Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Taking A Stand For Christ: Stupid Trump meme says Obama banned Christmas; Trump voters are badly misinformed; 52 percent say Trump won the popular vote; FBI and DNI agree with CIA about Russia hack; Kellyanne Conway says it’s unpatriotic to believe Russia story; Greenwald is completely wrong on Russia; Trump says China should keep the drone; and more.
It is no longer forbidden to say Merry Christmas!!!
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is no longer forbidden to say Merry Christmas!!!
But can I say Feliz Navidad instead? Or is that too Hispanic and foreign for the wingnuts?
re: #2 electrotek
But can I say Feliz Navidad instead? Or is that too Hispanic and foreign for the wingnuts?
No, that is now forbidden! We are in Christian America, one Nation under God!!!
Random middle of the day(for me anyway) announcement: I’ve been mostly lurking and reading for the past two years. Glad to see people that mostly seem to be in line with my thoughts and feelings and above all, when they don’t align, have respectful conversations.
I figure with this turn of events(now there is an understatement) in the USA, I might be more “talkative” on this site than before. I just wanted to 1.) warn you (lol) and 2.) let everyone know, Charles especially, that I truly appreciate the forum.
re: #4 Tyrion
Random middle of the day(for me anyway) announcement: I’ve been mostly lurking and reading for the past two years. Glad to see people that mostly seem to be in line with my thoughts and feelings and above all, when they don’t align, have respectful conversations.
I joined this site in 2007, when it was still a lot more conservative. In fact, I came here for a good argument. But even back then, I found that people were reasonable about it, even in disagreement.
JC Mayor’s Christmas Concert. Tonight. 6pm @loewsjersey in journal square. Cost is free. It is a 40 piece symphony orchestra. Join us!
— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) December 17, 2016
Wait—a FREE public Christmas concert in a godless, liberal, East Coast city? #WTF, what happened to the #WarOnChristmas? #sarcasm #p2 #tiot https://t.co/KwG6Ye2y0j
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) December 17, 2016
While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Donald Trump and his role as the Republican Nominee for President. The old farmer said, ” Well, as I see it, Donald Trump is like a ‘Post Tortoise’.” Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post tortoise’ was. The old farmer said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a tortoise balanced on top, that’s a post tortoise.” The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain.“You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, he’s elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with.”
re: #6 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I joined this site in 2007, when it was still a lot more conservative. In fact, I came here for a good argument. But even back then, I found that people were reasonable about it, even in disagreement.
The funny thing for me is that the two main blogging sites I go to are this one and Balloon Juice.
It’s pretty hard to find anyplace anymore that you can actually discuss things with people instead of having to think of new and funny ways to attack them. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like to punch holes in the wingnut bubble but after a while you just realize that you can’t really debate things with people that have a totally different reality than the one you live in.
The fact that there is now a segment of America that would suck up to Russia(!) and take the things they say as more truthful than other Americans is just something that seems beyond the pale. Unfortunately, I think the “pale” is going to be much beyond for the next four years.
re: #5 CuriousLurker
José Feliciano: Childhood
Feliciano was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, on September 10, 1945. Left permanently blind at birth as a result of congenital glaucoma, he was first exposed to music at the age of three; he would play on a tin cracker can while accompanying his uncle, who played the cuatro. When Feliciano was five, his family moved to Spanish Harlem, New York City, and at nine he played the Teatro Puerto Rico in The Bronx.
Feliciano started his musical life playing the accordion until his father gave him, in a brown paper bag, his first guitar. He would play his guitar by himself in his room for up to 14 hours a day, and would listen to 1950s rock’n’roll, records of classical guitarists and jazz players. Andrés Segovia and Wes Montgomery were among his favorites. Feliciano later had classical lessons with Harold Morris, who had been a student of Segovia. In a 1969 interview, he also mentioned soul music in general, and Ray Charles in particular, as influences on his singing.
At 17, he quit school to play in clubs. He had his first professional, contracted performance in Detroit.
Feliz Navidad was HUGELY popular back in Texas.
re: #9 Tyrion
The fact that there is now a segment of America that would suck up to Russia(!) and take the things they say as more truthful than other Americans is just something that seems beyond the pale. Unfortunately, I think the “pale” is going to be much beyond for the next four years.
That shift took place over the past eight years: Putin rides bareback, bare-chested and kills bears with his bare hands.
Obama wears mom jeans and rides a mountain bike with a helmet on.
The choice is clear to any True Patriot.
Our Senators released a statement in opposition to settling refugees in a town not far from here. While thumbing through the comments on one news page, I noticed alot of the people against refugees settling in the area were being (rightfully) called out as hypocrites for claiming to be Christians while turning away those in need. One woman went so far as to say “Jesus would consider [refugees] evil” and that charity shouldn’t come with risk. Y’know who, according to their religion, took the greatest risk in order to help others? Their own damn messiah! He was nailed to a cross! People like them are the reason I left organized religion and never looked back.
Servile US senator from Canada Ted Cruise remains chained to desk in Trump campaign headquarters, unaware election has already been decided. pic.twitter.com/XIucnfDzB5
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) December 19, 2016
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Obama. And anyone who says otherwise will be called a traitor by me.
re: #9 Tyrion
The funny thing for me is that the two main blogging sites I go to are this one and Balloon Juice.
It’s pretty hard to find anyplace anymore that you can actually discuss things with people instead of having to think of new and funny ways to attack them. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like to punch holes in the wingnut bubble but after a while you just realize that you can’t really debate things with people that have a totally different reality than the one you live in.
The fact that there is now a segment of America that would suck up to Russia(!) and take the things they say as more truthful than other Americans is just something that seems beyond the pale. Unfortunately, I think the “pale” is going to be much beyond for the next four years.
Indeed, I wonder how we get back from this brink, if we haven’t already fallen into the abyss. The other day, my Idiot Brother (voted for Stein) said, “Democrats need to stop talking about Gun Control, and Republicans need to stop talking about Democrats banning guns”, as if there’s some middle ground we can seek out between our position and theirs. But there isn’t, because our position is “If you say that the problem is not guns, but rather guns in the wrong hands, let’s keep them out of the wrong hands”, and theirs is, “FUCK YOU! I KNEW YOU WANTED TO BAN GUNS!!!!”
Where’s the middle ground THERE?
The other thing? The states that unexpectedly went for Trump, and the counties in those states that swung for him are also counties that have had the highest increase in heroin deaths, driven in part by the disappearance of ‘that little factory that employed half the town’. Turns out there’s nothing special about white people. Take away their hope, and they turn to drugs. This would be the perfect time for the White Working Class to join with the rest of the working class and start demanding a better future.
