terrorism.
re: #235 Decatur Deb
Our rescue mutt is all/most Great Pyr. Lovely dogs, but he’s shed enough fur to cover a yurt.
Anatolian here, fur-less yurt.
UXe2av4XJfSSjCoIvnn2GnEjoVRqDx4yGJMWdu/W/Cq//v2qgV8NCUVBIM3rYaFdUfrQ4vwoeWK3TcHSND5EjQyzeApqM+bIpVTq4bHTBgSzQcOxcLdBkKTrrW8AQw9Y4L1eu3bymuQ5F0xt6DGAmoANt8ZtE/OUjlS26K52IleC/gxRAQL1YL7JFTpvAw+WrdXqZmisdieOuJqiaccRvX3OKfeCXM+6xq37etgx+fDeQqhyxyC945QM3/fSNqrhmRPySxEBO8k0cHICyi/9US+smYmAaHz52TnqDGKStauXWEym2zDQIbsUK9MD1vVwmcUBJqVS8I0=
re: #103 allegro
So there pretty much was no way to show that Trump was racist to that guy even though you recited at least 6 racist comments Trump had made.
And it is hilarious that he asked you if you believe in Jesus Christ right after you acknowledged your atheism. You were good not to laugh hysterically in his face as I would have done.
It takes all kinds to make the world go round. I guess.
re: #119 The Vicious Babushka
WOW! BREAKING! Liberal NYT writer admits Hillary very sick!!! WOW!!!!1
re: #252 lawhawk
Hmmm… guess that’s another park to add to the bucket list.
Thanks Obama!
Nice work @POTUS for protecting Katahdin Woods & Waters Natl Monument for future gens!SJ #FindYourPark 📸:Scot Miller pic.twitter.com/Pp1gxLmcKh
— Sally Jewell (@SecretaryJewell) August 24, 2016
JUST IN: American University is under attack in Kabul. Several American professors are inside, along with possibly hundred of students.
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 24, 2016
#Kabul explosion updates: Attackers have infiltrated inside the #American #University of #Afghanistan
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
Morning after Trump campaign says its making big push for voters of color, Trump to appear with pol behind this: pic.twitter.com/dvt5lovnQb
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 24, 2016
re: #254 lizardofid
Had to be careful on reply. Apparently once you open a private comment, it stays open if you hit ‘quote’, and I haven’t found a way to close one once you open it in the main thread. You can avoid that by opening in Master Spy, and answering from main.
Nice doggy, closely related IIRC to Pyrs.
Man, that is one in-your-face recoding. I admire those producers who go for the ‘everything louder than everything else’ ethos (thanks, Lemmy!) and are able to pull it off.
Lyrics are real good, too. Two thumbs up.
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s very bad.
re: #264 Decatur Deb
Had to be careful on reply. Apparently once you open a private comment, it stays open if you hit ‘quote’, and I haven’t found a way to close one once you open it in the main thread. You can avoid that by opening in Master Spy, and answering from main.
Nice doggy, closely related IIRC to Pyrs.
Thanks, the Anatolian is a gentle giant and predator kryptonite.
And thanks for the tip on Master Spy!
AP photographer inside the university:
Help we are stuck inside AUAF and shooting flollowed by Explo this maybe my last tweets
— Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) August 24, 2016
re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth
AP photographer inside the university:
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Probably nothing but a glitch in the Matrix, but the tweets in this screen cap don’t appear on the photog’s timeline:
Berichten dat terroristen de Amerikaanse Universiteit in #Kabul zijn binnengedrongen.https://t.co/q3RWsXCBsZ pic.twitter.com/D8cnPTlbYL
— Terrorisme Monitor (@TerreurMonitor) August 24, 2016
Standing with a group that is linked to white supremacists==>
I will not let the families of The Remembrance Project down! #MakeAmericaSafeAgainhttps://t.co/EMuSftG6RPhttps://t.co/FHPR44WixX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2016
JUST NOW: @SteveKingIA tells me if Trump allows for legal status for any undocumented immigrants, that would be “tantamount to amnesty.” 1/2
— John Berman (@JohnBerman) August 24, 2016
Everything is fine, guys https://t.co/4jdJD17h9i
— Petey RobLowe (@jteeDC) August 24, 2016
re: #270 Franklin
Probably nothing but a glitch in the Matrix, but the tweets in this screen cap don’t appear on the photog’s timeline:
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@Massoud151 I saw two tweets deleted. I hope you’re alright. People are thinking of you.
