Trump will tear down the CIA so he can rebuild it as a Gestapo torture palace. The slimy contractors and “consultants” who set up and ran the torture system during the Bush administration are getting ready for a big comeback.
Quote him all you want, his spinners will be there remind us to listen to his heart and not his pie hole…
Erik Prince and his creepy fundamentalist mercenary gang are obvious favorites of the Trump cabal. His weirdo Amway princess sister is already in charge of education. Will Erik and Son-of-Blackwater be taking over intel and special ops?
What damaging info does Putin have on Trump that is so horrific he has to be at the Kremlin’s beck and call?
He was in Moscow for a Miss Universe pageant and he could have been up to any number of shenanigans in his bugged hotel room, but what could he have done that he wouldn’t own and actually be proud of? Dead girl? Live boy? Small animals?
Or does Putin know exactly how much money he really has and how much he’s in over his head to the Russian mob?
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel
Erik Prince and his creepy fundamentalist mercenary gang are obvious favorites of the Trump cabal. His weirdo Amway princess sister is already in charge of education. Will Erik and Son-of-Blackwater be taking over intel and special ops?
Holding out hope that DeVos doesn’t make it past ethics investigation.
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
What damaging info does Putin have on Trump that is so horrific he has to be at the Kremlin’s beck and call?
He was in Moscow for a Miss Universe pageant and he could have been up to any number of shenanigans in his bugged hotel room, but what could he have done that he wouldn’t own and actually be proud of? Dead girl? Live boy? Small animals?
Or does Putin know exactly how much money he really has and how much he’s in over his head to the Russian mob?
Putin has copies of his tax returns.
From previous thread:
@RazorLou Dudley Nightshade
— Michael James (@alephnaught) January 10, 2017
@RazorLou Main Saranwrap
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 10, 2017
@RazorLou Votrobeck Blast Furnace
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
@aceoaces 1993 was called The Year September Never Ended https://t.co/dR4BJpBdC7 , I think 2016 will be The Year That Never Ended.
— jay (@random__name) January 10, 2017
re: #6 Barefoot Grin
Holding out hope that DeVos doesn’t make it past ethics investigation.
What ethics investigation? Senator McConnell has already made it quite clear that “it’s okay if you’re a Republican” on not completing such pesky details as ethics paperwork.
Senator Chuck Schumer read Senator McConnell’s letter to Harry Reid eight years ago about the insistence of following the ethics and background check process.
They don’t care. They want people like Betsy DeVos.
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel
For the sake of clarity, Erik Prince is no longer associated with the former Blackwater firm (now known as Academi). That hasn’t kept him off the dark side since his departure, though—-far from it. At one point he was hired by the UAE to organize a force of 800+ mercenaries in response to local jitters about “Arab Spring.” He also created an anti-piracy operation off Somalia and is currently involved with Chinese backed oil investments in Africa.
re: #12 Anymouse
DeVos’s hearing has been delayed because she hasn’t cleared the Ethics office. Seems she has ties to a company that refinances student loans, a company that is not allowed to offer loans directly to students.
Still reading through that creationism thread.
Somewhere around comment #1,300 people got mad enough at each other that everyone started bolding their comments.
Tons of “Well screw you, Charles, I’m flouncing.”
I only recognise a couple names in that thread that I have seen since I joined here. It would appear the overwhelming majority of commentators left after Mr. Johnson changed the thrust of his Website.
It is a fascinating study into the minds of people who hold positions they will not change, as well as the history of LGF.
re: #15 Anymouse
Still reading through that creationism thread.
Somewhere around comment #1,300 people got mad enough at each other that everyone started bolding their comments.
Tons of “Well screw you, Charles, I’m flouncing.”
I only recognise a couple names in that thread that I have seen since I joined here. It would appear the overwhelming majority of commentators left after Mr. Johnson changed the thrust of his Website.
It is a fascinating study into the minds of people who hold positions they will not change, as well as the history of LGF.
Funny to see something like that rearing its ugly head here.
Climate Change debates seem to have died out here, too.
‘Morning!
I like the idea that someone brought up yesterday - employing the Hold in the Senate.
Any senator, for any reason, can anonymously place a ‘hold’ on a nomination and prevent it from even being scheduled for a hearing.
Dems should use that on every single nominee, and keep the holds in place until McConnell agrees to play by the rules and submit to the ethics clearance process.
Of course, nothing is stopping them from just doing away with the holds altogether, but they should at least take the step and force Turtle’s hand on it.
I am SO glad I waited to read and post here…I’d have been banned so many times that even Rage Furby would never be able to catch up with me.
I’m only 140 comments into that long-dead thread…WOW.
re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Funny to see something like that rearing its ugly head here.
Climate Change debates seem to have died out here, too.
Around comment #1,400 the commentary segues into the “Jewish Inquisition” whatever that is.
That thread is from several years ago. (There is also a lot of bashing of Al Gore, Scientific America as PC liberal nonsense, global warming is a liberal Marxist moneygrab, &c)
re: #19 Anymouse
Around comment #1,400 the commentary segues into the “Jewish Inquisition” whatever that is.
That thread is from several years ago. (There is also a lot of bashing of Al Gore, Scientific America as PC liberal nonsense, global warming is a liberal Marxist moneygrab, &c)
WTF! Who made that comment?
re: #17 makeitstop
‘Morning!
I like the idea that someone brought up yesterday - employing the Hold in the Senate.
Any senator, for any reason, can anonymously place a ‘hold’ on a nomination and prevent it from even being scheduled for a hearing.
Dems should use that on every single nominee, and keep the holds in place until McConnell agrees to play by the rules and submit to the ethics clearance process.
Of course, nothing is stopping them from just doing away with the holds altogether, but they should at least take the step and force Turtle’s hand on it.
I’m guessing that rule of Senate holds will die.
Of the nine Donald Trump Cabinet picks who were to head to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings this week, only six have reached agreements with the independent Office of Government Ethics to resolve potential ethical conflicts stemming from their personal finances, according to a POLITICO review of public records.By contrast, all seven of Barack Obama’s Cabinet selections facing confirmation hearings at this point in the process in 2009 had already signed ethics agreements.
Some of them have, at least.
re: #21 Anymouse
I’m guessing that rule of Senate holds will die.
If it hasn’t already. Who knows what the hell was in that rules package?
re: #19 Anymouse
Around comment #1,400 the commentary segues into the “Jewish Inquisition” whatever that is.
That thread is from several years ago. (There is also a lot of bashing of Al Gore, Scientific America as PC liberal nonsense, global warming is a liberal Marxist moneygrab, &c)
I had an issue with Al Gore, but it was more of a personal one: I found it rather arrogant of him thinking that he could put his political past behind him and become and Elder Statesman and spokesman for climate change.
As much as I tried to state that my views on him personally had nothing to do with my views on climate change or even his, a lot of people grew upset about them, so I just left the climate change take their usual pointless course.
LA TIMES gives the Doughy Pantload a platform to toss word salad about Fuckface Von Clownstick’s “Governance by Twitter” style
Trump can’t lead by tweet, writes @JonahNRO https://t.co/0OTIJ2W4i8 via @latimesopinion pic.twitter.com/B4BYDnyrKa
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 10, 2017
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
LA TIMES gives the Doughy Pantload a platform to toss word salad about Fuckface Von Clownstick’s “Governance by Twitter” style
Ever since I noticed that “trending on Twitter” was seen as a valid news item, I feared for the future of our republic.
People like Breitbart and Drudge figured out that all you have to do is float a story out there and it will develop a life of its own and eventually get picked up by the “serious” media and discussed as if it had some sort of merit.
re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ever since I noticed that “trending on Twitter” was seen as a valid news item, I feared for the future of our republic.
People like Breitbart and Drudge figured out that all you have to do is float a story out there and it will develop a life of its own and eventually get picked up by the “serious” media and discussed as if it had some sort of merit.
Like Pizzagate and BLMKidnapping. *spit*
Greets and saluts from the crisp and cold NYC metro area. Temps around here are starting to rebound and should be approaching 60 degrees by Friday, before another cooldown and chance of snow.
The GOP continues spewing endless nonsense about Obamacare and repealing it and how it’s the worst thing since sliced cheese, and yet they can’t actually point to specific issues they find fault with that actually make Obamacare worse than the health insurance as it existed before it was enacted.
That’s telling. It’s also telling that far too many GOPers and right wingers don’t get that the ACA is Obamacare. They seem to think that Obamacare is something entirely different.
— David Yankovich (@DavidYankovich) January 10, 2017
One more time, using small words:
Obamacare = ACA. Repeal Obamacare and you repeal the ACA. If you think otherwise, you’ve been duped by GOP https://t.co/WwT2miMBLE— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2017
That’s how badly screwed these people are. They’ve bought the lie that Obamacare is evil, but the ACA might be salvagable, because reasons. The GOP, through its media mouthpieces and serial liars like Paul Ryan continue spewing absurd claims about Obamacare, death spirals, and how it’s made care worse, when the opposite is true. The program has been quite successful; we don’t hear nearly so much about medical bankruptcies - both individuals and hospitals - because more people are covered and the care is picked up by insurance.
Yes, insurance premiums are still high and some carriers are getting out of some markets - but they’re also playing games, such as demanding acceptance of mergers/acquisitions in exchange for staying in markets (see Aetna); and premiums rose far faster before the ACA was in place - lack of transparency was a huge issue; it’s still an issue, but we have more information than we did previously.
The ACA also created incentives for hospitals to reduce repeat visits - the result of patients getting hospital acquired infections or being released too soon. All these things help reduce costs, because if you can prevent a hospital acquired infection, you can not only save thousands on the hospital room/care, but the patient will be able to get home and recover faster.
The GOP is likely to gut all this in the name of repealing Obamacare. They only have a repeal in mind, and have no set replacement plan, which is odd given their 7 years of bitching about how Obamacare sucks and they’ve got a better way (hint - they really don’t, except to push all the costs on to the patients already suffering from medical maladies).
From now on, if you want the name of the GOP alternative to Obamacare, here it is:
re: #20 The Vicious Babushka
WTF! Who made that comment?
There are a whole bunch of them there.
#1 GlobularCluster: Ah yes, Scientific American. The Bush-hating, global-warming loving “progressive” advocacy magazine.
#17 Flushing_kenny: Ah yes, Scientific American. Growing up, this was a great magazine full of high end and very scientific language. One of my favorite articles was an analysis of crossbow technology that I read in high school. Unfortunately, with the dumbing down of America, they reduced themselves to the level of Discover and New Scientist.
#21 NoSpam: That’s about right. I remember when they used to actually report on real science, not this fluff-sci PC political crap. Its a sad day when I have to get my science off the internet…(Of course, when you have student/corporate access to all the top journals for free, this is pretty easy.) [responding to #1]
#49 beachkatie: Science is starting to suck.Global warming made it stink more people!
… many more …
#1,566 DownRightMeanAmerican: Of course the Scientific American also twists the story to fit their own pigeonhole agenda, selective retelling of the story indeed.
#1,565 (same person): Of course the Scientific American also twists the story to fit their own pigeonhole agenda, selective retelling of the story indeed.
littlegreenfootballs.com
It’s a fascinating read: Mr. Johnson was posting about Ben Stein’s movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and posted commentary and links to others critical of Mr. Stein’s conclusions. The crowd went wild (and a lot of them were quite angry with each other, seeking blood)
re: #28 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the crisp and cold NYC metro area. Temps around here are starting to rebound and should be approaching 60 degrees by Friday, before another cooldown and chance of snow.
The GOP continues spewing endless nonsense about Obamacare and repealing it and how it’s the worst thing since sliced cheese, and yet they can’t actually point to specific issues they find fault with that actually make Obamacare worse than the health insurance as it existed before it was enacted.
That’s telling. It’s also telling that far too many GOPers and right wingers don’t get that the ACA is Obamacare. They seem to think that Obamacare is something entirely different.
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That’s how badly screwed these people are. They’ve bought the lie that Obamacare is evil, but the ACA might be salvagable, because reasons. The GOP, through its media mouthpieces and serial liars like Paul Ryan continue spewing absurd claims about Obamacare, death spirals, and how it’s made care worse, when the opposite is true. The program has been quite successful; we don’t hear nearly so much about medical bankruptcies - both individuals and hospitals - because more people are covered and the care is picked up by insurance.
Yes, insurance premiums are still high and some carriers are getting out of some markets - but they’re also playing games, such as demanding acceptance of mergers/acquisitions in exchange for staying in markets (see Aetna); and premiums rose far faster before the ACA was in place - lack of transparency was a huge issue; it’s still an issue, but we have more information than we did previously.
The ACA also created incentives for hospitals to reduce repeat visits - the result of patients getting hospital acquired infections or being released too soon. All these things help reduce costs, because if you can prevent a hospital acquired infection, you can not only save thousands on the hospital room/care, but the patient will be able to get home and recover faster.
The GOP is likely to gut all this in the name of repealing Obamacare. They only have a repeal in mind, and have no set replacement plan, which is odd given their 7 years of bitching about how Obamacare sucks and they’ve got a better way (hint - they really don’t, except to push all the costs on to the patients already suffering from medical maladies).
From now on, if you want the name of the GOP alternative to Obamacare, here it is:
svonewsletter has blocked Baba. I haz a devastate. :(
re: #29 Anymouse
There are a whole bunch of them there.
I was asking about the “Jewish Inquisition” comment, who made that?
I know Trump & GOP think billionaires who’ve spent their lives screwing workers need no vetting. So imagine they’re kids fleeing a war zone.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 10, 2017
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
I was asking about the “Jewish Inquisition” comment, who made that?
#1,469 is the first time it shows up, by A. van Hitlen:
re: #1459 katemaclaren
There’s a Jewish pope?
More like a Jewish Torquemada. No one expects the Jewish Inquisition, ya know?
This may be factual, actually, as he was said to have had Jewish ancestry.
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
This is why I stopped reading the Lies Angeles Times.
re: #33 Anymouse
#1,469 is the first time it shows up, by A. van Hitlen:
re: #1459 katemaclaren
There’s a Jewish pope?
More like a Jewish Torquemada. No one expects the Jewish Inquisition, ya know?
This may be factual, actually, as he was said to have had Jewish ancestry.
What in the utter pluperfect fuck
How can someone even be allowed here with that screen nic
It’s a very common tactic of anti-Semites (I prefer the old fashioned term JEW HATER) to claim they have “Jewish ancestry” so therefore can’t be accused of “anti-Semitism”
Sessions AG confirmation hearings start today.
There’s a lot of right wing spin, but let’s be absolutely clear. Sessions has an awful civil rights record. He lied about his role in several cases - he claimed to be integral to the cases being prosecuted, but the actual lawyers from the Justice Department state he was no where to be found. They attach his name to the case as a matter of policy, not because he actually did anything.
And several of the cases were initiated before Sessions even began working.
Fact Checker: Does Sen. Jeff Sessions have a ‘strong record’ on civil rights enforcement? https://t.co/rehDnxEsGm
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) January 10, 2017
No. That’s the answer you’re looking for. https://t.co/dbf9dO5aYi
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2017
Once you get past the civil rights stuff, it’s actually downhill from there.
Consider that Sen. Cory Booker will be testifying against Sessions. That’s a US Senator testifying against a former Senator seeking confirmation. That’s not a common situation, but this isn’t a normal transition period and it’s certainly not normal for Trump’s nominees to not have all their paperwork done in time for hearings.
The Trump shit show is just getting started today, and they’re hoping to overwhelm the senses with a BS avalanche, starting with the Sessions confirmation hearing.
re: #32 The Vicious Babushka
I was thinking about that very thing this morning. When someone says we’re a Christian nation, point at the incident with the children from Central America and tell them we haven’t been since at least that day. And Trump’s election by “Christians” further confirms it.
It sucks in The D today
Snow’s timing leaves messy rush-hour commute in Metro Detroit. https://t.co/OBdis2LFsl #miwx pic.twitter.com/r5C86DJAU9
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) January 10, 2017
re: #37 lawhawk
John Lewis is also expected to testify.
re: #35 The Vicious Babushka
What in the utter pluperfect fuck
How can someone even be allowed here with that screen nic
Well, that was several years ago here. I do not know what the rules were then.
I do know Mr. Johnson would not allow it now. Reading old posts I am aware he worked then to keep out such people as white supremacists and Nazis, but running a site this size perhaps prevented him from catching that.
On that particular post, he was spending hours swinging the banhammer on people’s accounts (considering some of what I have read there so far, they must have been pretty egregious).
re: #37 lawhawk
You wrote:
Consider that Sen. Cory Booker will be testifying against Sessions. That’s a US Senator testifying against a former Senator seeking confirmation.
Actually, Jeff Sessions is a current senator.
#1,512: nikis-knight: Frankly, I’m just hoping Charles doesn’t adopt Zombie’s hypothetical strategy from a week or so ago—drive away the Bible thumpers to lure in the progressives who might be convinced to help fight Islamists. Because driving away stalwart allies to replace them with fickle ones is a losing strategy.
Question to Mr. Johnson: are your new allies “fickle?”
The GOP is pumping the brakes on repealing Obamacare https://t.co/B0e3gy2ddZ pic.twitter.com/CULvUJ2SeT
— BI Politics (@bi_politics) January 10, 2017
#1,527 Thanos: Going to a rabid secularist loon like [Richard] Dawkins for a movie like this is the equivalent of interviewing Fred Phelps for a documentary on modern Christianity. There was a Christian Evolutionary Biologist who was interviewed but then excluded - if this was an honest presentation they why did they leave the Christian Evolutionist on the cutting room floor?
There are some, like Thanos, who did not jump ship when Mr. Johnson changed the direction of his Website.
While I have not read too many of Thanos’s posts here, it would appear that he considered Mr. Johnson’s reasons for his shift at LGF and agreed with Mr. Johnson’s reasons for that.
re: #43 Anymouse
#1,512: nikis-knight: Frankly, I’m just hoping Charles doesn’t adopt Zombie’s hypothetical strategy from a week or so ago—drive away the Bible thumpers to lure in the progressives who might be convinced to help fight Islamists. Because driving away stalwart allies to replace them with fickle ones is a losing strategy.
Question to Mr. Johnson: are your new allies “fickle?”
Well, here is someone who was inspired by the “stalwart allies” that Charles drove away.
