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Damn it Bill Maher, why do you have to be such an asshole and yet craft funny insightful shit like this?
Without his professional liars and deniers, there’s no Trump. It takes a village to help a man-child stay in power. #WhiteHouse #Enablers pic.twitter.com/Db1y77i3RR
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) April 1, 2017
Just reflecting gratefully, respectfully,, not only because the above is a sweet track but because of everyone at this site expressing all kinds of views here over the years, and Charles’ dedication and courage - even if I have made the odd criticism about partisanship at large, my bugbear - he runs a fine service, and more power to him. I hope that doesn’t sound like random sycophancy, it is a note of support because he’s steering it all so very well.
More power to you.
i don’t know if anybody here has covered this, but aside from the notion that farkas admitted that obama committed a felony - “uncovering” names of surveilled persons - the right wing suckers have gotten it into their heads, via limbaugh, that obama’s current vacation on some rich person’s private island is actually him fleeing prosecution by hiding out in a place w/o an extradiction treaty with the u.s.
re: #2 Dom
I hope that doesn’t sound like random sycophancy
Judging by your LGF stats, I don’t think you have to worry about anybody thinking you’re some kind of sycophant.
You’re right, though. Charles provides a hell of a website for folks to engage with.
re: #4 teleskiguy
Judging by your LGF stats, I don’t think you have to worry about anybody thinking you’re some kind of sycophant.
tbh I hadn’t noticed those for some time. Some of the people I crossed here were dodgy as fuck, others must be downdinging in some kind of confirmation bias when I mildly pissed them off. That’s my theory. :)
re: #3 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
i don’t know if anybody here has covered this, but aside from the notion that farkas admitted that obama committed a felony - “uncovering” names of surveilled persons - the right wing suckers have gotten it into their heads, via limbaugh, that obama’s current vacation on some rich person’s private island is actually him fleeing prosecution by hiding out in a place w/o an extradiction treaty with the u.s.
If/when real evidence of Trumpian malfeasance regarding Russia comes to light… the reaction of the wingularity will be very interesting.
Is it possible for a black hole to explode?
re: #6 KGxvi
If/when real evidence of Trumpian malfeasance regarding Russia comes to light… the reaction of the wingularity will be very interesting.
Is it possible for a black hole to explode?
i still encounter people who want to prove to me that saddam really did have WMDs
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re: #7 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
i still encounter people who want to prove to me that saddam really did have WMDs
Well, of course, man. He shipped them to Syria! Or Iran. One o’ them.
Well, I am back from my state water operator’s school. I am not sure I passed the course (there were a lot of prerequisites to the course the state didn’t bother to tell the village about, and I spent a lot of time lost in class). We’ll see in a couple weeks if I passed the examination.
The test required memorising a lot of state and Federal regulations regarding public water supplies, as well as memorising a lot of calculations for things such as water disinfection and such. In the Navy we were taught (and rigorously followed) you never rely on memory to do anything … you always follow the publications.
As it was put in the class when we were given the four-inch thick book of state regulations: These are the things you can go to jail for.
All that for a job in this town that doesn’t pay anything.
Aside from that, today is the forty-ninth anniversary of my father’s death in Vietnam.
re: #1 teleskiguy
Speaking of Bill Maher, he’s an asshole and can go fuck himself.
In which 3 white dudes tell @neeratanden that racism and sexism are no big deal. pic.twitter.com/mC3zhK4bqf
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) April 1, 2017
@HawaiiDelilah @AngryBlackLady “I’m not racist, but I’m willing to overlook the racism because it doesn’t effect me personally.” - Trump’s base
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 1, 2017
When the FBI brings Pence in for questioning, I want it to be one female agent alone in a room with him, drinking. He’ll crack in a second.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) March 31, 2017
re: #11 teleskiguy
Rick Santorum. Yeah, that’s a great guy to have a lighthearted comedic discussion about politics and government with. Rick Santorum, the guy who wants to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage.
This otherside-ism is pretty fucking maddening right now. And we’re what, how many days into the Trump Horror?
70
— Days Trump Hasn’t (@NoNukeLaunchYet) March 31, 2017
re: #13 Anymouse
Oh myyyyy! I want this to happen so badly.
My wife wrote Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) about her concerns with Judge Neil Gorsuch and her concerns about Russia’s alleged involvement in the Trump campaign being entangled.
(Sen. Fischer won’t respond to me but will respond to my wife. Something something Democratic village trustee I don’t represent Democrats)
I’m wondering if Senator Fischer is looking toward her reëlection campaign in this letter, because it sure doesn’t read like she is on the Trump Train now (indicating that Neil Gorsuch’s nomination needs to be looked at in light of the Russia allegations). On the other hand, Deb Fischer is the kind of person who would vote for Satan if he had an (R) after his name, so we’ll see.
Sen. Fischer was one of Donald Trump’s first supporters, but is up for reëlection in 2018. She responded to my wife with a link to an unclassified version of a document made available to the Senate which includes things that haven’t been covered by the media. It is quite the read. (That link is provided below in the letter)
Dear (my wife’s name that I will redact here),
Thank you for contacting me about the Supreme Court. It is good to hear from you.
Filling a vacancy for a lifetime position on the Supreme Court is a matter of great significance. Although the Constitution gives the president the authority to nominate an individual to serve on the Supreme Court, the Senate has the power to provide or withhold its “advice and consent.” I take this responsibility seriously. When reviewing a nomination for such an important position, I expect the nominee to have a keen legal mind, a clear record of applying our laws as written, and a steadfast commitment to the Constitution.On January 31, 2017, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch attended Columbia as an undergraduate before earning a law degree from Harvard and a doctorate from Oxford University. He clerked for two Supreme Court justices, worked ten years at a firm in Washington, D.C., and served in the Justice Department. Judge Gorsuch currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, a position he has held for ten years. It is critical to note that Judge Gorsuch required Senate approval before he could take a seat on the circuit court. That approval was granted by voice vote in 2006, without objection. Some very notable Democrats supported him, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden, both members of the Senate at the time.
You discussed the Supreme Court vacancy in relation to investigations concerning Russia. Both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are investigating recent reports of communications between the administration and Russian officials. I believe this is an appropriate way to address the issue, as this matter is within the jurisdiction and role of the intelligence committees in their oversight of national security and intelligence. Regarding the possibility of cyber intrusions affecting our recent election, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Director of Homeland Security issued a joint communication stating they were “confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations.” Recently, the DNI released the unclassified version of an intelligence community assessment of Russian activities and intentions in regard to recent U.S. elections. To read the report, please click on the following link: www (dot) dni (dot) gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01 (dot) pdf
I changed the dots to dots so a huge pdf file didn’t show up in this comment.