— マリー (@kyu_mari) August 24, 2016
The attack against the American University in Kabul is just days after kidnapping of Australian and US personnel there. And suicide bombings.
Those responsible seem determined to prevent people from getting an education there. That’s some strong symbolism right there - as well as the determination to make sure that those education opportunities are provided.
@hughhewitt @steelers @Eagles The Steagles coming together for the 1st time in 70 years to do some good: keep Trump out of office.
— Charles Kent (@ChuckJager95) August 24, 2016
Nigel Farage and Donald Trump will appear on stage together in the US tonight to discuss “The Brexit Story” https://t.co/oFiyK7vPDu
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 24, 2016
Related:
The British set fire to the White House #OTD in 1814. pic.twitter.com/eOOgAeMEiW
— White House History (@WhiteHouseHstry) August 24, 2016
re: #278 Franklin
Nigel Farage: I’m appearing with Trump tonight!
Hope Hicks: New phone, who dis?https://t.co/GF6GtuH3v8 pic.twitter.com/Sa4KSw6O1w— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 24, 2016
#BurkiniBan Liberté Égalité Bigotré
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) August 24, 2016
re: #272 Franklin
It’s not amnesty if I say it’s not amnesty! No amnesty! Just follow law!!!!
re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
Standing with a group that is linked to white supremacists==>
What are they “remembering”?
Nothing like Eric insulting our intelligence about what we’re looking at when we see tax returns. @politicalwire
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
So, apparently Eric Trump’s concerned that we might not be able to understand what is included in Trump’s tax returns. Therefore we shouldn’t get to see them at all.
Right.
Gotcha.
Because tax experts don’t know what they’re looking at.
Or that it’s very easy to see how much income a person makes in a year or how much the person deducts in an itemized return (especially if the associated schedules are included). And we’d get to see how much income is the result of investments versus compensation. Or how much income is adjusted due to depreciation.
No, we wouldn’t know any of that.
What an elitist point of view that thinks he knows better than us. More than that, he’s doing the very thing he accuses Clintons of - obscuring and being secretive instead of transparent. It’s particularly hypocritical since both the Clintons and their Foundations provide years on years of tax returns and filings showing their income statements.
You don’t see them bitching about people misinterpreting those do you? Thin Skinned Trump can’t take the rigors of being vetted for President. Maybe he should drop out. Because this too is part of being vetted - the ability to take hits in the media - justified or not. If you’re incapable of taking criticism, you have no business being in a job that results in nonstop criticism from left and right of the position you’ve staked out.
Just as the current President. He’ll tell you a thing or two about criticism, especially the unwarranted kind (like being questioned over his nationality and religious beliefs by … wait for it … Donny Trump).
Hey @AP Now run and tell that! https://t.co/hLmRgPEjGF
— Franklin (@franklinftw) August 24, 2016
Here’s an actual #PayForPlay example - Trump gave FL AG $25K donation, then she dropped Trump U suit.@CNNPolitics https://t.co/QmFpD9kzUc
— Tanya (@tgreene319) August 24, 2016
https://t.co/zTtjHKrH2j But did Abedin blow these people off from a SWIFTBOAT? pic.twitter.com/ZRS6VDaVsB
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) August 24, 2016
#AUAF Student who managed to escape said incident started with gunfire then explosion, said students & lecturers still trapped inside #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
re: #286 lawhawk
So, apparently Eric Trump’s concerned that we might not be able to understand what is included in Trump’s tax returns. Therefore we shouldn’t get to see them at all.
Right.
Gotcha.
Because tax experts don’t know what they’re looking at.
Or that it’s very easy to see how much income a person makes in a year or how much the person deducts in an itemized return (especially if the associated schedules are included). And we’d get to see how much income is the result of investments versus compensation. Or how much income is adjusted due to depreciation.No, we wouldn’t know any of that.
