Dedicated to Aminah: Maneli Jamal, “Amazing Grace”
In memoriam
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Such a blessed soul. May Allah swt bless her in the Hereafter.
I have never been a religious person, but “Amazing Grace” always seems to tear me up in times like these. This particular rendition is hauntingly beautiful.
Hug your kitty, Aminah. Give them all the scratches you’ve missed.
Mother of all bafoons dropped mother of all bombs to create DISTRACTION from mother of all betrayals.Dont get distracted #russiagate #moab
— Mark Cuban (@subzerov690) April 13, 2017
re: #4 Anymouse
Fake/parody account.
When u don’t understand how the chain of command *or* Twitter work pic.twitter.com/PS4PkNAz8J
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) April 14, 2017
hey @jack is inciting nuclear war against the twitter terms of service
asking for several billion friends— schadenfreude fan 🆒 (@jonrosenberg) April 14, 2017
Heh, in emulating the dearly departed, reposting from the last thread.
I don’t really know what to say…
Except that CL was one of those posters who reeled me into the LGF open forum experience. She’d find a topic and dig right down to the bottom of it and share her findings. In that sense she was true to her nym. She was funny (omg her trove of pixelated gifs!), wise, possessing both the sensitivity and passion of an artist, and a formidable force if you were game enough to try her.
I didn’t know her for as long or as well as alot of you, but she was a firecracker; so full of life, which is what makes all this so shocking.
Godspeed you, Aminah, you spunky geek, staunch advocate and fellow lurker.
re: #5 Puss Power
Parody account, but I agree.
Too bad Mark Cuban didn’t send it himself. I agreed with the sentiment of the tweet though.
To be fair, the man had a troubled past. pic.twitter.com/s2G3a9yu4C
— JenAshleyWright (@JenAshleyWright) April 13, 2017
re: #9 Anymouse
@JenAshleyWright @Stonekettle United We’ll stop using police to deplane passengers.
People; kk thanks.
United; Bring out the scorpions.
People; Wait-what?— TheLiberalOgre (@TheTruePooka) April 13, 2017
re: #8 Alyosha
Heh, in emulating the dearly departed, reposting from the last thread.
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(omg her trove of pixelated gifs!)
Aminah was notorious for posting at the end of a thread right when a new one was beginning. She’d always announce it, too! Got to the point where she’d say “I’m good at this!”
re: #12 teleskiguy
Aminah was notorious for posting at the end of a thread right when a new one was beginning. She’d always announce it, too! Got to the point where she’d say “I’m good at this!”
Her flair for it bordered on supernatural.
re: #12 teleskiguy
Aminah was notorious for posting at the end of a thread right when a new one was beginning. She’d always announce it, too! Got to the point where she’d say “I’m good at this!”
And it would always be some multi-paragraph missive about important shit.
BREAKING: North Korea’s vice foreign minister says President Trump is “making trouble” with “aggressive” tweets.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 14, 2017
re: #16 Anymouse
He’s not wrong. He’s not _in the right_, but he’s not wrong.
Sarah Kendzior in an opinion piece in Toronto’s Globe and Mail today, more at the link:
A week ago, the Trump administration was in trouble. Its health-care plan failed, the President’s ratings were at a record low and more nefarious campaign dealings with Russia had been revealed. The LA Times ran a viral, multipart series outlining that Mr. Trump is an authoritarian leader who lies compulsively and is unfit to hold office.
But by the end of the week, an LA Times columnist awarded Trump’s week a “B” for a job well done. That job, of course, was bombing Syria.
When the media cheers Mr. Trump’s bombing, seemingly forgetting the policy failures that preceded those explosions, we’re all in danger. He is a man who craves praise - and if he receives it through brute force, he’ll keep doing it.
Case in point: On Thursday, Mr. Trump dropped something called “the mother of all bombs” - a bomb so large it’s never been used in combat - in eastern Afghanistan.
He seeks praise for this - and hopes that the smoke will hide all of his many transgressions.
Wow. I’m sad, but this is awesome. Went to CL’s page and started reading to remember. She made many really good Pages with LGF’s sweet and slick interface.
I thought ‘wonder how some of my old Pages look.’ I rolled down looking at some old Pages of mine laughing and cringing and smirking at my old words. Lo and behold one of my first Pages where I got real and poured me guts out.. and CL posted a most CL response.
Awesome.
re: #15 freetoken
I believe Aminah would have loved these kittens, who are just learning to play:
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They took a little of the edge off.
I’m stunned. I can barely imagine this place without CL. Even when she was busy and could only do a drive-by, she’d post the most incredible, informative information - often on a subject that few people would even think of researching.
Got a little quieter in the LGF family today. I’ll miss my Lizard sister, who I only knew as words on a screen. A kind, compassionate light in a very dark world. We need more CLs, not less, damn it.
Herman Melville:
…we trace the round again; and are infants, boys, and men, and Ifs eternally. Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) June 12, 2014
Beautiful version of that hymn. Thank you for it.
Anyone with 36 minutes to spare, give this a listem. This is Faure’s Requiem and I listened to it again to night because Faure, in his agnostic way, created possibly the most hopeful Requiem mass I know of. And that hope is what I need and why I offer this link tonight for CL.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo obliterates Julian Assange and Wikileaks:
WATCH: CIA Director Pompeo absolutely obliterates Assange and Wikileaks. Can’t describe in 140 characters. pic.twitter.com/4ibO5K5kF9
— Yashar (@yashar) April 13, 2017
re: #24 Anymouse
Except last year, Pompeo was promoting Wikileaks output, and NOW he figures out the blindingly obvious.
re: #25 I cannot.
Except last year, Pompeo was promoting Wikileaks output, and NOW he figures out the blindingly obvious.
Last year Wikileaks was helping the Republicans.
“Going Home” is a bagpipe requiem played for many years at military funerals, and more recently civilian ones… . for Curious Lurker
Tangentially related: My MIL says she wants Amazing Grace sung at her funeral…but only so long as it’s to the tune of “The House Of the Rising Sun”.
she was a different voice and a different perspective that helped me understand my own bubbles and preconceptions and shatter them. For that insight and her passion, I always appreciated her posts and perspective and insight.
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
Tangentially related: My MIL says she wants Amazing Grace sung at her funeral…but only so long as it’s to the tune of “The House Of the Rising Sun”.
I’ve told my family I want “The Parting Glass” sung for mine, preferably in a bar.
Husband and I ran away from home for a couple of nights to celebrate or 25th wedding anniversary yesterday. My brother came out from Lincoln to take care of my mom and our son, bless ‘im, so we could get away. Nice relaxing time at the Dino Hotel (aka bestwesterndenver.com — neat place for bone buffs); a hot tub, lobster, elk stew, and 10th Mountain Whiskey were involved.
Came back to bad news about bombs. Frustrating news about the continuing push to wreak havoc on healthcare. Terribly sad news about CL.
Bittersweet reminder of something I’ve seen in fandom for 30 years, that mail/chat/online communities and friendships can be as real as any “in real life” even when you seldom — or never — meet face-to-face.
Sharp reminder that I need to catch my “notify when I croak” list up to date, and finish the damned list of all my online accounts and passwords to go with my will and power of attorney. Cyberspace is a real place in all of our lives now, with legal and financial ramifications.
Curious reminder that as I’ve gotten older, the words “quietly, in their sleep” resonate differently now. “Peacefully.” Perhaps a blessing, albeit a hard one for those left behind.
It was definitely the 13th.
My regional paper is reporting on a different aspect of Rep. Mike Coffman’s (R-Colo.) angry town hall in Aurora. (Bear in mind our newspaper leans so far right it could fall over.)
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman told an angry crowd that he’ll oppose Donald Trump at the right time but won’t do it every day.
Coffman held his first town hall of the year Wednesday night. It was packed with anti-Trump constituents who booed the congressman. Coffman had pledged to stand up to Trump during his re-election campaign last year in a district won by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Coffman said the president and members of Congress should be forced by law to release their tax returns. But he insisted he could not force Trump to do that retroactively.
He grew visibly frustrated at jeers from the crowd saying “Those of you on the extreme left will never be satisfied until Trump” leaves office. (emphasis mine)
re: #31 Anymouse
Something tells me his definition of the ‘extreme left’ doesn’t coincide with mine.
re: #31 Anymouse
My regional paper is reporting on a different aspect of Rep. Mike Coffman’s (R-Colo.) angry town hall in Aurora. (Bear in mind our newspaper leans so far right it could fall over.)
The GOP wants to have it both ways: They want their constituents to believe that they don’t really like Trump and are opposing him BUT they are angry that people think that opposition should be more than just empty words said between votes.
re: #33 Targetpractice
The GOP wants to have it both ways: They want their constituents to believe that they don’t really like Trump and are opposing him BUT they are angry that people think that opposition should be more than just empty words said between votes.
Around these parts, I am the “extreme left.” Holding Rep. Coffman to his words somehow in his mind makes you “the extreme left.”
At least Rep. Coffman had enough courage to show up for a town hall (something a lot of GOP reps haven’t been doing lately).
I don’t understand why Democrats who are considering running for office in Republican-represented districts simply don’t get up on a stage when a GOP rep doesn’t show for a town hall (unless there is some sort of rules or laws against that).
Aminah would have a field day with this.
The Most Important Things You Need To Know On Thursday 4/13 - https://t.co/BLCLRhQJB5 pic.twitter.com/2AuiZ776CK
re: #34 Anymouse
Around these parts, I am the “extreme left.” Holding Rep. Coffman to his words somehow in his mind makes you “the extreme left.”
At least Rep. Coffman had enough courage to show up for a town hall (something a lot of GOP reps haven’t been doing lately).
I don’t understand why Democrats who are considering running for office in Republican-represented districts simply don’t get up on a stage when a GOP rep doesn’t show for a town hall (unless there is some sort of rules or laws against that).
I’ve no idea, but it might simply be that its getting them more mileage to let angry voters hound the GOP rather than giving them something to attack. Because lets be honest, if the Dems did try to jump up on stage like that, the GOP would be quick to scream bloody murder and portray themselves as the “victims.”
Overall, what we have is a GOP that is trying desperately to play both sides, convincing moderate and liberal voters that they’re not onboard with Trump, while at the same time convincing conservative voters that they’re totally best buds with Trump. There’s no real way to thread that needle without temper tantrums like this where they’re called out for their bullshit and resort to calling their critics “liberals.”
re: #36 Targetpractice
Exactly right. These fuckers think they can skate by on their Trump denial, but when the facts are out there these fuckers think they can play the plausible deniability card, that they don’t actually believe the Trump sewage. Mike Coffman is walking a very thin tightrope in Colorado with his politics.
re: #36 Targetpractice
I’ve no idea, but it might simply be that its getting them more mileage to let angry voters hound the GOP rather than giving them something to attack. Because lets be honest, if the Dems did try to jump up on stage like that, the GOP would be quick to scream bloody murder and portray themselves as the “victims.”
Overall, what we have is a GOP that is trying desperately to play both sides, convincing moderate and liberal voters that they’re not onboard with Trump, while at the same time convincing conservative voters that they’re totally best buds with Trump. There’s no real way to thread that needle without temper tantrums like this where they’re called out for their bullshit and resort to calling their critics “liberals.”
I suppose that is true. Moreover, not all of the people going to Republican town halls are Democrats. I imagine a Republican voter seeing in person his or her representative call them “liberals” will not leave a good taste in their mouths.
re: #38 Anymouse
I suppose that is true. Moreover, not all of the people going to Republican town halls are Democrats. I imagine a Republican voter seeing in person his or her representative call them “liberals” will not leave a good taste in their mouths.
Plus, as Charles Pierce quoted over at his blog:
Turner on Thursday accused one of the organizers for Saturday’s town hall of fraudulently misrepresenting herself and said he would not attend a meeting organized by a group he considers illegitimate. According to Turner, the Dayton Indivisible group pretends to be a constituent community organization when really it is an “arm of the Democratic Party” that is part of national protest efforts.
The GOP is claiming that any oppposition to them is being organized by the DNC, so having a Democrat jump up on the empty stage would legitimize that BS. Best to just let these sorry SOBs dig themselves in deeper by insulting their own constituents or avoiding them altogether.
