Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:
Fetuses in Food: Cliff Schecter joins us for the hour; Cliff versus Cleta Mitchell; The Left and Winning; Trump campaign chair caught having hotel sex with a minor; Latest Muslim ban thwarted by Hawaii federal judge; Trump is a political idiot; Lock Her Up; Obamacare repeal and the Medicaid expansion; Maddow and the tax returns; and more.
So many talking heads and media wigs… and academics… seem to not be accepting how malevolent the Trump chaos is.
Trump is set out to destroy democratic institutions, comity among Americans, and foreign policy as the US has pursued since WWII.
There is no reason to give him any deference, on anything.
re: #1 freetoken
So many talking heads and media wigs… and academics… seem to not be accepting how malevolent the Trump chaos is.
Their taxes are going to go down. It’s all about “rational self interest” and “fuck you I’ve got mine.” They’re hoping they can lock in whatever gain Trump’s presidency provides while still retaining some vestigial sense of honor and integrity when he’s gone.
Put this in late in the last thread, but…
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tells me fellow GOP colleagues have “generally been coming by & patting me on the back” since they all returned to DC
— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) March 16, 2017
For those who hoped Rep King might pay a price, the dagger. They condone his comments at BEST, agree w/him at Worst. Rot all the way down https://t.co/dzveDEWqmU
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 16, 2017
This is the GOP. And by extension, this is our country. They want racism. They crave it. They want us fucking dead, and they’ll get it in degrees the way they’re working.
Sean Hannity pointed an unloaded gun at Juan Williams off-camera after TV debate last year https://t.co/pIpkrwJl7a pic.twitter.com/vAuC0GzxdV
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 16, 2017
Hannity’s insistence that the gun was unloaded demonstrates he needs remedial firearms safety training. NEVER point guns in unsafe direction https://t.co/V7PLxr0sbr
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 16, 2017
@goddamnedfrank If Juan Williams was in fear that he might be shot, that IS ASSAULT regardless whether the gun was loaded or unloaded.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 16, 2017
George w. Bush realizing he won’t go down as the worst modern president pic.twitter.com/sxv5ciai0j
— Jermaine Warren (@iamjermainew) February 22, 2017
The simulation we live in reveals itself through this kind of coincidence: pic.twitter.com/kbrq5hhlSI
— Siᴎclair (@ItsSinclair) March 15, 2017
Huh, the Fox sickos seem to be obsessed with killing people.
Fox News host cheers on Trump’s budget gutting public broadcasting: “More killing, less Kermit” https://t.co/cFwOaWSSba
— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 16, 2017
The dullness of these people rivals their malevolence:
Evan McMullin thinks that chanting ‘USA USA!’ promotes white nationalism.
Idiocy of the Left has no bounds. #PressBriefing #Wheels #budget pic.twitter.com/EgyWWhOWCP— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) March 16, 2017
@seanhannity Just like you slammed Obama over putting mustard on his burger, eh bulls-eye?
— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) March 16, 2017
re: #8 Myron Falwell
Huh, the Fox sickos seem to be obsessed with killing people.
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Because Kermit the Frog is so fucking horrible…
What happens when u wear a green tie on TV 😭 pic.twitter.com/gAohulqeck
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) March 16, 2017
re: #9 freetoken
You can tell how far gone we are when Evan Mcmullin is considered “the left”.
Oh look, Son of Erick chimes in:
If you don’t support Meals on Wheels you’re not a good Christian, according to people who aren’t Christians and don’t believe in Jesus.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 16, 2017
re: #8 Myron Falwell
Huh, the Fox sickos seem to be obsessed with killing people.
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These fuckers give Khorne pause.
re: #16 freetoken
Oh look, Son of Erick chimes in:
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Just drop the pretense and get down there to suck on Trump’s balls, Erick. Or is Hannity hogging the best spot?
re: #16 freetoken
Wow, Eric specifically knows the religion of all those people? Impressive.
re: #8 Myron Falwell
Huh, the Fox sickos seem to be obsessed with killing people.
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Ooo, quelle surprise.
Imagine how surprised when Trump’s supporters discover that it wasn’t all welfare queens driving Cadillacs and young bucks on street corners buying T-bones with food stamps. It was folks just like them, maybe even THEM.
.@EWErickson Waiting for the sermon on the value of parsimoniousness to the witness of Jesus.
— free token (@freetoken) March 16, 2017
re: #16 freetoken
Oh look, Son of Erick chimes in:
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There he is. The real Eric. You knew he was in there. He just had to snap to. Good boy.
re: #23 Timothy Watson
The US Armed Forces are well rid of that psychopath.
@EWErickson Coming from a person such as you who worships at the altar of Ayn Rand!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) March 16, 2017
In Fucking Minnesota, of all places…..
Star Tribune: Black family in Delano moving after new home burglarized, scarred by racist graffiti
“Next time it’s going to be fire,” read a note left at the house, the home’s builder said.
What the family had thought was their dream home when they bought it in December was now painted with racial slurs and swastikas — both inside and out. “Get out” was spray-painted on an exterior wall. The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.”
The Delano home of Latanza Douglas, her husband and their three foster children was burglarized and vandalized Sunday evening. Along with the threatening messages, several electronic gaming systems were stolen, according to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.
Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Hoffman said the slurs included racially offensive symbols that he declined to describe. The case also could be investigated by federal authorities if the vandalism can be classified as a hate crime, he added.
Now the black family is packing up the multilevel house in the 200 block of 2nd Street SW., ready to move to a community where they can feel more accepted, said Naresh Uppal, whose company built the home and will buy it back from them as they try to start fresh.
“They are packing right now,” Uppal said Thursday afternoon. “They’re having to move and basically start all over again. Which is very, very sad. They weren’t even there for three months.”
Uppal, who is acting as a spokesman for the family, which has requested privacy, has started a GoFundMe campaign on their behalf. He said the couple moved into the home in December with the foster children he described as “at risk.” The children range in age from 9 to 12; two of them are black and the other white.
He said the money raised online at tinyurl.com “will be used to alleviate costs associated with moving, as the family no longer feels safe in their home.” The family also has expenses to cover replacing damaged items. More than $9,800 has been pledged as of late Thursday afternoon toward a goal of $25,000.
Uppal, who runs Advanced Home Inc., said the family came home to find the slurs and a swastika spray-painted on interior and exterior walls, items stolen or damaged, and trash thrown around. TVs, a new couch and family photos were also spray-painted, said Uppal, who also had rented to Latanza Douglas for many years.
“These kids don’t cause any trouble in school or anything like that,” Uppal said. “The kids are shocked. It’s unfortunate that this is the world we live in.”
@kerpen Cutting that albeit small amount is a symbol of the mean-spiritedness of Trump and his cabal. Then the claims by the budget …
— free token (@freetoken) March 16, 2017
@kerpen … guy about MoW itself was inane. The pathetic narcissism of Trump and his agents is the real story here.
— free token (@freetoken) March 16, 2017
If the answer is “states might make bad policy,” why have states at all?
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 16, 2017
This is a fair point, but I suspect that I’m thinking about it quite a bit differently from Barro. As in, “Yeah, why DO we have states?”
re: #24 Blind Frog Belly White
The US Armed Forces are well rid of that psychopath.
What continues to weigh heavily on the Army is that they didn’t drum his ass out. They allowed him to resign rather than court-martialing him for two violations of the UCMJ. And he immediately began touring the wingnut welfare circuit, riding it to Congress and then into a career as a “political consultant.”
re: #28 Blind Frog Belly White
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This is a fair point, but I suspect that I’m thinking about it quite a bit differently from Barro. As in, “Yeah, why DO we have states?”
So we can have the electoral college.
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re: #29 Targetpractice
What continues to weigh heavily on the Army is that they didn’t drum his ass out. They allowed him to resign rather than court-martialing him for two violations of the UCMJ. And he immediately began touring the wingnut welfare circuit, riding it to Congress and then into a career as a “political consultant.”