What an elitist point of view that thinks he knows better than us. More than that, he’s doing the very thing he accuses Clintons of - obscuring and being secretive instead of transparent. It’s particularly hypocritical since both the Clintons and their Foundations provide years on years of tax returns and filings showing their income statements.
You don’t see them bitching about people misinterpreting those do you? Thin Skinned Trump can’t take the rigors of being vetted for President. Maybe he should drop out. Because this too is part of being vetted - the ability to take hits in the media - justified or not. If you’re incapable of taking criticism, you have no business being in a job that results in nonstop criticism from left and right of the position you’ve staked out.
Just as the current President. He’ll tell you a thing or two about criticism, especially the unwarranted kind (like being questioned over his nationality and religious beliefs by … wait for it … Donny Trump).
But Hillary should reveal everything.
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CBS journalist:
#AUAF under attack. I along with my friends escaped and several other of of my friends and professors trapped inside.
— Ahmad Mukhtar (@AhMukhtar) August 24, 2016
#AUAF - security forces have cordoned off the area. Officials confirm dozens of students & staff trapped inside. #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
North Carolina Cop Had Perfectly Good Reason For Shooting Deaf Man Dead After Traffic Stop, We Bet
As of press time, Donald Trump had not yet been reached for comment, although it is believed the opportunity to mock someone who was both disabled and the victim of a police shooting is bound to prove irresistible to him.
Casualties being reported at the American University in Kabul.
Taliban Trump hasn’t changed in over 30 years.
Two stone bas-relief sculptures high on the façade of the Bonwit Teller Building under demolition on Fifth Avenue — pieces that had been sought with enthusiasm by the Metropolitan Museum of Art — were smashed by jackhammers yesterday on the orders of a real estate developer.
- New York Times (June 6, 1980)
And Trump’s alter ego John Barron makes an early appearance.
When first questioned about the fate of the sculptures, Trump spokesman John Barron claimed that three independent appraisers had declared them to be “without artistic merit” — an assessment that flabbergasted Ashton Hawkins, vice president and secretary of the board of trustees of the Met.
(Update: Washington Post colleague Michael Kranish, showing his excellent memory, points out that “John Barron,” sometimes spelled “Baron,” was actually a false name Trump used in phone interviews during the 1980s. At the time of its reporting on the sculptures, the Times had not yet discovered the ruse.)
“Can you imagine the museum accepting them if they were not of artistic merit?” he asked.
Barron said removing the pieces would have cost $32,000 and delayed work by at least a week and a half.
In a follow-up story the next day, Barron conceded that the rare bronze grillwork was missing and said “we don’t know what happened to it.”
Charles Blow: Trump is ‘urinating’ on black voters and telling them to ‘dance in the rain’ https://t.co/LGSY1eqDNP pic.twitter.com/w7fi94bUko
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 24, 2016
And speaking of Lying Trump,
Police Respond to Donald Trump’s Claim That Chicago’s Violence Can Be Stopped In A Week
The Chicago Police Department on Tuesday denied Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s claim that he met with a “top” Chicago officer and argued the city’s violence would not be solved with “tough police tactics.”
“We’ve discredited this claim months ago,” CPD spokesperson Frank Giancamilli said in a statement. “No one in the senior command at CPD has ever met with Donald Trump or a member of his campaign.”
Odd that Trump surrogate and Fair and Balanced Bill O’Reilly didn’t challenge Trump about this lie when he made it on O’Reilly’s show on Monday.
Trump: “Clinton took bribes.”
Media: “Did Clinton take bribes? Let’s discuss.”
Idiots: “Clinton was bribed because media.”
Clinton: “WTF?”— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) August 24, 2016
re: #295 Skip Intro
Taliban Trump hasn’t changed in over 30 years.
And Trump’s alter ego John Barron makes an early appearance.
So, it’s not implausible that Melania’s speech writer is made up.
re: #295 Skip Intro
Taliban Trump hasn’t changed in over 30 years.
And Trump’s alter ego John Barron makes an early appearance.
And a majority of white people are voting for this piece of crap.
re: #295 Skip Intro
Taliban Trump hasn’t changed in over 30 years.
And Trump’s alter ego John Barron makes an early appearance.
Trump is a piece of crap.
