New From Keith Olbermann: Why Trump Is Refusing to Confront Reality
The president lives in a dangerous, delusional cocoon
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re: #1 MsJ
Republicans don’t care about this. What they do care about is that the filthy rich of America will be able to keep more of their usually ill-gotten gains if funding for the ACA is gutted.
The march toward an authoritarian government is accelerating, folks. Day by day. The United States is in serious danger.
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Maybe we’ll automate ourselves out of R voters soon.
For some time now, and I’m definitely being a broken record here, I maintain that the refusal to confront reality is based in religion.
Namely, the same problem creationists have when confronted with data about the earth and long-dead creatures.
My interaction with Trumpers on Facebook all fall into this creationist-reality-aversion paradigm.
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re: #8 freetoken
For some time now, and I’m definitely being a broken record here, I maintain that the refusal to confront reality is based in religion.
Namely, the same problem creationists have when confronted with data about the earth and long-dead creatures.
My interaction with Trumpers on Facebook all fall into this creationist-reality-aversion paradigm.
My brother would agree. He is wondering if most religions discourage people from valuing scientific evidence. I agree to some extent, but wonder if people rejecting objective reality in favor of their religious beliefs would accept the evidence even without the religious belief.
This obviously does not apply to people whose religion and ability to recognize scientific evidence coexist comfortably.
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Breaking: Sessions will amend his Senate testimony, answer questions https://t.co/Lojfv09FAZ
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re: #7 jaunte
IMO a living income for everyone has to happen, preferably as soon as possible. We can’t go on much longer with a system where such a large fraction of the population can’t find jobs and are therefore deemed to be ‘useless mouths’.
Meanwhile we’re going to destroy our last 20 years of weather-prediction capability.
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Did you know the NOAA performs the coastal surveys to maintain nautical charts? Without it, vessels would run aground. Coastlines change.
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re: #18 jaunte
Free market chart-makers will provide the charts. Herpity derpity do!!
re: #17 jaunte
Well, China and India are probably able to step up to the plate. I mean, China already plans to collect samples from the Moon and an asteroid, and bring them back to Earth. India’s contemplating a mission to Mars. They’ve both got satellites in orbit already.
Make America Great Again by allowing everyone else to pull ahead of us.
re: #21 wheat-dogg
I am so beyond disgusted with those pig-people!
re: #18 jaunte
@altNOAA
Did you know the NOAA performs the coastal surveys to maintain nautical charts? Without it, vessels would run aground. Coastlines change
Well, it’s a damn good thing that budget cuts will likely cut US Coast Guard ship numbers and sailing time.
It’s gonna be way to hazardous for them to be sailing out there…
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re: #21 wheat-dogg
I’m still amazed that the way to MAGA was to elect the stupidest man ever born with a gold spoon in his mouth president.
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
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By phone, I think she said. Doesn’t want cameras and public coverage apparently.
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@GovMikeHuckabee and this, Mike, is exactly why we have to keep teaching sex education in public schools
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re: #12 calochortus
My brother would agree. He is wondering if most religions discourage people from valuing scientific evidence. I agree to some extent, but wonder if people rejecting objective reality in favor of their religious beliefs would accept the evidence even without the religious belief.
This obviously does not apply to people whose religion and ability to recognize scientific evidence coexist comfortably.
Religion is learned behaviour.
(Unlike being gay.)
It is one reason why religions target children (who are essentially hardwired by evolution to accept what an authority figure says without question).
Religious people also often confuse “what they believe” with “who they are.” They view an attack on their religious opinions as an attack on themselves.
So (using a Christian creationist as an example), the more evidence one presents for evolution by natural selection, the more they must deny it, because the person views the attack on his religious position as an attack on himself. It becomes a matter of self-defence. It really does become a fight-or-flight response - the religious person who cannot defend his position goes on to either flee the discussion, or make actual personal (or physical) attacks on the person presenting a scientific position.
It is not science denial per se (very few religious people eschew a physician in favour of prayer for a broken leg), just denial of the parts of science that either do not apply to their beliefs or do not contradict them.
YouTube atheist DarkMatter2525 made an animation about this, called “The Real God: An Epiphany.” (You could substitute just about any religious faith with a creation myth: Islam, Hinduism, Wicca, &c.)
The video is very good. (6:59)
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re: #25 ObserverArt
By phone, I think she said. Doesn’t want cameras and public coverage apparently.
As Sgt. Hulka (Warren Oates) said to John Winger (Bill Murray) in Stripes, Sessions is nothing but a gutless punk.
Too bad Oates isn’t still around to punch Sessions in the gut…
re: #30 gocart mozart
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I think the kitteh represents how many of us feel these days.
re: #22 retired cynic
I am so beyond disgusted with those pig-people!
re: #24 Skip Intro
I’m still amazed that the way to MAGA was to elect the stupidest man ever born with a gold spoon in his mouth president.
They live in a fantasy world where the USA is the only country that counts, and where there are no other nations capable of supplanting us as #1. Cutting all these non-military budgets is inviting those competitors (including Russia) to pick up the slack. So, yeah, in a few years, China will have a manned Moon base and India and China will have crews on their way to Mars, while the USA debates whether fossils are the Devil’s handiwork.
re: #29 jaunte
Trump himself might be incompetent, but he has a cadre who also aren’t filling those positions.
I suspect, in addition to the stupid component, there’s an aspect of this that has to do with (1) keeping people out of deliberations and decision-making because more than one of them has an agenda, (2) not expanding the pool of people advising the president, (3) keeping information in a small numbers of hands because they don’t want plans to leak.
(2) should be given especially weight, since 45 seems to echo whoever he talks to and whatever he picks up from sources he likes, and repeat what gets him praise. I find myself wondering how much he’s being managed, and by whom.
re: #27 Anymouse
I think some people are naturally more religious or spiritual than others. Mr. C. was raised Methodist and drifted away. I was raised atheist by parents who had drifted away from their religious roots. I’ve known people who were raised without much religion and found a faith later.
I don’t think that faith necessarily means you deny objective reality. We have plenty of Lizards here who manage well with both, which helps inform my opinion that religion doesn’t necessarily make people reject, shall we say, secular truth.
So what you say is very much true for some people, but not all.
re: #36 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
(2) not expanding the pool of people advising the president,
It doesn’t seem sustainable over months for the kind of complexity they (should be) dealing with.
I’d like to see this docu translated into English.
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Bana for me is the representative of all the Syrians victimized by that war and by the people abetting it.
Not that the palace cabal gives a shit about the rest of the world.
re: #36 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Trump himself might be incompetent, but he has a cadre who also aren’t filling those positions.
I suspect, in addition to the stupid component, there’s an aspect of this that has to do with (1) keeping people out of deliberations and decision-making because more than one of them has an agenda, (2) not expanding the pool of people advising the president, (3) keeping information in a small numbers of hands because they don’t want plans to leak.
(2) should be given especially weight, since 45 seems to echo whoever he talks to and whatever he picks up from sources he likes, and repeat what gets him praise. I find myself wondering how much he’s being managed, and by whom.
IOW an oligarchy, much as China and Russia have now.
re: #41 wheat-dogg
But tinier and crazier, like North Korea.
re: #41 wheat-dogg
That’s the plan.
re: #40 jaunte
Not that the palace cabal gives a shit about the rest of the world.
They don’t, but they also do not see how our country is dependent on the rest of the world. Their economic nationalism falls apart when technology companies need raw materials that cannot be found in the US, such as Yttrium, or when farmers need more customers than are in the US.
Hey, we never heard about a presidential physical, did we?
How much you want to bet that he never took one?
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No True Scotsman
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re: #48 wheat-dogg
It’s wreckers and looters all the way down.
re: #38 jaunte
It’s manageable because Trump isn’t demented or incompetent, he’s a willing participant.
You can manipulate a narcissist by praising them constantly, while coaxing them into believing all the ideas are their own. The narcissist will go along, even more willingly than other kinds of people.
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re: #50 jaunte
It’s wreckers and looters all the way down.
I read that as ‘wreckers and hooters,’ which I guess might also apply. Who knows what’s going on in the White House with the missus off premises.
re: #51 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Yes, Trump’s the easier part; the outside world isn’t holding off getting more complicated by the day, though.
re: #53 makeitstop
I read that as ‘wreckers and hooters,’ which I guess might also apply. Who knows what’s going on in the White House with the missus off premises.
According to one of the rogue accounts, Trump has a “girl” come in for one-on-one briefings.
Given Priebus and Bannon’s touchy-feely bromance, I wonder what kind of adult entertainment they’d prefer.
re: #52 teleskiguy
So, a question: Where are these detention centers?
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re: #58 FormerDirtDart
Good! ICE and BP need to be slapped down!
re: #37 calochortus
I think some people are naturally more religious or spiritual than others. Mr. C. was raised Methodist and drifted away. I was raised atheist by parents who had drifted away from their religious roots. I’ve known people who were raised without much religion and found a faith later.
I don’t think that faith necessarily means you deny objective reality. We have plenty of Lizards here who manage well with both, which helps inform my opinion that religion doesn’t necessarily make people reject, shall we say, secular truth.
So what you say is very much true for some people, but not all.
Well, getting into a discussion of religion vs. observable facts won’t shake a religious person from their position (as I noted above). For example, no amount of Saturday morning door knocking by atheists will change the mind of a single religious person. (In point of that, a group of atheists posted a video some years ago, preaching facts over faith. Of course you can edit such things to show the worst, but what they showed in their video was everything from rudeness to physical threats toward them.)
Like the Saturday Chores folks protesting forced-birthers above. Those folks came to their conclusions about abortion through their religious beliefs. It doesn’t matter to them what biology says: They truly believe it, because their religion tells them to believe it.
Had they not been introduced to the religious idea that “abortion is murder,” would all of them come to that position on their own? Or would they listen to the science surrounding reproduction?
If there weren’t religious people comparing atheists to paedophiles and terrorists, would the followers of those faiths come to that conclusion on their own? Doubtful.
There is a Florida pastor who proposed creating a National Registry of Atheists, ideally with photographs of said atheists and such, with the idea that Christians could choose to boycott their businesses or proselytise to them. Wanna bet that list would also be used by radical Christian terrorists to target them?
Everyone is born an atheist. Religion is learned behaviour, which is why religions come after people so young. It is also why religion is largely a function of geography, whilst science is the same everywhere.
There are plenty of upstanding and righteous Christians in the USA. They are not good people because their religion made them that way. They are good people because of their natural inclination to be good. They would likely also be good people if they were Muslims, Hindus, or (shudder) atheists.
re: #54 jaunte
I’m not sure they’re sharp enough to get that.
A common theme among the cadre is that they all dwell in little pocket universes: some because they’re the product of privilege, some because they’ve created a walled-off space where their notions substitute for reality testing. The subsidiary common theme: they’re not people who like skepticism, and in particular self-skepticism, and thus have no patience for veracity.
Maybe it’s not too late to go back to school and become an immigration lawyer.
I never thought I would see the day when the USA is forcibly ejecting people from its borders, and allowing corporations to make money from that policy. Ripping families asunder, deporting DREAMers, hassling people with visas and green cards — it’s a dystopic novel.
re: #60 Anymouse
Had they not been introduced to the religious idea that “abortion is murder,” would all of them come to that position on their own? Or would they listen to the science surrounding reproduction?
I still have a copy of Leo Rosten’s “Religion in America” where Baptists’s were listed as having no opposition to abortion and considered abortion ‘a Catholic issue’. Of course, it all goes back to that leetle detail about using abortion as a sideshow for what they really wanted: not to have to go to school with black children.
re: #60 Anymouse
I think we largely agree here, we’re just coming at it from slightly different viewpoints.
Of course, it seems to me that an awful lot of religious people don’t, in their heart of hearts, really believe what their religion teaches. If they did, they wouldn’t lie, cheat and steal at anywhere near the rate they do. Would stealing that lady’s purse be as attractive if you truly believed you would be punished for all eternity for it? (yes, and exaggeration, but you get my drift.)
re: #49 wheat-dogg
No True Scotsman
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Wonder if they really meant Mark Helprin or they just misspelled Mark Halperin.
re: #63 De Kolta Chair
Up-ding for the (gone way too soon) Amy Winehouse reference.
re: #65 calochortus
I think we largely agree here, we’re just coming at it from slightly different viewpoints.
Of course, it seems to me that an awful lot of religious people don’t, in their heart of hearts, really believe what their religion teaches. If they did, they wouldn’t lie, cheat and steal at anywhere near the rate they do. Would stealing that lady’s purse be as attractive if you truly believed you would be punished for all eternity for it? (yes, and exaggeration, but you get my drift.
It depends on what they worship. Some worship on the alter of white supremacy. Some worship the all mighty dollar. And there are a few that have both gods.
re: #65 calochortus
I think we largely agree here, we’re just coming at it from slightly different viewpoints.
Of course, it seems to me that an awful lot of religious people don’t, in their heart of hearts, really believe what their religion teaches. If they did, they wouldn’t lie, cheat and steal at anywhere near the rate they do. Would stealing that lady’s purse be as attractive if you truly believed you would be punished for all eternity for it? (yes, and exaggeration, but you get my drift.
Pretty much we are coming at it from different directions.
There is one difference however.
If I were presented with incontrovertible evidence that there was a god or gods, I would change my position. My position is not based on faith.
Jeffery Dahlmer allegedly had a deathbed conversion to Jesus and “confessed his sins” about his crimes before he was executed. For most of the versions of Christianity I am familiar with, that’s his “Get out of jail free” card (presuming he was sincere).
On the other hand, it doesn’t matter how good, kind, charitable, civic-minded, you name it an atheist is (or a person of any other religion that had the misfortune to be born at any time in history in an area that did not have Christians to proselytise). It goes from the Catholic version of hell simply being not in the presence of God to the evangelical version of Lucifer and burning lakes of sulphur.
re: #70 Anymouse
Pretty much we are coming at it from different directions.
There is one difference however.
If I were presented with incontrovertible evidence that there was a god or gods, I would change my position. My position is not based on faith.
Jeffery Dahlmer allegedly had a deathbed conversion to Jesus and “confessed his sins” about his crimes before he was executed. For most of the versions of Christianity I am familiar with, that’s his “Get out of jail free” card (presuming he was sincere).
On the other hand, it doesn’t matter how good, kind, charitable, civic-minded, you name it an atheist is (or a person of any other religion that had the misfortune to be born at any time in history in an area that did not have Christians to proselytise). It goes from the Catholic version of hell simply being not in the presence of God to the evangelical version of Lucifer and burning lakes of sulphur.
That’s a slight simplification that Christians do get wrong. The one thing they ultimately forget is this: It’s up to God to decide who gets in or not. They like to think that all they have to do is accept Jesus and that’s it. But it’s actually way more complicated than that. It isn’t enough to say “Yep, I believe in Jesus and that he’s the son of God.” There’s that whole following Jesus, which almost every Christian you see on TV fails to do. God gets to pick.
re: #4 EPR-radar
Republicans don’t care about this. What they do care about is that the filthy rich of America will be able to keep more of their usually ill-gotten gains if funding for the ACA is gutted.
I misread that as “Russians don’t care about…”
You know politics is getting fucked up when…
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re: #71 Belafon
While there are plenty of Christians who fail to follow this particular passage in the New Testament
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. - James 2:17
commonly translated to “faith without works is dead,” the overwhelming majority of Christians do follow that credo.
I simply assert those people (admittedly without evidence) would be good people regardless of their faith, not because of it. (As a matter of fact, I have used an argument before when getting beat up in Yahoo Answers - If the only reason you don’t murder or rob is because your faith tells you not to, by all means, don’t give up your faith.)
re: #70 Anymouse
I could also be converted through evidence.
I think the difference here may be that even though I’m old enough to have said grace before snacks in kindergarten, even back then religion was not central to life in the SF Bay Area, and by the time I lived in an area where it was a big deal, I was an adult who was quite comfortable with my lack of belief. Now I’m back in the Bay Area and while there is a wide variety of religions practiced here, there are also a ton of atheists, so I don’t have to fight back against religious pressure of any sort.
You undoubtedly have a different experience there in the Great Heartland.
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re: #74 Anymouse
While there are plenty of Christians who fail to follow this particular passage in the New Testament
commonly translated to “faith without works is dead,” the overwhelming majority of Christians do follow that credo.
I simply assert those people (admittedly without evidence) would be good people regardless of their faith, not because of it. (As a matter of fact, I have used an argument before when getting beat up in Yahoo Answers - If the only reason you don’t murder or rob is because your faith tells you not to, by all means, don’t give up your faith.)
I don’t doubt that for a minute. Many people believe that their faith helps them be better people, which is fine with me. Support and community are a good thing.
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re: #75 calochortus
I could also be converted through evidence.
I think the difference here may be that even though I’m old enough to have said grace before snacks in kindergarten, even back then religion was not central to life in the SF Bay Area, and by the time I lived in an area where it was a big deal, I was an adult who was quite comfortable with my lack of belief. Now I’m back in the Bay Area and while there is a wide variety of religions practiced here, there are also a ton of atheists, so I don’t have to fight back against religious pressure of any sort.
You undoubtedly have a different experience there in the Great Heartland.
Well, it would appear that lack of religious faith (at least in this little town) is a larger number than some folk would admit. (All of the village employees are atheists, and three of the five village trustees also are - well one claims to be an agnostic, which I file under atheist, but that’s an argument for another day).
I grew up in Mennonite Central in Central Michigan. Spent most of my adult life in Dixie. There are plenty of religious people all over the country, not just the Heartland. (Just to our west, Roman Catholicism segues into Mennonites in Wyoming.)
I have nothing against either Mennonites or Roman Catholics, but it would seem to me that their religious beliefs are incompatible with one another.
There is a very nice Mennonite woman who runs the general store and restaurant in La Grange, Wyo., right across the street from the Frontier School of the Bible [a place you send your children so they aren’t exposed to evil secularism for a few more years]. She doesn’t try to make a Mennonite out of me, I don’t try to make an atheist out of her. Works pretty well. (My wife and she have exchanged a number of both recipes and knitting patterns.)
re: #76 retired cynic
My Ozzie (declawed Red Persian) was a rescue-I had just lost Chaos (a pointed mutt) and I wanted to get another companion for my aged seal-point Himalayan Minuet (who I would have to out down 4 years later at ate age of 16.)
re: #81 Eric The Fruit Bat
My Ozzie (declawed Red Persian) was a rescue-I had just lost Chaos (a pointed mutt) and I wanted to get another companion for my aged seal-point Himalayan Minuet (who I would have to out down 4 years later at ate age of 16.)
