A super-funky band and ultra-clean vintage Stratocaster licks make this live performance by John Mayer on the Jimmy Kimmel show one of the coolest I’ve seen.
Buzzfeed writer responds in horror after Trump fan who once attacked her online hacks student at her alma mater https://t.co/2BCMDkjHZU pic.twitter.com/Vsj4j6lVST
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 29, 2017
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a RANDOM FLYING DOG OF THE DAY pic.twitter.com/SasvPXxIms
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
1/2 I’m beginning to think planet Earth is passing through some kind of cosmic force field that turns everyone into a raving right wing …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
2/2 loon, except for a few people who are immune for unknown reasons. I just hope we can come out the other side soon.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
I’m not a huge John Mayer fan, but that is sweet!
.@PhilipRucker tells @chrislhayes that Trump asked him during their 100-day interview to run the election map on the front page of WashPo.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 29, 2017
— Yashar (@yashar) April 29, 2017
re: #5 Barefoot Grin
I’m not a huge John Mayer fan, but that is sweet!
I haven’t always liked John Mayer’s records, but this new one is really great. On heavy rotation at LGF HQ.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I haven’t always liked John Mayer’s records, but this new one is really great. On heavy rotation at LGF HQ.
For some reason I’m always surprised at his guitar playing ability.
I’m at a cookout with a bunch of nazis and white supremacists. They seem cheerful and encouraged. pic.twitter.com/FplXsfDxAR
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 29, 2017
I’m at a cookout with a bunch of nazis and white supremacists. They seem cheerful and encouraged. pic.twitter.com/FplXsfDxAR
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 29, 2017
@annamerlan They seem nice. https://t.co/076GkVMM6U
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
That’s Commander Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement. He’s talking about a newish white nationalist alliance. Also militias here
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 29, 2017
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Maybe they could get a weekend show on MSNBC.
That’s Commander Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement. He’s talking about a newish white nationalist alliance. Also militias here
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 29, 2017
@annamerlan Commander Jeff. https://t.co/x3imvE0u3X
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Speaking of cookouts
Yale College Republicans barbecuing by union fast site pic.twitter.com/qf687cckxB
— gabrielwinant (@gabrielwinant) April 28, 2017
@gabrielwinant wonder where they got the idea from https://t.co/4Rb3rGn2XX
— Jonathon Booth (@jonathon_booth) April 28, 2017
Fabio: Releasing inmates early will lead to more crime. #Tucker pic.twitter.com/2PZeFb9Z3W
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews Who knows more about inmate recidivism than Fabio? https://t.co/bFMfo0so3f
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #15 Charles Johnson
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Gosh, he MUST be talking about how Ah-Nold The Steroid Junky drove California into the ground! 😉
I expect this to become a real thing any day now:
EPA takes down climate science website saying it is ‘under review’ https://t.co/8BxNtMwpl0
— Chris Mooney (@chriscmooney) April 29, 2017
Whoa.
Epic battle. Seagull attempting to “rescue” another gull from the talons of an eagle. https://t.co/DieCeZfCjt pic.twitter.com/dPze2NPDtp
— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) April 29, 2017
re: #17 Interesting Times
I expect this to become a real thing any day now:
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Perhaps they can tell him the commander of the wall is Lieutenant Kijé, but he’s unavailable just now …
Trump calling Warren Pocahontas is racist. We kind of gloss over it at this point. But this is the president being racist.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) April 28, 2017
@samsteinhp @wetsprocket In case anyone missed the fact that America elected a blatantly racist president. https://t.co/kHEHJmZXjB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Wasn’t there a blow up in the news earlier (like last week?) over the EPA possibly removing a website having to do with chemicals and contamination?
I thought I remembered something like that.
Anyway, brick by brick, Trumpersters will dismantle modern America in their vision of a feudal society.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
That’s because America is a blatantly racist county who elected the most ignorant, classless carny side show barker in the history of the US, and most people couldn’t care less.
Fabio?!?
Like what? Fox couldn’t find another fake “former CIA guy” after Wayne Simmons went to jail? So, FABIO? Really? FABIO?
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 29, 2017
re: #21 Charles Johnson
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Scientists had to delete Urban Dictionary’s data from the memory of IBM’s Watson, because it was learning to swear in its answers. pic.twitter.com/DkllGLplCp
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 28, 2017
Aw, KKK scum haz a sad…
Say what you will about Alex Jones, but it is absolutely shameful & evil how the (((media))) handled his custody case - disgusting scum. pic.twitter.com/oBhLe9mvjp
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) April 28, 2017
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
People are afraid of the introduction of AI and the eventual conquest of our robot overlords. I say that is patent nonsense. All we have to do is point them to 4chan and they will troll each other to death. Then we can start over and learn from our mistakes.
Bannon is back from the dead: https://t.co/TSJyMfwRWo pic.twitter.com/AgFSYRez78
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2017
FFS Bannon never left. He was never going to leave. It was obvious. When is everyone going to stop falling for these theatrics? https://t.co/mUOODRVOdP
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) April 29, 2017
@sarahkendzior In pro wrestling, this kind of staged drama to keep the rubes watching is known as “kayfabe.” https://t.co/cV2L69UCQu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
“Love will tear us apart again” video filmed 35 years ago today. Joy Division.
re: #28 thedopefishlives
People are afraid of the introduction of AI and the eventual conquest of our robot overlords. I say that is patent nonsense. All we have to do is point them to 4chan and they will troll each other to death. Then we can start over and learn from our mistakes.
If it comes down to a choice between being ruled by Republicans or by Evil Robot Overlords, bring on the robots.
re: #31 EPR-radar
If it comes down to a choice between being ruled by Republicans or by Evil Robot Overlords, bring on the robots.
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
re: #27 teleskiguy
When does David Duke get his weekend show on MSNBC?
@AuntieDontPlay @realDonaldTrump If you look at the tweets I’ve been posting for the past two years you’ll see I’m not “just realizing that.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #19 teleskiguy
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re: #34 Charles Johnson
Hmm. Auntie Dont Play also looks like Auntie Dont Read. At least she does not read LGF on a regular basis.
re: #35 stpaulbear
I visited The National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN and was either told or read that once an eagle sets it talons into something, the talons lock in place. They said that young eagles sometimes underestimate the size of a fish and when their talons lock onto it, they can’t let go, can’t lift the fish out of the water, and wind up getting pulled underwater to drown.
I would imagine they have to be able to let go of it somehow. I could, however, see it being a process that would be difficult to accomplish for a young, panicked eagle being dragged about by a gianormous pike.
@sarahkendzior Trump learned some important lessons about manipulating right wing rubes during his time in the world of pro wrestling.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #29 Charles Johnson
Looks like he shaved once, anyway.
re: #39 retired cynic
Looks like he shaved once, anyway.
Must be a file photo.
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Either that or he was sitting for his Iron Cross commemorative photo.
re: #39 retired cynic
Looks like he shaved once, anyway.
Still looks like he pours Jack Daniels in his bowl of Froot Loops.
@PoliticalHedge Well, I have to admit Fabio’s hair is much more fabulous than mine.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #42 Ace Rothstein
Still looks like he pours Jack Daniels in his bowl of Froot Loops.
Yep, Mr. Bannon likes his water……on the side.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
@PoliticalHedge Jealous much? (Oh, and it’s spelled ‘judgment’.”
— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) April 29, 2017
Snowing like crazy on the Front Range. Here up in the mountains two and a half hours to the west? 45° F, calm wind.
Saw the actress Billie Piper today at Planet ComicCon today. Pretty cool. We loved her in “Penny Dreadful” as Brona/Lilly.
re: #47 prairiefire
Saw the actress Billie Piper today at Planet ComicCon today. Pretty cool. We loved her in “Penny Dreadful” as Brona/Lilly.
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@maddow reports: NBC News has learned both the Trump transition and the White House *did* perform a background check on Michael Flynn.
.@maddow reports: NBC News has learned both the Trump transition and the White House *did* perform a background check on Michael Flynn. pic.twitter.com/0ua4Rjz2tv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 29, 2017
re: #48 thedopefishlives
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re: #48 thedopefishlives
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NEW MASHUP - Donald Trump’s First 100 Days In 100 Seconds
NEW MASHUP - Donald Trump’s First 100 Days In 100 Seconds pic.twitter.com/XiBTKG2LIs
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 28, 2017
re: #51 prairiefire
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re: #32 thedopefishlives
Better artificial intelligence than actual stupidity.
Jason Isaacs (Lucious Malfoy) will be there and we are going to get a picture!
re: #55 prairiefire
Jason Isaacs (Lucious Malfoy) will be there and we are going to get a picture!
Most excellent. We may have to trade con pics after next weekend. Believe it or not, this will actually only be my second con ever, and my first experience at a Comic-Con.
A lot going on here pic.twitter.com/eiXTeRRLV3
— Yashar (@yashar) April 28, 2017
This new reboot of the Odd Couple sucks ass. https://t.co/xsf8GWfw4z
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 29, 2017
re: #53 thedopefishlives
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re: #56 thedopefishlives
Most excellent. We may have to trade con pics after next weekend. Believe it or not, this will actually only be my second con ever, and my first experience at a Comic-Con.
So much gosh darn fun! I went over 25 years ago and could not find one person to go with me. So I had a couple of kids who are now my comic con compatriots. Back then I met Johnathan Frakes from Star Trek NG. My son got a picture with Stan Lee a couple of years ago.
@lpolgreen Some quick thoughts on @BretStephensNYT’s allusions to me over on FB: https://t.co/1ZAUZemhvf And some uncompressed quotes. pic.twitter.com/HnFuUmfYOi
— Andy Revkin (@Revkin) April 29, 2017
@Revkin @lpolgreen @BretStephensNYT Stephens clearly took Andy Revkin’s comments out of context deliberately. https://t.co/dYEpOlvCUH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #55 prairiefire
Jason Isaacs (Lucious Malfoy) will be there and we are going to get a picture!
That is if he can get me off his lap.
The Okeanos folk are back at it … missed the dive today, but they will be going over the next two weeks through the central Pacific, south of Hawaii by a couple of thousand miles, through both claimed territory and open seas.
