Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Young Online Activists: Hacking the Election; Study shows votes may have been siphoned off Hillary’s totals in Wisconsin; Nazi hackers vow to personal intimidate anti-Trump voices; The Electoral College outlived its usefulness; Trump won’t prosecute Hillary; Ben Carson for HUD; Recount in North Carolina; and more.
I’m bringing the Charles Blow column up here.
Must read
You don’t get a pat on the back for ratcheting down from rabid after exploiting
that very radicalism to your advantage. Unrepentant opportunism belies a
staggering lack of character and caring that can’t simply be vanquished from
memory. You did real harm to this country and many of its citizens, and I will never
— never — forget that.
As I read the transcript and then listened to the audio, the slime factor was
overwhelming.
After a campaign of bashing The Times relentlessly, in the face of the actual
journalists, he tempered his whining with flattery.
He ended the meeting by saying:
“I will say, The Times is, it’s a great, great American jewel. A world jewel. And I
hope we can all get along well.”
I will say proudly and happily that I was not present at this meeting. The very
idea of sitting across the table from a demagogue who preyed on racial, ethnic and
religious hostilities and treating him with decorum and social grace fills me with
disgust, to the point of overflowing. Let me tell you here where I stand on your “I
hope we can all get along” plea: Never.
You are an aberration and abomination who is willing to do and say anything —
no matter whom it aligns you with and whom it hurts — to satisfy your ambitions.
re: #1 Stanley Sea
An absolute dynamite column. Charles Blow, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Wow…the Hill just became the ditch.
“Yes, ban the burqa — it is a national security necessity”https://t.co/GRZvXspuzp pic.twitter.com/md3C6iG0th
— The Hill (@thehill) November 24, 2016
Pamela Geller is a contributor to The Hill now. David Duke must be so jealous. https://t.co/l2eXL9pJrO
— digby (@digby56) November 24, 2016
I have deleted The Hill from my RSS feed. https://t.co/P0C8L4abN9
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) November 24, 2016
I hear lovesong playing in the air. Sweet.
re: #3 darthstar
Wow…the Hill just became the ditch.
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Go read Bartlett’s twitter profile.
I’m about to be blocked by Sam Stein.
Flynn “had technicians secretly install an Internet connection in his Pentagon office, even though it was forbidden” https://t.co/qZOMUxYZvi
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 24, 2016
Replace Flynn with Clinton and Pentagon with State and Jason Chaffetz would be in heaven right now https://t.co/gotKE6DRSm
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 24, 2016
Sam Stein “What ifs” - Film at eleven. Imagine what would happen if a journalist did that. https://t.co/szFkuEUwEL
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 24, 2016
re: #5 Belafon
Go read Bartlett’s twitter profile.
I thought he was just a character on the West Wing.
Either I’m having severe deja vu, or this podcast was already posted here a few days ago. Charles? I swear I’ve heard this one already, like they need a kazoo version of the Darth Vader leit motif.
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re: #10 teleskiguy
This is Monday’s Bob and Chez Show.
It’s fucking snowing in the Sierras. We could have a skiable base in another week…and Alpine Meadows opened today.
re: #12 darthstar
We’ve got a fine choice of ribbons of death in Colorado.
re: #13 teleskiguy
We’ve got a fine choice of ribbons of death in Colorado.
Ribbons of death is an easy way to knock out patrol days - though this year I’m a patrol instructor training new candidates, so I get to ski all the shit…and we take them through the worst shit we can find every weekend so we know they will be able to handle wrecks on the groomers.
re: #14 darthstar
It also means I get to ski shitty snow most of the season.
I can’t remember the last time the ski areas weren’t open on Thanksgiving.
re: #16 teleskiguy
I can’t remember the last time the ski areas weren’t open on Thanksgiving.
Boreal used to open on fucking Halloween every year.
re: #17 darthstar
Last year was *amazeballs* on Thanksgiving. Powder skiing. Steep pitches. Long groomers.
Pendulum.
Time for bed…otherwise I’ll be jerking off talking about awesome lines to ski with my good buddy teleskiguy.
(I don’t actually jerk off discussing skiing with you…but I wouldn’t rule it out.)
Be nice, everyone.
re: #19 darthstar
Time for bed…otherwise I’ll be jerking off talking about awesome lines to ski with my good buddy teleskiguy.
(I don’t actually jerk off discussing skiing with you…but I wouldn’t rule it out.)
Be nice, everyone.
Yeah, well, when my wife is in a neck brace, sometimes I have to get creative… I’ll stop there.///
re: #24 teleskiguy
We’re all well-adjusted adults around here.
:)
Who are we kidding, we’re like a bunch of barely pubescent teenagers. Except we do, in fact, know it all.
Has anybody heard about a “pressure cooker” being spotted in Vancouver?
“Yes, ban the burqa — it is a national security necessity”https://t.co/GRZvXspuzp pic.twitter.com/md3C6iG0th
— The Hill (@thehill) November 24, 2016
@thehill Shame on The Hill for giving a platform to anti-Muslim hate group leader Pamela Geller. What the fuck is wrong with you. https://t.co/Tr0h2WcpkO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 24, 2016
re: #27 electrotek
Has anybody heard about a “pressure cooker” being spotted in Vancouver?
Is that a DJ?
I checked “Vancouver News” on Twitter and I’m not seeing anything.
This is what we have to look forward to in the Trump era, I guess. The worst people are going to be constantly in our faces, helped by the mainstream news media.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
@thehill So why are you allowing a woman that was cited prominently in a Norwegian terrorist’s manifesto a platform to spew such tripe?
— دانیال (@danja84) November 24, 2016
re: #30 Charles Johnson
NY Times guest columnist Geert Wilders.
National Geographic guest science writer Ken Ham.
This is just incredibly disgusting. I’m unfollowing @thehill and will never link to you again. Assholes.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 24, 2016
re: #29 teleskiguy
It was under “breaking” on RT’s FB page when someone shared the post that showed up on my feed.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
Butbutbut LFG IS IRRELEVANT!!!1!111!onety
re: #30 Charles Johnson
This is what we have to look forward to in the Trump era, I guess. The worst people are going to be constantly in our faces, helped by the mainstream news media.
Up next on NBC we chat with Charles C Johnson…
re: #30 Charles Johnson
This is what we have to look forward to in the Trump era, I guess. The worst people are going to be constantly in our faces, helped by the mainstream news media.
Well that cuts both ways. We can shun and pressure the haters at least as well. They stand for some we stand for all. Sounds trite maybe but it is the heart of the matter.
re: #31 electrotek
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Cillizza’s thought processes: “Maybe if I give the Nazis a platform, they’ll just kill the Muslims and Jews and black people and Hispanics and gays and liberals and uppity women and the other reporters, but they’ll let me keep my nice apartment. Hey, comrade stormtrumpers, what’s with the late night visit…?”
re: #36 Eclectic Cyborg
Up next on NBC we chat with Charles C Johnson…
Ahem.
“Award-winning journalist” Charles C. Johnson.
re: #37 teleskiguy
lol yeah I know, but they did break the news of the Orlando shooting just as I was about to go to bed at 2am over here so thought I’d confirm with others first. That way I can just shrug it off as a “broken clock being correct once in a while” type of thing.
re: #41 electrotek
You sound like a vigilant dude. And you got all of us in this fuckin’ sandbox to ask! We shall prevail! RESIST!
Okay, I’m not some revolutionary. I thought what I said in this comment is necessary in these times.
re: #42 teleskiguy
I’m brown bruv, gotta be extra vigilant in times like this.
re: #43 electrotek
I’m right there alongside, my brother.
WND is pushing an ad for Patriot Power. Being curious I wondered what Patriot Power consisted of, surely something that burned dirty diesel and made lots of smoke.
After sitting through a long video ranting and raving (I’m assuming by all the cartoon drawings as I had the sound off) it turns out they are pushing Commie Wind and Solar Power. WTF WND?
re: #45 Single-handed sailor
WND is pushing an ad for Patriot Power. Being curious I wondered what Patriot Power consisted of, surely something that burned dirty diesel and made lots of smoke.
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But it’s not being pushed by those Commie Democrats, so it’s obviously better. You’re not fighting global warming, your just preparing for the collapse of the government.
Any and everybody who didn’t vote for Trump but also didn’t vote for Hillary, I hope you’re happy. I hope that your narrow goals are met.
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) November 24, 2016
I’m sure it’s already been posted a time or two. Can’t be said enough.
Thanks Twitter! My column, “No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along,” is trending. https://t.co/Zgm6lwub1S
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 24, 2016
i cannot stop laughing pic.twitter.com/w1slKFxhMi
— Jhorts (@JhonRules) August 15, 2016
This guy never has traveled much at all:
`@danja84 @thehill stop lyin
women r not allowed to wear a short dresses in public area— Sunny (@IMInfidel01) November 24, 2016
People are leaving tons of fake reviews on Amazon for Trump’s Christmas ornamenthttps://t.co/bQCNaOckp0 pic.twitter.com/CIEDXowNPB
— The Hill (@thehill) November 24, 2016
Dr. Jill Stein raised the required money for recounts in Wisc., Penna., and Mich. in a matter of hours. Based on information from the Stein Campaign, Wisconsin says it is preparing to do a recount.
re: #55 Dave In Austin
“It called Mary a nasty woman, told Joseph to go back where he came from, built a wall around the manger, and then when you press it it sings “I’m Dreaming Of A Totally White Christmas.”
Dr. Stein says she is concerned for the integrity of the vote in those states (I presume she is under no illusion she actually won any of them).
Interestingly, if the recounts changed the election results in those states, the money would be refunded to the candidate. Since Dr. Stein did not raise the money as part of her campaign, but as a sort of personal GoFundMe, unless I misunderstand the law she would get to keep the money. (That means there is a grift factor here.)
Let’s make this a “thing.”
rawstory.com
OT: Quarter after one a.m. here, and my wife is starting to bake a twenty-one pound turkey.
There are two of us, so after today we will have turkey pierogi, turkey soup, turkey rolls, turkey surprise, surprise turkey again… .
She always liked to bake turkeys for some reason: When she worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, the company gave all its employees turkeys (well, a coupon for turkey). She would pay people who were single, didn’t cook, &c for their turkeys and put them in her freezer and have turkey for half a year.
re: #60 Anymouse
OT: Quarter after one a.m. here, and my wife is starting to bake a twenty-one pound turkey.
There are two of us, so after today we will have turkey pierogi, turkey soup, turkey rolls, turkey surprise, surprise turkey again… .
She always liked to bake turkeys for some reason: When she worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, the company gave all its employees turkeys (well, a coupon for turkey). She would pay people who were single, didn’t cook, &c for their turkeys and put them in her freezer and have turkey for half a year.
