Sam Bee is carrying Jon Stewart’s torch well. Great satire!
OK, I’ve taken a few shots for doing “Remote Diagnosis” on Trump, which is what we bonk the GOP for doing to Hillary. And I get that. It was not without a degree of trepidation that I broached the subject hereabouts.
But.
(from a response on my page about Trump & dementia)
Look, stumbling and falling into a van while suffering from pneumonia, taken as evidence of AIDS, Parkinson’s, leprosy, brain syphilis, whatever … or the shimmy as evidence of St. Vitus’ Dance … these are all taking an isolated incident, and attempting to extrapolate a larger narrative out of it.
What I was hoping to accomplish here was to take the larger narrative - that of the persistent, omnipresent patters of Trump’s behavior, and drill down to the specific causes for the exterior manifestations.
Also. I did have a disclaimer on this. But yeah, I acknowledge that remote diagnosis is not, and should not be definitive.
But again - part & parcel of the GOP’s approach to their political opponents, is to accuse them of the failings that they themselves exhibit. Accuse your opponents of your own weakness - going right back to the “Al Gore invented the internet” to defuse the intelligence gap with Bush … or “John Kerry was a lying coward” to defuse the Bush draft-dodging.
(small voice) MIght it not be possible that the Trump camp operatives have seized upon the health issues that are pretty much illusory for Hillary, and instead tried to do a pre-emptive strike, so that if/when Trump’s mental failings come out, it sounds like just more political blather? And where is his health report from a reputable doctor, anyway?
Calling all southern California Lizards. Did you catch that “Earthquake elevated risk” alertish thing? Earthquake swarm on the San Andreas?
re: #5 Great White Snark
That swarm happened a few days ago.
Bottom line is this: The Salton Sea region is part of the larger Andreas fault system and is known be quite active. Anyone who lives on or near this fault system must accept that the “big one” can happen at any time.
Mostly we just put his out of our daily thoughts.
re: #6 freetoken
That swarm happened a few days ago.
Bottom line is this: The Salton Sea region is part of the larger Andreas fault system and is known be quite active. Anyone who lives on or near this fault system must accept that the “big one” can happen at any time.
Mostly we just put his out of our daily thoughts.
So, how soon does LA slide into the sea?
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re: #7 Targetpractice
So, how soon does LA slide into the sea?
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LEARN TO SWIM LEARN TO SWIM LEARN TO SWIM
re: #7 Targetpractice
So, how soon does LA slide into the sea?
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That’s not where LA’s going. LA is moving North. Luckily by the time it gets here I’ll be dead.
*facepalm*
Unbelievable: After overriding Obama’s veto, GOP will rewrite 9/11 bill for fear it’d have “unintended consequences” https://t.co/O3FkP8wuoz
— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) September 30, 2016
re: #11 Lidane
*facepalm*
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re: #12 Snarknado!
As much as I want to punish Saudi Arabia for 9/11, this is an incredibly dumb way to do it. Repeal it, and see if you could get this submitted to the International Court of Justice or something.
re: #8 freetoken
It’s been a lively week in San Diego county:
We’re just trying to catch up with Oklahoma.
re: #14 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yeah, this is a little creepy.
Hopefully, it is just some minor adjustments, and not foreshocks to the Southern Part of the fault deciding to tear.
re: #11 Lidane
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What pisses me off is not that they’re suddenly shocked by the consequences of the bill that they rammed through over a presidential veto, it’s that they’re now trying to blame their lack of foresight on the President. The “Party of Personal Responsibility” is responding to the consequences of their actions by screaming “ZOMG, WHY DIDN’T HE WARN US?!” Fucking pathetic.
ok… did something I rarely do, just published a page. In case anyone is bored, please take a peek and tell me what you think… tyvm. Constructive criticism is welcome.
re: #14 klys (maker of Silmarils)
We’re just trying to catch up with Oklahoma.
Maybe Darrell Issa could put through a program of fracking at a frenzied rate right along the fault.
re: #17 Targetpractice
What pisses me off is not that they’re suddenly shocked by the consequences of the bill that they rammed through over a presidential veto, it’s that they’re now trying to blame their lack of foresight on the President. The “Party of Personal Responsibility” is responding to the consequences of their actions by screaming “ZOMG, WHY DIDN’T HE WARN US?!” Fucking pathetic.
You’d think that a Congress that has authorized and funded military actions in multiple nations without formal declarations of war, leading to AT LEAST hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties might wish to think twice before abrogating Sovereign Immunity.
re: #18 piratedan
I’m in the middle of it and I must say it’s a great page! I would change the label POLITICS to OPINION. That’s just me. OK, I’ll finish it now …
:)
re: #17 Targetpractice
What pisses me off is not that they’re suddenly shocked by the consequences of the bill that they rammed through over a presidential veto, it’s that they’re now trying to blame their lack of foresight on the President. The “Party of Personal Responsibility” is responding to the consequences of their actions by screaming “ZOMG, WHY DIDN’T HE WARN US?!” Fucking pathetic.
It’s hard to put into words how fucking stupid it is to blame the President for not warning them ABOUT A BILL HE VETOED. Morons.
McConnell: Obama failed to communicate “potential consequences” of 9/11 bill https://t.co/Uw47QnJ6bj pic.twitter.com/bBpEEcZfru
— The Hill (@thehill) September 30, 2016
He vetoed the fucking bill! https://t.co/8czhbPfFYB
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 30, 2016
I think this is the first time I’ve seen profanity in Yglesias’ Twitter feed.
re: #21 teleskiguy
ty for the suggestion, I’ll update that.
Wonder who anonymously registered these 5 urls via GoDaddy on same day in December 2008 (all now expired)… #TrumpinCuba pic.twitter.com/IwI8lrLiMc
— The Smoking Gun (@tsgnews) September 29, 2016
Every time the Congressional GOP has needed a reason to avoid taking a vote on a bill, what have they done? “The President didn’t make the case for it!” Now the President made a pretty clear case against this bill, up to vetoing it and returning the bill with a strongly-worded statement on why. So what do they do? Blame him for not telling them how bad the bill would be.
The saddest damned thing about all this? A good number of these morons will be reelected in a little over a month.
@DweezilZappa What do you think of Lady Gaga buying your old house?
— Jk (@jkblueyes2) September 29, 2016
zft won’t disclose buyer 2 me. If it is true that she has bought it, there is a certain irreverence that I can appreciate about that. https://t.co/JRJWdJeM1X
— Dweezil Zappa (@DweezilZappa) September 29, 2016
Considering all the focus the Trump campaign has put on Bill’s infidelities since Monday, it goes without saying that he’s pretty much telegraphing that he will make it one of his major attacks at the next debate. And not a single one of his advisers will tell him that he’s walking straight into a trap.
This comment is here to acknowledge the change with Twitter’s API, love the big blue bar.
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re: #29 teleskiguy
This comment is here to acknowledge the change with Twitter’s API, love the big blue bar.
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You mean Charles’ work earlier today? It is pretty spiffy, I think.
re: #28 Targetpractice
Considering all the focus the Trump campaign has put on Bill’s infidelities since Monday, it goes without saying that he’s pretty much telegraphing that he will make it one of his major attacks at the next debate. And not a single one of his advisers will tell him that he’s walking straight into a trap.
Bill’s love life = cheese in a mousetrap
Trump wants that cheese soooo bad.
re: #31 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Bill’s love life = cheese in a mousetrap
Trump wants that cheese soooo bad.
Well to be fair, cheese is really tasty.
re: #32 klys (maker of Silmarils)
yes, but in Trump’s case… it’s american cheese…
re: #31 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Bill’s love life = cheese in a mousetrap
Trump wants that cheese soooo bad.
For whatever reason, Trump thinks like all wingnuts do, that Bill is her Achilles’ heel. Attack her on that and it’s an instant win.
re: #31 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Bill’s love life = cheese in a mousetrap
More like a rat trap (ever see what a rat trap does to a mouse?)…
Trump wants that cheese soooo bad.
Indeed he and his sycophants wants…
re: #18 piratedan
ok… did something I rarely do, just published a page. In case anyone is bored, please take a peek and tell me what you think… tyvm. Constructive criticism is welcome.
That is an extremely well thought out and written article that gives me much to think about. As an old retired broad my exposure to young adults is limited to a very few. When I start to discuss politics and the election I see them start to squirm, anxious to change the subject. They just don’t care. It’s boring. It doesn’t affect them. When I try to point out the many ways it DOES affect them and very directly, they just shut down. Like “yeah, I know. Got any more rum?” (I am not above bribery.) As a retired educator, I know better than to lecture but instead to try to draw them in with their own experiences to make the connections meaningful to them. I have yet to find a successful hook. Your observations may help.
It’s so frustrating, especially with the young women for whom this election could be literally life or death for them. When I tell them of the horrors of pre-Roe v Wade, they see that as back in the olden days and hey, that’s settled. They simply cannot conceive (no pun intended) that this can all be lost and quickly.
OT, but I did find out that we should be finding out more about the remake of Final Fantasy VII in December at the PSX event in Japan.
The game will be split into 3 pieces, with rumors saying the first will be released either 2017 or 2018. The last will be released in 2019-2020. Other than that things are contradictory. Some have said there will be a perspective change between games.
Some definites from before. The Cross-Dressing sequence is going to stay. And things should not be too different.
I will also give an estimate of Final Fantasy XV. I think it has the potential to be the best Final Fantasy since X. However, I don’t think it will be able to surpass VII, VIII, or X.
re: #34 Targetpractice
For whatever reason, Trump thinks like all wingnuts do, that Bill is her Achilles’ heel. Attack her on that and it’s an instant win.
It’s because he’s a misogynist of the first order. To him every woman’s identity is defined by her husband (or a need for one). It’s why his infidelity is her failure, at the core her failure as a woman at the only job she’s on the planet to do: make a man happy. There is nothing else.
re: #28 Targetpractice
Considering all the focus the Trump campaign has put on Bill’s infidelities since Monday, it goes without saying that he’s pretty much telegraphing that he will make it one of his major attacks at the next debate. And not a single one of his advisers will tell him that he’s walking straight into a trap.
re: #38 allegro
It’s because he’s a misogynist of the first order. To him every woman’s identity is defined by her husband (or a need for one). It’s why his infidelity is her failure, at the core her failure as a woman at the only job she’s on the planet to do: make a man happy. There is nothing else.
Ayep. As for wingnuts, I think its a combination of that and the grudge they’ve been nursing since ‘98, when they thought they had him right where they wanted him and he instead turned the tables on them and walked out of office as one of the most respected presidents in recent memory.
re: #41 GlutenFreeJesus
It’s undoubtedly a trap.
When he brings up Bill:
“Well Donald. He’s not running for President. And neither are any of your ex wives.”
re: #43 GlutenFreeJesus
When he brings up Bill:
“Well Donald. He’s not running for President. And neither are any of your ex wives.”
Might be a good time for her to talk about real christian family values: forgiveness, repentance, and keeping their marriage intact… unlike, yanno, some others.
Sure, bring Bill into focus for everybody, that’s the ticket. Constantly remind everybody that the most respected ex-President, the guy who was President the last time a lot of people really felt economically secure, is going to be with Hillary all the time to offer his advice, just in case they thought maybe she wasn’t up to it by herself. That’s a winning strategy if I ever heard one.
“You attacked Bill’s former mistresses! You insulted Paula Jones…”
“Who you called a ‘loser.’”
“And you attacked Monica Lewinsky…”
“You said Bill was unwelcome at country clubs because people didn’t think she was pretty enough to be associated with a president.”
“You spent money to go after these women!”
“You made it standing policy to fire any women at your properties who weren’t pretty or were overweight.”
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
and I really adore how the Conservative Christians have tethered themselves to Trump. HRC goes to church and essentially lives the tenets of the New Testament, hard work, forgiveness, accountability…
None of which are part of the make up of Donald Trump.
they would rather follow a serial adulterer because of the R rather than by the personal qualifications of the person, which really exemplifies their own hypocrisy.
re: #36 allegro
and tyvm for reading it and sharing your thoughts….
just wish I had more and/or better answers.
re: #48 piratedan
and tyvm for reading it and sharing your thoughts….
just wish I had more and/or better answers.
Just keep prodding us, sharing your thoughts and experiences. It’s real good stuff. We all have much to learn.
re: #47 piratedan
and I really adore how the Conservative Christians have tethered themselves to Trump. HRC goes to church and essentially lives the tenets of the New Testament, hard work, forgiveness, accountability…
None of which are part of the make up of Donald Trump.
they would rather follow a serial adulterer because of the R rather than by the personal qualifications of the person, which really exemplifies their own hypocrisy.
The Religious Right’s leaders have told their flocks that only Republicans can be Christian; Democrats are baby-killing Satan worshipers. Their actual beliefs and practices are irrelevant.
re: #49 allegro
Written by Kentuckian Tom T. Hall. en.wikipedia.org
Jeannie C. Riley was the first woman to have number 1’s in both the pop and country Billboard charts in 1968.
re: #23 Blind Frog Belly White
McConnell: Obama failed to communicate “potential consequences” of 9/11 bill https://t.co/Uw47QnJ6bj pic.twitter.com/bBpEEcZfru
— The Hill (@thehill) September 30, 2016
Uh, does McConnell realize that he basically admitted he can’t do his job without Obama holding his hand and walking him through it? You’re the legislator, Mitch. If you can’t read and understand legislation without cribbing off of the President’s notes, maybe you’re in the wrong line of work, hmmm?
re: #34 Targetpractice
For whatever reason, Trump thinks like all wingnuts do, that Bill is her Achilles’ heel. Attack her on that and it’s an instant win.
It’s like he doesn’t understand that women are half the electorate.
Or, you know, human beings who can understand the horrible thing that come out of his mouth.
re: #53 Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)
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Uh, does McConnell realize that he basically admitted he can’t do his job without Obama holding his hand and walking him through it? You’re the legislator, Mitch. If you can’t read and understand legislation without cribbing off of the President’s notes, maybe you’re in the wrong line of work, hmmm?
McConnell’s statement is a jaw dropper. It’s like he doesn’t understand what his job as a Senator is supposed to be.
Not that Mitch has done much as a Senator, aside from making sure KY gets its fair share of pork.
re: #44 allegro
Might be a good time for her to talk about real christian family values: forgiveness, repentance, and keeping their marriage intact… unlike, yanno, some others.
Thinking about this further, this could be exactly the opportunity she needs to “humanize” herself, as the pundits all say she needs to. Talk about her feelings of betrayal and heartbreak, choosing between losing everything she and Bill had ever worked for all those years, breaking up their family, devastating their young daughter or doing the hard work to salvage and rebuild. She and Bill chose the latter, working together with honesty and faith, rebuilding trust through the love they had for each other and their daughter.
I suspect this may be the trap. Trump can only come off looking like the asshole and bully that he is.
re: #52 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Written by Kentuckian Tom T. Hall. en.wikipedia.org
Jeannie C. Riley was the first woman to have number 1’s in both the pop and country Billboard charts in 1968.
Listening to it again after all these years, it still resonates just as effectively.
re: #54 Trumpia est omnis divisa in duo calathi(Sophist)
It’s like he doesn’t understand that women are half the electorate.
Or, you know, human beings who can understand the horrible thing that come out of his mouth.
This is what I recall every time I see that phrase.
re: #57 allegro
Listening to it again after all these years, it still resonates just as effectively.
Yeah. Some things don’t change. Change miniskirt to hijab, or tattoos, or body piercings, and it would suit the 21st century.
That hit to the full faith & credit of the brand is one reason why his kids have become reportedly terrified he’s damaged their inheritance.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
It’s really hard to maintain a business when the companies you depend on no longer believe they can trust you to pay them.
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And now this fact is known by everyone worldwide and not just in limited circles. Good job there Trump. Really.
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And now this fact is known by everyone worldwide and not just in limited circles. Good job there Trump. Really.
Trump is his own worst enemy. This campaign will turn out to be like all his other failed ventures, but in a more bigly way.
I know we like to laugh at “bigly”, but I’m willing to believe he’s saying “big league” with a New York accent. When I learned the English language, 55 and 60 years ago, we pronounced phrases like “big league” or “ice cream” with even stress. In the intervening decades, “ICE cream” for example, has become universal, which always struck me as a crashing New Yorkism, like “come with” instead of “come along”.
trump could have remained a reality tee vee star or whatever the hell he thought he was and the world might have never found out what a miserable fucked up in the head human being he is
i hear hillary is ahead with the cabbage whites
all presidents should be friends with butterflies
re: #63 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I know we like to laugh at “bigly”, but I’m willing to believe he’s saying “big league” with a New York accent. When I learned the English language, 55 and 60 years ago, we pronounced phrases like “big league” or “ice cream” with even stress. In the intervening decades, “ICE cream” for example, has become universal, which always struck me as a crashing New Yorkism, like “come with” instead of “come along”.
as a native new yorker, i guarantee you that the ‘h’ in ‘huge’ is supposed to be silent
somebody told me that once while we were standing on line waiting for meatball heroes
re: #66 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
as a native new yorker, i guarantee you that the ‘h’ in ‘huge’ is supposed to be silent
somebody told me that once while we were standing on line waiting for meatball heroes
Yeah, people around here start saying “on line”, I’m moving.//
Not as bad as all the Californians who move up here and stick a “the” in front of everything: “The I-5”, “The Puget Sound”.