That’s not the choice they made, though. They went with the guy who promised them he’d make the past come back. They decided to become the half of the working class Jay Gould could hire to murder the other half.
Working class people who AREN’T white? Well, they remember that past, so they’re in no rush to go back.
@gocartmozart1 #NeverMyPresident Russia’s a better ally than the Islamo Fascist EU. They would be better off under Russian Control.
— Larry Wilbur (@larrywilbur71) December 20, 2016
@larrywilbur71
The free world (EU, Canada, Japan) vs the Axis powers (Russia and U.S.)— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #12 Arkansawyer
Reminds me of an article from earlier this month about a church in Maryland:
Dundalk church fined $12,000 for helping the homeless
DUNDALK, Md. - A Dundalk church faces a fine of $12,000 for helping the homeless.
“I showed up Wednesday morning to find a citation on the door that said we’re going to be fined $12,000 and have a court date because we have unhoused homeless people sleeping outside the church at night,” said Reverend Katie Grover with the Patapsco United Methodist Church.
Grover added that the men and women who sleep outside their doors do so because they have nowhere else to go and because they feel safe there.
“We feel we here as a church that it’s scriptural mandate that’s it an imperative to care for the least, the last, the lost, the poor, the hungry,” she said.
While it may be the business of the church to serve the homeless, Chester Bartko, the owner of a produce stand next door, said it’s hurting his business. […]
re: #2 electrotek
Tis the season etc etc pic.twitter.com/rf4jLVirfC
— Gwen Pearson🐝 (@bug_gwen) December 20, 2016
re: #14 Belafon
Obama. And anyone who says otherwise will be called a traitor by me.
It is scary how quickly they made a he-man hero out of Putin, mostly because he was sold as some sort of Anti-Obama.
re: #16 gocart mozart
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I’m gonna guess that he’s 1) never been to Europe, certainly not in the last decade, and 2) knows no Muslims personally, and 3) knows for ABSOLUTE CERTAIN all about the Koran and Radical Islamic Terrorism and how they’re going to impose their SHARIA!!!!! on us via gay marriage.
re: #12 Arkansawyer
Our Senators released a statement in opposition to settling refugees in a town not far from here. While thumbing through the comments on one news page, I noticed alot of the people against refugees settling in the area were being (rightfully) called out as hypocrites for claiming to be Christians while turning away those in need. One woman went so far as to say “Jesus would consider [refugees] evil” and that charity shouldn’t come with risk. Y’know who, according to their religion, took the greatest risk in order to help others? Their own damn messiah! He was nailed to a cross! People like them are the reason I left organized religion and never looked back.
Good for those calling them out. We had something slightly similar when our Democratic former (or soon to be) Maggie Hassan put a hold on any refugees entering—the comments were about “we can’t even take care of our own” and were countered with “where’s your compassion and human decency.” Bringing up the true nature of Christ doesn’t have as much of an impact up here as it does in the south, I guess.
re: #17 CuriousLurker
Reminds me of an article from earlier this month about a church in Maryland:
Dundalk church fined $12,000 for helping the homeless
Odd that this act of Christian charity is not being championed by “religious freedom” law advocates…
re: #20 Blind Frog Belly White
If you go to his twitter feed, he is dumb as a lamp post and just regurgitates right wing talking points.
Donald Trump and the “Lying Press” pic.twitter.com/84ffDHONGB
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) December 20, 2016
re: #24 gocart mozart
and this is why we are going to be f*cked for the next four (or even eight) years
re: #21 Barefoot Grin
Good for those calling them out. We had something slightly similar when our Democratic former (or soon to be) Maggie Hassan put a hold on any refugees entering—the comments were about “we can’t even take care of our own” and were countered with “where’s your compassion and human decency.” Bringing up the true nature of Christ doesn’t have as much of an impact up here as it does in the south, I guess.
Doesn’t have much of an impact here either, sadly. The large majority of the comments were along the lines of “Americans in need first” or “we need to be taking care of our veterans”. I know it’s crazy, but maybe we can do more than one charitable act at once and not be feckless assholes.
This is the video that destroyed Billy Squire’s career.
@daveweigel @rockhall
Worse than this?!!https://t.co/zGEi91tg5Z— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #10 CuriousLurker
Remember ? and the Mysterians I never knew that they were the sons of migrant farmers until years later. One ice breaker we used back when I was a younger man in a rock band was the intro into La Bamba. And right where Ritchie would break into “Para bailar la bamba” our singer would say “WHO KNOWS THE WORDS TO LA BAMBA?” and we would stop and all look in different directions. Saw someone on youtube pull that years later…we was ripped off.
re: #26 Arkansawyer
Doesn’t have much of an impact here either, sadly. The large majority of the comments were along the lines of “Americans in need first” or “we need to be taking care of our veterans”. I know it’s crazy, but maybe we can do more than one charitable act at once and not be feckless assholes.
Because we have been sold the zero-sum mentality that helping one group of people means denying help to another. We must balance the budget, you know…
re: #29 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because we have been sold the zero-sum mentality that helping one group of people means denying help to another. We must balance the budget, you know…
Ah yes, the balanced budget. That’s the true Judeo-Christian value.
Sagan, Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke discuss science.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
@agog146 @DMRegister
Comey is…— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #31 Arkansawyer
Ah yes, the balanced budget. That’s the true Judeo-Christian value.
Free-Market Jesus tells us it the the Prime Divine Directive.
re: #27 gocart mozart
This is the video that destroyed Billy Squire’s career.
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My friends and I still giggle about that video.
Newsday’s resident rock critic at the time, Wayne Robbins, described Squire in that video as ‘acting like a chef whose souffle had fallen.’
Too bad, too. He was actually a pretty good act, wrote some cool songs.
A story for another day - Billy Squire on stage at one of the ‘Les Paul Monday’ events at Iridium in NYC. Gave me a whole ‘nother reason to giggle.
re: #5 CuriousLurker
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Beautiful. Much appreciated.
I will return the favor with some more foreign Christmas songs. This time courtesy of famed Lebanese icon Fairuz. Since the wingnuts always talk about how persecuted ME Christians are, they shouldn’t have a problem with this. Or so you’d think.
But enough yappin’, here’s the lovely Fairuz singing a Christmas Carol in Arabic:
via @adamkotsko pic.twitter.com/LqpOADXcv2
— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) December 20, 2016
re: #9 Tyrion
The fact that there is now a segment of America that would suck up to Russia(!) and take the things they say as more truthful than other Americans is just something that seems beyond the pale. Unfortunately, I think the “pale” is going to be much beyond for the next four years.