Mr. Trump touted his business partner in Turkey on a call to President Erdoğan:
We’ve survived kleptocrats in this country before - I’m all for the Democrats telling the Republicans, you want to impeach him, you find the votes. We’re going to hang him around your necks in 2018.
re: #60 Anymouse
OT: Quarter after one a.m. here, and my wife is starting to bake a twenty-one pound turkey.
There are two of us, so after today we will have turkey pierogi, turkey soup, turkey rolls, turkey surprise, surprise turkey again… .
She always liked to bake turkeys for some reason: When she worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, the company gave all its employees turkeys (well, a coupon for turkey). She would pay people who were single, didn’t cook, &c for their turkeys and put them in her freezer and have turkey for half a year.
Never been into the Northern European/American cult of the Sunday roast. But Thanksgiving turkey is an exception. We gotta wait until Saturday, but we got a 12-pound bird ordered and five guests invited.
re: #60 Anymouse
ah, DEC. Way OT but that really makes me want a VAX :)
re: #64 William Lewis
ah, DEC. Way OT but that really makes me want a VAX :)
Well, my wife had a PDP-11 in her house. Really. It ran RT-11, she was an anti-VAXXER
re: #60 Anymouse
Earlier my wife and oldest daughter cracked Dungeness crab for crab salad, made cranberry sauce and those disgusting Brussels sprout thingies. Then my youngest daughter made 2 upside down pumpkin pies. I did my dad thing of drinking rum and watching Netflix. (stay the fuck out of the way of women being busy)
For reference:
@wesearchr @Night_0f_Fire @basedmattforney List of recent suspended accounts attached. Didn’t included older purges: Milo, Chuck Johnson etc pic.twitter.com/c8tU55kAoH
— Good Guy Mojo (@GoodGuyEnergy) November 23, 2016
re: #66 Single-handed sailor
Earlier my wife and oldest daughter cracked Dungeness crab for crab salad, made cranberry sauce and those disgusting Brussels sprout thingies. Then my youngest daughter made 2 upside down pumpkin pies. I did my dad thing of drinking rum and watching Netflix. (stay the fuck out of the way of women being busy)
I stay out of the way too, because I have trouble telling the difference between the oven and the Cuisinart. Also, I don’t know how to bar-b-que a turkey.
We’ve been eating cranberry sauce for three days. She makes it, we eat it, then she makes more.
I like Brussels sprouts though. For breakfast today we had eggs and bacon, Brussels sprouts, and cranberry sauce.
re: #62 Anymouse
Mr. Trump touted his business partner in Turkey on a call to President Erdoğan:
We’ve survived kleptocrats in this country before - I’m all for the Democrats telling the Republicans, you want to impeach him, you find the votes. We’re going to hang him around your necks in 2018.
And again…remember the alternative. President Pence.
So we have a situation like during the Cold War: MAD, or Mutually Assured Donald.
re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And again…remember the alternative. President Pence.
So we have a situation like during the Cold War: MAD, or Mutually Assured Donald.
Pence: The guy who just appointed the Hammond GOP party chair to a judgeship, even though she has never practised law (though she did study law twenty or more years ago). She runs a franchise of Sylvan Learning Centers though, so that’s close I guess.
Hammond’s mayor is furious (the judgeship is in his city).
re: #70 Anymouse
Pence: The guy who just appointed the Hammond GOP party chair to a judgeship, even though she has never practised law (though she did study law twenty or more years ago). She runs a franchise of Sylvan Learning Centers though, so that’s close I guess.
Hammond’s mayor is furious (the judgeship is in his city).
I grew up in Gary.
re: #71 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I grew up in Gary.
I’ve driven through Gary on trips between central Michigan and Chicago, does that count?
My wife plopped the turkey giblets into water to make turkey giblet soup… .
re: #72 Anymouse
I’ve driven through Gary on trips between central Michigan and Chicago, does that count?
More than sufficient…I was lucky to live right on the edge of town with lots of swamps and woods and an abandoned Nike missile base across the tracks to play in and vandalize.
re: #60 Anymouse
Where did your wife work for DEC? My sister worked for DEC, survived the massacre and went to Compaq. Survived there and went to HP in that buyout. She was a coordinator for National and world-wide meetings/conferences. Worked in Massachusetts. Now retired and lives in Florida.
re: #75 Cheechako
Where did your wife work for DEC? My sister worked for DEC, survived the massacre and went to Compaq. Survived there and went to HP in that buyout. She was a coordinator for National and world-wide meetings/conferences. Worke in Massachusetts.
She worked in Colorado Springs in the CX-01 division. In DECs slow-mo implosion, she left when they got rid of her department but not any of the work.
One of her projects was the HSC-90 (she came up with the idea for it with a co-worker over a beer in a bar)
The name of the bar was the Rockrimmon Lounge, unofficially called CX-10 due to the number of DEC devices invented in that bar.
My sister did not work in the hardware areas. She planned and coordinated all the big meetings. Many of the foreign meetings were used as employee bonuses. She arranged the locations, agendas, transprtation, etc. Usually there were 3-4 in the US and one international session per year. Once, at the last minute, she flew from Boston to Austraila for just a 3 day stay. Told them she would only go if she traveled 1st class and they went for it. $6,000 round trip. No wonder the companies went belly-up.
re: #78 Cheechako
My sister did not work in the hardware areas. She planned and coordinated all the big meetings. Many of the foreign meetings were used as employee bonuses. She arranged the locations, agendas, transprtation, etc. Usually there were 3-4 in the US and one international session per year. Once, at the last minute, she flew from Boston to Austraila for just a 3 day stay. Told them she would only go if she traveled 1st class and they went for it. $6,000 round trip. No wonder the companies went belly-up.
My wife did software and firmware quality assurance, device integration, and such. Primarily, her job was to try and make things fail so engineers or technicians could see what went wrong.
Once she wrote a disk drive fragmenter program to see what it would do. She also wrote memory gobbling programs, and wrote an internal chess program (not shipped to customers, for use in-house) - then used it against itself to see if she could overrun system clocks or memory in a computer. She also wrote code to check data integrity. She would run equipment then pull plugs or type stuff in the middle of a program to see if she could derail computers. She would try to mess up stuff with magnetic tapes that didn’t work right.
Essentially, her job was to break stuff.
For a long time her E-mail tagline at DEC was “You make it, I break it.”
Headed for the church outreach center this morning to help with the Thanksgiving feast we will be putting on. Some of the gang is already there, getting things ready. We also have breakfast on Thanksgiving day since the main meal is served late and some of the clients are pretty hungry. The grub’s pretty good, too.
I’ll be sure and wear my SJW hat and hum Kumbaya all the way. Trump, Nugent, and the RWNJ can kiss my Air Medals if they don’t like it.
re: #81 Shiplord Kirel
Headed for the church outreach center this morning to help with the Thanksgiving feast we will be putting on. Some of the gang is already there, getting things ready. We also have breakfast on Thanksgiving day since the main meal is served late and some of the clients are pretty hungry. The grub’s pretty good, too.
I’ll be sure and wear my SJW hat and hum Kumbaya all the way. Trump, Nugent, and the RWNJ can kiss my Air Medals if they don’t like it.
Have fun. The church across the street from my house will have a church service, but no dinner.
re: #82 Cheechako
Time to ckeck out.
G’night (morning). My wife is still busy with the turkey; she drafted me into helping keep Felix Randomkitty away while sticking it in a baking bag.
re: #68 Anymouse
I stay out of the way too, because I have trouble telling the difference between the oven and the Cuisinart. Also, I don’t know how to bar-b-que a turkey.
We’ve been eating cranberry sauce for three days. She makes it, we eat it, then she makes more.
I like Brussels sprouts though. For breakfast today we had eggs and bacon, Brussels sprouts, and cranberry sauce.
Weber charcoal kettle turkey is easy, even easier if you don’t stuff it. Every man should be able to burn meat sufficiently to be edible. I smoke BBQ, wood grill, charcoal grill, gas grill. I’m probably best at smoking pork, roasting is easy, but grilling and brisket is where I have trouble.
edited to fix grammar (yes it’s probably still bad)
re: #84 Single-handed sailor
Weber charcoal kettle turkey is easy, even easier if you don’t stuff it. Every man should be able to burn meat sufficiently to be edible. I smoke BBQ, wood grill, charcoal grill, gas grill. I’m probably best at smoking pork, roasting is easy and grilling and brisket is where I have trouble.
I can burn it, but I am not sure it would be edible. Actually, we don’t own a bar-b-que: in the winter it is too cold to use and in the summer it is too dry (prairie grass fire is not what I want to be remembered for)
re: #85 Anymouse
I can burn it, but I am not sure it would be edible. Actually, we don’t own a bar-b-que: in the winter it is too cold to use and in the summer it is too dry (prairie grass fire is not what I want to be remembered for)
k, I’m in California so I’m not buying the summer fall fire excuse (especially with brick charcoal) and I was born in Manitoba so I’m not buying the too cold excuse. (OK I’ve lived in California long enough I totally buy the too cold excuse, but I have also read about fiberglass blankets on peoples smokers so…) Start learning simple, hotdogs, hot links, burgers. Get confidence and try steaks and tritips. It impresses the womenfolk too ;)
re: #86 Single-handed sailor
k, I’m in California so I’m not buying the summer fall fire excuse (especially with brick charcoal) and I was born in Manitoba so I’m not buying the too cold excuse. (OK I’ve lived in California long enough I totally buy the too cold excuse, but I have also read about fiberglass blankets on peoples smokers so…) Start learning simple, hotdogs, hot links, burgers. Get confidence and try steaks and tritips. It impresses the womenfolk too ;)
My womanfolk is impressed by me staying the hell away from cooking. (::
Texas judge suggests lynching a black crime suspect on Facebook:
He has since acknowledged his statement was wrong, but denies it was motivated by racism.
re: #67 Charles Johnson
A couple of Nazi spammer accounts have to go:
International Red cross records put the Holocaust death toll of camp inmates at 271,301 - https://t.co/7MIDloBhv2 https://t.co/ycqYd0ED19
— Make the Revolution! (@MakeDRevolution) November 24, 2016
International Red cross records put the Holocaust death toll of camp inmates at 271,301 - https://t.co/0e5kbkW5Ly
6 mil? pic.twitter.com/ARlTYJAfSE— Philosophile (@RealFKNNews) November 24, 2016
Can be reported as spam or as hate accounts.
Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Tex) wants President Obama’s appointees from Homeland Security purged.
There used to be a time when the big fear of homeland security officials was Soviet moles infiltrating American institutions. Now it appears to be that Democrats may be “burrowing’ into the Donald Trump-led government.
At least, that’s the concern of Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, who sent a letter Wednesday to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson seeking to purge President Barack Obama’s appointees.
