Can’t wait to see Mccarthy skewer this one.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump budget would gut development assistance and merge the State Department with USAID. https://t.co/LTS54fWLZk
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 24, 2017
[THREAD] I’ve combed thru the draft Trump aid budget so that you don’t have to. Bottom line: much less aid, spent much less well. Read on… https://t.co/CNwmgyWG40
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) April 24, 2017
.@BorowitzReport: Obama’s Barrage of Complete Sentences Seen as Brutal Attack on Trump https://t.co/2B2ruUJyPg pic.twitter.com/4qgZHspKX4
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 24, 2017
Bullshit Spice(r) is at the microphone, and it’s the ss/dd.
Yup, it’s fucking unbelievable what Trump’s done in his first 100 days.
He lost track of a US Carrier Strike Group - something no other president has ever done.
The media continues giving this a pass, when it’s something that would and should cost people jobs.
You don’t lose track of where a carrier task force is.
He has been. In just 90 odd days he’s set the country back 50 years.
They’ve stopped even pretending. The US Embassy in the UK is promoting Mar-a-Lago on its website. https://t.co/C84tkA2Gs0
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) April 24, 2017
Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.
re: #7 The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)
Guess I should be thankful that I didn’t bother taking the FSOT exam then.
re: #8 darthstar
Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.
Didn’t the previous thread talk about how the White House staff takes it as a badge of honor to lie and see their lies reported? Isn’t their goal to make sure that the only facts reported are “alternative” facts?
re: #2 FormerDirtDart
So here’s an interesting thought - once he’s shuttered programs and shit on all the people his deranged base wants him to shit on, do they THEN look for improvements in their own lives and turn on him, or does their list of people who need to be shit on to achieve conservative nirvana just expand?
So he gets asked about infrastructure and talks about roads and bridges…I’ll bet he gets an earful from Trump about that…YOU DIDN’T MENTION THE WALL?
The journalists at these absurd press conferences are starting to get that thousand-yard stare https://t.co/GFu08bnwcY pic.twitter.com/JHwqkbHhzY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
Reporter: “If border crossings are down… is a [border] wall with Mexico even necessary?
Sean Spicer: “Absolutely.” pic.twitter.com/tmP0sfRbPR— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) April 24, 2017
re: #2 FormerDirtDart
Liberia, where state fragility enabled Ebola to grow from small outbreak to dangerous epidemic, takes a 50% aid cut. Sierra Leone, 100%.
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) April 24, 2017
Why is Mar-A-Lago being promoted on two State Department websites? https://t.co/OBIsewMGZWhttps://t.co/sNjnW2E7zX pic.twitter.com/MIRIJH8fsD
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) April 24, 2017
@OfficeGovEthics @RepCummings @jasoninthehouse Attention Mr. Schaub and Oversight Committee. Here’s a softball for you. https://t.co/lTVk0v6pWH
— LardOfDorkness (@LardFDorkness) April 24, 2017
TRUMP SAYS: FUCK THE DEFICIT
SCOOP: Trump tells staff to prioritize a massive corporate tax rate cut to 15%—says budget neutrality less importanthttps://t.co/Hc8eFDfKwy
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) April 24, 2017
Seems like there is a subsect of France who can’t get over the fact that Algeria is no longer theirs:
“A tribute to all those who died so that France could live in Algeria,” its carved inscription says.
Gilles Longo, Mr. Rachline’s deputy, said the mayor erected the monument to honor the town’s Pieds-Noirs, former French settlers who fled Algeria when it won independence in 1962, and its Harkis, Algerians who fought alongside the French.
But Fréjus — little more than a day’s boat ride from Algiers — is also home to many families who fought for independence. To them, French Algeria was a brutal colonial regime that treated Algerians as second-class citizens. The monument gave a new life to that divide in town, reviving long-dormant conflict.
“At the market, Pieds-Noirs were getting in fights with Algerians,” said Insaf Rezagui, 22, the secretary of the local chapter of France’s main center-left party. “It was a big cycle of violence and hatred that came back.”
re: #13 Charles Johnson
J.D. looks like he was wishing he was back on Much Music.
re: #17 The Vicious Babushka
But of course. It’s all about blowing up the debt and blaming Democrats. And when the revenues don’t come in, demand safety net cuts because of course.
re: #20 lawhawk
But of course. It’s all about blowing up the debt and blaming Democrats. And when the revenues don’t come in, demand safety net cuts because of course.
GOP fiscal chickenhawking at its finest.
Notice - it took Pumpkin Pinochet THREE HOURS to finish this deep thought. pic.twitter.com/cqfCAiOnft
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
Mexican President Fox weighs in:
The Wall is a very important tool in stopping drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth (and many others)! If
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump the #FuckingWall is only important to you. It’s the last promise youve not completely failed, eventhough it’s idiotic. https://t.co/WU42KCQb1y
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) April 24, 2017
re: #17 The Vicious Babushka
TRUMP SAYS: FUCK THE DEFICIT
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But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!
re: #24 Timothy Watson
Debt only matters when a Democrat’s in office, in which case, every Democratic party priority must have a spending offset.
With the GOP in office, who the fuck cares what things cost, or that the tax cuts will explode the debt, because all it means is that the GOP will demand even deeper cuts should a Democrat ever get back in the WH or gain control of Congress.
And with the GOP sabotage of government operations, they will continually claim that nonfunctioning government must be shut down and defunded - when they’re the ones who caused the administration of government to fail.
Gorka is basically yelling into the microphone as a group of about 25 students quietly hold protest signs against him.
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) April 24, 2017
Self-identified “alpha male” Sebastian Gorka walks out of a panel discussion after 5 undergrads ask him questions about his credentials.
— Jared Stancombe (@jared_stancombe) April 24, 2017
Gorka: “The idea that a 22-year-old with access to Google is a journalist is problematic.”