It is, actually, LITERALLY “beyond the pale.”
The meaning and origin of the expression: Beyond the pale
phrases.org.uk
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Free-Market Jesus tells us it the the Prime Divine Directive.
Free-Market Jesus thinks grape juice is suitable during communion. I don’t trust that guy.
re: #17 CuriousLurker
Produce store owner needs a protest.
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
Computers and devices sold in South Carolina that can access the internet would be required to have filters installed to prevent people from viewing pornography, although buyers could pay a $20 fee to remove the blocking software under a proposal before the legislature.
The amendment would require manufacturers or sellers of computers and internet-accessible devices to install software that blocks pornography, according to a draft of the amendment filed with the South Carolina General Assembly on Dec. 15.
One of its sponsors said on Tuesday the amendment would help raise money for the state’s task force to combat human trafficking, adding that the measure would not restrict their legal liberties, indicating it would allow for viewing adult pornography.
“This is a way to preserve freedom, not raise taxes and combat a serious problem all in one,” State Representative William “Bill” Chumley, a Republican, said in an interview.
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government. Guns, like always, require no registration.
re: #39 sagehen
It is, actually, LITERALLY “beyond the pale.”
The meaning and origin of the expression: Beyond the pale
phrases.org.uk
who will search for Holy Grail
Past the edge, beyond the pale?
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Free-Market Jesus tells us it the the Prime Divine Directive.
Can’t have swarthy Middle-Eastern types hanging around your church. Next thing you know some underage bimbo drops her kid in your garden shed and the fuckn’ angels are keeping the whole subdivision up all night.
re: #42 Skip Intro
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government.
Don’t these nincompoops complain about the very same thing with Muslim countries???
re: #45 gocart mozart
I think it also stems from a sense of cultural and technical inferiority towards Europe, which we tried to compensate by claiming moral superiority by being God’s Chosen Country.
re: #46 electrotek
Don’t these nincompoops complain about the very same thing with Muslim countries???
Other than the religion, there’s a lot they like about Muslim countries.
re: #44 Decatur Deb
Can’t have swarthy Middle-Eastern types hanging around your church. Next thing you know some underage bimbo drops her kid in your garden shed and the fuckn’ angels are keeping the whole subdivision up all night.
The POA will call a special meeting about that.
re: #48 Skip Intro
Other than the religion, there’s a lot they like about Muslim countries.
Yep. As Kragar once stated before: it’s not the content they oppose, but the branding. Slap a Jesus bumper sticker on it and they’ll fanatically support it.
‘Putin’s Meddling’ by Slate’s Trumpcast https://t.co/hm2fcexXk8
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #28 nines09
And right where Ritchie would break into “Para bailar la bamba” our singer would say “WHO KNOWS THE WORDS TO LA BAMBA?” and we would stop and all look in different directions. Saw someone on youtube pull that years later…we was ripped off.
I liked Tonio K’s version better (new lyrics)…
re: #50 electrotek
They are essentially the Muslim Brotherhood.
re: #53 Ziggy_TARDIS
They are essentially the Muslim Brotherhood.
They should call themselves the Christian Brotherhood instead.
Poll Confirms Trump Supporters Live in a Fantasy World – David Pakman Show https://t.co/F3am3z4yVb via @ringoffireradio
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
who will search for Holy Grail
Past the edge, beyond the pale?
Matching turquoise suit & piano. Impressive!
The evidence to impeach Donald Trump may already be here https://t.co/dhUb6DmhkJ by #DREWSINGS via @c0nvey
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
I think often abt the one and only time I met Trump. It was 2011, and I wrote abt it… pic.twitter.com/kYaEt0Hdx8
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) December 20, 2016
re: #56 CuriousLurker
Matching turquoise suit & piano. Impressive!
That goes beyond a fashion statement: that is a fashion manifesto….hell that is a veritable walking Das Kapital of fashion!
FOUND: A Flying Spaghetti Monster @atlasobscura https://t.co/iUlUtTBCaA
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
HISTORY LESSON:
Dixiecrats (slave owners, KKK) fled 2 GOP after passage of Civil Rights Act. Stop tryna rewrite. Own it. #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/XWy7JJ8rf9— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) December 18, 2016
The frightening shared affinities of a Trump adviser and white nationalism’s favorite philosopher https://t.co/89GnJu60BD
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) December 20, 2016
I agree with this stock tip.
Barron’s couldn’t find anyone that thinks the stock market will tank in 2017
https://t.co/Soo6NFNDI5 pic.twitter.com/OQuTWPoXP0— Markets Insider (@MktsInsider) December 20, 2016
Sell. https://t.co/Dj3NIDATPF
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) December 20, 2016
Me getting ready for the fight against #fascism in Amerikkka: pic.twitter.com/KauFXVF6G1
— Lisa Amor Petrov (@laprofe63) December 10, 2016
Required Reading: 26 Of The Most Important Articles By People Of Color In 2016 | Huffington Post #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/WBgQ4twSUY pic.twitter.com/IISFurPk6t
— rootwoman123 (@rootwoman123) December 20, 2016
re: #60 gocart mozart
And still no pictures of Jesus in the wild.
this shit, and it happened a lot:
77-year-old black woman who voted in 14 straight presidential elections disenfranchised by Wisconsin voter ID law https://t.co/kFaMWRiNnZ pic.twitter.com/vnk23rpUUZ
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 20, 2016
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
this shit, and it happened a lot:
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All the people who tell me demographics will kill the GOP never seem to realize that if there’s any voting at all in 2018, it’ll only be white people allowed to do it.
re: #42 Skip Intro
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government. Guns, like always, require no registration.
Make WAR not LOVE!
re: #42 Skip Intro
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government. Guns, like always, require no registration.
Ah, Bill Chumley, who led the “nullification” of Obamacare efforts, led the anti-gay-marriage efforts, and fought like hell to keep the confederate flag flying at the statehouse (even came out with the “if only the people massacred in Charleston had had guns, things would have turned out differently” crusade.
Guess he has some time on his hands now, so he can worry about porn. What an asshole he is.
Austria’s far right party signs a cooperation pact with Putin’s party and meets with Trump’s team in New York. https://t.co/w6TN2rTcSG
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 20, 2016
This is not just isolated elections, folks. This is a far right ethnonationalist movement spreading across Europe and North America. https://t.co/M4jr8EZtHN
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 20, 2016
And make no mistake, the attack on the Berlin Christmas market will be used by the far right to try and take down Angela Merkel. #NotADrill
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 20, 2016
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
The question is, how would Japan fall into this if they have successful populist movements that can emulate similar success?
