Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
No Puppet No Puppet: Two Weeks to Go; The Latest Polls; Good news from Arizona; Audio of Trump praising Hillary in 2008; The 282 People, Places, Things Trump Insulted on Twitter; Obama reads Trump’s Mean Tweet; Kellyanne Conway scolds Trump; Trump TV is underway; and more.
Wayne Allen Root (Trump supporter): Trump couldn’t have groped anyone:
“If you’re a Christian, you just can’t spend your life worrying about the words of Donald Trump from 11 years ago,” Root said, “or what women he groped 30 years ago. I don’t believe any of it anyway. I believe Donald Trump is one of the handsomest billionaires that’s ever lived; I don’t think he ever had to grope a single woman ever. I think they threw themselves at him, so it’s all a lie.”
re: #1 Anymouse
This assclown Root is basically a GamerGater, which is consistent with Trump being a RWNJ comment board incarnate
re: #2 EPR-radar
This assclown Root is basically a GamerGater, which is consistent with Trump being a RWNJ comment board incarnate
He was also the Libertarian Party candidate for President in 2008. I asked my wife about that, she said “it wasn’t my fault.”
I’m off to bed. Night all.
The continuing dumpster fire is trending toward the Hildebeast. Which is a clarion call! Three trumpet blasts!
We should all embrace the coming of the end days and the rise of the AntiChrist. And the coming of the Four Horsemen. Unless there are a couple of horsewomen. Whatever.
Because Benghazi. And words. Bigly!
re: #4 austin_blue
I’m off to bed. Night all.
The continuing dumpster fire is trending toward the Hildebeast. Which is a clarion call! Three trumpet blasts!
We should all embrace the coming of the end days and the rise of the AntiChrist. And the coming of the Four Horsemen. Unless there are a couple of horsewomen. Whatever.
Because Benghazi. And words. Bigly!
G’night, Austin Blue. We’ll keep the lights on for you.
@ScottAdamsSays Leaving aside the fact that Trump is the ISIS candidate, you’ve just out-creeped your usual self and that was hard to do.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) October 26, 2016
re: #5 Anymouse
G’night, Austin Blue. We’ll keep the lights on for you.
Thanks, my man, you’re an absolute peach of a human being. Keep fighting the good fight.
re: #7 austin_blue
Thanks, my man, you’re an absolute peach of a human being. Keep fighting the good fight.
A peach? I always considered myself sort of a plum, but okay.
As for fighting the good fight, some day we can turn western Nebraska blue (around the XXIII Century).
re: #8 Anymouse
A peach? I always considered myself sort of a plum, but okay.
As for fighting the good fight, some day we can turn western Nebraska blue (around the XXIII Century).
Nah, sooner than that—when they reverse the colors to conform with standard practice.
FACTS DON’T WORK THAT WAY! @petridishes
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 26, 2016
re: #10 Ace-o-aces
and THIS is why the GOP can’t be taken seriously about damn near everything. They want to live in their own fucking reality, it simply doesn’t fucking help if one of our political parties has decided to become willingly autistic.
re: #11 piratedan
and THIS is why the GOP can’t be taken seriously about damn near everything. They want to live in their own fucking reality, it simply doesn’t fucking help if one of our political parties has decided to become willingly autistic.
Not autistic: Autism doesn’t mean “denying reality.”
@WillMcLeod99 @maramcewin
I can see Russia from my yogurt shop.— Casey Louis (@CaseyLouis31) October 25, 2016
@WillMcLeod99 I call her chemtrail barbie
— (((Maggie Boo)))🐱 (@maggiepriceless) October 25, 2016
The eggs Beyonce laid inside the brains of white conservative America have begun to hatch.https://t.co/GjzDnChp7B
— Frank & Steinly (@goddamnedfrank) October 26, 2016
Raw Story has an article of the four most likely voter intimidation tactics that might be encountered at the polls (includes a hotline telephone number for the ACLU).
If you live in a really liberal state like Oregon or a really conservative one like Nebraska, you have mail voting so you don’t have to worry about Trumpistas or poll workers with guns on their hips, or people with clipboards walking down lines telling you that the polls will close before you get to them.
Michigan Republicans see the writing on the wall. State GOP won’t host an Election Day party. They’ll drink alone. https://t.co/VRloI7otHc
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) October 26, 2016
TL/DR version: “If all else fails and you feel like something is wrong, call the hotline above or contact the ACLU at[no phone numbers allowed] or other voter protection hotlines at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.”
Well, I guess the ACLU voter intimidation number can’t be posted here. It’s in the Raw Story article if you want it.
re: #15 Kragar
Michigan Republicans see the writing on the wall. State GOP won’t host an Election Day party. They’ll drink alone.
No matter. We know who has the taco trucks.
#NowPlaying Umphrey’s McGee > Zonkey > Ace of Long Nights https://t.co/M8eaVoXvnD
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 23, 2016
A bolded passage in a Cernovich article. He really needs a spellchecker.
The let still controls the news cycle because they break stories (hoaxes, yes, but their is power in hoaxing).
re: #20 Nyet
A bolded passage in a Cernovich article. He really needs a spellchecker.
That’s what makes spellcheckers worthless: “Let” and “their” are perfectly good words. So is “hat”, which I type for “that” half the time. He needs to pay some attention is what.
re: #20 Nyet
A bolded passage in a Cernovich article. He really needs a spellchecker.
A spellchecker would not have caught that, as “let” is a word.
He needs command of vocabulary - a computer won’t help him much with that.
George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic endorses Hillary Clinton.
Sure, Donald Trump built a real estate empire.
But George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic has built an empire of funk and he has this to say: “No funk in da’ Trump.”
…
“He couldn’t possibly be in there (the White House), beyond no circumstances, I don’t care,” Clinton said. “I’m for her and that’s just cut and dry. You have to say something about that and he ain’t qualified for that, he’s just no way.”
Clinton stressed the importance of getting out to vote.
“Even if you if you don’t want to vote, it ain’t more twisted than that,” Clinton said. “You have to get (blanked) off at this point”
Just got back from the Ghost concert in Phoenix. So good. They even dedicated a song to Trump.
re: #25 IngisKahn
Just got back from the Ghost concert in Phoenix. So good. They even dedicated a song to Trump.
I hope they come around to my neck of the woods next year; I’m looking forward to seeing them.
I’m off to bed. I did my part today and voted - Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine will get two votes from my county (my wife’s and my own).
CLEVELAND: We want a championship.
DEVIL: ok, but you’ll have to host the Republicans.
CLE: …Fine.
DEVIL: Trump’s the guy.
CLE: We want 2.— Adam P. (@WAPratt) October 26, 2016
Experts on fascism agree that Trump is not a fascist yet, but there are enough similarities to make one’s skin crawl.
re: #29 Nyet
Experts on fascism agree that Trump is not a fascist yet, but there are enough similarities to make one’s skin crawl.
Yeah, he’s closer to a Fascist—properly so called—than to a Nazi, although a lot of actual Nazis support him. I guess they figured the whole Falangist thing with Santorum wasn’t catching on, so they’d try a pipsqueak Mussolini wannabe. Benito was a Titan compared with this guy.
Btw is there a button to make a comment into a tweet?
re: #2 EPR-radar
This assclown Root is basically a GamerGater, which is consistent with Trump being a RWNJ comment board incarnate
a regular contributor at newsmax, too…
re: #29 Nyet
Experts on fascism agree that Trump is not a fascist yet, but there are enough similarities to make one’s skin crawl.
I do not waste a lot of time or breath discussing him: I simply state that he is not qualified for office. He has no record of public service, his business record is entirely dubious, and his personal life even more so.
Just in case y’all have nothing else better to do, you can read a treasure trove of primary documents relating to Donald Trump.
Two weeks before Election Day, the Virginia Department of Elections temporarily blocked the registrar of the state’s most populous locality from posting to a statewide email list after the Fairfax County official strongly criticized the Virginia’s spotty computer system.On a state-administered listserv email group for registrars, local officials discussed problems they were seeing Tuesday morning with old absentee ballot applications showing up in their queues to be processed.
The state has been plagued by IT problems in the runup to Election Day, with system crashes forcing the state to extend the voter registration period last week.
At 8:50 a.m., Fairfax Registrar Cameron Sasnett sent a screenshot of absentee voter applications that he said showed up in the Fairfax system Tuesday morning, despite being submitted in August and September.
“Where in the hell were these?!?!” wrote Sasnett, who also publicly criticized the state elections agency at a General Assembly hearing this month, according to emails that were obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Around 10 a.m., Sasnett said in an interview, he received a phone call from Elizabeth L. Howard, deputy commissioner of the state elections agency, informing him that his posting privileges were being suspended because of “inappropriate language.”
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Germany has no-go areas, according to Podesta.
