Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page declines to say who brought him into the campaign, but says it wasn’t Paul Manafort https://t.co/pY7vXSA5rG
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 12, 2017
Dude who got monitored under a FISA won’t say who hired him “out of respect for their privacy.”
LOL as if any of this is private now… https://t.co/zdzfAFWqHr— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 12, 2017
It was Jeff Sessions who brought him in.
NEW: Spicer reached out to Sheldon Adelson’s office and “said he made a terrible mistake+ apologized if he was offensive,” per Adelson spox
— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) April 11, 2017
The rule is not “apologize to the richest Jew you can think of” https://t.co/t3JQuL4DhP
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) April 11, 2017
This is one of my favorite Geils tunes, and it rarely gets any radio run at all.https://t.co/80nLfrnaH4
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 12, 2017
I’ve come to the conclusion that the song I’ve marginally had stuck in my head recently is a result of the Mandela Effect. I know it’s a song, I know that I’ve heard it more than once. But I can find no evidence that the song actually exists.
If anyone wants to prove the Mandela Effect false, I’m still kinda looking for a song with a line along the lines of “she wears a red fascinator.” I am fairly certain that it’s one of those uptempo blues style songs (think Joe Cocker).
UPDATE: 2 more officers involved in removing a #Kentucky doctor from a #United flight placed on leave. https://t.co/VBkMwAthnP pic.twitter.com/apm33pmTQa
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) April 12, 2017
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the removal of a passenger who was dragged off a United Express flight in Chicago (all times local):
4 p.m.
Two more airport police officers involved in dragging a passenger off a United Express flight at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport have been placed on leave.
The announcement Wednesday from the city’s Aviation Department comes two days after another officer involved in the Sunday night confrontation was put on leave.
The department said it is continuing its investigation.
Dr. David Dao was forcibly removed from a full flight after refusing to relinquish his seat. On Thursday, the city’s aviation commissioner is expected to address a city council committee about the incident.
Video of the incident has been shown around the world. The head of United’s parent company has scrambled to contain the damage to the carrier’s reputation.
Meanwhile, attorneys for Dao took a step toward legal action Wednesday by filing court papers asking the Cook County court to preserve reports and other material related to the incident.
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It was Jeff Sessions who brought him in.
Page will fold, has no loyalty and will do anything to save jail time IMHO
Best comment: “They’d have better luck if they put his picture on bottles of Jameson Irish whiskey”
Reward offered for whereabouts of crust-faced Donald Trump henchman Steve Bannon, last seen following order to polish axles of Trump’s bus. pic.twitter.com/QWLGdJPtzu
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) April 12, 2017
Excellent article by rick pearlstein
I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong. https://t.co/VKvMk8PerB
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) April 12, 2017
T-minus 20 minutes to whatever #NorthKorea asked journalists to mass for at 6:20 a.m. PYT (GMT+8:30).
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) April 12, 2017
We’ve been told to be ready to move out at 620am, but no idea why. Also, no cell phones allowed. #Pyongyang #Dprk pic.twitter.com/DO1yziIEMq
— Jeremy Koh (@JeremyKohCNA) April 12, 2017
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
@APCentralRegion So, when are you guys gonna dig through their past for every overdue library book and speeding ticket?
— Glock H. Palin, Esq. (@GlockPalin) April 12, 2017
Impotent buffoon Donald Trump assailed for breaking multiple promises in one day.
Marshal Kim Jong-Un has only one promise for US citizens. pic.twitter.com/7JAXW0gSyD— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) April 12, 2017
And here, a sitting U.S. president explains how he was tutored on geopolitics by a sitting Chinese president. https://t.co/K7gD2iwEC8 pic.twitter.com/XqR4QSoO8Q
— Jose A. DelReal (@jdelreal) April 12, 2017
Why was Trump not briefed by someone — anyone! — at state or WH? These are delicate, high stakes meetings. https://t.co/BAQdOa2xJy
— Jose A. DelReal (@jdelreal) April 12, 2017
OK, I have to walk my dogs. Someone let me know, when I get back in 30 minutes or so, if North Korea started WWIII.2 sub para b.13d
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
Trump doesn’t get briefed because no one can tell Trump anything. He’s the smartest man in the world, after all.
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
So, basically, this guy who said we’re being led by stupid people, who said he knew more than the generals, who said he’d do all this stuff and it would be very easy, who made absolute declaration after absolute declaration about how stupid this or that was, and how nobody knew the system better than him, so he alone could fix it - THAT GUY is doing a 180 on practically EVERYTHING, because he’s learning that he was wrong about EVERYTHING.
Why, it’s almost as if all those ‘very stupid people’ actually knew what they were doing, and Trump didn’t have a fucking clue!
re: #11 FormerDirtDart
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saw this article earlier today:
Foreign journalists in North Korea told to prepare for ‘big’ event https://t.co/D8WCAkpmXt pic.twitter.com/chTh0iHoEH
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 12, 2017
re: #16 Skip Intro
Trump doesn’t get briefed because no one can tell Trump anything. He’s the smartest man in the world, after all.
And apparently 10 minutes is the total length of his attention span.
Regarding the “church police” thing:
The church I go to has around 1200 members. It is also a school. We have a security team of mostly military veterans and retired law enforcement. Most people on the team have CCWs.
Our head Pastor is very particular about who gets on the team. Only those with extensive firearms safety training and related experience are considered.
Also, they know when a matter is serious enough to be turned over to the police.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
saw this article earlier today:
Foreign journalists in North Korea told to prepare for ‘big’ event https://t.co/D8WCAkpmXt pic.twitter.com/chTh0iHoEH
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 12, 2017
Record turnip harvest?
Nope, wrong season.
Avionics upgrade for MiG-17s?
Expansion of anti-aircraft range?
New purchase of surplus East German school uniforms?
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
Why was Trump not briefed by someone — anyone! — at state or WH? These are delicate, high stakes meetings.
Hard to fit all that information in the PDB when it can only be one page and four bullet points instead of 15-20 pages as it normally is.
re: #21 Shiplord Kirel
“Surprise” B-Day Party for Dear Leader.
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
Also, I feel like that conversation probably went something like the first 45 seconds of this clip:
re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg
Regarding the “church police” thing:
The church I go to has around 1200 members. It is also a school. We have a security team of mostly military veterans and retired law enforcement. Most people on the team have CCWs.
Our head Pastor is very particular about who gets on the team. Only those with extensive firearms safety training and related experience are considered.
Also, they know when a matter is serious enough to be turned over to the police.
Sounds like your church, EC, has it pretty together when it comes to security, but how are they organized? Just volunteer congregants? Hired pros? The Alabama thing seems weird* since it appears to have taken an Act of the Lege to authorize the Briarwood Church to form its own “department”: and I still haven’t seen or read any explanations as to the difference in status.
* OK, it’s Alabama…
re: #24 Blind Frog Belly White
And “enthusiasms”. What a wicked scene.
I’m drunk and I’m in a good mood, so I’ll just say this: fuck Trump.
re: #21 Shiplord Kirel
Record turnip harvest?
Nope, wrong season.
Avionics upgrade for MiG-17s?
Expansion of anti-aircraft range?
New purchase of surplus East German school uniforms?
Marshal Kim Jong-Un will announce the launching of Big Dong missiles at the imperialist Hawaiian Islands while dining on delicious chocolate cake.
re: #29 Skip Intro
Marshal Kim Jong-Un will announce the launching of Big Dong missiles at the imperialist Hawaiian Islands while dining on delicious chocolate cake.