The president and Members of Congress have received classified briefings on this assessment. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I believe it is appropriate for Congress to look into the extent and source of this hacking. I also believe Congress has the capacity and specialization to investigate matters related to Russia while also reviewing Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. This nomination will be considered first by the Senate Judiciary Committee. If Judge Gorsuch’s nomination is approved in the committee, it must then be considered by the full Senate. I am looking forward to a vigorous confirmation process in the Senate.
Thank you again for contacting me. If you have additional comments or questions, I urge you to visit my website: fischer.senate.gov.
re: #14 teleskiguy
“Rick Santorum.”
I don’t believe anything that lying tool has to say. His major focus is on rights for him while punishing others who differ from himself. He should be banned from appearing on any network, program, show, etc. because he’s toxic to society.
Thread:
@Stonekettle Never said I was conservative not pro Trump. I was anti Hillary and sick of the liberal shit bring shoved down my throat.
— Shane Beard (@quicher99) April 1, 2017
Oh, we got us a Libertarian. Well, that certainly explains the part where he hates everybody. https://t.co/sNbkiT7sMn
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
Gilbert Baker, the creator of the LGBT flag, has died at age sixty-five.
bbc.com
Rainbows weep. Our world is far less colorful without you, my love. Gilbert Baker gave us the #RainbowFlag to UNITE us. #UNITE again.🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/fvviXobM0P
— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) March 31, 2017
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— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) March 31, 2017
Women Democratic Senators being denied visits with Judge Gorsuch by White House.
shareblue.com
According to Huffington Post, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have been denied meetings with Gorsuch, despite multiple requests. Duckworth’s office proposed several dates to meet with the judge, one of which he accepted and then canceled at the last minute, without offering any alternative times to meet, just a week before the Senate is scheduled to vote on his confirmation on April 7. (More at Share Blue)
As a spokesman for Duckworth’s office told Shareblue in an email:
If Judge Gorsuch had wanted to meet with the Senator, he shouldn’t have cancelled their meeting without offering any additional times that worked for him.
Meanwhile, Cortez Masto’s office was not even given that much. According to her spokesman, Rey Benitez:
“They said, ‘Give us a good reason why the judge should sit down with the senator,’” Benitez said. “That’s ridiculous that they’re asking us to do that. She’s a U.S. senator and she’s trying to do her job.”
This is the guy who plays Arrow (Oliver Queen) on The CW. He takes his job seriously.
Hey @emilybett — I call it the 8 Box Love Song. Good luck…
Forgot how much I like lima beans. Had them with dinner tonight and NOM, NOM! Will be looking for ways to incorporate them more.
re: #24 JordanRules
Forgot how much I like lima beans. Had them with dinner tonight and NOM, NOM! Will be looking for ways to incorporate them more.
< Shudder > sorry but after being in the army and getting fed the “ham and lima beans” C Ration, I’ll never be able to eat limas again.
re: #25 William Lewis
< Shudder > sorry but after being in the army and getting fed the “ham and lima beans” C Ration, I’ll never be able to eat limas again.
I liked Lima beans in the Navy: It was about the only thing the chow hall didn’t foul up.
“APRIL FO…” pic.twitter.com/b14C9Bs2qb
— SimpsonsQOTD (@SimpsonsQOTD) April 1, 2017
In case you forgot, President Bannon is still undermining government Websites by removing information:
We’re watching you, @POTUS. https://t.co/AlO1Zl1oHc
— NWLC (@nwlc) March 31, 2017
OT, but curious minds want to know…
Lizardim, can I have a show of paws… How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
re: #26 Anymouse
I liked Lima beans in the Navy: It was about the only thing the chow hall didn’t foul up.
Mess hall was one thing. To be out in the bush eating cold canned rations is another. The only one I really liked was the spaghetti but there were still things like the ham and eggs or “pound cake” that could be opened 30 years later and still be allegedly edible.
re: #29 Teukka
Only when I live somewhere there is a recycling service. Around here, it all goes to the dump so I don’t bother.
re: #29 Teukka
OT, but curious minds want to know…
Lizardim, can I have a show of paws… How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
Me, for one. Though just cans and bottles (mostly for odor control before I toss them).
re: #31 William Lewis
Only when I live somewhere there is a recycling service. Around here, it all goes to the dump so I don’t bother.
In my building, we just began with a new fraction: discarded food/compost. Muni is rolling it out. We already have glass, plastic, metal, electronics and paper.
re: #29 Teukka
OT, but curious minds want to know…
Lizardim, can I have a show of paws… How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
Recycling is not available here.
I do rinse what I throw away (such as tin cans or jars) precisely for pest control (amongst other things, the Dumpster for the houses in my area of town is right across the alley from my backyard).
We reuse what we can, since recycling is not available.
Digital clocks blinking 12:00 being right once a day and all… .
Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 31, 2017
Panic isn’t pretty. https://t.co/9GB44xDwLW
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 31, 2017
Nope - small “l” libertarian conservatives would use the money for tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, not veterans:
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Sen. Grassley demands information from the State Department about Hillary Clinton’s security clearance, because that dead horse isn’t going to flog itself.
President Bill Clinton still gets security briefings as a former president.
Grassley insists that Clinton mishandled classified information when she was Secretary of State - a conservative zombie lie that refuses to die.
You’d think that for what Mylan is charging for EpiPens now, that they would actually work …
Mylan Expands EpiPen Recall to Some Devices Distributed in the USA (goes to Bloomberg)
Mylan NV said it was expanding a recall of its EpiPen allergy injection to some lots of the device that have been distributed in the U.S., after defects were found that could keep the injectors from working in an emergency.
Mylcan called the defect “extremely rare,” and is recalling 13 lots of the pens. The company said it will replace pens from the recalled lots at no cost, and that people should keep the ones they have until they get their replacements.
(more at Bloomberg)
Perhaps Bernie needs to come down from his ivory tower and read some of these “Pity the Trump voters” articles, because then he might get an insight into just what these people really feel. Because the same theme keeps popping up in every article: “I didn’t think it would happen to me.”