“Concerns exist that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) non-career positions might be ‘converted’ to career positions,” McCaul wrote. “Known as ‘burrowing,’ this practice can damage trust with a new Administration and undermine its new priorities.”
More at Huffington Post
People are leaving tons of fake reviews on Amazon for Trump’s Christmas ornamenthttps://t.co/bQCNaOckp0 pic.twitter.com/CIEDXowNPB
— The Hill (@thehill) November 24, 2016
This is the funniest thing that has happened since Trump got elected!
More than 130,000 US Navy sailors’ personal information hacked:
A Hewlett-Packard contractor’s laptop was hacked. HP notified the Navy when it discovered the breach.
re: #3 darthstar
I have deleted The Hill from my RSS feed.
I’m glad that Bartlett is staying active in politics. He seemed pretty depressed after the election.
@Stonekettle FYI: My timeline at the moment is 95% #freejimwright , 5% Thanksgiving recipes. (Hope you’re back soon.)
— Jenn Christensen (@deeniefoo) November 24, 2016
re: #9 teleskiguy
Been meaning to ask this for a while. Is there some reason that I don’t understand as to why that meme uses the term ‘LFG’ - Looking for Group (a common term in MMOs and all games where group activity is used) and not: ‘LGF’
It drives me nuts. All I see is “Looking for Group is Irrelevant,” which makes zero sense.
re: #96 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Been meaning to ask this for a while. Is there some reason that I don’t understand as to why that meme uses the term ‘LFG’ - Looking for Group (a common term in MMOs and all games where group activity is used) and not: ‘LGF’
It drives me nuts. All I see is “Looking for Group is Irrelevant,” which makes zero sense.
LGF is Little Green Footballs in the meme (and the name of this Website of course)
That, and apparently it is misspelt, something like the Tea Party protester with his sign that was written “moran.”
Happy merry ThanksBlackFriday Eve to all/////
Have fun eating too.
re: #99 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Happy merry ThanksBlackFriday Eve to all/////
Have fun eating too.
The same to you!
Don’t forget to watch the Macy’s Day parade on the TV!
re: #101 wheat-dogg
Don’t forget to watch the Macy’s Day parade on the TV!
People only watch it for the crashes.
Happy Thanksgiving from the other side of The Pond.
I still feel like a long time lurker to one of the most friendly, informed, broad based politics boards I’ve been on.
Enjoy turkey day, and don’t get crushed on Friday :)
re: #96 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Been meaning to ask this for a while. Is there some reason that I don’t understand as to why that meme uses the term ‘LFG’ - Looking for Group (a common term in MMOs and all games where group activity is used) and not: ‘LGF’
It drives me nuts. All I see is “Looking for Group is Irrelevant,” which makes zero sense.
The LFG “typo” harkens back to an old Cox and Forkum cartoon depicting Charles as a reptilian overlord sitting in his lair w/feet resting on a hippy under the DIA waving a Zionist check’ The badge on his arm showed LFG instead of LGF. You used to be able to access it after a 404 error occurred, but I haven’t been able to locate it in a while. Maybe Charles could post a link to it so all you newer Lizards can take a look at it.
re: #91 Fineday
On the Amazon reviews of Mr. Trump’s ornament:
It fits into rules of non-violent protest: Let nothing go unchallenged, let nothing about this become “normal.”
I propose that
re: #105 jeffreyw
only posts those pictures if there is an accompanying recipe :D
The liberal (Yankee) origins of Thanksgiving.
Happy Help Feed the Illegal Immigrants day!
re: #110 Eventual Carrion
Happy Help Feed the
IllegalGenocidal Immigrants day!
re: #104 Bubblehead II
The LFG “typo” harkens back to an old Cox and Forkum cartoon depicting Charles as a reptilian overlord sitting in his lair w/feet resting on a hippy under the DIA waving a Zionist check’ The badge on his arm showed LFG instead of LGF. You used to be able to access it after a 404 error occurred, but I haven’t been able to locate it in a while. Maybe Charles could post a link to it so all you newer Lizards can take a look at it.
re: #90 Anymouse
Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Tex) wants President Obama’s appointees from Homeland Security purged.
“Known as ‘burrowing,’ this practice can damage trust with a new Administration and undermine its new priorities.”
More at Huffington Post
Are the new priorities NOT to be secure?
re: #104 Bubblehead II
Thank you. I figgered there was something I didn’t get; interwebz traditions, etc.
And, you too, Babushka.
re: #107 harlequinade
I propose that
only posts those pictures if there is an accompanying recipe :D
Hah! I co-author a food blog and the blog mistress, TaMara, is always making fun of me posting sans recipe. These days the blog is less a food blog and more of a “look at this cool thing I saw at LGF” blog. LOL
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
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Thank you. I have saved it just in case the question comes up again.
So…
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When in doubt, assume it’s the Russian overlords chipping in.
Why’d the goal amount change over night? Has there been a sudden surge in recount costs? pic.twitter.com/CjTghMzjMs
— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) November 24, 2016
Speaking of the Macy’s Day parade,
New Balloons In This Year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade https://t.co/VffDuHJFF0 pic.twitter.com/QSUTJfVOqr
— The Onion (@TheOnion) November 24, 2016
re: #119 JasonA
Kitehs take time to learn their new environs. (S)he will come out and explore when you are elsewhere; give it two or three days and you’ll see change. And, food. Kitehs love their feeders.
re: #119 JasonA
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In a few days (a week at the most), he’ll open up and adopt you. 😺😸
Oh, goodie! Even more guns in circulation! (Not that I really blame them.)
Gun sales to blacks and minorities quadruple after Trump winhttps://t.co/ibpyR8Ov0e pic.twitter.com/CGojUoMQe9
— MSN (@MSN) November 24, 2016
re: #120 Myron Falwell (no relation)
When in doubt, assume it’s the Russian overlords chipping in.
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I really question the wisdom of anyone who would give money to Stein…
re: #126 wheat-dogg
Oh, goodie! Even more guns in circulation! (Not that I really blame them.)
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Who really profits off of our division….
There is so much wrong in this one tweet. Check her account name, then consider she trusts Trump more than Romney. Dios mio!
We can be against Romney & still trust Trump, we need to let @realDonaldTrump @transition2017 @KellyannePolls know that we are #NeverRomney.
— Irma Hinojosa 🇺🇸 (@latinaafortrump) November 23, 2016
Google Play enticed me with four free months of music if I signed up. Now that I have decent VPN working, I took the bait. Streaming Miles Davis now. Bliss.
While ur with family or friends in a warm room with abundance of food, remember that those Natives you “thank” are here in the cold fighting
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) November 24, 2016
You have the option. Native people don’t have an option. This (and all land/resource disputes) is our fight we can’t remove ourselves from.
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) November 24, 2016
A nice sportsball story for a change:
Ravens’ John Urschel on exploring football, math, why and why not | WTOP https://t.co/YhA1dO2YBl via @WTOP
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) November 24, 2016
re: #127 Timothy Watson
I really question the wisdom of anyone who would give money to Stein…
Putting “wisdom” and “Jill Stein” in the same sentence is an abuse of the English language.
re: #133 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Putting “wisdom” and “Jill Stein” in the same sentence is an abuse of the English language.
True, but a bunch of liberals are giving her money that could be better spent than on some quixotic scheme.
re: #107 harlequinade
I propose that jefferyw only posts those pictures if there is an accompanying recipe :D
Agreed. The LGF Recipe HubTM
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
Who are the chuckleheads that came up with this cartoon?
re: #119 JasonA
So… (referencing kitten hiding under bed)
Yes, it’s normal. He’ll come out when he’s determined he won’t be something’s lunch.
I should really buy the turkey already. There are only 2 of us, I’ll buy a dark meat roll or if they don’t have that I’ll get a Cornish game hen.
The kosher bodega down the street is open today.
re: #132 Timothy Watson
A nice sportsball story for a change:
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Hate the Ravens (I’m from Cleveland, so that comes with the territory) but a great story nonetheless.
re: #126 wheat-dogg
Oh, goodie! Even more guns in circulation! (Not that I really blame them.)
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Everyone’s taking up hunting these days.
re: #135 Anymouse
Who are the chuckleheads that came up with this cartoon?
That would be Charles and Cox & Forkum who created the cartoon for him over 10 years ago when LGF was still in its right-wing stage.
Large guys with air-filled heads who are only loosely tethered to reality ruining traffic in my neighborhood. Like this since the election pic.twitter.com/D2lad2DWT4
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 24, 2016
Well, I just helped my wife finish disassembling the turkey she bought that will feed us for the next forty days. Now the cleanup begins (that falls to me), and we are out of dishsoap. Gaaaa. Can’t get that today, so I guess I will be using Felz-Naptha soap to clean the dishes.
As for the stove, it is a disaster. As she put it, “Good thing that’s your job.”
I just put up the dough for a batch of ciabatta bread.
And here, at last, is the president-elect himself pic.twitter.com/dLmQNiKmRI
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 24, 2016
@KeithOlbermann nah, Pikachu is fine. There’s only one Trump-Pokémon, Keith. #gumshoos pic.twitter.com/Qngmls9Ykv
— Logan Brock (@LogiBearMcGoges) November 24, 2016
@mitchellvii pic.twitter.com/HjywizFzKS
— Lorenzo Meow (@Doug3P0) November 22, 2016
@Doug3P0 @mitchellvii Never saw the movie but did he really try to fuck the whole pie? You never try to fuck the whole pie!
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 24, 2016
re: #120 Myron Falwell (no relation)
When in doubt, assume it’s the Russian overlords chipping in.
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Dr. Stein’s Website explains the original $2M was what was required for the Wisconsin recount. The remainder that she raised her fundraiser to is to fund the recount in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
I have no idea how much it costs to recount an election. (In 2014, a person who ran for my village board asked me to research a recount for him - he was the guy I beat by four votes - I did, for our village election a person had to put up $10,000 for a recount. I imagine a whole state is much more.)
What’s going on with Jill Stein? Why are people suddenly not hating her?
re: #146 darthstar
What’s going on with Jill Stein? Why are people suddenly not hating her?
I don’t hate her, I just think she’s both a gadfly and a moonbat.
re: #145 Anymouse
Dr. Stein’s Website explains the original $2M was what was required for the Wisconsin recount. The remainder that she raised her fundraiser to is to fund the recount in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
I have no idea how much it costs to recount an election. (In 2014, a person who ran for my village board asked me to research a recount for him - he was the guy I beat by four votes - I did, for our village election a person had to put up $10,000 for a recount. I imagine a whole state is much more.)