Basically the area in which The Minnow was lost in Gilligan’s Island…
Until Fuckface Von Clownstick leaves office…
The infinite fall. https://t.co/FNv2V6I49e pic.twitter.com/BcidgHOL7i
— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) April 28, 2017
re: #60 prairiefire
So much gosh darn fun! I went over 25 years ago and could not find one person to go with me. So I had a couple of kids who are now my comic con compatriots. Back then I met Johnathan Frakes from Star Trek NG. My son got a picture with Stan Lee a couple of years ago.
Mrs. Fish went to this con last year with a friend, dressed as The Joker and Harley Quinn. She said her compatriot was miserable and as a result, it kind of dragged down her experience. I’m hoping to be able to improve on that, and our thematic selection is rather more apropos: The Eleventh Doctor and River Song.
re: #65 thedopefishlives
Mrs. Fish went to this con last year with a friend, dressed as The Joker and Harley Quinn. She said her compatriot was miserable and as a result, it kind of dragged down her experience. I’m hoping to be able to improve on that, and our thematic selection is rather more apropos: The Eleventh Doctor and River Song.
Yes! Yes! Wonderful!
Political extremism has consequences—> A Trump Supporter Attacked Students At A Kentucky University With A Machete https://t.co/oUphlPSntB
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) April 28, 2017
He asked people if they were democrat or republican then attacked non republicans with a machete. Will he be charged with terrorism? https://t.co/q49ZqhuGlL
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) April 28, 2017
I wanted to dress up as one of Lily Frankenstein’s killer whores but my dress didn’t work out. Maybe next year.
re: #60 prairiefire
Oh, and Marina Sirtis will be one of the guests at Minneapolis this year. Mrs. Fish might have to drag me off to our photo op.
Did Roger Goodell just wipe his nose on the girl with one leg? 😶#NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/xwceN2SXPW
— Alex Johnson (@AlexndrJohnson) April 29, 2017
here’s NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wiping snot on a girl with one leg proving not every rich entitled asshole went to #fyrefest https://t.co/tZRuJJxwhW
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) April 29, 2017
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
{{{Anymouse}}}
re: #71 teleskiguy
GAH! That’s like W and President Clinton in Haiti, greeting people, working on disaster relief after the earthquake, and after W shook hands with some Haitians, wiping his hand on the back of Clinton’s white shirt.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
I am so sorry!!!
re: #69 thedopefishlives
Oh, and Marina Sirtis will be one of the guests at Minneapolis this year. Mrs. Fish might have to drag me off to our photo op.
Saw her at ours a couple of years ago. She’s still gorgeous! She married an American she met on the Star Trek set and they live in England. She’s a righteous liberal! She had some folks here in my red state squirming in their seats, lol.
.@LouDobbs just stated that “President Trump’s successes are unmatched in recent presidential history” Thank you Lou!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2017
LOVE MEEEEEEE!!!
.@LouDobbs just stated that “President Trump’s successes are unmatched in recent presidential history” Thank you Lou!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2017
@realDonaldTrump @LouDobbs Lou Dobbs was FIRED by CNN for promoting the Birther conspiracy theory. What a shock that he thinks you’re great. https://t.co/aBoQoVG18h
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
@trev4president @fyrefestival is there even wi-fi there to use the juiceros pic.twitter.com/eaq0JmR2e1
— darth:™ (@darth) April 28, 2017
re: #81 Amory Blaine
Use the dressing as cooking oil and make a grilled cheese sandwich??
re: #72 Anymouse
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re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
So sorry. We lost two last year, and it sucks to go through it.
You gave Felix a good life. That’s a lot more than most kitties get.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
The ignorance in the thread is also appalling. There’s no evidence that Warren’s claim had anything to do with advancing her career and it was added after she was brought on as a professor by Harvard. In addition, there is no reason to believe she isn’t actually part Native American. That this was part of the oral tradition in her family is confirmed by her brothers.
@realDonaldTrump @LouDobbs And now, of course, here come the Birthers to rant at me.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2017
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
:( I’m sorry. I lost one of mine last August to heart failure, and I was hoping somehow yours would pull through. That loss is a god-awful hurt.
re: #72 Anymouse
So sorry, friend! Sending a hug!
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
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Nina Persson is great. She did a song with one of my favorite bands and she kicks butt.
Trump claims he will pay more under new tax plan https://t.co/Q13rZ11lnj pic.twitter.com/sXXkWOVleM
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2017
If only there was some way we could verify that claim. https://t.co/9ZlDIHh2a5
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 29, 2017
Thanks all for the kind and considerate comments. Forcing back tears is not normally something I have to do.
Cernovich got his WH press creds. today. Fuck
just two people doing a white power hand gesture in the White House pic.twitter.com/OXlFSGmhN1
— Emma Roller (@emmaroller) April 29, 2017
re: #72 Anymouse
I’ve been enjoying the adventures of Felix since joining this forum. I am truly sorry for your loss.
I lost my Mister Jinx this past September. He was a feral kitten when I got him in 2011. I didn’t want a cat, but my son worried about me being lonely after my husband passed away, so I kept him to make my son happy. Jinxy became my fluffy goofball best friend who never meowed…he cooed, like a dove. He was strictly an indoor fella…until that day in September when the Jehovah’s Witnesses came calling. Normally I’d tell them I was atheist, or Catholic, or a druid…and they’d go away, but these were pushy Witnesses who reached over and opened my front porch door wide enough for Jinxy to get by me and them. I searched for weeks, but he was in the wind. I’d like to think he’s being loved up by a family with lots of huggy kids, or content watching soaps on some old lady’s lap.
It’s not my place to say, but I really hope at some point you give another animal a home. Your posts show a big heart, a heart Felix was happy to share. Take care of you and the Mrs. You’re good people.
re: #93 Dave In Austin
So disgusting! What will it take for this country to recover????
re: #86 Weaselone
The ignorance in the thread is also appalling. There’s no evidence that Warren’s claim had anything to do with advancing her career and it was added after she was brought on as a professor by Harvard. In addition, there is no reason to believe she isn’t actually part Native American. That this was part of the oral tradition in her family is confirmed by her brothers.
A lot of people in Oklahoma where Warren is from have Cherokee ancestors. I don’t think her believing a family legend was wrong at all. Trump’s the last person who should talk though about false claims and ancestry though. He’s the one who claimed to be Swedish to distance himself from his German ancestry.
re: #94 Swampwitch
I am terribly sorry to hear about the loss of your own kitty family member, particularly due to the rude behaviour of others.
re: #94 Swampwitch
I’m sorry for you. When they disappear like that, you fear the worst and hope for the best, and are on wires all the time. I saw a fluffy orange tom in a nearby town a couple of days ago, and nearly went off the road, thinking it might be my Critter, who disappeared last October. I think you should try to adopt another kitty, and put a chain on the door, so you can block pushy JW folk.
re: #91 Kragar
Well at the moment he hasn’t paid anything at all so even paying say, 37 cents would be “more”.
re: #92 Anymouse
Thanks all for the kind and considerate comments. Forcing back tears is not normally something I have to do.
Naaah, don’t worry: it’s quite understandable. Anyone who is a kitty person knows the feeling: it’s never easy.
RIP Felix.
So sorry.
re: #92 Anymouse
Thanks all for the kind and considerate comments. Forcing back tears is not normally something I have to do.
Me neither, but I bawled like a baby when Ipst my last kitty. No shame.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
I’m sorry for your loss. It’s tough to lose a beloved furry friend and companion.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
Many, many sympathies. :(
re: #93 Dave In Austin
Fairbanks was a big Sanders supporter who switched to Trump after Bernie endorsed Clinton.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
I didn’t want to see this update. I was hoping you would be bringing him home tonight. You and your wife, please take care of yourselves.
re: #105 mmmirele
I didn’t want to see this update. I was hoping you would be bringing him home tonight. You and your wife, please take care of yourselves.
We were hoping we would be bringing him home as well. Over the last couple days our hopes were turning to concern as nothing seemed to be helping Felix.
Even discussing the possibility that he would not come home and what we might have to do did not (and cannot) prepare us for making that final decision with the veterinarian.
I imagine it was tough for the veterinarian as well: This is something that she has to deal with on a regular basis.
re: #106 Anymouse
We were hoping we would be bringing him home as well. Over the last couple days our hopes were turning to concern as nothing seemed to be helping Felix.
Even discussing the possibility that he would not come home and what we might have to do did not (and cannot) prepare us for making that final decision with the veterinarian.
I imagine it was tough for the veterinarian as well: This is something that she has to deal with on a regular basis.
It is. Not only do they become fond of their charges, they know what is happening to the lives of their customers as well. It’s a step removed, but it is two ways of hurting.
re: #104 Weaselone
Fairbanks was a big Sanders supporter who switched to Trump after Bernie endorsed Clinton.
There’s a lot of weird circular political spectrum shit going on.
re: #104 Weaselone
Fairbanks was a big Sanders supporter who switched to Trump after Bernie endorsed Clinton.
A bad crowd looking for a worse one….
I think we’re in big trouble now. For some reason, Jared Kushner has started styling his hair like Donald Trump.😳 pic.twitter.com/mvHoPGN9ps
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) April 28, 2017
re: #110 teleskiguy
Complete with spit curls, like Betty Boop.
Pres. Donald Trump pats a U.S. Marine on the back as first lady Melania Trump looks on in Washington. #APPhoto by Pablo Martinez Monsivais pic.twitter.com/rrmLF7x7kj
— AP Images (@AP_Images) April 27, 2017
In a better world, he would have drawn back a stump https://t.co/gbT8Fowi3M
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 29, 2017
A mound of buffalo skulls from the 1870’s ⊕ showing the needless destruction of a valuable food source. pic.twitter.com/0uzhCALdad
— Native Am Proverbs ⊕ (@NativAmProverbs) April 29, 2017
re: #114 teleskiguy
DT and circus troupe are direct philosophical descendants of those folks, who believed the world was theirs to exploit.
