Our Tantrum-Throwing Man-Baby in Chief Calls for a Government Shutdown

Complains that our system of government is “archaic” and needs to be turned into a dictatorship

PoliticsMay 2017 • Views: 36,326

Things are not going well for Pumpkin Pinochet these days, and he’s getting very frustrated at his inability to simply bring new laws and budget deals into existence by his sheer force of will as God Emperor of the United States.

Lately he’s been whining to the media (while simultaneously bashing them as “fake news”) that our current system of government is “archaic” and something needs to be done so he can get anything he wants as soon as he wants it.

.@POTUS on getting things done in government: “It’s a very rough system. It’s an archaic system…It’s really a bad thing for the country.” pic.twitter.com/knhtzL1LGP

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 28, 2017

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And today he took this even a step further, complaining on Twitter that he couldn’t get his ridiculous “budget” passed without making a deal with Senate Democrats, suggesting we should “change the rules,” and concluding with a call for a government shutdown!

The reason for the plan negotiated between the Republicans and Democrats is that we need 60 votes in the Senate which are not there! We….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017

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either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51%. Our country needs a good “shutdown” in September to fix mess!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017

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During past threats by Republicans to shut down the government if they didn’t get their way, the president has been a voice of reason calling for responsibility from Congress. But now we have a reckless tantrum-throwing man-baby in charge of the United States who’s right there yelling for a shutdown with the craziest Tea Partiers.

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Kragar May 2, 2017 • 10:33:50am

How could a shutdown be good, with parks closed, gov’t services unavailable and people furloughed? Answer: Golf at Mar-a-lago unaffected. pic.twitter.com/wUxImQJfUq

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 2, 2017

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist) May 2, 2017 • 10:35:40am

I guess he invited Dutarte so he could ask him for tips.

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 10:35:49am

5 days ago==>

As families prepare for summer vacations in our National Parks - Democrats threaten to close them and shut down the government. Terrible!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2017

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makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 10:36:01am

re: #1 Kragar

How could a shutdown be good, with parks closed, gov’t services unavailable and people furloughed? Answer: Golf at Mar-a-lago unaffected.

Exactly.

No skin off his fat ass, we’re still paying the ‘A’ ticket for his goddamn ride.

electrotek May 2, 2017 • 10:36:26am

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Birth Control Works May 2, 2017 • 10:36:37am

Government doesn’t work like business —things are harder to get done for a reason. Our government is specifically designed that way. Checks and Balances — Separation of Church and State, State’s Rights … .

Streamlining it would tear apart a system designed to be generic enough for everyone to prosper and find contentment.

For those that have problems, we have a safety-net. We offer public education and somewhat public healthcare to give each person the best possible chance at success.

WE’d like to do more, but too many want to eliminate competition (other people’s chances for success). They talk out of one side of their mouth saying that wealth is limitless, while thinking that opportunity is a zero-sum game.

Mostly, they want to decide which individuals and groups are considered “people”. Women are always eliminated from consideration.

wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 10:37:43am

“~~It’s a very rough system. It’s an archaic system…It’s really a bad thing for the country.”~~

“He’s a very rough human. He’s an archaic human…He’s really a bad thing for the country.”

FTFtheUSA

FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 10:37:46am

Shelley Moore Capito walks out of meeting with VP Pence, tells me she’s still uncomfortable with AHCA’s Medicaid provisions

— Dylan Scott (@dylanlscott) May 2, 2017

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We’re all talking about pre-existing conditions, but — one more time — the Medicaid cuts are an even bigger deal in terms of magnitude https://t.co/tbF7ispWZj

— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) May 2, 2017

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jaunte May 2, 2017 • 10:38:11am

Trump’s starting lineup pic.twitter.com/UPCVRV7cUQ

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 2, 2017

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Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 10:39:58am

re: #9 jaunte

Trump’s Strongmen Comments Vol. II pic.twitter.com/mlMlkT6XnS

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 2, 2017

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Patricia Kayden May 2, 2017 • 10:41:48am

re: #9 jaunte

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A fascist loves fascists. No surprises there. This is the man who wants to change libel laws so he can go after the press and who harps about fake news.