I don’t bathe Felix Randomkitty. I don’t own a suit of armour.
re: #81 Eric The Fruit Bat
My Ozzie (declawed Red Persian) was a rescue-I had just lost Chaos (a pointed mutt) and I wanted to get another companion for my aged Himalayan Minuet (who I would have to out down 4 years later at ate age of 16.)
I have no idea how old Mattie is. She came perhaps 10 years ago as a mature cat, and her hair has gotten pretty thin. But she still hobbles around and seeks windowsills in the sun.
Someone who takes his or her oath of service seriously,
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IIRC Meloni is a pretty conservative guy, so this is a notable tweet.
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re: #87 Eric The Fruit Bat
And he sleeps, yet the dread vacuum cleaner lurks nearby!
re: #84 wheat-dogg
If we survive this thing, the books are going to be absolutely fascinating.
re: #69 Eric The Fruit Bat
I thought that was going to be a video of Ozzie.
That was very funny. Thanks!
re: #86 wheat-dogg
Look at all that blank paper! What a waste.
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That there is one big damn hole…
re: #85 FormerDirtDart
Khzir Khan is wearing one of those terrorist supporter stars on his jacket!!!11!!!
My glass of wine is having its desired effect, so I think I’m going to say good night and vegetate in front of the TV for a while.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
re: #93 FormerDirtDart
Easily hundreds of millions of dollars worth of repairs.
And it’s still the middle of the winter.
re: #95 calochortus
My glass of wine is having its desired effect, so I think I’m going to say good night and vegetate in front of the TV for a while.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
G’night … enjoy some TV for me too. (::
The Hill: Schwarzenegger quits ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ citing Trump
Arnold Schwarzenegger says his first season as host of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” is also his last.
In remarks Friday, the former California governor cited President Trump, who has repeatedly mocked the ratings of his reality TV replacement, as his reason.
“Even if asked [to do it again] I would decline,” Schwarzenegger told Empire magazine . “I learned a lot, I had a great time, it was a really great opportunity. But under the circumstances, I don’t want to do it again.”
“With Trump being involved in the show people have a bad taste and don’t want to participate as a spectator or sponsor or in any other way support the show. It’s a very divisive period right now and I think the show got caught up in all that division.”
Schwarzenegger’s ratings as host of “Apprentice” have lagged far behind Trump’s, finishing the season last in its time slot among the four broadcast networks.In his remarks Friday, he blamed Trump for the bad numbers.
“It’s not about the show,” Schwarzenegger said. “Because everyone I ran into came up to me and said ‘I love the show…but I turned it off as I read Trump’s name I’m outta there.’”
“When people found out that Trump was still involved as executive producer and was still receiving money from the show, then half the people [started] boycotting it,” he added.
re: #93 FormerDirtDart
That there is one big damn hole…
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If I were living downstream of that dam, I’d be thinking about moving about now.
re: #98 Eric The Fruit Bat
It looks like it’s beginning: The Trump name is causing damage to his business interests.
re: #100 Anymouse
It looks like it’s beginning: The Trump name is causing damage to his business interests.
Soon, emoluments will be the only income he has.
You know what to do.
Would you pay $1.99/mo for an exclusive twice weekly newsletter written by several communications pros that had key #MAGA talking points?
— Ali (@ali) March 2, 2017
re: #100 Anymouse
It looks like it’s beginning: The Trump name is causing damage to his business interests.
Note enough for my tastes. I want all his Business interests destroyed; his name so toxic no one wants anything to do with it or him or his horrible offspring. Ideally, when that fucker dies, here’s so poor they bury him in Potter’s Field.
re: #92 Stanley Sea
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re: #103 MsJ
Note enough for my tastes. I want all his Business interests destroyed; his name so toxic no one wants anything to do with it or him or his horrible offspring. Ideally, when that fucker dies, here’s so poor they bury him in Potter’s Field.
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re: #103 MsJ
Note enough for my tastes. I want all his Business interests destroyed; his name so toxic no one wants anything to do with it or him or his horrible offspring. Ideally, when that fucker dies, here’s so poor they bury him in Potter’s Field.
Like Edward Nygma trying to get revenge on Penguin in the Gotham TV series.
Trump plagiarized Obama’s HBCU EO and added stuff.
I did a redline comparing Trump’s HBCU EO to Obama’s.Trump changes marked in red, all else is original Obama EO text.https://t.co/fNUdADcHVP
— Sara Garcia (@Sara_A_Garcia) March 1, 2017
re: #108 wheat-dogg
(iii) improving the ability of HBCUs to remain fiscally secure institutions that can assist the Nation in reaching its goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020 its educational goals and in advancing the interests of all Americans;
They deleted the crossed out and added the bold. Why won’t those black colleges think about the whites. //
re: #87 Eric The Fruit Bat
Ozzie has a massive condo….
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Awesome! Bet you need that vacuum cleaner, lol.
re: #70 Anymouse
Pretty much we are coming at it from different directions.
There is one difference however.
If I were presented with incontrovertible evidence that there was a god or gods, I would change my position. My position is not based on faith.
Jeffery Dahlmer allegedly had a deathbed conversion to Jesus and “confessed his sins” about his crimes before he was executed. For most of the versions of Christianity I am familiar with, that’s his “Get out of jail free” card (presuming he was sincere).
On the other hand, it doesn’t matter how good, kind, charitable, civic-minded, you name it an atheist is (or a person of any other religion that had the misfortune to be born at any time in history in an area that did not have Christians to proselytise). It goes from the Catholic version of hell simply being not in the presence of God to the evangelical version of Lucifer and burning lakes of sulphur.
One point, Jeffrey Dahmer wasn’t executed, he was beaten to death in prison.
re: #70 Anymouse
Jeffery Dahlmer allegedly had a deathbed conversion to Jesus and “confessed his sins” about his crimes before he was executed.
This is false. He became a born-again Christian shortly after he was incarcerated. He was beaten to death with a broom handle in prison by another prisoner serving life for murder.
re: #109 Belafon
And
Revocation of Executive Order. Executive Order 13532 of February 26, 2010, (Promoting Excellence, Innovation, and Sustainability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities) as amended, is revoked.
They can’t stomach the idea of helping HBCUs.
re: #112 RinaX
One point, Jeffrey Dahmer wasn’t executed, he was beaten to death in prison.
True. My bad.
re: #113 teleskiguy
This is false. He became a born-again Christian shortly after he was incarcerated. He was beaten to death with a broom handle in prison by another prisoner serving life for murder.
Thank you for the correction. “Jailhouse” conversion, not deathbed conversion.
re: #114 Belafon
Not surprising or anything, just adding to the thread.
The @Morehouse president admits @WhiteHouse played him and other HBCU leaders. There is no audience for us there. https://t.co/Wdwszk0pNo
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 3, 2017
Same tailor as his Easter Bunny costume I presume.
Sorry, but is that @seanspicer. And is his suit jacket lined with the American flag. pic.twitter.com/ROmK66pKia
— Jessica (@vdaze) March 4, 2017
re: #117 JordanRules
Who would have ever guessed Trump was just using those nice black people as props?
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re: #20 EPR-radar
Free market chart-makers will provide the charts. Herpity derpity do!!
If that happens I will start up a nautical salvage company, that also creates and distributes maps.
It will save me the problem of building fake navigational buoys.
re: #118 JordanRules
Same tailor as his Easter Bunny costume I presume.
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I see what looks like a secret service guy carrying a magazine with DT on the cover. Can’t be parted for each bit of glory.
re: #108 wheat-dogg
Trump plagiarized Obama’s HBCU EO and added stuff.
re: #110 retired cynic
OMG, there is no shame.
re: #114 Belafon
And
They can’t stomach the idea of helping HBCUs.
Sorry folks, but this is a silly line of complaint.
There is no such thing as plagiarizing government directives.
Laws/Orders/Regulations/Directives/Policy Letters are all regularly updated using previous documents text.
And, revocation of previous EOs when changes are made is normal, and many cases necessary if even minor changes are made.
re: #111 prairiefire
Awesome! Bet you need that vacuum cleaner, lol.
Not that much, actually-the entire place is in laminate, with some large area rugs that are handled quite nicely with a new Shark I picked up-beats lugging that Miele around….
re: #118 JordanRules
I’m not a stickler on flag code, but that seems…in bad taste.
re: #122 FormerDirtDart
Oomph. Sorry. Should have known.
re: #121 retired cynic
I don’t know, he looks vaguely familiar as part of the traitor posse but he could be secret service carrying stuff for the traitor gang.
re: #124 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Too on the damn nose for me, didn’t think of flag code yet.
re: #117 JordanRules
Not surprising or anything, just adding to the thread.
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Every single one of them played themselves. This administration has made it more than clear exactly what they are, and yet we still have delusional negroes showing up and smiling big for photo ops with Trump, hoping that he will treat *them* differently.
He won’t.
re: #122 FormerDirtDart
Sorry folks, but this is a silly line of complaint.
There is no such thing as plagiarizing government directives.
Laws/Orders/Regulations/Directives/Policy Letters are all regularly updated using previous documents text.
And, revocation of previous EOs when changes are made is normal, and many cases necessary if even minor changes are made.
I was being half-serious. But to me it indicates Trump’s minions are far from original thinkers, and his administration’s total lack of respect for the HBCUs.
re: #124 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
I’m not a stickler on flag code, but that seems…in bad taste.
How many conservatives hold the position that you have to practically worship the US flag, yet don’t know diddly about what is actually in the Flag Code?
I wear multiple hats in my village government (someone’s gotta do it). One of those hats is the Flag Committee chair (charged with ensuring flags owned by the city government are properly displayed, replaced when needed, flagstaffs properly maintained, &c).
When I do something with the village flags (for example, put them at half-mast for a proclamation), I will also cite the relevant section of the US Flag Code (and the state or Federal proclamation involved).
re: #129 RinaX
I heard that he surprised them with his request to come to his orange presence. Basically he hijacked the meeting to get “his blacks” in another photo opp. And I’m sure Omarosa was happy to facilitate in the shadiest manner possible.
Your point still stands though. I wouldn’t show up for shit!
re: #130 wheat-dogg
I was being half-serious. But to me it indicates Trump’s minions are far from original thinkers, and his administration’s total lack of respect for the HBCUs.
See also Betsy DeVos’s clueless statement that black colleges were a free-market solution to a “lack of seats in state universities.”
re: #130 wheat-dogg
I was being half-serious. But to me it indicates Trump’s minions are far from original thinkers, and his administration’s total lack of respect for the HBCUs.
I would venture that if someone bothered to look back there’s a great possibility that Obama’s HBCU EO mirrored one done by Bush the Jr, and his mirrored Clinton’s, and his Bush the Sr’s, and his Reagan’s, and his Carter.
re: #127 JordanRules
Others are concurring that it’s a security resource. Now it’s just weird that he has that magazine in the shot. And Spicey is a damn mess.
re: #132 JordanRules
I heard that he surprised them with his request to come to his orange presence. Basically he hijacked the meeting to get “his blacks” in another photo opp. And I’m sure Omarosa was happy to facilitate in the shadiest manner possible.
Your point still stands though. I wouldn’t show up for shit!
That sounds like him. But I’m to the point where IMO anyone black or representing black interests who’s not Omarosa or Ben Carson shouldn’t be near that place. As you said, don’t show up for shit!
re: #135 JordanRules
Others are concurring that it’s a security resource. Now it’s just weird that he has that magazine in the shot. And Spicey is a damn mess.
I feel so sorry for Spicey. It’s extremely tough to be a reasonable, measured spox when you’ve got Prexy’s dick up your ass.
Damn amusing, though.
re: #131 Anymouse
I think the flag is treated just like they treat everything else: it’s theirs to do with whatever they want, in all kinds of ways that just amount to merging ego and the larger notions like “virtue” and “nation,” in ways that diminish the latter.
By contrast, nobody else gets to do anything with the flag.
SSDD
re: #138 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Remember Palin’s flag shoes? Gag.
re: #134 FormerDirtDart
I would venture that if someone bothered to look back there’s a great possibility that Obama’s HBCU EO mirrored one done by Bush the Jr, and his mirrored Clinton’s, and his Bush the Sr’s, and his Reagan’s, and his Carter.
Quite likely.
re: #138 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
I think the flag is treated just like they treat everything else: it’s theirs to do with whatever they want, in all kinds of ways that just amount to merging ego and the larger notions like “virtue” and “nation,” in ways that diminish the latter.
By contrast, nobody else gets to do anything with the flag.
SSDD
Since no one in town has Internet but me, when a proclamation or a statutory regulation changes the position of the US flag, I will run off a quick notification and distribute it to the village hall, the gun shop, the beauty shop, the general store, the Co-op, and the Post Office (that’s our businesses).
Most folk will simply look either at the park or village hall flags, or my own house flag, to see how it should be positioned for the day. (I only put my flag out for statutory display dates or for proclamations.)
It’s kind of surreal: I put my flag out, and within an hour everyone in town that owns a flag will also put theirs out.
re: #137 austin_blue
I don’t know, he could play happy crazy like Page apparently does with his psycho smiles or I can’t be bothered crazy like Rinse and Repeat or my own language crazy like KAC-KAC but Spicey really tries to act mad like he’s not standing up there acting like a fucking fool holding up dog shit.
re: #132 JordanRules
I heard that he surprised them with his request to come to his orange presence. Basically he hijacked the meeting to get “his blacks” in another photo opp. And I’m sure Omarosa was happy to facilitate in the shadiest manner possible.
Your point still stands though. I wouldn’t show up for shit!
The president of Dillard U reported the college people were scheduled to sit down with DeVos and others to share their concerns and ideas. Instead, that meeting was canceled and they were ushered into the Oval Office to see Trump. Only half of the officers got to deliver their remarks, because the meeting was cut short, grip and grins taken, and out they wen.
herp derp, trump will bring back our jerbz!!!1!!
Foreign travelers spend $250 billion a year in the U.S., but fear may be ruining America’s biggest export industry. https://t.co/wIAZsxUIOC pic.twitter.com/iGQNEijIS8
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 3, 2017
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re: #108 wheat-dogg
Trump plagiarized Obama’s HBCU EO and added stuff.
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re: #146 No Depression
All day, every day. His whole team is. It hurts my stomach, my head and my soul.
E-mail notification from Amazon that my order for a case of diabetic cat food is confirmed.
There is nothing in the E-mail to indicate I used the link from Little Green Footballs to order the food. Does Amazon normally acknowledge that you ordered something through a pass-through link from here, or no?
re: #149 Anymouse
I don’t think I ever noticed any indicators when I used the Balloon Juice link. I could have been doing it wrong every time tho.
re: #151 wheat-dogg
Yup. They got played. And not very subtly dissed.
Dissed is a gentle term. They got fucked up the patootie. And all for optics. It’s the last time that group will ever accept an invitation to DC.
re: #150 JordanRules
I don’t think I ever noticed any indicators when I used the Balloon Juice link. I could have been doing it wrong every time tho.
I clicked the link here; that took me to Amazon where I logged in. Then went to the page with the food on it and placed the order.
If I did it wrong, I’m sorry Mr. Johnson. I did intend to throw a few cents or whatever Amazon pays you for a sixty dollar order… .
re: #147 Kragar
Is GW making an ever-so-subtle-as-is-their-nature comment on the modern world?
Weird off-topic frontier kitchen stuff:
For the past couple days, we’ve been hearing a Mason jar go “ping” as it seals and unseals due to temperature or humidity changes in our house.
We wanted to find out what jar was doing that (yes, canning is still a thing here), because eating from something home-canned that keeps unsealing is a fast way to food poisoning.
My wife just found it. She has bulk cinnamon in a Mason jar. That’s the jar making the sound (she saw the lid pop when the “ping” just went off).
I’m guessing we won’t be poisoned by cinnamon.
re: #155 Anymouse
Weird off-topic frontier kitchen stuff:
For the past couple days, we’ve been hearing a Mason jar go “ping” as it seals and unseals due to temperature or humidity changes in our house.
We wanted to find out what jar was doing that (yes, canning is still a thing here), because eating from something home-canned that keeps unsealing is a fast way to food poisoning.
My wife just found it. She has bulk cinnamon in a Mason jar. That’s the jar making the sound (she saw the lid pop when the “ping” just went off).
I’m guessing we won’t be poisoned by cinnamon.
Be glad you aren’t eating soy nut butter.
re: #154 I cannot.
Mayhaps, though they’ve been building up “The End Times” scenario for the last few years.
I’m waiting for the Wolf’s Hour to come at last.
re: #156 austin_blue
Be glad you aren’t eating soy nut butter.
LOL. I.M. Health brand soy nut butter that gives you food poisoning.
Back when the Georgia peanut butter plant shipped out a bunch of salmonella-flavoured peanut butter, my sister got intensely sick from it.
Holy crap, I just realized if they bring back Leman Russ, they’ll probably kill off Bjorn the Fell-Handed.
NOOOOO!
re: #123 Eric The Fruit Bat
Cool, I remember the days before I was allergic, chasing orange fur around the hard wood floors with an old school white duster with a wood handle. It would swirl up in little tornadoes, ha.
re: #158 Anymouse
LOL. I.M. Health brand soy nut butter that gives you food poisoning.
Back when the Georgia peanut butter plant shipped out a bunch of salmonella-flavoured peanut butter, my sister got intensely sick from it.
E-coli is as bad or worse. Salmonella generally turns you into a dual point seething organic volcano for a day or so. E-coli will kill you dead bang.
Well, dear friends, it’s well past pumpkin-time in Central Texas and tomorrow SXSW ramps up (I see Badge People!) so I’ll bid you all adieu.
Sweet scaly dreams.
re: #160 prairiefire
Cool, I remember the days before I was allergic, chasing orange fur around the hard wood floors with an old school white duster with a wood handle. It would swirl up in little tornadoes, ha.
Vacuuming here (1 dog and 3 cats) twice a week always yields enough hair to add water and make another cat.
re: #162 retired cynic
Vacuuming here (1 dog and 3 cats) twice a week always yields enough hair to add water and make another cat.
After many, many sinus infections and bronchitis, my dr said “I have a solution!” He wrote on his rx pad and showed it to me “get rid of your cats.”
re: #163 prairiefire
After many, many sinus infections and bronchitis, my dr said “I have a solution!” He wrote on his rx pad and showed it to me “get rid of your cats.”
Sorry. I love my critters. I’ll deal with the messed up sinuses and asthma.
re: #163 prairiefire
After many, many sinus infections and bronchitis, my dr said “I have a solution!” He wrote on his rx pad and showed it to me “get rid of your cats.”
LOL. Felix Randomkitty seems to be able to grow enough hair for a fleet of cats every week or so.
re: #71 Belafon
“But it’s actually way more complicated than that. It isn’t enough to say “Yep, I believe in Jesus and that he’s the son of God.” There’s that whole following Jesus, which almost every Christian you see on TV fails to do. God gets to pick.”