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
My deepest sympathy to both of you on your loss.
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
They’re gonna need one helluva tapeworm to fix that one….
All one has to do is search Youtube for “human evolution”, set a filter over even a short period, say a month, and look at the results … and see how sad society is when it comes to dealing with reality.
We here often lament the sad state of programming that goes on “history” television, or “science” television.
Sadly, the reality of our society is that most people don’t care about facts, and a notable fraction of the rest, if they care, only do so far as it isn’t too inconvenient.
It has always been a battle, to feed back into your society facts and conclusions about reality. This was not new for Galileo, and we’re still struggling with the same human nature to want to escape to fantasies.
Trump wasn’t put in office by accident. Losing the popular vote by as large a margin as he did but still win is not even a fluke, as other Presidents have lost the popular vote.
Rather, Trump is simply the result of many movements in our society, the culmination of processes among a large group of people, these processes churning over beliefs and desires and fears.
So this too is why I say to not look to the scientists, or to the NYT, to save us.
Art, and artists, are much more emotionally potent means of relating to your fellow humans.
re: #119 freetoken
I think you are right. We keep being told that DT was put in by emotion or feelings, not policies or facts.
Trump appoints Charmaine Yoest, our index Aunt Lydia, to Health and Human Services https://t.co/XKxLan4DeH pic.twitter.com/eOAsgfJrIe
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) April 29, 2017
“… Yoest’s business is reproductive health misinformation and that is exactly what she has been hired to do. She was behind one-third of state anti-abortion bills in 2011 and 2012. Her life’s work thus far has been to oppose the science of reproductive health and she believes that the death of pregnant woman is preferable to an abortion. Now she will be paid by our tax dollars to disseminate health information and who knows how much of her anti-science pro-uterine servitude agenda will seep into policy and influence bills.
Her position is HHS is concerning enough, but it is also a dog whistle to the forced birth movement.
In authoritarian societies there is a point where people think this is ridiculous, that the madness will stop here. And then it doesn’t and the goal posts are moved and then it happens again. And again. And new ordinary seeps in. A terrible ordinary.”
Milo Yiannopoulos announces formation of media company aimed at “the destruction of political correctness” https://t.co/kN0lUlaCQW pic.twitter.com/RWMdqJuNyR
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2017
Didn’t Glenn Beck already start The Blaze? https://t.co/llctCSOqXY
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 29, 2017
re: #122 Eric The Fruit Bat
Another dog-specific quote, but I think it applies to any pet, really.
“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and the mistakes we make because of those illusions.”
- Dean Koontz, from The Darkest Evening of the Year
re: #46 teleskiguy
Snowing like crazy on the Front Range. Here up in the mountains two and a half hours to the west? 45° F, calm wind.
Drove back from a bike trip at Gooseberry Mesa in Utah today. Dillon to Littleton was sketchy.
re: #121 jaunte
And here is a good example.
The fundamentalists anti-abortionists are carrying on a religious cultural war.
Trump is simply a user of these people for his own goals. But they had to exist prior for him to use them.
I maintain, broken record that I definitely am, that the real issue in America today is the Loss-of-God problem. It lay below/behind many culture wars, and it is these cultural divisions which provide energy for the politics we see today.
re: #126 Mike Lamb
Drove back from a bike trip at Gooseberry Mesa in Utah today. Dillon to Littleton was sketchy.
According to my Twitter feed three people have died on the roads on the Front Range tonight. Be safe out there!
re: #126 Mike Lamb
Drove back from a bike trip at Gooseberry Mesa in Utah today. Dillon to Littleton was sketchy.
Snowing pretty hard here in the Nebraska Panhandle as well.
re: #122 Eric The Fruit Bat
Okay, now there are tears. That cartoon pretty much sums up our day.
I don’t think I have ever seen someone as desperate to be famous as Milo.
re: #128 teleskiguy
According to my Twitter feed three people have died on the roads on the Front Range tonight. Be safe out there!
Lost traction at the top of Loveland Pass. Thank goodness a snow plow was near and good put some gravel down to get me going again. Watched a BMW X-6 pull a recovery that would’ve made NASCAR fans proud after turning perpendicular to the road. That was exhausting.
re: #134 Mike Lamb
Lost traction at the top of Loveland Pass. Thank goodness a snow plow was near and good put some gravel down to get me going again. Watched a BMW X-6 pull a recovery that would’ve made NASCAR fans proud after turning perpendicular to the road. That was exhausting.
Tunnel was closed? That’s a bitch.
re: #133 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t think I have ever seen someone as desperate to be famous as Milo.
DT
re: #133 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t think I have ever seen someone as desperate to be famous as Milo.
That idiot is too dumb to realize that he’s acting as if he’s a kid living in a gasoline can playing with matches. He should have stopped when he was exposed as the pro pedophelic freak that he actually is. Mark my words, Karma is going to get him when he least expects it!
Must’ve been some fucked up shit on the glowing rectangle. pic.twitter.com/94dGDa5wPf
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 29, 2017
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
Aw man, my heart to you and all who loved Felix. I know how tough it is.
A friend from Omaha just wrote saying he would bat glow-in-the-dark ping pong balls in Felix’s direction tonight.
Trump says House and Senate rules are “archaic” and may have the change pic.twitter.com/1FHGYIPgv4
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 29, 2017
As I’ve previously said, autocrats rewrite the laws once in power, time and time again. That is why checks and balances are no guarantee. https://t.co/EarSnvjxDx
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) April 29, 2017
re: #119 freetoken
Trump wasn’t put in office by accident. Losing the popular vote by as large a margin as he did but still win is not even a fluke, as other Presidents have lost the popular vote.
Rather, Trump is simply the result of many movements in our society, the culmination of processes among a large group of people, these processes churning over beliefs and desires and fears.
We may actually be facing a situation where, courtesy of the electoral college, the losing candidate receives an increasing share of the popular vote. Hillary won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes; the next Democrat could win 60% of the vote and still lose the election. The Senate is gerrymandered because of the Constitution; the House is gerrymandered thanks to Republican control of state governments.
Democrats need to get their act together and manage to excite those members of the population who are persuadable. There were many who felt that the Democrats did not speak to them; Trump managed to do that — lies all from him — but he “felt” their pain. We need to do a better job at that.
re: #132 Anymouse
I ran across this cartoon from Barry Ritholtz’s blog The Big Picture, after he had sent his beloved dog Maximus into the journey across the Rainbow Bridge.
The cartoon’s power is mighty and shows compassion to all-therefore it is to be treated with respect and used on only such occasions as these.
(Gee, that last line sounds like it came out of some cartoon show….)
re: #142 Anymouse
Fuckface Von Clownstick knows the word “archaic?”
re: #144 Eric The Fruit Bat
I ran across this cartoon from Barry Ritholtz’s blog The Big Picture, after he had sent his beloved dog Maximus into the journey across the Rainbow Bridge.
The cartoon’s power is mighty and shows compassion to all-therefore it is to be treated with respect and used on only such occasions as these.
(Gee, that last line sounds like it came out of some cartoon show….)
It is indeed a powerful cartoon, what your pet might say if he or she were able to talk to you.
Felix was aloof (like most cats seem to be), but when we were gone from the house even for a few hours (never mind the long trips we took), he would cuddle and stay close for days - as if he was afraid we were going to leave him alone.
re: #145 teleskiguy
Fuckface Von Clownstick knows the word “archaic?”
He probably thinks Archaic refers to places you go to to play Pac Man.
Messages of condolences pouring in from around the world on Felix’s passing, here, on lists, and in my E-mail.
It would appear that Felix had many more followers than I do: My wife quipped “well, you don’t know what he was doing on the computer when we were asleep.”
re: #148 Anymouse
Messages of condolences pouring in from around the world on Felix’s passing, here, on lists, and in my E-mail.
It would appear that Felix had many more followers than I do: My wife quipped “well, you don’t know what he was doing on the computer when we were asleep.”
Those condolences are for you and your wife, knowing the loss you are feeling.
re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
He probably thinks Archaic refers to places you go to to play Pac Man.
I remember when they had Archaics in Vail, CO 20 years ago! Many quarters went into Virtua Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Cruisin’ USA in those days.
re: #91 Kragar
Kragar @Kragar_LGF
If only there was some way we could verify that claim.Trump claims he will pay more under new tax plan https://t.co/Q13rZ11lnj pic.twitter.com/sXXkWOVleM
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2017
…
Like everything else he claims, we already know that isn’t true — the 2 pages of his 2005 tax return that are public entirely disprove that statement.
A while back I mentioned my Trumphumper neighbor/customer and thought I would give an update on him… (for those bored enough to read it ;) ). The background is that I avoid talking politics with my customers but am making an exception with him due to his persistence. Now I am politely stomping on a smug Trump supporter for my personal amusement, but only when he asks for it.
He came over today to ask me to look at a problem he thought he was having with his home network (no problem found, just a slow hard drive and an impatient old man, SSD updates incoming). As I was leaving I was thinking I was going to get away without him bringing up Trump but no, his conservative Tourettes kicked in. As I went out the door he asked me what I thought about the Ninth Circuit Court having their 79% of their decisions overturned. I turned, laughed and told him that what is missing from that statement is the total number of cases the court heard. He went off about how I was wrong and I patiently waited him out, smiling every bit of the way. When he was finished I pointed out that the numbers he was quoting were of the cases the USSC decided to review, ignoring the fact that the USSC does not review every single case that the Circuit Courts decide.
It took a few more rounds between us but he eventually got it and boy was he deflated when he found out that less than .1% of their decisions are overturned on appeal…lol! I then went on about how places like Fox go on with this crap of a partial story and leave out the important data. Yes, what they are saying is true but without the rest of the data it is little more than misleading propaganda. I reiterated to him that I was a former Fox viewer and finally saw through their shit a long time ago. We talked about a few other things relating to Trump; his birthday picture to America of the First Lady that was centered on Trump, that him and his wife prefer to sleep in different states, that Trump is surprised that Presidentin’ is harder than screwing people over with his Empire, his attacking the wrong court when his last order was blocked and so on and so on… my neighbor pretty much listened and said little.