Just to demonstrate how much mental instability permeated Bernie’s campaign, that hardcore Bernie fan Casandra Fairbanks, who started out posting favorably about BLM, is now gone full on alt right Trump supporter. Retweeting Pepe memes and Cernovich, spewing noxious islamophobia, the works.
re: #68 goddamnedfrank
Just to demonstrate how much mental instability permeated Bernie’s campaign, that hardcore Bernie fan Casandra Fairbanks, who started out posting favorably about BLM, is now gone full on alt right Trump supporter. Retweeting Pepe memes and Cernovich, spewing noxious islamophobia, the works.
Jesus fuck, how does something like that happen? Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it’s an ethos they knew who they were opposite from—the Socialists and Communists.
re: #69 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Jesus fuck, how does something like that happen? Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least
it’s an ethosthey knew who they were opposite from—the Socialists and Communists.
She’s addicted to getting attention. When Bernie’s movement fractured she realized that she was basically the perfect wank bait for alt right MRA sad sacks. Tila Tequila went down the same road, only earlier.
re: #70 goddamnedfrank
She’s addicted to getting attention. When Bernie’s movement fractured she realized that she was basically the perfect wank bait for alt right MRA sad sacks. Tila Tequila went down the same road, only earlier.
Yeah, but didn’t she have the excuse of brain damage from some car wreck…maybe I’m remembering it wrong. To me, right is right and left is left—unless you’re as stupid as Jonah Goldberg.
re: #71 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeah, but didn’t she have the excuse of brain damage from some car wreck…maybe I’m remembering it wrong. To me, right is right and left is left—unless you’re as stupid as Jonah Goldberg.
Tila’s first excuse for dabbling in nazi fandom was heavy cocaine usage.
Then, like a dog to its vomit …
I’ve started fighting people that come on my Facebook page. It’s been fun and disappointing at the same time. Its fun because I kill them with facts, but it’s disappointing because they are so ignorant.
re: #72 goddamnedfrank
Then, like a dog to its vomit …
P.S. I deployed that old canard fully aware of the risks and how it might be interpreted. Downding if you must.
re: #67 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeah, people around here start saying “on line”, I’m moving.//
Not as bad as all the Californians who move up here and stick a “the” in front of everything: “The I-5”, “The Puget Sound”.
That’s the Southern Californians, south of Santa Barbara even. We don’t say that in the Bay Area.
re: #75 Single-handed sailor
That’s the Southern Californians, south of Santa Barbara even. We don’t say that in the Bay Area.
Trump is just hitting the paranoid reactionary stretch of tonight’s coke binge. *Sniff* https://t.co/yPfi5MRtsL
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying “sources said,” DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
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When this whole Schweinerei started, the conventional wisdom was that he would self-destruct. Having seen no signs of that, I had become totally skeptical that it would ever happen. Now, just a few more well-placed pokes and he may come completely unglued right in front of our eyes. I can hope, anyway.
Maybe the Clinton campaign knows what they’re doing. What a concept!
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
Fucking unbelievable. That is some serious neurosis.
re: #78 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
When this whole Schweinerei started, the conventional wisdom was that he would self-destruct. Having seen no signs of that, I had become totally skeptical that it would ever happen. Now, just a few more well-placed pokes and he may come completely unglued right in front of our eyes. I can hope, anyway.
Maybe the Clinton campaign knows what they’re doing. What a concept!
He’s been self destructing this whole time, but we’ve gotten endless non-stories about the Clinton Foundation, bullshit health scares and emails to distract from it. Remember how we kept hearing there was going to be a pivot, but it never really occurred and he’d often revert back to ever worsening racist nonsense? In the trip to Mexico it came within the same day. The difference in the conventions was so stark that the media bent over backwards for two months trying to normalize him and pounce on everything Clinton did. It worked to an extent in tightening the polls but seeing the two on stage together just renewed the monumental contrast in optics, poise, experience and leadership. Now he’s freaking out because his people are freaking out and he doesn’t know how to deal with adversity except through denial and projection.
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
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So….he’s tweeting this stuff at 03:30 EDT?
Remember Rosetta will touch down on Comet 67-P at about 4:20 PDT (7:20 EDT).
NASA coverage starts at 3:15.
There’s also an ESA Livestream.
re: #80 goddamnedfrank
He’s been self destructing this whole time, but we’ve gotten endless non-stories about the Clinton Foundation, bullshit health scares and emails to distract from it. Remember how we kept hearing there was going to be a pivot, but it never really occurred and he’d often revert back to ever worsening racist nonsense? In the trip to Mexico it came within the same day. The difference in the conventions was so stark that the media bent over backwards for two months trying to normalize him and pounce on everything Clinton did. It worked to an extent in tightening the polls but seeing the two on stage together just renewed the monumental contrast in optics, poise, experience and leadership. Now he’s freaking out because his people are freaking out and he doesn’t know how to deal with adversity except through denial and projection.
I know he’s been teflon Don because of the media covering for him, but I thought that was a permanent condition. Maybe there are some levels of insanity that are impossible to cover up.
Like that article in the WaPo said, though—imagine him trying to interact one-on-one with a studio audience in the second debate.
re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
imagine him trying to interact one-on-one with a studio audience in the second debate.
re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I know he’s been teflon Don because of the media covering for him, but I thought that was a permanent condition. Maybe there are some levels of insanity that are impossible to cover up.
Like that article in the WaPo said, though—imagine him trying to interact one-on-one with a studio audience in the second debate.
Yeah I think being near surrounded by folks like that may really play on his paranoia and threat response. Especially if he blows off really practicing for the event like before.
re: #76 goddamnedfrank
I see what you did there.
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Yeah I think being near surrounded by folks like that may really play on his paranoia and threat response. Especially if he blows off really practicing for the event like before.
Of course, these are all “Undecided Voters”, which means in this election, they’d have to be morons, but the cameras will be running….
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
Don’t trust “sources”, just listen to “many people” like @realDonaldTrump does!
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 30, 2016
Day ending in ‘y’ so there must be a police coverup underway:
Downs said footage from D.C. Police Officer Brian Trainer’s body camera that was not shared with public raises questions about the priorities of the police.
“The footage that was shown to my office and the family was approximately one minute more than the footage that was released to the public,” Downs said. “And on the footage that was shown to the family, there was a clear indication that a police union representative showed up to the scene, identified herself as a union representative to Officer Trainer and suggested that Officer Trainer turn off his body camera.”
You hear others at the scene tell Officer Trainer, a 4-year veteran who fired his service weapon that killed Sterling, to get away from the scene and that is when the video disseminated to the public cuts off.
Via Balloon Juice:
Stein attempts to mock Johnson’s gaffe — but also fails to name a current world leader: https://t.co/mHT9Ucnh5K pic.twitter.com/mNzwbZEVOk
— The Hill (@thehill) September 29, 2016
To summarize: ‘16’s big 3rd-party threat rests in one candidate who doesn’t know Aleppo & another who flew to Cincy for a rally in Columbus.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) September 29, 2016
Donald’s drug-fueled, crazy, tweet rant all nighter continues. https://t.co/PNkh9vSkhQ
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Donald Trump seems to have stayed up all night indulging in a paranoid cocaine induced psychotic meltdown. pic.twitter.com/T1arLgWRmw
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
This is alarming behavior.
re: #90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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And Stein’s floundering because the Green Party isn’t a political party so much as it is a “holier than thou” circle jerk that stages a bit of political theater every four years for the lulz and donations than any real desire to run anything.
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an “angel” without checking her past, which is terrible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
He’s saying that false rumors his followers started about Machado’s later life somehow retroactively justify his bullying and abuse of her.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
When it wouldn’t matter either way because NOTHING would excuse his abuse, belittling, parading her & fat shaming her in front of reporters.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
re: #82 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Remember Rosetta will touch down on Comet 67-P at about 4:20 PDT (7:20 EDT).
NASA coverage starts at 3:15.
There’s also an ESA Livestream.
I was not planning to be up to watch this, but here I am.
re: #95 goddamnedfrank
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I looked up Angel Dark, the porn star the wingnuts have decided Alicia Machado is. I won’t link to any of the sites I visited, but Angel Dark is younger, quite a bit less…well-endowed, and Slovakian. Also the resemblance escapes me, but I’m not the porn expert that the RWNJ smear industry are.
re: #97 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I looked up Angel Dark, the porn star the wingnuts have decided Alicia Machado is. I won’t link to any of the sites I visited, but Angel Dark is younger, quite a bit less…well-endowed, and Slovakian. Also the resemblance escapes me, but I’m not the porn expert that the RWNJ smear industry are.
We appreciate the…hard…work you put into debunking this.
*ahem*
re: #94 Targetpractice
And Stein’s floundering because the Green Party isn’t a political party so much as it is a “holier than thou” circle jerk that stages a bit of political theater every four years for the lulz and donations than any real desire to run anything.
If any of them ever got elected to any office, the second they had to make any kind of governmental decision, they’d be permanently tainted and lose their whole constituency, and the search for a new, purer vessel would begin.
we are really here:
USA Today
Trump is unfit because he is erratic, ill-equipped, prejudiced, lies, reckless, etc.
but we cant endorse clinton because of her “sense of entitlement” and “lack of candor”
“sense of entitlement” has become a criteria
re: #100 dangerman
we are really here:
USA Today
Trump is unfit because he is erratic, ill-equipped, prejudiced, lies, reckless, etc.
but we cant endorse clinton because of her “sense of entitlement” and “lack of candor”
“sense of entitlement” has become a criteria
In other words, they’re trying to keep to their “not taking sides” bullshit by saying “Don’t vote Trump, but don’t vote Hillary either.” Fucking hacks.
Not sayn’ nothin’ or nothin’, But Nate Silver has shifted Florida from “Leans Trump” to “Leans Hillary” since Wife and I started this volunteer trip. We might have to pitch a tent down here.
(Nowcast and Polls-only)
Among 2016’s litany of victims, Godwin’s Law. I know Trump killed it months ago but Duterte is really defiling its corpse here. @NickKristof
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
re: #93 goddamnedfrank
This makes that Simpson’s clip with the 3:00 am situation room call and Trump twitting instead of answering, almost (if not) prescient
The reaction @KellyannePolls is having right now to Trump’s twitter feed. pic.twitter.com/Jud8ttrlTh
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
a calming perspective from electoral-vote.com
If Clinton can hold the 242 electoral votes in the “blue wall” states (and there is no evidence that she will lose any of them), the 28 EVs from Virginia and North Carolina add up to 270, so she can lose Ohio, Florida, and all the other swing states and still win.
there hasn’t been a single day in 2016 when Clinton was below 270 and not a single day when Trump was at 270 or more.
The debate was Monday. It’s now Friday. Trump’s STILL ranting about Alicia Machado. Amazing.
Sex tapes, @realdonaldtrump?
Positive you want to go there?
Really positive?
Ochen interesno.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 30, 2016
The genius of the trap here was to draw Trump into a fight where he had enough right on his side to make it impossible for him to let go https://t.co/6fgETgwjWf
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 30, 2016
LOL.
A.) Trump had nothing right on his side. B.) Hillary didn’t “draw him in.” She put an obvious trap down, w/ a neon sign saying “TRAP!” https://t.co/11Owzwnqvg— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
re: #95 goddamnedfrank
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Wow, he’s having a meltdown. The very best temperament heh. As Hillary says, this is a man you can bait with a tweet or in this case point out his dealings with a beauty contest contestant. I bet she has plenty more that she’ll set him off at the next debate too.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Wow, he’s having a meltdown. The very best temperament heh. As Hillary says, this is a man you can bait with a tweet or in this case point out his dealings with a beauty contest contestant. I bet she has plenty more that she’ll set him off at the next debate too.
At this town hall thing, The Donald is going to have to get down and dirty with hoi polloi, interacting one-on-one with ordinary losers. Some of the women might not meet his standards of attractiveness, and yet, he’ll be expected to answer their questions as if they were real people. It’s not going to go well.
wws.princeton.edu
Sam Wang and Julian Zelitzer had Rick Perlstein on to discuss the alt right.
re: #111 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
At this town hall thing, The Donald is going to have to get down and dirty with hoi polloi, interacting one-on-one with ordinary losers. Some of the women might not meet his standards of attractiveness, and yet, he’ll be expected to answer their questions as if they were real people. It’s not going to go well.
YEah, I think it’s going to be a trainwreck for him.
re: #102 Decatur Deb
Not sayn’ nothin’ or nothin’, But Nate Silver has shifted Florida from “Leans Trump” to “Leans Hillary” since Wife and I started this volunteer trip. We might have to pitch a tent down here.
(Nowcast and Polls-only)
They got you working down in Florida? I guess that’s probably more useful than at home, right? :)
I’ve spent three of the last four days doing stuff in the evenings. Voter registration one day and phone calls the other two. I probably will be doing something tonight but I am so exhausted I think I might have to take tomorrow off.
I’ll bet Hillary Clinton had no idea it was going to be this easy. Wonder what she’s planning for Oct. 9? pic.twitter.com/IEdL6aXsio
— Dan Kennedy (@dankennedy_nu) September 30, 2016
She’s going to place a banana peel down in the middle of the room, surround it with road flares then tell Trump “Don’t slip on this.” https://t.co/wMv0nW4Fu0
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) September 30, 2016
re: #116 goddamnedfrank
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Honestly, I think she’s preparing for him to make Bill the main avenue of attack. Expecting him to bring it up at the town hall because he’s telegraphing it so obviously that there’s just no way to believe he won’t do otherwise.
re: #106 dangerman
a calming perspective from electoral-vote.com
I dunno: I don’t find that seeing Mrs. Clinton’s “floor” - at this point in the campaign - is only 242 EVs all that “calming” a prospect. Especially given that the Republicans have chosen to run what has to be the most spectacularly unfit candidate for office in American history. This election should be a blowout, but it won’t be: a depressing enough notion. A “blue wall” of about 375 EVs? Now that would be calming…
Greets and saluts from the soggy NYC metro area. NJ Transit is still FUBAR because of yesterday’s crash in Hoboken, so the Mrs. will be joining me at the lair for the day working from home.
Not the worst thing in the world.
What’s pretty bad is that it’s likely that yesterday’s crash could have been mitigated or prevented had PTC been in place. If there was a medical issue or the engineer had issues (texting, distracted, etc.) PTC would have kicked in to slow/stop the train since it’s clear that the train was going 3x the posted speed entering the terminal building area.
It’s going to be a few days before they can secure the building and demolish/stabilize the structure so they can access the head car (control car) and begin the process of removing the train from the scene. In the meantime, that means that NJ Transit lines will be screwed for the foreseeable future.
Now, PTC is a controversial thing. It’s been touted by the NTSB for about 20 years as a way to prevent these kinds of incidents, but the railroad indusry has fought against it. They were supposed to have until 1/1/2016 to implement, but Congress again extended the deadline to 2018.
NJ Transit has not only dragged its feet, but has apparently only a handful of trains and a few miles of track that have been prepped for PTC as a test. It’s not even clear NJ Transit will make the 2018 deadline.
And you know who else we can blame for that? Gov. Chris Christie (R: Toadie - Trump). He’s enabled and allowed the Transportation Trust Fund to go belly up, and that’s meant NJ Transit has to freeze capital construction plans, which means further delaying any work on PTC. As it is, the current budget doesn’t have PTC included but delayed projects include adding in-board and out-board cameras on trains. The train in yesterday’s incident had an in-board camera.
So why is Christie blocking the TTF from being properly funded? Because he and the state GOP are demanding that any gas tax hike be offset by an estate tax repeal. In other words, they’re pushing the same GOP plans they’re doing elsewhere - seeking tax cuts for a wealthy few, and shifting tax burdens on to everyone else.
Gas tax hikes aren’t a preferred option, since they’re regressive, but NJ has one of the lowest gas taxes in the US and it hasn’t been raised in decades. It doesn’t even get increased to give it the purchasing power it had back when it was last raised. But NJ Transit has had to repeatedly raise fares in the intervening years, shifting the burden on to the hundreds of thousands of commuters who rely on the trains and buses to get to and from work - powering the NJ economy.
This is what Christie has wrought.
This is ultimately on him and the GOP.
So, when Trump brings up the infrastructure spending and need to do more, he better be prepared to answer for this too. Because it’s coming.
re: #114 Timothy Watson
They got you working down in Florida? I guess that’s probably more useful than at home, right? :)
I’ve spent three of the last four days doing stuff in the evenings. Voter registration one day and phone calls the other two. I probably will be doing something tonight but I am so exhausted I think I might have to take tomorrow off.
We live close enough to commute to the nearest county operation, though this time we stayed over to volunteer for the whistlestop tour that was dropped because of the Peres funeral. Right now a vote in FL is infinitely more valuable than one in AL. Tired is good, retiree scheduling is better.
re: #119 Jay C
The EC is gamed considering that many states have built in advantages to one party or the other.
There’s few states that are truly up for grabs, even though one candidate is spectacularly unfit for office. It’s unlikely that we’d see the kind of electoral college blowout that this should result in.
That Clinton’s pretty much got as many states as she has, and has locked in the battleground states as favoring her, she’s given herself multiple paths to the win. Trump’s path to 270 is becoming ever more impossible. If he can’t take the battleground states, there’s simply not enough delegates elsewhere to make up. Clinton’s firewall is unassailable at this point.
Trump’s worried about a rearguard action at this point where he’s got to defend states that should be wrapped up by GOPers ordinarily. He’s putting states into play for Clinton.
re: #121 Decatur Deb
We live close enough to commute to the nearest county operation, though this time we stayed over to volunteer for the whistlestop tour that was dropped because of the Peres funeral. Right now a vote in FL is infinitely more valuable than one in AL. Tired is good, retiree scheduling is better.