The German police admits that large immigrant areas of Berlin, Hamburg, the Ruhr Area, etc. have become police no-go areas, where criminals and extremists have free reign. Within no time at all, a lone police patrol car making a foray into Germany’s ethnic war zones finds itself surrounded by a baying lynch mob, much like US soldiers in Baghdad at the height of the troubles, added Roman Reusch.
For the non-Twitterfied, a holiday snap from klys:
Hiked this today. It was magic.
Also, way too hot for October. pic.twitter.com/z7yKxnbl44— sylk (@sylk) October 26, 2016
re: #4 austin_blue
War is most definitively a woman. And Pestilence retired in 1936.
// From the book, Good Omens.
re: #36 Emptor scriptor Remorse
Do you have reading comprehension problems? The email is to Podesta, not from him. Probably some random crackpot who got his address. I eagerly await the release of emails showing Podesta’s interest in male enhancement.
re: #37 Alyosha
Where is that? [Maybe i need to ask klys.]
re: #40 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Where is that? [Maybe i need to ask klys.]
Looks like Fushimi Inari Shrine outside of Kyoto (with its series of torii gates), but it might be another one.
re: #42 Barefoot Grin
Looks like Fushimi Inari Shrine outside of Kyoto (with its series of torii gates), but it might be another one.
Inari Taisha, Kyoto, klys tells me. So, you were close.
kyls and the Mr. should hike the Yamanobe trail between Nara and Tenri. Tenri is the headquarters of a “new” religion. It’s a trip.
re: #39 Weaselone
Do you have reading comprehension problems? The email is too Podesta, not from him. Probably some random crackpot who got his address. I eagerly await the release of emails showing Podesta’s interest in male enhancement.
Just wait until his ties to that Nigerian prince come out.
//
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I awoke this morning to learn that Megyn Kelly and Newt Gingrich clashed last night over the nature of media coverage. Newt was busy complaining about how it was all about Trump’s sex scandals.
Well, Trump did say he was a sex predator. He did put his own character and judgment in question by saying as much (repeatedly). That women came forward to corroborate Trump’s statement shouldn’t be a surprise, nor should it surprise anyone that they waited to come forward for precisely the reasons that Trump stated - that he’s willing to sue anyone and makes threats of same on a regular basis, and that he’s Donald f’in Trump and he thinks he can get away with it because he’s rich and famous.
The women who claim they’ve been attacked by Trump have come forward because there’s strength in numbers. And it makes dismissing their claims more difficult.
But Trump nuts have decided to attack Kelly and these women all the same. They are fulfilling the deplorable moniker with every new statement, and Newt’s own arguments show how misogyny is part and parcel of the Trump strategy.
Well, the Wikileak’s server is disappeared here in Fed land. Not blocked (like in Jeffreyw’s posts where the netnanny tells me personal storage sites are blocked), the request just goes into the ether and I get the:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wikileaks.org.
— The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
— If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
— If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
KONSPIRACI
re: #1 Anymouse
It’s Wayne Allen Root. That’s your problem right there.
re: #48 Le Lapin Tueur
Well, the Wikileak’s server is disappeared here in Fed land. Not blocked (like in Jeffreyw’s posts where the netnanny tells me personal storage sites are blocked), the request just goes into the ether and I get the:
KONSPIRACI
I fix for you!
I read a lovely hypothetical that, given Trump’s nature, is entirely possible and would maximize the damage he does to the GOP. What if he decides not to wait until after he has lost the election to refuse to concede because the election was rigged? If Trump is headed toward a landslide defeat, he might decide to avoid the humiliation altogether by announcing he is boycotting the election because its “rigged.” Then, from his pov, he didn’t actually lose because he quit a rigged game. He and Bannon would also get satisfaction from devastating the GOP establishment as they go down to defeat thanks to millions of Trump voters staying home; revenge for their refusal to fully back Trump’s candidacy. I can hope for this to happen, right?
re: #53 Big Beautiful Door
I read a lovely hypothetical that, given Trump’s nature, is entirely possible and would maximize the damage he does to the GOP. What if he decides not to wait until after he has lost the election to refuse to concede because the election was rigged? If Trump is headed toward a landslide defeat, he might decide to avoid the humiliation altogether by announcing he is boycotting the election because its “rigged.” Then, from his pov, he didn’t actually lose because he quit a rigged game. He and Bannon would also get satisfaction from devastating the GOP establishment as they go down to defeat thanks to millions of Trump voters staying home; revenge for their refusal to fully back Trump’s candidacy. I can hope for this to happen, right?
Yes, you can hope for that. To be honest, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if Trump really did pull something like that, given his nature and Bannon being the bomb-thrower that he is, I could easily see him cheerfully colluding in such an effort.
re: #53 Big Beautiful Door
I read a lovely hypothetical that, given Trump’s nature, is entirely possible and would maximize the damage he does to the GOP. What if he decides not to wait until after he has lost the election to refuse to concede because the election was rigged? If Trump is headed toward a landslide defeat, he might decide to avoid the humiliation altogether by announcing he is boycotting the election because its “rigged.” Then, from his pov, he didn’t actually lose because he quit a rigged game. He and Bannon would also get satisfaction from devastating the GOP establishment as they go down to defeat thanks to millions of Trump voters staying home; revenge for their refusal to fully back Trump’s candidacy. I can hope for this to happen, right?
Nice thought, this: but again in the category of ” we can only hope”….
I can get behind the idea of the egomaniac Trump “boycotting” the election over some BS or other, but I can only see it happening if polling keeps drifting away towards Clinton/Democrats without stabilizing in the last 10 days or so. I.e., if Hillary’s win starts to look more like FDR in 1936, rather than Obama in 2008.
re: #53 Big Beautiful Door
I read a lovely hypothetical that, given Trump’s nature, is entirely possible and would maximize the damage he does to the GOP. What if he decides not to wait until after he has lost the election to refuse to concede because the election was rigged? If Trump is headed toward a landslide defeat, he might decide to avoid the humiliation altogether by announcing he is boycotting the election because its “rigged.” Then, from his pov, he didn’t actually lose because he quit a rigged game. He and Bannon would also get satisfaction from devastating the GOP establishment as they go down to defeat thanks to millions of Trump voters staying home; revenge for their refusal to fully back Trump’s candidacy. I can hope for this to happen, right?
Like the fact that he’s already halted major fundraising? (h/t dailykos.com)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has effectively shut down his high-dollar fundraising operation for the rest of the campaign, a highly unusual move that deals another serious blow to the GOP’s effort to finance its get-out-the-vote operation before Election Day.
…Trump’s decision effectively turns off one of the main spigots to the Republican National Committee, which collected $40 million through Trump Victory as of Sept. 30. The party has devoted a large share of the funds to pay for its national voter mobilization program to benefit the entire Republican ticket.
…the RNC gets only 20 percent of the money that Trump raises online in conjunction with the party, while the vast majority of the big checks contributed to Trump Victory are routed to the party.
re: #56 Belafon
Trump is getting the revenge he’s wanted on the Republican Party.
What was really insightful about Michiko Kakutani’s review of HITLER was that even Hitler wasn’t really a fascist in 1930. He was a tiny little troll of little consequence … but it took the widespread breakdown of democratic structures to weaponize the little shit and turn the Nazis into the greatest evil of human history.
So, no, Trump isn’t Hitler. And Trump isn’t really a great fascist dictator. But he’s a symptom of a much great decay, and that decay could metastasize if Americans aren’t more careful. Civilization and progress doesn’t happen by accident; it’s a deliberate choice that people fight to realize every day.
re: #58 LastYearsMan
What was really insightful about Michiko Kakutani’s review of HITLER was that even Hitler wasn’t really a fascist in 1930. He was a tiny little troll of little consequence … but it took the widespread breakdown of democratic structures to weaponize the little shit and turn the Nazis into the greatest evil of human history.
So, no, Trump isn’t Hitler. And Trump isn’t really a great fascist dictator. But he’s a symptom of a much great decay, and that decay could metastasize if Americans aren’t more careful. Civilization and progress doesn’t happen by accident; it’s a deliberate choice that people fight to realize every day.
And we will make that choice again when we elect Clinton President on November 8.
What if Trump’s concession speech is “Haha. Fooled you. Bill Clinton didn’t believe I could get the Republican nomination. Now he owes me a dollar.”?
re: #56 Belafon
Like the fact that he’s already halted major fundraising? (h/t dailykos.com)
Bingo. That hurts the GOP, but if Bannon really wants to burn the house down so he can build a new alt-right party over the rubble, boycotting the election to sweep the GOP out of power would cause even more devastation, which is why I think its a real possibility. One thing that might keep Trump from doing it is fear that he would be labeled a quitter, though that has to be balanced against his fear of being labeled a loser.
re: #58 LastYearsMan
What was really insightful about Michiko Kakutani’s review of HITLER was that even Hitler wasn’t really a fascist in 1930. He was a tiny little troll of little consequence … but it took the widespread breakdown of democratic structures to weaponize the little shit and turn the Nazis into the greatest evil of human history.
