Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Says Who: Trump’s poll numbers continue to slide; Lt Gen McMaster is the new National Security Adviser; Trump’s do overs; Milo Yiannopoulos is done; Trump’s history of sexually creepy behavior around kids; Trump’s ties to Russia grow with Sater memo about Ukraine; Trump violated the Presidential Records Act again; and more.
.@RickSantorum says anti-Semitism problem actually started under the Obama administration https://t.co/ZzZtnkKksh
— New Day (@NewDay) February 21, 2017
Pretty sure it started before that https://t.co/9QfLTrVLYa
@JuddLegum I hear Obama also invented golf, executive orders and the presidential vacation probably too.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 22, 2017
Sexist? Fine. Sexual predator? Ok. Abusive parent? To each their own. Adulterer? It was necessary. Misogynist? What’s that mean? Racist? Well, you have to understand. Pervert? Says who? Cheat? Never caught, prove it. Liar? Says who? Pedophile? Girls? 13 year old boys and younger and I saw them raped and did nothing and I want to go back and grab another slice. Oh. My. You must be a fucking Democrat. GET OUT OF HERE.
re: #1 gocart mozart
Does anyone recall White Supremacists/KKK members, etc., expressing public support for President Obama? I sure don’t. Sorry but this anti-Semitic resurgence is all Trump’s. He needs to handle it since he winked at it during the election cycle.
@Green_Footballs @lsarsour Milo is a saint compared to you.
— Theodore (@TheodoreRocks) February 22, 2017
re: #4 Charles Johnson
So now you’re worse than an admitted pedophile. Wow. Charles, you have fallen so far. You disgust me.
Freedom is the ability to buy what you want to fit what you need. Obamacare is Washington telling you what to buy regardless of your needs.
— Paul Ryan (@PRyan) February 21, 2017
Translation from GOP speak: freedom means the right for the rich to fuck over the poor. https://t.co/F31xOHzWVA
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) February 22, 2017
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does he realize that before Obamacare, many people couldn’t buy what they wanted in health insurance? Someone needs to remind him what “pre-existing conditions” means.
Why is it always people who look like Bannon who think they belong to the master race? They never look like Jason Momoa or Alex Skarsgard.
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) February 21, 2017
re: #1 gocart mozart
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Why does Frothy Mix get to spew such crap on CNN? Never mind, I know, trying to be Fox-lite.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If we Pale and Pasties were REALLY the Master Race, we wouldn’t need White Privilege, would we?
re: #7 thedopefishlives
Does he realize that before Obamacare, many people couldn’t buy what they wanted in health insurance? Someone needs to remind him what “pre-existing conditions” means.
Anatole France would like a word:
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2017
Congratulations to all those exercising their first amendment rights for joining the proud ranks of the “so-called” https://t.co/uZlfiFw8oW
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 22, 2017
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s exactly what anybody with a pre-existing condition couldn’t do before the ACA.
obligatory reminder that one person we know for sure has paid people to show up at political rallies is Donald Trump
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 22, 2017
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
When do we become “so-called” citizens?
re: #16 Skip Intro
When do we become “so-called” citizens?
When we turn in our so-called green cards. At least, that’s when I did.
Brat is holding his town hall in not only a small town but a small room. Attendees have to write their questions down and hand them over. pic.twitter.com/Dm3m2etoMA
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 22, 2017
Carried over from the last thread:
re: #421 Anymouse
Sure! I’m not sure how much business a bike shop would get here, but hey. There is a vacant three-storey brick building next to the restaurant. Could have a heck of a bike shop there. (First floor, bikes and maintenance. Second floor, living space. Third floor, secret coven of liberals.)
This tweet really took off…
Remember, the guy who hired Milo at Breitbart “News” is now chief adviser to the president of the United States.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2017
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
Freedom is the ability to buy what you want to fit what you need. Obamacare is Washington telling you what to buy regardless of your needs.
That’s the thing, boyo - nobody who isn’t currently being treated for something REALLY knows what their needs are.
Mrs. FBW got her mammos every year. She’d just gotten one and been given a clean bill of health (boobwise, anyhow). A month later, they called back, asked her to come in again because careful study and comparison between that year’s and the previous year’s films uncovered an anomaly. Turned out to be Stage 1 Ductal Carcinoma*. Cost us $7000 out of pocket, even with excellent insurance.
You just don’t know, and you don’t know what you don’t know, so you don’t REALLY know what coverage you’ll need.
*13 years ago with no recurrence!
Hey @SenToomey all your PA constituents are here waiting for you in Allentown. Where are you? #townhallNotPhonecall pic.twitter.com/nTEL1GJrRs
— V. Corzo-Duchardt (@winterbureau) February 21, 2017
Hey @SenToomey all your PA constituents are here waiting for you in Allentown. Where are you? #townhallNotPhonecall
The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2017
We call it “democracy.” Look it up in a dictionary. Learn it well. You’ll see lots of it. I’m sorry you’re sad. https://t.co/Pp0yG4gA1z
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 21, 2017
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled to protect access to health care at Planned Parenthood for 11,000 people in Texas. #StandWithPP
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) February 21, 2017
re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, conservatives are consistent; they’re never going to give up on this as long as it drives their voters to the polls.
re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth
Speaking of Texas, I read in the WaPo this morning that Texas in now leading the anti-vaxxer charge in the US. Oddly enough, the leaders of the movement aren’t calling it that. The phrase they’re using is “the right to choose”.
Sounds familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2017
The tiny-fisted fascist is echoing the bullshit claims of right wing conspiracy sites again. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/Quwfha9BCq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
Maryland school orders teachers to take down “diversity” posters, citing they are “anti-Trump.”
huffingtonpost.com?
re: #4 Charles Johnson
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Wow. Some will never get extricated from their own wreckage. Mercy. JFC. Nope. Let that sit right there.
re: #30 Charles Johnson
I see him sitting down in front of the tv every night with his tv dinner, watching Fox and getting ready to broadcast his outrage over the horrible things people not named Trump are doing.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Pretty rich shit from a man who got elected in the first place claiming his opponent was out of touch. Never been a Cantor fan but this is some fucked up shit.
Maybe if you got your news from some place other than Fox, Breitbart, and Alex Jones, you’d knwo that not everyone loves you Donnie boy.
— Deb Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) February 22, 2017
re: #30 Charles Johnson
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Fox News runs segment at 6:15 about protestors organizing against Trump
Trump tweets at 6:23 pic.twitter.com/IzDcPaVpRM— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) February 22, 2017
Well said, @nickgillespie. Milo is not conservative OR libertarian. https://t.co/311vPV064h
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) February 21, 2017
Nice try. The thing is, both the Conservative and Libertarian movements have largely been taken over by Trumpers like Milo, which means he’s more representative of them than you are.
If you don’t want Milo to represent your movement, you have a much, much bigger problem than Milo.
I’m really hoping that we get a Democratic wave in 2018. The odds are against us but you know what, we can do this.
re: #33 Skip Intro
I see him sitting down in front of the tv every night with his tv dinner, watching Fox and getting ready to broadcast his outrage over the horrible things people not named Trump are doing.
The Fox news chyron said “angry crowds” he responded right away with “so-called”
He’s a child.
Oh to be at a WH domestic staffer’s house after hours. The stories.
Here’s an article:
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
By excusing Donald Trump’s behavior, some evangelical leaders enabled the internet provocateur’s ascent.
And now that Milo’s falling/fallen, his evangelical supporters aren’t giving him the aversive left foot of fellowship as one might have expected. (With the sterling exception of the woman I know who exposes pedophile coverups in churches. She was unbelievably appalled at Milo’s comments.) But seriously: They’re not condemning him as loudly as I would have expected, and that is because I believe they think just the same as Milo. They hate “political correctness,” women’s rights, LGBT rights (Milo is a self-hating gay man in my opinion) and so on and so forth.
My example for this is Dr. Michael Brown, who is something of a celebrity/authority in the charismatic area of Protestant Evangelicalism. (The doctorate is legit, it’s from NYU in Near Eastern Studies.) Anyway, Brown’s Facebook page (called “AskDrBrown”) didn’t post a full-throated condemnation of Milo. No sirree. Instead, Brown posted Milo’s resignation statement from Breitbart and a replay of an interview Brown last year with Milo on his podcast. Moreover, Brown used Milo’s statements about pederasty and lowering the age of consent to target gay men in general as wanting to have sex with children, which is the typical thing for Brown, who *obsesses* about homosexuality on a daily basis.