Thanks for stating this. I’m a Christian, but I do not recognize the type of Christianity many in the public sphere practice. Take Paul Ryan, for instance. He professes to be a Christian but has never written a budget that doesn’t benefit our wealthiest citizens the most, and he’s never skipped a legislative opportunity to punish the poor and the sick for being poor and sick. These types of Christians are all words and no action. It seems to me that for them, Christianity is a vehicle they use to increase their wealth or raise their political or business profile. They remind me of an old Negro spiritual we used to sing in youth choir when I was kid that had the refrain, “Everybody talking about heaven ain’t going there.” They give voice to Christianity and Christian principles, but they don’t practice what they preach.
re: #164 retired cynic
I lost custody in the divorce so that’s how that worked out. Went with 2 kids instead, who are both going to have huge menageries as soon as they get out of my pet deprived house, lol.
re: #167 prairiefire
Sounds like the good part of the deal!
re: #157 Kragar
I have read a bit of GW’s 40k stuff, it’s way too grimdark for me, but this End Times scenario intrigues me…you wouldn’t happen to know where I can find some compact information about it? (the 40k wikia seems to be lacking)
Frace’s Marine Le Pen was summoned by a judge over allegations of misusing European Union funds, her lawyer told CNN https://t.co/XYcW92FXni pic.twitter.com/9i3HFUxpyS
— CNN (@CNN) March 4, 2017
I remember when I found my Boxer, Shelby. I was going to find her a good home.
That was nearly seven and a half years ago. And she wasn’t nearly as cute as that puppy.
That dog ain’t going no where…
lol
Found this little guy scampering around a gas station in West Virginia. Going to find him a good home. pic.twitter.com/TCFgza6B2Z
— Cuteness Overload (@qtoverloaded) March 4, 2017
Damn, the hits just keep coming for Le Pen…
The European Parliament voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of Marine Le Pen over graphic photos she tweeted https://t.co/xNzNVrMLXC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 4, 2017
Libertarian Party candidate running for the Virginia House of Delegates is running on a “red pill platform” (yeah, the Roosh V thing, who he links frequently on his campaign Website).
Parts of his platform include abolishing marital rape laws, abolishing child pornography laws, anarcho-capitalism, abolishing the XVII Amendment, &c &c.
The Libertarian Party of Virginia is considering expelling him from their party. (Apparently, they have to think about it, because a lot of that stuff is things that Libertarians actually hold in principle, if not in practice.)
Nathan Larson is running as a Libertarian for the 31st district. He is a convicted felon, and under Virginia law, should not be able to hold office. However, Terry McAullife pardoned all convicted felons, which means he can run for office. (His crime was threatening to kill President Obama.)
Virginia LGFers might consider watching out for this guy.
Since I don’t want to link to this douche’s campaign site, I’ll link to Wonkette’s article about him instead.
wonkette.com
re: #169 I cannot.
A lot of it hasn’t been released yet. They’ve been leading up to for the last few years, with Abadon’s 13th Black Crusade, rumors the Golden Throne was starting to break down, the return of the Wulfen and Magnus finally leaving the Eye of Terror. The first End Times book covered the fall and destruction of Cadia, with the Eldar coming to aid the Imperium. The newest book covers the Eldar, which I haven’t really followed, and their next release is the return of Guilliman, who is coming out of stasis after 10k years, and Cypher leading the Fallen Angels back to Terra.
My au jus turned out perfect with my slow-cooked pork tenderloin.
I am addicted to salt.
re: #163 prairiefire
After many, many sinus infections and bronchitis, my dr said “I have a solution!” He wrote on his rx pad and showed it to me “get rid of your cats.”
What about a dog? I grew up allergic to cats so I had a dog all my life and couldn’t bear to not have one. (In retrospect it could just be all the flowers and underbrush the cats run through.) I moved to probably the worst part of California for allergies when I was a kid, it’s not so bad since they paved over the bay area and the inland areas behind that.
re: #174 Anymouse
My understanding was the court wouldn’t let McAuliffe pardon all felons who had served their terms in jail, and that he did it on a case by case basis, doing as many a week as he could.
re: #143 wheat-dogg
“The president of Dillard U reported the college people were scheduled to sit down with DeVos and others to share their concerns and ideas. Instead, that meeting was canceled and they were ushered into the Oval Office to see Trump. Only half of the officers got to deliver their remarks, because the meeting was cut short, grip and grins taken, and out they wen.”
If Trump & Co. think that posing with a group of black college officials will change my view of them, I have a “medicine” I will provide to them free of charge that will protect them from every disease known to mankind. {I am not a doctor.} I pay close attention to what a person does rather than at photos of them that they have taken and send out to give the impression that they have favorable views and opinions of that group of Americans. I don’t bow, and I don’t scrape to those like Trump & Co because their butts are headed to the same destination that I’m headed to—-six feet underground.
re: #179 majii
“The president of Dillard U reported the college people were scheduled to sit down with DeVos and others to share their concerns and ideas. Instead, that meeting was canceled and they were ushered into the Oval Office to see Trump. Only half of the officers got to deliver their remarks, because the meeting was cut short, grip and grins taken, and out they wen.”
If Trump & Co. think that posing with a group of black college officials will change my view of them, I have a “medicine” I will provide to them free of charge that will protect them from every disease known to mankind. {I am not a doctor.} I pay close attention to what a person does rather than at photos of them that they have taken and send out to give the impression that they have favorable views and opinions of that group of Americans. I don’t bow, and I don’t scrape to those like Trump & Co because their butts are headed to the same destination that I’m headed to—-six feet underground.
Trump is only pandering to the clueless; he can point to the photo and claim he really does care about PoC — “See all my friends?” But PoC and anyone else with a brain can see right through the charade. I can imagine those officers has some choice words to say about their experience once they got back to their hotel.
re: #173 FormerDirtDart
Damn, the hits just keep coming for Le Pen…
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re: #178 retired cynic
My understanding was the court wouldn’t let McAuliffe pardon all felons who had served their terms in jail, and that he did it on a case by case basis, doing as many a week as he could.
He pretty much got to all of them (at least he got to this Libertarian Party douche).
And I got the amendment wrong, he doesn’t want to repeal the XVII Amendment, he wants to repeal the XIX Amendment (women’s right to vote).
He also wants to repeal all laws concerning incest and marrying family members. (Wonkette explains why he wants to do this: Hint - women are property and daughters can be better supported if they are married to their fathers.)
re: #177 Single-handed sailor
Maybe one day. Now that my kids are almost grown, I appreciate not having to worry about another being’s bodily functions! Could probably use the extra hugs, tho. We had Dobermans at my mom’s growing up. Wonderful, wonderful creatures.
re: #166 majii
I was talking to my priest the other day and commented how I’d like to ask Franklin Graham if I could tell him the Good News of Christ Jesus. It is certainly very obvious that he’s never met Him and could use being born again.
Even worse on Nathan Larsen.
csindy.com
(more at the link)
In October, Nathan Larson traveled to Colorado Springs, where an El Paso County jury faced the decision of entrusting him with the care of his infant daughter.
Larson is a 35-year-old part-time accountant who lives with his parents in Virginia and is engaged to a citizen of the Philippines. He’s also a felon who once threatened to kill President George W. Bush, and although he wouldn’t call himself a pedophile, he admits to having sexual feelings toward both adults and children.
Larson says he doesn’t think he would molest his own daughter but isn’t sure, since he’s “never been in that kind of situation before.” He does, however, think it’s OK for adults to engage in sexual acts with children, as long as there is what he refers to as “consent,” although the age at which a child can “consent” to such activities depends on the child, he says, because some children are “precocious.”
Any traumatic outcomes from these acts, he believes, are mostly the result of a child feeling betrayed or of the shame enforced by societal norms.
re: #180 wheat-dogg
Trump is only pandering to the clueless; he can point to the photo and claim he really does care about PoC — “See all my friends?” But PoC and anyone else with a brain can see right through the charade. I can imagine those officers has some choice words to say about their experience once they got back to their hotel.
They were manipulated into a non-consensual position that was very public. What are they gonna do? They can make a scene that would reflect on their positions (which demand serious comportment at their level) and their institutions (which depend on federal funds to a large extent) and had no time to consider their options (none under the circumstances). They behaved appropriately as professionals.
Republicans do not do consent. That is what it comes down to.
re: #181 Targetpractice
Obviously a conspiracy to sabotage her candidacy because the shadowy forces behind her competitors know she’s going to win bigly.
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Trudeau is behind it, trying to inflict his liberal democratic ideology on the world, the creep!
re: #186 allegro
Pretty sure y’all agree and wheat is reiterating how foul 45 is and the likelihood that after this bullshit scene they were able to discuss what really went down.
re: #189 JordanRules
Pretty sure y’all agree and wheat is reiterating how foul 45 is and the likelihood that after this bullshit scene they were able to discuss what really went down.
And they are still somewhat constrained: Both a public university and a non-profit (as many such colleges are) cannot take positions on politicians or politics.
Moreover, if someone in charge of one of those colleges was to come out and directly attack Betsy DeVos or Donald Trump, I imagine the retribution would be swift.
My guess is if there is ever another such meeting proposed, they will all have full schedules to have wisdom teeth pulled or something that they would need to excuse themselves.
The Trumpers, who in many cases are transferees in from the Tea Party bus, have painted themselves into such an ideological corner that they can’t get out without openly admitting their own long history of bigotry and narrow-minded jostling of national and local politics.
There is no way back once you’ve gone too far.
I fear this is where we’re at in American polity today. Our hope is simply to out-survive whatever bad happens from all the mindless poor decisions.
re: #189 JordanRules
Pretty sure y’all agree and wheat is reiterating how foul 45 is and the likelihood that after this bullshit scene they were able to discuss what really went down.
I was not disagreeing. Mostly just reliving having been placed in similar predicaments.
re: #190 Anymouse
Indeed! Please believe most of them know how to navigate these waters - what to say, when and where etc.
re: #193 allegro
No doubt! See my comment at 194. ;)
You already know.
re: #173 FormerDirtDart
That’s a bullshit law though, and the unfair charges will make her even more popular.
Men Going Their Own Way Are Treading a Well-Worn Path to Alt-Right Racist Extremism (Goes to We Hunted the Mammoth)
Reddit banned three so-called “alt-right” sub-reddits for violations of terms-of-service (doxxing).
Those people were not banned from Reddit, however. They invaded the MGTOW sub-reddits.
It turns out, the MGTOW folks are swinging to the alt-right fascist ideas from their new friends (or maybe they had those ideas all along).
More at the link:
But don’t worry, folks! The refugees from these banned subreddits haven’t been forced to leave Reddit for more bigoted pastures, for as it turns out Reddit is chock-full of subreddits big and small where their brand of bigotry is welcomed with open arms and perhaps even a few “Roman salutes.”
One of these places is the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit. While Reddit’s MGTOWs have long been known for their ridiculously over-the-top outbursts of misogyny, many of them are now adding vicious racism and anti-Semitism to the mix. Indeed, some discussions in the subreddit now are basically indistinguishable from the discussions you might have found in the now-banned alt-right subreddits.
re: #196 Nyet
That’s a bullshit law though, and the unfair charges will make her even more popular.
What are the charges, and why are they unfair?
re: #195 JordanRules
No doubt! See my comment at 194. ;)
You already know.
More than you know. One of my favorite stories as a “token” (meaning I was twice as good and worked twice, at least, as hard) woman in the Good Ol’ Boys club back in the day was as the department head at a major Texas university when we “entertained” a highly placed federal official. Before the meeting, he ordered me to fetch him coffee, being the only woman in the room and before we had been introduced. (My given name in its shortened form is gender neutral so most assumed I was male until meeting face to face.) I did fetch his coffee making a point to ask him if it was satisfactory, looking him dead in the eye and smiling sweetly, in front of all other attendees when I sat down at the head of the table to begin the meeting.
He was rendered quite conciliatory to my demands requests subsequently.
Conservatives are organizing a pro-Trump march to challenge the “traitors” who oppose him https://t.co/isCo7VcKUn
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 2, 2017
re: #198 Anymouse
What are the charges,
If you have bothered to read what I was responding to, you don’t need to ask this question.
If you ask the question without even having read, I can’t be bothered to respond.
re: #200 Kragar
Scores of Trump supporters turned out on Sunday — tomorrow’s headlines
I’ll be too busy at the dog park and going to WalMart for Girl Scout cookies tomorrow. THIN MINTS!!!!
re: #201 Nyet
If you have bothered to read what I was responding to, you don’t need to ask this question.
If you ask the question without even having read, I can’t be bothered to respond.
I just found the link and read it.
Ms. Le Pen is also being investigated in connection with accusations that she paid National Front aides with money from funds provided by the European Union. According to the accusations, she was involved in a phony-jobs scheme in which aides working for her and other National Front deputies at the Parliament were actually carrying out party work.
The lifting of her parliamentary immunity concerns only the case involving the Islamic State photographs and not the more serious accusations of misusing European Union funds.
The Islamic State photos she retweeted were something like agitprop. They were intended to shock and slur an entire group of people (Muslims) over the actions of a very few (criminal murderers).
The EU does have different laws concerning speech than the USA. As such, tweeting violent criminal acts (murder by beheading) is not considered protected speech in Europe.
Does that make their law “bullshit” as you put it? FOX News did something similar (comparing Dr. Edward Tiller to a murderer of babies) and it got him assassinated.
That’s the power of agitprop. Bill O’Reilly in a just nation would be in jail for setting in motion a murderer.
re: #204 allegro
I too will be busy cleaning my pantry!
I wouldn’t mind a thick mint option one day.
re: #205 Anymouse
Does that make their law “bullshit” as you put it?
If you can go to jail for up to three years for demonstrating the true face of ISIS, yes, the law is bullshit. Obviously so.
re: #206 JordanRules
I too will be busy cleaning my pantry!
I wouldn’t mind a thick mint option one day.
And oh yeah, I get free dinner at Sweet Tomatoes for my birthday! (They generously allow me a two week window to collect.)
re: #207 Nyet
If you can go to jail for up to three years for demonstrating the true face of ISIS, yes, the law is bullshit. Obviously so.
Marine Le Pen’s entire schtick is to paint all Muslims as potential criminal murderers because so-called Islamic State are.
So can I paint all Christians as potential criminal murderers because Scott Roeder and Eric Rudolph and people like the Army of God and such are?
Are we applying different standards to Muslims than Christians because (brown, Muslim, whatever)?
I’m interested in how you view this. How is Richard Reed (the shooter at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs) not representative of Christians if IS is representative of Muslims?
re: #209 Anymouse
You went off on a tangent completely unrelated to anything that had been under discussion.
Not playing, sorry.
Kitty cat
@natgeo @stevewinterphoto Happy World Wildlife Day—which commemorates the March 3rd, 1973 signing of CITES, an international treaty between 183 nations that regulates trade in endangered species. Tigers, along with so many other animals, hang on the brink of extinction—if we don’t act, some of the planet’s most iconic wildlife will disappear on our watch, Each of the remaining six tiger subspecies are endangered—and together, there are only about 3,800 wild tigers left. The biggest threat they face is from poaching for a luxury trade in tiger products largely in China, particularly for tiger skin home decor and tiger bone wine (made by soaking a tiger skeleton in rice wine). Commercial tiger breeding operations fan a growing black market trade in these items: tigers are farmed like pigs and chickens in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos—feeding tigers into the illegal international trade. This market puts a price on the head of every remaining wild tiger. Right now, China holds the fate of wild tigers in its hands: a list is currently being drawn up by the central State Forestry Administration (SFA) which will decide which protected wildlife species can be traded commercially within China.If tigers are included on that list, they will be poached into extinction: wild tigers are worth more than captive tigers.
The fate of other big cats like lions, leopards, cheetah and snow leopards are all in trouble for similar reasons.#tigers #wildlife #extinction #CITES #WorldWildlifeDay #wildlifetrafficking #China @africanparksnetwork #ldfoundation
re: #211 Nyet
You went off on a tangent completely unrelated to anything that had been under discussion.
Not playing, sorry.
No I didn’t.
You claimed Marine Le Pen was simply showing the horrors of ISIS.
I noted Marine Le Pen’s whole ideology is to demonise Muslims by calling attention (through graphic agitprop) of a small criminal subset.
I then made a comparison of Marine Le Pen’s agitprop to Bill O’Reilly’s agitprop that resulted in an assassination.
I then compared other criminal elements of Christian faith, and asked if it was fair to paint all Christians as potential criminal elements, since Marine Le Pen does the same with Muslims.
I then asked you I truly wanted to know if you believe there are (or should be) different rules for Christians and Muslims.
You then claimed I was changing the subject, and said you weren’t playing.
So, are all Christians guilty of the crimes of a few, as Marine Le Pen would have you believe of Muslims? If you regard this as “playing,” yeah I guess we are done, because you are being intellectually dishonest.
re: #204 allegro
I’ll be too busy at the dog park and going to WalMart for Girl Scout cookies tomorrow. THIN MINTS!!!!
Their peanut butter cookies are good for dipping in red wine. ;-D
re: #214 Anymouse
No I didn’t.
You claimed Marine Le Pen was simply showing the horrors of ISIS.
I noted Marine Le Pen’s whole ideology is to demonise Muslims by calling attention (through graphic agitprop) of a small criminal subset.
I then made a comparison of Marine Le Pen’s agitprop to Bill O’Reilly’s agitprop that resulted in an assassination.
I then compared other criminal elements of Christian faith, and asked if it was fair to paint all Christians as potential criminal elements, since Marine Le Pen does the same with Muslims.
I then asked you I truly wanted to know if you believe there are (or should be) different rules for Christians and Muslims.
You then claimed I was changing the subject, and said you weren’t playing.
So, are all Christians guilty of the crimes of a few, as Marine Le Pen would have you believe of Muslims? If you regard this as “playing,” yeah I guess we are done, because you are being intellectually dishonest.
Yes, you went off on a tangent because you are unable to discuss the topic at hand.
LePen is not being charged for any of the things you say. She is being charged for posting the photos, period. Anyone, with any intent, would have been charged. That’s bullshit. And that bullshit is all the more dangerous in this case since it will likely make her look like a victim and thus make her more popular.
re: #213 wheat-dogg
Kitty cat
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This breaks my heart. Not just for the tigers but for the big cats and other endangered species here in the US. Saw a story the other day about a jaguar in South Texas, demonstrating strides in bringing back the species due to protection efforts that are now going to shit thanks to 45 and cronies.
re: #215 Single-handed sailor
Their peanut butter cookies are good for dipping in red wine. ;-D
Um… first thought, eeew. Really?
Damn, now I have to try it.
re: #216 Nyet
Yes, you went off on a tangent because you are unable to discuss the topic at hand.