“I was okay with throwing out ‘illegals,’ but I didn’t think it would happen to someone I knew/cared about.”
“I was okay with taking away healthcare from ‘those people,’ but not my healthcare!”
“I was okay with a Muslim ban, but don’t ban my love one!”
Etc, etc. They either endorsed it, made peace with it, or they lied to themselves. And you’re doing all three when you argue that they’re anything but what objective reality shows them to be.
re: #41 Targetpractice
I agree. Trump and his supporters are evidence of deeper problems in society than just out-of-work laborers not getting jobs.
The malcontentedness of the hate-right is rooted in religion and fear of people. Topics a pol like Sanders will usually not discuss.
re: #42 freetoken
I agree. Trump and his supporters are evidence of deeper problems in society than just out-of-work laborers not getting jobs.
The malcontentedness of the hate-right is rooted in religion and fear of people. Topics a pol like Sanders will usually not discuss.
Look at all the grief President Obama got over his “clinging to guns and religion” remark.
It turns out Mr. Obama was pretty much on target.
The Kremlin pulling out all the stops for Marine Le Pen:
Специально для @McFaul :)
Патриоты объединяются против либералов.
Глобалисты в печали. pic.twitter.com/EJK72BtyBq— Мария Катасонова (@KatasonovaMaria) March 24, 2017
re: #24 JordanRules
I used to cry when my mother made me eat Lima beans. I am impressed that someone in the world actually loves them!
re: #45 plansbandc
If they’re smothered in BBQ sauce I find them acceptable.
re: #44 Anymouse
The Kremlin pulling out all the stops for Marine Le Pen:
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Where did you find this? (I.e. Is this a TV spot? An Internet ad?) I really have to wonder - subtitles notwithstanding- if a Russian-language campaign ad is going to affect the choices of French voters? Or are they hoping that “favored candidate of the Kremlin” has some sort of appeal to the electorate in France (leftover communist nostalgia)??
re: #47 Jay C
I don’t see a big upside to the Kremlin with THAT ad campaign…after all, they can look across the pond and see how their preferred candidate is doing over here. I don’t see that changing a whole lot of minds in favor of Le Pen, and those that could be positively affected by it were probably already voting for her.
I’ve been wrong before.
re: #44 Anymouse
The Kremlin pulling out all the stops for Marine Le Pen:
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That presenter has the same frozen face as Ivanka when she talks. The only part of her face that moves is her mouth.
re: #47 Jay C
Where did you find this? (I.e. Is this a TV spot? An Internet ad?) I really have to wonder - subtitles notwithstanding- if a Russian-language campaign ad is going to affect the choices of French voters? Or are they hoping that “favored candidate of the Kremlin” has some sort of appeal to the electorate in France (leftover communist nostalgia)??
I found it on Twitter. I don’t know if it is being used as a television spot in Russia or France. (I don’t know if it would be legal in France or not.)
re: #45 plansbandc
I used to cry when my mother made me eat Lima beans. I am impressed that someone in the world actually loves them!
Lima beans with garlic butter — mmm-good! It all depends on how they are cooked and how they are seasoned. Limas straight from the can are bleah.
re: #49 wheat-dogg
I was thinking it was animated for exactly that reason…that’s not JUST uncanny valley, they dug a mine in the middle of the valley and found her.
re: #51 wheat-dogg
Lima beans with garlic butter — mmm-good! It all depends on how they are cooked and how they are seasoned. Limas straight from the can are bleah.
Would a nice Chianti help? < whistles innocently >
Ruminating on my father’s death forty-nine years ago, I came across a quote I’ve heard many times:
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an amount of “up to and including my life.”
I’ve wondered where that quote came from before, so I went searching. The Honolulu Advertiser claims it comes from Gene Castagnetti, Director of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com
(Link has an article about a 2008 Veterans Day ceremony given in Honolulu at which he said this.)
re: #53 William Lewis
Would a nice Chianti help? < whistles innocently >
A nice Chianti always helps. :D
re: #55 wheat-dogg
A nice Chianti always helps. :D
Cheap liquor (Joshua Brook whiskey) and lemonade Kool-Aid. Dinner of champions.
re: #56 Anymouse
Cheap liquor (Joshua Brook whiskey) and lemonade Kool-Aid. Dinner of champions.
I just had amaretto and Coke.
re: #57 wheat-dogg
I just had amaretto and Coke.
Bleah.
I just sent out my monthly E-mail denoting flag holidays in April (Easter is the only day designated in the Flag Code). I’ll leave aside for now my opinion on religious holidays being designated in the US Flag Code as particular days for displaying the flag. (I guess that sentence pretty much describes my opinion on that.)
Easter occurs this year on April 16, if you are a person who is interested in days the flag should be displayed.
A dirty rotten job, but someone in the village has to be the person in charge of ensuring the village’s flags are properly displayed (so they gave that job to the uber-leftie socialist because I don’t know why).
re: #29 Teukka
How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
We don’t rinse
re: #57 wheat-dogg
Wrong time zone for alcohol right now. Good Morning From SoCal. Up waay early, off to a drone video shoot of a property surrounded by national forest. Gonna catch the sunrise and then the rest of the place.
re: #61 Unshaken Defiance
Wrong time zone for alcohol right now. Good Morning From SoCal. Up waay early, off to a drone video shoot of a property surrounded by national forest. Gonna catch the sunrise and then the rest of the place.
That depends on the hours you keep. The sun is just coming up in mythical Mountain Time Zone, which is the end of my day. Drinking is on the schedule.
Looking at my agenda for Monday’s meeting, it would appear that people in the village are going to question my signing of a contract for fifty thousand dollars for an iron company to inspect and incorporate corrections to our village water tower. Just reading the agenda is reason for me to be lubricating my brain cells with alcohol.
re: #10 Anymouse
Shouldn’t have to worry to much about Federal water regulations in the future - Trump’s going to cancel them all.
re: #10 Anymouse
Aside from that, today is the forty-ninth anniversary of my father’s death in Vietnam.
Sending a long distance hug from Los Angeles, fella!
Monday would have been my Dad’s 97th birthday. Dad, trust me! You and Mom are in a far better place where you don’t have to see what a fuck-up Trump is!
Four years ago today, according to Facebook, I unloaded on politically active Lubbockites with this message. I was still doing the radio show then and was about fed up with the callers.