My point here is this: These guys like Dr. Michael Brown wouldn’t have ditched Milo except he said some unpalatable things which are basically child sexual abuse and crimes. And even then, Brown had absolutely no problem with Milo’s asshole behavior prior to Sunday night. My observations of how Protestant Evangelical churches tend to handle child sex abuse (usually by covering it up, and then supporting the abuser when it’s reported to the police) indicates to me that if they could, they would have kept Milo on board, because they really don’t give a rat’s ass about child sexual abuse. Not when it comes to the possibility of bashing evil liberals on the head over and over and over again with politically incorrect speech verging on terroristic remarks towards women, sexual, religious and racial minorities.
This is Wilson. He’s aware that he has something on his face. Waiting for you to get it for him. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/FaeinVjzTZ
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 22, 2017
I’ve been told by sources that he’s simply saving the milk for later
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) February 22, 2017
re: #38 Blind Frog Belly White
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Nice try. The thing is, both the Conservative and Libertarian movements have largely been taken over by Trumpers like Milo, which means he’s more representative of them than you are.
If you don’t want Milo to represent your movement, you have a much, much bigger problem than Milo.
So many of these people were all for him when he was pissing off the left. They especially the conservatives don’t get to run away from him. CPAC thought enough of him not just to invite him to CPAC but to make him the keynote. Obviously they saw him as a conservative. Stalin would be so proud of the revisionism happening here.
Hmmmm…fancy that: (via Naked Capitalism)
Shipping: ” Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company” [Lee Fang, The Nation]. ” [T]he Republican Senate minority leader has the closest of ties to the owner of the Ping May, the vessel containing the illicit materials [ninety pounds, of cocaine]: the Foremost Maritime Corporation, a firm founded and owned by McConnell’s in-laws, the Chao family. Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.” Chao is, of course, the Secretary of Transportation.
re: #35 HappyWarrior
Maybe if you got your news from some place other than Fox, Breitbart, and Alex Jones, you’d knwo that not everyone loves you Donnie boy.
Drumpf is the literal epitome of confirmation bias. He refuses to acknowledge any information save that which reinforces his own preconceived notions.
I’m surprised @realDonaldTrump hasn’t started ranting about George Soros yet. It’s just a matter of time.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #38 Blind Frog Belly White
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Nice try. The thing is, both the Conservative and Libertarian movements have largely been taken over by Trumpers like Milo, which means he’s more representative of them than you are.
If you don’t want Milo to represent your movement, you have a much, much bigger problem than Milo.
Libertarians are every bit as batshit nuts as right wingers, in a slightly different way. It’s pretty hard to tell them apart these days.
To me, it’s simple. Milo wouldn’t have gotten the condemnation if he had talked about girls that way.
re: #38 Blind Frog Belly White
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Nice try. The thing is, both the Conservative and Libertarian movements have largely been taken over by Trumpers like Milo, which means he’s more representative of them than you are.
If you don’t want Milo to represent your movement, you have a much, much bigger problem than Milo.
What did she expect Nick Gillespie to say? “Yes, Milo is one of us alright.”
re: #48 HappyWarrior
To me, it’s simple. Milo wouldn’t have gotten the condemnation if he had talked about girls that way.
I like to think you’re wrong, but you probably aren’t.
In other news, I’ve been kind of laying low on FB since my epic blast two Saturdays ago. I decided to load the Mark 7’s (16”/50-caliber cannon used on the Iowa-class) for another go, and this time, I put Biblical shells in the ammo bunker. Here goes nothing.
South Dakota getting ahead of the curve with The Great American Dumbening.
You misspelled established.
“South Dakota bill leaves evolution skepticism up to teachers” https://t.co/iQbozEFvpI pic.twitter.com/78K5bx3n5U— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 22, 2017
re: #48 HappyWarrior
To me, it’s simple. Milo wouldn’t have gotten the condemnation if he had talked about girls that way.
Thing is, Milo’s gay. He would have never talked about girls that way. So it would have never happened.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
The difference between a libertarian and a Republican is that libertarians are Republicans that like to smoke weed.
re: #50 thedopefishlives
I like to think you’re wrong, but you probably aren’t.
In other news, I’ve been kind of laying low on FB since my epic blast two Saturdays ago. I decided to load the Mark 7’s (16”/50-caliber cannon used on the Iowa-class) for another go, and this time, I put Biblical shells in the ammo bunker. Here goes nothing.
I like to think I am too but remember Trump himself talked about walking in on beauty contestants around the same age. He didn’t say it was okay to have sexual relations with them of course. And we do remember Phli Robertson’s comments about teenage brides too.
New: Texas AG Ken Paxton says in a statement that he will appeal the ruling in an attempt to kick out Planned Parenthood from Medicaid pic.twitter.com/HWdSR0tzKS
— Brian M. Rosenthal (@brianmrosenthal) February 21, 2017
re: #52 mmmirele
Thing is, Milo’s gay. He would have never talked about girls that way. So it would have never happened.
Oh I know. I’m just saying that it’s the fact that the actors were same sex that made CPAC let him go.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Same genius that told Washington and Minnesota that they have no border.
.@oreillyfactor: “Most Americans do not want a country with no standards of behavior.” #OReillyFactor pic.twitter.com/robCeaTav7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 22, 2017
Uh huh. Who sets the standards, the wife beater or the pussy grabber? https://t.co/h1YrN2fd6E
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 22, 2017
re: #53 Ace Rothstein
The difference between a libertarian and a Republican is that libertarians are Republicans that like to smoke weed.
I’m going to have to disagree with that. A lot of them are, yes but I do think for all my problems with libertarian ideology, it’s not that simple. I think a lot of self described libertarians we see are in fact conservatives in denial. I know some of you will disagree with me here but I do have a number of libertarian friends and acquaintances who are just as happy to see Milo gone as we are.
re: #57 HappyWarrior
Same genius that told Washington and Minnesota that they have no border.
Wait, what?
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really don’t think most Americans like being lectured by a spouse abuser or sexual harasser either for that matter, Bill.
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’re right, Billy. My standards of behavior condemn dragging your wife down the stairs by her hair while your young daughter watches.
re: #60 thedopefishlives
Wait, what?
Yep Paxton when he trashed the AGs of Minnesota and Washington for suing Orange One said something to the effect that they don’t have a border to worry about.
Catherine Cortez Masto on new DHS memo: “I am appalled by the Administration’s ignorance when it comes to our immigrant communities.” pic.twitter.com/cvNBneIn2q
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 22, 2017
Tom Cotton advised his staff to give preferential seating to ppl on list provided by @ARGOP at tomorrow’s town hall https://t.co/U4QJz12jrS
— Billy Fleming (@JooBilly) February 22, 2017
While trump is still campaigning and tweeting, seems Pence is giving a 180 view of America to those who used to be allies
Australia has not been asked to increase its military contribution to the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, according to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Ms Bishop says current Australian military contribution to fight IS is “appropriate”
Expected to touch on conflict in meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
She says US, like Australia, is “very generous when it comes to resettling refugees”
Ms Bishop described her hour-long meeting with United States Vice-President Mike Pence as “warm” and “constructive” with the pair discussing the refugee resettlement deal and tensions in the South China Sea.
abc.net.au
Australia is still living in dreamland if they think Pence is saying anything that trump agrees with. No way is the US going to honor an agreement made with President Obama on refugees.
And why are the diplomats meeting with VP Pence rather than the President - is he too busy campaigning and playing golf?
re: #63 HappyWarrior
Yep Paxton when he trashed the AGs of Minnesota and Washington for suing Orange One said something to the effect that they don’t have a border to worry about.
We don’t worry about our border because we’re friendly and welcoming to strangers. Need I remind Captain Dumbass that we have a large refugee settlement of Somalians that still freaks wingnuts out to this day?
And please don’t read my statement as support for Libertarian ideology either. It’s got its own problems, namely a naive belief about the role of markets and individuals. In a sense, ultra-libertarians are a lot like diehard Marxists.
re: #63 HappyWarrior
This guy?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to be tried twice for securities fraud
Yeah, that’s the guy.
re: #67 thedopefishlives
We don’t worry about our border because we’re friendly and welcoming to strangers. Need I remind Captain Dumbass that we have a large refugee settlement of Somalians that still freaks wingnuts out to this day?
I doubt he knows that. Minnesota also has a large number of Hmong refugees too right?
