Video: John Oliver Explains the Putin-Trump Convergence
Vladimir Putin is known as a ruthless leader and master manipulator. John Oliver enlists a group of singing dancers to explain that to Donald Trump.
Vladimir Putin is known as a ruthless leader and master manipulator. John Oliver enlists a group of singing dancers to explain that to Donald Trump.
Hannity, probably the least self-aware person on earth pic.twitter.com/YvuVOFXS29
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 21, 2017
This overweeningly confident prick is CERTAIN that he can totally bring about Peace In Our Time by putting Putin on a leash.
But as he is about to learn, nobody puts Putin-baby in the corner.
Sounds just as good when said in the original Russian: никто не ставит ребенка в угол
From the previous thread:
re: #367 Big Beautiful Door
Now that would be some irony [kicking Milo Yiannopolis out for moral turpitude]. Karma has a wicked sense of humor.
Well, that would require ICE or someone like Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III to care about that sort of thing.
It does show there are some jobs Americans just won’t do though (editor for Deadbart).
So glad it’s finally Friday night.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2017
re: #5 bratwurst
HAHAHA.
So glad to know that Robertson thinks with his dick.
Edit:
@DCHomos Is he calling for people to lust after another man’s wife??? pic.twitter.com/s2VhUvzWEw
— JeRay (@Ayeartolivefor) February 21, 2017
re: #4 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/QjlfdbPWWd
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 21, 2017
re: #5 bratwurst
On the most recent episode of his show, the televangelist argued that the sole reason the mainstream media is targeting President Donald Trump is, once again, his wife. Robertson opined that the beauty of First Lady Melania Trump is so incredible that “just by staring at her for a period of time, one can rid themselves of the plague of homosexualism.” “You know how there used to be this urban myth that men can prolong their natural lives just by staring at naked female breasts for 10 minutes a day? Well, this is sort of something similar to that, with one crucial difference: it’s not an urban myth,” Robertson said. “She’s an actual gay whisperer, that one.”
Now we know what the snakes in Robertson’s brain look like.
re: #6 Belafon
HAHAHA.
So glad to know that Robertson thinks with his dick.
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Pretty sure it’s satire.
#RejectedRealityShowRules The contestant who comes in 2nd wins the grand prize
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 21, 2017
The best part of the video.
.@LastWeekTonight made the greatest shitty techno music song about @DarthPutinKGB. So bad it’s good. pic.twitter.com/V4WwQb6TBa
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) February 21, 2017
re: #10 Blind Frog Belly White
Pretty sure it’s satire.
I hope you are right! That’s pretty far out, even for PR!
re: #16 teleskiguy
I just had to clear my cookie cache ‘cause that fake news bullshit site just loaded up my shit with annoying cookies and pop-up advertisements.
I can’t even with people like this.
@Green_Footballs @chrisLrob thank you Bill Maher!
— Gracee Arthur (@graceearthur) February 21, 2017
re: #16 teleskiguy
That’s fake news bullshit.
While Rev. Robertson has said creepy stuff about Melania Trump, he has not claimed that she can “cure gays by looking at her.”
Notably last year after the RNC Convention, he went into a bunch of creepy comments about her looks (video at Crooks and Liars).
However, claims Robertson said her nude pictures are “pure art” are false. He said no such thing.
@NormOrnstein is it possible the controversy over his Real Time appearance raised his profile to the point that these recordings surfaced?
— Scott Stearns (@ScottStearns2) February 21, 2017
No. Profile was raised by the book contract with Simon and Schuster and the riot at Berkeley. https://t.co/mlpcxcEkCS
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) February 21, 2017
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Maher’s only possible contribution is that, by having Milo on to get yelled at by Wilmore and the rest of us, it caused CPAC to invite him. That wasn’t Maher’s intention, nor would Milo’s downfall fit into any goal Maher had.
re: #17 teleskiguy
I just had to clear my cookie cache ‘cause that fake news bullshit site just loaded up my shit with annoying cookies and pop-up advertisements.
Sorry about that. I removed the tweet to prevent anyone else from having a similar experience.
Robertson has said enough verifiable awful things that there is no need to spread around obnoxious things he did not actually say.
This guy is really growing on me. It’s *so different* from all the crap country music we’ve all grown used to over the years.
#NowPlaying Sturgill Simpson > Turtles All the Way Down > Turtles All the Way Down https://t.co/fyq0OFRBqE
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) February 21, 2017
re: #23 teleskiguy
This guy is really growing on me. It’s *so different* from all the crap country music we’ve all grown used to over the years.
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His cover of ‘In Bloom’ is one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard. Cool video, too.
re: #25 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
As can I
re: #24 makeitstop
My favorite rock ‘n’ roll touring circus covered one of his songs over New Year’s in Chicago.
just as i’ve feared.. other countries have already developed super soldiers far beyond my imagination. pic.twitter.com/ZgxMwlghs8
— meme god (@MEMESG0D) February 20, 2017
I condemn violent threats against Jewish Community Centers. We’ll aggressively pursue & prosecute perpetrators to full extent of the law.
— PresidentialTrump (@MatureTrumpTwts) February 21, 2017
re: #25 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Yeah def her old one. 8 videos a year old.
Future mayor of Detroit and POTUS. Give her time.
Structures burning to the ground due to wildfires in Colorado.
Wind appears to be picking up again. #RabbitMountainFire. pic.twitter.com/IVsD4VDT77
— Liz Gelardi (@LizGelardi) February 21, 2017
So the last Republican president bankrupted an oil company, and the current one bankrupted a casino.
You’d almost think these fiscal conservatives don’t understand how capitalism works.
Even as a socialist without a college education I think I could do better with the whole capitalism thing.
re: #37 Anymouse
Especially with that kind of family money!
And Mr. Trump promised a plan to “defeat ISIS” in thirty days.
That time period is up.
Can we sue him, or is he going to sue himself? (Suing yourself might be an interesting way to create wealth … that would be an interesting grift angle.)
re: #35 wheat-dogg
Future mayor of Detroit and POTUS. Give her time.
Great story! Tks for posting.
The Happy rendition was so cute.
Gordon Ramsey to hold benefit buffet for Swedish Chef who died in terror attack https://t.co/DZQ3U856jS Our Hero #GordonRamsey! :-) pic.twitter.com/TRI9DTXHIO
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) February 21, 2017
Oberlin students: Huh, not sure about this sandwich. MASSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE.
Iowa leg: Profs must declare party affiliation.— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 21, 2017
Waiting excitedly for the libertarian free speech media to cover GOP threats to academia.
Waiting
Still waiting
Yup, still waiting
Come on.. https://t.co/oSjvnjuMke— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 21, 2017
My opera selection for this evening was Manon Lescaut, an exquisite 1983 performance at Covent Garden with Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo. Hadn’t seen it before and wasn’t all that familiar with the story. Absolutely beautiful… until… on the screen it sez “Act IV: Desert outside of New Orleans.” WTF?
Sure enough the stage thingie lifts and there’s this dry, rocky moonscape and our lovers are struggling and dying of thirst. Clearly Puccini had never been to Louisiana. Kinda fucked up the whole opera. I mean, I get creative license but really?
re: #21 Belafon
Maher’s only possible contribution is that, by having Milo on to get yelled at by Wilmore and the rest of us, it caused CPAC to invite him. That wasn’t Maher’s intention, nor would Milo’s downfall fit into any goal Maher had.
It wasn’t Maher’s goal but the distaste that Milo’s performance engendered Friday night to a wide audience of those hostile to him could have led to the publicity given to the old youtube video.
Well we did it. We survived one month of Trump.
Now we just have to last another 47.
re: #44 Hecuba’s daughter
It wasn’t Maher’s goal but the distaste that Milo’s performance engendered Friday night to a wide audience of those hostile to him could have led to the publicity given to the old youtube video.
That would be entirely accidental on Maher’s part though. He would have had no way of knowing people would go searching for such a video, even if he knew about it.
Bill Maher has been going downhill ever since his appearance in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
rt if you’re the cat pic.twitter.com/bwPK40BQwA
— rae paoletta (@PAYOLETTER) August 15, 2016
Off to bed … the company that services the town’s RO units will be by my house in the late morning.
(The EPA required us to treat our water supply after it was discovered we had too high arsenic levels in the water. The cost of a water treatment plant was astronomical for a village of just over one hundred people, so the village opted to pay for RO units for every house and replace the entire village plumbing system instead a couple years before we moved here. At least we don’t have to worry about lead plumbing.)
re: #41 Anymouse
“These meatballs ARE RRRRAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!”
re: #50 Nyet
“These meatballs ARE RRRRAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!”
Google has a Swedish Chef themed search engine:
google.com
Meanwhile in Sweden … pic.twitter.com/on8mjCh8GC
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) February 21, 2017
re: #54 goddamnedfrank
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Why won’t those Rebels just surrender? Emperor Bannon is a benevolent ruler!
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re: #54 goddamnedfrank
Ah, the Battle of Malmo Harbour. So many lives lost! Curse the Empire and the AT-ATs they came in!
Trump administration expands social media checks to cover Chinese visitors (South China Morning Post)
The Donald Trump administration is seeking to check the social media presence of Chinese visitors by asking visa holders to disclose information about their favourite social media platforms and user names.
Since November, Chinese nationals holding 10-year US visas have been required to complete Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) enrolments to enter the United States, and US Customs and Border Protection proposed last week to include an “optional” item to its EVUS system online, which asks applicants to supply details on which social media platforms they use and their user names, according to a document signed by Customs and Border Protection.
The document was made available to the public on Tuesday in the Federal Register - the daily journal of the US government. It said the Department of Homeland Security proposes to include the following question to the EVUS application: “Please enter information associated with your online presence - Provider/Platform - Social media identifier.”
This is a disturbing trend. First, they were demanding the social media accounts of people coming from those 7 nations, then anyone they arbitrarily decided had to divulge that info. Now, they’re proposing visa holders — not applicants — to do the same. And these are people from a country not especially known for terror attacks on foreign soil.
Is Trump trying to poison all foreign relations with everyone but Russia?
“The work continues,” she whispers, whittling a wooden Valentine’s heart for Bill. The owl lurks, for it will deliver the heart at dusk.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 14, 2017
Morning, though she’s been up for hours, mending the wing of a moth. The sky is gray. It churns. “Storm weather,” she says to a sparrow.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 15, 2017
She jokingly shakes a fist at the sky; of course she was right about Russia.
A bald eagle flies by. She catches it, and names him America.— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 15, 2017
The eagle screeches, caws, flaps its wings. “I am hungry too, America,” she says. “But we must wait.” The eagle calms. They share an acorn.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 15, 2017
“I’ve come hooome at last,” she whisper-belts, for herself, really—but the squirrels hear, and give her entrance applause. A tree weeps sap.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 16, 2017
Now, she rescues a motherless baby bird, every time a reporter stands up to him at a press conference. The bird harem is growing.
🐦🐤🐣🙎🏼🦅🦉🐥— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 17, 2017
“But my emails,” she hollers at the wind, and her woodpecker friend Jeremy taps out “S.O.S.” on the bark of a mighty oak. The wind stops.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 19, 2017
For breakfast, she carves the faces of presidents 1 through 44 into walnuts, and gives them to the injured chipmunks she’s rehabilitating.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 20, 2017
A wildlife refuge; a secret Santa side gig. “Not the presidency,” she thinks, “but something.”
A hunk of granite shatters in her fist.— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 20, 2017
Not one to let bitterness win, Hillary assembles the broken granite, Jenga-style, in soil. “A hospital for injured ladybugs,” she announces.
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) February 20, 2017
So, I’ve done hardly any posting because I’ve been getting ready for a trip to South America — I’ll be gone for a month, and I’m relying on all of you to do your best to assure that my country is still here when I get back.
I managed to fit in a short time at the “Not My President’s Day” rally — fewer than 100, but it was pouring rain. I heard after I got home that it had been cancelled because of the awful weather, but some of us turned up anyway, as did the speakers (in my case, it was guilt because I’ll be off vacationing for so long).
Before I go, I want to recommend this article, which has a good summary of “modernist” movements in Islam and what happened to them. Also, there’s a section on what the “clash of civilizations” types think “radical Islam” is planning for us. I was struck by the fact that if you substitute “Christian” for “Muslim” in the outline, you’ll have exactly the agenda of Dominionists and the Trump administration. Chilling… but now that they’ve come into the open, it’s a useful exercise.
Breaking: (or not?) @SarahPalinUSA endorses radical Le Pen in France’s national elections.
PS. “conservative populism.” Is non existent. pic.twitter.com/QCA8Ej8PZ3— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 21, 2017
re: #60 electrotek
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“Conservative populism” means bullshitting the masses into willfully screwing themselves.
re: #61 Targetpractice
“Conservative populism” means bullshitting the masses into willfully screwing themselves.
I thought it meant fascism.
Well, not to try to make Maher out as anything but a smarmy asshole, but I would not be surprised if his appearance, and the reaction of the left played a role in his getting a speaking invite to CPAC, which in turn led the Reagan Battalion to post links to the already-available videos, which led to people watching them and deciding that even though they were cool with cyberbullying, Islamophobia, Transphobia, and generally being a shitty excuse for a person, that excusing sexual abuse of children was a bridge too far.
Pretty sure that none of this was on Maher’s mind when he scheduled Milo. Just one of those assholes who thinks it’s cool to give a platform to the ‘edgy’.