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) April 24, 2017
Gorka questioning credentials … https://t.co/G9XDUYXJQI
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) April 24, 2017
re: #24 Timothy Watson
But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!
Exactly what my brother continues to insist.
re: #24 Timothy Watson
But, but, wingnuts assured me that they were voting for Trump because they were so worried about their children and grandchildren inheriting an awful amount of debt!
But they don’t give a shit about leaving their children and grandchildren an unlivable planet.
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
Thanks… that group of tweets made my day. I hate that guy.
re: #23 lawhawk
Mexican President Fox weighs in:
But he’s going to protect Christians from Muslims!!!!
But only those Christians.
If you’re a Catholic from Central America or Venezuela fleeing drug cartels or pro-government loyalists? You’re shit outta luck hombre.
@Popehat @ronfein Pretty disingenuous to screencap the headline and pretend that was the whole article, when in fact I quoted the exact same section you did.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
@Popehat @ronfein I didn’t mislead anyone. The full quote is stated verbatim and in context, and the complete court document is included in the piece. pic.twitter.com/BcA95RwK2q
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
@Popehat @ronfein However, you definitely did mislead your readers about the content of my article.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
Gorka: “The idea that a 22-year-old with access to Google is a journalist is problematic.”
But it’s perfectly okay to use Wikipedia as a citation in a doctoral dissertation.
re: #8 darthstar
Hey Spicer: Want to answer questions truthfully? Tell the fucking truth.
Are you trying to get him fired? Telling the truth is not in his job description.
Let me know when something new happens, because given our current Congress and media we have zero chance of breaking that cycle
— Zandardians Vol. 2 (@ZandarVTS) April 24, 2017
“Hugely Successful”, kind of like how a massive heart attack is hugely successful at killing someone
re: #34 jaunte
That is a great twitter name. I hope the Nova Core/ Nova Prime show up and clean this place up!
At WH, @realDonaldTrump asks UN Security Council reps “Does everybody like Nikki? Good, otherwise she could be easily be replaced.”
— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) April 24, 2017
This is where Nikki Haley should have walked out and never come back. https://t.co/UkYTsv1E9H
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 24, 2017
I don’t know what pisses me off more: The fact Trump is a giant asshole or the fact he can get away with so much bullshit because no one has the balls to challenge him.
re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t know what pisses me off more: The fact Trump is a giant asshole or the fact he can get away with so much bullshit because no one has the balls to challenge him.
Republicans in charge believe they are benefiting from him. Until that changes, none of them will turn on him.
re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg
For me it’s B for sure. Lunatics are expected, but the sane-but-malicious people who fail to remove them are the real problem.
The death of the moderate Republican may be the death of us all.
re: #39 Belafon
Republicans in charge believe they are benefiting from him. Until that changes, none of them will turn on him.
They see their chance to burn every economic safety net since the New Deal. That includes BTW everyone’s Social Security.
re: #42 The Vicious Babushka
They see their chance to burn every economic safety net since the New Deal. That includes BTW everyone’s Social Security.
Yep, I can’t wait for the reaction in this country when Gorsuch can’t find Social Security in the Constitution.
That’ll be tough. A lot of Trumpers rely on SS payments.
Saudi king names his fighter pilot son as ambassador to U.S. https://t.co/OC7Iab3Yvg pic.twitter.com/PDWIJSSCfD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 24, 2017
We used to disparage monarchies for drawing their officials from the kindred of the ruling dynasty https://t.co/HU75QmqCEv
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 24, 2017
Watch Trump give him Tiffany as a housewarming gift.
re: #31 Charles Johnson
Will Trump’s rally at the end of this week be considered “private?”
re: #43 Belafon
Yep, I can’t wait for the reaction in this country when Gorsuch can’t find Social Security in the Constitution.
But he will find that Black people are 3/5 of a white person.
.@BorowitzReport: Obama’s Barrage of Complete Sentences Seen as Brutal Attack on Trump https://t.co/2B2ruUJyPg pic.twitter.com/4qgZHspKX4
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 24, 2017
lol pic.twitter.com/V3lSjiWexO
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) April 24, 2017
The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.
And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.
the receipts are here on Halperin and the dog https://t.co/SpRmuMNddP pic.twitter.com/QZU491lWSl
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 24, 2017
Three ISIS fighters were killed by rampaging wild boars on Sunday in southern Kirkuk https://t.co/RUlhb8xeW5
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) April 24, 2017
@liamstack In other news, Donald Trump announced the foundation of a combat brigade consisting entirely of wild boars. https://t.co/1PBHkRyMH0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
Trump’s claim that his fantasy wall will stop drugs from coming into the US is completely ridiculous.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
Interesting - I didn’t know that Mar a Lago was willed to the US government by its original owner. How’d Trump get his greasy paws on it?
When socialite and cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post built Mar-a-Lago — Spanish for “Sea to Lake” — in 1927, she spared no expense. The 114-room mansion sits on 8 hectares of land, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and an inland waterway on the other.
Upon her death in 1973, she willed the estate to the U.S. government, intending it to be used as a winter White House for the U.S. president to entertain visiting foreign dignitaries.
@liamstack “Today I’m revealing my secret plan to defeat ISIS. Wild boars. These are the most beautiful boars you’ve ever seen. They’re tremendous.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
re: #45 darthstar
Saudi king names his fighter pilot son as ambassador to U.S.
More qualified than any of the Trump children.
re: #50 makeitstop
The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.
And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.
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No surprise there. You can tell by the way he talks about politics and people he is a smug asshole. One of the reason he hung on Trump’s every word during the campaign. He was studying from the best.
They’ve stopped even pretending. The US Embassy in the UK is promoting Mar-a-Lago on its website. https://t.co/C84tkA2Gs0
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) April 24, 2017
this appears 2B violation of 5 CFR 2635.502 @JoshSchwerin. Its rampant, maybe b/c no discipline4 @KellyannePolls. @CREWcrew @OfficeGovEthics https://t.co/mjkRPffNEG
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) April 24, 2017
wait—its even worse—this is posted on @StateDept central site for all embassies to use. unbelievable! @CREWcrew https://t.co/wj5SeZB9aC https://t.co/UEtchjGiE9
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) April 24, 2017
re: #55 Timothy Watson
More qualified than any of the Trump children.