I strongly condemn President Trump’s cruel #massdeportation plan. pic.twitter.com/v0io57O5ms
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) February 21, 2017
re: #71 Stanley Sea
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I’m surprised Cummings hasn’t considered higher office i.e. Senator or Governor in Maryland.
re: #70 HappyWarrior
I doubt he knows that. Minnesota also has a large number of Hmong refugees too right?
Yes, we do. You should see the multi-lingual signs in the major hospital downtown, where Mrs. Fish has been receiving her ongoing care.
re: #65 FormerDirtDart
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Okay, can you imagine if the Democrats had pulled shit like this during the 2009-10 years? Gotta love all those TPer Republicans now scared of their constituents. It’s even better when Republican Revolution of 1994 assholes went down after being showed to be just as if not more corrupt than what they replaced.
Remember Trump’s rallying cry about “Taking Their Oil”? Looks like things aren’t so rosy there….
Wolf Street: Biggest Gasoline Glut In 27 Years Could Crash Oil Markets
Oil prices are stuck in a holding pattern, waiting for more definitive data on what comes next. OPEC compliance is helping keep prices afloat, but rising U.S. oil production is acting as a counterweight.
A new problem that has emerged is the record levels of gasoline sitting in storage. The market has already had to digest the fact that U.S. crude oil stocks were rising, and investors have done their best to explain away the trend. But now gasoline inventories are climbing to unexpected heights.
It would be one thing if crude stocks were rising, perhaps because refiners were going offline for maintenance. But if that were the case, then gasoline stocks would draw down on lower refining runs. But if both crude and refined product inventories are going up at the same time, then there should be some reasons for worry.
In fact, the glut of gasoline is now the worst in 27 years. At 259 million barrels, U.S. gasoline storage levels are now at their highest level since the EIA began tracking the data back in 1990.
So tell me, why do we need DaPL again?
re: #73 thedopefishlives
Yes, we do. You should see the multi-lingual signs in the major hospital downtown, where Mrs. Fish has been receiving her ongoing care.
Good deal.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
@TheodoreRocks @Green_Footballs @lsarsour What a bizarre thing to say. Opposing bigots and liars is worse than being OK with molestation?
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) February 22, 2017
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Good deal.
My dad may trash this state as a liberal hippie haven, but I appreciate the giving nature of the people here. Would that Hoosiers had as much compassion.
re: #65 FormerDirtDart
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You know who lives in/near Springdale? The notorious Duggar family, of 19 Kids and Counting fame. And, later, of Josh Duggar molested his sisters fame. (Another example of where child sexual abuse was minimized in the Evangelical Protestant world.)
I bet we see a crowd of Duggars tomorrow.
re: #78 thedopefishlives
My dad may trash this state as a liberal hippie haven, but I appreciate the giving nature of the people here. Would that Hoosiers had as much compassion.
Heh, that just goes to show how different our fathers are. My Dad would love to live in a liberal hippie haven.
re: #77 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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These types really do think being a liberal = satanic. No surprised.
Might be an interesting course to take….
The Register: BS Detection 101 becomes actual University subject
Uni of Washington says the age of Big Data makes statistical literacy essential
Biology professor Carl Bergstrom and assistant professor at the university’s Information School Jevin West have devised the “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data” course as their small contribution to moving manure out of scholarly discourse.
Alas, they’re not addressing politics, where they write the practice of promulgating poo and manhandling manure reaches its apogee, but they’re swinging the shovel at a cause equally worthy: “more and more we see it presented instead in the guise of big data and fancy algorithms — and these quantitative, statistical, and computational forms of bullshit are those that we will be addressing in the present course.”
Tugging strongly on The Register’s heart-strings, they call out some of the world’s richest known sources of bullshit: “the TED talk you watched last night … the latest New York Times or Washington Post article fawning over some startup’s big data analytics”.
We almost weep with joy to see them ask “Can you tell when a clinical trial … is trustworthy, and when it is just a veiled press release for some big pharma company?”
The syllabus will teach students how to spot the misuse of statistics, how visualisation can mislead audiences, the use and abuse of big data (with Weapons of Math Destruction as a supplementary reader, we note), publication bias in science, and the ethics of calling bullshit (the difference between “being a hard-minded skeptic and being a domineering jerk”).
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
@PRyan The ACA is Americans living up to our ideals, and taking care of the poor. Misleading rubes is bad for America. Grow a conscience.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) February 22, 2017
@Green_Footballs It’s not even hypocrisy anymore. It’s a shared pathological mental illness.
— Nathan Obral ✏️😸🏀 (@myronfalwell) February 22, 2017
re: #82 Eric The Fruit Bat
Might be an interesting course to take….
The Register: BS Detection 101 becomes actual University subject
Uni of Washington says the age of Big Data makes statistical literacy essential
Yeah if I were an undergrad there and I had some space in my schedule, I’d take it. I’m sure the wingnuts are going to be aghast about this.
re: #75 Eric The Fruit Bat
Remember Trump’s rallying cry about “Taking Their Oil”? Looks like things aren’t so rosy there….
Wolf Street: Biggest Gasoline Glut In 27 Years Could Crash Oil Markets
So tell me, why do we need DaPL again?
To fuck over the First Nations. Trump and others follow in the tradition of noted murderous white supremacist psychopath Andrew Jackson.
re: #83 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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You know, it’s pretty funny to be lectured about how bad Washington is by someone who has been in Washington for nearly his whole adult career. In fact, outside a stint at McD’s and his family business, Ryan has no private sector experience. Nothing wrong with that but he really is a big fat hypocrite when it comes to this. Give up your Washington health insurance if you think it’s so bad, Paul.
re: #84 Myron Falwell
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They’ve decided they hate liberals more than anything else.
re: #79 mmmirele
You know who lives in/near Springdale? The notorious Duggar family, of 19 Kids and Counting fame. And, later, of Josh Duggar molested his sisters fame. (Another example of where child sexual abuse was minimized in the Evangelical Protestant world.)
I bet we see a crowd of Duggars tomorrow.
Speaking of Duggars, my wife befriended a former quiverfull parent. He’s gone almost too far the other way, into liberal la-la land, but it’s refreshing to know I’m not alone.
@FoxNews @oreillyfactor
Most don’t but the electoral college elected him anyways.— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 22, 2017
re: #88 HappyWarrior
They’ve decided they hate liberals more than anything else.
Jim Jones and the People’s Temple would be wincing at this level of mass delusion.
re: #92 Myron Falwell
Jim Jones and the People’s Temple would be wincing at this level of mass delusion.
I know. Trump convinced these dumbasses that unemployment was at 40%.
re: #92 Myron Falwell
Jim Jones and the People’s Temple would be wincing at this level of mass delusion.
I dunno. I think he’d be pretty impressed at Drumpf getting all these lemmings to commit mass suicide without the use of Kool-aid.
re: #57 HappyWarrior
Same genius that told Washington and Minnesota that they have no border.
re: #90 thedopefishlives
Speaking of Duggars, my wife befriended a former quiverfull parent. He’s gone almost too far the other way, into liberal la-la land, but it’s refreshing to know I’m not alone.
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AOL’s email blacklisting system is a huge, antiquated pain in the ass. Seriously? RDNS is how they check for spam? OK, rant over.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
That’s not the point. I don’t use AOL. I’m trying to send email to AOL accounts. @owenrumney
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #95 Anymouse
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Like father, like daughter/wife
Ivanka Trump hit with lien in New York for failure to pay taxes on her high end jewelry business https://t.co/5CtzDUXpT8 pic.twitter.com/8DQC6XPi1y
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2017
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
But we don’t need to see Drumpf’s taxes, noooooo…
re: #96 Charles Johnson
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There is a non-profit called Spamhaus that provides IPs of supposed spammers. Because my telephone company provides me with a dynamic IP, I frequently get my E-mail blocked by one or another company (AOL blocks it a lot).
It has to do with being cheap. Companies do not have to pay for things like Spamhaus or reverse DNS lookups.
Just so blatant & no one is stopping him.