I don’t have any more respect for Lubbock’s two major political parties than I would for 2 rival gangs of drug dealers, maybe less. No drug dealer called me on the air and tried to contradict and “correct” me with alleged facts he had obviously just pulled out of his…….endless store of lies and misinformation. A certain neo-confederate Republican made a habit of that. This was the same one who thinks the Israeli Mossad should be investigated for complicity in the 1993 WTC bombing. On the other side, no drug dealer or other criminal came on and lied about the content of statements I had just made to thousands of people. A certain Occupy/Dem moonbat did just that, in the apparent belief that insulting me and making an ass of himself on the air was more rewarding than having my support or anyone else’s. And they wonder why nobody takes them seriously: The condederate nutburgers of the GOP wonder why Obama got re-elected and the trustafarian moonbats on the other side of the asylum wonder how tea party conservatives keep getting elected in this part of the country. A pox on both their (nut) houses.
NYTimes: Who’s Worth What at the White House: The Financial Disclosures
The Trump administration released the financial disclosure forms from members of the White House staff. Here is some of what they reveal.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner still benefit from their real estate empires.
■ The president’s daughter and son-in-law will remain the beneficiaries of a sprawling real estate and investment business still worth as much as $740 million, despite their new government responsibilities.
■ Ms. Trump will maintain a stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
■ Mr. Kushner’s financial disclosures said that Ms. Trump earned from $1 million to $5 million from January 2016 to March 2017, and puts the value of her stake at $5 million to $25 million.
That’s just the daughter and son-in-law, folks. There’s much, much more at the article….
re: #45 plansbandc
I used to cry when my mother made me eat Lima beans. I am impressed that someone in the world actually loves them!
Lima’s are my favorite. There have been times in my life that a can of Lima’s were dinner, and that was just fine with me.
re: #9 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, of course, man. He shipped them to Syria! Or Iran. One o’ them.
There are sites out in the dodgyerparts of RWNJLand that claim we found them and and, ah fuckit, and something was proven.
The Wife With a Purpose airhead has made the NY Post
This young mom is the face of Mormonism’s hateful alt-right https://t.co/muer7P8rDA
— Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) March 31, 2017
re: #11 teleskiguy
Speaking of Bill Maher, he’s an asshole and can go fuck himself.
It’s like springtime, someone compliments Maher on being the blind squirrel and finding an insightful nugget and TeliskiGuy will post another clip of Maher being an asshole.
re: #10 Anymouse
Aside from that, today is the forty-ninth anniversary of my father’s death in Vietnam.
God rest his soul. One of the terrible things about war is how unevenly the burden falls, and how it falls hardest on the innocent.
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re: #25 William Lewis
< Shudder > sorry but after being in the army and getting fed the “ham and lima beans” C Ration, I’ll never be able to eat limas again.
I remember opening a can of C-rat limas and it contained: 1 (one) lima bean, one floating globule of fat, and water. No ham, but that lack wasn’t really unexpected. I began calling them “no ham and one motherfucker”.
re: #45 plansbandc
I used to cry when my mother made me eat Lima beans. I am impressed that someone in the world actually loves them!
Mom KNEW how to make them taste good. After she cooked and drained them, she put them in a bowl, added a pat of butter, Good Season’s Italian dressing and a sprinkle of Romano cheese. She made them real tasty.
My brother in law DETESTED lima beans. He would always only eat one. Meanwhile I loved Mom’s doctoring them! Brother in law always sneered when I did that.
re: #78 wheat-dogg
Nice reference to Josephine Baker in there.
Definitely; I remember reading somewhere that Ms. Baker is one of her biggest inspirations.
re: #79 Dr Lizardo
Definitely; I remember reading somewhere that Ms. Baker is one of her biggest inspirations.
I just read up on Ms Francis. Totally new to me, as is the genre of electro-swing. Who knew there was such a thing? I like it!
it is awake:
When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and @NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
It is the same Fake News Media that said there is “no path to victory for Trump” that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
it is awake:
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LOL. Turns out the “path to victory” WAS the Russian scam.
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
it is awake:
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Yep, President Pee Pee is awake and he’s in his patented 100% Bullshitting Liar mode!
re: #84 jeffreyw
Mom detested canned vegetables except for Green Giant Mexicorn. She always bought fresh or frozen vegetables. Once we were at a wedding dinner and there were canned peas on the plate. I still remember Mom growling about that afterwards…
Yup. pic.twitter.com/AKGZYsKHdD
— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) April 1, 2017
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
And this place always gets the dirty end of all of the pranks of April Fools Day.
re: #35 Anymouse
Digital clocks blinking 12:00 being right once a day and all… .
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He isn’t right because this isn’t panic. It’s just more Trump/Putin agitprop throwing even more shit into the blender. It’s almost as obvious as that Trump tax return plant that Rachael Maddow fell for.
re: #47 Jay C
Where did you find this? (I.e. Is this a TV spot? An Internet ad?) I really have to wonder - subtitles notwithstanding- if a Russian-language campaign ad is going to affect the choices of French voters? Or are they hoping that “favored candidate of the Kremlin” has some sort of appeal to the electorate in France (leftover communist nostalgia)??
It worked here, didn’t it?
re: #85 Joe Bacon
Mom detested canned vegetables except for Green Giant Mexicorn. She always bought fresh or frozen vegetables. Once we were at a wedding dinner and there were canned peas on the plate. I still remember Mom growling about that afterwards…
There is no good reason to ever buy canned peas. I go with canned green beans over frozen, though.
re: #66 Eric The Fruit Bat
NYTimes: Who’s Worth What at the White House: The Financial Disclosures
The Trump administration released the financial disclosure forms from members of the White House staff. Here is some of what they reveal.
That’s just the daughter and son-in-law, folks. There’s much, much more at the article….
And the daughter has put her business into a revocable trust run by - go ahead, take a wild ass guess - the Kushner siblings.
re: #64 Joe Bacon
Sending a long distance hug from Los Angeles, fella!
Monday would have been my Dad’s 97th birthday. Dad, trust me! You and Mom are in a far better place where you don’t have to see what a fuck-up Trump is!
If my father was alive today, he would be seventy-eight years old. He died when he was twenty-eight.
@Stonekettle Says the guy with the avatar with a Hitler mustache. Nice Ad Hominem on @quicher99. This is why society hates and rejects people like you.
— Keith A. Hanson (@wntkkeith) April 1, 2017
You have to wonder about a conservative dude who blew up my picture so he could, you know, study my mustache
What?
