Rachel Maddow shows how the Trump campaign’s embrace of recognizable racist symbols and messages is taken as a signal of agreement by racist groups on the fringe of American politics.
That was a really good segment. Should be shown on every newscast and show.
I was reading something Pepe’s creator wrote, he’s wistfully thinking that somewhere somehow people will recognize that it’s “just a meme” and that somehow Pepe will become rehabilitated and return to being just a funny frog. I hate to disillusion him, but that’s never going to happen this century.
re: #2 Thanos
He thinks it’s “just a phase.” When I read that interview I was incredibly disappointed that this guy is so blasé about his creation being co-opted by white supremacists. I could never be like that, and I thought his reaction was actually a pretty shameful example of white privilege. It doesn’t affect him, so he just shrugs and goes on with his life. That really sucks.
Bill Maher has asked Trump’s campaign manager, Conway, more real questions in the last 10 minutes than the “real” press has asked her in a month,
spoiler: typical bs firewall answers btw, not sure how we break through this crap
One of the biggest failings of the media this election has not been covering exactly who these people are. Good on Rachel for finally going there.
I was especially glad to see her take on Trump’s Nazi son. Apple sure didn’t fall far from the tree.
And also, Shabbat Shalom.https://t.co/hXtrYAysQG
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) September 17, 2016
re: #6 jaunte
That’s the guy Donald Trump Jr. was following.
Looks like the MSNBC video plugin doesn’t minimize like the others…
re: #8 Eric The Fruit Bat
Looks like the MSNBC video plugin doesn’t minimize like the others…
It won’t play on my phone. Not here or at MSNBC.
Donald Trump Jr. was following this antisemite until we exposed him. https://t.co/BUI1kDBzQE @JeffreyGoldberg
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 17, 2016
Now I’m not seeing the video next to the comments.
[all media on Nov 9] Now that trump has been elected we will start looking into the many discrepancies and lies that he ran upon and the consequences that he may face, STAY TUNED!! [/all media on Nov ]
re: #12 b.d.
[all media on Nov 9] Now that trump has been elected we will start looking into the many discrepancies and lies that he ran upon and the consequences that he may face, STAY TUNED!! [/all media on Nov ]
His Trump U trial starts on November 28th. Too late for the election. Looking forward to inward Christian soldier president pence.
[cnn] Having a fascist being POTUS will be great for CNN’s ratings [/cnn]
until they are shut down…
An “Adorable” @realDonaldTrump supporter.@KellyannePolls @RealTimers @billmaher #FatDon pic.twitter.com/2uwWFfrwWz
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 17, 2016
re: #9 MsJ
It won’t play on my phone. Not here or at MSNBC.
MSNBC videos either take forever or just won’t load for me. If I do actually get one of Rachael’s videos, it plays in one second segments separated by 12 seconds of freeze-up. I’ve got DSL service at my house. No one else is remotely as bad as MSNBC.
Ralph Reed is on Bill Maher.
No matter what happens, Trump has outed to the world that the “moral majority” is more full of hypocritical bs than anyone on this planet thought possible
re: #19 thedopefishlives
[Embedded content]
So, that happened yesterday.
i am envious and will hate you until you share
re: #21 b.d.
i am envious and will hate you until you share
Come on over. I bought it to celebrate my wedding anniversary next week (and to keep on hand for special occasions… NOT for regular night drinking like tonight).
Ultimately it doesn’t matter if HRC literally “started” #birtherism. She had no problem pushing it in her racist 2008 campaign
— John Graziano (@jvgraz) September 17, 2016
VP of Technology for @TheYoungTurks spreads lies. #p2 https://t.co/4hz10YqvDK
— HGTomato 🍅 (@HGTomato) September 17, 2016
I thought that Maddow segment was a bit underwhelming. Not sure what I was expecting, but I was expecting more than just an explanation about Pepe. Maybe it’s because I’m a citizen of the internet and know all of this already, but nothing new was contained in that segment for me.
re: #11 Stanley Sea
Now I’m not seeing the video next to the comments.
Right now it only works with YouTube or Vimeo videos. This is an MSNBC embedded video.
Not for nothing, but Trump didn’t retract the lie that Obama is a secret Muslim. That aspect of Birtherism lives on. #TrumpLies @lawrence
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 17, 2016
re: #24 rhuarc
I thought that Maddow segment was a bit underwhelming. Not sure what I was expecting, but I was expecting more than just an explanation about Pepe. Maybe it’s because I’m a citizen of the internet and know all of this already, but nothing new was contained in that segment for me.
I’m not a fan of RM’s delivery: it’s usually wink wink snark snark. But I think there was enough direct message here.
re: #26 jaunte
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
That, I believe was the purpose. MUSLIM. Obama! Hussein!
It worked.
re: #18 stpaulbear
MSNBC videos either take forever or just won’t load for me. If I do actually get one of Rachael’s videos, it plays in one second segments separated by 12 seconds of freeze-up. I’ve got DSL service at my house. No one else is remotely as bad as MSNBC.
I’m high speed and it still sucks.
re: #12 b.d.
(The next day)
Tonight we will honour President-For-Life Trump’s glorious victory!
My name is Jim. I work in the stockroom. Fran is behind the camera. She works in the commissary. Jorge is in the control room. He works the front security desk.
We don’t know where the regular staff is and we’re not going to ask.
re: #28 Stanley Sea
That, I believe was the purpose. MUSLIM. Obama! Hussein!
It worked.
You’d think Obama was running for a third term or something.
re: #19 thedopefishlives
As the Klingons say, “It tastes like a kick in the liver. But it’s a wonderful kick in the liver.”
People better start re-watching Babylon 5 if Trump wins-Trump is President Clark.
“Top Adviser” Roger Stone Says Trump Still Has “Real Concerns” About Obama’s Birthplace
Stone:
“…there are many people who are far more knowledgeable than I am about the internet and about the computerized graphics who have a belief that the document that was produced is not real. I don’t know. I’m not an expert on this.”
Once again, the “have it both ways” tactic.
re: #32 Romantic Heretic
As the Klingons say, “It tastes like a kick in the liver. But it’s a wonderful kick in the liver.”
I will let that thing kick me in the liver as often as it wants. Well, actually, no I won’t, because economics demand I not slam the whole bottle as rapidly as what little is left of my brain can recover.
re: #34 jaunte
It’s truly amazing that people actually pay money to assholes like Stone.
Pundit who mainstreamed Birtherism was @MarkHalperin who recommended to McCain that he exploit Obama’s name as a “Manchurian candidate.”
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 17, 2016
Mark Halperin 2/25/08: “Emphasize Barack Hussein Obama’s unusual name and exotic background through a Manchurian Candidate prism.” #Birthers
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 17, 2016
re: #25 Charles Johnson
Right now it only works with YouTube or Vimeo videos. This is an MSNBC embedded video.
And I just tweaked the code so it should now work with any iframe-based video. Reload to see the result.
Unless there is something major going on I almost never watch cable news. For one thing I only have CNN or Fox to choose from since my cable doesn’t carry MSNBC. (From what y’all say I’m not missing that much.) For another, I get so annoyed and pissed off with the coverage that I turn it off or mute it quickly.
I have been watching most all day today and seeing actual journalism happen. Trump spox aren’t getting away with any of their bullshit and diversionary tricks. Lies are being confronted and called lies without euphemism. If CNN has gotten me to watch, I should think it has captured the attention of many others as well and is thus being rewarded.
One can hope they are rewarded enough to keep this up. They still have a whole lot of fertile soil to till.
re: #38 Charles Johnson
Working.
Thanks. A challenge every night. Fixed.
Ya’ll, just spill the $ for a subscription. I never had the $ till I did, and this site is a breeze without the ads.
/LGF commercial
February 25, 2008
Time’s Halperin: “Things McCain Can Do to Try to Beat Obama” include attacks on his race and name
“12. Employ third party groups like the NRA to hit Obama on issues that might turn off general election voters. Perhaps an ad such as this will run in Ohio: “So, what do you really know about Barack Obama? Did you know he supports meeting with the head of terrorist states? Do you know he wants to get rid of your right to own a handgun?* Do you know he is calling for the repeal of the law preventing gay marriage? Do you know he is for a trillion-dollar tax increase? What do you really know about Barack Obama?”
