An Incredibly Beautiful Full Performance: Bon Iver on Austin City Limits
This is simply one of the greatest live performances I’ve seen all year. Highly unusual, beautiful music from Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver.
This is simply one of the greatest live performances I’ve seen all year. Highly unusual, beautiful music from Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver.
Ha! I was gonna post a long-assed comment downstairs, but I check first this time, so I’m gonna wait for everyone to show up here.
AP runs a story on Linda McMahon, former CEO of WWE (and whose family still owns half the company):
Former WWE wrestling executive becoming GOP mega donor
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The Center for Responsive Politics ranks McMahon and her husband Vince — the current CEO of WWE, formerly known as World Wrestling Entertainment — as 78th among the so-called “mega donors” contributing in this election cycle to outside spending groups, such as super PACs, spending $1.17 million so far. […]
McMahon has known the GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, for 30 years. Trump famously shaved Vince McMahon’s head in 2007 during a WWE match titled “Battle of the Billionaires.” While not her first choice for president, she is strong supporter today, predicting he’ll be a good president who will surround himself with competent people. She credits him with becoming “a vessel that has housed this anger and this dissatisfaction” in the country, which she said has intensified since she first ran for office.
McMahon and her husband contributed a total of $5 million to Trump’s foundation in 2007, a donation McMahon said she did “not remember how it came about.” She said she has no misgivings about making the contribution, ultimately the largest to Trump’s foundation.
“Once you’re his friend, he is loyal to the end,” she said. “He’s an incredibly loyal, loyal friend.”
Seems like a rather big donation to forget about the details. As one wrestling blog puts it:
The AP story reports that Linda is supporting a variety of different Republican candidates in various states. It also recalls that the McMahons donated $5 million to Trump’s foundation back in 2007. It was the same year that Trump took part in WrestleMania, yet Linda says she does “not remember how it came about.” Gosh, I hate when I can’t remember why I paid $5 million for something, but it happens to us all so frequently that I’m sure we can all relate.
Quite the quid pro quo.
In that same AP story:
McMahon also contributed $200,000 to Future45, a super PAC that opposes Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who McMahon knows personally but contends has shown “a pattern of dishonesty over the years.”
So Hillary has shown a pattern of dishonesty, yet Linda McMahon claims she doesn’t know how a $5 million donation to the Drumpfskind foundation came about?
The hypocrisy is large.
All the more so when you realize that the McMahon’s could count the contribution as a donation to a non-profit generation. If WWE had been honest and costed it on their books as the price of a contract for Drumpfskind to appear then the McMahons couldn’t have claimed it as a “contribution”.
This is yet one more story around the Drumpfskind foundation that stinks. It illustrates how the Drumpfskind and his rich friends manipulate the law to their benefit.
re: #4 Tigger2
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We give it to the Trump Fairy, who turns around to supply him with a continual stream of shit to spew from his mouth.
It’s almost like their entire political philosophy is just an ad-hoc strategy designed to shit all over specific groups of people they hate.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 25, 2016
Okay, briefly switching gears. Since we were on the subject of Israel and were also discussing Muslims downstairs, I decided to post the following. Luckily, I checked to see if a new thread was up by them time I’d finished, and sure enough it was, so I’ll just leave it here instead.
I don’t know how many of you guys were around Friday when I posted this comment about the guy that jumped into my Twitter timeline pronouncing “AntiSemitism is deeply rooted in Islam.” ◔_◔
I ignored & immediately blocked him, but it got me to thinking about something I’d pondered before, especially after having done a good bit of reading on antisemitism over the past couple of years (warning: long rambling comment about the relationship between Jews & Muslims ahead, so please scroll past if you’re not interested).
That guy’s assertion comes straight from the Islamophobia industry—it’s practically Geller’s daily mantra, though she says something along the lines of (I’m paraphrasing) “Jew hate, it’s in the Quran.” She even uses it on her bus ads—here’s one from D.C. in 2014 (source article here).
The only way you can come to that conclusion is if you cherry-pick verses, interpreting them literally and devoid of any context. For those who don’t already know it, Sharia & Halacha are similar in that both involve not only law, but also other scholarly interpretation (and in the case of Islam, hadith, which is a whole other complicated ball of wax involving the strength or weakness of chains of transmission).
If antisemitism is so deeply rooted in Islam, then why did the Holocaust not happen until the mid-twentieth century, and why did it happen primarily in Christian Western Europe? I mean, Islam has been around for almost 1400 years now, and for the 100 or so years of the Umayyad Caliphate and the nearly 600 years of the Ottoman Empire—never mind all the other powerful regional Caliphates—it was a major force to be reckoned with, one of the superpowers of its time, if you will. So if antisemitism is so deeply rooted in Islam, why didn’t earlier Muslims wipe out all the Jews when they had the power to do so?
I won’t pretend Jews & Muslims were always on good terms or that there were never pogroms, because there were, but not on the level of a genocidal holocaust like the one that killed six million Jews in Europe. Yes, Jews were considered dhimmis in Muslim lands, as were Christians. BTW, dhimmi actually means “protected person,” certainly not in the way we understand rights & protections today as they didn’t have equal rights, but they had legal rights & protections nonetheless (which is more than they had in most of Christendom until fairly recently).
Why would Jews, like Maimonides and many others, voluntarily choose to live in Muslim lands instead of Christian ones? The mass migration (and in some cases expulsion) of Jews from Muslim lands didn’t happen until the rise of Nasser & pan-Arab nationalism and establishment of Israel. Ask yourself why they didn’t leave sooner if Muslims were so awful to them—was it because there was nowhere to go before the establishment of Israel, or because Europe was far more toxic?
Also, if antisemitism was some sort of freaking requirement for Muslims, then why are I and the other Muslims here not a raging antisemites? Perhaps we’re all secret Islamists using taqiyyah to mislead everyone about our true feelings? This seems to be what the Islamophobes would have everyone believe. // ಠ_ಠ
So yeah, when I think about it for like even five minutes, the whole notion of antisemitism being deeply rooted in Islam—as if Muslims invented it or promoted it for religious reasons (rather than recent political ones)—falls apart, logically speaking.
There’s a BIG difference between something existing, as Muslim antisemitism undeniably does, and that thing being an integral component of a given belief system. I mean, if we started examining the Old & New Testaments and treating the writings of various famous (and infamous) Christians & Jews as the de facto stance of their respective religions and all its adherents, then it wouldn’t be especially difficult to demonize said Christians & Jews as being racists, supremacists, etc., would it?
Okay, all done. *steps down from podium*
re: #8 freetoken
Page it!
Okay, but give me a catchy title. I always have a hard time coming up with them.
Trump tells Netanyahu he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital https://t.co/R6VeWJCBbl pic.twitter.com/BX3y0TU8Hn
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 25, 2016
One of the few moves that could unify the Islamic world. The real beneficiary of this would be the Russians, get ready for $10 / gallon gas. https://t.co/Za4EXXSNGP
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 25, 2016
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
We had a little discussion downstairs about that. It’s kind of a tender subject.
re: #11 freetoken
We had a little discussion downstairs about that. It’s kind of a tender subject.
yep. apparently history via wiki trumps people who actually lived it.
re: #11 freetoken
We had a little discussion downstairs about that. It’s kind of a tender subject.