When I finally went to leave (hey, he started it!) told me he had one more question about something that he was surprised that I hadn’t brought up. O’Reilly. Once again I laughed and asked him why he thought Billo was canned and he said it was the accusations from the women that did it. I told him that he was partially right, and then filled him in on Murdoch’s aspirations in getting his grubby wrinkled hands on Sky in the UK and how not dealing with what was going on at Fox could cost him his dream network. I explained the phone scandal in the UK years ago and how that put his plans for Sky on hold until now. I pointed out that it was nothing personal with Rupert, just business, and that if he wasn’t going after Sky then Billo and Ailes would probably still have their jobs because the old fuck couldn’t care less what they did in the past. That surprised my neighbor…lol!
I told him I would see him on Monday for system updates and said good afternoon. :)
re: #152 Odie Hugh Manatee
I need you around for discussions with my brother — I never have the details when involved with disputes with him.
Time for some snark for a bit of cheer:
Sovereign Citizens Sue Trump for 350 Billion Dollars - Wonkette Roots Against Both
re: #72 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty: 2009-2017 (goes to right-hand pages at Little Green Footballs)
Some vignettes of Felix’s life, and a summary of his recent disorders. Chez Tumbleweed is very quiet tonight.
I’m really sorry to hear that. He was a good friend and you gave him a good home. Condolences to you and the Mrs.
re: #152 Odie Hugh Manatee
A while back I mentioned my Trumphumper neighbor/customer and thought I would give an update on him… (for those bored enough to read it ;) ). The background is that I avoid talking politics with my customers but am making an exception with him due to his persistence. Now I am politely stomping on a smug Trump supporter for my personal amusement, but only when he asks for it.
He came over today to ask me to look at a problem he thought he was having with his home network (no problem found, just a slow hard drive and an impatient old man, SSD updates incoming). As I was leaving I was thinking I was going to get away without him bringing up Trump but no, his conservative Tourettes kicked in. As I went out the door he asked me what I thought about the Ninth Circuit Court having their 79% of their decisions overturned. I turned, laughed and told him that what is missing from that statement is the total number of cases the court heard. He went off about how I was wrong and I patiently waited him out, smiling every bit of the way. When he was finished I pointed out that the numbers he was quoting were of the cases the USSC decided to review, ignoring the fact that the USSC does not review every single case that the Circuit Courts decide.
It took a few more rounds between us but he eventually got it and boy was he deflated when he found out that less than .1% of their decisions are overturned on appeal…lol! I then went on about how places like Fox go on with this crap of a partial story and leave out the important data. Yes, what they are saying is true but without the rest of the data it is little more than misleading propaganda. I reiterated to him that I was a former Fox viewer and finally saw through their shit a long time ago. We talked about a few other things relating to Trump; his birthday picture to America of the First Lady that was centered on Trump, that him and his wife prefer to sleep in different states, that Trump is surprised that Presidentin’ is harder than screwing people over with his Empire, his attacking the wrong court when his last order was blocked and so on and so on… my neighbor pretty much listened and said little.
When I finally went to leave (hey, he started it!) told me he had one more question about something that he was surprised that I hadn’t brought up. O’Reilly. Once again I laughed and asked him why he thought Billo was canned and he said it was the accusations from the women that did it. I told him that he was partially right, and then filled him in on Murdoch’s aspirations in getting his grubby wrinkled hands on Sky in the UK and how not dealing with what was going on at Fox could cost him his dream network. I explained the phone scandal in the UK years ago and how that put his plans for Sky on hold until now. I pointed out that it was nothing personal with Rupert, just business, and that if he wasn’t going after Sky then Billo and Ailes would probably still have their jobs because the old fuck couldn’t care less what they did in the past. That surprised my neighbor…lol!
I told him I would see him on Monday for system updates and said good afternoon. :)
I can’t deal with people like this anymore. Partly because I can’t remember or haven’t researched the facts that would permanently sink their arguments; partly because these kind of Fox “intellectuals” are just so fucking unaware of how misinformed they are.
But, boy howdy, is “conservative Tourettes” the perfect way to describe this mindset.
#BREAKING White House considers Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke for post in Homeland Security https://t.co/iJrWFyNB9J
— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) April 28, 2017
I didn’t realize there was a Secretary of Killing Inmates by Dehydration position open at DHS https://t.co/toN55qJjHR
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 28, 2017
re: #142 Anymouse
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It is just a matter of time before Donald Trump convinces Congressional Republicans to pass Enabling Acts.
re: #157 Kragar
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Probably offering him the job because he might not have one after next year.
re: #157 Kragar
He can be the Director of the Bureau of Federal Prisons. Though he would have competition from Sheriff Joe.
re: #157 Kragar
maybe they intend to use him as a “post”, you know, something to string wire to while they plant him upright in the desert….. ///
Trump proclaims May 1 as ‘Loyalty Day’ https://t.co/ve8CUQlpZh pic.twitter.com/2MPKFV4rWR
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 29, 2017
Next he’ll rename the months of the year after members of his family. America will be in Central Asia by the 8th of Ivanka. https://t.co/E8kVk0T4iz
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) April 29, 2017
re: #162 bratwurst
Trump proclaims May 1 as ‘Loyalty Day’ https://t.co/ve8CUQlpZh pic.twitter.com/2MPKFV4rWR
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 29, 2017
Lets ask his first 2 wives what they think about that… https://t.co/SHmL49rkne
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 29, 2017
re: #162 bratwurst
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Der Trumpenfuhrer wishes the people of the United States of America Inc. to remember that their loyalty is to him.
‘He’s Pretty Close to Perfect’: Lou Dobbs and Hannity Take Turns Gushing Over Trump https://t.co/7MSlOiTmF7 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/VvE456zPzT
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 28, 2017
“2 Goons, 1 Trump” - Worst Porno Ever https://t.co/6Ue1svQmyK
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 29, 2017
re: #162 bratwurst
Loyalty Day is actually a public holiday declared in law.
During the Second Red Scare, it was recognized by the U.S. Congress on April 27, 1955, and made an official reoccurring holiday on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529). President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1955, the first observance of Loyalty Day. In 1958, Eisenhower urged Congress to move Child Health Day to the First Monday in October, to avoid conflicting with Loyalty Day. Loyalty Day has been recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.
re: #160 Cheechako
He can be the Director of the Bureau of Federal Prisons. Though he would have competition from Sheriff Joe.
Bureau of Prisons in under DoJ.
DHS controls ICE Detention Centers. So, there’s plenty of supervisory position that are awaiting Clarke’s mismanagement.
re: #156 Mattand
I’ve been politically aware since the early 70’s (Thanks Mom!) and a lot of political water has passed under the bridge since then. I love history, I love political plot twists, I really love to read, I love data and for some reason I have a mind that can recall pretty much anything I have read. One talent I seem to have is the ability to eventually flush out bullshit since I like to be correct about what I am talking about. I’ve always been a troubleshooter in my lines of work so I guess I get it from that.
I have had several conversations with this neighbor over the last few months, some of them pretty intense but in the end he has backed down every single time when he has been shown irrefutable data that proves that he is wrong. He still loves him some Trump but I can tell that bit by bit, I am knocking the stuffing out his support for him. One time he asked me how I was able to find the real stories behind events if I didn’t watch any news channels. I responded that since there is no one place that will tell me the complete story of any given matter, it’s up to me to dig around and find out the truth. I read many news sources, read comments on sites to pick up links to additional information, I am discerning with information and don’t believe anything that I come across unless I can thoroughly verify it via multiple sources. I take my time, I don’t jump to conclusions and I mentally file items for future reference because that particular story may still be developing.
IOW, I’m open to good information and note the misinformation I come across, like a good tech. :)
I told him that it’s pretty much impossible for the average person to weed through all of the news and then research the truth for themselves. They have lives to live; kids to raise, jobs to work, lawns to mow and stuff like that, leaving little time for researching news stories. This leaves the public open to manipulation by news organizations with an agenda. Since self-research is pretty much impossible for most people, outlets like Fox dispense the news to the busy masses for easy consumption and regurgitation. I (politely) pointed out to him that I have shot down pretty much every single ‘talking point’ that he has hit me with, and I did it with facts that could be backed up. That’s with him watching “news” while I don’t waste my time with any of them.
He seems pretty depressed that there is no way to get the whole story without having to do all of the work himself. I did note that today was the first time I have been to his house and Fox Nooz wasn’t on and blaring. He was watching a movie.
It’s probably one by 20th Century Fox… ;)
re: #152 Odie Hugh Manatee
I told him that he was partially right, and then filled him in on Murdoch’s aspirations in getting his grubby wrinkled hands on Sky in the UK and how not dealing with what was going on at Fox could cost him his dream network. I explained the phone scandal in the UK years ago and how that put his plans for Sky on hold until now.
Murdoch’s desired acquisition of Sky may end up a dream unfulfilled again, especially if this bears any fruit;
The federal investigation into Fox News is widening with two agencies now looking into the network’s practices.
A person familiar with the investigation has confirmed to CBS News that investigators from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are involved in the Justice Department probe into Fox News. That investigation is reportedly looking into money matters at the network, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan.
While the existence of the Justice Department investigation came to light two months ago, the Postal Inspection Service’s involvement is new.
Potentially, this would be even more serious than sexual harassment matters.
re: #169 Dr Lizardo
Thanks for the link! Yeah, I had heard about that earlier today but haven’t checked it out yet, so I appreciate the link. More info to digest and feed to my neighbor on Monday when his Conservative Tourette’s is triggered by my presence.
:)
re: #169 Dr Lizardo
The Postal Investigation Service? I can’t think of too many things that they get involved in other than mail fraud or child pornography.
re: #172 Anymouse
The Postal Investigation Service? I can’t think of too many things that they get involved in other than mail fraud or child pornography.
There’s a glimmer of more info from this article;
Financial crimes experts from the United States Postal Inspection Service are now involved, according to four sources connected to the investigation.
Mail fraud and wire fraud cases are part of the USPIS purview.