GAH
PGA chief got a “social” call out of the blue from @realDonaldTrump, whose golf courses have sought PGA events. https://t.co/GPF6xWzKjJ
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 22, 2017
It was so huge back in the day, it’s now like a zombie shambling around the internet wreaking havoc without even knowing. @DeadBunnyFrank
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
One wonders what type of “so-called” crowd this is…
Hundreds attending Sen. Chris Murphy’s town hall in West Hartford. @NBCConnecticut pic.twitter.com/g6MsfcSRJ4
— Jamie Ratliff (@JamieRatliffNBC) February 22, 2017
.@ChrisMurphyCT greeted at town hall with sustained standing ovation. When you stand up for working folks, you don’t have to hide from them. https://t.co/38tGoYga3n
— Tim Tagaris (@ttagaris) February 22, 2017
re: #105 FormerDirtDart
One wonders what type of “so-called” crowd this is…
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You know, Murphy’s someone I think should be considered for VP possibly or maybe even Pres if he wants it. He’s a smart guy and involved on a lot of issues.
We, the undersigned citizens of the U.S. Sincerely believe our republican form of government has been/and is being assaulted by acts that are and have been calculated to overthrow the lawful government of the U.S., together with acts/attempts to incite insurrection, create civil unrest and otherwise interfere with our sovereign first amendment exercise of a free and honest form of self-government, by George Soros.
George Soros is a menace to the free world and stands in the way of American prosperity. In his own words: “The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States … Changing [the] attitude and policies of the United States remains my top priority.”
We call on Congress to investigate his financial transactions, taxes, assets, and PAC involvement/donations.
Signed by all of two people at present.
re: #98 thedopefishlives
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re: #107 teleskiguy
Signed by all of two people at present.
Hahahaha. Seriously, you gotta love these people. They’re the ones who agreed with the Roberts court hat money was speech so even if their Soros conspiracy theories were true, there would be nothing illegal about that. They just can’t accept the fact that people out of their own free will do not like Trump.
@realDonaldTrump How dare liberals protest people they pay with their tax dollars!
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) February 22, 2017
re: #112 GlutenFreeJesus
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I think Trump is honestly stupid enough to believe that only Republicans live in Republican held districts.
re: #107 teleskiguy
I remember when you could go on there and find 4-5 “STOP WHITE GENOCIDE” petitions
re: #114 Kragar
I remember when you could go on there and find 4-5 “STOP WHITE GENOCIDE” petitions
THE HONKEYCAUST!
re: #115 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, it’s only just turned 6PM here.
And this is supposed to mean something significant?
re: #117 teleskiguy
THE HONKEYCAUST!
We will never forget the time that we were told to consider someone else’s experiences. I still have nightmares.
Breaking real news: Immigrants commit less - not more - crime than native born Americans. They add - not subtract - to our economic output.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 21, 2017
But those are just facts. They can’t compete with irrational xenophobia drummed up by the @POTUS. @ChrisMurphyCT https://t.co/hXvfqfllQ3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #102 Stanley Sea
BuBuBuBut … He’s pimping his golf courses?! Oh well, there’s another count for when they’re ready to throw him out.
re: #117 teleskiguy
Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
White Genocide: The girl I like in High School married a black guy and the Mexican guy who busts his ass at Walmart was just made my shift manager.
re: #118 thedopefishlives
And this is supposed to mean something significant?
Well, unlike my previous employer,
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, my current employer frowns on drinking at work. We need to have a VP’s approval and presence.
And none of our VPs work at this site.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sorry. I typed out a long response about my acquaintance with Dave Brat, but when I went to check a fact, the “private” quote-box disappeared. Maybe another time. The gist was: he knows how to play a crowd, generally. But thinking people aren’t fooled. And—as an academic, whether he was BB&T-funded, I don’t know, but he may as well have been given the Objectivism-sounding lectures I heard from my office.
re: #123 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, unlike my previous employer,
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, my current employer frowns on drinking at work. We need to have a VP’s approval and presence.
And none of our VPs work at this site.
We have three bars in our office. Yes, three. Last night, we had our company party in our lovely new office building. I think the drinking started before 4 PM. It was still going strong at 9:30 when Mrs. Fish and I sobered up enough to drive home.
re: #123 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, unlike my previous employer, my current employer frowns on drinking at work. We need to have a VP’s approval and presence.
And none of our VPs work at this site.
Yeah, I was gonna say 6pm, Silicon Valley is still at work. At least, if you want to avoid the traffic.
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
After 4PM dinner, Trump retires to the residency in his robe, glued to FOX News.
re: #107 teleskiguy
Meanwhile, the most popular online White House petition of all time is:
1,060,936 have signed at present.
re: #126 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yeah, I was gonna say 6pm, Silicon Valley is still at work. At least, if you want to avoid the traffic.
Yes. I see them on 280, heading the other way from me - long streams of Priuses, BMWs, Audis and Teslas.
re: #124 Barefoot Grin
Sorry. I typed out a long response about my acquaintance with Dave Brat, but when I went to check a fact, the quote-box disappeared. Maybe another time. The gist was: he knows how to play a crowd, generally. But thinking people aren’t fooled. And—as an academic, whether he was BB&T-funded, I don’t know, but he may as well have been given the Objectivism-sounding lectures I heard from my office.
I tried reading one of Brat’s monographs. I noted several logical errors and overall pomposity in his writing. Mostly, argument by assertion.
re: #127 GlutenFreeJesus
After 4PM dinner, Trump retires to the residency in his robe, glued to FOX News.
Jesus, he eats the Early Bird Special.
re: #68 HappyWarrior
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
Like father, like daughter/wife
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It is just sooooo unfair how they treat her. So unfair. Sad how unfair it is believe me.
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re: #130 wheat-dogg
I tried reading one of Brat’s monographs. I noted several logical errors and overall pomposity in his writing. Mostly, argument by assertion.
A lot of that among the Libertarian and Libertarian-Adjacent. Like “Everything Government does takes twice as long and costs twice as much!”
You know, except the things you can’t get the Private Sector to do AT ALL. Roadbuilding. Policing. Firefighting. Basic scientific research.
re: #130 wheat-dogg
I tried reading one of Brat’s monographs. I noted several logical errors and overall pomposity in his writing. Mostly, argument by assertion.
This sums up really well his argument in committee as well. It’s as if his shiny class ring, suit and tie, and slicked-back hair are in themselves citation enough.
re: #127 GlutenFreeJesus
After 4PM dinner, Trump retires to the residency in his robe, glued to FOX News.
Someone suggested he has sundowner syndrome. I think he’s just effing lazy, and figures a six-hour work day is just fine.
re: #129 Blind Frog Belly White
Yes. I see them on 280, heading the other way from me - long streams of Priuses, BMWs, Audis and Teslas.
I stayed on campus until at least 7pm because that’s when the carpool lanes opened again and traffic eased up a little bit.
It’s still lousy until at least 8pm.
re: #106 HappyWarrior
You know, Murphy’s someone I think should be considered for VP possibly or maybe even Pres if he wants it. He’s a smart guy and involved on a lot of issues.
His Senate seat is up for re-election in ‘18, which could help him in the North East come ‘20.
Another plus, he won’t be eligible for Social Security come 2020
re: #137 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I stayed on campus until at least 7pm because that’s when the carpool lanes opened again and traffic eased up a little bit.
It’s still lousy until at least 8pm.
Crikey. If I’m on any road around here at 7:00, it’s almost completely empty. 6:00 is touch and go, but even by 6:30 you’re likely to get where you’re going without running into traffic.
re: #129 Blind Frog Belly White
Yes. I see them on 280, heading the other way from me - long streams of Priuses, BMWs, Audis and Teslas.
And Mercedes Benzes. I especially feel bad for the AMG versions, sitting there like caged tigers pacing and thrashing their tails in boredom in bumper-to-bumper 40 mph traffic, while I fly by at 80+ heading South. Poor bastards.
Dave Brat is completely out of his mind on right wing acid. Vicious Babushka posted this compilation of his tweets in 2014, and he’s since deleted a lot of them… but not all.
re: #135 Barefoot Grin
This sums up really well his argument in committee as well. It’s as if his shiny class ring, suit and tie, and slicked-back hair are in themselves citation enough.
I know the type. I’ve been in the education racket a long time. Brat’s an exemplar.
Welcome back my friends to the trial that never ends .,… #oregonstandoff #bundyranch #bundycourtsketch pic.twitter.com/VA8EKlNBuw
— Bundy Court Sketches (@hecktow) February 22, 2017
We are so glad you could attend … #oregonstandoff #bundyranch #bundycourtsketch pic.twitter.com/719iHpplup
— Bundy Court Sketches (@hecktow) February 22, 2017
Umm on second though … run and hide run and hide #oregonstandoff #bundyranch #bundycourtsketch pic.twitter.com/t4CFrU0wLR
— Bundy Court Sketches (@hecktow) February 22, 2017
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One month into the administration, we can see that the battle lines are pretty much hardened, as far as where we’re going from here.