LePen is not being charged for any of the things you say. She is being charged for posting the photos, period. Anyone, with any intent, would have been charged. That’s bullshit. And that bullshit is all the more dangerous in this case since it will likely make her look like a victim and thus make her more popular.
I directly quoted from the article you linked. She had her parliamentary immunity stripped for posting the photos, because EU law regarding speech is different than USA law regarding speech.
I don’t really have an opinion on the EU’s laws concerning what constitutes protected speech or no. However, there is no doubt that what Marine Le Pen is engaging in is agitprop, designed to inflame and slander a whole group of people for the actions of a few.
The question is really simple, yet you seem to be unwilling to answer it: Should Christians be held to the same standards as Muslims? If O’Reilly were a television presenter in the EU, he would already be in jail.
In both the EU and the USA, incitement to violence is considered a criminal act. The EUs speech laws seem to hold a tougher standard up for what constitutes incitement.
(We’ll skip the part where Marine Le Pen is also being investigated for defrauding the EU Parliament.)
By the way (unrelated to this), I saw a link on your profile to your blog regarding Holocaust denialism. Although in this short time I have only skimmed it, the research you’ve put into the subject is fascinating - I have bookmarked it for further reading.
re: #217 allegro
This breaks my heart. Not just for the tigers but for the big cats and other endangered species here in the US. Saw a story the other day about a jaguar in South Texas, demonstrating strides in bringing back the species due to protection efforts that are now going to shit thanks to 45 and cronies.
Tigers seems to be doing better than the other big cats. Mountain lions in the USA would be well advised to move north to Canada or south to Mexico, because this administration will probably declare open season on them for the lulz.
re: #220 wheat-dogg
Tigers seems to be doing better than the other big cats. Mountain lions in the USA would be well advised to move north to Canada or south to Mexico, because this administration will probably declare open season on them for the lulz.
Mountain lion hunting is now legal in my state. (Though the number of tags are restricted.)
So if climate change doesn’t get ‘em, hunters will.
re: #219 Anymouse
However, there is no doubt that what Marine Le Pen is engaging in is agitprop, designed to inflame and slander a whole group of people for the actions of a few.
That doesn’t matter for one simple reason: she is not being charged for racial or religious incitement. So the discussion of such is irrelevant for this thread.
The question is really simple, yet you seem to be unwilling to answer it: Should Christians be held to the same standards as Muslims?
I don’t know by what leaps and bounds of illogic you have reached a point where you have to ask this question in this thread, where the topic of Christians and the standards applied to them and others is completely irrelevant and unconnected to the topic at hand. I don’t know if you are being delusional or intentionally dishonest, but in any case: not playing.
Some deportees arrive in Mexico but are not able to speak Spanish.
re: #222 Nyet
That doesn’t matter for one simple reason: she is not being charged for racial or religious incitement. So the discussion of such is irrelevant for this thread.
That is correct, and I acknowledged she is being investigated over her tweets of IS murderers. The point of her tweets is incitement.
I don’t know by what leaps and bounds of illogic you have reached a point where you have to ask this question in this thread, where the topic of Christians and the standards applied is completely irrelevant and unconnected to the topic at hand. I don’t know if you are being delusional or intentionally dishonest, but in any case: not playing.
Fine, since you won’t answer the question, I must presume an answer to it. You went to an awful lot of trouble to avoid “yes” or “no.” So I’m guessing you do believe there are different standards.
All Muslims should be judged by the actions of a few criminals, but no Christians should be judged by the actions of a few criminals.
There was no “bounds of illogic,” I was asking you to compare the treatment of two different groups.
Yes the two should be treated the same, or no they shouldn’t, is a pretty simple question to answer.
So, I guess we’ll have to wrap this up then.
re: #224 Anymouse
That is correct, and I acknowledged she is being investigated over her tweets of IS murderers. The point of her tweets is incitement.
Fine, since you won’t answer the question, I must presume an answer to it. You went to an awful lot of trouble to avoid “yes” or “no.” So I’m guessing you do believe there are different standards.
All Muslims should be judged by the actions of a few criminals, but no Christians should be judged by the actions of a few criminals.
There was no “bounds of illogic,” I was asking you to compare the treatment of two different groups.
Yes the two should be treated the same, or no they shouldn’t, is a pretty simple question to answer.
So, I guess we’ll have to wrap this up then.
The treatment of the different groups was never an issue in this thread, you have brought it up on your own initiative and got pissed off because I wouldn’t get distracted from the topic at hand (which had nothing to do with the issues you have brought up on your own initiative).
Oh, and thanks for the mind-reading session. From it one must conclude that you are probably simply deeply dishonest rather than delusional. Good to know.
re: #220 wheat-dogg
Tigers seems to be doing better than the other big cats. Mountain lions in the USA would be well advised to move north to Canada or south to Mexico, because this administration will probably declare open season on them for the lulz.
All predators have been open season since wildlife damage control was moved from Fish and Wildlife Service to Ag during Reagan/Watts (and why I left FWS as a predator specialist). It went from environmental control and individual animal targeting to wholesale slaughter which is destructive as shit and results in increased damage to crops. It’s ranchers (and hunting leases in Tx) vs farmers and both lose ultimately. It’s one reason there is a feral hog problem now (the biggest reason is the release of the hogs in the first place to enhance hunting revenue).
jesus https://t.co/PQXECqM2AE pic.twitter.com/JAV7uPdy7R
— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) March 3, 2017
Local mayor argues GOP will win GA-06 because his constituents are racist. https://t.co/6cAniX5Jdn
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) March 4, 2017
re: #226 Nyet
The treatment of the different groups was never an issue in this thread, you have brought it up on your own initiative and got pissed off because I wouldn’t get distracted from the topic at hand (which had nothing to do with the issues you have brought up on your own initiative).
Oh, and thanks for the mind-reading session. From it one must conclude that you are probably simply deeply dishonest rather than delusional. Good to know.
You could settle the question with “yes” or “no.”
You’re still spending an awful lot of pixels avoiding the question. I’m not mind-reading, I am making an assumption based on my own experiences.
And yes, the question is related. An unrelated question might be “Can you calculate pi to six decimal places.” A related question might be “Because Marine Le Pen is only interested in demonising all Muslims for the actions of a few criminals, do you believe that all Christians should be deomised in the same way.”
I’m out of this particular line of thought for the night; feel free to spend another hundred words telling me why I am being dishonest with my question rather than answering it with “yes” or “no.”
re: #230 Single-handed sailor
REALLY!!!
Oooohkay (adding GS peanut butter cookies and Merlot to my shopping list)
It better be good.
re: #233 allegro
Oooohkay (adding GS peanut butter cookies and
MerlotCabernet or Zinfandel to my shopping list)It better be good.
Only 4 things—epidemics, revolution, state collapse and wars of mass mobilisation—cause large-scale levelling https://t.co/8loFCRgd5t
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 4, 2017
re: #236 Anymouse
No.
It is a pity that the answer was anything but “I have now realized that it is sometimes beyond one’s dignity to answer certain questions posed in certain contexts”.
Suum cuique, I guess.
I’m finding the distinct aroma of asshole to be unpleasant so I bid y’all a good night.
re: #237 Nyet
It is a pity that the answer was anything but “I have now realized that it is sometimes beyond one’s dignity to answer certain questions posed in certain contexts”.
Suum cuique, I guess.
It’s a pity you are still avoiding answering a comparison between two religions.
My comparison between how Christians are treated by people like O’Reilly and Le Pen versus Muslims are directly related (they are both religions). Paedophilia was in fact not related to the topic at hand. Religion is, because Le Pen is trying to demonise a whole group of people with the actions of a few criminals.
Maybe it’s just because I have never been to college, so what seems like a valid comparison to me (two different religions treated differently by the same people) is in fact not a valid comparison.
So, treat me like I am uneducated. Please explain why a) I read about a person (Le Pen) demonising a whole group, b) She does not demonise another group using the same rules, c) I ask you if this is fair, d) You accuse me of changing the subject or asking unrelated questions, then e) ask me if I am a paedophile and say you are disappointed in my answer “no.”
I am having trouble following. Perhaps you need to break it up into a single page with maps and charts and a few bullet points, like Trump, why Le Pen’s different treatment of different groups is fair.
re: #240 Anymouse
It’s a pity you are still avoiding answering a comparison between two religions.
Since that’s not the topic I was discussing in the first place?
So, treat me like I am uneducated. Please explain why a) I read about a person (Le Pen) demonising a whole group, b) She does not demonise another group using the same rules, c) I ask you if this is fair
The problem is with (c). Why would you ask me something like this in the first place and how is this different from me asking you “Are you sure you are not a pedophile?”
I am having trouble following.
Perhaps because you got lost in that labyrinthine thought forest of your own creation?
Jeez. Could you two give it a rest already? Or at the very least, make your comments private, so the rest of us don’t have to be part of this quarrel.
tyvm
re: #241 Nyet
Since that’s not the topic I was discussing in the first place?
The problem is with (c). Why would you ask me something like this in the first place and how is this different from me asking you “Are you sure you are not a pedophile?”
Perhaps because you got lost in that labyrinthine thought forest of your own creation?
c) is not related to the subject. The treatment of two different religions is.
I have never asked what your religious faith is, though I have stated mine (I have none).
Multiple polls taken throughout the United States shows that atheists are consistently rated less trustworthy than rapists or paedophiles. So is it fair for me to posit from the list of Protestant faith leaders investigated or convicted of paedophilia at reformation.com and conclude all Christians in the USA are just like them? Or is it fairer to judge someone on their actions (like the Muslims I worked with when I was in the Navy)?
The majority of people in the USA identify themselves as Christians. So using Le Pen’s rationale (IS criminals are representative of all Muslims), I guess the majority of Christians favour paedophilia and rape over non-belief in a god. I don’t believe that, and I am pretty sure you don’t.
You’re right: It is a labyrinth. I don’t put stock in any religious faith. I certainly don’t get Le Pen’s demonisation of a billion people over a couple thousand criminals. I don’t get why she considers Christians some paragon of virtue with the criminals that might be found amongst them whilst every Muslim is an IS fighter-in-waiting.
re: #244 wheat-dogg
Sigh.
I’ll come back later.
Me too. I need to go to bed. Past my medication time for me, which means sleepy time for me. G’night y’all.
re: #243 Anymouse
“c) is not related to the subject. “
Good that you acknowledge this. This should answer your question about me not answering: an insulting question asked out of the blue (unrelated to the topic at hand) is not going to get paid any respect from me in the form of a straight answer. “Fuck you” would have been a proper response, but I decided against it.
“The treatment of two different religions is.”
No, it’s not. You have brought it up, not I. You can’t force someone to discuss topics you would like them to discuss.
We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite! pic.twitter.com/Ik3yqjHzsA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in ‘03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team? https://t.co/yXgw3U8tmQ
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 3, 2017
re: #235 Anymouse
I see The Economist is coming around to my view of the world…
Ever since the election, I’ve distilled down my theme to:
… until something breaks.
We only change when we absolutely have to.
re: #249 freetoken
Ever since the election, I’ve distilled down my theme to:
… until something breaks.
We only change when we absolutely have to.
Sad but true; the unwritten pages of human history - the ones where war and conflict are absent or merely background noise - can be distilled down to the “this is fine” dog.
When things break, though, well……that’s when all hell breaks loose.
@marcorubio @StateDept Been watching Office Space? pic.twitter.com/Nfe6fOHJBv
— wheat-dogg (@liguy743) March 4, 2017
This Suspiria remake looks intriguing.
Wow! Tilda Swinton on “Suspiria” Set today in Berlin. Hope we get something about Dakota. ☺️ #Suspiria pic.twitter.com/WBR8NnFCbG
— Dakota Johnson Life (@LifeDJohnson) March 2, 2017
For me the best part of the original movie was when the woman was walking along the ornate corridor to the witch’s room.
Oh, and the music.
re: #255 Nyet
This Suspiria remake looks intriguing.
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For me the best part of the original movie was when the woman was walking along the ornate corridor to the witch’s room.
Oh, and the music.
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When I was in college, I pined for Jessica Harper. She was in dePalma’s Phantom of the Paradise, too. And many years later, Minority Report (the movie), among others.
These turkeys trying to give this cat its 10th life pic.twitter.com/VBM7t4MZYr
— J… (@TheReal_JDavis) March 2, 2017
More he’s got his wires crossed.
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump Why is it terrible to wiretap the enemies of America such as yourself?
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) March 4, 2017
Mark Levin apparently was squawking on his radio show about Obama wiretapping Trump, then it got picked up by Breitbart, and then all the RWNJ sites. So, probably Trump, who we should remember has access to all national intelligence and law enfrocement info, first gets wind of these allegations from Breitbart (or whatever), and immediately starts tweetstorming.
re: #259 wheat-dogg
More he’s got his wires crossed.
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What are these claims about? More about painting himself and his surrogates as victims of a political witch hunt?
re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What are these claims about? More about painting himself and his surrogates as victims of a political witch hunt?
A new conspiracy theory to augment the existing one of Obama’s shadow government. RWNJs alleged yesterday that Obama had directed the NSA to wiretap Trump Tower. So, now Trump is going haywire.
re: #264 wheat-dogg
A new conspiracy theory to augment the existing one of Obama’s shadow government. RWNJs alleged yesterday that Obama had directed the NSA to wiretap Trump Tower. So, now Trump is going haywire.
Oh my god…the coverup!!!
Still having spelling issues, or maybe he’s so angry he can’t type straight.
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Thank you for this, internet pic.twitter.com/Fvi8wYmLVC
— Scott Watson (@scottymwatson) March 4, 2017
re: #266 wheat-dogg
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process
So now “Obama tapped Trump’s phones” is going to be another article of RW doctrine and be brought up to silence any discussion of his wrongdoings.
Brilliant tactical move. He may be clueless on government, but he knows how to manipulate the media and distract the discussion.
Trump’s up early and alleging that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower.
Those are serious allegations that can only be addressed by a full investigation and independent prosecutors, starting with whatever evidence the FBI, NSA, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies used to obtain the wiretapping in the first place.
You know, the Russia dossier that shows how compromised all Trump’s inner circle is by their ties to Russia. We need to see all the work by Trump and his people.
Despite early denials, growing list of Trump camp contacts with Russians haunts White House https://t.co/hu12KOzxsR
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 4, 2017
Despite everyone knowing Manafort, Stone, Tillerson, and Trump etc had shady connections to Russia, they keep denying said connections https://t.co/8VTyVlkKOJ
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
Washington Post with the inane tweet headline - that denies reality that everyone’s known for months. It’s widely known that Trump and his inner circle have had odd ties to Russia. Stone. Manafort. Page. Trump himself. Ivanka (who pals around with Putin’s squeeze). All of them. The headline makes it seem that all this is out of thin air.
No, what we’re seeing is that all those connections are now under serious scrutiny because of Sessions perjury, Flynn being fired/resigning over undisclosed Russia ties, etc.
Everyone is suspect in Trump’s admin because they’re so secretive over those connections. What are they hiding? Why did Page act to make the GOP platform favorable to Russia’s interests and not to Ukraine’s?
So, what does Trump do? He claims Obama was spying on him. Okay, say he was? Demand the investigation that exposes Trump for the compromised candidate whose surrounded himself with compromised people that everyone suspects? That the Russia dossier is true and confirmed? That there were countless secret meetings between Russians and Trump people that pushed and got favorable Trump treatment giving Russia control over US foreign policy?
Seriously, does Trump really want to go here? Yes. Yes it seems that he does.
The same way that he posted that Schumer photo yesterday demanding investigations of Schumer (whose pwnage of Trump is epic). He’s easily goaded into doing stuff against his own interest. Trump demands investigation. Schumer says absolutely. Let’s talk under oath. Let’s get Trump talking under oath about his contacts and those of his underlings. All of them.
Because that will not end well for Trump.
Black Mirror’s ‘Hated in the Nation’ is incredible.
Great casting and acting. But most important to a BM episode are those novel themes and where they lead. In this case we are talking freedom of expression against self-preservation and self-preservation (where the powerful are involved) against a world in which food security has been compromised; all the while some fell dagger alloyed of the phenomenon of tech and social media hovers above all…
Sorry… it’s just really good.
re: #269 lawhawk
As a master strategist, Trump is seriously lacking. Regardless of the truth of the wiretaps, accusing the previous administration of approving them brings up the logical question of an inquiry for election tampering. It’s like someone murdering someone, burying him in the backyard, and then demanding an investigation when the neighbors complain of a bad smell.
The president is reminding us that the FISA court approved warrants against his campaign on espionage suspicions.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 4, 2017
FISA court… which comes up because of all those Trump-Russia connections. Espionage. Seditious activities. Compromised US natsec. https://t.co/uLFff6OnIs
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
Guess we should investigate this and find out what we know of Russia connections here. It’s the only way to be sure. @peterdaou
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
In a sick way, I’m finding these developments and Trump’s reactions to them strangely entertaining. He’s making life very easy for future historians who want plumb the depths of the Trump pysche. No other president AFAIK has chronicled his fall from power in such a public way.
As someone else here said, it’s like slowing down to check out the horrific car crash on the highway.
re: #270 Alyosha
No BM episode is bad for me, but I felt like this one felt sort of like X-Files.
PS: For me the best eps were “Fifteen Million Merits”, “White Christmas”, “Nosedive”, “San Junipero”.
re: #274 wheat-dogg
No other PERSON has documented their own downfall like this in human history.
re: #277 I cannot.
No other PERSON has documented their own downfall like this in human history.
It would have been a great premise for a novel. Too bad it’s been stolen.
re: #278 wheat-dogg
My only question, is that in future generations, will anyone even believe this was possible? (assuming of course, we make it through this mess)
This picture has NO red pixels. Great demo of color constancy (ht Akiyoshi Kitaoka) pic.twitter.com/pZHvbB6QHE
— Matt Lieberman (@social_brains) February 27, 2017
re: #276 Nyet
I’ve been saying for a while we’d likely see the Year of the Four Presidents (riffing on Suetonius’ chapter on the Year of the Four Emperors).
re: #280 I cannot.
My only question, is that in future generations, will anyone even believe this was possible? (assuming of course, we make it through this mess)
They’ll wonder why such a madman was allowed to stay in office this long.
re: #280 I cannot.
My only question, is that in future generations, will anyone even believe this was possible? (assuming of course, we make it through this mess)
That latter disclaimer is what worries me. will be able to turn things around before the damage is irreversible? Remember, if Trump gets backed into a corner, he always has the “nuclear option” to get him out of it…
#ThingsWeShouldInvestigate is trending. Go figure.
re: #275 Nyet
No BM episode is bad for me, but I felt like this one felt sort of like X-Files.