Hits Lubbock by mistake. Damage in the hundreds of dollars.
re: #28 Nyet
I’m drunk and I’m in a good mood, so I’ll just say this: fuck Trump.
I guess Trump was right - relations with Russia ARE at an all time low!
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re: #26 Jay C
Sounds like your church, EC, has it pretty together when it comes to security, but how are they organized? Just volunteer congregants? Hired pros? The Alabama thing seems weird* since it appears to have taken an Act of the Lege to authorize the Briarwood Church to form its own “department”: and I still haven’t seen or read any explanations as to the difference in status.
* OK, it’s Alabama…
Our group is 100% voluntary like our standard ministry teams. People do it because they want to.
re: #30 Shiplord Kirel
Hits Lubbock by mistake. Damage in the hundreds of dollars.
hit one of those Lubbock prepper bunkers and the fireworks will be fabulous.
Kevin Swanson says that the proper response from a pastor who has a gay child is to repent before God and resign. https://t.co/kBlcNJ0Dmc
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 12, 2017
This weirdo is well known to veteran lizards:
Religious Right Talk Show: Wombs of Women on Birth Control “Embedded With Dead Babies”
re: #21 Shiplord Kirel
Record turnip harvest?
Nope, wrong season.
Avionics upgrade for MiG-17s?
Expansion of anti-aircraft range?
New purchase of surplus East German school uniforms?
Getting those sweet new analog transistor instruments in the cockpit!
This North Korean business is scaring the heck out of me. It doesn’t help that I live so close. I fear Japan would be their first (easiest) target.
FLOTUS wins damages and costs of around $3 million in $150 million escort lawsuit.
US gov’t and other sources say #DPRK has apparently placed a nuclear device in a tunnel and it could be detonated Saturday AM #Korea time.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 12, 2017
re: #36 Scout
This North Korean business is scaring the heck out of me. It doesn’t help that I live so close. I fear Japan would be their first (easiest) target.
Yeah, Japan would get hit. There is a reason why those Kongo class destroyers are integrated into the air defense grid.
I’m on season 5 of Adventure Time. They doubled the no. of episodes. Fuck.
Still great though.
I’ve been staying away from the news and playing Evony.
re: #42 Scottish Dragon
I’ve been staying away from the news and playing Evony.
I’m trying work up the enthusiasm to finish my damned income tax returns.
It’s not working…
In today’s category of “RWNJ lunacy taken to new heights”…
A North Carolina Republican state representative said in a Facebook post that former President Abraham Lincoln was a “tyrant” as bad as German dictator Adolf Hitler.
The Raleigh News and Observer said Wednesday that Concord Republican Rep. Larry Pittman was responding to marriage equality supporters on social media after he introduced a bill to the state House urging the state the defy the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage for all 50 states.
A commenter told Pittman that the highest court in the land had decided the question and urged him to “get over it.”
Pittman responded, “And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it? Lincoln was the same sort if tyrant, and personally responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 Americans in a war that was unnecessary and unconstitutional.”
Republican NC state legislator: Abraham Lincoln was a ‘tyrant’ like Hitler for ending slavery https://t.co/qG3PvTDWwl pic.twitter.com/Yq7NH68J01
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 12, 2017
Events so far…Pepsi: We’re the worst.United: Nope, we are.Spicer: Amateurs, this is how it’s done.Pitmann: Hold my beer Melissa. https://t.co/i0IPU6Xv2Z
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) April 12, 2017
So much for the So-Called Party of Lincoln…
re: #44 Archangelus
Problem is, he and Hitler supported very similar ideological ideals.
re: #44 Archangelus
Note to self: Stay far away from any state that has a compass direction as part of its name.
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
@jdelreal Trump will only listen to someone who he considers mpre powerful than him.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) April 12, 2017
“Family values” and such Southern crap was the staple of the Kinder Küche Kirche ideology.
re: #26 Jay C
Sounds like your church, EC, has it pretty together when it comes to security, but how are they organized? Just volunteer congregants? Hired pros? The Alabama thing seems weird* since it appears to have taken an Act of the Lege to authorize the Briarwood Church to form its own “department”: and I still haven’t seen or read any explanations as to the difference in status.
* OK, it’s Alabama…
I really think “being black” will be one of the offenses the police will handle.
re: #42 Scottish Dragon
I’ve been staying away from the news and playing Evony.
I’ve been heads-down in work because my future at the company could be in jeopardy.
Look what arrived in the mail today! Cannot WAIT to read this incredibly bizarre story about the future, written in 1974… pic.twitter.com/Nw2HxLARke
— Amy Webb (@amywebb) April 12, 2017
The kindest heartfelt message for our President* that I can think of at the moment is a wish for him to disappear up his own rectum.
hahahahahahaaa…no
.@JonahNRO: “I think it’s fair to say at this point the Trump as Putin puppet storyline is officially dead.” #SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/iwq9cvyhXW
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 12, 2017
oh, this also happened for those who were following:
We are so lucky to have her home! And on #NationalPatDay & a full moon!
THANK YOU to everyone who RT’d this. We love you.
Luna is napping! pic.twitter.com/bqSdVZWqtO— Nathan Maggio (@natemaggio) April 12, 2017
re: #44 Archangelus
Lincoln was the same sort if tyrant, and personally responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 Americans in a war that was unnecessary and unconstitutional.
This is so wrong that I don’t even know where to begin. What the fuck do they teach in US History in the South?
I mean, seriously, Lincoln hadn’t even been sworn into office when seceded South Carolina and then fired on Ft Sumter (which was, for anyone keeping score at home, a US Army base). And technically, it wasn’t a war, because the Confederacy was not a separate country - it was a rebellion. Which, also, technically speaking, was unnecessary and unconstitutional, but not because of Lincoln’s actions…
re: #51 FormerDirtDart
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Howard also wrote Night of the Cooters, a wry and ingenious account of a small north Texas coping with the same Martian invasion H.G. Wells described in War of the Worlds. The story is dedicated to the late Slim Pickens. After seeing that dedication you cannot possibly imagine anyone else as the story’s Martian-confronting sheriff.
re: #55 KGxvi
This is so wrong that I don’t even know where to begin. What the fuck do they teach in US History in the South?
I mean, seriously, Lincoln hadn’t even been sworn into office when seceded South Carolina and then fired on Ft Sumter (which was, for anyone keeping score at home, a US Army base). And technically, it wasn’t a war, because the Confederacy was not a separate country - it was a rebellion. Which, also, technically speaking, was unnecessary and unconstitutional, but not because of Lincoln’s actions…
Lincoln was President when Fort Sumter was attacked.
re: #55 KGxvi
This is so wrong that I don’t even know where to begin. What the fuck do they teach in US History in the South?
They don’t teach US History. They teach Confederate Mythology.
In history they are rebels against a lawfully elected government. In mythology they are brave warriors standing against tyranny and in defence of traditional values.
As always, mythology is comforting while history is not.
One by one we are keeping our promises - on the border, on energy, on jobs, on regulations. Big changes are happening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
Meanwhile, below stairs in the White House the cook says to the bottle washer, “little hands is raving again.” #DonaldTrump https://t.co/mFpNyBOcaW
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) April 12, 2017
Economic confidence is soaring as we unleash the power of private sector job creation and stand up for the American Workers. #AmericaFirst
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
Great meeting w/ NATO Sec. Gen. We agreed on the importance of getting countries to pay their fair share & focus on the threat of terrorism. pic.twitter.com/e3ACOOOb0y
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
re: #58 Romantic Heretic
They don’t teach US History. They teach Confederate Mythology.
In history they are rebels against a lawfully elected government. In mythology they are brave warriors standing against tyranny and in defence of traditional values.