Mass killer Anders #Breivik has given a Nazi salute at a Norwegian court case about his human rights https://t.co/xrxm87Wksc
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 10, 2017
re: #29 Anymouse
The blog had concentrated on political and national security issues rather than science. When evolution became a focus, I think Charles and the more rational posters were shocked and appalled at just what a mob of superstitious cranks and dupes we had been associated with. It was all part of the process of realizing that we had been on the wrong side in many ways. The big break with the right followed in pretty short order.
re: #46 The Vicious Babushka
שער ברנדנבורג, לפני 80 שנה והערב: pic.twitter.com/k80cCm6LEs
— עמית סגל (@amit_segal) January 9, 2017
The Nazis are still out there; and the Norwegian mass murderer has lots of brethren who want the same things as he does. Race wars, genocidal conflicts, and those that oppose them are the enemies. We’ve got the same kind of extremists here in the US - and they’re Trump supporters. They’re also Trump advisers, including Rage Furby and Steve Bannon.
But yeah, those Clinton emails - that’s disqualifying.
Read the lead story in the SF Chronicle today that starts with “GOP moves to quash federal rules.”
That’s all of them, Katie, and tRump has signed off on it. Clean air, clean water, labels on food, safe workplaces, Poof! Gone with the sign of a pen.
Seriously, find the article and read it. You have no idea how fast these assholes plan to undue everything benefitting the people in the very near future.
So, has Sessions invoked the 5th Amendment yet as an answer during his confirmation hearing? That and “I do not recall” are two standards.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 10, 2017
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel
I considered myself a skeptic on climate change, but the facts and evidence led me to believe that it’s ongoing and accelerating. That so many simply opposed the facts and evidence simply because Gore was involved in calling for action was eye-opening, particularly since this bunch claimed that “Fact checking” was so damned important.
Then there was the schism after Charles relaxed his attitude towards posting on abortion issues. That there were so many who’d force women to carry to term, regardless of the science or the harms to women was startling.
Throw in the creationist/ID drivel, and you could see how many of the Islamophobes who came in the wake of 9/11 were driven by fear and opposition to their very narrow worldviews, and that facts/evidence to the contrary were vigorously opposed.
That Charles could pivot away from all that is a testament to his spirit to see adherence to facts, science, and logic - rationality over belief trumping facts (and this is the fight we’re now seeing at the national level).
Well, I am past comment 1,560 in that thread now, and read everything from Hitler was inspired by Charles Darwin to derision of the United Methodist Church for initially supporting eugenics in the USA.
Wow, that thread is all over the map, and much of it is just plain delusion. The Jewish Inquisition isn’t coming for anyone, and neither the Pope. (That was in there also.) Scientific American has not been co-opted for the progressive secular atheist agenda.
There is a lot of crazy in that article, where Mr. Johnson simply tried to expose the problems with Mr. Stein’s movie. Mr. Johnson was not condemning Mr. Stein nor trying to censor him. Mr. Johnson merely questioned Mr. Stein’s conclusions in his movie, based on easily documented errors (which Mr. Johnson backed up).
It turned into a flamefest of proportions I have not read on the Internet before. Wow.
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel
The blog had concentrated on political and national security issues rather than science. When evolution became a focus, I think Charles and the more rational posters were shocked and appalled at just what a mob of superstitious cranks and dupes we had been associated with. It was all part of the process of realizing that we had been on the wrong side in many ways. The big break with the right followed in pretty short order.
Before the Big Break occurred I was a prolific poster both here and at Free Republic. I had to choose whether I wanted to stay here or at the fever swamp. I chose to stay where the air is fresh and the water is clean.
Oh, you say it like it’s a bad thing.
Cory Booker isn’t even trying to be subtle in preparing for a 2020 presidential bid.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 10, 2017
Booker’s going to take Sessions behind the woodshed with Sessions’ nonsense about being a civil rights proponent. Sessions is nothing of the sort, and Booker speaking out against his nomination/confirmation is the minimum that Democrats need to do.
Same thing with all of Trump’s other nominees - nearly all are unqualified or extremists (Carson, Perry, Devos, Tillerson) or got the position because of pay to play (McMahon) or quid pro quo (Chao, who is probably the most qualified of the bunch).
Throw in the failure to get all their ethics reviews done and this is the GOP trying to overwhelm the system with baffling BS.
re: #50 darthstar
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I’m sure that liar will utter “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus” plenty of times…
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
Before the Big Break occurred I was a prolific poster both here and at Free Republic. I had to choose whether I wanted to stay here or at the fever swamp. I chose to stay where the air is fresh and the water is clean.
LOL, where the water is clean.
I have read Free Republic many times, but cannot fathom where some of the posters come up with their information or ideas.
I took my kids to this arcade all the time. It was a game museum and also a great fun place for kids.
Any kid who grew up in Farmington Hills went to Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. Marvin, 78, died on Sunday https://t.co/lFEIE6xq5s
— Stephanie Steinberg (@Steph_Steinberg) January 10, 2017
re: #57 Anymouse
LOL, where the water is clean.
I have read Free Republic many times, but cannot fathom where some of the posters come up with their information or ideas.
I hear their drivel every day…sigh…
re: #28 lawhawk
It’s also telling that far too many GOPers and right wingers don’t get that the ACA is Obamacare. They seem to think that Obamacare is something entirely different.
I have zero sympathy for anyone that willfully gullible and ignorant.
Let them figure it out on their own, and take it out on the GOP once the deed is done. Because no amount of spin will change the fact that where these stupid sons of bitches once had some sort of insurance, the GOP will have taken it away.
It sucks that they’ll lose their insurance, but this is what they wanted. Let them have it.
re: #34 Joe Bacon
This is why I stopped reading the Lies Angeles Times.
The Times has turned into a tabloid, but unfortunately the SF Chronicle has picked up Doughy Pantolad’s column too.
Made a bet with the husband last night that Trump is so spectacularly inept and classless that he will go after John Lewis on Twitter after he testifies.
“Rep. Lewis most overrated civil rights leader in America. Not 1960s but 2017. Sad! #maga
Anyone want in on this bet?
Did Trump rage-Tweet anything early this morning? I guess not because then we would all be talking about his Tweet & not on the Sessions confirmation hearing.
Which kind of proves that Trump doesn’t Tweet with the intention to distract from something else, he Tweets when his delicate ego is threatened.
re: #60 makeitstop
I have zero sympathy for anyone that willfully gullible and ignorant.
Let them figure it out on their own, and take it out on the GOP once the deed is done. Because no amount of spin will change the fact that where these stupid sons of bitches once had some sort of insurance, the GOP will have taken it away.
It sucks that they’ll lose their insurance, but this is what they wanted. Let them have it.
Except they wont take it out on the GOP. They’ll probably blame Democrats for not being clear what was happening, what Obamacare was, etc. This is how the GOP operates; their spin is so pervasive that it deprives facts of sunlight.
re: #62 BlueGrl21
Made a bet with the husband last night that Trump is so spectacularly inept and classless that he will go after John Lewis on Twitter after he testifies.
“Rep. Lewis most overrated civil rights leader in America. Not 1960s but 2017. Sad! #maga
Anyone want in on this bet?
No odds. Because he’ll probably go after Booker and Lewis within hours of their testimony.
Clare Hollingworth, journalist who broke news that World War Two had started, dies aged 105 https://t.co/PR4BHeRWbT
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 10, 2017
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
Before the Big Break occurred I was a prolific poster both here and at Free Republic. I had to choose whether I wanted to stay here or at the fever swamp. I chose to stay where the air is fresh and the water is clean.
I still have posting privileges at Free Republic. I kept an eye on the place and dropped a little sand in the gears when I could do so without being banned. I haven’t even visited there since the election though. We seem to have passed into a new phase of the struggle and even the most circumspect and cautious interaction seems useless.
re: #66 darthstar
You have to admit, as far as scoops go, she got a big one.
re: #59 Joe Bacon
I hear their drivel every day…sigh…
From your job, correct? I am amaze that people spew such crap to people like you in for just doing your job.
re: #64 lawhawk
Except they wont take it out on the GOP. They’ll probably blame Democrats for not being clear what was happening, what Obamacare was, etc. This is how the GOP operates; their spin is so pervasive that it deprives facts of sunlight.
The stock answer for any charge like that should be ‘You’ll have to take that up with Speaker Ryan, the man who took your insurance away.’
Trump names son-in-law Jared Kushner as senior adviser, testing nepotism law https://t.co/kqZ51GdIx8
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 10, 2017
None of this should come as a surprise. We’re entering a new era of corruption in America. Call it out. https://t.co/N2S4GAOxii
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 10, 2017
re: #71 darthstar
As was pointed out last night on Balloon Juice, Kushner not taking a salary violates another government law.
Well, I need to go to the general store, then hit the rack.
Wow, that thread was over 1,600 comments long, and segued into the next thread with 1,300 more that I will read later.
G’night y’all (for varying definitions of “night”)
Breitbart’s ‘alt’ Sessions take: ‘Jeff Sessions has spent five decades as a champion of civil rights’ https://t.co/mF6biPDzn5
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 10, 2017
5 decades of ignoring civil rights, undermining civil rights, and glomming on to cases prepared by others that he didn’t even count when he was up for a judgeship decades ago. But Breitbart thinks that he’s a civil rights champion.
Right - not the civil rights as we know them, but the white nationalism/supremacist version, where the angry white guy’s views are more important and valid than everyone else’s, especially minorities who have suffered from discrimination for generations.
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Iirc, Ms. Hollingsworth was at the German-Polish border when the shooting started. She escaped the onslaught, got to the nearest telephone and called in her report.
re: #66 darthstar
Clare Hollingworth was fucking badass https://t.co/zdftfyKwwG pic.twitter.com/ydjdwTf9Il
— Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) January 10, 2017
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
What damaging info does Putin have on Trump that is so horrific he has to be at the Kremlin’s beck and call?
He was in Moscow for a Miss Universe pageant and he could have been up to any number of shenanigans in his bugged hotel room, but what could he have done that he wouldn’t own and actually be proud of? Dead girl? Live boy? Small animals?
Or does Putin know exactly how much money he really has and how much he’s in over his head to the Russian mob?
Easy. But it’s so horrific I’ll put it in a spoiler tag as it’ll most likely create an image you won’t be able to unsee.
Trump with two underage hookers (one of whom looks shockingly like Ivanka at that age) and no matter what he does, he just. can’t. get. it. up.
re: #77 Dr Lizardo
Easy. But it’s so horrific I’ll put it in a spoiler tag as it’ll most likely create an image you won’t be able to unsee.
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Back from the general store: smokes, cranberry juice, lotto ticket, good to go for the day.
re: #77 Dr Lizardo
Easy. But it’s so horrific I’ll put it in a spoiler tag as it’ll most likely create an image you won’t be able to unsee.
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🎶 Busting pot smokers, hounding Planned Parenthood, arresting a guy who marched at Selma these are few of Jeff Sessions’ favorite things 🎶
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 10, 2017
re: #81 The Vicious Babushka
It is most likely his tax returns or indication of his foreign entanglements or serious violations of trade embargoes (going back to Bush or before, nobody would care about him violating an Obama-era law)
Trump did not win by adhering to conventional Republican policies. He can offer an elegant solution to the repeal and replace of Obamacare: Single Payer!! Medicare for All!!
Think of it as a Nixon goes to China moment.
And when I say he can offer it, I really mean Ivanka and Jared.
re: #81 The Vicious Babushka
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Trump did not win by adhering to conventional Republican policies. He can offer an elegant solution to the repeal and replace of Obamacare: Single Payer!! Medicare for All!!
Think of it as a Nixon goes to China moment.
And when I say he can offer it, I really mean Ivanka and Jared.
He certainly has some surprises up his sleeve…I have trouble imagining that they would be good ones, though…
Here come the protesters. A bunch have been booted from Sessions’ hearing so far - including those dressed up in KKK garb to skewer Sessions’ views on race and civil rights.
re: #87 lawhawk
Here come the protesters. A bunch have been booted from Sessions’ hearing so far - including those dressed up in KKK garb to skewer Sessions’ views on race and civil rights.
Good. If the Republicans are going to ram him through, every bit of photo ops for the press detailing his true position should be displayed.
Wow, going through that next thread in the old posts here, on Hezbollah seizing Beirut at the time.
Wow, there were sure a lot of warmongers here that were willing to send our military off to die over something that didn’t really concern us.
They were also throwing President Reagan under the bus for pulling our troops out of Beirut at the time.
I had the pleasure of going to Beirut for that particular mission. The conservatives here at the time really didn’t understand what warfare is about.
And they were all for gun control too, as long as the control was applied to “the right people.”
This place was quite a bit different before I got here.
Now I really have to go to sleep. I am glad I do not dream (or remember dreams), those threads were nightmares in print.
In 1986, Jeff Sessions acknowledged that he called NAACP “un-American.” Today he denies it. Will anyone call him out on the lie?
— Tom Sugrue (@TomSugrue) January 10, 2017
Here are some memes that I will be posting to Twitter from now until MLK Day
If Margaret Sanger was “racist” why did Coretta & MLK accept Sanger award? #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/WWw3jcxoGE https://t.co/26jpo5Tbbm
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
MLK on the “Right to Work” Workers beware! RTW is taking your rights away from you! #UniteBlue #tcot #MLKday2017 #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/CQGVB2CrY0
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
MLK would never support the Republicans #UniteBlue #tcot #TheResistance #MLKday2017 https://t.co/QzAsH07N8B pic.twitter.com/6kdmICdUad
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
BREAKING Sen. #JeffSessions says he’d recuse himself from investigations of Hillary #Clinton if confirmed as attorney general. pic.twitter.com/rUENxE7LNL
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) January 10, 2017
Well okay then. Never mind that all the investigating to date has found precisely nothing tying her to anything approaching criminal wrongdoing.
It’s a frickin’ witch hunt, but one approved by Trump and his supporters. He promised prosecutions of his political opponents, and Sessions would have to oblige - so he’ll recuse himself so someone else can do the political dirty work.
re: #91 lawhawk
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Well okay then. Never mind that all the investigating to date has found precisely nothing tying her to anything approaching criminal wrongdoing.
It’s a frickin’ witch hunt, but one approved by Trump and his supporters. He promised prosecutions of his political opponents, and Sessions would have to oblige - so he’ll recuse himself so someone else can do the political dirty work.
Other than a skit from a Dog and Pony Show, what value is there in saying he would recuse himself? What conflict would there be for him to need to recuse himself?
Inside Trump’s first intelligence briefing https://t.co/OtD8KqgwZV pic.twitter.com/OyMb7WCrpK
— The Nib (@thenib) January 10, 2017
re: #91 lawhawk
I would like to see Sessions being forced by that Trump person to do what he said he would do. There is no reason for Sessions to recuse himself.
Sessions makes Ashcroft look like Teddy Kennedy. Well not really but I thought Ashcroft was as wingnutty as an AG could be. Of course, the only reason why Sessions is getting this job is because Trump loves to reward loyalty.
re: #95 PhillyPretzel
And there’s no reason for him to keep to his word on recusing himself other than his own personal hon…
BWAHAHAHA
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Sessions makes Ashcroft look like Teddy Kennedy. Well not really but I thought Ashcroft was as wingnutty as an AG could be. Of course, the only reason why Sessions is getting this job is because Trump loves to reward loyalty.
And the whole group is a Klan: A collection of white supremacists.
re: #98 Belafon
And the whole group is a Klan: A collection of white supremacists.
So many awful, awful individuals.
Priorities:
Hatch wants Sessions to dedicate a specific unit to prosecute “adult obscenity cases.” Sessions said he’d consider it.
— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) January 10, 2017
Reviving a unit dedicated to policing obscenity is not a good sign that respect for freedom of speech is high on the agenda. https://t.co/J4uyCUQIcU
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) January 10, 2017
Forget civil rights and voting rights protection, the real threat is obscenity violations? Yeah, the GOP is so small government that they want to get all up in the lady bits and in to your bedrooms and your media (online, paper, otherwise) because the real threat is someone viewing porn, not that your voting rights are being taken away by the GOP or that your civil rights are being eroded by the GOP to keep a bunch of angry white guys with their thumbs on the scales of justice (and the scales generally).
re: #100 lawhawk
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Forget civil rights and voting rights protection, the real threat is obscenity violations? Yeah, the GOP is so small government that they want to get all up in the lady bits and in to your bedrooms and your media (online, paper, otherwise) because the real threat is someone viewing porn, not that your voting rights are being taken away by the GOP or that your civil rights are being eroded by the GOP to keep a bunch of angry white guys with their thumbs on the scales of justice (and the scales generally).
DON’T YOU GET IT? SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MIGHT BE FAPPING, EVEN AS WE SPEAK!!!
DEVELOPING: Hostage situation underway at credit union in Tuscaloosa, AL; not yet clear how many hostages are inside https://t.co/bZFwNiHfbn pic.twitter.com/XCorLKhpGG
— ABC News (@ABC) January 10, 2017
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
What damaging info does Putin have on Trump that is so horrific he has to be at the Kremlin’s beck and call?
He was in Moscow for a Miss Universe pageant and he could have been up to any number of shenanigans in his bugged hotel room, but what could he have done that he wouldn’t own and actually be proud of? Dead girl? Live boy? Small animals?
Or does Putin know exactly how much money he really has and how much he’s in over his head to the Russian mob?
Yes to all!
You mention bugging. A friend and I were talking about Trump kicking out all the ambassadors before new ones are assigned to the embassies and how that would allow some time for both Trump and Putin to wire them all up for some real good spying.
Once Trump is out of office, the US may need to tear them all down and start over. I wouldn’t trust them after Trump.
re: #100 lawhawk
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Forget civil rights and voting rights protection, the real threat is obscenity violations? Yeah, the GOP is so small government that they want to get all up in the lady bits and in to your bedrooms and your media (online, paper, otherwise) because the real threat is someone viewing porn, not that your voting rights are being taken away by the GOP or that your civil rights are being eroded by the GOP to keep a bunch of angry white guys with their thumbs on the scales of justice (and the scales generally).
I’ll remember this the next someone says they voted for Trump and the GOP because they’re tired of the “Nanny state” and “PC run amok.” Adult obscenity? Really? What the fuck is this the 1950’s?
re: #103 ObserverArt
But removing the ambassadors won’t shut the embassies down, right? They’ll still have the staff doing the…whatever the staff does, and they’ll still have the USMC standing guard out front. I hope.
re: #105 I cannot.
But removing the ambassadors won’t shut the embassies down, right? They’ll still have the staff doing the…whatever the staff does, and they’ll still have the USMC standing guard out front. I hope.