*Evergreen
Balloon Juice captured a Tweetstorm from Luke Russert. At least he showed he had a bit of his old man’s chops in that.
re: #41 Stanley Sea
/LGF commercial
Just pennies a day: keeps you better informed than most teevee pundits!
re: #39 allegro
Unless there is something major going on I almost never watch cable news. For one thing I only have CNN or Fox to choose from since my cable doesn’t carry MSNBC. (From what y’all say I’m not missing that much.) For another, I get so annoyed and pissed off with the coverage that I turn it off or mute it quickly.
I have been watching most all day today and seeing actual journalism happen. Trump spox aren’t getting away with any of their bullshit and diversionary tricks. Lies are being confronted and called lies without euphemism. If CNN has gotten me to watch, I should think it has captured the attention of many others as well and is thus being rewarded.
One can hope they are rewarded enough to keep this up. They still have a whole lot of fertile soil to till.
I just hope it’s not too late for people “leaning Trump” to divorce themselves from their feelings about the candidates and apply a little logic.
re: #44 jaunte
Just pennies a day: keeps you better informed than most teevee pundits!
Isn’t that a low bar.
///
re: #44 jaunte
Just pennies a day: keeps you better informed than most teevee pundits!
It’s great-I figured I owed Charles something for providing a platform where other people fill me in on the best/worse of Twitter and cable TeeVee without my having to actually wade into those swamps.
The ad-less-ness is just a bonus.
re: #19 thedopefishlives
[Embedded content]
So, that happened yesterday.
If you want to save a shitpot of money on a daily dram, try The Famous Grouse. Yes, it’s a blend, but it’s pretty much half McAllan and half Highland Park.
It’s a lovely drink, much better than Johnny Walker or Chivas. In my humble opinion, of course. It’s also a WHOLE lot easier on the wallet.
re: #48 austin_blue
If you want to save a shitpot of money on a daily dram, try The Famous Grouse. Yes, it’s a blend, but it’s pretty much half McAllan and half Highland Park.
It’s a lovely drink, much better than Johnny Walker or Chivas. In my humble opinion, of course. It’s also a WHOLE lot easier on the wallet.
I mostly restrict myself to what I can find in the local liquor stores, laziness being the most important factor in my drinking decisions. So that means lots of Jameson, Jack, and if I’m feeling more spendy on a particular day, Maker’s or something like it.
Too many clouds to see the harvest moon, but the sunset made up for it. #Galveston #sunset #StormHour pic.twitter.com/ZpxsWUcfOC
— Rebecca H (@ThursdayGirl) September 17, 2016
The skies in the Houston area have been heavy with water vapor for the last month. 83% humidity right now.
re: #49 thedopefishlives
I mostly restrict myself to what I can find in the local liquor stores, laziness being the most important factor in my drinking decisions. So that means lots of Jameson, Jack, and if I’m feeling more spendy on a particular day, Maker’s or something like it.
I can almost guarantee it is in your town, somewhere. Google it, it’ll pop up. It is the best selling blend in Scotland, where they, ya ken, know something about whisky
No sun or moon here. Completely overcast with rain ranging from drizzle to showers. Very humid!
wow great deal on haunted toilets pic.twitter.com/AyOBJGCli5
— jon hendren (@fart) September 17, 2016
re: #50 jaunte
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
The skies in the Houston area have been heavy with water vapor for the last month. 83% humidity right now.
And this is different from the rest of the year, how?
My Dog, man, you live in a fecking swamp!
re: #54 teleskiguy
Toilet comes with an iPhone already dropped in it.
Watching the some bs channel in So Cal. Just saw primitive ad for the ha ha lying Hillary doll.
REALLY
re: #55 austin_blue
The frog chorus in the back yard agrees.
re: #57 Stanley Sea
Watching the some bs channel in So Cal. Just saw primitive ad for the ha ha lying Hillary doll.
REALLY
re: #59 Stanley Sea
Those are the best ‘lie’ examples they could come up with?
re: #58 jaunte
Our little frog pond has produced some of the world’s laziest tadpoles. It is mid-Sept. and there are still several lounging around, nibbling algae (and supplemental algae wafers,) enjoying a top-off on the water level from time to time. They are finally getting legs, but don’t seem to be in any kind of hurry to become actual frogs (Hey guys, it’s dry out there!)
re: #60 jaunte
Those are the best ‘lie’ examples they could come up with?
The rubes will send their $$
Breitbart official Instagram account “liked” this photo. That’s Trump’s campaign chief nbd. pic.twitter.com/sXk7k4zohn
— Ruth Margalit (@ruthmargalit) September 17, 2016
I just had a look at this Instagram account. It’s disgusting beyond belief. Hundreds of sickening hateful images like this. @ruthmargalit
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 17, 2016
And the second draft of the book is finished, having done the continuity pass and named all the characters so it’s no longer just placeholder names. Clocks in at just over 88,000 words, which is about 35,000 words longer than the first draft.
Tomorrow I attempt roasting a chicken.
re: #64 klys (maker of Silmarils)
And the second draft of the book is finished, having done the continuity pass and named all the characters so it’s no longer just placeholder names. Clocks in at just over 88,000 words, which is about 35,000 words longer than the first draft.
Tomorrow I attempt roasting a chicken.
Not over your first draft, I hope.
re: #61 calochortus
Our little frog pond has produced some of the world’s laziest tadpoles. It is mid-Sept. and there are still several lounging around, nibbling algae (and supplemental algae wafers,) enjoying a top-off on the water level from time to time. They are finally getting legs, but don’t seem to be in any kind of hurry to become actual frogs (Hey guys, it’s dry out there!)
Lazy tadpoles, living off handouts. Moochers!
re: #67 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Lazy tadpoles, living off handouts. Moochers!
That’s them. Mr. C. is an enabler.
Good time for this:
neil young harvest moon
It’s up 135 degrees and is absolutely gorgeous on a clear central Texas night.
re: #69 austin_blue
Good time for this:
neil young harvest moon
It’s up 135 degrees and is absolutely gorgeous on a clear central Texas night.
I may have had enough wine now. I read that and thought “135° is kind of hot for this time of night…Ohhhhh, those kind of degrees.”
re: #70 calochortus
I may have had enough wine now. I read that and thought “135° is kind of hot for this time of night…Ohhhhh, those kind of degrees.”
Maybe one more glass, just to be sure.
re: #71 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Maybe one more glass, just to be sure.
(I thought the same thing and haven’t had any wine. Am just that exhausted.)
re: #70 calochortus
I may have had enough wine now. I read that and thought “135° is kind of hot for this time of night…Ohhhhh, those kind of degrees.”
I’ve had no wine, and that was my first thought. Gah.
re: #70 calochortus
I may have had enough wine now. I read that and thought “135° is kind of hot for this time of night…Ohhhhh, those kind of degrees.”
I thought the same thing!
re: #71 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Maybe one more glass, just to be sure.
You think it would be better if I never realized what kind of degrees he meant?
re: #75 calochortus
You think it would be better if I never realized what kind of degrees he meant?
I’m just saying, it may not be the wine’s fault.
Unless something drastically changes, I think I will be leaving the DFW area after I get my GIS Certificate next August.
For either the DC or NYC Metro areas. I have bases of support in each area, more so than I will find here.
Presuming Clinton wins. If Trump wins, I will figure out someplace out of country to go.
I thought no such thing. I thought nothing. I believe in nothing. My friend’s girlfriend lost her toe. I believe in pigs in blanket. That is 135 degrees of delicious.
re: #77 Ziggy_TARDIS
We keep saying we’re going to move in the next year or two.
I wish you better luck in that endeavor than I’ve had.
re: #70 calochortus
I may have had enough wine now. I read that and thought “135° is kind of hot for this time of night…Ohhhhh, those kind of degrees.”
Well, it is Texas. It just *feels* like 135.
re: #77 Ziggy_TARDIS
If Trump wins, I will figure out someplace out of country to go.
If that happens I’m staying, to fight the madness.
re: #79 klys (maker of Silmarils)
We keep saying we’re going to move in the next year or two.
I wish you better luck in that endeavor than I’ve had.
But the Bay Area is the finest place on earth! Just look at the housing prices for proof that everyone wants to live here. (Yeah, I know. There are many other fine places to live. And those housing prices can help you live the retired lifestyle much sooner if you go somewhere cheaper.)
re: #77 Ziggy_TARDIS
Monte Video is my back-up utopia if the USA collapses into fervent circle jerks of religious intolerance.