I’m just sayin— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
I’m a little flattered to be honest. https://t.co/AKYJ0gfNST
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
@rubinsafaya @Stonekettle @quicher99 I don’t measure my worth as a person by how many anonymous jagoffs follow me on Twitter. Sorry, but I just don’t give a shit.
— Keith A. Hanson (@wntkkeith) April 1, 2017
And yet … here he is. Giving enough of a shit to reply
Ain’t he cute, Folks. Let’s give him a big hand.
No?
How about just a finger? https://t.co/vvYfkvqWRQ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And just for the record, it’s a 70s Porn Star Mustache, not a Hitler Mustache.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
Another regretful Trump voter, disappointed that Trump didn’t keep his promise to replace Obamacare with “something terrific.”
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
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@Stonekettle You realize if Sam Elliott gets involved it’s Game Over.
— P Shaw Alexander (@jeditigger) April 1, 2017
We all live in fearful admiration of Sam Elliot’s mustache. https://t.co/jviQlulujQ
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 1, 2017
@JuddLegum Don’t summon her
— Elizabeth Eromosele (@eromolizzy) March 31, 2017
Chair @LamarSmithTX21: “Dr. Mann’s hypocrisy was on full public display” @ Wednesday’s hearing. READ: https://t.co/JIXmfJIn4w
— Sci,Space,&Tech Cmte (@HouseScience) March 31, 2017
A federal twitter account, run by @HouseScience, is personally attacking a #climate scientist and using right-wing propaganda to do it. https://t.co/VKgfhMnKTn
— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) March 31, 2017
re: #95 Big Beautiful Door
Another regretful Trump voter, disappointed that Trump didn’t keep his promise to replace Obamacare with “something terrific.”
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Underwood’s feelings about the bill, however, are complex. She wants a replacement for Obamacare, but she wasn’t pleased with the AHCA either. “I didn’t really have strong, preconceived notions of how Washington would accomplish this,” she said. “If that means more government spending to make that happen or more free market enterprise options, it is more or less irrelevant to me. I just wanted to make it happen.”
Aaargh!
Driftglass calls out David Brooks’s endless “both siderism”:
David Brooks Is Feeling Guilty So We All Have to Pay
The problem, as Mr. David Brooks fucking well knows-but-will-never-say is that his Movement and his political party and his propaganda engines have all gone straight to the devil, on purpose. They’re all nuts. They have Brexited from the Enlightenment and they no longer honor the coins of that realm.
But of course Mr. Brooks’ is so deeply in hock to that Movement and that political party and that media that he cannot even hint that any of this is true. So he must lie continually (hence the obsessive Both Siderism) in the full knowledge that he is lying (hence the guilt.)
Secular philosophies that grew out of the Enlightenment have fallen apart.
No they haven’t. For the last 30 years they have been taking a shit-ton of incoming fire from the ghouls and con men who run Mr. Brooks’ Republican party, but the fundamentals of the Enlightenment aren’t going anywhere.
More at Driftglass, who had the insight to include the theme to Super Chicken.
More:
And here comes the Both Siderism…
We haven’t entered the age of milquetoast bourgeois relativism. Instead, society has become a free-form demolition derby of moral confrontation: the cold-eyed fanaticism of students at Middlebury College and other campuses nationwide; the rage of the alt-right; holy wars over transgender bathrooms; the furious intensity at every town-hall meeting on every subject.
Got that?
Students protesting “Bell Curve” Murray at one campus = “campuses nationwide” = the American fascists who now occupy the White House. And “holy wars over transgender bathrooms” = millions of Americans who are terrified and furious that the Randites and fascists who now run the government of the United States are trying to strip them of their health care.
It is the same Fake News Media that said there is “no path to victory for Trump” that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Again, Mr President, it is the FBI & House & Senate Intel Cmtes that are investigating Russia story. We are covering their investigations https://t.co/Itw7fZnoPZ
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 1, 2017
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@EPAScottPruitt: States have no obligation to comply with the CPP. The days of coercive federalism are over. https://t.co/bv2ideQlzt
— Sci,Space,&Tech Cmte (@HouseScience) March 31, 2017
re: #96 wheat-dogg
Not enough updings….
re: #105 Eric The Fruit Bat
Not enough updings….
You’re welcome. And if you want to see the whole movie, i found it on YouTube with English subtitles.
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Love the, “Again, Mr. President.” But I’d have added a “yet.” “Yet again, Mr. President.”
Which is one of the 5,000 reasons there are many things I should not be put in charge of.
Church destroyed, dozens of homes damaged after a possible tornado strikes the Virginia Beach area. https://t.co/iSvJUvdJKK
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2017
News reports say a church was destroyed and dozens of homes damaged after a possible tornado whipped through the Virginia Beach area.
The Virginian-Pilot reported that severe storms on Friday night struck the Hampton Roads region, which includes the cities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk. The newspaper quoted fire department officials in Virginia Beach as saying that about 50 homes there were damaged or destroyed.
The newspaper quoted National Weather Service official as saying that teams would be sent to the area Saturday to assess damage and try to confirm whether a tornado had touched down.
In the city of Chesapeake, the Real Life Christian Church was heavily damaged.
There were no reports of injuries or deaths.
Staff of the White House chief technology officer has gone from 24 before the election to, by Friday, only 1 https://t.co/e0DCKQ3A56
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 1, 2017
re: #106 wheat-dogg
You’re welcome. And if you want to see the whole movie, i found it on YouTube with English subtitles.
I just showed this clip to my 82-yr old mother. She was just floored by it. She’s watching the whole movie now-I installed a Roku streaming stick on the back of her TV a while back…..
re: #29 Teukka
OT, but curious minds want to know…
Lizardim, can I have a show of paws… How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
absolutely rinse or wash if it was greasy. And meat scraps go into the freezer until garbage-taking-out time. I don’t have rats nor do I want to encourage them.
re: #29 Teukka
OT, but curious minds want to know…
Lizardim, can I have a show of paws… How many of you rinse what you recycle as a first stage pest control (hot or cold water doesn’t matter)?
I usually rinse if I recycle and often if I don’t
Three arrested in fiery I-85 collapse https://t.co/LvNRuVsVTf pic.twitter.com/2o9wrk6yVz
— AJC (@ajc) April 1, 2017
Obviously a joke, but I want one now:
store.google.com
re: #110 Eric The Fruit Bat
I just showed this clip to my 82-yr old mother. She was just floored by it. She’s watching the whole movie now-I installed a Roku streaming stick on the back of her TV a while back…..