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Pentagon declines comment on NBC story on North Korea https://t.co/9yg56ONQwX pic.twitter.com/EPz5jdyc7i
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 14, 2017
re: #39 Targetpractice
supposedly Jeff Flake got roasted at his town hall in AZ tonight as well… think all of the GOP are hearing from their constituents, they’re supposed to represent us all, so as far as I’m concerned, they can simply sit up there and take it.
re: #41 piratedan
supposedly Jeff Flake got roasted at his town hall in AZ tonight as well… think all of the GOP are hearing from their constituents, they’re supposed to represent us all, so as far as I’m concerned, they can simply sit up there and take it.
Considering all the Democrats that took the same during the Tea Party wave …
re: #39 Targetpractice
And what is an “illegitimate group” anyway? Even if his town hall was organised by an Indivisible group:
a) how does that make it illegitimate
b) isn’t he smart enough to find organisers aside from those who are generally opposed to the GOP’s agenda?
re: #41 piratedan
supposedly Jeff Flake got roasted at his town hall in AZ tonight as well… think all of the GOP are hearing from their constituents, they’re supposed to represent us all, so as far as I’m concerned, they can simply sit up there and take it.
Couldn’t happen to nicer people.
My own representative has come right out and said he only represents Republicans. I really hope Jane Kleeb or someone else can run against him on a platform of “I represent everyone in the district.”
re: #44 Anymouse
My own representative has come right out and said he only represents Republicans. I really hope Jane Kleeb or someone else can run against him on a platform of “I represent everyone in the district.”
That worked so well for Hillary.
Thank you Sarah, you silly!
There’s only one you, silly. Only one you in the whole world
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) April 14, 2017
re: #45 allegro
perhaps after finding out that the GOP only represents bigots, religious fundies and rich people, other folks might find that less than appealing. No harm in trying to reach those that can be reached.
re: #45 allegro
That worked so well for Hillary.
Well, no candidate will win every vote. I imagine that if the election had gone the other way (in favour of Mrs. Clinton), she actually would have tried to represent the interests of everyone. Even someone like Jeb Bush would have made at least an attempt at it.
Huh? Parking lot? 11 pm?
Sounds more like “hold muh beer!” than “one small step.”
University of Idaho: Experimental rocket explosion injures 4
Four people were injured when an experimental rocket exploded at the University of Idaho on Thursday night, school officials said.
The victims were testing the rocket in a parking lot next to the school’s steam plant, when it apparently malfunctioned, said Jodi Walker, a campus spokeswoman.
re: #48 Anymouse
Yes. She very correctly characterized the Trump base as a basket of deplorables but never implied she wouldn’t represent them too.
re: #50 Nyet
Yes. She very correctly characterized the Trump base as a basket of deplorables but never implied she wouldn’t represent them too.
It wasn’t even all of Mr. Trump’s base, but a certain segment of that base (the Nazis, &c)
Have gotten my hands on hundreds of thousands of pages of archival materials (primary sources, trials, etc.), expect to get even more next month (like the whole Auschwitz Zentralbauleitung archive). The only question is where to find time. :)
Damn. Not something I wanted to see first thing in the morning. Rest in peace CL/Aminah. You will be missed.
re: #55 Timothy Watson
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But remember, according to Sessions, we need to be easing back on examining this sort of behavior from police departments because they need our total support.
re: #55 Timothy Watson
Step in the right direction, but if he’s not in a cell he’ll probably just get another badge with another corrupt PD.
re: #57 Teukka
Either that or this one:
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Perhaps this one? It’s what I’d like at my funeral someday.
I’ve been composing a list of songs for my own funeral. So far I have…
- Queen, “Another One Bites The Dust”
- AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
- Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
- Metallica, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”
- Monty Python, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”
Can you tell I’m big on gallows humor?
re: #57 Teukka
Excellent photo of the Pleiades for that one.
re: #13 Alyosha
Her flair for it bordered on supernatural.
It will always be “pulling a CL” in my book.
Fuck 2017. :(
#2016 #missme pic.twitter.com/pi5NIE1OnS
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) April 14, 2017
re: #66 Nyet
No, but that doesn’t mean this year isn’t sucking just as hard.
re: #62 Targetpractice
I’ve been composing a list of songs for my own funeral. So far I have…
- Queen, “Another One Bites The Dust”
- AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
- Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
- Metallica, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”
- Monty Python, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”Can you tell I’m big on gallows humor?
“Whaling Stories” by Procol Harum, especially for the final verse:
SHALIMAR, the trumpets chorused,
angels wholly all shall take
Those alive will meet the prophets,
those at peace shall see their wake.
Church Can Start Its Own Police Force, Alabama Senate Says https://t.co/0EcKFaqFjz
— ggt (@geegeetee) April 14, 2017
I once heard Amazing Grace sang a capella —every verse.
It is a song that can reach into the core of a person —religious or not.
re: #70 Birth Control Works
re: #72 Birth Control Works
I once heard Amazing Grace sang a capella —every verse.
It is a song that can reach into the core of a person —religious or not.
It was written by a slave trader who saw the light and turn his shipload of human cargo back around to Africa.
re: #62 Targetpractice
I’ve been composing a list of songs for my own funeral. So far I have…
- Queen, “Another One Bites The Dust”
- AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
- Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
- Metallica, “For Whom The Bell Tolls”
- Monty Python, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”Can you tell I’m big on gallows humor?
I’m not having a funeral. My body will be donated to the Anatomical Gift Society of Illinois or a similar organization where ever I die. Family can decide on their own what event will best bring the closure.
I would not object to a big party —
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was written by a slave trader who saw the light and turn his shipload of human cargo back around to Africa.
I know. The lines “a wretch like me” is especially gut wrenching. Bill Moyers did a show on it years ago (90’s).
I am now on day 7 of illness. Been on Tamiflu since Sunday.
Hubby says we are going back to the Dr. today if I don’t stop coughing.
going back to recliner soon. Can’t breathe thru my nose if I’m in the bed.
oy
Artist Who Created Charging Bull Statue Says Fearless Girl Statue Is Ruining Everything
Di Modica calls the statue an ”advertising trick” created by two corporate giants — Boston-based State Street Global Advisors and McCann, its New York advertising firm.
The Italian-born sculptor says the presence of ”Fearless Girl” infringes on his own artistic copyright to the ”Charging Bull,” by changing the creative dynamic to include the other bold presence.
What a whining diva!
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
Tangentially related: My MIL says she wants Amazing Grace sung at her funeral…but only so long as it’s to the tune of “The House Of the Rising Sun”.
Blind Boys of Alabama do exactly that.
The wife of the Alabama governor just resigned orchestrated his downfall after she caught him… https://t.co/eZo3Sj6HVR via @YahooFinance
— ggt (@geegeetee) April 14, 2017
Dan Rather Just Gave The Best Response To Spicer’s Hitler Remark
“This line of rhetoric is so unhinged, so amateurish, so lacking in the context and perspective necessary for statesmanship and diplomacy that I do not see how Mr. Spicer can be allowed to continue in his current position. But in the end, this is less about him and more about an Administration that is inserting itself in a civil war and now is plunging into a drastic reformulation of American foreign policy without any clear sense that they have a plan. When you try to explain such a situation, it is understandable that your words don’t make sense.
A bar, already set low, continues to drop.”
re: #81 Ming5000
I just found this picture last night. It is supposedly the dinner at Maralago for China President Xi.
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One of the many things that I am sick of, Maralago… The White House isn’t good enough?
Naaah: unlike Mar-a-Lago, the WH doesn’t have the price tags left on……
Then There Was That Time United Refused To Help Teen Who Was Being Sexually Harassed https://t.co/RX0niHsXOE
— ggt (@geegeetee) April 14, 2017
re: #61 Teukka
I’m torn between Randy Edelman’s “To the Stars” and John Williams’ “Across the Stars” for mine.
This is what I’ll have them play as we say goodbye. Also for Aminah.
Texas Votes To Cut Funds From Clean Air Programs & Redirect The Money To Anti-Abortion Initiatives
On Thursday evening, the Texas State House of Representatives voted to take money from clean air initiatives and give it to the state’s Alternatives to Abortion (A2A) initiative, which, according to the Huffington Post, funds “faith-based, non-medical crisis pregnancy centers.” The House voted 131-16 to cut $20 million from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) air quality assessment and planning program and use the money to instead further fund the A2A’s controversial “crisis pregnancy centers.”
re: #77 Birth Control Works
I am now on day 7 of illness. Been on Tamiflu since Sunday.
Hubby says we are going back to the Dr. today if I don’t stop coughing.
going back to recliner soon. Can’t breathe thru my nose if I’m in the bed.
oy
I know the feeling. I’m on Day 10 with this crap. I’m going to try to go back to work on Monday…
Fox News Tried to Normalize Pornography, Now It’s Being Called Out https://t.co/4qtJ9vGJGB via @HuffPostBlog
— ggt (@geegeetee) April 14, 2017
re: #87 Joe Bacon
I know the feeling. I’m on Day 10 with this crap. I’m going to try to go back to work on Monday…
(joe bacon)
re: #81 Ming5000
I just found this picture last night. It is supposedly the dinner at Maralago for China President Xi.
There is Jared, Ivanka, and… down the table is Bannon.[Embedded content]
One of the many things that I am sick of, Maralago… The White House isn’t good enough?
Trump justs likes to pretend it is at Versailles. White House isn’t gaudy enough for him.
re: #89 Birth Control Works
(joe bacon)
I haven’t been this sick in over 25 years. This bug is one stubborn CENSORED. Dr has me on a stronger antibiotic, cough syrup and now stronger version of Flonase.
I’m drawn between a simple and traditional version of Danny Boy or The Pogues’ Sick Bed of Cucharrin. Not sure. Amazing Grace is beautiful though. You don’t have to be religious to appreciate its beauty and story behind it.
Morning…still feeling sad about CL.
And, I’m feeling sad about some in the media starting to credit Trump for his bombing of things. How in one week he has turned his fortunes and is trending up and that may be a sign that he is learning.
He is still Donald Trump. He still has a history of doing stupid things. That has not and will never change. Don’t feed the beast.
I don’t want to hear about Obama being indecisive and Trump not wasting time.
How is everyone going to feel if Trump decides he is going to show ultimate toughness and starts a big mess with North Korea that could drag a lot of people into a war with a lot of bombs?
I don’t see bombing as Presidential. I see restraint and trying not to bomb as Presidential.
re: #52 Nyet
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re: #93 ObserverArt
Morning…still feeling sad about CL.
And, I’m feeling sad about some in the media starting to credit Trump for his bombing of things. How in one week he has turned his fortunes and is trending up and that may be a sign that he is learning.
He is still Donald Trump. He still has a history of doing stupid things. That has not and will never change. Don’t feed the beast.
I don’t want to hear about Obama being indecisive and Trump not wasting time.
How is everyone going to feel if Trump decides he is going to show ultimate toughness and starts a big mess with North Korea that could drag a lot of people into a war with a lot of bombs?
I don’t see bombing as Presidential. I see restraint and trying not to bomb as Presidential.
They need to stop trying to normalize him. They tried it after the Congressional speech too. And I Agree about bombing and not bombing too.
re: #90 Birth Control Works
Trump justs likes to pretend it is at Versailles. White House isn’t gaudy enough for him.
You are probably right. There is some demented mental issue going on.
He is so unfit to be President and the next 5000 jobs on the jobs list.
How will I ever forgive Trumpers? Sorry Aunt M_
going back to recliner —
have a great morning all!
re: #24 Anymouse
CIA Director Mike Pompeo obliterates Julian Assange and Wikileaks:
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I wonder what changed with Pompeo since last year when he was a Clinton hater and conspiracy theorist. Interesting 180 degree turn.
re: #93 ObserverArt
“I don’t see bombing as Presidential. I see restraint and trying not to bomb as Presidential.”
Same for me but unfortunately this is a pro-military, pro-war country. Trump’s popularity has probably shot up because of these (useless) bombings because his supporters can argue that he’s strong and decisive. We’ll be embroiled in another Iraq pretty soon and those of us who oppose future wars will be told that we’re not patriotic and need to shut the hell up and support our troops. Sigh.
