Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Golden Showers: The Trump Crisis Day 75; Russia Gate Gets Worse; CNN reports Russia has blackmail material on Trump; Trump never read PDB addendum with blackmail info; Did Buzzfeed do the right thing; Trump vs CNN vs Godwin’s Law; Senate moves to repeal Obamacare; Republicans add trillions to the debt they claim to hate; and more.
Do this. Keep it quiet.
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just another weird day for most patient man on twitter, computer science teacher @johnlewis from virginia
— Nicky Woolf (@NickyWoolf) January 14, 2017
Breaking: Jennifer Holliday backs out of Trump inauguration gig https://t.co/pRZDjCLsRm
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) January 14, 2017
The Trump Crisis Day 75
As with Watergate 45 years ago or so, I frequently find myself asking, ‘What did they know and when did they know it?’ The new additional question is, ‘Why didn’t they DO something??!?!?!!?’ The answer I come up with, which would be explanatory if not satisfactory, is, ‘They were laughing too hard.’
John Lewis is not a “legend”—he was a minor player in the civil rights movement who became a nasty, bitter old man https://t.co/j0tN8KBK6N
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 14, 2017
You’re a felon, hypocrite adulterer and historical illiterate who no one respects. John Lewis on the other hand, is a great and beloved man. https://t.co/YTbc6yNrA7
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 14, 2017
INTELLIGENCE INSIDERS NOW CLAIM THE TRUMP DOSSIER IS “A COMPLETE FRAUD!” @OANN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
You have access to the world’s most powerful intelligence agencies and your source is a website no one’s ever heard of? Oh Biff. #capslock https://t.co/jgj2rlw106
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 14, 2017
There is, right now (as of Jan 12th), the least area of sea ice on our planet that we’ve ever measured—probably the lowest in millennia. pic.twitter.com/6LrUKxBEOF
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) January 14, 2017
One of the people in one of these photos told one of the people in the other photo that they’re all talk & no action. pic.twitter.com/qRwoKIhmmy
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) January 14, 2017
Fifty years ago today, Georgia representatives refused to seat the newly-elected Julian Bond in the Georgia state legislature. pic.twitter.com/br3CgHuTsU
— SPLC (@splcenter) January 14, 2017
Worth the read as unnamed sources aren’t unnamed.
This story is jaw-dropping:
Ex-British spy says FBI ignored Trump allegations while singleminded pursuing Hillary https://t.co/nCVtrYrll3— Indira Lakshmanan (@Indira_L) January 14, 2017
Of course, this happened after the election, but still…
It was against this background that Senator John McCain, who had been hearing with growing alarm reports about Mr Trump and the Kremlin, met Sir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador to Moscow, who had spent 10 years in Russia and is highly respected for his knowledge of Russian affairs, at a security conference in Halifax, Canada.
Sir Andrew stressed to Senator McCain that he had not read the dossier, but vouched for Mr Steele’s professionalism and integrity. The chair of the Senate Armed Forces Committee then sent an emissary to London who picked up the dossier from an intermediary acting on behalf of Mr Steele. The Senator personally took the material to Mr Comey.
Amazing scenes on BBC Breakfast pic.twitter.com/GqWsoBfsWd
— Sophie Hines (@sophie_hines1) January 7, 2017
One of these arrests was for fighting for civil rights, the other for using straw donors to a political campaign. @DineshDSouza pic.twitter.com/6q5BG7IaMF
— Christopher Swartout (@chrisswartout) January 14, 2017
Let’s see. We’ve got Flynn at Putin’s beck and call, Bannon coordinating with Far Right parties and in one case a relative to promote their interests, reports that Carter Page and even Trump stand to profit it sanctions on Russia are lifted, Putin working not only through propaganda and finance, but also through outright coordination of right wing groups in East Europe that may be arming themselves…. Oh, and reports that other ICs are increasingly skittish about sharing info with Trump administration for fear it will simply get leaked to Putin…..
I’d say we really could be at a stage where the militias in the wildernesses of Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. need to be closely monitored for communications with people connected to Flynn and/or Russia. I’m feeling paranoid. But I increasingly think the pissing thing and even the John Lewis tweets are masking some truly terrible stuff that is actually happening. Sorry. Going to move away from the computer for awhile.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
INTELLIGENCE INSIDERS NOW CLAIM THE TRUMP DOSSIER IS “A COMPLETE FRAUD!” @OANN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
@BillCorbett @OANN They literally say “A credible source” in their profile. Like saying “I am not three kids in a trenchcoat.”