As always, mythology is comforting while history is not.
Especially when the historical truth is that the US confederacy is one of the worst causes over which a large scale war has ever been fought.
JUST IN: Body of US’s first female Muslim judge found in Hudson river: report https://t.co/N2MjYfLit6 pic.twitter.com/vyzOaofGmt
— The Hill (@thehill) April 12, 2017
Last night I spoke with Xi - BUT I DON’T KNOW PUTIN & Xi is president of China. We will do North Korea alone. But alone with others. #Trump
Last night I spoke with Xi - BUT I DON’T KNOW PUTIN & Xi is president of China. We will do North Korea alone. But alone with others. #Trump pic.twitter.com/ldv0PxVBpa
— Jonathan Beeley (@foreignpolicy77) April 12, 2017
Regarding the OP, ‘jackass’ is much too mild a term to use for POTUS* 45. “Piece of shit” is kind of entry-level here.
Ultra-cool break
Antique electronics from The Streamline Moderne Era: Los Angeles in the 1930s and 1940s
1940 Zenith Wavemagnet table radio:
1948 Fada model 930 12” TV:
1933 Air King Model 66 Ivory Plaskon Tube Radio:
1937 Sears Silvertone radio:
re: #50 thedopefishlives
I’ve been heads-down in work because my future at the company could be in jeopardy.
Oy!
Fingers crossed for the safety of your employment!
One by one we are keeping our promises - on the border, on energy, on jobs, on regulations. Big changes are happening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
Naturally, a five flip-flop day ends (maybe) with this: https://t.co/MfUFcXzqCd
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 12, 2017
Cruel statue depicting foolish girl moments before annihilation by horns of wild bull is subject of controversy in US capital of New York. pic.twitter.com/MxxByTfh5a
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) April 12, 2017
Still battling the flu here. Did follow up with Dr and she put me on stronger antibiotics and cough syrup. Sleeping on and off again…
One by one we are keeping our promises - on the border, on energy, on jobs, on regulations. Big changes are happening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2017
today is a particularly great day to be boasting about keeping promises tbhhttps://t.co/Td5ugjXwmE
— darth:™ (@darth) April 12, 2017
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
@FoxNews @JonahNRO Trump is too unstable to be a reliable puppet, but the shady ties to Russia remain.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) April 12, 2017
Amid rising tensions with Syria, Trump says relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” https://t.co/9USFK2BBU2
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 12, 2017
In fairness, Trump thinks the Cuban Missile Crisis was about cigars https://t.co/dAd5tTOxdm
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) April 12, 2017
Remember this story?
The North Miami police officer faces charges of attempted manslaughter and negligence, prosecutors say https://t.co/4VVJUJLw1p
— NPR (@NPR) April 12, 2017
Fact Check: Trump claimed he “didn’t know” Steve Bannon until the campaign. They met in 2011. https://t.co/dPtkpL842h
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 12, 2017
re: #57 Timothy Watson
Lincoln was President when Fort Sumter was attacked.
Lincoln was president-elect when Fort Sumter was attacked. It was attacked in December 1860, Lincoln wasn’t sworn in until March 4, 1861.
Hail in west Texas, as usual, is not messing around. https://t.co/ArTqIrH5wb pic.twitter.com/pc2AVJPTG2
— Sean Breslin (@Sean_Breslin) April 12, 2017
In Sierra Blanca
Kick ass, take names:
Tep Ted Lieu: We must pause the entire *45 agenda until 🇷🇺 collusion investigation is done#RESIST #TrumpRussia #maddow #MorningJoe #inners pic.twitter.com/bgH4o0lp7d
— StrictlyRockers 📻 (@christoq) April 6, 2017
re: #78 KGxvi
Lincoln was president-elect when Fort Sumter was attacked. It was attacked in December 1860, Lincoln wasn’t sworn in until March 4, 1861.
Fort Sumter was attacked April 12, 1861. Lincoln had already dispatched a relief convey to the Fort before it was attacked.
re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Okay, so let me see if I understand this -
Trump, through Tillerson, tells Assad he’s not our concern.
Assad decides to test this, and ‘throws a little gas’.
Ivanka pouts and gets Daddy to bomb those nasty Syrians because Assad broke the baby-killing rules by doing something other than shooting them, blowing them up, or crushing them under the debris of something else he’s blown up.
Trump gives the Russians lots of warning, so they give the Syrians lots of warning, and then launches an attack so ineffectual that Syria was able to use the same airfield later that same day to go back to babykilling the old fashioned way.
Putin makes a show of being angry.
Trump, through Tillerson, tells Assad he’s not our concern, but don’t do that again.
And now, somehow, Trump’s no longer a Putin Puppet? Because…..?
So, if we really are on the outs with Russia, doesn’t that make it Ivanka’s fault?
re: #75 Shiplord Kirel
Saw it earlier. It will only matter if he’s actually convicted.
re: #81 Timothy Watson
Fort Sumter was attacked April 12, 1861. Lincoln had already dispatched a relief convey to the Fort before it was attacked.
re: #78 KGxvi
Lincoln was president-elect when Fort Sumter was attacked. It was attacked in December 1860, Lincoln wasn’t sworn in until March 4, 1861.
Not quite: while So. Carolina, and a bunch of other states had seceded and formed the Confederacy before 3/4/1861, the actual “attack - i.e. the bombardment - of Ft. Sumter didn’t take place until April 12. Lincoln was, by then, President.
re: #81 Timothy Watson
Fort Sumter was attacked April 12, 1861. Lincoln had already dispatched a relief convey to the Fort before it was attacked.
You’re right, misreading my history. South Carolina seceded in December 1860, but shots weren’t fired until April 1861.
re: #73 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
@FoxNews @JonahNRO You’re the George McFly of media. Gullible.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) April 12, 2017
The rules for @RepMikeCoffman town hall tonight #copolitics pic.twitter.com/ke1Aw3VYg9
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) April 12, 2017
Oh look, an A-rated, @NRA-endorsed politician won’t allow guns into his town hall. And here I thought guns everywhere keep us all safe 🤔 https://t.co/ZDMA7cj8P4
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) April 12, 2017
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
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re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Going it alone means going it with lots of other nations”
Alrighty then.
What an asshole he is.
re: #24 Blind Frog Belly White
People are saying that the Trump quote about Bannon, that he hasn’t really known him that long, etc. was like when Michael Corleone kisses Fredo. But I’m thinking it’s more like when Al Capone stands up and starts walking around the table with a baseball bat, talking about teamwork…
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It’s all about trying to build a firewall against all the shit shows to come. Trump’s already so far in over his head that he thinks dumping Bannon or anyone else might help him stave off his inevitable end.
Trump was up to his eyeballs in compromised advisers and cronies. Flynn. Manafort. Page. Kushner. Those are the big 4. All of them lied about their foreign contacts. All are in real serious trouble, and Kushner’s the only one left in the admin by sheer dumb luck.
The others have already been dispatched, but that doesn’t end the trouble. Dumping Bannon wont change things either. Trump’s busy getting rid of a bunch of mercenaries who know where all the proverbial bodies are buried, and who knew what and when. They will turn on Trump to save himself.
re: #94 lawhawk
It’s all about trying to build a firewall against all the shit shows to come. Trump’s already so far in over his head that he thinks dumping Bannon or anyone else might help him stave off his inevitable end.
Trump was up to his eyeballs in compromised advisers and cronies. Flynn. Manafort. Page. Kushner. Those are the big 4. All of them lied about their foreign contacts. All are in real serious trouble, and Kushner’s the only one left in the admin by sheer dumb luck.
