@KeithOlbermann Hey Keith, are you aware that YouTube is running a grotesquely bigoted anti-Muslim ad from “PragerU” with your latest video?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
It’s shameful how the most powerful nation in the world, ended up with a egotistic, deceiver and coward of a President. America ACT NOW!
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) May 1, 2017
A bully and a con-man in one disgusting human being.
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not like we’re not trying. The wheels of justice grind slow but exceedingly fine.
Been using Subversion to do version control on LGF’s source code for years, but I’m finally leaving the Stone Age and switching everything over to git, because git rocks so hard it’s frightening.
I’d gotten used to waiting several minutes when creating a branch to test something. With git it’s instantaneous. This is really going to make a huge difference in my development workflow.
Here’s Trump’s full answer on “swashbuckler” Andrew Jackson and the Civil War: “Why could that one not have been worked out?” pic.twitter.com/Zb8OQaDqyq
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 1, 2017
1 word answer: Slavery. Longer: When Andrew Jackson died in 1845 (16 yrs before the Civil War began), he owned 150 men, women and children. https://t.co/Icg6puG2JZ
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) May 1, 2017
Can someone please remind me why I’m supposed to feel outraged that Chelsea may one day run for office?https://t.co/SzPGZwZZL3
— Donald Trumpski (@Unabogie) May 2, 2017
I’m having a hard time understanding why she isn’t kind of awesome. Can someone enlighten me, preferably with lots of “neoliberal” and “oligarchy”?
Thanks.
“WRONG GODDAMNED ANSWER!”
“….that little rat Priebus.”
“…..this pig Duterte…”
Wow, Keith is on fire tonight. Give ‘em hell!
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Not that you need it (because you’re a team of one), but check out this free book.
git-scm.com
I’ve also been using VSCode for the last several months and I’ll never go back to PHPStorm.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Been using Subversion to do version control on LGF’s source code for years, but I’m finally leaving the Stone Age and switching everything over to git, because git rocks so hard it’s frightening.
I’d gotten used to waiting several minutes when creating a branch to test something. With git it’s instantaneous. This is really going to make a huge difference in my development workflow.
Git is a great tool. All of my off-shore development teams have been pushing hard for our projects to unify around git instead of using Microsoft’s TFS. Given that MS has been building in Github repository support into Visual Studio and has even started providing git repositories for their Visual Studio Online projects, that may wind up being the direction we go eventually.
Yes, we are having fun yet. Thanks for asking!
WH in chaos. Congress not passing bills. Fox News imploding. Heritage in shatters. Are we having fun yet? When does it get good???
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 1, 2017
Kindle First May Books for Prime members includes The Lioness of Morocco
The cover art is such a reminder of CL and so I had to click on it for my download this month.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Been using Subversion to do version control on LGF’s source code for years, but I’m finally leaving the Stone Age and switching everything over to git, because git rocks so hard it’s frightening.
I’d gotten used to waiting several minutes when creating a branch to test something. With git it’s instantaneous. This is really going to make a huge difference in my development workflow.
I’ve been using git for a few years now. What’s really nice about it is, if you have to use windows machines for any reason, git bash for windows gives you pretty much full linux command line utility…so you can use vi, grep shit, etc…
re: #8 Unabogie
Not that you need it (because you’re a team of one), but check out this free book.
git-scm.comI’ve also been using VSCode for the last several months and I’ll never go back to PHPStorm.
Oh, I know all about that book. In fact, I have a window open with it right now.
Saudi-led coalition plans to bomb key #Yemen port, which would put millions at an even greater risk of starvation, @ShaynaEstulin12 reports pic.twitter.com/8mJwn4RS2O
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) April 21, 2017
our latest on human catastrophe #yemen. Dear @cnn @MSNBC @foxnews, take our footage and reporting for free. just do the story. #news https://t.co/2yvItfmNLc
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) April 21, 2017
Someone has been hitting the history books since this morning!
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
What these shit-for-brains Civil-War-splainers don’t realize is that a good amount of African Americans have a bloodline connection to the Civil War- TO THE CONFEDERACY. Some of our Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfathers were plantation owners. Some fought in battle. Others served in Confederate governments. But they all engaged in their actions to keep those slaves(including their bloodline) as chattel. I have absolutely zero blood connection to any Union Soldier. But an ancestor fought and died in a gray uniform at Shiloh. Another was an early member of the Ku Klux Klan. This war was always about slavery.
re: #9 thedopefishlives
Git is a great tool. All of my off-shore development teams have been pushing hard for our projects to unify around git instead of using Microsoft’s TFS. Given that MS has been building in Github repository support into Visual Studio and has even started providing git repositories for their Visual Studio Online projects, that may wind up being the direction we go eventually.
I’ve already been writing some custom git-hooks shell scripts to do things like perform a PHP syntax check before committing a file, if it’s a PHP script. The hooks for every git action are one of the really great things about the system.
re: #15 bratwurst
Someone has been hitting the history books since this morning!
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Right-wing media figures that backed Trump are rallying behind far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen https://t.co/cdr8oxiNk2 pic.twitter.com/7SvQL5CB41
— Media Matters (@mmfa) May 2, 2017
shocking https://t.co/nCXXeXlWO5
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) May 2, 2017
re: #17 Charles Johnson
I’ve already been writing some custom git-hooks shell scripts to do things like perform a PHP syntax check before committing a file, if it’s a PHP script. The hooks for every git action are one of the really great things about the system.