So, no, Trump isn’t Hitler. And Trump isn’t really a great fascist dictator. But he’s a symptom of a much great decay, and that decay could metastasize if Americans aren’t more careful. Civilization and progress doesn’t happen by accident; it’s a deliberate choice that people fight to realize every day.
After the Beer Hall Pustch debacle, most German political commentators of the era reckoned Hitler was finished, and he’d go down as a bizarre little footnote in German history. That was actually a reasonable assumption at the time - subsequent events would alter that view of course, but looking back to the particular moment in time, yeah…..I would’ve figured that Hitler had gambled and failed miserably and he’d never be heard from again, aside from as the butt of jokes.
re: #60 Belafon
What if Trump’s concession speech is “Haha. Fooled you. Bill Clinton didn’t believe I could get the Republican nomination. Now he owes me a dollar.”?
He better be prepared to go into hiding if he does that.
T-Mac kicking ass on WTOP about SenatedonationGate.
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
After the Beer Hall Pustch debacle, most German political commentators of the era reckoned Hitler was finished, and he’d go down as a bizarre little footnote in German history. That was actually a reasonable assumption at the time - subsequent events would alter that view of course, but looking back to the particular moment in time, yeah…..I would’ve figured that Hitler had gambled and failed miserably and he’d never be heard from again, aside from as the butt of jokes.
The depression resurged the NSDAP, that’s why I worry about an economic downturn propelling a more competent version of Trump or someone like him to the WH.
re: #64 Timothy Watson
T-Mac kicking ass on WTOP about SenatedonationGate.
I can’t think of who T-Mac is, and I don’t know about SenatedonationGate.
re: #66 Belafon
I can’t think of who T-Mac is, and I don’t know about SenatedonationGate.
Terry McAuliffe and the FBI agent’s wife who ran for state senate against Al-Assad’s man in Richmond, Dick Black.
re: #65 HappyWarrior
The depression resurged the NSDAP, that’s why I worry about an economic downturn propelling a more competent version of Trump or someone like him to the WH.
Or, as we found out in 2000, too much of a good economy. That’s always the trouble in a Democracy, and doubly so when so many decide that facts are just someone’s opinion.
re: #67 HappyWarrior
Terry McAuliffe and the FBI agent’s wife who ran for state senate against Al-Assad’s man in Richmond, Dick Black.
Thanks.
re: #66 Belafon
I can’t think of who T-Mac is, and I don’t know about SenatedonationGate.
Terry McAuliffe and the dastardly donation to a state Senate candidate, who is the wife of the future FBI deputy director that was a couple levels above the Clinton email investigation.
EXCLU: @realDonaldTrump #WalkOfFame star destroyed by vandal Read here: https://t.co/NqGnncyrPi pic.twitter.com/ReFkXZDIJc
— Dominic Patten (@DeadlineDominic) October 26, 2016
re: #69 Belafon
Or, as we found out in 2000, too much of a good economy. That’s always the trouble in a Democracy, and doubly so when so many decide that facts are just someone’s opinion.
True as well.
re: #71 Timothy Watson
Terry McAuliffe and the dastardly donation to a state Senate candidate, who is the wife of the future FBI deputy director that was a couple levels above the Clinton email investigation.
The stupid thing is the Va Dems have been trying to get Black for a while. As I got at, he’s an Assad apologist to the point where he wrote him a letter praising him.
re: #72 lawhawk
Which is why you can never discount a conservative receiving death threats. It’s a shame; we should be able to at least say liberals would never do that.
In hindsight, I knew Black was bad news when I was a kid and one of my friend’s wingnut mothers had some of his campaign lit.
re: #77 Belafon
Which is why you can never discount a conservative receiving death threats. It’s a shame; we should be able to at least say liberals would never do that.
Best we can do is condemn all death threats and not make excuses.
re: #74 HappyWarrior
The stupid thing is the Va Dems have been trying to get Black for a while. As I got at, he’s an Assad apologist to the point where he wrote him a letter praising him.
And opposed making marital rape a crime.
re: #80 Timothy Watson
And opposed making martial rape a crime.
He’s just awful in so many ways and he’s my state senator agh.
re: #69 Belafon
Or, as we found out in 2000, too much of a good economy. That’s always the trouble in a Democracy, and doubly so when so many decide that facts are just someone’s opinion.
A big cause of Gore’s defeat in 2000 was simply the flip in third party voting. Gore actually got almost the same percentage of the vote as Clinton got in ‘96, but in ‘96 Perot took over 8% of the vote, mostly from the GOP. In 2000 the Reform Party Nominee, Pat Buchanan, got only about 400,000 votes, while Nader took nearly 3 million, just enough to allow Bush to squeak to victory. The third party vote looks much more balanced this year; Johnson and Stein may draw a bit more Democratic than GOP support, but McMullin may win Utah and cost Trump 6 electoral votes.
re: #81 HappyWarrior
He’s just awful in so many ways and he’s my state senator agh.
Are you also in Bob Marshall’s house district too?
re: #83 Timothy Watson
Are you also in Bob Marshall’s house district too?
No, Varek is though. I have Dave Larock who is a TO guy who replaced Joe May, a moderate. I grew up with Janet Howell and Tom Rust, funnily as the state has grown more liberal, my representatives have grown more nutty.
Despite the debate moderators all irresponsibly ignoring the issue of climate change, the campaigns actually had a debate on the issue which is available to watch.
re: #57 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Trump is getting the revenge he’s wanted on the Republican Party.
Yes, but his quest for revenge on Obama (for getting his ass handed to him at the Correspondents’ Dinner) remains unfulfilled.
May it eat at him for the remainder of his time on Earth.
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
re: #87 makeitstop
Yes, but his quest for revenge on Obama (for getting his ass handed to him at the Correspondents’ Dinner) remains unfulfilled.
May it eat at him for the remainder of his time on Earth.
Obama has been making sure Trump never forgets. It’s a delight to watch.
re: #57 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Trump is getting the revenge he’s wanted on the Republican Party.
Well maybe: but like most of Trump’s projects, it will probably turn out to be a hollow scam, and quickly go bust. The Republican Party isn’t going to go away after November’s election, whatever its electoral fate. The Party structure - its organization, staffing, donor base, think-tanks, etc. - will still be here, it will still be the #2 Party in a two-party system, still have a significant cohort of national and local officialdom - and will have learned its lesson from the Trump debacle.
Unfortunately for the country, I think that lesson will be that “Trumpism without Trump” is a winning formula, but we will have to see.
re: #89 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Obama has been making sure Trump never forgets. It’s a delight to watch.
Yep. Shorter Obama:
‘Wow, that’s some wound. Here, have some salt.’
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
Was it a Lincoln???
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
Alright, alright, alright. :)
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
Is that the town the Orlando Bloom movie was base in?
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
“ky12news.com is an entertainment website composed mostly of articles containing fantasy news or satire. Though some articles on ky12news.com contain actual events, none of the articles on ky12news.com should be considered true and are simply meant for entertainment purposes.”
re: #89 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Obama has been on a rip roaring rampage of revenge against GOPers who have spent the past 8 year obstructing every part of the nation’s economic recovery and the President’s agenda. Now, when these same GOPers are busy trying to distance themselves from Trump and want to claim that they’re bipartisan and have worked with the Administration, the President is calling them on their shenanigans in no uncertain terms.
He did it with Issa, and he’s doing it with other vulnerable GOPers.
re: #90 Jay C
it will still be the #2 Party in a two-party system, still have a significant cohort of national and local officialdom - and will have learned its lesson from the Trump debacle.
that’s a fair assessment, but I don’t agree with the last part. I’m not sure the TP/GOP leadership is capable of learning from its mistakes. They’ve been touting the same “trickle down” economic theory since Reagan’s years, a theory which when applied ruins the economy. They offer lip service to minority outreach, but do everything in their power to screw minorities over. And on and on.
Their big mistake with Trump was to see him only as the means to an end, to recapture the White House. They saw how he could energize the crowds, and thought that would translate into votes. They really didn’t like him much, but they held their noses and offered their support. No one apparently bothered to look into his closets to see what skeletons lurked there, and how those skeletons would damage his campaign and the party supporting him.
If Trump 2.0 appears in 2020, I’m pretty sure they’d do the same thing again.
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
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re: #96 ipsos
“ky12news.com is an entertainment website composed mostly of articles containing fantasy news or satire. Though some articles on ky12news.com contain actual events, none of the articles on ky12news.com should be considered true and are simply meant for entertainment purposes.”
Damn! You done spoiled the narrative.
re: #95 Big Beautiful Door
Yes it was.
But most of the filming happened in Bardstown, IIRC.
re: #100 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Damn! You done spoiled the narrative.