Home from the hospital with the little old lady who is doing much better for being in her own familiar bed. *whew* Thanks for the good wishes, o scaly ones.
Just in time to catch the revolution, I gather? Donald overestimated his ability to play the media, for once? Please please please let some of these talking heads stay pissed for a few days — let their injured feels goad them into a little plain speaking, if not actual acts of journalism! Would love to see the pushback get under his thin orange skin and send him into Twitterfits.
Not counting on it, of course, but a Dem can dream…
re: #79 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The Muslim Community here looks like it will be unsupportive, cliquey, and finicky. My big sister and her family provide a huge level of support, along with the OKC Imam. However, she will leave the OKC area in the next year or so.
You live in the Bay Area right?
re: #51 austin_blue
I can almost guarantee it is in your town, somewhere. Google it, it’ll pop up. It is the best selling blend in Scotland, where they, ya ken, know something about whisky
I can buy it online here in China — about $10-15 per 700ml bottle of the low-end stuff, our about $40 per for the 18-year stuff. Do those prices sound about right?
re: #81 teleskiguy
If that happens I’m staying, to fight the madness.
Yup.
Asia’s too crowded, Europe’s too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada’s too cold.
re: #45 calochortus
I just hope it’s not too late for people “leaning Trump” to divorce themselves from their feelings about the candidates and apply a little logic.
Twitter appears to not be working. So this from downstairs:
I think some are total losses.
re: #83 ramex
I think I would try for Canada. It has a large Muslim Community, and speaks English (mostly). I have a difficult time learning second languages.
re: #86 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I can buy it online here in China — about $10-15 per 700ml bottle of the low-end stuff, our about $40 per for the 18-year stuff. Do those prices sound about right?
Go for the cheaper blend. It is more than satisfactory, and that is a lovely price.
re: #87 austin_blue
I’m a bit worn down in regards to fighting.
re: #88 MsJ
Twitter appears to not be working. So this from downstairs:
[Embedded content]
I think some are total losses.
Gah.
re: #91 austin_blue
Go for the cheaper blend. It is more than satisfactory, and that is a lovely price.
Roger that. I’m a-gonna order some.
re: #81 teleskiguy
If that happens I’m staying, to fight the madness.
From high up on a mountain, right? :p
re: #84 CleverToad
Glad everyone is home safely!
I left you a note downstairs, just in case you didn’t get an e-mail notification about it.
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Interesting. With property prices, wouldn’t be easy to sell? Or is it trying to find a job out of the area that is the issue.
re: #96 Eclectic Cyborg
From high up on a mountain, right? :p
Good defensive position. Always take advantage of the high ground.
re: #90 Ziggy_TARDIS
Most places west of Kingston, Ontario are predominantly English speaking.
re: #92 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m a bit worn down in regards to fighting.
I understand completely. You would just love love love Toronto.
re: #99 Ziggy_TARDIS
Interesting. With property prices, wouldn’t be easy to sell? Or is it trying to find a job out of the area that is the issue.
Jobs. Inertia. Jobs. Inertia. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Also did I mention the pay is kind of good? You have to be able to afford the housing prices somehow.
At some point he will either get fed up with his current job or switch to working remotely and we will move.
re: #102 austin_blue
I understand completely. You would just love love love Toronto.
Agreed and hey, as one of LGFs resident Canadians I am happy to help out if I can.
Though I really hope it ends up not being necessary.
Benghazi beefcake, via the BBC.
re: #97 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Glad everyone is home safely!
I left you a note downstairs, just in case you didn’t get an e-mail notification about it.
Yep, got the notification, and just sent you a message. Thanks!
re: #64 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Well done!
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
re: #96 Eclectic Cyborg
From high up on a mountain, right? :p
You know it! Screaming from the mountain tops, as it were.
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yeah. You should have seen this last summer. Often too hot to go outdoors.
The (fixed) cat is humping my exercise clothes and staring at me from down the hall.
Well that’s a mess.
re: #109 Eric The Fruit Bat
lVS6aE7rbexJpzNygv5ZLAXHPSzVcr6S4ra7stvg9J6Uje9I9wYARKGNUDyfA6KPYNZ5UYn0jnl9S7rSzXepFO14DUsOIbP/Oo/hyCilQDiNH/cSiJyaM4jQ4XMWC2QQSqe2xgYGUuEOvdDBfU943Z2gj0eiXk5LTHh6Zw9UHHmsA7hrVIQ324Pvik3dibFaNN7ERRZqenQdn90gU8Vj9nqX1f195aK/ZNn0ZZLzYybZU35Ht7xFcJ9CMsqe06234hilICn4oV9OtanfAfopLMUI7n6Ppdh2lrATf020nZHTFbzeiqfInNu3KidGSnZ1IEJ9uwutI4sNuCeWg04QgpVjW81cPRi+jCMDG85y8Dg=
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yes.
Global warming will fix that Canada issue right up.
It already is. Winter here is nothing like what it used to be (hubby has lived in this town his whole life). It’s much warmer and the farming seasons are getting longer.
re: #102 austin_blue
I understand completely. You would just love love love Toronto.
Wait until the housing market implodes. Right now housing, and apartment, and condo, prices are out of sight and climbing.
re: #116 MsJ
It already is. Winter here is nothing like what it used to be (hubby has lived in this town his whole life). It’s much warmer and the farming seasons are getting longer.
As someone who loves winter and cold and snow this depresses me to no end.
Here, I’ve made this moment more tolerable for everyone. pic.twitter.com/WlTQFWrs0Z
re: #42 jaunte
February 25, 2008
*Evergreen
Such a surprise that Mark “I called the President a dick on national tv and still work in the industry” Halperin would have been the spreader of birther crap and the suggester of a Manchurian Candidate theme.
Yeah—totally out of character.//
I’m going to say good night and spend some time with a book.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
re: #43 Eric The Fruit Bat
Balloon Juice captured a Tweetstorm from Luke Russert. At least he showed he had a bit of his old man’s chops in that.
6. Lastly, think of discipline Obama has had for 8 years to not just say publicly, “You race baiting motherf….” Looking forward to memoir
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) September 16, 2016
I suspect the version we all want to read won’t be published until after his and Michelle’s death.
Becuz whatevs
TRUMP: We’re gonna deport everyoneFALLON: (cracking up)TRUMP: Anyone against me will payFALLON: (bursts out laughing) Ya got me!
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) September 16, 2016
Jeez do I hate some people lately.
Anyone here from the DC and/or NYC Metro areas?
re: #124 Ziggy_TARDIS
8vArtXX5GNDBjaBiuHZaaFHAFvpMHfLFfEeOHqXnZf6ts9blmhY6uiKbSNc5sNqSjebIuWqlIFSUlDQtz41KxWJ98XYVEAXjJEuwS8if4W/u4lWLhNiWzKOsK/yXikF9YuTPytaEgQFb9eOKvGKJpg==
re: #126 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Good. I have 2 connections in NJ (One in Central NJ, one directly in the NYC Metro Portion), and one close friend in DC.
re: #124 Ziggy_TARDIS
Anyone here from the DC and/or NYC Metro areas?
Downtown Manhattan here. Wassup chum?
re: #128 De Kolta Chair
Pretty sure I want to be either in your city’s, or DC’s, metro area by this time next year.
re: #123 De Kolta Chair
Becuz whatevs
[Embedded content]
Jeez do I hate some people lately.
Fallon was acting like Trump is some kind of stand up comedian.
re: #129 Ziggy_TARDIS
Pretty sure I want to be either in your city’s, or DC’s, metro area by this time next year.
You might want to rob several banks before coming to these here parts, compañero. Rents are a bizzatch. ;-)
re: #131 De Kolta Chair
You might want to rob several banks before coming to these here parts, compañero. ;-)
Or do a Ft Knox heist ?
re: #131 De Kolta Chair
Not Manhattan directly. Metro would be good for now.
re: #131 De Kolta Chair
You might want to rob several banks before coming to these here parts, compañero. ;-)
Yeah, no chance of finding something affordable in Manhattan. Maybe Queens, or across the Hudson in NJ. I love NY and LI, my hometowns, but there’s no way I could afford to live there now.
re: #133 Ziggy_TARDIS
Not Manhattan directly. Metro would be good for now.
Expect either a very tiny apt or a larger one with roommates. If you have family in the area, that would help. If you don’t mind being a commuter, you can find somewhat affordable and decent places in N NJ and LI.
