Joss Whedon Creates One of the Most Powerful Political Ads of the Year: “Verdict”
Simply one of the most powerful political ads of the campaign season so far.
An American community, waiting to see if they still are one….
Simply one of the most powerful political ads of the campaign season so far.
An American community, waiting to see if they still are one….
If every registered Democratic voter in Texas turned out and voted for Dems, all of Texas would turn blue over-night. This is a fact.
— Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) October 15, 2016
The quality of the Clinton ads and commercials (online and tv) as compared to Trump is night and day. It helps when Clinton has A listers helping with spots like Joss Whedon, versus D listers like Scotty Baio and James Woods.
re: #7 lawhawk
The quality of the Clinton ads and commercials (online and tv) as compared to Trump is night and day. It helps when Clinton has A listers helping with spots like Joss Whedon, versus D listers like Scotty Baio and James Woods.
Biao has to look up to see the D list.
New: @JoaquinCastrotx and @JulianCastro are planning a GOTV tour of Texas as the presidential race tightens https://t.co/qMfv0HxKm9
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) October 26, 2016
re: #7 lawhawk
The quality of the Clinton ads and commercials (online and tv) as compared to Trump is night and day. It helps when Clinton has A listers helping with spots like Joss Whedon, versus D listers like Scotty Baio and James Woods.
Woods actually has/had some acting chops, he’s a three-time Emmy award winner.
re: #7 lawhawk
The quality of the Clinton ads and commercials (online and tv) as compared to Trump is night and day. It helps when Clinton has A listers helping with spots like Joss Whedon, versus D listers like Scotty Baio and James Woods.
Very true. The national-media Trump ads I’ve seen have been fairly-well produced, but devoid of much emotion, or, for that matter, much content of any kind. The contrast between the vague and anodyne TV ads and The Donald’s real-life ranting and raving extremism is pretty pronounced.
And, if his Twitter output is anything to go by, would they really WANT James Woods to have a more public role in the Trump campaign?
re: #7 lawhawk
The quality of the Clinton ads and commercials (online and tv) as compared to Trump is night and day. It helps when Clinton has A listers helping with spots like Joss Whedon, versus D listers like Scotty Baio and James Woods.
As derpy as guys like Woods and Voight are, they can definitely act. I’m with you on Baio though…has he even done anything since Charles in Charge?
And I get that Woods has some acting chops and has won awards/accolades in the past. But Woods isn’t producing ads or appearing in media produced by the Trump campaign.
He’s not engaged in the same way other A listers have thrown their support to Clinton.
People ask why I only tweet criticisms of Trump. “Why don’t you go after Hillary?!” they cry. Well, it’s simple. I really want her to win.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 26, 2016
I asked Cruz if there should be votes on Clinton court nominees if GOP holds Senate. He said there’s plenty of precedent for <9 justices.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 26, 2016
These comments by Chafetz and Cruz today, promising more unprecedented dysfunction in Washington, are a gift to Dem GOTV efforts. https://t.co/VckNQRc4Ix
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 26, 2016
There is a “hidden Trump vote,” that isn’t being captured by pollsters: https://t.co/1o87Q6zP8o #flapol
— Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) October 26, 2016
From the people who brought you “Global Warming is a Hoax” and “The Earth is only 5000 years old”… https://t.co/rEAeumpljb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
Just when you think all of your college friends and acquaintances are sliding off into sedate middle age, one comes along to take a pickaxe to Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
I lived with Jamie in an off campus co-op called The Ark in the early 80s. This was in Austin, Texas.
Nothing says this needs to be over like angry messages from Stein supporters about leaving her out of polls where she’s not on the ballot
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 26, 2016
Has anyone else gotten the two ad blocks here at LGF that are constantly loading and never actually complete the process? All you see is the rotating circle.
One is in the sidebar just below the donation block and the other is at the bottom of the main post and just above the Jump to Bottom button?
It has been going on for a few days. It’s not causing any issues just looks weird. I’m using Chrome mostly and I wonder if they are ads dependent on Flash that I have disabled.
When the mouse is over them no address shows but if clicked on, which I did by accident, the bottom one went to a YouTube page.
Polls and more polls - it appears Drumpfskind isn’t doing as bad some say… or not… who knows?
New polls show Clinton flagging in New Hampshire, Texas, Florida
Hillary Clinton lost ground against Donald Trump in a number of new polls released Wednesday. A new Monmouth University poll shows Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire narrowing to 4 points in the four-way race among likely voters, though RealClearPolitics shows Clinton ahead by an average of about 7 points in the Granite State. Clinton had also pursued a long-shot push into Texas in recent weeks, even airing a TV ad there, but a new poll by Crosswind/American-Statesman Texas Pulse shows Trump with a comfortable 7-point lead. Perhaps most encouraging for Trump supporters, a new Bloomberg Politics poll shows Trump beating Clinton by 2 points in must-win Florida, though the RealClearPolitics average has Clinton up 3.1 points in the state. Nationally, the RealClearPolitics average shows Clinton up by 4.7 points in the four-way race.
I will be very surprised if Clinton wins TX. I think some people have become a bit giddy with the implosion of the Drumpfskind campaign and presumed that states will fall for Clinton which previously were “safe” for Republicans.
re: #19 Kragar
There is a “hidden Trump vote,” that isn’t being captured by pollsters: floridapolitics.com #flapol
— Florida GOP
So say all losing candidates going back to the campaign of 1872.
#GOP already planning to continue obstructing a Democrat in the WH.
DRAG
THEIR
ASSES
OUT
OF
OFFICE— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
re: #10 Timothy Watson
Woods actually has/had some acting chops, he’s a three-time Emmy award winner.
Yeah, he is talented. So sad to see he is such a dick about politics. I still think his doing Citizen Cohn caused his body to be invaded by the evil spirit of Roy Cohn and turned Woods into a complete nutjob asshole.
Regarding that latest Texas poll:
Statesman poll shows Trump with small but safe lead over Clinton
[…]
In perhaps the most surprising result, Trump had a larger lead with Texas women than with Texas men. Trump led 43 percent to 39 percent with men, and 46 percent to 38 percent with women.
[…]
Clinton is leading Trump among black voters, 77 percent to 17 percent, and leading among Hispanic voters, 56 percent to 24 percent.
[…]
It all sounds a bit… odd.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
I asked Cruz if there should be votes on Clinton court nominees if GOP holds Senate. He said there’s plenty of precedent for <9 justices.
— Dave Weigel
GOP 2005: Give every nominee (of ours) an up or down vote! Up or down vote!!!
GOP 2016: Meh. SCOTUS can have 6 or even 5 justices. Whatevs.
re: #28 Kragar
@daveweigel @tedcruz Obstructionism = GOP policy. This cannot and should not be tolerated by anyone on either side of aisle.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 26, 2016
re: #25 freetoken
Wonder why that one FL poll is getting so much attention. Several others in FL show her still ahead.
re: #25 freetoken
I will be very surprised if Clinton wins TX. I think some people have become a bit giddy
It’s Texas. They’ve become a bit giddyap. They’re going to the polls in record numbers. I won’t be surprised either way by Texas.
re: #33 Sir John Barron
Wonder why that one FL poll is getting so much attention. Several others in FL show her still ahead.
You just answered your own question.
re: #37 jeffreyw
Lunch? Biscuits make it better!
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Dropped or rolled? Those look rolled, then dropped.
Edited to add: I clicked your nic and through to the recipe. Thanks!
the year is 2020
the RNC thought they were finally rid of him
they thought wrong#TrumpHorror pic.twitter.com/yMkVtNmmDa— darth™ (@darth) October 26, 2016
re: #19 Kragar
There are “hidden Trump voters,” that aren’t being captured by pollsters, because they’re dug in to coral caves on far-flung Pacific atolls, and have no idea the war is over.
re: #25 freetoken
Polls and more polls - it appears Drumpfskind isn’t doing as bad some say… or not… who knows?