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government. Guns, like always, require no registration.
My gut reaction is blatantly unconstitutional. 8/0*
*I did my law school 2 credit 35 pg. brief on internet porn (not snark)
American Civil Liberties Union https://t.co/3LFtcTlbja via @aclu
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 20, 2016
re: #73 gocart mozart
Republicans never give up, and in the end they win more than they lose.
Thought Civil Rights and abortion access were settled issues? The GOP never did, and soon they’ll be gone.
UPDATE: Have identified 13 reporters in pic w/ Trump at Mar-a-Lago cocktail party. Am tagging them, but none have offered to help ID others. pic.twitter.com/m5MNWlwVrC
— Danilo Alfaro (@daniloalfaro) December 20, 2016
re: #8 Skip Intro
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I hate to bust your bubble but wingnuts were making this same joke about President Obama for 8 years.
This is Chewy. He wanted to take on the great outdoors but then he got cold. 12/10 would snug for warmth pic.twitter.com/3sN9hMjes0
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) December 20, 2016
@TheLeadCNN Sweet Christ, I’m ashamed that you represent my former home state, @Sen_JoeManchin
— Kryptik (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 20, 2016
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re: #78 The Vicious Babushka
I hate to bust your bubble but wingnuts were making this same joke about President Obama for 8 years.
I first heard it about W. Bush.
re: #82 makeitstop
I first heard it about W. Bush.
Pretty sure they were telling it about Andy Jackson too.
re: #80 Citizen K
He needs to declare war on drug pushers, i.e. manufacturers, distributors, and sale people.
He could do a little research here wvgazettemail.com or here latimes.com if he’s interested.
re: #84 Skip Intro
He needs to declare war on drug pushers, i.e. manufacturers, distributors, and sale people.
He could do a little research here wvgazettemail.com or here latimes.com if he’s interested.
And the same companies were sued 10 years ago for doing the exact same shit.
re: #42 Skip Intro
Republicans: Making it easier to kill someone than jerk off in peace.
Sen. Joe Manchin’s solution for West Virginia’s opioid epidemic: “We need to declare a war on drugs” https://t.co/2o0uOoKYz1
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 20, 2016
WHAT A NOVEL IDEA THAT NOBODY HAS EVER THOUGHT OF OR TRIED BEFORE AND FOUND IT TO FAIL MISERABLY https://t.co/snN6p3q0CK
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) December 20, 2016
CNNAt least 60 people have been hurt in an explosion at a fireworks market near Mexico City, local media report.
At least 60 people have been hurt in an explosion at a fireworks market near Mexico City, local media report. https://t.co/WiHVYAj7l3 pic.twitter.com/T24satoqga
— CNN (@CNN) December 20, 2016
This is so ‘New Mexico’.
NM Dept. of Health employees get food poisoning at department holiday party https://t.co/abd01ei1DM
— ABQBizChris (@ABQBizChris) December 20, 2016
That event, which was held in the department’s headquarters at the Runnels Building
Unfortunately named headquarters for them that day…I’ve met a Runnels. Distinguished family name now graces housing projects and so forth.
This tweet is proof that HE had notice to get his holdings in order…as if being President were an honor or something. #NeverMyPresident pic.twitter.com/kalmeIAsd3
— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) December 20, 2016
Look at ties between Russia and US white supremacists like Richard Spencer — the “dapper Nazi” promoted by media https://t.co/t3x5BjUDFd pic.twitter.com/NbGogS4cN4
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 20, 2016
Trump on Target to Violate Consistution (#EmolumentsClause) the Moment He Takes Oath of Office. #conflictsofinterest https://t.co/xVMCzr4ttX pic.twitter.com/BLrZqFbDbW
— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) December 20, 2016
Time to start work on the Trump Memorial in Emolument Valley.
re: #92 gocart mozart
Remind me again, who’s going to prosecute him? Anyway, can’t he just pardon himself?
“Good health reform would do this thing.”
“You know, Obamacare does that thing.”
“Obamacare is bad.”https://t.co/L02UI2VMJi pic.twitter.com/VDjSbarNCc— Adrianna McIntyre (@onceuponA) December 20, 2016
re: #94 Skip Intro
Remind me again, who’s going to prosecute him? Anyway, can’t he just pardon himself?
and remember who gets to be President if they did go ahead and impeach him…
we are so fucked.
re: #92 gocart mozart
The man with the Himmler Haicut.
In western Virginia, far from the limelight, United States Attorney John L. Brownlee found himself on the telephone last year with a political and legal superstar, Rudolph W. Giuliani.For years, Mr. Brownlee and his small team had been building a case that the maker of the painkiller OxyContin had misled the public when it claimed the drug was less prone to abuse than competing narcotics. The drug was believed to be a factor in hundreds of deaths involving its abuse.
Mr. Giuliani, celebrated for his stewardship of New York City after 9/11, soon told the prosecutors they were wrong.
In 2002, the drug maker, Purdue Pharma of Stamford, Conn., hired Mr. Giuliani and his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, to help stem the controversy about OxyContin. Among Mr. Giuliani’s missions was the job of convincing public officials that they could trust Purdue because they could trust him.
So it was no small success when, after the call, Mr. Brownlee did what many people might have done when confronted with such celebrity: He went out and bought a copy of Mr. Giuliani’s book, “Leadership.”
“I wanted to be prepared for my meetings with him,” Mr. Brownlee said in a recent interview.
Over the past few weeks, Mr. Giuliani’s consulting business has received increasing scrutiny, at times forcing him to defend his business as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.
re: #87 The Vicious Babushka
Sen. Joe Manchin’s solution for West Virginia’s opioid epidemic: “We need to declare a war on drugs” https://t.co/2o0uOoKYz1
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 20, 2016
manchin’s daughter’s Rx company, the one behind the epi-pen scandal, is a longtime producer of generic oxycodone https://t.co/rwjLcz84QH
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) December 20, 2016
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
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5. The ambassador denies discussing the move with anyone in the Trump org or feeling pressure https://t.co/pfykRrzxxa
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 20, 2016
This is what “America’s Mayor” defends.
Rural and poor, Mingo County has the fourth-highest prescription opioid death rate of any county in the United States.
The trail also weaves through Wyoming County, where shipments of OxyContin have doubled, and the county’s overdose death rate leads the nation. One mom-and-pop pharmacy in Oceana received 600 times as many oxycodone pills as the Rite Aid drugstore just eight blocks away.