Investigators from both the USPIS and the Justice Department have been conducting interviews in recent weeks — including with some former Fox staffers — to obtain more information about the network’s managers and business practices, the sources said.
The existence of the federal investigation was revealed in February. At the time Fox News and its parent company 21st Century Fox said they had not been subpoenaed, but a spokeswoman said, “we have been in communication with the U.S. Attorney’s office for months — we have and will continue to cooperate on all inquiries with any interested authorities.”
Contacted about this story, the Justice Department and the USPIS had no comment. 21st Century Fox also declined to comment.
money.cnn.com (autoplay vid embedded at link)
Maybe something to do with wire fraud? Honestly, I don’t know, but that is in the purview of the USPIS.
re: #172 Anymouse
Here we go……..
For the past several months, federal investigators from the Justice Department have been looking into potential financial misconduct at Fox News related to sexual harassment allegations. But the investigation has broadened to involve other aspects of the company’s behavior, according to CNN.
The initial investigation was reportedly triggered by revelations about financial settlements that were made to multiple staffers following allegations they were sexually harassed by former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, who has since left the company.
Investigators are said to be exploring whether Fox News declared these payments properly in its financial statements, or if it disguised them somehow in order to avoid detection, and financial-crime experts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have been brought in to assist.
Justice Department staff have been interviewing those involved—including former employees at the network—for the past several weeks, CNN said. Investigators have been asking “how the shareholder money was spent, who knew, and who should have known.”
Fox News declined a request for comment.
fortune.com (autoplay vid embedded at link)
re: #166 Anymouse
Loyalty Day is actually a public holiday declared in law.
Intended to combat the dreaded commie holiday of May Day, which is Labor Day here in China. No classes Monday! Woo-hoo!
lately pic.twitter.com/vFgYFFmzh5
— ピクセル (@69Pixelz) October 29, 2015
re: #174 Dr Lizardo
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of lechers and propagandists.
re: #72 Anymouse
Sorry to hear that. I know how that goes.
re: #178 dell*nix
Sorry to hear that. I know how that goes.
Thank you for your concern. The past several months suddenly threw things around Chez Tumbleweed into chaos after Felix developed diabetes. While treatment for that seemed to help for a while, he was unable to overcome the rapid onset of various illnesses at the same time.
This is not fine:
Russian Controlled Telecom Hijacks Financial Services Internet Traffic (goes to Ars Technica, more at the link):
On Wednesday, large chunks of network traffic belonging to MasterCard, Visa, and more than two dozen other financial services companies were briefly routed through a Russian government-controlled telecom under unexplained circumstances that renew lingering questions about the trust and reliability of some of the most sensitive Internet communications.
Anomalies in the border gateway protocol—which routes large-scale amounts of traffic among Internet backbones, ISPs, and other large networks—are common and usually the result of human error. While it’s possible Wednesday’s five- to seven-minute hijack of 36 large network blocks may also have been inadvertent, the high concentration of technology and financial services companies affected made the incident “curious” to engineers at network monitoring service BGPmon. What’s more, the way some of the affected networks were redirected indicated their underlying prefixes had been manually inserted into BGP tables, most likely by someone at Rostelecom, the Russian government-controlled telecom that improperly announced ownership of the blocks.
re: #180 Anymouse
Ya got an extra http:// at the end of your link!
re: #181 Odie Hugh Manatee
Ya got an extra http:// at the end of your link!
Oops. Fixed.
That list of financial services and anti-virus firms that either were hijacked or inadvertently diverted include Master Card, VISA, Symantec, and a whole bunch of large and small banks.
I presume it would behoove credit card and account holders at the affected institutions to monitor their accounts and credit cards for unusual activity. Moreover, hackers that lift credit card information will frequently sit on it for months or years before employing it in criminal activity.
@thehill Milo’s back! pic.twitter.com/a7u26O7lMu
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 29, 2017
@DrDavidDuke Dear Dr. Puke, you wanted Trump - you got Trump. Stop whining.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) April 29, 2017
Looks like Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey, unless you’re using a VPN.
No reason was given by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, other than this; “After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website wikipedia.org.”
Edit - This may be the reason, from the Daily Sabah:
According to the Turkish broadcaster NTV, the access was blocked after the website refused to delete false content about Turkey’s ties with terror groups.
re: #186 Dr Lizardo
This here might be the Wiki article behind Turkey’s decision to block the site:
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Saw him when he performed with The Who on their latest tour, and he’s also toured with NIN. Great bassist. Unassuming and not showy, but he totally rocks the bass.
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
Too good to check? Seriously. I bet Watson could curse like a motherfucker.
It’d make Samuel L. Jackson look like a piker.
It’d make sailors look like a bunch of toddlers.
And the scientists couldn’t let that happen. That was the line they wouldn’t cross. /
re: #47 prairiefire
Saw the actress Billie Piper today at Planet ComicCon today. Pretty cool. We loved her in “Penny Dreadful” as Brona/Lilly.
Bad Wolf… :)
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf.
re: #49 FormerDirtDart
@kylegriffin1 @maddow They didn’t say who performed the check and who signed off. Here’s a hint: pic.twitter.com/Xl4b0ZQsSD
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews @POTUS Archaic? This is the system the Founders came up with and it works for those who know what they’re doing. You don’t. The GOP doesn’t govern.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 29, 2017
This right here shows how completely fucked the nation is. Trump thinks the system the Founders created is archaic.
GOP originalists, your thoughts? If the Founders are infalliable and their word is supreme, then Trump’s words should be worse than fingernails on a chalkboard.
In fact, it should get your blood boiling.
It wont, of course, because the so called originalists are nothing of the sort, and are instead regressives who want to rescind rights expanded over the past century to minorities and other groups under the Constitution. They so want to narrowly construe the Constitution that they distort the words and intend to deprive rights to minorities.
That’s Trump’s intentions.
This is sabotaging government so as to bring about a new order of things that does no one any good except a handful of elites. Everyone else gets burdened with the costs that they can’t afford.
re: #194 lawhawk
If I recall “Great Performances: Hamilton’s America” correctly Senator Elizabeth Warren said that other countries looked at what we created and said it was a good idea. The uncouth one still has not learned that sometimes it is better to work with a system than to break it and build a new one.
re: #190 lawhawk
Too good to check? Seriously. I bet Watson could curse like a motherfucker.
It’d make Samuel L. Jackson look like a piker.
It’d make sailors look like a bunch of toddlers.
And the scientists couldn’t let that happen. That was the line they wouldn’t cross. /
In a couple decades, our survivors will learn that Skynet killed us all because we wouldn’t let it curse.
Immigration agency set to hire ombudsman who worked at anti-immigrant hate group https://t.co/MvIwuqMq3z pic.twitter.com/oLG9mcezg5
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) April 29, 2017
“…Between 2005 and 2015, Julie Kirchner worked first as its director of government relations then as executive director at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an organization founded by an alleged white nationalist who advocates for stricter immigration. During her time at FAIR, the organization proposed efforts to end birthright citizenship and reduce legal immigration levels. She left FAIR in 2015 to become an immigration adviser on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.”
Trump’s wrecking operation continues.
re: #26 FormerDirtDart
That is evidence it really does choose the right words.
re: #158 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
It is just a matter of time before Donald Trump convinces Congressional Republicans to pass Enabling Acts.
By the end of this year is my guess.
re: #55 prairiefire
Jason Isaacs (Lucious Malfoy) will be there and we are going to get a picture!
“Say ‘hello’ to Jason Isaacs” is a running gag on the Kermode and Mayo (BBC) film review program.
re: #131 Anymouse
Thank you for that quote.
A friend sent it to me when we lost our dog Cody back in 2014, and I saved it because it hit such a perfect note.
re: #180 Anymouse
This validates my belief that ever since the internet went into the pubic sphere, we would eventually be at war in cyberspace with bad actors. We saw this with the various SQL worms, phishing emails, and so-on-now its full-tilt nation-state warfare in corporate attacks (like this one) and government attacks (Office of Personnel Management).
Fuck Face Von Clownstick and Congress best declare Articles of War against China and Russia for Cyberattacks and put his son Baron in charge - after all, he says he’s good with computers…..
/(half-about putting Baron in charge)
re: #203 Eric The Fruit Bat
I fully believe the “reasonable” tweets are coming from Barron.
How’s this for romantic? Back on January 20, Marc and Elizabeth Hokoana, a couple of sweet young folks in Seattle who think Donald Trump is the bees’ knees and the world’s snowflakes, libtards, and commies need to learn a lesson, spent some quality time together by going to a Milo Yiannopoulos speech at the University of Washington. Oh, not to hear their favorite gay white nationalist provocateur talk; they didn’t want that. They went to see if they could provoke a good fight with some liberal snowflakes, to prove the violence inherent in the system is all perpetrated by filthy leftists. Marc had a can of pepper spray, and Elizabeth had a Glock, and they were ready to rumble. By the end of the evening, Mark had sprayed several protesters in the face, and Elizabeth had shot Joshua Dukes, a 31-year old gent who’d been trying to break up a confrontation between Milo fans and protesters. Dukes suffered multiple internal injuries and spent several weeks in the hospital, but survived. After months of investigation, the Hokoanas were charged in King County Monday: First degree assault with a firearms enhancement for Elizabeth, and third-degree assault for Marc. The couple that assaults together … well, you know the rest!
re: #153 Hecuba’s daughter
I need you around for discussions with my brother — I never have the details when involved with disputes with him.
When my father-in-law was alive, he would come up with the most bizarre theories and out-of-context facts which would leave me too gobsmacked to say much. Then I got a free six month subscription to the Wall Street Journal, and I read the editorial page, and saw where it all came from. Then I knew exactly what was coming and could respond with a pithy fact or two (like actually it is 0.1% of cases that are overturned - most cases never make it to the Supreme Court) and I was at least able to hold my own (I didn’t really want to have knock-down drag-out fights with my husband’s beloved father, but I didn’t want to stand there gaping like a fish either).
So my suggestion is if you really want to be able to respond to your brother, find out where he is getting his talking points and look up a few facts so you are ready to respond.