Have you done much with automated deployments? One thing I’ve been spending a lot of time on is fully integrated deployment pipelines, where my team checks in code, and the compiled binaries get deployed automatically to development and testing environments, and then can get moved in an automated - but manually gated - fashion to user-acceptance and production environments. It makes production deployments a push-button affair for many of my projects. I understand your needs are much different from mine, but I’m just curious if you’ve investigated much in that area.
re: #15 bratwurst
Someone has been hitting the history books since this morning!
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If that isn’t the lamest attempt at covering your own ass that I’ve ever seen.
I hope Trump meets with Kim, maybe he can teach him some US history during the meeting.
Really worried how markets will react if someone briefs the President about Andrew Jackson’s views on banks
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 2, 2017
re: #15 bratwurst
@realDonaldTrump lamest attempt at covering your ass I’ve seen from anyone. You’re ignorant of history. Did Barron use the google 4 u?
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) May 2, 2017
re: #20 thedopefishlives
Have you done much with automated deployments? One thing I’ve been spending a lot of time on is fully integrated deployment pipelines, where my team checks in code, and the compiled binaries get deployed automatically to development and testing environments, and then can get moved in an automated - but manually gated - fashion to user-acceptance and production environments. It makes production deployments a push-button affair for many of my projects. I understand your needs are much different from mine, but I’m just curious if you’ve investigated much in that area.
As a matter of fact - yes. I have a complete deployment shell script that checks all of my staging directories for changed files, runs the Javascript files through Google’s Closure Compiler, and then copies everything new into the production areas in a thread-safe way.
I’ve now integrated this deployment script into the git commit process, so once I make a change all I have to do is type “commit,” add a message describing what was changed, and then everything else is automatic assuming there are no syntax errors in the PHP or Javascript files. It’s a pretty sweet little system if I say so myself.
re: #25 Charles Johnson
(I could set this up to run automatically when files are changed, but I prefer to do it manually in case something occurs to me after saving.)
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel
“WRONG GODDAMNED ANSWER!”
“….that little rat Priebus.”
“…..this pig Duterte…”Wow, Keith is on fire tonight. Give ‘em hell!
“Little rat Priebus” is way too mild.
I’m more inclined to venomous snake that will strike for the hell of it.
re: #10 b.d.
Yes, we are having fun yet. Thanks for asking!
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Oooh? What happened with Heritage? (They’re near the top of my Hang Everyone There On Cartoonishly Large Meathooks list.)
re: #6 Unabogie
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I’m having a hard time understanding why she isn’t kind of awesome. Can someone enlighten me, preferably with lots of “neoliberal” and “oligarchy”?
Thanks.
Best thing about her: She won’t shut up. Or run for office.
re: #26 Charles Johnson
(I could set this up to run automatically when files are changed, but I prefer to do it manually in case something occurs to me after saving.)
Manual intervention is a required step in my sphere of influence. Sounds like you have a really sweet setup on your deployment script, though. Ours are mostly done using Microsoft tooling, because we’re mostly a VSO/Azure shop with the projects we build.
re: #28 scottslemmons
Oooh? What happened with Heritage? (They’re near the top of my Hang Everyone There On Cartoonishly Large Meathooks list.)
Try bit to shed a tear
DeMint out as leader of conservative Heritage Foundation
re: #28 scottslemmons
Oooh? What happened with Heritage? (They’re near the top of my Hang Everyone There On Cartoonishly Large Meathooks list.)
Some reports have spoken of a dissatisfaction from the Heritage Foundation’s board with DeMint’s insistence on turning the longstanding scholarly think tank into a hyper-partisan operation. Other sources said DeMint was the subject of a coup due to not being partisan enough.
There is speculation DeMint will be replaced by Mike Needham, the president of the think tank’s political advocacy arm — Heritage Action, which has in the past been directly accused of undermining Capitol Hill Republicans’ legislative agenda.
At the same time, there are rumblings the job might go to Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s controversial chief strategist, confirming yet another narrative that the Heritage Foundation wants its next president to work hand in hand with the Trump administration.
Trump to speak with Putin tomorrow pic.twitter.com/sWpvUeipAG
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 2, 2017
Reunion? https://t.co/lgSF4J7BBp
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s “Dear Leader” TV ads are only missing groups of school children in identical uniforms singing “we love our president Trump.”
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 2, 2017
Erdogan’s fans ransack a bookshop, their biggest enemy. pic.twitter.com/RxY5roqnQV
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) July 22, 2016
What Erdogan is doing to Turkey is a special kind of tragedy because Turkey actually had a chance. https://t.co/6Z2SLfn5iu
— Arash Karami (@thekarami) May 2, 2017
re: #28 scottslemmons
Oooh? What happened with Heritage? (They’re near the top of my Hang Everyone There On Cartoonishly Large Meathooks list.)
Jim DeMint was ousted. He got in a fight with the board, which claimed he was making the Heritage Foundation “too political” by bringing in other politicians.
The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
Some Heritage board members believe that DeMint has brought in too many Senate allies and made the think tank too bombastic and political — to the detriment of its research and scholarly aims.
RedState is on the attack, claiming that Jim DeMint brings conservative principles to the organisation.