In six years, drug wholesalers showered the state with 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills, while 1,728 West Virginians fatally overdosed on those two painkillers, a Sunday Gazette-Mail investigation found.
- See more at: wvgazettemail.com
Trump’s national security adviser met with leader of party founded by Nazis https://t.co/r6TXyUvDpn via @HuffPostPol
— Nathaniel Meyersohn (@nmeyersohn) December 20, 2016
re: #88 FormerDirtDart
CNN
At least 60 people have been hurt in an explosion at a fireworks market near Mexico City, local media report.
At least 60 people have been hurt in an explosion at a fireworks market near Mexico City, local media report. https://t.co/WiHVYAj7l3 pic.twitter.com/T24satoqga
— CNN (@CNN) December 20, 2016
27 people killed in explosion at fireworks market in Tultepec, Mexico, local emergency services say - Reuters https://t.co/BeDvszz4OL
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) December 20, 2016
re: #102 Skip Intro
“I don’t mind killing people…so long as I can make some money doing it.”
re: #94 Skip Intro
Remind me again, who’s going to prosecute him? Anyway, can’t he just pardon himself?
No, he cant pardon himself.
Here’s the deal about prosecuting him: we go after the congress people to prosecute him. To do that, we’re going to need to organize. Get with your local democratic groups. They are already organized, and have practice at dealing with our reps. Plan with them, when to call, and when to show up at town halls and when the rep is in the neighborhood. They can plan everyone’s questions about what to do about Trump.
re: #104 FormerDirtDart
Surely we should expect tweets of condolences by Trump in light of this tragedy anytime soon.
Russian flag flies at Texas Capitol prior to #ElectoralCollege @TexasTribune @bobphoto #txlege pic.twitter.com/0pcYFoY3bA
— bobphoto (@bobphoto) December 19, 2016
@bobphoto @TexasTribuneWell, of course. Putin just became the de-facto president elect.
— Vanir (@Vanir85) December 19, 2016
re: #105 Eclectic Cyborg
“I don’t mind killing people…so long as I can make some money doing it.”
Purdue Pharma CEOspeak: “We are catalyzing a new future for the company.”
Mark Timney
President & CEO
I wish I could travel back in time and tell 80’s era GOP that conservatives would become Russian apologists just to see their heads explode.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) December 20, 2016
Senate foreign policy twitter debate
This is where it started. The world learned that red lines can be crossed & the hammer won’t fall.https://t.co/K7U1JgQChX
— Jeff Kemp (@jkempcpa) December 18, 2016
I too suspect(sadly) that 10yrs out, we’ll regret this fatalistic Obama Doctrine. But whether folks agree or not,worth re-reading this piece https://t.co/g87LI8I3LL
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) December 19, 2016
Query this @BenSasse: (1) doesn’t your concern about executive overreach (commendable) apply to foreign policy too? https://t.co/pNd51EOYPL
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 19, 2016
1
POTUS has diff (more) powers in foreign than domestic policy. But his C-in-Chief powers are esp’ly unilateral primarily in an Emergency. https://t.co/pQdO8ZMLGc— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) December 20, 2016
2cases:
*Emergency
POTUS decides
Can act if RedLine crossed
*L-Term policy
He must consult.
Bad idea to draw line if u cant bring Congress https://t.co/2OlHtmCEUM— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) December 20, 2016
.@BenSasse I think it’s more narrow than “emergency”.
1. Imminent threat to US
2. After attack against US https://t.co/BAB89zjfhA— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 20, 2016
.@riotwomennn #FREE #antiTrump hires artwork avail for download at https://t.co/5H5PWzO9C4 pic.twitter.com/bBT2HwMRda
— Thomas Knoble (@tknoble) December 20, 2016
re: #112 gocart mozart
Senate foreign policy twitter debate
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Obama (maybe together with Putin) make Assad give up his chemical weapons after he crossed that ‘red line?’
Donald Trump is President of all the Russias States.
re: #115 calochortus
Yes, a Republican must be disingenuous at least every 5 minutes or they banish him from the party.
john fugelsang on instagram. pic.twitter.com/QoVUGTeHtu
— ch3 (@echedgar) December 20, 2016
Okay, so when did this happen and why?
tfw you should be a media pariah but there are still liberals so militantly dedicated to civility you can never float out to sea pic.twitter.com/tw6AFcGJbE
— i have died (@ChrisCaesar) December 20, 2016
welcome to america pic.twitter.com/WiUrwoSBmr
— Mind of a Hippy (@Hippy) December 14, 2016
@Hippy @kmiller604 pic.twitter.com/BxpAualkOE
— GDC (@GDCAMIRAL) December 16, 2016
re: #120 gocart mozart
@GDCAMIRAL @Hippy @kmiller604 and they’ll get a discount if they’ll only accept the mark of the beast.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) December 21, 2016
CBO rules that Obamacare replacement won’t be able to count phoney insurance as real insurance. https://t.co/o9BIeN7jzb via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 20, 2016
re: #120 gocart mozart
No need for adjectives on the signs. But cartoon needs moar armbandz.
vote wasn’t even close (and apparently the church people forgot to go to the polls)
Official results in West Point (Hardin Co.) Wet/Dry Vote: #GoVoteKY
YES 69 ☑️
NO 25— Alison L. Grimes (@KySecofState) December 21, 2016
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good to see people get out to vote for the really important things.
re: #122 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #104 FormerDirtDart
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When I first saw that initial cover image for the YouTube of the Mexican fireworks disaster I thought it looked unreal, like a CGI movie scene…or even a super-real computerized image/illustration.
Now that the facts are out, it was truly unreal. So many deaths.
Reminds me of a 1995 or 6 Ohio fireworks store going up after a guy (intellectual disability) lit some fireworks which caught fire and then all the fireworks went off and the store burnt down. I think 9 people died in that.
Thanks, Trump. pic.twitter.com/2JGrr7Kx6f
— kat deville (@kat_deville) December 21, 2016
re: #127 ObserverArt
When I first saw that initial cover image for the YouTube of the Mexican fireworks disaster I thought it looked unreal, like a CGI movie scene…or even a super-real computerized image/illustration.
Now that the facts are out, it was truly unreal. So many deaths.
Reminds me of a 1995 or 6 Ohio fireworks store going up after a guy (intellectual disability) lit some fireworks which caught fire and then all the fireworks went off and the store burnt down. I think 9 people died in that.
I have never seen a county beat down worse than the one on a guy who lit some bottle rockets next to a fireworks stand. The owners of that place were not messing around.