I know. I don’t really have a dog in this fight beyond not wanting to see the world’s economy ground to a halt and thousands more die in a totally needless war.
re: #3 freetoken
If you are at all aware of Vince’s track record and conduct in his business dealings, it’s easy to understand why he favors Donald Trump.
Mcmahon used every unfair, unethical and duplicitous trick in the book to bury/destroy his competition.
re: #13 goddamnedfrank
Well Republicans are great at starting needless wars aren’t they?
re: #11 freetoken
We had a little discussion downstairs about that. It’s kind of a tender subject.
That’s why I studiously ignored part of the thread. Uh-uh, not touching that one with a 10-foot pole.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
But isn’t that the entire industry? The whole carny-sector of the economy is full of greasy business.
re: #16 CuriousLurker
That’s why I studiously ignored part of the thread. Uh-uh, not touching that one with a 10-foot pole.
And bunnies with a turtle appeared! And were updinged!
re: #18 wrenchwench
And bunnies with a turtle appeared! And were updinged!
Yes, that was a nice diversion!
re: #13 goddamnedfrank
I know. I don’t really have a dog in this fight beyond not wanting to see the world’s economy ground to a halt and thousand more die in a totally needless war.
That’s, like, the main dog.
I can’t take short haired musicians seriously. I really do love this though, thank you.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
yep. apparently history via wiki trumps people who actually lived it.
It would be great if history was nice and clean and everyone agreed on facts. But it isn’t, we don’t, and that’s how wars start.
My theory is that if a little bit of political artifice has managed to keep nuclear armed powers (Israel and Pakistan) from going at each other’s throats, don’t fuck with it. Of course Russia would love nothing better than for the oil producing regions of the Middle East to burn in an utterly pointless and avoidable conflict.
Pulling the pin out of the grenade is an absolutely rubbish campaign platform.
re: #23 goddamnedfrank
My theory is that if a little bit of political artifice has managed to keep nuclear armed powers (Israel and Pakistan) from going at each other’s throats, don’t fuck with it. Of course Russia would love nothing better than for the oil producing regions of the Middle East to burn in an utterly pointless and avoidable conflict.
Pulling the pin out of the grenade is an absolutely rubbish campaign platform.
Considering that Trump’s entire candidacy has essentially been, “You fuckers are going to do what I want, and or I’ll plunge the world into nuclear holocaust,” it’s pretty much par for the course for the Great Cheeto.
Heh….
Ken Starr accuses independent investigation of Baylor sexual abuse scandal as an “abuse of power.” No comment necessary
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) September 24, 2016
Shorter Ken Starr: I spent 80m investigating consensual sex. Rape on my campus? Don’t know from nothing. #TTF
— Charles P. Pierce (@ESQPolitics) September 24, 2016
re: #24 thedopefishlives
And yet, if one believes the polls, Drumpfskind is almost as likely to get elected as Clinton.
re: #9 CuriousLurker
Okay, but give me a catchy title. I always have a hard time coming up with them.
Never mind, I know what I’m gonna do: I’ll just make the title the same as the guy’s assertion, but turn it into a question instead, “Is #Antisemitism Deeply Rooted in Islam?”
re: #26 freetoken
And yet, if one believes the polls, Drumpfskind is almost as likely to get elected as Clinton.
I don’t believe the polls, FWIW. I appreciated Nate Silver’s work in 2008-2012, but I feel like his methodology in this election cycle isn’t up to his usual standards.
No, years of pimping bullshit conspiracy theories and racism to gullible right wing marks does that. @PrisonPlanet @RemingtonWild
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
I’m not your friend. @PrisonPlanet @RemingtonWild
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
re: #9 CuriousLurker
Okay, but give me a catchy title. I always have a hard time coming up with them.
Ahem… these might catch some eyes:
“A Salah A Day Keeps The Jew Away??”
“1001 Reason Why Nazism Was Not Islamic”
“Falafel Is Kosher, Really.”
re: #30 Charles Johnson
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Also, the fact that you changed your mind on the Iraq war is apparently just an inconvenience to overlook.
Monday, we’ll announce new findings from Jupiter’s moon Europa. Spoiler alert: NOT aliens: https://t.co/89qj23DM6Y pic.twitter.com/d7cSuBBXZz
— NASA (@NASA) September 25, 2016
This is exactly the kind of tweet an alien conspiracy would compose. https://t.co/vpihbn2khv
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 25, 2016
… just trying to think like those click-bait sites whose “stories” seem to pop up everywhere.
No, I run an intellectual magazine and you’re a shill. https://t.co/GBNp4dLQXu
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 25, 2016
re: #31 freetoken
Ahem… these might catch some eyes:
“A Salah A Day Keeps The Jew Away??”
“1001 Reason Why Nazism Was Not Islamic”
“Falafel Is Kosher, Really.”
re: #35 Charles Johnson
His Wikipedia page details an epic number of squabbles and personality flaws:
At The Weekly Standard, one staff member said, Podhoretz’s “arrogance and egotism had a psychological effect people can’t quite believe.” At The Washington Times a colleague reported, he was “permanently frozen in juvenalia.” Glenn Garvin, the Central American bureau chief of the Miami Herald, once said that at the Times, Podhoretz “constantly complained that his brilliance wasn’t appreciated.”[4]
re: #35 Charles Johnson
Oh dear, another one claiming to be an “intellectual”.
Uh. @PrisonPlanet @RemingtonWild pic.twitter.com/1YPsZnloOz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
re: #39 Charles Johnson
That, right there, should indicate his complete and total lack of intelligence.
@jpodhoretz Intellectual magazine? Nope. Republican Propaganda sheet? Absolutely!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) September 25, 2016
re: #27 CuriousLurker
Never mind, I know what I’m gonna do: I’ll just make the title the same as the guy’s assertion, but turn it into a question instead, “Is #Antisemitism Deeply Rooted in Islam?”
There is actually much more evidence that Anti-Semitism Is Deeply Rooted in Christianity.
The Devil And The Jews
Henry Ford And The Jews (A nice Jewish boy is CEO now)
This gives me another chance to shill my last Page:
Alan Jacobs and Albert Mohler Hypocritically Lament Lack of Christian Intellectuals
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
There is actually much more evidence that Anti-Semitism Is Deeply Rooted in Christianity.
The Devil And The JewsHenry Ford And The Jews (A nice Jewish boy is CEO now)
I wish I had a tape recorder going when Grandma Bacon was talking about Anti-Semites in the 30s such as Henry Ford, Frank Fay and Laura Ingalls…
“Double duty?!” Well, now we know how important facts are to Bloomberg Politics. @bpolitics https://t.co/flGMAOPjD5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Being afraid of ones genitalia is also more deeply rooted in Christianity.
Seriously, the Letters from Paul are so sex-phobic it is ridiculous.
re: #46 Charles Johnson
Just listen to the two clowns who host Bloomberg’s “With All Due Respect” on BSRNC!
re: #46 Charles Johnson
I think the problem is found in the word “moderator”.
What the networks want are viewers (they really don’t want the debates as they have limited spots for commercials, but if they have enough viewers they can sell those time slots for a dear price.)
So in reality “moderator” just means time-keeper, keeping the show on schedule in between the commercials.