Though, to be fair, he got rode right out of Congress, too.
re: #30 Timothy Watson
So we can have the electoral college.
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The only college where Trump could be first in his class.
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re: #25 Joe Bacon
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Still a childish dick. I don’t need to believe in Christ to know you act unChristian, Erick.
re: #2 goddamnedfrank
Their taxes are going to go down. It’s all about “rational self interest” and “fuck you I’ve got mine.” They’re hoping they can lock in whatever gain Trump’s presidency provides while still retaining some vestigial sense of honor and integrity when he’s gone.
That’s not going to work out well for them. Unless this Trump cancer is excised quickly, we’re looking at a revolution in which his media enablers will rightly be first up against the wall.
When I learned to shoot at elitist liberal summer camp, they taught us not to point even unloaded guns at other people even “as a joke.”
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 16, 2017
re: #3 Citizen K
Yep. No Republican leader came out to condemn his racist comments. NONE. That says it all.
re: #26 Eric The Fruit Bat
In Fucking Minnesota, of all places…..
Star Tribune: Black family in Delano moving after new home burglarized, scarred by racist graffiti
“Next time it’s going to be fire,” read a note left at the house, the home’s builder said.
The ring just beyond the suburbs of the Twin Cities can really suck. A lot of people moved there so that they don’t have to be around ‘coloreds’.
re: #16 freetoken
@EWErickson He was rather big on helping the needy, surprise, surprise. Tended to preach empathy a lot, despite what some Christians think
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 16, 2017
re: #36 gocart mozart
Only RWNJs could think that pointing an unloaded gun at someone is a ‘joke’. It is a joke for RWNJs precisely because the person the gun is pointed at is threatened.
If you don’t support Meals on Wheels you’re not a good Christian, according to people who aren’t Christians and don’t believe in Jesus.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 16, 2017
So now EE has the superpower to determine peoples’ sectarian affiliations/religious beliefs via remote control over the Internet??
Impressive, man….
PS: One good thing I noticed: most of the responses on Twitter were handing Erick’s ass to him: I think Jesus himself may have said something somewhere about “feeding the hungry”….
The 70 year old pig person that eats off of this gold-plated table is eliminating funding for Meals on Wheels. Great work, America. pic.twitter.com/EDbNCtJoMc
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) March 16, 2017
re: #39 Citizen K
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The usual wingnut response to this is “It’s supposed to be your choice! Otherwise, it’s not good works!”
Because the poor aren’t people in their own right. They’re just a test for Christians.
If you don’t support Meals on Wheels you’re not a good Christian, according to people who aren’t Christians and don’t believe in Jesus.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 16, 2017
At this point the devil himself is like “I can’t with these people.” https://t.co/sVWx5INtxL
— The Spite House (@SpiteHouseSpox) March 16, 2017
re: #43 Blind Frog Belly White
The usual wingnut response to this is “It’s supposed to be your choice! Otherwise, it’s not good works!”
Because the poor aren’t people in their own right. They’re just a test for Christians.
They’re destined to be poor so you shouldn’t try to change that.
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re: #25 Joe Bacon
So he believes that Jesus Christ would be okay with cutting Meals on Wheels? Really? Makes you wonder what Bible people like him are reading.
re: #42 The Vicious Babushka
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Every time I see that picture, I wonder what the fuck is that hand doing, by Barron’s butt?
re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White
Every time I see that picture, I wonder what the fuck is that hand doing, by Barron’s butt?
It was mentioned awhile ago here. It’s his foot. His leg is folded under. But yeah. That still looks freaky!
When my Nana- father’s mother was in her advanced age, she got Meals on Wheels. The food honestly was blah but she did look forward to the opportunity to talk to the volunteer. Nana was lucky in that she had her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids nearby her but a lot of old people don’t have that. Cutting Meals on Wheels, PBS, school lunches, etc is just so unnecessary. The GOP are the people who tell you have a spending problem because you buy yourself groceries but tell you that you need to buy more cigarettes and booze.
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
So he believes that Jesus Christ would be okay with cutting Meals on Wheels? Really? Makes you wonder what Bible people like him are reading.
The Fundie Asshole Bible.
re: #48 GlutenFreeJesus
It was mentioned awhile ago here. It’s his foot. His leg is folded under. But yeah. That still looks freaky!
So does Melania looking like a Japanese robot sex doll.
Erick Erickson is just trying to curry favor with the Trump psychos that tormented him during the election. It’s so fucking transparent here.
re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White
Every time I see that picture, I wonder what the fuck is that hand doing, by Barron’s butt?
That’s Barron’s foot, tucked up underneath his butt. It’s not the hand of some creep hiding under the table.
Hey, remember how Ryan was touting the 10% reduction in average premiums under the AHCA? Turns out that didn’t mean the average guy would pay 10% less. The average guy will be paying 13% MORE than under the ACA. For many, A LOT MORE, so they’ll drop out, unable to afford the premiums.
The lower average premium? That’s because the only ones left will be the ones with the lowest premiums. But for EACH OF them, it’ll be higher.
CBO finding that premiums would fall 10% w/ AHCA is misleading. For a given plan for a given person they’d rise 13%. https://t.co/44exPWDbwC
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 16, 2017
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
So he believes that Jesus Christ would be okay with cutting Meals on Wheels? Really? Makes you wonder what Bible people like him are reading.
Note that Erick son of Erick includes a Bible verse, Romans 1:16, in the header on his Twitter page.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. (NIV)
re: #52 Myron Falwell
Erick Erickson is just trying to curry favor with the Trump psychos that tormented him during the election. It’s so fucking transparent here.
No, I think he actually believes this. He’s still a right wing asshole even if he hates Trump.
You don’t have to be a Christian to denounce unChristian behavior.
re: #43 Blind Frog Belly White
The usual wingnut response to this is “It’s supposed to be your choice! Otherwise, it’s not good works!”
Because the poor aren’t people in their own right. They’re just a test for Christians.
Which is bullshit considering how much is decreed as a ‘must’ elsewhere.
re: #52 Myron Falwell
Erick Erickson is just trying to curry favor with the Trump psychos that tormented him during the election. It’s so fucking transparent here.
Most of the never-Trumpers have already or will soon return to their safe spaces in the GOP cesspit of Satan.
The completely nonpartisan fact that Trump is deeply compromised, totally corrupt and thoroughly incompetent means nothing to GOPers compared to the chance he offers to starve the poor, cut taxes for the rich, have pointless wars, and piss off liberals.
There is no difference between the likes of Erick Erickson and DF.
Look at the models of luxury cars on the table, Barron’s “toys.” Don’t you think he would love to have a Lego set or Transformers? Those models are not toys to be played with, they are collectibles for grownups. I know this because we used to receive promotional models of F-150’s and Mustangs which I gave to my grandkids to play with, and they destroyed them very quickly after normal kids’ play.
re: #60 The Vicious Babushka
Look at the models of luxury cars on the table, Barron’s “toys.” Don’t you think he would love to have a Lego set or Transformers? Those models are not toys to be played with, they are collectibles for grownups. I know this because we used to receive promotional models of F-150’s and Mustangs which I gave to my grandkids to play with, and they destroyed them very quickly after normal kids’ play.
Hot wheels were awesome. I’m sure your kids and grandkids have enjoyed those as well.
re: #60 The Vicious Babushka
Look at the models of luxury cars on the table, Barron’s “toys.” Don’t you think he would love to have a Lego set or Transformers? Those models are not toys to be played with, they are collectibles for grownups. I know this because we used to receive promotional models of F-150’s and Mustangs which I gave to my grandkids to play with, and they destroyed them very quickly after normal kids’ play.
I found that out the hard way, both when I was a kid and now as an uncle lol
I got my then 10 year old nephew a model car of a ‘67 Toyota 2000GT I purchased from the Toyota Museum in Nagoya as a birthday gift for him.