Yeah business goes on as usual at the embassies without an ambassador.
re: #105 I cannot.
Yes, those locations will remain and basic services will continue as before. The problem is that the high level dialog between the foreign country and the US will be disrupted because there wont be anyone handling that - it’ll fall on lower level functionaries until the ambassadors are confirmed.
This might not be a problem ordinarily, but given the widespread upheaval Trump’s unleashing on the State Department and his pronouncements on Twitter that are upsetting/disruptive to foreign relations - the need to have ambassadors in place to deal with the fallout is critical. Trump doesn’t seem to care about any of that.
re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Funny to see something like that rearing its ugly head here.
Climate Change debates seem to have died out here, too.
We’re all Charles’ yes men now! /
Is there a ready link to said creationism thread? Or can I find it in the previous thread?
re: #108 ObserverArt
Don’t go there. It was…not like anything you’ve seen on LGF in a LONG time, and for good reason, it looks like over 90% have flounced or been hit by the Mallet of Loving Correction. JFC, the whole thing is a trainwreck.
Sessions: “I never said @NAACP was un-American.” Here’s what black prosecutor testified about him in 1986 pic.twitter.com/bt01116ZOJ
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 10, 2017
Sessions just said that he only knows what the media has reported abt the Russian hacks and nothing more. Boy, BYE…
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 10, 2017
I’m sorry, our intelligence agencies found Putin influenced our election & Sessions doesn’t give enough fucks to learn more about it? https://t.co/LgeQ9VJUay
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) January 10, 2017
re: #109 I cannot.
Don’t go there. It was…not like anything you’ve seen on LGF in a LONG time, and for good reason, it looks like over 90% have flounced or been hit by the Mallet of Loving Correction. JFC, the whole thing is a trainwreck.
I read this site for a couple years before joining. I was interested just to see the names.
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Didn’t he admit to doing it in the 80’s when Reagan nominated him for a judgeship? Cannot believe this guy is very likely to be our next AG.
“No Trump! No KKK! No fascist USA!” — more protesters shouting, and then dragged out. Sessions as they get going: pic.twitter.com/I6y7YiD9Gt
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 10, 2017
re: #113 HappyWarrior
Didn’t he admit to doing it in the 80’s when Reagan nominated him for a judgeship? Cannot believe this guy is very likely to be our next AG.
Trump violated every rule of politics and still got elected. Seems that his nominees should be afforded the same “courtesies”…
Here’s Lindsey Graham joking about the concerns of 1,424 law professors from across the US that Jeff Sessions won’t protect civil rights pic.twitter.com/38BHw1jnRc
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 10, 2017
Here’s Lindsey Graham joking about the concerns of 1,424 law professors from across the US that Jeff Sessions won’t protect civil rights
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And that is exactly what is going to happen.
I’d love to send a firm message to Trump and Sessions by every Senate Democrat voting against this guy. Unfortunately I bet someone like Manchin will ruin that.
re: #112 ObserverArt
I read this site for a couple years before joining. I was interested just to see the names.
Some accounts that are [deleted] were so toxic that their entire comment history was purged when they got the banstick.
JFC
‘Make smallpox great again!’: Internet gasps in horror as Trump sets up meeting with top anti-vaxxer https://t.co/yl1PXX8xJ2 pic.twitter.com/HIdzfVSUYw
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 10, 2017
re: #119 The Vicious Babushka
Some accounts that are [deleted] were so toxic that their entire comment history was purged when they got the banstick.
Yeah, I’ve noticed that before when other older threads are linked. This place was nooo-cue-lur back in the Bush era.
When George Wallace died in 1998, Sessions praised him. Not for repenting, but for “challenging the liberal elite.” https://t.co/kdSKaK8aEn
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 10, 2017
It also hurts Sessions’ feelings when people suggest he’s a racist. https://t.co/FvteVkrJJO
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 10, 2017
Dispatcher: Fire and explosion at NKY candy factory: https://t.co/PidYplvK0k
— Enquirer (@Enquirer) January 10, 2017
one of the company’s products is Mentos…not kidding.
Some choice derp from the Ancient Threads
Its Belichick’s fault, the Patriots are cheaters, and that is what evolution is all about. This is how we will beat the Islamofascist’s; but will the west listen? NO-it was the tuck rule…..we will beat the crap out of each other over minor shit but when it comes to the real world we will insist on some Intelligent Design…It certainly is not visible around our USA right now.
I have no idea what any of that means, other than the Patriots and Bellichick are cheaters…
re: #119 The Vicious Babushka
Some accounts that are [deleted] were so toxic that their entire comment history was purged when they got the banstick.
Funny enough, I used to hate this site in the 2000’s. I felt it was a bastion of anti-Muslim bigotry back then and really hated the site. It was only until Obama’s election win and Charles’ public parting with the right that made me warm up to the site and eventually join back in 2010. But I didn’t post for a couple of years as I was more of a lurker.
re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Funny to see something like that rearing its ugly head here.
Climate Change debates seem to have died out here, too.
With good reason too. Something like that should not even need a debate to begin with.
A Sessions quote to rile up the popular vote fans: “The American people spoke clearly in this election and agreed with my view.”
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 10, 2017
re: #125 electrotek
I came when Charles was separating from the RWNJ. It is a haven for me since then.
We’ll now be treated to the spectacle of two southern good old boys pontificating on one another’s congeniality. #SessionsHearing
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 10, 2017
Because for the panel of rather elderly white gentlemen assembled today, the point is not “civil rights” (that old canard)… it’s civility. https://t.co/iOH20Guceq
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 10, 2017
re: #122 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah he sure challenged those black liberal elites by telling them they couldn’t go to integrated schools!
Sessions hearing has spent way more time discussing how much it sucks to be accused of racism than it has actual racism
— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) January 10, 2017
re: #117 PhillyPretzel
And that is exactly what is going to happen.
and when the dust settles, a New Normality will dawn and America will never be the same
re: #57 Anymouse
LOL, where the water is clean.
I have read Free Republic many times, but cannot fathom where some of the posters come up with their information or ideas.
It comes from a place you don’t want to go…or see ‘mouse.
re: #125 electrotek
Funny enough, I used to hate this site in the 2000’s. I felt it was a bastion of anti-Muslim bigotry back then and really hated the site. It was only until Obama’s election win and Charles’ public parting with the right that made me warm up to the site and eventually join back in 2010. But I didn’t post for a couple of years as I was more of a lurker.
I had heard of LGF in the Bush years too. Never checked it out or would I have ever joined but I was told that Charles had been one of the few right leaning bloggers to really challenge the right’s embrace of Eurofascism. Yes, they were doing it even in the early Obama years/late Bush years. so I joined. We still had a lot of LGF conservatives in those days, not just DF but other people as well like Brooky, Albusteve, Mandy, and some others.
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
one of the company’s products is Mentos…not kidding.
Did someone sneak in some Diet Coke?
re: #125 electrotek
Funny enough, I used to hate this site in the 2000’s. I felt it was a bastion of anti-Muslim bigotry back then and really hated the site. It was only until Obama’s election win and Charles’ public parting with the right that made me warm up to the site and eventually join back in 2010. But I didn’t post for a couple of years as I was more of a lurker.
Yes, I came here looking for a good argument, and generally found that although conservative, the site was soundly pro-science and generally civil in tone. The ensuing change of orientation was one I found most pleasing.
re: #130 HappyWarrior
Yeah he sure challenged those black liberal elites by telling them they couldn’t go to integrated schools!
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I hope one of the Senators does bring up Sessions record on people with disabilities as well. Not that his record with African-Americans is not important, it sure as hell is but that needs to be brought up too.
re: #137 The Vicious Babushka
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From @KellyO: Sessions is only witness for himself today. Tomorrow we’ll hear opposing testimony from Sen Cory Booker and Rep John Lewis
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 10, 2017
It’s like Trump, Putin, et al, are playing how the last dance of the ubermench.
Or maybe I haven’t had enough coffee.
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and when the dust settles, a New Normality will dawn and America will never be the same
Which was the intent of the Trump supporters I have talked to.
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, I came here looking for a good argument, and generally found that although conservative, the site was soundly pro-science and generally civil in tone. The ensuing change of orientation was one I found most pleasing.
Back in the Bush years, my idea of a good and rational conservative was someone who was opposed to the Iraq war. The problem is that was a poor criteria on a “good and rational” conservative as it was usually someone like Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan opposing it.
The ‘paleoconservatives’, heh.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sessions hearing has spent way more time discussing how much it sucks to be accused of racism than it has actual racism
I was having a discussion with a gay Republican college friend (and Milo Y fanboy) and he insisted that since he came out, he has been subject to more hostility for being Republican than for being gay.
I reminded him about how they used to drag Republicans behind trucks and tie them to fence posts to die
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Too bad, I have to work tomorrow. I want to hear Booker’s testimony since I look at him as presidential material and I want to hear him since he’s worked with Sessions as a colleague. Ditto Lewis and Lewis’s background as a Civil Rights hero.
re: #142 Belafon
So they wanted a 3rd world hellscape?
re: #137 The Vicious Babushka
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Who are these black voters who Sessions claim begged him to prosecute three black voting rights activists in Ala.?
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) January 10, 2017
re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth
And we’re just going to have to keep fighting, and encouraging everyone else to do so as well. And vote.
re: #141 Birth Control Works
It’s like Trump, Putin, et al, are playing how the last dance of the ubermench.
Or maybe I haven’t had enough coffee.
This needs to be said over and overy again. There seems to be a (white) method to this madness.
Sessions just said discrimination “existed,” ed, past tense. You guys are not paying close enough attention to this language. Ticking me off
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 10, 2017
re: #143 electrotek
Back in the Bush years, my idea of a good and rational conservative was someone who was opposed to the Iraq war. The problem is that was a poor criteria on a “good and rational” conservative as it was usually someone like Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan opposing it.
The ‘paleoconservatives’, heh.
My nephew is a conservative, but not a doctrinaire bigoted bonehead, and someone you can have a measured discussion with and leave agreeing to disagree and not shouting and throwing things.
re: #143 electrotek
Back in the Bush years, my idea of a good and rational conservative was someone who was opposed to the Iraq war. The problem is that was a poor criteria on a “good and rational” conservative as it was usually someone like Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan opposing it.
The ‘paleoconservatives’, heh.
I actually hate the paleocons more than the neocons truth be told. I find the Neo-cons war first attitude awful but I think many of them aren’t bigoted people. Paleos like Ronny Paul and Paddy Buchanan OTOH…………..
re: #146 baileylamb
So they wanted a 3rd world hellscape?
The ones I get to talk to don’t think they’re actually going to be affected by anything. When they found out who Trump has chosen for his cabinet, their attitude is that nothing’s really going to change. They are disappointed nothing is going to get better, but they don’t think things will get worse.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
I actually hate the paleocons more than the neocons truth be told. I find the Neo-cons war first attitude awful but I think many of them aren’t bigoted people. Paleos like Ronny Paul and Paddy Buchanan OTOH…………..
There was a good piece in The Atlantic documenting the difference between ‘civilizational conservatives’ and ‘ideological conservatives’.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
Aren’t paleocons just the old “alt-right”..?
The Cory Booker burn pic.twitter.com/REfHNFGbgH
— (((Vic Stoddard))) (@VicStoddard) January 10, 2017
re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I was having a discussion with a gay Republican college friend (and Milo Y fanboy) and he insisted that since he came out, he has been subject to more hostility for being Republican than for being gay.
I reminded him about how they used to drag Republicans behind trucks and tie them to fence posts to die
He sounds awfully privileged if he’s only gotten shit for being a Republican. Republicans act like it’s so hard to be a conservative in some places and I don’t doubt that it might be but it’s likewise tough to be a liberal in many ways. But it’s nothing compared to being gay or trans and worrying about your safety. Your friend may at worst get cursed at for being a Republican. Gay people as you get at have to worry about things like that.
re: #155 electrotek
There was a good piece in The Atlantic documenting the difference between ‘civilizational conservatives’ and ‘ideological conservatives’.
Mind linking? I like reading about the differences within ideologies. When I was in college, I enjoyed studying the difference between differing types of fascists and communists as well. I’ve also been fascinating seeing the different types of liberalism that have emerged in recent years.
re: #154 Belafon
The ones I get to talk to don’t think they’re actually going to be affected by anything. When they found out who Trump has chosen for his cabinet, their attitude is that nothing’s really going to change. They are disappointed nothing is going to get better, but they don’t think things will get worse.
I’ve run into some of this too. But tinged with some excitement that there will be fewer rules and regulations and so we’ll see a new energy in business (how this will translate into higher wages—the real problem, IMO—is never addressed).
re: #154 Belafon
I find this perspective in a lot of ppl who don’t seem to have a good grasp of history. Sometimes things fall apart.
I blame our history text books for presenting history as a march that involves the betterment of society and ppl.
Ideologies like communism and books like “The End of History” make pplthink that things always get better.
That’s not true sometimes rings can get worse, much worse, and then everyone dies.
re: #156 baileylamb
Aren’t paleocons just the old “alt-right”..?
From what I gather, they have a lot of similarities but I think the alt-right is less religious minded. Paleo-cons include a lot of religious types in their mix. I’d say the Paleo-cons are the types that opposed the New Deal and thought FDR was provoking war with Germany and Japan. They also saw communists everywhere. Think the Birchers.
For many, #Obamacare has already failed. House Republicans are committed to offering a #BetterWay: https://t.co/xUdyNrGYVi
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) January 10, 2017
Your bogus #BetterWay consists of tax breaks for the 1%, HSAs (which most can’t afford) & junk policies #UniteBlue #ACA #TheResistance https://t.co/Z9p8LOSLqX
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
Back in the day, on LGF, we had a long & repeated discussion on the definition of fascism. George Orwell’s essay was mentioned several times.
Now, I see the word being used again.
If I can remember:
Fascism as a
social system is - conservative (women in the home)
political system - totalitarian
economic system - third way (mixed economy)
I seem to remember strong gun control as well.
I can’t remember the other systems.
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
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I happen to like not being denied coverage because of my pre-existing condition, Paulie.
re: #158 HappyWarrior
He sounds awfully privileged if he’s only gotten shit for being a Republican. Republicans act like it’s so hard to be a conservative in some places and I don’t doubt that it might be but it’s likewise tough to be a liberal in many ways. But it’s nothing compared to being gay or trans and worrying about your safety. Your friend may at worst get cursed at for being a Republican. Gay people as you get at have to worry about things like that.
He is a Milo fanboy and really enjoys being contrary and getting a rise out of people. He was like that when we used to hang out (30 odd years ago) and has not really changed much since other than coming out.
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan. Don’t care how many medical bankruptcies or hospitals closed. Rich must get their tax cuts. @mattyglesias
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2017
re: #161 baileylamb
And that’s what concerns me most about Putin’s game. My concern is that the engine of innovation can stop in America and that at the he same time a bad flu could come up. Spread like wildfire and take all of civilization with it. Not just in America but moat of the world.
A big influential country that becomes anti intellectual but still retains the flow of people coming in and out. .. Yea that’s a bad combination.
Some cos., anxious about ACA repeal, are afraid to speak out because they feared Trump would attack them on Twitter. https://t.co/AVVEJSjKKS
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) January 10, 2017
re: #168 baileylamb
And that’s what concerns me most about Putin’s game. My concern is that the engine of innovation can stop in America and that at the he same time a bad flu could come up. Spread like wildfire and take all of civilization with it. Not just in America but moat of the world.
A big influential country that becomes anti intellectual but still retains the flow of people coming in and out. .. Yea that’s a bad combination.
the religious oppression —meaning religion repressing the people — i.e. Pussy Riot.
re: #162 HappyWarrior
I’ve read a lot of paleocons, they always just came off as racist to me. Racist who are given deference by mainstream society.
re: #164 Birth Control Works
Back in the day, on LGF, we had a long & repeated discussion on the definition of fascism. George Orwell’s essay was mentioned several times.
Now, I see the word being used again.
If I can remember:
Fascism as a
social system is - conservative (women in the home)
political system - totalitarian
economic system - third way (mixed economy)I can’t remember the other systems.
Yes, economically it’s definitely third way. It’s that leads a lot of conservatives to assume it’s a left wing ideology. But what they don’t understand is opposition to capitalism was never exclusively from the left. You nail the political and social system as well. Fascism does differ from traditional conservatism but traditional European conservatism anyhow was very pro monarchy.
gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Sessions on protecting women & LGBTQ: “I am not sure women or people with different sexual orientations face that kind of discrimination.”
— Senate Judiciary Dem (@JudiciaryDems) January 10, 2017
Sen. Whitehouse asks Sessions if he is willing to investigate Russian hacking, even if it leads to Trump’s inner circle.
— Pema Levy (@pemalevy) January 10, 2017
Nyet Tovarisch.
re: #171 Birth Control Works
the religious oppression —meaning religion repressing the people — i.e. Pussy Riot.
He has formed an unholy alliance with the Orthodox Church, which has resumed its pre-revolutionary role of supporting Russian autocracy.
re: #172 baileylamb
I’ve read a lot of paleocons, they always just came off as racist to me. Racist who are given deference by mainstream society.
Yeah, racism is a big part of their game too. These types were very much opposed to the Civil Rights Movement in the 60’s and beyond.
re: #172 baileylamb
I’ve read a lot of paleocons, they always just came off as racist to me. Racist who are given deference by mainstream society.
paleocons are xenophobic. Skin color, per se, doesn’t matter as long as the individual is xtian, dresses like the paleocon, listens to the same music, dances the same way etc.
Condi Rice is awesome to them (and me, BTW), but Beyonce is not.
re: #178 HappyWarrior
Yeah, racism is a big part of their game too. These types were very much opposed to the Civil Rights Movement in the 60’s and beyond.
they insist that it is scientifically founded racial realism.
re: #174 HappyWarrior
Yes, economically it’s definitely third way. It’s that leads a lot of conservatives to assume it’s a left wing ideology. But what they don’t understand is opposition to capitalism was never exclusively from the left. You nail the political and social system as well. Fascism does differ from traditional conservatism but traditional European conservatism anyhow was very pro monarchy.
Economically speaking, we have been fascist since FDR.
Remember also, fascists prefer the woman in the home, it’s the communists who actually acknowledge womens’ humanity.
re: #179 Birth Control Works
paleocons are xenophobic. Skin color, per se, doesn’t matter as long as the individual is xtian, dresses like the paleocon, listens to the same music, dances the same way etc.