— (((Adam))) (@dogdadbod) January 14, 2017
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
INTELLIGENCE INSIDERS NOW CLAIM THE TRUMP DOSSIER IS “A COMPLETE FRAUD!” @OANN
Well, looks like the Donald and his team have found some of those “lying, corrupt” intelligence operatives they were talking about last week.
re: #17 Barefoot Grin
Let’s see. We’ve got Flynn at Putin’s beck and call, Bannon coordinating with Far Right parties and in one case a relative to promote their interests, reports that Carter Page and even Trump stand to profit it sanctions on Russia are lifted, Putin working not only through propaganda and finance, but also through outright coordination of right wing groups in East Europe that may be arming themselves….
I’d say we really could be at a stage where the militias in the wildernesses of Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. need to be closely monitored for communications with people connected to Flynn and/or Russia. I’m feeling paranoid. But I increasingly think the pissing thing and even the John Lewis tweets are masking some truly terrible stuff that is actually happening. Sorry. Going to move away from the computer for awhile.
Barefoot, you’re not the only one feeling this way. My Spidey Sense is telling me that there is going to be a lot of brutal stuff going down in DC starting Friday. I fully expect a police riot to go after the protesters…
re: #19 darthstar
link please - I love watching these things
See also video of the launch and the first stage recovery near the end of the last thread. Great Stuff.
I would not rule out megalomaniac Donald Trump tweeting for all to boycott the John Lewis department store chain in the U.K. #JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/2Q3lIa5jnv
— Tommy Campbell (@MrTommyCampbell) January 14, 2017
re: #17 Barefoot Grin
Let’s see. We’ve got Flynn at Putin’s beck and call, Bannon coordinating with Far Right parties and in one case a relative to promote their interests, reports that Carter Page and even Trump stand to profit it sanctions on Russia are lifted, Putin working not only through propaganda and finance, but also through outright coordination of right wing groups in East Europe that may be arming themselves…. Oh, and reports that other ICs are increasingly skittish about sharing info with Trump administration for fear it will simply get leaked to Putin…..
I’d say we really could be at a stage where the militias in the wildernesses of Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. need to be closely monitored for communications with people connected to Flynn and/or Russia. I’m feeling paranoid. But I increasingly think the pissing thing and even the John Lewis tweets are masking some truly terrible stuff that is actually happening. Sorry. Going to move away from the computer for awhile.
THE 7 STAGES OF TRUMP GRIEF:
1. omg
2. this is so bad
3. yep still so bad
4. we are going to die
5. help
6. somehow even worse today
7. omg— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 13, 2017
A basic human need is a feeling of security. A very dangerous man is about to have the power to end the world. You’re allowed to feel off.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) January 13, 2017
I love the SpaceX control room. Everyone has a keyboard, mouse and monitors. Very clean.
Remember all the metal cabinetry, consoles, wiring, dials, toggle switches, push-buttons and CRTs from Mercury up to the Saturn moon launches?
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
On the other hand, Mr. D’Souza, you are a nasty, bitter young man who is projecting in Technicolor™.
re: #29 Romantic Heretic
On the other hand, Mr. D’Souza, you are a nasty, bitter young man who is projecting in Technicolor™.
Actually Dimwit D’Stupid wishes he was a white man…
Cool…I was able to rewind, watch the launch and the first stage reentry and landing on the barge.
re: #28 ObserverArt
I love the SpaceX control room. Everyone has a keyboard, mouse and monitors. Very clean.
Remember all the metal cabinetry, consoles, wiring, dials, toggle switches, push-buttons and CRTs from Mercury up to the Saturn moon launches?
And almost nobody’s tweeting.
When Glenn Greenwald sycophants attack.
@Green_Footballs maybe because you were on the side of the fascists for so long? get some perspective
— Jillian C. York 🐌 (@jilliancyork) January 14, 2017
@jilliancyork @Green_Footballs You wouldn’t know fascism if it bit you. You just will now though. Hope you’re happy.
— Diana Spatz (@DianaSpatz) January 14, 2017
re: #30 Joe Bacon
Actually Dimwit D’Stupid wishes he was a white man…
Yeah, he’s sorta like Uncle Ruckus.
re: #16 GlutenFreeJesus
Notice the different expressions on their faces?
Mr. Lewis: I’m doing what’s right and I won’t back down.
Mr. D’Souza: I just pissed myself. How could this be happening to me, a good American?
re: #29 Romantic Heretic
On the other hand, Mr. D’Souza, you are a nasty, bitter young man who is projecting in Technicolor™.
He ain’t that young.
All ten satellites deployed. Mission was a success.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Donald was busy dodging flying STD’s that week.
re: #35 Romantic Heretic
Notice the different expressions on their faces?
Mr. Lewis: I’m doing what’s right and I won’t back down.
Mr. D’Souza: I just pissed myself. How could this be happening to me, a good American?
Also the fact that it’s pretty clear that Lewis has had the shit beat out of him in several of the mugshots.
re: #37 Dr Lizardo
All satellites successfully deployed. Sweet.
re: #38 Bubblehead II
All ten satellites deployed. Mission was a success.