The rumored departure of Jim DeMint from the Heritage Foundation is a shot across the bow to Constitutional conservatives. My friend, the former U.S. Senator from South Carolina, is one of the key reasons that we have complete Republican government in Washington today. DeMint was Tea Party before Tea Party was cool, and he began the Conservative wave that elected Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Marco Rubio. By being a voice crying in the wilderness for freedom and free-markets, Senator DeMint embodied the effort to oppose the Obama Administration’s rush toward secular socialism. In short, without Jim DeMint, there would be no President Trump.
(more at both links)
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
Andrew Jackson was also reportedly against the war in Iraq. Just ask Sean Hannity. https://t.co/I6KoAHHuB8
— Alt EEOB (@AltEEOB) May 2, 2017
Venezuelan President Maduro signs decree to convene citizen’s assembly to rewrite country’s constitution. https://t.co/ecYWaswP82
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 2, 2017
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Instructions. Probably: “Shut up about Le Pen this week.”
It probably won’t actually be Putin on the line. He’s busy working on France.
That didn’t work out quite the way they planned …
On This Day. 2003: With a “Mission Accomplished” banner behind him, George W. Bush said “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” (1) pic.twitter.com/JqQil6Qo05
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 2, 2017
re: #32 BeachDem
Just DeMint getting the boot? I was hoping for something like the elevator scene in “Cabin in the Woods.” :(
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
@realDonaldTrump The Narcissist in Chief went to Wikipedia for some info on Andrew Jackson today. Not fooling anyone, chief. https://t.co/rBxhBBFNGT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
re: #39 Pawn of the Oppressor
Instructions.
It probably won’t actually be Putin on the line. He’s busy working on France.
Or a voice double.
the yam wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, just so long as there are lots of compliments…
Earthquake Report
Still a whole lota’ of shaking going on up here in SE Alaska.
The first quake was at about 0430 this AM. Rated at 6.2.
This was followed for the next two hours by multiple after-shocks with about 20 in the 2.0 to 3.0 range, another 7 or so in the 3.0 to 4.0 range, and one aftershock in the 4.0 to 5.0 range.
Then a 6.0 “aftershock” (?) at about 0630. This was followed by a 4.4 and 4.3 aftershock about 0700. In between there were many (20 - 30) aftershocks in the 2.0 to 4.0 range.
All of the earthquake activity is centered about 30 - 40 miles NW of Haines, AK.
So far no damage at the Cheechako home-stead. Haven’t looked for damage reports around AK and YK yet.
And there are many after-shocks in the lower ranges still occurring.
Here’s a snap-shop of the activity:
Trump supporters in a nutshell (and I do mean a nutshell—why oh why do the teevee peeps think anyone wants to hear what Joe Fucking Walsh has to say?)
“As a Trump supporter I do my best not to listen to what he says,” Walsh told Tur
re: #31 b.d.
The crazy Mercer woman wants to replace him with Bannon.
re: #36 Anymouse
Jim DeMint was ousted. He got in a fight with the board, which claimed he was making the Heritage Foundation “too political” by bringing in other politicians.
RedState is on the attack, claiming that Jim DeMint brings conservative principles to the organisation.
(more at both links)
You couldn’t pay me enough to go to that 2nd link.
@realDonaldTrump “See? I DO know a LOT about Andrew Jackson! Take that, FAKE MEDIA.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
re: #15 bratwurst
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Died 16 years before the civil war but would have stopped it…how?
He served two terms and was out of office in 1837. 24 years later the war started. That is 6 more presidential terms.
Oh wait, I get it. Trump thinks had he (Jackson) been President for Life just like Trump aspires to be and lived longer he could have pulled it off.
re: #41 scottslemmons
Just DeMint getting the boot? I was hoping for something like the elevator scene in “Cabin in the Woods.” :(
I try to keep track of Jim DeMint and Ken Blackwell. Wherever they go, trouble follows.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is 1979 Iran. My friends in Istanbul are trying to get out. Not good.
For all his faults, Andrew Jackson was pretty tough on the anti-federal conservatives of the time, the Nullifiers: “I will hang the first man of them I can lay my hand on from the first tree I can reach.”
re: #40 Anymouse
“He only meant for the crew aboard that ship!”
re: #47 MsJ
You couldn’t pay me enough to go to that 2nd link.
I took a hit for the team, so you wouldn’t have to. (It’s only fair to credit RedState’s writing with the link, since I quoted a section of the article, even though I think they are mostly bomb-throwers into the body politic.)
re: #44 Cheechako
I don’t know how one “stays safe” from an earthquake, but if you can, take care up there.
To avoid a shutdown, Congress ignores Trump’s demands https://t.co/tEt0sO98Nq
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) May 2, 2017
102 Days: The “Lame Duck” period of @realDonaldTrump’s Presidency begins https://t.co/ehkT5nQ74i
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
re: #24 GlutenFreeJesus
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
Pathetic, post-facto “I was right anyway” ass-covering.
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re: #446 lawhawk
light up the thermite
Thermite (aka Nitro-9)-the favorite tool of mischief and mayhem for the Seventh Doctor’s plucky Companion, Ace!
re: #6 Unabogie
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I’m having a hard time understanding why she isn’t kind of awesome. Can someone enlighten me, preferably with lots of “neoliberal” and “oligarchy”?
Thanks.
Sorry, can’t help. I’m as mystified as you.
re: #51 GlutenFreeJesus
This is 1979 Iran. My friends in Istanbul are trying to get out. Not good.