Fuckface Von Clownstick’s goons should be all over this by morning.
Police say newly freed gang member killed California officer https://t.co/wD7l6hNCSi
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) February 21, 2017
We are certain that we could devour Yiannopoulos in a moment. We are unclear, however, if this would silence him …
— Cthulhu_2020 (@Cthulhu_2020) February 20, 2017
re: #65 teleskiguy
Fuckface Von Clownstick’s goons should be all over this by morning.
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Yeah, we’re going to be seeing Dimwit Hoft slobber all over this and try to ride the coffin for months.
In Cali, we experimented with mass incarceration. Now we are experimenting with releasing the criminals who were locked up for years and taught no life skills beyond brutalization. Is there a balance? Fucked if I know.
re: #1 teleskiguy
Hannity makes me sympathetic for freaking Baghad Bob.
Not all news is great right now. I fall asleep and this shit hits the fan.
Militarized police are surrounding the Oceti camp. Frightening and critical moment for Standing Rock, for Native sovereignty, for the water.
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) February 21, 2017
Correction, they HAVE surrounded them. You heard right, they are surrounded.
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) February 21, 2017
I’m angry at the indifference there is about Standing Rock from “progressive” minded people. Honestly, infuriated, beyond infuriated.
— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) February 21, 2017
Thread. In all honesty: how can we help? #NoDAPL #StandingRock https://t.co/mSqOX1KNsI
— Alice (@aphoenixalice) February 21, 2017
Follow Natives, esp. @RuthHHopkins & @dallasgoldtooth (on FB)
Spread awareness relentlessly
Donate to legal fund:https://t.co/Za9M3dU6UE https://t.co/x32LUPuYPT— Tonya Wind Singer (@Tonya_Song) February 21, 2017
re: #69 Myron Falwell
Not all news is great right now. I fall asleep and this shit hits the fan.
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Some of the worst stuff happens late at night.
re: #70 Eclectic Cyborg
Some of the worst stuff happens late at night.
Doesn’t it?
The absolute silence regarding DAPL right now is just stunning and shameful.
re: #63 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, not to try to make Maher out as anything but a smarmy asshole, but I would not be surprised if his appearance, and the reaction of the left played a role in his getting a speaking invite to CPAC, which in turn led the Reagan Battalion to post links to the already-available videos, which led to people watching them and deciding that even though they were cool with cyberbullying, Islamophobia, Transphobia, and generally being a shitty excuse for a person, that excusing sexual abuse of children was a bridge too far.
Pretty sure that none of this was on Maher’s mind when he scheduled Milo. Just one of those assholes who thinks it’s cool to give a platform to the ‘edgy’.
Exactly right.
re: #37 Anymouse
So the last Republican president bankrupted an oil company, and the current one bankrupted a casino.
You’d almost think these fiscal conservatives don’t understand how capitalism works.
Even as a socialist without a college education I think I could do better with the whole capitalism thing.
You are the one who does not understand how our modern system of capitalism works: once you reach a certain level of the management hierarchy, you are untouchable, regardless of your record.
The trick is to make sure you are Too Big to Fail, because all those who are associated with your name have an interest in making sure you succeed at all costs.
One month after Milo appeared on Joe Rogan’s show and endorsed sex between adult men and teenage boys Steve Bannon decided to hire him. I think I know why people are failing background checks in the new administration.
US ‘liberals’ today celebrate the censorship of right-wing UK provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos over teen sex quote.https://t.co/bz6dH0jyhk
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) February 21, 2017
You don’t actually understand what words mean before you use them, do you?
Maybe it sounded better in Russian. https://t.co/3lmSWymkz4— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 21, 2017
It’s weird that these alt-right fucks are all paranoid about the “deep state.” Even going as far as to say that YouTube is part of it because the Pentagon invented the internet a long time ago so they must be in on it.
That’s amazingly stupid. On YouTube there are numerous videos that show how to hack software or change hardware with any smartphone on the market.
re: #76 teleskiguy
It’s weird that these alt-right fucks are all paranoid about the “deep state.” Even going as far as to say that YouTube is part of it because the Pentagon invented the internet a long time ago so they must be in on it.
That’s amazingly stupid. On YouTube there are numerous videos that show how to hack software or change hardware with any smartphone on the market.
If they’re so concerned about the Pentagon and YouTube, maybe they should take necessary precautions and get off the Internet completely?
One can only pray…
re: #75 Kragar
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US ‘liberals’ today celebrate the censorship of right-wing UK provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos over teen sex quote.https://t.co/bz6dH0jyhk
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) February 21, 2017
Holy Poe! The comrades at DPRK were on the same track:
US order silencing flamboyant pedo-sexual man Milo Yiannopoulos from exclaiming his unnatural passions is called human rights violation. pic.twitter.com/yoXvStJ7mc
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 20, 2017
As far as news coverage, Google has been on the down low compared to Twitter and Facebook as of late. I haven’t read a critical piece in the press about Google in some time. Am I crazy?
re: #75 Kragar
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I will never, for the life of me, understand why the far-left and the far-right think that freedom of speech takes precedent over freedom of association. Oh, I forgot, they know if they can’t shame people into giving them a platform nobody ever will.
re: #73 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You are the one who does not understand how our modern system of capitalism works: once you reach a certain level of the management hierarchy, you are untouchable, regardless of your record.
The trick is to make sure you are Too Big to Fail, because all those who are associated with your name have an interest in making sure you succeed at all costs.
E.g., Carly Fiorina.
“Deep State” is either
a) a crazy conspiracy theory about a cabal of hidden, sinister, powerful persons/entities pulling on the strings behind the curtain;
b) an absolute triviality, a hip(ster) name for “an old boy network”.
re: #82 Nyet
The government is run by people who expect to be around even after the current administration has moved on. They are not loyal to a person or a party, they are loyal to the Constitution and the country and have the job of preserving and maintaining it and its laws.
And lots of them are going to refuse to actively enable an idiot who does not understand how the US government works.
About that Churkin guy that died yesterday?
Russian ambassador to UN Churkin on Aleppo: “Young kids are being covered in dust in order to be presented as victims of bombings.”
— Samuel Oakford (@samueloakford) December 13, 2016
re: #84 Nyet
About that Churkin guy that died yesterday?
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So the Karma Gods were finally catching with a lot of people yesterday?
re: #85 Timothy Watson
He also blocked the MH-17 international tribunal.
SPOILER: One of the answers they gave ended up being wrong
5th grader seeks math problem-solving help from Ohio police | WTOP https://t.co/4U697qA6Bq via @WTOP
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) February 21, 2017
I got a like from Ice-T. No answer yet to my all-important question, though.
@FINALLEVEL Any opinions on Krispy Kreme vs. Dunkin’?
— wheat-dogg (@liguy743) February 21, 2017
A pro-Trump twitter bot network gets to work sharing news of Churkin’s demise, for some reason pic.twitter.com/KcsaoPT21Q
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) February 20, 2017
re: #90 Nyet
A pro-Trump twitter bot network gets to work sharing news of Churkin’s demise, for some reason
Just Churkin off…
Naif.
Well, this should end the debate from the people who think Assange is some type of hero.
Arguing for the rights of pedophiles, wow. pic.twitter.com/XjMRIK4U7r— David Yankovich (@DavidYankovich) February 21, 2017
Cernovich is even creepier than Milo.
Date rape advocate says pedophilia advocate Milo is the real victim here. Such preshus, preshus snowflakes. pic.twitter.com/v08ZvvcZdN
— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) February 21, 2017
Prescient. Predicted theme for Milo Yiannopoulos press conference. pic.twitter.com/NJ9FDgN7AZ
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 21, 2017
re: #93 Nyet
Cernovich is even creepier than Milo.
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It would surprise me much if Cernovich had some history of child or teen sex (when he was an adult). He just seems like the kind of guy who could rationalize it as being OK.
re: #95 wheat-dogg
The life philosophy of Milo and Cernovich is not social conservatism as such (they’re just using it, IMHO), rather it’s egocentric nihilism.
re: #96 Nyet
The life philosophy of Milo and Cernovich is not social conservatism as such (they’re just using it, IMHO), rather it’s egocentric nihilism.
Do not know much about Cernovich, but Milo also seems to be of a personality type who enjoys getting a rise out of people and then backing off and insisting he was just being “edgy” or “sarcastic”…while secretly enjoying how he upsets people doing it.
Hard to say how American right-wingers/Christianists will react to this ruling.
BREAKING: Israeli soldier Elor Azaria sentenced to 18 months in jail for killing injured Palestinian https://t.co/9jccvUnRiF pic.twitter.com/4Kv9Z1A0Oo
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) February 21, 2017
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do not know much about Cernovich, but Milo also seems to be of a personality type who enjoys getting a rise out of people and then backing off and insisting he was just being “edgy” or “sarcastic”…while secretly enjoying how he upsets people doing it.
Cernovich is just plain weird, with his belief in some breathing exercises giving him supernatural powers, and holding attitudes about women and men leftover from the 1940s. He brands himself an “alpha male,” yet he seems to have held no discernible job in his life and allegedly got a generous settlement when he divorced his lawyer wife.
re: #98 wheat-dogg
Hard to say how American right-wingers/Christianists will react to this ruling.
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Proof that even Jews are anti-Israel?
re: #98 wheat-dogg
Hard to say how American right-wingers/Christianists will react to this ruling.
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Not hard to foretell what the majority of the Israeli right will tell though.
re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Proof that even Jews are anti-Israel?
Leftist courts!
re: #103 Nyet
Oh and 18 months for murder. Nice.
Yeah, a slap on the wrist, really, but at least he’ll do some time. Palestinians won’t be pleased about the short sentence, for sure.
re: #103 Nyet
Oh and 18 months for murder. Nice.
Agreed, but the fact that he was brought to trial and convicted at all is quite a contrast to the history of American police using excessive force.
re: #76 teleskiguy
It’s weird that these alt-right fucks are all paranoid about the “deep state.” Even going as far as to say that YouTube is part of it because the Pentagon invented the internet a long time ago so they must be in on it.
That’s amazingly stupid. On YouTube there are numerous videos that show how to hack software or change hardware with any smartphone on the market.
One upside - it’s quicker to type than ‘intelligence community,’ but sends moonbats and wingnuts alike into the same state of blithering paranoia if you mention it on Facebook.
If liberals are any smart*, they will make Milo an albatross around Bannon’s neck.
* Generalization intentional for simplicity’s sake.
re: #99 wheat-dogg
Cernovich is just plain weird, with his belief in some breathing exercises giving him supernatural powers, and holding attitudes about women and men leftover from the 1940s. He brands himself an “alpha male,” yet he seems to have held no discernible job in his life and allegedly got a generous settlement when he divorced his lawyer wife.
I actually watched his video ‘statement’ about Milo, and I was surprised at how dim he seems. I may have been giving him too much credit, for all this time I assumed he was sharper than he actually is.
re: #108 makeitstop
I actually watched his video ‘statement’ about Milo, and I was surprised at how dim he seems. I may have been giving him too much credit, for all this time I assumed he was sharper than he actually is.
A person who seriously retweets Dim Hoft is dim indeed.
I mean, you may be a bullshitter but you don’t have to swallow your own bullshit.
re: #110 Nyet
I mean, you may be a bullshitter but you don’t have to swallow your own bullshit.
Proof that it does not matter how stupid you are if you say and support the right things.
re: #98 wheat-dogg
Hard to say how American right-wingers/Christianists will react to this ruling.
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Only 18 months? As a former soldier, that makes me sad.
re: #112 William Lewis
Only 18 months? As a former soldier, that makes me sad.
again: the fact that he was tried and convicted is something, especially when compared with how the USA deals with police officers involved in incidents of violence.
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again: the fact that he was tried and convicted is something, especially when compared with how the USA deals with police officers involved in incidents of violence.
He was a soldier, not just another damn cop. I expect better from those in the military because I held myself to that standard. Yes, something is better than nothing but this is still as nauseating to me as the case of Lt. Calley.
re: #114 William Lewis
He was a soldier, not just another damn cop. I expect better from those in the military because I held myself to that standard. Yes, something is better than nothing but this is still as nauseating to me as the case of Lt. Calley.
The line between US police and Israeli soldier is a fine one in terms of the job they are doing: maintaining security and order in a war zone.
This thread, y’all.
1/ I’ve been out all day. Just got home + read that “Are Liberals Helping Trump?” @nytimes piece. Fucking hell, I have thoughts… (thread)
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) February 19, 2017
re: #116 makeitstop
1/ I’ve been out all day. Just got home + read that “Are Liberals Helping Trump?”
Anyone who voted for Johnson or Stein certainly helped Trump
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Anyone who voted for Johnson or Stein certainly helped Trump
That’s not the point of the NYT editorial. More navel-gazing about how we have to be tolerant and accepting and run our fingers through Trump cultists’ hair and tell them we’re sorry for being mean to them and try to understand them.
Fuck. That. I understand them just fine, and I’m in no mood to be tolerant or understanding.
re: #118 makeitstop
That’s not the point of the NYT editorial. More navel-gazing about how we have to be tolerant and accepting and run our fingers through Trump cultists’ hair and tell them we’re sorry for being mean to them and try to understand them.
Fuck. That. I understand them just fine, and I’m in no mood to be tolerant or understanding.