The key is that the Republicans in Congress still see it in their own best interest to support whatever Trump wants. As long as this continues Trump will do whatever he pleases.
Tweeting until people listen!
Stephen Miller flashes a “white power” sign from the White House!
Right hand = W
Left hand = P pic.twitter.com/OTqOg6eK4m— Susan Allor (@susan_allor) February 22, 2017
more:
Lunatics are in charge of the US government and the really pathetic truth is that they took over in full sight, but nobody cared.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #147 Charles Johnson
Not enough people cared. Many cared, but even more did not.
re: #148 freetoken
Not enough people cared. Many cared, but even more did not.
Was just going to say this. It isn’t that nobody cared, it’s that the right people didn’t care. The current resistance is admirable, but where was all this outrage before and during the election?
These motherfuckers are flashing “white power” from the White House? Ah, hell no….
re: #149 thedopefishlives
It would appear a great number of our fellow citizens just don’t care enough to pay attention.
We’re fat, dumb, and happy doped up.
re: #139 thedopefishlives
Crikey. If I’m on any road around here at 7:00, it’s almost completely empty. 6:00 is touch and go, but even by 6:30 you’re likely to get where you’re going without running into traffic.
Traffic here is awful. Just awful.
I do plan my errands around how to avoid it, if possible.
This is must listen to news.
BREAKING: The ‘rhododendron situation is so bad in Killarney National Park the army may have to be called in to sort it out @rtenews
BREAKING: The ‘rhododendron situation’ is so bad in Killarney National Park the army may have to be called in to sort it out @rtenews pic.twitter.com/cBizelJzmA
— Conor McMorrow (@ConorMcMorrow) February 21, 2017
re: #151 freetoken
It would appear a great number of our fellow citizens just don’t care enough to pay attention.
We’re fat, dumb, and
happydoped up.
Can I have another Ludeburger?
re: #153 gocart mozart
The Rhododendron Situation sounds like the name of an esoteric who-done-it novel.
“Nobody cared” = exaggeration for dramatic effect. But if more people had paid attention we might have stopped this before it was too late.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
It annoys the crap out of me that they focus so heavily on his Army service, which supposedly lasted less than a year.
Former Army soldier accused of supporting fake ISIS attack in Kansas City https://t.co/DZHgt4Vp0i pic.twitter.com/1cNS6ou5CE
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 22, 2017
re: #151 freetoken
It would appear a great number of our fellow citizens just don’t care enough to pay attention.
We’re fat, dumb, and
happydoped up.
Willful ignorance is as much a factor in this, I think. The number of people who “held [their] noses and voted for Trump” is staggering.
re: #66 fern01
While trump is still campaigning and tweeting, seems Pence is giving a 180 view of America to those who used to be allies
Australia has not been asked to increase its military contribution to the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, according to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Ms Bishop says current Australian military contribution to fight IS is “appropriate”
Expected to touch on conflict in meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
She says US, like Australia, is “very generous when it comes to resettling refugees”
Ms Bishop described her hour-long meeting with United States Vice-President Mike Pence as “warm” and “constructive” with the pair discussing the refugee resettlement deal and tensions in the South China Sea.
abc.net.auAustralia is still living in dreamland if they think Pence is saying anything that trump agrees with. No way is the US going to honor an agreement made with President Obama on refugees.
And why are the diplomats meeting with VP Pence rather than the President - is he too busy campaigning and playing golf?
I’m starting to think that in these meetings, once Pence is done groveling and apologizing he tells foreign leaders to just not listen to anything Trump says. And Trump gets to say whatever he wants to keep the base riled up.
re: #152 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Traffic here is awful. Just awful.
I do plan my errands around how to avoid it, if possible.
One thing I’ve heard about Twin Cities traffic is that it has the worst ratio of “bad to good” traffic times in the country. When our traffic is flowing freely, it’s flowing very freely; when it’s bad, it’s REALLY bad.
Now we’re faced with a situation where the entire US govt is swinging to the extreme right for years to come. It’s a fucking disaster.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #96 Charles Johnson
Well, I just sent an E-mail list out, and three were immediately bounced. One AOL and two other providers.
re: #162 Charles Johnson
Hyperbole is all well and good, but when you have as many dim-witted drooling trolls looking to pounce as you do, sometimes discretion is advised.
Hey Lizards with interests in Japan, check out my latest page.
re: #75 Eric The Fruit Bat
Remember Trump’s rallying cry about “Taking Their Oil”? Looks like things aren’t so rosy there….
Wolf Street: Biggest Gasoline Glut In 27 Years Could Crash Oil Markets
So tell me, why do we need DaPL again?
As Trump allows even more exploration, and not even just in oil, this will get worse, pushing further down on prices.
Obviously, the only way to fix it is to allow monopolies so they can control prices. //
@MarkAgee
STYLIST: Describe the look you’d like to go for.
MILO: Poochie pic.twitter.com/ICSMra31N9— YEAH, THIS BABY (@Sheik_Speare) February 22, 2017
re: #168 Belafon
As Trump allows even more exploration, and not even just in oil, this will get worse, pushing further down on prices.
Obviously, the only way to fix it is to allow monopolies so they can control prices. //
You’d think that Putin would have ordered him to curtail production since THAT would benefit Mother Russia. An oil crash hurts Putin a lot.
But again, the white man (as always) wants to screw over the First Nations to benefit themselves, so they’re going to shove DAPL down their throats.
It’s a disturbing new world we live in guys.
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No comment needed.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 15, 2017
re: #162 Charles Johnson
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A case could be made that such a swing really began in 1994, and just culminated in 2016.
Of course it’s Monday morning quarterback mode, but that’s more than enough time for a major political party to abdicate itself of any sense of logic and reason.
Buddhist walks up to a hotdog stand and says, “Make me one with everything.”
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 16, 2017
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 17, 2017
@StephenKing All this was foretold in prophecy. pic.twitter.com/PTS8UjDffo
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 22, 2017
The Verge: Uber employees say all-hands meeting about sexism allegations was ‘honest, raw, and emotional’
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick apologized for the mistakes that helped create a culture in which an ex-engineer was repeatedly stymied in her attempts to report sexual harassment, in an all-hands meeting at the company’s San Francisco headquarters that employees who participated described as “honest, raw, and emotional.”
Uber employees, who requested anonymity to recount some details of today’s meeting, said they were taken aback by Kalanick’s response to ex-engineer Susan Fowler’s allegations of sexism, which she detailed in an explosive blog post on Sunday. Hours after Fowler’s account went public, Kalanick vowed a thorough investigation, calling her experience “abhorrent and against everything Uber stands for and believes in.” And the conversation continued in today’s meeting, which ended up turning into a Q&A between Kalanick and his employees.
Employees said it was very rare to see Kalanick care so much and exhibit so much emotion at a staff meeting. (Kalanick appeared to tear up at times during the meeting, according to Bloomberg.) They came away believing that the Uber CEO was taking these allegations extremely seriously and personally, and was completely invested in the results of the investigation.
In an internal email sent to Uber employees yesterday, Kalanick said his company had brought on former US Attorney General Eric Holder to oversee “an independent review” of the issues raised by Fowler. Holder will work with Tammy Albarran, another lawyer at his firm, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post (and an Uber board member), as well as Angela Padilla, an in-house lawyer, and Uber’s HR chief Liane Hornsey. It’s a wide range of people, but critics have already pointed out that an investigation led by so many Uber employees, or in Holder’s case an advocate for Uber, is hardly independent.
If one looked at the blog posts from the engineer in question she was actually threatened at one point by Uber HR. So in short, expect the same performance from Holder that we got with his handling of the miscreants of the financial crises-a big fat zero…..
re: #176 gocart mozart
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Seriously, I don’t want to hear Trump supporters lecture my generation about how we’re too sensitive when they’re the reason why we have this guy. This guy who can’t even watch SNL without flipping out.
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
Like father, like daughter/wife
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This is a TERRIFIC post by a young lady named Susan Keller on Facebook that is going viral. She has a point. Read and enjoy. #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/6gjOFlNl7t
— Elanor Gardner (@Sams1stDaughter) February 19, 2017
With #FlatEarth gaining more adherents “should we also teach the Flat Earth controversy in schools” is no longer just a cute hypothetical.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 22, 2017
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
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18 is my favorite point of all of it. And, to be fair, I was one of those that decided I’d get my news somewhere else. But now I give money to newspapers to do their work.