Condi Rice is awesome to them (and me, BTW), but Beyonce is not.
No, they don’t think much of Rice. Granted, that’s mostly because of her Bush admin ties- paleocons don’t like the Bush admin. If Rice sounded more like Michele Malkin in how she talks about “others” though.
re: #172 baileylamb
I’ve read a lot of paleocons, they always just came off as racist to me. Racist who are given deference by mainstream society.
Racism is their primary underlying motivation even though they may attempt to deny it.
re: #179 Birth Control Works
paleocons are xenophobic. Skin color, per se, doesn’t matter as long as the individual is xtian, dresses like the paleocon, listens to the same music, dances the same way etc.
Condi Rice is awesome to them (and me, BTW), but Beyonce is not.
That’s not how Pat Buchanan comes off. I’m sorry thes ppl lie, I’m pretty sure they are really good at dressing up their repugnant idealogy and what it leads to.
re: #182 Birth Control Works
Economically speaking, we have been fascist since FDR.
Remember also, fascists prefer the woman in the home, it’s the communists who actually acknowledge womens’ humanity.
Hitler was opposed to using women as workers in the German defense industry until driven to do so by necessity.
re: #182 Birth Control Works
Economically speaking, we have been fascist since FDR.
Remember also, fascists prefer the woman in the home, it’s the communists who actually acknowledge womens’ humanity.
The communists honestly have a mixed record on women. In the pre-Stalin USSR, you had individuals like Alexandra Kollontai who championed birth control but by the Stalin years, birth control was banned. Stalin may have been an atheist but he was very conservative about women’s roles. The same thing happened in Romania.
re: #182 Birth Control Works
Economically speaking, we have been fascist since FDR.
Remember also, fascists prefer the woman in the home, it’s the communists who actually acknowledge womens’ humanity.
I disagree. That we’very had economic fascism since the 1950s. I think that misses the whole pull and clash of various administrations. America isn’t a monolith… not yet.
re: #185 baileylamb
That’s not how Pat Buchanan comes off. I’m sorry thes ppl lie, I’m pretty sure they are really good at dressing up their repugnant idealogy and what it leads to.
Buchanan is a huge racist though he did have an African-American running mate in 2000. But that said, Foster had her own racism against people. It’s just like Allen West and Sheriff Clarke, yes they’re African Americans but they have their own bigotries.
re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
they insist that it is scientifically founded racial realism.
I think that’s more the alt-right than paleocons. Paleocons I think accept racial supremacy “because that’s how things have always been.” The alt-right scumbags otoh use pseudo-science to justify their bullshit.
Believe it or not, I actually knew I couldn’t afford lupus when I was diagnosed. They sent me home with it anyway. CRAZY. pic.twitter.com/ZKMF7AvILf
— Sarah (From Here) (@sarahwhelmed) January 9, 2017
Jan 20, Jill and I will head home to Delaware the same way I have for 44 years: by train. Serving this country has been our greatest honor. pic.twitter.com/D0g2rEvE9R
— Vice President Biden (@VP) January 10, 2017
Unrelated….
Finally got around to watching Spotlight yesterday. Such a great movie, well executed. That was the role that Mark Ruffalo was born to play. Keaton and McAdams were fantastic too.
Subject matter was tough but it was handled well, nothing gratuitous. I tried to avoid it until I got a recommendation, glad I watched.
My favorite part was when Keaton and McAdams are walking away from their meeting at BC High to walk back to the Boston Globe offices and it’s realistically accurate. The two institutions literally face each other. As a local, I appreciated it. A few scenes were shot on my street and I see my block a few times.
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I had the morning NBC local news on and then The Today show was right after it. I’m giving up on The Today show slowly, but before I got the channel changed they did a report from the Detroit Auto Show.
The person doing the report from Detroit said the big buzz around the room was Trump taking credit for a lot of the recent auto biz announcements but that all of them were before he took office. They stressed a point I always make…those changes in product lines, new factories, etc. take years to make.
But the sad fact, the reporter also said the auto execs are afraid to say much to or about Trump for fear of his bullying repercussions.
So, Trump wins by being a jackass and shouting everyone down and then tweeting and turning his monkeys on to continue the shouting.
That is how he is going to govern this country…by his big orange clueless overbearing mouth. Oh joy!
re: #191 lawhawk
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There’s something really wrong with you if you’re likening illness to furniture shopping. Goes to show you that Harvard Law can provide you a lot of things but common sense and a heart aren’t one of them. Then again, we’re talking about a dipshit punk who deludes himself that Trump is a leftist to distance Trump’s connection to his own twisted belief system.
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ohhh…judging by willful ignorance.
That is always a good thing from the nations top lawyer. Groan…
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Happy Retirement, Bidens. Thank you for your service to our country. Joe will go down in history as a truly great American statesman. One of the best that will have never been President.
re: #193 Franklin
Unrelated….
Finally got around to watching Spotlight yesterday. Such a great movie, well executed. That was the role that Mark Ruffalo was born to play. Keaton and McAdams were fantastic too.
Subject matter was tough but it was handled well, nothing gratuitous. I tried to avoid it until I got a recommendation, glad I watched.
My favorite part was when Keaton and McAdams are walking away from their meeting at BC High to walk back to the Boston Globe offices and it’s realistically accurate. The two institutions literally face each other. As a local, I appreciated it. A few scenes were shot on my street and I see my block a few times.
I watched it with my parents, both who were raised Catholic and I was raised much less Catholic than they were.
re: #179 Birth Control Works
paleocons are xenophobic. Skin color, per se, doesn’t matter as long as the individual is xtian, dresses like the paleocon, listens to the same music, dances the same way etc.
Condi Rice is awesome to them (and me, BTW), but Beyonce is not.
Conservatives like to have some trophy tokens to wave around as a shield against being called out for racism. Condi was a trophy, now they have Ben Carson and Omarosa.
#BREAKING: Explosion rocks #Kandahar Governor’s guesthouse while he was hosting #UAE diplomats https://t.co/wXZlAMZ4MG pic.twitter.com/zAb5bpOdCp
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 10, 2017
Sen. Whitehouse: “Did you ever chant ‘lock her up’”?
Sessions: “I did not…I don’t think.”
Sure.#StopSessions— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 10, 2017
re: #199 The Vicious Babushka
Conservatives like to have some trophy tokens to wave around as a shield against being called out for racism. Condi was a trophy, now they have Ben Carson and Omarosa.
Don’t forget Herman Cain. I still remember Buck calling me a racist since I called him a pizza guy. Yeah how dare I point out that someone running for President had never served in government before and had only been a pizza joint exec.
Procedural Q: Are confirmation hearings just for show or do Dems have any power to stop these unvetted, unqualified nominees?
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) January 10, 2017
Dems who just started following politics are about to learn why down-ballot races and midterms matter as much as presidential contests. https://t.co/nCLQDuJyp2
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 10, 2017
yep
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hopefully the selfish “There’s no difference between the two parties” watch this. There’s no way in hell that Hillary would have nominated someone even close to Sessions to be her AG.
“I didn’t research the law in depth but I…” <—- AG nominee
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 10, 2017
re: #193 Franklin
Unrelated….
Finally got around to watching Spotlight yesterday. Such a great movie, well executed. That was the role that Mark Ruffalo was born to play. Keaton and McAdams were fantastic too.
Subject matter was tough but it was handled well, nothing gratuitous. I tried to avoid it until I got a recommendation, glad I watched.
My favorite part was when Keaton and McAdams are walking away from their meeting at BC High to walk back to the Boston Globe offices and it’s realistically accurate. The two institutions literally face each other. As a local, I appreciated it. A few scenes were shot on my street and I see my block a few times.
Yeah, damn good film; it richly deserved its Oscar.
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
yep
As much as it’s going to hurt, if people learn this lesson, we will win the war.
Why Ford says Donald Trump may be good for the auto industryhttps://t.co/QO0A8Dtfyr
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 10, 2017
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Asked if he ever chanted “Lock Her Up!”, Sessions responded: “No…
… I don’t think so.”
…He just remembered he’s under oath.— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2017
Sessions says the “Lock her up” chants were “sometimes, I think, humorously done”
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 10, 2017
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Sessions makes Ashcroft look like Teddy Kennedy. Well not really but I thought Ashcroft was as wingnutty as an AG could be. Of course, the only reason why Sessions is getting this job is because Trump loves to reward loyalty.
Ashcroft may have been odious but I don’t recall him being anti-Black or otherwise bigoted against any group of people. He was just a Rightwing Christian who covered up naked statues (and sang in a quartet). Sessions is dangerous to civil rights, immigration reform, prison reform, etc. He should not be confirmed.
re: #209 Belafon
As much as it’s going to hurt, if people learn this lesson, we will win the war.
It just sucks that we lost a big opportunity to control the court for the next decades. I’ll never forgive the GOP for the shit they pulled with Garland. The election year excuse was such bullshit.
re: #187 HappyWarrior
The communists honestly have a mixed record on women. In the pre-Stalin USSR, you had individuals like Alexandra Kollontai who championed birth control but by the Stalin years, birth control was banned. Stalin may have been an atheist but he was very conservative about women’s roles. The same thing happened in Romania.
Yes, but women were educated and worked in the sciences and some upper roles in government (IIRC).
There is a passage in Margaret Sanger’s autobiography described a meeting she had with a European man ( I can’t remember the country or the man’s profession). He stated that “they” would NEVER allow woman to control reproduction (meaning population control would never be in the hands of women).
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, talking about locking up your opponent is so funny. Maybe Hillary should have talked about throwing Trump in a cell too and we’d all have a giant big laugh!
BREAKING: @HarperCollins tells me Monic Crowley’s book is being taken down until revisions can be made. Story coming… pic.twitter.com/YAdmt5ZDEj
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 10, 2017
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
Vice President Biden ✔ @VP
Jan 20, Jill and I will head home to Delaware the same way I have for 44 years: by train. Serving this country has been our greatest honor.
11:11 AM - 10 Jan 2017
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Sniff. I’m really going to miss Joe…and Barack.
No wait…America is really going to miss Joe and Barack. And it won’t be too many months from now how much they will realize it.
re: #212 Patricia Kayden
Ashcroft may have been odious but I don’t recall him being anti-Black or otherwise bigoted against any group of people. He was just a Rightwing Christian who covered up naked statues (and sang in a quartet). Sessions is dangerous to civil rights, immigration reform, prison reform, etc. He should not be confirmed.
Ashcroft had written for that Southern Partisan magazine I believe that had some controversy but you’re correct, he was more a religious zealot than he was racist like Sessions. Sessions has both.
re: #197 HappyWarrior
Happy Retirement, Bidens. Thank you for your service to our country. Joe will go down in history as a truly great American statesman. One of the best that will have never been President.
THANK Biden for VAWA!
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because it’s hilarious to “joke” about locking up your political opponent. Hardy har har.
re: #214 Birth Control Works
Yes, but women were educated and worked in the sciences and some upper roles in government (IIRC).
There is a passage in Margaret Sanger’s autobiography described a meeting she had with a European man ( I can’t remember the country or the man’s profession). He stated that “they” would NEVER allow woman to control reproduction (meaning population control would never be in the hands of women).
As I said, it depends on the country and era. The Stalin era USSR definitely was not pro woman by any stretch. No worse than the West during that time mind you. Read also about women in Romania. I think with Communism that it really depends on the individual in charge and maybe to some extent the culture of the place.
I was looking forward to coming in to the shop with working plumbing for the first time in two weeks. It’s working (yay!), but there’s a jackhammer. And a sledge hammer. They take turns, because the hole isn’t very big, but it will be bigger before they fill it in. They’re hoping to pour concrete today, maybe tomorrow.
INFRASTRUCTURE!
re: #219 Birth Control Works
THANK Biden for VAWA!
VAWA, Americans With Disabilities Act, part of the team that stopped Bork, the list goes on. Biden has an incredible list of accomplishments.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Revisions? How about removing it from shelves because it’s full of plagiarism? She is not a writer.
oh, and this:
WOW. Jeff Sessions just said he believes Roe v Wade violated the Constitution. So there you have it.
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2017
re: #195 HappyWarrior
There’s something really wrong with you if you’re likening illness to furniture shopping. Goes to show you that Harvard Law can provide you a lot of things but common sense and a heart aren’t one of them. Then again, we’re talking about a dipshit punk who deludes himself that Trump is a leftist to distance Trump’s connection to his own twisted belief system.
So…Benny is in a way all three of the main Wizard of Oz characters not named Dorthy.
No heart. No brain. No courage.
Got it.
Sessions on Texas voter ID law: “I have not studied that.” The next AG knows nothing about one of the most restrictive voting laws in the US
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) January 10, 2017
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, and this:
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Isn’t this what most Republicans believe? Roe v. Wade was always one decision away from being overthrown. I guess we’ll see that happen once Trump gets to pack SCOTUS.
re: #221 HappyWarrior
As I said, it depends on the country and era. The Stalin era USSR definitely was not pro woman by any stretch. No worse than the West during that time mind you. Read also about women in Romania. I think with Communism that it really depends on the individual in charge and maybe to some extent the culture of the place.
I think this is true under every governing system.
Sen. Klobuchar just asked Sessions why he called the VRA an “intrusive piece of legislation.”
Popcorn…— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) January 10, 2017
re: #226 ObserverArt
So…Benny is in a way all three of the main Wizard of Oz characters not named Dorthy.
No heart. No brain. No courage.
Got it.
Yeah but not likable. I mean yeah they all lacked one of those three but they tried to overcome it at least. Benny Boy thinks he’s being clever with tweeting that stupid word vomit at Senator Sanders but he’s not. Man, you have no idea how sick it makes me knowing that a great friend of mine loves watching his videos and posting shit from his crappy website. It honestly saddens me. I can disagree with people, that’s not the issue, it’s that if you’re likening not being able to afford health care when you’re sick to not being able afford furniture, you’re a complete heartless jackass.
re: #229 Birth Control Works
I think with Communism that it really depends on the individual in charge and maybe to some extent the culture of the place.
I think this is true under every governing system.
Especially when you are dealing with a serious cult of personality like Stalin, Tito or Ceaucescu
re: #229 Birth Control Works
I think this is true under every governing system.
Yeah I do think that’s true as well. I just think it’s especially true under Communism. Most Communist countries have been actually in traditionally more socially conservative places actually. It’s actually no surprise to me that sexism and homophobia have risen in the Russian Federation.
re: #209 Belafon
As much as it’s going to hurt, if people learn this lesson, we will win the war.
Sadly…that is a mighty big IF!
And no, I am not giving up, and I know you are trying hard, but this is a huge undertaking…we have fallen that far when it comes to political knowledge.
How else to explain Trump as president?
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight
Trump, of course, tends to change his mind frequently and agree with whomever he spoke with last. But other Republicans senators are taking the initiative. Fellow Republican Lamar Alexander says the same thing as Paul: “We have to take each part of it and consider what it would take to create a new and better alternative and then begin to create that alternative and once it’s available to the American people, then we can finally repeal Obamacare.” Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas said on MSNBC, “It would not be the right path for us to repeal Obamacare without laying out a path forward.” And Senator Bob Corker is walking right up to the edge of the same position, asking Trump to tweet out confirmation of what Paul claims he promised. “If it is his view, it would be really good if he would consider tweeting it out very clearly. There’s more and more concerns about not doing it simultaneously,” Corker says.
re: #199 The Vicious Babushka
Conservatives like to have some trophy tokens to wave around as a shield against being called out for racism. Condi was a trophy, now they have Ben Carson and Omarosa.
Condi is not incompetent.
re: #236 Birth Control Works
That’s great news. ACA stays in place. Their base gets angry that they’re not keeping their promise.
re: #235 ObserverArt
Sadly…that is a mighty big IF!
And no, I am not giving up, and I know you are trying hard, but this is a huge undertaking…we have fallen that far when it comes to political knowledge.
How else to explain Trump as president?
“It’s scary not having a rich white man in charge”
re: #159 HappyWarrior
Mind linking? I like reading about the differences within ideologies. When I was in college, I enjoyed studying the difference between differing types of fascists and communists as well. I’ve also been fascinating seeing the different types of liberalism that have emerged in recent years.
In the 1990s, after the Soviet Union collapsed, ideological conservatives and civilizational conservatives parted ways. The clearest example was the former Yugoslavia. In the 1990s, Serbs brutalized the largely Muslim breakaway republic of Bosnia. Ideological conservatives like Robert Kagan urged NATO to intervene in the name of human rights. Cultural conservatives like Buchanan wondered why the U.S. was going to war to defend Muslims against Christians. Ideological conservatives saw Russia, Serbia’s traditional ally, as defending tyranny and ethnic cleansing. Cultural conservatives saw Russia as defending Christendom.
Cultural conservatives are also the ones that blindly take the Serb side in the Balkan war while flat-out denying the Bosnian Genocide.
Needless to say, I turned against Pat Buchanan completely when he wrote a disgusting Op-Ed arguing that Breivik “may have” been right when he committed his horrific attack in Norway.
re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“he has been subject to more hostility for being Republican than for being gay”.
Interesting since the Republican National Committee’s platform is anti-gay as hell. Plus, look at all the red states passing anti-transgender bathroom bills and Mike Pence’s attempt to legalize religious anti-gay discrimination.
Look, hate CJ Roberts all you want, but he knew the law inside and out. Same with Kagan or Sotomayor. Sessions is a racist unprepared hack.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2017
re: #100 lawhawk
Priorities:
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Forget civil rights and voting rights protection, the real threat is obscenity violations?
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I mean really, who has Morality Police? Glad we aren’t going to install Sharia law under this administration.
re: #164 Birth Control Works
Back in the day, on LGF, we had a long & repeated discussion on the definition of fascism. George Orwell’s essay was mentioned several times.
Now, I see the word being used again.
If I can remember:
Fascism as a
social system is - conservative (women in the home)
political system - totalitarian
economic system - third way (mixed economy)
I seem to remember strong gun control as well.
I can’t remember the other systems.
Political system is marginally multi-party, de facto -one party
Culturally, one ethnic group
re: #179 Birth Control Works
paleocons are xenophobic. Skin color, per se, doesn’t matter as long as the individual is xtian, dresses like the paleocon, listens to the same music, dances the same way etc.
Condi Rice is awesome to them (and me, BTW), but Beyonce is not.
Unless the Christian is of Hispanic descent, of course.
re: #235 ObserverArt
Sadly…that is a mighty big IF!