It’s the old “Basket of Deplorables” thing. Not everybody in the Trump basket is deplorable, but they are in the basket nonetheless…
re: #118 makeitstop
Dr. Sandra ‘Sandy’ Markowitz: “I hate Raymond Ledbetter and he’s only nine years old! But some of… some of them I like too much, and I worry about them all day long. It is an obvious conflict against all professional standards. I didn’t like Raymond Ledbetter so I tried to understand him. And now that I understand him… I hate him! “
M.NIGHT SHAMAYLAN: the pizza gate story ends with alt-right guys revealed as pedo supporters the entire time
PRODUCER: get out of my office— jon hendren (@fart) February 20, 2017
re: #109 Nyet
A person who seriously retweets Dim Hoft is dim indeed.
I would love to see RWNJs denounce Hoft for continuing to defend Milo. Given their innate homophobia, I wonder if some ratfucking could get it started…
re: #108 makeitstop
I actually watched his video ‘statement’ about Milo, and I was surprised at how dim he seems. I may have been giving him too much credit, for all this time I assumed he was sharper than he actually is.
The more I see what comes out of the mouths of these alt-right freaks, the more they sound like Soviet Communists when Stalin was in power. Every one of them utter the exact same talking points and if anyone deviates from the Party Line, they wind up purged. Reminds me of the Star Trek episode where everyone on a planet were brainwashed to become “part of the body” of Landrew.
JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 21, 2017
re: #126 The Vicious Babushka
JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS.
He did: “I am the least anti-Semitic person you will ever meet!”. That means anyone who attacks Jewish community center or synagogue is No True Trump Supporter.
so there.
/
re: #126 The Vicious Babushka
I imagine some GOP snob retweeting it with the passive-aggressive “she is not wrong”.
FACE PALM OF THE DAY
Person who invited Milo to CPAC conference just told Morning Joe that the alt-right has no place in the conservative movement …
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) February 21, 2017
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
Person who invited Milo to CPAC conference just told Morning Joe that the alt-right has no place in the conservative movement …
Modern conservatism is all about redefining words and terms to fit whatever you feel like saying at any particular time or place…the fact that they call it “conservative” is proof of that.
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
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Last I saw Bannon was still speaking. The only reason they disinvited Milo is because they don’t want their precious conservatism to be linked with same sex pedophila.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Last I saw Bannon was still speaking. The only reason they disinvited Milo is because they don’t want their precious conservatism to be linked with same sex pedophila.
and they have already lost enough advertisers…
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and they have already lost enough advertisers…
My heart aches for CPAC.//
re: #136 HappyWarrior
My heart aches for CPAC.//
next time they complain about any conservative being excluded from a speaking engagement, we can just ask what happened to Milo…
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
next time they complain about any conservative being excluded from a speaking engagement, we can just ask what happened to Milo…
Yep. But you know they still will.
re: #82 Nyet
“Deep State” is either
a) a crazy conspiracy theory about a cabal of hidden, sinister, powerful persons/entities pulling on the strings behind the curtain;
b) an absolute triviality, a hip(ster) name for “an old boy network”.
None of them know about “Very Deep State” yet.
re: #139 Belafon
None of them know about “Very Deep State” yet.
How about Challenger Deep State?
en.wikipedia.org
Imagine my non-surprise when I turn to CNN at work just in time to see Rick Santorum defend Trump by accusing Barack Obama of anti-Semitism.
— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) February 21, 2017
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
“I’m sorry, who’s president again?”
re: #139 Belafon
None of them know about “Very Deep State” yet.
That’s because they have tiny hands.
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
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Not liking Bibi doesn’t make you Antisemitic, Rick nor does thinking Bibi’s actions with the settlements are wrong. But nice try.
re: #147 HappyWarrior
Not liking Bibi doesn’t make you Antisemitic, Rick nor does thinking Bibi’s actions with the settlements are wrong. But nice try.
LOL my Twitter profile says I am “Anti Bibi”
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
LOL my Twitter profile says I am “Anti Bibi”
But then, according to Debbie “Does Dallas” Schlussel, you are antisemitic :D
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
LOL my Twitter profile says I am “Anti Bibi”
YOU HATE JEWS! (Says someone who simply probably says in their Twitter that they support Israel but have probably never actually met a Jewish person in their life)
re: #149 Nyet
But then, according to Debbie “Does Dallas” Schlussel, you are antisemitic :D
According to Baby Whiplash I am not even a “real Jew”
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
According to Baby Whiplash I am not even a “real Jew”
I’d wear that as a badge of honor because that dude sucks.
THIS is what fake news looks like:
You should be alarmed by the Trump administration’s economic planning process. https://t.co/pmjGlo3Pq4 pic.twitter.com/vV8Li76gLi
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) February 21, 2017
Trump ordered staff to fake economic growth numbers under his budget. https://t.co/mVug4pfFYS pic.twitter.com/Y2r0ZjZ6Y3
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) February 21, 2017
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
According to Baby Whiplash I am not even a “real Jew”
So all your 30+ grandkids (I lost count) are not Jews either?
re: #154 Nyet
So all your 30+ grandkids (I lost count) are not Jews either?
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re: #153 Dr. Matt
THIS is what fake news looks like:
I’m sure all of those people that Trump got jobs but don’t actually have one will completely buy into this.
re: #155 Nyet
Mini-Stalin, basically.
He really has a little bit of everyone in him. My Dad has been watching an Italian TV series and he asked me about Berlusconi and I said that he could be equated to Trump a bit.
re: #158 Belafon
I’m sure all of those people that Trump got jobs but don’t actually have one will completely buy into this.
Those people confuse me because they seem to believe that the government should be giving out jobs but it’s perfectly okay if “Trump gets them a job.” Shrug then again these are the same people who are fine with social welfare for themselves but not for others. It’s why I hate being told why we have to listen to Trump supporters.
re: #159 HappyWarrior
He really has a little bit of everyone in him. My Dad has been watching an Italian TV series and he asked me about Berlusconi and I said that he could be equated to Trump a bit.
Yes, temperamentally, albeit Berlusconi is a genius compared to.
re: #157 HappyWarrior
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re: #159 HappyWarrior
He really has a little bit of everyone in him. My Dad has been watching an Italian TV series and he asked me about Berlusconi and I said that he could be equated to Trump a bit.
Imagine if Trump owned CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS…
re: #153 Dr. Matt
Trump, who spent years claiming that statistics generated by government agencies were invented and bogus (like the economy growth rate, the size of the economy, or the unemployment rate), is now demanding that the statistics generated by government agencies fake the numbers so as to prove that his economic policy could work.
It’s so much bullshit, but then again, Trump’s an economic illiterate, and that was the opposite of his entire claim to being president. He’s the thing farthest from an economic expert. He doesn’t know basic terminology or how the economy works.
Seven Key Signs That Trump Knows Nothing About Economics: His Vaunted Expertise, Like Most of What He Says, Is BS https://t.co/S24CgPJ9hl
re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Imagine if Trump owned CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS…
Yeah that’s a scary thought.
re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Imagine if Trump owned CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS…
Well then, he wouldn’t be calling them all FAKE NEWS would he? Even though, they actually would be.
Someone is asking Cernovich to clarify his defense of Milo. Waiting. Waiting…
Looks like my story on Milo & the alleged pedophile ring won’t be out today. “Weird Mike” @Cernovich is taking his time getting back to me. pic.twitter.com/GTYINjVcK5
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) February 21, 2017
re: #166 lawhawk
It’s so much bullshit, but then again, Trump’s an economic illiterate, and that was the opposite of his entire claim to being president. He’s the thing farthest from an economic expert. He doesn’t know basic terminology or how the economy works.
But he knows how to manipulate the media and public opinion, and that is all that counts. He also knows how to create the image of wealth and success even when none exist.
And I expect that he is going to get away with economic sleight-of-hand and that the media will aid his outright lying, misrepresentation and falsification of economic indicators long enough to see him re-elected in 2020…
re: #169 wheat-dogg
Someone is asking Cernovich to clarify his defense of Milo. Waiting. Waiting…
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Well, ok, if anyone deserves a media hit job it’s Cernovich, since it’s what he himself does, but let’s not pretend those questions were intended to be serious.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But he knows how to manipulate the media and public opinion, and that is all that counts. He also knows how to create the image of wealth and success even when none exist.
And I expect that he is going to get away with economic sleight-of-hand and that the media will aid his outright lying, misrepresentation and falsification of economic indicators long enough to see him re-elected in 2020…
I’m not as cynical as you are. When I was out getting ballot petitions signed, I noticed a lot of people upset with Trump.
Hmmmm…I reply to Julian Assange on Twitter and a bot blocks the tweet telling me I will be monitored on Twitter for the next 12 hours.
Now I wonder if that happens to Julian the Russian Rubber Stamp as well…
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But he knows how to manipulate the media and public opinion, and that is all that counts. He also knows how to create the image of wealth and success even when none exist.
And I expect that he is going to get away with economic sleight-of-hand and that the media will aid his outright lying, misrepresentation and falsification of economic indicators long enough to see him re-elected in 2020…
Yup.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
Are they upset because he’s doing what he said he’d do, or because he hasn’t followed through on everything he said he’d do.
That’s the critical distinction.
With Trump support as high as it is among GOPers, that he’s not following through with his agenda is reason to think that the complaint is that he’s not doing enough fast enough.
Sign of the day. pic.twitter.com/UJ6lA783uC
— ImpeachTrump (@dumptrump33) February 21, 2017
re: #175 lawhawk
Are they upset because he’s doing what he said he’d do, or because he hasn’t followed through on everything he said he’d do.
That’s the critical distinction.
With Trump support as high as it is among GOPers, that he’s not following through with his agenda is reason to think that the complaint is that he’s not doing enough fast enough.
That is true. More so the former though. They seemed happy to sign the petition to get the candidate I’m working for on the ballot especially when I added he’d stand up to Trump.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
I’m not as cynical as you are. When I was out getting ballot petitions signed, I noticed a lot of people upset with Trump.
I wish I could be less cynical, but I saw how he got elected, and when he comes up for re-election, I expect we are going to see more of that shit - on steroids.
We are going to need a strong campaign and candidate in 2020. Whom that is. Your guess is as good as mine. I’m working locally until then and watching governors and senators who stand out while I post here.
re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I wish I could be less cynical, but I saw how he got elected, and when he comes up for re-election, I expect we are going to see more of that shit - on steroids.
I know. You have every right to be cynical after 2016.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
That is one way of getting someone other than the uncouth one.
re: #181 PhillyPretzel
That is one way of getting someone other than the uncouth one.
I figure we won’t directly face him until 2020 but he does have proxies I.e state legislatiors, congresspersons, and governors that can and should be beaten.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
We are going to need a strong campaign and candidate in 2020. Whom that is. Your guess is as good as mine. I’m working locally until then and watching governors and senators who stand out while I post here.
And there are plenty of important elections between now and 2020.
re: #183 Belafon
And there are plenty of important elections between now and 2020.
Yep starts early here in VA. Already a gubernatorial election this year and Kaine is up for re election next fall.
re: #183 Belafon
And there are plenty of important elections between now and 2020.
If the Dems can at least hold their own in 2018, I will have grounds for optimism.
re: #182 HappyWarrior
Are you favoring any particular candidate for Lieutenant Governor?
re: #182 HappyWarrior
My ward leader came around the other day. No mention of the uncouth one but quite a few local petitions to sign.
re: #186 Timothy Watson
Are you favoring any particular candidate for Lieutenant Governor?
I’m not familiar with the candidates there tbh. I definitely favor Herring for AG again though.
So, this is happening.
DP&L have been planning to shut down two of its coal-fired power plants (one of them had a huge explosion recently) and now Murray Energy (founded by the infamous and current CEO Robert Murray) is asking the State of Ohio to intervene and require DP&L to keep the plants open.
Murray supplies coal to both plants which represented substantial revenue for the company, company officials said.
According to Murray officials, before DP&L’s January (closure) announcement, Murray had been seeking to keep the two power plants open through 2026.
According to the Murray filing with PUCO, Murray says the coal industry has not been properly represented in the proceedings.
“The stipulation and recommendation completely fails to address the staggering adverse closure effects that it unloads upon Murray Energy and the citizens of Ohio,” Murray officials said in its filing. “Rather, it focuses primarily on serving the private self-interests of the parties to the agreement, many of which, including the Sierra Club, appear to stand ready to receive substantial payments under the self-serving agreement.”
According to the proposed settlement announced by DP&L, the company is moving away from coal-fired energy and looking closer into renewable energy resources. The terms of the proposed agreement would require Stuart and Killen to close in mid-2018.
So much bullshit.
re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If the Dems can at least hold their own in 2018, I will have grounds for optimism.
Considering the imbalance in senate races between Democrats (25) and Republicans (8), I would be ecstatic if Democrats held those seats.
Actually Tim, I take that back, I did read about Justin Fairfax last week. He seems legit.
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, this is happening.
DP&L have been planning to shut down two of its coal-fired power plants (one of them had a huge explosion recently) and now Murray Energy (founded by the infamous and current CEO Robert Murray) is asking the State of Ohio to intervene and require DP&L to keep the plants open.So much bullshit.
But, but, free market!
re: #192 Belafon
But, but, free market!
According to information on Murray’s website, it is looking forward to changes in Environmental Protection Agency regulations which had been put into play by the Obama administration.
re: #190 Belafon
Considering the imbalance in senate races between Democrats (25) and Republicans (8), I would be ecstatic if Democrats held those seats.
Yep gonna be hard.
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, this is happening.