But most of the filming happened in Bardstown, IIRC.
Most of the geography looked more like Middle Earth than E’town.
re: #51 jeffreyw
Jeffreyw! I want to thank you for inspiring the best potato soup I’ve ever made (and the best several of my guests claimed they had ever tasted). You described your method for making the cauliflower soup last week and made me go “hmmm…” Instead of my usual method of just tossing it all in a pot l:
1) Cooked the tater chunks in chicken broth
2) Cooked bacon, smoked sausage, onion, and celery and set aside
3) Made a roux with butter and flour, added milk, cooked til thickened
4) Added about half of the potatoes and meat mixture, pureed with a stick blender
5) Added remaining potatoes and meat mixture to add some chunks/bite, salt and pepper
It was freaking delicious and a total hit. Thank you!
re: #98 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
that’s a fair assessment, but I don’t agree with the last part. I’m not sure the TP/GOP leadership is capable of learning from its mistakes. They’ve been touting the same “trickle down” economic theory since Reagan’s years, a theory which when applied ruins the economy. They offer lip service to minority outreach, but do everything in their power to screw minorities over. And on and on.
Their big mistake with Trump was to see him only as the means to an end, to recapture the White House. They saw how he could energize the crowds, and thought that would translate into votes. They really didn’t like him much, but they held their noses and offered their support. No one apparently bothered to look into his closets to see what skeletons lurked there, and how those skeletons would damage his campaign and the party supporting him.
If Trump 2.0 appears in 2020, I’m pretty sure they’d do the same thing again.
The reason that the GOP won’t remake itself into a party more welcoming to women and minorities is that its present model is enormously successful; the GOP probably holds more elective offices now than it ever has before. Its nearly impossible to change course with that kind of success, even if you can see that the bridge is out up ahead. That leaves the GOP vulnerable to another demagogue in its 2020 Presidential primaries, especially since much of the base despises the GOP establishment.
re: #36 Emptor scriptor Remorse
Germany has no-go areas, according to Podesta.
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
Someone said above, the emails was TO Podesta, not from him.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
Am I missing something? Isn’t that an email TO podesta from some random guy?
re: #103 Big Beautiful Door
The reason that the GOP won’t remake itself into a party more welcoming to women and minorities is that its present model is enormously successful; the GOP probably holds more elective offices now than it ever has before. Its nearly impossible to change course with that kind of success, even if you can see that the bridge is out up ahead. That leaves the GOP vulnerable to another demagogue in its 2020 Presidential primaries, especially since much of the base despises the GOP establishment.
Egg-zackly. These guys are, frankly speaking, not the sharpest tools in the shed. Changing demographics are their doom, but most politicians only think as far as the next election.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
As others have pointed out, it’s an email to Podesta.
And these people call themselves “patriots”. pic.twitter.com/0zbPQnfbHk
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) October 26, 2016
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
Wasn’t Podesta, as someone above pointed out. The email was to him, from a Gellerish writer in .nl.
re: #109 Dr. Matt
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Another reason Dems need to win the Senate and nuke the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees.
I think a number of us have wondered why the president doesn’t do much campaigning during the midterms. The answer is that a campaign has to pay for the cost of the president to travel. The only campaigns that could realistically afford that are campaigns that probably don’t need the president.
re: #110 Decatur Deb
Wasn’t Podesta, as someone above pointed out. The email was to him, from a Gellerish writer in .nl.
Isn’t Wikileaks great, just great?
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re: #113 Sir John Barron
Isn’t Wikileaks great, just great?
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They were asswipes from the beginning, it’s just more obvious now.
So, I made a loaf of bread in my bread maker with olive oil and a half teaspoon of Italian seasoning. The aroma is wonderful! Going to have a slice now.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I’m not surprised that people have bought into the no-go zone nonsense that the Islamophobes have been spewing incoherently for years with no actual proof at all.
After this election, there’s a significant chunk of the American public that need deprogramming to counter years of GOP indoctrination that America sucks and that all it takes to make the nation great again is an old rich white dude who builds walls, screws women[s] (rights), hates immigrants, and wants people to hate anyone who isn’t white, that trickle down only makes rich moreso while burden shifting to everyone else, and who thinks that science and facts are a liberal conspiracy, etc.
re: #109 Dr. Matt
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Conservatives before campaign debates:
Let the people decide!
Conservatives after campaign debates:
We won’t confirm a Democratic SCOTUS appointee ever again.
Media. This is fine.
re: #100 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Damn! You done spoiled the narrative.
But most of the filming happened in Bardstown, IIRC.
I’ll have to watch the move I lived a few years in Bardstown I might recognise some of the places in the movie.
re: #113 Sir John Barron
Isn’t Wikileaks great, just great?
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Wikileaks needs to be shut down, and prosecutions are probably in order. But to be fair in this case the from address is right there on the very first line it wasn’t like they were trying to misrepresent anything. If people reading it don’t understand how an email header works, that’s on them.
re: #119 danarchy
Wikileaks needs to be shut down, and prosecutions are probably in order. But to be fair in this case the from address is right there on the very first line it wasn’t like they were trying to misrepresent anything. If people reading it don’t understand how an email header works, that’s on them.
The example here was quote-mining, without the header showing.
re: #116 lawhawk
I’m doubtful such deprogramming is even possible, given the grip the RW has on the sources of (dis)information these people rely on for news and opinion. It’s a constant bombardment of BS from Fox News, Breitbart, Daily Caller, Rush, Hannity, Coulter, et alia, that reinforces the message.
But, when Hillary opens up those FEMA camps and the liberal indoctrination programs start up, then we’ll see real progress!
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re: #118 Tigger2
I’ll have to watch the move I lived a few years in Bardstown I might recognise some of the places in the movie.
Nevermind that. My memory glitched. Many scenes were filmed in Versailles, KY, though E-town and Louisville were also filming locations.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I live in Germany. Podesta is full of shit. There are unsavory areas to be in after dark, but nothing worse.
Stand corrected. Whoever sent it is full of shit.
re: #122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Nevermind that. My memory glitched. Many scenes were filmed in Versailles, KY, though E-town and Louisville were also filming locations.
Cool, Was in E-Town quite a few times and born in Louisville.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
The example here was quote-mining, without the header showing.
Are you talking about comment #36? There was a link to the actual wikileaks doc. I never trust a quote or an attribution on the internet without at least some verification. Even here at LGF
re: #124 Tigger2
Cool, Was in E-Town quite a few times and born in Louisville.
Really! I wasn’t born there, but my kids and a fair number of my former in-laws hail from there, too. I lived in Louisville for 28 years, and I gotta say, it’s a nice place to live.
My kids have moved away, as have I, but the rest of the fam is still in the LA (Louisville Area).
In other news - I wish I had a nickel for every acorn on my lawn today. I must have a few grand worth out there, because of a bumper crop this year.
(Warning - autoplay video at link.)
re: #109 Dr. Matt
The GOP has ceded all credibility to be in a position of power. Any position of power.
re: #126 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Really! I wasn’t born there, but my kids and a fair number of my former in-laws hail from there, too. I lived in Louisville for 28 years, and I gotta say, it’s a nice place to live.
My kids have moved away, as have I, but the rest of the fam is still in the LA (Louisville Area).
Yep I liked it there. , we lived in Audubon Park on Bobolink Rd for years then on Phillips Lane for a couple before we moved to IN.
re: #125 danarchy
Are you talking about comment #36? There was a link to the actual wikileaks doc. I never trust a quote or an attribution on the internet without at least some verification. Even here at LGF
Yes, it was linked, and mis-attributed in the visible comment.
re: #128 nines09
Trump admitted it much the very week he announced he was building a huge wall. He admitted that he’d rely on natural barriers in spots in place of a wall. In other words, it was the same situation we have now. Far from building a 2,000 mile long wall, we’d have a much smaller wall (not much more than already authorized and built), with virtual barriers and natural barriers for the balance.
re: #132 lawhawk
You and me and others here know that, but when you see the shitshows he stages, the rubes ain’t got a clue.
re: #102 allegro
Damn, yours sounds better than mine!
re: #132 lawhawk
Trump admitted it much the very week he announced he was building a huge wall. He admitted that he’d rely on natural barriers in spots in place of a wall. In other words, it was the same situation we have now. Far from building a 2,000 mile long wall, we’d have a much smaller wall (not much more than already authorized and built), with virtual barriers and natural barriers for the balance.
A huge wall then, made of solid bullshit.
re: #128 nines09
UH OH. Does his base know this? Nope.
Trump will probably use his next speech to call the adviser a liar and say he’s been fired.
re: #136 Timothy Watson
He will be Twitter Carpet Bombed and sued in the first 100 days.
re: #88 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have relatives in Elizabethtown, KY. They shared this story on Facebook.