Add Sessions to that list.
re: #92 BeachDem
Do NOT read the comments. I repeat—do NOT read the comments.
Or do read them and upvote the people who are chastising the idiots so it’s clear that most Americans are not stupid bigots.
heh
Former President Obama will visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel during President Trump’s first European trip https://t.co/mxcvlwiLN5 pic.twitter.com/Lr3WpA87pR
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 12, 2017
No one could have known! pic.twitter.com/VXCxtmqF8x
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 12, 2017
My head. It is shaking again. https://t.co/mfyp5m2uSc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 13, 2017
re: #94 lawhawk
It’s all about trying to build a firewall against all the shit shows to come. Trump’s already so far in over his head that he thinks dumping Bannon or anyone else might help him stave off his inevitable end.
Trump was up to his eyeballs in compromised advisers and cronies. Flynn. Manafort. Page. Kushner. Those are the big 4. All of them lied about their foreign contacts. All are in real serious trouble, and Kushner’s the only one left in the admin by sheer dumb luck.
The others have already been dispatched, but that doesn’t end the trouble. Dumping Bannon wont change things either. Trump’s busy getting rid of a bunch of mercenaries who know where all the proverbial bodies are buried, and who knew what and when. They will turn on Trump to save himself.
“in over his head”.
Yeah. I’ve lived through 11 Presidents, and this is the first time I’ve ever looked at the guy in WH and thought I could do a better job.
re: #9 gocart mozart
Excellent article by rick pearlstein
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Damn, that was depressing. It’s coded in our DNA.
re: #98 Charles Johnson
Who could have known? pic.twitter.com/DmWV6YWYvt
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 13, 2017
Though, to be fair, the guy running the demonstration might have told that woman not to lean BACK before releasing the pendulum, then FORWARD after.
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
Add Sessions to that list.
I might, if I were being cynical (who me?) also add Pence to the list. After all, it was Manafort who engineered the whole Pence thing in the first place.
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
Former President Obama will visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel during President Trump’s first European trip https://t.co/mxcvlwiLN5 pic.twitter.com/Lr3WpA87pR
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 12, 2017
Troll Level 11
re: #98 Charles Johnson
@joshtpm He just keeps embarrassing America. I can’t believe that even the worst of us would want a President who’s so clueless.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) April 13, 2017
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
Indeed. Trump is the Fox News comments section crossed with Donny From Queens calling into WFAN talk radio to say how he’s so much better at doing drafts than the experts, all because he was born for the role of GM.
Reality is that most anyone would do better than Trump - mostly because people are more likely to understand their limitations and would seek out the best people for the job - not like Trump’s people whose qualifications depend on being 100% loyal to the president and their intentions are cruelty and sabotaging govt operations.
re: #106 Stanley Sea
It is a pity we cannot sell popcorn at an event like this. We could make a lot of money.
Remember, all these ‘freedom fighters’ in Syria want to fly planes into our buildings.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2013
Another 2013 golden oldie. Right after a chemical attack killed hundreds. The fat little rich boy thought they were all terrorists https://t.co/Sew4h1qYbT
— Phil Hendrie (@realphilhendrie) April 13, 2017
The NY post pic.twitter.com/xrUuynSvfh
— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) April 13, 2017
re: #105 lawhawk
Indeed. Trump is the Fox News comments section crossed with Donny From Queens calling into WFAN talk radio to say how he’s so much better at doing drafts than the experts, all because he was born for the role of GM.
Reality is that most anyone would do better than Trump - mostly because people are more likely to understand their limitations and would seek out the best people for the job - not like Trump’s people whose qualifications depend on being 100% loyal to the president and their intentions are cruelty and sabotaging govt operations.
As the saying goes, “Life is hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid.” To which I’d add, it’s harder still when you don’t realize you’re stupid.
re: #111 FormerDirtDart
Just so long as someone keeps track of the blunders. /half
he is so full of sh*t…
Jobs are returning, illegal immigration is plummeting, law, order and justice are being restored. We are truly making America great again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2017
Astonishingly fast Trump foreign policy reversals on NATO, Russia, China, Syria, all for the good in my view. Which IR theory explains best?
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) April 12, 2017
Every one of Trump’s sudden reversals has pleased the establishment US Foreign Policy Community. Decide for yourself if that’s reassuring. https://t.co/IEHUi2G3nZ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 12, 2017
I think its good that we are not (1) launching a trade war with China, (2) blowing up NATO, (3) ignoring Assad’s evil, or (4) praising Putin https://t.co/groc5Ui2Qp
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) April 13, 2017
NYT: Manafort formed a shell company the day he resigned from the Trump campaign. It later received $13 mil from 2 business w/ ties to Trump pic.twitter.com/TVGUGgt1DQ
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 12, 2017
The day he resigned.
The very day.
$13 million.
The Trump campaign is and was a giant grift. https://t.co/MKXPzSRXMK— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 13, 2017
re: #106 Stanley Sea
The yam is going to blow a gasket.
It would be awesome if Obama got much more press than the vulgar talking yam, and more praise. Merkel ought to make that happen. :)
re: #117 BlueSpotinAL
That would be a beautiful sight. And I agree completely Merkel can make it happen.
Watching Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado’s 6th District getting raked over the coals at his first townhall since Fuckface Von Clownstick took office. Juicy!
oh…
.@PressSec: “[President #Trump] has done a phenomenal job of reasserting our place in the world.” #oreillyfactor
.@PressSec: “[President #Trump] has done a phenomenal job of reasserting our place in the world.” #oreillyfactor pic.twitter.com/grbfXuHexs
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 13, 2017
The Pearlstein article in the NYT is okay, but it misses a lot, suggesting the writer is still blind to a lot of the seamier side of Conservatism.
For example, he talks about the ‘sunny optimism’ of Ronald Reagan, but not the barely hidden racism. He talks about how America is a center-right country, but later in discussing a disconnect between the support for Republicans but not Republican policies doesn’t put together that a country that doesn’t support center-right POLICIES is by definition NOT a center-right country. And he really misses out on the depth of racism in both society and especially on the Right.
He wants so badly for Americans to hate statism that he misses the extent to which racial animus drove the working class whites to the GOP - people who supported all the New Deal programs when they were primarily for white people stopped supporting them when they were painted as primarily helping Those People.
It’s like a GOOD therapy session, but lacking an actual breakthrough.
Noted lunatic troll Todd Kincannon sued a bunch of folks, and it’s a KFC Family Feast of crazy https://t.co/9nA0uwDAGn
— ReaccomodatedPopehat (@Popehat) April 13, 2017
re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh…
“[President #Trump] has done a phenomenal job of reasserting our place in the world.”
Right. On the day he reversed on China being a currency manipulator and being able to control NK, and the day he admits that NATO isn’t obsolete, and the day Tillerson waits for Putin to deign to grant him an audience, we ‘reasserted our place’.
“The Farce is strong in this one.”
re: #121 Blind Frog Belly White
The Pearlstein article in the NYT is okay, but it misses a lot, suggesting the writer is still blind to a lot of the seamier side of Conservatism.
For example, he talks about the ‘sunny optimism’ of Ronald Reagan, but not the barely hidden racism. He talks about how America is a center-right country, but later in discussing a disconnect between the support for Republicans but not Republican policies doesn’t put together that a country that doesn’t support center-right POLICIES is by definition NOT a center-right country. And he really misses out on the depth of racism in both society and especially on the Right.
He wants so badly for Americans to hate statism that he misses the extent to which racial animus drove the working class whites to the GOP - people who supported all the New Deal programs when they were primarily for white people stopped supporting them when they were painted as primarily helping Those People.