How many handbags has he sold, libtard? He lacks the business experience required to govern.
This guy is being a real asshole.
@Green_Footballs @ronfein .@Green_Footballs I was worried I got you so mad you’d poop on my floor but I remembered you’re the other Charles Johnson technically
— RobustPopehatAgenda (@Popehat) April 24, 2017
re: #59 Charles Johnson
This guy is being a real asshole.
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You know the lesser CJ probably follows you and felt the burn of that tweet…so yeah, watching this from the sidelines, it’s pretty funny.
@Green_Footballs @ronfein .@Green_Footballs I was worried I got you so mad you’d poop on my floor but I remembered you’re the other Charles Johnson technically
— RobustPopehatAgenda (@Popehat) April 24, 2017
@Popehat @Green_Footballs @ronfein Ah, yes. The “bein’ a total dick” gambit. Wins debates every time! https://t.co/CmYIhUS9Jt
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) April 24, 2017
So if Mar a Lago is “the Winter White House” Trump can stop going there because we’re now WELL INTO SPRING.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 24, 2017
Sigh.
Just got served an ad with a swastika in it. Thanks, Facebook! pic.twitter.com/prd1Qlvgmw
— Matt Saccaro (@MattSaccaro) April 24, 2017
THIS IS CHARLIE, MARK. HE DID JUST WANT TO SAY HI AFTER ALL. PUPGRADED TO A 14/10. WOULD BE AN HONOR TO FLY WITH pic.twitter.com/p1hBHCmWnA
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) April 24, 2017
Powerful posters: “It’s not happening here, but it is happening now!” pic.twitter.com/73yQWD2UKb
— Crystal Johnson (@Crystal1Johnson) April 24, 2017
the receipts are here on Halperin and the dog https://t.co/SpRmuMNddP pic.twitter.com/QZU491lWSl
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 24, 2017
@RosieGray @MarkHalperin is the biggest cocksucking, lowlife **** on the planet. Move over @POTUS https://t.co/GYoysigqRz
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) April 24, 2017
re: #66 Dr. Matt
Rosie does not seem to be British, as I assume you are. That word does not go over well in America.
re: #53 darthstar
Interesting - I didn’t know that Mar a Lago was willed to the US government by its original owner. How’d Trump get his greasy paws on it?
By running a typical scumbag Trump move, of course.
Donald Trump learned about the estate after unsuccessfully trying to purchase and combine two apartments in Palm Beach for his family. According to Trump, he offered the Post family $25 million for it, an offer that they rejected. Trump then put in a bid of $3 million to purchase the land between Mar-a-Lago and the ocean, stating he intended to build a home that would block Mar-a-Lago’s beach view. The threat caused interest in the property to decline. Trump ended up getting the property for $7 million in 1985.
re: #50 makeitstop
The owner of that dog that Halperin took the picture of on the Delta flight the other day tells the real story.
And yeah, Halperin is every bit the flaming asshole we thought he was.
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I’d love it if Halperin got fired over this. Love, love, love, love it.
re: #68 makeitstop
By running a typical scumbag Trump move, of course.
Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?
Felix Randomkity update five:
Felix is still in kitty hospital. I called the vet to find out what was up a few minutes ago, and the vet was encouraging.
Felix was caught eating last night (the first time since before we took him to the vet). The steroid compound seems to have done the trick.
His blood sugar count is all over the chart, an expected effect of the steroid, so he is on two shots of insulin a day. He is purring and walking around now (something else he wasn’t doing).
The vet wants to keep him overnight one more night to ensure that his condition is continuing to improve - if so, she will send him home with us tomorrow afternoon.
Cue unending stream of tweets of video clips of Trump complaining about Obama’s deficit.
lol pic.twitter.com/V3lSjiWexO
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) April 24, 2017
re: #70 allegro
Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?
From Wikipedia:
The federal government soon realized the immense cost of maintenance, annual taxes roughly between $1-3 million, and the difficulty of maintaining security for diplomats. The government returned it to the Post Foundation in 1981, which listed it for sale for $20 million.
re: #70 allegro
Confusled. If the property was willed to the US government in 1973, how did the Post family still own it in 1985?
The federal government soon realized the immense cost of maintenance, annual taxes roughly between $1-3 million, and the difficulty of maintaining security for diplomats. The government returned it to the Post Foundation in 1981, which listed it for sale for $20 million.
Interesting, that bit about security…
What kind of jerk thinks his company-paid 1st class seat is superior to that of a dog whose dad paid out of pocket? https://t.co/EQyGuu6SDw
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 24, 2017
“@AdrianDemers: @realDonaldTrump if you were the President how long would it take for you to erase the U.S. Debt Deficit?” Not very long!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2013
“Trump Wants Tax Plan to Cut Corporate Rate to 15%, Ignores Deficit” https://t.co/OZnRpyIi8n
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 24, 2017
Amazingly, there are actually people defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.
re: #71 Anymouse
Nice to see some good news.
Every time I see this I want to shout ‘Fuck you’ at my screen…but I’m at work right now.
Trump brags that his “Face the Nation” ratings were “highest since the World Trade Center came down” https://t.co/LRN9yf08rM pic.twitter.com/vnZ7vakLfR
— The Hill (@thehill) April 24, 2017
re: #77 Charles Johnson
Amazingly, there are actually people defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.
We are a country of total assholes now.
re: #78 Unshaken Defiance
Nice to see some good news.
I mentioned to our vet that people here at LGF were pulling for Felix. She found that touching and said she would need to check the site out.
I don’t know if that leads to another hatchling here in the future, but hey, you never know.