Short version: Good samaritans helped Matthew McConaughey when his rental car had trouble.
Same thing will happen here in my extremely rural part of NE Kentucky.
Not only will several vehicles stop to offer assistance, somebody will also have snacks and libations to share.
True story:
A few years ago there was an motorcycle accident a few miles from my house. Two paramedics were returning home to Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky from a conference in Ashland and had stopped to offer emergency medical assistance. I was second vehicle to stop (I had some emergency medical equipment in my truck). Soon there were several other vehicles. An SUV pulled over and yelled out to me: “BWS! I got that LP tank for your grill. Want I should just put in the back of your truck?”
That’s how we roll in the civilized portions of Kentucky.
re: #130 Tigger2
Yep I liked it there. , we lived in Audubon Park on Bobolink Rd for years then on Phillips Lane for a couple before we moved to IN.
I know the area well. I also lived in N’Albany and the Knobs for a short while, too.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Same thing will happen here in my extremely rural part of NE Kentucky.
Not only will several vehicles stop to offer assistance, somebody will also have snacks and libations to share.
And only one of them will be a serial killer ;)
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Same thing will happen here in my extremely rural part of NE Kentucky.
Not only will several vehicles stop to offer assistance, somebody will also have snacks and libations to share.True story:
A few years ago there was an motorcycle accident a few miles from my house. Two paramedics were returning home to Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky from a conference in Ashland and had stopped to offer emergency medical assistance. I was second vehicle to stop (I had some emergency medical equipment in my truck). Soon there were several other vehicles. An SUV pulled over and yelled out to me: “BWS! I got that LP tank for your grill. Want I should just put in the back of your truck?”That’s how we roll in the civilized portions of Kentucky.
Sadly, the McConaughey story appears to be fake. I like your story better, because it sounds just like Kentucky, especially the “want I should” part. LOL
re: #140 danarchy
And only one of them will be a serial killer ;)
While I was doing surveys (alone) in Carter County, a local murderer escaped from prison.
A resident assured me: “Won’t be any trouble to you—you’re not family.”
re: #140 danarchy
And only one of them will be a serial killer ;)
True, but we all know who they are…
re: #109 Dr. Matt
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Well, Art. III, Sect. 1 states that the “judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court…” (emphasis added). Sure seems like the the existence of a Supreme Court is mandatory to me. Not seeing this authority to let it die out…
re: #107 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Egg-zackly. These guys are, frankly speaking, not the sharpest tools in the shed. Changing demographics are their doom, but most politicians only think as far as the next election.
Presumably, the nation’s changing demographics will enable centrist Republicans to start winning and gradually push out the extremists as the old GOP base shrinks. The odds for that happening are favorable, especially if the Democrats move to the left, as seems likely, leaving room in the middle for the GOP to fill. It could take awhile, however, and let the Democrats hold the White House for a long time.
re: #109 Dr. Matt
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re: #51 jeffreyw
I fix for you!
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Dear Ms. Jeffrey W.
I would like to further discuss my hopefully pending adoption. I am a great kid! (Ok, so I am 56, I am a kid at heart!)
Thank you for your consideration in this oh-so-important legal matter.
NOM NOM NOMly yours!
Me
You know it is going to be an amazing day when you are boarding a plane to #Tampa to join @HillaryClinton early voting rally!! #ImWithHer
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) October 26, 2016
Jose Andres is joining @HillaryClinton at her event in Tampa today.
See below—-> https://t.co/3mnppmjIm0— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) October 26, 2016
As Trump opens his hotel in DC, a former tenant (now defendant) is appearing with Hillary Clinton https://t.co/04lj0jTYUJ
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 26, 2016
Probably the most accurate poll* I’ve seen coming out of Florida:@realDonaldTrump 50%
Hillary Clinton 36%
*Florida Atlantic University— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 26, 2016
That is… not what the FAU poll says. (New FAU poll has Clinton up 46-43) https://t.co/gi4dYV25Wz
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 26, 2016
re: #139 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I know the area well. I also lived in N’Albany and the Knobs for a short while, too.
And how many people here know what the Knobs are? I do!
All Trump’s “adult” kids on stage. Tiffany is in the audience. pic.twitter.com/GKH871eNb7
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 26, 2016
Just watched 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. I’ll say one thing. It was a semi decent action flick.
re: #122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Nevermind that. My memory glitched. Many scenes were filmed in Versailles, KY, though E-town and Louisville were also filming locations.
The stone walls were distinctively Lexington-Versailles features. The funny part, though was his drives from Louisville to E’town by way of Ohio River bridges.
re: #144 Mike Lamb
Well, Art. III, Sect. 1 states that the “judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court…” (emphasis added). Sure seems like the the existence of a Supreme Court is mandatory to me. Not seeing this authority to let it die out…
Well, you’re just not reading it correctly, the way a True American Patriot who believes in Strict, Literal Construction Originalism would.
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re: #152 FormerDirtDart
Just watched 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. I’ll say one thing. It was a semi decent action flick.
Did Hillary cackle when she ordered Huma to notify the Muslim Brotherhood to begin the attack?//
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of the journalists covering the event described the hotel as “gaudy” and horrific. His photo shows the same ballroom, with the crystal chandeliers and gold-trimmed white walls. It looks like something from the court of Louis XIV.
re: #144 Mike Lamb
Well, Art. III, Sect. 1 states that the “judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court…” (emphasis added). Sure seems like the the existence of a Supreme Court is mandatory to me. Not seeing this authority to let it die out…
we discussed earlier that the size of the Supreme Court is not mandated by the Constitution and has varied over time. So they could just pass a new Judicial Act and trim it down to three…
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Did Trump finally figure out who was behind the tax return dumps?
re: #156 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
One of the journalists covering the event described the hotel as “gaudy” and horrific. His photo shows the same ballroom, with the crystal chandeliers and gold-trimmed white walls. It looks like something from the court of Louis XIV.
Neo-Russian Nouveau Riche
re: #153 Decatur Deb
The stone walls were distinctively Lexington-Versailles features. The funny part, though was his drives from Louisville to E’town by way of Ohio River bridges.
He also drives through the I-64 tunnel on the way (supposedly) to E-town. Artistic license.
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we discussed earlier that the size of the Supreme Court is not mandated by the Constitution and has varied over time. So they could just pass a new Judicial Act and trim it down to three…
But only through attrition, they can’t kick out a current judge.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“If you allow me a moment of a commercial,” Trump company CEO says, interrupting his own extended…commercial.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 26, 2016
re: #147 MsJ
Dear Ms. Jeffrey W.
I would like to further discuss my hopefully pending adoption. I am a great kid! (Ok, so I am 56, I am a kid at heart!)
Thank you for your consideration in this oh-so-important legal matter.
NOM NOM NOMly yours!
Me
I was under the impression you lived in the Czech Republic? Mrs J says “we don’t take Czechs” - sorry!
re: #156 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
One of the journalists covering the event described the hotel as “gaudy” and horrific. His photo shows the same ballroom, with the crystal chandeliers and gold-trimmed white walls. It looks like something from the court of Louis XIV.
Louis XIV, what that the guy who got chopped?
“Congratulations Newt on last night that was an amazing interview”
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 26, 2016
@NickRiccardi yes
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 26, 2016
re: #160 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
He also drives through the I-64 tunnel on the way (supposedly) to E-town. Artistic license.
The movie sort of bombed, but it actually gave the E’town folks a good image. There was some concern it would be “Deliverance West”.
re: #165 Teukka
Louis XIV, what that the guy who got chopped?
No, that was the XVI. The XIV was the “Sun King”
re: #161 Timothy Watson
But only through attrition, they can’t kick out a current judge.
Then just wait until the next one dies or retires and reduce it seven…
re: #159 Barefoot Grin
Neo-Russian Nouveau Riche
Yeah, that’s more accurate. I wonder if Trump had his hand in the interior design of the joint. His penthouse in Trump Tower also tends toward over-the-top pseudo-18th-19th century interior design.
He’s a boor. It’s no wonder the NYC 1%-ers snub him. The man has no class, and worse yet, he doesn’t even realize he has no class.
Trump: “My theme is today – 5 words, “under budget and ahead of schedule.” (Six words, but who is counting?)
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 26, 2016
Four people in Bridgegate trial have testified under oath that Christie knew more than he claimed https://t.co/e22ctZUEMM pic.twitter.com/8fbx1avT4J
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 26, 2016
re: #164 jeffreyw
I was under the impression you lived in the Czech Republic? Mrs J says “we don’t take Czechs” - sorry!
(sigh) Apparently I am going to have to live vicariously, with the rest of the lizards, through your pictures.
And your inspiration. I find myself going OH, THAT IS SO ON THE MENU TONIGHT!
So, my hubby thanks you, too.
re: #161 Timothy Watson
But only through attrition, they can’t kick out a current judge.