And no, I am not giving up, and I know you are trying hard, but this is a huge undertaking…we have fallen that far when it comes to political knowledge.
How else to explain Trump as president?
I agree. And I chose the word “war” specifically to invoke the destruction and mayhem that goes with it, and because even if we win, things will be different.
People go to the doctor because they’re sick, get a diagnosis from their doctor, but they can’t afford the treatment. How crazy is that!
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 7, 2017
I go to a fancy store to check out a piece of furniture, can’t afford it. That’s totally crazy! https://t.co/SEZa4ajDpt
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 8, 2017
There has to be a form of psychosis that makes you think not dying of cancer is the same thing as a new dining room set. #ACA covers that. https://t.co/G8OTJitZKA
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 10, 2017
re: #222 wrenchwench
Ask them if they’re pouring 9 bag. :)
While you’re watching Alabama tonight, remember state constitution still authorizes poll tax & segregated schools https://t.co/NkrKFArwTC pic.twitter.com/cPzVvd5DKw
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 10, 2017
re: #236 Birth Control Works
No one mentioned the end bit were in order to know the mind of the next President we have to wait until he Tweets it!
What in the flying ………………….
Donald Trump was bailed out of bankruptcy by Russia crime bosses
The plot thickens?
re: #240 electrotek
Cultural conservatives are also the ones that blindly take the Serb side in the Balkan war while flat-out denying the Bosnian Genocide.
Needless to say, I turned against Pat Buchanan completely when he wrote a disgusting Op-Ed arguing that Breivik “may have” been right when he committed his horrific attack in Norway.
Thanks dude.
re: #249 Amory Blaine
Ask them if they’re pouring 9 bag. :)
Got word: pouring will happen tomorrow at 9:30 AM.
What’s 9 bag?
re: #205 HappyWarrior
I don’t think the Russian propaganda effort was/is limited to spreading conspiracy theories. I think a big portion of it was/is dedicated to spreading the flash equivalency narrative and the narrative that the left doesn’t fight /try hard enough.
Until people recognize they are victims of propaganda, not much will change.
Jeff Sessions—who is NOT racist, m’kay?—is a big fan of the Confederate flag because it honors the “fabulous accomplishments” of traitors. pic.twitter.com/hhPKGKrMps
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) January 10, 2017
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
Vicious Babushka @viciousbabushka
There has to be a form of psychosis that makes you think not dying of cancer is the same thing as a new dining room set. #ACA covers that.People go to the doctor because they’re sick, get a diagnosis from their doctor, but they can’t afford the treatment. How crazy is that!
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 7, 2017
I go to a fancy store to check out a piece of furniture, can’t afford it. That’s totally crazy! https://t.co/SEZa4ajDpt
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 8, 2017
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12:40 PM - 10 Jan 2017
Sure is. It is called “modern wingnut conservatism.”
Going to lurk mode…got some web sites to update, etc. Later Lizards.
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
There has to be a form of psychosis that makes you think not dying of cancer is the same thing as a new dining room set.
Basic human needs are not just consumer goods to be bought and sold.
re: #245 electrotek
Unless the Christian is of Hispanic descent, of course.
What makes Buchanan’s hostility towards Hispanics i think strange is that he shares Catholicism with many of them and Buchanan as a Nixon-Reagan guy did back many Fascist dictatorships in Latin and South America. Now, granted those fascists were more light skinned and white and just because he backed them doesn’t mean he wants them in our country. Latin and South America is a fascinating place in its own right. I’ve become very fascinated with it ever since I took a class on it and my brother started dating and then married a Peruvian woman.
re: #222 wrenchwench
I was looking forward to coming in to the shop with working plumbing for the first time in two weeks. It’s working (yay!), but there’s a jackhammer. And a sledge hammer. They take turns, because the hole isn’t very big, but it will be bigger before they fill it in. They’re hoping to pour concrete today, maybe tomorrow.
INFRASTRUCTURE!
Do you have your earplugs? They help a lot.
.@SenatorDurbin questioned @SenatorSessions on his anti-immigrant record. #StopSessions pic.twitter.com/BLBuDJhrFG
— Voto Latino (@votolatino) January 10, 2017
@KailiJoy traitors AND losers, and they’re garbage people in general.
— jay (@random__name) January 10, 2017
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah it’s called being a pompous right wing dickbag. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with that guy? It almost makes me want to wish that he would find himself in dire financial straits and falling ill but I can’t do that.
Sen. Al Franken is about to nail Jeff Sessions on his ‘civil rights’ record.
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2017
re: #255 baileylamb
I don’t think the Russian propaganda effort was/is limited to spreading conspiracy theories. I think a big portion of it was/is dedicated to spreading the flash equivalency narrative and the narrative that the left doesn’t fight /try hard enough.
Until people recognize they are victims of propaganda, not much will change.
There definitely is a lot of misinformation at play. I definitely think Russia uses the far left and far right to spread its interests. The far left to weaken the left and the far right to make the right more to their liking.
Trump is acting guilty as sin. He’s a horrible at poker.
re: #195 HappyWarrior
There’s something really wrong with you if you’re likening illness to furniture shopping. Goes to show you that Harvard Law can provide you a lot of things but common sense and a heart aren’t one of them. Then again, we’re talking about a dipshit punk who deludes himself that Trump is a leftist to distance Trump’s connection to his own twisted belief system.
Yes, it should be “I went to a fancy furniture store because my life depended on having a certain kind of couch, but I couldn’t afford it, so I went home with lingering illness that caused me to lose my job, marriage, family….”
re: #265 HappyWarrior
There definitely is a lot of misinformation at play. I definitely think Russia uses the far left and far right to spread its interests. The far left to weaken the left and the far right to make the right more to their liking.
The ratfuck wherever it suits their interests
The house of Faux settles another sex harassment suit:
Fox News settled sexual harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly, documents show https://t.co/ZhlDkDCSVa
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 10, 2017
re: #261 Birth Control Works
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Can someone bring up his record on people with disabilities too? I am glad the Senate Dems seem eager to fight against him even though pretty much all of them personally know him since he’s been their colleague.
re: #264 Birth Control Works
Nail him? Does he need a power nailer? /half
re: #234 HappyWarrior
Yeah I do think that’s true as well. I just think it’s especially true under Communism. Most Communist countries have been actually in traditionally more socially conservative places actually. It’s actually no surprise to me that sexism and homophobia have risen in the Russian Federation.
Single-Party totalitarian systems are most susceptible. Our varied and layered separation of powers helps us a great deal, while it also can be infuriating.
All the way down to the right to self-defense and the right to choose parenthood.
What the fuck is happening to my country?!
re: #262 I cannot.
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“Fabulous accomplishments.” Yeah because starting the most bloody war in American history is an accomplishment. Good god. I can understand someone understanding and even having some pride in their ancestor who may have fought for the CSA but accomplishments? Really? The Civil War was a terrible time.
re: #260 Resistance Is Not Futile
Do you have your earplugs? They help a lot.
I have my open sign on, my phones on, and a dinger on the door to let me know when people are coming in. Fortunately, they are all easy to hear now because the hammering has stopped (the open sign doesn’t make any noise). I should get some plugs for other occasions, though!
Will Sessions commit to NOT put reporters in jail for doing their jobs? Sessions: “I’m not sure. I have not studied those regulations.”
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) January 10, 2017
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The ratfuck wherever it suits their interests
Yep, this is the KGB man in Putin.
re: #249 Amory Blaine
It’s an absurdly high ratio for cement. Mainly was for quick small repairs in high traffic areas (in the old days). Gets crazy hot and usually cracks up to beat hell also very hard to tool as it sets up almost immediately. Now there are better ways. :)
re: #276 Backwoods_Sleuth
The press is going to love him for that. //
re: #269 lawhawk
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And Bill had the nerve to lecture rappers on their music. Practice what you fucking preach, creep.
re: #270 HappyWarrior
Can someone bring up his record on people with disabilities too? I am glad the Senate Dems seem eager to fight against him even though pretty much all of them personally know him since he’s been their colleague.
I think Tammy Duckworth probably drew that card in the Senate Democratic lounge.
re: #273 GlutenFreeJesus
What the fuck is happening to my country?!
Even in my most optimistic moments, I realize that things will have to get a lot worse, even catastrophically so, before they can start to get any better.
And there is no point in even looking for the light at the end of the tunnel right now, the train is just gaining speed on its way into the darkness…
Al Franken just cited this editorial:
“Sessions says he handled these civil rights cases. He barely touched them.” https://t.co/9Qfzx5a0p7— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) January 10, 2017
What was the quote:
Bush: I looked into his eyes and saw …
Security Person (I can’t remember) “Mr. President, I looked into his eyes and saw the KGB”
Sessions says attorneys who worked on the desegregation cases and said Sessions had nothing to do with it is lying no matter what WaPo says.
— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 10, 2017
re: #272 Birth Control Works
Single-Party totalitarian systems are most susceptible. Our varied and layered separation of powers helps us a great deal, while it also can be infuriating.
All the way down to the right to self-defense and the right to choose parenthood.
Right, I guess I was talking mostly about culture. Culturally, Eastern European countries where Communism existed are considerably more socially conservative than Western European ones. Most Western European nations have the right to choose, LGBT equality, and other socially liberal things. Social liberalism is pretty rare in the former Eastern Bloc.
re: #274 HappyWarrior
“Fabulous accomplishments.” Yeah because starting the most bloody war in American history is an accomplishment. Good god. I can understand someone understanding and even having some pride in their ancestor who may have fought for the CSA but accomplishments? Really? The Civil War was a terrible time.
If you, as an individual, wish to be proud of your family heritage as it was involved in the Civil War, then that is a your personal right as it is a private matter.
But the Confederate Flag has no place in any government-sponsored setting outside its clear historical context.
re: #281 Birth Control Works
I think Tammy Duckworth probably drew that card in the Senate Democratic lounge.
I really like her.
re: #284 Birth Control Works
What was the quote:
Bush: I looked into his eyes and saw …
Security Person (I can’t remember) “Mr. President, I looked into his eyes and saw the KGB”
That was actually McCain I believe.
re: #286 HappyWarrior
Right, I guess I was talking mostly about culture. Culturally, Eastern European countries where Communism existed are considerably more socially conservative than Western European ones. Most Western European nations have the right to choose, LGBT equality, and other socially liberal things. Social liberalism is pretty rare in the former Eastern Bloc.
I tried telling a lot of people about Eastern Europe but they always retort with “hurr hurr but they have more porn stars per capita than Western Europe so how can they be conservative” and then I give up.
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Even in my most optimistic moments, I realize that things will have to get a lot worse, even catastrophically so, before they can start to get any better.
And there is no point in even looking for the light at the end of the tunnel right now, the train is just gaining speed on its way into the darkness…
ha! I keep think of the scene:
re: #287 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If you, as an individual, wish to be proud of your family heritage as it was involved in the war, then that is a private matter. But the Confederate Flag has no place in any government-sponsored setting outside its clear historical context.
Exactly. I mean I’d knock someone for having a CSA flag on their lawn but I can’t do anything about it but I’ll be damned if my state capital or county seat is going to have a CSA flag at its courthouse. You can still acknowledge the history without white-washing which is exactly what people like Sessions do on the CSA.
re: #257 ObserverArt
Example:
I don’t go to a fancy doctor’s office that has all the latest gizmos and technical wizardry when I have an odd lump. That lump gets bigger, and more uncomfortable. Pretty soon, I’ve got to go to the ER, because there’s now other issues and I can’t go to the bathroom and they discover metastatic prostate cancer. Oh, and I’m stuck with the ER bill, tests I can’t afford, and incurable cancer.
That’s EXACTLY like going to a furniture store to buy furniture I can’t afford.
Having medical insurance could not only improve my quality of life - by enabling me to go get that looked at, but could cover treatments and reduce costs to the hospitals too, because early treatment is often less costly than waiting til the condition is too far gone. And that doesn’t begin to touch quality of life either.
Oh, and if I survive the diagnosis and it goes into remission, Obamacare prevents other insurers from dropping my coverage because of a preexisting condition should it, or another cancer return. Again, directly improving quality of life (reducing stress of costs, coverage, etc.).
Ben Shapiro is a feckless extremist who is fooling his readers daily in thinking he’s got something useful to say.
Does Senator Franken need some more nails, wedges, or any other building materials? //
re: #294 HappyWarrior
Exactly. I mean I’d knock someone for having a CSA flag on their lawn but I can’t do anything about it but I’ll be damned if my state capital or county seat is going to have a CSA flag at its courthouse. You can still acknowledge the history without white-washing which is exactly what people like Sessions do on the CSA.
They take a statement like “Slavery was not the sole cause of the Civil War” and turn it into “The Civil War had nothing to do with slavery”.
re: #286 HappyWarrior
Right, I guess I was talking mostly about culture. Culturally, Eastern European countries where Communism existed are considerably more socially conservative than Western European ones. Most Western European nations have the right to choose, LGBT equality, and other socially liberal things. Social liberalism is pretty rare in the former Eastern Bloc.
In the sense that everyone contributes it is not. Women are educated and work.
This is dangerous to the whacko conservatives in this country.
re: #292 electrotek
I tried telling a lot of people about Eastern Europe but they always retort with “hurr hurr but they have more porn stars per capita than Western Europe so how can they be conservative” and then I give up.
Sound like people who have never grown up Eastern European-American heh. I’m Western European (German/Irish) and Eastern European (Slovak/Slovene) on my Dad and Mom’s side respectively. The Eastern Europeans are much more conservative. I like Eastern Europe. I love the food, a lot of the culture, and people but there’s no denying that it’s a much more conservative place than Western Europe.
Sessions is obviously not accustomed to using wordplay against a person who isn’t an attorney. (Franken)#Sessionshearing
Sen Franken to Sessions: “What do you think would have caused you to say that you filed 20-30 desegregation cases” when you really didn’t? 🔥
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2017
Al Franken is slamming Sessions on semantics that matter.
— Pamela Leavey (@PamelaLeavey) January 10, 2017
Sen @alfranken questions why Sessions claims credit on cases he had no real role. “That’s your personal involvement? Your name was on it?” pic.twitter.com/5eB3vsYuO7
— NAACP (@NAACP) January 10, 2017
Whackos pin the demise of States Rights on the Civil War.
They do not see the hypocrisy.
re: #299 HappyWarrior
Sound like people who have never grown up Eastern European-American heh. I’m Western European (German/Irish) and Eastern European (Slovak/Slovene) on my Dad and Mom’s side respectively. The Eastern Europeans are much more conservative. I like Eastern Europe. I love the food, a lot of the culture, and people but there’s no denying that it’s a much more conservative place than Western Europe.
True, but even I can’t answer how a socially conservative region like Eastern Europe has a bustling pornography industry. That has perplexed me personally.
It’s also relative, too. Countries like Bosnia and Albania would be conservative compared to Western Europe, but extremely liberal compared to Muslim countries elsewhere.
re: #299 HappyWarrior
Sound like people who have never grown up Eastern European-American heh. I’m Western European (German/Irish) and Eastern European (Slovak/Slovene) on my Dad and Mom’s side respectively. The Eastern Europeans are much more conservative. I like Eastern Europe. I love the food, a lot of the culture, and people but there’s no denying that it’s a much more conservative place than Western Europe.
Conservative in their use of spices as well.
bland food …
;)
Al Franken, a non lawyer, doing great job of cross examining Sessions on his questionable claim to have prosecuted key civil rights cases.
— David Leopold (@DavidLeopold) January 10, 2017
Result of the Franken cross: Sessions now concedes his role was to “assist” in cases not act as lead counsel. Wow. https://t.co/HZvRamNJIz
— David Leopold (@DavidLeopold) January 10, 2017
re: #303 electrotek
True, but even I can’t answer how a socially conservative region like Eastern Europe has a bustling pornography industry. That has perplexed me personally.
It’s also relative, too. Countries like Bosnia and Albania would be conservative compared to Western Europe, but extremely liberal compared to Muslim countries elsewhere.
Tend to be at the center of human trafficking, too.
re: #298 Birth Control Works
In the sense that everyone contributes it is not. Women are educated and work.
This is dangerous to the whacko conservatives in this country.
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Homphobia and hostility towards foreigners is much more prevalent in Eastern Europe though. A lot more women in government in Western Europe as well. I’m not saying Eastern Europe is a reactionary hellhole, in fact one of my distant cousins is even mayor of my great grandfather’s home village in Slovakia but there’s no denying that Eastern Europe is much more socially conservative than Western Europe. Look at abortion restrictions for example in Poland versus say France. The Enlightenment had more of an impact in Western Europe as did inspiration from the French Revolution.
re: #303 electrotek
True, but even I can’t answer how a socially conservative region like Eastern Europe has a bustling pornography industry. That has perplexed me personally.
It’s also relative, too. Countries like Bosnia and Albania would be conservative compared to Western Europe, but extremely liberal compared to Muslim countries elsewhere.
Conservative doesn’t mean they don’t have a full range of sexual expression, it means they don’t acknowledge it publicly.
re: #259 HappyWarrior
You are giving these guys too much credit. At the end of the day, it is my opinion, that many like Pat Buchanan are only “Catholic” bc their forefathers were catholic and they associate it with western/European culture.
Just like Brevrik converted for similar reasons. Heck one very old French paleo conservative offed himself on the alter of Notre Dame. In the end he admitted he didn’t believe in the religion but identified with it as a marker of his cultural heritage.
re: #303 electrotek
True, but even I can’t answer how a socially conservative region like Eastern Europe has a bustling pornography industry. That has perplexed me personally.
Not at all. There are a lot of women there who desperately need to earn money and have no reasonable chance to do so otherwise.
There is very little enforcement of existing laws (at least when there are enough bribes to prevent it) and there is an establish cabal of (mostly men) who are making enough money off of it to make sure that nobody gets in trouble unless they are crossed.
Sen. Al Franken questioned Sessions’ claims of handling “20 to 30” desegregation cases. “The number would be less than that,” Sessions says.
— NPR (@NPR) January 10, 2017
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
Go Sen Franken. :)
re: #303 electrotek
True, but even I can’t answer how a socially conservative region like Eastern Europe has a bustling pornography industry. That has perplexed me personally.
It’s also relative, too. Countries like Bosnia and Albania would be conservative compared to Western Europe, but extremely liberal compared to Muslim countries elsewhere.