New polls show Clinton flagging in New Hampshire, Texas, Florida
I will be very surprised if Clinton wins TX. I think some people have become a bit giddy with the implosion of the Drumpfskind campaign and presumed that states will fall for Clinton which previously were “safe” for Republicans.
As a Texan, I’m not expecting Clinton to win the state. But anything that scares Republicans is a plus right now, especially if it forces them to spend money here.
From that Statesman article:
According to the survey of 800 likely Texas voters conducted by Crosswind Media & Public Relations and Pulse Opinion Research, Trump has 45 percent support to 38 percent for Clinton with 7 percent for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and 10 percent not sure.
I thought Pulse sounded familiar. Here is a story from 2010/2011:
What Do Rasmussen And Pulse Opinion Research Have In Common?
The answer (as reported earlier today by Political Wire) is that Pulse is a “field service” spun off of of Rasmussen Reports that conducts their well known automated, recorded-voice surveys. It also conducts polls for other clients including, as of today, Fox News. While the questions asked on specific surveys may differ, the underlying methodology used by Fox/Pulse and Rasmussen are essentially identical.
Also, the other actor, Crosswind Media & Public Relations, is a PR firm. Why can’t the Statesman just hire Pulse directly? Why is there a PR firm in the mix?
re: #20 mmmirele
Just when you think all of your college friends and acquaintances are sliding off into sedate middle age, one comes along to take a pickaxe to Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
I lived with Jamie in an off campus co-op called The Ark in the early 80s. This was in Austin, Texas.
Here he is talking to TMZ
re: #43 jaunte
Physics threw out the hidden variable explanation along time ago, e.g. John Bell.
re: #20 mmmirele
Just when you think all of your college friends and acquaintances are sliding off into sedate middle age, one comes along to take a pickaxe to Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
I lived with Jamie in an off campus co-op called The Ark in the early 80s. This was in Austin, Texas.
That’s crazy!
Also - I didn’t know they took video. It kinda gives the lie to his claim that he was trying to ‘remove’ it, though.
Question for anyone who’s experienced this one way or the other - do GOTV text messages generally work, or do they backfire because they’re perceived as spam? I ask because I’m curious if this is worth a shot:
Avaaz is partnering with progressive group NextGen Climate who have created a unique and effective way for anyone in the world to help turn out young voters in the U.S., by simply text-messaging them with just a computer and internet connection (no phone is necessary).
re: #43 jaunte
I was just going to suggest that they are the people that never bothered to register to vote but who end up bitching and staying pissed all of the time.
Scoop: Trump claims he opposed Obamacare beforehand. There’s video of him saying positive things the day it passed: https://t.co/Hotg56n6nh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 26, 2016
re: #40 wrenchwench
Dropped or rolled? Those look rolled, then dropped.
Kneaded, then cut and shaped by hand. Brushed with milk and baked at 425. [Recipe for biscuits.]
America is already great because it welcomes people like Damián López Rodriguez—an immigrant who gave his life for our country. pic.twitter.com/r4YUzLrheg
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 26, 2016
Orbán and Hungary still generating headlines:
Hungarian science spat, Kuwait’s DNA law and a transparency milestone
Hungary premier splits science academy Five foreign members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) have resigned in protest at what they consider to be antidemocratic actions by the populist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (pictured) — and the academy’s failure to confront them. The protest was prompted by the closure this month of the country’s largest quality newspaper, Népszabadság, which had been critical of the government. On 19 October, the five, including Nobel-prizewinning neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel, published an open letter inviting other external members to resign and calling on the academy to “raise its voice in defence of freedom and justice in Hungary”. More than 150 academicians and HAS scientists published an open letter to academy president László Lovász on 14 October asking him to launch scholarly debates on the issues. He responded that the academy is not a political organization.
Eastern Europe, from my rather distant perspective, appears to be still going through withdrawal from the Soviet empire.
Here’s what happens when the auto-timer on your camera is a red dot.#PumpkinDay #NationalPumpkinDay pic.twitter.com/VFC0IlDdsa
— Michael Clarke (@Mr_Mike_Clarke) October 26, 2016
re: #52 jeffreyw
Kneaded, then cut and shaped by hand. Brushed with milk and baked at 425. [Recipe for biscuits.]
I just edited the post you replied to with thanks for the recipe. I’m slow, but grateful.
Alex Jones goes where we all knew this was heading: “I’m not against Jews, but…” https://t.co/UHzaPSvPlu pic.twitter.com/JYiqd8JNhP
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) October 26, 2016
3) Here’s what that fake PayPal phishing email looks like, for the record (yes, I reported it). pic.twitter.com/F6GccRjB2W
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
Facebook is filled with this stuff, which is leaching into my wall:
And so on.
I guess I better do some exposes on the Jewish mafia
Please, please do. Preferably before the election day.
re: #60 freetoken
Facebook is filled with this stuff, which is leaching into my wall:
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And so on.
I can’t do the book of faces at work. What is it?
re: #62 Belafon
I can’t do the book of faces at work. What is it?
Just the typical misogyny, aimed at Kelly.
re: #61 Nyet
Bugsy Siegel couldn’t be reached for comment. /
re: #19 Kragar
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I actually think the opposite might happen…Republicans being pressured/forced to say they support Trump, but then vote Clinton once they reach the safe anonymity of the voting booth.
re: #60 freetoken
Fresh from my junk conservative email: “how to think about the Gingrich interview.”
Then again, he’s already sympathetically interviewed David Duke.
re: #66 jaunte
Thing is, on those Facebook posts there are women who are cheering on the ugly. Not many, but some.
re: #68 freetoken
Yes, they won’t all be changing their minds.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There is a precedent for <9 because the Senate refuses to vote on nominees? Was that the Garland Precedent of ‘16?
re: #25 freetoken
Polls and more polls - it appears Drumpfskind isn’t doing as bad some say… or not… who knows?
I’m nervous. And I have some Bernie-bot friends who are still gun-ho on Stein who I can’t convince to come around — one of them is in Colorado, which could be a swing state.
Then other typical young voters who are the typical “I’m not going to vote because the system is rigged” bullshitters.
Drives me up the fucking wall.
Meanwhile the Trump voters are HIGHLY motivated and WILL be out there voting.
Libertarian VP Candidate Admits Defeat, Tells Voters To Pick Clinton Over Trump https://t.co/cyuvM1WU5n via @TPM
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
re: #60 freetoken
Facebook is filled with this stuff, which is leaching into my wall:
And so on.
Kelly cleaned his fat ol’ clock if you ask me.
re: #68 freetoken
My business partner was just telling me about his wife’s sisters being divided on the subject of Trump/Clinton; reminded me of some of the stories of brother vs. brother in the run up to the civil war.
re: #65 Mike Lamb
I actually think the opposite might happen…Republicans being pressured/forced to say they support Trump, but then vote Clinton once they reach the safe anonymity of the voting booth.
Lots of Trump supporting men don’t know their wives are voting for Hillary.
That add made me tear up, seriously.
re: #71 weave
I’m nervous. And I have some Bernie-bot friends who are still gun-ho on Stein who I can’t convince to come around — one of them is in Colorado, which could be a swing state.
Then other typical young voters who are the typical “I’m not going to vote because the system is rigged” bullshitters.
Drives me up the fucking wall.
Meanwhile the Trump voters are HIGHLY motivated and WILL be out there voting.
The young voters, as a whole are OK. They support Clinton over any other candidate by a larger amount than any other age group.
Marybeth Glenn:
I fought on behalf of my principles while other women told me I hated my own sex. Not only charges of sexism, but I defended@marcorubio during Go8, I fought in my state to stop the@ScottWalker recall, etc… Now some Trojan horse nationalist sexual predator invades the @GOP, eating it alive, and you cowards sit this one out? He treats women like dogs, and you go against everything I - and other female conservatives - said you were & back down like cowards.
Get this straight: We don’t need you to stand up for us, YOU needed to stand up for us for YOU. For YOUR dignity. For YOUR reputation. Jeff Sessions says that he wouldn’t “characterize” Trump’s unauthorized groping of women as “assault.”