And it would never get signed by any president. Presumably, any such bill would be designed to restrain a current sitting president. He/she would never sign it.
Another day, another hoax that wingnuts are eating like groceries:
Oregon ballot omitting Trump is a hoax
Twitter user John Lussier included the caption, “The Oregon state ballot doesn’t even bother with putting Trump on as a choice for president this year!”
It included several hashtags commonly used by Trump supporters, many of whom, quickly shared the tweet. Lussier also tagged several prominent right-leaning media outlets in the post to get more attention. The image was retweeted more than 1,000 times and reached thousands of people by Friday afternoon.
There was just one problem. It was a fake.
Within an hour of his first post, Lussier tweeted again, admitting his previous tweet was a hoax. He later clarified in a social media post that a friend had manipulated an image of an Oregon ballot using Photoshop.
I pointed out to a wingnut on FB that it was a hoax and provided the above link. His reply?
‘Can’t believe anything in the media.’
Christ, these people are fucking stupid.
re: #165 Teukka
Louis XIV, what that the guy who got chopped?
XIV was the Sun King, who built Versailles Palace and spent a shitload of France’s treasury on special events there.
XVI helped us in the Revolutionary War, and as no good deed should go unpunished, lost his head during the French Revolution.
re: #175 Big Beautiful Door
Why aren’t there impeachment proceedings yet?
I think they may have to find him guilty, first. Innocent until proven guilty applies to scumbags, too.
re: #175 Big Beautiful Door
Why aren’t there impeachment proceedings yet?
Why isn’t he in a jail cell pending trial?
re: #178 makeitstop
I pointed out to a wingnut on FB that it was a hoax and provided the above link. His reply?
‘Can’t believe anything in the media.’
“Well, where did you read the original thing about the ballot omitting Trump’s name?”
On the Internet. Everything’s true on the Internet. Confirmed. FACT.
re: #178 makeitstop
Another day, another hoax that wingnuts are eating like groceries:
Oregon ballot omitting Trump is a hoax
I pointed out to a wingnut on FB that it was a hoax and provided the above link. His reply?
‘Can’t believe anything in the media.’
Christ, these people are fucking stupid.
But anything read on the internet is taken as gospel.
re: #178 makeitstop
Another day, another hoax that wingnuts are eating like groceries:
Oregon ballot omitting Trump is a hoax
I pointed out to a wingnut on FB that it was a hoax and provided the above link. His reply?
‘Can’t believe anything in the media.’
Christ, these people are fucking stupid.
That’s fine. I heard one Trump supporter yesterday say he wasn’t going to vote because the election’s rigged. The more wingnuts who believe it, the fewer of them will vote.
re: #184 Big Beautiful Door
That’s fine. I heard one Trump supporter yesterday say he wasn’t going to vote because the election’s rigged. The more wingnuts who believe it, the fewer of them will vote.
yet another self-fulfilling prophecy
re: #182 Sir John Barron
“Well, where did you read the original thing about the ballot omitting Trump’s name?”
On the Internet. Everything’s true on the Internet. Confirmed. FACT.
I think the State Farm ad, with the “French Model”, should be required viewing for these people.
re: #179 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
XIV was the Sun King, who built Versailles Palace and spent a shitload of France’s treasury on special events there.
XVI helped us in the Revolutionary War, and as no good deed should go unpunished, lost his head during the French Revolution.
Oops. That’s right. Probably neither ever even went to Kentucky or Indiana or Illinois or Texas…. American settlers sure loved their French friends, didn’t they.
re: #183 MsJ
But anything read on the internet is taken as gospel.
Yeah. A Tweet from some dude (who later admitted it was fake!) is perfectly legit, but a report about it on a TV station site is suspect.
These guys….
re: #184 Big Beautiful Door
That’s fine. I heard one Trump supporter yesterday say he wasn’t going to vote because the election’s rigged. The more wingnuts who believe it, the fewer of them will vote.
Yes, but down side is that the more who believe it was rigged means more people out after the election actively disrupting the course of Real Democracy in America.
re: #178 makeitstop
Another day, another hoax that wingnuts are eating like groceries:
Oregon ballot omitting Trump is a hoax
I pointed out to a wingnut on FB that it was a hoax and provided the above link. His reply?
‘Can’t believe anything in the media.’
Christ, these people are fucking stupid.
It’s more than they’re just fucking stupid. They’re wilfully stupid. They revel in their ignorance, they celebrate their stupidity.
re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, but down side is that the more who believe it was rigged means more people out after the election actively disrupting the course of Real Democracy in America.
The upshot could be some badly-needed election process reforms designed to make the system as bullet-proof as possible. It’s not enough that elections be nearly fraud-free, they must be universally believed to be chaste as Caesar’s wife. The fewer nuts reaching for their “bullet box” solution, the better.
This is probably the most humiliating thing the Trumps have done to the Republican Party. Down eight points and they do a hotel infomercial.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) October 26, 2016
re: #187 Barefoot Grin
Oops. That’s right. Probably neither ever even went to Kentucky or Indiana or Illinois or Texas…. American settlers sure loved their French friends, didn’t they.
I just read about the Palace of Versailles at Wikipedia. The estimated cost of building it was $2 Billion in today’s money, most of that from Louis XIV’s own funds, since he basically owned Canada at the time.
Here’s a photo of the Queen’s bedchamber. Remind of you anyone’s home in, say, Trump Tower?
re: #194 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I just read about the Palace of Versailles at Wikipedia. The estimated cost of building it was $2 Billion in today’s money, most of that from Louis XIV’s own funds, since he basically owned Canada at the time.
Here’s a photo of the Queen’s bedchamber. Remind of you anyone’s home in, say, Trump Tower?
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And didn’t he basically force the nobility to live on campus for at least part of the year? But, yeah, I would go with your first assertion over Trump’s interior design inspiration. Le scam, c’est moi!
OK. Bed time here. I will retire to my much more modest bedchamber.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
@RyanLizza Yet a large % of republicans think this clown is qualified to be President of the US and leader of the free world. SHOOT ME NOW.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 26, 2016
Can’t make it up: Trump’s son in law publishes article by Kremlin mouthpiece suggesting Moscow may want Alaska back https://t.co/YERkFB2jmf
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) October 26, 2016
Whole lot of crazy in that article.
re: #194 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I just read about the Palace of Versailles at Wikipedia. The estimated cost of building it was $2 Billion in today’s money, most of that from Louis XIV’s own funds, since he basically owned Canada at the time.
Here’s a photo of the Queen’s bedchamber. Remind of you anyone’s home in, say, Trump Tower?
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Having grown up in earthquake country, I couldn’t sleep that close to a huge chandelier.
/not gonna be a concern in the foreseeable future
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Whole lot of crazy in that article.
Can we just send them the Palin family?
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Can you claim the election is rigged when you don’t even bother to go through the motions of campaigning in the final 2 weeks and think it more important to have a second grand opening at the DC Trump hotel in about a month?
Trump was at the DC Trump hotel to tout its grand opening back when he said that he was no longer a birther (now come on the tour of this fully functioning and operational hotel of excess and Trumpsanity)
Update: I went back to the Facebook thread where I posted the debunking of the Oregon ballot story, and the guy fucking deleted my comment. His wingnut friends are raging unabated again.
Fucking hell.
re: #203 makeitstop
Update: I went back to the Facebook thread where I posted the debunking of the Oregon ballot story, and the guy fucking deleted my comment. His wingnut friends are raging unabated again.
Fucking hell.
Put the tweet that says the guy made it up, and then ignore them.
re: #203 makeitstop
Update: I went back to the Facebook thread where I posted the debunking of the Oregon ballot story, and the guy fucking deleted my comment. His wingnut friends are raging unabated again.
Fucking hell.
There is simply no reasoning with such people. They are insane.
re: #203 makeitstop
Update: I went back to the Facebook thread where I posted the debunking of the Oregon ballot story, and the guy fucking deleted my comment. His wingnut friends are raging unabated again.
Fucking hell.
Remember: don’t retreat, reload!!!
8 Years of Obstructionism, Part II:
House Republicans are already preparing for “years” of investigations of Clinton, @daveweigel reports https://t.co/DWiLYsXLpt
— Robert Costa (@costareports) October 26, 2016
The GOP didn’t learn its lesson after blocking Obama’s every last move over the past 8 years. They’re going to double down with blocking Clinton’s agenda even before she’s elected President. They aren’t even shy about signaling what they’re going to do.
It’s just one more reason that the GOP must be stopped and Democrats must reclaim Congress - and hold it into 2018 and beyond. Off year elections matter. Every election matters, and the GOP has made it clear that they are no longer interested in governing.
re: #204 Belafon
Put the tweet that says the guy made it up, and then ignore them.
Nah, I’m done. I got better things to do than argue with people who want to roll around in their own shit.