Yay!!!
I guess they lost communications there for a bit so we didn’t get to see any of them deployed, but overall getting to see that first stage landing and a beautiful launch was was impressive.
What the GOP Congress will spend four years investigating:
I’m so old I remember when @Lawrence said Trump was afraid to attack John Lewis. Oh wait, that was last night.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
re: #41 ObserverArt
Yay!!!
I guess they lost communications there for a bit so we didn’t get to see any of them deployed, but overall getting to see that first stage landing and a beautiful launch was was impressive.
One of the ground stations had technical difficulties, so yeah we missed out on the deployments.
Would you do me a favor and go fuck yourself as soon as possible? @terrapinion
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
More hate definitely from the right for being an apostate. But some of the Greenwald gang almost equal it. @NotGbo
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
re: #47 Charles Johnson
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It’s pretty pathetic that they do given that Greenwald was once a hawk too and derided Bush’s left wing critics. Somehow they forget that when giving you a hard time.
I always try to be polite when telling people to fuck off. @IdesKat315
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
It does just boggle the mind. People say they like Obama and approve of the job he’s doing and they elect a guy who not only opposes what Obama is doing but derides what he’s done as a failure. Honestly, I have a lot of beef with far left and far right at this point. The far right for putting Trump us by nomination and voting. The far left by because Hilary wasn’t pure enough for them engaging in false equivalencies and even spreading the same right wing lies.
Learnin’ things and stuff, who needs it?
I’ve said it before, & I’ll say it again: Whoever says religious students are afraid to speak up in class has clearly never taught evolution
— Buffy the Psych Prof (@DrPsyBuffy) January 13, 2017
I mentioned how humans developed the ability to speak in a communications class last semester and was interrupted by 6 students saying I lie https://t.co/czekASLoJw
— Ed Grady (@edgrady) January 13, 2017
I always try to be polite when telling people to fuck off. @IdesKat315
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
Yes, but you’re a gentleman, @Green_Footballs. I’m much less polite. Also I like to smile an evil smile while doing it. https://t.co/iI13H1fhhT
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 14, 2017
re: #53 De Kolta Chair
Learnin’ things and stuff, who needs it?
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It’s the same with the nuts who say you can’t pray in school anymore. Obviously someone never had a seventh period Math pop quiz on a Friday.
And I’m pretty sure that did happen to me since I did have seventh period math in seventh grade and the teacher was tough so I’m sure he no doubt did a pop quiz on a Friday on us at least one time.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen visits Trump Tower, but not Trump https://t.co/QYUfsBKlxt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 14, 2017
I have no idea why you’re accepting the Trump’s word for this without questioning it. You KNOW he’s a liar. @nytimes https://t.co/eI3TonDiR4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
re: #28 ObserverArt
I love the SpaceX control room. Everyone has a keyboard, mouse and monitors. Very clean.
Remember all the metal cabinetry, consoles, wiring, dials, toggle switches, push-buttons and CRTs from Mercury up to the Saturn moon launches?
It’s a 400 pound guy in his mom’s basement!
re: #57 Charles Johnson
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Yeah we’re to believe that she just visited the Trump Tower and that was it.
NOTE: No present WikiLeaks staff, including our editor, have medical, psychological or drug conditions which could lead to sudden death.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 13, 2017
Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will leak. https://t.co/5oLPZBVwqS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 14, 2017
Bernie Loves Me This I Know Also WTF https://t.co/EqWz14RUm4 via @YouTube
— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) January 14, 2017
re: #60 Charles Johnson
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Oh the drama. Meanwhile you attach yourselves to a guy who actually does kill dissidents. Really Julian and WL, fuck you and your bullshit. You’re not a watchdog. You’re a tool of the Kremlin.
re: #60 Charles Johnson
@wikileaks
NOTE: No present WikiLeaks staff, including our editor, have medical, psychological or drug conditions which could lead to sudden death.
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On the contrary, slipping up enough to embarrass a Russian
boss could easily lead to sudden death.
re: #55 HappyWarrior
It’s the same with the nuts who say you can’t pray in school anymore. Obviously someone never had a seventh period Math pop quiz on a Friday.
I don’t know if it’s a product of time or location, but I don’t ever remember having religious fundamentalists pipe up in class that the teacher was lying, in either high school or undergrad (law school had plenty of debates where law and policy crossed, but that’s a different beast)
Is it weird how wikileaks calls out for the editor specifically in that tweet?
re: #64 KGxvi
I don’t know if it’s a product of time or location, but I don’t ever remember having religious fundamentalists pipe up in class that the teacher was lying, in either high school or undergrad (law school had plenty of debates where law and policy crossed, but that’s a different beast)
Most of the religious conservatives I knew as a kid wouldn’t have been going to a public school anyhow. I do remember debates but that was mostly in social studies classes.
re: #66 HappyWarrior
They didn’t mind speaking up in High School, at least in Colorado Springs.