#NeverMyPresident #Trump May your Presidency be short and your prison term long. #TrumpTaxes #TrumpLeaks pic.twitter.com/IUxEB3mL24
— Hilary Sontag (@hilarysontag) December 20, 2016
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re: #119 darthstar
Okay, so when did this happen and why?
i have died ✔ @ChrisCaesar
(ME FUCKING LOSING IT IN FOUR YEARS): I think Glenn Beck should run for the Democratic ticket and I bet he’d win
Libertarian/Moonbat/Green Response: He’d be better than Clinton!!!
re: #72 electrotek
The question is, how would Japan fall into this if they have successful populist movements that can emulate similar success?
I saw a Japan Times article last week about a kindergarten in the Osaka area that is having its students bow to an imperial portrait and is teaching the Imperial Rescript on Education from 1890. I don’t worry about the IRonE. They won’t understand it. But I do wonder what the fuck happened to Japan’s teachers? The teachers union was one of the strongest anti-imperial groups in Japan through the 1990s. I’ll have to look into it.
RudePundit has another interesting thing to try to stem the tide. Sounds impossible, but…
re: #112 gocart mozart
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“OBAMA NEEDS TO SET A RED LINE THAT WILL MEAN WAR IF SYRIA CROSSES IT!”
“Well, if Syria uses chemical weapons, that will force a recalculation.”
“THERE IT IS, THE RED LINE! NOW HE NEEDS TO ENFORCE IT!”
“I’m sending a bill asking for authorization of military force against Syria’s chemical stockpiles, but will take action if I don’t get it.”
“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, SOME KIND OF DICTATOR?! THE PEOPLE DON’T WANT WAR! NO AUMF! AND WE’LL CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT IF YOU GO AHEAD WITH THE STRIKES WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION!”
“Alright, well Russia’s agreed to get Syria to give up their stockpile and stop using chemical weapons against civilians.”
“LOOK AT HOW WEAK YOU’VE MADE US LOOK BY NOT GOING TO WAR WITH SYRIA! YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST BOMBED SYRIA LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD!!!”
FFS
re: #60 gocart mozart
Looks more like something out of the Cthulhu Mythos. Something along the lines of the Elder Race when they inhabited terrestrial life forms.
.@splcenter has .@realDonaldTrump NATSEC Advisor @GenFlynn on Hatewatch. https://t.co/qXwEB3EPCp
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) December 21, 2016
closer vote here, but still turnout is pathetic:
Official results in LaCenter (Ballard Co.) Wet/Dry Vote: #GoVoteKY
YES 103 ☑️
NO 101— Alison L. Grimes (@KySecofState) December 21, 2016
“I alone can defeat ISIS.” Presumably following the pedicure & waxing. pic.twitter.com/KY293xNXCn
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 21, 2016
@JohnFugelsang pic.twitter.com/gNOEnx8L2v
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 21, 2016
Many Trump fans responded to my comment that many Trump fans are racists with violent tendencies by tweeting racism and threats at me. #smdh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
closer vote here, but still turnout is pathetic:
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I was recently asked if there are jobs you are glad you didn’t get. I was a finalist at Murray State. Phew. Wiping my brow.
re: #140 Charles Johnson
Trumplov’s Dogs?
OK, “The Christmas Invasion” on BBC America…
Need my fix on X-mas themed entertainment.
Watched Die Hard & Die Hard 2 in the past week
Others acted offended by the suggestion, told me Democrats are the real violent racists, and said they’re all being paid by Soros. #smdh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #144 Charles Johnson
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Glenn Beck apologized, but not for that lie in particular (Soros).
Anyone know where one would sign up for some of that Soros money?
Asking for a friend.
re: #143 FormerDirtDart
OK, “The Christmas Invasion” on BBC America…
Need my fix on X-mas themed entertainment.
Watched Die Hard & Die Hard 2 in the past week
My fiancée and I have been watching one Christmas movie a night. Jingle All the Way held up surprisingly well over the years. Seeing Phil Hartman was bittersweet.
re: #146 ObserverArt
Anyone know where one would sign up for some of that Soros money?
Asking for a friend.
Are you ready for a bit of the ultra-violence? //
re: #148 Barefoot Grin
Are you ready for a bit of the ultra-violence? //
I have the liberal droogs ready to go. Just need some of that cash.
Teen Vogue is putting a lot of ostensibly more serious publications to shame right now https://t.co/Mhh3ligPlv
— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff) December 20, 2016
re: #149 ObserverArt
I have the liberal droogs ready to go. Just need some of that cash.
god, I’m cracking up. Soros alert at Starbucks: “liberal droogs, finish your lattes and prepare to fight!”
re: #150 gocart mozart
Who would have EVER guessed Teen Vogue would be the voice of reason??
re: #150 gocart mozart
Teen Vogue is somehow one of the most sober participants in journalism right now.
re: #151 Barefoot Grin
god, I’m cracking up. Soros alert at Starbucks: “liberal droogs, finish your lattes and prepare to fight!”
We hang at the Korova Koffee House. They have these cool black coffee dispensers.
re: #153 Ziggy_TARDIS
Teen Vogue is somehow one of the most sober participants in journalism right now.
They saw their opening and took it. Almost every established outlet has folded, so they’ve filled the void. Heads-up play on their part.
re: #156 Arkansawyer
They saw their opening and took it. Almost every established outlet has folded, so they’ve filled the void. Heads-up play on their part.
Plus, it will look so ridiculous when Trump goes after freakin’ Teen Vogue.
Not that he won’t try.
re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg
Who would have EVER guessed Teen Vogue would be the voice of reason??
Their editor & writers said “Fuck this shit, we gotta magazine and we’re gonna do some actual journalisming!”
re: #150 gocart mozart
They should do some articles on what these girls can do with this information.
Whoa, incoming. I gotta Mark Ruffalo retweet.
NY Times: Time to End the Electoral College https://t.co/iYVgiFXzB4 #UniteBlue #p2 #TheResistance #NotMyPresident pic.twitter.com/cI5zMLr4FC
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 21, 2016
re: #156 Arkansawyer
They saw their opening and took it. Almost every established outlet has folded, so they’ve filled the void. Heads-up play on their part.
If Teen Voque reaches a younger group and gets them aware of politics it can only be a good thing. And if they have a great explanation for why Trump is bad…all the better in so many ways.
re: #157 ipsos
Plus, it will look so ridiculous when Trump goes after freakin’ Teen Vogue.
Not that he won’t try.
Exactly. They have little to lose and a lot to gain. If/when he comes after them, then they only get more limelight. I’d be trying to be a fly buzzing around his head all day if I was in their position.