My oldest kid’s college graduatuon is about to start.
re: #212 Belafon
I am happy for you and your eldest. It is a wonderful day when you graduate from college. Finding a job is another story.
re: #213 PhillyPretzel
I am happy for you and your eldest. It is a wonderful day when you graduate from college. Finding a job is another story.
He’s going on to the University of Kentucky to get paid to be a PhD student.
re: #212 Belafon
Oldest of three, all boys.
I have 3 boys also. My youngest graduates high school next year. 3 boys ages 31 down to 16 (middle boy is 25).
re: #215 Eventual Carrion
I have 3 boys also. My youngest graduates high school next year. 3 boys ages 31 down to 16 (middle boy is 25).
Mine are five years apart. Not planned.
re: #214 Belafon
He’s going on to the University of Kentucky to get paid to be a PhD student.
Nice gig. Lexington is a nice town, a blue oasis amid a deep red desert.
Sure, you’re goth, but are you dejectedly riding the subway with your raven goth? pic.twitter.com/KDboTBUI2O
— Max Sparber (@maxsparber) April 29, 2017
re: #172 Anymouse
The Postal Investigation Service? I can’t think of too many things that they get involved in other than mail fraud or child pornography.
You mean, like sleazy televangelists? Postal Service agents were part of the 50 agents on hand to raid Benny Hinn’s offices in Grapevine, Texas, on Wednesday.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is almost as good as when I was sitting next to a girl on the El (Market-Frankford) who pulled a snake out of her bag. Thankfully she got off at the next stop.
Morning Lizardim. How go things among the morning crew?
re: #219 mmmirele
You mean, like sleazy televangelists? Postal Service agents were part of the 50 agents on hand to raid Benny Hinn’s offices in Grapevine, Texas, on Wednesday.
My speculation is that the combined raid, the IRS plus the USPS, is probably on potential charges of mail fraud (soliciting fraudulent donations) and tax fraud (perhaps relating to a bogus 501(c)(3) non-profit status).
re: #222 thedopefishlives
It may be morning for you but it is almost lunch in Philly. Well for right now King of Prussia.
re: #224 PhillyPretzel
It may be morning for you but it is almost lunch in Philly. Well for right now King of Prussia.
Good Late Morning, Lizardim.
Trump: My trips to my golf clubs “cost almost nothing” https://t.co/hPv91cBg62 pic.twitter.com/adI5hdASJU
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2017
He truly, genuinely doesn’t know anything. https://t.co/efD8XMbL8m
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 29, 2017
re: #222 thedopefishlives
Morning Lizardim. How go things among the morning crew?
There’s not enough coffee.
Friggin’ Rango was out in the early light, calling Alan*.
I woke up thinking about a project at work that I need to stop, evaluate, and decide whether it’s worth further work.
BUT, as I was falling asleep last night, I got to hear the frogs in the creek all loudly doing their best to get laid, and this morning the sun is shining and there are no clouds, and Mrs. FBW is here beside me.
So, on balance, pretty good!
* calling Alan:
re: #228 Blind Frog Belly White
There’s not enough coffee.
Friggin’ Rango was out in the early light, calling Alan*.
I woke up thinking about a project at work that I need to stop, evaluate, and decide whether it’s worth further work.
BUT, as I was falling asleep last night, I got to hear the frogs in the creek were all loudly doing their best to get laid, and this morning the sun is shining and there are no clouds, and Mrs. FBW is here beside me.
So, on balance, pretty good!
* calling Alan:
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.@POTUS details tax plan: “I predict I will probably pay more than I’m paying right now.” #first100 https://t.co/V9m7xmKXHQ pic.twitter.com/vDv689qh5c
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 28, 2017
.@POTUS, I predict you are wrong, I predict you would pay far far far less, and I predict your tax returns would prove it. #HR305 https://t.co/MNRnUOWXPn
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) April 29, 2017
re: #222 thedopefishlives
Morning Lizardim. How go things among the morning crew?
I’ve been out mowing my spring crop of poison ivy; cooling down a bit and resting for round 2.
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s just a natural born liar, but as long as his base believes the lies, they’re not lies at all.
Thanks to the many Wisconsinites who shared their stories with me while visiting the Capitol. https://t.co/li0QRzRAZ7 pic.twitter.com/8okPhcOGMm
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) April 28, 2017
You explained to the childhood cancer survivors how under the AHCA if their cancer recurs their insurance doesn’t have to cover them? https://t.co/AT3kB2vjDd
— Lance Mannion (@LanceMannion) April 29, 2017
@Stonekettle God, staring at his Son, “What exactly did you Tell those people!?”
— Michele Bryant (@MicheleBryant8) April 29, 2017
“I’m not sure exactly. There was a lot of wine…” https://t.co/qUbYfabt4r
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 29, 2017
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
G-d to Son, “How many times do I have to tell you? Eat something before you drink.”
re: #230 jaunte
How can he play less than the nothing he’s paying now? Does he get tax credits for future years in case his accountants accidentally screw up hiding his income?
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Too many people think being a Christian is their excuse to be a judgmental dick.
re: #239 HappyWarrior
Too many people think being a Christian is their excuse to be a judgmental dick.
I’m not certain what, exactly, it is that drives this behavior. On one level, we all know and are taught not to judge. On another level, though, we are taught to be intolerant of sin. I think the problem comes in that the recent trend in Churchianity has been to preach the hard line of, “Don’t you dare sin even once or you’re going to BURN IN HELL!!!!1!11”, which leads to a paranoid fear of associating with sin or sinners lest we accidentally do something that will cost us our immortal souls. The part that’s missing is the practical: Jesus lived among sinners and counted them His friends. We need to lighten the fuck up, stop being so paranoid, and just live knowing that God’s grace is enough. We’re bound to fuck up, but it’s not the end of the world.
re: #240 thedopefishlives
I’m not certain what, exactly, it is that drives this behavior. On one level, we all know and are taught not to judge. On another level, though, we are taught to be intolerant of sin. I think the problem comes in that the recent trend in Churchianity has been to preach the hard line of, “Don’t you dare sin even once or you’re going to BURN IN HELL!!!!1!11”, which leads to a paranoid fear of associating with sin or sinners lest we accidentally do something that will cost us our immortal souls. The part that’s missing is the practical: Jesus lived among sinners and counted them His friends. We need to lighten the fuck up, stop being so paranoid, and just live knowing that God’s grace is enough. We’re bound to fuck up, but it’s not the end of the world.
What I don’t get is if you believe God is all powerful, why he would create people of different religions and different sexuality. Just let people be happy finding their own path.
re: #241 HappyWarrior
What I don’t get is if you believe God is all powerful, why he would create people of different religions and different sexuality. Just let people be happy finding their own path.
That gets into the really deep weeds of theology, and to be perfectly frank, there’s no good answer to that. To your point, though, we aren’t here to impose our morals on people. Jesus said repeatedly that He wasn’t coming to establish an earthly kingdom. Christianity is not supposed to be a religion of force. Churchians seem to think that we need laws to make people behave like Christians, but that isn’t how it works.
re: #241 HappyWarrior
What I don’t get is if you believe God is all powerful, why he would create people of different religions and different sexuality. Just let people be happy finding their own path.
Then the True Believers accuse you of following Satan down that path. You see, God is all-powerful, but for some reason he allows Ol’ Nick to play tricks on people and permits demons to take over souls and cause diseases.
Really strange shaking out here on the island about 25 minutes ago… Definitely felt like a weak earthquake, 4-5 seconds of my townhouse swaying back and forth, enough that I felt it right through the floor and the water in my glass on the desk was visibly wobbling. I can reproduce the effect by pushing on the edge of my desk with a finger, but I felt it from the bottom up.
Nothing showing on USGS or other maps except a 2.0 quake in Alaska at about that time, which I really doubt would affect coastal Georgia. I’m puzzled. I’m no paranoiac, but that definitely felt earth-motion-related.
re: #240 thedopefishlives
I’m not certain what, exactly, it is that drives this behavior. On one level, we all know and are taught not to judge. On another level, though, we are taught to be intolerant of sin. I think the problem comes in that the recent trend in Churchianity has been to preach the hard line of, “Don’t you dare sin even once or you’re going to BURN IN HELL!!!!1!11”, which leads to a paranoid fear of associating with sin or sinners lest we accidentally do something that will cost us our immortal souls. The part that’s missing is the practical: Jesus lived among sinners and counted them His friends. We need to lighten the fuck up, stop being so paranoid, and just live knowing that God’s grace is enough. We’re bound to fuck up, but it’s not the end of the world.
Believers create the god they want to believe in. Most holy books have enough diversity and lack of specificity that you can tailor the deity it describes to your own purpose, so if you’re a petty person who needs divine authority to justify hating the people you already hate, that’s the god you create. If you aspire to be better, THAT’S the god you create.
Among the believers I know, and am related to, I find there are two basic threads. One sort talks a lot about how god loves them and gives them stuff. They talk a lot about their personal salvation. The other talks about how god challenges them to change the world.
its kind of funny, when I was brought up and reminded of it with Bill Hicks routine, the New Testament is all about themes of Love, Forgiveness and Tolerance as the main tenets of the Christian philosophy… based on how these folks behave, hard pressed to find much of any of that in what a LOT of so-called publicly professed Christians are.
re: #242 thedopefishlives
That gets into the really deep weeds of theology, and to be perfectly frank, there’s no good answer to that. To your point, though, we aren’t here to impose our morals on people. Jesus said repeatedly that He wasn’t coming to establish an earthly kingdom. Christianity is not supposed to be a religion of force. Churchians seem to think that we need laws to make people behave like Christians, but that isn’t how it works.
Well, there IS a good answer to that, but it involves either NO god, or a ‘Set And Forget’ god. If you try to mix a meddling, busybody god with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent god, that’s when you end up with “It’s a mystery!” and “Who are you to question God?”
re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, there IS a good answer to that, but it involves either NO god, or a ‘Set And Forget’ god. If you try to mix a meddling, busybody god with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent god, that’s when you end up with “It’s a mystery!” and “Who are you to question God?”