And I find out that he knocked out the infamous fender mirrors on the model car due to normal kids’ play.
I was upset but then chalked it up to the fact that I gave a kid a model car for grown kids so I can’t be upset about it lol
re: #56 HappyWarrior
No, I think he actually believes this. He’s still a right wing asshole even if he hates Trump.
His “hating” of Trump amounted to nothing more than a ratings stunt for his WSB show.
And for all intents and purposes, the stunt worked.
re: #63 Myron Falwell
His “hating” of Trump amounted to nothing more than a ratings stunt for his WSB show.
And for all intents and purposes, the stunt worked.
I’d say the same about Beck too.
re: #62 electrotek
I found that out the hard way, both when I was a kid and now as an uncle lol
I got my then 10 year old nephew a model car of a ‘67 Toyota 2000GT I purchased from the Toyota Museum in Nagoya as a birthday gift for him.
And I find out that he knocked out the infamous fender mirrors on the model car due to normal kids’ play.
I was upset but then chalked it up to the fact that I gave a kid a model car for grown kids so I can’t be upset about it lol
When I was a young kid, my Grandfather would give us silver dollars for Christmas. As soon as we got home, Mom or Dad would buy the silver dollars from us for paper dollars, knowing we would just spend the silver ones like money anyway.
Jeez, so we’re not even getting “keeping us safe” out of this deal…
Under @POTUS budget, virtually all fed funding to #NYPD eradicated. Entire counterterrorism apparatus in nation’s top terror target hobbled. pic.twitter.com/Vetyv1aZrH
— Commissioner O’Neill (@NYPDONeill) March 16, 2017
I liked Hot Wheels when I was a kid because they lend themselves easier to playing with. Those models are cool but they’re something you appreciate more when you’re older and use for decoration. I have a model car that I picked up for real cheap at a yard sale one day. I don’t play with it but it’s part of my display on my desk where I also keep my bicentennial plate, liberty bell, and other nooks and crannies.
re: #65 electrotek
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Bought it for almost 20,000¥ in August 2015, which was about $152 USD at the time.
And they go for $350+ minimum on Amazon, geez.
Oh, man!
re: #67 The Spite House
Jeez, so we’re not even getting “keeping us safe” out of this deal…
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re: #48 GlutenFreeJesus
It was mentioned awhile ago here. It’s his foot. His leg is folded under. But yeah. That still looks freaky!
Now we know where Kellyanne learned how to sit like that on furniture.
re: #63 Myron Falwell
His “hating” of Trump amounted to nothing more than a ratings stunt for his WSB show.
And for all intents and purposes, the stunt worked.
Erick Erickson hated Trump as long as EE thought Trump would be a losing candidate in the general election.
re: #72 EPR-radar
Erick Erickson hated Trump as long as EE thought Trump would be a losing candidate in the general election.
Right. They also thought he was soiling conservatism’s “good name” and ignoring their ideology has loads of other problems independent of Trump. The GOP would still be the same rotten bowl of shit it is today even if Trump had never ran.
re: #17 Targetpractice
At least Khorne expects you to look some one in the eye when you kill them.
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Right. They also thought he was soiling conservatism’s “good name” and ignoring their ideology has loads of other problems independent of Trump. The GOP would still be the same rotten bowl of shit it is today even if Trump had never ran.
Before Trump, the GOP was a proto-fascist shit party. With Trump, the GOP is now a fascist shit party.
re: #75 EPR-radar
Before Trump, the GOP was a proto-fascist shit party. With Trump, the GOP is now a fascist shit party.
Yep.
re: #69 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, man!
I could have nabbed any other Japanese model car…but the Toyota 2000GT holds special significance to me and I wanted to share that with my nephew when I was purchasing it as a gift.
re: #78 electrotek
I could have nabbed any other Japanese model car…but the Toyota 2000GT holds special significance to me and I wanted to share that with my nephew when I was purchasing it as a gift.
Reminds me. I need to think of something cool to get my niece when I’m in Europe this summer. I’ll probably get her, my brother, and SiL all tee shirts but I want to get an unique toy too or something she won’t grow out of.
re: #79 HappyWarrior
Reminds me. I need to think of something cool to get my niece when I’m in Europe this summer. I’ll probably get her, my brother, and SiL all tee shirts but I want to get an unique toy too or something she won’t grow out of.
Get them model cars of vintage European vehicles.
Something like a Citroen DS2, a MB 300SL Gullwing, or a BMW 507 or a Ferrari 250 GTO.
re: #80 electrotek
Get them model cars of vintage European vehicles.
Something like a Citroen DS2, a MB 300SL Gullwing, or a BMW 507 or a Ferrari 250 GTO.
She’s three.
re: #80 electrotek
Get them model cars of vintage European vehicles.
Something like a Citroen DS2, a MB 300SL Gullwing, or a BMW 507 or a Ferrari 250 GTO.
Or a model Trabi!
re: #82 electrotek
Start her young, I say haha
She’s also super stereotypically girly heh more importantly. I was thinking about a German doll or something like that.
re: #8 Myron Falwell
Huh, the Fox sickos seem to be obsessed with killing people.
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Just the thing to use in my classroom. Who the fuck needs educational programming when you can have moar fyrepoueer!!!!!
re: #9 freetoken
Last time I checked, Evan was a Republican candidate and therefore not on the left.
God help us all.
It isn’t the daily war threat from the Norks. They have been doing that for decades.
It’s what Tillerson said today that is truly terrifying.
Tillerson says diplomacy with North Korea has ‘failed’; Pyongyang warns of war
re: #86 Patricia Kayden
Last time I checked, Evan was a Republican candidate and therefore not on the left.
You’re talking about people who think Paul Ryan is a leftist though.
re: #87 Scottish Dragon
God help us all.
It isn’t the daily war threat from the Norks. They have been doing that for decades.
It’s what Tillerson said today that is truly terrifying.
OFFS.
re: #67 The Spite House
Because NY voted against Trump? Doesn’t make sense.
re: #83 Barefoot Grin
Or a model Trabi!
My dad gave my son a model of his 356C when the little guy was about 8 months old. Predictably, he did a good number on the model within a few months. But he loves classic Porsches now, so the model sacrificed itself for a good cause, methinks.
re: #87 Scottish Dragon
God help us all.
It isn’t the daily war threat from the Norks. They have been doing that for decades.
It’s what Tillerson said today that is truly terrifying.
If Bannon wants to start Korean War v 2.0 there will be no effective opposition from anyone else in DC. The Democrats are outnumbered in Congress, the Republicans are fucking psychopaths, and the goddamn media will get to jack up their ad rates if there is a war to cover.
re: #91 ipsos
My dad gave my son a model of his 356C when the little guy was about 8 months old. Predictably, he did a good number on the model within a few months. But he loves classic Porsches now, so the model sacrificed itself for a good cause, methinks.
Ditto that with my case. Destroyed my fair share when I was young sadly, but now I’m a much-avowed auto enthusiast that makes my parents crazy. Times like this makes me glad I’m single because I will NEVER compromise my love of automobiles for anyone.
re: #88 HappyWarrior
You’re talking about people who think Paul Ryan is a leftist though.
Yes and who believe that POTUS 44 wiretapped Trump and could watch him via microwaves (looking at you, Kellyanne).
re: #91 ipsos
My dad gave my son a model of his 356C when the little guy was about 8 months old. Predictably, he did a good number on the model within a few months. But he loves classic Porsches now, so the model sacrificed itself for a good cause, methinks.
My brother moved to Hamburg in the late ’80s. He gave my dad a model as a Christmas gag when he came back to visit a couple of years later. We joked that it probably leaked oil less and performed better than another brother’s MG Midget. (oops, I was talking about Trabant, not Porsche!)
re: #92 EPR-radar
If Bannon wants to start Korean War v 2.0 there will be no effective opposition from anyone else in DC. The Democrats are outnumbered in Congress, the Republicans are fucking psychopaths, and the goddamn media will get to jack up their ad rates if there is a war to cover.