What we need in this country is vigorous, substantial debates. And for that I propose we really need interlocutors. We need public discourse where each candidate gets queries in depth about an area, then when differences are discovered between candidates, have them present their arguments to each other in public.
Talking
Sitting
Listening
Looking
That’s like, 5 duties right there!
I want to write my weirdo manifesto here.
“This Secluded Library In The Woods Is Every Book Lover’s Dream” https://t.co/95inglplCX pic.twitter.com/mlFeJUjUfK— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) September 25, 2016
“Mr. Trump, you say you’re going to make America great again. Exactly how great would you make it?” #TrumpSoftballs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
re: #52 Charles Johnson
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So great. I would make it so great - I would make it the greatest. I’m the best at making things great.
What an MBF looks like:
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That comes from an NPR story:
Donald Trump’s Plan For America’s Schools
The story itself is mildly critical of Drumpfskind, but mostly because the answers to the education questions the authors want to ask are not coming.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
#TrumpSoftballs Between you and Vladimir Putin, who has the softer balls?
— Derek Wood (@InstaDerek) September 25, 2016
re: #51 teleskiguy
It’s a neat building, but it wastes too much room that could be used for books. Using 6x6 (or are they 8x8?) timbers for shelving is kind of an unforgivable waste of resources no matter how cool the designer thinks it looks.
Now hearing from Trump fans who don’t understand that #TrumpSoftballs is sarcastic.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
lolwut?
Clinton is a fox who knows many things you can fact check. Trump is a hedgehog who knows one very big thing: We need change.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) September 25, 2016
#TrumpSoftballs Given your foundation’s previous support for artists, will you upgrade the WH using only truly American interior designers?
— free token (@freetoken) September 25, 2016
Sigh. #TrumpSoftballs pic.twitter.com/KPxKOSKDsT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
#TrumpSoftballs Many have noticed the inadequacy of the current WH ballroom. How will you bring America a Great Ballroom?
— free token (@freetoken) September 25, 2016
Intelligence is like a river, the deeper it goes the less noise it makes
Create your own meme with the LGF Meme Machine! https://t.co/yGqhznSjs0 via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/JqdmBJ9WUz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 25, 2016
Okay, the page based on my #7 is officially up now, with a few modifications. I won’t be staying up super late tonight since tomorrow is Monday, so you guys please keep an eye on it as it’s the kind of subject that tends to attract trolls and awaken sock puppets from their slumber. TIA
re: #60 Charles Johnson
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I wonder what Norma will say after Trump cuts her Social Security check?
if you cant formulate a question that fact checks itself or demonstrates that it wasnt answered directly you shouldnt be in the chair
re: #38 freetoken
Oh dear, another one claiming to be an “intellectual”.
A conservative “intellectual” is just a bigoted meathead with a thesaurus. And yes, I do mean this to include the late WFB Jr.
re: #31 freetoken
Ahem… these might catch some eyes:
“A Salah A Day Keeps The Jew Away??”
“1001 Reason Why Nazism Was Not Islamic”
“Falafel Is Kosher, Really.”
LOLOLOL
#TrumpSoftballs Canadian bacon is preferred over American bacon on pizzas by many. Would adding pineapple help the case for American bacon?
— free token (@freetoken) September 25, 2016
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
There is actually much more evidence that Anti-Semitism Is Deeply Rooted in Christianity.
The Devil And The JewsHenry Ford And The Jews (A nice Jewish boy is CEO now)
Thanks!
if you ask a fact based question and let someone lie to your face unchecked, they are not only disrespecting you on national tv, they are implying you and your question are the liars
Now the New York Times drops the other shoe…
Facepalm
UPDATE: Commission on Presidential Debates adopts official Trump campaign line, says moderators shouldn’t fact-check https://t.co/67jlWRtI89
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) September 25, 2016
re: #69 freetoken
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probably not kosher, no matter how you kill the pig or cook the bacon
“Mr. Trump, can you give us some insight into the thought process that led to your selection of colors for your Trump hats?” #TrumpSoftballs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #58 teleskiguy
lolwut?
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He meant change as in monetary units that we will have to dig out and immediately give to Trump and his cronies.
The Simpsons intro based on the an Adventure Time intro.
Edited.
re: #33 goddamnedfrank
This is exactly the kind of tweet an alien conspiracy would compose.
Monday, we’ll announce new findings from Jupiter’s moon Europa. Spoiler alert: NOT aliens: https://t.co/89qj23DM6Y pic.twitter.com/d7cSuBBXZz
— NASA (@NASA) September 25, 2016
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 25, 2016
These are the three tweets I use to explain how Trump thinks to people: pic.twitter.com/Ym0UahoPVi
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) September 25, 2016
The Donald™ got his supply of uppers, it seems.
Five people killed in Washington State by a Middle Eastern immigrant. Many people died this weekend in Ohio from drug overdoses. N.C. riots!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2016
I’m watching The Hangover & I just can’t walk away.
re: #81 teleskiguy
The Donald™ got his supply of uppers, it seems.
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Must have run out of characters before adding “things are looking great for me”.
re: #81 teleskiguy
The target now is all “Middle Easterners”. No more pretense of being worried about ISIS in particular.
re: #81 teleskiguy
My tweet from yesterday:
Create your own slogan with the LGF Trump Bumper Sticker Generator! https://t.co/mYPssbueiO via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/vZ1IcDOiKv
— free token (@freetoken) September 25, 2016
re: #46 Charles Johnson
Watch post fact media work, by framing a journalist moderator as doing “double duty” if they ensure their audience is accurately informed. https://t.co/jQaOBotDim
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 26, 2016
re: #83 Skip Intro
Must have run out of characters before adding “things are looking great for me”.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MYSELF FOR MY INCREDIBLE, SUPERNATURAL, FABULOUS, TERRIFIC FUTURE-PREDICTING TALENTS!!!1!!!1!!!
re: #86 goddamnedfrank
Using knowledge is proof of bias against Trump.
Conway can DARVO with the best of them.
Conway: “I just think her campaign is trying to game the system because they know that they’ve got a turkey of a candidate.” pic.twitter.com/iD49SOuPnz
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 26, 2016
re: #81 teleskiguy
The Donald™ got his supply of uppers, it seems.
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Turkey is the Middle East?
Fight song part 2
A GREAT VIDEO! Please watch and retweet! https://t.co/YxgKOWuE3T via @youtube
— Joe Kidder (@joe_kidder2) September 25, 2016
You don’t like the weather in Colorado? Wait 15 minutes.
This before/after photo of Trail Ridge Road at @RockyNPS really shows you how volatile #CoWX really is! pic.twitter.com/vXy8mu9WGZ
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) September 26, 2016
BREAKING: Arnold Palmer, golfing legend, dies, age 87.
re: #94 Eric The Fruit Bat
BREAKING: Arnold Palmer, golfing legend, dies, age 87.
I’ll drink a John Daly* in his honor.
*an Arnold Palmer, but with booze.
Apparently it isn’t only Muslims he wants to ban now. It’s anyone from the Middle East. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/Y9hBfpO87L
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
Thanks for sharing your favorite anti-Muslim hate site with me. Would you mind going somewhere and fucking yourself? @kazamareen
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
The last thing I’d ever want to do is lie on Donald Trump. Buhlieve me! @Brockenator
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #94 Eric The Fruit Bat
BREAKING: Arnold Palmer, golfing legend, dies, age 87.
re: #95 Stanley Sea
Ah fuck 2016.