It’s like a GOOD therapy session, but lacking an actual breakthrough.
One sign of this fundamental disconnect is that the author regards WF Buckley et al. as being civilized people instead of the crypto-fascists that they were.
re: #124 EPR-radar
One sign of this fundamental disconnect is that the author regards WF Buckley et al. as being civilized people instead of the crypto-fascists that they were.
But they were CIVILIZED crypto-fascists, with cultured accents!
re: #124 EPR-radar
The other thing that would really help the healing would be if they realized that Buckley was justifying brutal racist policies in erudite, patrician prose, so in a very real sense all of modern conservatism was poisoned from the start.
re: #122 lawhawk
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Toddy and Will Folks have always had a love/hate relationship. This filing sounds like a poorly written memoir, which implies that Toddy wrote it his own self.
Well, the three hour power outage the power company scheduled for my town actually took most of the day… .
The new tornado siren the village board chairwoman was driving around with in the trunk of her car (because it was delivered to her at work) was installed this afternoon. The village just tested it. It’s a whole lot louder than the old siren and sounds like a Sixties air-raid siren.
Considering all the missiles around us, that could be confusing.
The mail just delivered a brand-new scythe and a John Deere basket-blade style lawnmower (my wife called them “presents”).
re: #125 Blind Frog Belly White
But they were CIVILIZED crypto-fascists, with cultured accents!
WF Buckley’s project amounted to providing a veneer of civilization for the US right at a time when it was thoroughly discredited.
Nothing of substance about the right was changed by this pretense. Therefore Buckley’s approach ensured the eventual triumph of the Birchers and other cranks, as we presently see with Trump and his awful supporters.
Just an Ordinary Day at the Trump White House… pic.twitter.com/gJpmovGHIZ
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) April 12, 2017
re: #126 Blind Frog Belly White
The other thing that would really help the healing would be if they realized that Buckley was justifying brutal racist policies in erudite, patrician prose, so in a very real sense all of modern conservatism was poisoned from the start.
It may be different in other parts of the world, but in the US conservatism that is not essentially racist is inconceivable.
Oh this is gooooood
1. Mercer is concerned if Bannon leaves she’ll lose her influence. https://t.co/CeOb7wwSaE pic.twitter.com/M9dpCrlNzy
— Yashar (@yashar) April 13, 2017
re: #130 lawhawk
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A very simple relationship pic.twitter.com/midyxPtYgN
— Jdarcey (@Jdarcey13Jon) April 13, 2017
At this point I don’t care if Hillary Clinton murdered Vince Foster with her own hands and ate his flesh, she’s still better than Trump
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 11, 2017
re: #132 Stanley Sea
I fucking love how they source the stories these days
according to interviews Wednesday with 21 of Trump’s aides, confidants and allies.
re: #127 BeachDem
Toddy and Will Folks have always had a love/hate relationship. This filing sounds like a poorly written memoir, which implies that Toddy wrote it his own self.
I love this bit:
Defendant Folks revealed enough specifically personally identifying information about his source to permit Plaintiff to identify one source …(this assumes defendant Folks was truthful with Plaintiff in his conversations, which should not necessarily be assumed.)
So Toddy is basing his identification on what Will Folks told him, but at the same time saying Folks is a big fat liar. Ok.
re: #135 Stanley Sea
With a number like 21 it will take the uncouth one a little bit of time to find the “rat.”
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
“in over his head”.
Yeah. I’ve lived through 11 Presidents, and this is the first time I’ve ever looked at the guy in WH and thought I could do a better job.
And you are right, too.
re: #131 EPR-radar
It may be different in other parts of the world, but in the US conservatism that is not essentially racist is inconceivable.
The long history of the Republican Party official courting Nazis (the ones from WW2). It goes back to Nixon’s 1968 campaign.
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
“in over his head”.
Yeah. I’ve lived through 11 Presidents, and this is the first time I’ve ever looked at the guy in WH and thought I could do a better job.
I’ve been around since the tail-end of Eisenhower’s administration.
My cat could do a better job.
re: #140 Anymouse
I’ve been around since the tail-end of Eisenhower’s administration.
My cat could do a better job.
Any person or thing except a fellow deplorable would be more qualified for the presidency than Trump. Potted plants, dead skunks, rotting garbage etc. would all be infinitely better in the Oval Office than Trump.
Trump’s deplorables would be just as unqualified as Trump, but less able to weak havoc because they don’t have the demigod status given to anyone in the US having (or appearing to have) great wealth.
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
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Why was Trump not briefed by someone — anyone! — at state or WH? These are delicate, high stakes meetings.
Possibilities:
1. Trump may have been briefed, and simply didn’t listen.
2. The Administration doesn’t trust the State Department staff.
I see parallels to Watergate and I don’t….
the parallels I see… these people (the Trump Admnistration) are woefully unprepared to do ANYTHING…
They all apparently subscribe to notion of the one white dude on a horse (white too in most cases) who rides in and saves the day mantra/ethos with DT as that glorified rider…. Yet they can’t organize an Easter egg hunt much less run the government because they don’t appear to need/want/understand the need for middle managers, people who make decisions in the best interests of whatever organization they belong to and get shit done. None of that is happening here and its because these folks aren’t savvy enough to retain people who have the needed wonkiness to understand the hows and whys of what makes a government work. The problem is also apparently permeated throughout the GOP as well, because these guys can’t apparently get out of their own way.
so now… we see fires in foreign policy, immigration, health care; all while Mistah McConnell is happy because he got his SCOTUS seat scammed and apparently cares about fuck-all anything else and we’re going to see just how well this all works out for him… for a while at least.
The items that make this a constitutional crisis, that no one in the press wants to come right out and say so, is that we have this…
A boatload of circumstantial (for the moment) evidence that shows that the Russians aided and abetted the current administration…
They did so Financially
They did so via Intelligence Operations
They did so Politically
What is even scarier (imho) is that the GOP willingly colluded with them to ride that tiger in preventing any discussion of this at a political level within their own ranks (or in a public forum) and by threatening the previous administration by calling all of the gathered data “politically” motivated and thereby threatening a constitutional crisis then, during the election (Not something that 44 was about imho).
Of all things, the IC is NOT going to let this stand and if/when all of this comes out, will there be the political will to prosecute this (I have my doubts based on the complete lack of ethics/morals/standards of GOP politicians)? If there is that will, we could see the entire Administration in shambles/arrested with everyone involved in the money and influence peddling if not outright treason. Those tendrils may very well lead into the leadership of the GOP itself and the media arm of the propaganda that was used to overwhelm the Democratic candidate. I do NOT expect that the grifter pyramid that is the GOP to go quietly and I expect many in our MSM are so wired in their framing of all things Republican to be dragged kicking and screaming as all of this is exposed under the rock that has been shielding them all.
Breitbart is worried that Trump is losing the war on the Climate Industrial Complex.
He’s not destroying the environment fast enough, apparently, and Big Coal is pissed!
But Mr. Pruitt is now being pilloried by conservative allies of the White House. Writing in Breitbart News — the conservative website formerly run by Mr. Trump’s senior strategist, Stephen K. Bannon — James Delingpole, a writer who is close to Mr. Bannon, said that if Mr. Pruitt refused to undo the endangerment finding, “it will represent a major setback for President Trump’s war with the Climate Industrial Complex.”
NY times.com
re: #142 Big Beautiful Door
Possibilities:
1. Trump may have been briefed, and simply didn’t listen.
2. The Administration doesn’t trust the State Department staff.
There is no State Department staff right now.