Yeah that does surprise me as well. I do think theirs is a different kind of social conservatism than ours personally. It’s more macho which is why I think the porn industry may be accepted wheras ours is more taboo.
re: #278 Amory Blaine
It’s an absurdly high ratio for cement. Mainly was for quick small repairs in high traffic areas (in the old days). Gets crazy hot and usually cracks up to beat hell also very hard to tool as it sets up almost immediately. Now there are better ways. :)
What minuscule amount I know is the difference between concrete and cement, and even that is up for question, because the info came from my dad who did the advertising and marketing for concrete mixers (and other equipment). His kind of info sharing resulted in my older brother commencing his smartass-hood by correcting a guy who pointed out a machine to a three year old saying, ‘Look! A steam shovel!’ and having the mini-smartass reply, ‘That’s a power shovel, not a steam shovel.’ (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel was all over Captain Kangaroo at the time.)
re: #275 wrenchwench
I have my open sign on, my phones on, and a dinger on the door to let me know when people are coming in. Fortunately, they are all easy to hear now because the hammering has stopped (the open sign doesn’t make any noise). I should get some plugs for other occasions, though!
In my experience, 32 level foam plugs cut down by about 1/3 will tone the jackhammers way down without impairing your hearing too much (they’re not so good on higher-pitched tones).
Sessions: It was 30 years ago & is my memory of those cases. @alfranken: Country needs an AG “who doesn’t misrepresent or inflate”.
— NAACP (@NAACP) January 10, 2017
re: #304 Birth Control Works
Conservative in their use of spices as well.
bland food …
;)
You’ve never had my great aunt’s homemade pierogis. Yeah food’s not really spicy and I love spicy food like Indian but I love a good meal of sausage, potatoes, and cabbage.
re: #315 wrenchwench
What minuscule amount I know is the difference between concrete and cement, and even that is up for question, because the info came from my dad who did the advertising and marketing for concrete mixers (and other equipment). His kind of info sharing resulted in my older brother commencing his smartass-hood by correcting a guy who pointed out a machine to a three year old saying, ‘Look! A steam shovel!’ and having the mini-smartass reply, ‘That’s a power shovel, not a steam shovel.’ (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel was all over Captain Kangaroo at the time.)
cement is an ingredient in concrete
bbl
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #306 Barefoot Grin
Tend to be at the center of human trafficking, too.
I think that’s more geography personally.
re: #309 baileylamb
You are gIvins these guys too much credit. At the end of the day, it is my opinion, that many like Pat Buchanan are only “Catholic” bc their forefathers were catholic and they associate it with western/European culture.
Just like Brevrik converted for similar reasons. Heck one very old French paleo conservative offed himself on the alter of Notre Dame. In the end he admitted he didn’t believe in the religion but identified with it as a marker of his cultural heritage.
Good point.
re: #321 HappyWarrior
I think that’s more geography personally.
A lot of desperate people and very lax law enforcement.
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I’m not ruling out that Russia may have just decided to go full on white supremacist. Ito me there’s a distinction w/out a difference once you start funding and aiding white nationalist all over the globe.
re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A lot of desperate people and very lax law enforcement.
Lots of corruption too unfortunately.
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Sure is. That a man like Sessions is even being considered for AG just. Well. It’s a mindfuck.
re: #324 baileylamb
I’m not ruling out that Russia may have just decided to go full on white supremacist. Ito me there’s a distinction w/out a difference once you start funding and aiding white nationalist all over the globe.
Now, what is interesting about Russia doing that is there was a lot of white supremacy at root in the Nazi invasion of the USSR. And there definitely was racism at the heart of a lot of discrimination Eastern European migrants have faced in both the US and Western Europe. Remember the Brexit assholes used hostility towards Poles to strum up hostility.
re: #309 baileylamb
You are gIvins these guys too much credit. At the end of the day, it is my opinion, that many like Pat Buchanan are only “Catholic” bc their forefathers were catholic and they associate it with western/European culture.
Just like Brevrik converted for similar reasons. Heck one very old French paleo conservative offed himself on the alter of Notre Dame. In the end he admitted he didn’t believe in the religion but identified with it as a marker of his cultural heritage.
We often forget that there are very different levels of religious affiliation.
Heck, I consider myself a Christian although I have not attended a religious service for years, simply because I was raised that way, accept its core values and celebrate Christian holidays.
Last time I was in a church it was when a Jewish atheist buddy from New York was organizing a Christmas Eve dinner for the homeless.
When I look at Sessions, I have a saying for people who are Republicans(or Democrats, Indys, ect). It is not good enough for people to just not be racist(or bigoted). You need to be anti-racist.
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well at least Sessions can scratch his chin and hemorrhoids with one hand at the same time since they are in the same location.
re: #319 Birth Control Works
cement is an ingredient in concrete
bbl
Exactly. ‘Cement holds things together. Concrete holds things up.’ —Dad.
re: #308 Birth Control Works
Conservative doesn’t mean they don’t have a full range of sexual expression, it means they don’t acknowledge it publicly.
Aren’t red states the biggest per capita consumers of porn?
re: #331 wrenchwench
Exactly. ‘Cement holds things together. Concrete holds things up.’ —Dad.
That’s a concrete example.
re: #332 Resistance Is Not Futile
Aren’t red states the biggest per capita consumers of porn?
especially black cuckold porn. and yet feel it is a public health hazard
re: #329 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
When I look at Sessions, I have a saying for people who are Republicans(or Democrats, Indys, ect). It is not good enough for people to just not be racist(or bigoted). You need to be anti-racist.
If you’re not anti-racist in a racist society, you might be racist. By not acting against it. Or you live in a hole and never talk to other people.
re: #329 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
When I look at Sessions, I have a saying for people who are Republicans(or Democrats, Indys, ect). It is not good enough for people to just not be racist(or bigoted). You need to be anti-racist.
I have become passionately anti-racist. I don’t care if it makes me a “SJW” or what. I’d rather be that than indifferent to the problems that we face.
re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A lot of desperate people and very lax law enforcement.
Definitely a combination of geography and the latter. But geography won’t matter without people looking the other way, providing the transport and transit points. I’m aware that it is a global problem that extends from Japan through the US and all points in between and north and south. Anyway, I don’t know much more than that.
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh Senator. You were too kind.
“This country needs an AG who isn’t a lying piece of shit. You, sir, are a lying piece of shit.”
re: #333 Franklin
That’s a concrete example.
When you get all metaphorical about concrete, my head spins. Oh good, more jackhammering!
United Arab Emirates says its ambassador to Afghanistan, other diplomats wounded in Kandahar attack. https://t.co/BjGq2ihNyW
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 10, 2017
so far, 38 dead, 72 wounded
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
@AdamSerwer Conservatives always blame the messenger when any kind of toxic bigotry is called out, and then they shelter the bigots.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #335 wrenchwench
I think my inlaws are finally starting understand that it was a mistake not to speak out against bigotry. There again lots of good ppl in this country that assumed that everyone felt the same way the hey did and thy bigots were only in certain areas and that politicans certainly did not truly believe the horrible things they might sometimes say.
re: #341 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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It’s so hard being a white conservative! //
re: #125 electrotek
Same. I’d always known LGF as a site for conservatives, so I was pretty surprised when I heard that it had taken another direction.
Of all of Trump’s appointees, the three that absolutely have to be stopped are Sessions, DeVos, and Price. The rest Democrats need to just make Republicans own them.
My one brother and I think understand the problem with racism better than our youngest brother. I think it’s because we grew up in a more diverse area and have had more friends, co-workers, and hell in my brother’s case even extended family that are from more diverse backgrounds. My one brother just doesn’t get it. I think he will in time but I think growing up in a less diverse area with less diverse acquaintances has made him less empathetic. I dunno. Could be personality too, my one brother and I are definitely more hearts on our sleeves guys where he’s more stoic. He’s not right wing mind you, far from it but I do think he’d benefit from empathy.
re: #304 Birth Control Works
Conservative in their use of spices as well.
bland food …
;)
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
re: #220 Patricia Kayden
Because it’s hilarious to “joke” about locking up your political opponent. Hardy har har.
Right up there with “Your shoes are untied” and “pull my finger”.
re: #345 Belafon
Of all of Trump’s appointees, the three that absolutely have to be stopped are Sessions, DeVos, and Price. The rest Democrats need to just make Republicans own them.
Did he come out with a VA pick by the way? Hadn’t heard if he did. But yeah those three are pretty bad. Carson is pretty bad too.
re: #344 Moebym
Same. I’d always known LGF as a site for conservatives, so I was pretty surprised when I heard that it had taken another direction.
I do remember the reactions I saw on LGF when the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade was attacked and torched by Serb mobs angry over Kosovo recognition. I’ll have to dig it up. There was also an Albanian conservative woman who used to post here too, the name eludes me at the moment. IIRC she was an Albanian Jew from Tirana. Anyone recall her?
Al Franken may not have gone to law school, but he seems to understand jurisprudence better than anyone on this committee.#JeffSessions
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) January 10, 2017
re: #342 baileylamb
I think my inlaws are finally starting understand that it was a mistake not to speak out against bigotry. There again lots of good ppl in this country that assumed that everyone felt the same way the hey did and thy bigots were only in certain areas and that politicans certainly did not truly believe the horrible things they might sometimes say.
There can be a risk in speaking out, I shouldn’t judge, but I think it’s usually worth it.
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
Well we’re talking about Slavs heh. My grandmother hates spicy food. I honestly think that salt, pepper, and maybe paprika are as spicy as it gets for her.
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
So eating Indian/Pakistani/Bengali food is definitely out of the question for him. Poor guy.
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Franken is just a smart guy. A lot of people myself included underestimated him as a comedian trying his hand at politics. Too bad he didn’t get earlier.
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
As a comic Franken understands English far better than Sessions will ever understand law.
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
My ability to tolerate spicy food changed with my TBI. My need for chocolate seems to have increased as well.
re: #354 electrotek
So eating Indian/Pakistani/Bengali food is definitely out of the question for him. Poor guy.
There’s a Pakistani place halfway between home and where I work. Inexpensive and really good. I love it.
Greetings from Addis Ababa, where Facebook and Twitter are blocked (pro: their airline works well. Con: repressive regime). Anyhoo, flying out shortly…
Mexico has agreements with 44 countries, giving automakers access to half the global car market tariff-free. The U.S. covers 20 countries.
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) January 10, 2017
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
I would love to see Franken debating Trump in 2020.
re: #354 electrotek
So eating Indian/Pakistani/Bengali food is definitely out of the question for him. Poor guy.
LOL he can’t even tolerate a falafel.
re: #361 Belafon
I rather see him rake that Trump person over the coals. ::: evil grin :::
re: #320 HappyWarrior
Franken’s good. I’ve said it here a thousand times. I was not impressed when he was the Dem nominee for that seat eight years ago but he’s been a great Senator and he’s showing it again today.
Sanders, on the other hand, is probably going to caucus with the Republicans at some point in the next year, because the Democrats aren’t giving a chance to poor put-upon Senator Jefferson Davis Sessions. Plus he’ll have a whole new group of book-buyers to bilk!
re: #366 Brian J.
Hogwash. He’s probably going to caucus with the Republicans at some point in the next year, because the Democrats aren’t giving a chance to poor put-upon Senator Jefferson Davis Sessions. Plus he’ll have a whole new group of book-buyers to bilk!
Franken? Why would Al Franken caucus with the Republicans at all?
re: #358 HappyWarrior
There’s a Pakistani place halfway between home and where I work. Inexpensive and really good. I love it.
I’m very picky about Pakistani places. A lot of Pakistan-run joints are known for shoddy service and lack of a hygienic environment, and it irks me. Those places know that they got the Muslims locked in because they serve halal meat, but that’s still no excuse to get away with shitty service, unclean environment, and awful service.
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
@RVAwonk To right-wing authoritarian Republicans, who want to enslave women to the state, that’s a feature, not a bug.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
In a matter of a few minutes, Jeff Sessions flip flops on whether or not DOJ should defend all laws pic.twitter.com/06s5lhOePE
— American Bridge (@American_Bridge) January 10, 2017
Even beyond his horrible record, this is a God-awful performance https://t.co/5acIFvW1eB
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) January 10, 2017
re: #368 electrotek
I’m very picky about Pakistani places. A lot of Pakistan-run joints are known for shoddy service and lack of a hygienic environment, and it irks me. Those places know that they got the Muslims locked in because they serve halal meat, but that’s still no excuse to get away with shitty service, unclean environment, and awful service.
Didn’t know. I’ll keep that in mind. I really like Afghan places. There’s a place in my hometown, mom and pop place that’s been around forever. The meat is great and the naan is fantastic and they have good sides too.
re: #371 HappyWarrior
Didn’t know. I’ll keep that in mind. I really like Afghan places. There’s a place in my hometown, mom and pop place that’s been around forever. The meat is great and the naan is fantastic and they have good sides too.
Afghan and Iranian-run places tend to have better hygiene and quality of service than Pakistani-run joints. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but Pakistanis have low standards from my experience. It’s ridiculous.
I’m sorry but I won’t eat a chicken sandwich that tastes fucking gamey as Hell just because it’s halal. Step up on your food game or wither away.
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
@viciousbabushka Being raised by a far-right fanatic is worse than being raised by wolves. It fucks people up deeply.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #368 electrotek
I’m very picky about Pakistani places. A lot of Pakistan-run joints are known for shoddy service and lack of a hygienic environment, and it irks me. Those places know that they got the Muslims locked in because they serve halal meat, but that’s still no excuse to get away with shitty service, unclean environment, and awful service.
There’s a restaurant in Dallas called the Halal Guys that I want to try just because of their name.
re: #372 electrotek
Afghan and Iranian-run places tend to have better hygiene and quality of service than Pakistani-run joints. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but Pakistanis have low standards from my experience. It’s ridiculous.
I’m sorry but I won’t eat a chicken sandwich that tastes fucking gamey as Hell just because it’s halal. Step up on your food game or wither away.
Yeah can’t say I blame you. Man I could go for some Middle Eastern food right now. Need something spicy since I haven’t had anything spicy in a while.
re: #374 Belafon
There’s a restaurant in Dallas called the Halal Guys that I want to try just because of their name.
Don’t go there. It is OVERRATED!
Their beef/lamb mix is okay, but their poultry is of extremely low quality.
If you want quality NYC-style cart food, go to Big Guys off Elm St in Deep Ellum instead. Their platters blow the doors off Halal Guys easily.
re: #370 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He cannot stand someone who doesn’t perform well.
Trying to find ways to un-nominate!
re: #374 Belafon
There’s a restaurant in Dallas called the Halal Guys that I want to try just because of their name.
My favorite falafel place in D.C is Amsterdam Falafel. I usually go there before or after a musical show or a night at D.C’s bars.
there’s another hearing happening today:
Wow. Sen. Wyden asks Comey whether FBI has investigated relationships between Trump associates & Russians. Comey won’t say.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 10, 2017
re: #376 electrotek
Don’t go there. It is OVERRATED!
Their beef/lamb mix is okay, but their poultry is of extremely low quality.
If you want quality NYC-style cart food, go to Big Guys off Elm St in Deep Ellum instead. Their platters blow the doors off Halal Guys easily.
Thanks. I’ll keep it in mind. I don’t wonder into Deep Ellum very often, and I only saw Halal Guys because we were driving down 75.
Sessions gave unqualified praise for a 1924 immigration law, reports @AdamSerwer https://t.co/YSeou4EDMo pic.twitter.com/bI3XtvK5iS
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 10, 2017
#Sessions praises the immigration law that the Holocaust Museum says kept Jews from escaping Europe https://t.co/a3o5CIExi1 #stopsessions https://t.co/jgBP9s6nH1
— J.H. Swanson (@jh_swanson) January 10, 2017
re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has to answer. He is under oath.
When I was in LA I spotted the Kosher Taco Truck. Did not eat there because we had just come out of another restaurant (Jeff’s Gourmet—best kosher burgers in LA!)
Kosher Taco Truck @HolyFrijolesLA @JihadiJew @KosherSoul pic.twitter.com/hyjDiEluwS
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 28, 2016
re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why won’t he say…the election is over?
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
@NAACP @alfranken Yeah, we also need a President who does neither, but thanks to bigoted blockheads, here we are.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
So who the hell is going to investigate the FBI?
(or is that what this is about…sorry, may have jumped the gun….)
re: #377 Stanley Sea
Bet Trump is watching from his tower, yelling.
He cannot stand someone who doesn’t perform well.
Trying to find ways to un-nominate!
He’s got his “Great Job Jeff! Franken’s a loser!” tweet typed in and is ready to send it.
re: #381 Kragar
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re: #382 PhillyPretzel
He has to answer. He is under oath.
He said that he won’t comment on an active investigation.
With a straight face, he said that.
re: #387 Belafon
He’s got his “Great Job Jeff! Franken’s a loser!” tweet typed in and is ready to send it.
Time for an updated edition of Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
re: #386 Barefoot Grin
So who the hell is going to investigate the FBI?
(or is that what this is about…sorry, may have jumped the gun….)
Comey needs a look.
re: #388 HappyWarrior
I don’t have a good count on how many of my relatives were lost as a result of that law. Let’s just say it’s a significant percentage.
re: #389 Backwoods_Sleuth
He said that he won’t comment on an active investigation.
With a straight face, he said that.
Comey says, re FBI investign Trump/Russia contacts, “I wd never comment on investigations whether open or not in a public forum” EYES EMOJI
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) January 10, 2017
re: #392 lawhawk
I don’t have a good count on how many of my relatives were lost as a result of that law. Let’s just say it’s a significant percentage.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
re: #374 Belafon
There’s a restaurant in Dallas called the Halal Guys that I want to try just because of their name.
A chain, I think. There’s one opening here (CA) soon.
re: #393 Backwoods_Sleuth
Unless the name Clinton is part of it.
re: #383 The Vicious Babushka
When I was in LA I spotted the Kosher Taco Truck. Did not eat there because we had just come out of another restaurant (Jeff’s Gourmet—best kosher burgers in LA!)
When I was at Coachella 2014, there was a food truck serving kosher hot dogs at the time. Normally I don’t ever eat at music festivals because I hate the feeling of being bloated (not to mention relieving myself at the disgusting facilities available), but I couldn’t resist a kosher hot dog. And Goddamn that was one hell of a hot dog too!
re: #395 Resistance Is Not Futile
A chain, I think. There’s one opening here (CA) soon.
Yeah, from NYC. Just like Shake Shack.
re: #391 wrenchwench
Comey needs a look.