Well, I just ordered a bottle of The Famous Grouse. It should arrive by midweek.
re: #137 De Kolta Chair
Goldfinger remains one of my favorite Bond movies.
re: #139 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Sexist, but sexy. Especially for their time in the 20th century.
re: #140 prairiefire
Sexist, but sexy. Especially for their time in the 20th century.
The movie was faithful to the book, in that regard. Fleming was not what you’d call a feminist writer.
Hmm. Lunchtime. Maybe I should rustle up some grub.
re: #141 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
True, but he did write “Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang”
re: #139 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Goldfinger remains one of my favorite Bond movies.
Goldfinger and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly are my two favorite flicks. Fellini’s Amarcord and Welles’ Chimes At Midnight ain’t chopped liver either. ;-)
re: #143 prairiefire
True, but he did write “Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang”
That was on a bet from Roald Dahl that he couldn’t write a kidlit book.
(Mostly kidding. Dahl did write the screenplay.)
The real infectious disease that’s threatening our election isn’t pneumonia, it’s a total lack of class. pic.twitter.com/nAZM6uOihv
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) September 17, 2016
re: #143 prairiefire
True, but he did write “Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang”
I wonder if that movie is as wonderfully weird as I recall. Remember this lovely song? ;-)
re: #145 austin_blue
And added the purple hue to costumes as he laid came to the production of the film.
The self-aggrandizement never ends.
“Donald Trump’s birther event is the greatest trick he’s ever pulled”https://t.co/zvVQnxeiQ9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2016
re: #147 De Kolta Chair
Oh, it is. Keep the child catcher scenes away from vulnerable children. Mr. Dahl, like the brothers Grimm, keeps it real.
re: #144 De Kolta Chair
Goldfinger and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly are my two favorite flicks. Fellini’s Amarcord and Welles’ Chimes At Midnight ain’t chopped liver either. ;-)
It’s been ages since I watched any of Eastwood’s Leone Westerns. I’ve never seen the other two.
If I could go back in time, I’d’ve become a film student. I just stumbled across an indie SF movie called Primer. It’s about two young guys who stumble across a limited form of time travel, and how each deals with their new invention.
re: #149 teleskiguy
This shit is another obscene wink and nod to The Donald’s™ white supremacist followers. After all, the CEO of his campaign is a fuckhead who *ran* Breitbart dot com, and they ran this today on their website:
By the way, here’s Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon’s home office Breitbart, with their response to #TheUnbirthering pic.twitter.com/pl6K6QA0V4
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 16, 2016
re: #150 prairiefire
Dahl was something else, wasn’t he?
Night all. I’m going to get some kip and have nightmares about the Toxic Cheetoh Shit Gibbon being our next President.
I can’t believe that that sentence may be true.
Time to pull up our big boy and big girl pants and get to work making sure it doesn’t happen. Phone bank, block walk, whatever. Do it. It’s our country and it’s absolutely a Del Rio dogfight right now.
re: #151 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
It’s been ages since I watched any of Eastwood’s Leone Westerns. I’ve never seen the other two.
If I could go back in time, I’d’ve become a film student. I just stumbled across an indie SF movie called Primer. It’s about two young guys who stumble across a limited form of time travel, and how each deals with their new invention.
My friend Roger played the drunk who got rolled outside Fat Moe’s bar in Leone’s Once Upon A Time In America and just the other day was extolling what a great gig that was. He was signed for two days of shooting and he got along so well with maestro Leone that he got paid for three months for just hanging around the set, two months of which was in Montreal and Roger swears he never set foot in Canada! He also says that he’s worked with everyone from Mike Nichols to Susan Stroman (to rave reviews I should add) and Leone was the nicest of them all.
There’s no biz like show biz.
Speaking of the show business, one of the very best writers of our time, playwright Edward Albee, has passed away at the age of 88.
I caught a production of his play “Seascape” on Broadway thirty years ago and I’m still picking my jaw up off the floor.
Hanson ‘hires ex-Trump adviser’ https://t.co/EEoIiXcJHr pic.twitter.com/u220kYVuZy
— SBS News (@SBSNews) September 17, 2016
The One Nation people say he’s “one of the world’s leading economists” but don’t name him.
Any guesses?
re: #158 Alyosha
Could just be one of “the world’s leading economists” according to them. Which means it could simply be some vaguely disgruntled alcoholic janitor.
re: #109 Eric The Fruit Bat
[Embedded content]
I had a cervical MRI years ago (yes, same “cervical” as yours). Aside from having to hold still for a while, it’s a pretty boring test. I hope yours finds something useful.
re: #64 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Tomorrow I attempt roasting a chicken.
As Dory might say, “just keep basting. Just keep basting. Just keep basting.”
re: #158 Alyosha
Maybe David Malpass. According to this Time profile of Trump’s economic team he’s the only one with the job-description ‘economist’.
Malpass worked as a high-ranking Treasury department official in the Ronald Reagan and H.W. Bush administrations. He was the chief economist at Bear Stearns, the New York investment bank that collapsed in 2008 and contributed to the recession. Malpass currently runs a consulting firm focused on global economic and political trends.
re: #159 Dr Lizardo
Could just be one of “the world’s leading economists” according to them. Which means it could simply be some vaguely disgruntled alcoholic janitor.
We Australians do sometimes need help in properly budgeting for alcohol.
re: #161 Snarknado!
As Dory might say, “just keep basting. Just keep basting. Just keep basting.”
Nah, no need to baste. Stick some classic herbs under the skin and then slather the skin over the whole bird with olive oil. Give it a blast for 10 - 15 minutes at 450 then back off to 350 for the duration based on the weight of the bird. I like stuffing but if you don’t, take a couple of oranges, quarter them, and bake it with them in the body cavity.
North Carolina woman stores her mother’s body in a freezer, sells the freezer at a yard sale for $30 to a neighbor, and tells the buyer not to open the freezer until church members come to collect the contents. Time passes, and no one comes, so the neighbor breaks the seals and finds the lady’s mum inside, calls the cops. Police find the original owner after a long hunt.
It’s like a cop show teleplay.
re: #84 CleverToad
Home from the hospital with the little old lady who is doing much better for being in her own familiar bed. *whew* Thanks for the good wishes, o scaly ones.
Just in time to catch the revolution, I gather? Donald overestimated his ability to play the media, for once? Please please please let some of these talking heads stay pissed for a few days — let their injured feels goad them into a little plain speaking, if not actual acts of journalism! Would love to see the pushback get under his thin orange skin and send him into Twitterfits.
Not counting on it, of course, but a Dem can dream…
Would like it to last at least through the Sunday morning talk programs. Trump and his surrogates not getting a free pass for one weekend might be the much needed crack in the dam of media brown-nosing that Trump has been getting for over a year.
(I’d actually be much happier with a media Trump boycott to actually make him buy some political advertising.)
re: #166 De Kolta Chair
A pleasant night to all the lizards, as well as to the late delightfully talented Eartha Kitt and her chickens.
[Embedded content]
My first time seeing Eartha was when she played Catwoman on the Batman TV show.
re: #124 Ziggy_TARDIS
Anyone here from the DC and/or NYC Metro areas?
I’m in between - in Philadelphia.
re: #168 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I had such a crush on her as an impressionable youth.
re: #168 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
My first time seeing Eartha was when she played Catwoman on the Batman TV show.
Hubba hubba! This is my earliest memory of Mademoiselle Eartha
re: #171 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
She was good, but I’d been in love with Lee Meriwether since Time Tunnel
[Embedded content]
Nice cat, too.
Oh, yeah.
The ’60s were the era for cat-suits on TV, weren’t they? Besides Lee and Eartha, there was Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman first, and Diana Rigg, who played Mrs Peel in The Avengers. Memorable times for an 11-year-old boy just discovering girls.
Ha…..
#trump,again you are a renegade. One step forward two backwards. One mistake at a time,one mistake everyday. You, yourself are a mistake.
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) September 17, 2016
re: #175 Dave In Austin
I think I should follow el estimado Sr. Fox.
Sent this to @realDonaldTrump spox, to ask how he will fulfill promise to give $5M if assured Pres. Obama born in US pic.twitter.com/Uc751PeGrl
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 16, 2016
Pure Class….. No surprise here. The fact that Laura trusts Hills should prove to lots of Rep. women that it’s OK to support her.