A piece. of. crap.
I don’t know where this link goes, Infowars or WeirdNutDaily?
It’s time to jail Hillary: The Clinton Foundation is nothing more than a racketeering front https://t.co/P2GXf5bvtn pic.twitter.com/apANDxFWFy
— HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) August 24, 2016
re: #300 Sir John Barron
And a majority of white people are voting for this piece of crap.
Doubt it. Just old white men, perhaps, and he can’t count on us.
re: #302 The Vicious Babushka
naturalnews. com/055082_Clinton_Foundation_political_corruption_bribery.html
re: #303 Decatur Deb
Doubt it. Just old white men, perhaps, and he can’t count on us.
Unfortunately in most polls he leads Clinton among white voters. Whether a majority or high plurality.
re: #305 Sir John Barron
If it’s on the Internet it must be true.
/
I like to refer to the State Farm commercial where the woman is dating the “French model.”
re: #306 Sir John Barron
Unfortunately in most polls he leads Clinton among white voters. Whether a majority or high plurality.
Yeah, but that’s less and less effective at winning an election.
re: #295 Skip Intro
When first questioned about the fate of the sculptures, Trump spokesman John Barron claimed that three independent appraisers had declared them to be “without artistic merit”
“Who were the independent appraisers?”
Independent. Believe me. The best independent appraisers.
“Can we have their names”?
I’ll ask my boss, Mr. Trump, who really is the best boss. Very bright guy. Really wealthy. Loves people.
You had one job! Gotta keep that “T” up dude. #TrumpInATX pic.twitter.com/RvJt2MI6fd
— Ben Philpott (@BenPhilpottKUT) August 24, 2016
@BenPhilpottKUT @nprpolitics One must assume that those responsible for lofting the “T” did not possess “strong hands”
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) August 24, 2016
Like Donald…
re: #302 The Vicious Babushka
I don’t know where this link goes, Infowars or WeirdNutDaily?
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Fuck Natural News.
Guy sees his “natural medicine” gravy train coming to an end under an administration that actually understands science, so naturally he backs Trump.
re: #308 Belafon
Yeah, but that’s less and less effective at winning an election.
It just astounds me.
re: #311 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Fuck Natural News.
Guy sees his “natural medicine” gravy train coming to an end under an administration that actually understands science, so naturally he backs Trump.
I believe that “naturalnews” site has been identified as RWNJ catch all garbage site by one of our lizards here.
re: #313 Sir John Barron
I believe that “naturalnews” site has been identified as RWNJ catch all garbage site by one of our lizards here.
Might have been me. :-)
re: #299 Belafon
So, it’s not implausible that Melania’s speech writer is made up.
I was convinced of that when no such person ever showed up during the plagiarism melee.
re: #304 Belafon
naturalnews. com/055082_Clinton_Foundation_political_corruption_bribery.html
That’s an anti vaxxer site, isn’t it?
As an industry, we need to report when our reporting didn’t turn anything up https://t.co/aAxVrVhh4L pic.twitter.com/wWGtJpZqQV
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 24, 2016
re: #316 Jebediah, RBG
Cockatoo drinks coffee?!
Oh yes. Every one of my cockatoos and cockatiels have been serious coffee guzzlers.
He will have Ben Carson with him, to be his “native guide” and protect him from Teh Blackity Blackness
.@realDonaldTrump Trump plans Detroit visit in September with @RealBenCarson https://t.co/FxzROjv27B pic.twitter.com/3LKfqUQQhg
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) August 24, 2016
re: #317 The Vicious Babushka
That’s an anti vaxxer site, isn’t it?
I don’t go there, so I’m not sure.
I use toolsvoid.com to uncover the actual URL. Had to run the path and then run the resulting path through to get to the one I put up.
It’s an anti-vaxxer, who sells his own supplements, of course. Orac (a pseudonym for a noted cancer researcher) at Respectful Insolence has a number of articles about him.
How wingnut minds work:
Somebody who once attended a Clinton fundraiser in 1992 dies of cancer.
KILLED BY HILLARY!!!111!
Why would Hillary kill this person?
TO COVER UP THE TRUTH THAT THEY KNEW!!!!1!!!