Yeah, definitely easier when you’re retired. Working eight hours a day with an hour commute on either side, plus volunteering, cuts into my sleep. :)
Has Gary Johnson named a world leader he admires yet? I mean, as President of the USA, he’d have to deal with all of them…
re: #124 GlutenFreeJesus
Has Gary Johnson named a world leader he admires yet? I mean, as President of the USA, he’d have to deal with all of them…
He’ll name one after he’s elected.
re: #122 lawhawk
The EC is gamed considering that many states have built in advantages to one party or the other.
There’s few states that are truly up for grabs, even though one candidate is spectacularly unfit for office. It’s unlikely that we’d see the kind of electoral college blowout that this should result in.
That Clinton’s pretty much got as many states as she has, and has locked in the battleground states as favoring her, she’s given herself multiple paths to the win. Trump’s path to 270 is becoming ever more impossible. If he can’t take the battleground states, there’s simply not enough delegates elsewhere to make up. Clinton’s firewall is unassailable at this point.
Trump’s worried about a rearguard action at this point where he’s got to defend states that should be wrapped up by GOPers ordinarily. He’s putting states into play for Clinton.
I think that’s why I’m pretty optimistic. I just see Trump as having a very narrow path to victory. Meanwhile Clinton has a pretty good path. Plus she’s got the better ground game.
re: #126 HappyWarrior
I think that’s why I’m pretty optimistic. I just see Trump as having a very narrow path to victory. Meanwhile Clinton has a pretty good path. Plus she’s got the better ground game.
Trump doesn’t have his own ground game. He’s piggybacking on the GOP general GOTV, which isn’t nearly as focused or prepared to do that kind of thing in favor of a national candidate.
Clinton’s ground game has learned lessons from Obama’s own ground game in 2008 and 2012, including when he beat her in the primaries.
re: #127 lawhawk
Trump doesn’t have his own ground game. He’s piggybacking on the GOP general GOTV, which isn’t nearly as focused or prepared to do that kind of thing in favor of a national candidate.
Clinton’s ground game has learned lessons from Obama’s own ground game in 2008 and 2012, including when he beat her in the primaries.
Exactly.
Looks like Dr. Dean may be correct after all regarding Trump’s coke habits.
For the first time in the 34 years, USA TODAY took a side: Sociopathic madman Trump is ‘unfit for the presidency’ https://t.co/E0zAa3yjkR
— Bill Madden (@activist360) September 30, 2016
Policing our safety or our politics?
NYPD sent undercover officers to Black Lives Matter protest, records reveal
If similar multimedia images are being held by the NYPD, they could be a violation of the NYPD’s protest monitoring rules, known as the Handschu guidelines, which are supposed to prevent the department from deploying undercovers or collecting images of protesters solely to keep tabs on their political activity.
On one hand it’s The Guardian. OTOH It’s NYPD. Hmm.
re: #131 Dr. Matt
Trump is making history, just not the kind of history he was expecting.
Funny…I had this same thought when I saw his twitter storm.
100% certain had Twitter existed 30 yrs ago when I was a raging coke addict, my 3am binge tweets about my exes woulda looked just like this. pic.twitter.com/zcJ5Tgu9fg
— Scott Charles (@TheScottCharles) September 30, 2016
re: #131 Dr. Matt
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How many publications which rarely if ever take sideshave done so by now?
If you take away the money and the presidential campaign, Trump’s just another guy they won’t let into WalMart unsupervised.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2016
re: #135 Teukka
How many publications which rarely if ever take sideshave done so by now?
Need more coffee. I just spent three minutes looking at Trump’s sideshave. Now I get it. I think someone posted a list recently of all the publications, but not sure.
re: #136 darthstar
If you take away the money and the presidential campaign, Trump’s just another guy they won’t let into WalMart unsupervised.
Without his inheritance, Trump would be a guy working as a WalMart greeter
I think this is likely just pearl clutching and she’ll be fine in Florida, but as much as I want the Democrats to win back the house, I’d be okay with losing this one district…Debbie will have a job in the Admin anyway.
Troubles for @HillaryClinton in FL with young voters and independents, dragged down by @DWStweets as I had warned: https://t.co/gXI0q4FlS4
— Tim Canova (@Tim_Canova) September 29, 2016
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Without his inheritance, Trump would be a guy working as a WalMart greeter
Given Trump’s issues with overweight people there’d be something Sartre-esque in that.
Oh lord I didn’t realize till now that the Intercept is going full Machado Truther. Great work, guys.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 30, 2016
re: #139 darthstar
Troubles for @HillaryClinton in FL with young voters and independents, dragged down by @DWStweets as I had warned:
And how many millennials know who Debbie Wasserman Schultz is?
re: #139 darthstar
Trouble for Clinton in FL?
I’m sure she’s worried about the fact that latest polls from FL show her up on Trump - and actually ahead of Obama’s margin of victory in the state in 2012; and the post debate polls seem to show her widening her lead (pushing her past Obama’s 2.8 margin of victory).
How to make sure that Clinton wins? GOTV. Ground game. Trump’s opted to avoid his own and pushed that on to the GOP at large.
re: #139 darthstar
I think this is likely just pearl clutching and she’ll be fine in Florida, but as much as I want the Democrats to win back the house, I’d be okay with losing this one district…Debbie will have a job in the Admin anyway.
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I know we all love pearl clutching, but, to me, these articles still feel like people who have to find something, anything, to make it look like Clinton really isn’t winning.
re: #14 klys (maker of Silmarils)
We’re just trying to catch up with Oklahoma.
At least our CA earthquakes are 100% natural. No man-made ingredients required.
USA Today is Great Again
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) September 30, 2016
re: #144 Belafon
I know we all love pearl clutching, but, to me, these articles still feel like people who have to find something, anything, to make it look like Clinton really isn’t winning.
Now that Trump has defied every attempt to portray him a viable candidate by continuing to be a boorish, sexist, racist meatloaf, people have to turn to extreme measures to keep him afloat.
re: #93 goddamnedfrank
Ladies and Gentlemen, Once again, your Republican nominee for President of the United States…
@mmfa Casting aspersions on her asparagus. That’s to be expected.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2016
re: #142 Timothy Watson
And how many millennials know who Debbie Wasserman Schultz is?
I know…it’s all just click-bait. Didn’t even bother reading the article. Just surprised to see DWS getting mentioned in the press at all since they swept her under the rug before the convention.
Oh goodie. Got a live one on Twitter who’s discussing what is and isn’t rational when it comes to Trump. Arguing that attacking Trump on his business dealings is somehow irrational.
Seriously.
This isn’t a reasonable minds may differ. This is ignoring objective facts. Trump’s net worth is whatever he feels (as per deposition). That’s not GAAP. That’s BS. He inherited his real estate fortune. What he’s done since is a con-man using other people’s money to make himself richer. He doesn’t pay employees or contractors the payments he’s contractually obligated to pay. That’s come through in multiple lawsuits, even against his law firms - arguing he just doesn’t want to pay as much because that’s how he feels.
He’s bankrupted other companies who’ve worked for him because of nonpayment and litigating payments - all while he’s bankrupted his casinos and other businesses multiple times. That doesn’t count all the other failed businesses.
Oh, and about the 100s of businesses. He actually has several distinct clear businesses. He’s got a real estate business - which has multiple close corporations, pass through entities (LLCs, partnerships, LLPs) that all do the same thing - manage his real estate business and individual projects. He’s got a trademark business, which he licenses his “name” to others to slap on to their projects.
He’s got his tv business. That’s a showman, not an actual business.
He’s had an airline, casinos, and liquor and steaks. All those folded.
re: #142 Timothy Watson
And how many millennials know who Debbie Wasserman Schultz is?
Yeah. Anyhow. I’m not worried about Florida. It’s a state she did really well in the primary and it’s a diverse state. Seems to me that Trump would do his best in the parts of the state that aren’t heavily populated.
Now a Category 2:
#HurricaneMatthew continues to intensify over the #Caribbean. Latest advisory here: https://t.co/FeyJ8yaFUY #Weather pic.twitter.com/snjMXHcLiR
— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) September 30, 2016
re: #141 darthstar
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I don’t see anything on The Intercept about Machado?
re: #93 goddamnedfrank
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But The Fix’s Chris Criziilao is upset about Howard Dean’s “Trump cocaine” comment.
“I am 103 that is the reason I voted early I am not taking any chances.” @CBSThisMorning cc. @nancycordes #newsisback pic.twitter.com/ZOA45kEaSk
— Norah O’Donnell (@NorahODonnell) September 30, 2016
re: #154 b.d.
I don’t see anything on The Intercept about Machado?
Lee Fang is tweeting stuff about how awful it is that Hillary is campaigning and trying to win an election.
re: #67 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeah, people around here start saying “on line”, I’m moving.//
Not as bad as all the Californians who move up here and stick a “the” in front of everything: “The I-5”, “The Puget Sound”.
My sister, whom I love dearly, moved up to Washington some years ago says this. Although we grew up in the Central Valley, where ‘the’ isn’t a prefix to every highway, she spent some time in SoCal and picked up that habit. I’ve learned to live with it but it does make me feel stabby at times.
re: #151 lawhawk
If this person is a Trump supporter, ask why that person supports Trump? If it’s because he’s a great businessman, then how can his business dealings be off-limits?
re: #150 darthstar
I should have listened to you. These paragraphs pissed me off:
The vast majority of millennials were not old enough to vote in 2000, when Ralph Nader ran as the Green Party nominee and, with the strong backing of young voters, helped cost Vice President Al Gore the presidency.
“Ralph who?” said David Frasier, a junior at Charleston Southern University.
“Didn’t he kind of come in at the last minute and kind of alter the votes or something?” Mr. Frasier, 26, asked, his memory barely jogged. “I was too young to remember.”
Really? You’re going to condescendingly mock someone for not remembering an election from when they were 10 years old?
You know, I mock millennials but seriously, what the fuck is this shit?
Trump adviser Roger Stone says Hillary Clinton “clearly had advance notice” to debate questions https://t.co/hj8VFYHHN0 pic.twitter.com/6LZaqQTjq8
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 30, 2016
re: #152 HappyWarrior
Yeah. Anyhow. I’m not worried about Florida. It’s a state she did really well in the primary and it’s a diverse state. Seems to me that Trump would do his best in the parts of the state that aren’t heavily populated.
If the Eichenwald story sticks (and it looks as though it might - I’m seeing it reported in a lot of outlets), it could do hurricane-sized damage to his chances there.
Miami’s Cuban community might excuse the sexism and racism. But dealing with Castro? Might be a line that they will not cross.
Sort of OT but my Dad got a chain mail of Derbyshire’s “The Talk” regarding African-Americans. Proud of my Dad. He basically called it racist bullshit and told the guy who sent it to him to stop sending him that crap. Dad had never heard of Derbyshire or Taki since he’s more of a casual political follower- not disengaged but not a junkie either.
re: #159 Belafon
If this person is a Trump supporter, ask why that person supports Trump? If it’s because he’s a great businessman, then how can his business dealings be off-limits?
only the negative things about him are off-limits
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wish my Nana who would be 104 this November could have been here to vote for HRC. She was always proud to be a Democrat and particularly liked FDR, the Kennedies, Adlai Stevenson, and the Clintons.
re: #161 jaunte
Trump adviser Roger Stone says Hillary Clinton “clearly had advance notice” to debate questions Video pic.twitter.com
— Media Matters
I’m picturing Roger Stone in Animal House going through the garbage for the psychology test…..
re: #98 Jayleia
We appreciate the…hard…work you put into debunking this.
*ahem*
We all do what we do to help the cause. Battleaxe’s research was appreciated yeoman labor. (Now, clear your history before your partner sees it!)
What’s more important is that three days after his complete failure in the debate, Drumpf had a Mental Collapse.
The episode last night wasn’t just odd. It was Full-on Bull Moose Loony Tunes Insanity.
It was a shit slinging psychic break. It was Al Capone with a baseball bat crazy. It was Norman dressed like his mom with a knife in Psycho completely losing it.
On the one hand, it was nice, because it exposes the eternal 7th-grader for what he is. On the other hand, it’s terrifying because it exposes the eternal 7th-grader for what he is- a petulant, simpering, out-of-control id.
This was, quite simply, a real, live, festering madman. His moral fiber is a tub of goo.
Those four tweets are going to do it. That’s all the suburban moms needed to see. No-one stays up that late to spew that bile except for monsters under their childrens’ beds.
He just shot himself, we win, it’s over.
Watch for how the Congress-critters and eligible Senators and especially the Republican Leadership reacts today. It’s going to be brutal but delicious.
Like it or not Republicans, “If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind.”
RETURN OF THE CLINTON WOMEN: Hillary’s role in treatment of husband’s affairs puts issue in play, say Trump backers https://t.co/9szAjBxgC6 pic.twitter.com/do7XNZQR02
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 30, 2016
And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
re: #161 jaunte
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Roger Stone would get the nerdy girl to do his science project and then call her a slut in the hallway afterwards.
re: #157 Sir John Barron
Lee Fang is tweeting stuff about how awful it is that Hillary is campaigning and trying to win an election.
LOL, that guy is a piece of work. Glenn’s attack chihuahua.
re: #161 jaunte
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Apparently Roger Stone must have cheated his way through school.
I’m supposed to take a guy wearing a zoot suit, pink shirt and bowtie seriously?
Yeah, no. Stone’s brain is as syphilitic as everyone else in that campaign, right up to the nominee.
re: #160 Timothy Watson
I should have listened to you. These paragraphs pissed me off:
Really? You’re going to condescendingly mock someone for not remembering an election from when they were 10 years old?
You know, I mock millennials but seriously, what the fuck is this shit?
No kidding. I mean I was 13 but I also got myself heavily invested in the election. Plus I was in 8th grade and Timothy as you know, here in Virginia, in 8th grade we have Civics so I had a project on the election that I had to do that year.
re: #167 austin_blue
On the other hand, it’s terrifying because it exposes the eternal 7th-grader for what he is- a petulant, simpering, out-of-control id.
Enthusiastically endorsed by a majority of the GOP Congress.
re: #97 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I looked up Angel Dark, the porn star the wingnuts have decided Alicia Machado is. I won’t link to any of the sites I visited, but Angel Dark is younger, quite a bit less…well-endowed, and Slovakian. Also the resemblance escapes me, but I’m not the porn expert that the RWNJ smear industry are.
And if Machado actually had done a sex tax, this would help Trump’s cause…how? This is surely one bing bang group of winners Trump has around him to advise him. And Trump himself of course. Dummy.
re: #159 Belafon
Blocked him for dumbassery given his latest couple of tweets arguing that Clinton’s a war mongerer, embezzled, corrupt, etc. - all the things that Trump’s actually said or done.
re: #162 makeitstop
If the Eichenwald story sticks (and it looks as though it might - I’m seeing it reported in a lot of outlets), it could do hurricane-sized damage to his chances there.
Miami’s Cuban community might excuse the sexism and racism. But dealing with Castro? Might be a line that they will not cross.
Yep that may be a killer in Florida.
re: #168 lawhawk
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And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
It would be a huge mistake for Trump to bring this up in the next debate. That’s why his surrogates at Fox and Breitbart will flog this endlessly on his behalf.
re: #168 lawhawk
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And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
All she has to say is “I trusted my husband, and he let me down. After a rough time, and some work between us, I’ve forgiven him. What’s a wife supposed to do, be responsible for her husband?”
re: #170 b.d.
LOL, that guy is a piece of work. Glenn’s attack chihuahua.
Fang also seems to think he discovered Hillary’s coordination with Machado.
re: #162 makeitstop
Miami’s Cuban community might excuse the sexism and racism. But dealing with Castro? Might be a line that they will not cross.
I have a feeling they’ll be willing hypocrites if they think their taxes will be lower.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now a Category 2:
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It’s about time they started naming hurricanes after Gospels.
re: #168 lawhawk
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And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
Yeah Fox, Hillary was just supposed to be nice to the women who her husband cheated on her with like a good woman. // Seriously Trump campaign, go ahead and bring up that Clinton wasn’t too kind to the women that her husband had affairs with and I guarantee you the Clinton campaign will point out that Trump and many of his surrogates are serial adulterers themselves. This shit is unfuckingbelievable.
re: #179 Sir John Barron
Fang also seems to think he discovered Hillary’s coordination with Machado.
Machado’s been campaigning with Clinton since at least August. I found that out when I googled her name (I wanted to read the articles). It hasn’t been a secret if you wanted to know.
re: #161 jaunte
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I had “advance notice” of all the exam problems in my math classes, because all the problems were selected from the homework assignments.
re: #184 The Vicious Babushka
“Who knew we would have to talk about policy in the debate?”
re: #168 lawhawk
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And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
I actually want them to go there. Will open up the door for Hill to start hammering on tRumps infidelities. If tRump were smart he would steer totally clear of that opening, but he’s not so he will venture there.
re: #183 Belafon
Hate to say “I called it exactly three years ago,” but, well… pic.twitter.com/LsmZqCt2Cl
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) September 30, 2016
Because ~investigative reporters~ actually read Trump’s ghostwritten bios that saw how Trump treats women? @lhfang @joshtpm
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 30, 2016
re: #177 Barefoot Grin
It would be a huge mistake for Trump to bring this up in the next debate. That’s why his surrogates at Fox and Breitbart will flog this endlessly on his behalf.