DP&L have been planning to shut down two of its coal-fired power plants (one of them had a huge explosion recently) and now Murray Energy (founded by the infamous and current CEO Robert Murray) is asking the State of Ohio to intervene and require DP&L to keep the plants open.So much bullshit.
Welfare and interference in the free market are wrong, unless it’s my bread being buttered.
Alexei Smertin put in charge of investigating soccer racism in Russia despite apparently denying it existshttps://t.co/eT4W3qCi3q pic.twitter.com/3WfuloTE7W
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 21, 2017
re: #191 HappyWarrior
Actually Tim, I take that back, I did read about Justin Fairfax last week. He seems legit.
Yeah, I haven’t seen that much from any candidates for Lt. Gov. but Fairfax would add some diversity and youth to the ticket.
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
And he will make sure it does not exist. /
While touring African American museum, Trump tells reporters he will visit Holocaust museum soon: ‘very important, very important to me’
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) February 21, 2017
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alexei Smertin put in charge of investigating soccer racism in Russia despite apparently denying it existshttp://
And there is no homophobia in Iran because they do not have gays…
re: #198 Timothy Watson
Yeah, I haven’t seen that much from any candidates for Lt. Gov. but Fairfax would add some diversity and youth to the ticket.
Yeah me neither. Great point about the diversity. Wish we had some women and Hispanics too but Justin seems legit. I’m obviously voting a straight Dem ticket regardless of what happens. Finally saw one of Wagner’s ads. It’s him with a gun. Rolls eyes. Don’t know too much about him compared to Stewart and Gillespie tho.
Philadelphia:
Update Per @UDPolice at the scene:two trains crashed head-on… two-three cars now off the track … pic.twitter.com/gXSXfDvxCP
— Bob Kelly (@bobkellytraffic) February 21, 2017
Septa update, total now up to six cars off the tracks and damaged, NTSB officials enroute. MFL does not have any cars to spare at this point pic.twitter.com/nT63Az4X6P
— Bob Kelly (@bobkellytraffic) February 21, 2017
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
Philadelphia:
When’s Trump going to abolish the NTSB so the market can decide these things?
@AP_Sports
> despite
because— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 21, 2017
re: #202 HappyWarrior
Yeah me neither. Great point about the diversity. Wish we had some women and Hispanics too but Justin seems legit. I’m obviously voting a straight Dem ticket regardless of what happens. Finally saw one of Wagner’s ads. It’s him with a gun. Rolls eyes. Don’t know too much about him compared to Stewart and Gillespie tho.
There’s a Susan Platt running for Lt. Gov. too but I’ve never heard of her until I saw she was in ActBlue’s directory of candidates. There’s also Gene Rossi who I think Blue Virginia was promoting recently. (Not a big Blue Virginia fan, so that’s probably a point against him.) :)
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
Please excuse the bad language. Shit. It is going to be a $^ getting home today. :(
Update from SEPTA’s website: 10 minute delays and shuttle buses will be operating between 63rd and 69th stops.
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hey, he sounds exactly alike a certain Supreme Court Chief Justice!
At end of @NMAAHC tour, Pres Trump decries anti-Semitic threats as “horrible & painful:” More must be done to root out hate & prejudice pic.twitter.com/tj1peL6Vh1
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 21, 2017
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2017
re: #208 Timothy Watson
There’s a Susan Platt running for Lt. Gov. too but I’ve never heard of her until I saw she was in ActBlue’s directory of candidates. There’s also Gene Rossi who I think Blue Virginia was promoting recently. (Not a big Blue Virginia fan, so that’s probably a point against him.) :)
Saw on Ballotpedia that Eileen Filler-Corn is a potential candidate for LG. She seemed impressive.
Trump obsessed w/ only one thing: Ratings. He just proclaimed Museum of African American History a success b/c of its “tremendous numbers”
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 21, 2017
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump obsessed w/ only one thing: Ratings. He just proclaimed Museum of African American History a success b/c of its “tremendous numbers”
Did we expect anything else when we elected a reality TV star?
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #209 PhillyPretzel
Please excuse the bad language. Shit. It is going to be a $^ getting home today. :(
LATEST: 18 SEPTA El cars affected in collision/derailment at 69th St. Terminal. 4 injured, non-life threatening. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/Xyw5Rvi0cd
— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) February 21, 2017
LATEST: 18 SEPTA El cars affected in collision/derailment at 69th St. Terminal. 4 injured, non-life threatening. @CBSPhilly
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jeez. I do need to make it down there. I really want to see the sports exhibits. I think sports had a good role in helping change things. Joe Louis to me in his own way helped as much as MLK.
re: #216 Joe Bacon
I also noted the two Republican apologists standing behind President Pee Pee!
One of them crazy, low-energy stabber, acc. to Trump.
Looking at CNN’s home page and seeing that they are in full asskissing mode for President Pee Pee…
re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am fortunate in that I use the other end of the Market-Frankford line but this will mess up most of the SEPTA system.
re: #212 HappyWarrior
Saw on Ballotpedia that Eileen Filler-Corn is a potential candidate for LG. She seemed impressive.
I’m kinda surprised that Chap Peterson hasn’t jumped in honestly. People have been expecting him to setup for a race for Governor since he was elected to the Senate.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Can’t help but notice that Carson’s standing behind Trump - because he needs a black guy to show that he’s sympathetic.
re: #222 Timothy Watson
I’m kinda surprised that Chap Peterson hasn’t jumped in honestly. People have been expecting him to setup for a race for Governor since he was elected to the Senate.
Yeah me too.
That was after Pence ~caused the outbreak~ by defunding the very programs that help prevent spread of HIV. @politico
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 21, 2017
heh
Tenn. rep sent out a release, held a press conf. touting his “Milo Bill.” Now says it was never really about Milo. https://t.co/F7IMvI1nH3
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) February 21, 2017
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Another example of why President Pee Pee loves the poorly educated…
Whiner:
Gay NYC Fascists Try And Silence TGP White House Correspondant Lucian Wintrich @LucianWintrich https://t.co/VNRLMdzBwv
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) February 21, 2017
The poor baby got himself a coveted WH correspondent even though it’s a scam/agitprop outfit, and he’s complaining that his correspondent is being treated as such?
Fuck’em.
re: #229 lawhawk
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Well we do have our gladiators in the NFL, Boxing, MLB, NBA NHL. Never mind that a significant number of them eventually wind up on disability due to all sorts of injuries including brain damage, steroid abuse, arthritis, heart abnormalities, liver failure…
Smertin: “There has never been [racism] here. 10 years ago fans could offer a black player a banana, but only for laughs.”
Just great.
re: #230 lawhawk
Gay NYC Fascists would at least have real style.
re: #230 lawhawk
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The poor baby got himself a coveted WH correspondent even though it’s a scam/agitprop outfit, and he’s complaining that his correspondent is being treated as such?
Fuck’em.
Aw, SGMOTI doesn’t like seeing his twink buddy get harassed…
Backwoods Thank you for the information about the Market-Frankford line. I was planning to spend the day out in King of Prussia but because of the mess at the other end of the Market-Frankford line I think I will start to make my way back to NE Philly. I will be back later.
Great! now somebody threw a shopping cart on the LA Metro tracks and they’ve messed up the Red and Purple lines to get downtown…
re: #234 Joe Bacon
Aw, SGMOTI doesn’t like seeing his twink buddy get harassed…
Is the “G” for Gay? Because I don’t think we need that qualifier. He is the stupidest man on the internet regardless.
re: #236 Joe Bacon
Hmm. It does not seem to be a good day for public transit riders. :(
re: #233 Belafon
Gay NYC Fascists would at least have real style.
Good name for an alternative band too.
re: #108 makeitstop
I actually watched his video ‘statement’ about Milo, and I was surprised at how dim he seems. I may have been giving him too much credit, for all this time I assumed he was sharper than he actually is.
Just a reminder, JuiceBro is fucking nuts.
re: #230 lawhawk
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Fuck’em.
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Trump, speaking at African-American Museum, thanks Sen. Tim Scott. “I like the state of SC…where I won by double, double, double digits”
Trump, speaking at African-American Museum, thanks Sen. Tim Scott.
“I like the state of SC…where I won by double, double, double digits” pic.twitter.com/cVgZM0GShh— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
Hi, I’m here at the African American Museum to brag about how a lot of white racists voted for me, so there’s that… https://t.co/7ZJNtO7EXJ
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2017
re: #237 Franklin
Is the “G” for Gay? Because I don’t think we need that qualifier. He is the stupidest man on the internet regardless.
G for Goddamnmotherfucking
Felix Sater’s Trump ties (hugely significant) pale in comparison to fact that he turned informant for the FBI/CIA. https://t.co/cl7pppjaeK
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 21, 2017
This story bears watching, mostly because Sater has been an FBI informant and CIA informant at different points, and his criminal background came to light when he tried organizing a Trump tower project in Florida and investors balked once they realized that he had a criminal record (that the feds wanted to keep sealed).
What he’s done, who he knows, and what he’s doing even now are all question marks. What Trump is doing with him in his sphere of influence? Nothing good, that’s for sure.
.@DHSgov just confirmed our @propublica story: the US wants to deport migrants to Mexico even if they aren’t Mexican https://t.co/y9D1338hdY pic.twitter.com/Elx5xpHKcY
— Marcelo Rochabrún (@mrochabrun) February 21, 2017
re: #244 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
G for Goddamnmotherfucking
Well then, that’s a qualifier I can stand behind. As you all were.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
seriously? did he really brag about his SC margin?
@gatewaypundit @lucianwintrich He represents a fake news site so he’s a fake correspondent. (Also, learn to spell.)
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 21, 2017
Some protestors gathering outside American Legion property in Lawrenceburg where Sen. Mitch McConnell is scheduled to speak today. pic.twitter.com/HwZ8xg3eLD
— Mark Vanderhoff (@WLKYMark) February 21, 2017
So I setup a nanny cam to check in on our new rescue dog during the day. Not much activity. Rescue dog #1 gets out of his bed every 20 minutes to walk across the kitchen to sit on my gym bag, then back to bed in another 20. Rescue dog #2 (the new girl) just snores in her crate. What a life.
re: #249 Nyet
Gay NYC Fascists Try And Silence TGP White House Correspondant Lucian Wintrich
He is an ant who corresponds. Fits perfectly to a little creepy creature like that.
re: #250 lawhawk
Hmmm…..
Guess: because of the typo.
But the article is both whiny and batshit crazy.
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
I want to see a Canadian get deported to Mexico.
Biting my tongue here:
“Democrats have to come to grips with the idea that the Democratic Party doesn’t exist for Democrats, it is for the American people.”
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is another leading contender to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. And true to his progressive roots, Ellison also believes “the Democratic Party should always be the party that stands with the aspiring working people of America.” Ellison, who says he would resign his congressional seat if he wins the DNC post this weekend, illustrated what he meant by talking about Ms. McGillicuddy.
re: #258 Timothy Watson
Biting my tongue here:
“Democrats have to come to grips with the idea that the Democratic Party doesn’t exist for Democrats, it is for the American people.”
As compared to McConnell and Ryan, who have indicated that their entire existence is for the Republican party.
.@POTUS views the @RealBenCarson exhibit at @NMAfA with Dr & Mrs Carson & @SenatorTimScott #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/kLxE13pWC5
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) February 21, 2017
It’s @NMAAHC you incompetent fuck. https://t.co/nBlyPkWB5z
— Amanda Mester (@heyyybonita) February 21, 2017
Trump’s photo op at @NMAAHC does not erase what he said about the Central Park 5, Barack Obama, John Lewis & others. pic.twitter.com/1CKYk9c9D0
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 21, 2017
Trump’s photo op at @NMAAHC does not erase what he said about the Central Park 5, Barack Obama, John Lewis & others.
Gee, what are the odds:
A day after fake news criticizes Trump’s comments on Sweden. A riot in Rinkeby Sweden occurs!Cop fires warning shot. pic.twitter.com/Kf1LUw9rNA
— Paulina Forslund (@PaulinaForslund) February 20, 2017
Hours after Trump claims something happened in Sweden, something actually did happen there - what are the odds that this was staged. Can’t rule out ratfucking by those who want to see Trump enact even harsher Muslim immigration rules, or forcing our European allies and friends do the same.
The whole thing just reeks.
re: #230 lawhawk
Whiner:
The poor baby got himself a coveted WH correspondent even though it’s a scam/agitprop outfit, and he’s complaining that his correspondent is being treated as such?
Fuck’em.
of all the fascists, the gay NYC fascists are the worst.
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re: #262 lawhawk
Gee, what are the odds:
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Hours after Trump claims something happened in Sweden, something actually did happen there - what are the odds that this was staged. Can’t rule out ratfucking by those who want to see Trump enact even harsher Muslim immigration rules, or forcing our European allies and friends do the same.
The whole thing just reeks.
We have entered the New Media Reality. If what Trump says is not true, it is made true…
re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Naw, Trump just got the timing wrong. Those damn kids. /
.@POTUS views the @RealBenCarson exhibit at @NMAfA with Dr & Mrs Carson & @SenatorTimScott #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/kLxE13pWC5
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) February 21, 2017
To @presssec, they all look the same. @heyyybonita @NMAAHC
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 21, 2017
re: #262 lawhawk
It was pointed out the other day that something had happened recently in Sweden, and it involved the local Nazis. I doubt that’s what Trump wants to remind people of, though.