Tapper: “There’s nothing wrong with someone bringing you into the campaign. I’m just trying to find out who it was!” Why won’t Page answer?
Tapper: “There’s nothing wrong with someone bringing you into the campaign. I’m just trying to find out who it was!”
Why won’t Page answer? pic.twitter.com/AzNMGlMyZW— Resistance DB (@davebernstein) April 12, 2017
The other question: why is he doing interviews? It doesn’t seem helpful to his situation. https://t.co/1Xxn4N8A4d
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 13, 2017
Read the NYT Perlstein piece.
Got to admit, I’m a bit confused by how he’s “discovering” a different aspect of the right—the herrenvolk, paranoid historical components—when they’ve very clearly been there all along, clear and present all through the history of the South and the history of white nationalism.
(But then again, I’m working this angle backwards; studying bigotry and discovering that its US aspect has merged with the nominal “conservatism”)
holy shit how fast was this rollercoaster going pic.twitter.com/whvd3Gf3B1
— blank (@shr0s) April 12, 2017
re: #148 teleskiguy
That is a very good piece of “trick” photography. Many updings for something that made me smile.
When you’re made of liquid
When you’re made of liquid pic.twitter.com/efF3IB8jgb
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) April 13, 2017
Pat Robertson: I Prefer Manly Men https://t.co/Wm1hUk2mHi pic.twitter.com/52asdprk4z
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) April 12, 2017
re: #148 teleskiguy
That’s not a rollercoaster, its a chemtrail aircraft launcher. /s
DeVos revokes Obama policy protecting student loan borrowers from ‘abusive customer service’ https://t.co/YTML68bofL
— Muckmaker (@RealMuckmaker) April 12, 2017
@chuckburke13 @RealMuckmaker @575haiku A possible other motivehttps://t.co/KsIon3X8oQ
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) April 13, 2017
@JoyAnnReid But it was the most beautiful chocolate cake you’ve ever seen! A tremendous cake!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 13, 2017
After reflecting on this, I have to apologize to 7-year olds everywhere for comparing them to Donald Trump.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 13, 2017
In/near North Korea right now:
Japanese navy has joined U.S. strike group on “exercise” to deter North Korea,
And journalists rounded up: pic.twitter.com/La4i2mwqE4— …she persisted. 🗽 (@leahmcelrath) April 13, 2017
Perlstein, citing Ribuffo:
Anti-Semitism in America declined after World War II. But as Leo Ribuffo points out, the underlying narrative — of a diabolical transnational cabal of aliens plotting to undermine the very foundations of Christian civilization — survived in the anti-Communist diatribes of Joseph McCarthy. The alien narrative continues today in the work of National Review writers like Andrew McCarthy (“How Obama Embraces Islam’s Sharia Agenda”) and Lisa Schiffren (who argued that Obama’s parents could be secret Communists because “for a white woman to marry a black man in 1958, or ‘60, there was almost inevitably a connection to explicit Communist politics”). And it found its most potent expression in Donald Trump’s stubborn insistence that Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
I’m glad more people are saying this, but I’m still kind of baffled this wasn’t obvious.
re: #153 Anymouse
That’s not a rollercoaster, its a chemtrail aircraft launcher.
We better don our headgear. I have artisan options.
Japanese naval ships are joining the U.S. Carl Vinson strike group on “exercise” to deter North Korea https://t.co/S9kuizfudf pic.twitter.com/3bpLBWH4hi
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) April 12, 2017
Why does the media keep calling the Carl Vinson carrier group a “strike force?” That is a warmongering term (unless they are actually engaged in combat).
The correct term is a “task force.”
re: #159 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Perlstein, citing Ribuffo:
I’m glad more people are saying this, but I’m still kind of baffled this wasn’t obvious.
That’s a great article, albeit depressing because it makes very clear that there are a LOT of people in this country who are knuckle-dragging cavemen, who will resist being dragged out of the Stone Age to their last breaths.
re: #155 Teukka
The question has to be asked…. Closet case?
That’s always the first thing to suspect about these televangelist nut jobs. By now I start with the assumption that they routinely snort lines of cocaine from the abs of rent boys, the only real open question being the race of said rent boys.
re: #162 Anymouse
Why does the media keep calling the Carl Vinson carrier group a “strike force?” That is a warmongering term (unless they are actually engaged in combat).
The correct term is a “task force.”
Sounds sexier.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Japanese naval ships are joining the U.S. Carl Vinson strike group on “exercise” to deter North Korea
I’m confused. What is this supposed to accomplish? This isn’t going to deter Kim Jong-un from any action he is planning. He knows we are not going to attack.
OT. Where is Curious Lurker? Haven’t seen her in months?
re: #163 Charles Johnson
That’s a great article, albeit depressing because it makes very clear that there are a LOT of people in this country who are knuckle-dragging cavemen, who will resist being dragged out of the Stone Age to their last breaths.
There is also an enormous effort made to pretend that the knuckle-dragging cavemen are somehow a respectable part of the spectrum of US political opinions.
re: #167 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m confused. What is this supposed to accomplish? This isn’t going to deter Kim Jong-un from any action he is planning. He knows we are not going to attack.
OT. Where is Curious Lurker? Haven’t seen her in months?
Japanese Defence Forces frequently conduct exercises with our Navy. It is nothing new.
Neither is conducting exercises off Korea.
This particular exercise however was sudden: the Carl Vinson was in Singapore and scheduled to go to Australia. It was diverted to Korea.
I’m tired of hearing about the Trump’s chocolate cake. I will put Marcel Desaulnier’s Chocolate Espresso Fudge Cake up against whatever they make at Mar a Lago any day. I’ve made a bunch (including 6 of them for my daughter’s wedding-luckily they freeze well) and it is my go-to incredibly delicious dessert choice.
re: #148 teleskiguy
My youngest son said “Geez, rocket science, you’re not supposed to put your works in an amusement park.”
Comedian Charlie Murphy, the brother of Eddie Murphy and star on “The Chappelle Show,” died Wednesday, according to Variety.
Charlie Murphie was 57 and a Navy veteran.
1. WashPost reports that White House strategy is now being dictated by what’s best for Trump’s businesses https://t.co/1BzfRf1Soi pic.twitter.com/X3nIaekQD3
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 13, 2017
Good work, everyone pic.twitter.com/oIZvRYZpQC
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 13, 2017
Weird. If only we knew what changed their minds. pic.twitter.com/gwJjNhu5wa
— John Gonzalez (@_JohnGonz) April 13, 2017
We should have a polite measured response to this, and that response should be hahaha hahahaha HAHAHAH AHHHHAHHHHA HAHAHAHA HAH 👻👻👻😂😂HAHAHAA pic.twitter.com/UNSc45jyPh
— JenAshleyWright (@JenAshleyWright) April 13, 2017
The Twilight Zone Episode 75 from Nov 1961 The Midnight Sun is some crazy irony. RT if youve seen it
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) April 11, 2017
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
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(They do the hokey pokey and they turn themselves around)
‘CAUSE THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
They are a family of grifters—each and every one of them.
re: #21 Shiplord Kirel
Record turnip harvest?
Nope, wrong season.
Avionics upgrade for MiG-17s?
Expansion of anti-aircraft range?
New purchase of surplus East German school uniforms?
Fresh mushroom cloud?
re: #143 piratedan
Except Trump is the horseman who’s riding the pale horse.
re: #154 gocart mozart
@RealMuckmaker Just think, white people: You voted to make it harder on your kids to get an education.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) April 13, 2017
re: #175 FormerDirtDart
Fucking balls.
Between this kind of stuff and TPP vs. RCEP, we may have handed China the SE Asian trade corridor.