Are you kidding me?!
theatlantic.com;
Today, we’re launching an awesome new ad campaign with @whenwomenvote & @JamesFrancoTV. Meet the #MostInterestingWoman in the world. pic.twitter.com/I1iLJft7sU
— Priorities USA (@prioritiesUSA) October 26, 2016
re: #71 weave
I’m nervous. And I have some Bernie-bot friends who are still gun-ho on Stein who I can’t convince to come around — one of them is in Colorado, which could be a swing state.
Then other typical young voters who are the typical “I’m not going to vote because the system is rigged” bullshitters.
Drives me up the fucking wall.
Meanwhile the Trump voters are HIGHLY motivated and WILL be out there voting.
A friend of mine had a great idea. Start a #Trumpboycott and tweet it to @realDonaldTrump to boycott the election because its rigged. See if we can get something started.
@lawhawk @daveweigel It is clear your problem is more with the Constitution that it is with Republicans or obstructionism.
— Joe Eule (@joeeule) October 26, 2016
@lawhawk @daveweigel Where does it say they can’t?
— Joe Eule (@joeeule) October 26, 2016
Got a live one… Wheeee
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
I asked Cruz if there should be votes on Clinton court nominees if GOP holds Senate. He said there’s plenty of precedent for <9 justices.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 26, 2016
Republicans promise to continue government obstruction. VOTE THEM OUT! #MakeGovernmentWorkAgain https://t.co/5PlNOusQe7
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 26, 2016
USGS: Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.4 strikes central Italy about 2 hours after 5.5 quake - Reuters https://t.co/BqhBN4v9n2
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) October 26, 2016
Trump’s deleted tweet. pic.twitter.com/ZPRBy8Uudb
— Linda K. Grube (@Lkgrube) August 11, 2016
Attn @Evan_McMullin you might remind UT voters of this. https://t.co/y0gVSPAbn1
— blue zombVark (@AardvarkBlue) October 26, 2016
re: #84 lawhawk
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#Terremoto questi gli effetti della seconda scossa di pochi secondi fa a #Montesacro #Roma ballano i lampadari pic.twitter.com/adaCRGM6vW
— Max Brod (@BrodMax) October 26, 2016
the year is 2020
the RNC thought they were finally rid of him
they thought wrong#TrumpHorror pic.twitter.com/yMkVtNmmDa— darth™ (@darth) October 26, 2016
re: #82 lawhawk
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Got a live one… Wheeee
And here I thought that strict constructionists/”constitutionalists” believed that if a given power was not expressly authorized in the Constitution, then it didn’t exist/was a right reserved to the states…
HRC knocks Trump in FL for ‘taking time off the campaign trail’ to open his DC hotel, accuses him of using undocumented workers to build it pic.twitter.com/DsoGGdfugf
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) October 26, 2016
re: #66 jaunte
Fresh from my junk conservative email: “how to think about the Gingrich interview.”
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Hurr, hurr libtard media Fox OWNED!!!!
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not the chandelier!
When we were kids, we’d always look at the one in the dining room. ‘Did I just feel something?’ ‘Oh, yeah. Look at it go!’
re: #85 FormerDirtDart
.@AardvarkBlue @Evan_McMullin they used common trick of substituting an uppercase i, which in sans-serif font looks just like a lowercase l
— Interesting Times (@intrstngtimes) October 26, 2016
Another great has passed during this craptacular year.
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover has died at age 94
Hoover, who began flying in 1937 at Berry Field in Nashville, Tennessee, almost came to an early end. While serving in the Army’s 52nd Fighter Group in Sicily during World War II, he flew more than 50 missions before being shot down. He survived the crash and spent months in a prisoner-of-war camp before he escaped, stole a German fighter plane and flew to safety in The Netherlands.
Perhaps overshadowed by Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover was arguably the better pilot. The world was better for his being here.
re: #85 FormerDirtDart
And nobody will notice that it doesn’t have the blue check mark, indicating that it’s really from Trump. People are stupid.
re: #94 William Lewis
Another great has passed during this craptacular year.
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover has died at age 94
Perhaps overshadowed by Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover was arguably the better pilot. The world was better for his being here.
Blue skies ahead, soldier. Welcome home.
Images broadcast on Italian TV show damaged buildings in Visso in Macerata province; extent of damage unknown https://t.co/AEHekq4krM pic.twitter.com/twdUSwPPZz
— BNO News (@BNONews) October 26, 2016
re: #60 freetoken
Facebook is filled with this stuff, which is leaching into my wall:
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And so on.
Megyn Kelly seems to be getting the full treatment of the butthurt right wing nutjobs. Good.
Add in the revelations about ex-boss Roger Ailes and I wonder if Ms. Kelly is beginning to wonder about what working at FOX News is doing to her career and her soul.
Anyway, it has been quite the year at FOX News…I hope it continues and the Murdoch sons are forced to make a change up in their thinking. and who they want as viewers. It would do this country a lot of good to get them out of feeding the crazy.
Besides they may have some competition for the same asshole viewers. Very soon I hear.
#terremoto Boccardo, arcivescovo di Spoleto-Norcia: “La chiesa di San Salvatore a Campi di Norcia non esiste più”. https://t.co/FCMTjH5QHE pic.twitter.com/CDSL6jqrxB
— Avvenire (@Avvenire_NEI) October 26, 2016
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
That does not look good.
re: #95 Sionainn
And nobody will notice that it doesn’t have the blue check mark, indicating that it’s really from Trump. People are stupid.
It’s typical of trump. That’s why so many people believe it.
That’s not stupid, it’s regression analysis. /half
re: #29 ObserverArt
Yeah, he is talented. So sad to see he is such a dick about politics. I still think his doing Citizen Cohn caused his body to be invaded by the evil spirit of Roy Cohn and turned Woods into a complete nutjob asshole.
And I thought it was because he played Hades in Hercules.
They can best described as sex in a canoe.
They’re fucking close to water. @ESQPolitics @JM_Ashby— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
Anyone want to crush a Trumper’s hopes and dreams?
Okay people lets get a real poll out there to show the main stream media they are lying!
“So vote and RE-TWEET” who are you voting for?— wear RED on Nov 8th (@WalterTippie) October 24, 2016
Hillary of course. She is the only responsible adult running for the office. https://t.co/qvqz40TRX7
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
@Foxxi_Love @60th_Street Party in Poll Town! pic.twitter.com/jIXEoA6imo
— Richard🌪Wicked Sword (@ilovaussiesheps) October 26, 2016
Bull Elk spotted in South Carolina for 1st time in centuries likely came from from re-introduced @GreatSmokyNPS herd https://t.co/DDccrWWuhL
— Wildlife Returning (@Wildlife_Return) October 26, 2016
re: #104 Kragar
Okay people lets get a real poll out there to show the main stream media they are lying! “So vote and RE-TWEET” who are you voting for?
— wear RED on Nov 8th
Science. How does it work?
“You do not need a diploma to make a difference. Everyone is qualified to save the planet.” Wangari Maathai, Kenyahttps://t.co/YA9Xh5PcR9 pic.twitter.com/TL69sUA3K2
— SAVE THE FROGS! (@savethefrogs) October 26, 2016
But still, my sister-in-law in Colombia got her PhD last week. Her thesis was about frogs.
The ratfcking continues in earnest. A friend in NC found this FB page, purporting to be the “Craven County Board of Elections,” complete with a photo of a Trump sign as the header pic.
The pic has changed, but the fake page is still up…for now.
TRUMP: “My theme today is FIVE words: ‘under budget and ahead of schedule.’”
1. Under
2. Budget
3. And
4. Ahead
5. Of
6. Schedule— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) October 26, 2016
re: #98 ObserverArt
Megyn Kelly seems to be getting the full treatment of the butthurt right wing nutjobs. Good.
Add in the revelations about ex-boss Roger Ailes and I wonder if Ms. Kelly is beginning to wonder about what working at FOX News is doing to her career and her soul.