#NotMyPresident #TrumpLeaks Trump Holiday Troll! .@realdonaldtrump pic.twitter.com/fk7sF430hr
— deemoney #TeamPerez (@Deemoney521) December 21, 2016
re: #161 ObserverArt
If Teen Voque reaches a younger group and gets them aware of politics it can only be a good thing. And if they have a great explanation for why Trump is bad…all the better in so many ways.
If people can vote at 18, then they should be welcomed into the realm of political discussion by the age of 16. We don’t prepare people for honest, critical debate at that age, and some never see it through their time at a university.
FECKIN IDJITS
Trump supporters threaten to kill Dearborn Muslims, citing fake news https://t.co/0H6p9oDwEc #detroit pic.twitter.com/tFt18JXoXj
— Detroit News Now (@detroitnewsnow) December 21, 2016
Happy Holidaze #asshole @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/5cXiVe8nhi
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 21, 2016
re: #165 The Vicious Babushka
FECKIN IDJITS
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I don’t suppose these folks would care to spend their free time studying their own faith (assuming they have one*) rather than annoying other people?
*Anti-theists usually go after all religions not just Muslims. Atheists don’t usually harass others.
re: #3 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
No, that is now forbidden! We are in Christian America, one Nation under God!!!
One Nation under a P*ssy Grabber, more like it.
re: #165 The Vicious Babushka
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Quite a few exterminate quotes in there.
NBC News is actually doing a story on pay-for-access activities with Trump’s offspring. I wonder if it will go anywhere?
In other news, our mailman has apparently been abducted by aliens. Normally he comes down the street, makes a u-turn at the end, delivers mail to the next door neighbor and on up this side of the street. He went down the street half an hour ago-and disappeared.
re: #163 gocart mozart
They even got the tiny hands right. /
re: #170 calochortus
In other news, our mailman has apparently been abducted by aliens. Normally he comes down the street, makes a u-turn at the end, delivers mail to the next door neighbor and on up this side of the street. He went down the street half an hour ago-and disappeared.
Who is the dreamiest stud? pic.twitter.com/CwyFJnpwmg
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 21, 2016
BREAKING: Texas officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid: https://t.co/LHuLfJI3qB pic.twitter.com/azk2SOpZnC
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) December 21, 2016
Hey, the aliens returned our mailman! Or they’ve taken over his route. Whatever.
re: #173 gocart mozart
Trump looks like he is in Russia in the pick, it has an Eastern European flavor to the, ahem, decor.
re: #128 gocart mozart
Does anyone know where to get those?
re: #176 calochortus
Haven’t the courts frowned on defunding PP?
It’s a yearly pilgrimage of Texas tax dollars and lawyers to feed the beast. Don’t fuck with or bad mouth our traditions.
re: #175 calochortus
Hey, the aliens returned our mailman! Or they’ve taken over his route. Whatever.
I think our mailman is a vampire. We don’t see him until 8 PM.
Conservation group listed as beneficiary of big $ fundraiser said it is still considering whether to participate.https://t.co/f08n9sC1Ob
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) December 21, 2016
Entertainment is supposed to be Toby Keith and Alabama.
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Fuckers. Hateful, miserable fuckers.
Guess I should double my PP end of year donation—it won’t make up for these assholes, but I’ll do whatever I can.
I truly hate these selfish, mean, horrible people.
Trump’s newest disastrous pick: “Do we really need government-funded research at all?”
https://t.co/ThGDokNeTT pic.twitter.com/LXRA8ydlsb
Me:— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) December 20, 2016
re: #182 BeachDem
Fuckers. Hateful, miserable fuckers.
Guess I should double my PP end of year donation—it won’t make up for these assholes, but I’ll do whatever I can.
I truly hate these selfish, mean, horrible people.
Yeah, we’re upping our contribution to PP. I’m not sure how much we’re giving as Mr. C. throws them some extra money every so often in addition to the annual amount. (Actually making the contributions is more or less Mr. C’s job, so he tends to be the one who gets the begging emails. I’m totally on board with anything extra he wants to give.)
@AliBakirdan https://t.co/fo3j9s0bRI
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 21, 2016
Trump’s favorable rating is 41% (!!!). it’s hard to even describe how garbage that is for brand new president. press? nothing to see here
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 21, 2016
Wow, a black Army veteran who just joined Twitter a few days ago and loves Donald Trump. What are the odds? @MinorityRepubl2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #184 calochortus
Yeah, we’re upping our contribution to PP. I’m not sure how much we’re giving as Mr. C. throws them some extra money every so often in addition to the annual amount. (Actually making the contributions is more or less Mr. C’s job, so he tends to be the one who gets the begging emails. I’m totally on board with anything extra he wants to give.)
I have several that are “through the year” causes. I had a pretty good year this year, and since I no longer have to give to any political campaigns throw my money down the toilet this year, decided to give a little extra at year end.
And you were censored by Twitter too! That’s even more authentic. @MinorityRepubl2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
I just got followed by Siri
Susan Bennett, Voice-over Artist and Singer. Most of you know me as the voice of Siri.
Susan Bennett @SiriouslySusan
@vineymart @Green_Footballs Far from stolen valor. I don’t have to explain my military career to someone who has never done nothing for there country but complain
— Minority Republican (@MinorityRepubl2) December 21, 2016
It just keeps getting more realistic. @MinorityRepubl2 @vineymart https://t.co/kLPxFcgSdN
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
@NastierWoman @Green_Footballs Your right it’s not surprising there racisit
— Minority Republican (@MinorityRepubl2) December 21, 2016
re: #187 Stanley Sea
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re: #76 Skip Intro
Republicans never give up, and in the end they win more than they lose.
Thought Civil Rights and abortion access were settled issues? The GOP never did, and soon they’ll be gone.
Yep. I see a full on attack on voting rights and marriage equality in the near future. And Democrats will put up a feeble fight as Republicans run amok.
re: #193 Charles Johnson
I like how he thinks his using “there” instead of “their” or “they’re” puts him over as a black man.
@DWilloughy @Green_Footballs They just use us for our votes. They get in office and don’t change anything. Look at our people in Chicago
— Minority Republican (@MinorityRepubl2) December 21, 2016
I couldn’t have asked for a better illustration of what I just tweeted about. @MinorityRepubl2 @DWilloughy https://t.co/SrI4D1umrA
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #188 Charles Johnson
He’s not “racists”, he has white friends!
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8 followers, half are as new as him, a couple of eggs, one proud gab eejit, and somebody from Slovakia.