I see from that CNN chyron that Trump wants to meet Kim Jong Un. Wowzers! So he’s sending an “armada” to North Korea but wants to meet with its dictator. Alrighty then.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:43:19am

re: #9 jaunte

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Meanwhile he craps on Merkel and many of our allies.

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 10:43:21am

re: #9 jaunte

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Meanwhile he said about allies:

Angela Merkel: “A disaster for Germany”
Justin Trudeau: “Honestly I think he’s done a terrible job so far”
Pena Nieto: “You aren’t doing enough to stop [bad hombres]. I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:43:55am

re: #10 Dr. Matt

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Biff Tannen: “Handsome looking guy don’t you think?”

Barefoot Grin May 2, 2017 • 10:43:58am

re: #11 Patricia Kayden

A fascist loves fascists. No surprises there. This is the man who wants to change libel laws so he can go after the press and who harps about fake news.

I see from that CNN chyron that Trump wants to meet Kim Jong Un. Wowzers! So he’s sending an “armada” to North Korea but wants to meet with its dictator. Alrighty then.

He probably just wants to check out Pyongyang’s “heroic” architecture.

Belafon May 2, 2017 • 10:44:04am

A bit of Fox News propaganda I caught over the weekend: After the break, they were going to talk about the Democrat’s LESS inclusive pro choice stance on abortion.

FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 10:44:29am

French runoff in 5 days. Today’s 3 polls:
—Ifop: Macron +19% (+1)
—Ipsos: Macron +20% (-4)
—Opinionway: Macron +20% (-2)

— Taniel (@Taniel) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:44:31am

re: #13 The Vicious Babushka

Meanwhile he said about allies:

Angela Merkel: “A disaster for Germany”
Justin Trudeau: “Honestly I think he’s done a terrible job so far”
Pena Nieto: “You aren’t doing enough to stop [bad hombres]. I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”

Thanks VB. Exactly. He talks shit about our allies but goes out out of his way to praise people like that. Fucking asshole.

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 10:46:03am

Government news agency tweets about Ivanka Trump’s new book https://t.co/ZKLPDQ6qGi pic.twitter.com/8x6O0Umz2x

— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2017

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What idiot is going to buy a book by Ivanka Trump on succeeding in the birth lottery?

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:46:31am

re: #16 Belafon

A bit of Fox News propaganda I caught over the weekend: After the break, they were going to talk about the Democrat’s LESS inclusive pro choice stance on abortion.

Funny, when’s the last time the GOP nominated anyone pro-choice? And honestly I was at a Town Hall the other night when a man who introduced himself as a pro-life Democrat didn’t get shouted down at all. Tom disagreed with him but he was respectful. I find nothing wrong with the Democratic Party being staunchly pro-choice. And I’m sick of the GOP who increasingly fields candidates who oppose abortion in all circumstances acting like we’re being “intolerant.” Dude, you are the ones who want to force ultrasounds on women getting a legal medical procedure, shut the fuck up.

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 10:46:44am

VoA now the Voice of Trump Inc.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:46:58am

re: #19 jaunte

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What idiot is going to buy a book by Ivanka Trump on succeeding in the birth lottery?

An idiot who believes her father is a successful businessman.

Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 10:48:27am

re: #14 HappyWarrior

Biff Tannen: “Handsome looking guy don’t you think?”

Biff Tannen: “Gambling genius”

Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 10:48:36am

GOP’s “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neutrality authority

ISPs would gain the freedom to block and throttle websites and applications.

These fuckers.

Nine Republican US senators yesterday submitted legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from ever again using the regulatory authority that allowed the commission to impose net neutrality rules. The “Restoring Internet Freedom Act” would prohibit the FCC from classifying ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act and “from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.”