President Trump was very positive at national African American Museum.his commitment to help African Americans very encouraging
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 21, 2017
As a representative of the African American Community, Newt Gingrich wants you to know what a swell guy Donald Trump is for Black People https://t.co/W1FoLTgeNx
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2017
Millennials most narcissistic generation ever… https://t.co/9Ew6S1t1ku
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 21, 2017
Says the generation that called itself the “Greatest” generation. /
re: #272 lawhawk
Any generation that does not include Drudge can’t win that title.
re: #273 Belafon
Any generation that does not include
DrudgeTrump can’t win that title.
re: #272 lawhawk
Says the generation that called itself the “Greatest” generation. /
I wonder what Drudge thinks of DT’s narcissistic bragging about double digit wins in SC while DT tours the AA museum.
Rhetorical question.
re: #272 lawhawk
Says the generation that called itself the “Greatest” generation. /
Isn’t the whole conservative project an exercise in national narcissism (MAGA, American Exceptionalism, etc)?
re: #272 lawhawk
Different research methods have found that individualism is on the rise in American culture, with younger generations reporting less empathy and more self-focus than generations before. Although this narcissism is often pinned on millennials alone in the popular press, research going back to the early 1900s suggests that these forces have been in play for at least a century.
That’s rich when it’s older generations that voted overwhelmingly for Trump and hate anyone who isn’t them. But young people have problems with empathy?
re: #275 The Vicious Babushka
I thought about that one too, and it also stands. There are numerous counterexamples to the original generalization.
re: #278 Timothy Watson
That’s rich when it’s older generations that voted overwhelmingly for Trump and hate anyone who isn’t them. But young people have problems with empathy?
So NOW individualism is bad? As compared to, say, last week, when it’s all Republicans want to push.
re: #280 Belafon
So NOW individualism is bad? As compared to, say, last week, when it’s all Republicans want to push.
I know. I can’t keep up.
New statement from the Anne Frank Center: “Trump’s sudden ackowlegement of Anti-Semitism is like a band-aid for cancer.” pic.twitter.com/eh81LwBngi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 21, 2017
Something involving women’s health, can’t watch it right now.
Concerning Trump’s economic illiteracy and the call to cheat budget estimates by front-loading the numbers—now it makes sense why Fox and Friends ran a long segment on how Trump’s first 30 days prove he’s the same genius in Art of the Deal. It was utter BS, of course, but they highlighted things like “negotiation means nothing if you don’t follow through on your promises” (from his book, supposedly), to which FnF’s ran a bullet point list of his “achievements” so far. It’s amazing to see this kind of bald-faced propaganda play out in real time. They’re trying to get ahead of the disaster.
re: #282 Stanley Sea
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New statement from the Anne Frank Center: “Trump’s sudden ackowlegement of Anti-Semitism is like a band-aid for cancer.”
Which will be the new standard for cancer care after repeal of the ACA!
re: #272 lawhawk
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Says the generation that called itself the “Greatest” generation. /
(Just throwing something out there)
The Milleniel generation doesn’t reek with draft dodgers and moldy leisure suits….
re: #282 Stanley Sea
I love the Jewish states. Won them by double-double digits.
re: #287 Sir John Barron
I love the Jewish states. Won them by double-double digits.
Trump’s two-state solution: New York and Florida!!!
The funny thing about the Milo invite? I’m old enough to remember when GOProud was banned from participating in CPAC.
VIDEO: Protesters gather before @SenateMajLdr McConnell speaks in Lawrenceburg https://t.co/aOXHnp9SCp pic.twitter.com/F3y5el3ueZ
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 21, 2017
re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth
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See the barbed-wire-topped fence 100 yards from this building? That’s where protestors have to stay during Sen. Mitch McConnell’s visit. pic.twitter.com/spjFnftQ09
— Mark Vanderhoff (@WLKYMark) February 21, 2017
“The brick wall just got taller and wider.” Gov vetoes anti-women’s health legislation HB 2264. pic.twitter.com/EYLoEsPQD6
— Terry McAuliffe (@GovernorVA) February 21, 2017
“The brick wall just got taller and wider.” Gov vetoes anti-women’s health legislation HB 2264.
re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Or it’s that we’re living in the realm of Max Headroom. Channel 23. Where the media outlets have banned tv off switches, and they control the flow of information.
re: #293 lawhawk
Or it’s that we’re living in the realm of Max Headroom. Channel 23. Where the media outlets have banned tv off switches, and they control the flow of information.
I guess blipverts are next.
re: #293 lawhawk
Or it’s that we’re living in the realm of Max Headroom. Channel 23. Where the media outlets have banned tv off switches, and they control the flow of information.
the media alter reality to fit the words of the President.
Have been doing it since he was a candidate, and I do not see it getting any better
re: #240 Ubiq
Just a reminder, JuiceBro is fucking nuts.
Gah. That schmoe thinks sooooo highly of himself.
Todays nutritional intake: Today’s food intake: Pork, Potato, vegetables and gravy.
Spoilered because
sigh…
Bill introduced to make the Bible the state book of West Virginia https://t.co/fuw1KPGCSI pic.twitter.com/aKr6jOwcjC
— WSAZ NewsChannel 3 (@WSAZnews) February 21, 2017
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WSAZ) — A bill has been introduced in the West Virginia House to make the Holy Bible the official state book of the state.
House Bill 2568 aims to amend the state code to make the Bible the official state book of West Virginia.
The bill was introduced Monday by delegates from Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Boone, Mingo, Wayne, Jackson, Ohio and Upshur counties.
The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bill introduced to make the Bible the state book of West Virginia
But only the King James translation!!!
Delaware special election this Saturday will decide control of State Senate
This is making me real nervous. This is a middle class area. The two major candidates are both against legalizing marijuana yet there’s a Libertarian candidate who is for legalization. So of course the big talk on Facebook locally among young people is that they are all going to vote for the Libertarian — even though they all hate Trump. So looks like yet another third party spoiler for Democrats.
Also the last election this district was decided by just 267 votes.
There’s a Cow on the loose in Queens. pic.twitter.com/rVedvKYdZD
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) February 21, 2017
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, this is happening.
DP&L have been planning to shut down two of its coal-fired power plants (one of them had a huge explosion recently) and now Murray Energy (founded by the infamous and current CEO Robert Murray) is asking the State of Ohio to intervene and require DP&L to keep the plants open.So much bullshit.
That’s a whole lot of steaming bullshit. I hope the state tells ‘em to go pound some coal dust.
I’m thinking Johnny Kasich will not want it since he is big on Ohio natural gas from all the fracking he’s allowed in Ohio. But then, Ohio coal country might be thinking The Donald will “Trump” him since they voted for him and Trump won the state.
But suppliers should never be able to run the damn company they supply.
he fixed it:
.@POTUS views the @RealBenCarson exhibit at @NMAAHC with Dr & Mrs Carson & @SenatorTimScott #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/vmG8RY6Mfe
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) February 21, 2017
re: #301 weave
Delaware special election this Saturday will decide control of State Senate
This is making me real nervous. This is a middle class area. The two major candidates are both against legalizing marijuana yet there’s a Libertarian candidate who is for legalization. So of course the big talk on Facebook locally among young people is that they are all going to vote for the Libertarian — even though they all hate Trump. So looks like yet another third party spoiler for Democrats.
Also the last election this district was decided by just 267 votes.
Just think, they won’t get their marijuana, nor will they get any of the other things they currently enjoy.
.@DHSgov will hire 10,000 new immigration officers and reverse a number of Obama administration immigration policies https://t.co/o6ZG5gTXwg pic.twitter.com/anh0TbEiHH
— POLITICO 45 (@politico_45) February 21, 2017
But no “deportation force,” yeah? https://t.co/IbD5FF1sTY
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 21, 2017
Standing room only at open house for US Rep Bob Goodlatte (he’s not here) in Waynesboro @NewsLeaderNOW pic.twitter.com/RFTo5hVgXX
— wmramsey (@wmramsey) February 21, 2017
re: #218 HappyWarrior
Jeez. I do need to make it down there. I really want to see the sports exhibits. I think sports had a good role in helping change things. Joe Louis to me in his own way helped as much as MLK.
Jackie Robinson too! He may have played a bigger sports role since he played team sports thus breaking into the white only clubhouse/locker room and had to get along with teammates.
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
And where’s that budget supposed to come from?
re: #309 FormerDirtDart
I wonder how many “bad apples” will go through on a 50% increase in size?
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
FACE PALM OF THE DAY
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My local newspaper was full of OUTRAGE that Cal Poly might cancel Milo’s appearance there recently. So was the paper’s editorial board.
Strangely there has been exactly zero coverage of his newest outrage, so in San Luis Obispo it’s FAKE NEWS!.
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
Standing room only at open house for US Rep Bob Goodlatte (he’s not here) in Waynesboro
I know people who will go way out of their way for a good latté…
Shocked and saddened by disturbing incidence of anti-semitic hate crime in Willowdale last night. Call 808-2223 if you have any information.
— Ali Ehsassi (@AliEhsassi) February 20, 2017
We will never stand for acts of hate against the Jewish community in Canada. Sending my full support & solidarity to victims in Willowdale. https://t.co/WFFI5Wstfs
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 21, 2017
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Anti-Semitic notes at Willowdale condominium investigated as hate crime https://t.co/7gnPQYIbrj pic.twitter.com/4PLfAA3SN9
— 680 NEWS Toronto (@680NEWS) February 21, 2017
The contrasting scene inside the American Legion Hall where @SenateMajLdr is about to speak. Protesters outside outnumber folks in here. pic.twitter.com/7d631OBVPq
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
re: #311 I cannot.
I wonder how many “bad apples” will go through on a 50% increase in size?
I wonder how they plan on training 10,000 new officers. I can’t imagine FLETC handling that kind of additional throughput in a timely manner. Given that it takes 4-6 months training
re: #318 FormerDirtDart
I wonder how they plan on training 10,000 new officers. I can’t imagine FLETC handling that kind of additional throughput in a timely manner. Given that it takes 4-6 months training
Training, we don’t need no stinking training!
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
How did they screen the people who got in? Invitation-only, outrageous fee to attend…?
Grassley addressing Afghan immigrant now. He says he was a translator for US military now seeking asylum. Having trouble getting paperwork.
— Hannah Hilyard (@HannahHilyard) February 21, 2017
One man w/ Afghan roots confronts Sen. Grassley about immigration. Sen. doesn’t answer moving on w/ list he made at beginning of meeting.
One man w/ Afghan roots confronts Sen. Grassley about immigration. Sen. doesn’t answer moving on w/ list he made at beginning of meeting. pic.twitter.com/mwx7uFgbrJ
— Hannah Hilyard (@HannahHilyard) February 21, 2017
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The barbed wire really adds to the image. So 2017 Republican politics. Credit to the photographer.
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m watching a police standoff with a cow on the loose in Queens pic.twitter.com/HHDTnr8tyZ
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
Bull on the loose in Jamaica, Queens LIVE: https://t.co/NvvFWGq259
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) February 21, 2017
re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth
ICE will be waiting for the man after this is over.
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Heh, back in 2004: At the time, I lived about a mile (as the crow flies) from where a 450-pound white Bengal circus tiger named Apollo got loose in Queens. He caused a minor 5-car pile-up on the Jackie Robinson Parkway—insert NYC accent: DAFUQ?? Did we just see a frickin’ TIGER?—before taking a stroll in the park. Police seemed kinda unnerved, but apparently church picnickers took it in stride:
Tiger, Briefly on the Loose, Causes Collision
The tiger strolled across Forest Park and ambled by a surprised, but not easily frightened, Berean Missionary Baptist Church choir picnic.
”He just strolled along, he didn’t bother anybody,” said Deborah Faulk, a choir member. ”I’m thinking: ‘What a pretty animal. It’s my first taste of a safari.”’ […]
Police armed with shotguns and tranquilizer guns cornered the tiger until a rolling cage could be brought by to take him back to the circus. The tiger was back in his cage by 1:30 p.m.
”It was a little nerve-racking,” said Capt. John Durkin with the Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit. ”It looked left, it looked right. It didn’t look like it wanted to go into its cage. There were a tense couple of seconds.” […]
“Just because they also hate Trump doesn’t mean they aren’t full of shit, Chapter N+1”
A book that needs to be written is how increased access to media and communication is making Americans insane with relative deprivation. /1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 21, 2017
Ignoring flat wages, falling median income, falling average family wealth, disappearance of stability in employment, Nichols blames Americans’ dissatisfaction with their economic lot on people learning how much others make.
Ironically, the guy now peddling a book on the Death Of Expertise is spinning horseshit easily debunked by anyone actually working in the field.
re: #311 I cannot.
I wonder how many “bad apples” will go through on a 50% increase in size?
especially when they comprise 90% of the applicants…
Are you getting Boomers mixed up with the war generation lawhawk?
I think the “Greatest Generation” is the one before the Boomers.
re: #319 Timothy Watson
Training, we don’t need no stinking training!
…but.. but.. but… you need the training to get the badges!
re: #326 Blind Frog Belly White
“Just because they also hate Trump doesn’t mean they aren’t full of shit, Chapter N+1”
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Ignoring flat wages, falling median income, falling average family wealth, disappearance of stability in employment, Nichols blames Americans’ dissatisfaction with their economic lot on people learning how much others make.
Ironically, the guy now peddling a book on the Death Of Expertise is spinning horseshit easily debunked by anyone actually working in the field.