If these idiots think they can pull this off I’m pretty sure most of the JSOC will vote with their feet real quick-they know what China has been doing and they know what they’ve been doing in the South China Sea. The Aircraft Carrier groups will be sitting ducks and sunk within 48 hours.
re: #17 Targetpractice
These fuckers give Khorne pause.
Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows…but even he is getting concerned about these assholes coming in on his turf.
Headline writers… trying to paint Republicans in a good light:
Trump’s budget cuts to domestic, aid programs draw Republican scorn
re: #95 Barefoot Grin
My brother moved to Hamburg in the late ’80s. He gave my dad a model as a Christmas gag when he came back to visit a couple of years later. We joked that it probably leaked oil less and performed better than another brother’s MG Midget.
I’ve never understood why people put up with car brands that are notorious for maintenance issues. I mainly want three things in a car: 1) reliability, 2) a decent amount of engine power for those exciting freeway moments of the CA lifestyle, and 3) longevity.
One of the reasons we had the Iraq war (besides the obvious) was that there was/is a mindset among some that “we have a goddamn military, why aren’t we using it? If we don’t use it, it grows dull.” I think Trump and Bannon are of that mindset.
re: #100 Barefoot Grin
One of the reasons we had the Iraq war (besides the obvious) was that there was/is a mindset among some that “we have a goddamn military, why aren’t we using it? If we don’t use it, it grows dull.” I think Trump and Bannon are of that mindset.
Trump in particular is on record as wanting to play with the nukes. Given Trump’s track record of actually following though on the most batshit parts of his dumpster fire of a campaign, this is a real possibility.
re: #41 Jay C
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So now EE has the superpower to determine peoples’ sectarian affiliations/religious beliefs via remote control over the Internet??
Impressive, man….PS: One good thing I noticed: most of the responses on Twitter were handing Erick’s ass to him: I think Jesus himself may have said something somewhere about “feeding the hungry”….
Also, since I don’t “know Jesus” myself, and know EE is a Good Christian, I might just give the whole religion a miss if they aren’t interested in the welfare of those in need.
re: #99 EPR-radar
I’ve never understood why people put up with car brands that are notorious for maintenance issues. I mainly want three things in a car: 1) reliability, 2) a decent amount of engine power for those exciting freeway moments of the CA lifestyle, and 3) longevity.
Yeah, my brother spent a lot of time in the driveway working on that heap. I can’t afford your number 2: we have a Civic and a Carolla, but they do the job.
re: #101 EPR-radar
It definitely is and I don’t think enough people did or do realize it. He has a nuke fetish.
re: #104 JordanRules
It definitely is and I don’t think enough people did or do realize it. He has a nuke fetish.
These things are very important for a 70 year old man who isn’t in great health. How else is he supposed to get it up?
McDonald’s deletes Trump tweet, says Twitter account compromised https://t.co/OWRg9MdN5g pic.twitter.com/ec4FVRcV6x
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 16, 2017
A millennial social media specialist is free from their shackles of corporate hell today. A new era dawns in their life, grass is greener! https://t.co/sQVgC68PVB
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) March 16, 2017
re: #96 Eric The Fruit Bat
If these idiots think they can pull this off I’m pretty sure most of the JSOC will vote with their feet real quick-they know what China has been doing and they know what they’ve been doing in the South China Sea. The Aircraft Carrier groups will be sitting ducks and sunk within 48 hours.
The Chinese “carrier killer” ballistic missiles depend on several layers of sensors and midcourse correction…all of which are vulnerable to spoofing and other measures even before you have to worry about trying to engage the terminal warhead. I do not think the system is really as impressive as it has been been built up to be (remember how scared the Soviets were of Star Wars…only to find out later it was bullshit?)
No carrier sails without lots of Aegis warship coverage, and I believe the current block (IIA) of Standard Missile-3 is specifically tasked with shooting down IRBM’s.
cnn.com
re: #101 EPR-radar
Trump in particular is on record as wanting to play with the nukes. Given Trump’s track record of actually following though on the most batshit parts of his dumpster fire of a campaign, this is a real possibility.
This should be an international issue. He’s willing to put the world more at risk by denying climate change. There should be an intervention of sorts as nuclear winter isn’t really a good antidote.
Trump’s budget is simply a ploy. A way to make news but even more so make Congress play ball on his terms. By maneuvering to the far-right of his own party, he’s forced Ryan and the other leaders to play his game.
Brilliant.
Trump knows that the Democrats are mostly irrelevant to his plans. He needs to find ways to keep the Republicans from trying to manipulate him to their agendas. By making them fight among themselves he’ll end up neutralizing them.
re: #99 EPR-radar
I’ve never understood why people put up with car brands that are notorious for maintenance issues. I mainly want three things in a car: 1) reliability, 2) a decent amount of engine power for those exciting freeway moments of the CA lifestyle, and 3) longevity.
Different people have different priorities. For instance, I want an INdecent amount of engine power to AVOID those exciting freeway moments of the CA lyfestyle.
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This comment is based on a comment by Tim Watson in the last thread where he threatened torture by Gwen Stefani tuneage.
Please no more torture!
Reading some of the apocalyptic comments at LGF lately is personally tortuous enough.
And I’m not saying there is anything wrong for commenting about how grim may be coming, is here, we are doomed etc.
It is just hard to take.
I like hopeful and a fighting spirit.
I will not believe the majority of America wants what is happening to happen.
The big problem is not enough have been tuned into all the nuances of what has been going on politically since Reagan. As long as the average American gets through the day and can buy stuff that is the limit of their politics.
With Trump everyone is getting a lesson. And it is a lesson that isn’t going to be learned in the nearly two months of Trump.
It is going to take time for the people either to hear about it or maybe longer to have this shit go away before they go “Hey what happened to Meals on Wheels, they used to help grandma?” Or, “what happened to the National Parks, they used to be so clean?”
This shit hurts…for sure, but having to read we are gonna die in a nuclear war or a civil war right now just doesn’t seem helpful. Are we ready to break the country up already???
(No need to pay me attention…I’m just frustrated in so many ways and venting. And looking for a little hope. I like hope. I don’t wanna die yet.)
re: #96 Eric The Fruit Bat
If these idiots think they can pull this off I’m pretty sure most of the JSOC will vote with their feet real quick-they know what China has been doing and they know what they’ve been doing in the South China Sea. The Aircraft Carrier groups will be sitting ducks and sunk within 48 hours.
I’m not so sure the US Navy is that vulnerable. Never seen a live fire test of the DF-12 right? Sub service keeps it’s stalking skills against specific threats classified. We do lack conventional ballistic weapons, but not any other kind.
It’s been four years now since I did this Page… but I think many didn’t appreciate what it really means:
re: #96 Eric The Fruit Bat
If these idiots think they can pull this off I’m pretty sure most of the JSOC will vote with their feet real quick-they know what China has been doing and they know what they’ve been doing in the South China Sea. The Aircraft Carrier groups will be sitting ducks and sunk within 48 hours.
That would actually suit the Republican agenda very well, provided they could find a way to blame the Democrats for this military defeat. It wouldn’t be difficult to get the pig-people to believe that.
Rebuilding several aircraft carrier groups is just the kind of enormous budget-buster the Republicans would love to use to lay waste to medicare and social security.
I wrote this during the campaign last year. Seems like its held up well. pic.twitter.com/dkw05Hazlh
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 17, 2017
re: #111 ObserverArt
This comment is based on a comment by Tim Watson in the last thread where he threatened torture by Gwen Stefani tuneage.
Please no more torture!
Reading some of the apocalyptic comments at LGF lately is personally tortuous enough.
And I’m not saying there is anything wrong for commenting about how grim may be coming, is here, we are doomed etc.
It is just hard to take.