Syria was a STUNT. The MOAB in Afghanistan is a STUNT. From Monday: Trump has now been taught Bombs=Media Applause pic.twitter.com/fLVI1UAU1J
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 14, 2017
re: #99 Patricia Kayden
”..pro-military, pro-war country.”
True.
Trump’s moves here have been irrational, pointless, and poorly executed, I am hopeful that even that knee-jerk response will be the subject of personal reflection.
Plus, Trump’s wars are going to hit the poorest Americans the hardest. Much of them are core-Trump.
Virginia Tech shooting still haunts VSP head 10 years later https://t.co/eFOHeBxB6j via @8News
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) April 14, 2017
re: #86 Birth Control Works
Texas Votes To Cut Funds From Clean Air Programs & Redirect The Money To Anti-Abortion Initiatives
So there were Democrats on board with this ridiculous proposal?? Well, it’s Texas.
Subtitle: Four people that can barely speak English. pic.twitter.com/eaK8aAl6E0
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) April 14, 2017
Hmm. .. Fox picked up an item..
Susan Sarandon: Angry Hillary Clinton Supporters Forced Me to Change My Phone Number
Fox News - 14 hours agoShouldn’t she be concerned that Republicans are delighted with her swallowing the Bernie troll pill?
re: #105 Dr. Matt
Why can’t someone get Trump to button his damned jacket?
re: #107 wheat-dogg
Why can’t someone get Trump to button his damned jacket?
Then he wouldn’t be able to show off his red penis replacement (the tie).
re: #107 wheat-dogg
Why can’t someone get Trump to button his damned jacket?
I think somebody stepped in on the tie length problem, at least.
Remember that time Obama killed 100 AQ and 80 ISIS while not trying to sell chocolate cake or doing it to intimidate North Korea?
re: #106 Ming5000
Hmm. .. Fox picked up an item..
Try as I might, I can’t bring myself a feel a single shred of sympathy for her. Perhaps it’s because I know she helped fuck this country over a bramble patch in a self-centered temper tantrum and now wants to take absolutely no responsibility for her actions.
this is a press release https://t.co/Y9q30byUJF
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) April 14, 2017
@adamjohnsonNYC @stormtrees At a price of $16 million per bomb, we spent $444K to kill each person. pic.twitter.com/e1txrwERcg
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) April 14, 2017
re: #107 wheat-dogg
Why can’t someone get Trump to button his damned jacket?
It will only make him look even fatter. It’s pure vanity.
re: #111 Targetpractice
Try as I might, I can’t bring myself a feel a single shred of sympathy for her.
Agree. Especially at the 11th hour when Tim Robins made a plea to vote HRC to avoid Trump. They had something, once, didn’t they?
rawastory 03NOV2016
Susan Sarandon is standing strong in her support for Bernie Sanders and refusing to vote for Hillary Clinton, but in a recent Huffington Post op-ed, ex-husband Tim Robbins begs Bernie supporters to think again.
…
For those waging a protest vote for a third party, Robbins has this to say: “Jill Stein is no Ralph Nader, and Gary Johnson is no Teddy Roosevelt ― and neither of them has shown us any examples of their past advocacy leading to any significant change.”
re: #115 Ming5000
Agree. Especially at the 11th hour when Tim Robins made a plea to vote HRC to avoid Trump. They had something, once, didn’t they?
Just two kids together.
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re: #114 Dr. Matt
It will only make him look even fatter. It’s pure vanity.
His jacket is already one size too large. I think he’s just a schlub who never learned the finer points of men’s business attire.
Too cheap to get his suits tailored. Even Orson Welles looked good in a suit.
re: #113 Dr. Matt
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36 fighters?
I heard on the radio last night that there was an estimate that some 800 fighters used the tunnel system.
Pretty terrible ROI. Typical Trump.
re: #31 Anymouse
There’s a lot of anger out there at GOPers. Upstate NYers are pissed at new Rep. John Faso because he held an invite-only town hall meeting, which was his way of avoiding tough questions and angry crowds.
The crowds showed up outside the location anyways.
Like so many of his GOP colleagues, Faso needed a safe zone away from angry constituents pissed off at them trying to repeal Obamacare.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 14, 2017
re: #118 makeitstop
36 fighters?
I heard on the radio last night that there was an estimate that some 800 fighters used the tunnel system.
Pretty terrible ROI. Typical Trump.
It was nothing than a PR stunt and petty attempt to distract his ties to Russia and countless scandals.
re: #118 makeitstop
He probably gave them a heads up too.
re: #119 lawhawk
There’s a lot of anger out there at GOPers. Upstate NYers are pissed at new Rep. John Faso because he held an invite-only town hall meeting, which was his way of avoiding tough questions and angry crowds.
The crowds showed up outside the location anyways.
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And they mock college students for safe places.
re: #120 Dr. Matt
It was nothing than a PR stunt and pettty attempt to distract his ties to Russia and countless scandals.
I’m old enough to remember when the GOP trashed Obama for a year because he “gloated” about killing Osama bin Laden.
Trump drops an overpriced bomb to kill a couple dozen grunts, gloats about it, and we’re supposed to celebrate him as being much presidential.
Hello all.
Chris, Aminahs son wrote me an email. I will call him later for those further details and family wishes.
re: #123 Timothy Watson
…
Trump drops an overpriced bomb to kill a couple dozen grunts, gloats about it, and we’re supposed to celebrate him as being much presidential.
You must be watching MSNBC because they have been orgasmic all morning over Trump’s presidential pivot.
re: #125 Dr. Matt
You must be watching MSNBC because they have been orgasmic all morning over Trump’s presidential pivot.
Heh, I usually don’t watch national news. Raises my blood pressure too much. :)
re: #123 Timothy Watson
I’m old enough to remember when the GOP trashed Obama for a year because he “gloated” about killing Osama bin Laden.
Trump drops an overpriced bomb to kill a couple dozen grunts, gloats about it, and we’re supposed to celebrate him as being much presidential.
SPIKING THE FOOTBALL.
United continues to have a PR problem….yesterday on a United flight.👇🏽👇🏽😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qCtfObpIpa
— RogelioGarcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) April 14, 2017
The only Chinese carrier which flies to North Korea has suspended service to Pyongyang.
Air China, the only Chinese carrier with regular services to North Korea, will suspend flights between Beijing and Pyongyang from Monday, China Central Television reported on Friday.
No reason was given for the suspension but flights between the two countries have been put on hold in the past due to lack of passengers.
The announcement came hours after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that a conflict over North Korea could break out “at any moment”.
“Lately, tensions have risen … and one has the feeling that a conflict could break out at any moment,” Wang said. “If a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no winner.”
re: #118 makeitstop
36 fighters?
I heard on the radio last night that there was an estimate that some 800 fighters used the tunnel system.
Pretty terrible ROI. Typical Trump.
This goes back to what I was saying/tweeting yesterday. All the people who were cheering that Trump dropped this particular weapon did so without knowing who were the targets, why this weapon was chosen, and what the expected outcome was, to say nothing of what the outcome actually was. Using explosives against tunnel complexes are tricky business, and the US has always had problems dealing with them - they had problems going back to Vietnam, and underground bunkers are a continuing issue for all armies around the world - notoriously difficult to attack, which is why there’s so much spending on specialized weapons designed to bust bunkers.
If you targeted 800 IS fighters, and got only 36, that leans heavily towards a significant failure (unless those 36 turn out to be all leaders). And I’m guessing that the military itself will see it as a failure - though the right wingers will latch on to the 36 killed as proof that it worked.
Trump’s itching to bring back body counts and touting ordnance totals, as opposed to actual results on the ground.
Syria’s air base is back up and running (a MOAB dropped on that base would have wrecked it and disrupted its operation for more than a few hours than the Tomahawk mission).
The MOAB strike didn’t do nearly as much as its proponents thought it would.
Trump’s threats are turning out to be all bark and no bite, and every one of our enemies and rivals are realizing this, and from a MOAB there’s really no where else he can go without nuking someone.
Assad’s continuing to slaughter civilians in Syria (chemical weapons or not, he’s already killed more than 400,000 - only a few hundred were victims of chemical weapons of some form). IS continues slaughtering people all over the place. Nursa is also killing people.
North Korea’s going to do what it’s going to do regardless of what Trump threatens - because North Korea has nothing to lose, and if Trump preemptively strikes the North to disrupt a nuclear test, he’d restart the Korean War in a heartbeat.
There are ways of containment that don’t involve blowing up the world to save it.
Putin’s laughing all the way to the bank with this one.
re: #106 Ming5000
Hmm. .. Fox picked up an item..
Awwww. That’s too bad. I wonder what Suzy Smartass will do when people who lose their health insurance send their bills to her with a note asking her to pay them!
Remember the good ol’ days when we were supposed to feel sorry for the poor souls at Uber because they were being “stifled by regulation”?
A new report says Uber used a secret program dubbed “Hell’ to track Lyft drivers to see if they were driving for both ride-hailing services and otherwise stifle competition.
It’s the latest in a series of troubles for Uber, which is also dealing with executive departures and accusations of sexism and sexual harassment.
Only a small group of Uber employees, including CEO Travis Kalanick, knew about the program, according to a story in The Information, which was based on an anonymous source who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Netfliix just posted the new episodes of MST3K. I’m off to watch & have some badly-needed laughs!
re: #133 Timothy Watson
Remember the good ol’ days when we were supposed to feel sorry for the poor souls at Uber because they were being “stifled by regulation”?
Jesus.
Her account had expired but RDT now Reine re-registered to leave a kind note.
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #137 Unshaken Defiance
Her account had expired but RDT now Reine re-registered to leave a kind note.
littlegreenfootballs.com
Very kind of her.
That was the type of reaction CL inspired.
re: #136 GlutenFreeJesus
Just so typical of the Trumps (any Trumps - pick’em) - the message itself is fairly inoffensive, but they just have to make it all about themselves with that inane holiday-card family pic. WTF does this have to do with Passover?
Oy!
Having a little trouble fighting through the tears.
Every once in a while you run across someone on the web who you know without a doubt would be one of your best friends in real life. That was Aminah. I never met her in the flesh but I did meet her in spirit in LFG comments, tweets, DM and emails.
She had a helluva sharp mind and caring soul and we were buds.
Back to crying.
I think some people may be missing the forest for the trees:
Phrase ‘mother of all bombs’ decried as ‘sexist,’ ‘grotesque’
re: #141 Timothy Watson
They’re missing the forest for one leaf…which would be OK if they could take closeup pictures like CL could.
re: #119 lawhawk
There’s a lot of anger out there at GOPers. Upstate NYers are pissed at new Rep. John Faso because he held an invite-only town hall meeting, which was his way of avoiding tough questions and angry crowds.
The crowds showed up outside the location anyways.
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Speaking of town hall meetings. Arizona Senator Jeff Flake had a rather testy one last night.
Here is an Arizona TV station’s report. The full town hall is also at YouTube and it is 2 hours long.
Of course the one Trump supporter has to go with the “losers are angry” meme. I wonder if he went around and asked all those people if they voted for Trump. He may be surprised…just like a lot of these Republican Congresspersons are getting surprised.
Saddening to hear that C_L, Aminah, has passed away. May Allah grant her rest in Paradise.
It’s not often that I am saddened by hearing of the passing of someone whom I’ve never interacted with in real life.
CL, your insightful posts on a variety of topics will be missed, as will your wit and grace.
Even though C_L was religious and took some overly zealous atheists to task, she supported my kicking creationist’s asses. She really could think.
re: #125 Dr. Matt
You must be watching MSNBC because they have been orgasmic all morning over Trump’s presidential pivot.
Our media is nuts. Sometimes I thinks that if some crazy guy off the street chopped off a President’s head with a sword and proclaimed himself President, the media would just both sides it until proclaiming him the real President after he dropped the requisite amount of ordinance somewhere in the Middle East.
Media Hack: Good morning. The country is still whirling over the sudden ascension of President McCrazy following the death of his predecessor under unusual circumstances. Some are even suggesting that President McCrazy should step down from office. Opinions differ and emotions are high on both sides. Joining me in the studio today to discuss this issue are the Vice President of the United States and President McCrazy’s spokesperson Kelly Ann Conway.