Attacks on libraries are essentially an end-point of anti-intellectual conservatism, whether it is dressed up as Christianity, Islam, or any other religion or ideology.
Burning and destroying books has a long shameful conservative history.
We only rate dogs. This is quite clearly a smol broken polar bear. We’d appreciate if you only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10
We only rate dogs. This is quite clearly a smol broken polar bear. We’d appreciate if you only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 pic.twitter.com/g2nSyGenG9
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) May 2, 2017
I was thinking earlier about Ailes, BillO and now Lumpy are either out or leaving, I hit upon the nightmare scenario…
Sine we now know that Man-Baby has absolutely zero respect for the Emoluments Clause, I could imagine an announcement that Trump’s sons (who are totally not involved with the White House [cough]) are going to launch…
Wait for it…
Trump Media. A 24-hour cable channel, featuring ‘real’ news [cough] and exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage of the Trump White House!
With Ailes running the show, and BillO and Lumpy as the star-studded prime time lineup.
It’s too bad we had to retire the phrase ‘that will never happen’ last November.
Fuck a bunch of “Loyalty Day.” No, I’m not loyal to this rotten corrupt administration.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
re: #60 Anymouse
Attacks on libraries are essentially an end-point of anti-intellectual conservatism, whether it is dressed up as Christianity, Islam, or any other religion or ideology.
Burning and destroying books has a long shameful conservative history.
Yep. And it such a great way to say “we don’t want to be challenged and we want everyone as to be as ignorant as us because then we have control.”
And then the idiots go out and make it so.
What the fuck is going on in this world? It is all out of control. It sure does make one think it isn’t going to be easy to get it back in the proper rotation…and makes one fearful that it could all blow up as it has done too many times.
Fucking humans.
re: #58 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Thermite (aka Nitro-9)-the favorite tool of mischief and mayhem for the Seventh Doctor’s plucky Companion, Ace!
Oooooh! I loves me some plucky companions!
Hmm … somebody put me in charge in my village and I wasn’t aware of it. A silent coup?
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re: #63 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs Loyalty? This is now a quality of the opposition, the resistance. The administration is disloyal to the constittuion
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 2, 2017
re: #68 Anymouse
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re: #63 Charles Johnson
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I would note that Loyalty Day was originally conceived during the Eisenhower Administration, in response to International Labour Day. Aside from giving the shaft to all those evul sochulists and labour union commies, the purpose of the day is to honour the institutions of the government, not individuals in it.
Every president has made an annual proclamation for Loyalty Day since, as required by law.
Interestingly, Donald Trump’s declaration was out a couple days before it went up on the White House website, and there he proclaims it as Law Day (also May 1). There is no proclamation up for Loyalty Day, though the law requires it be proclaimed. (The law doesn’t say anything about it being published on a Website, though.)
whitehouse.gov
Loyalty Day is defined as follows in 36 U.S.C. § 115:
(a) Designation.— May 1 is Loyalty Day.
(b) Purpose.— Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.
(c) Proclamation.— The President is requested to issue a proclamation—
(1) calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Loyalty Day; and
(2) inviting the people of the United States to observe Loyalty Day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and other suitable places.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 2, 2017
List of annual Loyalty Day proclamations from Eisenhower to Trump.
presidency.ucsb.edu
Each president used the proclamation to outline his particular vision of what “loyalty” is.
Donald Trump’s proclamation:
presidency.ucsb.edu
… is too long to paste here. The proclamation speaks of the nation’s institutions, the Constitution, national security agencies, and the military effort to defeat Daesh.
Sam Harris is a wanker bell end.
.@pzmyers , did you hear @SamHarrisOrg endorsing The Bell Curve and white genetic superiority on his podcast? https://t.co/o8GKdsJCMB
— Ben Allen (@Plektix) May 2, 2017
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
When you get called out and look up a fact on Wikipedia to try to salvage yourself https://t.co/afir5ItXHe
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) May 2, 2017
Trump’s commentary about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War deserve all the ridicule and puzzlement we can throw at it. 1/
— Laurin Suiter (@LaurinSuiter) May 2, 2017
Oh hell yes. https://t.co/jef28Gqaut
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 2, 2017
re: #76 dell*nix
I have that in a cook book somewhere.
Baked to a delicate crunch or quick fried to a crackly crunch? 😎
re: #77 teleskiguy
Sam Harris is a wanker bell end.
I enjoyed Sam Harris’s book “The Moral Landscape.” (I ordered it by interlibrary loan from the previous librarian to my wife. She wanted to know who Sam Harris was, which was the time I was outed as an atheist to the village.)
I also enjoyed “Letter to a Christian Nation.” That said, Sam Harris can be close minded or outright bigoted about some things. His writings I like, his other views, not so much.
LOL
We’re all getting used to this verbal diarrhea imbecile bring president. Summit w Kim Jong un, time travel Jackson, constitution too hard…
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 2, 2017
ENOUGH ALREADY! pic.twitter.com/GjSg3COym6
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) May 2, 2017
re: #82 bratwurst
Okay, I had to look that up. What’s a frork?
McDonald’s invents ‘supremely superfluous’ Frork utensil to pitch its new burgers
McDonald’s released a mock infomercial to promote its Signature Crafted Recipe burgers and chicken sandwiches.