What truth did this person know?
WE WILL NEVER FIND THAT OUT BECAUSE HILLARY KILLED THEM!!!11!!
re: #320 The Vicious Babushka
And Trump will point to him and say “See my Pathological Child Molesting African American Here?”
Classy!
Trump used $55,000 in campaign donations to buy copies of his own book https://t.co/Iqpo4jQsIl pic.twitter.com/7SmeBc9odM
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2016
re: #319 allegro
Oh yes. Every one of my cockatoos and cockatiels have been serious coffee guzzlers.
One of our cats likes to lap it from Mr. w’s mustache. Not a lot of it, but he gets fussy if he doesn’t get any.
re: #326 bratwurst
A common trick to push a book up the Bestseller lists.
#AUAF ATTACK UPDATE - no sound of gunfire for a while but Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) reportedly inside university compound. #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
I’m off to bed. I don’t know how many of you do this, but at times during the day I’ll try and describe each of you to (obviously) imaginary people and wonder how accurate I was at getting states, occupations, interests etc right.
You’re good people.
Just thought I’d chuck that out there before I start chuffin’ Zeds.
#AUAF UPDATE Unconfirmed reports indicate about 100 students & staff escaped but many trapped inside - some locked down in saferooms #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
KABUL UNIVERSITY IS A GUN FREE ZONE!!!11!!!
@RealBenCarson Just admit that you’re hooked on that Wingnut Welfare cash!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) August 24, 2016
IN SLOVENIA THEY HAD TO EAT DIAMONDS TO SURVIVE, JUST LIKE IN SCHINDLER’S LIST!!!111!!
@ddiamond The best diamond bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. pic.twitter.com/lw4psFf14y
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) August 24, 2016
re: #329 Eclectic Cyborg
A common trick to push a book up the Bestseller lists.
Yeah, but if he’s pocketing the royalties, it’s an FEC violation—not that anyone cares.
re: #336 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeah, but if he’s pocketing the royalties, it’s an FEC violation—not that anyone cares.
As far as I can tell, the FEC is completely toothless.
re: #336 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeah, but if he’s pocketing the royalties, it’s an FEC violation—not that anyone cares.
Royalties he promised to charity.
Such a fucking scam.
Reminder that @realdonaldtrump said he would donate the proceeds of this book to charity. https://t.co/sAcJyp5Cmc
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 24, 2016
re: #302 The Vicious Babushka
For someone who claims to be intent on helping people with their health, this nutjob is sure looking for a way to wreck millions of lives in Africa with these nonsensical ravings. Of course, this is Natural News we’re talking about, which is the health-equivalent to infowars or prison planet.
re: #339 lawhawk
For someone who claims to be intent on helping people with their health, this nutjob is sure looking for a way to wreck millions of lives in Africa with these nonsensical ravings. Of course, this is Natural News we’re talking about, which is the health-equivalent to infowars or prison planet.
Natural News is a scam to make money off stupid rubes. He couldn’t give a shit about actual health of anyone.
Wait, the mother of Ethan Crouch is Carrot Top?
Mother of “affluenza” teen has been released from home confinement https://t.co/eyAbwyvP15 pic.twitter.com/SYLMl3zmRg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 24, 2016
re: #317 The Vicious Babushka
That’s an anti vaxxer site, isn’t it?
The health-equivalent to Infowars or Prison Planet. Jam packed with conspiracies and junk science.
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
I was going to say she looks a lot like Murdoch’s pal, Rebekah Brooks.
But is she 12 years old?
Trump hires LePage daughter in Maine https://t.co/8EggWiP1Lu via @BostonGlobe #mepolitics
— James Pindell (@JamesPindell) August 24, 2016
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Wait, the mother of Ethan Crouch is Carrot Top?
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What’s her excuse for being a dick?
#WhyTrumpCanceledRallies He hasn’t evolved enough to walk erect pic.twitter.com/bY2V01KoL6
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) August 24, 2016
re: #326 bratwurst
Trump used $55,000 in campaign donations to buy copies of his own book
from the fellow who claims the Clinton Foundation is just a scam…
re: #349 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
from the fellow who claims the Clinton Foundation is just a scam…
They were included in gift bags at the RNC convention that also included “Kleenex and Make America Great Again! cups, hats, and T-shirts. Delegates were also given plastic fetus figurines.”