Mr. Vice President, you believe that due to the unusual manner he entered office, that President McCrazy should step down.
Vice President: No. I believe that Mr. McCrazy should be in jail pending his murder trial for chopping off the President’s head and that I should be sworn in as President in accordance with US law.
Kelly Ann Conway: Do you see the disrespect here? President McCrazy is the President of the United States and should be addressed as such. The Vice President has been critical of this President and trying to force him out ever since he took office. This level of vitriol on the part of the President’s opponents and the Vice President is truly unprecedented.
Media Hack: So you don’t believe that US law says the Vice President assumes the Presidency upon the death of the President.
Kelly Ann Conway: Of course I do and in the tragic event that President McCrazy dies, the Vice President would become President, but we have a President, President McCrazy. President McCrazy is our President.
Vice President: The rightfully elected President did die. Mr McCrazy killed him. That’s why I should assume the Presidency.
Kelly Ann Conway: I think we’re all forgetting the most important thing here. The sword. The previous President’s head was cut off by a sword. That’s why President McCrazy is the rightful President.
Media Hack: Yes. The Sword. Mr. Vice President, what do you have to say about the sword?
Vice President: What does the sword have to do with…
Media Hack: This just in. President McCrazy has carpet bombed a remote section of the Iraqi desert. More than a dozen B-52s took part and hundreds of thousands of pounds of ordiance were dropped. We have footage. Look at those massively beautiful explosions. I may need a new pair of pants.
Mr. Vice President, I think we can agree that regardless of the circumstances of his election, that President McCrazy became President of the entire country today.
Vice President: Are you brain damaged?
Media Hack: Look at that awesome devastation. It’s huge. That’s all we have time for today. I need to go smoke a cigarette. I’d like to thank the Vice President and Kelly Ann Conway for joining me. God bless the USA and God bless President McCrazy.
I’m not here as often as I had been in the past and am now just finding out we have lost a dear friend. I never met Curious Lurker in person, but considered her a companion in this world. I am saddened. If there is a heaven or a paradise, may your table be full, Aminah.
To all, peace. Love one another, in the end it’s all we have.
re: #139 Jay C
Just so typical of the Trumps (any Trumps - pick’em) - the message itself is fairly inoffensive, but they just have to make it all about themselves with that inane holiday-card family pic. WTF does this have to do with Passover?
Oy!
They are posing SITTING ON A HALLWAY TABLE for a photo op. Jews do not send cards at Passover. This would be a stupid pose even if it was on a Christmas card.
They can all sit on a flimsy hallway table because they are all so thin they weigh hardly anything!
Oh look, we’ve got drone footage from when the US dropped the MOAB in Afghanistan (gotta be careful not to write Utah after Moab).
Drone footage shows the moment the U.S. bomb dropped, leaving at least 36 ISIS fighters dead. https://t.co/EAfdSrCwDb pic.twitter.com/7bnyIRHy6d
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 14, 2017
All the right wingers are orgasmic over the use of firepower, ignoring that the use of the weapon may not have gotten the results intended.
If your intended target is 800 IS fighters, and you hit 36, that’s less than 5%.
In fact, that’d be a failing rate, which should make military commanders consider whether there were more practical weapons or methods of dealing with the threat at this time.
re: #153 lawhawk
Don’t encourage them, they’re likely to use nukes so they can get them all in one blow.
All it takes is one idiot in the White House and they’ll all act like morons.
….but think of President Trump as the Martin Luther King of health care,” Lord argued. “When I was a kid, President Kennedy didn’t want to introduce the civil rights bill because he said it wasn’t popular, he didn’t have the votes for it, etc. Dr. King kept putting people in the streets in harm’s way to put the pressure on so that the bill would be introduced.”
Lord is not predicting that “random overprivileged white guys in MAGA hats will engage in civil disobedience” to fight healthcare. Rather, Lord suggests that Trump is a great leader who pushes for reform at the risk of getting people hurt like MLK did.
The difference is that MLK inspired people to volunteer to march even at great personal risk. Trump is threatening to hurt people who have not volunteered by messing up their health coverage. Like United Airlines, Trump is volunteering unwilling victims. That is not how any of this works. The verb volunteer is not transitive. You cannot volunteer others.
We cannot let ourselves be tricked by this verbal slight of hand. MLK’s volunteers and Trump’s victims are not analogous just because in both cases people get hurt.
re: #153 lawhawk
Oh look, we’ve got drone footage from when the US dropped the MOAB in Afghanistan (gotta be careful not to write Utah after Moab).
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All the right wingers are orgasmic over the use of firepower, ignoring that the use of the weapon may not have gotten the results intended.
If your intended target is 800 IS fighters, and you hit 36, that’s less than 5%.
In fact, that’d be a failing rate, which should make military commanders consider whether there were more practical weapons or methods of dealing with the threat at this time.
A cost of $7.82mn per head. Expensive.
re: #49 Shiplord Kirel
Eighty years later this is still good advice.
“A good rule for rocket experiments to follow is this: always assume that it will explode.”
-Astronautics Magazine 1937
re: #153 lawhawk
Oh look, we’ve got drone footage from when the US dropped the MOAB in Afghanistan (gotta be careful not to write Utah after Moab).
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All the right wingers are orgasmic over the use of firepower, ignoring that the use of the weapon may not have gotten the results intended.
If your intended target is 800 IS fighters, and you hit 36, that’s less than 5%.
In fact, that’d be a failing rate, which should make military commanders consider whether there were more practical weapons or methods of dealing with the threat at this time.
How can they expect any kind of accuracy in the body count (especially so soon) when such a bomb would have completely obliterated any corpses for a rather large radius? Sure we might only find a few corpses in the tunnels but there could still be a lot of dead people that will never be findable.
I was reading up on the Battle of Tora Bora in light of the usage of the MOAB. I found this interesting:
Tora Bora was variously described by the western media to be an impregnable cave fortress housing 2000 men complete with a hospital, a hydroelectric power plant, offices, a hotel, arms and ammunition stores, roads large enough to drive a tank into, and elaborate tunnel and ventilation systems.[30] Both the British and American press published elaborate plans of the base. When presented with such plans in an NBC interview on Meet the Press, Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of Defense, said, “This is serious business, there’s not one of those, there are many of those”.[31][32][33]
When Tora Bora was eventually captured by the U.S., British and Afghan troops, no traces of the supposed ‘fortress’ were found despite painstaking searches in the surrounding areas. Tora Bora turned out to be a system of small natural caves housing at most, 200 fighters. While arms and ammunition stores were found, there were no traces of the advanced facilities claimed to exist.[33][34]
In an interview published by the Public Broadcasting Service, a Staff Sergeant from the U.S. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 572, who had been in the Battle of Tora Bora described the caves:
“Again, with the caves, they weren’t these crazy mazes or labyrinths of caves that they described. Most of them were natural caves. Some were supported with some pieces of wood maybe about the size of a 10-foot by 24-foot room, at the largest. They weren’t real big. I know they made a spectacle out of that, and how are we going to be able to get into them? We worried about that too, because we see all these reports. Then it turns out, when you actually go up there, there’s really just small bunkers, and a lot of different ammo storage is up there. - Jeff, Staff Sgt. ODA 572[35]
Tora Bora might be best remembered by the videos of B-52s bombing mountain ranges.
re: #158 KerFuFFler
How can they expect any kind of accuracy in the body count (especially so soon) when such a bomb would have completely obliterated any corpses for a rather large radius? Sure we might only find a few corpses in the tunnels but there could still be a lot of dead people that will never be findable.
Well, if this is all a bizarre form of “entertainment” for Trump to tickle the fancy of his followers and the media, etc., then I would expect them to use entertainment promoter forms of counting attendance figures as a substitute for casualties in this MOAB bombing.
This was a full house…a sell out…no tickets left…standing room only. Everyone enjoyed the show, the crowd and the promoter are happy.
In other words…the actual figures are never released. The promoter though wants you to know you missed out on a big one so the next time the show is in town you will be sure not to miss it. Heck, everyone else but you was there!
re: #90 Birth Control Works
Perhaps he ought to remember what happened to the people living in Versailles at the end of the 18th Century.
What kind of pathetic asshole is Lord? Really likening Trump to MLK? Pretty rich shit considering he made his bones working for Reagan too.
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was written by a slave trader who saw the light and turn his shipload of human cargo back around to Africa.
Actually, no.
Newton did quit captaining ships (slave or otherwise) after a nasty storm, but he continued to invest in the trade for several years, and it was some years later that he became active in the abolition movement.
Which doesn’t mean it isn’t a fine hymn-and once he became an abolitionist he was a strong and influential voice.
re: #163 calochortus
Actually, no.
Newton did quit captaining ships (slave or otherwise) after a nasty storm, but he continued to invest in the trade for several years, and it was some years later that he became active in the abolition movement.
Which doesn’t mean it isn’t a fine hymn-and once he became an abolitionist he was a strong and influential voice.
I remember that my Nana had the Bill Moyers PBS documentary on it. It’s been years since I watched it.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
I remember that my Nana had the Bill Moyers PBS documentary on it. It’s been years since I watched it.
I haven’t seen the Moyers documentary, but if you are interested in the British abolition movement, I can highly recommend Hochschild’s Bury the Chains . I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I found it both informative and deeply moving.
Definitely click & select your options
re: #165 calochortus
I haven’t seen the Moyers documentary, but if you are interested in the British abolition movement, I can highly recommend Hochschild’s Bury the Chains . I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I found it both informative and deeply moving.
Thanks. I’ll add that to my list.
re: #173 Stanley Sea
So, people only post here on their employer’s time? Interesting. :)
re: #173 Stanley Sea
Apparently it’s a day off for some.
This actually is my day off. Waiting for the numbness to go down from my filling and get some lunch soon.
“Moderate” Republicans at work:
Gillespie used the immigration question to draw a contrast with Northam and Perriello.
“The fact is, Ralph Northam and Tom Perriello, running on the Democrat side, support the establishment of sanctuary cities in the commonwealth of Virginia,” Gillespie said, adding that the Democrats also favor driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants and discounted, in-state tuition for immigrants’ children.
“Sanctuary cities” are cities that don’t do the federal government’s work for free. Prince William County racked up millions of dollars in unreimbursed overtime for its jail because of Corey Stewart’s bullshit.
Where’s the alcohol and donuts. (Doughnuts for Canadians)
re: #177 Timothy Watson
“Moderate” Republicans at work:
“Sanctuary cities” are cities that don’t do the federal government’s work for free. Prince William County racked up millions of dollars in overtime for its jail because of Corey Stewart’s bullshit.
Man Gillespie is such a pathetic tool. He worked for by far the most pro immigration Republican in recent memory and now he’s trying to sound like Stewart so he can get the nomination.
Happy Crucifixion Day everyone. I get the day off - whoo-hoo! (so I’m verifying 1.6 million logins for the boss after a major system overhaul)
On this holiest of days please say a prayer for white people…
DeVos pick to head civil rights office once said she faced discrimination for being white https://t.co/RFf7N04h7t
— adam harris (@AdamHSays) April 14, 2017
WTF is this shit?
Kirsten Hunter said her 3-year-old son, Aksel, was forcefully catheterized at the Avera hospital in Pierre in late February after her boyfriend failed a urine analysis. Authorities wanted to have her and her two children tested to see if they also had drugs in their system.
Pierre police officers and a Department of Social Services employee showed up at her home and said if her kids couldn’t produce urine, they would be taken from her. Hunter said her son isn’t potty-trained. So while she and her 5-year-old daughter were able to provide a urine sample, her young son couldn’t.
He was held down and forcibly catheterized by nurses.
Via wonkette.com
Well. I am sitting vigil at the church and will do the stations of the cross at 11 & then the Good Friday liturgy including the veneration of the cross. I know that may well be in another language for many of you but I find more in Jesus’ teachings than the fundamentalists would say and I try in my way to live up to that. These hours, this year, are for CL. She was truly God’s servant in a way that many are called to be but few can achieve. Rest now, our friend, and let us carry you and your work forward in our hearts.
re: #159 Timothy Watson
I remember the cartoon drawing Rumsfeld showed.
Of course, it was all bullshit, as is the case of this new “complex” that was just MOAB’d.