Don’t think of it as a debate…it can’t be. They’re not both serious candidates. She is, but this isn’t a race anymore. Tweet storms, sex tapes, fat shaming…fuck it.
When is the next episode of Real Candidates of Capitol Hill? I mean, the next debate…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2016
re: #180 jaunte
I have a feeling they’ll be willing hypocrites if they think their taxes will be lower.
Just like the evangelical Christians who embrace a man who cannot tell Two Corinthians from five Coronas.
This election is a battle of ideas. Conservatives believe that our bold, pro-growth agenda will restore a #ConfidentAmerica. pic.twitter.com/OOMN5tbiZY
— Paul Ryan (@PRyan) September 28, 2016
Ideas like:
That slut got fat!
That judge sucks cuz he’s Mexican.
Not a Jewish star, a sheriff badge!
Birtherism.https://t.co/MT6bvzFw4N— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) September 30, 2016
I was going to say that Clinton’s got inside Trump’s OODA loop, but that assumes Trump actually observes, orients, decides, and acts. Of the four steps, the only ones that Trump does is decide and act.
re: #190 jaunte
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I particularly like conservative ideas like a “very against police judge” and “Hey black and hispanic people vote for us because your lives are so terrible.”
re: #122 lawhawk
The EC is gamed considering that many states have built in advantages to one party or the other.
There’s few states that are truly up for grabs, even though one candidate is spectacularly unfit for office. It’s unlikely that we’d see the kind of electoral college blowout that this should result in.
That Clinton’s pretty much got as many states as she has, and has locked in the battleground states as favoring her, she’s given herself multiple paths to the win. Trump’s path to 270 is becoming ever more impossible. If he can’t take the battleground states, there’s simply not enough delegates elsewhere to make up. Clinton’s firewall is unassailable at this point.
Trump’s worried about a rearguard action at this point where he’s got to defend states that should be wrapped up by GOPers ordinarily. He’s putting states into play for Clinton.
yeah this here thing
re: #194 dangerman
because she cant possibly be that smart, articulate, prepared, experienced, etc
Of course not, an old Nixon hack like Stone believe that women can be as smart and prepared as men?
re: #168 lawhawk
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And somehow, this is supposed to be Hillary’s fault?
Hillary took his side, something totally unheard of when a wife deals with a husband that strayed. She was supposed to be kind to his mistresses, supposed to treat their allegations as legitimate. It’s a roundabout way of attacking her for staying with him.
Just as I’m sure Ivana and Marla took finding out that Donald was screwed somebody younger and hotter behind their backs well.
LOL
Today we endorse Gary Johnson, Libertarian, a principled option for president https://t.co/ZQrs9dsDBH pic.twitter.com/EI9La9AwCc
— Tribune Edit Board (@Trib_ed_board) September 30, 2016
Web site The Fogbow has been hacked and taken over.
Keep a sharp watch today, Charles.
re: #197 darthstar
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re: #190 jaunte
This election is a battle of ideas. Conservatives believe that our bold, pro-growth agenda will restore a #ConfidentAmerica. pic.twitter.com/OOMN5tbiZY
— Paul Ryan (@PRyan) September 28, 2016
I think us whites need to learn we can be confident without being in charge, by competing on our merits, not our skin color.
So the guy married to the woman who actually posed for porn is now slut shaming Alicia Machado for a fake sex tape. I have that right?
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 30, 2016
re: #172 HappyWarrior
No kidding. I mean I was 13 but I also got myself heavily invested in the election. Plus I was in 8th grade and Timothy as you know, here in Virginia, in 8th grade we have Civics so I had a project on the election that I had to do that year.
Yep. I do remember the election and the confusion on election night and some of Dan Rather’s comments. I also remember there being a lot of initial confusion when the Supreme Court decision came down.
I am from a Republican household, so I’ll shut up now. :)
re: #199 Targetpractice
“Principled option”? Try last resort for those who want to vote but want the excuse if Trump wins.
The more I see from Johnson, the more I am just not impressed at all. At first, I thought he was a bit loony giving how Libertarians tend to be but had something of a decent head on his shoulders but he’s had a lot of WTF moments. Buzzfeed brought another one to my attention today that I did not know about him and global warming. Furthermore, I do not get how left leaning voters can be so attracted to him. Okay, Gary supports SSM and is okay with pot. He’s also crazy right wing on economics.
re: #183 Belafon
Machado’s been campaigning with Clinton since at least August. I found that out when I googled her name (I wanted to read the articles). It hasn’t been a secret if you wanted to know.
thats another way of saying how to no one on trumps team know this
re: #188 darthstar
Don’t think of it as a debate…it can’t be. They’re not both serious candidates. She is, but this isn’t a race anymore. Tweet storms, sex tapes, fat shaming…fuck it.
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Ms. Machado did pose topless for Playboy, which is no different than what Melania Trump did.
As for North Carolina’s “papers please” bathroom bill, that inspired a retired Navy captain to run against its author for the North Carolina House seat he holds.
She was too late under North Carolina law to register under a party, so she will be listed on the ballot as unaffiliated. The North Carolina Democratic Party has endorsed her.
re: #202 Timothy Watson
Yep. I do remember the election and the confusion on election night and some of Dan Rather’s comments. I also remember there being a lot of initial confusion when the Supreme Court decision came down.
I am from a Republican household, so I’ll shut up now. :)
Yeah it was crazy. That was the first election I really paid a lot of attention to. Hell of an introduction to say the least. By the way, I read former Senator Warner’s endorsement of Clinton. It’s actually quite strong. I think the DNC should consider having an ad with him and Kaine’s father in law.
re: #183 Belafon
Machado’s been campaigning with Clinton since at least August. I found that out when I googled her name (I wanted to read the articles). It hasn’t been a secret if you wanted to know.
She posted her citizenship in May, with a photo of her new US passport. On Instagram, which I reckon Trump and the other doddering clowns in his contingent have never heard of.
re: #184 The Vicious Babushka
I had “advance notice” of all the exam problems in my math classes, because all the problems were selected from the homework assignments.
another way to get answers to test questions (or figure out the questions themselves) in advance is to read the material and know the subject
re: #192 HappyWarrior
I particularly like conservative ideas like a “very against police judge” and “Hey black and hispanic people vote for us because your lives are so terrible.”
“A very against police judge” sounds like something a 6-year-old would say.
Dr. Jill Stein trolled Gov. Gary Johnson on his inability to name a favourite world leader, then named three people herself, none of whom are world leaders.
re: #209 The Vicious Babushka
“A very against police judge” sounds like something a 6-year-old would say.
Yeah I had the same thought when Trump said that on Monday night.
Since I decided to block every Trump deplorable that tweets anti-semitic stuff, Im getting carpal tunnel syndrome from all the mouse clicks.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2016
re: #210 Anymouse
Dr. Jill Stein trolled Gov. Gary Johnson on his inability to name a favourite world leader, then named three people herself, none of whom are world leaders.
Man, and people are seriously considering voting for either of those two idiots?
Talked to someone yesterday while phone banking who was split between Clinton and Johnson. Didn’t spend that much time talking to her after she said that she had moved from the county I was working.
re: #209 The Vicious Babushka
“A very against police judge” sounds like something a 6-year-old would say.
Trump’s attention span may be too short to plan sentences.
re: #200 Belafon
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BOLD agenda. So that’s what they’re calling it now.
re: #213 Timothy Watson
Man, and people are seriously considering voting for either of those two idiots?
Talked to someone yesterday while phone banking who was split between Clinton and Johnson. Didn’t spend that much time talking to her after she said that she had moved from the county I was working.
Johnson made it even more weird for him by saying he was having an Aleppo moment. But yeah I don’t get it either. Honestly, only one of these four candidates is taking this damn thing seriously and too many in our generation have this weird stick in their ass against her. Clinton by no means is perfect but she’s a lot more prepared to be President not to mention better on the issues than the other three.
News: The reason ppl couldnt read #TrumpInCuba piece late yesterday is that hackers launched a major attack on Newsweek after it was posted.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2016
News: The reason ppl couldnt read #TrumpInCuba piece late yesterday is that hackers launched a major attack on Newsweek after it was posted.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2016
I wonder where the hackers were based?
re: #215 Sir John Barron
BOLD agenda. So that’s what they’re calling it now.
As opposed to an italic agenda, or a small agenda.
re: #217 lawhawk
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re: #213 Timothy Watson
Man, and people are seriously considering voting for either of those two idiots?
Talked to someone yesterday while phone banking who was split between Clinton and Johnson. Didn’t spend that much time talking to her after she said that she had moved from the county I was working.
I do find it interesting that the polls show a lot of people in that situation: “I am not voting for Trump, but if I can find a way I won’t vote for Clinton.” We see that because when people are asked to choose in a two way race, Clinton picks up most of the third party support. I don’t think we have to count on them, but I’m really hoping they will vote for her on election day because the thought of Trump being president is just too much.
re: #219 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
As opposed to an italic agenda, or a small agenda.
or a radical, batshiit crazy agenda. a throw the poor and the olds into the streets agenda, or a poison our food and environment agenda.
re: #199 Targetpractice
“Principled option”? Try last resort for those who want to vote but want the excuse if Trump wins.
newspaper demonstrates political ignorance, endorses not a chance third party
re: #216 HappyWarrior
Johnson made it even more weird for him by saying he was having an Aleppo moment. But yeah I don’t get it either. Honestly, only one of these four candidates is taking this damn thing seriously and too many in our generation have this weird stick in their ass against her. Clinton by no means is perfect but she’s a lot more prepared to be President not to mention better on the issues than the other three.
I had some issues with Clinton I had to get over. Trump helped a lot. :)
I think part of it is being a millennial that had to listen to 8+ years of scandal this and scandal that.
Hey @Reince your boss said to check out a sex tape. Will RNC push out a link to drive this key message? Surrogates getting TPs on this? https://t.co/15HwfAyprl
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) September 30, 2016
Campaign in deshabille.
re: #119 Jay C
I dunno: I don’t find that seeing Mrs. Clinton’s “floor” - at this point in the campaign - is only 242 EVs all that “calming” a prospect. Especially given that the Republicans have chosen to run what has to be the most spectacularly unfit candidate for office in American history. This election should be a blowout, but it won’t be: a depressing enough notion. A “blue wall” of about 375 EVs? Now that would be calming…
And that’s not taking into consideration that Russia has been playing around with voter rolls and, god forbid if it is happening, voting machines.
Lester Holt reported on it last night.
It’s hard to hack 375. It’s a lot easier to hack 280 even.
re: #225 Timothy Watson
I had some issues with Clinton I had to get over. Trump helped a lot. :)
I think part of it is being a millennial that had to listen to 8+ years of scandal this and scandal that.
I’ll be blunt. I did not like her in 2008 and I hated that Obama made her SoS but she proved me wrong there and I’ve been very impressed with how she’s ran this time. But yeah I think it’s the endless of scandal this and scandal that.
re: #203 HappyWarrior
The more I see from Johnson, the more I am just not impressed at all. At first, I thought he was a bit loony giving how Libertarians tend to be but had something of a decent head on his shoulders but he’s had a lot of WTF moments. Buzzfeed brought another one to my attention today that I did not know about him and global warming. Furthermore, I do not get how left leaning voters can be so attracted to him. Okay, Gary supports SSM and is okay with pot. He’s also crazy right wing on economics.
they hate the R’s
they hate the D’s
they hate clinton - doesnt matter why
they hate trump - doesnt matter why
they know nothing about johnson, so he’s attractive
they’re political juveniles
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Wow, he’s having a meltdown. The very best temperament heh. As Hillary says, this is a man you can bait with a tweet or in this case point out his dealings with a beauty contest contestant. I bet she has plenty more that she’ll set him off at the next debate too.
Just imagine the meltdown come Election Day.
re: #229 dangerman
they hate the R’s
they hate the D’s
they hate clinton - doesnt matter why
they hate trump - doesnt matter whythey know nothing about johnson, so he’s attractive
they’re political juveniles
I don’t think it’s they know nothing about Johnson. I think Johnson gets away with like so many Libertarians do by having an abstract message about what freedom and liberty is. And that sort of thing unfortunately is attractive to younger voters who I hate to say don’t read beyond the fine print. That is they ignore that while Gary Johnson and the LP oppose the federal drug war, they’re theoretically okay with your state having dracoian punishments for drug possession and their views on economics- holy shit.
re: #216 HappyWarrior
Johnson made it even more weird for him by saying he was having an Aleppo moment. But yeah I don’t get it either. Honestly, only one of these four candidates is taking this damn thing seriously and too many in our generation have this weird stick in their ass against her. Clinton by no means is perfect but she’s a lot more prepared to be President not to mention better on the issues than the other three.
re: #100 dangerman
we are really here:
USA Today
Trump is unfit because he is erratic, ill-equipped, prejudiced, lies, reckless, etc.
but we cant endorse clinton because of her “sense of entitlement” and “lack of candor”
“sense of entitlement” has become a criteria
Third parties are the best:
June 6 — Boosting his friend George W. Bush to reporters, Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico recalls a conversation they had at a conference on state government. ”George turns to me and says, ‘What are they talking about?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’ He said, ‘You don’t know a thing, do you?’ And I said, ‘Not one thing.’ He said, ‘Neither do I.’ And we kind of high-fived.”
re: #231 HappyWarrior
I don’t think it’s they know nothing about Johnson. I think Johnson gets away with like so many Libertarians do by having an abstract message about what freedom and liberty is. And that sort of thing unfortunately is attractive to younger voters who I hate to say don’t read beyond the fine print. That is they ignore that while Gary Johnson and the LP oppose the federal drug war, they’re theoretically okay with your state having dracoian punishments for drug possession and their views on economics- holy shit.
My wife was a Libertarian for thirty years. (She was ionce a campaign treasurer for a Libertarian candidate for the Colorado House. She switched to the Democratic Party this year and is working on a new Website for our county Democratic Party - I guess I rubbed off on her after seven years.)
She thinks Gary Johnson is absolutely unqualified to be President, or pretty much any other office.
re: #218 jaunte
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In the asscrack of the 400-lb guy.
re: #230 Dr Lizardo
Just imagine the meltdown come Election Day.
Yeah - anybody seriously think The Donald is going to go out as a gracious loser?
re: #234 Anymouse
My wife was a Libertarian for thirty years. (She was ionce a campaign treasurer for a Libertarian candidate for the Colorado House. She switched to the Democratic Party this year and is working on a new Website for our county Democratic Party - I guess I rubbed off on her after seven years.)
She thinks Gary Johnson is absolutely unqualified to be President, or pretty much any other office.
He has just had so many head scratching moments. Honestly, Weld would be the better candidate and Weld seems to be getting embarrassed by Johnson.
Why isn’t “Putin is so afraid of Clinton he’s interfering in the US election” more of a thing?
re: #236 Jay C
Yeah - anybody seriously think The Donald is going to go out as a gracious loser?
Wait until his foreign creditors call in their markers after he loses.
re: #236 Jay C
Yeah - anybody seriously think The Donald is going to go out as a gracious loser?
It’ll be the 1962 Nixon “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore” look like the most gracious speech ever. I’m expecting something like this.
Wow such Presidential very leadership so class wow
The people are really smart in cancelling subscriptions to the Dallas & Arizona papers & now USA Today will lose readers! The people get it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
re: #231 HappyWarrior
I don’t think it’s they know nothing about Johnson. I think Johnson gets away with like so many Libertarians do by having an abstract message about what freedom and liberty is. And that sort of thing unfortunately is attractive to younger voters who I hate to say don’t read beyond the fine print. That is they ignore that while Gary Johnson and the LP oppose the federal drug war, they’re theoretically okay with your state having dracoian punishments for drug possession and their views on economics- holy shit.
then ill rephrase - they choose to be incompeletly informed or just dont care
if youre an otherwise D and cant vote for clinton “because TPP” and then gravitate to johnson, you are ignoring everything else the libertarians would dismantle
unless its just that silly protest vote thing in which case they arent voting “for” johnson and his policies anyway.
re: #242 dangerman
then ill rephrase - they choose to be incompeletly informed or just dont care
if youre an otherwise D and cant vote for clinton “because TPP” and then gravitate to johnson, you are ignoring everything else the libertarians would dismantle
unless its just that silly protest vote thing in which case they arent voting “for” johnson and his policies anyway.
Oh okay, I get you now. We’re in agreement then.
re: #237 HappyWarrior
He has just had so many head scratching moments. Honestly, Weld would be the better candidate and Weld seems to be getting embarrassed by Johnson.
wonder if weld is in a support group with pence
Thousands of immigrants who have applied for citizenship will not be processed in time for the election.
Turns out the surge, driven by immigration groups in battleground states, was much larger than the Immigration Department predicted.
re: #238 Belafon
Why isn’t “Putin is so afraid of Clinton he’s interfering in the US election” more of a thing?
requires critical thinking and analysis
The problem I see with so many third parties is they view elections as the Presidency or bust. I really don’t see them at the local elections trying to work hard to get elected on the local level to prove that their way can work. In grudging fairness to the LP, I have seen more from them in this than the Greens who I don’t think I have ever seen seriously seek an office here in Virginia. The other thing is as our executive branch positions- Governor, Lt Governor, and Attorney General are all elected independently of each other, you’d think these parties would run candidates for the other positions as well but nope last time we only had Dems and Republicans running for Lt Governor and AG.
re: #245 Anymouse
Thousands of immigrants who have applied for citizenship will not be processed in time for the election.