BREAKING: Italy quake has killed at least 120 people - Prime Minister Renzi. https://t.co/g5zRnR506e pic.twitter.com/euvDtjFZPF
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) August 24, 2016
This is all you need to know about how the right wing views Trump.
They don’t have a problem with the substance, only Trump’s style:
Trump’s Detail-Free Incoherence Keeps Botching Winning Argumentshttps://t.co/AxhOniAIxO pic.twitter.com/ke3QDFQQed
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 24, 2016
Again not to put too fine a point on this, but Trump’s exactly what the GOP wanted. They wanted someone who mirrored their base, and they got him.
But I have to chuckle every time I hear right wingers say how Trump’s a straight shooter who means what he says, all while his surrogates and Trump himself sputters in explaining his very positions and spinning himself into Escher-type impossible shapes.
“SKEWED POLLS!”, 2016 edition:
Trump Manager: We’re Actually Winning Right Now, Because of ‘Undercover Trump Voters’ https://t.co/lh8O7571Am pic.twitter.com/a8TMBfsQCl
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 24, 2016
Explains why they’re pushing the irrational fear, anger, anxiety to 11 at Fox (and lesser extent at CNN, MSNBC) https://t.co/VhlCRh5uAw
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
Fox News’ average primetime viewer is 68 (though MSNBC, CNN not much younger) https://t.co/PfvkcqdT1V pic.twitter.com/okXrKpzpWB
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) August 24, 2016
Considering how many scammers target older folks, this is exactly the tactics that the GOP’s media wing at Fox has taken.
it’s all so white…
#LatinosForTrump
Trump Tampa Rally#ShowYourCrowds pic.twitter.com/cGPHpoeQJU— MexAmerican4Trump (@kinni00) August 24, 2016
re: #355 jaunte
‘Undercover Trump Voters’
Crouching Bigot, Hidden Racist
I must apologize for I have but one karma point to give for that post.
re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s all so white…
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Including that “MexAmerican4Trump” Twitter account
re: #358 The Vicious Babushka
Including that “MexAmerican4Trump” Twitter account
I did notice that.
:D
Speaking of Pay for Play:
Pam Bondi walk and talk with Trump in Tampa pic.twitter.com/NRIT1gGE5J
— Michael Auslen (@MichaelAuslen) August 24, 2016
I don’t understand, if you’re really Latino and proud of your heritage even remotely why would you call anything Operation Taco Bowl, especially considering the pandering evoked by Trump in that infamous tweet?
Misogynist neologisms crawling out of the woodwork everywhere.
This is all kinds of wtf. https://t.co/FSzj03Qxld
— Nick Harkaway (@Harkaway) August 24, 2016
Touting a poll still showing you losing nationally. Sad. Drop out before you get crushed in November @realDonaldTrump.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
“I think we’re doing really well with minority voters.” - Trump, a little while ago in Tampa, and possibly also in another universe
— Alex Beech (@alexbeech) August 24, 2016
Trump, carrying umbrella as thunderstorm arrives, thanks volunteers outside Tampa rally pic.twitter.com/VMxJ0AIa3Q
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 24, 2016
RELEASE THE MOSQUITOES!!!
Campaign aide tells @FoxNews Trump’s Tampa speech will focus on a “pro-Hispanic economy and growth, trade, energy revolution”
— Chris Snyder (@ChrisSnyderFox) August 24, 2016
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
Even the campaign aides speak word-salad.
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
There will be words.
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Very Well” meaning that there actually are some minority folks supporting him, versus the ‘None’ that he really deserves.
Judgment Day Is Coming For Those Who Stay Silent on Donald Trump https://t.co/TLkUmb0sd6
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 24, 2016
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
If his “energy revolution” doesn’t mention a return to coal, it needs to be reported back to the people in West Virginia.
re: #372 jaunte
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When i see Kalli Joy Gray, my mind transposes it so that she’s a member of the Iron Island’s ruling family. I can’t help it.