Totally off topic, but remember the oil painting I was cleaning? It’s done!
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Coast Guard faces growing costs for protecting Trump’s Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/ON1hk4lYn5
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 13, 2017
The U.S. Coast Guard has received no extra funding to cover the additional costs of protecting President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort during his frequent trips to the Florida estate, the service’s top official said Wednesday.
Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guard’s commandant, also provided new details about the challenges the service faces in safeguarding the Palm Beach property because of its waterfront exposure on two sides — the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Intracoastal Waterway to the west.
Whenever Trump visits, the Coast Guard dispatches helicopters, patrol boats and anti-terrorism teams for round-the-clock patrols, Zukunft said during a breakfast with journalists.
“We have teams protecting the approaches to Mar-a-Lago on both coasts,” Zukunft said. “We’re also protecting in the air, as well,” he added, noting that the service watches for “low, slow fliers” and any other “potential aviation threat to our commander in chief.”
Asked about the costs of protecting Mar-a-Lago, Zukunft said officials were trying to determine a figure to provide to Congress but that at the moment the service was working within existing funding constraints.
“Is there a supplemental to support this?” he said. “The answer is no.”
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The Trump administration’s draft budget last month called for cutting the Coast Guard’s funding by 14 percent, or about $1.3 billion, but the White House has since said it would keep the service’s budget flat compared with the previous year.
Jack, making us laugh for all eternity pic.twitter.com/SQwBKjQEFG
— Ms. Marya E. Gates (@oldfilmsflicker) April 12, 2017
Republicans don’t give a shit that Kansas election was close. ALL they care about is that they won. Period. Will change nothing.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) April 13, 2017
Is there any way to tell Trump that he cannot continue his weekend visits to Mar-a-Lago because it endangers national security? We cannot provide the same level of personal security and it is clear that his moves and conversations cannot be provided a sufficient level of privacy and confidentiality. Let him go to Camp David instead
re: #170 calochortus
I’m tired of hearing about the Trump’s chocolate cake. I will put Marcel Desaulnier’s Chocolate Espresso Fudge Cake up against whatever they make at Mar a Lago any day. I’ve made a bunch (including 6 of them for my daughter’s wedding-luckily they freeze well) and it is my go-to incredibly delicious dessert choice.
OMGOMGOMG. I am so making that! Thank you!!
Read the whole thread.
(THREAD) Here are 10 things about the explosive Washington Post story on Carter Page that only lawyers and #Russiagate analysts would catch. pic.twitter.com/VtIJTkljPp
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 12, 2017
re: #191 teleskiguy
They won’t care the Kansas election was so close? Is that why the RNC dumped so much money into the election?
I’m betting they care a whole lot.
Plus Mr. Thompson can use the same strategy the GOP has used a long time, now that he has better name recognition: Run and lose, then run and win.
re: #193 MsJ
Yeah, it’s a nuisance to make, but sooooo worth it. And as I said, you can make the whole thing ahead and put it into the freezer with no noticeable loss of quality.
re: #191 teleskiguy
If they think that, let them. We weren’t going to get early wins. But we will eventually win in places we wouldn’t have had someone else been president.
SCOOP: Trump was so angry about HHS’s statement to the NYT about Obamacare, he personally ordered up a new one. https://t.co/cAqJTXiEnJ pic.twitter.com/OBoqL14jKn
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 12, 2017
This just seems insane to me; it’s the logic of an abuser: “Don’t make me hurt you, I don’t want to hurt you.” https://t.co/lj4avvhXGW
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) April 13, 2017
re: #196 calochortus
Yeah, it’s a nuisance to make, but sooooo worth it. And as I said, you can make the whole thing ahead and put it into the freezer with no noticeable loss of quality.
That’s what I’m talking to the next Christmas family dinner. That looks delish! Espresso. Yummo!!!
re: #191 teleskiguy
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Certainly true. After all Trump lost the popular vote by almost 3,000,000 votes yet he governs as though he won a majority without any concern for the opinions of those who did not support him. Bush 43 did the same in 2001. Winning is all that matters and they retained the House seat.
Republicans commissioned a study several years on how to regain the White House. All its recommendations were ignored in Trump’s victory. They have learned that following their worst instincts leads to victory.
OTOH — the AHCA went down in flames. So maybe there is a vestige of hope
A couple of weeks ago VB posted a NYT Cooking recipe for Cowboy Cookies.
My wife made a batch yesterday….wow are they great.
TFW you get bumped from talking about the #KS04 special election on Maddow because the Trump-Russia story just got EVEN worse!
— David Nir (@DavidNir) April 12, 2017
sorry david! we’ll get you on soon… thanks for your understanding… https://t.co/2DfCcW2AW4
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 12, 2017
A cat intrusion on #NationalPetDay? How purrr-fect. 🐱
🎥: https://t.co/njxsxShFnD#LetsPlay pic.twitter.com/oawbDp48OU— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) April 12, 2017
re: #170 calochortus
I’m tired of hearing about the Trump’s chocolate cake. I will put Marcel Desaulnier’s Chocolate Espresso Fudge Cake up against whatever they make at Mar a Lago any day. I’ve made a bunch (including 6 of them for my daughter’s wedding-luckily they freeze well) and it is my go-to incredibly delicious dessert choice.
Will you contract & fed ex?
re: #204 Stanley Sea
Will you contract & fed ex?
LOL. But if you’re ever in the SF Bay Area, I might make one to share with you…
re: #170 calochortus
I’m tired of hearing about the Trump’s chocolate cake. I will put Marcel Desaulnier’s Chocolate Espresso Fudge Cake up against whatever they make at Mar a Lago any day. I’ve made a bunch (including 6 of them for my daughter’s wedding-luckily they freeze well) and it is my go-to incredibly delicious dessert choice.
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
So Jonah thinks the “Trump as Putin Puppet” storyline is dead? Earth to Jonah: Putin got involved in order to make things worse for presumed-President Hillary Clinton, not because he liked Trump. In the new circumstances, Putin is much more interested in Trump making a fool of himself than he is in having Trump as his buddy. Putin never wanted Trump as a buddy, if only because Putin is far too smart to trust Trump. However, a little provocation here or there might move the short-sighted, short-tempered, short-fingered rookie into, oh, breaking up NATO or something, who knows what? It’s all good … for Russia. Cheap at twice the price.
Here, side by side, is the information provided by the American president and the Chinese president about the same phone call. pic.twitter.com/vvWcR1t5Yh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 12, 2017
More US troops may be needed to fight ISIS in Iraq, commander says https://t.co/u5URLbNxiR pic.twitter.com/08TTS3hN49
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 12, 2017
Correction: More US troops may be needed to fight ISIS in Syria, commander says. https://t.co/5FI1DmWkhR
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 12, 2017
Damn. @charliemurphy died. Died too young. Check out these tweets of his, lots of amazing advice in there. RIP https://t.co/zIOoUZNaFi
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 13, 2017
I have a bad sinking feeling that the Trump Horror is about to get worse. Much worse.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 13, 2017
Everyone seems to calm tonight…
Can’t be having any of that now…
US has secretly warned Japan of possible military action vs North Korea, say Japanese media; Tokyo denies reports:https://t.co/XlVn82i5IV
— Martin Fackler (@facklernyt) April 12, 2017
re: #211 Charles Johnson
I think though, that for every one evil thing he tries to do, there will be two bumbling and incriminating things his administration will do.