OU was a different story. They generally were more quiet.
re: #67 Ziggy_TARDIS
They didn’t mind speaking up in High School, at least in Colorado Springs.
OU was a different story. They generally were more quiet.
Most of the religious conservatives I knew as a kid were Catholic traditionalists. Their parents had a problem with the public school system for whatever reason. I don’t remember anyone objecting when evolution was taught. I certainly don’t think anyone was “afraid” to question it either.
re: #64 KGxvi
I don’t know if it’s a product of time or location, but I don’t ever remember having religious fundamentalists pipe up in class that the teacher was lying, in either high school or undergrad (law school had plenty of debates where law and policy crossed, but that’s a different beast)
Most every semester of Bio 101 (required of all students, not just science majors) I would have one or two pop off when we got to evolution. They’d be all excited, clearly having waited for juuuuust that moment.
They never did it a second time.
The gist of my morning pep talk today from @repjohnlewis pic.twitter.com/S5tkAHuAgM
— Andrew Aydin (@andrewaydin) January 14, 2017
I hope everyone had a safe holiday. I spent some of the break playing with my cats. pic.twitter.com/ETJg4uO5Go
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 4, 2016
re: #74 Charles Johnson
The cats are trying to trip him. Our dog does that exact thing.
re: #72 wrenchwench
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Speaking of which: Y’all remember that John Lewis wrote an award-winning graphic novel about his life and the history of the civil rights movement. It’s worth reading: topshelfcomix.com
OK. Just made my first order with a groceries delivery website; delivery is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, between 13:00-14:00.
While this may not seem like a big deal to many Lizards, here in the Czech Republic, it is; it’s pretty much an entirely new concept. I’ve mentioned it to students of mine, and they were all like “What?! How bizarre!” I think it’s still gonna take awhile for people here to really get into it. Tesco, the British retail giant, does have a grocery delivery service, but only in certain areas of the country, and my area isn’t part of that, unfortunately; it’s largely confined to Prague/Central Bohemia and the Brno metropolitan region.
One of my students has used it before; she was the one who recommended it to me. She swears by it, as she can make her order, than have it delivered at a specific time, usually the next day in her case. They still have the option to pay cash, which is sort of cool and that right there might help lead to more widespread acceptance of the concept as this is still very much a cash-and-carry society.
You must read this essay by @kpfallon that made Jennifer Holliday change her mind about singing at the inauguration. https://t.co/2fFA3MKOyz
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) January 14, 2017
re: #76 scottslemmons
Speaking of which: Y’all remember that John Lewis wrote an award-winning graphic novel about his life and the history of the civil rights movement. It’s worth reading: topshelfcomix.com
The Tweeter has a byline on that. Thanks for the link.
re: #17 Barefoot Grin
I’d say we really could be at a stage where the militias in the wildernesses of Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. need to be closely monitored for communications with people connected to Flynn and/or Russia. I’m feeling paranoid. But I increasingly think the pissing thing and even the John Lewis tweets are masking some truly terrible stuff that is actually happening. Sorry. Going to move away from the computer for awhile.
I’m hoping (no degree of confidence really, but hope springs eternal) that those wilderness militias might let out a loud cry of “WOLVERINES!!” and spring into action against the Russian puppets.
re: #81 wrenchwench
The Tweeter has a byline on that. Thanks for the link.
It’s a three-parter, and hence maybe steeper in price than you may be able to get all at once. But it was a glorious book and a great eye-opener to history. High school history never really got much past WWII, and reading about all the stuff that the history textbooks leave out was exhilarating, depressing, and inspiring…
Not even watching the Inauguration on TV. Besides, Lee Greenwood’s milked that fucking song since Reagan.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 14, 2017
Just got a smack upside the head that said “Hey, you’re old!”
We’re watching the movie Battleship and hearing these WWII veterans on the USS Missouri saying “let’s rock’n’roll”.
Yeah (and I am totally serious saying this), no matter your age, let’s keep doing exactly that now more than ever in the face of what’s coming.
re: #42 Timothy Watson
What the GOP Congress will spend four years investigating:
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Hope it was Trump.
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just got a smack upside the head that said “Hey, you’re old!”
We’re watching the movie Battleship and hearing these WWII veterans on the USS Missouri saying “let’s rock’n’roll”.
Yeah (and I am totally serious saying this), no matter your age, let’s keep doing exactly that now more than ever in the face of what’s coming.
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re: #82 sagehen
I’m hoping (no degree of confidence really, but hope springs eternal) that those wilderness militias might let out a loud cry of “WOLVERINES!!” and spring into action against the Russian puppets.
Unfortunately it’s looking like the RW militias ARE the Russian puppets.
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