It took me a while to find this, but it’s the criminal complaint against Jumana Nagarwala, who is accused of performing female genital mutilation on young girls in Michigan. What stood out for me is how on page 8-9, victim 2 (aged 7) said she’d left one of her winter gloves in the office where the genital mutilation was performed on February 4. The affidavit goes on to state that a search warrant was executed on April 10 and the glove was found—it had the girl’s name on it. I wonder if the girl hid the glove or if the place is so poorly kept up that a glove could remain there for two months. 0_o
re: #183 William Lewis
As most of you know, I’m an atheist, born and bred, but for those like you William-and CL as well-who find religion enriches their lives and helps them in their quest to be better people, I’m all for it. We each find our own way and I wish all Christians here a good weekend.
re: #185 GlutenFreeJesus
Holy shit…that’s the sort of thing that NORAD would have, or Dr. No…good god, we actually FELL for that? (we, in this case also includes me, partially, goddamnit)
Remember when Aminah/CL posted a link to some scary mannequin heads on Amazon? Many of us got ads for those heads for quite a while after; made surfing the web an interesting experience.
Now memories of Aminah keep popping into my head like those mannequins ads, coming when I least expect it.
Damn, it hurts.
re: #191 A Cranky One
I hadn’t thought of THOSE in a long time. Thanks a bunch.
I must need moar coffee this morning. I was making the bed and as I straightened the sheet and blankets a little reflected spot of light jumped around on them. For a moment I was like the cat chasing a laser pointer dot. What was that?!!
Alert? No, I’m not.
re: #180 darthstar
Happy Crucifixion Day everyone. I get the day off - whoo-hoo! (so I’m verifying 1.6 million logins for the boss after a major system overhaul)
On this holiest of days please say a prayer for white people…
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I hate that we’re having to deal with this shit, bit we will have to deal with it.
“Cry havoc and let slip the chocolate rabbits of war”
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
“Cry havoc and let slip the chocolate rabbits of war”
When it comes to President Pee Pee, he’ll unleash the WHITE chocolate rabbits of war!
re: #199 Joe Bacon
When it comes to President Pee Pee, he’ll unleash the WHITE chocolate rabbits of war!
White chocolate is a lie. Of course that still works with your statement.
‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB’s impact https://t.co/jDC62I2laL
— Rogue Rover Run (@TerryMcCracken) April 14, 2017
Just caught up on the posts I’ve missed and saw what happened. I’m kinda numb. Even though I’ve never met any of the people here I feel like I’ve grown to know a lot of you so seeing what happened with CL (who I always enjoyed tweeting with and reading here) I feel like I lost a friend. May she rest in peace. Now I need to go outside and clear my eyes or people at work will wonder what happened.
re: #155 KerFuFFler
Lord is not predicting that “random overprivileged white guys in MAGA hats will engage in civil disobedience” to fight healthcare. Rather, Lord suggests that Trump is a great leader who pushes for reform at the risk of getting people hurt like MLK did.
The difference is that MLK inspired people to volunteer to march even at great personal risk. Trump is threatening to hurt people who have not volunteered by messing up their health coverage. Like United Airlines, Trump is volunteering unwilling victims. That is not how any of this works. The verb volunteer is not transitive. You cannot volunteer others.
We cannot let ourselves be tricked by this verbal slight of hand. MLK’s volunteers and Trump’s victims are not analogous just because in both cases people get hurt.
In simpler terms—Lord is a moron. Why CNN thinks his is a voice that deserves to be heard is beyond my comprehension. But the facial expressions Bakari was projecting during Lord’s idiotic rant were priceless.
Good news from suburban/rural redder-than-red IL.
WASHINGTON ― In a spate of local elections last week in Illinois, Democrats picked up seats in places they’ve never won before.
The city of Kankakee elected its first African-American, Democratic mayor. West Deerfield Township will be led entirely by Democrats for the first time. Elgin Township voted for “a complete changeover,” flipping to an all-Democratic board. Normal Township elected Democratic supervisors and trustees to run its board ― the first time in more than 100 years that a single Democrat has held a seat.
I’ll be lurking again until this trip is done. Next Friday, probably. mr. klys starts a new job next Monday. I release my book next Tuesday.
But today I am going to go find something beautiful in memory of CL.
re: #206 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’ll be lurking again until this trip is done. Next Friday, probably. mr. klys starts a new job next Monday. I release my book next Tuesday.
But today I am going to go find something beautiful in memory of CL.
Mr. Klys has a new job? How did I miss that? I hope he enjoys it-and major congrats on your book launch.
re: #207 calochortus
Mr. Klys has a new job? How did I miss that? I hope he enjoys it-and major congrats on your book launch.
He got it after I went on break. We’re in the transition period right now, between jobs, which is why we can do the road trip.
re: #180 darthstar
Happy Crucifixion Day everyone. I get the day off - whoo-hoo! (so I’m verifying 1.6 million logins for the boss after a major system overhaul)
On this holiest of days please say a prayer for white people…
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I’m not in the mood for this bullshit.
Does this idiot not understand the section “reserved” for minority students to get extra assistance was most likely set up because the White students probably historcally refused to help the minority students with their class problems?
I get the feeling she could have easily gotten regular tutoring, or asked other classmates for help. She probably knew that, but went and tried it knowing she would be refused so she could cry about it.
So she claims she was discriminated against for being White.
Grrrrrr. White people created the problems, governments and schools tried to help the minority students and a White student complains they can’t be a part of group that wouldn’t have been needed if there would never been historic discrimination.
I bet she did nothing to make sure there was no need for a special group and worked hard to make sure all those minority students were accepted by all the White students.
She fits in with DeVos and her stupid remarks about Black colleges being exclusive. It probably got her the position as DOE Civil Rights head.
I bet she has a Black friend too. No problem, all race problems are fixed.
I took a break from the news for awhile for own health. I started getting hypertension. I can’t afford daily stress like this.
So I look in today and the front page of the Daily Beast is weighing limited strikes on North Korea that would destroy his nuke program but not go so far as to produce a situation where “Kim’s paranoia might spill out of control.”
This is fucking insanity. North Korea has 10,000 artillery pieces on the border, and Seoul is only 35 miles from the bulk of them. They can rain down thousands of artillery shells per hour on a city with 12,000,000 people.
That doesn’t even count the nuke missile strikes they have promised on Japan.
Not to mention the sarin and tabun nerve agent shells…
Trump is a bully who cannot back down and Kim is a paranoid sociopath who would be killed in a putsch if he backed down.
I’m frightened. I haven’t been this afraid of a war in Korea since 1993. We are one paranoid miscalculation from the bloodiest day in human history.
re: #209 ObserverArt
She fits in with DeVos and her stupid remarks about Black colleges being exclusive. It probably got her the position as DOE Civil Rights head.
She got the job because she’s an anti-Clinton whackjob that set up the the “Bill’s mistresses” event during the campaign.
I know there’s not a lot of love around here for Andrew Sullivan, but at his best, I quite like him. His latest column, though, is not his best. Bashing Hillary some more (with zero distinction between her shortcomings as a campaigner and her overwhelming excellence as an actual leader and thinker). Then an incredibly shallow and Bill O’Reilly-esque meditation on race, about the United fiasco and why race couldn’t possibly have been a factor. Just painful.
re: #210 Scottish Dragon
This is fucking insanity. North Korea has 10,000 artillery pieces on the border, and Seoul is only 35 miles from the bulk of them. They can rain down thousands of artillery shells per hour on a city with 12,000,000 people.
I live in that city, so imagine how I feel. Effing around with Syria is one thing, but Trump’s idiocy could really go off the rails in East Asia. Once those dominoes start falling, there’s no way that moron could keep up with the chaos that would be unleashed.
re: #212 LastYearsMan
I know there’s not a lot of love around here for Andrew Sullivan, but at his best, I quite like him. His latest column, though, is not his best. Bashing Hillary some more (with zero distinction between her shortcomings as a campaigner and her overwhelming excellence as an actual leader and thinker). Then an incredibly shallow and Bill O’Reilly-esque meditation on race, about the United fiasco and why race couldn’t possibly have been a factor. Just painful.
Sullivan was really, really bad.
re: #213 LastYearsMan
I live in that city, so imagine how I feel. Effing around with Syria is one thing, but Trump’s idiocy could really go off the rails in East Asia. Once those dominoes start falling, there’s no way that moron could keep up with the chaos that would be unleashed.
I lived in Tongducheon for a year.
re: #209 ObserverArt
I’m not in the mood for this bullshit.
Does this idiot not understand the section “reserved” for minority students to get extra assistance was most likely set up because the White students probably historcally refused to help the minority students with their class problems?
I get the feeling she could have easily gotten regular tutoring, or asked other classmates for help. She probably knew that, but went and tried it knowing she would be refused so she could cry about it.
So she claims she was discriminated against for being White.
Grrrrrr. White people created the problems, governments and schools tried to help the minority students and a White student complains they can’t be a part of group that wouldn’t have been needed if there would never been historic discrimination.
I bet she did nothing to make sure there was no need for a special group and worked hard to make sure all those minority students were accepted by all the White students.
She fits in with DeVos and her stupid remarks about Black colleges being exclusive. It probably got her the position as DOE Civil Rights head.
I bet she has a Black friend too. No problem, all race problems are fixed.
She’s very selective in her views of who needs protection and who doesn’t:
…she arranged for several of Bill Clinton’s accusers to attend a presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Jackson sat with the women in the front of the audience. A few days before the debate, Jackson established Their Lives Foundation. In registration documents, she described two of its purposes as “giving public voice to victims of women who abuse positions of power” and “advocating for and against candidates for political office.”
Less than a week after the debate, Jackson posted on Facebook that her foundation “supports all victims of power abusers,” but labeled Trump’s accusers “fake victims.”
Yeah, what a great choice to head the civil rights office. Spit.
re: #212 LastYearsMan
I know there’s not a lot of love around here for Andrew Sullivan, but at his best, I quite like him. His latest column, though, is not his best. Bashing Hillary some more (with zero distinction between her shortcomings as a campaigner and her overwhelming excellence as an actual leader and thinker). Then an incredibly shallow and Bill O’Reilly-esque meditation on race, about the United fiasco and why race couldn’t possibly have been a factor. Just painful.
Good old Andrew is still packing Clinton’s baggage.
re: #218 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
First teaser trailer for latest Star Wars movie has been released.
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New poster too. This looks DAMN cool to me.
re: #221 BeachDem
Hmm. True. But some misguided soul might take it the wrong way. Being Jewish I think it is cute.
My granddaughter has been baking up a storm, I see she has inherited my wild skills. I’ll post some pictures of her cake & cookies when they come out of the oven.
They caught the nutjob from Janesville (no not Paul Ryan).
Manhunt suspect Joseph Jakubowski nabbed in western Wisconsin
…A nationwide search was launched last week for Jakubowski, 32, who is suspected of stealing firearms from a Janesville gun shop, including an automatic weapon, and threatening to use them on public officials or a school.
The FBI offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to Jakubowski’s location.
Investigators have said Jakubowski mailed a 161-page manifesto to President Donald Trump that contains extensive, rambling screeds against the government and religion. While there are no specific targets listed, he does suggest he’s willing to carry out violent acts. Officials have said Jakubowski doesn’t affiliate himself with any particular political party in the manifesto.
An unnamed associate recorded Jakubowski mailing the manifesto on the afternoon of April 4. A few hours later, Jakubowski broke into a Janesville weapons store, stole 18 guns, then set his car on fire, authorities have said.
Link to part of manifesto.
The sad part is that CL will never see America return to sanity.
“Toll House” Chocolate Chip Cake #Pesach2017 @KosherSoul pic.twitter.com/zAZZdUsl5X
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 14, 2017
re: #226 Amory Blaine
Jeez…if you’re going to do a manifesto, at least type it up with a reasonable font and spacing.
re: #227 Decatur Deb
The sad part is that CL will never see America return to sanity.
Neither will we.
Fifteen long-distance Amtrak trains could be eliminated due to President Trump’s proposed budget. https://t.co/Lq2SOK7pzM pic.twitter.com/52yGnuf8Fo
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 14, 2017
re: #229 I cannot.