It does make me wonder if it would actually be a good idea to have a subscription TV news service. Or maybe that’s called PBS and I should start donating to that as well.
Keep in mind re: Stephen Miller hand thing that the pictures in the tweet are showing two different prison gang signs.
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1 - A prison gang sign made with one hand only, specifically with the thumb pointing out
2, “The Peckerwood” made with both hands but the fingers crossed on one hand.
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It’s possible he’s trying to be slick by using some combination of both but how recognizable would that be? I doubt Richard Spencer knows much about WP prison gangs, for example. So I’m still skeptical of this being like the “ISIS finger point.” I guess I would expect to see more comments about this from actual racists that are supposedly watching these press conferences who are meant to pick up on it.
re: #181 Nyet
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We should tell these people that during solar flares, the disc becomes slippery and they could fly off into space, and they should carry an anchor around just in case.
New tonight: Facebook gave $120,000 to CPAC - half cash, half in-kind contributions https://t.co/nQFRS8TzqA
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) February 22, 2017
Spicer may have stepped into a glorious trap….
Eric Wemple: April Ryan stands behind question about Trump’s views on race
In today’s White House press briefing, April D. Ryan, White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, asked White House press secretary Sean Spicer about the lessons that President Trump may have taken from his visit Tuesday to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She asked:
What did the president gain from his tour today? You talked about where he visited, the exhibits that he visited. Did he also visit slavery? And the reason why I’m asking is, is because when he was candidate Trump, he said things like “we made this country,” meaning white America, and not necessarily black. Did he gain —
Not appearing terribly pleased with the premise, Spicer responded, “I don’t know why you would say that. What do you mean?” In turn, Ryan said, “No, no, no, he said that. I heard him say that.” With that, Spicer ventured an explanation of the president’s “eye-opening” tour of the museum.
So the Erik Wemple Blog rang her up. She cited remarks that candidate Trump made in mid-March 2016, such as this quote from a Ohio rally: “We’re people that work very hard. We’re people who’ve built this country and made this country great. And we’re all together and we want to get along with everybody, but when they have organized, professionally staged wise guys, we’ve got to fight back, we’ve got to fight back.”
Ryan tweeted out those remarks at the time:
@realDonaldTrump says We can’t have our first amendment rights taken from us. We are people who built this country and made America great.
11:09 AM - 12 Mar 2016
What Trump said that day and the people to whom he said it matter, as Ryan tells it. “The president said we built this country. He said that on that highly charged event,” said Ryan, noting that the audience for the event was predominantly white. “And now coming into this facility and seeing this new museum, what was his takeaway? Does he still feel the same way? That’s all it was.”The Erik Wemple Blog moments ago asked Spicer for his take on the matter and we’ll update if we hear back.
Setting up and ready to get back to work. Time for some one over one, I think. pic.twitter.com/Y8crInTRX8
— sylk (@sylk) February 22, 2017
For us connoisseurs of classical music, we lost a great one today….
Star Tribune: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota musical giant, dead at 93
Minnesota’s beloved maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who defected from Communist Poland to lead the Minnesota Orchestra to new heights, died Tuesday at 93.
During his tenure as music director in the 1960s and ’70s, “Stan” expanded the orchestra’s repertoire and raised its national profile. He regularly returned to that podium between guest-conducting major orchestras around the world and composing his own works in the basement of his Plymouth home.
“I think he gave the Twin Cities a sense of artistic luster that they’ve enjoyed ever since,” said Frederick Harris Jr., author of the Skrowaczewski biography “Seeking the Infinite.”
Reinforcing that cultural milieu by staying in the state while building a distinguished international career, Harris said the Polish-born maestro became “the dean of classical musicians of Minnesota.”
Skrowaczewski suffered a stroke in November and again in February. A memorial will be held March 28 at Orchestra Hall.
“Maestro Skrowaczewski’s mark on the Minnesota Orchestra was significant and continued well beyond his years as music director,” said music director Osmo Vänskä. “He was a consummate musician and conductor, and he will be greatly missed.”
Rep. Steve King (R-Bigot) is promoting a “school choice” bill that would directly funnel tax money to religious schools.
Illegal? Of course not, according to the bill:
Payments to parents under subsection (b)(5) shall be considered assistance to the eligible child and shall not be considered assistance to the school that enrolls the eligible child. The amount of any payment under this section shall not be treated as income of the child or his or her parents for purposes of Federal tax laws or for determining eligibility for any other Federal program.
Wow, this is seriously disturbing. @rushaw @Gus_802
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #184 DuckDharma
Keep in mind re: Stephen Miller hand thing that the pictures in the tweet are showing two different prison gang signs.
adl.org
1 - A prison gang sign made with one hand only, specifically with the thumb pointing out2, “The Peckerwood” made with both hands but the fingers crossed on one hand.
adl.orgIt’s possible he’s trying to be slick by using some combination of both but how recognizable would that be? I doubt Richard Spencer knows much about WP prison gangs, for example. So I’m still skeptical of this being like the “ISIS finger point.” I guess I would expect to see more comments about this from actual racists that are supposedly watching these press conferences who are meant to pick up on it.
I’m quite sure Richard Spencer knows all about it. There is not much difference between white power prison gangs and uptown Nazis like Spencer.
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re: #191 Anymouse
I think the bill is awful but that particular quoted section is consistent in some ways with how scholarships are treated now, at least at the university level. Tuition scholarships are not taxed. Room and board is considered income and can be taxed.
re: #192 Charles Johnson
Almost looks like Putin’s bot army.
re: #194 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I think the bill is awful but that particular quoted section is consistent in some ways with how scholarships are treated now, at least at the university level. Tuition scholarships are not taxed. Room and board is considered income and can be taxed.
The point of the bill is to divert tax money to this purpose, not scholarships.
re: #192 Charles Johnson
If what’s his name the twitter guy actually cared about his company, that should scare him.
re: #196 Anymouse
The point of the bill is to divert tax money to this purpose, not scholarships.
I did say I thought the bill was awful. I was just commenting that treating the tuition assistance as non-taxable income is consistent with the current implementation of scholarships and nothing more.
re: #195 Nyet
Almost looks like Putin’s bot army.
This is definitely some kind of coordinated bot action. Very, very creepy. @rushaw @Gus_802
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
re: #199 Charles Johnson
And the other headlines there are no less insane (and are directed against Trump and Putin enemies).
@skeptropolis Agreed! 👍 Also no evolution denial, climate change denial or Holocaust denial.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 22, 2017
congress.gov (HR 610)
It would repeal the entire purpose of the 1965 Education Act and distribute all funds to parents.
It would also take a shot at school lunches.
SEC. 104. Application.
(a) Application.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this title, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes assurances that the State will—
(1) comply with the requirements of section 105; and
(2) make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to elect—
(A) to enroll their child in any public or private elementary or secondary school in the State; or
(B) to home-school their child.
(b) Approval.—Not later than 30 days after receiving an application from a State that meets the requirements of subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve such application.
And of course things like block grants and voucher programmes means they can not fund them properly, forcing the poor out.
— Persian Rose (@PersianRose1) February 14, 2017
re: #198 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I did say I thought the bill was awful. I was just commenting that treating the tuition assistance as non-taxable income is consistent with the current implementation of scholarships and nothing more.
It is not tuition assistance. It is tax money being taken directly from education and being given to parents religious schools.
You can bet that this won’t go for Muslim religious schools or Jewish religious schools. And as long as religious conservatives have been bashing public schools as “secular godless (read atheistic)” schools, they get to stick it to the non-religious.
Dr. Duke and Andrew Anglin Expose Jewish Pervert Milo and the Zio Techniques of Subverting… https://t.co/LWiWA8L7jP pic.twitter.com/IncVlliAJJ
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) February 21, 2017
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on new DHS memo: “This is simply unparalleled in its meanness, scope and most likely its enforceability.” pic.twitter.com/IYvvcuj8Cm
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 22, 2017
The plan is taco salads for dinner. Yum.
re: #192 Charles Johnson
That freaks me out!
I just witnessed a fucking murder pic.twitter.com/eN4HpjkstI
— hiba uchiha (@iatemuggles) February 21, 2017
I’M NOT RANTING & RAVING! #presidentsupervillain pic.twitter.com/xjndfHe2Iy
— Pres. Supervillain (@PresVillain) February 16, 2017
Backstab.