Nichols also recently had a whiny screed at millrnials for saying “No problem” when being thanked by customers.
re: #308 ObserverArt
Jackie Robinson too! He may have played a bigger sports role since he played team sports thus breaking into the white only clubhouse/locker room and had to get along with teammates.
Yes Jackie too and so many others.
re: #329 jeffreyw
…but.. but.. but… you need the training to get the badges!
“Today’s training is on how to get and attach your badge.”
If you can catch a cow, you can catch an Illegal…
ICE…we need you cow catchers…
THE COW IS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET pic.twitter.com/UDgXqQYFVh
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
Run free with the buffalo, or die
THE COW IS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET pic.twitter.com/UDgXqQYFVh
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
Thinkprogress is getting snarkier: Valiant heroes at Simon & Schuster decide pedophilia is the dealbreaker
Here is part of what the president said at the National Museum of African American History and Culture today. pic.twitter.com/5Gb8N0W7vI
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 21, 2017
Translating @realDonaldTrump: “many of my best friends are the blacks.” https://t.co/602JgJBvCJ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 21, 2017
DAY 32: Haven’t blown my yearly travel budget in a month. Pie’d every GOPer in the fucking face. Sent Bill to The Coupe for an egg sammy.
— Alt-POTUS 45 (@IfHillaryHad) February 21, 2017
Sigh if I can go a day without hearing about neoliberalism. Listen, the economic strategies that worked 1932-64 worked because people remembered life before Depression. They knew a time before Social Security, minimum wage, etc.
Tiny horned lizard pic.twitter.com/mQIymactwL
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) February 21, 2017
re: #278 Timothy Watson
That’s rich when it’s older generations that voted overwhelmingly for Trump and hate anyone who isn’t them. But young people have problems with empathy?
Boomers (of which I am one) were certainly very self-centered and self indulgent. I don’t think Boomers have a lot of room to criticize any other generation. They went from peace and love “hippie” thinking to mass consumption ‘yuppie” Trump supporters.
I know I don’t criticize based on generations as I have many problems with my generation.
If the younger generation has any problem it was because of a lot of questionable parenting…as in parents that many times were too into themselves to give proper attention to raising their kids.
re: #338 HappyWarrior
Sigh if I can go a day without hearing about neoliberalism. Listen, the economic strategies that worked 1932-64 worked because people remembered life before Depression. They knew a time before Social Security, minimum wage, etc.
NEOLIBERAL WITCH! BURN HIM!1!!
re: #330 HappyWarrior
Nichols also recently had a whiny screed at millrnials for saying “No problem” when being thanked by customers.
I don’t know Nichols or about his whiny screed but that is one of my minor peeves as well and has gotten to be something of a joke among my friends when we go out. As soon as we hear it - and we do every single time - we start to giggle and roll our eyes. I have started to comment with gratitude when we get a server who actually says “you’re welcome” or even better “my pleasure.”
re: #325 CuriousLurker
re: #340 ObserverArt
If the younger generation has any problem it was because of a lot of questionable parenting…as in parents that many times were too into themselves to give proper attention to raising their kids.
You also have families were both parents work and one or both of them might spend three or four hours a day just commuting…
Sign outside Sen McConnell’s speaking venue, plus lots of police, keeps demonstration outside hall. pic.twitter.com/J9kp4GtBlG
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) February 21, 2017
Sen McConnell works way through food line amid friendly faces inside Anderson County Chamber of Commerce. pic.twitter.com/wWFVlM8AJ4
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) February 21, 2017
re: #331 HappyWarrior
Yes Jackie too and so many others.
I think we also have to credit performers like Sammy Davis Jr, Lena Horne, Paul Robeson, MoTown artists, et al.
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
Run free with the buffalo, or die
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I wonder if the guy chasing it has thought through the options of what he’s gonna do if he actually catches it…?
re: #339 The Vicious Babushka
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Been there. Picked it up. Didn’t have a camera. Put it down. Let it grow up.
This one (different species) I had a camera for. It was the 4th of July, so I was carrying.
THE COW IS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET pic.twitter.com/UDgXqQYFVh
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
DOGGO ON THE LOOSE I REPEAT DOGGO ON THE LOOSE 10/10 https://t.co/ffIH2WxwF0
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 21, 2017
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
Curtis Tate ✔ @tatecurtis
The contrasting scene inside the American Legion Hall where @SenateMajLdr is about to speak. Protesters outside outnumber folks in here.
11:57 AM - 21 Feb 2017 * Lawrenceburg, KY
The two sides of America. Seems like the Republicans are perfectly fine ignoring the “other” side stuck outside protesting. Hopefully that will come back to bite them in the ass come 2018.
The bull appears to be tranquilized in someone’s backyard in Queens, surrounded by cops pic.twitter.com/gB2qbHKMSy
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
Who, I ask you, hasn’t roamed through Jamaica a tad stoned??
The cow was roaming through Jamaica even after it appeared to have been shot with tranq darts. https://t.co/ue2ixv2pvI pic.twitter.com/A0D5KFzv3a
— Aidan Gardiner (@AidanGardiner) February 21, 2017
Clearly some sort of racing hound. H*ckin magnificent stride
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 21, 2017
DHS memo orders the border wall — by locating existing, usable funds and preparing budget requests to Congress. pic.twitter.com/5AZM9878PP
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 21, 2017
re: #340 ObserverArt
Thing is, most of them weren’t hippies.
What they do have in common? Being the generation that grew up being told that the US was the hero of WW2, that the nation was the “good” superpower, that the prosperity they benefited from was the product of hard work (not the devastation of most of the industrialized world). They’re also the generation that were instilled with a nationalism that associated church, family, and state as pillars of the USA (thanks, Eisenhower). They were also the generation in which post-war economics created both a physical and economic separation between blacks and whites, even as the “success” of the era was being attributed solely to individual achievement.
I’m not saying they’re all bastards, but I think it’s important to consider the culture the grew up in, and how it created the explanatory devices we now see them using when they look at current events.
re: #357 lawhawk
Memos say fedl govt will immediately start hiring 5,000 border agents, 500 air and marine agents, 10,000 ICE agents.https://t.co/sTpRQGUiSl pic.twitter.com/VCvhbIoqcc
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 21, 2017
re: #306 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just transfer them over from the soon-to-be abolished Dept. of Ed.
The cow is DOWN. @NBcNewYork reports that the people in the blue gear near thw cow are from the slaughter house. https://t.co/tJElms6g1Q pic.twitter.com/TGmHEOuTvj
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
re: #344 Timothy Watson
You also have families were both parents work and one or both of them might spend three or four hours a day just commuting…
Yeah. That sure has become a huge problem since about the 70s or so. And all the religious and conservative people never address the fact that so many kids are never really home with their parents that much. Schools and other outsiders spend more time with kids than parents do.
They all want to go back to the 50s but where is the economics that supported all that? Nowhere to be found. So, lets’ all go back to something that very few can go back too.
And it all adds more stress to everything.
re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #355 FormerDirtDart
By the looks of him, I’d say he’s a yearling. Prolly not steered yet.
re: #326 Blind Frog Belly White
“Just because they also hate Trump doesn’t mean they aren’t full of shit, Chapter N+1”
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Ignoring flat wages, falling median income, falling average family wealth, disappearance of stability in employment, Nichols blames Americans’ dissatisfaction with their economic lot on people learning how much others make.
Ironically, the guy now peddling a book on the Death Of Expertise is spinning horseshit easily debunked by anyone actually working in the field.
I like a lot of what Tom writes, but much of that thread was nonsense. He completely dismisses the massive rise in income equality.
We haven’t seen breaking moos like this in so long I apologize for my excitement
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 21, 2017
If he had his way, Iceland’s President would ban pineapple pizza https://t.co/Lk20iWSgVn pic.twitter.com/TaVJDeR7XN
— CNN (@CNN) February 21, 2017
re: #349 wrenchwench
Been there. Picked it up. Didn’t have a camera. Put it down. Let it grow up.
This one (different species) I had a camera for. It was the 4th of July, so I was carrying.
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re: #359 Backwoods_Sleuth
Memos say fedl govt will immediately start hiring 5,000 border agents, 500 air and marine agents, 10,000 ICE agents.
So, around a 25% increase in border & air/marine agents, and 50% in ICE agents…
that’s a lot…a whole lot of money
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
[If he had his way, Iceland’s President would ban pineapple pizza]
There’s a little fascist in each of us. And too little pizza.
re: #371 FormerDirtDart
So, around a 25% increase in border & air/marine agents, and 50% in ICE agents…
that’s a lot…a whole lot of money
It’s a whole lot of asshole.
re: #371 FormerDirtDart
So, around a 25% increase in border & air/marine agents, and 50% in ICE agents…
that’s a lot…a whole lot of money
Government employees are evil, unless they’re our jackboats.
Trump concluded his speech at the African-American museum by invoking King, and then invoking money. pic.twitter.com/JR8QEU3EE5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 21, 2017
re: #370 ObserverArt
Nice image wrench. I love all the colors. Was the lizard doing the color-change to fit the environment thing, or did all the colors just blend like that?
Just worked out that way, AFAIK. I’ll have to find the one of the blue chinny on it.
re: #359 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, this is the small government we’ve been told the GOP would bring about. Hiring 10,000 people to deport 400k (and how long does it take to hire/train that many - figure the 10k wont be fully hired until after he’s gone from office).
Except that the Obama administration deported that many without 10,000 new hires.
Trump’s crackdown netted just about 700 in a week. That’s just about 36,400 in a year. Or 1/7th of the amount Obama deported under the process that the Trump admin claimed was not sufficient.
Let that sink in. Up is down. Down is out. And he wants to expand ICE by 10,000 agents when it’s not clear that the number is warranted.
Oh, and another thing to note about the ICE deportations - since Obama took office, he’s made it a priority to focus on convicted criminal deportations.
#McConnell: ‘When you win the election, you get to make the policy.’
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
#McConnell on protesters: ‘They don’t share my agenda’ but ‘I respect their right to be there.’
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
*barf*
re: #347 allegro
I think we also have to credit performers like Sammy Davis Jr, Lena Horne, Paul Robeson, MoTown artists, et al.
Of course.
re: #376 wrenchwench
Just worked out that way, AFAIK. I’ll have to find the one of the blue chinny on it.
re: #377 lawhawk
Reason Obama exempted certain ppl is every DHS resource used to deport a non-dangerous person = one less available to find/remove criminals.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 21, 2017
McConnell: “they had their shot in the election, they had their shot in Kentucky.” “Winners make policy and losers go home”
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
sigh
Good news update: @ABC7NY reports that the cow/bull will LIVE at a nearby animal sanctuary.
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 21, 2017
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 21, 2017
WABC just reported that an animal sanctuary is on the way to pick up the bull. HE’S GOING TO LIVE! He did it!
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
re: #382 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Could have fooled me after you guys lost in 2008/12, Mitch.
McConnell said “it never occurred to me” to slow down appointment process of Obama appointees
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
NEVER https://t.co/J8lqoueFc3
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 21, 2017
#McConnell says Trump’s Cabinet getting confirmed at slowest rate since George Washington.
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
Hard to believe that Mitch isn’t cringing on the floor, gasping for breath, while he chokes on these lies.
re: #387 Backwoods_Sleuth
Which is why Garland is a SCOTUS justice.
As @KristianOPB reports, it was a tale of two #NotMyPresident protests in downtown #Portland yesterday. https://t.co/onpo8VND8X pic.twitter.com/DnCxr35aWf
— OPB (@OPB) February 21, 2017
re: #387 Backwoods_Sleuth
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At Grassley town hall this a.m. “With all due respect sir, you’re the man who talked about the death panels” @jenhab https://t.co/cS5Mt29R0Y
— Brianna Ehley (@Briannaehley) February 21, 2017
McConnell on Democrats in Congress: “I know the fever’s going to break at some point”
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
McConnell reminds audience of intent to repeal and replace ACA “I believe we ought to keep our commitment to the American people”
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
McConnell: we need to do comprehensive tax reform. Says countries moving investments to other countries bc of tax code
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
good fucking grief.
re: #358 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Thing is, most of them weren’t hippies.
What they do have in common? Being the generation that grew up being told that the US was the hero of WW2, that the nation was the “good” superpower, that the prosperity they benefited from was the product of hard work (not the devastation of most of the industrialized world). They’re also the generation that were instilled with a nationalism that associated church, family, and state as pillars of the USA (thanks, Eisenhower). They were also the generation in which post-war economics created both a physical and economic separation between blacks and whites, even as the “success” of the era was being attributed solely to individual achievement.
I’m not saying they’re all bastards, but I think it’s important to consider the culture the grew up in, and how it created the explanatory devices we now see them using when they look at current events.
I agree they weren’t all hippies. But that was a bit of the fashion for a lot of them. And like fashion, it is nothing more than a change of clothes or a hair style. The person is the person no matter what.
And a lot of boomers were told “the world is yours” for the taking.
The point you make about the black and white separation is very important and ignored. I was at a birthday party celebration for a client Saturday night. My client is a Black (she turned the big 60) woman so the party guests were primarily Black.
One of the elder ladies I was sitting at my table with brought up that very topic about how back in the depression and pre-war days there wasn’t a lot of difference between black and white people in the cities and in areas that were for the majority of people that weren’t rich.
Maybe you (and she) were on the right track and maybe that is why so many conservatives want to go back to the 50s. There was that economic separation that went along with the bigotry and it keep “those people’ in their places never should the two mix or mingle.