Turns out the surge, driven by immigration groups in battleground states, was much larger than the Immigration Department predicted.
Damn.
re: #247 HappyWarrior
The problem I see with so many third parties is they view elections as the Presidency or bust. I really don’t see them at the local elections trying to work hard to get elected on the local level to prove that their way can work. In grudging fairness to the LP, I have seen more from them in this than the Greens who I don’t think I have ever seen seriously seek an office here in Virginia. The other thing is as our executive branch positions- Governor, Lt Governor, and Attorney General are all elected independently of each other, you’d think these parties would run candidates for the other positions as well but nope last time we only had Dems and Republicans running for Lt Governor and AG.
Well, the Libertarians do have party apparatus in all fifty states, and officials elected at lower levels. (The two highest elected Libertarians are state senators, one each in Iowa and Nebraska.)
In the last election here in Nebraska, the Libertarian candidate for State Treasurer came in second (our Democratic party needs help).
re: #245 Anymouse
Thousands of immigrants who have applied for citizenship will not be processed in time for the election.
Turns out the surge, driven by immigration groups in battleground states, was much larger than the Immigration Department predicted.
overworked underfunded government office
this is way more critical (imo) than a 501c3 waiting for approval (there are rules for when pending) - for the same reason - too many applications, not enough staff.
i already know…. crickets cause they’ll vote D
re: #250 Anymouse
Well, the Libertarians do have party apparatus in all fifty states, and officials elected at lower levels. (The two highest elected Libertarians are state senators, one each in Iowa and Nebraska.)
In the last election here in Nebraska, the Libertarian candidate for State Treasurer came in second (our Democratic party needs help).
That is true. I will say the Libertarians are better than the Greens when it comes to organization. Honestly, the whole party does confuse me since there are some who share a lot of my socially liberal/progressive beliefs about LGBT rights, drugs, choice, immigration etc and others who are just as socially conservative as the GOP but see Libertarianism as a way to have zero government regulation of business. Reading about the LP convention was interesting.
jeebus:
Newt Gingrich links former Miss Universe to Benghazi: https://t.co/gL2Dt9h9hB pic.twitter.com/DLIcKgWJfE
— The Hill (@thehill) September 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s use of a former Miss Universe winner to attack Donald Trump resembles her handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
“This is the new Benghazi lie,” he said Thursday on “The Sean Hannity Show,” as first reported by BuzzFeed.
“What Hillary tried to set up and what they apparently spent months preparing is an ambush as false as Benghazi,” Gingrich said of Clinton’s defense of Alicia Machado.
“It was as false as her claim she was under fire in in Bosnia. It was as false as the lies she told on her emails. The elite media, which is Clinton, I mean, they totally identify with her, they took it hook, line and sinker.”
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus:
Newt Gingrich links former Miss Universe to Benghazi:
Wow. Benghazi. That really musta hurt.
Daughter’s AP American History teacher sent home 55 page packet called “US History Special Victims Unit” (non-white male hist) that is vile. pic.twitter.com/7XRz2zJIU2
— Rachel Grant (@rachelsgrant) September 29, 2016
Trump official tried to defend his 5 a.m. tweet about sex tapes. It got very awkward. https://t.co/GXBdREclxO pic.twitter.com/euHvywtB5y
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 30, 2016
During an MSNBC interview later Friday morning, Trump surrogate and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R) was asked by host Stephanie Ruhle whether she thinks it’s “a good strategy” for Trump to use his extra hours of wakefulness to smear women.
Rutledge, who’s is also a member of Trump’s agriculture advisory committee, responded by saying she’s “a fan of tweeting during the waking hours of most folks and so I’m not up tweeting at 3 a.m. generally, so I don’t know that that’s great advice.”
But Rutledge then suggested that perhaps Trump is just so interested in the “issues” that he can’t wait to get up and start weighing in.
“Perhaps there are people up interested in issues at 3 a.m.” she said.
re: #142 Timothy Watson
And how many millennials know who Debbie Wasserman Schultz is?
All the very Bernie butthurt ones.
But keep in mind, they are not all Millennials. Look around.
I guess it doesn’t matter that they never really acted against Bernie. Just like it never really mattered Bernie wasn’t a party faithful Democrat.
Strange election year. One thing certainly missing from it is any sign of maturity.
re: #257 MsJ
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Clinton Is Playing Chess, Trump Is Playing Whack-a-Mole
it’s a member’s only piece at politicalwire.com
the headline made me laugh so loud i scared the cats - again
NRO has much more in common with Trump than they like to admit. They’ve been a haven for white supremacists for years. @Kwakara91 @NRO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2016
Well if he says so, it MUST be true.
*sarcasm https://t.co/lIIlJNrvug— Ericka Andersen (@ErickaAndersen) September 30, 2016
@ErickaAndersen For example: John Derbyshire, Robert Weissberg, Jason Richwine and David Yerushalmi, to name some of the more obvious ones.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2016
re: #262 Charles Johnson
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Yep, NRO employed that bigot Derbyshire for years and my Dad received one of his pathetic racist diatribes from an acquaintance of his called “The Talk.” Dad pretty much called it out for the racist bullshit it is. He never has heard of Derbyshire or Taki Mag but he knows racist bullshit when he sees it and he knows to call it. Very proud though not surprised that he did that.
re: #161 jaunte
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Fucking Roger Stone has cheated his whole way through life.
re: #260 HappyWarrior
And conservatives accuse liberals of trying to indoctrinate kids.
its not indoctrination if its truth /s
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wow! New Gallup polls show most people think I did not look Presidential in the #Debate. I also don’t have the stamina. That I can tell you! pic.twitter.com/RbLHFy4Lfp
— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) September 30, 2016
A presidential candidate suggested that the American public should watch a sex tape.
Welcome to the republican party of 2016. #maga— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) September 30, 2016
re: #270 Dr. Matt
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The same candidate that bragged about his dick size but hey aren’t the Democrats just ruining family values in this country with their support of same sex marriage. //
This is…unhinged, even for Trump. A few notes. https://t.co/WURWs6aJ5f
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016
What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016
Alicia deserves praise for courageously standing up to Trump’s attacks. And he has the gall to blame her—and say he “helped”?
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016
We’ve noted the past few weeks how off the rails Duterte has become. He’s now jumped the shark even by his own low standards:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #273 freetoken
We’ve noted the past few weeks how off the rails Duterte has become. He’s now jumped the shark even by his own low standards:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
Duerte is Tagalong for Trump.
re: #271 HappyWarrior
The same candidate that bragged about his dick size but hey aren’t the Democrats just ruining family values in this country with their support of same sex marriage. //
There’s no difference!
//
You mean the racism, bigotry, and misogyny before past week weren’t enough to convince you Trump was awful? @JenniferJJacobs @healybaum
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 30, 2016
SMOTI & Baby Whiplash must have really enjoyed Dark Angel’s sex tapes
Hah-Hah! TRUMP Pounds Hillary Over Miss Universe Sex Tapes https://t.co/o6OmuoGiuM via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) September 30, 2016
TRUMP UNLEASHED: Tweets About Miss Universe 1997, ‘Check Out Sex Tape’ https://t.co/rHMDBuNZGB pic.twitter.com/oH36MqrlhL
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 30, 2016
The guy who is literally coming apart at the seams over former Miss Universe would also have us believe he’s the toughest to take on ISIS.
— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) September 30, 2016
re: #275 HappyWarrior
Duerte is Tagalog for Pol Pot at the rate he’s going with extrajudicial and state-sanctioned killings.
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #280 lawhawk
Duerte is Tagalog for Pol Pot at the rate he’s going with extrajudicial and state-sanctioned killings.
Yeah that guy is scary shit.
re: #274 HappyWarrior
She’s going to go after him for this at the next debate I imagine and he’s going to flip out even more.
i brought up your treatment of ms machado at the last debate
days later you were still tweeting about it at 3am
claiming you didnt say the things you said and then that you did say them and you were trying to help her
is this presidential behaviour?
is this your best asset / the good temperament you were talking about?
If you don’t have a coke problem, but behave like you’re on a lot of coke when you’re sober, that’s not better than having a coke problem.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 30, 2016
Which begs the question, if Trump was watching a sex tape at 3 AM, where was his wife?
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) September 30, 2016
re: #273 freetoken
We’ve noted the past few weeks how off the rails Duterte has become. He’s now jumped the shark even by his own low standards:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
Duterte is a straight-up psychopath. I’m pretty sure he’s genuinely insane.
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
Duterte is a straight-up psychopath. I’m pretty sure he’s genuinely insane.
Yes, and he is running a country with a population of over 100 million…
Sandra Fluke, the Khan family, and now Alicia Machado. Stand up against right wing bullshit in the public spotlight and get attacked by a bunch of enraged shit slinging assholes.
Wait, is having a sex tape a bad thing now? Or again?
re: #290 KGxvi
Wait, is having a sex tape a bad thing now? Or again?
It’s okay if the star of the tape is someone you’ve known since they were a girl.
Now a Category 3.
Hurricane #Matthew advisory 10 issued. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) September 30, 2016
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
SMOTI & Baby Whiplash must have really enjoyed Dark Angel’s sex tapes
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So….Baby Ben thinks this is all a good thing for Dumpster?
I know Dim Jim is dim.
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
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With a name like ‘Matthew’, there’s no way it’s going to be some wimpy tropical depression or tropical storm. Bring it, namesake!
re: #273 freetoken
We’ve noted the past few weeks how off the rails Duterte has become. He’s now jumped the shark even by his own low standards:
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines
Wait, so now we can’t exterminate people we don’t like anymore?
PC run amock!!!!!!!
//
re: #286 Sir John Barron
pretty awful stuff. just complete wacko rwnj agenda crap.
i was particularly offended at “over three centuries of a strong work ethic, cohesive familes.,” etc …”as vital parts of the A-A heritage gave way…”
what effin three centuries of A-A strong work ethic, etc?
they were effin slaves
and didnt even start to get basic civil rights until 100 years after emancipation
As I posted above, Snopes debunked the sex tape claim.
The issue of an Alicia Machado sex tape has already been debunked by Snopes, in other words, Donald Trump lied.
Ms. Machado did pose topless for Playboy, which is no different than what Melania Trump did.
I’m pretty sure Mr. Hoft considers Snopes “leftist media.”
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #296 dangerman
i was particularly offended at “over three centuries of a strong work ethic, cohesive familes.,” etc …”as vital parts of the A-A heritage gave way…”
what effin three centuries of A-A strong work ethic, etc?
they were effin slaves
and didnt even start to get basic civil rights until 100 years after emancipation
And the bit about “accepting” blacks to elective office.
Since they are obviously unacceptable to him.
re: #296 dangerman
i was particularly offended at “over three centuries of a strong work ethic, cohesive familes.,” etc …”as vital parts of the A-A heritage gave way…”
what effin three centuries of A-A strong work ethic, etc?
they were effin slaves
and didnt even start to get basic civil rights until 100 years after emancipation
just hateful, ignorant babble.
re: #293 Sir John Barron
So….Baby Ben thinks this is all a good thing for Dumpster?
I know Dim Jim is dim.
Well BB is just as sexist as Jim, see his pathetic obsession with Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer,
A different kind of beauty break. A colleague does some amazing work, glad to see it where more people get to see it.
re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And the bit about “accepting” blacks to elective office.
Since they are obviously unacceptable to him.
I think I would yank my kid out of that school immediately. No consequences could be as bad as being forced to endure that garbage. Sure the school might eventually take action against the teacher, but I couldn’t wait for that to happen.
re: #296 dangerman
i was particularly offended at “over three centuries of a strong work ethic, cohesive familes.,” etc …”as vital parts of the A-A heritage gave way…”
what effin three centuries of A-A strong work ethic, etc?
they were effin slaves
and didnt even start to get basic civil rights until 100 years after emancipation
A lot of whites also think stupidly that when slavery ended, things were just fine for African-Americans. I’ve been reading the Warmth of Other Suns and man it just amazes me all the crap that African-Americans had to go through through out this country.
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
SMOTI & Baby Whiplash must have really enjoyed Dark Angel’s sex tapes
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“Pounds”? How gauche.
Hmm…trying to tastefully make a joke about a gay guy salivating over a hardcore porn video, but coming up nil.
re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And the bit about “accepting” blacks to elective office.
Since they are obviously unacceptable to him.
“accepting black to elective office including president since the 1960s
off by only 40 years or so
re: #301 HappyWarrior
Well BB is just as sexist as Jim, see his pathetic obsession with Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer,
Yeah, not sure why I expected something different from him. Maybe I thought he had some political sense. Even if he had no regard for women or anyone having opinions different from him.
re: #307 Sir John Barron
Yeah, not sure why I expected something different from him. Maybe I thought he had some political sense. Even if he had no regard for women or anyone having opinions different from him.
True.
re: #304 HappyWarrior
A lot of whites also think stupidly that when slavery ended, things were just fine for African-Americans. I’ve been reading the Warmth of Other Suns and man it just amazes me all the crap that African-Americans had to go through through out this country.
And yet when an African-American personifies the Conservative Talking Point that anyone, regardless of race or origins, who works hard enough can rise to the highest office in the country, he is reviled as an affirmative action slacker who stole the election by offering free stuff.
Because they cannot bring themselves to acknowledge his accomplishments, no matter how begrudgingly.
You can just picture Trump awake in the wee hours of the morning with Infowars open in one tab and PornHub in another, seething.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) September 30, 2016
re: #162 makeitstop
If the Eichenwald story sticks (and it looks as though it might - I’m seeing it reported in a lot of outlets), it could do hurricane-sized damage to his chances there.
Miami’s Cuban community might excuse the sexism and racism. But dealing with Castro? Might be a line that they will not cross.
He’s getting support from other reporters now. The dogs have been unleashed.
If you didn’t see Maddow last night, she had this bit…
re: #102 Decatur Deb
Not sayn’ nothin’ or nothin’, But Nate Silver has shifted Florida from “Leans Trump” to “Leans Hillary” since Wife and I started this volunteer trip. We might have to pitch a tent down here.
(Nowcast and Polls-only)
Not a coincidence, I’m sure. I attribute this shift *entirely* to your efforts.
re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And yet when an African-American personifies the Conservative Talking Point that anyone, regardless of race or origins, who works hard enough can rise to the highest office in the country, he is reviled as an affirmative action slacker who stole the election by offering free stuff.
Because they cannot bring themselves to acknowledge his accomplishments, no matter how begrudgingly.
Precisely.
re: #306 dangerman
“accepting black to elective office including president since the 1960s
off by only 40 years or so
I am from Gary, one of the fist major US cities to elect a black mayor (in 1967). He was corrupt and a disaster for the city, but to put it in perspective, he was no more corrupt than the while politicians who proceeded him.
re: #304 HappyWarrior
A lot of whites also think stupidly that when slavery ended, things were just fine for African-Americans. I’ve been reading the Warmth of Other Suns and man it just amazes me all the crap that African-Americans had to go through through out this country.
this is the moronic mindset
slavery wasnt so bad - it was good for them they were taken care of
in any event they were emancipated in 186x so they were free to do anything
ok the 1960’s civl rights era *really* made them equal no more messing around
through to today’s arguments, there is no structural or institutional racism or preference, black lives matter is ____ (take your pick), minorities are not disproportionately targeted, arrested, shot and killed, and on and on
its negating the entire history
oh, and p.s. - we want to “take our country back”
Donald Trump, on those poor “victims” of Bill Clinton he is now pretending to defend:
“Paula Jones is a loser, but the fact is that she may be responsible for bringing down a president indirectly.”
“The whole group, it’s truly an unattractive cast of characters—Linda Tripp, Lucianne Goldberg—I mean, this woman—I watch her on television, just vomiting. She is so bad. The whole group—Paula Jones, Lewinsky—it’s just a really unattractive group. And I’m not just talking about physical, but I am also talking about physical.”
“It’s like it’s from Hell. It’s a terrible group of people.”
re: #316 Dr. Matt
Donald Trump, on those poor “victims” of Bill Clinton he is now pretending to defend:
Hopefully she pounces on him with that too.
oh good grief…
Matt Bevin held a rally in 2013 with this man standing by his side, denouncing Sen. McConnell outside his office: https://t.co/wKhKtUhHcK pic.twitter.com/l5h8z2dgo4
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) September 30, 2016
Also, the Bullitt County Republican Party disqualified the winner of the GOP primary (Jennifer Stepp) and elected Dan Johnson to replace her
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) September 30, 2016
This man was literally selected by the Bullitt County Republican Party to be a state House candidate this fall, replacing primary winner: pic.twitter.com/8lURxua500
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) September 30, 2016
His name is “Pope” Dan Johnson.
re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am from Gary, the fist major US city to elect a black mayor (in 1967). He was corrupt and a disaster for the city, but to put it in perspective, he was no more corrupt than the while politicians who proceeded him.
you know there’s another implication to “accepting blacks to elective office including president since the 1960s”
that before the 60’s would not have been “accepted”
how can that be? i mean they were equal and emancipated and all, and educated, competent, etc
this topic hurts my head
@TheRickWilson @RadioFreeTom In your opinions, what was tipping point, any time in last 20 years, which has led to Trump’s nomination?
— Proxima b (@RockyinTX) September 30, 2016
Cancellation of Firefly. https://t.co/X4MKsfoGbk
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 30, 2016
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
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His name is “Pope” Dan Johnson.