Milo joked, Roman Polanski raped. One lost a book deal, one was given a standing ovation by Obama supporters and won an Oscar.
— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) February 21, 2017
Milo clearly was not joking in those videos. He’s never even claimed he was joking. https://t.co/xszY4HpAiL
— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 21, 2017
re: #192 Charles Johnson
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I saw a lot of that during the election. It would take Twitter no time at all to code a response that autoblocks that kind of spam. Instead they stick with their current complaint driven system because they’re afraid of what an effective response would do to their inflated user metrics.
re: #193 Anymouse
Obviously that’s wrong or more than a few people would have any idea about these hand signs until a few days ago. Spencer’s target audience is college students, not skinheads.
I’ll grant Milo defenders this: He was taken down by the Deep Cuck (not the Deep State). But facts are facts.
— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 22, 2017
#NeverTrump was risible. #AlwaysTrump, who defend Milo and claim that facts are “fake news” invented by McMuffin, are equally ridiculous.
— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 22, 2017
.@Cernovich and @PrisonPlanet obsessed about “pizza-gate” for months. Now they excuse #Milo.
They have no souls.— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 21, 2017
re: #206 Stanley Sea
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Plus, we’re going to hire a bunch of new people to arrest immigrants, lock them up in detention centers that are already full, so they can have their day in court before judges we have nowhere near enough of to get through the existing cases, much less a bunch of new ones. Who is going to pay for all this? How long will it take. Is there a plan beyond terrorizing people? Oh, of course not.
Ouccchhchchch!
#Milo is now irrelevant. He channelled troll culture and the Alt Right. That’s over, and thus he’s over. It’s not like he’s a deep thinker.
— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 21, 2017
re: #206 Stanley Sea
“When America sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” - Mexico
Some might even be Mexicans.
re: #219 calochortus
Plus, we’re going to hire a bunch of new people to arrest immigrants, lock them up in detention centers that are already full, so they can have their day in court before judges we have nowhere near enough of to get through the existing cases, much less a bunch of new ones. Who is going to pay for all this? How long will it take. Is there a plan beyond terrorizing people? Oh, of course not.
I question if they are going to get to see a judge.
I’m serious.
Kelly, the only not batshit crazy one in the cabinet signed off on this. The brownshirts are ready to act.
re: #222 Stanley Sea
I question if they are going to get to see a judge.
I’m serious.
Kelly, the only not batshit crazy one in the cabinet signed off on this. The brownshirts are ready to act.
No, they won’t see a judge.
It fits into the conservative mindset that the Bill of Rights only applies to citizens.
The question is whether other countries will accept deportees (or even allow such aircraft into their airspace or busses through their customs houses).
Daaaaamn. Blowing up the internet
Remember, the guy who hired Milo at Breitbart “News” is now chief adviser to the president of the United States.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2017
They must breed a special kind of Iowa Republicans….
Daily Kos: Iowa legislature introduces bill to require university faculty applicants to state party affiliation
The legislation proposes that a “person shall not be hired as a professor or instructor member of the faculty at such an institution if the person’s political party affiliation on the date of hire would cause the percentage of faculty belonging to one political party to exceed by ten percent the percentage of faculty belonging to the other political party.”
The Secretary of State’s office would be directed to provide voter registration lists to the colleges so that new job applicants’ party affiliation could be checked before the hiring process gets underway. Graciously, (Iowa State Sen. Mark) Chelgren (R) allows for people registered as No Party to slip through the process without facing the litmus test.
The obvious impact and purpose of this bill would be to ban Democrats from getting hired anymore at Iowa colleges. If you took a survey right now, it’s highly likely that Iowa professors are registered as Democrats at a much higher rate than Republican. So any new hires would be strictly limited to Republican or No Party voters.
re: #222 Stanley Sea
I question if they are going to get to see a judge.
I’m serious.
Kelly, the only not batshit crazy one in the cabinet signed off on this. The brownshirts are ready to act.
Some may not, but when that happens, I think there will be pushback, since they do have a legal right to a hearing and there are still a lot of people with a vested interest in the rule of law. What they won’t get is an immigration lawyer, which is unfortunate.
re: #220 Nyet
Spencer has always been like this. He’s an asshole who attacks other assholes. He’s also bashed Chuck C. Johnson.
re: #160 thedopefishlives
One thing I’ve heard about Twin Cities traffic is that it has the worst ratio of “bad to good” traffic times in the country. When our traffic is flowing freely, it’s flowing very freely; when it’s bad, it’s REALLY bad.
I live three miles from work and my commute is kind of weird. I can hop onto 35E in the morning and it moves along at the speed limit (45mph because reasons) until I jump off on the other side of downtown, but if I try to go home by the same route at 4:30 I get stuck in the freeway crawl from hell. I just take 7th street home. Not real speedy but less frustrating than sitting motionless on the freeway. The drive home goes past dozens of very yummy restaurants.
re: #227 Charles Johnson
Spencer has always been like this. He’s an asshole who attacks other assholes. He’s also bashed Chuck C. Johnson.
I’d assumed he was totally useless, but if he’s sowing discord on the right, he’s not the waste of oxygen I thought he was.
re: #224 Dr. Matt
Daaaaamn. Blowing up the internet
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Charles Johnson: The new Kim Kardashian. /s
re: #223 Anymouse
No, they won’t see a judge.
It fits into the conservative mindset that the Bill of Rights only applies to citizens.
The question is whether other countries will accept deportees (or even allow such aircraft into their airspace or busses through their customs houses).
Those other countries should respond by refusing Americans entry, changing visa requirements, and/or recalling ambassadors.
Seriously, mass deportations create a problem both for us and the receiving nations. What do you do with all those people? How do you handle the paperwork at the borders and airports? Where do they go once they arrive at the receiving country?
AFAIK changes in immigration and visa policies are communicated several months in advance, so airlines and foreign nations can prepare. Trump is giving no one anytime to adjust, and that’s going to piss off a lot of people.
re: #226 calochortus
Some may not, but when that happens, I think there will be pushback, since they do have a legal right to a hearing and there are still a lot of people with a vested interest in the rule of law. What they won’t get is an immigration lawyer, which is unfortunate.
I’m going to ask the local ACLU if they can use clerical help.
All hands on deck.
The more I see of what is going on, the more I see DT as the Master of Laketown, as portrayed by Stephen Frye, and directed by Peter Jackson. ML was ahead of his time.
re: #228 stpaulbear
I live three miles from work and my commute is kind of weird. I can hop onto 35E in the morning and it moves along at the speed limit (45mph because reasons) until I jump off on the other side of downtown, but if I try to go home by the same route at 4:30 I get stuck in the freeway crawl from hell. I just take 7th street home. Not real speedy but less frustrating than sitting motionless on the freeway. The drive home goes past dozens of very yummy restaurants.
My commute has always been asymmetrical. Leaving the west suburbs at 5:00 AM ensures that traffic flowing into the Cities is smooth, but no matter what reasonable hour I leave in the afternoon, traffic is always stacked up. It’s only less bad if I leave work early.
New Nike commercial celebrates 5 Middle Eastern female athletes https://t.co/vAiWVmtO5a pic.twitter.com/DR8qAkpBy7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 22, 2017
New Nike commercial celebrates 5 Middle Eastern female athletes
re: #235 thedopefishlives
My commute has always been asymmetrical. Leaving the west suburbs at 5:00 AM ensures that traffic flowing into the Cities is smooth, but no matter what reasonable hour I leave in the afternoon, traffic is always stacked up. It’s only less bad if I leave work early.
My commute is the same as my wife’s: a block walk to the Village Hall/Public Library.
Pretty much don’t have to worry about traffic.
re: #237 Anymouse
My commute is the same as my wife’s: a block walk to the Village Hall/Public Library.
Pretty much don’t have to worry about traffic.
Mine used to be a lot worse. I live in the west suburbs of the Twin Cities metropolis. I currently work on the west side of the Cities. I used to work dead center downtown St. Paul, which is about as far away from my home as you can reasonably get without going all the way to Wisconsin.
Aaand, just what we need. The rain, which was supposed to be out of here for a few days, is coming down fairly hard.
The chimney is leaking so water is dripping into the fireplace. Still. The guy came out last Saturday and did a bunch of patching, but apparently not the right spots. He’ll be back out in a couple days.