This year:
Scott “Dilbert” Adams is now voting for Donald Trump.
re: #58 teleskiguy
lolwut?
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Does this have something to do with “The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered at All”?
Today, the sacrifices of Gold Star families weigh heavier on my mind. Thank you. I will fight to get you the care & benefits you deserve. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 26, 2016
Crickets from The Donald™ on this solemn remembrance.
re: #99 Eric The Fruit Bat
Scott “Dilbert” Adams is now voting for Donald Trump.
He always was, wasn’t he?
re: #100 scottslemmons
Does this have something to do with “The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered at All”?
Wicked Burn to the House Of Saud….
It’s delicious to watch the Saudi outrage at being excluded from a conference in Chechnya to define who counts as a Sunni Muslim. Wahhabism, the Sunni offshoot that dominates Saudi Arabia, has done more than any other movement in Islamic history to read other Muslims out of the faith, and turnabout is fair play. Unfortunately, the conference, organized by Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, is actually part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiendishly clever plan to weaken Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally. The entire episode shows how ideologically vulnerable the Saudis feel in the age of Islamic State — and how good Putin is at affecting Middle Eastern politics.
The conference, which took place in the Chechen capital of Grozny in late August, was notable as much for who wasn’t invited as for who was. More than 100 Sunni clerics attended — but none from Saudi Arabia.
Like clockwork here come the eggs and the Trumpnuts with anime avatars.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #103 thedopefishlives
He always was, wasn’t he?
No. He endorsed Hillary this summer “for [his] own safety.”
re: #107 teleskiguy
No. He endorsed Hillary this summer “for [his] own safety.”
I always took that as satire/sarcasm.
re: #103 thedopefishlives
Probably-he was all likelihood doing a work.
re: #108 thedopefishlives
I always took that as satire/sarcasm.
Read his blog. He’s a fucking sociopath.
Trump’s worst racist followers are really getting rabid these days. pic.twitter.com/DsRZVpMvu8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #110 teleskiguy
Read his blog. He’s a fucking sociopath.
He might fancy himself to be more like his comic’s namesake, but Adams is pretty much the PHB (or maybe even Catbert).
Automatic blocking function: engaged. pic.twitter.com/NTscOnCmEX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #113 TedStriker
He might fancy himself to be more like his comic’s namesake, but Adams is pretty much the PHB (or maybe even Catbert).
Once again, I say that it’s better to separate the art from the artist, but some people make it really, really hard.
re: #115 TedStriker
Once again, I say that it’s better to separate the art from the artist, but some people make it really, really hard.
I used to like some of Ted Nugent’s songs (don’t judge me!). I haven’t listened to him in many years.
re: #113 TedStriker
He’s Catbert on speedballs.
Heh!
Making a splash: Surf dogs take to the waves at the 8th annual Surf City event at Huntington Beach, California pic.twitter.com/ZxawR4HjSV
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 26, 2016
re: #117 Eventual Carrion
Just found on Facebook. Made me smile:
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I made this out of an old pallet.
re: #120 Blind Frog Belly White
I made this out of an old pallet.
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Nothing like a good ol’ pallet fire, especially when you use like a dozen of ‘em!
HURR HURR
What if both body doubles show up at debate?
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) September 26, 2016
Always amazes me how many of the worst bigoted/racist/xenophobic tweets I get are from people who self-identify as devout Christians.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #58 teleskiguy
lolwut?
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A global thermonuclear war would bring change. What change should be brought, and how to go about bringing it, are the real issues.
re: #94 Eric The Fruit Bat
BREAKING: Arnold Palmer, golfing legend, dies, age 87.
RIP. Better than par for the course, I suppose.
re: #121 teleskiguy
In this case, it was just a joke. Everything here is crispy dry. I’d be afraid to drop a match in the yard.
Today was another scorcher - 94 degrees. Heat advisory. So, of course, I rode 50 miles again! Didn’t see the Heat Advisory till I got home.
I lost 2 1/2 lbs, while drinking basically 4.5 x 24 oz bottles of liquid - about 7 lbs - so that’s nearly 10 lbs of sweating.
Some stuff from this weekend:
The statue that will forever honor Wilbur Hackett, Houston Hogg, Greg Page and Nate Northington. pic.twitter.com/FzXkCNSAMi
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) September 22, 2016
re: #114 Charles Johnson
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The funniest part is the ‘Facts over Feelings!’, and then ‘Trump for President’. But of course, this guy’s one of those who JUST KNOWS the facts, which are no doubt at odds with actual reality.
re: #127 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
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These Gentlemen are the Jackie Robinsons of college football in the South; breaking the color barrier in the SEC. Forever honored at the stadium.
And the Cats actually played a good game and won this week, topping things off nicely.
re: #128 Big Beautiful Door
He was running a work saying he was voting for Hillary in order to save his life because of where he lived (the shit)
So you’re taking a break from denying climate science to spread racist xenophobia? Progress! @SteveSGoddard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #130 Big Beautiful Door
And the Cats actually played a good game and won this week, topping things off nicely.
Interviews with many of the players indicated that the statue dedication for the four was inspiration, especially in context with the week in Charlotte.
And by “progress,” I mean progress toward the bottom you’ve been seeking for a long time. @SteveSGoddard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
Whoa, this is the Mother Lode of Batshittery:
In Which A Wingnut Explains How Hillary Clinton Caused 9/11, The Great Recession of 2008, and (Oh Teh Horrors) Businesses Being Forced To Pay The People Who Work For Them
Hillary is Dangerous for America; Her Being Elected is the End of the USA https://t.co/sgMVRC0mbo
#TeaParty #tcot— Conservative Papers (@ConservativeMag) September 26, 2016
re: #135 The Vicious Babushka
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I hope Hillary has icewater in her veins. Because she probably understands that the fate of the planet may depend on her giving a damn near perfect performance in the debate tomorrow.
I think it’s great that you’re finally coming out of the closet as the right wing nutjob everyone always knew you were. @SteveSGoddard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
No more pseudo-science for Steve. Just pure racism and xenophobia. Go for it. It suits you. @SteveSGoddard
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #137 Big Beautiful Door
I hope Hillary has icewater in her veins. Because she probably understands that the fate of the planet may depend on her giving a damn near perfect performance in the debate tomorrow.
This is Hillary Clinton were talking about. We’ve been expecting her to mop the floor with whatever is on The Donald’s™ head come debate time. She’s got it in her!
I didn’t expect climate denier clown Steve Goddard to pop up in this discussion, but there he is like a malignant, ignorant jack-in-the-box.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #58 teleskiguy
re: Newt’s stupidity —
Mao brought change. So did Hitler. And Pol Pot. https://t.co/6rFd0p1f3n
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 25, 2016
Ted Cruz shanked Trump on live TV during the RNC and got shit on by his constituents for disloyalty. Then he gave in and endorsed Trump. Now this:
Cruz slammed for endorsing pathological liar https://t.co/uFfZRtH546 The reaction on his Facebook page ranged from horrified to furious.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 25, 2016
I am amused. Couldn’t happen to a bigger prick. I hope he loses in 2018.