The Internet “is threatened by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order, which would put federal bureaucrats in charge of engineering the Internet’s infrastructure,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). said in an announcement yesterday. “That is why I am introducing the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which would nullify [the] Open Internet Order and prohibit the FCC from issuing a similar rule in the future.”

Lee’s bill was co-sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and James Inhofe (R-Ok.). In the announcement, Cruz repeated his charge that net neutrality is “Obamacare for the Internet.”

The full bill text isn’t available yet, but it appears to be identical to another one proposed last year. That bill would have prohibited the FCC from issuing a new net neutrality rule “unless the rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after enactment of this Act.” There was also an “Internet Freedom Act” to wipe out net neutrality rules in 2015.

arstechnica.com

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:49:24am

re: #23 Dr. Matt

Biff Tannen: “Gambling genius”

Heh yeah, the handsome guy ref was more to the fact that Zemeckis has since admitted that Biff was based on Trump. Man we literally elected Biff.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:50:17am

re: #24 Skip Intro

GOP’s “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neutrality authority

These fuckers.

arstechnica.com

These fucking assholes.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:50:42am

A good reminder next time Sasse tries to act like he’s above the right wing bullshit of hte Trump administration too.

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 10:51:24am

I’m reading Ivanka Trump’s book rn and by far the funniest thing I’ve encountered is her quoting Nietzsche

— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) May 2, 2017

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@BrandyLJensen One amazing constant with her book/website seems to be the out of context inspirational quoting she does.

— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) May 2, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 10:51:48am

US Senators held a hearing on religious hate crimes today. Lots of talk on Islamophobia but no Muslims on the panel https://t.co/uhvn4Z8Job

— Rowaida Abdelaziz (@Rowaida_Abdel) May 2, 2017

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Birth Control Works May 2, 2017 • 10:52:46am

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 10:52:56am

Hillary gave an interview to Christiane Amanpour - it’s being reported now

Clinton says she’d rather have Trump tweet about her than interfering in foreign affairs.

— Yashar (@yashar) May 2, 2017

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 10:54:53am

AMANPOUR: What do you imagine your election might have said to women of world?

CLINTON: I think that it would’ve been a really big deal.

AMANPOUR: What do you imagine your election might have said to women of world?

CLINTON: I think that it would’ve been a really big deal. pic.twitter.com/k3aWEWPtDQ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:54:57am

re: #29 FormerDirtDart

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 10:55:26am

Hillary Clinton argues that she was “on the way to winning” presidential election until FBI director’s letter and WikiLeaks email leaks.

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:56:00am

re: #32 Stanley Sea

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Bernie’s election would have meant more. // Sorry I had to go there. Sigh, it really is too bad what happened. I agree with her. It really would have said a lot to the world.

klys (maker of Silmarils) May 2, 2017 • 10:56:04am

LOL — Hillary Clinton just now: “We should worry less about the election — and MY WINNING THE POPULAR VOTE — and focus on other things.”

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) May 2, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 10:56:15am

Mulvaney says Dems wanted a shutdown, just hours after POTUS called for a shutdown.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:56:28am

re: #34 The Vicious Babushka

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She’s right. Comey and WL fucked things up.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 10:56:50am

re: #37 The Vicious Babushka

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Fucking pathetic hack.

lizardofid May 2, 2017 • 10:56:59am

Afternoon Lizards

This was a story which ran locally, and should probably be enjoyed by a slightly wider audience. A young woman loses her father to violence, and delayed care, and is moved to exceptional service and advocacy.

nbcnews.com

wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 10:58:08am

re: #34 The Vicious Babushka

[Hillary Clinton ~~argues~~ states that she was “on the way to winning” presidential election until FBI director’s letter and WikiLeaks email leaks]

FTFNBC

Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 10:59:22am

re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)

@jbendery Shorter Hillary: “Yes, I’m trolling the shit out of the small-handed, orange-skinned maniac at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave”.