Still, it’s not like having one’s house/road/car under water. I just want to be done with it. There are too many things in my life that are “in process” or I’m waiting to hear back about or whatever. When I decide to be a grown-up (which at my age, I should be) I want to be able to check that stuff off as DONE.
re: #237 Anymouse
My commute is the same as my wife’s: a block walk to the Village Hall/Public Library.
Pretty much don’t have to worry about traffic.
What if there’s a mad bull running around?
re: #213 DuckDharma
Who didn’t have an idea about them? The people that use them as dog whistles?
re: #239 calochortus
… There are too many things in my life that are “in process” or I’m waiting to hear back about or whatever. When I decide to be a grown-up (which at my age, I should be) I want to be able to check that stuff off as DONE.
Sorry. That never stops!
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re: #31 Anymouse
Maryland school orders teachers to take down “diversity” posters, citing they are “anti-Trump.”
huffingtonpost.com?
Didn’t know Carroll County was so messed up. I live in Southern Maryland and it’s pretty deep blue. I forget that there are some very White Conservative areas in Maryland.
re: #242 retired cynic
Sorry. That never stops!
Yeah. Unfortunately. This has just been a bad month. Tooth in the midst of getting itself a crown, clogged drain, leaky chimney, Mr. C. had a tooth issue, I’m trying to get a shower door replaced, need to arrange caterer for anniversary party. Mr. C. has enough going on that most of this is falling to me to deal with. Oh well…
re: #39 HappyWarrior
I’m really hoping that we get a Democratic wave in 2018. The odds are against us but you know what, we can do this.
We did it as recently as 2008. So yes we can.
Remember, the guy who hired Milo at Breitbart “News” is now chief adviser to the president of the United States.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2017
And I hope you lose sllep over it pussy LMFAO https://t.co/Qz8DO8ffhN
— Kyle O’Connor (@k_den_kyle) February 22, 2017
re: #244 Patricia Kayden
Didn’t know Carroll County was so messed up. I live in Southern Maryland and it’s pretty deep blue. I forget that there are some very White Conservative areas in Maryland.
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re: #249 calochortus
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re: #250 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #251 calochortus
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First sons Eric and Donald Jr. attend opening of new Trump golf course in Dubai https://t.co/670YZrxrTh pic.twitter.com/deAeUet5mg
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 20, 2017
If taxpayers are funding the trip, shouldn’t we get a portion of the #Emoluments, @tribelaw? https://t.co/0Hv5kdUl8c
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 22, 2017
Huh. Twitter locked me out because I called that KiTA weirdo a “****.” Had to delete offending tweet. First time that’s happened. Dude must’ve reported me.
Richard Rorty called his political philosophy “liberal ironism” and sometimes it’s good enough for me pic.twitter.com/wkkIe6pfZc
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) February 22, 2017
The Trump regime is empowering a host of trailer park-dwelling illiterates. pic.twitter.com/8Rbpr4To5j
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2017
Although the PRO-vaccine CHOICE Movement (corrected from the article that wrongly label us anti-vaccine) has been… https://t.co/bm1UgM62AM
— Texans 4 Vax Choice (@TXforVaxChoice) February 21, 2017
The article was correct. You are antivaccine, not “pro-choice” or “vaccine safety” activists. Those are just terms you use to hide antivax. https://t.co/tBOVtlnLkJ
— David Gorski (@gorskon) February 22, 2017
re: #254 teleskiguy
Huh. Twitter locked me out because I called that KiTA weirdo a “****.” Had to delete offending tweet. First time that’s happened. Dude must’ve reported me.
Twitter’s new efforts to stop harassment are just as inconsistent and ineffective as ever.
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re: #225 Eric The Fruit Bat
They must breed a special kind of Iowa Republicans….
Daily Kos: Iowa legislature introduces bill to require university faculty applicants to state party affiliation
Taking to heart their lessons from Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, I see….
Okay, now I am mad at my cat.
I just tried to give him his insulin shot, and instead of him normally sitting and accepting it, he twisted right when I was to push the plunger on the syringe.
The syringe shifted out of his neck nape and into my left thumb just as I was pushing the plunger, and I got a syringe full of insulin.
It’s something less than the four units he is prescribed (maybe half of that), and he weighs about one sixth of my weight, so I’m hoping that an insulin shot won’t cause me too much trouble.
re: #258 Charles Johnson
Twitter’s new efforts to stop harassment are just as inconsistent and ineffective as ever.
Agreed. I guess I better not call anyone nasty names from now on.
re: #262 teleskiguy
Agreed. I guess I better not call anyone nasty names from now on.
Especially not the special snowflakes. They excel at figuring out how to get you into trouble without getting into trouble themselves.
re: #240 Nyet
What if there’s a mad bull running around?
Well, there was the time a couple years ago one escaped, ran into town, and staved in the front of the Post Office.
Boy, 13, dies after shot in the head while hunting https://t.co/aR77UQNSjw #GunFAIL 17th child under 15 accidentally shot to death in 2017.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) February 22, 2017
Good time to note there’s been zero deaths caused by refugees in 2017. https://t.co/Ycy3aYFQGK
— Sean Kent (@seankent) February 22, 2017
re: #260 gwangung
Taking to heart their lessons from Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, I see….
Someone should suggest he name it the Cultural Revolution law.
re: #263 teleskiguy
I think you’ll be alright.
Either that or I will start craving whipped cream covered chocolate bars. /s
Town hall scenes from Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Maryland tonight, where voters showed up but GOP congressmen were no-shows. pic.twitter.com/qfNRnNASlI
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 22, 2017
re: #268 Anymouse
Either that or I will start craving whipped cream covered chocolate bars. /s
That sounds yummy.///
Actually, part of me wants another drink. Part of me realizes bed is coming soon.
re: #268 Anymouse
Either that or I will start craving whipped cream covered chocolate bars. /s
Seems like a good excuse to have a candy bar. With or without the whipped cream.
re: #258 Charles Johnson
Twitter’s new efforts to stop harassment are just as inconsistent and ineffective as ever.
They’re very effective. “Which costs us more money, blocking a harasser or a victim?”
re: #241 JordanRules
This is why I’m not sold on this. Who exactly was supposed to catch the whistle (a partial, incorrectly made gesture related to a Texas prison gang)? I guess Miller really lucked out that the Reuters photographer taking pictures of him that day decided to use that one then, huh?
re: #266 FormerDirtDart
A VERY good time to point that out. How sad. Every year, how sad.
If you don’t think @realDonaldTrump’s #hiringfreeze hurts our military, and military families, think again. This just leaked online. pic.twitter.com/H69Uh8Fukq
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 21, 2017
I’m sure they’re happy to sacrifice to pay security for our new three White Houses.
Literally Just 6 Videos of Nazis Getting Punched in Movies https://t.co/U5w63BgODu pic.twitter.com/b6dxkelTSI
Rick Wilson is still a GOP shill who wants to halt progress. But he does have a way with words when describing Fuckface Von Clownstick.
First he called Trump ‘Cheeto Jesus’ and then there was… well, a whole lot more. Here are some of @TheRickWilson’s greatest hits. #LastWord pic.twitter.com/veZ3QvGoH8
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) February 22, 2017
re: #275 jaunte
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I’m sure they’re happy to sacrifice to pay security for our new three White Houses.
That should be tweeted back to them.
re: #277 teleskiguy
Cheeto Jesus. That’s right up there with President Trumperdinck, if you ask me.
Why do Republicans fly the flags of racist groups who got their asses kicked by the United States Armed Forces? pic.twitter.com/mbyKk4OhLw
— (((✨NicoleBonnet✨))) (@NicoleBonnet1) February 22, 2017
Milo has now lost a book, a speaking gig, and his job. Dear Bill Maher: Please invite Steve Bannon on this week.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 21, 2017
re: #280 Kragar
That’s almost enough to make me sign up for Twitter, so I could retweet!
As if things could not get worse… Steve Bannon was involved in diplomatic discussions with Germany. @olgaNYC1211 https://t.co/6okctHT2iT pic.twitter.com/4vDg2o2rHp
— Resistance DB (@davebernstein) February 22, 2017
Malaysia police are now seeking several others, including a North Korean embassy official, in connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam.
Kuala Lumpur police have also placed armed guards at the city morgue, because someone tried to break in recently, presumably to steal the body. NK did not want Malaysia to conduct an autopsy, and when Malaysia refused to hand over the body, NK said it would not recognize the results of any Malaysian autopsy.
re: #280 Kragar
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Great. I still have the Nazi rancher to my north, who just mailed out his hate newsletter all over the Panhandle in a bulk mailing to every resident.
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