I like hopeful and a fighting spirit.
I will not believe the majority of America wants what is happening to happen.
The big problem is not enough have been tuned into all the nuances of what has been going on politically since Reagan. As long as the average American gets through the day and can buy stuff that is the limit of their politics.
With Trump everyone is getting a lesson. And it is a lesson that isn’t going to be learned in the nearly two months of Trump.
It is going to take time for the people either to hear about it or maybe longer to have this shit go away before they go “Hey what happened to Meals on Wheels, they used to help grandma?” Or, “what happened to the National Parks, they used to be so clean?”
This shit hurts…for sure, but having to read we are gonna die in a nuclear war or a civil war right now just doesn’t seem helpful. Are we ready to break the country up already???
(No need to pay me attention…I’m just frustrated in so many ways and venting. And looking for a little hope. I like hope. I don’t wanna die yet.)
Whats the matter with Gwen Stefani? I used to love her ska band No Doubt back when they played free gigs at Cal State Fullerton in the 80’s.
This is the kind of shit that fills the opinion pages of my local paper, every single day.
Obamacare is going the way of the Dodo, whether or not it gets any Republican help.
But the establishment RINOs have gotten a taste of that Obamacare dough, which they are now reluctant to release control of.
I think Trump is right. We should let Obamacare run its course, let it come crashing down and give the Democrats the opportunity to feel the full weight of the megadisaster they created. Then Trump can writre it any way he wants.
Obamacare is a proven failure & will implode on it’s own if no one “agrees” with the “replacement plan”! Maybe that’s exactly what SHOULD happen! In that scenario however, the bleeding heart liberal Democrats will blame President Trump! What the Dems fail or REFUSE to realize, is that “Obamacare” was created by the Dems! They own it! We cannot afford to become a “Welfare Country”, it’s bad enough that California has become a “Welfare STATE”! We can no longer AFFORD to be NANNIES for America! Get over it “snowflakes”, you’ve left a horrible mess for President Trump to clean up, and he WILL!
re: #115 Kragar
That’s a good description of the pig-people.
re: #98 freetoken
Headline writers… trying to paint Republicans in a good light:
Trump’s budget cuts to domestic, aid programs draw Republican scorn
Yep. I’m starting to hear GOPers, when forced to express an opinion, talk about how this is a “statement” by Trump or a “wish list” but that Congress will be making these decisions without needing Trump’s input or approval.
And BOOM, just like that, Meals on Wheels is now a bad thing in Right Wing Bizarro World. pic.twitter.com/HfsHxZTEJn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 17, 2017
I wonder how many right wingers now dissing Meals on Wheels have parents and grandparents who’ve used it?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 17, 2017
re: #18 Targetpractice
“Just drop the pretense and get down there to suck on Trump’s balls, Erick. Or is Hannity hogging the best spot?”
Exactly! Erick Erickson and I live in the same Middle GA city. He was once a member of our city council, and when he announced he wouldn’t be running for re-election, even GOPers here celebrated. Erickson helped build the environment in America in which someone like Trump could, and was, elected president, so there’s no reason he should now be criticizing anything Trump & Co. does/says. He’s still a RW shill who has never seen a cut to a social program that he would reject which would put more money into his bank account.
re: #110 Blind Frog Belly White
More seriously, though, I’ve observed just from, for example, following other drivers down a twisty, but not especially treacherous road, that there are lots of drivers who don’t really like driving. They do it, to get from home to work and back, or maybe on a vacation, but they don’t enjoy it. Me? I enjoy it. I’ll go out for a drive for fun, go bombing down that same twisty road grinning, instead of creeping along at a snail’s pace and STILL braking for every slight bend. And for some folks who like driving, a small, responsive car that feels more like something you put on than something you climb into is fun.
MGs and such are really labors of love, because you end up putting so much of your labor into them that you really feel connected. I owned a 14-year-old, 1966 MGB for a little over 3 years, and I can tell you all kinds of stories and details about it. I owned my Subaru Outback for 11 years, and I can barely remember it.
re: #120 Charles Johnson
And BOOM, just like that, Meals on Wheels is now a bad thing in Right Wing Bizarro World.
Who leaked the text of The Sermon at Mar-a-Lago?
Insane numbers of American Woodcocks in New York City after Winter Storm Stella. This one was doing its wiggle walk in Central Park today. pic.twitter.com/eL8JrpwAia
— David J. Ringer 🐦 (@RealDJRinger) March 17, 2017
re: #120 Charles Johnson
I don’t recall the line “Cursed are the poor, for they are the forgotten of God” in the bible. So what is the biblical authority for all of these sanctimonious religious RWNJ fuckwits to follow that agenda?
After all, biblical literalism is something the US religious right goes on about at tedious length. Maybe they should try applying it to something other than a cherry-picked verse or two from Leviticus.
re: #112 Unshaken Defiance
I’m not so sure the US Navy is that vulnerable. Never seen a live fire test of the DF-12 right? Sub service keeps it’s stalking skills against specific threats classified. We do lack conventional ballistic weapons, but not any other kind.
This.
Cruise missiles were the game changer…until they weren’t. The Chinese ballistic missile system has problems…one in that it is trying to hit a fast moving target and relying on (possibly wrong or compromised)data input at launch to get it into a reasonable Circular Error Probability to allow it to engage at a mach 6 terminal velocity and at a near vertical angle to target. It will have time to make maybe 1 or 2 high gee maneuvers (if even possible) to try and get a usable intercept geometry. You can forget about trying to avoid incoming fire (which even mach 3 sea skimmer missiles are able to do) because the intercept geometry is sooooo fucking insanely hard and the target is moving in ways that will not help you at all (and again…in the case of sea skimmer missiles, the ship speed and and direction of travel really don’t matter so much since they can follow you wherever…but they sure as hell do when working with ballistic missiles)
re: #4 gocart mozart
FWIW
Williams corroborated Hannity’s accounts, saying in a statement to the rival news network, “This incident is being sensationalized — everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harm’s way.”
re: #120 Charles Johnson
So now it’s out there: christians are cravenly indifferent to the suffering and death of their neighbors. The christian party has certainly made it very clear that their only interest is selfish power and $$$. And blowing shit up. Fetuses too.
re: #128 Unshaken Defiance
FWIW
Good to know. However, I think being painted by the laser sight of a real gun (even if unloaded) is inescapably ‘in harms way’.
re: #111 ObserverArt
I will not believe the majority of America wants what is happening to happen.
WTF does what “the majority of America wants” have to do with it? The crazy tomato-head lost by three million votes and is still the president and acting like he came in with an overwhelming mandate to govern like a nazi.
re: #131 whitebeach
I’d say the majority of Americans do want everything that’s coming their way because they elected the GOP majority that has promised to make it happen.
re: #128 Unshaken Defiance
Okay then Juan. Your ability to work at that place for all these years may have compromised your defenses.
re: #128 Unshaken Defiance
FWIW
Williams corroborated Hannity’s accounts, saying in a statement to the rival news network, “This incident is being sensationalized — everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harm’s way.”
Career-saving bullshit. Even in Alabama shitkicker bars the laser painting doesn’t come out until the wee hours.
Somewhere in America an old Trump voter is heating up his Meals-on-Wheels dinner while wondering if Obama is spying on him via the microwave
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 17, 2017
re: #131 whitebeach
WTF does what “the majority of America wants” have to do with it? The crazy tomato-head lost by three million votes and is still the president and acting like he came in with an overwhelming mandate to govern like a nazi.
More fundamentally, there are a shitload of elected Republican officials in Congress and at the state level. Clinton getting 3 million more votes in a presidential election can’t be used to distract the Democrats from addressing these problems.
re: #130 EPR-radar
I would never ever. And if you carry, keep it put away. There are places for show and tell, where you need your permit ain’t it. Anyone else in the room can get uncomfortable. Recently took a guy to the range. First time he saw any of my guns, and I his.
re: #92 EPR-radar
If Bannon wants to start Korean War v 2.0 there will be no effective opposition from anyone else in DC.