Jeez…if you’re going to do a manifesto, at least type it up with a reasonable font and spacing.
Right! And 161 pages? What the hell?
*sigh*
Is it too much to ask for one day without a Republican saying or doing something stupid?
republican says nobody has to use the internet
its 2017. repeat, its 2017.https://t.co/nTI0aEM4TG— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 14, 2017
This fucking shit
White House will not release its visitor logs; will be kept secret for at least 5 years after Trump leaves office https://t.co/PwjvuVpqZe
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 14, 2017
re: #233 FormerDirtDart
Trump’s busy pushing the GOP agenda, and the Amtrak cuts are just more of the same.
However, that map doesn’t appear accurate based on the article. The article says that the NEC is going to be unaffected by the cuts, which are to long distance lines. Yet, it shows both the DC-NY and the NY-Boston routes getting cuts.
The article also notes one of the biggest problems for Amtrak is shared lines with freight, and those freight trains take precedence, so Amtrak gets hit with significant delays, which add up on long haul train routes, like say the Lake Shore Limited, or the CA to Chicago or Texas destinations.
Watch localities rise against this nuttiness, and GOPers will have to defend the loss of train routes, that generated revenues for businesses in affected cities.
re: #235 Lidane
*sigh*
Is it too much to ask for one day without a Republican saying or doing something stupid?
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Yes. Yes it is.
I wasn’t online much yesterday, so it was only when I came here a few minutes ago that I learned about CL. The hurt goes deep. She was a wonderful person, and one of the lights that made this site glow so beautifully in the deepening night. Goodbye, lovely soul.
Imagine the Right wing furor if Obama had locked up the visitor logs until 5 years after he left office…
What has he got to hide?!?
re: #242 Eclectic Cyborg
Exactly the point.
re: #237 Stanley Sea
Why is @BarackObama spending millions to try and hide his records? He is the least transparent President—ever—and he ran on transparency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2012
Whoever said a witch cursed him to live out his Twitter timeline is pretty much spot-on
There is a Trump Tweet for all occasions!
Why is @BarackObama spending millions to try and hide his records? He is the least transparent President—ever—and he ran on transparency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2012
re: #244 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Trump’s the one shielding his records, not Obama. He’s the one hiding his contacts from public scrutiny. What’s Trump hiding?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 14, 2017
re: #247 lawhawk
He is pointing one direction while he is doing something he should not be doing. Diversion tactic.
Secret Service spent $35,185 on golf cart rentals “for POTUS visit” in Palm Beach County, Fla., since inauguration https://t.co/LbRWLXX2OE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 14, 2017
wait – taxpayers are paying for secret service who are forced to pay trump for golf carts at mar-a-lago?? https://t.co/RBUaHWzfuC
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) April 14, 2017
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary.
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary. pic.twitter.com/29UewiMufS
— Yashar (@yashar) April 13, 2017
Why does Obama believe he shouldn’t comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary.
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He could be right. Wouldn’t surprise me if the NRA was paying him.
re: #227 Decatur Deb
The sad part is that CL will never see America return to sanity.
Indeed, but that may be true for most of us, also.
Trump administration will keep White House visitor logs private, breaking with precedent set by Obama administration https://t.co/fpXgBq8xWL pic.twitter.com/ToeTC0mQUL
— CNN (@CNN) April 14, 2017
There is a tweet for every occasion…
Why does Obama believe he shouldn’t comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
re: #252 GlutenFreeJesus
He could be right. Wouldn’t surprise me if the NRA was paying him.
Or Russia…
The traditional meatball sammich. The meatballs symbolize the sauce laid out for the Flying Spaghetti Monster [Blessed is His Noodly Appendage]. The olives, of course stuffed with garlic, represent the Primordial Trinity [Alas! Alas! Alas!]
$70K COST-SAVING MEASURE CLAIMED. [POTUS IS AT MAR-A-LAGO AS WE TWEET.] https://t.co/2IUFI9TRp6 pic.twitter.com/H9cgos7xBJ
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 14, 2017
White House will keep visitor logs secret to save taxpayers what the USSS will pay in golf cart rentals by July https://t.co/6yiU5iE0pq
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) April 14, 2017
Why does Obama believe he shouldn’t comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
Newton’s fourth law: for every trump action there is an equal and opposite trump tweet. https://t.co/IhAIgGpvtB
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 14, 2017
Remember back to the Caine Mutiny when strawberries gave the game away?
Now it’s “the wires”.
TRUMP: Oh, sure. We’re talking about surveillance. It was wiretapped in quotes. “The New York Times” said the word wiretapped in the headline of the first edition. Then they took it out of there fast when they realized. But I put wiretapped in quotes, meaning, because, look, wiretapping is an old-fashioned… (CROSSTALK) there are too many wires anymore, right? You don’t have a lot of wires. Look at this room. This room used to have a lot of wires. Now it doesn’t have so many wires.
re: #259 Skip Intro
Remember back to the Caine Mutiny when strawberries gave the game away?
Now it’s “the wires”.
TRUMP: Oh, sure. We’re talking about surveillance. It was wiretapped in quotes. “The New York Times” said the word wiretapped in the headline of the first edition. Then they took it out of there fast when they realized. But I put wiretapped in quotes, meaning, because, look, wiretapping is an old-fashioned… (CROSSTALK) there are too many wires anymore, right? You don’t have a lot of wires. Look at this room. This room used to have a lot of wires. Now it doesn’t have so many wires.
First it was “the cyber”, now it’s the “the wires”.
JFC, we’re doomed.
re: #226 Amory Blaine
They caught the nutjob from Janesville (no not Paul Ryan).
Manhunt suspect Joseph Jakubowski nabbed in western Wisconsin
Link to part of manifesto.
Good. Militia nutjob’s annual blowing stuff up/burning things down and shooting people week is next week, glad they caught him/
re: #253 unproven innocence
Indeed, but that may be true for most of us, also.
I believe that day will come in November 2020, which the vast majority of us should live to see, assuming Trump doesn’t blow up the world before then.
re: #260 Timothy Watson
First it was “the cyber”, now it’s the “the wires”.
JFC, we’re doomed.
And just because:
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary.
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His salary is shat out by rainbow unicorns.
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary.
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He appears to be angling to have no salary at all.
I have arrived, Karl Marx just followed me.
Avoid Making these Fashion Mistakes! - https://t.co/hsGqekN4c6 pic.twitter.com/nCEiHzaEd3
— Karl Marx (@karlmarxcommie) April 14, 2017
Trump won’t post WH visitor logs, citing “security risks,” & says move will save taxpayers $70K by 2020.
One Mar-a-Lago trip costs $2M+.— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 14, 2017
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
It’s always hard to decide which are worse: GOP military chickenhawks or GOP fiscal chickenhawks. POTUS* von Clownstick is the perfect embodiment of both.
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
WATCH: GOP Congressman @RepMullin to constituents at a town hall: ‘bullcrap’ to say that taxpayers pay my salary.
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And his “rationale” for this comment was even better: according to the Congressman, it was something like he has already paid enough in taxes to the Government to pay himself several times over (or some such bullshit). Oh, and, also, he’s serving in Congress as a “public service”, not for the salary.
If so, then maybe he should do us all a favor and return to the private sector ASAP….
re: #271 EPR-radar
It’s always hard to decide which are worse: GOP military chickenhawks or GOP fiscal chickenhawks. POTUS* von Clownstick is the perfect embodiment of both.
You’re the first person I’ve ever seen call them fiscal chickenhawks. I like that a lot.
re: #273 Jay C
And his “rationale” for this comment was even better: according to the Congressman, it was something like he has already paid enough in taxes to the Government to pay himself several times over (or some such bullshit). Oh, and, also, he’s serving in Congress as a “public service”, not for the salary.
If so, then maybe he should do us all a favor and return to the private sector ASAP….
From Wikipedia:
Despite describing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a “horrible waste of tax dollars”, Mullin’s plumbing business, which was inherited from his father, took approximately $370,000 of government funds from that program. [6]
re: #273 Jay C
And his “rationale” for this comment was even better: according to the Congressman, it was something like he has already paid enough in taxes to the Government to pay himself several times over (or some such bullshit). Oh, and, also, he’s serving in Congress as a “public service”, not for the salary.
If so, then maybe he should do us all a favor and return to the private sector ASAP….
I take it as a given that he has spent his whole life shirking his fair share of taxes, too.
re: #275 Timothy Watson
From Wikipedia:
Kind of reminds me of Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s Andy Harris and Freedumb Caucus member who got elected running against ACA whose first act as Congressman elect was to ask for his health insurance benefits. Is tehre any Republican who isn’t a fuck you, I got mine asshole? And that’s a rhetorical question.
re: #276 m0nkeyb0y
I take it as a given that he has spent his whole life shirking his fair share of taxes, too.
IT A BISNESS RESPONSEBELITTY TO PAY AS LITTLE TAX AS THAY CAN GETS AWAY WITH!!!!1!!!!
GOP in short: Government is awful, awful but I have no problem using it to enrich me and mine while spouting off bullshit platitudes about big government.
re: #274 HappyWarrior
You’re the first person I’ve ever seen call them fiscal chickenhawks. I like that a lot.
It fits so well. Republicans spend like drunken sailors on their own priorities to deliberately run up the debt and deficit when they are in change. When they aren’t in charge, they piss and moan about every cent of non-defense spending as though they are personally paying for all of it.
re: #280 EPR-radar
It fits so well. Republicans spend like drunken sailors on their own priorities to deliberately run up the debt and deficit when they are in change. When they aren’t in charge, they piss and moan about every cent of non-defense spending as though they are personally paying for all of it.
It really does work well.
I found the last comment that Aminah made to me, it was a condolence on my mother’s passing.
littlegreenfootballs.com
Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
For the first time in authentic colors: The conspirators of Lincoln’s assassination. Today is the 152nd anniversary of his death. pic.twitter.com/kMjuu24Qed
— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) April 14, 2017
re: #277 HappyWarrior
Kind of reminds me of Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s Andy Harris and Freedumb Caucus member who got elected running against ACA whose first act as Congressman elect was to ask for his health insurance benefits. Is tehre any Republican who isn’t a fuck you, I got mine asshole? And that’s a rhetorical question.
As we all know, it is impossible to be a Republican without being a ‘fuck you, I’ve got mine’ asshole. In RPG terms, that’s the defining trait of a level 1 Republican. As they level up, they get worse.
re: #283 lawhawk
Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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It’s funny - April has the anniversaries of the Big Days in the Civil War - Firing on Fort Sumter to kick it off on the 12th; the surrender at Appomattox Court House to end it on the 9th; Lincoln’s Assassination on the 14th. All in less than a week.
Aminah’s death made me realize that I genuinely care about the people here. I do. I know your names, see your personalities, this is a home for me.
So I did something I said I would never do. I set up a Twitter account just for LGF people to access. I’m at BlueGirlTexas21. So if you see a new follower, it’s me.
I resisted Twitter because I saw some bad things. Two of my husband’s former players attended a very high profile D1, Final Four college and play in the NBA today. They’re my kids. And I watched people just pile on and say some horrible things about them and just eviscerate them. It bothered me tremendously and though they would not admit it publicly, it bothered them tremendously too.
I could not stand to see it and said, “Not going near it.”
But I don’t want to miss the ability to know some of you better. So I will use Twitter for good.
Love to all of you.
re: #286 BlueGrl21
Just sent the Follow request.
re: #284 EPR-radar
As we all know, it is impossible to be a Republican without being a ‘fuck you, I’ve got mine’ asshole. In RPG terms, that’s the defining trait of a level 1 Republican. As they level up, they get worse.
Yep.
re: #283 lawhawk
Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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There’s an article in the Post today about John Surratt and how he fled to the Vatican after the Lincoln assassination.
re: #283 lawhawk
Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Lewis Paine, on the bottom left, looks like a 20th Century male fashion model.
re: #285 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s funny - April has the anniversaries of the Big Days in the Civil War - Firing on Fort Sumter to kick it off on the 12th; the surrender at Appomattox Court House to end it on the 9th; Lincoln’s Assassination on the 14th. All in less than a week.