PS: For me the best eps were “Fifteen Million Merits”, “White Christmas”, “Nosedive”, “San Junipero”.
Just saw ‘White Christmas’. Excellent.
I think the thing I liked about ‘Hated’ was the change-up in narrative.
Police procedural with nice onion layers. Even had the whiny guitar riffs.
But ‘Nosedive’ was incredible. An excellent psychodrama where, even if one cannot ultimately identify with the leading character, one comes to understand her.
re: #282 lawhawk
I’ve been saying for a while we’d likely see the Year of the Four Presidents (riffing on Suetonius’ chapter on the Year of the Four Emperors).
Wasn’t there a period in history when Europe had something like four popes in quick succession.
More recently, there was this famous headline:
re: #281 Nyet
I don’t know what he means by “red pixels”, but the tweet has embedded an RGB image with non-zero R values.
In digital capture of real life objects, almost nothing will come up as pure (R,0,0).
re: #288 freetoken
I don’t know what he means by “red pixels”, but the tweet has embedded an RGB image with non-zero R values.
In digital capture of real life objects, almost nothing will come up as pure (R,0,0).
@social_brains I isolated a few of the colors that appear most “red” in the strawberries and put them on the white background to the right. pic.twitter.com/GJJ9PJqNxt
— Carson Mell (@carsonmell) February 28, 2017
re: #286 Alyosha
Plus the pastel colors were just beautiful.
God you can’t even go to sleep without Trump doing something like this.
re: #292 HappyWarrior
God you can’t even go to sleep without Trump doing something like this.
I’ve gotten into the habit of checking his TL around 6 am EST. That’s when he seems to be awake and reacting to the news he reads or watches.
re: #290 Nyet
Yes, all the pixels have G and B values that are high, but if you look at the histogram of the RGB values, the R values do overlap the G, and B values:
What the strawberries end up being are composed of pixels that are mostly a faded purplish tint. We interpret that as “red” strawberries.
This phenomenon was found early on in projection of photographic images, when people were trying to come up with color imaging. It turns out that with just two colors, not three, one can create very convincing images, because our eye-brain system will do a lot to convince us about what we’re seeing.
I noticed the Breitbart - Trump wiretap connection right away, now I see others have caught up to me.
Trump got his Obama wiretapping “report” from Breitbart: pic.twitter.com/BySlOqqFeW
— Jordan Uhl (@JordanUhl) March 4, 2017
Peter Daou, too.
Yesterday: Breitbart article accuses Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower.
Today: Trump tweets it. https://t.co/5M6l3fNDPq (via @sparksjls)— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) March 4, 2017
Soros better not stiff me this time!
re: #291 Nyet
Plus the pastel colors were just beautiful.
Yes! Made it seem contrived right up until the truckstop.
Then you get to see colours as classist.
Unrelated but funny, the colour red is coming up in the thread.
And now he swings to diss Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Live shot of White House staffers running to the private residence to get Trump’s phone away from him… pic.twitter.com/DoJ3hSB6Xn
— Matt Haze (@MattHaze) March 4, 2017
re: #298 wheat-dogg
He’s more of a dick than Nixon could ever be.
re: #300 freetoken
He’s far less disciplined than Nixon ever was. Nixon was a professional insider. VP. Senator. And knew how politics and government operated.
Trump is none of those things.
The only thing Trump shares with Nixon besides party affiliation is the absolute disregard for the law and intent to break laws at every opportunity.
re: #301 lawhawk
He’s far less disciplined than Nixon ever was. Nixon was a professional insider. VP. Senator. And knew how politics and government operated.
Trump is none of those things.
The only thing Trump shares with Nixon besides party affiliation is the absolute disregard for the law and intent to break laws at every opportunity.
The paranoia too.
Trump has all of Nixon’s paranoia, but little of his intelligence and none of his self-control. Nixon’s tapes contain what he said in the privacy of the Oval Office. If Twitter had been around in the ’70s, I seriously doubt Nixon would be tweeting his thoughts for everyone to see.
Trump’s tweets are inevitably self-incriminating.
Trump’s ego is just doing him in. The diehard Trumpers will not leave him, but to anyone else, a tweet like that one about Arnold just comes off as really dickish.
My Rep.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath and has to go. It shouldn’t even be his decision to resign. @POTUS must fire him immediately. pic.twitter.com/CJsMn4LlXK
— Rep. John Yarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth) March 2, 2017
re: #305 freetoken
Trump’s ego is just doing him in. The diehard Trumpers will not leave him, but to anyone else, a tweet like that one about Arnold just comes off as really dickish.
I can’t wait for Arnold’s response.
re: #305 freetoken
Trump’s ego is just doing him in. The diehard Trumpers will not leave him, but to anyone else, a tweet like that one about Arnold just comes off as really dickish.
Trump is not universally loved, and it’s eating this narcissist alive from the inside out.
re: #307 wheat-dogg
I can’t wait for Arnold’s response.
Supposedly, Trump remained as one of the executive producers even after he formally left the hosting job to run for President. A clear conflict of interest for Comcast/NBC, but you didn’t see Chuck Todd worrying too much about that…
The ratings have been diving for the show, and yesterday Arnold stated he was leaving. Trump made a lot of money on the show, and indeed his followers seem to think that Trump made most of his money from real estate, but the truth is Trump has made his money from his TV appearances and the selling of his brand. With Celebrity Apprentice now tanked, the Trump brand takes a bit of tarnish (if Burnett ever wanted Trump to continue on as his associate in the future.)
re: #306 wheat-dogg
That @jeffsessions was confirmed by his GOP pals in the Senate doesn’t diminish fact that he was woefully unqualified for the job. It shows
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
Partisan right wing hacks keep trying to pull out Democrats’ photos of meetings w/Russians as equivalencies. Those those weren’t under oath
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
re: #295 wheat-dogg
I noticed the Breitbart - Trump wiretap connection right away, now I see others have caught up to me.
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I’ll never not see the Human Centipede of Trumpian Information Conveyance that Mr Johnson posted yesterday when these things come up.
re: #309 freetoken
Supposedly, Trump remained as one of the executive producers even after he formally left the hosting job to run for President. A clear conflict of interest for Comcast/NBC, but you didn’t see Chuck Todd worrying too much about that…
The ratings have been diving for the show, and yesterday Arnold stated he was leaving. Trump made a lot of money on the show, and indeed his followers seem to think that Trump made most of his money from real estate, but the truth is Trump has made his money from his TV appearances and the selling of his brand. With Celebrity Apprentice now tanked, the Trump brand takes a bit of tarnish (if Burnett ever wanted Trump to continue on as his associate in the future.)
Arnold said viewers and advertisers were avoiding the show because of Trump being EP.
re: #303 jeffreyw
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Good morning!
Ok, look. The thing about that picture is…. Never mind.
re: #312 wheat-dogg
Arnold said viewers and advertisers were avoiding the show because of Trump being EP.
Of course Trump will deny that. Trump’s attack on Arnold is an attempt to divert people away from that claim.
re: #311 Barefoot Grin
I’ll never not see the Human Centipede of Trumpian Information Conveyance that Mr Johnson posted yesterday when these things come up.
Someone else on Twitter may have seen the connection about 10 minutes before I did. It hasn’t taken long for the Breitbart —> Trump connection to spread, in any event.
Reports of the taps were in the NYT about six weeks ago, so it’s not exactly headline news.
Headlines intended to scare:
Scientists confirm worst fears about pee in pools
Headlines like that ought to come with scary organ music.
re: #293 wheat-dogg
I’ve gotten into the habit of checking his TL around 6 am EST. That’s when he seems to be awake and reacting to the news he reads or watches.
Yeah, for me it’s noon here in Europe.
Presumably, he’s reacting to the overnight news and Tweetstorming while he’s taking a dump.
re: #316 freetoken
Headlines intended to scare:
Scientists confirm worst fears about pee in pools
Headlines like that ought to come with scary organ music.
You’re welcome.
re: #318 Dr Lizardo
Organist unknown? Sounds like the E. Power Biggs version I had on vinyl
re: #306 wheat-dogg
John is a national treasure. I grew up between the South End and the Highlands, and work on Main Street. Unfortunately, I now live in Oldham County and am stuck with the loathesome cherry-cheeked Thomas Massie (R-Koch Bros).
We are going to sell and move back in to town at some point (NULU, Butchertown, Germantown look like our most likely spots), but I don’t know if that happens before or after the 2020 General Assembly splits us up into three districts running from the Tennessee line to the Ohio River….
Who told him that there was a wiretap or that it found nothing? Sessions? Comey? Leaks? @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews @BarackObama
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 4, 2017
Of course, he read it on Twitter or at Breitbart. But if he found out by way of Sessions or Comey, that risks interfering in an ongoing federal investigation (you know, the way GOPers love to claim that Bill did with Lynch on that plane way back when).
re: #321 Botsplainer
John is a national treasure. I grew up between the South End and the Highlands, and work on Main Street. Unfortunately, I now live in Oldham County and am stuck with the loathesome cherry-cheeked Thomas Massie (R-Koch Bros).
We are going to sell and move back in to town at some point (NULU, Butchertown, Germantown look like our most likely spots), but I don’t know if that happens before or after the 2020 General Assembly splits us up into three districts running from the Tennessee line to the Ohio River….
Howdy, neighbor. Though I haven’t lived in Louisville since 2007, my domestic address and driver’s license are still in Jefferson County.
JpRVzimtKiaEF/2xPQUgN+u2CTeG+6Gz5w7Onz1w+rNLh/bUo4YZaKnuxgIzcYf73NS/M4JgNix49WMi20uoI4Ck2/9zaAO2F4rPk+AOx75vGow58jIthqriCHRV0EA3+6YvMxlqJX3gj62wJMicfoeTYScMTu+k4nD6bfkdmb5CO0OWEIQS0XgS2jI/ibTfqByhdCq186xUqfbIbOQ5ld5ig4iF3xx5mVWH9oajcXJNBnH9ftRPpOP6X5Dsl7zx
re: #320 Nyet
That is one reason why public pools are heavily chlorinated.
re: #322 lawhawk
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Of course, he read it on Twitter or at Breitbart. But if he found out by way of Sessions or Comey, that risks interfering in an ongoing federal investigation (you know, the way GOPers love to claim that Bill did with Lynch on that plane way back when).
I’m pretty sure the Twitterverse has established Trump saw it on Breitbart or some other RW site this morning, probably in his email feed. I haven’t checked Fox Nooz to see if they covered the Breitbart story this morning.
re: #306 wheat-dogg
My Rep.
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— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 4, 2017
Sure we can have an independent investigation on “Obama’s wiretapping”. Never know what we’ll find.
**wink, wink**
Best OpEd of the day! Donald Trump isn’t the only villain – the Republican party shares the blame https://t.co/wzmKTqR5Kj
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 4, 2017
Melania Trump calls for the ‘gift of nature,’ not health insurance, to heal sick children https://t.co/wvq4Y8AyAU pic.twitter.com/B0iLlTFSRS
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 2, 2017
re: #330 Ace Rothstein
I saw that tweet earlier, and I had no idea what she means. Does Mel believe in faith healing?
re: #331 wheat-dogg
“I am a passionate believer in integrating and interpreting nature’s elements into our daily lives to create a warm, nurturing and positive environment,” said Melania Trump, according to a statement released by the hospital. “I believe that these same natural benefits can be instrumental to enhancing the health and well-being of all children.”
God help us all.
Report, KT McFarland meeting with intel community officials, requested they send sensitive info direct to her personal email account.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 4, 2017
re: #331 wheat-dogg
I saw that tweet earlier, and I had no idea what she means. Does Mel believe in faith healing?
She probably means homeopathy.
re: #332 Ace Rothstein
“I am a passionate believer in integrating and interpreting nature’s elements into our daily lives to create a warm, nurturing and positive environment,” said Melania Trump, according to a statement released by the hospital. “I believe that these same natural benefits can be instrumental to enhancing the health and well-being of all children.”
Oh, alt-faith healing — woo woo medicine.
So, I presume little Barron has never had his shots or ever gone to the doctor. //
re: #334 Dr Lizardo
I rather have Grandma’s homemade chicken soup. It tastes better.
re: #333 MsJ
God help us all.
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Maybe she can bcc those to my Chinese email account. I’ll suggest it.
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re: #112 RinaX
One point, Jeffrey Dahmer wasn’t executed, he was beaten to death in prison.
it’s not that simple. most atheists actually have kind of cartoonish ideas about what religious people, as a whole, believe. The Catholic church for instance got its fingers burned so badly with its stubborn insistence on an Aristotelian universe that it’s ended up being extremely open to modern science. As long as evolution doesn’t interfere with the belief that human beings are spiritual creatures with a unique connection to God, they’e fine with it. The cartoonish elements of Christianity are mostly those held by various unorthodox, evangelical clans, who can’t grasp simple shit, like how it is that Cain was sent off to marry someone who was never otherwise mentioned in the Bible. “Daddy,” you may ask, “if the Bible is literal, and if the only people in the world at the time were Adam, Eve, and their kids, who the fuck did Cain go off to marry?” And if you are an evangelical of some sort or another, or a fundamentalist, there’s no good answer to that. If, though, your Dad were MY Dad, a retired Anglican priest, he’d chuckle and tell you how no thougtful Anglican/Episcopalian/Catholic/Methodist has been a literalist in the past 200 years or so, and that fundamentalists are mostly useful idiots who are committing all kinds of heresy while being blithely unaware of it.
re: #338 steve_davis
it’s not that simple. most atheists actually have kind of cartoonish ideas about what religious people, as a whole, believe. The Catholic church for instance got its fingers burned so badly with its stubborn insistence on an Aristotelian universe that it’s ended up being extremely open to modern science. As long as evolution doesn’t interfere with the belief that human beings are spiritual creatures with a unique connection to God, they’e fine with it. The cartoonish elements of Christianity are mostly those held by various unorthodox, evangelical clans, who can’t grasp simple shit, like how it is that Cain was sent off to marry someone who was never otherwise mentioned in the Bible. “Daddy,” you may ask, “if the Bible is literal, and if the only people in the world at the time were Adam, Eve, and their kids, who the fuck did Cain go off to marry?” And if you are an evangelical of some sort or another, or a fundamentalist, there’s no good answer to that. If, though, your Dad were MY Dad, a retired Anglican priest, he’d chuckle and tell you how no thougtful Anglican/Episcopalian/Catholic/Methodist has been a literalist in the past 200 years or so, and that fundamentalists are mostly useful idiots who are committing all kinds of heresy while being blithely unaware of it.
Well, obviously, someone pulled off a Creation in the next county.
I believe that was the more or less the line from Inherit the Wind.
re: #338 steve_davis
most atheists actually have kind of cartoonish ideas about what religious people, as a whole, believe.
Yes, holding cartoonish ideas is bad. Glad you don’t hold any about atheists.
re: #310 lawhawk
And they were in public, with everyone knowing about them.
re: #338 steve_davis
who can’t grasp simple shit, like how it is that Cain was sent off to marry someone who was never otherwise mentioned in the Bible. “Daddy,” you may ask, “if the Bible is literal, and if the only people in the world at the time were Adam, Eve, and their kids, who the fuck did Cain go off to marry?” And if you are an evangelical of some sort or another, or a fundamentalist, there’s no good answer to that.
How is “sister” not a good answer?
If true this is the best news I’ve read today.
New data on the Trump effect in Texas legislative districts #txlege https://t.co/mq0D8Jv0ZM
— Indivisible Austin (@indivisibleATX) March 4, 2017
The 11 Texas Republicans now representing districts that voted for Clinton are ALL up for re-election in 2018: https://t.co/SBQNUGDWVx
— Susan Schorn (@SusanSchorn) March 4, 2017
re: #338 steve_davis
Atheists aren’t holding cartoonish ideas if some Christians are actually doing those things. You can’t dismiss the idea held by some that some Christians are idiots if a whole lot of Christians are being idiots.
re: #307 wheat-dogg
I can’t wait for Arnold’s response.
Arnold already hit him pretty hard with the statement about how people were avoiding the show because Trump was still involved.
re: #298 wheat-dogg
@realDonaldTrump Remember Tuesday when everyone said you were so presidential. I miss that day.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 4, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Tuesday: “The time for trivial fights is behind us.” - @realDonaldTrump
Saturday: https://t.co/i2Ji6jEA4U— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) March 4, 2017
@DegeneracyKills It’s easy, you’re a typical specimen of the Douchenozzle tribe living on the Ignorantia Isle in the land of Dudebrozil. 👺
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) March 4, 2017
For the AM crew: GOP govs working on a plan to keep Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion https://t.co/gF28ocO9g3 @annaedney
— Zachary Tracer (@ZTracer) March 3, 2017
re: #349 Nyet
Sounds like a great candidate for the “Where the fuck is your chin?” picture.
re: #320 Nyet
Ew.
Suddenly glad I can drive to the beach for a swim. Oh wait… Cause of Mexican sewage spill fouling U.S. beaches under investigation. reuters.com
Bannon is working closely with Trump on combating what he calls the “deep state” in intel comm, per multiple people at WH
— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 4, 2017
This is not going to end well. https://t.co/JhbQAHafSh
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 4, 2017
And lo and behold, these people — maligned by Snowden, Greenwald, Assange — actually turn out to be a bulwark against fascist insurgency. https://t.co/4idkfafDT0
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 4, 2017
Brutal piece at WaPo.
Trump’s lies have now reached the stage known, in technical legalese, as
GINORMOUS.https://t.co/IGOdsGwlyK— Ron Rosenbaum (@RonRosenbaum1) March 4, 2017
Ahoy, matey! Shitstorm off the starboard bow!
Trump claims his phones were tapped. If they were, it means a federal judge found probable cause of foreign activity https://t.co/MuRS36e8oB pic.twitter.com/4QMlJTGUmx
— Mark Berman (@markberman) March 4, 2017
re: #356 Nyet
Meh.
@markberman Maybe. But FISA only says no .03% of the time. How probable does it have to be? Barely if at all.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) March 4, 2017
Be sure to read the thread-within-the-thread.
1. THREAD on #TrumpTower: What we’ve learned from Trump’s explosive and unprecedented wiretapping accusation against Barack Obama. (1/10)
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) March 4, 2017
re: #357 Unshaken Defiance
Part of the reason those warrants go through at such a high rate is that the judge allows editing while it’s being presented.
re: #359 Belafon
Part of the reason those warrants go through at such a high rate is that the judge allows editing while it’s being presented.
FISA has far too checkered a reputation to do us any good. Info that comes out as a result, maybe. But FISA warrants are completely meaningless to the rest of us to assess guilt. FISA acts to get as close to warrant-less as can be had in favor of investigators. Not trustworthy on probable cause.
re: #359 Belafon
Marginal data like “FISA warrant” will be exploited by Trump humpers to distract from more solid information.
re: #331 wheat-dogg
I saw that tweet earlier, and I had no idea what she means. Does Mel believe in faith healing?