Anyway, it has been quite the year at FOX News…I hope it continues and the Murdoch sons are forced to make a change up in their thinking. and who they want as viewers. It would do this country a lot of good to get them out of feeding the crazy.
Besides they may have some competition for the same asshole viewers. Very soon I hear.
I’ve heard that she wants to move to a mainstream network. Fox won’t quit feeding the crazy because that’s what generates their profits.
re: #113 Big Beautiful Door
I’ve heard that she wants to move to a mainstream network. Fox won’t quit feeding the crazy because that’s what generates their profits.
Even if she moves to a “mainstream” network, I would still be skeptical of her. She’s not exactly so keen on blacks and Muslims either.
re: #108 Sir John Barron
The guy deleted the poll. LOL.
Hey @WalterTippie seems like your poll got taken down for some reason, but here are the results pic.twitter.com/6GQT6i0Gug
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
“Ahead of schedule and under budget” usually equates to “shoddy work and substandard materials”.
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
And I thought it was because he played Hades in Hercules.
After doing that comment about Cohn in #29 I decided to take a look at his wiki page.
Just one entry in Cohn’s book of questionable lawyering that still hangs with us this very election:
Later career[edit]
Cohn aided Roger Stone in Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign in 1979-80. Cohn helped Stone arrange for John B. Anderson to get the nomination of the Liberal Party of New York, a move that would help split the opposition to Reagan in the state. Stone said Cohn gave him a suitcase that Stone avoided opening and, as instructed by Cohn, dropped it off at the office of a lawyer influential in Liberal Party circles. Reagan carried the state with 46 percent of the vote. Speaking after the statute of limitations for bribery had expired, Stone later said, “I paid his law firm. Legal fees. I don’t know what he did for the money, but whatever it was, the Liberal party reached its right conclusion out of a matter of principle.”[26]
re: #115 Kragar
When I checked, immediately after your first post, Hillary’s lead grew quickly. Heck, even I voted.
Nutso probably is trying to figure out how to game his next poll.
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
No, because we’re not treasonous sacks of shit like you https://t.co/xScHFrWlDI
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
re: #111 danarchy
Damn, SC gets an elk and all we get up here in MA is freakin rattlesnakes…
My opinion, our ancestors worked damn hard to clear those rattlesnakes from MA, we should respect their effort.
If we make the wilderness totally safe for people, we have no more wilderness. At least rattlesnakes give fair warning.
re: #120 Kragar
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
tfw when you can’t manage to pay child support, but think you can overthrow the government https://t.co/ZSjdd1WJNG
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) October 26, 2016
re: #112 Charles Johnson
So he went 20% over the projected word budget.
What are you, some kind of communist scaredy woman?
Heh.
Plane towing a banner downtown “Trump tried to buy and move the Indians” pic.twitter.com/6ob9mJYUvw
— John Kosich (@KosichJohn) October 26, 2016
That plane banner is … at least half true. Trump did offer to buy the Indians, but it’s not clear that he would have moved the team.
re: #113 Big Beautiful Door
re: #114 electrotek
does megyn kelly still think jesus was white or nah
— Adam Servianski (@AdamSerwer) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
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Yeah Joe grab a 18th century weapon against the government. I’m sure they’re just petrified of your sorry ass.
re: #115 Kragar
The guy deleted the poll. LOL.
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Walter is sad because other people voted…
I tried to have a real poll and all I got was Sea Hag Hillary Trolls fighting like they were at a Trump rally! Trumps going to win BIG! pic.twitter.com/kZaQb7h35t
— wear RED on Nov 8th (@WalterTippie) October 26, 2016
re: #113 Big Beautiful Door
I’ve heard that she wants to move to a mainstream network. Fox won’t quit feeding the crazy because that’s what generates their profits.
Right now yes. But they do feed a generation that may be fading fast and if the Breitbart/Trump thing is real they could take the next generation of viewers from FOX. FOX will be blamed for Trump failure and Megyn Kelly will be one of the reasons. SO part of being profitable is catering to an audience. I think the audience is changing.
And there have been some rumblings the Murdoch sons may be wanting a change too. Maybe they are seeing a market move.
If it comes to it, the newer nut jobs will Watch Breitbart Trump TV and bathe in the slime!
re: #127 HappyWarrior
Yeah Joe grab a 18th century weapon against the government. I’m sure they’re just petrified of your sorry ass.
And he’ll ride a horse to the battle.
No, wait, that was bayonets and horses.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Congressman Joe Walsh and this poll-loser. Put them together and you get an avalanche of derp.
Dallas Cow-ploys
Although rumors of “vote switching” in Texas are rampant, we found only one case in which a report was investigated, and it was found to be unsubstantiated.
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
@WalshFreedom It’s a teensy weensy musket, but he’s gonna grab it hard. If he can find it. https://t.co/MpKTuxYYq9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
I prefer Joe Walshes who live in hotels and tear out the walls.
Celebrate Clinton’s (Probable) Victory With Julian Assange, Wednesday, November 9, Embassy of Ecuador https://t.co/HoHmqgoDp5
— Paul Canning (@pauloCanning) October 26, 2016
re: #133 Rightwingconspirator
Dallas Cow-ploys
Although rumors of “vote switching” in Texas are rampant, we found only one case in which a report was investigated, and it was found to be unsubstantiated.
Somebody tweeted this “story” the other day and I asked him how voter ID laws would fix this. No answer. I disappoint.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
Everyone point and laugh at Walter. https://t.co/gT0fdzjcry pic.twitter.com/632x1zwleb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
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How’d did this moran’s threat to “take on the feds” in NC work out?
re: #117 Eclectic Cyborg
“Ahead of schedule and under budget” usually equates to “shoddy work and substandard materials”.
Not to mention “dubious compliance with safety standards and employment regulations”
re: #129 ObserverArt
Currently Fox News has some of the most watched daily programs on cable TV in the US. They are not going to want to lose that. The trio of OReilly, Kelly, and Hannity average about 2.5 million people per hour, on the most watched nights (Monday, Tuesday) even higher at times of the year.
Murdoch is old and can hang on for but a few more years. Whoever runs the corporation after him has bigger fish to fry. Fox News is his ideological baby, but corporate wise it is just a fraction of their business.
“All I wanted to do was run an online poll where only Trump voters responded and YOU LIBERALS RUINED IT!” pic.twitter.com/Tj3yuE1BF8
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
The reason Fox’s The Simpsons can make fun of Fox News is because The Simpsons and the regular Fox programming are so much more important and profitable to the corporation.
Fox News blows CNN and MSNBC away as far as ratings, but the viewership is elderly, and thus of not much value to advertisers.
JUST IN: Donald Trump tells @MarkHalperin that he’s “gonna win” the White House https://t.co/W4Km1NqLKA pic.twitter.com/E2DSvhmqcA
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) October 26, 2016
@bpolitics @MarkHalperin BREAKING EXCLUSIVE! https://t.co/oLrMRbke2G
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
Just try not to picture him packing the bore with wadding @leftyjennyc
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
Coal train derails in Illinois: https://t.co/8N5Phx5fsb pic.twitter.com/jTnvAMGP6W
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket./blockquote>
I think that’s what lonely RWNJs are calling it now.
re: #149 Decatur Deb
This is my musket, this is my gun, and this is for having fun!
Of the taking of polls there is no end:
Clinton holds 9-point lead over Trump in new national poll
Hillary Clinton has a nearly double-digit lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Wednesday afternoon.
Convicted political operative still busy in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate racehttps://t.co/HEilreZWer pic.twitter.com/x2HTNjHuMl
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) October 26, 2016
yep, same guy involved in the Chinese donation to Trump sting.
re: #150 HappyWarrior
I’m preparing to ask out Emmy Rossum too and get a yes.
I had to look her up to see who that was…does that mean I am getting old.
re: #139 Kragar
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Yep: today’s RW in a nutshell: “This poll/news report/article doesn’t tell me what I want to hear, so it can’t be real!”
Funny as Twitter trolling, not so hilarious IRL…..