From what I understand, Wisconsin costs $1.1 million to file, Michigan and PA are $500k and $600k respectively, I think. Then there’s any other incidental costs such as lawyer fees.
re: #145 Anymouse
Ah, she’s calling for recounts. I don’t think she’ll win any states, but more power to her.
re: #146 darthstar
What’s going on with Jill Stein? Why are people suddenly not hating her?
Because, for a brief period, even Stalin was not our enemy.
Some hope the recounts may change those states.
re: #151 Belafon
Because, for a brief period, even Stalin was not our enemy.
Ah, the enemy of my enemy…makes sense.
re: #144 darthstar
Aside from the pie gag, Mitchell is imagining a Trump with oracular, supernatural powers. In fact, when Trump sees an apple, he wonders which servant brought him the apple.
re: #150 darthstar
Ah, she’s calling for recounts. I don’t think she’ll win any states, but more power to her.
According to her fundraising site, she is concerned about the integrity of the vote. She cites both the statisticians that questioned accepting it without a recount, and the fact Wisconsin’s voting machinery in particular is banned in California for vulnerabilities that have not been fixed.
She is doing something that would be awkward for Hillary Clinton to do. If Mrs. Clinton called for a recount, there would be a hue-and-cry of “sour grapes” from the right (regardless of the notion it is Mrs. Clinton’s right to request a recount if she so desires).
If Dr. Stein calls for a recount, Mrs. Clinton is in the clear on that (though Mrs. Clinton probably did not ask her to do it).
re: #153 wheat-dogg
Aside from the pie gag, Mitchell is imagining a Trump with oracular, supernatural powers. In fact, when Trump sees an apple, he wonders which servant brought him the apple.
And whether he can get her to sleep with him.
re: #155 thedopefishlives
And whether he can get her to sleep with him.
Men, women and apples. There’s a story there.
re: #153 wheat-dogg
Aside from the pie gag, Mitchell is imagining a Trump with oracular, supernatural powers. In fact, when Trump sees an apple, he wonders which servant brought him the apple.
Not even that, he thinks Trump is someone who ho sees the big picture which is laughable given his whole approach and general mindset.
re: #154 Anymouse
According to her fundraising site, she is concerned about the integrity of the vote. She cites both the statisticians that questioned accepting it without a recount, and the fact Wisconsin’s voting machinery in particular is banned in California for vulnerabilities that have not been fixed.
Okay…that actually makes sense. It’s not about winning, it’s about calling out the ways our electoral process can be/is corrupted.
She is doing something that would be awkward for Hillary Clinton to do. If Mrs. Clinton called for a recount, there would be a hue-and-cry of “sour grapes” from the right (regardless of the notion it is Mrs. Clinton’s right to request a recount if she so desires).
If Dr. Stein calls for a recount, Mrs. Clinton is in the clear on that (though Mrs. Clinton probably did not ask her to do it).
Plausible deniability…that answers my other question which I was typing when I saw your post pop up.
Cheers.
re: #160 FormerDirtDart
To be fair, it’s a hell of a lot easier than what I’m going to be going through today. Though, the turkey is done and cleaned up already, so that’s 50% of the battle right there.
re: #159 darthstar
There is something else (cynic hat on):
Since she is funding this effort through Nation Builder, I wonder if she gets the E-mail or mail addresses of the donors (I do not understand how these fundraising sites work).
If she does, then she gets a whole bunch of people’s contact information for building a future Green Party database.
So, what happens if there are recounts in those three states, could the recounts be completed before the Electoral College meets Dec. 13? And if by some miracle Hillary gains some EVs, what then? Also, if there is evidence ballots were tampered with, who’s in the position to go after the perpetrators?
More from Dr. Stein’s fundraising site:
Details You Need to Know
In 2004, the Cobb/LaMarche campaign demanded a recount in Ohio. Because of their efforts, an election administrator went to jail. We also exposed the profound problems with DRE machines, which helped launch an election integrity movement. That provoked California to engage in a “top to bottom” review of their voting system, which culminated in the abolition of DRE machines.The Green Party Platform calls for “publicly-owned, open source voting equipment and deploy it across the nation to ensure high national standards, performance, transparency and accountability; use verifiable paper ballots; and institute mandatory automatic random precinct recounts to ensure a high level of accuracy in election results.”
Election integrity experts have independently identified Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as states where “statistical anomalies” raised concerns. Our effort to recount votes in those states is not intended to help Hillary Clinton.
These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the U.S. election system is.
The whole thing is at: jillstein.nationbuilder.com
re: #166 wheat-dogg
So, what happens if there are recounts in those three states, could the recounts be completed before the Electoral College meets Dec. 13? And if by some miracle Hillary gains some EVs, what then? Also, if there is evidence ballots were tampered with, who’s in the position to go after the perpetrators?
These are all questions that came up the last time we went through a recount debacle. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the answers.
re: #168 thedopefishlives
These are all questions that came up the last time we went through a recount debacle. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the answers.
Supreme Court will settle it in Trump’s favor…
re: #164 Anymouse
There is something else (cynic hat on):
Since she is funding this effort through Nation Builder, I wonder if she gets the E-mail or mail addresses of the donors (I do not understand how these fundraising sites work).
If she does, then she gets a whole bunch of people’s contact information for building a future Green Party database.
The questions remains whether the Greens can ever get organized enough to take advantage of such a database. They really need to find another candidate beside Jill Stein, for starters.
re: #154 Anymouse
According to her fundraising site, she is concerned about the integrity of the vote. She cites both the statisticians that questioned accepting it without a recount, and the fact Wisconsin’s voting machinery in particular is banned in California for vulnerabilities that have not been fixed.
She is doing something that would be awkward for Hillary Clinton to do. If Mrs. Clinton called for a recount, there would be a hue-and-cry of “sour grapes” from the right (regardless of the notion it is Mrs. Clinton’s right to request a recount if she so desires).
If Dr. Stein calls for a recount, Mrs. Clinton is in the clear on that (though Mrs. Clinton probably did not ask her to do it).
Exactly.
Jill Stein knows that she can’t win a recount. But if the goal is to change the election result through those three states, or throw it in doubt (while relieving Hillary and her campaign of that burden) so be it. I won’t let her off the hook for having played spoiler in multiple states, but a recount is sorely needed.
It’s only Jill Stein’s potential association with Putin (specifically the photo with her and Mike Flynn) that I can’t get out of my mind.
re: #119 JasonA
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We brought home brother and sister kittens three weeks ago and put them in our master bath to keep the dog away. Three weeks in, and the male has made friends with Scout, while the female fell in love with the magazine rack and spends her time in there so far.
They’ll be out and about soon enough - they’ve both ventured downstairs, where Trixie their big sister kitty awaits. That’ll be the big test - when Trixie stops growling at the little ones, all will be well.
re: #168 thedopefishlives
These are all questions that came up the last time we went through a recount debacle. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the answers.
I was also out of the country when that happened. As I recall, the tallies were so close that neither side could really move forward until there was a resolution. This time, Trump & Co. have all but taken over. I doubt they’d quit now without a fight.
Issues surrounding the 2004 election recounts:
The part that pertains to Dr. Stein’s claim:
In Ohio, two minor-party candidates, Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party) and David Cobb (Green Party) cooperated in requesting a recount.
According to Ohio recount rules, 3% of a county’s votes are tallied by hand, and typically one or more whole precincts are selected and combined to get the 3% sample. The 3% must be randomly selected, and all hand counts are to be performed in public (with observers). After the hand count, the sample is fed into the tabulator. If there is no discrepancy, the remaining ballots can be counted by the machine. Otherwise, a hand recount must be done for the whole county.
The Cobb campaign claimed that the precincts were not randomly selected and the ballots were pre-sorted. They suggested that this indicates that precincts were selected that would match the machine count, in order to prevent a county-wide hand count, i.e. that it was “staged”. Two poll workers were convicted of preselecting ballots for the recounts.[66]
re: #173 wheat-dogg
I was also out of the country when that happened. As I recall, the tallies were so close that neither side could really move forward until there was a resolution. This time, Trump & Co. have all but taken over. I doubt they’d quit now without a fight.
not to mention what their “suck it up” supporters would do
re: #164 Anymouse
There is something else (cynic hat on):
Since she is funding this effort through Nation Builder, I wonder if she gets the E-mail or mail addresses of the donors (I do not understand how these fundraising sites work).
If she does, then she gets a whole bunch of people’s contact information for building a future Green Party database.
I used to be a Green. Now that we have open primaries in California, I could go back to being a Green Party member. But I don’t think party affiliation means shit these days. It makes people follow the herd and not question where the herd is being driven…some place called Harris Ranch! Sounds like a great get away!
re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
not to mention what their “suck it up” supporters would do
Yup. Lots of angry and crazy people with at least 5 firearms each and a whole lotta ammo stocked up since 2009.
re: #166 wheat-dogg
So, what happens if there are recounts in those three states, could the recounts be completed before the Electoral College meets Dec. 13? And if by some miracle Hillary gains some EVs, what then? Also, if there is evidence ballots were tampered with, who’s in the position to go after the perpetrators?
Several electors in Washington and Colorado, despite being pledged to cast for Hillary, are indicating that they won’t (but have no consensus alternative). They are trying to force the issue on electors pledged to vote for Trump while forcing the issue on the concept of the electoral college.
It’s gonna be a goddam goat rodeo.
Never been to Florida…sounds like a wild place.
Deputies: FL woman shoots at house guests when they won’t leave https://t.co/AEreKv8FSe via @wfla Accidentally shoots boyfriend #GunFAIL
— David Waldman (@KagroX) November 24, 2016
Clinton is going to win the popular vote for close to 2.5 million or more. If there is evidence of election machine hacking it will get very ugly.
At the moment people are in denial, one of the early stages of grief. At some point, after things settle in people are going to be angry. Add to that anger the possibility of a fixed election and the outcome becomes very unpredictable.
Even if Clinton backs away for the good of the country like Gore did, I don’t see how this ends well.
re: #179 darthstar
Deputies: FL woman shoots at house guests when they won’t leave
Just standing her ground
Sets a great precedent for Thanksgivings all across America…
re: #180 John Carter
Even if Clinton backs away for the good of the country like Gore did, I don’t see how this ends well.
Nothing that involves Donald Trump has ever ended well…
Okay…now Xmas is ruined and Thanksgiving day is just starting.
So @realDonaldTrump has already sunk to selling Christmas ornaments for $149. On behalf of all of human history: Don - go fuck yourself pic.twitter.com/PzKu0RDfDU
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 23, 2016
A group funded by Betsy DeVos (Donald Trump’s wingnut evangelical Education Department pick) stands expressly for the restoration of child labour.
Betsy DeVos-funded Acton Institute argues for abolition of child labor laws, says mining wld be “exciting life” for poor kids. Seriously.
— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) November 23, 2016
The Acton Institute has a “sorry-not sorry” sort of walkback of their position on child labour posted above the original blog post.
Bring Back Child Labor - Work is a Gift Our Kids Can Handle
The abundant prosperity of the modern age has brought many blessings when it comes to child-rearing and child development, offering kids new opportunities for education, play, and personal development. Yet even as we celebrate our civilizational departure from excessive child labor, we ought to be wary of falling into a different sort of lopsided lifestyle.
Alas, as a day-to-day reality, work has largely vanished from modern childhood, with parents constantly stressing over the values of study and practice and “social interaction” even as they insulate their children from any activity that might involve risk, pain, or boredom. As a result, many of our kids are coming far too late to the arena of creative service and all it brings: dignity, meaning, freedom, virtue, creativity, character, and neighbor love.
Operating out of a justified fear of the harsh excesses of “harder times,” we have allowed our cultural attitudes to swing too far in the opposite direction, distorting work as a “necessary obligation of adulthood,” a gift too dangerous for kids. Working from these same distorted attitudes, the Washington Post recently published what it described as a “haunting” photo montage of child laborers from America’s rougher past.
(continues on the blog into right wing wet dreams about child labour)
re: #180 John Carter
Clinton is going to win the popular vote for close to 2.5 million or more. If there is evidence of election machine hacking it will get very ugly.
At the moment people are in denial, one of the early stages of grief. At some point, after things settle in people are going to be angry. Add to that anger the possibility of a fixed election and the outcome becomes very unpredictable.
Even if Clinton backs away for the good of the country like Gore did, I don’t see how this ends well.
What would Putin love more than a useful idiot heading the executive branch? One in which the result is overturned and trust in the government and electoral process is severely undermined as a result.
And I wouldn’t put it past Putin to (metaphorically) stab Trump in the back.
This is not saying that I’m opposed to the recount. Let it happen. It’s the possible ulterior motives that frighten me.
re: #179 darthstar
Never been to Florida…sounds like a wild place.
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re: #189 Eventual Carrion
You don’t have to go home BUT YOU CAN’T STAY HERE!
When my sister lived in Florida, she had a bumper sticker on her car that read “Yankee Infiltrator” in green type over the orange outline of the State of Florida.
re: #187 Anymouse
The Acton Institute has a “sorry-not sorry” sort of walkback of their position on child labour posted above the original blog post.
Bring Back Child Labor - Work is a Gift Our Kids Can Handle
(continues on the blog into right wing wet dreams about child labour)
There is the romantic notion of kids feeding the chickens or watering the cattle before walking a few miles down the dirt road to catch the school bus. Which has nothing to do with the realities of child labor.
Trump voiced ANGER at NYT for using unflattering pics showing his double chin, so if you see these shots, do not RT them OVER and OVER again pic.twitter.com/W0o8ldwlb8
— StillWithHer (@lightheart1) November 24, 2016
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) November 24, 2016
re: #192 FormerDirtDart
Trump voiced ANGER at NYT for using unflattering pics showing his double chin, so if you see these shots, do not RT them OVER and OVER again
Failing to flatter the President to his satisfaction = SEDITION
Works in North Korea, Thailand and Turkmenistan
re: #119 JasonA
When I brought Scout the cat home, the Humane Society had told me (they give a little 15-minute talk on the care and feeding of cats, whether you need it or not) that she might hide in the carrier even if it was open, stay there for days and need all sorts of time to adjust to her new surroundings.
So I opened the box in the bathroom (recommended enclosed space). She leaped out instantly, exited the room and started exploring the place at a fast trot, round and round and round. It was exhausting just to look at her.
Since she was at her minimum healthy weight at that time (the fiends at the Humane Society feed their cats an exclusive diet of high-quality cat kibble, which she apparently didn’t much like, so there was not a bit of fat on her), she found several crannies that I had to block off — one I had to rescue her from — and managed to get into a 4-inch space at the top of the closet (9-foot ceiling). That’s why I named her Scout.
re: #185 Anymouse
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Between 2 jobs that offer the possibility of a sudden, violent death. Drug dealing is much more profitable.
re: #190 Anymouse
When my sister lived in Florida, she had a bumper sticker on her car that read “Yankee Infiltrator” in green type over the orange outline of the State of Florida.
Yeah, I was labeled a “Damn Yankee”. A Yankee comes to visit, a Damn Yankee comes and stays.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, I was labeled a “Damn Yankee”. A Yankee comes to visit, a Damn Yankee comes and stays.
You can thank me for getting out of Jacksonville then. /s
Sean Hannity Tuesday:
On his radio show on Tuesday, Hannity bashed several major media outlets.
“Maybe Donald Trump should rethink how he deals with media,” he said. “Why should CNN have a seat in the White House press room? Why should NBC have a seat there? Why should The New York Times have a seat there, or Politico? They all think they’re journalists, they’re all full of crap, and they’ve all been exposed.”
The Fox host later claimed that journalists conspired with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to negatively cover Trump.
“Until members of the media come clean about colluding with the Clinton campaign and admit that they knowingly broke every ethical standard they are supposed to uphold, they should not have the privilege, they should not have the responsibility of covering the president on behalf of you, the American people,” he said.
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
I was once called a carpetbagger in Texas by my landlord while I was moving out. lol.
re: #188 Myron Falwell (no relation)
What would Putin love more than a useful idiot heading the executive branch? One in which the result is overturned and trust in the government and electoral process is severely undermined as a result.
And I wouldn’t put it past Putin to (metaphorically) stab Trump in the back.
This is not saying that I’m opposed to the recount. Let it happen. It’s the possible ulterior motives that frighten me.
If a recount changes the electoral college totals after it’s voted, it could get messy — on the other hand, the country survived the election of 2000, even though the recount in Florida, if it hadn’t been derailed by SCOTUS, would have given Florida to Gore by almost any counting method proposed.
(Keeping an idea on Putin and his motives is always a good idea.)
re: #197 Anymouse
And by “negative coverage” he means anything that isn’t fawning hero-worship.
I would like to wish everyone and their families a very happy Thanksgiving and safe travels.
re: #119 JasonA
My rescue stayed under the couch for 12 days. Food was eaten & poop was made. She now snuggles with me in bed.
Day by day it will get better. Congrats!!
re: #167 Anymouse
I see the term ‘Open source’ then I roll my eyes and think, “Yeah, that will create dependable software difficult to hack.”
My grandfather used to set up a peach stand in front of his house in rural Georgia (it was on a small highway). I would sell lemonade. Invariably, the people who bought a cup from me, when they heard me speak, would say, “oh, it’s a little yankee boy.”
re: #203 Romantic Heretic
I see the term ‘Open source’ then I roll my eyes and think, “Yeah, that will create dependable software difficult to hack.”
Not my field — but the idea is that if everyone can see the code, everyone can collaborate to make it better and safer by pointing out vulnerabilities. (I believe UNIX is considered one of the safer platforms.)
re: #194 We’re Way Beyond Snark
When I brought Scout the cat home, the Humane Society had told me (they give a little 15-minute talk on the care and feeding of cats, whether you need it or not) that she might hide in the carrier even if it was open, stay there for days and need all sorts of time to adjust to her new surroundings.
So I opened the box in the bathroom (recommended enclosed space). She leaped out instantly, exited the room and started exploring the place at a fast trot, round and round and round. It was exhausting just to look at her.
Since she was at her minimum healthy weight at that time (the fiends at the Humane Society feed their cats an exclusive diet of high-quality cat kibble, which she apparently didn’t much like, so there was not a bit of fat on her), she found several crannies that I had to block off — one I had to rescue her from — and managed to get into a 4-inch space at the top of the closet (9-foot ceiling). That’s why I named her Scout.
One of my cats is named Trouble, because as a kitten he decided to go to sleep behind a huge ass entertainment center and we spent hours looking for him before we bothered to look behind the entertainment center since we didn’t think he could fit back there.
re: #203 Romantic Heretic
I see the term ‘Open source’ then I roll my eyes and think, “Yeah, that will create dependable software difficult to hack.”
Because Windows is well-known for its security?
re: #206 Timothy Watson
One of my cats is named Trouble, because as a kitten he decided to go to sleep behind a huge ass entertainment center and we spent hours looking for him before we bothered to look behind the entertainment center since we didn’t think he could fit back there.
That reflects my experience with Scout and the 4-inch space at the top of the 9-foot closet. Add to it the fact that she was watching my search for her with alert interest.
re: #197 Anymouse
You can thank me for getting out of Jacksonville then. /s
Sean Hannity Tuesday:
Lumpy really is pathetic. Colluding with the Clinton campaign? Yeah because they dared to criticize your hero Trump.
re: #200 We’re Way Beyond Snark
And by “negative coverage” he means anything that isn’t fawning hero-worship.
anything that does not present his (current) version of things
re: #199 We’re Way Beyond Snark
If a recount changes the electoral college totals after it’s voted, it could get messy — on the other hand, the country survived the election of 2000, even though the recount in Florida, if it hadn’t been derailed by SCOTUS, would have given Florida to Gore by almost any counting method proposed.
(Keeping an idea on Putin and his motives is always a good idea.)
I can’t imagine any scenario where enough EVs shift to give Hillary the win that doesn’t result in an eruption of anger, court cases, and claims that the election was “stolen.” Even if you march a line of men into a courtroom where they confess to having fixed the machines to give Trump the win, it will be assumed that Hillary had her shadowy cabal “fix” the election results to give her the win in a belated fashion. You could actually see Bros suggesting that Stein was a willing stooge for the Clintons.
re: #212 Targetpractice
You could actually see Bros suggesting that Stein was a willing stooge for the Clintons.
That level of butthurt would be worth the schadenfreude alone.
re: #200 We’re Way Beyond Snark
And by “negative coverage” he means anything that isn’t fawning hero-worship.
He is using Richard Spencer’s Lügenpresse without using the actual word. Note what he actually says about CNN and NBC in that quote.
He is using a Nazi dog whistle, and Sean Hannity is a Nazi apologist.
re: #214 Anymouse
He is using Richard Spencer’s Lügenpresse without using the actual word. Note what he actually says about CNN and NBC in that quote.
He is using a Nazi dog whistle, and Sean Hannity is a Nazi apologist.
Given his relationship with white supremacist Hal Turner, no surprise there. Hannity is a racist pos.
re: #214 Anymouse
He is using Richard Spencer’s Lügenpresse without using the actual word. Note what he actually says about CNN and NBC in that quote.
He is using a Nazi dog whistle, and Sean Hannity is a Nazi apologist.
As the weeks and months proceed, I expect Lumpy to be more and more blatant about it… to the point where he reveals himself as not just an apologist.
re: #216 Myron Falwell (no relation)
As the weeks and months proceed, I expect Lumpy to be more and more blatant about it… to the point where he reveals himself as not just an apologist.