You’ve seen pictures of Trump’s doctor…
re: #332 Ace Rothstein
“I am a passionate believer in integrating and interpreting nature’s elements into our daily lives to create a warm, nurturing and positive environment,” said Melania Trump, according to a statement released by the hospital. “I believe that these same natural benefits can be instrumental to enhancing the health and well-being of all children.”
She says, while her hubby is busy dismantling the EPA and preparing to sell off public wilderness to the highest bidder
re: #266 wheat-dogg
Still having spelling issues, or maybe he’s so angry he can’t type straight.
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No class, no sense of propriety, no maturity, no functioning brain.
What. An. Asshole.
I was gifted a roll of Donald Trump toilet paper by a friend of mine on the island at our Thursday night Cards Against Humanity game. I’m not disposed towards scatological humor, but there was something oddly satisfying about putting it to use.
Speaking of Emperor Dump, I see from his morning constitutional Twitter rage that he’s still obsessed with tall black college men who listen to his conversation. He really should put up an OKCupid profile already.
As for the contents of the morning release, is he not aware of the ancient Chinese principle of the art of politics: “He Who Denied It, Supplied It”?
re: #357 Unshaken Defiance
> But FISA only says no .03% of the time. How probable does it have to be? Barely if at all.
Maybe FISA is permissive, I wouldn’t know, but that statistic is not necessarily indicative of much to me. It could be low because FISA is a rubber stamp court or it may be low because it’s so strict that only the cases with the best evidence are offered to it.
In the first case though I would still expect stricter scrutiny from the judge considering the persons involved.
re: #361 mmmirele
When do we get to him naming his horse Incitatus a senator?
More likely he’ll make one of the senators his pet.
Unbelievable — So first thing today I see that Trump is claiming Obama wiretapped him and then read there’s no evidence of it.
Now I *try* to be a reasonable person and not live in an echo chamber. So I think “OK, so he’d have access to intelligence reports and he’d really not be in a position to disclose how he knows. So maybe it’s true.”
Then I have my caffeine and start to think rationally.
* Wait, he doesn’t get intelligence briefings.
* If he did and he was sane, he’d just mutter “Muther fucker” but not broadcast it to the world in a tweet.
Then I come to LGF and see that he read it on Breitbart first, THEN tweeted it.
I really need to learn that this is the new normal and stop these attempts to apply rational thought to the guy.
re: #369 weave
Then I come to LGF and see that he read it on Breitbart first, THEN tweeted it.
Breitbart has really hit the jackpot: just publish an unsubstantiated story, and it will be repeated by the President and become a fixed RW talking point and matter of doctrine, right along with death panels and birtherism.
There is now no amount of evidence that can be presented that will prevent these people from being convinced that anything that befalls Trump is the result of a sinister deep-state Obama-driven plot.
I actually think his anger stems from viewing the video of his hair taking flight.
Trump left WH in a fury on Friday, fuming about Sessions’s recusal and telling aides that Sessions shouldn’t have recused himself…
— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 4, 2017
re: #321 Botsplainer
John is a national treasure. I grew up between the South End and the Highlands, and work on Main Street. Unfortunately, I now live in Oldham County and am stuck with the loathesome cherry-cheeked Thomas Massie (R-Koch Bros).
We are going to sell and move back in to town at some point (NULU, Butchertown, Germantown look like our most likely spots), but I don’t know if that happens before or after the 2020 General Assembly splits us up into three districts running from the Tennessee line to the Ohio River….
Hey there. Greetings from Lexington.
re: #362 Unshaken Defiance
Marginal data like “FISA warrant” will be exploited by Trump humpers to distract from more solid information.
The FBI releasing evidence showing a check personally signed by Putin to Trump will be used by Trump humpers to distract from more solid information. Not sure they’re the bar we need to worry about.
re: #370 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Breitbart has really hit the jackpot: just publish an unsubstantiated story, and it will be repeated by the President and become a fixed RW talking point and matter of doctrine, right along with death panels and birtherism.
There is now no amount of evidence that can be presented that will prevent these people from being convinced that anything that befalls Trump is the result of a sinister deep-state Obama-driven plot.
Yes. I have already seen a couple of “it’s a non-story by anti-Trumpers” from friends of friends on FB.
re: #373 Belafon
Plus one other point gets lost here: if it happened, it was formally legal (until another court says otherwise).
re: #376 Timothy Watson
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Is that the inside of Spicer’s suit that’s red and white stripe? God, I thought Trump had fashion problems.
I saw that photo & wondered about the guy (SS?) carrying a magazine with the yam’s photo on the cover.
*must pack things to make him calm down*
re: #376 Timothy Watson
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Is that the inside of Spicer’s suit that’s red and white stripe? God, I thought Trump had fashion problems.
He looks like his portfolio includes positions with both Ministry of Silly Walks and Ministry of Silly Suits.
Hahahahahahahahahaha, how stupid you had to be to vote for the Cheeto Pinochet. https://t.co/FiR7utmFe0
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) March 4, 2017
re: #377 Stanley Sea
I saw that photo & wondered about the guy (SS?) carrying a magazine with the yam’s photo on the cover.
*must pack things to make him calm down*
That’s Keith Schiller, Trump’s “private security director” I think.
re: #379 Timothy Watson
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I’m sure there’ll be a few exemptions here and there on those awesome Trump projects: “Because of lowering standards during Obama, we’re going to have to use Chinese components in our new warships. Oh, and we’re going to exempt a few illegals to help build them. This will keep prices down, plus, they won’t try to join any union.”
re: #269 lawhawk
Trump’s up early and alleging that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower.
Those are serious allegations that can only be addressed by a full investigation and independent prosecutors, starting with whatever evidence the FBI, NSA, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies used to obtain the wiretapping in the first place.
You know, the Russia dossier that shows how compromised all Trump’s inner circle is by their ties to Russia. We need to see all the work by Trump and his people.
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Washington Post with the inane tweet headline - that denies reality that everyone’s known for months. It’s widely known that Trump and his inner circle have had odd ties to Russia. Stone. Manafort. Page. Trump himself. Ivanka (who pals around with Putin’s squeeze). All of them. The headline makes it seem that all this is out of thin air.
No, what we’re seeing is that all those connections are now under serious scrutiny because of Sessions perjury, Flynn being fired/resigning over undisclosed Russia ties, etc.
Everyone is suspect in Trump’s admin because they’re so secretive over those connections. What are they hiding? Why did Page act to make the GOP platform favorable to Russia’s interests and not to Ukraine’s?
So, what does Trump do? He claims Obama was spying on him. Okay, say he was? Demand the investigation that exposes Trump for the compromised candidate whose surrounded himself with compromised people that everyone suspects? That the Russia dossier is true and confirmed? That there were countless secret meetings between Russians and Trump people that pushed and got favorable Trump treatment giving Russia control over US foreign policy?
Seriously, does Trump really want to go here? Yes. Yes it seems that he does.
The same way that he posted that Schumer photo yesterday demanding investigations of Schumer (whose pwnage of Trump is epic). He’s easily goaded into doing stuff against his own interest. Trump demands investigation. Schumer says absolutely. Let’s talk under oath. Let’s get Trump talking under oath about his contacts and those of his underlings. All of them.
Because that will not end well for Trump.
Getting closer to the time we need the guys in the white coats armed with the Presidential straight jacket to come and take Donny to his new rest home. They can build the padded room they are going to need in Trump Tower.
The other reason why many Trump supporters won’t care is that they liked Putin even before Trump became a candidate.
re: #373 Belafon
The FBI releasing evidence showing a check personally signed by Putin to Trump will be used by Trump humpers to distract from more solid information. Not sure they’re the bar we need to worry about.
That’s not a bar, it’s a ditch. A deep one.
re: #376 Timothy Watson
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Is that the inside of Spicer’s suit that’s red and white stripe? God, I thought Trump had fashion problems.
Sweet close-up shot of the inside:
re: #366 Pawn of the Oppressor
I was gifted a roll of Donald Trump toilet paper by a friend of mine on the island at our Thursday night Cards Against Humanity game. I’m not disposed towards scatological humor, but there was something oddly satisfying about putting it to use.
Speaking of Emperor Dump, I see from his morning constitutional Twitter rage that he’s still obsessed with tall black college men who listen to his conversation. He really should put up an OKCupid profile already.
As for the contents of the morning release, is he not aware of the ancient Chinese principle of the art of politics: “He Who Denied It, Supplied It”?
Did you not mean an OKStupid account for the “President”?
I have a few things to say on the inaccuracy of Trump’s #FISA tweets.
1) The President doesn’t order wiretaps.
1/— mieke eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) March 4, 2017
2) Law Enforcement (FBI) requests wiretaps in the course of an investigation & applies to the FISA court which reviews and approves them.
3) A President could TRY to compel a wiretap absent that process, but a) it would be illegal, b) companies would refuse w/o warrant.
4) It is well known that an FBI investigation was going on into Trump campaign officials contacts with Russian gov’t.
5) Trump had decided to put his campaign headquarters in Trump Tower so that he could pay himself from campaign funds.
6) So Trump campaign officials, under investigation based on counterintelligence concerns were located in Trump Tower.
7) Pre-election reporting of Trump campaign officials contacts w/ & payments from Russian gov’t sources would go into a warrant request.
8) A judge would decide whether the evidence met the probable cause standard. But it didn’t have to be about Trump himself. B/c #5 above.
9) And Obama would know that Trump would find out about any such actions upon becoming Commander in Chief, so would insist on lawfulness.
10) But FISA warrants are secret, b/c you don’t want the target to know you are on to them.
11) So why would Trump tweet about a secret wiretap, considered classified?
Perhaps to warn people still using those phones.
12) In doing so, he is interfering in an ongoing criminal investigation which was occurring inside the organization that he runs.
13) Given all the attempts by other Republicans to distract from, down play, bury, or ignore evidence of Russian contact/interference…
14) Is retaining power more important to GOP than investigating a hostile power’s interference w/the system America uses to pick leaders?
15) The only way the GOP can show they truly put America first is by deeply and objectively investigating Russian interference.
16) Because, goddamn it, this is America. And Americans get to pick our leaders. Not some bear-wrestling autocrat in Moscow.
It’s not our of the team of possibility that Trump leaked the info to Breitbart so he could tweet it. Remember, there’s a deep lack of understanding of how things work. By releasing this information they’re admitting there was a warrant, in essence declassifying the information. It’s not a leak any longer and people could come forward with additional information.
Not saying this is the case but it’s not a crazy consideration.
re: #387 FormerDirtDart
I hate to say this and I don’t do so to take any of the stank off of Comey but if there was a warrant, this is likely why Comey couldn’t say anything about Trump before the election.
To bad he couldn’t have not broken the law about interfering with elections 10 days out concerning Clinton’s BS email and just STFU completely.
re: #305 freetoken
Trump’s ego is just doing him in. The diehard Trumpers will not leave him, but to anyone else, a tweet like that one about Arnold just comes off as really dickish.
And extremely immature.
He’s acting like a spoiled 10 year old again and again.
Nixon at least was mature.
re: #367 Nyet
> But FISA only says no .03% of the time. How probable does it have to be? Barely if at all.
Maybe FISA is permissive, I wouldn’t know, but that statistic is not necessarily indicative of much to me. It could be low because FISA is a rubber stamp court or it may be low because it’s so strict that only the cases with the best evidence are offered to it.
My understanding is the latter. There are only a few people who prepare FISA warrant requests, they know exactly what flies and what doesn’t, so anything too weak to be accepted never gets put forward. There are a lot of processes in bureaucracies like this.
It doesn’t mean the process is a joke or the judge would approve a scribble on a napkin, it’s just that everybody knows the drill.
Tuesday seems like a decade ago. Trump made potty. Press went Ga Ga over that, and that he didn’t drool on himself. You knew the tweets were coming. His mental hamster was burning the wheel in his head. Stacking up…..going to……..I can’t………uhhhhh………splat. Very Presedental.
I need some education on Shabbat, basically how Orthodox Jews like Ivanka & Jared observe it. When they go to Mar a Lago, do they retire to their rooms at sunset & just hang out? Is dinner out of the question? What do they do all day Saturday until sunset? Thanks in advance.
@costareports Do you buy the Shabbat Tweeting hypothesis?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 4, 2017
Don’t know the law on this. But if it is not true couldn’t Obama sue him for libel for shits and giggles….Oh and truly epic discovery?
re: #391 ericblair
My understanding is the latter. There are only a few people who prepare FISA warrant requests, they know exactly what flies and what doesn’t, so anything too weak to be accepted never gets put forward. There are a lot of processes in bureaucracies like this.
It doesn’t mean the process is a joke or the judge would approve a scribble on a napkin, it’s just that everybody knows the drill.
Yep. I mean, it’s got to have gotten streamlined throughout the years.
So Trump says Obama had Trump Tower lines wire tapped.
That means that Obama, who has no authority to do so, ordered the FBI, under Comey, to do the wire taps. Not likely.
Now Obama actually sneaking in to Trump Tower and installing the Wire Tap o’ Matic, that’s more likely.
re: #332 Ace Rothstein
“I am a passionate believer in integrating and interpreting nature’s elements into our daily lives to create a warm, nurturing and positive environment,” said Melania Trump, according to a statement released by the hospital. “I believe that these same natural benefits can be instrumental to enhancing the health and well-being of all children.”
Does she realize Donny is doing just about everything he can to not create a warm, nurturing and positive environment?
And not just against children, he is fucking with nature which will effect everything and everyone.
re: #367 Nyet
I have read some material you may not be familiar with. I became a critic after this came to light.
Under today’s foreign intelligence surveillance system, the government’s ability to collect information about ordinary Americans’ lives has increased exponentially while judicial oversight has been reduced to near-nothingness. This report concludes that the role of today’s FISA Court no longer comports with constitutional requirements, including the strictures of Article III and the Fourth Amendment. The report lays out several steps Congress should take to help restore the FISA Court’s legitimacy.
brennancenter.org on Scribd
re: #324 PhillyPretzel
That is one reason why public pools are heavily chlorinated.
They’re essentially communal bathwater that you drink.
Donald “Bugs” Trump….Shadows draw nearer….
Jaws Drop As Malcolm Nance Tells AM Joy Trump Is Acting Like He Knows He’s Caught
re: #393 Stanley Sea
I need some education on Shabbat, basically how Orthodox Jews like Ivanka & Jared observe it. When they go to Mar a Lago, do they retire to their rooms at sunset & just hang out? Is dinner out of the question? What do they do all day Saturday until sunset? Thanks in advance.
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Basically, you just hang out. You can go out but not drive. You walk to shul. You eat normally, you talk with friends, neighbors, family. It’s pretty normal but you do nothing that is or could be remotely considered work.
Good morning all.
I went to the gym early this AM and checked the news on the way out…….so it appears that the POTUS is dangerously insane.
Oh joy!
re: #391 ericblair
My understanding is the latter. There are only a few people who prepare FISA warrant requests, they know exactly what flies and what doesn’t, so anything too weak to be accepted never gets put forward. There are a lot of processes in bureaucracies like this.
It doesn’t mean the process is a joke or the judge would approve a scribble on a napkin, it’s just that everybody knows the drill.
Probable cause was reduced to a whisper. Which explains the 99+% warrant grant number. There is quite a bit of documentation out there on this. Not just Brennan, ACLU etc.
re: #401 MsJ
Basically, you just hang out. You can go out but not drive. You walk to shul. You eat normally, you talk with friends, neighbors, family. It’s pretty normal but you do nothing that is or could be remotely considered work.
Phones are OK? For some reason I thought no electronics.
re: #344 Belafon
Atheists aren’t holding cartoonish ideas if some Christians are actually doing those things. You can’t dismiss the idea held by some that some Christians are idiots if a whole lot of Christians are being idiots.
This. I know a lot of different Christians. I’ve had religious discussions with a number of them, and a lot of the loudest ones have cartoonish beliefs.
And then there are those whose beliefs are simplistic, but not cartoonish. What my brothers call ‘Sunday School Level Theology’.
And then there are some who study more deeply, and have a much more nuanced belief. Like my brothers.
re: #398 Unshaken Defiance
I have read some material you may not be familiar with.
It is absolutely possible. But the point remains: low dismissal rate is not evidence on its own.
Also, even if the court is permissive otherwise, I don’t believe they wouldn’t apply stricter scrutiny in this case.
re: #404 Stanley Sea
Phones are OK? For some reason I thought no electronics.
“Talk” in person, not on the phone.
re: #403 Unshaken Defiance
Probable cause was reduced to a whisper. Which explains the 99+% warrant grant number. There is quite a bit of documentation out there on this. Not just Brennan, ACLU etc.
I’d normally agree with you but in this case I cannot imagine the amount of thought and preparation No Drama Obama would have put into such a request that could potentially bring down the next occupant of the WH. I also imagine the judges involved would have insisted on more than just the usual level of evidence for the same reason.
re: #407 Nyet
It is absolutely possible. But the point remains: low dismissal rate is not evidence on its own.
Also, even if the court is permissive otherwise, I don’t believe they wouldn’t apply stricter scrutiny in this case.
It’s one of those presumptive indicators. Reason to look closer, rather than any conclusion. Which for many when they do, well FISA has many critics in constitutional law and civil protection advocates.
Sadly, responding to Trump tweets always often risks participating in one of his distractions. FISA taps rather than Russian entanglements.
re: #404 Stanley Sea
Phones are OK? For some reason I thought no electronics.
If you’re Orthodox, no. No phone, no Cell phone, no smartphone. (I had to ask my friend. When I was younger and more in the know, as it were, there were no cell phones.)
Happy #NationalGrammarDay! Try your hand at this @nytimes editing quiz: https://t.co/Ap0K7Lqszu pic.twitter.com/cwNHy1nNQp
— Free Library (@FreeLibrary) March 4, 2017
re: #400 nines09
Donald “Bugs” Trump….Shadows draw nearer….
Jaws Drop As Malcolm Nance Tells AM Joy Trump Is Acting Like He Knows He’s Caught
There was no need for Trump to preemptively launch a discrediting attack by claiming that Obama wiretapped him unless he knows what’s coming out soon. Trump is trying to explain away what it is about to revealed before it becomes public.
The Obama wiretapped me excuse is a partisan political ploy that is intended to keep Republicans rallied around him no matter what information comes to light.
Donald Trump isn’t rambling to distract. He is trying to get out ahead of damaging information to save his presidency.
In other words, Trump knows he’s caught, and the Saturday morning tweets were his first attempt at damage control.
Sounds about right.
re: #404 Stanley Sea
Phones are OK? For some reason I thought no electronics.
