Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Click Farm: Last show of the year; Trump wants more nukes; Trump Trolls on the March; Trump is lying to himself about the popular vote; The Death of Being Presidential; Cranky racist lady banned from JC Penney; Guy accosts Ivanka on a JetBlue flight; Trump will sign the First Amendment Defense Act; Trump is obsessed with how people look; and more.
Nice. A WKRP reference. It’s almost like they were organized.
Trump wants to expand our nuclear arsenal. I think of my aunt and baby cousin, found burnt in a ditch in Hiroshima. These weapons must go.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 22, 2016
ISIS captures 2 Turkish soldiers, then burns them alive.
Because you know, Turkey supports ISIS. pic.twitter.com/lNdcSAJGdv— Kenan Rahmani كنان (@KenanRahmani) December 22, 2016
Wonder how the “Turkey = ISIS crowd going to spin this one?
good fucking grief
Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016
re: #3 electrotek
Dude, spoiler tag that please.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
good fucking grief
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I have no problems with more F-18s, but there’s nothing comparable about the F-18 and F-35 if the F-35 could do everything that has been promised.
re: #5 Timothy Watson
Dude, spoiler tag that please.
My apologies for my lack of oversight. Let me correct it real quick.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Based on the beautiful weather and ocean conditions, Omaha beach is looking wonderful for tomorrow!”
-If Trump were President June 5, 1944 https://t.co/PZ1k73g1ut— Reality Matters (@DataLogicTruth) December 22, 2016
re: #3 electrotek
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By blissfully ignoring it. We are in a facts-don’t-exist world now.
Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016
Price-out! What are you buying a used Cadillac? Find me an F-18 Super Hornet comparable to an F-35B. This is a trick question. I’ll wait. https://t.co/RMoon85KGd
— Gus Neoliberal™ (@Gus_802) December 22, 2016
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
good fucking grief
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More evidence for insider trading. Keep yammering Von Clownstick.
We can start the impeachment hearings immediately following the swear in.
Without his taxes, he can’t prove he’s not owned by Russia. But, @PRyan doesn’t care if “the donald” sells us out. #nevertrump pic.twitter.com/PZn86zt9uF
— robert napper (@bythehandofbob) November 2, 2016
The 2 gay guys that harassed Ivanka on a JetBlue flight are tyrants, anti-free speech, vile, hateful anti-Americans. Leave the USA!
— PolitixGal (@PolitixGal) December 22, 2016
You can go back to Russia first. https://t.co/gtSwiklLk9
— دانیال (@danja84) December 22, 2016
re: #13 electrotek
@PolitixGal uh. They were expressing THEIR opinions. Don’t like it? pic.twitter.com/1VbxzhuvAh
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) December 22, 2016
Liberals act like Trump is going to murder gay people and take away women’s rights.
As if he’s going to enforce Sharia Law or something. pic.twitter.com/1qeKmxS8cq— Russian Agent Lizzy (@MissLizzyNJ) December 22, 2016
Yeah because members of the LGBT community have never been subjected to beatings by Trumpkins?
re: #13 electrotek
Why the dickens does Ivanka need to fly commercial?
re: #18 AaronFromToronto
Why the dickens does Ivanka need to fly commercial?
To show how she is no different from her daddy’s constituents, perhaps? lol
Is anybody keeping a close eye on Fort Knox? Because this Trump asshole, it’s like the old line: “Oh my God, you’re going to rob Fort Knox!” “No, my dear, I’m going to steal Fort Knox.”
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
Since the Queen Elizabeth is too costly I will ask for a quote on a “comparable” dinghy. https://t.co/KzgXFf5haL
— Barracks O’Bama (@P0TUS) December 22, 2016
Melbourne Christmas Day ‘terror attack’ foiled, say Australia policehttps://t.co/fFikSb1sTN
— Catrin Nye (@CatrinNye) December 22, 2016
re: #19 electrotek
To show how she is no different from her daddy’s constituents, perhaps? lol
I’m cynical enough to believe it was set up for this very reason as well as to anticipate exactly what happened. A “no you!” moment with a healthy dose of victimization thrown in.
Grateful & humble, @realDonaldTrump. Kellyanne Conway, ‘Trump Whisperer,’ Will Be Counselor to President. @nytimes https://t.co/o9HVq9bsKv
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) December 22, 2016
Dear Ms. Conway,
Please whisper to Trump to affirm everyone’s civil liberties, or we’ll see him in court.