Laura Bush Is Supporting Hillary, Condemns The GOP While Speaking About Women’s Issues (VIDEO) https://t.co/obdi07pISw
— Joseph Lewczak (@Truth_Seeker59) September 17, 2016
re: #178 Dave In Austin
Pure Class….. No surprise here. The fact that Laura trusts Hills should prove to lots of Rep. women that it’s OK to support her.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
And when the usual suspects start attacking her with their customary charm, that may sour a few people on the GOP, too.
Trump says Clinton is against 2nd Amendment, jokes about disarming her bodyguards: ‘Let’s see what happens to her’ https://t.co/6gWaUt6cuK
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) September 16, 2016
CNN is now normalizing assassination rhetoric by calling it a joke. What a total fucking garbage network. https://t.co/WTOni5HWpg
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 17, 2016
re: #178 Dave In Austin
Pure Class….. No surprise here. The fact that Laura trusts Hills should prove to lots of Rep. women that it’s OK to support her.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
I would love to be able to bring that up to the women at work.
excellent summary on the response to trumps birther “announcement”
“We’ve never seen a campaign where the media allow a politician to tell bald-faced lies and get away with it over and over.”
re: #183 Belafon
I would love to be able to bring that up to the women at work.
I’d be willing to say I bet W will be voting for her as well. He prolly wouldn’t admit to it. But to some extent he sees the threat the yam poses.
re: #124 Ziggy_TARDIS
fhM/gB90bYSAgaCcVfHZJLoDpvo7KkX4qu2Gq/ousBbRK6kO3vNbMu21f9OEJ7eKO9pDOaypRKqU3YOAf5VSeHdNjDGMn8vyK6d+LHBjIiJTIL5JBqzMTjxi+BuD+7sbKA2DvC6Tk/LD25tBb3SwEtnIqkSHnZf0TZNKHJRdSV67XoCDKGRO0Mi9ukttbUwBBAxkAd/XG3+WwY9kal8MSx6QYJo158ZwVCRIOiYSdEfUBuLcDaj6OdppytS7eqJ5DPdgKuSrpYsEn3RV5XEWF+OvPMBWR/bwHQdqj29NRh6s5zpy9NdOyMCu32n7V5TO6BPTgLoVnFQ5nz1Ue7qdD5gHZgSkduLAhSXBlSaR+Rhwqe3gdBVrNA==
re: #182 Teukka
This just crossed my FB feed..
[Embedded content]
Missing “No Irish need apply” plus anti-Italian and anti-Mexican placards, too.
Well, Bernie came out in support of Hillary.
Lizard decides to go racing.
I was watching practice for the Singapore Grand Prix this morning as the teams get their cars setup for qualifying which is on right now.
A good sized lizard decided to try to cross the race track right as the cars were zipping by. Luckily the lizard managed to not get hit and got across the track.
re: #181 goddamnedfrank
@CNNSitRoom You made “basket of deplorables” a bad thing, and hints of assassination into a joke. Seriously. Fucking irresponsible.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) September 17, 2016
So…anyone monitoring CNN this morning?
Was that outbreak of actual reporting last night continued this morning, or was it a drunken Friday night binge that producers and reporters are apologizing profusely for once the sun came up?
Man who shot at George Zimmerman convicted of attempted murder
Jury found Zimmerman credible. I feel a little bit ill.
re: #19 thedopefishlives
So, that happened yesterday.
I have heard that Macallan whisky has been excluded from tasting competitions because it always wins hands-down. It is in a class by itself.
re: #138 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Well, I just ordered a bottle of The Famous Grouse. It should arrive by midweek.
We met the famous grouse. The one used in the advertisements for it, at least. At the Auchingarrich Wildlife Park.
re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We met the famous grouse. The one used in the advertisements for it, at least. At the Auchingarrich Wildlife Park.
So, was it perfectly balanced? *ducks*
re: #181 goddamnedfrank
Trump says Clinton is against 2nd Amendment, jokes about disarming her bodyguards: ‘Let’s see what happens to her’
again, this blustering, idiotic statement was picked up and discussed in a matter-of-fact way as if it had any merit whatsoever
Idiocracy is looming.
We might stave it off this election, but it will rear its ugly head again in a more fearsome form in 2020
re: #4 b.d.
Bill Maher has asked Trump’s campaign manager, Conway, more real questions in the last 10 minutes than the “real” press has asked her in a month,
spoiler: typical bs firewall answers btw, not sure how we break through this crap
Confront them with truth. For example, run the tape of Trump telling Stern on 9/11/02 that he supports invading Iraq, then ask why Trump keeps lying about this. On every interview.
re: #196 Great White Snark
Man who shot at George Zimmerman convicted of attempted murder
Jury found Zimmerman credible. I feel a little bit ill.
They’re both douchebags. There was no Win there; guilt or not, they both suck.
re: #203 MsJ
They’re both douchebags. There was no Win there; guilt or not, they both suck.
Stand your ground beef!
re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We might stave it off this election, but it will rear its ugly head again in a more fearsome form in 2020
By someone smarter and more well spoken than trump. If this isn’t tamped down now, the future of the US is bleak.
You can’t remove 25+ years of propaganda and brainwashing that the right wing media has spewed to the point that righties see Libtards as unpatriotic and dangerous.
You can’t remove die hard racists, homophobes, etc. easily; not without a bunch of old ones dying off and young ones being marginalized.
This election needs to marginalize those assholes. And right now, this does not look to be happening.
Taking a short break from drawing my latest thing to rest my hand. Reading ‘Watchmen’. So far it’s almost the same as Zac Snyder’s film, frame for panel. Up to the part forshadowing the Rorschach breakout. Apparently it changes up about here.
The drawing will be finished in a week or so. I’ll post it here when I’m done.
Just doing some forshadowing of my own :)
re: #205 MsJ
This election needs to marginalize those assholes. And right now, this does not look to be happening.
Quite the opposite: their statements are being treated as if they had some merit and were worthy of discussion or somehow comparable to statements “from the left”.
this part is scathing:
what is impossible to comprehend is how Trump becomes the beneficiary of her slide. The Republican nominee is, by far, the most dishonest, least transparent candidate to ever run for president. The health records he has revealed are a joke. He continues to withhold his tax returns. His business dealings are, at best, shady. And we now know that his much touted “charitable giving” is a scam—since many of the donations he claimed to have made were more often than not contributions that others funneled through him.
Given Trump’s record of dishonesty, his appeals to bigotry, the contradictory nature of the positions he has taken on critical issues, and his lack of experience in governance, how can one reasonably explain the fact that none of this seems to matter to the 42 or so percent of the electorate who say they would choose him as president over a person, who for all her flaws is without a doubt the most qualified candidate in the field.
re: #157 De Kolta Chair
Speaking of the show business, one of the very best writers of our time, playwright Edward Albee, has passed away at the age of 88.
I caught a production of his play “Seascape” on Broadway thirty years ago and I’m still picking my jaw up off the floor.
I saw his “Malcolm” on Broadway 50 years ago—I think it only ran for about a month-it was really weird. I mostly remember there were treadmills around the stage on different levels
Hmh—just looked it up, and reading the NYT review doesn’t make the story any clearer, but they do describe the stage set the way I remember it.
Here’s an article for you bikers and Uber-haters. Uber runs a bike messenger & delivery service in NYC. One of their part-time riders wrote an article about it.
Personally, I think she’s nuts. YMMV.
re: #182 Teukka
This just crossed my FB feed..
[Embedded content]
Thanks.
Make America Great. Humiliate the bigots as un American. Enemies of the state. pic.twitter.com/8M5GyHFYYW
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) September 17, 2016
re: #205 MsJ
By someone smarter and more well spoken than trump. If this isn’t tamped down now, the future of the US is bleak.
You can’t remove 25+ years of propaganda and brainwashing that the right wing media has spewed to the point that righties see Libtards as unpatriotic and dangerous.
You can’t remove die hard racists, homophobes, etc. easily; not without a bunch of old ones dying off and young ones being marginalized.
This election needs to marginalize those assholes. And right now, this does not look to be happening.
I sometimes wonder if the internet is not helping. Basically you can find a spot on the ‘net to support any crazy type of thinking available. Once there, you can get your thoughts put in concrete because there is always someone to support those thoughts and it takes away any of that marginalization.
Add in the poor education of civics, and civility that should come with it, and it becomes harder and harder to find any sort of a national thinking that can keep people in line and on target.
Not a great photo but it’s hard to get good definition with a camera phone.
An older piece.