I have been told that some buildings have the elevators stop at every floor, as pushing the button would be work to (presumably) the orthodox that live there.
re: #332 Ace Rothstein
“I am a passionate believer in integrating and interpreting nature’s elements into our daily lives to create a warm, nurturing and positive environment,” said Melania Trump, according to a statement released by the hospital. “I believe that these same natural benefits can be instrumental to enhancing the health and well-being of all children.”
It’s reflected in her home decor. All warm and nature and shit. O_o
re: #408 ipsos
“Talk” in person, not on the phone.
Would telling your father-in-law “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?” in person be considered work or conversation?
/
re: #416 stpaulbear
Would telling your father-in-law “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?” in person be considered work or conversation?
/
D’you suppose they maybe won’t find out till sundown?
re: #416 stpaulbear
Would telling your father-in-law “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?” in person be considered work or conversation?
/
For Jared, since it’s his actual job. Ivanka? Maybe not.
re: #409 451_Montag
I’d normally agree with you but in this case I cannot imagine the amount of thought and preparation No Drama Obama would have put into such a request that could potentially bring down the next occupant of the WH. I also imagine the judges involved would have insisted on more than just the usual level of evidence for the same reason.
Well I don’t believe one scintilla of this accusation. If FISA issued a warrant and taps actually were used, it’s law enforcement not politics. I make no accusation of partisanship or an inclination to bow to Presidential requests at FISA. Zero.
Still thinking desperate distraction here. But I could certainly be wrong.
re: #368 Nyet
I thought that was already Christie’s job.
re: #420 Romantic Heretic
.@ChrisChristie applies for the position of @realDonaldTrump’s dog. pic.twitter.com/ojrc4AYSjX
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) February 27, 2017
re: #415 allegro
It’s reflected in her home decor. All warm and nature and shit. O_o
It’s not her home, remember.
re: #375 Nyet
Plus one other point gets lost here: if it happened, it was formally legal (until another court says otherwise).
Good point, I blew right past that earlier.
re: #396 BigPapa
So Trump says Obama had Trump Tower lines wire tapped.
That means that Obama, who has no authority to do so, ordered the FBI, under Comey, to do the wire taps. Not likely.
Now Obama actually sneaking in to Trump Tower and installing the Wire Tap o’ Matic, that’s more likely.
Yep. See a black guy in overalls, a tool belt and a red MAGA cap walking around Trump Tower?
Nobody would look twice….
re: #396 BigPapa
So Trump says Obama had Trump Tower lines wire tapped.
That means that Obama, who has no authority to do so, ordered the FBI, under Comey, to do the wire taps. Not likely.
Now Obama actually sneaking in to Trump Tower and installing the Wire Tap o’ Matic, that’s more likely.
I thought of:
Does anyone know what Donny was watching last night?
re: #404 Stanley Sea
Jared Kushner’s unattended Shabbat phone. pic.twitter.com/NNduYi8LIu
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 4, 2017
This piece made my day. Math matters, people. https://t.co/bgpBxX43vo
— rosanne cash (@rosannecash) March 4, 2017
re: #421 Nyet
What movie was that from? Super icky creepazoid.
re: #427 BigPapa
What movie was that from? Super icky creepazoid.
It’s like the dog version of the creepy rabbit costume from “Donnie Darko”.
I’m a tad under the weather today so maybe not 100%. But this is just effing EVIL.
Need new OMG
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border
reuters.com
Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal.
The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the “least restrictive setting” until they can be taken into the care of a U.S. relative or state-sponsored guardian.
re: #427 BigPapa
What movie was that from? Super icky creepazoid.
Stanley Kubrick’s production of “The Shining” (1980).
re: #429 Unshaken Defiance
I’m a tad under the weather today so maybe not 100%. But this is just effing EVIL.
Need new OMG
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border
reuters.com
Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal.
Their children are usually the REASONS mothers make the trip.
re: #432 wrenchwench
Their children are usually the REASONS mothers make the trip.
Exactly. I used the Comment to Page feature on that one. IMHO this deserves more attention than his FISA tweet. What kills me that among the actual incidents recorded, ignoring scary rumors that abound… ICE is going to a place most of us would never countenance.
I could not watch The Shining with my wife without those gloves trainers use to train attack dogs. She’d slice up my arm with her nails.
Hold my beer…
Imagine if u honestly uncovered a Watergate-level scandal abt yr own presidency, but then 30 min later got bored & started tweeting about TV pic.twitter.com/YBhcbLJfcS
— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) March 4, 2017
re: #419 Unshaken Defiance
Many consider a good portion of the Dossier on 45 as confirmed. I believe the first request for FISA taps was revealed there. It says it was requested last summer and rejected. Further reports (not sure how reliable) state that the one which was approved right before the election in October was approved on a narrower scope. This is very much a part of the Russian entanglements story IMO.
Trump confirmed the requirement for an independent prosecutor this morning.
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) March 4, 2017
This is critical: in his twitter tantrum, Trump literally laid out reasons for why an independent prosecutor must be appointed immediately. https://t.co/vQlNKbjSs3
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 4, 2017
re: #433 wrenchwench
Thanks much. Thursday and Friday I was worried about @TheManksy as she was obviously off energy and did not eat for 3 meals. Looks great today though. Whew. Weird to see her anything but overly energetic. Now I have her symptoms.
Imagine if u honestly uncovered a Watergate-level scandal abt yr own presidency, but then 30 min later got bored & started tweeting about TV pic.twitter.com/YBhcbLJfcS
— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) March 4, 2017
re: #441 Unshaken Defiance
Thanks much. Thursday and Friday I was worried about @TheManksy as she was obviously off energy and did not eat for 3 meals. Looks great today though. Whew. Weird to see her anything but overly energetic. Now I have her symptoms.
Overdose of Cat Sympathy. I prescribe a cuppa Shibe:
start the day off right pic.twitter.com/guZrXhlMDG
— shibesbot (@shibbnbot) March 3, 2017
A second former senior US intelligence official tells me the Trump claim is “Just nonsense”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 4, 2017
re: #443 wrenchwench
Overdose of Cat Sympathy. I prescribe a cuppa Shiba:
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re: #442 BigPapa
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Seriously couldn’t some one just spend a few bucks on a laser pointer and entertain him that way?
‘Outright personality breakdown in public view’: Internet blasts Trump for ‘tapped phones’ Twitter meltdown https://t.co/kqOjjIiouh pic.twitter.com/4BYcVkAhmx
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 4, 2017
HT Gus
Breaking news: people who write stuff on the back of their trucks have turned on Trump pic.twitter.com/vBYkRatFPl
— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) March 2, 2017
Is that a TEXAS plate?!
Trump is preparing his own rope.
The intelligence folks don’t need to do too much other than watch and collect.
Trump and his foolish staff are all setting him up out of their own arrogance and ignorance.
There sure has to be some very interesting conversation going on in Republican back rooms. They have got to know this is all coming back to bite them too. The more they cover for Trump the more they make themselves look a part of it all, either involved or helping to cover it up.
And then there is the media. They have been battered by Trump and The Gang too. What better way to get back than to take him and the party down.
There may not be enough popcorn to cover the next few weeks.
re: #447 MsJ
Ahhh but then, as noted in that other tweet, a half hour later he goes back to regular crazy and rants about ratings. Probably like a comfort blanket for the toddler.
re: #438 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I finally got around to watching that not long ago on Netflix.
It was OK, I guess.
re: #448 Unshaken Defiance
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Is that a TEXAS plate?!
He’s not a truuuue Texan, he doesn’t have a domestic truck.
re: #376 Timothy Watson
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Is that the inside of Spicer’s suit that’s red and white stripe? God, I thought Trump had fashion problems.
Does he moonlight as the Cat in the Hat? 0_o
No one but.. pic.twitter.com/YkaIPaupfn
— The Goat (@Mr_Jitters) March 4, 2017
re: #453 Timothy Watson
He’s not a truuuue Texan, he doesn’t have a domestic truck.
Sure he is. It’s a Toyota and they race in NASCAR. And they make them in ‘merica believe it or not in Texas…so all is good for a good Texan.
re: #453 Timothy Watson
He’s not a truuuue Texan, he doesn’t have a domestic truck.
Then neither am I. (Toyota)
re: #376 Timothy Watson
This scoundrel has literally wrapped himself in our flag.
re: #454 while(1) worries++;
Oooh that would be cool if he can turn his jacket into a nice top hat!
re: #453 Timothy Watson
He’s not a truuuue Texan, he doesn’t have a domestic truck.
Maybe not a domestic brand but I thought those were built here. Not sure.
Take Nixon in the deepest days of his Watergate paranoia, subtract 50 IQ points, add Twitter, and you have Trump today.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) March 4, 2017
Former aide to Reagan and Bush Sr https://t.co/BEUA8DbrdZ
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) March 4, 2017
re: #457 Ace Rothstein
Then neither am I. (Toyota)
I owned a couple of Ford Rangers that were built in St. Paul. Now I drive a Toyota with a US body design assembled in California (a 2009 Pontiac Vibe 5-speed manual, which I like despite what anyone everyone says about it).
Camera shutter speed synced to helicopter`s rotor. pic.twitter.com/oYTTuhJjkH
— Kristian Odland (@kreshjun) March 3, 2017
re: #416 stpaulbear
Would telling your father-in-law “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?” in person be considered work or conversation?
/
To save lives, it’s okay to break all the Sabbath rules.
Trump’s tweet just admitted he’s under investigation.
In a daily WTF presidency, this is unpresidented.
Reminder to Republicans wary of invoking 25th amendment over Trump’s obvious incapacity to be president—Pence will also sign your tax cut.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) March 4, 2017
The accusation @realDonaldTrump just leveled against @TheJusticeDept and @FBI is extraordinary. Is sessions gonna comment?
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) March 4, 2017
@scientwest @adamgoldmanNYT Unless it’s a criminal investigation.
Only people assuming that “if there is a tap” it’s FISA— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) March 4, 2017
As you were…
“Great job to the speechwriter, but I will see Donald Trump at 12 a.m. [on Twitter]”, member of @FrankLuntz’s focus group says. pic.twitter.com/A9XlReKHwA
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 1, 2017
re: #456 ObserverArt
Sure he is. It’s a Toyota and they race in NASCAR. And they make them in ‘merica believe it or not in Texas…so all is good for a good Texan.
You apparently haven’t been around a lot of NASCAR fans, most of the ones I know hate Toyota. :)
re: #469 JordanRules
That reeks of a paid plant.
re: #468 FormerDirtDart
Unless it’s a criminal investigation. Only people assuming that “if there is a tap” it’s FISA
Goes back to my money laundering suspicions; that the Trump Organization is simply a conduit for Russian oligarch $$$. Maybe there is indeed an ongoing Federal criminal investigation against Trump himself or the organization.
re: #471 Eclectic Cyborg
Just part of the 94% of black women voters who knew what was what ;)
re: #474 jeffreyw
Nom!!!! Glad the hot sauce bottle got to photobomb the chilli.
re: #470 Timothy Watson
You apparently haven’t been around a lot of NASCAR fans, most of the ones I know hate Toyota. :)
I used to follow NASCAR, but not anymore. So, you are probably correct. You do live in NASCAR country.
re: #467 sagehen
Reminder to Republicans wary of invoking 25th amendment over Trump’s obvious incapacity to be president—Pence will also sign your tax cut.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) March 4, 2017
And a reminder to us all: while getting Donald Trump out of the White House could only be an unalloyed benefit to the nation world universe as a whole, it doesn’t address the real - and vital - issue of the country’s governmental (Federal and State) policies, programs and actions being firmly in the hands of today’s Republican Party. Replacing Trump without discrediting Trumpism might turn out to be a hollow/Pyrrhic victory….
re: #472 Dr Lizardo
Goes back to my money laundering suspicions; that the Trump Organization is simply a conduit for Russian oligarch $$$. Maybe there is indeed an ongoing Federal criminal investigation against Trump himself or the organization.
With friends like Felix Sater how could he be surprised that he may have gotten caught up in a RICO investigation.
Hell, New York State could be investigating him in connection to the Trump Foundation.
If I just heard Hugh Hewitt correctly on MSNBC, he’s saying that an order by the Obama administration to go after Trump by seeking a FISA warrant is dangerous and unprecedented (not that Trump’s people have done anything illegal)—something way beyond anything Nixon did. Did anyone catch that conversation? I could be wrong.
re: #477 Jay C
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nation worlduniverse as a whole, it doesn’t address the real - and vital - issue of the country’s governmental (Federal and State) policies, programs and actions being firmly in the hands of today’s Republican Party. Replacing Trump without discrediting Trumpism might turn out to be a hollow/Pyrrhic victory….
I still think it is all about the damage Trump getting dumped will cause the Republican party. Hopefully there is enough overall damage being done ot the GOP it will hurt them as early as the 2018 mid-terms.
I still see the voter base being angry and lashing out. That is what happened in 2010 to the Democrats and it is what brought us Trump. Those same “throw the bums out crowd” have new bums and they are almost all GOP.
Another benefit…maybe people will get the hell over that need to elect businessmen and other outsiders that aren’t trained and accomplished politicians. They may be realizing there are benefits for politicians in political jobs.
And one more benefit…this could hurt Fox News too. They have so latched onto Trump’s ass they hopefully take a hit if he is ousted.
Yeah, I have hopes there is still enough brain power out there to get people to think this through.
re: #479 Barefoot Grin
If I just heard Hugh Hewitt correctly on MSNBC, he’s saying that an order by the Obama administration to go after Trump by seeking a FISA warrant is dangerous and unprecedented (not that Trump’s people have done anything illegal)—something way beyond anything Nixon did. Did anyone catch that conversation? I could be wrong.
Sorry, I think he was making a distinction between the Pres. going after Trump and the FBI acting on its own. So, I think he was making a good point.
.@MalcolmNance on Trump: “He knows something’s going on…if he thinks his phones were tapped, then he believes we know everything.” pic.twitter.com/Kbd1rNZbuK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 4, 2017
re: #479 Barefoot Grin
If I just heard Hugh Hewitt correctly on MSNBC, he’s saying that an order by the Obama administration to go after Trump by seeking a FISA warrant is dangerous and unprecedented (not that Trump’s people have done anything illegal)—something way beyond anything Nixon did. Did anyone catch that conversation? I could be wrong.
Hewitt’s obfuscating. We already knew that the Trump campaign was under investigation by the FBI as part of the Russian influence investigation. In January, it was reported that the FBI had gone to the FISA court in the summer for warrants to tap some Trump associates but were denied, and then asked again in October and warrants were issued.
Didn’t say for whom.
6/ When @LouiseMensch reported on the FISA tap, she included details that implicated Putin’s own daughters, Carter Page and Paul Manafort. pic.twitter.com/TgeO9x1NvC
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) March 4, 2017
Today is National Grammar Day. Get it straight. pic.twitter.com/BsSZBrJaM5
— RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) March 4, 2017
re: #479 Barefoot Grin
If I just heard Hugh Hewitt correctly on MSNBC, he’s saying that an order by the Obama administration to go after Trump by seeking a FISA warrant is dangerous and unprecedented (not that Trump’s people have done anything illegal)—something way beyond anything Nixon did. Did anyone catch that conversation? I could be wrong.
Pardon me, but fuck Hewitt. He is such an ass kisser.
Protecting the country from outside influence on our systems is protecting the country. Hugh should be all over that as a good thing if he was a true conservative. But he is not. He’s a GOP lackey. And in this case so many of the GOP faithful are saying party over country.
As you, me and everyone knows, switch roles and if G W Bush thought Obama was doing this in 2008 and he called out the dogs on him old Hugh would be waving that flag and saying how strong a President Bush was.
re: #482 jaunte
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Nance could be correct, but I think he’s overlooking the possibility that Trump is just stupid.
#BREAKING #HappeningNow 25th CD constituents “listen to us all, we want a town hall” @ Steve Knight #carenotchaos #nosecretplan #knightout
#BREAKING #HappeningNow 25th CD constituents “listen to us all, we want a town hall” @ Steve Knight #carenotchaos #nosecretplan #knightout pic.twitter.com/wKgYFyiiYF
— SEIU 721 (@SEIU721) March 4, 2017
Hundreds up at dawn to voice anger at @SteveKnight25 during town hall. Folks were lined up like the congressman was a new Harry Potter book. https://t.co/RXcDQqRzyf
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) March 4, 2017
re: #485 wrenchwench
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I’m banned from using the fucking ‘f’ word at home. It’s like learning a new language. Been working on it for 20 fucking years, and I’m still not fluent. I should visit a land where they speak that way.
re: #487 Blind Frog Belly White
He is stupid and the info isn’t new, but the reporting in Breitbart is suspect. It provides their conspiracy around it and you can’t help but see Bannon in the real shadows. Not the fake ones where Barrack is.
how news works:
Thursday: Conservative radio show says Obama sought Trump wiretap
Friday: Breitbart reports this
Saturday: Trump tweets it pic.twitter.com/uqJ4dtmV73— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) March 4, 2017
re: #475 JordanRules
Nom!!!! Glad the hot sauce bottle got to photobomb the chilli.
I wanted to be sure no one would be thinking I drizzled blood into my soup! LOL
re: #485 wrenchwench
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Funny, but part of what makes affect/effect so tricky is that each can be a noun and each can be a verb.
Officers and support staff from Auschwitz, on a day off.
It’s easy to forget how ordinary the perpetrators of mass violence can be. pic.twitter.com/p0F0MdkoXB— Eliott Behar (@eliottbehar) March 3, 2017
re: #494 Nyet
Yes!
Also:
…s - fucking plural
…’s - shows fucking possession
Except for its/it’s and the like. There’s always an exception in the English language.
1/ The wiretaps that Donald Trump “just found out” about have been reported for weeks. I’m going to summarize here some of the discussion.
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) March 4, 2017
If you’re wondering what the hell’s going on with Trump and wiretapping, read this excellent @justinhendrix thread. Pulls it all together. https://t.co/5cb7euz8rn
— Will Saletan (@saletan) March 4, 2017
re: #453 Timothy Watson
He’s not a truuuue Texan, he doesn’t have a domestic truck.
The ranchers around the DFW area are as likely to drive Toyotas as any other truck.
re: #498 Belafon
Mine has a sign on the back that reads Who Would Jesus Deport?
re: #460 Unshaken Defiance
Maybe not a domestic brand but I thought those were built here. Not sure.
Tundras are assembled in San Antonio.
re: #496 EmmaAnne
’s also abbreviates “has” and “is” (he’s been, it’s…).
re: #494 Nyet
Yes!
Also:
…s - fucking plural
…’s - shows fucking possession
Depends.
’s - can be a contraction of is as in it’s. Which fucks up the possessive nature of its as in the company and its employees.