Sincerely, the ACLU https://t.co/DvvnIUAUqQ— ACLU National (@ACLU) December 22, 2016
re: #24 allegro
I’m cynical enough to believe it was set up for this very reason as well as to anticipate exactly what happened. A “no you!” moment with a healthy dose of victimization thrown in.
It is amazing what an undue amount of attention airline incidents have been getting lately…
A vivid description of the new Da’esh video burning 2 Turkish soldiers alive:
Isis releases a grisly video in which two Turkish soldiers are burned. Video begins with Baghdadi’s last audio calling for revenge on Turkey
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
The video is a reminder that these are beyond monsters. Can’t be described as anything but repulsive monsters.
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
They’re burned alive outside a cage, shackled by a chain. More graphic than Kasasbah’s. Tried to run or put out the fire by rolling over.
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
After fully burned, a gasping soldier is heard saying “Erdogan, save me” (or it could be a mistranslation, meant as mockery).
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
Immolation was widely criticized after Kasasbah two years ago, esp. that there is an explicit Hadith forbidding ‘punishing’ by fire. But 1/2
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
But even tho the Hadith specifies the manner of punishment is forbidden, it does it again. As burning begins, it cites the reciprocity verse
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
‘If you were to punish, punish in the manner you were punished”.
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
Here ISIS doesn’t even bother to justify its act. With Kasasbah’s immolation, it had footage of people burned because of coalition jets.
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 22, 2016
Popping in briefly to say that I hope all Lizards are happy and healthy and getting the chance to spend whatever holiday they celebrate at this time of year in the way of their choosing. We have one more night here at my in-laws before we move to my parents’ house. The Outer Banks were kind of cold. I got in my runs anyway. Today’s Christmas celebration was good.
And so far we have avoided all bad topics, which I am grateful for. Also the news, which I am also grateful for. Sometimes you just have to unplug.
Keeping you all in my thoughts this holiday season too!
re: #28 klys (maker of Silmarils)
May your holidays continue to be pleasant!
And of course, not only can the yam not get any A-listers to perform, when somebody backs out, the story must be spun that it was the yam who wanted no part of it.
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the chairman of the President-elect’s inaugural committee, told the Times that Bocelli had made the initial offer and Trump had declined it.
talkingpointsmemo.com
Uh huh. And the Rockettes? Seriously? The Rockettes?
re: #27 electrotek
A vivid description of the new Da’esh video burning 2 Turkish soldiers alive:
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No. Jesus.
@realDonaldTrump So you shorted the stock again, didn’t you?
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) December 22, 2016
@JohnFugelsang you a hatter grow up dude
— Karen Allen (@KarenAl46190326) December 22, 2016
But making hats is MY DREAM https://t.co/M5273elZ4D
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 22, 2016
@P0TUS Maybe this is the dinghy Trump is thinking about… https://t.co/M98woBvPTJ
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) December 22, 2016
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And Boeing developed a prototype for the Joint Strike Fighter program, the X-32, which was rejected.
en.wikipedia.org
I am only 76 pages into this book, “IBM and the Holocaust”, but you should definitely check it out given Trump’s continual support for a “Muslim registry”.
amazon.com
re: #30 BeachDem
Well, Howard Stern could get his band, The Losers back together and repeat their performance on this show…
He doesn’t like to honor contracts. Fucking with this type of contract should be an interesting legal case.
re: #37 Joe Bacon
Stern wouldn’t do that. He although calls trump his friend, but said he advised trump not to run, and he voted for Hillary.
That’s where I am. Time to fight. And I agree with the sentiment about not going to Daily Kos over and over, which I have to do for all three sites I visit.
If you have 25 minutes to spare, here’s a bit of musical anthropology from ‘the first free community in the Americas’.
Searching for Sound: Un documental de Simón Mejía en colaboración con @redbull #20before17 🎼 @redbullCOL https://t.co/4oCu8rIyWD
— Bomba Estéreo (@bombaestereo) December 22, 2016
Go to YouTube to make the captioned translation a little bigger.
Happy Birthday @gehrig38 ! pic.twitter.com/DyCX35n5J6
— Schilling For Senate (@CurtForMA) November 14, 2016
@CurtForMA @gehrig38 @ScottBaio @seanhannity @RedSox Want some fries with that sock?