My debate prediction:
Trump will spew so much bullshit into the mic, that there will be no way for Hillary to even keep up. She won’t necessarily be on the defensive, but she won’t get much of her agenda out there for anyone watching.
re: #143 GlutenFreeJesus
My debate prediction:
Trump will spew so much bullshit into the mic, that there will be no way for Hillary to even keep up. She won’t necessarily be on the defensive, but she won’t get much of her agenda out there for anyone watching.
It will be a Gish Indy 500.
re: #143 GlutenFreeJesus
My debate prediction:
Trump will spew so much bullshit into the mic, that there will be no way for Hillary to even keep up. She won’t necessarily be on the defensive, but she won’t get much of her agenda out there for anyone watching.
What Clinton needs to remember is that there’s no pressure here. Only some 100 million people will be watching, and the only thing she could blow is the presidential election. If she loses the election, no big deal. America will just be turning control of the world over to a lunatic, ending liberal democracy’s solid post-war run at seven decades. She might faint or make one tremendous, highly replayable gaffe. But again, the only consequence there would be the end of the West. It’s fine. It’s fine. Everything’s fine.
re: #135 The Vicious Babushka
What a load of horseshit-anybody who knew anything knew it was Phil Gramm and his crew that pushed threw the massive deregulation bills that laid the seeds for the Great Recession-followed on by lax oversight and enforcement by the regulators, the ratings agencies, robo-signing fraud and the whole mess that is MERS.
GMAFB.
re: #132 Charles Johnson
I also don’t enjoy seeing them killed by white Americans. Can we ban those, too?
re: #84 freetoken
The target now is all “Middle Easterners”. No more pretense of being worried about ISIS in particular.
re: #148 Belafon
I also don’t enjoy seeing them killed by white Americans. Can we ban those, too?
Or police.
re: #143 GlutenFreeJesus
My debate prediction:
Trump will spew so much bullshit into the mic, that there will be no way for Hillary to even keep up. She won’t necessarily be on the defensive, but she won’t get much of her agenda out there for anyone watching.
As I said in the last thread, she should just start saying random numbers after each of his statements: “Number 28” “Number 113”. When asked, she can just he has so many lies that her campaign refers to them by number.
re: #142 Lidane
Well, remember the threat Reince made about not backing Hair Furor….
Just getting in from an early evening show at Skully’s Music Diner here in Columbus. I’m going to go a bit with the title of this thread…my one buddy and I saw one incredibly full sonic performance.
The Dandy Warhols!
Damn. That was fine. They sure generate some atmospheric sounds. I’ve always wanted to see them thinking they would be good. They were more than I was expecting, they were great.
I was tripping without the use of chemicals!
It makes a disturbing kind of sense that climate change deniers like Steve Goddard are joining the xenophobic Trump Train, because … /1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
the consequences of the anti-science fraud they’ve been spreading for years are that we’re going to see a much worse refugee crisis … /2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
in the years to come, and the only response they’ll have, after fighting tooth and nail to prevent action against climate change, is … /3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
to double down on hatred and bigotry. People like Goddard have set us up for some really ugly times, and they’re still spreading the … /4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
denialism. /5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #154 Charles Johnson
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If you spend your time convincing yourself that what is plainly happening is not happening, and that it’s all because a small group of scientists for some reason want to Destroy Capitalism, you’ll be open to believing all kinds of ridiculous horseshit.
But overall, it’s part of being a wingnut. Just as racists and xenophobes generally come around to AGW denial, so AGW deniers eventually come around to racism and xenophobia.
re: #146 Big Beautiful Door
This is reassuring:
What Clinton needs to remember is that there’s no pressure here. Only some 100 million people will be watching, and the only thing she could blow is the presidential election. If she loses the election, no big deal. America will just be turning control of the world over to a lunatic, ending liberal democracy’s solid post-war run at seven decades. She might faint or make one tremendous, highly replayable gaffe. But again, the only consequence there would be the end of the West. It’s fine. It’s fine. Everything’s fine.
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re: #142 Lidane
Ted Cruz shanked Trump on live TV during the RNC and got shit on by his constituents for disloyalty. Then he gave in and endorsed Trump. Now this:
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I am amused. Couldn’t happen to a bigger prick. I hope he loses in 2018.
Just the thought of a 2018 Texas GOP Senate primary fight between Ted Cruz and Rick Perry warms the cockles of my heart! It will be a royal bloodletting!
I wish I had more faith in this country but I am starting to worry Trump will be the next President.
re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg
Watch. The election won’t even be close.
748 PM here in Los Angeles and the temperature is still 85 degrees. Tomorrow the high is going to go over 100…while liars like Steve Goddard say there is no such thing as global warming…
Just saw a meme that started “WHO REMEMBERS…”, and my eye/brain rendered it as “WHORE MEMBERS”.
I’m a horrible person.
re: #114 Charles Johnson
By ‘Liberty’ he means ‘Tyranny run by me and people like me’.
WSJ: Through August, No Fortune 100 CEO has donated to Trump’s Campaign
No chief executive at the nation’s 100 largest companies had donated to Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through August, a sharp reversal from 2012, when nearly a third of the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies supported GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
During this year’s presidential primaries, 19 of the nation’s top CEOs gave to other Republican candidates, including former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of campaign donations.
re: #157 klys (maker of Silmarils)
keeping up the running right?
.@PeterWSinclair Hah! After jumping into my timeline with a mess of idiocy, Goddard blocked me. I guess he was feeling triggered.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
Gravis Marketing polls came out, and they have a heavy Republican Lean.
Trump is up one in Ohio according to them, while he is up 4 in CO.
I will see if I can find demographics on it, because those numbers make no sense, considering Colorado is more educated, and more to the left. And that Mormons are shaky right now.
re: #168 Ziggy_TARDIS
Oh, commissioned by Breitbart.
Wait, so why is Silver including those polls? Because at that point, you have junk polls. Nate Silver is quickly losing more shine with me.
re: #165 dangerman
keeping up the running right?
Yep.
re: #166 calochortus
I hope she didn’t today-it was hot. Too hot.
Sunday’s a rest day for me. I typically don’t run the weekend days because of doing stuff with mr. klys anyway (this weekend was the renfaire, for example).
Tomorrow is 8 miles and I’m getting up earlier than normal to beat the heat. Plus I’ll be hauling my backpack of water, and I’ve got margarita flavored energy blocks to munch on as I go.
re: #170 Ziggy_TARDIS
Am I crazy for thinking that is Bullshit?
re: #171 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Run very early. Stay safe!
re: #172 Ziggy_TARDIS
Am I crazy for thinking that is Bullshit?
Discarding polls because you don’t like the source or the commissioner is very close to unskewing them.
My two cents.
Nate’s model may not be doing as good a job of correcting for bias. I don’t know. He’s certainly of the opinion of including the polls and then attempting to correct for bias, instead of outright discarding. Is he getting it right? We’ll find out on November 9th.
re: #173 calochortus
Run very early. Stay safe!
I’ll check in when I’m done, I’m sure. Just me and the kitties until Thursday.
re: #153 ObserverArt
Just getting in from an early evening show at Skully’s Music Diner here in Columbus. I’m going to go a bit with the title of this thread…my one buddy and I saw one incredibly full sonic performance.
The Dandy Warhols!