‘Transit of Venus’ pic.twitter.com/nVnCRRXPRM
— Alyosha (@mediocremensch) September 17, 2016
re: #212 ObserverArt
Add in the poor education of civics, and civility that should come with it, and it becomes harder and harder to find any sort of a national thinking that can keep people in line and on target.
Look at how many people only just realized this year that they do not understand the party primary nominating process. And how many people do not understand separation of powers or what rights are truly guaranteed by the Constitution and which are not covered.
re: #213 Alyosha
Not a great photo but it’s hard to get good definition with a camera phone.
An older piece.[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
Nice. Looks like a lot of time in it. Is that pen (rapidiograph) on a nice water color paper?
I just watched Hillary’s thursday campaign rally in NC. It’s pretty good. She was somewhat subdued and reflecting on her sick time at home, but made all her points really well and of course focused a lot of time on health care. I LOLed that she used James Brown ‘I Feel Good’ as her intro and exit music. That was a great touch.
I’d link to the speech but the YouTube version I watched was running weird government conspiracy ads during the video (luckily with a skip ad feature). Nope.
re: #178 Dave In Austin
Pure Class….. No surprise here. The fact that Laura trusts Hills should prove to lots of Rep. women that it’s OK to support her.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
That’s from back in April—wonder if she feels a stronger pull toward Hillary now, as the GOP sinks further and further into the abyss.
re: #215 ObserverArt
So much time.
The only pen I use religiously is the Mitsubishi uni-ball. I use basic sketch paper because water-colour paper tends to be a bit thirsty.
re: #217 BeachDem
That’s from back in April—wonder if she feels a stronger pull toward Hillary now, as the GOP sinks further and further into the abyss.
Her mother-in-law Barbara has long since given up on the entire GOP
David Frum on Joy Reid’s show blaming the rise of the alt-right on PC campus culture.
re: #188 Romantic Heretic
Well, Bernie came out in support of Hillary.
It would be great to figure out how to convince them that they had their protest vote during the primary. During the election, you choose the person who is most likely to get your agenda advanced. And that doesn’t mean the person who you most like, it means the person most likely to get elected that gets you closer to your goal.
re: #218 Alyosha
So much time.
The only pen I use religiously is the Mitsubishi uni-ball. I use basic sketch paper because water-colour paper tends to be a bit thirsty.
The Wife does art like that but more abstract. Same pen. Same paper.
re: #212 ObserverArt
I sometimes wonder if the internet is not helping. Basically you can find a spot on the ‘net to support any crazy type of thinking available. Once there, you can get your thoughts put in concrete because there is always someone to support those thoughts and it takes away any of that marginalization.
Add in the poor education of civics, and civility that should come with it, and it becomes harder and harder to find any sort of a national thinking that can keep people in line and on target.
I think you’re right. Troll behavior becomes normalized with a “Meh, he’s a troll”. Arguments (flame wars) used to be discouraged, now they’re daily occurrences and are embraced not, again, marginalized.
It spreads to real life - going so far as having members of opposing parties in government hating each other (YOU LIE!) What used to be normal civil society has now become an unmoderated internet comment section come to life.
I love the internet but this absolutely fecking sucks.
re: #196 Great White Snark
Zimmerman thinks he’s untouchable and people who think of themselves like that are bound to make a mistake sooner or later.
Even O.J. Simpson eventually ended up in prison.
re: #224 MsJ
Only recently. And only then for hatching and shading.
re: #219 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Her mother-in-law Barbara has long since given up on the entire GOP
Well, yeah. They picked on (or didn’t support well enough) her favorite son.
No matter what a Bush does, there’s always going to be an excuse of Sour Grapes.
re: #223 MsJ
Arguments/flame wars/trolling keep the clicks coming. Its all about that ad revenue.
re: #223 MsJ
…It spreads to real life - going so far as having members of opposing parties in government hating each other (YOU LIE!) What used to be normal civil society has now become an unmoderated internet comment section come to life.
I love the internet but this absolutely fecking sucks.
THIS. Exactly why I had a little bone to pick with Olbermann the other day. The path to the right people winning office in November may be to visibly be the adults in the contest. Calm, fact centric and measured. Not the conventional/usual formula. But it’s not a normal election.
re: #226 Alyosha
Only recently. And only then for hatching and shading.
That piece you did is stunningly beautiful.
re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Look at how many people only just realized this year that they do not understand the party primary nominating process. And how many people do not understand separation of powers or what rights are truly guaranteed by the Constitution and which are not covered.
civics and party politics. the most basic citizenship
One more.
I really love the skeleton relics that many Catholic churches in the middle ages around Europe appointed in gold and jewels.
It’s a nice demonstration of the wealth disparity between the Church and laymen. Also an interesting expression of the memento mori theme.
‘Icon of St. Christina’ pic.twitter.com/dbRlFwYGcT
— Alyosha (@mediocremensch) September 17, 2016
re: #229 Great White Snark
THIS. Exactly why I had a little bone to pick with Olbermann the other day. The path to the right people winning office in November may be to visibly be the adults in the contest. Calm, fact centric and measured. Not the conventional/usual formula. But it’s not a normal election.
I don’t know. The electorate seems to crave WWE, Jersey Shore, Bachelor, Whatever With The Stars, etc. as real life.
Honestly, I have nothing. I feel like I’m in uncharted waters without a compass.
re: #209 BeachDem
I saw his “Malcolm” on Broadway 50 years ago—I think it only ran for about a month-it was really weird. I mostly remember there were treadmills around the stage on different levels
Hmh—just looked it up, and reading the NYT review doesn’t make the story any clearer, but they do describe the stage set the way I remember it.
I saw the Guthrie Theater’s production of Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf in 2001 that starred Patrick Stewart as George and Mercedes Ruehl as Martha. For me, Stewart wasn’t a good fit - he played George as more ironic than angry, and Ruehl seemed to be trolling for sympathy with Martha. It’s kind of hard to get the Liz and Dick version out of your mind once you’ve seen that. It was also hard to get Picard out of your head when you’re watching Stewart.
re: #222 Great White Snark
The Wife does art like that but more abstract. Same pen. Same paper.
Haha! I knew I wasn’t crazy!
re: #220 jaunte
David Frum on Joy Reid’s show blaming the rise of the alt-right on PC campus culture.
I’m more inclined to blame it on idiots like David Frum, who sees the GOP through blood red glasses. I’m not sure he’s actually met any “true Republicans.” His book “Why Romney Lost” is described thusly:
David Frum urges a Republican party that is culturally modern, economically inclusive, and environmentally responsible - a party that can meet the challenges of the Obama years and lead a diverse America to a new age of freedom and prosperity.
Good luck with that, David.
re: #233 MsJ
I don’t know. The electorate seems to crave WWE, Jersey Shore, Bachelor, Whatever With The Stars, etc. as real life.
Honestly, I have nothing. I feel like I’m in uncharted waters without a compass.
i said this back in 208:
Given Trump’s record of dishonesty, his appeals to bigotry, the contradictory nature of the positions he has taken on critical issues, and his lack of experience in governance, how can one reasonably explain the fact that none of this seems to matter to the 42 or so percent of the electorate who say they would choose him as president over a person, who for all her flaws is without a doubt the most qualified candidate in the field.
every day after being more appalled and amazed since the day before, i cannot see how to break through this
its one thing to follow a racist bigot etc, its another to not see that he will be absolutely horrible *for you* and give you nothing he promised if you elect him
re: #238 Great White Snark
OMG! That’s amazing! What size paper is that? The minute negative spaces seem impossible!
re: #220 jaunte
David Frum on Joy Reid’s show blaming the rise of the alt-right on PC campus culture.
Basically, that just says we need to coddle and cater to white racists.
Fuck that.
re: #237 BeachDem
I’m more inclined to blame it on idiots like David Frum, who sees the GOP through blood red glasses. I’m not sure he’s actually met any “true Republicans.” His book “Why Romney Lost” is described thusly:
David Frum urges a Republican party that is culturally modern, economically inclusive, and environmentally responsible - a party that can meet the challenges of the Obama years and lead a diverse America to a new age of freedom and prosperity.
Good luck with that, David.
If Frum wanted that kind of Republican party Fox news and Rightwing Radio would have had to be killed in their cribs not encouraged by Frum and others. That ship had long sailed by the time Obama was elected.