He did that months ago as Donald Trump’s cheerleader over at FOX News.
And CNN in the tank for Hillary Clinton? Is that why they hired Cory Lewandowski? CBS’s chief saying that their coverage of Donald Trump might not be good for America but was sure good for CBS?
Projection on Sean Hannity’s part, and anyone who is not already in FOX’s thrall should be able to see it from five miles off.
re: #184 Anymouse
A group funded by Betsy DeVos (Donald Trump’s wingnut evangelical Education Department pick) stands expressly for the restoration of child labour.
EXCL: Nigel Farage plans to move to the US with his wife, say friends, adding Ukip chief will feel “freer” abroad https://t.co/zqr9WQbwzx
— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) November 24, 2016
If you’re GLOPPENED then you’re utterly astounded.
— Haggard Hawks Words (@HaggardHawks) November 24, 2016
2016: The Year of Being Gloppened… https://t.co/vb0VqHKQSl
— Val Taylor (@ValTaylor01) November 24, 2016
re: #203 Romantic Heretic
I see the term ‘Open source’ then I roll my eyes and think, “Yeah, that will create dependable software difficult to hack.”
re: #205 We’re Way Beyond Snark
Not my field — but the idea is that if everyone can see the code, everyone can collaborate to make it better and safer by pointing out vulnerabilities. (I believe UNIX is considered one of the safer platforms.)
re: #207 Timothy Watson
Because Windows is well-known for its security?
No software is entirely secure. Microsoft at least gets out there when they find problems and fixes them.
My wife points out when she worked at Digital Equipment Corporation that after a bunch of software hacks and the company was losing money, someone got the idea to put up slogan posters to encourage workers.
One of the posters said “Do it once and do it right.”
Someone else later scrawled at the bottom of the poster: Rev F
re: #192 FormerDirtDart
Almost worth getting a Twitter account!!!
re: #183 darthstar
Okay…now Xmas is ruined and Thanksgiving day is just starting.
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So he gets the UK to leave the EU and he can’t even bother to stay in the country? Alrighty then.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
So he gets the UK to leave the EU and he can’t even bother to stay in the country? Alrighty then.
The irony would be complete if he were moving to France. Or Ireland.
re: #222 Anymouse
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Adding private tag as it’s worky stuff.
re: #207 Timothy Watson
Because Windows is well-known for its security?
No, because in my opinion voting machines should be built from the ground up. And the code should be considered a secret on par with nuclear launch codes. Considering how many people in IT are anarchists; sorry, libertarians; I wouldn’t trust them to program my toaster oven.
I used to be a computer programmer and, unless things have changed a lot, which I doubt, programmers don’t spend a lot of time pondering ethical problems.
and for the seagull that kept buzzing him on each swim.
#thankful for my dog pic.twitter.com/gh76KkR0II
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 24, 2016
re: #211 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Not a big fan of the Soviet Union but they did have a magnificent anthem.
re: #229 Romantic Heretic
No, because in my opinion voting machines should be built from the ground up. And the code should be considered a secret on par with nuclear launch codes. Considering how many people in IT are anarchists; sorry, libertarians; I wouldn’t trust them to program my toaster oven.
I used to be a computer programmer and, unless things have changed a lot, which I doubt, programmers don’t spend a lot of time pondering ethical problems.
Or you can do what CA did — after the DRE machine business, we abandoned voting machines and went to pieces of paper.
re: #232 We’re Way Beyond Snark
That would be my preference. Simple and clean.
Voting machines are a perfect example of the fact that ‘efficient’ and ‘effective’ are not congruent concepts.
re: #222 Anymouse
Heh. Though VMS remains the most secure os I’ve ever used.
So politico says Nikki Haley has no “notable” foreign policy experience rather than the more basic none at all. Happy Thanksgiving. Getting ready to head to wingnut brother’s house. Good news is I’m not driving so can drink heavily and bro and banshee wife will be vastly outnumbered. But if anyone looks at me wrong all bets are off!
re: #236 BeachDem
So politico says Nikki Haley has no “notable” foreign policy experience rather than the more basic none at all. Happy Thanksgiving. Getting ready to head to wingnut brother’s house. Good news is I’m not driving so can drink heavily and bro and banshee wife will be vastly outnumbered. But if anyone looks at me wrong all bets are off!
It’s such a weird pick. Bush’s picks even Bolton at least made sense.
OT: Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Lizards and your families. :)
re: #238 HappyWarrior
It’s such a weird pick. Bush’s picks even Bolton at least made sense.
I disagree. She’s a foreigner, so she’s perfect for the job! /
re: #220 Stanley Sea
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So just about anyone can move here. Maybe toughening up immigration laws isn’t that bad after all. We really don’t need an influx of white supremacists; we’ve already got more than enough.
Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2014
re: #238 HappyWarrior
It’s such a weird pick. Bush’s picks even Bolton at least made sense.
Ticks off two boxes—woman and minority, and as Nikki is a know nothing who wants to be a player she’ll be easy to manipulate.
re: #240 No Depression
I disagree. She’s a foreigner, so she’s perfect for the job! /
I really want to see Coulter’s reaction. She hates Haley.
re: #244 BeachDem
Ticks off two boxes—woman and minority, and as Nikki is a know nothing who wants to be a player she’ll be easy to manipulate.
Yep of course.
re: #236 BeachDem
Getting ready to head to wingnut brother’s house. Good news is I’m not driving so can drink heavily and bro and banshee wife will be vastly outnumbered. But if anyone looks at me wrong all bets are off!
“Don’t think of them as your family; think of them as potential kidney donors.”
—Stephen Colbert
Currently in the air on a flight to Cincinnati, and a total weirdo is sitting behind me asking this Vietnamese woman all kinds of personal questions. He then sent her a friend request on facebook and I started laughing out loud.
re: #248 Frankie Five Angels
Currently in the air on a flight to Cincinnati, and a total weirdo is sitting behind me asking this Vietnamese woman all kinds of personal questions. He then sent her a friend request on facebook and I started laughing out loud.
I sure hope Tila Tequilla isn’t on your flight!
Donald Trump’s pick for Commerce killed 12 miners in coal disaster. That’s BENGHAZIX3 #UniteBlue #Resist https://t.co/3fX9toEqJp pic.twitter.com/k7LYrigXYL
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) November 24, 2016
Sorry Aretha, but sometimes you just need to sing the damn song as it was meant to be…
Hell, I washed two plates, some utensils, cut a slice of pie, and poured a cup of coffee
re: #251 The Vicious Babushka
Donald Trump’s pick for Commerce killed 12 miners in coal disaster.
Yes, but they had JOBS when they died! Better that than to live unemployed!!!
/
re: #251 The Vicious Babushka
Iraq is 1250 BENGHAZIS!!!!!
re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
At least they got their black lung from working for a living!!!!!!!
I am working hard, even on Thanksgiving, trying to get Carrier A.C. Company to stay in the U.S. (Indiana). MAKING PROGRESS - Will know soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2016
Douche on my FB:
“Today I am thankful for President Donald J Trump!”
UNFRIEND
re: #257 Frankie Five Angels
What an arrogant asshole.
re: #257 Frankie Five Angels
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But wait! I thought the election of Donald J. Trump would magically guarantee that companies would not want to leave!
A retired English teacher evaluates Trump’s meeting with the NYT in this pungent letter to the editor. pic.twitter.com/LgbplDkXPZ
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) November 24, 2016
Our President-elect in 2013…
Happy Thanksgiving to all—even the haters and losers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2013
re: #263 Frankie Five Angels
Our President-elect…
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That’s, like, a whole new level of passive-aggressive divisiveness. Holy shit.
re: #264 thedopefishlives
That’s, like, a whole new level of passive-aggressive divisiveness. Holy shit.
Tweet was from 3 years ago but your point is valid.
Very likely a whole lot of very decent people will be traveling south this weekend.
I hope that today is a good day for them…
National Hurricane Center: Eye of dangerous Hurricane Otto makes landfall on southern Nicaraguan coast with 110 mph winds
— Breaking News Storm (@breakingstorm) November 24, 2016
I should have written that that tweet was from 2013.
Some people have way to much free time on their hands…
How to roast a turkey with a drone-mounted flamethrower https://t.co/7d5dIb2BaZ pic.twitter.com/aaWL4v3BHL
— The Verge (@verge) November 24, 2016
re: #271 FormerDirtDart
Some people are idiots.
re: #224 darthstar
Apparently the MAGA ornament is on Amazon too. My wife was just reading me some of the reviews.
A review LOL.
By Amazon customer on November 24, 2016
Dangerous -attacked nativity pieces saying they were immigrants.
re: #271 FormerDirtDart
Some people have way to much free time on their hands…
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Explosion at Governor’s office in #Adana, Turkey. US citizens, avoid area; maintain a high level of vigilance https://t.co/m0OsAO2SJW
— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) November 24, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow lizards. It’s been a great 4 years being part of this community.
My overnight guests have wandered off for a bit leaving me alone on this gorgeous day to sit on the patio and babysit the turkey that is smoking beautifully thus far on the grill. Got most everything done so I have little cooking/prepping left to do. Great day!
Hope y’all are likewise enjoying this Thanksgiving Day. Fuck Trump.
Tag your friends 😂😂
Video @cartercanines
re: #277 allegro
My overnight guests have wandered off for a bit leaving me alone on this gorgeous day to sit on the patio and babysit the turkey that is smoking beautifully thus far on the grill. Got most everything done so I have little cooking/prepping left to do. Great day!
Hope y’all are likewise enjoying this Thanksgiving Day. Fuck Trump.
I cooked our turkey last night in the oven. Topside was a little dry, but otherwise delicious. Whipped up some side dishes in about half an hour this morning, and we feasted well. Now we have the Vikings game on and are relaxing. Cleanup? Pfft, that can wait.
@herbdoom @andreajmarkley @realDonaldTrump
At a restaurant Your to fat to order that? Freedom of speech?
Or just not right?#dummy— Robert Morgan (@RobertM39705006) November 24, 2016
Another graduate from Trump university. https://t.co/v2ukI0QKiB
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) November 24, 2016
re: #279 thedopefishlives
I cooked our turkey last night in the oven. Topside was a little dry, but otherwise delicious. Whipped up some side dishes in about half an hour this morning, and we feasted well. Now we have the Vikings game on and are relaxing. Cleanup? Pfft, that can wait.