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 22, 2016
Man, the Jeopardy champ really looks like the Rage Furby. And he knows it too:
Chuck johnsons doppleganger is on #jeopardy pic.twitter.com/KGpoQRj2OU
— Russian Hacker Guy (@DrChimRickles) December 22, 2016
Dude, tell me about it. Man is the bane of my existence. https://t.co/qra79HfX6b
— sam scovill (@samnotscott) December 22, 2016
Thoughts and prayers for Lookheed-Martin accountants now rushing to find ways to bury/shift some costs 4-8 years down the line as necessary.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) December 22, 2016
Merry Christmas! https://t.co/IZuDSEPqVI
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) December 22, 2016
Here’s some good news that’s entirely OT:
First, Winter Solstice arrived yesterday!! The days can now start getting longer. Six hours and 26 minutes of daylight really sucks. Cabin fever was starting to set in our household.
Second, today’s my birthday. Nice to celebrate on a day that’s a few seconds longer than yesterday.
re: #43 jeffreyw
It’s Taco Tuesday on Thursday because reasons…
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OH, that looks so good!
I made my Christmas dinner reservation with the Pacific Dining Car. Now I got to make up my mind for dinner do I want their Organic Roasted Turkey or the Beef Wellington?
That Beef Wellington is looking so tempting!
But that turkey is calling my name!
Night Lizards. I would like to sign off with the usual may the Deities of your choice, but they are all occupied with WTF did DFT say now.
Broke out the family menorah my great-grandfather brought from the old country and for some reason there’s a sheriff’s star on it.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 22, 2016
re: #46 Cheechako
Here’s some good news that’s entirely OT:
First, Winter Solstice arrived yesterday!! The days can now start getting longer. Six hours and 26 minutes of daylight really sucks. Cabin fever was starting to set in our household.
Second, today’s my birthday. Nice to celebrate on a day that’s a few seconds longer than yesterday.
Happy birthday. Enjoy the extra seconds!
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s weapons grade dumbassery.
There’s no comparison between the F-18 and the F-35 (as troubled as the F-35 is).
F-35 is a 6G aircraft, with supercruise, enabling Mach 1+ without needing afterburners. It has stealth and host of other ECM abilities.
The F-18 super hornet is a fine aircraft, but it can’t do supercruise, lacks stealth, and the ECM.
Both are pretty aircraft, but the F-18 is akin to the 57 Mustang and the F-35 is a 2016 Ferrari. Sure, the Mustang is pretty to look at and fun to drive, but it’ll get the doors blown off it by the Ferrari.
re: #55 lawhawk
WTF does Trump care? He and his kids won’t be flying in one.
re: #48 Joe Bacon
I made my Christmas dinner reservation with the Pacific Dining Car. Now I got to make up my mind for dinner do I want their Organic Roasted Turkey or the Beef Wellington?
Just a few questions should settle this.
1) When was the last time I ate turkey?
2) When was the last time I ate beef Wellington?
3) Can I make a really good turkey myself, or do I at least have a close friend who can?
4) Same as 3), but substitute “beef Wellington” for “turkey.”
Your course should become obvious.
re: #48 Joe Bacon
Another vote for Wellington
re: #48 Joe Bacon
You probably have turkey quite a bit. How often do you have Beef Wellington.
re: #57 whitebeach
Just a few questions should settle this.
1) When was the last time I ate turkey?
2) When was the last time I ate beef Wellington?
3) Can I make a really good turkey myself, or do I at least have a close friend who can?
4) Same as 3), but substitute “beef Wellington” for “turkey.”
Your course should become obvious.
Of course, beef Wellington isn’t all that hard to make. Like turkey, it isn’t always easy to make it in a small amount, and while you can eat leftovers of, or freeze almost anything, beef Wellington will never be the same again. Turkey thaws/reheats nicely.
Unless you are planning a dinner party with beef Wellington in the near future, I’d go with that.
stop what ever you are doing and give this a listen.
MrBWS is a musician when he isn’t a lineman and right now he is speechless and in tears.
VIDEO: 10-year-old autistic girl’s rendition of #Hallelujah will give you chills. WATCH: https://t.co/GtRf3BS45G pic.twitter.com/uwcytBQQM2
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) December 23, 2016
Obama on hearing that many black voters rejected his saying that voting for @realDonaldTrump would be a slap in the face to his legacy. pic.twitter.com/WM0E8kwZcD
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) December 22, 2016
@SheriffClarke @realDonaldTrump Photo is from speech at Newtown where 20 kids were butchered Clarke you fascist anti-American psycho Kunt.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 23, 2016
re: #55 lawhawk
That’s weapons grade dumbassery.