#polarbeartest RT @sarahkeartes: That’s no sloth! Meet the pygmy anteater. photo via @MartinMejiaS # pic.twitter.com/UNGIT6NvH8
— Jason G. Goldman (@jgold85) October 26, 2016
I gotta see those pygmy ants. With magnification.
re: #154 danarchy
I had to look her up to see who that was…does that mean I am getting old.
Nah, not everyone watches Shameless.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yep, same guy involved in the Chinese donation to Trump sting.
From there:
“I am actually quite boring and not much worthy of your ink,” Benton wrote Tuesday in a response to questions about his PAC work. “I am not currently involved with any campaign, but would gladly help any honorable conservative seeking to make a positive change.”
Built in contradiction: if they hire him, they are not honorable.
Rand Paul: Polls showing Clinton ahead are ‘designed to suppress turnout’ https://t.co/diY1ZkEzbG
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) October 26, 2016
If anyone knows all about poor turnouts, its the Paul family https://t.co/AePC2RihKH
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 26, 2016
McConnell/Paul’s pol Jesse Benton: “we have a voter suppression campaign quite frankly, targeting African-Americans” https://t.co/4LCHIeYFHu
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) October 26, 2016
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Duh everyone paying attention to you jackasses knew that.
Clinton had a longish ad with a woman who was discriminated against by Trump and his father. Tim Kaine does a good job explaining what happened since he was a Civil Rights attorney before he got into elected politics. I think Kaine being a Civil Rights attorney is a huge plus for what he will bring to the table as VP.
SILENCED! Bill Clinton’s Alleged Son Danney Wiliams PERMANENTLY BANNED from YouTube! https://t.co/2A4GrMAYVb via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) October 26, 2016
@gatewaypundit https://t.co/0BGyZ7woUI pic.twitter.com/yj7nbhf2bl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
Regarding that latest USA Today poll, question 39:
What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most? {RANDOMIZE 35.1 - 35.9}
(N=1,000) n %
CNN ————————————————————————————————154 15.40
MSNBC ——————————————————————————————- 66 6.60
FOX NEWS———————————————————————————-270 27.00
ABC————————————————————————————————— 69 6.90
NBC ————————————————————————————————- 65 6.50
CBS————————————————————————————————— 77 7.70
C-SPAN —————————————————————————————— 29 2.90
COMEDY CENTRAL—————————————————————— 23 2.30
PBS————————————————————————————————— 61 6.10
UNDECIDED ——————————————————————————-186 18.60
Fox News is the most watched cable new channel, yet as I noted above they are watched by 2 to 3 million people per hour during primetime. Assuming several turnovers per day of watchers, that is still much smaller audience than the major broadcast networks. Yet 27% of poll respondents say their most trusted source is Fox News.
re: #164 Charles Johnson
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There’s obviously more to it than DJ is suggesting but even if so, YouTube isn’t the US government. IF he wants to push his proven bs story, he’s got plenty of outlets like DJ and his friends.
re: #166 HappyWarrior
There’s obviously more to it than DJ is suggesting but even if so, YouTube isn’t the US government. IF he wants to push his proven bs story, he’s got plenty of outlets like DJ and his friends.
Or he could always publish on Wikileaks. They’ve never retracted a story, everything they say must be true.
re: #164 Charles Johnson
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I was about to ask how that great move, the best move, believe me, by Trump on the day of the last debate, was paying off.
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AP-Gfk poll: Clinton 51%, Trump 37%, Johnson 6%, Stein 2%. (They had 45-39 last month). HRC wld lead Pence 51-47. https://t.co/hVRWUuGnZh
— Taniel (@Taniel) October 26, 2016
Question 41 from that poll
How important is religion in your life - very important, somewhat important, not very important or
not at all important?
(N=1,000) n %
Very important —————————————————————————-612 61.20
Somewhat important —————————————————————-216 21.60
Not very important ———————————————————————- 76 7.60
Not at all important———————————————————————- 74 7.40
Undecided —————————————————————————————- 7 0.70
Refused——————————————————————————————- 15 1.50
Note that other surveys, larger and constructed for long term analysis, show that the “nones” are now around 20% of the US population.
I suspect this USA Today poll is over weighting towards religious/Fox viewers.
re: #8 I Would Prefer Not To
Biao has to look up to see the D list.
To crib from Kathy Griffin, Baio’s on the F list.
Our entitlement society!
Many Trump Supporters Want Trump TV — But Don’t Want To Pay For It https://t.co/X7CTTYPfzu
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 26, 2016
re: #172 bratwurst
Our entitlement society!
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They’d be pissed off too if they found out how much their taxes would go up for his wall. Trump supporters and let’s be honest conservatives in general want everything without having to pay for it.
New NBC/WSJ polls
NEVADA
Trump 43%
Clinton 43%
Johnson 10%
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Clinton 45%
Trump 36%
Johnson 10%
Stein 4%— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 26, 2016
I just saw a guy who moved about 300 miles away a couple of years ago. I asked him whether he voted before he headed over here. He said, ‘No, I’ll be home by the end of the week. Don’t worry, Hillary’s getting a vote from me.’
I’ve become that person.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
They’d be pissed off too if they found out how much their taxes would go up for his wall. Trump supporters and let’s be honest conservatives in general want everything without having to pay for it.
I think this is a trait common to all Americans…or maybe just all people
re: #173 HappyWarrior
They’d be pissed off too if they found out how much their taxes would go up for his wall. Trump supporters and let’s be honest conservatives in general want everything without having to pay for it.
Butbutbut MEXICO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT!!!!!
re: #174 Charles Johnson
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Wish there was more distance in Nevada between the two of them but I like those NH numbers.
@WalshFreedom I own an actual 2nd pattern Brown Bess musket & bayonet. I have no problem defending the Republic from people like you.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) October 26, 2016
re: #170 freetoken
I’ve noticed these guys recently in 538? Who are they?
Auto Alliance / ESA / Pulse Opinion Research
re: #177 danarchy
I think this is a trait common to all Americans…or maybe just all people
I agree with that but conservatives in my experiences are often the first to complain about the quality of our roads, schools, etc but then bitch about tax increases. It’s not unique to the right but it’s more prevalent on the right than left because I think the left understands the role taxes play in our society more.
re: #178 thedopefishlives
Butbutbut MEXICO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT!!!!!
Yeah the poor rubes really think that. It’s SAD.
re: #181 Ziggy_TARDIS
See my earlier post about Pulse. There was a Huffpo piece from 2010/2011 about them.
I think working at a polling firm would be interesting work on a related note. I’m weird though. I sort of like statistical analysis but I am not fond of math in general.
So a few of my friends IRL have been posting “You know it’s going bad for Hillary if you’ve lost Michael Moore” on their FB walls. I can’t help but laugh at them when asking them to read past the first few lines to get to his point.
re: #183 HappyWarrior
Yeah the poor rubes really think that. It’s SAD.
One of my wingnut friends had an actual plan for how Trump could “persuade” Mexico to pay for the wall. I don’t remember the actual approach, but I remember thinking that it would cause an international incident and effectively torpedo relations with our neighbors to the south.
re: #186 GlutenFreeJesus
So a few of my friends IRL have been posting “You know it’s going bad for Hillary if you’ve lost Michael Moore” on their FB walls. I can’t help but laugh at them when asking them to read past the first few lines to get to his point.
Michael Moore was saying it was lost in the summer. I think often than not Moore’s heart is in the right place but he’s not a solid political analyst at all.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
Wish there was more distance in Nevada between the two of them but I like those NH numbers.
Yeah these state polls have been all over the place.
re: #187 thedopefishlives
One of my wingnut friends had an actual plan for how Trump could “persuade” Mexico to pay for the wall. I don’t remember the actual approach, but I remember thinking that it would cause an international incident and effectively torpedo relations with our neighbors to the south.
I’m sure it would. Just glad we’re going to have an adult in charge of our FP. I shudder to think of Trump possibly having Flynn at DOD and Bolton at DOS.
re: #189 Sir John Barron
Yeah these state polls have been all over the place.
We’ll find out for sure in 13 long days.