And then there’s the story of Wilmer McLean and how he lived in Mansassas during the Battle of Bull Run and how Lee and Grant ended teh war at his home in Appamatox. I’m not sure how accurate that is or if it’s just exaggerated legend.
re: #286 BlueGrl21
Just followed from @franklinftw
EDIT: That should say I just sent a follow request.
washingtonpost.com
I know we have a lot of history buffs here.
re: #291 HappyWarrior
And then there’s the story of Wilmer McLean and how he lived in Mansassas during the Battle of Bull Run and how Lee and Grant ended teh war at his home in Appamatox. I’m not sure how accurate that is or if it’s just exaggerated legend.
He gets a mention in Ken Burns’ documentary, so I’m thinking its true.
re: #283 lawhawk
Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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AKA, the next group of people Republicans are going to say were misunderstood champions of states’ rights.
And yes, the fact Lincoln was a Republican is not lost on me, and inevitably lost on them.
re: #294 Big Beautiful Door
He gets a mention in Ken Burns’ documentary, so I’m thinking its true.
I need to watch that again. Speaking of the Civil War, my first tattoo heavily borrowed from the Irish Brigade’s flag. I may eventually get some work done for my second great grandfather’s unit too, the 123rd Pennsylvania.
re: #295 Mattand
AKA, the next group of people Republicans are going to say were misunderstood champions of states’ rights.
And yes, the fact Lincoln was a Republican is not lost on me, and inevitably lost on them.
There was in fact a Republican candidate in NC the other day who said that Lincoln was no more less a tyrant than Hitler. Lincoln may be the father of the GOP but the further South you go, the more likely he becomes a swear word.
re: #286 BlueGrl21
Aminah’s death made me realize that I genuinely care about the people here. I do. I know your names, see your personalities, this is a home for me.
So I did something I said I would never do. I set up a Twitter account just for LGF people to access. I’m at BlueGirlTexas21. So if you see a new follower, it’s me.
I resisted Twitter because I saw some bad things. Two of my husband’s former players attended a very high profile D1, Final Four college and play in the NBA today. They’re my kids. And I watched people just pile on and say some horrible things about them and just eviscerate them. It bothered me tremendously and though they would not admit it publicly, it bothered them tremendously too.
I could not stand to see it and said, “Not going near it.”
But I don’t want to miss the ability to know some of you better. So I will use Twitter for good.
Love to all of you.
If you start having Twitter problems just ask for help. There are a number of us Twitter veterans who would.
re: #282 The Vicious Babushka
I found the last comment that Aminah made to me, it was a condolence on my mother’s passing.
littlegreenfootballs.com
Tears again dangit.
re: #235 Lidane
*sigh*
Is it too much to ask for one day without a Republican saying or doing something stupid?
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This is like saying no one has to use the highway.
So, I was listening to my music again today as I always do, and came across Queensryche doing Heaven on Their Mind, which had me think of the original from Jesus Christ Superstar.
It’s still rather appropriate. So many people think that they know what Jesus would say or do, and all they do is twist all his words around.
re: #294 Big Beautiful Door
And then there’s the story of Wilmer McLean and how he lived in Manassas during the Battle of Bull Run and how Lee and Grant ended the war at his home in Appomattox. I’m not sure how accurate that is or if it’s just exaggerated legend.
He gets a mention in Ken Burns’ documentary, so I’m thinking its true.
Bruce Catton mentioned the story in his books as well, so yeah, “true”.
re: #302 lawhawk
So, I was listening to my music again today as I always do, and came across Queensryche doing Heaven on Their Mind, which had me think of the original from Jesus Christ Superstar.
It’s still rather appropriate. So many people think that they know what Jesus would say or do, and all they do is twist all his words around.
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re: #304 Jay C
Bruce Catton mentioned the story in his books as well, so yeah, “true”.
I need to read more on the Civil War. Personally, I’m most interested in reading about immigrant groups especially the Irish and Germans.
re: #291 HappyWarrior
And then there’s the story of Wilmer McLean and how he lived in Mansassas during the Battle of Bull Run and how Lee and Grant ended teh war at his home in Appamatox. I’m not sure how accurate that is or if it’s just exaggerated legend.
When I was in college, one of the History profs was a big Civil War buff. He got a group of students together every year, “The Army Of The Cussewago*”. We were each assigned a field commander’s After Action Reports to study, and to try to understand their part of the battle and put it in the context of the battle as a whole. Then, in the spring, we’d pile into a bunch of cars and head down to Virginia, around Culpepper. The battles of Fredericksburg in 1862, Chancellorville in 1863, Spotsylvania in 1864, and The Wilderness in 1865 were all fought on overlapping areas, and at that time in the late 1970s, a lot of it was still farmland and woods, undeveloped. The trenchlines and lunettes for artillery were still in evidence. Indeed, some of the lunettes were still as high as 4-5 feet! We saw one of the first zigzag trenches, which had to be reinvented in WWI. Every day, walking trenchlines and putting parts of each battle in the context of the terrain. And every night, we all took advantage of Virginia’s then-18 drinking age…
The point of all that, is that so much of the war was fought over the same ground repeatedly that the story you relate is not that hard to believe.
*The Cussewago is a creek in Meadville, where my alma mater, Allegheny College, is located.
So, I brought home this antique tablecloth from my mother’s house. It belonged to my grandmother and is at least 100 years old. We spread it on the table for the Passover seder.
During the seder, my grandkids were bored, as kids tend to be. Suddenly my granddaughter (age 11) blurted out “There are naked people in the tablecloth!”
Well sure enough, we looked, and images of nude people were embroidered into the lace design.
re: #306 HappyWarrior
I need to read more on the Civil War. Personally, I’m most interested in reading about immigrant groups especially the Irish and Germans.
One of the great advantages the North had in the war was not only that it started out with millions more able bodied men, but that it could also recruit new soldiers from immigrants coming from Europe, and eventually the North also could start to arm African-Americans, including the South’s own workforce. Based on the 1860 census, the seceding states only had a little over a million white men between the ages of 15-40 to begin with, while the free states had over four million.
re: #307 Blind Frog Belly White
When I was in college, one of the History profs was a big Civil War buff. He got a group of students together every year, “The Army Of The Cussewago*”. We were each assigned a field commander’s After Action Reports to study, and to try to understand their part of the battle and put it in the context of the battle as a whole. Then, in the spring, we’d pile into a bunch of cars and head down to Virginia, around Culpepper. The battles of Fredericksburg in 1862, Chancellorville in 1863, Spotsylvania in 1864, and The Wilderness in 1865 were all fought on overlapping areas, and at that time in the late 1970s, a lot of it was still farmland and woods, undeveloped. The trenchlines and lunettes for artillery were still in evidence. Indeed, some of the lunettes were still as high as 4-5 feet! We saw one of the first zigzag trenches, which had to be reinvented in WWI. Every day, walking trenchlines and putting parts of each battle in the context of the terrain. And every night, we all took advantage of Virginia’s then-18 drinking age…
The point of all that, is that so much of the war was fought over the same ground repeatedly that the story you relate is not that hard to believe.
*The Cussewago is a creek in Meadville, where my alma mater, Allegheny College, is located.
Yeah the later battles around Richmond had an eerie resemblance to trench warfare in WWI. I remember hearing that when I learned about Cold Harbor. That sounds like a lot of fun. I really need to make it back up to Gettysburg again. I haven’t been since I Was a kid.
re: #308 The Vicious Babushka
So, I brought home this antique tablecloth from my mother’s house. It belonged to my grandmother and is at least 100 years old. We spread it on the table for the Passover seder.
During the seder, my grandkids were bored, as kids tend to be. Suddenly my granddaughter (age 11) blurted out “There are naked people in the tablecloth!”
Well sure enough, we looked, and images of nude people were embroidered into the lace design.
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As I was reading I kept waiting for the line about red wine. Phew.
re: #311 Stanley Sea
As I was reading I kept waiting for the line about red wine. Phew.
There was wine spilled but I put a plastic on top of the tablecloth.
North Korean official warns of preemptive strike in response to Trump https://t.co/HmcHobF5RX pic.twitter.com/ouT7x1RX2e
— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2017
re: #310 HappyWarrior
Yeah the later battles around Richmond had an eerie resemblance to trench warfare in WWI. I remember hearing that when I learned about Cold Harbor. That sounds like a lot of fun. I really need to make it back up to Gettysburg again. I haven’t been since I Was a kid.
One time I walked with a group around the Perryville battlefield with a historian describing the action, fun!
I don’t think we have any multi-generational heir looms unfortunately. My cousin has something that’s been in her mom’s family for generations though. They can trace their family back all the way to William the Conqueror. Makes me feel like a novice since I can “only” trace my surname back 8 generations to the late 1500’s. It’s pretty neat though. The earliest person with a full name and surname in my family line pretty much has my name but in German of course.
Black female Civil War reenactors give history’s hidden figures new voices https://t.co/OjfhWRX5ic pic.twitter.com/GgDnfNa3oP
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 14, 2017
re: #314 Big Beautiful Door
One time I walked with a group around the Perryville battlefield with a historian describing the action, fun!
A good historian can make things so much more interesting. I’m going to Belgium this summer. Found a really good tour guide for the WWI battlefields.
re: #313 Kragar
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re: #316 The Vicious Babushka
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Indeed, black women are often forgotten in the war.
re: #310 HappyWarrior
Yeah the later battles around Richmond had an eerie resemblance to trench warfare in WWI. I remember hearing that when I learned about Cold Harbor. That sounds like a lot of fun. I really need to make it back up to Gettysburg again. I haven’t been since I Was a kid.
While I, OTOH, was a kid there.
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— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) April 14, 2017
You think I’m joking but this is a real thing that happened. https://t.co/U3BmAM8QJS
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re: #307 Blind Frog Belly White
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The point of all that, is that so much of the war was fought over the same ground repeatedly that the story you relate is not that hard to believe.
*The Cussewago is a creek in Meadville, where my alma mater, Allegheny College, is located.
My mother lives just down the road from Meadville in Cochranton. Aunts, uncles, cousins still live in the area around it all the way to Franklin, and me to Greenville. Spent many a young day running around Meadville. Middle son even spent one year at Allegheny also. Small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
Since he’s a Republican it’s more likely that the Koch Bros. et al pay his salary.
re: #320 Blind Frog Belly White
While I, OTOH, was a kid there.
Wow, I can’t imagine living there. I mean we’ve got some neat history here in NOVA but GEttysburg.
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“turn his shipload of human cargo back around to Africa.”
Didn’t know that part of the story. Interesting. Years ago I bought the movie but just haven’t had time to watch it as yet.
re: #310 HappyWarrior
My suggestion - do it on a hot July day. Try climbing Little Round Top from the bottom, and imagine people firing down on you. Walk from the Virginia Monument (say hello to Bobby Lee and Traveller first), and when you get to Bus. Rt. 15 the Emmitsburg Road, imagine the entire ridge ahead of you erupting in cannon and musket fire.
re: #327 Blind Frog Belly White
My suggestion - do it on a hot July day. Try climbing Little Round Top from the bottom, and imagine people firing down on you. Walk from the Virginia Monument (say hello to Bobby Lee and Traveller first), and when you get to
Bus. Rt. 15the Emmitsburg Road, imagine the entire ridge ahead of you erupting in cannon and musket fire.
Sounds like a good idea. I hope you don’t recommend that I wear pants though and a musket! But yeah, I remember visiting as a kid, then watching Gettysburg, and reading the Killer Angels in college. I’ve always considered Colonel Chamberlain one of my favorite people I’ve learned about in the war since like so many he was not a military man by training but he felt an obligation to serve his country.
re: #321 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #322 Eventual Carrion
My mother lives just down the road from Meadville in Cochranton. Aunts, uncles, cousins still live in the area around it all the way to Franklin, and me to Greenville. Spent many a young day running around Meadville. Middle son even spent one year at Allegheny also. Small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.
Mrs. FBW is from the next county over. Every time we’d go to visit her Mom, we’d pass by Allegheny - which is where we met.
re: #319 HappyWarrior
Indeed, black women are often forgotten
in the war.
re: #327 Blind Frog Belly White
My suggestion - do it on a hot July day. Try climbing Little Round Top from the bottom, and imagine people firing down on you. Walk from the Virginia Monument (say hello to Bobby Lee and Traveller first), and when you get to
Bus. Rt. 15the Emmitsburg Road, imagine the entire ridge ahead of you erupting in cannon and musket fire.