The infomercial featured the “Frork,” a fry-fork hybrid designed to scoop up all the toppings that fall out of the new sandwiches.
There are neither McDonalds nor television here, so perhaps that’s why I missed it.
re: #83 Anymouse
Okay, I had to look that up. What’s a frork?
There are neither McDonalds nor television here, so perhaps that’s why I missed it.
I have been getting nonstop tweets about it all day. I cannot fathom how people are amused by this to the point they are buying into an attempted “viral” campaign.
.@realDonaldTrump You don’t read books so this is a meaningless exercise. Still, I recommend James M. McPherson’s “Battle Cry of Freedom.”
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 2, 2017
re: #84 bratwurst
I have been getting nonstop tweets about it all day. I cannot fathom how people are amused by this to the point they are buying into an attempted “viral” campaign.
Aha! I have no Twitter nor cell phone either. I guess McDonalds is trying to make this “a thing.”
LOL. A wag at Wonkette commenting on the libertarian slavery apologist who is still getting dragged on Twitter:
The thing that makes this difficult to discuss is the fact that the US had no written language until after 1865. With no documentary record, historians have been left with only conjecture and oral history (as well as the famous cave paintings of Gettysburg) to assess the root causes of the Civil War.
That frork picture at CNBC looks more like something you’d find at FetLife, not McDonalds.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
— endless screaming ⚧ (@infinite_scream) May 1, 2017
The one pundit I always agree with. https://t.co/oRAKTZ5mhc
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) May 1, 2017
LOL
Bad news keeps on coming… https://t.co/9IzBu3mrjr
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 2, 2017
Bad News? Now which one of your kids is that? The one between Tyvek and Snowshoe? Or the one that doesn’t know how sex works? https://t.co/rf11D6JeRN
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 2, 2017
Dear diary: today I watched the president of the United States praise the dictator of North Korea for murdering his political enemies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
re: #92 Charles Johnson
Well, at least Duterte told Trump he was too busy to come see him in Washington.
I’d like to think that stung. Trump just not good enough for the genocidal leaders’ club.
I’m old enough to remember when Jackson being a Democrat meant all present day Democrats were responsible for his slaveowning and Trail of Tears.
re: #92 Charles Johnson
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@Green_Footballs “Honored” in fact to meet him if possible. Honor wept.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 2, 2017
re: #96 Unshaken Defiance
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And again I hate saying this because it’s a broken record but I am imagining the reaction if Obama said anything close to this.
re: #44 Cheechako
I experienced a 7.6 in Costa Rica in 2012, followed by months of aftershocks. It was the weirdest period of my life. Didn’t help that it was during the rainy season, so every time it thundered I’d scramble for my shoes and head for the door. Strange days indeed. Hoping things settle down for you soon.
re: #94 Anymouse
Well, at least Duterte told Trump he was too busy to come see him in Washington.
I’d like to think that stung. Trump just not good enough for the genocidal leaders’ club.
He has to up the body count before he can hang with the tough guys.
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re: #99 makeitstop
He has to up the body count before he can hang with the tough guys.
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Don’t give him any ideas…
“Sir, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”
Tonight: Stephen tells the President everything journalists, restrained by their dignity, wish they could say. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/FHG4jvF8fv
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 1, 2017
Seth Meyers Savages Donald Trump’s Civil War Ignorance: Clearly ‘In Over His Head’ https://t.co/LZ3V2zZcdT#TrumpLies #CivilWar pic.twitter.com/27eu4sp9SZ
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) May 2, 2017
re: #95 HappyWarrior
I’m old enough to remember when Jackson being a Democrat meant all present day Democrats were responsible for his slaveowning and Trail of Tears.
We still are.
Democrats are the real racists! They founded the Klan! Robert Byrd was a Democrat! George Wallace was a Democrat!
re: #103 Anymouse
We still are.
Democrats are the real racists! They founded the Klan! Robert Byrd was a Democrat! George Wallace was a Democrat!
Oh I’m being a smartass.
BUSTED: Trump’s Army Secretary nominee caught on tape attacking evolution and theory of relativity https://t.co/XXRkykXmYQ pic.twitter.com/MWWpM8wPcP
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 2, 2017
Make no mistake, folks. When Trump pretends the cause of the Civil War is in doubt, he’s playing directly to his white supremacist base.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
Trump may not even understand the issues, but he does understand that far right voters want him to deny the importance of slavery.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2017
re: #109 HappyWarrior
It amazes me that a doctor could show much contempt for science.
You can get doctorates in many positons that have nothing to do with science. Theological studies for example.
re: #98 Flying Squirrel Girl
I experienced a 7.6 in Costa Rica in 2012, followed by months of aftershocks. It was the weirdest period of my life. Didn’t help that it was during the rainy season, so every time it thundered I’d scramble for my shoes and head for the door. Strange days indeed. Hoping things settle down for you soon.
The only earthquake I’ve ever experienced was in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It was strong enough that it brought down façades on downtown buildings, caused my 1914 Royal office typewriter to skate off my desk, threw a bunch of stuff around in the kitchen cupboards, and damaged my privacy fence. (It also sent the cat and dog running for cover somewhere.)
USGS noted that the quake struck the very deep Quaternary Fault (which lies under Oklahoma and is poorly understood).
re: #109 HappyWarrior
It amazes me that a doctor could show much contempt for science.