Dear god, I hope that’s not the case (as I live in South Korea). But if that’s on the Bannon batshit agenda, they’re going to have to move quickly. The next Korean presidential election is in about 50 days and the most likely winner is a left-wing former civil rights attorney (and former special forces soldier). I doubt he’s going to put up with much shit.
re: #129 allegro
So now it’s out there: christians are cravenly indifferent to the suffering and death of their neighbors. The christian party has certainly made it very clear that their only interest is selfish power and $$$. And blowing shit up. Fetuses too.
I’m starting to think it is about time for the rise of the religious left. Have some charasmatic left wing Christians appearing in the media denouncing this shite in theological terms. For too long the prosperity fire and brimstone fucknuts have controlled the message.
Something like Meals on Wheels is like a modern day 40 loaves and 40 fishes.
Well, don’t worry about the USDA’s pending 21% budget cut. The “market place” will police itself…
Recall alert: More than 21,000 pounds of frozen pizzas are being recalled due to possible listeria contamination https://t.co/xrJScMxbs9 pic.twitter.com/XzZ299y4zt
— CNN (@CNN) March 17, 2017
“(CNN) - More than 21,000 pounds of frozen pizzas are being recalled due to possible listeria contamination, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday.
RBR Meat Company Inc. recalled its Marketside supreme frozen pizza, which may have been “adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes,” according to FSIS. The pizzas were sold at select Walmart stores in a 50.6-oz. box containing single shrink-wrapped 16-inch pizzas labeled as “Marketside Extra Large Supreme Pizza,” with lot code 20547….”
“…The frozen pizzas were shipped to distribution centers in California, Nevada, Utah and Washington…”
During routine sampling, FSIS discovered the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. “There are no confirmed reports of adverse reactions from consumption of the pizzas at this time,” according to the recall announcement….”
re: #139 451_Montag
I’m starting to think it is about time for the rise of the religious left. Have some charasmatic left wing Christians appearing in the media denouncing this shite in theological terms. For too long the prosperity fire and brimstone fucknuts have controlled the message.
Something like Meals on Wheels is like a modern day 40 loaves and 40 fishes.
Those chuckleheads are all for using the power of government to limit others to enforce their perception of biblical morality, but not to feed people or clothe people or shelter them. No, THAT has to be VOUNTARY.
re: #139 451_Montag
I’m starting to think it is about time for the rise of the religious left. Have some charasmatic left wing Christians appearing in the media denouncing this shite in theological terms. For too long the prosperity fire and brimstone fucknuts have controlled the message.
Something like Meals on Wheels is like a modern day 40 loaves and 40 fishes.
I see less and less evidence of the existence of a religious left. I think Osteen et al eated them.
re: #139 451_Montag
I’m starting to think it is about time for the rise of the religious left. Have some charasmatic left wing Christians appearing in the media denouncing this shite in theological terms. For too long the prosperity fire and brimstone fucknuts have controlled the message.
Something like Meals on Wheels is like a modern day 40 loaves and 40 fishes.
Even though I’m an atheist, I’ve long wanted the prosperity gospel heresy to be worked over in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God style by a preacher who can really bring the fire and brimstone.
re: #139 451_Montag
I’m starting to think it is about time for the rise of the religious left. Have some charasmatic left wing Christians appearing in the media denouncing this shite in theological terms. For too long the prosperity fire and brimstone fucknuts have controlled the message.
Something like Meals on Wheels is like a modern day 40 loaves and 40 fishes.
The Religious Left is well under way. Dorothy Day started her Catholic Worker movement in the ’30s, between busts at protests. I met my Presbyterian minister friend after bailing him out—ran an antiwar coffee house at Knox in the ’60s.
This is Winnie. She lost her body saving a children’s hospital from an avalanche. 13/10 what a h*ckin hero pic.twitter.com/Tf0rh9ZgZe
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) March 17, 2017
And still so cheerful! What a good pup! @dog_rates https://t.co/dBqdBa3iDE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 17, 2017
Seeing Mulvaney today, you start to understand this whole operation is just made up of bad people.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 16, 2017
re: #145 Charles Johnson
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Our Westie when I was growing up was named Winnie. Indomitable spirit!
re: #139 451_Montag
Rev. Barber of North Carolina is very good and his Moral Mondays movement there ignited great activism even before the orange menace.
re: #140 FormerDirtDart
Well, don’t worry about the USDA’s pending 21% budget cut. The “market place” will police itself…
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Just think of all the money we’ll save when the old folks all die of easily-preventable-but-not-prevented food poisoning outbreaks!
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re: #143 EPR-radar
Even though I’m an atheist, I’ve long wanted the prosperity gospel heresy to be worked over in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God style by a preacher who can really bring the fire and brimstone.
Be quite nice to have someone step up and do a bit of loud casting out. I believe there maybe a bit of precident for that in the bible.
re: #148 JordanRules
“Rev. Barber of North Carolina is very good and his Moral Mondays movement there ignited great activism even before the orange menace.”
Annnd, it’s one of the main reasons McCrory is whining about his problems finding employment today.
re: #151 majii
Surely there’s always room for one more at the Heritage Foundation.
re: #150 451_Montag
“Be quite nice to have someone step up and do a bit of loud casting out. I believe there maybe a bit of precident for that in the bible.”
There is precedent for casting out in the Bible, but the problem is that many who claim to be Christians and are GOPers have chosen politicians over the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. I say this because I’m a Christian, and I have closely observed their words and actions, and they don’t align with the values JC had.
re: #154 electrotek
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It’s in great condition, believe me. Low milage and it’ll be much cheaper than one of those imported cars. Buy American…. Or something
re: #154 electrotek
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Probably has special, really-close-together controls on the tiny steering wheel…
Just glad it wasn’t a 250 GTO. Dodged a bullet on that one.
re: #136 EPR-radar
More fundamentally, there are a shitload of elected Republican officials in Congress and at the state level. Clinton getting 3 million more votes in a presidential election can’t be used to distract the Democrats from addressing these problems.
Here’s the other thing - earlier, I spoke of a disillusioned acquaintance of mine who puts a fair bit of blame for the present situation on Obama and the Democrats (i.e. “why didn’t they fight harder?”) Got into another conversation with said acquaintance today where he elaborated as such:
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
When I asked for a more specific example of what they could do differently, he said:
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So…could that kind of behavior make a difference? We know the beltway media would crap all over it, but would voters see it and finally feel more positively toward the Dems, instead of perceiving them as an imperfect alternative at best, GOP enablers at worst?
re: #153 majii
“Be quite nice to have someone step up and do a bit of loud casting out. I believe there maybe a bit of precident for that in the bible.”
There is precedent for casting out in the Bible, but the problem is that many who claim to be Christians and are GOPers have chosen politicians over the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. I say this because I’m a Christian, and I have closely observed their words and actions, and they don’t align with the values JC had.
True that. But i do think the RR will only be bought down if someone could come along and reset the message.
re: #155 451_Montag
It’s in great condition, believe me. Low milage and it’ll be much cheaper than one of those imported cars. Buy American…. Or something
I imagine it’s like that Corvette a friend of mine got way back when for an astonishingly low price. Turns out that a guy died in it and wasn’t found for a few days. Park that sucker in the sun and it could be smelled a city block away. Bet Trump’s old car would have a similar stench about it.
re: #156 Blind Frog Belly White
Probably has special, really-close-together controls on the tiny steering wheel…
Paddle shifts made out of tic tacs?
re: #154 electrotek
He can’t fit in the driver’s seat any more.
re: #163 jaunte
He can’t fit in the driver’s seat any more.