Cool! I’m watching it too. I’m a sucker for underdog high school musical group movies.
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
A tornado struck Virginia Beach? Well, I’m glad I am in a safe part of the country now (Nebraska). /s
Seriously though, I hope the people whose homes were impacted can find help and consideration from their neighbours.
As for the church that was hit, how could that happen? Wouldn’t God protect his own? (Okay, snark here, but still… .)
“Though he has almost no China background, Jared Kushner… is leading the US preparation for next week’s meeting.” https://t.co/l83h6G8m6a
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 1, 2017
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
Are there going to be any arrests for storing highly flammable materials underneath an interstate highway? Who’s stuff was it?
Senators grilled President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Air Force on Thursday over $450,000 in alleged improper payments her private consulting firm collected from Energy Department laboratories, but their questions and Heather Wilson’s answers did little to shed additional light on the matter.The consulting agreement in question dates to seven years ago, but several lawmakers pursued it on the grounds that it was relevant to her role in overseeing acquisition and contracting, one of the primary responsibilities of any military service secretary.
Wilson said Thursday that the deal was made after the president of the Sandia National Laboratory offered her a full-time position. She concluded the job was “not a good fit” for the time commitment she was willing to make, so the two settled instead on a “quarter-time” arrangement in which her sole-proprietorship consulting firm was paid $10,000 for 50 hours of her work each month.
According to the Energy Department’s inspector general, contracting officers at Sandia ran afoul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by not requiring Wilson’s firm to document any of the work she performed or the time she spent on the contracts; in some cases, the invoices her firm submitted said nothing more than “consulting services.”
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
What could possibly go wrong?
re: #121 GlutenFreeJesus
What could possibly go wrong?
Kushner: “Order Chinese food from the nearest restaurant so Xi has a taste of home while he’s here.”
re: #119 stpaulbear
Are there going to be any arrests for storing highly flammable materials underneath an interstate highway? Who’s stuff was it?
The Department of Transportation’s and it had been there for like 10 years.
re: #121 GlutenFreeJesus
What could possibly go wrong?
You don’t need knowledge of China to negotiate with China. Conservative religion is sufficient; why do you libtards hate America? /s
can’t. stop. laughing.
When you’re totally feeling it, but your partner just isn’t. pic.twitter.com
When you’re totally feeling it, but your partner just isn’t. pic.twitter.com/zGjm2vfsen
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) April 1, 2017
re: #119 stpaulbear
Are there going to be any arrests for storing highly flammable materials underneath an interstate highway? Who’s stuff was it?
Before the arrests, attention turned Friday to the piles of supplies stashed beneath the highway. Russell McMurray, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, said his agency owns the property and the material — some of it high-density plastic — had been there as long as 10 or 11 years. He said, however, that it was not combustible and posed no threat in itself.
“It’s no different than having a plastic cup in your cupboard,” McMurray said. “It needs something to ignite.”
Atlanta Fire Chief Joel Baker said he wasn’t sure how hot the fire would have to be to cause the bridge collapse, but said the stored material helped it get there.
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
And how much stuff was lost or stolen over the years while it was being stored there? Don’t they have an auditor or something in charge of inventory control who had a problem with that amount of equipment/supplies being stored in such an insecure fashion?
re: #127 Timothy Watson
And how much stuff was lost or stolen over the years while it was being stored there? Don’t they have an auditor or something in charge of inventory control who had a problem with that amount of equipment/supplies being stored in such an insecure fashion?
good thing there were homeless people to blame….
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OT: E-mails pouring in from people I don’t know sending condolences on the death of my father forty-nine years ago in the Vietnam War.
On one hand that seems a bit creepy (how’d they get my E-mail address)
On the second hand, it is comforting to know that people care
On the third hand, Sons and Daughters In Touch (the organisation that represents the children of people who were killed in the Vietnam War) has not sent anything (something something you’re a liberal commie socialist America-hater).
Big @emilysteel @nytmike scoop: They reveal that Bill O’Reilly and Fox have settled multiple sexual harassment suits https://t.co/w5Xhl6rF9L
— Yashar (@yashar) April 1, 2017
Last time O’Reilly dealt with major harassment allegations was 2004, pre social media. Prediction: he won’t be able to withstand this. https://t.co/OSPiXmwg8W
— Yashar (@yashar) April 1, 2017
Good morning!
more cuteness
😸🎈😽🎈😻🎈😸🎈😽🎈😻🎈 pic.twitter.com/MKraPegfHb
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) April 1, 2017
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thank you. We all need a little cuteness. :)
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
Since Trump proved that the only thing you need to be president is the backing of Russia, the only thing you need to be an expert is to be married to his favorite daughter.
deep thoughts…..
The failing @nytimes finally gets it - “In places where no insurance company offers plans, there will be no way for ObamaCare customers to..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
…use subsidies to buy health plans.” In other words, Ocare is dead. Good things will happen, however, either with Republicans or Dems.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
deep thoughts…..
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You know who else uses subsidies? Donald Trump and his family of grifters. It’s their business model.
.@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan. @justinamash is a big liability.#TrumpTrain, defeat him in primary.
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) April 1, 2017
Top Trump aide calls for primary of Freedom Caucus member https://t.co/TDTNaPh957
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 1, 2017
The GOP Circular Firing Squad tickets are going to sell out fast.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
can’t. stop. laughing.
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Yeah, one of those birds is being a dick. Which is why I prefer Lorikeets:
Anybody else notice the dumpster fire that is Ring of Fire network: half their personalities are on RT America?
They’re full on Berniestans and hate Hillary.
Noted.
Imma guessing nobody is babysitting him today.
Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Hey, remember when POTUS said anonymous sources couldn’t be trusted? https://t.co/g3KWzU6i7a
— Bradley P. Moss, Esq (@BradMossEsq) April 1, 2017
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
..not associated with Russia. Trump team spied on before he was nominated.” If this is true, does not get much bigger. Would be sad for U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
re: #119 stpaulbear
Are there going to be any arrests for storing highly flammable materials underneath an interstate highway? Who’s stuff was it?
Burning PVC can’t melt concrete. Wake up sheeple!
re: #110 Eric The Fruit Bat
I just showed this clip to my 82-yr old mother. She was just floored by it. She’s watching the whole movie now-I installed a Roku streaming stick on the back of her TV a while back…..