See also: Dr. Ben Carson, pyramid whisperer.
re: #112 Anymouse
See also: Dr. Ben Carson, pyramid whisperer.
Yeah I know. That’s more history though but point noted.
re: #113 ObserverArt
Perfect qualifications for a position in the Trump administration.
He’s got this!
Also fanatically anti LGBT but hey Milo, Dim Jim, and Lucian say Trump is a friend of gays.
re: #115 MsJ
I could die of embarrassment right now. I’m at a loss for words. I’m embarrassed for my country. My fellow countrymen and women are fucking morons. And I’m embarrassed about that, too.
I know. It’s bad enough to have people that think like this period but to have them in public service?
re: #110 Eclectic Cyborg
You can get doctorates in many positons that have nothing to do with science. Theological studies for example.
Dr. Mark Green is a physician.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #110 Eclectic Cyborg
You can get doctorates in many positons that have nothing to do with science. Theological studies for example.
True. I had assumed he was a MD which it turns out he was but you’re right.
re: #115 MsJ
I could die of embarrassment right now. I’m at a loss for words. I’m embarrassed for my country. My fellow countrymen and women are fucking morons. And I’m embarrassed about that, too.
As George Carlin noted, half the country lies to the left of the bell curve on intelligence.
re: #108 Charles Johnson
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re: #118 Anymouse
Dr. Mark Green is a physician.
en.wikipedia.org
You’d think that West Point would have educated him in the Theory or Relativity and all that jazz but I guess he juts wanted to blow shit up. I admit it, science and mathetmatics isn’t my best field but I don’t pretend to know it either and dismiss it.
re: #111 Anymouse
The only earthquake I’ve ever experienced was in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It was strong enough that it brought down façades on downtown buildings, caused my 1914 Royal office typewriter to skate off my desk, threw a bunch of stuff around in the kitchen cupboards, and damaged my privacy fence. (It also sent the cat and dog running for cover somewhere.)
USGS noted that the quake struck the very deep Quaternary Fault (which lies under Oklahoma and is poorly understood).
I was in a big one in CA (5.8 closer to the surface) a number of years ago. I had PTSD for more than a month. I couldn’t stop crying. For more than a month.
re: #121 ObserverArt
You can’t tell me that deep down Trump thinks it would have been great if he could have had him some slaves in his lifetime. Think how much cheaper those building project could have been then. And no I am not kidding.
Trump had he been alive in 1861 would have been a war profiteer.
re: #105 Kragar
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re: #112 Anymouse
See also: Dr. Ben Carson, pyramid whisperer.
Carson is supposed to be a gifted surgeon.
I’d rather go to the Brains R Us clinic. Is feel I was in better hands.
re: #126 MsJ
Carson is supposed to be a gifted surgeon.
I’d rather go to the Brains R Us clinic. Is feel I was in better hands.
Yeah some of the stuff Carson said during the campaign made me really wonder about him.
re: #123 MsJ
I was in a big one in CA (5.8 closer to the surface) a number of years ago. I had PTSD for more than a month. I couldn’t stop crying. For more than a month.
I’m sorry that happened. I suppose I understand why my sister likes living in California (liberal, sophisticated, good jobs, &c) but I like living in places where the ground doesn’t move.
At sea, sure, you expect the deck to move and you tie everything down. On land, nope.
re: #126 MsJ
Carson is supposed to be a gifted surgeon.
I’d rather go to the Brains R Us clinic. Is feel I was in better hands.
I’d rather call a plumber.
He even has five live ones to choose from:
I would really like a reporter to ask Trump to name five presidents. Just five.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) May 2, 2017
re: #128 Anymouse
I’m sorry that happened. I suppose I understand why my sister likes living in California (liberal, sophisticated, good jobs, &c) but I like living in places where the ground doesn’t move.
At sea, sure, you expect the deck to move and you tie everything down. On land, nope.
I was giving some guys who had come to Chicago to one of my training classes a hard time (like 20 years ago) about living where the ground shakes. They said “it’s 10 degrees outside and you have 40” of snow on the ground… I’ll take the relatively few earthquakes over that any day.”
There is a point to be had there. We go through winters all the time; every year for months at a time. They go through earthquakes rarely. (Except where I was. Apparently, there are earthquakes daily in that area of California, just not usually as big as the one I got to experience.)
Not sure which side I’m on now. That earthquake really freaked me out. But winter. Bah.
There’s no utopia on earth I suppose.
re: #130 Anymouse
Ya got Lincoln, Ford, Mercury, Chevrolet…
Trump is the kind of guy who reads something that most people have already read about and he reads a little and he thinks he’s a fucking scholar. People have been discussing why the Civil War happened since the Civli War happened. And honestly as much as a lot of stuff about Jackson bothers me, Jackson was a much braver man than Trump ever will be.
Yes, the earth moves here… where I’m at, we are heading northwest, measurably.
But the earth move everywhere, just more in some places than others.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
In Trump’s eyes, historians are the bastard children of scientists.
re: #135 SteveMcG RN
In Trump’s eyes, historians are the bastard children of scientists.
To be fair, that’s anyone who doesn’t kiss his orange ass.
re: #83 Anymouse
Okay, I had to look that up. What’s a frork?
There are neither McDonalds nor television here, so perhaps that’s why I missed it.