Hillary Clinton has a 14-point lead over Donald Trump in the new AP-GfK poll. Oh yeah. https://t.co/Q9bOEULqdA
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
re: #165 freetoken
Regarding that latest USA Today poll, question 39:
Fox News is the most watched cable new channel, yet as I noted above they are watched by 2 to 3 million people per hour during primetime. Assuming several turnovers per day of watchers, that is still much smaller audience than the major broadcast networks. Yet 27% of poll respondents say their most trusted source is Fox News.
‘Friends’ reruns draw more viewers than Fox News.
re: #191 HappyWarrior
We’ll find out for sure in 13 long days.
I’m voting tomorrow. Does VA have early voting?
Both my mother and I voted (Monday). And just got confirmation email that the county got my dad’s mail-in ballot. 3 votes for Hillary, Tammy, and Brad Schneider.
re: #191 HappyWarrior
We’ll find out for sure in 13 long days.
Haven’t you heard? We’ll never know for sure who won because Soros has rigged all the machines to lie.
re: #195 Sir John Barron
I’m voting tomorrow. Does VA have early voting?
I’m not sure as I’ve never done it before. I don’t have a big precinct so I don’t mind voting in person.
re: #192 Charles Johnson
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Our local Greensboro “conservative” weekly rag The Rhino Times and editor John Hammer have been drowning deep in the kool aid for Trump.
Reading Hammer today whining about the unfair media and the “skewed polls” brought a tear of happiness to my eyes.
re: #200 Scottishdragon
Our local Greensboro “conservative” weekly rag The Rhino Times and editor John Hammer have been drowning deep in the kool aid for Trump.
Reading Hammer today whining about the unfair media and the “skewed polls” brought a tear of happiness to my eyes.
I personally love it when people who are part of the media and have been so for a long time whine about the media i.e. anyone on FNC who whines about the media. It’s like uh don’t you guys always brag about how popular you are.
re: #198 freetoken
Haven’t you heard? We’ll never know for sure who won because Soros has rigged all the machines to lie.
Actual text from the senior fish: “Voting early tomorrow because I don’t trust the machines. Paper ballots, no hanging chads for me.”
re: #192 Charles Johnson
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What I’m hoping for is HRC gets over 50% and Trump under 40%. That would be huuuuuuuuuuuge and a good harbinger for down ticket races.
re: #172 bratwurst
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Just like in his campaign, they probably think the rich guy with the big mouth can self-fund this TV gig. He’s got all the bucks and the connections…he’s the big business guy.
Trump has to realize, these Breitbart Trump TV people have no money. They’ve asked for the GOP trickling down economics on them and hucksters like Trump have ripped them off for so long they got no bucks to pay for anything.
They’ll gladly watch though.
Regarding the NBC/WSJ Nevada poll:
But the new poll shows that the Latino vote has shifted in Mr. Trump’s direction over the past month. Mrs. Clinton still has a solid lead among Hispanics, 52%-36%, but last month her margin was almost twice as wide, 59%-28%.
Is Drumpfskind correct in his assertion that Latino’s love him?
Note that Nevada poll had only 707 respondents. The poll data is behind a paywall so I can’t see it, but I wonder how many of those 707 self label as “hispanic”? The moe on that subgroup is probably up around 10%.
re: #94 William Lewis
Another great has passed during this craptacular year.
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover has died at age 94
Perhaps overshadowed by Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover was arguably the better pilot. The world was better for his being here.
And a native Nashvillian who began his flying career here at Berry Field (the former name for Nashville International Airport [whose IATA airport code is still B(erry Field)NA(shville) because of it; the TN ANG still has a big presence there]).
re: #205 freetoken
Every other poll shows shows things differently for Nevada.
Pretty much the news cycle now is bandwagon engineering, with all this emphasis on who is winning the “polls”.
But few people read the fine print.
re: #115 Kragar
The guy deleted the poll. LOL.
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I reminded him. lol
@WalterTippie pic.twitter.com/b0pq5oqhqj
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) October 26, 2016
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
@WalterTippie You tried to have a fake poll, clicked on mostly by foolish Trump supporters who want to reinforce their cult-like beliefs.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) October 26, 2016
Jim Wright on the Newt - Kelly battle royale…
re: #197 wrenchwench
Me too!
I went to the post office to have mine mailed so that I made sure I had proper postage and that it was post marked right off. The Ohio/Columbus ballot this year was pretty weighty when it was all stuffed in the envelope.
1 for Hillary and Tim
1 for Ted Strickland for Senate
1 for Joyce Beatty for Congress
Etc.
re: #125 lawhawk
Heh.
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That plane banner is … at least half true. Trump did offer to buy the Indians, but it’s not clear that he would have moved the team.
What is a sure thing. If he bought the Indians, they wouldn’t be around today.
re: #120 Kragar
@WalshFreedom Only if you’re grabbing it to end your suffering that is sure to follow. And at least you won’t be grabbing pussy.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) October 26, 2016
re: #165 freetoken
Regarding that latest USA Today poll, question 39:
Fox News is the most watched cable new channel, yet as I noted above they are watched by 2 to 3 million people per hour during primetime. Assuming several turnovers per day of watchers, that is still much smaller audience than the major broadcast networks. Yet 27% of poll respondents say their most trusted source is Fox News.
There’s that 27% number again. Funny how that number is so prominent in right wing circles.
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
Listen, enough with the euphemisms, if you want to invite people over for a circle jerk just come out and say so. https://t.co/HTscC9r8pr
— Frank & Steinly (@goddamnedfrank) October 26, 2016
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
Just keep grabbing your own musket, Clownboy https://t.co/6HCIN5jF71
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 26, 2016
re: #214 Shiplord Kirel
We’ve found out where the Putin troll farms are focusing their offensive:
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I saw this on my wingnut friend’s timeline. I shook my head and laughed.
Still reading The Fireman. Still interesting. Albeit I’m not a fan of the Lord of the Flies moments.
Anyway, my takeaway from Facebook is that there are many people for whom posting fake news stories from fake news sites is somehow their “thing”. They just gravitate towards doing that.
Now, on my Facebook wall these people correlate 100% to supposedly very “religious” people.
It would be easy for me to surmise that if one is an easy mark for a religious leader than one will be an easy mark for peddlers of any nonsense. But maybe that is too easy?
Halloween isn’t here, yet. So I can still keep tweeting this. https://t.co/JysqitxCXo
— Paula Poundstone (@paulapoundstone) October 26, 2016
@WalshFreedom Says a dumb white male. (Source: Walsh’s twitter photo. It’s all there.)
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
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re: #208 freetoken
In the data for NBC/WSJ Marist poll from September (latest posted) the break down of registered voters was 62% white, 8% black, 20% hispanic, 10% other.
Oh look, another story about a poll:
More Republicans expect Clinton to win U.S. election than Trump: poll
More Republicans now think Democrat Hillary Clinton will win the presidency than Donald Trump, as their party’s candidate struggles with difficulties including allegations of sexual misconduct and his suggestion he may not honor the outcome of the election.
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I’ve noticed Reuters tend to get many wire stories out of each poll.
re: #188 HappyWarrior
Michael Moore was saying it was lost in the summer. I think often than not Moore’s heart is in the right place but he’s not a solid political analyst at all.
His skill is in persuasion and film-making, not political analysis. Even if he feels sure Clinton will win, telling people Trump might win gets people out to vote for Clinton.
I watched Michael Moore in Trumpland yesterday. I think it’ll persuade a lot of Conservative women to vote for Clinton if they see it.
re: #225 Single-handed sailor
Thanks. But I’m wondering about this latest Nevada poll. The surge in pro-Drumpfskind identified-latinos strikes me as odd and suggests insufficient sampling.
re: #228 freetoken
Thanks. But I’m wondering about this latest Nevada poll. The surge in pro-Drumpfskind identified-latinos strikes me as odd and suggests insufficient sampling.
They’re afraid of oversampling. //
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
re: #224 William Lewis
How about “I’ll be in to defend the nation against scum like you.”?