There’s no comparison between the F-18 and the F-35 (as troubled as the F-35 is).
F-35 is a 6G aircraft, with supercruise, enabling Mach 1+ without needing afterburners. It has stealth and host of other ECM abilities.
The F-18 super hornet is a fine aircraft, but it can’t do supercruise, lacks stealth, and the ECM.
Both are pretty aircraft, but the F-18 is akin to the 57 Mustang and the F-35 is a 2016 Ferrari. Sure, the Mustang is pretty to look at and fun to drive, but it’ll get the doors blown off it by the Ferrari.
The F35 also has the Distributed Aperture Array which provides 360 steradian situational awareness and targeting capability. The pilot can literally look over his shoulder behind him and launch a missile at an enemy that would’ve had an advantage in a traditional dogfight. Then there’s the AN/APG-81 AESA Radar that is a weapon it itself, theoretically able to hack and destroy any enemy system with an antenna. Also, in the near future the B version of the 35 will be able to house a solid state high energy laser by ditching the lift fan.
re: #60 calochortus
Of course, beef Wellington isn’t all that hard to make.
Easy for you to say. For those of us who can do some pretty tasty work with chunks of meat but whose skill with any form of pastry collapses right around the Pillsbury “Grand’s” biscuit barrier, not so much.
re: #65 whitebeach
Easy for you to say. For those of us who can do some pretty tasty work with chunks of meat but whose skill with any form of pastry collapses right around the Pillsbury “Grand’s” biscuit barrier, not so much.
I’ve only made it once. Every time I asked my brother if he had any requests when I was having him and my sister-in-law over for dinner he’d say “beef Wellington.” Despite knowing it was a joke, I made it one year for Xmas dinner. I was actually surprised that it wasn’t hugely difficult. It was enjoyed by all.
Tomi Lahren has compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the KKK. She has frequently denied being racist. https://t.co/dXCiQNaCtY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 7, 2016
@nytimes pic.twitter.com/1nsWcrk6hq
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 23, 2016
dixie chicks who were public enemy #1 for a while cause they dared to disagree w bush got it right abt being “nice” https://t.co/gbZ4r6Abxw
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 23, 2016
Trump has gotten MGM to order the Rockettes to perform the inauguration. Well, he is always trying to get a leg up.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 23, 2016
re: #64 goddamnedfrank
Aircraft with frickin’ laser beams? They aren’t sharks… /
But yup - the F-35 has so many different advantages over every other aircraft out there. Nothing else quite like it.
4 BILLION DOLLARS
O_o
Eight soaring concrete towers are finally up on New York’s $4 billion replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge. https://t.co/hNaiqMcwk3 pic.twitter.com/F5KdiJXbdG
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 23, 2016
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s two parallel ~3 mile long bridges, each of which will have 4 lanes in each direction, plus full width breakdown lanes and shoulder, which is something the existing bridge lacked so that any time there was an accident or breakdown, it led to significant delays. It’s also being built with pedestrian walkway and ability to be retrofitted to include heavy rail at some point in future.
The cost is $3.9 billion and Cuomo still hasn’t quite explained where the money is coming from - it’s just going to add to the Thruway Authority debt load especially since the Authority wont be able to raise tolls right away.
It’s good that the new bridge is getting done. It’s bad that it didn’t include mass transit right off the bat. That’s going to cost everyone far more in the future.
Instead of spendin’ a trillion dollars on more nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be cheaper just to chip in and buy Trump a penis enlargement?
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) December 23, 2016
Kushner and Bannon worked together all night Wednesday on the UN/Israel issue, per several people familiar with the discussions
— Robert Costa (@costareports) December 23, 2016
Yes, you read that right…Israel is counting on Trump’s son-in-law and STEVE BANNON.
@CNBC
If they waited another month they could have gotten off with just forgiving a couple 100 million dollars in loans to Donald Trump.— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) December 23, 2016
Didn’t take long before the true colors of Kurdish nationalists have come to light.
Turks enjoyed when ISIS slaughtered Kurdish prisoners. Now i enjoy watching ISIS slaughter turkish soldiers.
What goes around comes around..— Furiouskurd (@Furiouskurd) December 22, 2016
@going2left @berkfran @Shoq @maddow You people are the worst! Kellyanne Conway was created when lightning struck a laboratory studying spoilt mayonnaise. She can’t help that.
— Airbag Moments (@airbagmoments) December 23, 2016
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
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