I’m expecting 9 guests (3 friends, 6 “park orphans”) for our feast later this afternoon. I’ve got the fire pit prepped for a campfire which seems appropriate for a traditional-not-traditional kinda BBQ Thanksgiving feast. We’ll see how it goes and if it deserves to become a new tradition. Having a blast so far.
re: #281 allegro
I’m expecting 9 guests (3 friends, 6 “park orphans”) for our feast later this afternoon. I’ve got the fire pit prepped for a campfire which seems appropriate for a traditional-not-traditional kinda BBQ Thanksgiving feast. We’ll see how it goes and if it deserves to become a new tradition. Having a blast so far.
This is our first, and so far only, Thanksgiving by ourselves. Usually we go and attend with one family or t’other.
re: #220 Stanley Sea
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First Piers Morgan, now this guy. Why must we take in Great Britain’s rejects?
re: #283 Myron Falwell (no relation)
First Piers Morgan, now this guy. Why must we take in Great Britain’s rejects?
I’d like us to just have Helen Mirren and call it even.
re: #279 thedopefishlives
I cooked our turkey last night in the oven. Topside was a little dry, but otherwise delicious. Whipped up some side dishes in about half an hour this morning, and we feasted well. Now we have the Vikings game on and are relaxing. Cleanup? Pfft, that can wait.
Watching the game here. About to head over to sons place, play with grandkids, eat, head out to pre-black Friday sales the wife wants to check out. I’ll leave the cleaning up to him and his wife :-)
re: #191 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is the romantic notion of kids feeding the chickens or watering the cattle before walking a few miles down the dirt road to catch the school bus. Which has nothing to do with the realities of child labor.
Nothing romantic at all about farm work. My late father’s family sharecropped in Oklahoma when he was growing up. It was hard, hard work. Work before school, work after school, work all summer long. When he graduated high school, he left and went to California and worked in a cannery. He ended up signing up to go to Korea before he got drafted and never went back to live in Oklahoma or to farming. He talked very little about either Korea or farming, but one thing I do remember him saying was that getting shot at up at the DMZ was easier than working on the farm. That blew my mind.
re: #245 HappyWarrior
I really want to see Coulter’s reaction. She hates Haley.
It neuters Haley’s political prospects (not really kidding; the last SoS to become President** was James Buchanan!) so Coulter will consider it a great thing.
** Popular vote and a potential recount extravaganza notwithstanding, of course.
My husband and I hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas orphan parties for years that were so much fun. We’d have folks spilling out of the house, sitting on the stairs or even soaking in the hot tub with plates in hand. This is my first orphan party since my husband’s death - just decided it was time. Don’t even know several of the people coming so it could get interesting.
re: #288 allegro
My husband and I hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas orphan parties for years that were so much fun. We’d have folks spilling out of the house, sitting on the stairs or even soaking in the hot tub with plates in hand. This is my first orphan party since my husband’s death - just decided it was time. Don’t even know several of the people coming so it could get interesting.
That’s really sweet. My mom used to do that. Somehow she would meet international students or strike up a conversation with a poorer person and before we knew it we’d have 20 people at Thanksgiving that we’d never met.
OK, LGF just sucking up to much of my computers memory today. Slowing everything down.
Three separate ads running video constantly at the same time probably the culprits.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving all.
Red Raider Outfitter Refuses to Sell a Texas Tech-Baylor Gameday Shirt
Lubbock’s popular Texas Tech retailer Red Raider Outfitter issued a powerful statement on why they’re bucking the trend and not producing a t-shirt ahead of Friday’s Texas Tech-Baylor game.
The retailer pointed to “Baylor’s mismanagement” and “shockingly poor handling” of reported sexual assaults which made national headlines in May. The scandal led to the ousting of head coach Art Briles, but continues to haunt the school. In October, it was revealed that Briles heard about an alleged gang rape, but failed to alert the proper authorities.
Red Raider Outfitter explained their decision on Facebook as both a moral stance and to honor the requests of Texas Tech fans:
“Red Raider Outfitter stands for honesty, integrity, and compassion. In no way, can we support the shockingly poor handling of the sexual assaults at Baylor,” reads the statement. “Red Raider Outfitter stands with the victims and with those who are outraged by Baylor’s mismanagement. You, the fans, have spoken and requested that we not allow the Double T to be printed alongside any Baylor logo.”
You can read their full statement below:
re: #290 Barefoot Grin
That’s really sweet. My mom used to do that. Somehow she would meet international students or strike up a conversation with a poorer person and before we knew it we’d have 20 people at Thanksgiving that we’d never met.
That’s what the day is for I figure. It’s about sharing and laughter and overindulging that one special day a year. Y’all come, whoever you are cuz there’s more than enough for everyone.
Read my Thursday column, “No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along,” tonight and let me know what you think. via @nytimes https://t.co/EsvJ0rtQ0v
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 23, 2016
Strong words, just might have been more courageous to say them to Trump’s face when he went to NYT offices.
Bit gutless doing it after, no? https://t.co/W1Lb3GcQAS— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 24, 2016
F*** you Piers. How’s that for strong words? https://t.co/C8Ex1DsKe6
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 24, 2016
Rich man gets favor returned. This is so bizarre.
Trump is likely to pick Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to be deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. https://t.co/bkbdtDoPaH
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) November 24, 2016
re: #292 Shiplord Kirel
Red Raider Outfitter Refuses to Sell a Texas Tech-Baylor Gameday Shirt
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Take some time to think about those who give their time and talents on this day to help others far less fortunate than you.
— Nathan Obral 📎😸📎 (@myronfalwell) November 24, 2016
My friend @Tonya_Song is with the DAPL protestors. And I’ve got a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach.
@Tonya_Song Please… please be safe. 😿
— Nathan Obral 📎😸📎 (@myronfalwell) November 24, 2016
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I’m going to head out early. I cannot wait to eat.
That looks like perfection.
My friend is doing spatchcock as well.
WHAT WHAT WHAT
Wildfire roars through Israeli city, forcing thousands of evacuations https://t.co/z6reodYY8n pic.twitter.com/jRUrIY9AZj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 24, 2016
@MargaretAtwood I have a question about Offred in the handmaids tale. Did she get captured by the Eyes or did she escape? I NEED TO KNOW
— stasia misses matty (@GRENADEBRAlNS) November 24, 2016
Working on that! We know she got as far as Maine… :) https://t.co/Nga7S2VGEZ
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) November 24, 2016
Wait…. “working on that”? A sequel? Hoomum just treated herself to @audibleuk #HandmaidsTale & is now officially beside herself! #Squee https://t.co/wM1cfaZw5U
— Quinn (@QuinnLovesLolly) November 24, 2016
Seriously considering it, in light of where we find ourselves in time… https://t.co/KA2rGGac6s
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) November 24, 2016
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
Margaret Atwood is 77, and penned The Handmaid’s Tale 32 years ago. Imagine writing a dystopian novel only to live long enough to see it come true? o_O
Understanding that Aretha sang the longest anthem ever.
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/YUBTDZp9ZU
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) November 24, 2016
I love Atwood so much. Such a national treasure.
re: #303 Interesting Times
Margaret Atwood is 77, and penned The Handmaid’s Tale 32 years ago. Imagine writing a dystopian novel only to live long enough to see it come true? o_O
I remember reading that Mike Judge has been upset about “Idiocracy” being treated as a documentary or a how-to manual.
@MargaretAtwood we could put your brain in a jar Futurama style.
— Trevor Newton (@LllewellynNewt) November 24, 2016
I think it kinda already is in one. https://t.co/qCxuVO3Pi5
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) November 24, 2016
“What’s this?”
“It’s not for cats.”
“Do you promise?”
“Yes. It’s purely decorative.”
“Ok. I’ll get in it then.” pic.twitter.com/dazNbaiamS— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) November 24, 2016
re: #304 Stanley Sea
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. (Except those in foreign countries where it would be Happy Thursday!)
We won’t eat until our usual dinner time, so things are only get started here at the Calochortus household. I’ve done some prep, and the turkey is sitting on the counter to warm up. (My mother would die-food in her house was in the oven, on your plate, or in the refrigerator. Room temp meat was a no-no, but really, it cooks better that way.)
The major prep starts after lunch. Sausage stuffing, purple potatoes, pumpkin pie, broccoli, etc.
Even with president-elect Trump in the offing, there is plenty to be thankful for, including all the wonderful Lizards here. Thanks for making it possible, Charles!
Update on myself, I’ve moved to one of the evacuation locations. Still don’t have much info on what’s going on. There’s a lot of anxiety.
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) November 24, 2016
Trump spends Thanksgiving ‘working hard’ on Carrier plant https://t.co/hdsT5fbOnd
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) November 24, 2016
Has he found a factory in the U.S. to make all the crap he’s going to use our tax dollars to sell yet? https://t.co/FqR91xXrGV
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) November 24, 2016
dammit
#BREAKING: Witness tells #WAVE3News she saw four people gunned down at Shawnee Park https://t.co/ShWcBmL8kd pic.twitter.com/6DTu7sWqzD
— wave3news (@wave3news) November 24, 2016
Police have blocked off a large portion of Shawnee Park. Behind us the football game continues. pic.twitter.com/5ZEZLrx8rF
— Kasey Cunningham (@KaseyNEWS) November 24, 2016
BREAKING Shots fired @ #ShawneePark in vicinity of #JuiceBowl. Follow https://t.co/s2vXLTsKfs for updates. https://t.co/lGyKhyUqhs
— Gordon Boyd (@GordonWAVE3) November 24, 2016
Louisville, Kentucky
re: #292 Shiplord Kirel
For those who aren’t familiar with it, the Baylor football rape scandal is a truly disgusting story of arrogance, depravity, and presumed entitlement.
It may not surprise anyone here to learn that Art Briles, the Baylor coach who was fired for his role in the rape scandal, is a very public Bible thumper who once authored a book called Beating Goliath: My Story of Football and Faith.
Also canned were Baylor President Kenn Starr (of Clinton-Lewinsky fame) and AD Ian McCaw.
US vice warlord Micheal Pence promises “backdoor” legislation against homo-sexuals, in speech seen as “raw meat” for Donald Trump supporters
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) November 24, 2016
I made the mistake of commenting on a RT story on Facebook and now I have these dumbfuck trolls messaging me, threatening all sorts of BS on me.
FML
Politics makes strange bedfellows, Part N: looking at the Twitter feeds of various NeverTrumpers who seemed like allies during the election, I remember why I originally thought they were assholes - turns out they ARE assholes.
re: #321 electrotek
I made the mistake of commenting on a RT story on Facebook and now I have these dumbfuck trolls messaging me, threatening all sorts of BS on me.
FML
Well, and the problem with commenting on RT stories in particular is, they’ll sic the Russian hacker mobs on you.
re: #315 Stanley Sea
Seriously, is the ornament made in Chyna?