I’m just glad it doesn’t have a back seat….. Urgh
Yep, it’s gotten that bad that another of the Five Eyes has to issue its own statement:
Reuters: British security official denies UK spy agency eavesdropped on Trump
A UK spy agency did not eavesdrop on Donald Trump during and after last year’s U.S. presidential election, a British security official said on Tuesday, denying an allegation by a U.S. television analyst.
The official, who is familiar with British government policy and security operations, told Reuters that the charge made on Tuesday by Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano, was “totally untrue and quite frankly absurd.”
Trump, who became president in January, tweeted earlier this month that his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him during the late stages of the 2016 campaign. The Republican president offered no evidence for the allegation, which an Obama spokesman said was “simply false.”
Senior Obama administration officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have also denied any such wiretapping occurred.
On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department told the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee that it needed more time to respond to a demand for copies of any documents that might show Obama ordered eavesdropping on Trump.
On the “Fox & Friends” program, Napolitano, a political commentator and former New Jersey judge, said that rather than ordering U.S. agencies to spy on Trump, Obama obtained transcripts of Trump’s conversations from Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, the equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency, which monitors overseas electronic communications.
“Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command - he didn’t use the NSA, he didn’t use the CIA, he didn’t use the FBI and he didn’t use the Department of Justice,” Napolitano said, adding that the former president “used GCHQ.”
GCHQ has a close relationship with the NSA, as well as with the eavesdropping agencies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand in a consortium called “Five Eyes.”The British official said that under British law, GCHQ “can only gather intelligence for national security purposes” and noted that the U.S. election “clearly doesn’t meet that criteria.”
Well, that sorta scotched that line of attack now, eh?….
Things that do not make America great according to Trump:
Caring for the Elderly
Caring for Children
Feeding the poor
Art
Culture
Americans— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 17, 2017
Relax: Seniors won’t starve if Meals on Wheels loses govt grants. We need to cut spending, period https://t.co/3vyHEHf03A pic.twitter.com/nnEMVrc4qJ
— reason (@reason) March 16, 2017
@reason
We can grind up the bodies of seniors into fertilizer, sell it and use the proceeds to offset tax cuts for the rich. Whose with me?— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 17, 2017
re: #136 EPR-radar
More fundamentally, there are a shitload of elected Republican officials in Congress and at the state level. Clinton getting 3 million more votes in a presidential election can’t be used to distract the Democrats from addressing these problems.
There’s a shitload of gerrymandering that can maybe, at length, be addressed by the courts as long as we don’t lose those too. There’s a shitload of dumb-state advantage in the electoral college that even the courts can’t fix. So exactly what do you propose? It seems to me that the fact of Clinton’s large popular-vote win isn’t a distraction, but something that should be trumpeted from the parapets from now till the next time.
re: #168 gocart mozart
We can grind up the bodies of seniors into fertilizer
Reason writers and editors are much richer in nitrogen.
What. The. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. These. People. pic.twitter.com/0JzjU7zaEf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 17, 2017
re: #67 The Spite House
Jeez, so we’re not even getting “keeping us safe” out of this deal…
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re: #90 Patricia Kayden
Because NY voted against Trump? Doesn’t make sense.
Trump has never really been accepted by New York, especially the wealthy, or so I understand.
So now he’s sticking the knife in. Snicker at me now, you bastards!
re: #172 Romantic Heretic
Trump has never really been accepted by New York, especially the wealthy, or so I understand.
So now he’s sticking the knife in. Snicker at me now, you bastards!
So NYC should foreclose on Trump Tower, evict Melania, and implode it.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
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And that in short is why I will never subscribe to Libertarian philosophy. No empathy at all for people.
Kansas went all in with tax cuts, turned into an utter shithole.
CA, the RWNJ tax nightmare, one of the strongest economies in the world— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 17, 2017
I’m pretty sure that I learned to read through PBS programs like Sesame Street. I rememebr when I was really little that I had a Sesame Street playhouse.
“Seniors won’t starve if Meals on Wheels loses govt grants.”
Aww, cheer up, guys. I’m sure you’ll find another way to make them starve.
re: #168 gocart mozart
Not to mention the cuts are for things with far reaching consequences yet cost about as much per year as Trump Tower security alone…funny
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 17, 2017
@Citizen_Kryptik Why is cutting spending for cuts’ sake only ever targeted at shit for the most vulnerable of Americans? #heartless
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 17, 2017
I saw Laffer today on MSNBC being given a platform for his “trickle-down” theories and how it might find it’s pure expression under Trump.
No. The wealth is not going to trickle down. It has to be dislodged.
re: #169 whitebeach
There’s a shitload of gerrymandering that can maybe, at length, be addressed by the courts as long as we don’t lose those too. There’s a shitload of dumb-state advantage in the electoral college that even the courts can’t fix. So exactly what do you propose? It seems to me that the fact of Clinton’s large popular-vote win isn’t a distraction, but something that should be trumpeted from the parapets from now till the next time.
One problem that’s bleeding obvious in retrospect is that Republicans are in partial or total control of lots of blue states at the state level. Expecting those states to stay blue in presidential elections when their voters are voting R at the state level is beyond foolish.
I don’t claim to have the solutions. As always, the problems are much easier to spot than the solutions.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
Fuck the Libertarians, and fuck Gary Johnson for getting Trump elected.
re: #180 Citizen K
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Thank you, your last question is what I’ve been trying to get answers from conservatives I know from decades. And I never ever get a straight answer.
re: #181 Barefoot Grin
I saw Laffer today on MSNBC being given a platform for his “trickle-down” theories and how it might find it’s pure expression under Trump.
No. The wealth is not going to trickle down. It has to be dislodged.
WHAT?
That shit (and its fucking napkin-doodling originator) has been discredited since Reagan!
re: #183 Myron Falwell
Fuck the Libertarians, and fuck Gary Johnson for getting Trump elected.
As I said last night, they are far from the pure and virtuous ideology they make themselves out to be. I have some common ground with them when it comes to things like the Drug War but they’re heartless as the GOP when it comes to people being hungry or without shelter.
re: #171 Charles Johnson
What else do you expect from the Fonzi of Freedumb?
re: #181 Barefoot Grin
I saw Laffer today on MSNBC being given a platform for his “trickle-down” theories and how it might find it’s pure expression under Trump.
No. The wealth is not going to trickle down. It has to be dislodged.
I’d like to see these two bits of reform make their way into (D) messaging and action:
1) All forms of income have the same income tax rates. No more of this bullshit where rates on wages are the highest rates in the system.
2) Estate tax at 50% for everything above $5 million. No bullshit evasions with trusts etc.
Fox News is a huge part of the problem!
Fox Host Says Snoop Dogg And Bow Wow Should Be Killed By Secret Service https://t.co/LUB409ybjD
— Brendan Karet (@bad_takes) March 16, 2017
“What is this odd artifact? This is not the $500 bottle of wine the hedge fund guys sent me?” pic.twitter.com/gDuFH44wY0
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 17, 2017
@CharlesPPierce
It’s the blood of the poor, fermented and with just a dash of bitters.— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 17, 2017
re: #186 HappyWarrior
As I said last night, they are far from the pure and virtuous ideology they make themselves out to be. I have some common ground with them when it comes to things like the Drug War but they’re heartless as the GOP when it comes to people being hungry or without shelter.
Peter Thiel is a perfectly representative libertarian scumbag.
I’m starting St Patrick’s Day early pic.twitter.com/YIifCXkYWR
— Zedd’s Not Dead (@ZeddRebel) March 17, 2017
Trump loves to read half pages.