We have TV and McDonalds and I’d never heard of it. Possibly because it isn’t a “thing” on PBS. I dare say it will show up on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me next weekend.
re: #134 freetoken
Yes, the earth moves here… where I’m at, we are heading northwest, measurably.
But the earth move everywhere, just more in some places than others.
Well, yes, the earth (or tectonic plates anyway) moves everywhere.
If we had an earthquake here, the Sandhills would slide into the North Platte River.
A big enough earthquake, and goodbye Yellowstone caldera. Dig me out from under eighty feet of ash.
re: #137 calochortus
We have TV and McDonalds and I’d never heard of it. Possibly because it isn’t a “thing” on PBS. I dare say it will show up on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me next weekend.
I wanna hear Tom Bodett say that.
re: #138 Anymouse
Well, yes, the earth (or tectonic plates anyway) moves everywhere.
If we had an earthquake here, the Sandhills would slide into the North Platte River.
A big enough earthquake, and goodbye Yellowstone caldera. Dig me out from under eighty feet of ash.
Considering the alternative, you might just want to stay there.
re: #138 Anymouse
Remember to strike a good pose so you’ll wind up in a museum someday.
re: #138 Anymouse
Well, yes, the earth (or tectonic plates anyway) moves everywhere.
If we had an earthquake here, the Sandhills would slide into the North Platte River.
A big enough earthquake, and goodbye Yellowstone caldera. Dig me out from under eighty feet of ash.
If Yellowstone goes, don’t sweat it. No one will come to dig you out as half the country will be dead… With the other half trying to figure out how to survive.
re: #140 retired cynic
Considering the alternative, you might just want to stay there.
Well, we have all these ICBM silos around us too, so there are multiple ways to die horribly here.
re: #143 makeitstop
Taken with my phone in our back yard - the bleeding hearts have returned.
Liberal flowers.
re: #138 Anymouse
Well, yes, the earth (or tectonic plates anyway) moves everywhere.
If we had an earthquake here, the Sandhills would slide into the North Platte River.
A big enough earthquake, and goodbye Yellowstone caldera. Dig me out from under eighty feet of ash.
The Yellowstone Caldera…that fucker scares me…of course, we have a caldera of our own about 200 miles from me that isn’t insignificant in size itself and would probably fuck us up if it went off.
The Yellowstone Caldera. I’m close to the blast zone, I’d be dead within days of it going.
…Or more likely, there is a tiny little piece of calcified plaque that’s gonna peel off someday and get all of us.
re: #146 darthstar
I didn’t know about that caldera. Reading that Wikipedia article, the caldera would appear to be active as well. Earthquake swarms, uplifting floor, not good.
re: #146 darthstar
The Yellowstone Caldera…that fucker scares me…of course, we have a caldera of our own about 200 miles from me that isn’t insignificant in size itself and would probably fuck us up if it went off.
Yeah, but we’re up wind of it.
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
Caesar Augustus, who died 50 years before the fire of Rome, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen! https://t.co/sDhCZFciDW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
re: #138 Anymouse
Well, yes, the earth (or tectonic plates anyway) moves everywhere.
If we had an earthquake here, the Sandhills would slide into the North Platte River.
A big enough earthquake, and goodbye Yellowstone caldera. Dig me out from under eighty feet of ash.
Harry Turtledove has a series, Supervolcano, based on the aftermath of a Yellowstone eruption. I haven’t read it yet but it sounds interesting. sfsite.com
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hope he remembers to take his knee pads. Kneeling at his age can be hard.
re: #153 calochortus
Don’t do that.
Looking at my family history, I’ll die following a series of strokes in my mid to late 80s.
I’ll try not to. (::
Looking at the history of men in my family, I’ll die twenty years ago from either warfare, or being run over by a train when drunk.
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
President Richard Nixon, who died 7 years before 9/11, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen! https://t.co/sDhCZFciDW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
Jury has gone to deliberations in the Terrill Thomas inquest. Have to decide if they want to recommend charges against 7 jail staff. @tmj4
— Rikki Mitchell (@RikkiMitchell) May 1, 2017
BREAKING: Jurors decide there is probable cause that all 7 staff members should be charged. https://t.co/29PoivRXE8
— Tom Durian (@TMJ4Tom) May 1, 2017
#BREAKING in Milwaukee jail death case. https://t.co/4D6UFwWAAZ
— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) May 1, 2017
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
Tokugawa Ienari, who died 11 years before Perry’s expedition to Japan, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen! https://t.co/sDhCZFciDW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
@Reuters pic.twitter.com/Xzl1rvrA0e
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 2, 2017
re: #94 Anymouse
Duterte knows he’ll suffer Marcos’s fate if he leaves. Or worse, Aquino’s.
Robert Spencer’s address is completely inaudible as rowdy crowd continues to heckle #SpencerAtUB pic.twitter.com/sAgh0Luewg
— The Spectrum (@UBSpectrum) May 1, 2017
Holy moly! Watch this student audience completely OWN anti-Muslim hate group leader Robert Spencer (@jihadwatchRS). Hate loses, love wins! https://t.co/6VCYN23zFF
— Nathan Lean (@nathanlean) May 1, 2017
President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
Gorok, Son of Torg, who died 12 summers before the discovery of fire saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen! https://t.co/sDhCZFciDW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
re: #166 electrotek
Reminds me of a video I saw shot in New Orleans tonight.