Chaser: pic.twitter.com/4Xt2SIEnzE
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) September 30, 2016
sigh
A bill has been entered to reverse a Supreme Court ruling to allow the FBI to obtain a single warrant to essentially hack any computer in the world.
Both Republicans and Democrats have signed on to the single line bill, which essentially states the rule change from the Justice Department shall not take effect.
re: #317 HappyWarrior
Hopefully she pounces on him with that too.
everyone else will and theyre not gonna wait
None of the bullshit spewed by Ann Coulter is true, Li’l Whipsies.
What happened to character tests for citizenship? Alicia Machado, accused getaway driver, threatened judge w/ murder, had narco-king’s baby.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 30, 2016
This is certainly true. “Sex tape” is last on the list of Machado’s problems. https://t.co/VbZKxTlQsZ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 30, 2016
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
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His name is “Pope” Dan Johnson.
Not real big on the I Amendment, is he?
Betcha he loves the II Amendment though.
So the state GOP invalidated the results of their primary election to put this bigot in? Why even have a primary? (There is a photo of Donald Trump shaking this guy’s hand on the tweet referenced here.)
re: #326 The Vicious Babushka
None of the bullshit spewed by Ann Coulter is true, Li’l Whipsies.
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It’s on the Internet, it must be true.
NEW: Trump deposition video to go public as soon as today. Judge rules campaign-ad fears no basis to keep secret https://t.co/Zis7MbBU8K
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 30, 2016
Trump adviser Boris Epshtyn on CNN trying to claim that only a lawyer, not a reporter like @Fahrenthold, should talk about Trump Foundation
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 30, 2016
I see crazy people.
He really does make it too easy:
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— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) September 30, 2016
re: #326 The Vicious Babushka
None of the bullshit spewed by Ann Coulter is true, Li’l Whipsies.
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NEW: Trump deposition video to go public as soon as today. Judge rules campaign-ad fears no basis to keep secret https://t.co/Zis7MbBU8K
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 30, 2016
“…A video of Donald Trump testifying under oath about his provocative rhetoric about Mexicans and other Latinos is set to go public as soon as Friday, drawing new attention to those comments just weeks before voters cast their ballots in the presidential race.
Trump gave the testimony in June at a law office in Washington in connection with one of two lawsuits he filed last year after prominent chefs reacted to the controversy over his remarks by pulling out of plans to open restaurants at his new D.C. hotel.”
Next up: Chef sex tapes.
re: #332 Anymouse
I don’t suppose tweeting it at Mr. Shapiro would do any good… . smear a private citizen of another country if that’s what it takes to advance the
ConservativeNazi agenda.
These people only believe what their own media sources report. Facts to the contrary bounce off them like ping-pong balls.
Robert Gates disarmed America, dares to attack Trump https://t.co/OQ7kV8QKLJ via @worldnetdaily @realDonaldTrump @FieldofFight
— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) September 30, 2016
How the fuck is the United States in any way whatsoever “disarmed?”
Honestly, General, did you blow somebody to get this job? https://t.co/vvm1yNl2nY— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 30, 2016
On that bill allowing citizens to sue Saudi Arabia that President Obama warned would be a disaster, Bloomberg is engaging in quite a bit of disgusting both-siderism. They are claiming a significant portion of the blame falls on President Obama for not employing a “full court press” against the bill (never mind he warned about it repeatedly before it was passed, and gave a lengthy explanation when he vetoed it):
re: #321 sagehen
In your opinions, what was tipping point, any time in last 20 years, which has led to Trump’s nomination?
I recall when someone at a town hall meeting shouted out “Obama is a Muslim” and John McCain tried to say that Obama is a decent fellow, they just disagree with him…and they were ready to run him off the stage for such a statement.
That started a total race to the bottom, and DT has shown us that they have not hit bottom yet.
re: #332 Anymouse
I don’t suppose tweeting it at Mr. Shapiro would do any good… . smear a private citizen of another country if that’s what it takes to advance the
ConservativeNazi agenda.
Just a reminder that he is being sued for harassing a child and seems to remember NOTHING about what he learned at Harvard Law
I committed the egregious sin of not believing the “Clock Boy” Islamophobia BS narrative, so now they’re suing https://t.co/Hxkgfxl0hQ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2016
October.. SURPRISE (except you shouldn’t be). This was all expected to come out. Trump’s already shown himself to be a bigot out for himself https://t.co/pyCRgSjSGx
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 30, 2016
Video deposition featuring Trump’s comments on Mexicans and Latinos set for release https://t.co/t8UvkFyCRD | Getty pic.twitter.com/dNnQg66tCF
— POLITICO (@politico) September 30, 2016
re: #330 jaunte
Trump adviser Boris Epshtyn on CNN trying to claim that only a lawyer, not a reporter like Fahrenthold, should talk about Trump Foundation.
…but every hack in the world could and should investigate the Clinton foundation?
Ann Coulter is having a meltdown over the fake Machado sex tapes cites Rage Furby as “proof”
HEY, @MSNBC: Hillary (NYT, Cosmo, The Guardian & MSNBC) turn a drug cartel kingpin’s baby mama into a national hero. https://t.co/4poMG1QYTo
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 30, 2016
The sad part is that the Machado story was starting to fade and would have been largely off the front pages by next week. However, Trump’s irrational impulses got the best of him as usual.
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Oh look, on top of that Chucky continues slapping his logo feces over another photo. He has no rights to the photo.
Is this a parody?
President Obama held Gates over from the Bush era probably to tout his bipartisan credentials. Gates was listed as a Republican. He is as much a Republican as is Colin Powell - or as Obama is bipartisan. Obama knew Gates would be a willing ally in fundamentally transforming the military (as part of transforming America) from the ass-kicking outfit he inherited to the girly men can kickers it has become. Obama promised to disarm America to a level acceptable to Islam! He did, and Gates was a willing ally.
(WND so no link.)
And the RWNJ who wrote it was a fucking Major General.
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Ann Coulter is having a meltdown over the fake Machado sex tapes.
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re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Ann Coulter is having a meltdown over the fake Machado sex tapes.
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FUCK
Now we will have to put up with more UpChuck just when I thought he was sliding into obscurity.
re: #338 The Vicious Babushka
Just a reminder that he is being sued for harassing a child and seems to remember NOTHING about what he learned at Harvard Law
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Like having a fool as your client when you represent yourself? (If he had an attorney, the attorney would have told to not say a single word about the case.)
re: #343 Dr. Matt
The sad part is that the Machado story was starting to fade and would have been largely off the front pages by next week. However, Trump’s irrational impulses got the best of him as usual.
In good news for Mr. Trump, the worst of his troll army is finally starting to lay off Gold Star Families on Twitter, so there is that.
(That little stunt did more to turn my conservative village against him than any other thing he did. Although this House district will go for Mr. Trump, I suspect my voting precinct [my town and surrounding rural area] will go for Mrs. Clinton now.)
re: #349 Anymouse
In good news for Mr. Trump, the worst of his troll army is finally starting to lay off Gold Star Families on Twitter, so there is that.
(That little stunt did more to turn my conservative village against him than any other thing he did. Although this House district will go for Mr. Trump, I suspect my voting precinct [my town and surrounding rural area] will go for Mrs. Clinton now.)
Clearly he doesn’t want the job. He’s doing everything in his power to make a fool of himself and make a mockery of the process. I really wish the MSM would stop turning this into a horse race and just call him on the carpet.
re: #345 Timothy Watson
Is this a parody?
(WND so no link.)
And the RWNJ who wrote it was a fucking Major General.
I can see why he and Trump get along so well.
CALL THE WAAAAAHMBULANCE!
Says hes victim of “witch hunt” > Penn. Mayor Under Fire For Posting Lynching, Monkey Memes About Obama https://t.co/vtpQI1d7WF via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 30, 2016
Gary Johnson was not a good governor https://t.co/MBmJSNRKsY pic.twitter.com/PzD4J1AZ7Q
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) September 30, 2016
Gary Johnson was not a good governor https://t.co/R0XyJ40pkf pic.twitter.com/9UmHjguCVL
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) September 30, 2016
re: #352 The Vicious Babushka
CALL THE WAAAAAHMBULANCE!
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Waaaah there’s consequences to me engaging in racist bullshit. Typical conservative bigot. Doesn’t believe in personal responsibility for himself.
re: #345 Timothy Watson
Is this a parody?
(WND so no link.)
And the RWNJ who wrote it was a fucking Major General.
On Memorial Day here in my village, we had a retired Navy commander who came to speak at the village cemetery (he’d just retired and returned home to the next town over).
He droned on and on about how the Obama administration was destroying the country’s values by “pandering to gays” and promoting crime in women’s bathrooms.
The guy is considering running for the county board of supervisors. At the next village board meeting, I condemned his speech as dishonour to all those killed in combat and buried in our village cemetery, and by extension all veterans and families here for politicising what is supposed to be a solemn event.
He will not be invited back to our town for any more speeches. In the meantime, if he does run for the county board of supervisors, I am considering throwing my fedora into the ring against him.
re: #336 Anymouse
On that bill allowing citizens to sue Saudi Arabia that President Obama warned would be a disaster, Bloomberg is engaging in quite a bit of disgusting both-siderism. They are claiming a significant portion of the blame falls on President Obama for not employing a “full court press” against the bill (never mind he warned about it repeatedly before it was passed, and gave a lengthy explanation when he vetoed it):
yeah he gave a lengthy explanation that i understand was posted on the internet
nevertheless, the word VETO somehow isnt enough?
re: #340 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
…but every hack in the world could and should investigate the Clinton foundation?
and everyone’s an effin medical expert….
re: #336 Anymouse
On that bill allowing citizens to sue Saudi Arabia that President Obama warned would be a disaster, Bloomberg is engaging in quite a bit of disgusting both-siderism. They are claiming a significant portion of the blame falls on President Obama for not employing a “full court press” against the bill (never mind warned about it repeatedly before it was passed, and gave a lengthy explanation when he vetoed it):
OFFS
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Ann Coulter is having a meltdown over the fake Machado sex tapes cites Rage Furby as “proof”
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BREAKING: Alabama judicial court suspends chief justice Roy Moore for rest of term over his defiance of gay marriage.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2016
re: #360 FormerDirtDart
Alabama judicial court suspends chief justice Roy Moore for rest of term over his defiance of gay marriage.
His career as commentator and columnist is made for life.
re: #359 Belafon
Given the stereotype of drug kingpins, shouldn’t Ann be afraid of actually saying this out loud if it’s true?
No, it just proves how brave and courageous Ann really is. // Seriously though, are these people that fucking dense to think that INS would let someone who threatened a judge get naturalized. Meanwhile, if they want to talk about what people have been accused of, Trump’s been accused of raping an underaged girl but I forgot, accusations are only canon fact for people who stand up against Drumpf.
re: #359 Belafon
Given the stereotype of drug kingpins, shouldn’t Ann be afraid of actually saying this out loud if it’s true?
She knows it’s bullshit.
re: #360 FormerDirtDart
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re: #361 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
His career as commentator and columnist is made for life.
Oh yeah, he’ll probably be auditioning on FOX tonight and all weekend
re: #360 FormerDirtDart
For all this conservative butt-hurt over marriage equality destroying “traditional marriage” (whatever that is), no one has frogmarched into my home demanding I give up my wife for some guy named Steve.
As a matter of fact, I see absolutely no effect whatsoever on my marriage.
Are they all afraid they might be attracted to the same sex or something now that marriage equality is the law of the land?
re: #360 FormerDirtDart
Judge Moore is “also taxed with the costs of this proceeding.” https://t.co/B86ArqtSMe
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) September 30, 2016
re: #365 FormerDirtDart
Oh yeah, he’ll probably be auditioning on FOX tonight and all weekend
Andrea Tantaros’s slot is open. FOX needs a new token brunette.
re: #367 Anymouse
For all this conservative butt-hurt over marriage equality destroying “traditional marriage” (whatever that is), no one has frogmarched into my home demanding I give up my wife for some guy named Steve.
As a matter of fact, I see absolutely no effect whatsoever on my marriage.
Are they all afraid they might be attracted to the same sex or something now that marriage equality is the law of the land?
gay mobs roaming the streets converting people
“we took a vote and we want you”
re: #228 HappyWarrior
I’ll be blunt. I did not like her in 2008 and I hated that Obama made her SoS but she proved me wrong there and I’ve been very impressed with how she’s ran this time. But yeah I think it’s the endless of scandal this and scandal that.
You know what that says don’t you Happy? She was never what she was painted as in the media.
There is a big lesson there. And we are all getting it again this time around. Why anyone would trust the major media about anything politics, especially the main TV people, is beyond me.
Oh FFS, the LA Times/USC Tracking now has the Orange Cheeto “up by 5 points”…..and all the wingnuts are celebrating.
re: #367 Anymouse
For all this conservative butt-hurt over marriage equality destroying “traditional marriage” (whatever that is), no one has frogmarched into my home demanding I give up my wife for some guy named Steve.
As a matter of fact, I see absolutely no effect whatsoever on my marriage.
Are they all afraid they might be attracted to the same sex or something now that marriage equality is the law of the land?
I still get my brother explaining that it is opening the door to allowing polygamy and marrying goats…
re: #371 Anymouse
Andrea Tantaros’s slot is open. FOX needs a new token brunette.
Moore will need to pad his bra to meet FOX News appearance standards
re: #372 dangerman
gay mobs roaming the streets converting people
“we took a vote and we want you”
Between the Gay Mafia, lesbian ranchers, and the Gay Agenda, I’m supposed to cower in fear in my basement after I buy ten more guns or something.
Gaaaa. Our last village clerk was a lesbian rancher. Town didn’t burn down. (She’s now the Postmistress.)
There have been 11 post-debate polls in swing states so far and Clinton’s led in all 11. Something’s definitely changed…
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 30, 2016
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
SMOTI & Baby Whiplash must have really enjoyed Dark Angel’s sex tapes
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re: #352 The Vicious Babushka
CALL THE WAAAAAHMBULANCE!
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west york is over 80% white
and they want this guy to resign
yeah, pennsylvania and all, still i wonder who they’re voting for…
re: #355 Anymouse
Really bringing people together, this guy, huh? On Memorial Day. Ugh.
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
SMOTI & Baby Whiplash must have really enjoyed Dark Angel’s sex tapes
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And the sad reality is that they will never, ever admit they were wrong about it even though it’s been completely and thoroughly debunked.
re: #375 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still get my brother explaining that it is opening the door to allowing polygamy and marrying goats…
im fine with that
polygamous goats is my bridge too far
re: #234 Anymouse
My wife was a Libertarian for thirty years. (She was ionce a campaign treasurer for a Libertarian candidate for the Colorado House. She switched to the Democratic Party this year and is working on a new Website for our county Democratic Party - I guess I rubbed off on her after seven years.)
She thinks Gary Johnson is absolutely unqualified to be President, or pretty much any other office.
At this point, I am trying real hard to figure out what Johnson would be qualified for. He even gives stoners a bad name.
I heard Joke Scarborough say it early in his show the other day…something about how he knows guys that ARE stoners, smoke refer all day long and have for all their lives and they could answer the questions that Johnson can’t.
BREAKING: Ala. Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore suspended for remainder of his term. Here’s the final judgment https://t.co/H8DqRKzv1A pic.twitter.com/vkxhbvnYl0
— SPLC (@splcenter) September 30, 2016
And at what point does Machado sue half of the GOP for slander?
Ex-Presidents react to Trump’s overnight tweets.#Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/0MO0PimSC3
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) September 30, 2016
re: #378 Tigger2
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i wont say if somethings fundamentally changed until we know more
or maybe the polls just caught up to everyone else and are starting to reflect electoral reality
I stand corrected about Twitter: The trolls are after Gold Star Families again.
Didn’t Hilliary LIE to gold star families from Bengazi? @Varneyco
— KJ (@al_chemyst) September 30, 2016
re: #361 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
His career as commentator and columnist is made for life.
He’ll be signing a contract with FNC before Monday.
re: #392 dangerman
i wont say if somethings fundamentally changed until we know more
or maybe the polls just caught up to everyone else and are starting to reflect electoral reality
I would say some of it is undecideds and non news junkies that have really just seen Trump for the first time in the debate.
re: #390 lawhawk
Public figure and all that…
Oh, I understand that…but I think even with the heightened standard for public figures, accusations of being a porn star, a criminal, and a mistress/gf/whatever to a drug king pin could result in an actionable claim.
the stupidity:
Hillary’s campaign is reprortedly keeping Bill off the trail due to his rumored affairs https://t.co/OFYvIHfMeD pic.twitter.com/U0wL3Z0oDp
— New York Post (@nypost) September 30, 2016
He’s at Shimon Peres’ funeral. https://t.co/WAE8wSx3ao
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) September 30, 2016
re: #396 Mike Lamb
Oh, I understand that…but I think even with the heightened standard for public figures, accusations of being a porn star, a criminal, and a mistress/gf/whatever to a drug king pin could result in an actionable claim.
Defamation of character? I’d think so.
re: #396 Mike Lamb
Oh, I understand that…but I think even with the heightened standard for public figures, accusations of being a porn star, a criminal, and a mistress/gf/whatever to a drug king pin could result in an actionable claim.
yep: see Hulk Hogan
re: #395 Tigger2
I would say some of it is undecideds and non news junkies that have really seen Trump for the first time in the debate.
certainly
re: #393 Anymouse
I saw a bumper sticker even dumber than Trump’s Make America Great Again stickers: It said “Benghazi: We Will Never Forget” and had the Clinton campaign H as the H in Benghazi.
re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #390 lawhawk
Public figure and all that…
Public figures can still sue for slander. The bar is higher, but not insurmountable. Moreover, Alicia Machado is not doing something like running for office (she is not a citizen).