And then there is s’ which can also be a possessive as in Les’ room. But that can also be Les’s room too I think.
:) Grammar is tough.
Not so rubber stamp?
3/ The @guardian’s @julianborger reported on the FISA warrant again when the Steele dossier news broke in January https://t.co/CZKm9Tam7l pic.twitter.com/CX0PAGTDs7
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) March 4, 2017
re: #493 EmmaAnne
Funny, but part of what makes affect/effect so tricky is that each can be a noun and each can be a verb.
The affect he affected affected his ability to effect the effect he wanted to achieve.
re: #503 ObserverArt
Yes, yes. Everything is to be understood in context ;)
re: #479 Barefoot Grin
If I just heard Hugh Hewitt correctly on MSNBC, he’s saying that an order by the Obama administration to go after Trump by seeking a FISA warrant is dangerous and unprecedented (not that Trump’s people have done anything illegal)—something way beyond anything Nixon did. Did anyone catch that conversation? I could be wrong.
Hewitt. An idiot’s idea of what smart people sound like.
Is this a possibility:
Sessions++ during the week casts pall over March 4 Trump.
Article posted to trump base.
Trump posts, which directs traffic to story.
Base riled up.
All media becomes Fake News if they don’t agree with him
re: #499 Nyet
Thanks for the link. I started to wade into the comments and when I saw some of the same (virtual) smiling in the face of horror I had to run away.
re: #508 wrenchwench
FFTFY
Dammit wrench’ I just gagged on some diet Coke.
Note creative use of apostrophe to cover for the missing ‘wench.’
re: #512 Nyet
> :) Grammar is h*cking tough.
FTFYB
If I could pronounce h*cking, I’d work it in to my speaking.
re: #514 Blind Frog Belly White
This is Daisy. She’s puppears to be rare as all h*ck. Only seven like her currently domesticated. 13/10 pettable af pic.twitter.com/meUc8jufAO
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) March 4, 2017
re: #505 Nyet
Yup. As far as the timeline goes, I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if the request last summer was approved.
re: #487 Blind Frog Belly White
Nance could be correct, but I think he’s overlooking the possibility that Trump is just stupid.
Or deranged. Or both.
Calling bullshit on any story Louise Mensch is anywhere near.
re: #521 DuckDharma
Calling bullshit on any story Louise Mensch is anywhere near.
You typed her name. Calling bullshit.
Very impressive deluge of racism, antisemitism, denial of reality and schoolyard insults from Trump fans in my mentions this morning!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 4, 2017
and it’s simply abnormal and, to borrow a phrase from this week, not presidential to tweet about this stuff at 630am — or ever.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) March 4, 2017
Fractal doggo.
This is Lucy. She has a portrait of herself on her ear. Excellent for identification pupposes. 13/10 innovative af pic.twitter.com/uNmxbL2lns
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) March 2, 2017
Charles, new thread please. Please! My iPhone can’t take it.
I’m just waiting for the day when Trump is thrown into prison.
We must be vigilant. The Resistance must not end when/if Trump is removed from the White House. The Russian connections go far deeper than Trump and even if Trump goes, we still have his shitty Cabinet to deal with.
Don’t think Ryan and Pence can’t fuck us all nicely too.
Fight to the end folks.
re: #530 Nyet
I’m just waiting for the day when Trump is thrown into prison.
Hopefully in a cell with YUGE bars made of 100% American steel.
re: #532 Eclectic Cyborg
We must be vigilant. The Resistance must not end when/if Trump is removed from the White House. The Russian connections go far deeper than Trump and even if Trump goes, we still have his shitty Cabinet to deal with.
Don’t think Ryan and Pence can’t fuck us all nicely too.
Fight to the end folks.
I confess that, at this point, it’s like choosing between Reactionary Hell, and Reactionary Hell with the possibility of the end of all life on Earth.
re: #533 Eclectic Cyborg
Hopefully in a cell with YUGE bars made of 100% American steel.
Bars too big for his tiny hands to go all the way around….
re: #523 wrenchwench
That’s cute but she’s a total crackpot that thinks Putin had Andrew Breitbart killed so Bannon could taker over his website. Her being the only source that FISA approved a warrant gives me little confidence it’s true.
re: #527 jaunte
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But Sam, he was presidential on Tuesday morning after you gave him credit for it in his speech.
Make up yo’ fuckin’ mind!
So Sam, go with the averages, ‘kay?
95% of the time he is not presidential.
(bonus: use of apostrophes and fuckin’)
Per an official, I’ve confirmed that several people at the White House have been circulating this Breitbart story. https://t.co/WT4bdWNhSK
— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 4, 2017
re: #172 FormerDirtDart
OMG that look!
Dog looks at me like that, you’ll have to use a crowbar to separate us.
re: #537 DuckDharma
That’s cute but she’s a total crackpot that thinks Putin had Andrew Breitbart killed so Bannon could taker over his website. Her being the only source that FISA approved a warrant gives me little confidence it’s true.
Doesn’t mean she’s never right. Doesn’t mean she tars any story she’s ‘anywhere near’.
re: #537 DuckDharma
That’s cute but she’s a total crackpot that thinks Putin had Andrew Breitbart killed so Bannon could taker over his website.
Nothing compared to the crackpot theories that Putin bombed Moscow apartments with hundreds of victims to start a war, but there are people who believe in that too.
Today in white terrorism: “Go back to your own country,” white shooter tells Sikh man before firing. https://t.co/MfsybM6Bjp
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 4, 2017
Planned attack.
The suspect is described as a 6-foot-tall white man with a mask covering the lower half of his face.
thenewstribune.com
re: #537 DuckDharma
Yeah, been hoping to get another source about the possible 2nd FISA request, but there haven’t been any.
If brown people were shooting white people while yelling in Arabic, it would be the only thing we’d be talking about.
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 4, 2017
Awww. Watch till the end.
This is Buddy. He ran into a glass door once. Now he’s h*ckin skeptical. 13/10 empowering af (vid by Brittany Gaunt) pic.twitter.com/q2BgNIi3OA
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 7, 2017
re: #537 DuckDharma
That’s cute but she’s a total crackpot that thinks Putin had Andrew Breitbart killed so Bannon could taker over his website. Her being the only source that FISA approved a warrant gives me little confidence it’s true.
I remember reading about a FISA warrant being approved in October long before hearing it from Louise Mensch. IIRC it was in either the NY Times or WaPo.
re: #543 jaunte
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re: #541 wrenchwench
Please refer to any stories of her that were right.
Was it when she claimed that the French government covered up evidence at the Bataclan massacre?
When she claimed the teenager in the Anthony Weiner scandal was a Russian agent?
When she implied that the twitter user that sent Eichenwald the “siezure gif” was Russian?
re: #548 makeitstop
Link? The Guardian piece in the twitter thread above links back to Mensch’s Heat Streat exclusive.
Boy, I don’t know… pic.twitter.com/BtlIlyzrb1
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 4, 2017
Heh
The Russia scandal is so all-encompassing that Trump is tweeting crazily about the Russia scandal to try to distract from the Russia scandal
— Ari Kohen (@kohenari) March 4, 2017
re: #547 Nyet
Thinks: why would anyone down ding that?
Realises it’s my fat fingers on slowed phone
oops
re: #550 DuckDharma
Please refer to any stories of her that were right.
Was it when she claimed that the French government covered up evidence at the Bataclan massacre?
When she claimed the teenager in the Anthony Weiner scandal was a Russian agent?
When she implied that the twitter user that sent Eichenwald the “siezure gif” was Russian?
What I said was that what you said doesn’t mean she’s never right. Not that I would provide a contradictory list for you.
re: #555 harlequinade
I figured as much so said nothing. :)
Former President Obama Issues Statement on Trump’s Wiretap Claims: “Simply False” https://t.co/s9xXPlU874
— HinterlandG (@hinterlandg) March 4, 2017
Given the president’s severe accusations this AM, aren’t all Americans entitled to see the evidence on which the FISA court acted?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 4, 2017
President has authority to declassify any classified information in the federal government. Your move @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/flPvGU08Kx
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 4, 2017
re: #554 makeitstop
Yo, the first report’s headline is on the ask, not approval. And this line: “According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October” links to Mensch’s article in the orginal Guardian piece. theguardian.com
The second link quotes directly from Mensch’s article.
Saw Frum on MSNBC last night. He sure is trying to water down the whole Russian thing.
re: #563 ObserverArt
Saw Frum on MSNBC last night. He sure is trying to water down the whole Russian thing.
He sure seems to be going after Trump pretty hard on Twitter.
re: #565 makeitstop
He sure seems to be going after Trump pretty hard on Twitter.
Maybe the facts he was complaining were not being shown to him have been made more clear to him since last evening.
I admit, I really do not get Frum.
re: #566 ObserverArt
Maybe the facts he was complaining were not being shown to him have been made more clear to him since last evening.
I admit, I really do not get Frum.
I think Frum knows Trump is going to destroy the Republican party.
re: #566 ObserverArt
Maybe the facts he was complaining were not being shown to him have been made more clear to him since last evening.
I admit, I really do not get Frum.
Frum really is all over the place.
ICE needs to be disbanded.
Her “husband was arrested w/their rent money in his wallet, totalling $1300. When agents returned his belongings to her, money was missing.”
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 4, 2017
10 questions for President Trump regarding those tweets this morning: https://t.co/FFJyzwdC7v
— Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) March 4, 2017
re: #570 MsJ
ICE needs to be disbanded.
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Is it to the point where…ICE = Trump Goon squad?
“It’s fairly simple. Trump just outed himself as a Russian mole. Let me explain” #TweetGate pic.twitter.com/RNSJPiTe3C
— Billy Pilgrim (@dogstar7tweets) March 4, 2017
The last year or so has really shown me two things:
1) Trump really isn’t playing 11th dimensional chess. He really is that stupid. The thing is, his followers are stupider, and the fact that it is possible for someone so stupid to be elected while losing by nearly 3 Million votes, simply because of the geographical distribution of his supporters tells me that
2) The guys who wrote the Constitution weren’t really all that smart, either. A noisy minority has hijacked one of the two political parties which are the inevitable result of the design of our politics, and that noisy minority managed to nominate, and then elect both an idiot President and a gutless Congress afraid of the same 30-35% of the population.
I know playing cowboy is fun for a coupla dandies from DC but @tedcruz & @JohnCornyn should hold a #TownHall. #DoYourJob pic.twitter.com/u9LQzJ8Pey
— 💥Denise❄️Flores💥 (@DeniseFlores) March 4, 2017
Senators Cosplay As Mad Emperor’s Cronies Wreck Nation
re: #574 Blind Frog Belly White
Regarding #2 I would cut the Founders some slack. There is no way they could possibly have known that American political discourse would get this fucked up and lies becomes truths so easily because of technology that was over 200 years away from being invented.
Imagine if u honestly uncovered a Watergate-level scandal abt yr own presidency, but then 30 min later got bored & started tweeting about TV pic.twitter.com/YBhcbLJfcS
— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) March 4, 2017
re: #576 Eclectic Cyborg
Regarding #2 I would cut the Founders some slack. There is no way they could possibly have known that American political discourse would get this fucked up and lies becomes truths so easily because of technology that was over 200 years away from being invented.
That’s my thinking on them too. Add in they probably counted on the citizens being a little sharper in the old brain matter and more participatory.
re: #575 jaunte
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Senators Cosplay As Mad Emperor’s Cronies Wreck Nation
Black hats, at least, in character.
re: #572 ObserverArt
Is it to the point where…ICE = Trump Goon squad?
Yes! CBP, too.
I don’t know the answer but both are corrupt as hell. To much power and not a goddamn bit of common sense or compassion.
Fuck them both. I’ll never look at either agency in a positive light again.
re: #576 Eclectic Cyborg
Regarding #2 I would cut the Founders some slack. There is no way they could possibly have known that American political discourse would get this fucked up and lies becomes truths so easily because of technology that was over 200 years away from being invented.
Agreed, but it’s common to impute to them almost godlike wisdom, when in fact they were just trying to build something everyone could live with that avoided the most obvious pitfalls that they knew about. Look at how they handled slavery and Southern whining about not having enough sway. Nearly guaranteed a crackup.
You can imagine the Computer Modelling guy coming in and telling them, “Look, every simulation we run has the whole thing falling apart somewhere between 50 and 100 years from now!”
And the guys say, “50- 100 years? Aw, hell - the next generation will figure it out!”
re: #579 ObserverArt
We do have a system in place to protect us from a totally unqualified lunatic like Trump. Unfortunately the Electoral College failed us bigly so the Trumplers are well on their way to destroying the country, with the full assistance of the Republican party and much of the US media.
re: #583 Skip Intro
We do have a system in place to protect us from a totally unqualified lunatic like Trump. Unfortunately the Electoral College failed us bigly so the Trumplers are well on their way to destroying the country, with the full assistance of the Republican party and much of the US media.
The problem is, it turns out Checks And Balances aren’t automatic. It requires someone to actually USE them.
This Machine Kills Fascists @realDonaldTrump #Resist #Persist #wiretap pic.twitter.com/xfAop7xRcx
— Sgt Snowflake (@BigPapa1849) March 4, 2017
I heard this on the radio this morning. I don’t see the line that struck me funny in the transcript. ‘I’ve had 12 concussions that I remember’. Not funny, but I see humor.
re: #585 BigPapa
Sci-fi where the president has lost his mind and everyone knows because his private thoughts keep appearing on little slabs in their pockets
— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) March 4, 2017
lol nope pic.twitter.com/PyCrfag47q
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 4, 2017
Here at the yuge rally for Trump at the White House pic.twitter.com/aJ5gcMicyr
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 4, 2017
Joseph Farah: “There’s a coup attempt underway in this country!” pic.twitter.com/2QvGS4UHqu
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 4, 2017
Amazing. 1.5 million people here pic.twitter.com/kdU2mtVoTa
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 4, 2017
Oh, poor Louise…
;)
yXJxXnJPnKVqbAuqyablxQJP8bx/VumqpRFrTVSaFTzEgtqS0sWfl38jeVyZxCsa+ZHmwHibffMHkeT49NReeGdp3/tEKNYEskttwRrSYOWvwU/JuSWGFhpvavytn9LDtoivEVP5vxOqs6SWQXn9EBvJsWxKVYonzpbYqSwvS6ItN7i1gia3wkt3KhI/it9ZUKdyvAAfuOnxQ+jvXC1ZqfhTYu7pRDFB8ub4fNQcGNbxFYnQg4M5iGTnMVHo+RdIp5pDGW9k6/p4JXwwc93Ojsd/TtcDceuSaURxd/FkoZBydj7vm3CLwsNv2Mw8Eih+YyvG7fIKehXbTw1xlCsX9UG8A+1KP3iC4hs/6HF4gsasPisLSULUKYryv+M9T75fUt2FEiFbxitauM3P2z5MiH1h/kmDjk1vdbrWdAYuqz5h7lBJn52Xk2LQhp0hkQ0uAl08G/Ilh9Yj9WeVKbbfunzKZnL0qxdCnQtXPkukk7YtC6NdAj3Y8NJeHwUCWR8NGW8rXQpy3pq5wPZD7EIMpE81hvfSRti56dLgUZ0kGAlMsh+ULp9XqKAFB8tplkSJfKU/57s2WjAN36IpCTK0gJ0baPkxJogi9oxYu8X2EcGEK2gW7YXX2dX4LVW7aZly+TclRkOpiJRkJdh+1cNHPEJWWStcKpQr+zN/EmN4RwBt+wxWr4KD25a3Jsu/fn5QdEi5+m6+0ovyJeJRdZLWD3hBEhfBfyG5ZZ1hRO7+vTJ9RRVKIjOLCxwcNU4u79ej2bpwJb3eeDHLq+eqUlF3O//GWgbFnhUwpJ1EaCBcGnD3C7+tKc0R44SUG4ErIIxzMzZq6gYYlvcqtg2hJIsdOWo8xTQZrZxKZLTt5x6MGD05yOU3GvXSF7Qc2QFoAfF1PKM2tDiwmAKVU7VUrswEA4xHFCcK+BK3Yz1HBwasBhIhk2AegBbsi2A5gZR7l7cSbJmM7+RNrtysYaaBiJMT+JyU4PoN0qZ+eT4NY2WwXTI=
Wife forgot scrunchie. Alt-Hair Management Poll:
— Sgt Snowflake (@BigPapa1849) March 4, 2017
Priebus, Bannon removed from Air Force One manifest after @POTUS anger over @jeffsessions recusal, reports @ABC. https://t.co/jmPXSaBApj
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 4, 2017
trump literally told Priebus and Bannon “you can’t sit with us.”
what a child. https://t.co/6bJUwlUonP— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) March 4, 2017
re: #589 Backwoods_Sleuth
IihUHYShCUrbkronyKDaM42JUpAmXuWImevMyhnS2tC9eAPtRBFIQKDamWL+blPy
OK, she is not alright.
I’ve signed out of my Signal. Not using it. If you’re getting anything from it purporting to be me, it’s Russia. Cell phone also down. PSA.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) March 4, 2017
re: #592 Nyet
toGYkEuvgWoOCGEzeh5Hgbf50ns6T+IBXgtylLdUT0bmNhV5mmfkwIPaY4+FRLg2
re: #595 BigPapa
K7l1hJLgL8LIBPo5vb5+FLtKVQG+zj4W2T8E2YGRq814Tg3UqBvlR8V7rkKQr8ejJ/K209EpRsY=
re: #596 wrenchwench
Although the spelling alright is nearly as old as all right, some critics have insisted alright is all wrong. Nevertheless it has its defenders and its users, who perhaps have been influenced by analogy with altogether and already. It is less frequent than all right but remains common especially in informal writing. It is quite common in fictional dialogue and is sometimes found in more formal writing (the first two years of medical school were alright — Gertrude Stein).
re: #591 jaunte
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Wait, does he think he’s president? Bannon is not going to like this.
re: #600 Nyet
Although the spelling alright is nearly as old as all right, some critics have insisted alright is all wrong. Nevertheless it has its defenders and its users, who perhaps have been influenced by analogy with altogether and already. It is less frequent than all right but remains common especially in informal writing. It is quite common in fictional dialogue and is sometimes found in more formal writing (the first two years of medical school were alright — Gertrude Stein).
Alt-right grammar!
Ah…figured out what’s going on with Louise today:
Woman who says she gave up beer for Lent wins case of Budweiser delivered to her home by Clydesdales. https://t.co/AwxD8Gsr5d #odd
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) March 4, 2017
re: #606 BigPapa
With new threadage, let’s destroy this one.
This is the only pineapple pizza I like:
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If those are Hatch Green Chiles at the top, it’s alright.
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Views: 195 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Views: 475 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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