Damn. That was fine. They sure generate some atmospheric sounds. I’ve always wanted to see them thinking they would be good. They were more than I was expecting, they were great.
I was tripping without the use of chemicals!
All I know about the Dandy Warhols is the theme song from Veronica Mars—so big thumbs up (love the song/love the show)
I’ve had it, I can’t look into their empty, dead eyes as they half assed try to get me to buy that shit. Nobody involved is enjoying life.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 26, 2016
Have you forgotten that you’re the Boy Scouts, have you tried selling stuff that you’ve killed with a slingshot and turned into pemmican?
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 26, 2016
re: #175 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’ll check in when I’m done, I’m sure. Just me and the kitties until Thursday.
Do the kitties know how to dial 911 if you’re late with the cat food?
re: #178 calochortus
Do the kitties know how to dial 911 if you’re late with the cat food?
I don’t need the cops here at 7:01am.
re: #174 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I guess I see your point.
I honestly am getting the feeling that Silver has gone up is own butt. The fact that he picked a fight earlier, only to get slapped down by Sam Wang is a good example.
re: #169 Frankie Five Angels
Happy trails, King. I shot this of Palmer & Nicklaus together in 2013.
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Bravo. Very Sad loss.
I think I’m going to need somebody to help me figure out how the real-time fact checking moderator will work. There are a couple issues.
While everybody rightly wants to see a whopper get squashed, keep in mind that puts the moderator into the debate instead of the other candidate. If Trump says that the blacks have never had it worse, would you rather have the moderator or Clinton put their foot down? I’d rather have Clinton do it. What about one of those distortions like “Hilary hates the police?” Trump interrupts to get the moderator to present as fact Trump’s opinion, and when the moderator doesn’t do it to Trump’s satisfaction (which is obviously impossible), the debate gets derailed by Trump and the mod bickering while Clinton was trying to make a point. You can easily get into a situation where the moderator is arguing with the candidate instead of the other candidate doing it. It’s a debate and the candidates should be doing the arguing.
re: #182 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Sounds like a job for IBM’s Watson. Just load it it up with all the socio-economic data, crime statistics, yada yada…
re: #183 Eric The Fruit Bat
Sounds like a job for IBM’s Watson.
Does Watson get to control a laser or taser device of some sort as well?
re: #182 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I think I’m going to need somebody to help me figure out how the real-time fact checking moderator will work. There are a couple issues.
While everybody rightly wants to see a whopper get squashed, keep in mind that puts the moderator into the debate instead of the other candidate. If Trump says that the blacks have never had it worse, would you rather have the moderator or Clinton put their foot down? I’d rather have Clinton do it. What about one of those distortions like “Hilary hates the police?” Trump interrupts to get the moderator to resent as fact Trump’s opinion, and when the moderator doesn’t do it to Trump’s satisfaction (which is obviously impossible), the debate gets derailed by Trump and the mod bickering while Clinton was trying to make a point. You can easily get into a situation where the moderator is arguing with the candidate instead of the other candidate doing it. It’s a debate and the candidates should be doing the arguing.
With a dozen other candidates on stage, there’s a lot of competition for time to get your views out, so the only person who is likely to spend time fact checking, it would be a moderator, but as you say, that is a dangerous thing to get into.
With just 2 people on stage, a moderator can turn to the other candidate Hillary and ask if she has a take on whatever egregious untruth Trump has just presented.
Is the media still trying to tell me what to expect in the debate? pic.twitter.com/4egn9Y0zI5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 26, 2016
re: #185 calochortus
With a dozen other candidates on stage, there’s a lot of competition for time to get your views out, so the only person who is likely to spend time fact checking, it would be a moderator, but as you say, that is a dangerous thing to get into.
With just 2 people on stage, a moderator can turn tothe other candidateHillary and ask if she has a take on whatever egregious untruth Trump has just presented.
All the moderator needs to do is cut the mic and allow Hillary time to respond.
Added bonus: we have to listen to Donald less.
re: #187 klys (maker of Silmarils)
All the moderator needs to do is cut the mic and allow Hillary time to respond.
Added bonus: we have to listen to Donald less.
The entertainment value of Donald with no mike has the potential to be yuge! But I don’t suppose they’ll do it.
re: #188 calochortus
The entertainment value of Donald with no mike has the potential to be yuge! But I don’t suppose they’ll do it.
I just want to hear Morbo the Annihilator’s quip as he cuts the mike on The Donald.
re: #184 Feline Fearless Leader
Not quite-every wrong answer causes a slight dosage increase in sodium pentaphol to increase one’s laibility for further questions.
re: #180 Ziggy_TARDIS
If you’re still looking for something to help you feel better/less tense about how things are going, maybe you could (if you’re in a position to donate) take part in this initiative:
Join us, in creating a 24 hour surge of support for Hillary. #9.26
Yesterday I was feeling somewhat helpless reading diaries filled with angst and concern over the polls, the surreal negative nature of the Trump circus, and the upcoming debate…
So to counteract that mood — yesterday I donated $9.26 to Hillary’s campaign. It helped.
Then I mentioned it to others. They did the same. They felt good. (I know because they told me it did)
It was our way of saying directly to Hillary: “This coming Monday 9/26/16, come what may, we are with you!”
re: #185 calochortus
Isn’t the point of the debate to have Clinton respond anyway?
re: #186 Charles Johnson
“Lets see what the pundits are saying we should look for…” @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/IdQ2NEj57j
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 26, 2016
re: #94 Eric The Fruit Bat
BREAKING: Arnold Palmer, golfing legend, dies, age 87.
Well, dammit. He was my dad’s favorite. Whenever he played near us, we used to go and join Arnie’s Army. RIP.
re: #192 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Isn’t the point of the debate to have Clinton respond anyway?
Yes, but rather than just going into a Gish Gallop of stupidity, the moderator could allow Hillary to dispute an individual point. I have faith that all of this will have occurred to Team Hillary and she will be prepared however it actually happens.
re: #191 Interesting Times
I emailed local person yesterday, hoping to hear back tomorrow.
Hillary could take a page from the Biden playbook when Paul Ryan said idiotic crap. (The assholes who say she doesn’t smile enough would have to shut their pie-holes, but they’d probably say she was disrespectful—like the yam deserves any respect. )
It wouldn’t work, but I always like an opportunity to post pics of ole handsome Joe.
I wish I could personally debate Trump myself.
I am confident I could not only run circles around him, but I also know that I am harsh and vicious enough to probably hurt him.
re: #197 BeachDem
Hillary could take a page from the Biden playbook when Paul Ryan said idiotic crap. (The assholes who say she doesn’t smile enough would have to shut their pie-holes, but they’d probably say she was disrespectful—like the yam deserves any respect. )
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It wouldn’t work, but I always like an opportunity to post pics of ole handsome Joe.
That’s really the thing: if she interrupts him, she’s going to be hit as being disrespectful. If she waits for him to finish, she’s going to have 47 billion things to respond to and how do you prioritize? If she laughs, she’s being disrespectful.
Keep in mind, none of these qualifications would apply to her opponent, of course. He’d need to actually call her something beyond the pale for it to be an issue, and I do actually believe him self-aware enough to avoid that. At least some days. But he could talk right over her and no one would blink an eye.
That’s why I like the mic cutting idea.
re: #196 Ziggy_TARDIS
I emailed local person yesterday, hoping to hear back tomorrow.