People need to get over the fact there is no going back. You can’t. You can only go forward. Humans don’t have good reverse gears and when they try they cause a lot of problems. I like progress…no reverse in it.
re: #383 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Pastor walks out on Trump’s ‘demonic’ Florida rally: ‘My 11-year-old daughter was sobbing in fear’ https://t.co/KzM6u3VHzN pic.twitter.com/4esPm1x9D9
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 21, 2017
DEMONIC!!!
#McConnell compares being Senate leader to a cemetery groundskeeper: ‘everybody’s under you and nobody listens.’ A few people laugh.
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
McConnell defends block of Obama #SCOTUS nominee, says it was the “11th hour” of President Obama’s term
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 21, 2017
More like 8,760 hours of Obama’s term. https://t.co/sds2GSzh1x
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 21, 2017
re: #322 ObserverArt
I attended several Iraq war protests in Crawford, TX and Dallas, and we were always herded into “Free Speech Zones,” so the president almost never got to see the crowd that was protesting his actions. IIRC, Obama never forced protesters into such zones.
McConnell takes questions, and gets who is clearly a protestor asking him if he favors impeachment of Trump. McConnell ignores him.
— Mark Vanderhoff (@WLKYMark) February 21, 2017
This really is a thing. https://t.co/lB8DuBcNcn pic.twitter.com/W7pCEemCkq
— The Poke (@ThePoke) February 21, 2017
re: #377 lawhawk
Trump’s crackdown netted just about 700 in a week. That’s just about 36,400 in a year. Or 1/7th of the amount Obama deported under the process that the Trump admin claimed was not sufficient.
Let that sink in. Up is down. Down is out. And he wants to expand ICE by 10,000 agents when it’s not clear that the number is warranted.
Oh, and another thing to note about the ICE deportations - since Obama took office, he’s made it a priority to focus on convicted criminal deportations.
The crackdowns and The Wall are merely symbolic in nature and simply an expression of our National Will to Remain Pure and Untainted.
re: #404 Backwoods_Sleuth
McConnell will say anything at this point to justify any action he has taken or wants to take. Zero principles.
Trump’s lawyer has told 4 different stories about the Russia-Ukraine peace plan debacle https://t.co/VW5EU7rlCM pic.twitter.com/E8guw3a9qv
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 21, 2017
This isn’t going away. A Ukrainian billionaire w ties to Trump advisers & Putin was extradited to the U.S. today. Stay tuned… https://t.co/RUuMqyYiMx
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) February 21, 2017
Here’s @business on the extradition request: https://t.co/N3xp4fMtpe https://t.co/4meYKrJz2s
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) February 21, 2017
re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good, someone managed to penetrate the special little snowflake’s safe space 9_9 As for the “no signs” rule, an obvious way around that would be to wear slogans on shirts (hidden under jackets, of course - or, they could be on the inside of reversible coats.)
.@ACLU: “The Trump admin. is willing to trample on due process, human decency…in pursuit of a hyper-aggressive mass deportation policy.” pic.twitter.com/QDhn1rqXzF
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 21, 2017
‘I hope you feel better,’ McConnell says to woman who asked about coal jobs. ‘Answer the question, Mitch!’ somebody else yells.
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Second question re coal jobs not coming back: ‘If you can answer that, I will sit down and shut up like Elizabeth Warren.’
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
First question: ‘Do you favor the impeachment of President Trump for killing civilians in Yemen?’ McConnell doesn’t answer.
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) February 21, 2017
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yup, another manifestation of white supremacist/nativist/xenophobic overlap.
re: #398 Backwoods_Sleuth
McConnell reminds audience of intent to repeal and replace ACA “I believe we ought to keep our commitment to the American people”
— Ryland Barton
Even if it kills them.
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey, media, this is what you do when a politician won’t answer a question.
DHS having computer issues: https://t.co/ZtmdXtdGI0
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) February 21, 2017
U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
It was not immediately clear how widespread the issue was or how significantly it affected daily functions at DHS, a large government agency whose responsibilities include immigration services, border security and cyber defense.
Employees began experiencing problems logging into networks at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday due to a problem related to the personal identify verification (PIV) cards used by federal workers and contractors to access certain information systems, one source said. At least four DHS buildings were affected, the source said, including locations used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Another source said the cards did not appear to be responsible. DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
So these are the friends of McConnell huh? Cool.
Baby hippo update: Fiona takes 2 bottles https://t.co/AMZOg08ZrH pic.twitter.com/kUeuVVUAA6
— WCPO (@WCPO) February 21, 2017
When engineers get bored. pic.twitter.com/PG1bV5egA5
— Work Safety Fails (@FailsWork) February 21, 2017
I hope the GOP keeps up the arrogance. It is them and it will be used against them. I love how they think because they have the political power now they can be flippant to even the concerns of their own backers. They haven’t paid attention to the numbers and changes that are shaping up in the voting public. They haven’t seen that buyers remorse people are having after voting for Trump. They took a flyer on Trump. They are gonna be pissed off with the reality of it all.
re: #385 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I kinda figured it must’ve gotten loose from a slaughterhouse stockyard. That sort of thing happened pretty regularly back in Texas in the union stockyard district, where many of the meat packing plants were located.
McConnell confirms that a sticking point on Ocare repeal and replace is what to do w/ states that didn’t do Medicaid expansion
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) February 21, 2017
IN the last two days, the story has spread like crazy. https://t.co/TYsdMZdYqL pic.twitter.com/PSj38yeXDm
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 21, 2017
The next phase of the story: the fed gov is planning to charge Obama with treason! https://t.co/TYsdMZdYqL pic.twitter.com/HeKLdLsIqG
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 21, 2017
In recent days, the 30,000-person army commanded by Obama from his fortified DC bunker has really gone wild. https://t.co/M5AnLbnk1t
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 21, 2017
The NY Post piece was picked up and amplified by Alex Jones’ Infowars. https://t.co/ZgkaFIHRPj pic.twitter.com/KGyqbv5vKw
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 21, 2017
Please…not again.
a sweet baby with sweet lil hands 8/10 pic.twitter.com/59JezCahaJ
— We Rate Lizards (@WeRateLizards) February 16, 2017
re: #431 CuriousLurker
Now they’re gonna have bulls breaking out all the time. //
I kinda figured it must’ve gotten loose from a slaughterhouse stockyard. That sort of thing happened pretty regularly back in Texas in the union stockyard district, where many of the meat packing plants were located.
Never discount the power of the bovine grapevine.
McConnell wrapping up to a smattering of boos & chants to some opponents who got inside. pic.twitter.com/CgaMZIEwWu
— Lawrence Smith (@LASmithReports) February 21, 2017
Police breaking up an argument between McConnell supporters & small group of opponents. pic.twitter.com/jDSLGZmFL8
— Lawrence Smith (@LASmithReports) February 21, 2017
@jjmacnab If Trump picks this up, we are in serious trouble. Hard to walk back “I’m gonna arrest the first Black President”
— Tom Ben Bergman (@TBApple) February 21, 2017
McConnell: As for how he feels about Trump’s tweets. “Use your imagination.”
— Lawrence Smith (@LASmithReports) February 21, 2017
McConnell: Focus on what Trump is doing.
— Lawrence Smith (@LASmithReports) February 21, 2017
re: #433 Scottish Dragon
Please…not again.
Finally all the wingnuts will be put in FEMA camps and have their guns taken away.
re: #433 Scottish Dragon
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Please…not again.
We need to reach out to these people and get them to vote Democrat. They’re just that way because we’re big meanie heads.
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re: #433 Scottish Dragon
Please…not again.
Are there still openings for this army? Does it pay well?
Another lady asks, isn’t it common knowledge coal jobs aren’t coming back b/c of natural gas? She adds that she loves McConnell.
— Mark Vanderhoff (@WLKYMark) February 21, 2017
McConnell says he’ll take the love, but also ignores that question. Several in audience ask, “Where are the answers to the questions?”
— Mark Vanderhoff (@WLKYMark) February 21, 2017
McConnell hears critic during Q&A at Anderson Chamber, brushes him off, “thank you for your speech,” the senator says.
— Thomas F. Loftus (@TomLoftus_CJ) February 21, 2017
Mitch is such a pompous smug jackass
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Mitch is such a pompous smug jackass
He looks like the Tortoise but has the attitude of the Hare.
re: #437 Scottish Dragon
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They want to lynch him, they just don’t want to call it that. They want to make an example of him so no other minority man (or woman) will try running for POTUS again.
Not gonna work. That ship has sailed.
Any journalist claiming New York is safe; I will pay for travel costs & accommodation for you to stay in cow ridden suburbs of Queens pic.twitter.com/ZucEgL1qBN
— Eli Terry (@EliTerry) February 21, 2017
re: #438 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Michael Moore really really wants to lead the “Resistance” https://t.co/606wXEP3Hz
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2017
I really want him to go far away and shut the entire hell up. https://t.co/cLPTXQjxOA
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) February 21, 2017
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really want him to go far away and shut the entire hell up.
Hehe, I was thinking the same thing when I saw that headline on the Washington Post’s website.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
Michael Moore really really wants to lead the “Resistance” https://t.co/606wXEP3Hz
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2017
#TheResistance is organic and nobody received a ballot with Michael’s name on it. https://t.co/kOQyiiMSqr
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 21, 2017
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mitch is such a pompous smug jackass
Mitch doesn’t have to hear or answer his constituents for at least another three years.
Then he’ll start campaigning. Between now and then he’ll just focus on getting contributions from his corporate sponsors…
re: #452 wrenchwench
I want ABL to lead the resistance.
I want Propane Jane to lead the resistance BECAUSE SHE FUCKING TOLD Y’ALL.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
Michael Moore really really wants to lead the “Resistance”
He warned us months in advance that Trump was going to win and why…I ignored him because I thought he was an attention-seeking gadfly. But I must admit that his predictions were spot-on.
Still doesn’t mean I want to hear from him as leader of the “Resistance” though…
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fixt: Michael Moore really really wants to make money off the “Resistance.”
re: #456 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He warned us months in advance that Trump was going to win and why…I ignored him because I thought he was an attention-seeking gadfly. But I must admit that his predictions were spot-on.
Still doesn’t mean I want to hear from him as leader of the “Resistance” though…
He still is an attention seeking God fly hence this.
Don’t know if this was already posted:
Raw Story article about a Pastor and his 11 year old daughter at the Florida Trump Rally - it did not go well.
Cult of personality - and then a death cult = Goodwin’s Law
Edit: because I am new at adding a link and it wanted to give more info to what the article said
I don’t want to see any one leader of the resistance because that way leads to hierarchy and corruption. I want to see many leaders hitting from all sides along with many, many participants (not followers) adding their voices.
. @Mobute’s New piece on the crowd at a Trump rally is legit harrowing https://t.co/Bm2yHYQfm5 pic.twitter.com/Q1DXtXhFlY
— Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) February 20, 2017
Remember folks, these are the people we’re supposed to “reach out” to and “empathize” with. https://t.co/6yBaUHjxlP
— ☪️ Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charles_gaba) February 21, 2017
So does Mikey want to be our Robespierre or our Trotsky?
Last week: WH goes nuts about anonymous sources. This week: DHS officials insist on anonymity in call w/reporters. https://t.co/1OFIXro4w7
— Craig Whitlock (@CraigMWhitlock) February 21, 2017
re: #464 The Vicious Babushka
So does Mikey want to be our Robespierre or our Trotsky?
Did not end well for either of them.
re: #462 allegro
I don’t want to see any one leader of the resistance because that way leads to hierarchy and corruption. I want to see many leaders hitting from all sides along with many, many participants (not followers) adding their voices.
Any resistance is a long way from the “Leader” stage. We are back to needing philosophers, artists, and saints. This is not going to be a fast cure.
re: #464 The Vicious Babushka
So does Mikey want to be our Robespierre or our Trotsky?
Whichever gets him the most glory.
Celebrating Nina Simone on her birthday today with ‘Mississippi Goddam’ and many more all day. Listen https://t.co/biiMOTvQzv pic.twitter.com/KT13WFvAlG
— Jazz FM (@jazzfm) February 21, 2017
re: #430 ObserverArt
I hope the GOP keeps up the arrogance. It is them and it will be used against them. I love how they think because they have the political power now they can be flippant to even the concerns of their own backers. They haven’t paid attention to the numbers and changes that are shaping up in the voting public. They haven’t seen that buyers remorse people are having after voting for Trump. They took a flyer on Trump. They are gonna be pissed off with the reality of it all.
I’d like to think you are right about this - and you are, in concept - but in practice, this is just so much dream-spinning. In real life, it doesn’t seem like Mitch McConnell, or ANY elected Republican official - gives a good flying f*** about any opposition in the least, have NO fear of blowback or reaction to their policies, and feel they can, dismiss, denigrate or simply ignore any critics (a la Mitch’s (“losers” remark). And those “numbers and changes” “shaping up”? While they are still “shaping up”, - as they have apparently been for over a decade - those GOPers in power will have the ability to work their (mainly negative) remodeling of the political system unchallenged.
“Reality”? Today’s Republican extremists (i.e. most of them) understand and will respond to only one thing - electoral defeat and legislative impotence. And much even then - viz. Trump’s gibberings about “rigged” elections - not very well.
Breitbart’s editor in chief today:
Alex Marlow said Tuesday that video of the comments came as a “total surprise to people in the Breitbart administration,” and that they found them “very troubling and upsetting… the bottom line is the comments are not defensible.”