I wonder how much Trump cheated the maker of these chandeliers. pic.twitter.com/09jFZbtIQJ
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 26, 2016
Here is a collection of #PodestaEmail video summaries by author and former State Dept official @HAGoodmanAuthor https://t.co/qwBd24Dk7k
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 26, 2016
Wikileaks attempting to improve its credibility by citing a known liar and propagandist. https://t.co/MG5VrS271I
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 26, 2016
Fuck you.
Trump booster Alex Jones: I’m not anti-Semitic, but Jews run an evil conspiracy https://t.co/eytOWjabPq
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) October 26, 2016
Hate to imagine what he’d be saying if he WERE anti-Semitic!
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Please proceed!
It’s serving after serving of nothingburgers.
re: #212 austin_blue
Please proceed!
It’s serving after serving of nothingburgers.
An ‘all you can stand’ buffet!
Why @ChelseaClinton says millennials should vote for @HillaryClinton at a rally in OTR. Election2016. https://t.co/kbGQhDLl1U pic.twitter.com/WlsZPPpdYv
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) October 26, 2016
OTR (Over The Rhine)…one area of Cincinnati where you’ll never see Trump or any of his surrogates.
re: #207 lawhawk
Here’s to hoping Democratic voters get angry now and show up to vote all the time.
re: #211 bratwurst
Fuck you.
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STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!!
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
BOOM: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Caught Trading ‘Favors’ with ‘Friend’ John Podesta in 2013 https://t.co/EPmpK8WgOB #ClintonCorruption pic.twitter.com/vfEN4RsKtJ
— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) October 26, 2016
If it’s just a straightforward email, why would McAuliffe write under a pseudonym (“info”) ??
— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) October 26, 2016
this is happening. get on board. https://t.co/lmYYavdhIL pic.twitter.com/N5dQz91cKx
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 26, 2016
That rather large pipe looking thing up front is a freaking Lewis Gun
Looking forward to @cjchivers next book, “The Guns Of Manhattan,” tracing how a Lewis Machine Gun from ~1916 was seized by NYPD in 2016. pic.twitter.com/SO7n3PhsMC
— ⚰️11 F-35s Of Debt⚰️ (@AthertonKD) October 26, 2016
It is past time that government works for the people. Stop this baloney! VOTE DEMOCRAT TOP TO BOTTOM! https://t.co/J3q4O2Mf2c
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 26, 2016
re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, but down side is that the more who believe it was rigged means more people out after the election actively disrupting the course of Real Democracy in America.
A GOP House majority would be more disruptive than a few goobers on the streets.
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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generic fundraising email.
SHOCKER!!!!
Chicago City Council committee votes to remove Trump street sign: “When you hit Chicago, Chicago hits back.” https://t.co/kBjDjAGbLq pic.twitter.com/71tBDtYveC
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) October 26, 2016
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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When you’re laughing too hard to find the actual gif….
If it’s just a straightforward email, why would McAuliffe write under a pseudonym (“info”) ??
— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) October 26, 2016
jonah-jameson-laughing.gif https://t.co/PhfrpxLIsd
— Franklin (@franklinftw) October 26, 2016
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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That’s… gotta be sarcasm. Right?
Right?
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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Looks/sounds like a form email to me: I get more-personalized communications than this from various officials (from President Obama on down) - and I’m not even a Party honcho!
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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Welp. Still not sure. Is this a parody site?
What causes hurricanes? Probably the U.S. government, but how? A new analysis suggests that President Obama might be using “green energy” turbines to weaponize the wind in an effort to rig yet another election with hurricanes.
There is not an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence to support this conclusion, most likely because the government has worked tirelessly to suppress it. But just think about it. Wind turbines. Wind energy. What are hurricanes made of? Wind. And lots of energy.
re: #218 blueraven
Oh my.
Can’t tell if serious…
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That email was actually sent by “Dorothy McAuliffe”. I got one too which shows how deep in the Clinton conspiracy I am.
re: #229 blueraven
Welp. Still not sure. Is this a parody site?
There was a similar post concerning a fellow complaining that when the wind blows from the opposite direction, wind turbines rotate backwards and suck energy out of the grid…
re: #220 FormerDirtDart
That rather large pipe looking thing up front is a freaking Lewis Gun
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There was a case here over the weekend in which a kid broke in a couple of places and stole, among other things, some guns. He dropped some while being chased and threw a rifle at a sheriff’s vehicle. My thought was, ‘That’s not how you use those!’
re: #230 Timothy Watson
That email was actually sent by “Dorothy McAuliffe”. I got one too which shows how deep in the Clinton conspiracy I am.
re: #207 lawhawk
8 Years of Obstructionism, Part II:
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The GOP didn’t learn its lesson after blocking Obama’s every last move over the past 8 years. They’re going to double down with blocking Clinton’s agenda even before she’s elected President. They aren’t even shy about signaling what they’re going to do.
It’s just one more reason that the GOP must be stopped and Democrats must reclaim Congress - and hold it into 2018 and beyond. Off year elections matter. Every election matters, and the GOP has made it clear that they are no longer interested in governing.
Yea, we knew that the only thing the House GOP will be interested in is Clinton investigations. Unfortunately, even if the Democrats miraculously win control of the House, the GOP will come roaring back into control of Congress in 2018, unless we find some magic that convinces Democratic voters that the midterms matter and they absolutely have to vote.
re: #229 blueraven
Welp. Still not sure. Is this a parody site?
There is not an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence to support this conclusion, most likely because the government has worked tirelessly to suppress it.
No, most likely, by Occam’s Razor, is that the conclusion is a load of complete crap, unsupported by facts. Don’t need an unwieldy full spectrum conspiracy to support that.
re: #235 Big Beautiful Door
With the Republicans completely insane, I expect sane voters to take the midterm elections much more seriously. I know I will.
re: #237 No Country For Old Haters
With the Republicans completely insane, I expect sane voters to take the midterm elections much more seriously. I know I will.
People will be fed up with Hillary by then (not least as a result of the endless drone of accusations and criticism against her) and unless steps are taken to redraw voting district lines, then existing gerrymandering will work in favor of the GOP.
re: #234 b.d.
So you’re in on it too………….
Knee deep. The tales I could tell you if I wasn’t afraid of ending up at Fort Marcy Park.
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re: #211 bratwurst
Fuck you.
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Hate to imagine what he’d be saying if he WERE anti-Semitic!
And another aspect of Fascism is slipped into place by Trump’s Minister of Propaganda.
re: #238 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
White People will be fed up with Hillary by then (not least as a result of the endless drone of accusations and criticism against her) and unless steps are taken to redraw voting district lines, then existing gerrymandering will work in favor of the GOP.
FTFY
re: #234 b.d.
So you’re in on it too………….
Oh FFS. In the EXPLOSIVE Wikileaks article he also mentions the “Obama generated hurricane” again.
Stayed tuned for more explosive revelations from WikiLeaks, because this is likely only the tip of the iceberg.
On a related note, this might explain why Hurricane Matthew, which evidence suggests was engineered by the U.S. military on President Obama’s orders, managed to “avoid” Virginia. McAuliffe is also a fan of “clean energy,” including wind farms, which many believe are responsible for government-engineered hurricanes.
re: #232 wrenchwench
There was a case here over the weekend in which a kid broke in a couple of places and stole, among other things, some guns. He dropped some while being chased and threw a rifle at a sheriff’s vehicle. My thought was, ‘That’s not how you use those!’
re: #244 blueraven
Oh FFS. In the EXPLOSIVE Wikileaks article he also mentions the “Obama generated hurricane” again.
“Government-engineered hurricanes” is peak election 2016.
re: #244 blueraven
On a related note, this might explain why Hurricane Matthew, which evidence suggests was engineered by the U.S. military on President Obama’s orders, managed to “avoid” Virginia.
And what “evidence” would that be? (note: “Alex Jones said” is not regarded as a satisfactory answer)
Trump says motto of this project is five words: “under budget and ahead of schedule.” That’s six.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 26, 2016
Just another day in America:
Neb. Board of Education District 1 candidates differ on sex ed, creationism
[…]
And Bohlke-Schulte believes, while not a priority, creationism should be taught in schools if other theories of origin of life are presented.
“It should be taught in science,” Bohlke-Schulte says.
[…]
Scavino’s assholery makes it into the news:
Donald Trump aide makes apparent threat against Megyn Kelly after on-air tiff
[…]
Moments later, Scavino tweeted that Kelly “made a total fool out of herself tonight- attacking @realDonaldTrump. Watch what happens to her after this election is over.”
He has not yet specified what Kelly could face.
[…]
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
It’s more than they’re just fucking stupid. They’re wilfully stupid. They revel in their ignorance, they celebrate their stupidity.
And mock those of us who value knowledge and more-rigorous thinking…
Comments from an electronic betting market re: “How are Trump shares still selling?”