There’s a phrase for policies like this. Pointlessly cruel. Meals on Wheels, PBS, breakfasts for poor kids, etc are NOT why we have a deficit. As already said, it’s always programs like this that need to be cut when we need to “tighten our fiscal belt” but never ever the military industrial complex. We already spend by far more money in the world than any other country on defense and I’m not even really objecting to that necessarily but objecting to the fact that other things always come on the chopping block before that.
re: #189 JordanRules
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Gee I wonder what they would have said if someone on MSNBC said that Ted Nugent should have been killed for telling Obama to suck his gun. Most definitely, Fox is part of the problem. I hope to see a day where FNC closes down and it is remembered in the annuls of history as Der Stormer for its role in stirring up hatred.
re: #190 gocart mozart
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re: #193 HappyWarrior
There’s a phrase for policies like this. Pointlessly cruel. Meals on Wheels, PBS, breakfasts for poor kids, etc are NOT why we have a deficit. As already said, it’s always programs like this that need to be cut when we need to “tighten our fiscal belt” but never ever the military industrial complex. We already spend by far more money in the world than any other country on defense and I’m not even really objecting to that necessarily but objecting to the fact that other things always come on the chopping block before that.
There are exactly four knobs to use to try to balance the US federal budget: Defense, Medicare, Social Security and Taxes. Everything else is in the noise in terms of the real numbers.
re: #134 Decatur Deb
Williams corroborated Hannity’s accounts, saying in a statement to the rival news network, “This incident is being sensationalized — everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harm’s way.”
Career-saving bullshit. Even in Alabama shitkicker bars the laser painting doesn’t come out until the wee hours.
Feezus Jucking Key Ryesssttt! What a wimp!!!!!
re: #197 Joe Bacon
Feezus Jucking Key Ryesssttt! What a wimp!!!!!
What kind of dipshit points a gun at someone. Then again, I bet Hannity isn’t nearly as good with guns as he claims to be and he just likes to play with them to portray himself as a macho man when he’s actually a fucking coward.
re: #197 Joe Bacon
Feezus Jucking Key Ryesssttt! What a wimp!!!!!
Kinda goes with the territory. Being a token liberal for Fox News is seriously degrading.
re: #189 JordanRules
Fox News is a huge part of the problem!
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So let’s recap:
— Kimberly Fuckfoile wants to murder Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow.
— Greg Fuckfeld wants to murder Kermit, Bert and Ernie.
— Lumpy pulled a gun on Juan Willams and pointed the laser on Juan’s forehead.
Seems like Fox News is now obsessed with murdering their opponents.
re: #174 Myron Falwell
So NYC should foreclose on Trump Tower, evict Melania, and implode it.
The daughters jewelry enterprise is kaput.
re: #200 Myron Falwell
So let’s recap:
— Kimberly Fuckfoile wants to murder Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow.
— Greg Fuckfeld wants to murder Kermit, Bert and Ernie.
— Lumpy pulled a gun on Juan Willams and pointed the laser on Juan’s forehead.Seems like Fox News is now obsessed with murdering their opponents.
Working for Fox makes you a sick prick I geuss.
re: #198 HappyWarrior
What kind of dipshit points a gun at someone. Then again, I bet Hannity isn’t nearly as good with guns as he claims to be and he just likes to play with them to portray himself as a macho man when he’s actually a fucking coward.
Even among RWNJs, it is rare to see gun penis-displacement syndrome as blatant as Lumpy’s case. Ted Nugent and Wayne LaPierre might be Lumpy’s only competitors.
Rachel Maddow just said that if an American calls or is called by the foreign subject of US wiretapping by a FISA warrant, such as a Russian govt official that the intelligence community needs a whole new warrant to continue listening in on those calls.
That cannot be correct, can it? I think she’s grossly misinterpreting the definition of the term “target” so as include both parties in a recorded communication.
re: #192 jaunte
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Trump loves to read half pages.
Ha ha, that’s fucking rich. He reads a small stack of print outs that his aids fetch for him each day that are specifically about him. It’s said that he doesn’t schedule anything mid-day so that he can watch the press briefings. it’s even been suggested that the notes passed to Spicer mid-briefing are critiques and corrections from Trump himself. This fucker knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
Remember this guy, who said every fetus should have a teeny tiny gun to protect itself from abortion?
Former Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) in court in shackles on campaign-finance charge. https://t.co/TLOkAcgUUZ
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 17, 2017
re: #193 HappyWarrior
There’s a phrase for policies like this. Pointlessly cruel. Meals on Wheels, PBS, breakfasts for poor kids, etc are NOT why we have a deficit. As already said, it’s always programs like this that need to be cut when we need to “tighten our fiscal belt” but never ever the military industrial complex. We already spend by far more money in the world than any other country on defense and I’m not even really objecting to that necessarily but objecting to the fact that other things always come on the chopping block before that.
It’s not pointlessly cruel when the cruelty is the point.
re: #208 Citizen K
It’s not pointlessly cruel when the cruelty is the point.
“A boot stamping on a human face — forever” 1984
re: #208 Citizen K
It’s not pointlessly cruel when the cruelty is the point.
It’s just me being a pedantic English minor :).
re: #203 EPR-radar
Even among RWNJs, it is rare to see gun penis-displacement syndrome as blatant as Lumpy’s case. Ted Nugent and Wayne LaPierre might be Lumpy’s only competitors.
Yeah it’s just so obvious. It’s pretty sad honestly that he thinks he needs to show off with guns to make himself look like more of a man.
re: #205 Unshaken Defiance
Natural affinity I’d say
Yeah, I think they seek out big dickheads to work for them. They probably go to Young Republican conventions to find em.
@Stonekettle @trollprincess get used to it!!! Thank God for Trump! Suck it up buttercups.
— Kimberly Hargrave (@Kimberl83805767) March 16, 2017
I said “0% budget for art, science, space, education, healthcare, or environment. 100% for Military”
And she’s agreeing
There you go. https://t.co/RcFNUiVy9y— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 16, 2017
re: #213 Anymouse
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And that’s why I don’t feel sorry for them. She can enjoy polluted air and water if she wants to think that way. i’m saving my sympathy for people who actually appreciate shit.
re: #213 Anymouse
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Here’s hoping that waste of tissue and muscle gets to feel her body melt as an ICBM denotates in her back yard.
re: #215 Myron Falwell
Here’s hoping that waste of tissue and muscle gets to feel her body melt as an ICBM denotates in her back yard.
I hate thinking that way but you know what, I’m just out of fucks to give. If she really thinks there should be no government spending on the environment, then I don’t really think I’m going to feel too bad if she has to live life like they do in Beijing. Conservatives love to complain how we’ve fallen behind China in terms of economic growth but I definitely wouldn’t want to live in a Chinese metropolis even without it being authoritarian.
re: #214 HappyWarrior
“And that’s why I don’t feel sorry for them. She can enjoy polluted air and water if she wants to think that way.”
And, when she or someone she loves becomes ill as a result of the polluted air and water, if TrumpCare passes, she’ll set up a gofundme account to cover the healthcare costs, and she’ll likely call it “winning.”
re: #217 majii
“And that’s why I don’t feel sorry for them. She can enjoy polluted air and water if she wants to think that way.”
And, when she or someone she loves becomes ill as a result of the polluted air and water, if TrumpCare passes, she’ll set up a gofundme account to cover the healthcare costs, and she’ll likely call it “winning.”
I just do not get the heartlessness of so many of our fellow Americans. TBH, I don’t really feel that fuck her way but I really am at wits end with people like this.
re: #99 EPR-radar
I’ve never understood why people put up with car brands that are notorious for maintenance issues. I mainly want three things in a car: 1) reliability, 2) a decent amount of engine power for those exciting freeway moments of the CA lifestyle, and 3) longevity.
In other words, you want a Smart car. /s It did all those things for me (especially the California freeway moments) when we went to California.
re: #198 HappyWarrior
What kind of dipshit points a gun at someone. Then again, I bet Hannity isn’t nearly as good with guns as he claims to be and he just likes to play with them to portray himself as a macho man when he’s actually a fucking coward.
We already know he is a coward - remember, he has yet to allow himself to be waterboarded like he said he would.
re: #67 The Spite House
@NYPDONeill It’s clear that a rogue @POTUS is trying to destroy the country. He must be removed from office.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 17, 2017
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