If you don’t hear back from the email, call them—if you have a phone #. They sometimes get inundated with communications, so don’t give up. They do need your help, and I think you’ll enjoy it as well.
re: #1 CuriousLurker
Ha! I was gonna post a long-assed comment downstairs, but I check first this time, so I’m gonna wait for everyone to show up here.
“The harder you look, the less you actually find.” - @iamjohnoliver on Hillary’s scandals. He’s right. Everyone should watch this episode.
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) September 26, 2016
Once again, John Oliver doing the investigative journalism work the actual news media neglects and/or refuses to do. #LastWeekTonight
— DandyLioness (@ImaDandyLioness) September 26, 2016
See it if you get the chance. Oliver makes a good comparison of the relative seriousness of scandals Clinton vs. Trump.
@iamjohnoliver is bought and paid for by HBO,CNN,Time Warner and Hillary herself. He can take part blame for the fall of the USA if she wins https://t.co/JKF7TM9fI6
— Laura (@Crazyparklady1) September 26, 2016
Looks like the show hit the target.
re: #199 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That’s really the thing: if she interrupts him, she’s going to be hit as being disrespectful. If she waits for him to finish, she’s going to have 47 billion things to respond to and how do you prioritize? If she laughs, she’s being disrespectful.
Keep in mind, none of these qualifications would apply to her opponent, of course. He’d need to actually call her something beyond the pale for it to be an issue, and I do actually believe him self-aware enough to avoid that. At least some days. But he could talk right over her and no one would blink an eye.
That’s why I like the mic cutting idea.
If only (cutting the mic)—Kellyanne’s head would explode simultaneously with the yam’s.
I know, she can’t win for losing. I think back to when Biden had to debate Palin. He had to be a “gentleman” and couldn’t be too hard on her because she was a woman and she wasn’t very experienced. So she got to decide which questions she would answer and which she’d just ignore and spout her talking points as she waited for that one chance to land her “Say it ain’t so, Joe” zinger.*
He wiped the fucking floor with her, but the media gave her gigantic props for not peeing her pants.
Tomorrow, there will be no call for the yam to be a “gentleman,” but Hillary will be expected to observe certain protocols and be “a lady.” Sigh—it all just sucks.
*Lucky for Biden, there were no such restrictions when he debated the Zombie-eyed Granny Starver, so he could laugh and roll his eyes and say, “Malarkey” to his heart’s content.
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re: #204 BeachDem
You know it, I know it, I think a lot of women know it, and for sure Hillary knows it.
And yet she’s going to take this fight on anyway. That woman has a spine of steel and I have nothing but respect and admiration, because breaking that ceiling requires SO MUCH. SO MUCH. And yet she’s willing to give it.
Is some of that personal ambition? I sure as fuck hope so, because I don’t know if anyone is a good enough person to do that on altruism alone. And fuck, there’s personal ambition and ego in ANYONE who fucking runs for President, because it is ego to think you’re the best person for that damn job.
re: #152 Eric The Fruit Bat
Well, remember the threat Reince made about not backing Hair Furor….
I knew Senator Cruz didn’t have much loyalty for anyone other than Senator Cruz, but wow. Endorsing the guy who smeared his wife in public and accused his father of assassinating John F. Kennedy?
The JFK thing was just crazy, but someone going after my wife like that would get something a lot different than my endorsement. Cruz really has no bottom apparently, so perhaps being in the basket with Mr. Trump is the right place for him.
(I wonder if Heidi Cruz is meeting with divorce lawyers over this. She doesn’t need Ted Cruz, considering her own considerable wealth.)
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re: #207 Ziggy_TARDIS
I would recommend standing up to people, rather than attacking them. Usually gets you better results, and you’re more likely to get support from others.
re: #205 klys (maker of Silmarils)
You know it, I know it, I think a lot of women know it, and for sure Hillary knows it.
And yet she’s going to take this fight on anyway. That woman has a spine of steel and I have nothing but respect and admiration, because breaking that ceiling requires SO MUCH. SO MUCH. And yet she’s willing to give it.
Is some of that personal ambition? I sure as fuck hope so, because I don’t know if anyone is a good enough person to do that on altruism alone. And fuck, there’s personal ambition and ego in ANYONE who fucking runs for President, because it is ego to think you’re the best person for that damn job.
I agree 100% with every word.
Our county Dem party fundraiser was tonight and the theme (duh) was “Celebrating the Power of Women.” It was uplifting and inspiring. The keynote was Mandy Powers-Norrell—she is the one who gave the rebuttal to Icky Nikki’s State of the State and killed it.
She was one of the speakers at the National Federation of Dem Women convention earlier this year and was great, as she was tonight. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her run for governor some day.
She covered a lot of topics, from her upbringing in a mill town to how Repubs claim moral superiority but their actions don’t show it…(to be continued)
re: #158 Joe Bacon
Just the thought of a 2018 Texas GOP Senate primary fight between Ted Cruz and Rick Perry warms the cockles of my heart! It will be a royal bloodletting!
Perry is kind of a parody of himself at this point. He has no real chance in the grinder of R politics in Texas for the Senate seat against Cruz. The best bet is probably Michael McCaul.
Rich as Croesus. Married into Clear Channel Communications money. Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Solidly hard right without being a Tea Party fanatic.
Finished up a bunch of projects this weekend pic.twitter.com/gxbgxBF4JQ
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 26, 2016
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Executive director of the Texas secessionist @TexasNatMov group, hanging in Russia at this weekend’s Kremlin-funded secession shindig: pic.twitter.com/EkNRnik3nC
— Casey Michel (@cjcmichel) September 25, 2016
Some people still doubt Russia is messing with this election.
re: #213 jaunte
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Some people still doubt Russia is messing with this election.
WTF?
re: #207 Ziggy_TARDIS
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re: #215 Ziggy_TARDIS
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You do what seems right to you, but I really like that photo!
I’m going to say good night. Hasta mañana, Lizards.
re: #204 BeachDem
If only (cutting the mic)—Kellyanne’s head would explode simultaneously with the yam’s.
I know, she can’t win for losing. I think back to when Biden had to debate Palin. He had to be a “gentleman” and couldn’t be too hard on her because she was a woman and she wasn’t very experienced. So she got to decide which questions she would answer and which she’d just ignore and spout her talking points as she waited for that one chance to land her “Say it ain’t so, Joe” zinger.*
He wiped the fucking floor with her, but the media gave her gigantic props for not peeing her pants.
Tomorrow, there will be no call for the yam to be a “gentleman,” but Hillary will be expected to observe certain protocols and be “a lady.” Sigh—it all just sucks.
*Lucky for Biden, there were no such restrictions when he debated the Zombie-eyed Granny Starver, so he could laugh and roll his eyes and say, “Malarkey” to his heart’s content.
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Trump is already pretty unpopular, so there aren’t that many to peel off from his support with attacks on him. Clinton’s real challenge is to give enough voters reasons to vote for her. Since the media is usually focused on whatever Trump is saying or doing, the Debate is the one great opportunity Clinton has to talk about her popular policy ideas during a forum which 100 million people will be watching, and they’ll finally hear something about her besides her damn emails. That is where the low hanging fruit is, undecideds leery of Trump who just need a reason to vote for Clinton.
re: #207 Ziggy_TARDIS
I hope if you need to move that you find a more supportive community.
re: #214 retired cynic
WTF?