For every Trump failure as president, there are a dozen past tweets boasting about how he’s going to fix that right away, easy, believe me.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2017
At airport. Plane delayed. Bleeech. (Good to hear about Felix.)
Drone footage of #MarketStreet anonymously submitted to #ScienceMarchSF, showcasing official crowd estimate of 50K!@ScienceMarchDC pic.twitter.com/gAdYuAIFpK
— March For Science SF (@ScienceMarchSF) April 24, 2017
Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.
Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation
Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.
The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.
Now back to work.
re: #83 Charles Johnson
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On the misrepresentation that Popehat appears to have made about your article, is it possible that the other Johnson also wrote an article and Popehat has confused the two?
Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing: https://t.co/wbRa4H0IOA pic.twitter.com/l3E4BSEqBR
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) April 24, 2017
#BREAKING This unprecedented briefing on NK is a grave indicator of poss imminent action by US. Will Trump ask for war powers to attack? https://t.co/G1cotU8sDi
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 24, 2017
re: #86 Bubblehead II
Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.
Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation
Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.
The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.
Now back to work.
Yike. Jones isn’t going to wiggle out of this easily:
According to the criminal complaint filed in Twin Falls District Court, Chobani alleges talk show host Alex Jones, InfoWars and Free Speech Systems have published such accusations that Chobani was “caught importing migrant rapist” and the plant has brought “crime and tuberculosis” to the Twin Falls community.
The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.
Summons have been issued for Jones, InfoWars and Free Speech Systems.
@ReutersPolitics And here people were thinking we’d get some kind of Tax Reform proposal…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 24, 2017
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe he called them in to help him look for the task force he lost. /I wish
Seriously, @Delta ??!? pic.twitter.com/4CnpWFLokS
— K Santiago 👀🐣 (@KirissieS) April 24, 2017
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So he brings 100 people to the WH rather than drag his one fat ass to the Senate.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
From the Reuters article:
The briefing will take place at 3 p.m. EDT.
Are we at war yet?
re: #92 bratwurst
The pilot asked Charlie to be seated next to him.
Was at an event last night with three of my local Congress Critters. Because I was.
Ended up talking to them about the stupid wall. I said we’ve already done this in Texas for part of the border and look at how magnificently it failed. And the land grabs and building on the Rio Grande border and all of the other logistical nightmares. I said, “It’s so damn stupid. Really. You’re fiscal conservative Republicans and Texans. You know as well as I do how stupid it all is and the total waste of money.”
Not one of them supports the wall and will vote for it.
We’ve seen this in Texas. We know the reality of a “beautiful wall.” It’s asinine.
Also reached out to my Senators today. I already know Cornyn is a no on the wall. Not sure about Cruz but who knows, he may want to build a giant moat around Texas. Because he’s that nuts.
If Trump wants this wall to be his hill to die on to hold up the Federal budget, bring it. He will fail miserably.
re: #94 Anymouse
From the Reuters article:
Are we at war yet?
I guess he decided his “campaign rally” wasn’t big enough news.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
Show and Tell.
Trump’s going to say that he knows what China told him about North Korea and that believe him, it’s unbelievable what the North Koreans are doing.
I’m going to go on a limb and say that Senators are going to come out of that meeting and be like, what the fuck did Trump say and why did he call us in when there’s no change in what North Korea is doing? They’re doing the same shit they try every time that they want to get attention and need food or other key natural resources because their crops have gone south again and their economy is in the shitter.
The North keeps trying to show that they’ve got missiles - and they have various malfunctions. They’ve got nuclear devices, but who knows whether they’ve got the warhead tech figured out.
re: #94 Anymouse
From the Reuters article:
Are we at war yet?
I was pretty sure that nukes would not be used in war in my lifetime, but I think Trump may have changed that.
The good news is that Trump & the GOP are finally going to release a Jobs Plan.
The bad news is that the plan is to reinstate the Draft.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 24, 2017
re: #86 Bubblehead II
Alex Jones month just got worse, IMHO in a good way too.
Chobani sues web-radio host and affiliate companies for defamation
Here’s the meat of the lawsuit.
The criminal complaint alleges these defamatory statements have harmed Chobani’s business, reputation and the public’s perception of the company.
Now back to work.
60 Minutes did a profile on the owner of Chobani a couple of weeks ago. Seems like a good dude.
I hope he gets his pound of flesh out of Jones - not like Jones would miss it.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why do I get the feeling that a lot of people may die just so Trump’s existing/pending legal problems will be ignored?
Think Russia should have left all those statues of Stalin and Iron Felix around the country as reminders of their Soviet past?
1/3— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 24, 2017
Think Germany should have preserved all those monuments the Nazis erected to themselves?
2/3— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 24, 2017
No?
Then stop telling me we need to keep those Confederate monuments.
3/3— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 24, 2017
re: #98 lawhawk
Show and Tell.
Trump’s going to say that he knows what China told him about North Korea and that believe him, it’s unbelievable what the North Koreans are doing.
I’m going to go on a limb and say that Senators are going to come out of that meeting and be like, what the fuck did Trump say and why did he call us in when there’s no change in what North Korea is doing? They’re doing the same shit they try every time that they want to get attention and need food or other key natural resources because their crops have gone south again and their economy is in the shitter.
The North keeps trying to show that they’ve got missiles - and they have various malfunctions. They’ve got nuclear devices, but who knows whether they’ve got the warhead tech figured out.
Obama took out bin Laden during the correspondents dinner where Trump got roasted.
I’m guessing that Trump wants to take out NK during this correspondents dinner.
Hope I’m wrong, but Trump is totally insane.
Let’s see if this GIF posts with the base URL …
Image: tumblr_obsxwjMvz21r84j1uo1_400.gif
This is in response to the article quoted earlier about how people should get additional jobs to make the payments on their student loans. The caption is “The economic realities of Baby boomers versus Millennials “.
Edit: damn it … at least you see it if you click on it.