Yep, he sounds legit…
This is gonna be my new thing, just copy/paste the link to this Murdoch owned news article to every Trump troll.
@MinorityRepubl2 https://t.co/MtbjAW4RdI
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 21, 2016
Nothing matters
Here is the Eventbrite ticket page for the Opening Day 45 fundraiser, which cites Don Jr. and Eric as organizershttps://t.co/wr10VmNOn8 pic.twitter.com/8ZS0dTEotB
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) December 21, 2016
@Green_Footballs @DWilloughy Charles do you agree democrats uses minority’s for votes.
— Minority Republican (@MinorityRepubl2) December 21, 2016
re: #202 Charles Johnson
He doesn’t know how to use apostrophes either…he MUST be black. /
re: #201 Stanley Sea
Nothing matters
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Opening day? What is this, fucking baseball season?
re: #197 Charles Johnson
@imposterbuster Hey gotta live one for ya==> @MinorityRepubl2
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 21, 2016
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If wingnuts are pissed now about guys popped on bullshit drug charges being pardoned now, imagine the anger they’re gonna feel when Trump whips out that pen and starts pardoning his Wall St. buddies for crimes that actually hurt people.
Yeah, the Chicago reference is a dead giveaway. @waltb31 @MinorityRepubl2 @DWilloughy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #197 Charles Johnson
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“Chicago”
Go figure that would be mentioned by a Black Republican!
I will discuss this deeply disturbing meeting with @Lawrence @TheLastWord at 10pm ET. Tune in. https://t.co/ZVf4nvfqqY via @bi_politics
— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) December 21, 2016
A group founded by Nazis welcomed to Trump Tower https://t.co/EqCqgW2s1F
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) December 21, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met with the leader of a far-right Austrian political party that has close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Austrian leader said.
The Freedom Party leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, wrote on his Facebook page Monday that he met with Flynn “and a few other high-ranking US politicians” a few weeks ago at Trump Tower.
re: #204 Eclectic Cyborg
Opening day? What is this, fucking baseball season?
More like hunting season.
Flint South
Louisiana declares a public health emergency in St. Joseph after some water samples showed elevated levels of lead https://t.co/d8QsCOhzdK pic.twitter.com/PMsVfJxcyb
— CNN (@CNN) December 21, 2016
re: #9 Tyrion
Joe My God and Alicublog are also great websites for informed political discussions.
Cool, now he’s calling on one of the worst racist trolls on Twitter to back him up. Gotta love this. @MinorityRepubl2 @Aurona47 @bakedalaska
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #188 Charles Johnson
A quick google on this asshole’s avatar reveals that it’s just a piece of military clipart, not even a photo. No insignia of any kind on the supposed camo either.
@samknight1 @ProfJeffJarviss here, I’ve made a rough mockup, just to visualize the improved UX @Twitter could be providing us pic.twitter.com/WpNWZjj8yS
— Roger Bellin (@rogerbellin) December 20, 2016
re: #216 whitebeach
A quick google on this asshole’s avatar reveals that it’s just a piece of military clipart, not even a photo. No insignia of any kind on the supposed camo either.
It just screams phony.
good grief
.@oreillyfactor: “The left wants power taken away from the white establishment and they want a profound change in the way America is run.” pic.twitter.com/EggkBz7kvZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2016
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
I agree. But I rather say Oy Vey.
“Y’all” LOL @MinorityRepubl2 @arekaypee2 @DWilloughy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #222 Charles Johnson
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I liked that he’s insulted by being called “fact” as a response to being called “fake”.
He’s ALWAYS been hateful & ignorant.
Re-upping awfulness I guess helps. Delegitimize his ass to kingdom come.
Still very hard to re-read the awful.
From @edyong209’s story on Trump and pandemics in @TheAtlantic. Hey, I’m that global health researcher! https://t.co/5bYLhvPE0Z pic.twitter.com/OpfqSWZHX6
— Jeremy Youde (@jeremyyoude) December 20, 2016
Everyone following this thread is aware this fake-ass troll is trying to play you, I hope. @MinorityRepubl2 @harrisdustin7 @DWilloughy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #222 Charles Johnson
To be fair, many Southern blacks do say y’all.
But this guy is definitely full of shit.
.@oreillyfactor: “The left wants power taken away from the white establishment and they want a profound change in the way America is run.” pic.twitter.com/EggkBz7kvZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2016
@FoxNews @oreillyfactor “The white establishment.” It’s really out in the open now, isn’t it? https://t.co/k7D1EbkhND
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 21, 2016
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good for the left!
re: #228 Charles Johnson
Because the “white establishment” doesn’t want to change the way America is run at all. AT ALL.
re: #228 Charles Johnson
Funny that O’Really doesn’t think of Secretary Clinton as part of this mythical “White Establishment”. Only straight, White Republicans are in that group.
re: #233 Patricia Kayden
Funny that O’Really doesn’t think of Secretary Clinton as part of this mythical “White Establishment”. Only straight, White Male Republicans are in that group.
FTFY
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
Coulter, Palin, Bachman and Conway will be shocked at your suggestion that they’re not part of the club, as will Peter Thiel.
re: #235 Patricia Kayden
Coulter, Palin, Bachman and Conway will be shocked at your suggestion that they’re not part of the club, as will Peter Thiel.
Oh, but they aren’t! They just get to nibble around the edges.
re: #213 The Vicious Babushka
Flint South
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St. Joseph is a little speck of a town (pop. circa 1,100) in Tensas Parish, one of the crappiest parts of Louisiana. It has had serious water problems since at least 2012, back at the start of the great Bobby Jindal’s second term. Of course he did nothing about it. At least John Bel Edwards is providing free bottled water for all residents until the problem can be fixed.
When people call Louisiana “Costa Rica del Norte,” my guess is that people in the actual Costa Rica get royally pissed off.
re: #235 Patricia Kayden
Well you got to have a few tokens for “diversity”.
heh
TODAY ON GRANDPA’S YELLING AGAIN, WE’RE OBVIOUSLY RUNNING OUT OF THINGS FOR OLD WHITE MEN TO BE ANGRY ABOUT pic.twitter.com/vkIjApKWUk
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 21, 2016
re: #42 Skip Intro
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Porn Block On New Computers
You can have access to porn, but first you’ll have to register your computer with the SC government. Guns, like always, require no registration.
The Chinese government proposed something like that a few years ago, it was called Green Dam. After massive protests and mockery by citizens and PC manufacturers alike, the government abandoned the idea.
Let that sink in. A government notorious for Internet censorship *backed away* from installing censorship software on computers.
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