You want the Scottishdragon for that:
re: #180 Scottishdragon
@WalshFreedom I own an actual 2nd pattern Brown Bess musket & bayonet. I have no problem defending the Republic from people like you.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) October 26, 2016
re: #120 Kragar
@WalshFreedom
I’ll be rooting for the FBI, let’s hope they had their target practice.— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) October 26, 2016
With so many states early voting, exit polling will be worth a lot less. They’ll have to hold off calling some states until much later in the evening, I would think.
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
reading comprehension is really hard for him.
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
I think the clinic here is more specialized in diagnosing wingnuts than idiots.
re: #229 Belafon
Well, the Sept Nevada poll data that Single-handed sailor linked showed 22% “latino” in the pool, 20% registered voters, 17% likely voters. That means a total of 185 “latinos”. That’s a pretty small pool from which to draw a conclusion. Note that Sept poll also split by gender the likely voters 49% male, 51% female. But especially this year we surely expect the female voters to be a larger share of the actual ballots cast.
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
Couldn’t see that the E-Mail was TO Podesta, not from. Caught a couple of Lizards as well.
From:orca100@upcmail.nl
re: #232 gocart mozart
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Nah, the FBI won’t matter. He forgot to pack his brown pants…
Lizards, calling it a day. As usual, May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours.
re: #233 Belafon
With so many states early voting, exit polling will be worth a lot less. They’ll have to hold off calling some states until much later in the evening, I would think.
Not sure about that, early voting and votes mailed in up to a few days in advance will be reported either before or right as the polls close. So the exit polls should be adjusted for that to make their predictions even more accurate, not less.
re: #233 Belafon
With so many states early voting, exit polling will be worth a lot less. They’ll have to hold off calling some states until much later in the evening, I would think.
Maybe they can use the early vote totals added to the exit polls they do get and be even better at predicting the outcomes. They can take those early votes and start using them as soon as polling places close and get a good head start.
On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket.
You in?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
The woman that sent you packing @TammyforIL is about to become a United States Senator and you’re grabbing your muskrat. #MuskratLove https://t.co/k3NUJLxABH
— Leftfielder™ (@DaleMoss2) October 26, 2016
re: #228 freetoken
You would think you would see similar behavior, at least regionally.
However, there is not a lick of evidence to support this from nearby states where this could be a factor, namely Arizona and Colorado. And California.
Something seems fuck-y.
deploy the morgan freeman https://t.co/J4jJlEnZnC
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 26, 2016
New York City, 1958. pic.twitter.com/O8FyVmAEOa
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) October 26, 2016
Walsh seems to have a thing for muskets.
I told Thomas Jefferson that the government was forcing a grandmother to arrange flowers for a gay wedding. He said, “Grab your Musket!!!”
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 21, 2015
In all fairness, he’d probably say the same if you told him blacks were reading, women were voting, etc etc https://t.co/YwigZuHfLT
— i’m that trigger (@luckybastard77) October 26, 2016
#TrumpVsBiden #BidenVsTrump pic.twitter.com/KxjiOeGHRS
— Blut🐸und🐸Boden (@Blut_und_Boden) October 26, 2016
Biden: I’ll fight Trump!
Trump: I’ll fight Biden!
Biden: Okay!
Trump: Um… Um… Bone spur!#BidenVsTrump— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 26, 2016
re: #245 gocart mozart
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This commercial has been running in central Ohio/Columbus a lot lately.
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
You go to election evening with the wingnuts you have, not the wingnuts you might want.
re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White
What good is a musket going to do him without balls?
An important reminder for the chronically panicked Democrat….
Remember: As Election Day draws closer it is more important than ever to ignore poll averages and focus on bias-confirming outliers.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 26, 2016
Because what’s a day without a poll-based panic attack?
Welp… ask and you shall receive… Marist just posted the data for the October Nevada poll:
Still 17% of the “likely voters” identified as “latino”.
It looks like their method is to try and keep the demographics as close as possible to previous polls. Unless they just copy and pasted the October text from the September text.
But this is important:
There are 707 likely voters defined by a probability turnout model which determines the likelihood respondents will participate in the 2016 Presidential Election based upon their chance of vote, interest in the election, and past election participation.
So if the 17% of 707 (= 120) is what are the number of likely voters who are identified as “latino”, I’d be very cautious about coming to any conclusion about what the changes are within that demographic, as far as showing a surge towards Drumpfskind.
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
re: #230 Nyet
I have just discovered that one of our rare wingnuts is a clinical idiot.
Or willfully stupid. In politics I’ve stopped bothering with the distinction between ‘clinical idiot’ and ‘willfully stupid”. There’s really no difference there.
re: #255 gocart mozart
Why would anyone waste their time watching video ‘analysis’ of leaked and likely doctored documents by a notorious loon?
re: #254 freetoken
Welp… ask and you shall receive… Marist just posted the data for the October Nevada poll:
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So if the 17% of 707 (= 120) is what are the number of likely voters who are identified as “latino”, I’d be very cautious about coming to any conclusion about what the changes are within that demographic, as far as showing a surge towards Drumpfskind.
If he can choke down one more Trump taco salad, he’s got the state.
re: #255 gocart mozart
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Hey, HA Goodman found something to do with his time after Hillary didn’t get indicted. I imagine Wikileaks had to send someone over to his apartment and get him to get out of bed, shower and shave for the first time in who knows how long, and put on something other than a T-shirt and sweatpants, and stop playing “All By Myself” on repeat on his iPod.
re: #255 gocart mozart
“Former State Department official,” my left butt cheek. Goodman worked for the Foreign Service Institute very briefly. It’s basically a training school for support personnel.
Calling him a “former official” because of this is utterly ridiculous.
re: #112 Charles Johnson
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“Under budget & Ahead of Schedule”
How does he achieve that?
1. Not paying workers
2. Not following regulations
3. Profit!
Pence says he’s a christian, a conservative and a Republican in that order. #utpol
— DNews Politics (@DNewsPolitics) October 26, 2016
“American” didn’t make the list.
re: #260 Charles Johnson
“Former State Department official,” my left butt cheek. Goodman worked for the Foreign Service Institute very briefly. It’s basically a training school for support personnel.
Calling him a “former official” because of this is utterly ridiculous.
But it is of a piece with calling emails hacked by the FSB ‘leaks’ and Julian Assange a ‘hero’.
Previous I remarked on religious marks… and one of the biggest workers in the field is Franklin Graham, who posted this afternoon:
Work them marks.
re: #254 freetoken
Again, I would go with the fact that we have seen no movement like that in the region around Nevada either.
re: #264 freetoken
Previous I remarked on religious marks… and one of the biggest workers in the field is Franklin Graham, who posted this afternoon:
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Work them marks.
Be nice if someday he’d actually come to Jesus and be born again. Right now he’s just another anti-christian ass.
@wikileaks Yesterday, Jim Hoft. Today, H.A. Goodman. Wikileaks is really scraping the bottom now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2016
re: #266 William Lewis
Be nice if someday he’d actually come to Jesus and be born again. Right now he’s just another anti-christian ass.
Selling everything? Giving to the poor?
You better stay out of the communion wine.
re: #268 Decatur Deb
Selling everything? Giving to the poor?
You better stay out of the communion wine.
Every part of the Bible is the literal word of God, unless it says we have to be nice to people we don’t like! Those are obscure and hard to interpret. They don’t REALLY mean what they appear to mean.
Good news:
U.S. Defense Secretary orders Pentagon to stop asking veterans to repay reenlistment bonuses
The U.S. Defense Secretary has demanded the Pentagon to stop forcing California soldiers to pay back reenlistment bonuses they earned a decade ago.
Ash Carter said the Pentagon’s plan to collect improperly granted bonuses from about 10,000 California National Guard soldiers and veterans — some of whom served multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan after they were paid $15,000 or more — must stop “as soon as is practical,” according to a Wednesday statement.
Carter said he has ordered the department to set up a streamlined process by Jan. 1, 2017, which will help the troops get relief from the repayment obligation.