On our trip, mr. klys and I stopped by the Los Alamos unit of the Manhattan Project National Historic Park. About two days after we did the museum at the White Sands Missile Range, actually.
In light of current events, it was both sobering and thought-provoking. One of my great uncles had spent some time at Los Alamos during the war, before being shipped out to Tinian Island.
Anyway, I recommend stopping by, either the Los Alamos unit or the ones at Hanford (WA) or Oakridge (TN). The park is relatively new and they’re still trying to sort out exactly how to present the information, but we found it fascinating.
re: #105 Skip Intro
Obama took out bin Laden during the correspondents dinner where Trump got roasted.
I’m guessing that Trump wants to take out NK during this correspondents dinner.Hope I’m wrong, but Trump is totally insane.
While he’s scheduled to hold a campaign rally the same day.
re: #50 makeitstop
Well, at least Halperin didn’t call the dog “a dick”!
re: #106 EmmaAnne
Let’s see if this GIF posts with the base URL …
Image: tumblr_obsxwjMvz21r84j1uo1_400.gifEdit: damn it …
Pops up on this page when I click it! Great gif.
If Trump pushes for this wall, he’s taking on a united Texas front, Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate. This does not happen often.
re: #108 Timothy Watson
While he’s scheduled to hold a campaign rally the same day.
A perfect place to announce it to his adoring fans. Maybe he’ll even have chocolate cake for sale.
Buen provecho 😊 #DaftPunk and #guineapigs Lunes productivo 😬 pic.twitter.com/HNnbIrMdw8
— Marshmallow (@marce_autorun) April 24, 2017
Judge declares mistrial in #BundyNV. Set to be retried June 26
— Jenny Wilson (@jennydwilson) April 24, 2017
re: #115 Kragar
@Wonkette @commiegirl1 That Alex Jones is a jive turkey, man!
— Patrick Cox (@patrickfcox_cox) April 24, 2017
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only takes one wingnut to throw a jury.
WH says Trump and Xi discussed North Korea’s “continued belligerence” last night by phone pic.twitter.com/uTjYHQcgp0
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) April 24, 2017
re: #110 Timothy Watson
This song cracks me up. I especially like the line about preferring his Kia…
.@POTUS just asked about his strategy on ISIS: “Generally is we have to get rid of ISIS.” Damn, why didn’t Obama think of that? pic.twitter.com/LLZ17t7b2j
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 24, 2017
re: #100 Kragar
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Let them reinstate the draft with one proviso—If the draft is reinstated the first to be drafted are the children of the President, Vice-President, Cabinet Members, Senators, Congressman and Judges between the ages of 18 and 55. None of them will be eligible for any deferments!
Trump attempts to inspire schoolchildren about space, instead touts “tremendous military” opportunities https://t.co/ou3IO8wSJI
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) April 24, 2017
re: #115 Kragar
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If that’s true he makes Ron Jeremy look like the 50 Year Old Virgin!
U.S. State Department Appoints Fox News Anchor As Spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Fox News anchor and correspondent Heather Nauert will be the new U.S. State Department spokeswoman, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.
Nauert was most recently an anchor for Fox News’ morning news show “Fox and Friends,” and previously was a correspondent at ABC News.
I fucking give up.
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
If I were the prosecution, I really would push for a change of venue.
The NRA is selling insurance that pays for “cleanup costs” if you shoot somebody https://t.co/8Jwc0IpaE3 pic.twitter.com/lsqjdK6Zcq
— Timothy Johnson (@timothywjohnson) April 24, 2017
re: #127 Anymouse
Who isn’t thinking of Pulp Fiction right now?
Trump to order review of all national monuments designated since ‘96: https://t.co/vi2pk1Qpee pic.twitter.com/7SdDVD93Fk
— The Hill (@thehill) April 24, 2017
No good can come of this. https://t.co/DkpKkgytuO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 24, 2017
OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.
I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.
This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.
Racist-as-all-hell Sessions: Child tax credits going to ‘mostly Mexicans’ can pay for the wall https://t.co/c9moWSZu7h
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) April 24, 2017
re: #134 Joe Bacon
So we got a new nickname for Alex “The Human Sybian” Jones! 🤣
Jones makes a lot more noise.
re: #133 BeachDem
OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.
I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.
This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.
They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.
re: #137 Belafon
They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.
They have also been seen together in the same room.
Perhaps twins separated at birth.
re: #137 Belafon
They’re not the same person, they just frequented the same locker room.
They spent their study halls reading letters to Penthouse.
Top U.S. general in Afghanistan sees Russia sending weapons to Taliban https://t.co/2aFWlJjYP7 pic.twitter.com/HVI4onOmcu
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 24, 2017
re: #141 Joe Bacon
TRUMP: If we stop 1 percent of the drugs from coming in — and we’ll stop all of it. But if we stop 1 percent of the drugs because we have the wall — they’re coming around in certain areas, but if you have a wall, they can’t do it because it’s a real wall. That’s a tremendously good investment, 1 percent. The drugs pouring through on the southern border are unbelievable. We’re becoming a drug culture, there’s so much. And most of it’s coming from the southern border. The wall will stop the drugs.
Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
Didn’t they say the same thing with Iran a decade ago? I’ll take this with a grain of salt.
Republicans now coming after the disabled. Two bills were filed that essentially gut protections for the disabled under the ACA.
No access to buildings for you (or in my case safe buildings if I have a seizure)
This bill prohibits lawsuits under the ACA.
re: #143 Timothy Watson
That right there is how he went bankrupt with casinos multiple times. It’s how his airline failed. It’s how his vodka failed. It’s how his steak deal failed.
It’s how his football enterprise failed.
It’s also how he racked up huge debts.
re: #143 Timothy Watson
Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.
This fucking idiot apparently doesn’t realize that we already have a fence along a good chunk of the border. All the wall does is create a fixed problem that the cartels will solve have already solved.