HuffPo taking no prisoners—their main:
THE PUPPET MASTER
Their subs:
Trump Plays Press Like A Fiddle In Birther Bluff… Spins Racist Conspiracy Into Promotional Circus… Campaign Pads Pockets Of Trump Empire… Cable News: ‘We Just Got Played’… ‘Political Rick-Roll’… Anchors Fume… Birther Bonanza Still Burning?...
I try to avoid seeing/hearing the yam, but every time I do, I’m astounded that people can stand it for more than a minute or two at a time. Putting aside the nonsense/lying factor, his whiny voice and sneering expression, inability to form a coherent sentence, and the constant self-aggrandizing is so obnoxious.
re: #240 Alyosha
OMG! That’s amazing! What size paper is that? The minute negative spaces seem impossible!
You should be talking to her, but she is working at a greenhouse today. 12 x 18 I think. And about that thirsty paper? Big no no here.
Don’t know if this kind of thing will work but I give Bernie some credit for trying.
On the way into this Akron rally, Bernie saw half a dozen “Bernie or Bust” protesters outside and invited them in to talk it out.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) September 17, 2016
re: #221 Belafon
Haaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa *** gasp *** teee heeee heeee
Oh, you’re serious. Those people are far from rational, burn it all down if they don’t get their way.
re: #238 Great White Snark
Those two sequences of warped bricking to the right of the ‘vulture’s beak’ (it’s what I see anyway) melding together is utterly infuriating to me.
It’s art-deco and tribal mixed up in something that has a central study, but no ultimate form.
My stuff is still very derivative. The detail mostly muffles that particular criticism.
Totally awestruck.
re: #245 Great White Snark
12x18 is tiny. To achieve that kind of definition is really something special.
Please, send her my most deeply envious sighs :)
re: #248 Alyosha
On her behalf *blushing* Thanks from the heart.
re: #249 Alyosha
12x18 is tiny. To achieve that kind of definition is really something special.
Please, send her my most deeply envious sighs :)
Drop her a line. Twitter or FB, please
re: #233 MsJ
I don’t know. The electorate seems to crave WWE, Jersey Shore, Bachelor, Whatever With The Stars, etc. as real life.
Honestly, I have nothing. I feel like I’m in uncharted waters without a compass.
There used to be something of a barrier between entertainment and politics. Even those entertainers who became politicians (Jesse ventura, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Scwarzenegger, etc) understood the very important differences between the two.
But Trump? Trump took the barrier, blew it into a million tiny pieces, ground up the pieces and pissed all over the dust.
re: #232 Alyosha
One more.
I really love the skeleton relics that many Catholic churches in the middle ages around Europe appointed in gold and jewels.
It’s a nice demonstration of the wealth disparity between the Church and laymen. Also an interesting expression of the memento mori theme.[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
Also has a Danse Macabre vibe to it too.
re: #252 Eclectic Cyborg
There used to be something of a barrier between entertainment and politics. Even those entertainers who became politicians (Jesse ventura, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Scwarzenegger, etc) understood the very important differences between the two.
But Trump? Trump took the barrier, blew it into a million tiny pieces, ground up the pieces and pissed all over the dust.
Don’t forget Al Franken. He completely left his comedy behind him when he took office, though lately I’ve seem him slip a little.
re: #251 Great White Snark
What’s her Twitter handle?
re: #218 Alyosha
So much time.
The only pen I use religiously is the Mitsubishi uni-ball. I use basic sketch paper because water-colour paper tends to be a bit thirsty.
Have you tried Bristol board? Might be better because it is thick, has a nice finish and is enduring.
If not familiar with it, here is wiki on it. Very popular and available at most art supply houses, Amazon, Blick, etc.
Good stuff. Show us more if you want. I love good pen and ink drawing. Used to do some myself back in art college. I hope some day to get back into painting and drawing and get out of the commercial graphics…but money is needed still. And time. Plus I like writing songs and playing music too. So much to do, so little time.
re: #255 Alyosha
re: #164 William Lewis
Nah, no need to baste. Stick some classic herbs under the skin and then slather the skin over the whole bird with olive oil. Give it a blast for 10 - 15 minutes at 450 then back off to 350 for the duration based on the weight of the bird. I like stuffing but if you don’t, take a couple of oranges, quarter them, and bake it with them in the body cavity.
and spatchcock.
re: #256 ObserverArt
I think my drive to draw, and to a lesser extent, to write, comes from a deep insecurity that I am unable to write or play music.
I’m thinking of branching out into painting. It’s gotta be less stressful than controlled, painstaking lines of ink.
re: #238 Great White Snark
Not at all. That one is 18” tall.
[Embedded content]
Nice! Does she display in galleries?
re: #257 Great White Snark
Many thanks :)
I’m a little shy, so a follow for now will suffice.
re: #258 Barefoot Grin
and spatchcock.
I have a nice roasting pan I want to actually use to …roast a bird, so I think I’m going traditional this time.
But I am aware of the technique and will be giving it a try in the future.
re: #259 Alyosha
I think my drive to draw, and to a lesser extent, to write, comes from a deep insecurity that I am unable to write or play music.
I’m thinking of branching out into painting. It’s gotta be less stressful than controlled, painstaking lines of ink.
Never be hard on yourself…it stops the creative process. Your drawings are fine.
Remember…a good artist is never happy with anything. That is what keeps the drive. That is also what drives artists nuts. It is The Artist Curse.
Anyone creative will understand. It is one reason I always keep what a person creates separate from the person. There have been a lot of extremely imperfect humans creating amazing art.
re: #257 Great White Snark
Nice orchid shots. I’m in Kauai for the week with my wife and as we were walking around Hanalei yesterday I whacked my head on a bunch of orchids hanging off the side of a tree. I love them when they’re just living in the wild like that.
Shorter Robert Gates: Trump sucks, but both sides.
What a fucking hypocrite he is, he was still Secretary of Defense when the United States started bombing Libya.
And, according to Wikipedia:
Time magazine notes that Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have “forged a formidable partnership”, speaking frequently, “comparing notes before they go to the White House”, meeting with each other weekly and having lunch once a month at either the Pentagon or the State Department.[58]
re: #262 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I have a nice roasting pan I want to actually use to …roast a bird, so I think I’m going traditional this time.
But I am aware of the technique and will be giving it a try in the future.
Good luck. I have had good luck with curry rub—you might try that some time.
re: #261 Alyosha
Many thanks :)
I’m a little shy, so a follow for now will suffice.
She will be thrilled to see your compliments earlier. And your art. Gonna make her evening after a long work day.
re: #266 Great White Snark
Never has, but she has sold a few.
She should!
Maybe have her try a local group show at a small gallery or a store front/shop type gallery and see what happens. I’m thinking people would like her creations.
Edit to add…meant to say the same to you too Alyosha. Get those drawings in a nice matt and frame and go for it!
I’m gonna hit the rack. Thanks everyone, have a pleasant Saturday.
Apple introduces the new iLeash for their stupid fucking wireless earbuds. Get your iLeash now for only $24.99, or if you’re a true Apple person, get it in ear-bud white for $74.99
They may look like repurposed eyeglass leashes that cost $1.99 at Walgreens, but they’re not…they’re iLeashes…and they’re cool.
This leather leash for your AirPods is the courageous must-have Apple accessory for fall: https://t.co/HmLW2PHTP9 pic.twitter.com/aGfxXaIzEP
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 17, 2016
re: #272 darthstar
Apple introduces the new iLeash for their stupid fucking wireless earbuds. Get your iLeash now for only $24.99, or if you’re a true Apple person, get it in ear-bud white for $74.99
They may look like repurposed eyeglass leashes that cost $1.99 at Walgreens, but they’re not…they’re iLeashes…and they’re cool.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
I’ll stick to my $5.59 Panasonic headphones TYVM.
Honestly, I’ve have yet to meet a pair of earbuds that didn’t feel like a torture device.
re: #274 Timothy Watson
I’ll stick to my $5.59 Panasonic headphones TYVM.
Honestly, I’ve have yet to meet a pair of earbuds that didn’t feel like a torture device.
I’ve used the solid apple earbuds. They don’t fall out of my ears…my ears eject them every few minutes because they do hurt like hell. I prefer the ones with the little rubber dildo ends on them or just streaming through a jambox or JBL.
re: #274 Timothy Watson
Before my right ear went out the window, the Shure SE series were great phones with replaceable cords you could use with smartphones: I still have my SE 425’s and with the different tips you could get they sounded wonderful.
re: #267 Timothy Watson
Shorter Robert Gates: Trump sucks, but both sides.