I liked the movie so much I ordered the DVD from Amazon. $22.99 — only 2 left in stock now!
amazon.com
Be sure to order through LGF.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Come on, Kushner’s got this all under control.
Did I say Kushner. I meant Bannon.
And by Bannon, I mean dumpster fire to sabotage functioning government.
re: #96 wheat-dogg
I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole of swing music, and found this gem, an excerpt from a 2004 Japanese comedy about some delinquent high school girls who end up becoming a swing band.
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According to the notes, the actresses are really performing the music, not synching to another band.
I lived in a tiny rural town in northern Japan for a couple of years and was invited to play guitar with a local swing band. Mostly farmers, small-business owners, and local government employees, they were really good—mostly just from their high school days. I was the one faking it most of the time (rock background).
Trump’s busy deflecting.
Things he and the GOP can’t explain:
Thing the GOP can’t explain:
How and why did Trump and his cronies amend GOP platform to weaken support for Ukraine benefiting Russia?— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 1, 2017
Why the heck did the GOP platform suddenly get a whole lot more pro-Putin the moment Trump began digging into the platform process? That’s a statement of intentions from the GOP, and they went from supporting Ukraine to taking a pro-Putin position.
That’s, um…. what’s the word I’m looking for…. suspicious given how Trump’s ongoing statements, positions, and actions have been to inure benefit to Putin and Russia.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
So cute, gets me laughing!
THREAD: Multiple reports say that POTUS wants to see raw intelligence, here’s why that’s a huge mistake pic.twitter.com/WtyY4A2Ok3
— Nada Bakos (@nadabakos) April 1, 2017
Imagine raw data claiming IS has nuclear tech. Trump decides to bomb. The nuclear tech is a cathode ray tube (piece Trump ignores).
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 1, 2017
re: #147 lawhawk
Come on, Kushner’s got this all under control.
Did I say Kushner. I meant Bannon.
And by Bannon, I mean dumpster fire to sabotage functioning government.
Is it culturally/religiously insensitive to suggest starting a GoFundMe for a Sabbos goy so we don’t all die?
Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
@realDonaldTrump Our so-called president is still getting all his intelligence information from Fox News. https://t.co/Yg4G5o6xS0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 1, 2017
re: #148 Barefoot Grin
I lived in a tiny rural town in northern Japan for a couple of years and was invited to play guitar with a local swing band. Mostly farmers, small-business owners, and local government employees, they were really good—mostly just from their high school days. I was the one faking it most of the time (rock background).
Not much to do in the winter in small town Japan, I guess. ;-)
I was really surprised during my travels there by all the jazz playing in bars, cafes, and restaurants as background music. In China, you might hear bossa nova, but never bebop, cool jazz, big band, or any other variety of jazz.
re: #153 Charles Johnson
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Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
You’re an embarrassment. You realize, if true, you’re verifying leaked classified information, right? Resign and turn yourself in, Biff. https://t.co/62omCMu5Zq
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 1, 2017
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
I honestly believe he forgets he’s the President, you know? Like he’s just some rich schlub commenting on what he hears on the TV, which has no real consequences, except that Presidents are not supposed to do that, and when they do, it has consequences.
Sooner or later, he’s going to tweet out an accidental confession of some crime he committed.
re: #156 wheat-dogg
The truth is that President Pee Pee is just as dumb as the typical mark that watches 19th Century Fox!
Exclusive footage of Jared Kushner dealing with his 7 important federal jobs! https://t.co/SVnqXLy66c
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 1, 2017
re: #156 wheat-dogg
I honestly believe he forgets he’s the President, you know? Like he’s just some rich schlub commenting on what he hears on the TV, which has no real consequences, except that President are not supposed to do that, and when they do, it has consequences.
Sooner or later, he’s going to tweet out an accidental confession of some crime he committed.
Sooner or later, he’s going to tweet out some highly classified, top secret SIGINT or HUMINT info. He can’t keep his mouth shut; he’s the type that if he finds out something big, he just has to tell somebody.
re: #159 Dr Lizardo
Sooner or later, he’s going to tweet out some highly classified, top secret SIGINT or HUMINT info. He can’t keep his mouth shut; he’s the type that if he finds out something big, he just has to tell somebody.
Just like when he first heard about Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, or Abraham Lincoln!
Russians used ‘Bernie Bros’ as ‘unwitting agents’ in disinformation campaign: Senate Intel witness https://t.co/j7FxLUdpfg pic.twitter.com/Oe370ImPh3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 30, 2017
The best thing about this tweet is that the comments are full of angry BorBusters who *still believe crazy Clinton conspiracy theories. 🙃 https://t.co/zV4OT2fr8t
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 1, 2017
re: #154 wheat-dogg
Not much to do in the winter in small town Japan, I guess. ;-)
I was really surprised during my travels there by all the jazz playing in bars, cafes, and restaurants as background music. In China, you might hear bossa nova, but never bebop, cool jazz, big band, or any other variety of jazz.
You made me google my college friend who spent time there off and on playing jazz piano in bars. I see he wrote a book on it, sort of. Sounds more scholarly than I remember his stories as being. And he teaches at a Midwestern college.
Thanks for the rabbit hole!
re: #152 Timothy Watson
..not associated with Russia. Trump team spied on before he was nominated.” If this is true, does not get much bigger. Would be sad for U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Shabbat twitter is the worst twitter https://t.co/BduFyDx2s4
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 1, 2017
re: #158 Charles Johnson
Jared has agreed, perhaps unwittingly, to be the scapegoat if something bad goes down on his watch.
Melania made a good decision to stay away from the White Madhouse.
.@NANCYPELOSI: @MaxineWaters is strong, effective. That makes her a target… They picked the wrong person with Maxine. #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/iLQyZnuwWq
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) April 1, 2017
re: #163 wrenchwench
You made me google my college friend who spent time there off and on playing jazz piano in bars. I see he wrote a book on it, sort of. Sounds more scholarly than I remember his stories as being. And he teaches at a Midwestern college.
Thanks for the rabbit hole!
My pleasure!