Aquaman • a day ago
Glen… Glen… Lemme TALK to ya Glen… we’re GAMBLING with people here… impassioned lunatics, mostly.
If you’re just going to work things through logically, and be reasonable in your conclusions, don’t WRITE about it![Or actually go ahead and do… It’s not like these are secrets, not really. It’s actually kind of fun to point them out. Go find a Trumpkin or a #BernieOrBuster and point at the obvious… they’ll HATE you for it.]
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Aquaman • a day agoSorry I suffer from Sheldoncooper syndrome. It’s a form of Tourettes syndrome that forces me to point out the stupidity of others posts. Hopefully the Florida amendment to approve medical marijuana will be passed so I can handle my affliction.
re: #250 Decatur Deb
Irish Republican Army surplus store in Queens?.
My guess would be either:
A pawn shop got raided and it was found.
Or, someone died, and family members found amongst possessions and turned it in.
re: #255 FormerDirtDart
My guess would be either:
A pawn shop got raided and it was found.Or, someone died, and family members found amongst possessions and turned it in.
Probably the latter. I’m sure there’s plenty of illicit military weapons floating around out there, tucked away in dad’s / grandpa’s attic.
re: #255 FormerDirtDart
My guess would be either:
A pawn shop got raided and it was found.Or, someone died, and family members found amongst possessions and turned it in.
Yeah, there have several cases of people finding hand grenades in their grandfather’s attic or whatever.
re: #187 Barefoot Grin
The America Colonists were pissed that the French Canadians got to keep much of their culture and law. They were also pissed because the Quebec Act meant a lot of Americans wouldn’t become rich by selling what had been French land.
It’s one of those widely ignored facts of American history that part of the reason for the Revolution was Americans didn’t like that their neighbours could keep their religion and their land.
per pooler @dmartosko, campaign says today’s event is “not officially a campaign event and not a press conference, but a corporate ceremony”
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) October 26, 2016
weird, I got credentialed through the campaign website https://t.co/iJpwg7hgQv
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) October 26, 2016
re: #254 makeitstop
Okay, I’m having fun with this ballot thing now….
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For the record, @megynkelly was wrong, i don’t have anger management issues. I do have media bias issues!
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 26, 2016
Says the guy who shut down the entire US govt in 1995 because Bill Clinton snubbed him on Air Force One. https://t.co/zHnqvs1QR1
— Robert Mann (@RTMannJr) October 26, 2016
Huckabee to Fox: “intensity level for Trump extraordinary. people who won’t tell pollster/reporter/their family but will lean over, whisper”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 26, 2016
That isn’t intensity, it’s shame. https://t.co/hfeVSeLrGk
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 26, 2016
re: #207 lawhawk
8 Years of Obstructionism, Part II:
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The GOP didn’t learn its lesson after blocking Obama’s every last move over the past 8 years. They’re going to double down with blocking Clinton’s agenda even before she’s elected President. They aren’t even shy about signaling what they’re going to do.
It’s just one more reason that the GOP must be stopped and Democrats must reclaim Congress - and hold it into 2018 and beyond. Off year elections matter. Every election matters, and the GOP has made it clear that they are no longer interested in governing.
I still have a core belief that their continuing blockage of everything is going to cause their demise as individual Republican politicians and maybe as a party.
Eventually enough people will grow tired and start voting in Democrats. Yes, it is going to take time. It is also going to take some educating the citizens since it seems our school systems don’t inform enough about politics and civics.
I hope Hillary is the one that will start this education process. She and her administration are going to have to start some kind of a tell-it-like-it-is campaign to let people know why we can’t get anything done in our current political mess.
Sounds like it would be a great job for the first ex-president, first man, explainer of all the things guy Big Bill. He can go around the country and hold information summits and town hall meetings and involve media and entertainers, historians, etc. for a big Reeducate America about our Government program.
Make America (government) Work Again…then we can Make America Great Again.
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Huck is just hearing voices in his head.
re: #267 FormerDirtDart
Really?
No, I was mocking Gary Johnson and the Aleppo comment.
I am someone who could spend a couple hours talking about the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Re Florida Senate race - who knows, this just might work:
That’s why, according to Politico, none other than Harry Reid is pressuring Schumer to find a way to get back in the game in Florida—and the easiest and simplest way is for Schumer to send some of his own campaign funds to the DSCC, which can in turn then deploy them on behalf of Murphy.
We can add our voices to that call. Schumer is a lock for re-election in dark blue New York, so he can certainly afford to part with a good portion of his campaign cash. Here’s how you can encourage him—politely—to do the right thing:
- Tweet at his campaign Twitter account, @ChuckSchumer, with the hashtag #RetireRubio.
- Drop a comment on his Facebook page.
- Email his campaign at info@chuckschumer.com.
You should use your own words, but our message is a simple one: “Please send money to the DSCC to help Patrick Murphy end Marco Rubio’s political career.” And there’s more than just the Senate at stake: If Rubio wins re-election, he’d be a frontrunner to challenge Hillary Clinton in 2020. If he loses, he’s kaput. Chuck Schumer can help drive a stake into Rubio’s ambitions once and for all.
I have no idea what this is about.
Nor do I care.
BREAKING: Rigging the Election - Video IV: $20K Wire Transfer From Belize Returned https://t.co/r3bLKhSoXB @PVeritas_Action @woodhouseb
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 26, 2016
@ddiamond An angry face would be more appropriate. Pretty disappointed that most headlines make no mention of APTCs.
— Colin Baillio (@colinb1123) October 25, 2016
Just got off the phone w/ a consumer who was crying bc she couldn’t afford a 25% increase. With subsidies, her premium went down 1%. https://t.co/KYR4uhW6tC
— Colin Baillio (@colinb1123) October 25, 2016
Some confusion on ACA plans. Enrolled via https://t.co/sF6LyzEwDg? Tax credits can help. Need a plan? See options: https://t.co/k6mgtnhDZ6 https://t.co/92khyWFHGP
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) October 26, 2016
re: #270 Interesting Times
Re Florida Senate race - who knows, this just might work:
Ugh, even if we get a Democratic majority in the Senate, we have to put up with Chuck Shumer as the majority leader.
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trolololo!
@newtgingrich @megynkelly You also have issues with keeping your penis to yourself.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) October 26, 2016
re: #207 lawhawk
8 Years of Obstructionism, Part II:
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The GOP didn’t learn its lesson after blocking Obama’s every last move over the past 8 years. They’re going to double down with blocking Clinton’s agenda even before she’s elected President. They aren’t even shy about signaling what they’re going to do.
It’s just one more reason that the GOP must be stopped and Democrats must reclaim Congress - and hold it into 2018 and beyond. Off year elections matter. Every election matters, and the GOP has made it clear that they are no longer interested in governing.
This just in…after the publication of this article, Viagra stocks just plummeted after thousands of journalists canceled their prescriptions…
re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth
BREAKING: Rigging the Election - Video IV: $20K Wire Transfer From Belize Returned
@PVeritas_Action @woodhouseb
— James O’Keefe
Click bait. Gibberish.
re: #248 Kragar
So Trump is going to repeal Cheop’s Law. To whit: Everything takes longer and costs more.
Named after the Great Pyramid of Cheops which wasn’t finished until decades after the Pharaoh entombed in it shuffled off this mortal coil.
1) Just got a phishing email disguised as a Paypal “account blocked” notice, with a bitly shortened link in it. NEVER click these …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
2) links. Bitly shortened links were also used in the phishing attacks that led to the hacked DNC/Podesta emails.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
re: #270 Interesting Times
Re Florida Senate race - who knows, this just might work:
He absolutely oughtta.
Schumer has TONS of money. I know this because I’ve been seeing ads for his reelection and… they’re totally unnecessary. (good ads though; if there were any question they’d be very effective. Footage and headlines of disasters we needed federal funding to recover from, and “he had our back”.)
Trump won’t tell Dana Bash how much more he’s willing to spend between now and election day. “Move on to your next question,” he says
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 26, 2016
re: #273 Timothy Watson
Ugh, even if we get a Democratic majority in the Senate, we have to put up with Chuck Shumer as the majority leader.
Better than Mitch McConnell.
re: #273 Timothy Watson
Ugh, even if we get a Democratic majority in the Senate, we have to put up with Chuck Shumer as the majority leader.
I dunno - Democrats could do worse*. Harry Reid IS going to be a hard act to follow, though: Schumer - publicity-hound image notwithstanding** - is at least a loyal Party Guy, and a thorough Senate Guy, : he’s been there long enough to know the rules (and ways around them), and how to Work The System in the face of Opposition intransigence.
* I’ts Chuck Schumer: unfortunately always a possibility.
** Reid tended not to seek the public limelight in his “official” capacity, Schumer not so much: we’ll have to wait and see if that’s a bad thing or not.
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