Yeah, I’ve done that and still can’t really imagine. It would have been more striking to me without all the monuments, though.
re: #294 Big Beautiful Door
He gets a mention in Ken Burns’ documentary, so I’m thinking its true.
He was also a war profiteer. Not really a great guy.
re: #328 HappyWarrior
Sounds like a good idea. I hope you don’t recommend that I wear pants though and a musket! But yeah, I remember visiting as a kid, then watching Gettysburg, and reading the Killer Angels in college. I’ve always considered Colonel Chamberlain one of my favorite people I’ve learned about in the war since like so many he was not a military man by training but he felt an obligation to serve his country.
Actually, for the assault on Little Round Top, I DO recommend pants. Lots of poison ivy! But they don’t have to be heavy gray wool!
re: #334 Blind Frog Belly White
Actually, for the assault on Little Round Top, I DO recommend pants. Lots of poison ivy! But they don’t have to be heavy gray wool!
Ah ha.
re: #334 Blind Frog Belly White
Actually, for the assault on Little Round Top, I DO recommend pants. Lots of poison ivy! But they don’t have to be heavy gray wool!
I dunno. I’m still contemplating him touring the sites without pants…
From waht I’ve read on my 2 Grandpa’s unit, it was disbanded right before Gettysburg so my guess is he came home after that and worked in another blacksmith shop before he eventually got his own shop.
re: #338 calochortus
I dunno. I’m still contemplating him touring the sites without pants…
Well I’d be wearing shorts.
re: #338 calochortus
I dunno. I’m still contemplating him touring the sites without pants…
After all that climbing, I’d be panting….
re: #340 HappyWarrior
Well I’d be wearing shorts.
That will probably reduce the chances of being arrested. People in southeastern PA do tend to be conservative. ;)
re: #342 calochortus
That will probably reduce the chances of being arrested. People in southeastern PA do tend to be conservative. ;)
And the chance of getting nasty bug bites and the poison ivy.
re: #332 calochortus
Yeah, I’ve done that and still can’t really imagine. It would have been more striking to me without all the monuments, though.
That’s one of the reasons our prof. preferred the Virginia battlefields. They weren’t spoiled by tourism.
You can still see evidence of trenchlines in some places at Gettysburg, but they’re only just subtle, unnatural furrows now, rather than clearly apparent. Look North of the Pennsylvania monument, near the 1st Minnesota Volunteers monument.
I always wanted to visit Civil War battlefields but now that I have arthritis I probably wouldn’t be able to do all that walking and climbing.
re: #344 Blind Frog Belly White
That’s one of the reasons our prof. preferred the Virginia battlefields. They weren’t spoiled by tourism.
You can still see evidence of trenchlines in some places at Gettysburg, but they’re only just subtle, unnatural furrows now, rather than clearly apparent. Look North of the Pennsylvania monument, near the 1st Minnesota Volunteers monument.
Not as much tourism probably, but plenty of (sub)urbanization nowadays.
Loch Ness, but whatever
President Trump has returned to his golf course in West Palm Beach — spotted playing a round pic.twitter.com/adkYlY7XBp
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Really starting to love the Lockness Monster sighting quality of these photos https://t.co/3KjXkf5tux
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re: #346 Timothy Watson
Not as much tourism probably, but plenty of (sub)urbanization nowadays.
Yeah. It’s like that in Mansassas. I actually applied for a job once with the Civil War Trust which works on battlefield conservation. Never heard back from them unfortunately.
@KFILE Whispering voice: here we see the elusive @POTUS in his natural habitat, adorned w/the red crown to attract his prey. Lets watch the action
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re: #346 Timothy Watson
Not as much tourism probably, but plenty of (sub)urbanization nowadays.
Yeah. When we last were there in 1979, there was a brand new condo development very close to the zigzag trench. Which means its probably gone now.
Gettysburg is spared that, but at the expense of having only one direction to grow in - East along Rt. 30. The Park Service owns everything else in all directions.
re: #345 The Vicious Babushka
I always wanted to visit Civil War battlefields but now that I have arthritis I probably wouldn’t be able to do all that walking and climbing.
Gettysburg might be for you. It can all be done from a car with minimal walking. There are plenty of well-paved roads that follow the lines.
re: #351 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah. When we last were there in 1979, there was a brand new condo development very close to the zigzag trench. Which means its probably gone now.
Gettysburg is spared that, but at the expense of having only one direction to grow in - East along Rt. 30. The Park Service owns everything else in all directions.
I grew up and live outside of Fredericksburg and know how much it’s changed just in the 29 years I’ve been around.
re: #344 Blind Frog Belly White
That’s one of the reasons our prof. preferred the Virginia battlefields. They weren’t spoiled by tourism.
You can still see evidence of trenchlines in some places at Gettysburg, but they’re only just subtle, unnatural furrows now, rather than clearly apparent. Look North of the Pennsylvania monument, near the 1st Minnesota Volunteers monument.
When we lived back east I visited a few Civil War battlefields. I found ones like the Peach Orchard at Shiloh particularly sad because of the fact it is so ordinary and peaceful. Gettysburg suffers both from a lot of tourists and from the Victorian mania for monuments (which is understandable, but didn’t work for me.)
re: #353 Timothy Watson
I grew up and live outside of Fredericksburg and now how much it’s changed just in the 29 years I’ve been around.
Going back to visit my folks for the last 35 years, I’m simultaneously surprised by how much has changed (like how much development there is on Rt 7 compared to 35 years ago, or along Rt 15 around Frederick), and how little, like Frederick, through Gettysburg, to my hometown of
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Yup pic.twitter.com/yRVA9O6CR9
— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) April 14, 2017
This woodpecker hitched a ride in Chicago (think it is tired) and the driver made a friend. I adore this.
This woodpecker hitched a ride in Chicago (think it is tired) and the driver made a friend. I adore this. pic.twitter.com/DOdCrp1ljj
— SimonNRicketts (@SimonNRicketts) April 13, 2017
re: #357 Mike Lamb
This eventually has to grate on his supporters right? Right?
Who am I kidding?
Nah.
re: #354 calochortus
When we lived back east I visited a few Civil War battlefields. I found ones like the Peach Orchard at Shiloh particularly sad because of the fact it is so ordinary and peaceful. Gettysburg suffers both from a lot of tourists and from the Victorian mania for monuments (which is understandable, but didn’t work for me.)
As a kid growing up there, we had a very jaundiced view of tourism and tourists - Bullet Diggers, we called them. For most of the year, the battlefield roads were great shortcuts to avoid going through town. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, those roads would be choked with station wagons full of Bullet Diggers, stopping at every damned one of the 3000+ monuments, including the markers for the right and left flanks of each regiment that fought there.
re: #350 Stanley Sea
I like the narration idea.
“Here we have a sighting of the elusive Clownstickus Vulgaris in its native habitat — a country club full of assholes. It’s naturally a scavenger of stray change ($100 bills preferred) , and its dominance display includes cheating on golf scores.”
re: #347 Stanley Sea
Loch Ness, but whatever
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Taking the term “banker’s hours” to the extreme.
@Sverige Go fuck yourself, you piece of shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 14, 2017
re: #362 Timothy Watson
Taking the term “banker’s hours” to the extreme.
Every hour POTUS* 45 spends playing golf is a waking hour in which his attention is at least partially diverted away from various Republican projects to kill us all. Naturally I approve.
I also think that every tweet that POTUS* 45 ever made on the subject of Obama’s golfing and how POTUS* 45 would work his ass off in the White House should be inscribed in giant letters on manure bricks for him to eat, in token of his massive hypocrisy on this point.
re: #363 Charles Johnson
I’m tempted to break my ‘don’t engage and/or acknowledge asshats on Twitter’ rule just to tell that guy what a colossal piece of human garbage he is.
re: #364 EPR-radar
Every hour POTUS* 45 spends playing golf is a waking hour in which his attention is at least partially diverted away from various Republican projects to kill us all. Naturally I approve.
I also think that every tweet that POTUS* 45 ever made on the subject of Obama’s golfing and how POTUS* 45 would work his ass off in the White House should be inscribed in giant letters on manure bricks for him to eat, in token of his massive hypocrisy on this point.
The only downside is it also means we have nobody really in charge when the fecal matter hits the rotary impeller. Part of his total lack of dedication to the job is that most of the open spaces are going unfilled and those that have been filled are largely by men who have no idea what they’re doing and (in some prominent cases) have been superseded by a young punk whose only accomplish is he married into the president’s family.
Fareed Zakaria: “I think Donald Trump just became President. We wish him well on finding his balls and on his pregnancy.”#notmypresident pic.twitter.com/Rsw4krtmS1
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Say what we will about Dubya, when 9/11 happened he acted like he was on the clock and took the job seriously. If another attack like that happened, by the time we hauled Jabba the Trump back to the White House, we’d be at war with Luxembourg because they denied Uday and Qusay a license to expand the family business there.
Larry David is playing it a little on the nose. pic.twitter.com/ZN1cAHdOhD
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Because of course
“we’re celebrating our risen lord Christ with an Infowars Life store Easter sale special” - @RealAlexJones commercial just now
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re: #372 The Vicious Babushka
Because of course
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Moneylenders in the temple…the whole lot of them.
Some badly needed levity:
5 questions for a Washington Post reporter whose eyebrows became a meme
re: #366 Targetpractice
The only downside is it also means we have nobody really in charge when the fecal matter hits the rotary impeller. Part of his total lack of dedication to the job is that most of the open spaces are going unfilled and those that have been filled are largely by men who have no idea what they’re doing and (in some prominent cases) have been superseded by a young punk whose only accomplish is he married into the president’s family.
Having top positions vacant is the best we can hope for out of POTUS* 45. With very few exceptions, anyone appointed to a senior position by von Clownstick is literally worse than useless.
re: #286 BlueGrl21
I sent a request. Pflowerstone. : )
re: #375 EPR-radar
Having top positions vacant is the best we can hope for out of POTUS* 45. With very few exceptions, anyone appointed to a senior position by von Clownstick is literally worse than useless.
Or crooked as hell (or incompetent and crooked)
For the past few years, I’ve sat in New Orleans high school classrooms watching students debate the fairest way for government to raise revenue. They role-play — first as management consultants advising legislators; then as lawmakers, weighing what to tax: property vs. sales vs. income. Are there limits on what or who can be taxed? Is a flat tax or a progressive rate structure fairer? Sometimes their discussions are heated.These teenagers, however, have an edge that many adults don’t: basic tax literacy. Guided by Tulane law students, the high schoolers explore different philosophies and methods of taxation through TaxJazz, a program I began in 2013. Students who take the week-long course study issues of fairness and technical matters such as bases and rate structures. They examine key concepts such as the difference between marginal rates (the percentage of tax paid on the last dollar of income) and effective rates (the average percentage of tax paid). They learn that narrower tax bases, such as sales tax, need higher rates than broader bases, such as income taxes, to raise equivalent amounts of revenue. They discover that changing the method of taxation increases how much some taxpayers owe and decreases that amount for others.
If more people knew what these students know, we’d have a far more reasonable tax debate and better tax laws.
re: #377 TedStriker
Or crooked as hell (and incompetent and crooked)
Trump’s appointees are a wide variety of horrible: incompetent, corrupt, blinkered zealot, complete idiot, saboteur, bigot, racist, misogynist, criminal, foreign agent, greedy, lazy or any combination thereof.
re: #378 Timothy Watson
I’m glad to see that these students are learning something useful.
However, the underlying notion that factual knowledge of taxation realities would improve the politics of taxation is farcical — Republicans are impervious to both reality and reason on this point.
Laundry day.
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His first!
Did not know this. Glad I do now.
I’m seriously buying stargazer lilies for a friend for Easter & was going to pick myself up some. I love(D) them.
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So China seems to seriously be freaking out right now about the us hitting NK or NK launching a strike. They are usually pretty reserved. That worries me.
re: #313 Kragar
The Grandson apparently forgot an important history lesson: The United States is the only country to ever use nuclear weapons in anger.
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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