This is fabulous. pic.twitter.com/hFM2C04hwN
— Seymour D. Hipster® (@Pontchartrain) May 2, 2017
re: #156 freetoken
I want the pointed one.
@JaredRoberts20 @WalshFreedom Hey moron, do you know that you’re defending a guy who inspired a Norwegian anti-Muslim fascist to slaughter 70 kids at a youth camp?
— دانیال (@danja84) May 2, 2017
re: #166 electrotek
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Of course, this is where a “serious” pundit weighs in that the way to properly address Nazis like Spencer is to give them an open forum and to entertain their ideas as if they’re valid differences of opinion rather than bile-filled hate.
re: #32 BeachDem
“Some reports have spoken of a dissatisfaction from the Heritage Foundation’s board with DeMint’s insistence on turning the longstanding scholarly think tank into a hyper-partisan operation. Other sources said DeMint was the subject of a coup due to not being partisan enough.”
I am doing a happy dance! DeMint losing his well-paid position at Heritage couldn’t have happened to a more deserving individual. DeMint is a nasty, low-down, hateful, divisive, lying, POS.
A man accused of planning a mass shooting last month was granted bail Monday morning but remained in custody after the judge seemed to have second thoughts and ordered him to stay in jail pending an appeal by prosecutors.
Admitting to ignoring his better judgment Monday morning, U.S. District Judge Mark Lane told the court he was releasing Steven Boehle from custody on an unsecured $10,000 bond because prosecutors had failed to prove clearly that he represents a danger to society.
“As you can tell, I really don’t want to release you,” Lane said.
The judge later sided with prosecutors and granted a stay of the execution of the bond pending a review of his ruling. This means Boehle will remain in custody in the Burnet County Jail for the duration of the appeal.
Boehle is accused of accumulating a robust collection of guns and ammunition to carry out a mass shooting on his 50th birthday.
More at the Austin Statesman.
re: #172 Targetpractice
Of course, this is where a “serious” pundit weighs in that the way to properly address Nazis like Spencer is to give them an open forum and to entertain their ideas as if they’re valid differences of opinion rather than bile-filled hate.
See also the New York Times and climate change denialism.
what the fuck pic.twitter.com/J7Vj9nweie
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) May 2, 2017
I must say, the difference between their head sizes here is striking. https://t.co/XeNCuNwKHh
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) May 2, 2017
@christinawilkie Maybe they’re Matryoshka dolls
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017
re: #165 Romantic Heretic
Duterte knows he’ll suffer Marcos’s fate if he leaves. Or worse, Aquino’s.
I’d be happy if he suffered the fate he’s bestowed upon others.
Thrilled to announce that we are hosting Robert Spencer at UB on May 1st! Mark your calendars and bring a friend (or ten). 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/OboZFjOgv2
— UB YAF (@YAF_UB) April 17, 2017
So you’re thrilled to host a man who inspired child killing anti-Muslim fascist Anders Breivik? You people are disgusting https://t.co/14sLcXM0nn
— دانیال (@danja84) May 2, 2017
re: #165 Romantic Heretic
Duterte knows he’ll suffer Marcos’s fate if he leaves. Or worse, Aquino’s.
I would not throw him into the street to be torn apart by wild dogs, but I would not wade into the pack to prevent it.
Anti-Confederate Protestors in New Orleans.
This is fabulous. pic.twitter.com/hFM2C04hwN
— Seymour D. Hipster® (@Pontchartrain) May 2, 2017
re: #178 Joe Bacon
Trump was just so naughty when he was a kid!
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Oh, lick the stripper pole, kid. It’s fine.
re: #182 darthstar
Oh, lick the stripper pole, kid. It’s fine.
Ew. He doesn’t know where that’s been.
re: #161 Anymouse
“Terrill Thomas”
I am so glad the jury found cause to file criminal charges against the jail’s employees. I’m also glad it happened on Fox mouthpiece David Clarke’s watch. Maybe this will make him think that he should have been providing proper supervision of the jail he is responsible for maintaining instead of traveling to Russia to meet with Putin & Co. and running to show his *ss on Fox News and share his BS-based opinions. I read a few weeks ago that he has a challenger in his next election, and I read a few days ago that Trump is thinking of giving him a job in his administration. It’s only in the good old USA where one can fall upwards after failing somewhere else.
re: #184 majii
It won’t bother him, but it might slow his advance up the wingnut welfare chain.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Trump is the kind of guy who reads something that most people have already read about and he reads a little and he thinks he’s a fucking scholar. People have been discussing why the Civil War happened since the Civli War happened. And honestly as much as a lot of stuff about Jackson bothers me, Jackson was a much braver man than Trump ever will be.
I honestly don’t think the yam reads anything.
re: #173 majii
“Some reports have spoken of a dissatisfaction from the Heritage Foundation’s board with DeMint’s insistence on turning the longstanding scholarly think tank into a hyper-partisan operation. Other sources said DeMint was the subject of a coup due to not being partisan enough.”
I am doing a happy dance! DeMint losing his well-paid position at Heritage couldn’t have happened to a more deserving individual. DeMint is a nasty, low-down, hateful, divisive, lying, POS.
Maybe he’ll tell Tim Scott to step aside and give him back his senate seat. I wouldn’t put it past DeMint. As I mentioned, I try to keep track of what he and Ken Blackwell are up to, because it’s always something terrible.