If you eliminate the benevolence, you many end up with the universe we have. Isn’t there a philosopher who said that G-d cannot simultaneously possess the following 3 characteristics: omniscience, omnipotence, and benevolence?
I often hear “We need to be a more Christian society” from the same people who are demanding we turn away refugees, people who oppose DACA and the Dream Act, people who cheer the Death Penalty, people who want to do away with welfare, etc.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Sure, you’re goth, but are you dejectedly riding the subway with your raven goth?]
I would be, if I had a raven, and a subway, and fare, and those leather pants, and some black hair dye, and felt more dejected.
Almost there!
re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White
‘Set And Forget’ god
It the power goes out, you have to reset the passage of time.
re: #248 Hecuba’s daughter
If you eliminate the benevolence, you many end up with the universe we have. Isn’t there a philosopher who said that G-d cannot simultaneously possess the following 3 characteristics: omniscience, omnipotence, and benevolence?
As Keith Bontrager said of bicycle components, “Strong. Light. Cheap. Choose any two.”
re: #252 Blind Frog Belly White
As Keith Bontrager said of bicycle components, “Strong. Light. Cheap. Choose any two.”
So that’s who said it! I met him once at the big bike industry trade show. Just before Trek bought his name (so I see it all the time, now).
re: #249 HappyWarrior
I often hear “We need to be a more Christian society” from the same people who are demanding we turn away refugees, people who oppose DACA and the Dream Act, people who cheer the Death Penalty, people who want to do away with welfare, etc.
What they mean is, a society where nobody does anything that makes the ‘Christian’ uncomfortable, like by having unapproved sex, or complaining about being mistreated, or just being different from the approved categories of person.
re: #254 Blind Frog Belly White
What they mean is, a society where nobody does anything that makes the ‘Christian’ uncomfortable, like by having unapproved sex, or complaining about being mistreated, or just being different from the approved categories of person.
Pretty much nailed it. Churchians’ idea of “persecution” is having to put up with things that discomfort them.
re: #254 Blind Frog Belly White
What they mean is, a society where nobody does anything that makes the ‘Christian’ uncomfortable, like by having unapproved sex, or complaining about being mistreated, or just being different from the approved categories of person.
Exactly.
re: #244 Pawn of the Oppressor
Does your area get sinkholes?
re: #254 Blind Frog Belly White
What they mean is, a society where nobody does anything that makes the ‘Christian’ uncomfortable, like by having unapproved sex, or complaining about being mistreated, or just being different from the approved categories of person.
Yep. Especially the sex stuff: looking at the so-called “Christians”” complaints about society today, it virtually always seems to come down to the lack of control over peoples’ sex lives (and lack of having said controls enshrined in the law) that gets them the most bent-out-of-shape.
Shhhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/dbbBWyIQva
— Ethan Kocak (@Blackmudpuppy) April 29, 2017
When the floor is lava pic.twitter.com
When the floor is lava pic.twitter.com/qE76WJwQir
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) April 29, 2017
re: #248 Hecuba’s daughter
If you eliminate the benevolence, you many end up with the universe we have. Isn’t there a philosopher who said that G-d cannot simultaneously possess the following 3 characteristics: omniscience, omnipotence, and benevolence?
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”
- Epicurius
How sad it is to read about the passing of the kitty in Anymouse post #72. I have to give my two an extra bit of hugs.
A Native Perspective: 100 Days: Trump Still Stuck on the “Pocahontas” Complex https://t.co/clDp2v3OaU pic.twitter.com/mKN7PU0MWI
— NativeNewsOnline (@Native_NewsNet) April 29, 2017
Nothing shows extent to which corporate media normalizes Trump better than the way it accepts Trump’s use of Pocahontas. https://t.co/TUzw75qI6A
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) April 29, 2017
re: #254 Blind Frog Belly White
What they mean is, a society where nobody does anything that makes the ‘Christian’ uncomfortable, like by having unapproved sex, or complaining about being mistreated, or just being different from the approved categories of person.
Don’t forget the “and must be white” part.
re: #250 wrenchwench
I would be, if I had a raven, and a subway, and fare, and those leather pants, and some black hair dye, and felt more dejected.
Almost there!
But the bag! The green just doesn’t work.
re: #257 Unshaken Defiance
Does your area get sinkholes?
Not natural ones, and not out on the barrier islands, no.
I could do with out the weirdness. The last three weeks have supplied a midnight hailstorm on the island, a broken pipe in my wall which flooded my downstairs with an inch of water, and a fire about a mile down the road which put two families out in the cold (no hydrants in that neighborhood). I think that’s enough crap for the month, we don’t need a sinkhole or a tsunami on top. :P
Have you seen this yet? @MargaretAtwood’s Handmaid’s Tale cameo is literally a slap in the face https://t.co/VeTpggzKwq pic.twitter.com/neRqHoS6lk
— q (@cbcradioq) April 29, 2017
Back of the head, actually. (“Do it again! Harder!”) https://t.co/0Z65kBOI6N
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) April 29, 2017
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
That should read “many white wisconsinites…”
re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s a putrid green…
Such contrast! Harder to lose with that dejected gaze.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Mars is kinda like #FyreFestival but also your tongue is boiling and you’re frozen and dead.
What I’m saying is Mars is slightly better.— SarcasticRover (@SarcasticRover) April 29, 2017
re: #271 wrenchwench
Such contrast! Harder to lose with that dejected gaze.
Ah, so it’s an accent bag. Well, OK then.
re: #263 Ace-o-aces
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Lawrence O’Donnell is just as stupid as every other big media thinker who thought Trump being in the Oval Office would somehow change the person he’s been for the last 70 years.
re: #265 GlutenFreeJesus
Don’t forget the “and must be white” part.
Covered that with ‘just being different from the approved categories of person’. Although, to be fair, it isn’t entirely about color, or ethnicity. You can be one of Those People, provided you Know Your Place, and don’t complain about cops shooting you, or not being allowed to vote, or nobody renting you an apartment.
This NYC candidate is campaigning against ‘greedy Jewish landlords’ but swears he’s not anti-Semitic https://t.co/0rlVSdmFWY
The Rent Is Too Damn High guy was pretty much on the same trip, but at least he was fun.
re: #277 bratwurst
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The Rent Is Too Damn High guy was pretty much on the same trip, but at least he was fun.
Uh huh.
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Hill ✔ @thehill
Trump: My trips to my golf clubs “cost almost nothing” hill.cm
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Good image to go with the tweet: Trump out hacking away trying to get out of the weeds.
Very telling. He’s in the weeds politically too. And hacking away.
re: #231 jaunte
I’ve been out mowing my spring crop of poison ivy; cooling down a bit and resting for round 2.
Didn’t really have a morning here in central Ohio. It was night time all morning with the dark skies and heavy clouds and rain, rain, rain. Did I say anything about rain?
I guess this weather pattern is part of the “Mayan Express” that has been hammering the central states.
re: #280 ObserverArt
It’s been looking like rain here all day, but except for a few scattered drops, the clouds seem to be heading your way quickly.
re: #281 jaunte
It’s been looking like rain here all day, but except for a few scattered drops, the clouds seem to be heading your way quickly.
I tried to get out and mow the back 40, but even after the grass dried out from the last rains, it’s still too wet to mow. It won’t be dry enough until next weekend, by the forecast, by which time it’ll be 4 feet tall and impossible to mow.
The thread here is interesting. While the percentage of Democrats who thought things were going well went from 61% to 51%, Republicans went from 28% to 72%!!
This is like the surge in confidence in the economy since Trump was elected - the WHOLE rise is just Republicans!
The facts on the ground don’t change, just the party in charge. That’s a scary detachment from reality.
In 2016, only 28% of Republicans thought fight v ISIS was going well. Now, it’s 72%. https://t.co/ynciamNDGD
— David Burbach (@dburbach) April 29, 2017
re: #283 Blind Frog Belly White
The thread here is interesting. While the percentage of Democrats who thought things were going well went from 61% to 51%, Republicans went from 28% to 72%!!
This is like the surge in confidence in the economy since Trump was elected - the WHOLE rise is just Republicans!
The facts on the ground don’t change, just the party in charge. That’s a scary detachment from reality.
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re: #283 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s interesting to note that the swing is so large among Republicans, thus indicating that they seem to be far more partisan, in general. Things got so much better once their man was in the White House, whereas Democrats did not see such a significant drop.
re: #284 HappyWarrior
And Greenwald has the nerve to accuse Democratic voters of being that way when it’s obvious that it’s the Republican voters who do that the most dramatically. Look at how Republican voters view bombing Syria for example.
Yeah, but Greenwald’s an idiot.
re: #232 Skip Intro
He’s just a natural born liar, but as long as his base believes the lies, they’re not lies at all.
I don’t give a crap what his ignorant base believes.
What pisses me off is everyone else dancing around the facts that this Asshole President is a lying bag of Orange Goop and is way in over his heads.
I think the Republicans know he is dangerous but they are hoping to excuse him away to get what they want.
The political media also needs to get to doing their jobs instead of weak coverage. This country needs pure facts and hard hitting reporting right now.
Stick with the facts and the truth and maybe we can save some stuff before Goopy fucks everything up.
Hi @realDonaldTrump. Here’s the #climatemarch. We’re peacefully protesting your climate science denial. We’ll see you in a few mins. Kthxbye pic.twitter.com/IqsojGRK5j
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) April 29, 2017
re: #180 Anymouse
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re: #285 thedopefishlives
It’s interesting to note that the swing is so large among Republicans, thus indicating that they seem to be far more partisan, in general. Things got so much better once their man was in the White House, whereas Democrats did not see such a significant drop.
But, you know, “Both Sides…”
It’s way easier to speak of polarization as ‘both sides abandoning the middle in a race to the extremes’, and sure, you can find evidence of that in things like Congressional votes, etc. But really, what happened was that conservative Democrats were replaced by Republicans, and moderate Republicans were replaced by conservative Republicans, and conservative Republicans were replaced by fascists.