A history of (Republican) government shutdowns in my local paper today.
starherald.com
One in particular (the GOP doesn’t even need an allegedly good reason to do it):
Dec. 16, 1995-Jan. 6, 1996
The Republican-led Congress and Clinton were still at odds on six of that year’s spending bills when the short-term fix ending the first shutdown expired. An estimated 280,000 federal workers were furloughed. They eventually agreed to spending plans that enacted some of the cuts Republicans wanted, though less than they had originally sought.
Republicans took a political hit for the shutdown, which closed national parks and Smithsonian museums.
Undercutting the GOP was Gingrich’s comment that the hard-line stand in negotiations was due in part to how Clinton and aides treated him and Senate GOP leader Bob Dole on an Air Force One flight. Gingrich complained that Clinton didn’t discuss the budget on the return trip from Israel where they had attended the funeral of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Gingrich also groused about having to exit through a back door on the plane.
re: #143 Timothy Watson
Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.
He fits in with his colleagues, then. Party platform might as well include, “fuck cost-benefit analysis, we’ve got very specific taxes to cut.”
Other planks: “Seriously, privacy isn’t really a thing,” “Snowball did it.”
re: #77 Charles Johnson
Amazingly, there are actually
peopleassholes defending Mark Halperin in that Rosie Gray thread.
A little word swap for truthiness.
re: #150 ObserverArt
A little word swap for truthiness.
The whole Republican party seems to be assholes defending other assholes. They should not have defined themselves by the many ways they’re worse than normal people. It makes recovery very difficult, when being a bad person is part of your identity.
re: #147 Mike Lamb
This fucking idiot apparently doesn’t realize that we already have a fence along a good chunk of the border. All the wall does is create a fixed problem that the cartels
will solvehave already solved.
Isn’t the “real” drug problem right now opioids? It’s pills, right? People get hooked on pain killers to treat some workplace/chronic injury and then end up chasing the dragon, right? And we already grow (semi-legally) a lot of marijauna in this country. How exactly is a wall going to stop people from getting drugs that are already here? I wasn’t aware that there was a major cocaine problem in this country. Or am I missing something? Reruns of Breaking Bad, perhaps?
Winner winner chicken dinner pic.twitter.com/NF0ylwdjpk
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 24, 2017
Not a good pop-up on a site dealing with brain injury:
Did this information you?
“They starve you. They shock you”: Gay men in Russia are being lured into weeks of government torture https://t.co/n1yTlmYoak pic.twitter.com/sMAbABReEt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 23, 2017
Horrified by the Chechyn government’s arrest, torture and murder of gay men. I stand with the global LGBT community. #eyesonchechnya https://t.co/Cofg7Pzr6Y
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 23, 2017
Good, but a B+. It’s the Chechen *Russian* govt. There is no international path to condemning “Chechnya” independently. It’s not a country. https://t.co/3JfOQjfMbh
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) April 24, 2017
re: #155 KGxvi
Well did it information you?
It’s waking my inner grammar Nazi, which got scared of all the other Nazis roaming around out here…
By ‘successful’ Spicer means ‘haven’t blown up the world yet.’
So Trump is abt to shut down the EPA’s Open Data web service. By the end of the week.
Oh, and FYI: We paid for this. It belongs to us. pic.twitter.com/OW3O0Avd4v— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) April 24, 2017
re: #15 lawhawk
Those countries are full of dark skinned people. There’s no way they’ll be responsible with our money!
re: #152 KGxvi
Isn’t the “real” drug problem right now opioids? It’s pills, right? People get hooked on pain killers to treat some workplace/chronic injury and then end up chasing the dragon, right? And we already grow (semi-legally) a lot of marijauna in this country. How exactly is a wall going to stop people from getting drugs that are already here? I wasn’t aware that there was a major cocaine problem in this country. Or am I missing something? Reruns of Breaking Bad, perhaps?
I know opioid addiction is big in some locations, but I have no idea if it’s the biggest drug issue.
The administration’s entire approach to drug policy and enforcement is soooooooooo 1980’s.
Today, I signed the Holocaust Remembrance Proclamation: https://t.co/762SqgdLMV #ICYMI- My statement last night at the @WorldJewishCong. pic.twitter.com/7vQWsGJC2F
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2017
re: #133 BeachDem
OK—I’m beginning to think Alex Jones and the yam might be the same person.
I hate to brag, but I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful - probably 150 women, or more, that’s conservative. I’d already had over 150 women. I’d already been in fights with full-grown men. I was already dating college girls by the time I was 15-years-old. I was already a man at 16.
This time it’s Jones, but it could have come from the mouth of the talking vulgar yam.
It sure is Jones. And how would anyone prove it one way or another? I doubt 150 women would ever admit they had any type of hook up with Alex Jones. That would be a sure career and social life killer.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
I look at the lineup of men there and it’s so clear Trump used to run beauty pageants.
(I haven’t watched the video because I value my sanity.)
re: #163 ObserverArt
It sure is Jones. And how would anyone prove it one way or another? I doubt 150 women would ever admit they had any type of hook up with Alex Jones. That would be a sure career and social life killer.
I’m seeing an ad for Las Vegas: “If we’ll do it with Alex Jones, you can be sure we’ll do it with you.”
If you’re in western Maryland or WV, check out my talk tomorrow night at @FrostburgState about drug trafficking and the #TrumpWall. pic.twitter.com/AKPgOWua8G
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) April 24, 2017
Nate Silver weigh in on the French run-off election and the chances for each candidate.
He also compares various polling done over the years in many European nations versus their final percentages in an election in a chart most of the way down the page.
He also notes that polling never had Donald Trump much more than a couple percentages points in swing states, and that French polling doesn’t have to deal with an electoral college, differing numbers of voters in each district, or the idea of the faithless elector.