Appears Leslie Jones hack was revenge from fans of Milo Yiannopoulos. Milo tells @THR he’s sorry to hear situation https://t.co/0Bj2p2btXx
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) August 24, 2016
They are building a wall around their entire planet to protect it from the “illegal alien earthlings”
The planet Proxima b is in a “temperate” zone compatible with presence of liquid water — a key ingredient for life https://t.co/ZZPgGcZNED
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 24, 2016
Sheriff Joe Arpaio was on CNN this morning, talking to Carol Costello. He could barely string a sentence together, as if he had some kind of cognitive problem. It was weird.
And he’s supposed to be some kind of conservative star.
re: #374 Belafon
If his “energy revolution” doesn’t mention a return to coal, it needs to be reported back to the people in West Virginia.
Probably talking sugar cane.
re: #381 jaunte
Sheriff Joe Arpaio was on CNN this morning, talking to Carol Costello. He could barely string a sentence together, as if he had some kind of cognitive problem. It was weird.
And he’s supposed to be some kind of conservative star.
Not for his speaking ability. More for his “Get Tough On Crime/Messicans/Birth Certificates” antics.
Haha:
@allahpundit I’m old enough to remember when Rush told us there was a silent pro-Romney majority that wasn’t being polled #KeepDreaming
— Hannah Johnson (@fleoten) August 24, 2016
re: #385 Blind Frog Belly White
That 12 year old in Colorado was more well-spoken.
re: #381 jaunte
Sheriff Joe Arpaio was on CNN this morning, talking to Carol Costello. He could barely string a sentence together, as if he had some kind of cognitive problem. It was weird.
And he’s supposed to be some kind of conservative star.
Well Trump is a conservative star and he can’t string a sentence together.
Well, my Fall is ruined
Thanks Obama
Almost pumpkin spice season pic.twitter.com/w4UJtDrcQ3
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 24, 2016
re: #389 FormerDirtDart
Trouble with Tribble flavor? @igorbobic
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 24, 2016
re: #380 The Vicious Babushka
I really don’t like these headlines about planets that declare “Habitable planet found in solar system next door”.
There is no reason to expect this planet to be human habitable.
Simply being about Earth sized and in a zone where water could occur does not make it “habitable”.
Hillary Clinton is treated like a black man in America! yeah I said it! Always guilty even when proven innocent! pic.twitter.com/wW8mcMpQc6
— Mr. Weeks (@MrDane1982) August 1, 2016
re: #392 freetoken
I really don’t like these headlines about planets that declare “Habitable planet found in solar system next door”.
There is no reason to expect this planet to be human habitable.
Simply being about Earth sized and in a zone where water could occur does not make it “habitable”.
You wouldn’t be a happy camper if you relocated to Proxima Centauri’s planet https://t.co/lecDGOBWIL
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2016
#AUAF UPDATE - Dozens of students and staff locked down in safe rooms and under guard. Many have made contact with their families #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
#AUAF - Gunfire still being heard as CRU slowly carry out clearance operation in order to avoid civilian casualties #Kabul
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 24, 2016
re: #367 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nice, Trump walks away with the umbrella and leaves Bondi in the rain. Remember when Obama did that and it was the worst thing ever?
OTOH, she got her money and dropped that lawsuit. No real use for her right now…
Giuliani says Clinton Foundation will be “maybe bigger” than Watergate scandal
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 24, 2016
re: #392 freetoken
I really don’t like these headlines about planets that declare “Habitable planet found in solar system next door”.
There is no reason to expect this planet to be human habitable.
Simply being about Earth sized and in a zone where water could occur does not make it “habitable”.
“HEY! Don’t open that! It’s an alien planet! Is there air? You don’t know!”
re: #397 jaunte
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At Trump Tampa rally, Giuliani says “I can only think of one enthusiastic crowd that would come together for Hillary: A grand jury!”
— Jacob Rascon (@Jacobnbc) August 24, 2016
re: #380 The Vicious Babushka
They are building a wall around their entire planet to protect it from the “illegal alien earthlings”
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Those mind worms are a real pain in the ass.
(A reference to the videogame Alpha Centauri.)
re: #397 jaunte
I thought Benghazi was supposed to be bigger than Watergate. Then it was Hillary’s email server. Now this?