Chicago Tribune is endorsing this guy. pic.twitter.com/MOCEcppj8G
— Dee (@DeeviusDee) September 30, 2016
re: #396 Mike Lamb
Oh, I understand that…but I think even with the heightened standard for public figures, accusations of being a porn star, a criminal, and a mistress/gf/whatever to a drug king pin could result in an actionable claim.
Possibly, but I’d save it for after the election, if at all. I’m pretty sure she can take it and Trump’s statements are probably hurting him even more in the Latino community. Right now, staying out of his way is probably what everyone is advising.
Oh, I understand that…but I think even with the heightened standard for public figures, accusations of being a porn star, a criminal, and a mistress/gf/whatever to a drug king pin could result in an actionable claim.
It’s a higher standard, they have to prove malice i.e. knowing and intentional lie that damages reputation.
President Obama hands his handkerchief to Chemi Peres as he cried during his father’s funeral
POTUS is a fundamentally decent human being pic.twitter.com/F4tN8z3mTm— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) September 30, 2016
re: #408 gocart mozart
It’s a higher standard, they have to prove malice i.e. knowingly lie.
That shouldn’t be too hard.
re: #321 sagehen
Paging @NathanFillion or maybe @joss See what you guys did? :-) https://t.co/fGT10Scoi2
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 30, 2016
re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
President Obama hands his handkerchief to Chemi Peres as he cried during his father’s funeral
He was passing a bribe…
re: #391 jaunte
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every day i take 10 steps back and look at what trump and his R enablers have turned this election into. what they are, how they behave and think.
I am George Washington
i am embarrassed for and to be an american
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m going to miss him. He’s been a great president and representative of our country these past seven soon to be eight years. Proud to say my first ever vote for President was for him.
re: #405 Anymouse
Public figures can still sue for slander. The bar is higher, but not insurmountable. Moreover, Alicia Machado is not doing something like running for office (she is not a citizen).
She is a citizen. She’s Instagrammed pics of herself with her passport.
re: #406 jaunte
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re: #417 makeitstop
She is a citizen. She’s Instagrammed pics of herself with her passport.
Clinton mentioned her gaining her citizenship as well.
re: #415 dangerman
every day i take 10 steps back and look at what trump and his R enablers have turned this election into. what they are, how they behave and think.
I am George Washington
i am embarrassed for and to be an american
One of my students asked me quite pointedly how in the hell did so many Americans seemingly go violently insane and come to the conclusion that Mr. Trump is somehow qualified to be President of the United States of America?
I told her it’s been a long time coming - and that half-hidden lunacy is now on open display for all the world to see.
re: #413 Dr. Matt
Trump would have sent a dry cleaning bill for the handkerchief.
paid by the trump foundation
(monica would have kept the handkerchief) (sorry)
New Suffolk poll of likely voters in Nevada:
Clinton 44
Trump 38
Johnson 7
Long seen as fertile for Trump win.https://t.co/IDcuE5YIbU— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 30, 2016
re: #420 Dr Lizardo
One of my students asked me quite pointedly how in the hell did so many Americans seemingly go violently insane and come to the conclusion that Mr. Trump is somehow qualified to be President of the United States of America?
I told her it’s been a long time coming - and that half-hidden lunacy is now on open display for all the world to see.
If anyone wants to understand how Trump became viable in Republican circles, I really would recommend reading Rick Perlstein’s books. I’ve only read Nixonland but the man has a great understanding of the post WWII American right and what’s allowed it to rise when it looked like it was in ashes after Goldwater’s defeat in 1964.
re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’d think a news outlet would actually check before posting clearly bogus nonsense. Oh wait. It’s @nypost. Never mind then.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 30, 2016
re: #416 HappyWarrior
I’m going to miss him. He’s been a great president and representative of our country these past seven soon to be eight years. Proud to say my first ever vote for President was for him.
not my first or last
the guy is and has always been a class act
and to be blunt, just fuck the doublespeak, miserable lies, innuendos, and anyone who doesnt think so. just fuck ‘em
re: #422 Tigger2
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re: #417 makeitstop
She is a citizen. She’s Instagrammed pics of herself with her passport.
What is this Instagram devilry you speak of? /s
I do Flickr, because I can use a camera. (No cell phone here.)
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@PLZNoMorePC But you think Trump if great because he mocks cripples, gold star families, and accuses a fed judge of racial prejudice? Really
— Stevenotrump (@Stevenotrump) September 30, 2016
re: #422 Tigger2
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re: #425 dangerman
not my first or last
the guy is and has always been a class act
and to be blunt, just fuck the doublespeak, miserable lies, innuendos, and anyone who doesnt think so. just fuck ‘em
Yep.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’d like tore: #297 Anymouse
As I posted above, Snopes debunked the sex tape claim.
I’m pretty sure Mr. Hoft considers Snopes “leftist media.”
Everyone is left of Jim Hoft…because there is nothing right about him!
How the fuck did I miss this? https://t.co/N6Ge5B0eIp pic.twitter.com/rwaHCDpuf5
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 30, 2016
re: #431 gocart mozart
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He is such a fucking creeper. Gotta love how the religious right hates liberals and the Clintons that much that they’ve hitched their boats with this guy. Enjoy your next value voters summit douchebags. Maybe you’ll get a convicted sex offender to address you if you’re lucky to tell you about how big gay ruined everything.
re: #420 Dr Lizardo
One of my students asked me quite pointedly how in the hell did so many Americans seemingly go violently insane and come to the conclusion that Mr. Trump is somehow qualified to be President of the United States of America?
I told her it’s been a long time coming - and now that half-hidden lunacy is now on open display for all the world to see.
it is depressing
i’m looking at it like a great light shining down sparking an awakening and cleansing
that’s the 10 steps back perspective
then i go for a run or something and after im right back into it all working for progress (and cleansing)
re: #428 Dr Lizardo
We could be looking at a GOP rout in a few more weeks. And their screeching will be deafening.
God I hope that happens.
wws.princeton.edu
I posted this earlier. Excellent podcast with Sam Wang, his fellow professor, Julian Zelizer and their guest, Rick Perlstein, author of the above mentioned Nixonland.
Trump campaign is still trying to make the distinction that exploring a deal in Cuba was not making a deal in Cuba. Not relevant to the law or the politics.
Andrea Mitchell…exploring business in Cuba IS doing business in Cuba. FYI
— BlueTrooth (@BlueTrooth) September 30, 2016
And Andrea Mitchell is helping them.
re: #428 Dr Lizardo
We could be looking at a GOP rout in a few more weeks. And their screeching will be deafening.
God if we could regain both houses of Congress or even one of them, I’d be thrilled. I’d love to have both of course.
re: #435 Tigger2
God I hope that happens.
Me too. I got my absentee ballot today, and I’m mailing it back first thing Monday morning.
re: #437 jaunte
Trump campaign is still trying to make the distinction that exploring a deal in Cuba was not making a deal in Cuba. Not relevant to the law or the politics.
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And Andrea Mitchell is helping them.
Are her and Maureen Dowd trying to outhack each other?
re: #438 HappyWarrior
God if we could regain both houses of Congress or even one of them, I’d be thrilled. I’d love to have both of course.
I think there’s a good chance that the GOP might well lose the Senate. The House is tougher owning to gerrymandering, but the Senate’s a distinct possibility.
re: #441 Dr Lizardo
I think there’s a good chance that the GOP might well lose the Senate. The House is tougher owning to gerrymandering, but the Senate’s a distinct possibility.
Yeah the House is always tougher to gain because of that. I think the Senate is a realistic possibility though.
re: #405 Anymouse
Public figures can still sue for slander. The bar is higher, but not insurmountable. Moreover, Alicia Machado is not doing something like running for office (she is not a citizen).
She got her citizenship in May this year.
re: #439 Dr Lizardo
Me too. I got my absentee ballot today, and I’m mailing it back first thing Monday morning.
I haven’t gotten my mail ballot yet, but I have one of my eyeballs down the block on my mailbox for it.
Much of it will be blank when I return it (almost exclusively Republican candidates where I live), but I damn sure want to mark the ballot for Hillary Clinton.
(Last election, when my wife was still a Libertarian, she told me she would “help me mark my ballot properly.” (:: This time around I guess I can tell her that. (:: )
Someone needs to get on Twitter and explain to wingnuts what a Gold Star Family is.
@RMMichaels no excuse for HRC lying to Gold Star families of those she let die at Benghazi- emailing her daughter while they were attacked?
— triumph1 (@triumph1plus) September 30, 2016
re: #341 The Vicious Babushka
Ann Coulter is having a meltdown over the fake Machado sex tapes cites Rage Furby as “proof”
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(I’ll stop there…I don’t want to melt my keyboard)
ISIS is fat.
BAM!#SecretPlan— David Waldman (@KagroX) September 30, 2016
re: #445 Anymouse
Interesting, an account that started last year, inactive except for 1 tweet today.
re: #352 The Vicious Babushka
CALL THE WAAAAAHMBULANCE!
Josh Marshall ✔ @joshtpm
Says hes victim of “witch hunt” > Penn. Mayor Under Fire For Posting Lynching, Monkey Memes About Obama talkingpointsmemo.com … via @TPM
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Shouldn’t that be a witch doctor hunt? /
Days after patting himself on the back for not invoking them on a debate stage, Donald Trump and his campaign are attempting to use Bill Clinton’s sex scandals to cast a shadow on Hillary Clinton.
forget EVERYTHING that’s been written today and previously on this topic - the logic, the danger, the stupidity - all of it
do this morans not realize that the clinton team prepared for this probably 10 effing years ago?
re: #358 Sir John Barron
OFFS
Really. They wanted a full court press against the very congress that gave a full press-back against anything Obama tried to do for 8 freaking years.
I have a feeling Obama is going to rather enjoy seeing the likes of McConnell and Ryan having to backup on some legislation that was maybe his final veto. One middle finger to the lot of them…even to some in his own party.
re: #444 Anymouse
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Alicia Machado has responded to Trump (Daily Kos link). Here’s the English translation of her statement:
The Republican candidate and his campaign team are again generating new attacks and insults and trying to revive old defamations and false accusations about my life. They’re doing all this with the goal of intimidating, humiliating, and throwing me off balance yet again. The attacks are nothing but slander and cheap lies generated with ill intentions, that have no basis and have been distributed by tabloids. Of course, this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered a situation like this. Via his hateful campaign, the Republican candidate insists on discrediting and demoralizing a woman, which is emblematic of his most frightening characteristics. Through this, he seeks to distract attention away from his real problems, and from his inability to even pretend to be the leader of this great country.
I dare Republicans to scream about her wearing a flag in the picture at the link.
re: #447 jaunte
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Latino pollster tells @MSignorile: Trump’s attacks on Alicia Machado “not only animating Latinos, but also women.” https://t.co/QvZMx4XqVc
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) September 30, 2016
If Trump accomplishes anything, he just may make Hispanic voters as strong members of the Democratic coalition as African-Americans are. No wonder why Republicans are so opposed to immigration reform. They know that being dicks to Hispanics has hurt them immensely with that community and know those voters aren’t going to forget things like Trump’s attacks on Judge Curiel and now Alicia Machado. Somewhere George W. Bush and Karl Rove are going ballistic because they saw Hispanics as possibilities for the GOP coalition.
Inside Donald Trump’s Twitter army:
More at the Politico link above:
When Donald Trump confronted revelations that he used money from his charitable foundation to settle private legal disputes and purchase portraits of himself, a tireless army of tweeters went to work to keep the focus on Hillary Clinton’s foundation instead.
Then Trump stumbled on a debate question about why he refuses to release his taxes, and the same army has since rushed to create the appearance of a grass-roots demand that Clinton be held accountable, instead.
@Rage_and_War tweeted “Trump’s Taxes? Audit the Clinton Foundation!” with a link to a blog post suggesting the same. @Flossy_gurl tweeted, “CORRUPT #FBI #JamesComey Received Million$ From #ClintonFoundation- Brother’s Law Firm Does #Clinton’s Taxes.” And @Luminaria98 tweeted, “Hillary Clinton’s Philanthropic Controversy: The Clinton Foundation,” with a link to a critical article.
The accounts pumping out the tweets created the appearance of authentic outrage but had all the hallmarks of fakes, according to researchers who specialize in “bot” networks — short for robot — that shower social media with phony messages appearing to spring up from the grass roots.
re: #454 ObserverArt
One word too many Stanley Sea.
There is only one fake Pope, and that is Papa Emeritus III.
(Well, OK, Papa I and II as well - I’m pretty sure it’s all the same guy)
Do you know how fashion can send a feminist message? How about designing clothes for women who are larger than a size 0? What they’re doing now is the opposite of a “feminist” message.
Dior’s new designer made her debut with a feminist message https://t.co/C91ss0CJ3z pic.twitter.com/rysXEadA9H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2016
re: #451 ObserverArt
Really. They wanted a full court press against the very congress that gave a full press-back against anything Obama tried to do for 8 freaking years.
I have a feeling Obama is going to rather enjoy seeing the likes of McConnell and Ryan having to backup on some legislation that was maybe his final veto. One middle finger to the lot of them…even to some in his own party.
it was the ultimate “please proceed”
o: i told you, you didnt listen
m/r: you didnt tell us loud enough
o: senate majority leader and house speaker? arent you guys experienced? arent you, you know, adults? and dont *you* write the laws?
o: not my mess. i’m out.
Doing some sleuthing before I hit the hay. The “sex tape” that Trump and his drooling minions are referring to was one scene from a blurry night vision video from a Spanish reality show, La Granja VIP. The premise of the show is to send rich, city folk to a farm in the sticks and film what happens there. Anyway, Machado, who was wearing a nightgown, got in bed with a male co-star and they did the horizontal bop under the covers. Whether it was real or simulated is debatable, though Machado apparently admitted it was the real thing later.
There was no nudity on the video, which was shown on Spanish TV. And it’s been on YouTube since 2010 at least. So, it’s hardly XXX rated. Even so, I’m borking the link in case of NSFW issues. Remove the space before com.
youtube. com/watch?v=3h7rWkSq2cE
Anyone who has watched cable TV or gone to the movies to see an R rated movie would have seen activity more graphic than in this video.
The other sex video being referred to is of course a pron movie starring Angel Dark, who is not Alicia Machado.
re: #420 Dr Lizardo
One of my students asked me quite pointedly how in the hell did so many Americans seemingly go violently insane and come to the conclusion that Mr. Trump is somehow qualified to be President of the United States of America?
I told her it’s been a long time coming - and that half-hidden lunacy is now on open display for all the world to see.
Your students are getting a real time history lesson. They won’t have to read any books about this one. Hopefully they will also be able to see how this ties in to so much of past history and that always big lesson…history can and will repeat itself.
re: #457 HappyWarrior
Somewhere George W. Bush and Karl Rove are going ballistic because they saw Hispanics as possibilities for the GOP coalition.
Hispanics are rather strongly Catholic and highly family oriented.Naturals for the Conservative Coalition, but Hispanics also favor institutions that help families, like strong communities, local governments, good education and active public services.
So yeah, best to write ‘em off.
re: #464 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Doing some sleuthing before I hit the hay. The “sex tape” that Trump and his drooling minions are referring to was one scene from a blurry night vision video from a Spanish reality show, La Granja VIP. The premise of the show is to send rich, city folk to a farm in the sticks and film what happens there. Anyway, Machado, who was wearing a nightgown, got in bed with a male co-star and they did the horizontal bop under the covers. Whether it was real or simulated is debatable, though Machado apparently admitted it was the real thing later.
There was no nudity on the video, which was shown on Spanish TV. And it’s been on YouTube since 2010 at least. So, it’s hardly XXX rated. Even so, I’m borking the link in case of NSFW issues. Remove the space before com.
youtube. com/watch?v=3h7rWkSq2cE
Anyone who has watched cable TV or gone to the movies to see an R rated movie would have seen activity more graphic than in this video.
The other sex video being referred to is of course a pron movie starring Angel Dark, who is not Alicia Machado.
I just saw a Tweet from somebody with “Deplorable” in their screen name, which featured a screenshot from the Angel Dark video with Alicia Marchado’s head Photoshopped over it.
No not embedding and I already blocked that creep.
re: #453 Belafon
Alicia Machado has responded to Trump (Daily Kos link). Here’s the English translation of her statement:
I dare Republicans to scream about her wearing a flag in the picture at the link.
citizen by choice
re: #465 ObserverArt
Your students are getting a real time history lesson. They won’t have to read any books about this one. Hopefully they will also be able to see how this ties in to so much of past history and that always big lesson…history can and will repeat itself.
Yes, they certainly are, and all of them are quite appalled by Mr. Trump’s candidacy - and equally appalled by his supporters.
re: #458 Anymouse
Inside Donald Trump’s Twitter army:
More at the Politico link above:
just for one: there IS a clinton foundation audit. i believe by law due to size they are required to be audited
is PWC in on the coverup?