Marlow didn’t announce any punishment or termination of the senior Breitbart editor, but promised answers later in the day: “Milo’s going to have a press conference later today, and he’s going to talk about his future with Breitbart. He’s going to talk about a bunch of different things.”
“The comments are absolutely indefensible, they’re appalling, and very disappointing that those came out,” he reiterated. “However, there is context. Some of the context is that Milo is a gay man, who was abused as a child. These are not irrelevant.”
Despite his denunciations, Marlow accused anti-Trump conservatives and liberals of digging up the video as a “coordinated hit.” He also accused the media of hypocrisy, saying that Lena Dunham and Roman Polanski’s actions were much worse.
“There are millions of examples of the left normalizing behavior similar to what Milo describes,” he insisted.
You aren’t a very good journalism outfit if you don’t know that this stuff was out there (to say nothing of enabling Milo’s ghost writing). Total surprise my ass.
And of course, he thinks the bad actors are those who exposed Milo’s pro-pedo videos/statements, not Milo himself. The party of personal responsibility switches gears and goes straight to blaming others for his actions/statements.
Fuckers.
re: #474 lawhawk
Breitbart’s editor in chief today:
You aren’t a very good journalism outfit if you don’t know that this stuff was out there (to say nothing of enabling Milo’s ghost writing). Total surprise my ass.
And of course, he thinks the bad actors are those who exposed Milo’s pro-pedo videos/statements, not Milo himself. The party of personal responsibility switches gears and goes straight to blaming others for his actions/statements.
Fuckers.
It’s got nothing to do with him being gay.
Looks like Tom Nichols blocked me on twitter because I was hitting some of the commenters with anti Milo memes.
The “suffered abuse as a child” thing is only relevant in a therapist’s office.
Stamford, Connecticut, is fining interracial couple for not removing a racist slur from their garage quickly enough https://t.co/aSZtZ0Y1tG
— Alexander C. Kaufman (@AlexCKaufman) February 21, 2017
Hakeem Jeffries: Congressional Black Caucus will not meet with Bannon — “we’re not going to legitimize his presence” https://t.co/CIl4QHrQUa
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
Drama post-McConnell event: Guy in Trump hat shouts at woman, “Get a job!” Woman: “I have a job, asshole!” Someone else: “Take it outside!”
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 21, 2017
In sum, McConnell just told constituents he’s fine with everything Trump is doing so far, aside from not enjoying all of his tweeting.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 21, 2017
“I think he’s been doing all the right things.” — McConnell on Trump*
*Muslim ban, border wall, undermining judiciary, bashing free press?— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 21, 2017
re: #474 lawhawk
> if you don’t know that this stuff was out there
I don’t think lots of people knew. We here didn’t, did we?
Angry constituents confront Chuck Grassley in Iowa: “If it wasn’t for Obamacare, we wouldn’t be able to afford insurance!” pic.twitter.com/vrbhbOiBMM
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
Angry constituents confront Chuck Grassley in Iowa: “If it wasn’t for Obamacare, we wouldn’t be able to afford insurance!”
Blaming the left is a load of shit. No one in a prominent place on the American left thinks it’s okay for adults and 14 year olds to have sex. They can’t criticize his actions without crying THE LEFT!
re: #472 Jay C
I’d like to think you are right about this - and you are, in concept - but in practice, this is just so much dream-spinning. In real life, it doesn’t seem like Mitch McConnell, or ANY elected Republican official - gives a good flying f*** about any opposition in the least, have NO fear of blowback or reaction to their policies, and feel they can, dismiss, denigrate or simply ignore any critics (a la Mitch’s (“losers” remark). And those “numbers and changes” “shaping up”? While they are still “shaping up”, - as they have apparently been for over a decade - those GOPers in power will have the ability to work their (mainly negative) remodeling of the political system unchallenged.
“Reality”? Today’s Republican extremists (i.e. most of them) understand and will respond to only one thing - electoral defeat and legislative impotence. And much even then - viz. Trump’s gibberings about “rigged” elections - not very well.
When the Republicans finish with their nationwide voter suppression, minorities will lose the right of franchise, and the Republican dominated Supreme Court will rule that there is nothing to see here. The Electoral College, the toxic legacy from our slave-holding past, will continue to poison the outcomes of Presidential races.
re: #474 lawhawk
And SRSLY, rehashing the Lena Dunham nonsense?? WTF?
re: #482 Nyet
Milo has consistently hung with MRAs and affiliated loons that routinely mock the idea of consent by women and the concept of legal age of consent. This pattern was clear well before that video was created a year ago.
This shit should not surprise anyone.
I sent a message to a Milo supporter’s employer yesterday complete with screen shots correctly identifying the individual and the offending post via Facebook. While they have clearly seen the message I sent, they have yet to respond. I pressed them again today but to no avail yet.
Here’s the tweet I posted yesterday with the photos enclosed (only because I don’t think I can upload multiple photos on here):
Hey @Hardees this guy is a Director of Operations for a franchisee of yours and supports pedophile Milo Yiannopoulos. What’s your excuse? pic.twitter.com/zCxKF6ySIo
— دانیال (@danja84) February 20, 2017
I sent it through this page as I was able to confirm that it’s the same business:
It’s alarming because this is a premier franchisee of Hardee’s and other brands who has a high-level employee straight-up endorsing a known pedophile.
re: #484 HappyWarrior
Blaming the left is a load of shit. No one in a prominent place on the American left thinks it’s okay for adults and 14 year olds to have sex. They can’t criticize his actions without crying THE LEFT!
HURR HURR BUT THEIR WAS THIS ONE ARTICLE IN SALON THAT HARDLY ANYBODY EVEN READ BUT IT PRUVES TEH LEFTIST IS ALL PEDO FILES!!!!! REMEMBER PIZZAGATE!!!11!!!
re: #487 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Milo has consistently hung with MRAs and affiliated loons that routinely mock the idea of consent by women and the concept of legal age of consent. This pattern was clear well before that video was created a year ago.
This shit should not surprise anyone.
We were talking about the video.
.@PressSec won’t walk back Trump’s declaration that the media is the “enemy” of the American people.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 21, 2017
.@PressSec complains about reporters “jump to conclusions” about Trump & don’t get it right. This is like a dog complaining about barking.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 21, 2017
Spicer is gaslighting right now about how Trump is the one who “will bring us together” because, see, he hates bigotry.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 21, 2017
Entire neighborhoods flooded in San Jose after heavy storms. https://t.co/Ju81GB9Fuk pic.twitter.com/5GM2iT2kDo
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) February 21, 2017
Entire neighborhoods flooded in San Jose after heavy storms. nbcbay.com
.@PressSec on @realDonaldTrump’s comments repeatedly calling media “fake news”: “He has a healthy respect for the press.” pic.twitter.com/dShdb9AmYW
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) February 21, 2017
Spicer: “Certain outlets have gone out of their way not to be completely accurate and fair about what’s going on.”
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) February 21, 2017
re: #494 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #496 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #496 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #474 lawhawk
Breitbart’s editor in chief today:
You aren’t a very good journalism outfit if you don’t know that this stuff was out there (to say nothing of enabling Milo’s ghost writing). Total surprise my ass.
And of course, he thinks the bad actors are those who exposed Milo’s pro-pedo videos/statements, not Milo himself. The party of personal responsibility switches gears and goes straight to blaming others for his actions/statements.
Fuckers.
The “Breitbart administration”?
When asked about anti-Muslim sentiment, @PressSec immediately launches into “radical Islamic terrorism” and threat of attacks.
Incredible.— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) February 21, 2017
re: #483 Backwoods_Sleuth
Socialists in Iowa… who would have guessed?
re: #502 freetoken
Socialists in Iowa… who would have guessed?
“coastal elites”….they’re everywhere now!
re: #495 Backwoods_Sleuth
Huh, wonder where that is.
I only did a two mile run this morning, and so I didn’t go by our local creeks so I haven’t seen what the water looks like. Tomorrow I run 5 and that’ll take me along both.
I didn’t run the 8 yesterday because it was pouring and I hate running in the rain, but I also bet I would have had some spots where there’s no good detour around sections that can (and have at least once this season) flood. Hopefully giving it a week will bring it back down to just the normal flooding (which has been flooded since mid-January).
National Park Service finds graffiti at the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial. https://t.co/KiQsAa9UDc pic.twitter.com/EKXzW3TQF5
— ABC News (@ABC) February 21, 2017
“… the message written on the Washington Monument references President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Park service spokesman Mike Litterst says because of similarities in what’s written and the handwriting, it’s thought the graffiti was left by one person…”
re: #502 freetoken
Socialists in Iowa… who would have guessed?
We all know of a socialist in Nebraska…
re: #496 Backwoods_Sleuth
“completely accurate and fair” = Saying what Trump already wants to believe while their lips are pressed against his butt cheeks.
Per Spicer, Trump isn’t backing off calling press the “enemy” of Americans, but “he has deep respect for the 1st Amendment” & press’s role.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 21, 2017
Once again, @realDonaldTrump: Nice try, Bullshit McGee https://t.co/4wb5Zlflnp
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 21, 2017
‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ to rally support for a Sheriff Clarke Senate run https://t.co/6E01lipBx0
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) February 21, 2017
Trump’s success is stimulating the fifth rate clowns
whew. I just got home. When SEPTA gets messed up it multiplies. Buses and trains were running behind schedules. It looks like it will be fine for tomorrow morning’s rush.
Asked if Trump also condemns anti-Muslim sentiments, Sean Spicer mentions his “desire to combat radical Islamic terrorism.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 21, 2017
So that’s a no then. https://t.co/gQNHd3rqvL
re: #511 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #509 jaunte
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A convicted murderer raising money for a Sheriff.
re: #452 wrenchwench
I want ABL to lead the resistance.
I just want the resistance and I want everyone to help.
It’d be nice if Moore would realize he is just as polarizing as he is helping. I think he could be a valuable asset, but he needs to do it through his talents not through his personality. If he gets too much face time it may not be a good thing because conservatives like to use him as the picture of your common cliche liberal as wrong as that may be.
re: #366 Scottish Dragon
I like a lot of what Tom writes, but much of that thread was nonsense. He completely dismisses the massive rise in income equality.
I got his book ‘The Death Of Expertise’ on Kindle, because as we’ve all discussed here there seems to be growing disdain for actual knowledge. While he makes good points, in his chapter about colleges and universities, he does descend into ‘Get Off My Lawn!’ territory.
But he also makes good points, as you say. Yesterday on his Twitter feed there was an extended discussion of voters’ responsibility, and the whole “They didn’t give us good choices!” whinge, where he pointed out that ‘They’ really means ‘Us’, that we chose the candidates, that the system WASN’T rigged, and that, say what you will about ‘Smoke Filled Rooms’, at least no Smoke Filled Room convention would have nominated Trump.
But then he pushes the “It’s not income inequality that’s the problem. It’s the PERCEPTION OF income inequality that’s the problem!” line, and offers up an ANECDOTE as his evidence.
re: #488 electrotek
I sent a message to a Milo supporter’s employer yesterday complete with screen shots correctly identifying the individual and the offending post via Facebook. While they have clearly seen the message I sent, they have yet to respond. I pressed them again today but to no avail yet.
Here’s the tweet I posted yesterday with the photos enclosed (only because I don’t think I can upload multiple photos on here):
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It’s alarming because this is a premier franchisee of Hardee’s and other brands who has a high-level employee straight-up endorsing a known pedophile.
I’ve never set foot in a Carl’s Jr. because Karcher was a big backer of anti-choicers. Karcher also financed the Bright Initiative campaign in 1978 which tried to purge gays and lesbians from California schools.
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
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These are the people we’re supposed to reach out to? To feel sympathy for?
Not happening.
re: #509 jaunte
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So when are Chuck Norris, Pat Boone and Scott Baio going to join in a Clarke rally?
re: #504 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Huh, wonder where that is.
I only did a two mile run this morning, and so I didn’t go by our local creeks so I haven’t seen what the water looks like. Tomorrow I run 5 and that’ll take me along both.
I didn’t run the 8 yesterday because it was pouring and I hate running in the rain, but I also bet I would have had some spots where there’s no good detour around sections that can (and have at least once this season) flood. Hopefully giving it a week will bring it back down to just the normal flooding (which has been flooded since mid-January).
Probably a lot like this…
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re: #460 CongoJack
Don’t know if this was already posted:
Raw Story article about a Pastor and his 11 year old daughter at the Florida Trump Rally - it did not go well.
Cult of personality - and then a death cult = Goodwin’s Law
Edit: because I am new at adding a link and it wanted to give more info to what the article said
A quick tip. You can type in some description of what the link is by typing it into the link between the two > < where it “link” appears in the code Charles provides by default.
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nothing deplorable in that tweet explanation of the Tampa crowd. Nope, nothing at all, just the whole damn thing.
re: #482 Nyet
> if you don’t know that this stuff was out there
I don’t think lots of people knew. We here didn’t, did we?
So much happens so fast the last two years in policis, but I am thinking I had heard some of the Milo comments about pedophilia some time ago here and in links from here.
And that was all way before Maher on Friday. I think Milo had said some of that stuff in his other videos of his speeches and appearances. But some people always seemed to take that as him just being outrageous and Milo.
What may have happened this time was all of it got put together at once and became a big focus now due all the exposure in a few days. Like the very old TV show “This is your life.”