Neither of the product descriptions at either Amazon or Trump websites proudly claim “Made in America”, so there’s your answer.
jeebus
The family of the victim is here screaming @LMPD as one woman screams “Get me a gun!” @840WHAS pic.twitter.com/7WGJe7I2pK
— Will Clark (@WClark840WHAS) November 24, 2016
After 30 minutes @LMPD FINALLY gets around to covering up the body. @840WHAS @louisvillemayor #LMPD pic.twitter.com/b1CoyPIsxh
— Will Clark (@WClark840WHAS) November 24, 2016
#ThanksgivingShooting #ShawneePark: per #wave3News content partner #840WHAS https://t.co/qvtt3ckijG
— Gordon Boyd (@GordonWAVE3) November 24, 2016
re: #323 thedopefishlives
Well, and the problem with commenting on RT stories in particular is, they’ll sic the Russian hacker mobs on you.
I couldn’t help it. It was 1am and a story about a hostel in Sarajevo recreating the war got the worst in me by chiming in something.
And as a result, I got sucked in like heroin and stayed up until 5am arguing with a Russian-loving troll who kept telling me that Bosnian Muslims are Islamists while praising Muammar Gaddafi and Iran and blaming liberals for the wrong in the world. I laughed so hard when he claimed gay people are evil and that he is pro-life, and couldn’t grasp the fact that Islamists also share the same myopic views as him.
Just took the sourdough bread out of the oven #Thanksgiving2016 pic.twitter.com/D0vjrHE6NY
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) November 24, 2016
Oh well. It’s 70 degrees out here and I’m gonna go for a run before our Thanksgiving dinner with the family tonight. While everyone else is dreading the talk of US politics, I’m dreading the talk of Pakistani politics while munching on some tandoori-flavored turkey lol
Can’t escape politics no matter where you’re from on Thanksgiving day.
@DrJillStein’s #recount scheme is just a ruse. She helped elect Trump and now she’s trying to grift HRC supporters. pic.twitter.com/WPtGaFcwQB
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) November 24, 2016
re: #329 Dr. Matt
Buried in the verbiage on her Recount Donation page:
We cannot guarantee a recount will happen in any of these states we are targeting. We can only pledge we will demand recounts in those states.
Well off to the store to get tonight’s meal. In a passing nod to the day, will pick up a turkey loaf, some dressing mix and turkey gravy. Yep, that’s just how excited I am.
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
Buried in the verbiage on her Recount Donation page:
I really can’t stand her. She’s as phoney as Trump.
REVISED: A 7.0 magnitude #earthquake struck 149km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo #ElSalvador. #terremoto pic.twitter.com/T7m7RwmgiT
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) November 24, 2016
re: #326 electrotek
I couldn’t help it. It was 1am and a story about a hostel in Sarajevo recreating the war got the worst in me by chiming in something.
And as a result, I got sucked in like heroin and stayed up until 5am arguing with a Russian-loving troll who kept telling me that Bosnian Muslims are Islamists while praising Muammar Gaddafi and Iran and blaming liberals for the wrong in the world. I laughed so hard when he claimed gay people are evil and that he is pro-life, and couldn’t grasp the fact that Islamists also share the same myopic views as him.
Time for the obligatory. xkcd.com
re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Isn’t that where Otto is hitting as well? Man, talk about having a bad day.
re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
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As I scrolled down and saw the top two I was thinking “big ass potatoes you got there” and a little farther I thought “fucking humongous potatoes”. I was a little disappointed when the caption came into view. LOL
re: #337 jeffreyw
As I scrolled down and saw the top two I was thinking “big ass potatoes you got there” and a little farther I thought “fucking humongous potatoes”. I was a little disappointed when the caption came into view. LOL
Disappointed?! For shame. Sourdough bread is the king of all breads. I want some. :(
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
Buried in the verbiage on her Recount Donation page:
As she was a candidate, if she puts up the bond and files the paperwork for a recount by the deadline in each state, they will hold a recount.
Pretty much the only way a recount would not be held is if she didn’t file for one by the deadline in each state (for Wisconsin, that is tomorrow close-of-business).
JUST IN: Federal hate crime investigation underway in West Virginia, where a black teen was gunned down on Monday https://t.co/Vv0B3jlETz pic.twitter.com/UFVLJRiSKs
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 24, 2016
re: #338 thedopefishlives
Disappointed?! For shame. Sourdough bread is the king of all breads. I want some. :(
I’m disappointed VB isn’t going to win a blue ribbon at the fair! Send me a loaf of that sourdough and I will get over it.
OK everyone, I’m off to feast.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, enjoy your day.
Fuck Trump.
re: #339 Anymouse
As she was a candidate, if she puts up the bond and files the paperwork for a recount by the deadline in each state, they will hold a recount.
Pretty much the only way a recount would not be held is if she didn’t file for one by the deadline in each state (for Wisconsin, that is tomorrow close-of-business).
If she doesn’t file for a recount, she still keeps all of that money raised.
Grifting is good business, I suppose.
re: #337 jeffreyw
As I scrolled down and saw the top two I was thinking “big ass potatoes you got there” and a little farther I thought “fucking humongous potatoes”. I was a little disappointed when the caption came into view. LOL
LOL they do look like potatoes if you don’t have a relative object to compare their size. A potato would not fit all the way across a standard size baking rack.
Already at the part of thanksgiving where relatives are bemoaning what a piss poor job the media has done. Two hours till dinner still.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 24, 2016
re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth
If she doesn’t file for a recount, she still keeps all of that money raised.
Grifting is good business, I suppose.
If she doesn’t file for a recount, that information would be very easy to obtain from the state board of elections, followed by tarring-and-feathering of Dr. Stein.
BWAHAHHAAAAAAA
Man photographs creature that resembles legendary ‘#Mothman of Point Pleasant: https://t.co/Ht9xwv2LAh #MothmanProphecies pic.twitter.com/ZELx7myRUP
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) November 24, 2016
re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth
VAREK! Stop scaring the natives!
re: #310 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Didn’t “Bleeding Gums” Murphy sing a national anthem before a Springfield Isotopes game that clocked in at 26 minutes?
TEAM PIE
Are you team pie or team cake?
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) November 24, 2016
Trump inaugural committee having a hard time finding people to perform at swearing in ceremony https://t.co/mFiiUF95iG pic.twitter.com/cgkondhr4f
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 24, 2016
Trump transition team member Anthony Scaramucci said in an interview with the BBC that in an effort to show Trump supports LGBT people, Elton John would play. John said he wouldn’t.
“I’m not a Republican in a million years,” John said when Trump used his song “Tiny Dancer” for a campaign rally, “why not ask Ted f*cking Nugent?”
Vince Neil, vocalist for heavy metal band Mötley Crüe also dropped out of Trump’s inaugural, after previously being announced he would play. The Rolling Stones also refused. Trump frequently used The Stone’s song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” despite repeated requests for him to stop.
heh
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
Great. So we’ll be stuck with Nuge and Kid Rock?
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
“I’m not a Republican in a million years,” John said when Trump used his song “Tiny Dancer” for a campaign rally, “why not ask Ted f*cking Nugent?”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
O boy, Ted Nugent for the inauguration. Or perhaps those teen performers he stiffed on their pay after they performed for one of his rallies?
Can you imagine if Trump got Kanye to do it?
Half /
Off to take a nap. I’m getting old or something. Have a happy Thanksgiving Day, and hopefully it won’t be the last.
Thanksgiving festivities today has turned into repetitive small meals instead of a large single meal. Foods so far today:
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie - (Store-bought unbaked, wasn’t too bad)
other breakfast (banana, bacon, toast, etc. in some form - with coffee)
Spanikopita
Spaghetti Squash Carbonera Casserole
Sparkling Riesling
Smoked Turkey Breast
Sweet Potato Pie
Been shuffling stuff in and out of the oven all day.
re: #355 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Wayne Newton?
It’ll be the greatest roster of B-List talent ever assembled, buhlieve me.
re: #360 makeitstop
It’ll be the greatest roster of B-List talent ever assembled, buhlieve me.
Henry Winkler - covered with bees!
re: #360 makeitstop
It’ll be the greatest roster of B-List talent ever assembled, buhlieve me.
Does Chachi carry a tune?
re: #360 makeitstop
It’ll be the greatest roster of B-List talent ever assembled, buhlieve me.
Everyone will be asleep by 7 pm
Heading out to the in-laws for dinner. Everyone enjoy your day. Back later.
Now more than ever we need to commit to real reporting across a real nation, a real world in which journalism/democracy are in mortal peril.
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) November 23, 2016
On @cnn yesterday guest Jeffery Lord said post-election protesters were equivalent to Nazis. CNN might want to examine it’s own journalism. https://t.co/p632zc6G60
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) November 23, 2016
Oh, and you just made traffic in Manhattan significantly worse. Nice work. pic.twitter.com/L8MNg2hCb5
— CAFE (@cafedotcom) November 24, 2016
re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth
If she doesn’t file for a recount, she still keeps all of that money raised.
Grifting is good business, I suppose.
Well, there’s this:
A lawyer with Stein’s campaign told Wisconsin officials she would be requesting a recount by Friday’s deadline. https://t.co/kWaM1QDkXn
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 24, 2016
Yep lol 😊😆💕🐱🐈🐱 pic.twitter.com/j5DJC1hcYz
— nieuwemarlean (@nieuwemarlean) November 23, 2016
re: #371 Targetpractice
I’ll believe it when it happens.
Likewise. But I’m wondering if she might have realized just how awful a prospect a Trump presidency is. (Worse than that other candidate, even if she’d never admit THAT in public.)
“If he wasn’t my father, I would spray him with Mace.”
This was Tweeted by TheHill but I won’t link to them or retweet them any more.
Happy Thanksgiving Day, lizards!
How about that Lions game, and better yet how about Aretha singing her lungs out and her brilliant piano playing on her “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” style version of the national anthem? My wife said “That was a protest song!” And kudos to the organist accompanying her. (I see the “It’s trad dad” types didn’t care for it. Whatevs.)
Just took the fresh from the farm turkey off the grill and poured the first Guinness of the day. All the best, friends!
re: #372 We’re Way Beyond Snark
Likewise. But I’m wondering if she might have realized just how awful a prospect a Trump presidency is. (Worse than that other candidate, even if she’d never admit THAT in public.)
I think she noticed she’s not getting mentioned in the news much any more.
re: #372 We’re Way Beyond Snark
Likewise. But I’m wondering if she might have realized just how awful a prospect a Trump presidency is. (Worse than that other candidate, even if she’d never admit THAT in public.)
Or Putin is using her to go after his other ally in a shoot screwjob.
re: #376 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Or Putin is using her to go after his other ally in a shoot screwjob.
Jill Stein is the friend who ruins your wedding but really shows up for you during the divorce.
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) November 24, 2016
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