Easy and fun! Reporters should ask Trump endorsers if people should follow Trump’s commands and “check out her sex tape”
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 30, 2016
I’d pay cash money to see Tim Kaine ask Michael R. Pence this very question at the VP debate. https://t.co/3X46N6ksJE
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 30, 2016
re: #466 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hispanics are rather strongly Catholic and highly family oriented.Naturals for the Conservative Coalition, but Hispanics also favor institutions that help families, like strong communities, local governments, good education and active public services.
So yeah, best to write ‘em off.
Anyone remember the good ol’ GOP talking point that supporting gay-marriage bans would usher in an era of most Hispanics supporting the GOP?
re: #470 dangerman
just for one: there IS a clinton foundation audit. i believe by law due to size they are required to be audited
is PWC in on the coverup?
Of course, Hillary’s in bed with Wall Street.
re: #437 jaunte
Andrea Mitchell is Alan Greenspan’s wife. She is not remotely neutral.
re: #472 Timothy Watson
Anyone remember the good ol’ GOP talking point that supporting gay-marriage bans would usher in an era of most Hispanics supporting the GOP?
I’m old enough to remember that!
re: #472 Timothy Watson
Anyone remember the good ol’ GOP talking point that supporting gay-marriage bans would usher in an era of most Hispanics supporting the GOP?
Which also showed how little they understand Latinos. The ones I know were far more accepting of their gay relatives than some white families I knew.
re: #472 Timothy Watson
Anyone remember the good ol’ GOP talking point that supporting gay-marriage bans would usher in an era of most Hispanics supporting the GOP?
I know a lot of gays who like low taxes and small government, but only the most idiotic and self-denying could support the modern GOP
re: #378 Tigger2
She was leading in all of them before too, just by much narrower margins.
re: #467 The Vicious Babushka
I just saw a Tweet from somebody with “Deplorable” in their screen name, which featured a screenshot from the Angel Dark video with Alicia Marchado’s head Photoshopped over it.
No not embedding and I already blocked that creep.
Here is a longer clip. It begins with the reality stars celebrating a Mexican fiesta (and apparently drinking tequila shots). The women watching the proceedings on the right hand of the split screen are I think the mothers of the reality stars. Yes, really.
There’s an intro by a TV host. The clip from La Granja VIP begins at 00:40.
As for Angel Dark, the porn sites are capitalizing on all this unexpected traffic by deliberately relabeling Angel Dark videos with Alicia’s name, thereby compounding the problem, since RWNJs are too stupid to realize the switch.
Machado and Clinton’s team are smart people. They must have known this sort of shit would happen, given the calibre of people who follow Trump. Machado is a brave lady.
There were lots of people worried about Clinton’s age, but she’s the only 21st century candidate running.
I haz a sad:
… The Bear was very poorly a few weeks ago, which made me think about it more. He’s rallied since & doing well right now….
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) September 30, 2016
… 21st birthday (October) seems as good as any for him to retire and finally focus on writing his existential novel…
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) September 30, 2016
re: #481 Belafon
There were lots of people worried about Clinton’s age, but she’s the only 21st century candidate running.
She probably has a lot of younger people advising her, while Trump seems to only take advice from codgers and his animatronic children.
OT: My neighbour is out mowing my lawn for me, as I cannot push my lawn mower due to my recent elbow surgery.
I will have to go to bed soon, pain meds kicking in.
Charles Pierce has a new name for Gary Johnson: Carmen Sandiego of Weed City.
BREAKING: Alabama judicial court suspends chief justice Roy Moore for rest of term over his defiance of gay marriage.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2016
re: #486 Anymouse
OT: My neighbour is out mowing my lawn for me, as I cannot push my lawn mower due to my recent elbow surgery.
I will have to go to bed soon, pain meds kicking in.
I’m going to bed, too. It’s 1:00 am here and I’m trying to keep regular sleeping hours, despite the temptation to relish in the latest Trump scandals in both English and Spanish.
Hasta luego!
I think Hillary’s a pathological liar, too. But what’s the actual medical theory here? Tuberculosis? Black lung? https://t.co/gDdPeqYkjE
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 30, 2016
Pathological liars do not get embarrassed & apologize when they’re corrected. But facts don’t care about your feelings. https://t.co/GpKw3e0P5h
— (((Beelzebabushka))) (@viciousbabushka) September 30, 2016
WTF is going on with this LATimes outlier poll?
Here’s where the presidential race stands today in our daily tracking poll: https://t.co/WAYYRDmOWU pic.twitter.com/aSB6JOv0oE
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 30, 2016
re: #480 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Machado and Clinton’s team are smart people. They must have known this sort of shit would happen, given the calibre of people who follow Trump. Machado is a brave lady.
They saw what happened to the Khan family and must have been well prepared.
re: #466 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hispanics are rather strongly Catholic and highly family oriented.Naturals for the Conservative Coalition, but Hispanics also favor institutions that help families, like strong communities, local governments, good education and active public services.
So yeah, best to write ‘em off.
The thing about Hispanics is they actually mean it when they talk about family so when they see the GOP talk about family values and then the reality of GOP politics, they know the GOP is full of shit.
re: #490 The Vicious Babushka
Black Lung? Is Mr. Shapiro implying Hillary Clinton might have been a coal miner?
FFS, I had tuberculosis in 1987. It is curable with antibiotics.
Regarding mail in ballots. I don’t know what it is like in other states, but I read something very disturbing about how Ohio will be treating them.
If there is one glitch in the info on the ballot…like a bad zip code, unclear writing of the address, sloppy signature that doesn’t match up to the records, etc. it could cause it to not be counted.
Another issue…if you request a mail ballot but do not use it and go to the polls to vote…you will not be allowed. And it will already be too late to get your ballot in the mail in time in most cases.
I am trying to find the article I saw, but cannot relocate it.
I’m seriously thinking of not asking for a mail in ballot and just going to my polling place to make sure (well, as sure as I can here in Ohio). I might go around 10 am when there might be less people just before lunch.
So if you mail in your ballot, you might want to make sure what your state’s disqualifying properties could cause your ballot to be tossed out.
Yeah… Ohio Secretary of State John Husted has me worried.
re: #415 dangerman
every day i take 10 steps back and look at what trump and his R enablers have turned this election into. what they are, how they behave and think.
I am George Washington
i am embarrassed for and to be an american
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
—Thomas Jefferson
re: #496 Anymouse
Black Lung? Is Mr. Shapiro implying Hillary Clinton might have been a coal miner?
FFS, I had tuberculosis in 1987. It is curable with antibiotics.
Baby Whiplash feels Hillary is just as big of a liar as Trump. I told him facts don’t care about his feelings.
re: #476 Belafon
Which also showed how little they understand Latinos. The ones I know were far more accepting of their gay relatives than some white families I knew.
They thought the same thing would happen with African-Americans too when Obama came out in favor of SSM four years ago. Anyhow, the thing about Hispanics and I think I can speak with some authority on this issue since my brother’s in laws are Hispanics is Hispanics really are big on family. Not only does my sister in law treat me like a brother but her sisters do and furthermore her cousins treat me like family too. They’re all also wonderful to my grandmother and parents.
re: #487 Skip Intro
I love the nicknames he gives things.
just took a few minutes to do some musings:
constituional crises and challenges i have seen
vice president resigns
first use of 25th amendement appointing Ford
watergate and a president resigns
iran contra
impeachment
bush v gore and everything that preceded it (butterfly ballots etc)
8 supreme court justices
“is the president a natural born citizen”
this doesnt count “mere” supreme court decisions many of which were constitutional crises or fundamental “redefinitions” (depending on your perspective) - roe, loving, griswold, hobby lobby, citizens united, obergefell, miranda, heller
doesnt count congressional scandals and resignations and all that
nor presidental race scandals - 1968, gary hart, john edwards
nor “investigations” - whitewater, paula jones, clarence thomas, benghazi, emails,
this took 5 minutes
im sure a missed many others
i dont know if the bounds of the constitution and our system of electing and governing have always been this regularly tested.
it seems like a lot has happened in my one not very long (yet) lifetime that go to the very heart of what the constitution is, means, and does.
i have no idea what trump means in relation to all this
re: #492 Jay C
It was 2004. W got in the 40’s for Hispanic votes. I’m no fan of George W. Bush in general but I think he sincerely embraced Hispanics because like myself he has Hispanic in laws through his brother and I think his time as an oilman and baseball owner gave him a lot of exposure to Hispanic people and their families that your average Republican does not.
re: #462 The Vicious Babushka
Do you know how fashion can send a feminist message? How about designing clothes for women who are larger than a size 0? What they’re doing now is the opposite of a “feminist” message.
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how about this for a message: “feminism” shouldnt be necessary
re: #499 The Vicious Babushka
Baby Whiplash feels Hillary is just as big of a liar as Trump. I told him facts don’t care about his feelings.
Heh nice one.
re: #479 Ziggy_TARDIS
She was leading in all of them before too, just by much narrower margins.
as i said this AM, she has never been forecast below 270 and he has never been forecast above 270.
not even for one day
Another thing but Hispanics are by far the most pro labor union demographic in our country. Don’t think the GOP and right’s hostility towards labor hasn’t hurt as well.
re: #497 ObserverArt
Like Oregon, mail voting is mandatory in most of Nebraska (the rural areas). While I can mail my ballot, I will take it to the county seat and hand it directly over to the elections commissioner. (She does all the checks right at the desk to ensure everything is okay.)
We don’t have the voter fraud ID nonsense in Nebraska. It’s like Republicans only employ that strategy in states where the elections might be close.
If there were actual in-person voter fraud, they would impose it in every state with a majority Republican legislature. For us in Nebraska, it is about as easy to vote as in liberal Oregon.
re: #491 The Vicious Babushka
WTF is going on with this LATimes outlier poll?
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What I understand is:
1. It’s a 7 day tracking poll of the same people
2. The sample is pro-Trump overall, has been from the beginning. The actual numbers don’t matter, but it does show trends.
3. You won’t see the debate fully factored in until next Tuesday.
re: #503 HappyWarrior
Thanks for the response. For some reason #492 didn’t show up completely for me, so I deleted it. I guess I was just unlucky…..
re: #486 Anymouse
OT: My neighbour is out mowing my lawn for me, as I cannot push my lawn mower due to my recent elbow surgery.
I will have to go to bed soon, pain meds kicking in.
imma try that with my neighbor
So, @realDonaldTrump is tough on Gold Star families and Miss Universe winners. But not so tough on @HillaryClinton and Vladimir Putin.
— Wrath of Khan (@WrathOfKhan2016) September 30, 2016
re: #483 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Now I have one too. I always enjoyed those tweets placed here by you.
re: #510 KingKenrod
What I understand is:
1. It’s a 7 day tracking poll of the same people
2. The sample is pro-Trump overall, has been from the beginning. The actual numbers don’t matter, but it does show trends.
3. You won’t see the debate fully factored in until next Tuesday.
It also uses some completely nonstandard methodology when someone ranks 0-100 how likely they are to vote for a candidate. So, someone saying that there is a 100% chance they will vote for Trump is counted more than 80% support for Clinton.
Why #NotHillary? Because she didn’t attack Gold Star families like @TeamTrump & @realDonaldTrump did!#fudt pic.twitter.com/goID42U72b
— FingersUpforDT (@FingersUpforDT) September 30, 2016
re: #513 Anymouse
Well, I am paying him so there is that.
mines a rider, with a cup holder….i could stock it
re: #515 ObserverArt
Now I have one too. I always enjoyed those tweets placed here by you.
… I’m going to RT a few “best of” tweets before then & will keep the account open, & will keep tweeting from @MYSMUGCAT & @MYSWEARYCAT…
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) September 30, 2016
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) September 30, 2016
re: #506 dangerman
Yeah, I think Silver has lost it.
Even with her doing better in his model, I will not let up. He is including some really shady pollsters in his model. Including a massive number of online polls, the demographically questionable CNN polls, the polls by CVoter (an Indian Polling Organization that has been caught massaging the data for people who purchased their services in the past), and the LA Times/Dornsife polls. Plus his inclusion of Rasmussen.
Many people say this.
Many. https://t.co/fwYAw2JvHk— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 30, 2016
Remember, don’t believe “sources said” by the VERY dishonest media. If they don’t name the sources, the sources don’t exist.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
re: #482 Ziggy_TARDIS
In what should be a surprise to no one, it looks like the Hipsters are pretty racist.
Um… that’s my apartment building, and it’s not racism that my neighbors don’t want their kids moved.
P.S. 199 is less than 60 yards from our front door, and one of the top public schools in the city. It’s won lots of awards. It’s one of the prime selling points for why people move in here. P.S. 191 is more than 1/2 mile away.
I saw the words “Trump Sex Tape” in a head line, but luckily my coworkers were able to stop me before I committed seppuku.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 30, 2016
re: #524 Kragar
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I’ll take other things I could die without seeing for 800, Alex.
A group of Star Trek actors and writers have formed “Trek against Trump.”
I wonder what their agenda is? /s
Damn crazy ass weather today in the central Ohio area. Since about 8 AM this morning it has been one small storm after another. Rumbling, then a steady downpour, then a bit clear, then rumbling, some small hail, then another downpour.
Rumbling again right now. Probably another downpour soon. I think there are flash flood warnings because we probably have gotten a few inches of rain by now.
Oh yeah, and they are all coming at us from the south east! That is very different.
And I have lights on in many places because it is just plain gloomy. Sigh.
And here comes the rain…
Just found out I’m two months away from having paid off all of my(and my ex’s) student loan debt.
Hillary Thugs Rig Radio Idiot Michael Savage’s Mic for Some Reason and Forget to Murder Him
The following numbered list is a complete accounting of every American who has been silenced, censored, sabotaged or otherwise punished for expressing doubts about Hillary Clinton’s health, according to Michael Savage:
1. Michael Savage
Gee, ya think?
How Trump’s tweet storm on Alicia Machado points to deeper problems https://t.co/CGytBRj0nz pic.twitter.com/tw2vXQCTUm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 30, 2016
In case anyone was wondering:
Because many have asked, I will now give my official statement on the Chicago Tribune’s endorsement of Gary Johnson for president: pic.twitter.com/opOwtOhTJ3
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) September 30, 2016
re: #530 Lidane
Gee, ya think?
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No shit. He’s in meltdown mode.
I’m wondering how she’s going to set him off at the next debate. She showed how easy it is to push his buttons. I definitely think she brings up the Eichenwald-Cuba article.
re: #529 Anymouse
Hillary Thugs Rig Radio Idiot Michael Savage’s Mic for Some Reason and Forget to Murder Him
The crackdown is here… and the Blue Shirts are cracking skulls. Yes, it’s true: A single, second-tier ethno-nationalist radio clown had tech issues during his show, and his station temporarily replaced his feed with another show.
No way. Michael Weiner Savage hasn’t been second-tier since the 90’s. More like 4th or 5th tier now.
This guy is so awesome screwing with a scammer If true, it’s on the Net after all so I take it with a grain of salt. lol
re: #533 Varek Raith
CHYNA syndrome.
He’s gonna go New Klee Ear!
Seriously, I have my doubts if he is going to make it to the 9th of October for the next debate. Late night tweeting, no sleep, poor eating habits of burgers, fries and buckets of The Colonel…and who knows what else…and Donny may just fall down hisownself.
re: #530 Lidane
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i do not in any way excuse the press for being asleep at the wheel for the last year
as long as at least this level of reporting and analysis continues - somewhat objectively, the media will not offensively tip the scales
that most of this is self inflicted, some of the stories dangerous and scathing (and maybe held up for good timing), the debate performance, it would be really hard to continue to give him a blatant and ridiculous total pass on *everything* he is and has done. some of it is despicable and deplorable. you cant be accused of piling on becuase he wants to own it. let him.
What will the Trumpsters take from this statement?
ANCHOR BABY!!!
“I will not be bullied or silenced. I’m standing with women and the Latino community everywhere.” pic.twitter.com/oz9vSNlqVr
— Alicia Machado (@machadooficial) September 30, 2016
re: #534 HappyWarrior
I’m wondering how she’s going to set him off at the next debate. She showed how easy it is to push his buttons. I definitely think she brings up the Eichenwald-Cuba article.
… in the last few minutes
that was like a master stroke
re: #539 FormerDirtDart
What will the Trumpsters take from this statement?
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re: #411 MsJ
It wasn’t on them, Fox cancelled the series :-)
I saw an electronic billboard advert for Gov. Johnson in Cheyenne when I went in for surgery; that was the first ad I ever saw for a Libertarian. (My wife said she used to keep tons of yard signs for Libertarians in her garage before she met me to hand out, but she’s all better now.)
The ad had a slogan: Gov. Gary Johnson for President: Astonishingly Honest.
Well, he was astonishingly honest about not knowing what an Aleppo was or who Harriet Tubman is… .
Anyone know where to send a donation to the Trump for President campaign?
Seriously. I want to give him my two cents.
We all should.
re: #34 Targetpractice
For whatever reason, Trump thinks like all wingnuts do, that Bill is her Achilles’ heel. Attack her on that and it’s an instant win.
Bill Clinton was an outstanding President — definitely one of the best this country has ever had. The economy was booming during his tenure and he was a well spoken, charming, charismatic guy. I remember him playing the saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s show.
Trump going after a popular ex-President is foolish given the fact that Trump himself is a known philanderer on his 3rd marriage. Plus, he lacks President Clinton’s easy charm and intelligence. But let him go for it. Secretary Clinton can handle him. She has been dealing with bullies for her entire adult life.
re: #542 piratedan
It wasn’t on them, Fox cancelled the series :-)
Oh, I know. I thought both of them would get a laugh. I love Nathan Fillion.