Le Pen is in a Much Deeper Hole than Trump Was (Goes to FiveThirtyEight)
In European elections since Trump’s win, in fact, the trend has been for nationalist candidates to perform disappointingly. Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom faded badly down the stretch run in the Dutch general election and then underperformed its polls on election day last month. Meanwhile, Austria’s Norbert Hofer, of the Freedom Party of Austria, considerably underperformed his polls in a presidential re-vote last December. Trump isn’t popular in Europe, and his victory may have done candidates who emulate his rhetoric no favors.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ugh.
(Jared obviously wrote it, and the yam can’t even read it.)
just in: Guided missile sub USS Michigan to make visible port call in #SouthKorea as show of force, @barbarastarrcnn reports #NorthKorea
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 24, 2017
Update: State Dept. spokesman says he doesn’t know why the State Dept. posted this about Trump’s for-profit business https://t.co/vJDjmwwbaM
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) April 24, 2017
re: #169 Romantic Heretic
That’s great news.
Hopefully by late afternoon or evening, Felix will be home interfering with my typing again and using my legs for a scratching post.
re: #100 Kragar
With exceptions for anyone whose personal or family worth is above $250 K.
Can’t risk anyone important after all.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of course the State Department doesn’t know why.
It’s not like Donald Trump put the webpages up on the State Department’s Websites himself. Could have been anyone, perhaps an intern at the Department of Agriculture.
re: #170 Stanley Sea
just in: Guided missile sub USS Michigan to make visible port call in #SouthKorea as show of force, @barbarastarrcnn reports #NorthKorea
Was it sent there or was it trying for Diego Garcia?
re: #143 Timothy Watson
If we stop 1 percent of the drugs from coming in — and we’ll stop all of it
Cost benefit? Analysis? Turn the numbers into rainbows. 1% is 100% now.
re: #170 Stanley Sea
just in: Guided missile sub USS Michigan to make visible port call in #SouthKorea as show of force, @barbarastarrcnn reports #NorthKorea
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 24, 2017
Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?
Or, this being the Trump gang in charge, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?
re: #177 Jay C
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Or, this being the Trump crew, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?
Make submarine racing an Olympic sport!!!
Attention New York Times: There is not “Winter White House.” Stop normalising graft and corruption, thanks.
re: #177 Jay C
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Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?
Or, this being the Trump crew, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?
Yesterday, Rear Admiral John Tammen, Commander, Submarine Group 9, presented the Blue crew of the Ohio-class… https://t.co/EyiSYkq3yf
— Submarine Group Nine (@SUBGRU9) April 20, 2017
Almost missed this: an Ohio-class SSBN, USS Pennsylvania, is now at Guam. First such port call in 30 years.https://t.co/ye6rTGuX2N
— Private Joker (@pfc_joker) April 24, 2017
Now this is a ballistic missile submarine on strategic patrol w/14 Trident missiles w/244 atomic warheads. In Guam. A big stick message. https://t.co/XfNhqhxHmV
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 24, 2017
re: #177 Jay C
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Wouldn’t a surface ship (like a cruiser) make a more “visible” demonstration than a sub?
Or, this being the Trump gang in charge, is the Michigan actually in the Caribbean, and we’re just going to tell the Koreans that it’s out there
offshore?
Guided missile submarines don’t often make port visits. The threat is “we have a whole bunch of nuclear missiles sitting right here in your back yard, whattya gonna do about it?”
re: #177 Jay C
The thing is though, Kim is getting what he wants: Attention.
Judge declares mistrial in Bundy Ranch standoff case
A federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the conspiracy case against six men accused of staging an armed assault against federal authorities who tried to seize rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle from public lands in Bunkerville.
The mistrial was declared hours after the jury convicted two men of multiple counts, but announced that they were “hopelessly deadlocked” on the remaining charges and defendants. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, in a last-ditch effort to encourage them to reach a unanimous decision, sent them back to deliberations.
But by midday, the jurors said they still were at an impasse, and a mistrial was declared. Navarro set a new trial date of June 26, which was initially supposed to be the start date for the second Bunkerville standoff trial against Bundy and some of his sons.
.@cspan .@sendavidperdue, the former GA Governor’s first cousin, is presiding over the Senate during Sonny Perdue’s Agriculture Secretary vote.
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) April 24, 2017
re: #183 Amory Blaine
It would appear they were deadlocked on the conspiracy charges. They got them on the other ones.
Off to jail with you guys, and leave your guns at the door this time.
The six men in the first trial were accused of providing the firepower in a mass conspiracy to block authorities from seizing rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle from public land. Among other counts, the jury was deadlocked on the conspiracy charge, which represented the core issue of the trial.
Gregory Burleson, an active member of Arizona militia groups who used to be a paid FBI informant, and Todd Engel, an Idaho resident, both were convicted of obstruction of justice and interstate travel in aid of extortion. Burleson also was found guilty of assault on a federal officer, threatening a federal law enforcement officer, interference with interstate commerce by extortion, and multiple firearms charges.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
Reminds me of the 5:00 o’clock follies in Saigon.
I will make no $ from this suit. All goes to epilepsy charities. But ppl who’ve done this to epileptics for 8 yrs no longer get away w/ it.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 24, 2017
Good for @kurteichenwald!Causing seizures with sound or images 💥isn’t protected speech any more than bullets are. ⬇️ https://t.co/KEqbLYFeQ8
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 24, 2017
re: #143 Timothy Watson
Nothing like a businessman who can’t do a basic cost-benefit analysis.
That’s because for Trump it’s other people who get the costs while he gets the benefits.
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
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At the time Kurt Eichenwald was under attack, I was unaware of that going on and went to read his Twitter feed about something else. A nasty strobing swastika triggered a massive migraine in me (which I documented here at the time).
I’m guessing that a bunch of people were harmed by those chowderheads. Nothing ever happened when Anonymous did it to the Epilepsy Foundation years ago as they couldn’t track the people who did it. A number of Foundation members were harmed over a weekend by such images.