Open Secret. pic.twitter.com/PxITZKUDRo
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) April 13, 2017
Marvel fires Jakarta artist Ardian Syaf for hiding religious references in X-Men: Gold comic.https://t.co/ippmFGOcsO pic.twitter.com/0sspBJP21o
— BBC News Asia (@BBCNewsAsia) April 13, 2017
Trump really thinks his Syria strike was such a huge success. He’s got this idea he’s unstoppable now. Onto the next biggest target, North Korea.
Good work, everyone pic.twitter.com/oIZvRYZpQC
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 13, 2017
Tonight Steve Bannon has been compared to both a pirate as well as an elderly hospice care patient. So basically… pic.twitter.com/ZOQbqwcghT
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) April 13, 2017
@EDLofficialpage It’s better to be called a racist than let 1400 British school children be Abused by third world tribal Pakistani Muslim men in Rotherham
— taking-back-contol (@GeorgeEnter) April 9, 2017
I’m sure Thais feel the same way towards pedophile old white British ****s who flock to Thailand to bang underage girls w/o any fear, eh? https://t.co/LRGwvzyq0K
— دانیال (@danja84) April 13, 2017
re: #212 FormerDirtDart
Everyone seems to calm tonight…
Can’t be having any of that now…
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Thanks. I feel so much better now.
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NYT memo on hiring @StephensWSJ pic.twitter.com/Aa58wPGm0U
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 12, 2017
“Expect other additions to our lineup in coming months as we continue to broaden the range of Times debate about consequential questions.” https://t.co/7bBhfq2I3P
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) April 12, 2017
who would you want to given a NYT column? (extra points for people outside the obvious pool of contenders) https://t.co/br3XZAypDY
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) April 13, 2017
@jelani9, Tony Kushner, Marilynne Robinson, Michelle Obama, @Lin_Manuel, or group of historians eg @KevinMKruse/@hthompsn/@rauchway/@jbf1755 https://t.co/uHSTKWHBGc
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) April 13, 2017
@DanaHoule @jelani9 @Lin_Manuel @KevinMKruse @hthompsn @rauchway @jbf1755 Neil deGrasse Tyson, Evan McMullin, Lauren Duca, Charles Pierce, Fred Clark, Jim Wright aka @Stonekettle , Rick Perlstein, Lani Guinier
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) April 13, 2017
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re: #209 Anymouse
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Some kind of weird dig at Trump, who made that mistake in the Fox Business interview?
re: #221 gocart mozart
NYT memo on hiring @StephensWSJ pic.twitter.com/Aa58wPGm0U
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 12, 2017
“Expect other additions to our lineup in coming months as we continue to broaden the range of Times debate about consequential questions.” https://t.co/7bBhfq2I3P
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) April 12, 2017
who would you want to given a NYT column? (extra points for people outside the obvious pool of contenders) https://t.co/br3XZAypDY
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) April 13, 2017
The top three picks would be
1) Umair Haque
2) Eric Garland
3) @shingy https://t.co/rb0E3zHqXE— Prof Oscar Munoz (@ProfJeffJarviss) April 13, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump bombed Syria while eating cake. A big, beautiful chocolate cake. (by @vicbergeriv) pic.twitter.com/alB4S4XJnf
— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) April 12, 2017
To be fair, Trump has created at least some jobs:
The Trump administration is gearing up to build a “nationwide deportation force” https://t.co/dW6E5tflat pic.twitter.com/CTu8a3gmXF
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) April 13, 2017
re: #224 teleskiguy
And fire Brooks, Douthat, Freedman, and Dowd
re: #221 gocart mozart
How about they choose an extra one from the ‘recommendations’ list and then tell Ross Douthat to go spend more time with his family. Ask David Brooks to go spend time with Douthat’s family too.
re: #215 Anymouse
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Well, this was a foregone conclusion at this point. Syaf hid some real wingnutty references in a mainstream X-Men comic, including coincidentally posing Kitty Pryde, a Jewish character, so that she partially blocked off a jewelry store sign — guess which part of the word wasn’t covered up. As a result, Marvel has to have someone else redraw entire issues that were almost ready for publication, and it’s damn dumb to set yourself up to cost an employer that much money.
G. Willow Wilson, the Muslim creator of Ms. Marvel, has more info on the stuff Syaf was misinterpreting to justify this crap.
re: #229 scottslemmons
Well, this was a foregone conclusion at this point. Syaf hid some real wingnutty references in a mainstream X-Men comic, including coincidentally posing Kitty Pryde, a Jewish character, so that she partially blocked off a jewelry store sign — guess which part of the word wasn’t covered up. As a result, Marvel has to have someone else redraw entire issues that were almost ready for publication, and it’s damn dumb to set yourself up to cost an employer that much money.
G. Willow Wilson, the Muslim creator of Ms. Marvel, has more info on the stuff Syaf was misinterpreting to justify this crap.
Beat me to it. I’m glad she spoke out on this. I hate that piece of shit Syaf for what he did. And I’m glad he will reap the consequences of his actions.
Isn’t Bret Stephens a climate change denier? Sounds like they are hiring a Judith Miller who has ties to the opposite side of truth.
This Newt quote really says it all https://t.co/6FGirxaLXC pic.twitter.com/oznTVuSPSi
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) April 13, 2017
re: #227 gocart mozart
And fire Brooks, Douthat, Freedman, and Dowd
and Pulitzer prize winning(!) Peggy Noonan
Edit. Oops. Nevermind. Noonan is WSJ.
re: #233 BlueSpotinAL
and Pulitzer prize winning(!) Peggy Noonan
Noonan “writes” for WSJ. But I’m down for firing her anyway.
Been watching the Korean zombie flick Train to Busan on Netflix. It is really excellent so far. South Korean cinema is going from strength to strength.
re: #170 calochortus
I’m tired of hearing about the Trump’s chocolate cake. I will put Marcel Desaulnier’s Chocolate Espresso Fudge Cake up against whatever they make at Mar a Lago any day. I’ve made a bunch (including 6 of them for my daughter’s wedding-luckily they freeze well) and it is my go-to incredibly delicious dessert choice.
That cake looks INCREDIBLE!
Why Delta Air Lines Paid Me 11,000 Not to Fly to Florida This Weekend (goes to Forbes)
The writer snarks she might consider making a career out of not flying to Florida. (The writer is a travel editor.)
Yes pic.twitter.com/8gvjj4w6mT
— Cat in the Sink? (@isacatinthesink) April 12, 2017
re: #226 Shiplord Kirel
To be fair, Trump has created at least some jobs:
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re: #236 Joe Bacon
That cake looks INCREDIBLE!
And it is truly incredible. As a bonus, because the frosting is mostly piped on in little rosettes, an amateur can turn out a professional looking product.
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re: #239 Unshaken Defiance
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Stand by for more of this. Parts of the USA off-limits to Americans… .
re: #240 calochortus
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re: #55 KGxvi
“This is so wrong that I don’t even know where to begin. What the fuck do they teach in US History in the South?”
Being that I am a retired GA high school social studies teacher, I can attest to teaching the real history of America and of Lincoln’s presidency. The problem is with right-wing local and state politicians, some fundamentalist pastors and their congregations, right-wing radio entertainers, Fox News, and some parents who push alternative history and pound this information into the heads of many of our young citizens. I had a civics student who, although I covered a lesson on the powers of the presidency, per the Constitution, said that although he understood the information in the textbook was correct, he and his dad believed Rush Limbaugh’s interpretation/take on presidential powers which was complete bunk. In GA, those who tend to embrace historical revisionism begin indoctrinating their kids when they’re very young, and by the time they study the material in school, the facts don’t cause them to change their minds because the brainwashing they’ve been subjected to has taken hold and become internalized.
re: #187 calochortus
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