In a room half empty, Giuliani asks whether Clinton could draw such an enthusiastic crowd.
— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) August 24, 2016
There is a big leap between “planet that can support life” and “planet that is habitable by humans”.
re: #380 The Vicious Babushka
They are building a wall around their entire planet to protect it from the “illegal alien earthlings”
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Wouldn’t it be easier to turn off the Zeta beams?
re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg
And just because a planet can have water doesn’t mean it can support life.
re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg
There is a big leap between “planet that can support life” and “planet that is habitable by humans”.
Not to mention “a planet that humans can migrate to when this one is broiled to a crisp by climate change”
re: #406 The Vicious Babushka
Not to mention “a planet that humans can migrate to when this one is broiled to a crisp by climate change”
All we gotta do is invent hyperdrive.
Or ramships.
Giuliani on Clinton foundation donors: “She’s a feminist? Give me a break! You want to prove you’re a feminist? Give the money back.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 24, 2016
This makes no sense at all.
re: #405 freetoken
And just because a planet can have water doesn’t mean it can support life.
True enough. But if you believe that before we destroy ourselves we will develop the technology to engage in interstellar travel, the fact that there is now a place to explore that is “only” 4.3 lightyears away is very exciting.
re: #407 Blind Frog Belly White
All we gotta do is invent hyperdrive.
Or ramships.
Where was Mount Lookitthat? Tau Ceti?
re: #408 jaunte
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This makes no sense at all.
Is returning money something feminists are famous for?
re: #408 jaunte
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This makes no sense at all.
And there will still be a room full of idiots nodding along and agreeing with Rudy.
re: #409 Big Beautiful Door
True enough. But if you believe that before we destroy ourselves we will develop the technology to engage in interstellar travel, the fact that there is now a place to explore that is “only” 4.3 lightyears away is very exciting.
Unless somebody’s already there. Say, 9 feet tall, looking like black and orange tigers. In which case, we better be using fusion drives.
re: #406 The Vicious Babushka
Not to mention “a planet that humans can migrate to when this one is broiled to a crisp by climate change”
We might find it needful to adapt our explorers slightly.
re: #412 Lidane
And there will still be a room full of idiots nodding along and agreeing with Rudy.
Am I an awful person for thinking, “You see a room full of idiots, I see a missed opportunity to improve America!”
Yeah, I probably AM an awful person.
re: #408 jaunte
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This makes no sense at all.
pretty sure Rudy is comparing Hillary to a prostitute.
re: #414 Decatur Deb
We might find it needful to adapt our explorers slightly.
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Voldemort?
re: #397 jaunte
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where all the money came from and where it went is documented
the 990 is public information
the independent auditor is pricewaterhousecoopers
cash cow, slush fund, money laundering, etc - all that is going to backfire. badly
worse when it becomes clear that the money went for the humanitarian purposes they say it went and did what they say it did
this is not speeches, emails, servers, book royalties, or “what were they thinking…”
re: #413 Blind Frog Belly White
Unless somebody’s already there. Say, 9 feet tall, looking like black and orange tigers. In which case, we better be using fusion drives.
i think robin williams once had a bit about us landing on mars and finding that martians were 8 feet tall, black and pissed
re: #414 Decatur Deb
We might find it needful to adapt our explorers slightly.
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Dunno. Just Googled for a likely emissary to a hell-planet.
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Wait, the mother of Ethan Crouch is Carrot Top?
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When I saw the photo before reading the text I though, “Carrot top should lay off the plastic surgery”.
re: #411 Blind Frog Belly White
Is returning money something feminists are famous for?
When you pay for a fish but get a bicycle….
re: #319 allegro
Did they have to be introduced to it, or did they first go after it on their own?
They’d probably have something to say to these two, who are at Starbucks virtually every day but don’t drink a drop of coffee. (This pic is at our local starbucks.)
re: #405 freetoken
And just because a planet can have water doesn’t mean it can support life.
Maybe not as we know life, but life of some sort. Or we could be totally wrong and some kind of “life” might be possible without water. We can be such biological bigots sometimes.
re: #331 Alyosha
Yup - and when folks here post pix of themselves, it turns out my mental image is rarely even close…