Epileptics have been putting up with this crap ever since script kiddies figured out how to letter-bomb epileptics. (That is one of the reasons Microsoft disabled .gif images from playing in Outlook and Internet Explorer. Lots of people complained about that - they didn’t know or care about us, though Microsoft explained the reason.)
We also are examining every one of the 90+ ppl who sent me strobes when they learned it could cause seizures. Any recovery goes to charity.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 24, 2017
President StandsLikeABaby pic.twitter.com/J9ujb5ycDm
— Mark Agee (@MarkAgee) April 24, 2017
Attention @OfficeGovEthics. Trump administration is running free ads for his private Mar-a-Lago club on gov websites https://t.co/FcsUe1JOZz
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) April 24, 2017
I don’t care if the pic doesn’t get shared. No fuckin’ jalapenos? Those aren’t nachos…they’re chips covered in cheese.
@SFist Seriously? No fuckin’ jalapenos?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 24, 2017
re: #195 goddamnedfrank
Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)
re: #186 Anymouse
It would appear they were deadlocked on the conspiracy charges. They got them on the other ones.
Off to jail with you guys, and leave your guns at the door this time.
#BundyRanch #BundyNV. Jury actually deadlocked on Parker, whose sniper rifle is aimed at LEO’s. Incredible pic.twitter.com/WpH33zSoXt
— BevMarie (@evenbev) April 24, 2017
LOL why is Robert Fisk of all people giving Trump the benefit of the doubt in this piece?
re: #197 Anymouse
Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)
It’s not just the embassy, this was definitely ordered by Tillerson or one of his hand picked lackeys, probably at the President’s behest.
From Share America’s About Us page:
ShareAmerica is the U.S. Department of State’s platform for sharing compelling stories and images that spark discussion and debate on important topics like democracy, freedom of expression, innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and the role of civil society.
The ShareAmerica team is part of the Bureau of International Information Programs, which works with U.S. embassies and consulates in more than 140 countries to engage with people around the globe on U.S. foreign policy and American society.
This is the Administration’s way of telling foreign nationals that if they want to deal with the Trump Administration they’re going to need to purchase memberships at his clubs and stay at his hotels.
America is officially a third world country now.
re: #15 lawhawk
Dang. I have friends from Sierra Leone who have talked about the deep poverty there. This is sad news.
So, how long before Breitbart and Steve Bannon (backed by the Mercers) get their hands on Voice of America?
There is no equitable enforcement of laws, the constitution is a lie. There are rules for the privileged and rules for everyone else.
re: #197 Anymouse
Since the only contact information the US Embassy gives on its page is a mail address and a telephone number, it might be worthwhile for people to bombard the embassy with telephone calls to complain promoting a private business is illegal on a government Website (and that there is no “winter White House”)
Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.
That info is in the Wiki page too.
re: #198 Amory Blaine
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re: #205 ObserverArt
Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.
That info is in the Wiki page too.
So let Trump give it to the government, then. He could even write that off on his taxes.
Until then, it’s not a Winter White House no matter how much the press tries to normalise Trump’s lie.
Prosecutors: Inmate’s water cut off for 7 days before his death in the Milwaukee County Jail
Milwaukee County Jail staff cut off inmate Terrill Thomas’ access to water for seven straight days before he died of dehydration, and Thomas was too mentally unstable to ask for help as he slowly died, prosecutors said Monday at the beginning of an inquest.
The statements by prosecutors are the first official account validating what inmates have previously told the Journal Sentinel about Thomas’ access to water in his cell. In prior interviews, the inmates said they begged jail staff to help Thomas as he grew weak without water. Thomas spent nine days in jail before he died in his cell in April 2016.
Prosecutors said jail staff made several decisions relating to Thomas that run contrary to standard operating procedures at the jail. A six-person jury seated Monday morning will hear testimony and issue a verdict on whether those decisions warrant a filing of criminal charges in the case. Prosecutors are not required to follow the jury’s verdict. They have not said who is under consideration for possible criminal charges.
State enforced cruelty on the unprivileged. Don’t worry, your fellow americans will deadlock or let the jailers go.
America murders the poor at home and abroad. That should be on the State dept. website.
Carbon dioxide keeps going up, now measured at 410ppm
huffingtonpost.com
re: #205 ObserverArt
Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.
That info is in the Wiki page too.
And if the government still owned it, that would be appropriate, but since the yam owns it and turns a tidy profit, nope.
re: #205 ObserverArt
Earlier today someone here posted a story about how Mar-a-Lago when it was first given to the US Government, Marjorie Merriweather Post intended it to be used as a winter resort for presidents…for all purposes a “Winter White House.” That is probably both where Trump got the idea to use the term and the press to follow along.
That info is in the Wiki page too.
as I recall, the most interesting part of the reason the US government gave it back to the Post estate was the fact that maintenance and security costs for the property were too high.
re: #41 Eclectic Cyborg
The death of the moderate Republican may be the death of us all.
How long ago did we have moderate Republicans? Certainly pre-Obama days.
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
They keep having these 7.1s in Chile and the San Andreas fault is going to get jealous.
re: #210 Amory Blaine
If they knew, it’s murder. If they didn’t know, it may be manslaughter. If there are no indictments it’s because we live in an evil society.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #215 Patricia Kayden
The death of the
moderateconservative Republican may be the death of us all.
Liberal Republicans went extinct 25 years ago, moderates died off 10 years ago. There are still a few endangered conservatives left but the GOP is now mainly reactuionary sociopaths.
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
as I recall, the most interesting part of the reason the US government gave it back to the Post estate was the fact that maintenance and security costs for the property were too high.
That and the Wiki page pointed out none of the presidents wanted to use it.
Probably too garish and over the top to be fitting for The President of the United States.
: )
re: #215 Patricia Kayden
How long ago did we have moderate Republicans? Certainly pre-Obama days.
They all started to give up in the late 90s. By the mid 2000s most of the old guard was gone.
Hmmm. Fox news started in the 90s. Coincidence? I doubt it.