They’re destined to be disappointed, but they want to split from the country.
re: #220 jaunte
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They sure have no clue. They are not even within a planet of a clue.
It’s completely bizarre that the Kremlin is funding the Texas separatist movement.
re: #219 jaunte
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re: #222 jaunte
It’s completely bizarre that the Kremlin is funding the Texas separatist movement.
I think they have a fantasy that the US will break up like the Soviet Union did. A few years back some Russian even posted a map of the hypothetical countries the US might separate into.
re: #224 Big Beautiful Door
The Texas secession movement doesn’t have a good grasp of how integrated our economy is with the rest of the country. Defense contracts alone would keep us in the union, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
re: #220 jaunte
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It’s pipe dream.
“But is it actually legal for Texas to leave the United States?
Simply put, the answer is no. Historical and legal precedents make it clear that Texas could not pull off a Texit — at least not legally.
“The legality of seceding is problematic,” said Eric McDaniel, associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. “The Civil War played a very big role in establishing the power of the federal government and cementing that the federal government has the final say in these issues.”
Many historians believe that when the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox in 1865, the idea of secession was also defeated, according to McDaniel. The Union’s victory set a precedent that states could not legally secede.
It is also important to note that the European Union is a loose association of compound states with pre-existing protocols for a nation to exit. In contrast, the U.S. Constitution contains procedures for admitting new states into the nation, but none for a state to leave.
Yet the myth that Texas can easily secede persists, in part, because of the state’s history of independence.
Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836 and spent the next nine years as its own nation. While the young country’s leaders first expressed interest in becoming a state in 1836, the Republic of Texas did not join the United States until 1845, when Congress approved the Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States.
This resolution, which stipulated that Texas could, in the future, choose to divide itself into “New States of convenient size not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas” is often a cause of confusion about the state’s ability to secede. But the language of the resolution is clear: Texas can split itself into five new states. It says nothing of splitting apart from the United States.”
So that’s that. Nothing in Texas law allows an arbitrary secession from the US.
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re: #170 Ziggy_TARDIS
Oh, commissioned by Breitbart.
Wait, so why is Silver including those polls? Because at that point, you have junk polls. Nate Silver is quickly losing more shine with me.
I prefer Sam Wang, who is not in it for the money.
re: #226 austin_blue
I’ve read about that before, and I can see why Russia would want to meddle, with Putin flexing his muscles, but that real live human beings would go over there and appear to be serious — OMFG.
re: #222 jaunte
It’s completely bizarre that the Kremlin is funding the Texas separatist movement.
It makes perfect sense….a fractured and splintered US, fully occupied with insurgency, secession and the economic devastation this would mean (not just for all of us here, but worldwide), would be hard-pressed to remain a part of NATO and be able to help defend Japan and South Korea.
Putin’s Russia would, more-or-less, have a free hand in any foreign excursions, because we would be unable to act as a check against them.
re: #209 BeachDem
Yeah, I’m replying to myself. So?
More on Mandy Powers-Norrell. When she was talking about Trump and how he wants to go “back” to a time when he thinks America was great, she (paraphrasing here) said that before she would jump on a train, she’d damn well want to know where it was going—like, how far back? To Jim Crow/segregation days? To days when women couldn’t work outside the home? Or vote? Or own property? To sharecropper days? Slavery day?
Why would anyone want to go backward instead of forward? Especially women, who are on the brink of a major breakthrough.
She talked about when the confederate flag came down and how the Repubicans were patting themselves on the back for finally doing something they should have done long ago. I wish she would post a transcript—it was a great speech. Some of it was from her state of the state rebuttal, but much was new and really powerful. The woman is going places, I tells ya.
I hope our intelligence services are keeping an eye on them.
re: #230 BeachDem
That’s the way I felt when I first heard Obama. That man is going places.
re: #225 jaunte
The Texas secession movement doesn’t have a good grasp of how integrated our economy is with the rest of the country. Defense contracts alone would keep us in the union, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
The secessionists are a small number of sovereign citizen type cranks who can occasionally get violent.
re: #232 retired cynic
That’s the way I felt when I first heard Obama. That man is going places.
Yep. And I’ve mentioned before that the first time I heard Bakari Sellers talk, I imagined it was the same as when people heard a young Obama (Sellers was about 25 the first time I heard him speak.)
re: #199 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That’s really the thing: if she interrupts him, she’s going to be hit as being disrespectful. If she waits for him to finish, she’s going to have 47 billion things to respond to and how do you prioritize? If she laughs, she’s being disrespectful.
Keep in mind, none of these qualifications would apply to her opponent, of course. He’d need to actually call her something beyond the pale for it to be an issue, and I do actually believe him self-aware enough to avoid that.
If Trump called Clinton a bitch or anything like it during the debate, the press corps would orgasm so hard, they’d drown in their own fluids.
re: #228 retired cynic
I’ve read about that before, and I can see why Russia would want to meddle, with Putin flexing his muscles, but that real live human beings would go over there and appear to be serious — OMFG.
Texas is a very weird place right now.
re: #169 Frankie Five Angels
Yep, you’re a pro!
Free ski lessons in exchange for some photographs!
heh heh :-D
I hate golf. Nonetheless I recognize Arnold Palmer’s value to the human race. He designed a golf course seven miles from my current twenty and it is public, open to anyone who wants to pay $99 for an 18 hole round.
Did I mention that I hate golf?
re: #229 TedStriker
It makes perfect sense….a fractured and splintered US, fully occupied with insurgency, secession and the economic devastation this would mean (not just for all of us here, but worldwide), would be hard-pressed to remain a part of NATO and be able to help defend Japan and South Korea.
Putin’s Russia would, more-or-less, have a free hand in any foreign excursions, because we would be unable to act as a check against them.
Well, that’s the pipe dream. The fact is that Russia has no fucking money right now with the embargoes the west has placed upon them and the low price of oil and gas. So they are spending what they have on the alt.right idjits to expand what influence they have on our polity before this election. It’s a cheap backdoor form of influence.
The people who participate in this are, not to put too fine point on it, traitors to the ideals of the United States. Useful idiots, led by the Toxic Cheetoh Poo-flinging Shit Gibbon.
re: #147 Eric The Fruit Bat
What a load of horseshit-anybody who knew anything knew it was Phil Gramm and his crew that pushed threw the massive deregulation bills that laid the seeds for the Great Recession-followed on by lax oversight and enforcement by the regulators, the ratings agencies, robo-signing fraud and the whole mess that is MERS.
GMAFB.
Gramm pushed it, but Bill Clinton didn’t have to sign it. It was after the midterms, he had no more elections to worry about. And if he were worried about his reputation or his legacy he wouldn’t have pardoned Marc Rich. I’m not letting him off the hook for this. If he’d vetoed it, it would have passed again a year later and GWB would have signed it, and the blame wouldn’t have to be shared.
re: #191 Interesting Times
If you’re still looking for something to help you feel better/less tense about how things are going, maybe you could (if you’re in a position to donate) take part in this initiative:
Join us, in creating a 24 hour surge of support for Hillary. #9.26
I bought a woman card. You are right, it did make me feel better.