The anti-vax rally in front of the WH is very small. Chanting: “Awake, united, we’re not going away.” pic.twitter.com/6Q9H0tKqT7
— Rebecca Robbins (@RebeccaDRobbins) March 31, 2017
Ironic that George Washington is on an anti-science anti-vax banner - he had the Continental Army vaccinated against smallpox https://t.co/trVgMGv2xh
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 31, 2017
Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Where’s the part where you remind us never to believe anonymous sources, Hypocrite? #FakeTrump https://t.co/aTrOaRVFuS
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 1, 2017
re: #154 wheat-dogg
Not much to do in the winter in small town Japan, I guess. ;-)
I was really surprised during my travels there by all the jazz playing in bars, cafes, and restaurants as background music. In China, you might hear bossa nova, but never bebop, cool jazz, big band, or any other variety of jazz.
That’s exactly right. I had a fairly low salary and still came home with quite a bit of savings because there was nothing to do—nothing but travel to spend on. As for jazz, I know that US jazz musicians love playing Germany and Japan because of the depth of knowledge of the fans. How about China?
re: #167 wheat-dogg
Dr Lizardo’s #74 got me started on my excursion down swing time lane: from Alice Francis, I went on to discover electro-swing and Pavel Stelar’s dubbing over Fred Astaire dance routines, then into straight swing jazz, and finally Swing Girls. Not bad for a free evening — new music and a cute movie I’ll probably watch again.
Here is Stelar’s Booty Swing, played over Fred and Ginger in Swing Time.
Breitbart “News” says the Trump gang is now basing decisions on articles by Rage Furby Chuck C. Johnson. pic.twitter.com/bnTcgHbD2U
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 1, 2017
For some reason all three news networks are carrying a Pence speech in Ohio. MSNBC pulled the cameras back and showed there are probably fewer than 100 people there.
I’m ready for “April Fool’s Day” to go away for good. Never been fond of this tradition.
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
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..not associated with Russia. Trump team spied on before he was nominated.” If this is true, does not get much bigger. Would be sad for U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Shabbat twitter is the worst twitter https://t.co/BduFyDx2s4
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) April 1, 2017
re: #170 Barefoot Grin
That’s exactly right. I had a fairly low salary and still came home with quite a bit of savings because there was nothing to do—nothing but travel to spend on. As for jazz, I know that US jazz musicians love playing Germany and Japan because of the depth of knowledge of the fans. How about China?
Pretty much what I do here, too, because my town does not have a lot of stuff to do in the evenings.
China is behind the times when it comes to jazz. There are clubs in the big cities like Shanghai, but not in the hinterlands where I live. So, any jazz musicians typically hit only the big cities. My favorite Japanese drummer, Senri Kawaguchi, did a China tour last year and did hit Chengdu (capital of Sichuan province) and Xi’an (capital of Sha’anxi province), but not MY capital city. I was bummed.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ironic that George Washington is on an anti-science anti-vax banner - he had the Continental Army vaccinated against smallpox
Washington himself was apparently rendered sterile after he contracted smallpox as a teenager.
re: #178 Timothy Watson
He also lost his teeth from the same disease.
For those wondering, I slept well even tho I stayed up late watching the #msstate upset of UConn. #cowbell. Don’t feel sleepy at all though
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) April 1, 2017
Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: “Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
Imagine being president, with access to classified info, and deciding instead to watch Fox’s morning show. https://t.co/GZ1zDqYpnj
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 1, 2017
This morning I hit the First Saturday (of each month) garage sale at a local church and picked up 2 CDs: music from The Devil’s Toothpick, only because it has Gilberto Gil on it, and one of my customers has a Gilberto Gil icon on his bicycle, so I’ve made a point to listen to him at my few opportunities, and Steal This Disc 2. A buck a piece! How could I not?!?! (Of course, that ‘reasoning’ did not apply to the other 150 CDs they had for sale.) Then I peaked in at ‘my coffee shop’. The ‘good partner’ from the old version has taken over the property, as it was supposed to happen on this date. He’s planning to open at the middle of the month. Yay! He even has the big sign with the new name ready to be hanged.
re: #153 Charles Johnson
Trump leaks some BS story to Fox. Fox reports it. Trump tweets it as earth shattering news.
Rinse and repeat until the country is in ruins.
.@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan. @justinamash is a big liability.#TrumpTrain, defeat him in primary.
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) April 1, 2017
Trump admin & Establishment have merged into #Trumpstablishment. Same old agenda: Attack conservatives, libertarians & independent thinkers. https://t.co/ALcV59iHXx
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) April 1, 2017
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ready! Fire! Aim!!
Heh. The GOP civil war seems to brewing quite nicely.
Good.
Later; off to the movies.
William T. Coleman Jr., a brilliant lawyer who broke race barriers in court and cabinet, is dead at 96 https://t.co/3ZIGwpJDhT
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 1, 2017
re: #188 Dr Lizardo
It’s all a bunch of purity ponies who are fighting to see who can take the most stuff away from grandma.
Trump/Ryan: We can take away coverage from 24 million
Amash/Free-dumb caucus: We can take away more; you’re leaving some stuff in govt control.
Trump/Ryan: But we’ve got shiny tax cuts for millionaires
Amash/Free-dumb: Too much goes to the poors. Do more or else we wont vote.
Trump/GOP caucus: BUT WE WANT OBAMACARE REPEALED NOW!!! WAAAH!
All: It’s YOUR fault Democrats. If you didn’t pass this law, we wouldn’t be here demanding slashing and burning all of Medicare/Medicaid and taking coverage away from millions. If we had our way, they’d never had gotten the coverage in the first place!
re: #96 wheat-dogg
I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole of swing music, and found this gem, an excerpt from a 2004 Japanese comedy about some delinquent high school girls who end up becoming a swing band.
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According to the notes, the actresses are really performing the music, not synching to another band.
Cool. I went down the rabbit hole a bit too and ran into this:
The movie got bad reviews but this sequence is cool to me. Hamburg, 1939, when Swing could cost you…
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
@Stonekettle It’s more of a Chaplin mustache anyway. pic.twitter.com/hUWUJPeWnE
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) April 1, 2017
re: #165 wheat-dogg
Jared has agreed, perhaps unwittingly, to be the scapegoat if something bad goes down on his watch.
Melania made a good decision to stay away from the White Madhouse.
Too bad that decision is costing us $500,000 per day.
re: #151 lawhawk
He wants to be able to burn US assets.
Imagine raw data claiming IS has nuclear tech. Trump decides to bomb. The nuclear tech is a cathode ray tube (piece Trump ignores).
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 1, 2017
@lawhawk He wants to be able to burn US intel assets. https://t.co/8B4dSh2DmX
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) April 2, 2017
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