What a fucking hypocrite he is, he was still Secretary of Defense when the United States started bombing Libya.
And, according to Wikipedia:
He had some pretty sharp words for the Obama admin in the lead-up to Libya; I had the impression at the time that Obama/Clinton were considering committing ground troops and Gates said he would resign if they did.
re: #272 darthstar
Apple introduces the new iLeash for their stupid fucking wireless earbuds. Get your iLeash now for only $24.99, or if you’re a true Apple person, get it in ear-bud white for $74.99
They may look like repurposed eyeglass leashes that cost $1.99 at Walgreens, but they’re not…they’re iLeashes…and they’re cool.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
The first thing I did when I bought the ipod was ditch the lousy-sound-producing earbuds. Are the current ones any better?
re: #270 ObserverArt
She should!
Maybe have her try a local group show at a small gallery or a store front/shop type gallery and see what happens. I’m thinking people would like her creations.
Edit to add…meant to say the same to you too Alyosha. Get those drawings in a nice matt and frame and go for it!
Agreed 100%! Without a doubt your drawings are gorgeous!
She had so many colors in her she gave a different one to each kitten.
SO MANY KITTENS. #Sozopol pic.twitter.com/YQ77YvWXug
— Garth Greenwell (@GarthGreenwell) September 17, 2016
re: #278 Snarknado!
The first thing I did when I bought the ipod was ditch the lousy-sound-producing earbuds. Are the current ones any better?
I don’t know. When my company gave me an iPad mini it came with the torture buds. I used them for five minutes on my phone to see if they were better than the rubber dildo tips I got at the drug store for $5…they weren’t. So it’s dildos for me when I listen to music at work.
re: #275 darthstar
I’ve used the solid apple earbuds. They don’t fall out of my ears…my ears eject them every few minutes because they do hurt like hell. I prefer the ones with the little rubber dildo ends on them or just streaming through a jambox or JBL.
I’ve tried Apple’s and Samsung’s and both hurt the flaps on the side of the ear (tragus and antitragus according to Wikipedia).
re: #275 darthstar
I picked up a Sony SRS-XB3 box with phone support when the went on sale at Best Buy- what’s nice with this critter is you can buy another one and pair them up together, plus they have a pretty long lifetime on a charge.
At the time, George Washington Parke Custis was 16 and attending Princeton, one of several schools he bounced in and out of. Before long, he was back home at Mount Vernon, where he would be accused of fathering children with slaves.
“[F]athering children with slaves” is a nice way to whitewash rape.
Boy writes to Lego after losing a mini-figure.
Lego’s customer service department should run the world. pic.twitter.com/6iz0dS1gvu— Scott Kerr (@scott_kerr) September 16, 2016
Shamelessly stolen from Balloon Juice:
Everyone needs to share this on their Facebooks and whatnots.
Like, now. pic.twitter.com/NHww27xqm2— Tooney (@rumproast) September 17, 2016
re: #285 darthstar
It reminds me of some of the service that I have received from LL Bean.
re: #286 Eric The Fruit Bat
Shamelessly stolen from Balloon Juice:
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
Just close your eyes and think of Bernie when you vote for Hillary.
re: #286 Eric The Fruit Bat
Shamelessly stolen from Balloon Juice:
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
Have you got a link to that? I could use that! Or, is it new and easy to find?
re: #286 Eric The Fruit Bat
we cannot take any of the gains made in recent decades for granted
re: #280 darthstar
She had so many colors in her she gave a different one to each kitten.
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
When I was a kid, I used to read Western Horseman magazine. There was an article about someone who wanted to breed an Appaloosa and a Pinto to see what they would get. They got twins, one of each. Pretty unusual in horses.
That’s not them.
re: #292 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Never has Death looked so appealingly tasty…
We pronounce Death like: “slowsmokedoverpeachwoodbrisketsauceontheside”.
Just saw what I thought was a funny alternative to “Delete your account.”
Stop using words.
Heh.
Wacky @NYTimesDowd, who hardly knows me, makes up things that I never said for her boring interviews and column. A neurotic dope!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2016
They hid the android, but he got a hold of the iphone.
re: #295 jeffreyw
We pronounce Death like: “slowsmokedoverpeachwoodbrisketsauceonthe side”.
I was wondering what a dover peach was!
re: #294 ObserverArt
I know. He’s a stand up guy and he’s trying to prevent Trump from slipping past the voters into the White House.
And she should win. She has to.
“neurotic” pic.twitter.com/V6MowjJbqu
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 17, 2016
He has a habit of using that word to attack women.
re: #289 ObserverArt
Just do a copy link and you’re golden.
re: #298 retired cynic
I was wondering what a dover peach was!
Ha. I read it as smoke dove….
Too many people talking about cooking birds I guess.
re: #300 Jenner7
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
He has a habit of using that word to attack women.
Maybe somebody beat ‘hysterical’ out of him.
Such presidential temperament! Tremendous! https://t.co/I20vVD6rcz @realDonaldTrump @NYTimesDowd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 17, 2016
Whatever you do, don’t call them “deplorable.” That hurts their tender fee-fees. pic.twitter.com/vqrdfkOfV5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 17, 2016
re: #298 retired cynic
I was wondering what a dover peach was!
My understanding is that a Dover Peach is considered to be an ornamental due to its chalky taste.
re: #304 Charles Johnson
They’re special little snowflakes and when we call them “deplorable” their faces scrunch up, tears begin to flow and they run as fast as they can to their safe spaces.
re: #304 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
@Green_Footballs Looks like you stepped on his balls.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) September 17, 2016
re: #281 darthstar
I don’t know. When my company gave me an iPad mini it came with the torture buds. I used them for five minutes on my phone to see if they were better than the rubber dildo tips I got at the drug store for $5…they weren’t. So it’s dildos for me when I listen to music at work.
$19.95. They sound like $300 units, pretty much, and the small earpieces are the only ones I’ve ever found that will sorta-kinda fit in my ears.
The stress-relief where the cables go into the earbuds will keep the wires inside from breaking in a month or so like the cheap headphones I had been getting. But…for some unknown reason they have a hard plastic sleeve around the middle of the left one, and that’s where the wires break. Tape up your first pair, like I did my second.
re: #307 Tigger2
How about giving them the knee to the crotch? Do you think that will help? /half
re: #306 Dr Lizardo
They’re special little snowflakes and when we call them “deplorable” their faces scrunch up, tears begin to flow and they run as fast as they can to their safe spaces.
Yeah, like Stormfront.
re: #304 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
[Embedded content]
Right. So homophobic insult, then he says “Eat my balls”. Hm.
re: #306 Dr Lizardo
They’re special little snowflakes and when we call them “deplorable” their faces scrunch up, tears begin to flow and they run as fast as they can to their safe spaces.
You mean it is a safe space to run to a phone, tablet or computer to let everyone know how deplorable they really are, and to prove it, they will regale you with a load of invective word?
re: #3 Charles Johnson
So he’s actually just like all Alt Right Pepe followers. He does not give a shite about consequences. This article attempted to give more insight into the Alt Right.
I don’t agree with the conclusions of this author. I think Hillary Clinton and Rachel Maddow shining a light on these people did the nation a service. They have been hiding in the shadows far too long. We have seen their handy work with encouraging mass shootings and online harassment of women. I don’t care if they are motivated by white supremacy or do it just for the “lulz” the end result is the same. People are getting hurt and its enabling fascism.
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory Just Captured Ominous Signals About the Planet’s Health Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured an ominous sign about the pace of global warming. Atmospheric levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide aren’t just on their way to yet another record high this year - they’re rising faster than ever, ...
Cheechako
The Good Liars at the Schnecksville Trump Rally [VIDEO] New theories, great tunes and SHOCKING breaking news. SUPPORT US: http://Herohero.co/thegoodliars SEE THE GOOD LIARS LIVE!WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 23RD: https://www.unionstage.com/shows/good-liars-fix-america/NASHVILLE, TN JUNE 6TH: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/42992972/the-good-liars-nashville-the-lab-at-zaniesSAN FRANCISCO, CA JUNE 25TH: https://www.livenation.com/event/G5vYZbavGvggG/the-good-liars SUBSCRIBE TO OUR AUDIO PODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-liars-tell-the-truth/id1731178442Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7mgfiwzr32907N4y68eFOCJoin this channel ...
teleskiguy
Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
William Lewis
Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