I guess he’s getting one:
FBI’s Comey about to make his first public appearance since the election, in a hearing about Russian interference in the election.
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) January 10, 2017
re: #392 lawhawk
I don’t have a good count on how many of my relatives were lost as a result of that law. Let’s just say it’s a significant percentage.
It’s just heartbreaking to think about.
re: #394 baileylamb
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Me too. I’m not Jewish so none of my family were killed in the Holocaust but as an Eastern-European American, I did have family impacted by the Axis invasions. My grandfather always told me about a cousin of his that was killed not long after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. Apparently, the survivors joined the resistance.
re: #399 wrenchwench
I guess he’s getting one:
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Ok, thanks. So overwhelmed with the Sessions thing (and for some reason Ron Fucking Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is all over the news today being the face of ACA repeal (because Obamacare has done sooooo much damage…).
BREAKING: Explosion at power plant on US 52 near Aberdeen. Local 12 has a crew headed there. pic.twitter.com/pMyrXT8CCB
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) January 10, 2017
might explain the muffled boom I heard a little while ago.
re: #402 Barefoot Grin
Ok, thanks. So overwhelmed with the Sessions thing (and for some reason Ron Fucking Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is all over the news today being the face of ACA repeal (because Obamacare has done sooooo much damage…).
I cannot believe Wisconsin returned Johnson. I really thought Feingold was going to get his old seat back.
This thread, Matt Bors pwns an anti-vaxxer
Trump made time for a meeting today w/ Robert Kennedy Jr, a vaccine conspiracy theorist who helped push the autism lie into the discourse.
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) January 10, 2017
re: #402 Barefoot Grin
Ok, thanks. So overwhelmed with the Sessions thing (and for some reason Ron Fucking Johnson (R-Wisconsin) is all over the news today being the face of ACA repeal (because Obamacare has done sooooo much damage…).
I have jackhammers! All the hearings need jackhammers! We’ll get to the bottom of this sewer swamp!
He’s insane. They can’t execute him.
‘In my confession to the FBI, I told them that I had to do it’: Facing death, Dylann Roof stands by church killings. https://t.co/MVLvPqtTPC pic.twitter.com/zLsKxLzhr8
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 10, 2017
re: #405 The Vicious Babushka
This thread, Matt Bors pwns an anti-vaxxer
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RFK Jr’s Dad is one of my great heroes but I cannot stand his son for pushing the lies about autism and vaccines. And then he really pissed me off when he likened life with autism (something he knows nothing about) to being in a concentration camp. I’ll be the first to say it, life on the spectrum isn’t the easiest always but my life isn’t anywhere close to what people experienced in concentration camps.
re: #407 The Vicious Babushka
He’s insane. They can’t execute him.
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Most murderers are insane. TX would execute him. I don’t know about SC.
The alternative is solitary confinement so he can’t spread his bigoted hate to others, and solitary is said to be worse than death.
@ajjaffe by “campaign” he means calling them childish names on Twitter
— The Brett (@brett_lieberman) January 10, 2017
re: #409 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Most murderers are insane. TX would execute him. I don’t know about SC.
The alternative is solitary confinement so he can’t spread his bigoted hate to others, and solitary is said to be worse than death.
I’d rather have him in prison for the rest of his life. Don’t execute him. He’s young. Let him live a lonely life rather than getting a release from it.
re: #409 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Most murderers are insane. TX would execute him. I don’t know about SC.
The alternative is solitary confinement so he can’t spread his bigoted hate to others, and solitary is said to be worse than death.
Too insane to execute but not too insane to throw his ass in supermax for the rest of his natural life.
re: #410 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Go for it, Donald. You’re not always going to be as lucky as you were in 2016.
Today is one of the days where I read the news that greets me on waking up and really think not getting out of bed would have been preferable.
Also it’s raining and I really don’t want to run in the rain.
But at least my hip is maybe not hurting as much?
Poor, poor baby. It must hurt so. I can’t imagine. *sniff*
Here’s what happened when Sen. Jeff Sessions was asked what it “feels like” to be called a racist. pic.twitter.com/mxBUlZjbvF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 10, 2017
re: #408 HappyWarrior
RFK Jr’s Dad is one of my great heroes but I cannot stand his son for pushing the lies about autism and vaccines. And then he really pissed me off when he likened life with autism (something he knows nothing about) to being in a concentration camp. I’ll be the first to say it, life on the spectrum isn’t the easiest always but my life isn’t anywhere close to what people experienced in concentration camps.
Also, some of the first people to be executed by nazis were the “feeble” and the “mentally ill.” It’s both a stupid AND evil comparison.
re: #411 HappyWarrior
I’d rather have him in prison for the rest of his life. Don’t execute him. He’s young. Let him live a lonely life rather than getting a release from it.
Sure, because you oppose the death-penalty. So do I, but when someone is so far gone that they need to be locked away forever, that’s taking their life too. It’s a terrible situation.
Five people reported injured in the power plant explosion in Adams County. pic.twitter.com/nXt6WEGCJg
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) January 10, 2017
re: #409 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Most murderers are insane. TX would execute him. I don’t know about SC.
The alternative is solitary confinement so he can’t spread his bigoted hate to others, and solitary is said to be worse than death.
Yeah, if you weren’t insane before solitary, you’ll be so in no time, I’ve heard.
Of all the conspira-liars and anti-science quacks, the anti-vaxxers are the most likely by far to cause a genuine catastrophe.
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
I think that has a bit more to do with the Anglo Saxon way of eating: a tradition based on big portions and meat-based meals.
I am sorry, but the great Northern European tradition of Sunday roast makes me sick, I only do roasts for Xmas and Easter.
re: #419 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, if you weren’t insane before solitary, you’ll be so in no time, I’ve heard.
I expect that introverts can take it as long as books are available, but it’ll break an extrovert.
re: #416 I Would Prefer Not To
Also, some of the first people to be executed by nazis were the “feeble” and the “mentally ill.” It’s both a stupid AND evil comparison.
Yep. It really was such an offensive thing to say. As I said, my life isn’t always easy but nope my life isn’t like a concentration camp victim which is why I’m chatting here and had a beef strew dinner last night and a Ginger Whiskey.
re: #417 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Sure, because you oppose the death-penalty. So do I, but when someone is so far gone that they need to be locked away forever, that’s taking their life too. It’s a terrible situation.
True.
re: #373 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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re: #416 I Would Prefer Not To
Also, some of the first people to be executed by nazis were the “feeble” and the “mentally ill.” It’s both a stupid AND evil comparison.
Yet feeble-minded, mentally-ill people like CCJ are embracing the new fascist regime.
BTW that’s a pretty weak sauce threat, he’d be campaigning against them anyhow I imagine. If I’m the DSCC, I start mocking Donald for being all talk and no bite.
re: #425 Big Beautiful Door
The Libertarian mindset is that healthcare is a luxury good, and if you can’t afford it that’s your own damn fault so you should live (or die) with the consequences.
Yeah, one of the reasons that Libertarianism doesn’t work for sane, compassionate people.
re: #388 HappyWarrior
It’s also the law that just missed keeping my great grandma out. She emigrated from Eastern Europe in 1921.
My grandparents all made it here from Central/Eastern Europe before WW1 as well
re: #426 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Yet feeble-minded, mentally-ill people like CCJ are
embracingthe new fascist regime.
FTFY
Sessions just said that he disagrees with the current law that says torture is illegal.
— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 10, 2017
re: #401 HappyWarrior
Me too. I’m not Jewish so none of my family were killed in the Holocaust but as an Eastern-European American, I did have family impacted by the Axis invasions. My grandfather always told me about a cousin of his that was killed not long after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. Apparently, the survivors joined the resistance.
I am also told that our remaining relatives in Croatia lost members during WW2.
re: #426 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Yet feeble-minded, mentally-ill people like CCJ are embracing the new fascist regime.
Do we know for sure if he’s really on the spectrum? Not playing No True Aspie Scotmsan here. I hate to say it though, there is a lot of ugliness that I have seen from people on the spectrum. I left an Aspergers group on Facebook because one guy was being a total dickhead to those of us like myself who have struggled in the dating scene. He thought he knew it all since he had a girlfriend and there’s unfortunately a lot of sexism like that CCJ exhibits as well. As I said, it’s tough but we have our own ugliness too.
re: #425 Big Beautiful Door
So when these people read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” they really empathize with Scrooge and thought Tiny Tim was just a leech?
re: #429 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My grandparents all made it here from Central/Eastern Europe before WW1 as well
Mom’s maternal grandmother was her dad’s second wife so she came after WWI and after great grandpa’s first wife died of TB. But yeah the other three all arrived before WWI. Dad’s side emigrated between Washington’s first term and 1882.
Comey just said it again.
“We never confirm or deny the existence of a pending investigation.”
…well, not NEVER— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) January 10, 2017
re: #432 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am also told that our remaining relatives in Croatia lost members during WW2.
Croatia was a scary place during the war.
re: #433 HappyWarrior
Do we know for sure if he’s really on the spectrum? Not playing No True Aspie Scotmsan here. I hate to say it though, there is a lot of ugliness that I have seen from people on the spectrum. I left an Aspergers group on Facebook because one guy was being a total dickhead to those of us like myself who have struggled in the dating scene. He thought he knew it all since he had a girlfriend and there’s unfortunately a lot of sexism like that CCJ exhibits as well. As I said, it’s tough but we have our own ugliness too.
I don’t know if being on the spectrum is his problem, but he obviously has serious mental-health issues. Many the same as Trump’s dysfunctions, but in a poor person, it’s not eccentricity, it’s insanity.
at Sessions hearing:
Protester interrupts Cruz yelling Black Lives Matter
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 10, 2017
re: #431 jaunte
I am sure that Machievelli would have something to say about that.
re: #440 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
I don’t know if being on the spectrum is his problem, but he obviously has serious mental-health issues. Many the same as Trump’s dysfunctions, but in a poor person, it’s not eccentricity, it’s insanity.
Oh true, I agree, the guy definitely has issues.
Show us on the doll where Eric Holder touched you, Ted Cruz.
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 10, 2017
Torture is popular among Republican leaders, a.k.a. the least likely to be captured by enemy forces.
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) January 10, 2017
re: #436 baileylamb
So when these people read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” they really empathize with Scrooge and thought Tiny Tim was just a leech?
You know that Paul Ryan hates that Mr. Potter loses in It’s a Wonderful Life.
re: #421 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think that has a bit more to do with the Anglo Saxon way of eating: a tradition based on big portions and meat-based meals.
I am sorry, but the great Northern European tradition of Sunday roast makes me sick, I only do roasts for Xmas and Easter.
But who has a fireplace that’s big enough to accommodate an entire ox?
re: #439 HappyWarrior
Croatia was a scary place during the war.
I’ve had the unfortunate encounter with Ustase supporters among Croats in Melbourne a decade ago. I just couldn’t believe it.
This video came through over my RSS feeds. It’s about antisemitism and right-wing extremism in Sweden, but it says something very interesting about people Donald Trump is pals with… Running time ~35 min.
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Comey: “We never confirm or deny the existence of an invetigation.”
King: “The irony of you making that statement here…”— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) January 10, 2017
Audible gasp went up in hearing room at this zinger, from Sen. King to FBI’s Comey. https://t.co/OYjTGjSleU
— Mary Louise Kelly (@NPRKelly) January 10, 2017
re: #425 Big Beautiful Door
The Libertarian mindset is that healthcare is a luxury good, and if you can’t afford it that’s your own damn fault so you should live (or die) with the consequences.
On the NPR program 1A former senator Coburn said ACA teaches dependence and that leads to an unvirtuous citizenry.
re: #439 HappyWarrior
Croatia was a scary place during the war.
Yes, I heard that the Germans threw one family member down a well, but otherwise heard very little about what happened there.
re: #445 jaunte
@jaunte Maybe we should bring back the draft, and not allow the connected to dodge it like Trump did.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #447 The Vicious Babushka
Hampton Court. Henry VIII loved his roasted meats.
re: #436 baileylamb
So when these people read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” they really empathize with Scrooge and thought Tiny Tim was just a leech?
Yea, its a horror story to them. Scrooge was a perfectly rational objectivist until being driven mad by the ghostly visitations.
Okay officially recommending group therapy for Senate Republicans for their Holder feels.
— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 10, 2017
re: #448 electrotek
I’ve had the unfortunate encounter with Ustase supporters among Croats in Melbourne a decade ago. I just couldn’t believe it.
Jesus.
This is a level of cynicism reserved for underdeveloped villains in Ayn Rand novels pic.twitter.com/xggsr5vjsG
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 10, 2017
It was illuminating watching her wiggle around to get away from him, while he forced her to remain on his lap. https://t.co/NYUflZ6VZG
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) January 10, 2017
Anyone else watch that? The baby wasn’t interested in being part of his photo op.
re: #452 Barefoot Grin
On the NPR program 1A former senator Coburn said ACA teaches dependence and that leads to an unvirtuous citizenry.
Better dead than unvirtuous.//
re: #458 HappyWarrior
Jesus.
Shouldn’t surprise you though. For some reason people from the Balkans in Australia are far more nationalistic than the ones in their ancestral countries.
Cruz is upset that Dem senators are being mean to Sessions.
re: #453 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, I heard that the Germans threw one family member down a well, but otherwise heard very little about what happened there.
Story Grandpa always gave was when the Germans got into Slovenia, they shot one of the young men on the family farm and the survivors either joined the Partisans or Chetniks, I would think Partisans since the Chetniks were overwhelmingly Serbian Orthodox while the Partisans more multi-ethnic in background which really was why they ultimately succeeded IMO. Not a Tito fan but he handled that better than Colonel Mihailović.
Dang, running for President must lead to a rather rich diet. Looks like Teddy Cruz has grown a bit since I last saw him.
And yes, he has gotten fatter…in the head.
What an ass.
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cruz is upset that Dem senators are being mean to Sessions.
Tough shit Ted. You guys won. Now we get to do the same shit to you that you did to Obama’s nominees just for having the audacity to be nominated by Obama.
Dear sexist trolls trying to come for @laurenduca, this one’s for you https://t.co/Mx5Pj2QZLW
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) January 10, 2017
re: #465 ObserverArt
Dang, running for President must lead to a rather rich diet. Looks like Teddy Cruz has grown a bit since I last saw him.
And yes, he has gotten fatter…in the head.
What an ass.
Ugh, that gelatinous mug.
re: #462 electrotek
Shouldn’t surprise you though. For some reason people from the Balkans in Australia are far more nationalistic than the ones in their ancestral countries.
Never been to Australia though. I actually haven’t met too many Croats in my travels. I did meet a Serb when I was doing some barhopping with my Swiss hostel mate in Lisbon though. He was fun.
Ted Cruz now lecturing Democrats about the rule of law. Hmmm pic.twitter.com/L0KnsVNKtZ
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) January 10, 2017
Well fuck. Driving home is going to be just as nasty as driving to work this morning was.
High Wind WARNING issued for all of SE Michigan until 4AM. Wind will increase thru the afternoon, with gusts near 60 mph possible.
— WDIV Local4Casters (@Local4Casters) January 10, 2017
Proud to stand w/ Texas Republican colleagues in support of Texas’ SB 14 voter ID law https://t.co/tGuVAijowb
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 25, 2016
.@SenTedCruz “enthusiastically” supports @SenatorSessions. He was also proud to support Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law. #StopSessions https://t.co/L2DTHE7KoW
— Civil Rights (@civilrightsorg) January 10, 2017
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
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FUCKING HELL. The only way he can top this is to name Milo Yeahimadumbass the head of his own personal Schutztaffel.
RFK Jr says Trump asked him to chair a committee on vaccines. Both of them support fringe anti-vaccine theories. https://t.co/icX1ENBXb0
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 10, 2017
re: #474 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #476 The Vicious Babushka
FUCKING HELL. The only way he can top this is to name Milo Yeahimadumbass the head of his own personal Schutztaffel.
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re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
@briantashman Conservatives talk about rule of law, then they elect an autocrat to force their lawless, vicious, agenda on the country.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
Ted Cruz, smashing the irony-meter: “It is unfortunate to hear a member of the Senate impugn a fellow member of this body.”
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 10, 2017
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cruz is upset that Dem senators are being mean to Sessions.
GOP was never mean to Obama or Holder or Lynch.
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re: #471 The Vicious Babushka
Bah, that’s nothing. California Sierras saw wind speeds of 173 mph and 176 mph measured. That’s the kind of wind that will rearrange your home quite completely.
re: #480 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Robert F Kennedy JR says Trump asked him to chair a commission on vaccine safety and he agreed. Has lobbied for vaccine exemptions.
— Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) January 10, 2017
Robert F. Kennedy, of course, is a very well-known anti-vaccination crank. @GingerGibson https://t.co/jc1xtd42zj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
Putting an anti-vaccination crackpot in charge of a committee on vaccines is going to lead to people dying needlessly.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
If Donald Trump were actually trying to destroy the US, how would it look different from what he’s doing now?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey Crud Cruz get used to it.
re: #480 Backwoods_Sleuth
It seems that Republicans got the Trump disease of saying whatever they want, even if it contradicts what they said or did earlier.
The guy whose hero bragged about whistling Dixie to an African-American coleague is concerned about how Jeff Sessions is being treated.
re: #487 HappyWarrior
The guy whose hero bragged about whistling Dixie to an African-American coleague is concerned about how Jeff Sessions is being treated.
“What happened to civility? Things used to be so congenial. LOCK HER UP!!!!!”
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JUST IN: Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy says he accepted Trump’s offer to chair panel on vaccine safety. https://t.co/BwuF0sJ2pv pic.twitter.com/17k85oXk8p
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) January 10, 2017
ARRGH! “Vaccine skeptic?!” Stop using this kind of neutral language for people like this! @ReutersPolitics https://t.co/px2VwOftZd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
re: #474 Backwoods_Sleuth
@SenTedCruz and I’m proud to say that you’re a fucking asshole.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) January 10, 2017
Trump demands quick repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
Show your work Donny. Let’s see and score your plan.
There’s no plan that the GOP agrees on other than repeal - aka #GOPDontCare. Replacing a plan that has quite effectively reduced the uninsured rate to record lows despite GOP opposition at every opportunity isn’t going to be easy, not when the CBO says repeal would cost billions per year, and comparable coverage will end up costing more under the GOP plan.