Meanwhile, liberal Democrats have not been replaced by Socialists. The situation, despite lazy pundits’ wishes, is not symmetrical.
re: #291 Blind Frog Belly White
But, you know, “Both Sides…”
It’s way easier to speak of polarization as ‘both sides abandoning the middle in a race to the extremes’, and sure, you can find evidence of that in things like Congressional votes, etc. But really, what happened was that conservative Democrats were replaced by Republicans, and moderate Republicans were replaced by conservative Republicans, and conservative Republicans were replaced by fascists.
Meanwhile, liberal Democrats have not been replaced by Socialists. The situation, despite lazy pundits’ wishes, is not symmetrical.
Prexactly.
re: #291 Blind Frog Belly White
But, you know, “Both Sides…”
It’s way easier to speak of polarization as ‘both sides abandoning the middle in a race to the extremes’, and sure, you can find evidence of that in things like Congressional votes, etc. But really, what happened was that conservative Democrats were replaced by Republicans, and moderate Republicans were replaced by conservative Republicans, and conservative Republicans were replaced by fascists.
Meanwhile, liberal Democrats have not been replaced by Socialists. The situation, despite lazy pundits’ wishes, is not symmetrical.
Nailed it as always.
re: #279 ObserverArt
Good image to go with the tweet: Trump out hacking away trying to get out of the weeds.
Very telling. He’s in the weeds politically too. And hacking away.
He’s right. They don’t cost him a thing.
What? You thought he was talking about what they cost us?
People have to stop making that mistake.
The #ClimateMarch in Washington DC is moving through the streets, and it is HUGE. pic.twitter.com/tFSme9r7jh
— 350 dot org (@350) April 29, 2017
This is fantastic - the riposte to those crooks and corrupt deniers taking climate science off the EPA page. https://t.co/4uOq6mZopl
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) April 29, 2017
re: #292 thedopefishlives
Prexactly.
See, I could be a pundit. But I can’t bring myself to do Both-Sidesism or What-Aboutism.
re: #291 Blind Frog Belly White
But, you know, “Both Sides…”
It’s way easier to speak of polarization as ‘both sides abandoning the middle in a race to the extremes’, and sure, you can find evidence of that in things like Congressional votes, etc. But really, what happened was that conservative Democrats were replaced by Republicans, and moderate Republicans were replaced by conservative Republicans, and conservative Republicans were replaced by fascists.
Meanwhile, liberal Democrats have not been replaced by Socialists. The situation, despite lazy pundits’ wishes, is not symmetrical.
This is why the bro-gressives have such a sad. And, to some extent, what Sanders is trying to accomplish, it feels like.
Clouds lifted, snow stopped and this critter tried to warm up. pic.twitter.com/BUUjVy72Bu
— johnrobertson (@jrobertsonNM) April 29, 2017
re: #297 klys (maker of Silmarils)
This is why the bro-gressives have such a sad. And, to some extent, what Sanders is trying to accomplish, it feels like.
What they cannot see is why many Americans even those of us who definitely lean left may not necessarily want socialism.
re: #297 klys (maker of Silmarils)
This is why the bro-gressives have such a sad. And, to some extent, what Sanders is trying to accomplish, it feels like.
Fascists are willing to put in the work. Communists aren’t.
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re: #299 HappyWarrior
What they cannot see is why many Americans even those of us who definitely lean left may not necessarily want socialism.
Well, hell - even Bernie isn’t proposing ‘From Each/To Each’ Socialism. Just better regulated capitalism and a balance of power, wealth, and income less toward the 1% and more toward everyone else.
re: #300 Blind Frog Belly White
Fascists are willing to put in the work. Communists aren’t.
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The thing is the right wing base despite their claims otherwise will vote for anyone with the Republican label as long as it helps their goal. They may have disappointments along the way i.e. Romney and some of the other establishment GOPers but they do vote for them. Too many of the left just want everything handled to them. I don’t see them having any desire on the local level. And the far right is an ideological driven movement whereas Sanders himself has become the litmus test for the far left.
re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, hell - even Bernie isn’t proposing ‘From Each/To Each’ Socialism. Just better regulated capitalism and a balance of power, wealth, and income less toward the 1% and more toward everyone else.
True. For many of these people, Bernie is considered a “compromise.”
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— bobby (@bobbycappucino) April 28, 2017
Oh, just reading up on some neurology stuff:
New Hope For People Obsessed With Amputating Their Own Limbs
Am I wrong for not caring enough to read that one?
re: #305 wrenchwench
Oh, just reading up on some neurology stuff:
Am I wrong for not caring enough to read that one?
White limbs matter!
re: #305 wrenchwench
Oh, just reading up on some neurology stuff:
Am I wrong for not caring enough to read that one?
I’d be more concerned about those obsessed with amputating someone else’s limbs.
re: #252 Blind Frog Belly White
As Keith Bontrager said of bicycle components, “Strong. Light. Cheap. Choose any two.”
Ah, a twist on the old business question: Price, Quality, or Service.
I read this Ivanka Trump quote on Facebook, and I thought, “Nah, that can’t be for real. She’s too smart to so openly give away the Trump game.” I had to make sure. It is real.
“Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true. This doesn’t mean you should be duplicitous or deceitful, but don’t go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.”
Uh oh! Somebody said they needed $30 million to build a Prayer Center but they pocketed the money instead…
re: #309 Blind Frog Belly White
I read this Ivanka Trump quote on Facebook, and I thought, “Nah, that can’t be for real. She’s too smart to so openly give away the Trump game.” I had to make sure. It is real.
That sounds like her father’s playbook.
re: #311 HappyWarrior
That sounds like her father’s playbook.
Now just imagine how the Republican Bullshit Machine would react if Chelsea Clinton said that…
Excuse me, I just ran out of fucks to give. Chaldeans unanimously voted for Trump on a promise of being pro-life and pro-Christian, and assuming their Christian beliefs would shield them from any deportation orders…not to mention settling scores with their Muslim enemies, and now look how it has blown up on their faces:
Speaking of horrible people, I also saw this on FB this week:
“These lives mattered! They went off to kill other people to make sure Black Lives Didn’t Matter!”
The only reason we let the South have their monuments was as a sop to their self-esteem after having their asses handed to them, after then took up arms for the most despicable cause Americans ever fought for.
These monuments are nothing but Participation Trophies, and it’s time they came down. It’s been 150 years. The South is all grown up now.
re: #311 HappyWarrior
That sounds like her father’s playbook.
Exactly. I thought one of the rules of grifting is not to break character and let the mark in on it.
re: #255 thedopefishlives
Pretty much nailed it. Churchians’ idea of “persecution” is having to put up with things that discomfort them.
I think your choice of the word discomfort is interesting and may get to the point.
Why would a good Christian worry about comfort? If they are living a Christian life I was taught all the comfort was built in.
I think where the newer forms of Evangelical Christians start to go off the truer meaning is when they ramped up adding politics and business to the preaching. And right there is where the problems start with being discomforted. It added aggression and competitiveness and I don’t think they go into the makeup of being a Christian.
re: #312 Joe Bacon
Now just imagine how the Republican Bullshit Machine would react if Chelsea Clinton said that…
Right.
re: #314 Blind Frog Belly White
Speaking of horrible people, I also saw this on FB this week:
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“These lives mattered! They went off to kill other people to make sure Black Lives Didn’t Matter!”
The only reason we let the South have their monuments was as a sop to their self-esteem after having their asses handed to them, after then took up arms for the most despicable cause Americans ever fought for.
These monuments are nothing but Participation Trophies, and it’s time they came down. It’s been 150 years. The South is all grown up now.
As I said earlier in the week, the people who survived are lucky they weren’t hanged. The way the Union was to the rebels was probably among the most forgiving you’ll ever see in teh aftermath of an armed uprising.
Another thing which occurs to me is that there are two ways of looking at the ‘two roads’ metaphor from Matthew:
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
One kind of believer sees this as an affirmation that they’re the Good People, and all those other people they don’t like will burn in hell.
Another kind of believer sees this as a challenge, that it’s far easier to just go along than to work to change the world for the better, but the latter way is something to aspire to.
re: #275 Timothy Watson
Uh…at the risk of downdings, is anyone fucking surprised?
Lawrence O’Donnell is just as stupid as every other big media thinker who thought Trump being in the Oval Office would somehow change the person he’s been for the last 70 years.
Tim, I do watch Lawrence quite often and I don’t think he has ever thought Trump would be changing. He actually tried to warn that he would never change all during the election cycle and he more than anyone really covered Trump’s actual business record.
Lawrence and Rachel and to a degree Chris Hayes have been pretty consistent with their questioning and criticizing Trump.
Makes me wonder how long they will be around, though Maddow seems to be getting some decent ratings. Hopefully that starts to send some signals with the rest of the media.
re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, hell - even Bernie isn’t proposing ‘From Each/To Each’ Socialism. Just better regulated capitalism and a balance of power, wealth, and income less toward the 1% and more toward everyone else.
This is true. The weird thing is for the Real True Left Believer, Bernie’s thinking is only a part of it. They want much purity in all things, but they are willing to take Bernie as one of theirs because he is pure enough for now. They really would like more if you dig into their thinking.
re: #297 klys (maker of Silmarils)
re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White
Like, I’m down with that and would love to see the Dem party pull leftward. The problem is twofold though: 1) Americans seem to love liberal policy but instantly fucking hate wit with searing intensity once the Dem. name gets attached to it, and 2) The Berners seem deadset on burning down the entire institution to the left of the Republicans to get their way, even if it means boosting the GOP in the meanwhile to hasten the hollowing out of the Dem party.
And I don’t know how we fix either of those, because it seems like the country has united in reflexive spite for everything Dem and Clinton at this point, and increasingly normalizing everything Trump and GOP.
re: #305 wrenchwench
Oh, just reading up on some neurology stuff:
Am I wrong for not caring enough to read that one?
It’s a mental health issue. No different that suicidal tendencies or manic depression or any other host of brain issues.
re: #323 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It’s a mental health issue. No different that suicidal tendencies or manic depression or any other host of brain issues.
The lines between physical and mental can be so thin when talking about the brain. Can’t have one without the other.
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