Hold their feet to a hot enough fire long enough and bureaucrats will come around. The heat from this was awesome.
So to summarize, here is what the WSJ is reporting:
Winning Nevada would be a big accomplishment for Mr. Trump in a once-reliable red state that went Democratic in 2008 and 2012. Democrats have high hopes for winning Nevada because of its large Latino population.
But the new poll shows that the Latino vote has shifted in Mr. Trump’s direction over the past month. Mrs. Clinton still has a solid lead among Hispanics, 52%-36%, but last month her margin was almost twice as wide, 59%-28%.
But if there is only .17*707 = 120 latino likely voters in the pool, same for each month, then:
Sep
Hillary: 70 respondents who are latino likely voters
Drumpf: 33 respondents who are latino likely voters
other: 17 respondents who are latino likely voters
Oct
Hillary: 62 respondents who are latino likely voters
Drumpf: 43 respondents who are latino likely voters
other: 15 respondents who are latino likely voters
Now, I’m not going to play a statistician on the internet, but to me those are pretty small pools of “events” (as we’d call them in physics) from which to make any assertion about a “shift”.
YAY!
We’re making a movie! WRINKLE IN TIME production meeting. Countdown has officially begun! Loving our beautiful crew 💛 pic.twitter.com/TUqbR4zBvO
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) October 26, 2016
re: #272 freetoken
So to summarize, here is what the WSJ is reporting:
But if there is only .17*707 = 120 latino likely voters in the pool, same for each month, then:
Sep
Hillary: 70 respondents who are latino likely voters
Drumpf: 33 respondents who are latino likely voters
other: 17 respondents who are latino likely votersOct
Hillary: 62 respondents who are latino likely voters
Drumpf: 43 respondents who are latino likely voters
other: 15 respondents who are latino likely votersNow, I’m not going to play a statistician on the internet, but to me those are pretty small pools of “events” (as we’d call them in physics) from which to make any assertion about a “shift”.
My guess, without digging into the raw numbers to figure it out, is that the margin of error for Latino voters in these polls was probably in the 7-8% range. So the shifts could simply the loudest bit of noise possible, as they both shifted about 7 points. More likely, there was a legitimate shift of a point or two and then the margin of error playing a factor.
Backstage at Charlotte event, Trump meets with faith leaders. “How many people are here?” he asks them. “We’re up now in FL, you hear that?” pic.twitter.com/R1XGdjfJpq
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 26, 2016
trump looks kinda nervous w so many blacks around https://t.co/H2CqfmeQdU
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 26, 2016
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel
Good news:
U.S. Defense Secretary orders Pentagon to stop asking veterans to repay reenlistment bonusesHold their feet to a hot enough fire long enough and bureaucrats will come around. The heat from this was awesome.
What about the people who took out mortgages to repay this? Those people are getting doubly fucked.
Man, this is infuriating.
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time as a kid. Don’t really remember much about it anymore. Though I vaguely recall it being a favorite.
According to Wikipedia, in Nevada:
As in 2008, Obama owed his victory largely to the state’s Hispanic voters breaking heavily for him. According to exit polls, Hispanics made up 19 percent of the electorate and voted for Obama by almost three-to-one.
So yes, I think the Nevada sampling by Marist is a bit off.
Somehow we’re to believe that Drumpfskind is significantly more popular to latinos in Nevada than was Romney, whose own father was born in Mexico and who at one time was thought of as one of the less Mexican-bashing of Republicans.
re: #268 Decatur Deb
Selling everything? Giving to the poor?
You better stay out of the communion wine.
I made the mistake of taking Matthew 25:31-46 seriously.
In today’s No Fucks to Give news:
President Obama will be on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” on Monday, Oct. 31.
re: #281 Decatur Deb
In today’s No Fucks to Give news:
President Obama will be on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” on Monday, Oct. 31.
That could, quite possibly, turn out to be the most epic comedy episode ever aired.
I hear it’s #NationalPumpkinDay & whoever carved this one has some skills. I think they captured my likeness pretty impressively. #Apollo11 pic.twitter.com/1IfXupmMXL
— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) October 26, 2016
re: #276 MsJ
What about the people who took out mortgages to repay this? Those people are getting doubly fucked.
Man, this is infuriating.
Oh, good. They are reviewing those who already paid, too. It was in NBC Nightly News just now.
re: #259 Blind Frog Belly White
That’s not all.
Oh, perfect: Ha-ha Goodman is writing for the Daily Caller.https://t.co/79Azy7CEnz
— Steve M. (@nomoremister) October 26, 2016
As noted by the NYT headlines, weird:
The Least Useful Place for a Republican Nominee to Go?
But what caught my eye is the picture that goes with the story:
Image: 26rollerWeb-master768.jpg
Reifying the Drumpfskind-reality.
Trump blasts Clinton for going to an Adele concert https://t.co/SESSsPil1F pic.twitter.com/Ik8NSknsVA
— The Hill (@thehill) October 26, 2016
He doesn’t understand the difference between Hillary going to Adele’s concert to receive an endorsement and his promoting his new hotel. https://t.co/EX3tzLKds1
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) October 26, 2016
Well, I don’t remember who it was yesterday who gave me the WSCR streaming link for the World Series, but thanks. It just went live now, so we get to hear the Series this afternoon.
re: #288 Anymouse
Well, I don’t remember who it was yesterday who gave me the WSCR streaming link for the World Series, but thanks. It just went live now, so we get to hear the Series this afternoon.
Marvelous! I’m going to go to the basement soon and turn on the game and jump into World of Warcraft.
re: #286 freetoken
But what caught my eye is the picture that goes with the story
With a black man and a (presumably) Latina woman holding the ribbon.
How…inclusive.
/
re: #252 jaunte
What good is a musket going to do him without balls?
Deadbeat Dad has no balls, indeed.
re: #282 thedopefishlives
That could, quite possibly, turn out to be the most epic comedy episode ever aired.
They do say that this clip caused the longest episode of audience laughter on live television:
Not sure there’s much the president could do to beat that.
re: #242 ObserverArt
Maybe they can use the early vote totals added to the exit polls they do get and be even better at predicting the outcomes. They can take those early votes and start using them as soon as polling places close and get a good head start.
Would the networks have access to that?
re: #266 William Lewis
Be nice if someday he’d actually come to Jesus and be born again. Right now he’s just another anti-christian ass.
Redeeming the deplorables is a significant challenge, even for an omnipotent deity.
re: #295 The Vicious Babushka
OMG the punch line straight out of Mel Brooks.
Dying here.
You just can’t say that sort of stuff on live TV anymore.
re: #293 Belafon
Would the networks have access to that?
Well, they get totals as soon as returns come in, that is how they show numbers of percentage in and amount for each candidate as the news shows broadcast and speculate. So, I guess they are getting those from county boards of elections as they get them tabulated. I think they could count the early votes as soon as polls close as to not influence the voters still to vote.
I just finished watching the video. I am in tears, and my heart hurts. No child should have to live in a state of constant anxiety about the possibility that politicians, if given the chance, would deport them and their parents from the only nation they’ve ever lived in and known. This is some serious sh*t. And, it hurts me even though it doesn’t affect me. I am also ashamed and embarrassed knowing that many who call themselves Christians support politicians who would definitely deport millions of persons solely because they have been sold a load of BS about them and would deny refuge to those fleeing wars and persecution simply because again, they’ve been sold a load of BS about them. This is not what American Exceptionalism, which they love to scream, is about. These individuals don’t give a sh*t about those American values and principles they claim to hold “dear.” They took a major dump on the Constitution long ago. They’ve replaced the Constitution and American values, principles, real Americans Exceptionalism with hate, racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, sexism, and fearmongering. If they think this sh*t will “Make America Great Again,” they’re lying to themselves and have been conned by one of the, if not the, biggest liars and scam artists on the planet.
re: #76 Big Beautiful Door
Lots of Trump supporting men don’t know their wives are voting for Hillary.
But there are some who certainly do know.