HSAs isn’t an alternative plan, because you have to be able to save money in the first place to set aside money in an HSA. HSA is a tax benefit that someone who’s already saving money (aka the well off) can use to shelter more money from taxes. It’s not a substitute for health insurance.
re: #484 Charles Johnson
So conservatives don’t notice this?
re: #436 baileylamb
So when these people read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” they really empathize with Scrooge and thought Tiny Tim was just a leech?
Yes. And they also root when Divine trashes the Christmas Tree because her parents didn’t give her the cha cha heels she wanted!
And of course, Trump will use it as proof that he’s “Bipartisan.”
re: #489 Charles Johnson
Combine this with the GOP stance on Obamacare, women’s health care, and you’re going to see needless medical costs explode @ReutersPolitics
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2017
Strom Thurmond never put Coretta Scott King’s letter in the record, and now @ChuckGrassley won’t disclose his copy.https://t.co/212hv8EUqA
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 10, 2017
Donald Trump courted anti-abortion extremist Troy Newman https://t.co/c9MTHyH2FI pic.twitter.com/13xkwnR1nx
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 10, 2017
re: #494 HappyWarrior
And of course, Trump will use it as proof that he’s “Bipartisan.”
I PUT THAT BOBBY KENNEDY ON A COMMITTEE ABOUT PILLS!!! I’m the best bipartisan!
It’s absolutely appropriate and I’m not going to stop using it. Anti-vaxxers are dangerous, delusional people. @BLH62
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
Hey, Ted Cruz, remember when you elbowed your wife in the face so that you could tongue your father? Priceless.
re: #496 jaunte
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re: #484 Charles Johnson
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If we have a couple of million deaths in a preventable epidemic, these assholes could very well find themselves in the dock at a Nuremberg-style tribunal. It’s something to think about when the next “alternate medicine” contribution comes in.
re: #500 Charles Johnson
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Gah! I am so sick of this element of the left that embraces this kooky shit. You know what guys. You think vaccines are so bad. Talk to the people of our grandparents generation who knew people who died from Polio if you think vaccines are so awful. Ask yourselves why you don’t have Smallpox.
Operation Rescue now the topic of Blumenthal’s question. They like to bomb abortion clinics and also endorsed Sessions.
— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 10, 2017
Operation Rescue “could not be happier” with Sessions’ nomination, per @AllyBoguhn’s reporting for @Rewire_News. https://t.co/QyvwWnkRdv https://t.co/9cSwAK02ew
— Christine Grimaldi (@chgrimaldi) January 10, 2017
Vaccines do not cause autism. Period. Full stop. @BLH62
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2017
re: #502 Backwoods_Sleuth
I have little doubt that John Lewis will have a copy of that letter to read out loud during his testimony tomorrow.
Oh man that would be too good.
re: #504 Shiplord Kirel
Funny. That assumes society would survive.
re: #507 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #508 Charles Johnson
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And some of us have autism ourselves and are tired of people who know nothing about medicine like RFK Jr claiming they know what causes our condition and scapegoating something that saves millions of lives for it.
re: #489 Charles Johnson
@ReutersPolitics Anti-vax crackpot, not skeptic. There’s a difference. Don’t normalize insanity.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #506 HappyWarrior
Gah! I am so sick of this element of the left that embraces this kooky shit. You know what guys. You think vaccines are so bad. Talk to the people of our grandparents generation who knew people who died from Polio if you think vaccines are so awful. Ask yourselves why you don’t have Smallpox.
I used to work with a beautiful Mexican-American young-woman with a withered leg from Polio. Vaccines hadn’t caught on where she grew up in Mexico, and we may wind up in just as much danger.
“Pragmatic Liberal” is an anti-vaxx nutbag. Block, do not engage.
“I welcome your condemnation of the Klu Klux Klan,” is a real thing that @SenBlumenthal just said to Jeff Sessions.
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 10, 2017
re: #508 Charles Johnson
@BLH62 If @Green_Footballs was a right-winger, he would not tell the truth about the anti-vax crackpots.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
@BLH62 @mullymt @Green_Footballs Are you also open to a flat-earth. There’s a difference between being open-minded, and embracing derp.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #514 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
I used to work with a beautiful Mexican-American young-woman with a withered leg from Polio. Vaccines hadn’t caught on where she grew up in Mexico, and we may wind up in just as much danger.
Remember all those children from Central America that we turned away? They had higher vaccination rates than American kids because their parents still remembered what the diseases did.
re: #514 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
I used to work with a beautiful Mexican-American young-woman with a withered leg from Polio. Vaccines hadn’t caught on where she grew up in Mexico, and we may wind up in just as much danger.
I really think the reason why anti-vaccine kookery has got on is because we know less and less people that have been impacted by these diseases. I think far right wing economic beliefs take root the same way by the way.
re: #519 Belafon
Remember all those children from Central America that we turned away? They had higher vaccination rates than American kids because their parents still remembered what the diseases did.
Yes, I do remember that. Our bigots were really wrong about them, as usual.
Robert F Kennedy JR says Trump asked him to chair a commission on vaccine safety and he agreed. Has lobbied for vaccine exemptions.
— Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) January 10, 2017
Those interested in running the “9/11 Celebrations”, “Pizzagate” & “Moon Landing” Committees please apply directly to Chuck Johnson. https://t.co/vwaDYReXEq
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) January 10, 2017
re: #426 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Yet feeble-minded, mentally-ill people like CCJ are embracing the new fascist regime.
But they have a socially acceptable form of mental illness.
Let’s face it. As little as fifty years ago Roof would more likely have been feted as a hero rather that a foaming mass murderer. Society generally decides what is mental illness or not.
re: #515 The Vicious Babushka
“Pragmatic Liberal” is an anti-vaxx nutbag. Block, do not engage.
They’re also an “All Lives Matter” fool. Apparently “Pragmatic Liberal” means extremely vulnerable to kooky and bigoted memes.
re: #524 Romantic Heretic
But they have a socially acceptable form of mental illness.
Let’s face it. As little as fifty years ago Roof would more likely have been feted as a hero rather that a foaming mass murderer. Society generally decides what is mental illness or not.
Sure, one of the criteria is usually whether the mental issues cause dysfunction, and dysfunction is socially defined.
re: #431 jaunte
If that’s the case, Jeff old buddy, do you mind if we torture you? Just to make sure you’re telling the truth?
re: #332 Resistance Is Not Futile
Aren’t red states the biggest per capita consumers of porn?
Yes, I think you are correct
re: #527 Romantic Heretic
If that’s the case, Jeff old buddy, do you mind if we torture you? Just to make sure you’re telling the truth?
@Hegemommy Then he’s a psychopath and must be rejected. We can’t let America become the evil empire that people fear we are.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #331 wrenchwench
Exactly. ‘Cement holds things together. Concrete holds things up.’ —Dad.
Concrete is actually very kewl stuff. It actually get’s stronger with age (and water). It literally will turn to stone.
AND, IT CAN BE USED TO MAKE VIRTUALLY ANYTHING —from buildings to toilets!
This website is free pic.twitter.com/fTZPR7Jbus
— med 📎 (@med11n) January 10, 2017
re: #490 GlutenFreeJesus
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What is Cruz’s twit avatar supposed to be? (It looks to me like a ghost surrounded by bullet holes, but I have a vivid imagination.)
RFK Jr says Trump asked him to chair a committee on vaccines. Both of them support fringe anti-vaccine theories. https://t.co/icX1ENBXb0
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 10, 2017
So the Trump health plan is…
1. Reintroduce infectious diseases into America.
2. Strip millions of their health insurance.
3. ??? https://t.co/MsWyTglLrK— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) January 10, 2017
The one key point of every Trump plan is that it will end up with Americans dying needlessly because of his ignorance and narcissism.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 6, 2017
This statement continues to hold up https://t.co/mw7rjzhK4O @RepMarkTakano @redcanwine
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 10, 2017
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson on NPR says Rs should “repair” rather than repeal Obamacare: “Nobody here wants to pull the rug out from under people.”
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 10, 2017
re: #512 HappyWarrior
And some of us have autism ourselves and are tired of people who know nothing about medicine like RFK Jr claiming they know what causes our condition and scapegoating something that saves millions of lives for it.
Jenny McCarthy will probably be a co-chair because…
Speaking of Condi Rice …
I wonder what she thinks about Russia’s influence on the election and the general state of Russia at the present time.
re: #531 The Vicious Babushka
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Typical conservative brat. Thinks only they work hard. Unlike Toni, I’ve never had my parents give me employment. All my jobs that I’ve gotten have been due to my own skills. Toni and Paul Ryan OTOH.
So according to Sessions, the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy is a question of states rights.
— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) January 10, 2017
To live and die in Dixie.
re: #535 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ok, tacos were awesome. Met friends at the local Mexican place.
Sessions says the Emoluments Clause applies to the president, but there’s disagreement over the extent. Says he needs to study it more.
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 10, 2017
In that deer in the headlights type way Sessions has to “study” a lot of stuff but he’s ready for the job y’all. https://t.co/ttYqHPrYOg
— Cheryl (@Hushes) January 10, 2017
re: #540 jaunte
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To live and die in Dixie.
Then stop framing it as a moral issue when it’s clearly not to you.
And I’m sorry but I hate the states rights argument. Our states aren’t 50 little countries. They’re all part of one big country.
re: #533 Kragar
@RepMarkTakano Maybe he wants to cull excess population, like the always-projecting RWNJs imagined Democrats wanted to do.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #549 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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re: #538 HappyWarrior
Typical conservative brat. Thinks only they work hard. Unlike Toni, I’ve never had my parents give me employment. All my jobs that I’ve gotten have been due to my own skills. Toni and Paul Ryan OTOH.
They dropped the “Lazy Moocher” meme during the campaign while they were going for the “Lazy Moocher” vote, but now they picked it up again.
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
My SIL (who is British) explained that Anglo-Saxons simply can’t tolerate spicy food, it’s not just a matter of taste. He loves Middle Eastern food but it makes him literally sick.
I’m about as anglo-saxon as they come and bland meat and potatoes makes me sick. I love ethnic food!
It’s worth noting too that the anti-vaccine nonsense has also been able to spread because for a long time, there’s still been enough of the herd immunity to prevent the consequences of their decision from being immediately apparent. If you’re a new young parent and you have anti-vax friends who don’t vaccinate their kids and their kids end up being fine, and you’re on the fence about the issue - well, nothing happened to them! It’s gotta be just fine!
Humans are excellent at rationalizing themselves into completely irrational positions.
re: #491 lawhawk
Trump demands quick repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
Show your work Donny. Let’s see and score your plan.
There’s no plan that the GOP agrees on other than repeal - aka #GOPDontCare. Replacing a plan that has quite effectively reduced the uninsured rate to record lows despite GOP opposition at every opportunity isn’t going to be easy, not when the CBO says repeal would cost billions per year, and comparable coverage will end up costing more under the GOP plan.
HSAs isn’t an alternative plan, because you have to be able to save money in the first place to set aside money in an HSA. HSA is a tax benefit that someone who’s already saving money (aka the well off) can use to shelter more money from taxes. It’s not a substitute for health insurance.
HSAs would be great for me, and isn’t that all that really matters?/
re: #555 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s worth noting too that the anti-vaccine nonsense has also been able to spread because for a long time, there’s still been enough of the herd immunity to prevent the consequences of their decision from being immediately apparent. If you’re a new young parent and you have anti-vax friends who don’t vaccinate their kids and their kids end up being fine, and you’re on the fence about the issue - well, nothing happened to them! It’s gotta be just fine!
Humans are excellent at rationalizing themselves into completely irrational positions.
And, they recently found the gene (or cluster of genes) that express autism.
re: #553 The Vicious Babushka
They dropped the “Lazy Moocher” meme during the campaign while they were going for the “Lazy Moocher” vote, but now they picked it up again.
You have no idea how much that bs pisses me off. I mean, I can acknowledge that a lot of these people work hard but guess what, a lot of liberals work hard too. And there’s a lot of lazy ass conservatives too.
Sessions on protecting women & LGBTQ: “I am not sure women or people with different sexual orientations face that kind of discrimination.”
— Senate Judiciary Dem (@JudiciaryDems) January 10, 2017
“As old white heterosexual Christian man, surely I would know if women and The Gays faced any kind of discrimination.” https://t.co/6TOjsXj75u
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 10, 2017
re: #552 GlutenFreeJesus
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she deleted it now, but for the record, Tomi Lahren read (for sure) about Watergate and thought Nixon was the hero pic.twitter.com/8YJHwjQ1m7
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) January 10, 2017
Totally OT, but have I said how much I’m going to enjoy spending nearly $1000 to replace the door on our shower in the master bath that will look exactly like the one that’s already there? Sure it will be over 50 years newer than the one that’s there, and won’t sag, but really, 900-1000 bucks???
Then there’s the mattress that we suddenly realized is nearly 17 years old and really needs to be replaced. Must do more research. And I still won’t know any more than I do now. At least Mr. C. is pretty flexible when it comes to the precise firmness and stuff.
Will Sessions commit to NOT put reporters in jail for doing their jobs? Sessions: “I’m not sure. I have not studied those regulations.”
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) January 10, 2017
“I’ll wait and ask Mr. Trump what he wants.”
re: #561 calochortus
. At least Mr. C. is pretty flexible when it comes to the precise firmness and stuff.
Is there a contradiction in there?
Sessions is only getting this job since he kissed Trump’s ass enough anyhow.
re: #559 Kragar
@Kragar_LGF We’re heading into an era where the feds protect bigots from civil rights laws again like under Dubya.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 10, 2017
re: #564 wrenchwench
Is there a contradiction in there?
Sorta, but I was too lazy to think of another way to phrase it.
Some lifelong Republican women are leaving the party because of Trump. https://t.co/dVxolTgbOY pic.twitter.com/wSFL9H35dE
— Clare Foran (@ckmarie) January 10, 2017
re: #562 jaunte
“I’ll wait and ask Mr. Trump what he wants.”
Someone should have asked “You haven’t studied the first amendment?”
A new acquisition @metmuseum An E-150 lap steel guitar by @gibsonguitar the first electric instrument model made by that company #MetMusic pic.twitter.com/I0yE9wiGo9
— Jayson Dobney (@JayKerrDobney) January 10, 2017
re: #568 Birth Control Works
Ma’am. The Republican Party has been like this for decades.
re: #571 GlutenFreeJesus
Ma’am. The Republican Party has been like this for decades.
Yep. It’s just shouted now instead of whispered.
re: #561 calochortus
Totally OT, but have I said how much I’m going to enjoy spending nearly $1000 to replace the door on our shower in the master bath that will look exactly like the one that’s already there? Sure it will be over 50 years newer than the one that’s there, and won’t sag, but really, $900-$1000 bucks???
Then there’s the mattress that we suddenly realized is nearly 17 years old and really needs to be replaced. Must do more research. And I still won’t know any more than I do now. At least Mr. C. is pretty flexible when it comes to the precise firmness and stuff.
$K on a shower door? I’d research that —find one from an old home. or repurpose another.
Mattresses —a major expense that must be swallowed every 10 years or so.
re: #569 Belafon
Someone should have asked “You haven’t studied the first amendment?”
Not a lot of time to study it when you’re trying to trick Henery Hawk.
re: #571 GlutenFreeJesus
Ma’am. The Republican Party has been like this for decades.
Yeah, I know. too bad other white women didn’t in November.
re: #572 HappyWarrior
Yep. It’s just shouted now instead of whispered.
HEY, a lot of us have been shouting for a very long time.
re: #577 Birth Control Works
HEY, a lot of us have been shouting for a very long time.
I was talking about the Republicans bigotry. In the Reagan years, it was more a subtle whisper thing but with Trump it’s more out in the open.
re: #514 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
I had a classmate in public school over fifty years ago. Poor kid couldn’t even stand up properly due to polio.
Good Old Days™, my ass.
They never thought of the Republican Party as racist or sexist because they never questioned it.
re: #574 Birth Control Works
$K on a shower door? I’d research that —find one from an old home. or repurpose another.
Mattresses —a major expense that must be swallowed every 10 years or so.
Includes removing the old one, disposal, installation and taxes. We live in an expensive area. Most of the cost is probably labor.
re: #580 HappyWarrior
They never thought of the Republican Party as racist or sexist because they never questioned it.
Of if they did, their peers told them the problem was Liberals calling them bigots. It’s always about the messengers instead of the bigots.
re: #521 HappyWarrior
Yeah. Most of us have no history, only mythology. Which is a really bad substitute.
re: #573 Romantic Heretic
Just send him this video.
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I hate anti-vaccer propaganda. My wife didn’t want our daughter to get the Gardasil vaccine because she read an anti-vaccer anecdote on the internet. So I took her to get the vaccine anyway and didn’t tell my wife. Because my daughter is not going to run a completely unnecessary risk of cervical cancer.
re: #582 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Of if they did, their peers told them the problem was Liberals calling them bigots. It’s always about the messengers instead of the bigots.
Yep. I mean, I’m sorry but Trump is no the GOP’s illness, he’s a symptom.
re: #574 Birth Control Works
$K on a shower door? I’d research that —find one from an old home. or repurpose another.
Mattresses —a major expense that must be swallowed every 10 years or so.
I was going to tell you they don’t have to be expensive, mine was only $360 and is very comfortable, but I see it’s now $600. I don’t know what’s up with that.
re: #587 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
I was going to tell you they don’t have to be expensive, mine was only $360 and is very comfortable, but I see it’s now $600. I don’t know what’s up with that.
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re: #588 calochortus
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re: #589 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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re: #590 calochortus
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re: #561 calochortus
Totally OT, but have I said how much I’m going to enjoy spending nearly $1000 to replace the door on our shower in the master bath that will look exactly like the one that’s already there? Sure it will be over 50 years newer than the one that’s there, and won’t sag, but really, 900-1000 bucks???
Then there’s the mattress that we suddenly realized is nearly 17 years old and really needs to be replaced. Must do more research. And I still won’t know any more than I do now. At least Mr. C. is pretty flexible when it comes to the precise firmness and stuff.
Hope you see this. Go to wayfair.com as they have a fab selection of bath items. The shower door I want is $1000 elsewhere and wayfair has them starting at $245.
re: #580 HappyWarrior
They never thought of the Republican Party as racist or sexist because they never questioned it.
Dog whistles only register in certain frequency ranges. When they replaced the dog whistles with trumpets, it became audible to far more people.
re: #574 Birth Control Works
$K on a shower door? I’d research that —find one from an old home. or repurpose another.
Mattresses —a major expense that must be swallowed every 10 years or so.
Habitat for Humanity stores?