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 2, 2017

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Kragar May 2, 2017 • 10:59:51am

House GOPer: Move To Another State If You Have A Pre-Existing Condition https://t.co/anCnaKG33c via @TPM

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:01:01am

Mulvaney: “The President is frustrated that he negotiated with the Ds & they went out and tried to spike the football & make him look bad.”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:01:16am

re: #43 Kragar

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Yeah because people can just pick up their bags and move just like that. But hey Democrats are the out of touch ones. Why don’t you give up your taxpayer paid health insurance and shut the fuck up, you elitist right wing pace of shit.

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:01:33am

& make him look bad!!!!!!

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:01:42am

re: #44 The Vicious Babushka

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Wah wah Mick.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:02:16am

re: #46 The Vicious Babushka

& make him look bad!!!!!!

We’re talking about a man who constantly belittles his political opponents but heaven forbid anyone make him look bad. Man I hate this pathetic joke of an administration.

Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:04:22am

re: #45 HappyWarrior

Yeah because people can just pick up their bags and move just like that. But hey Democrats are the out of touch ones. Why don’t you give up your taxpayer paid health insurance and shut the fuck up, you elitist right wing pace of shit.

GOP keeps it up and no one with more than a twelve-grade education will be in NC. (The Congressman who said that is from NC.)

Patricia Kayden May 2, 2017 • 11:04:59am

re: #17 FormerDirtDart

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Those polls are reassuring. Hope they hold. The French aren’t deranged enough to elect a Neo-Nazi to the highest political position in the land. Good for them.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:06:02am

re: #49 Timothy Watson

GOP keeps it up and no one with more than a twelve-grade education will be in NC. (The Congressman who said that is from NC.)

Yep. It really would be nice if the people in these states would stop re-electing assholes like this miserable piece of shit.

Amory Blaine May 2, 2017 • 11:06:43am

We all know that’s not how its going to work. They’ll pick one state to operate out of and that will be that. Shit coverage for lots of money.

Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 11:08:13am

Kendra’s going through the book. Yes, it’s a shitshow.

Okay, well, in the meantime to keep from crying on a sidewalk, I guess I’ll just share some of what’s in this monstrosity. pic.twitter.com/0DDblopL9e

— Pete Souza Petty (@KendraJames_) May 2, 2017

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Patricia Kayden May 2, 2017 • 11:09:05am

re: #44 The Vicious Babushka

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Trump wouldn’t have to negotiated with the “Ds” if he could get his own Party to do what he wants. But he can’t even though they control the entire Congress. Sad.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 11:09:14am

DT knows that he can shut down the government, blame it on the minority party and get away with it. So he will. And a majority of his supporters will believe what he tells them.

Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:09:32am

re: #51 HappyWarrior

Yep. It really would be nice if the people in these states would stop re-electing assholes like this miserable piece of shit.

Too many people with only a twelve-grade education in NC, I guess.

I’m guessing they gerrymander the crap out of the districts to help the GOP too.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:10:22am

The “just move” is an attitude I saw when I posted on a libs/cons forum back in the day. It was just such a dismissive attitude. People can’t move just like that. And I imagine the retort is “Well if it’s that important you’d move.” But that’s just not right or realistic.

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 11:10:34am

re: #51 HappyWarrior

Yep. It really would be nice if the people in these states would stop re-electing assholes like this miserable piece of shit.

Also, this:

Republican blurts out Trumpcare rationale: healthy people are virtuous, and sick people are wicked. https://t.co/jbYfucwANI pic.twitter.com/kd8H5WnXv2

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 2, 2017

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At 13, my dad blamed the devil for my sickness & tried to have me exorcised. My genetic disease was also my moral failing. https://t.co/ipn7mK0F60

— Pez (@pezslynx) May 2, 2017

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Important thread regarding @chrislhayes’ question about regarding poor health as moral failing: #YouDontKnowEvangelicals https://t.co/WCrBky9KhC

— Christopher Stroop (@C_Stroop) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:10:36am

re: #20 HappyWarrior

Funny, when’s the last time the GOP nominated anyone pro-choice? And honestly I was at a Town Hall the other night when a man who introduced himself as a pro-life Democrat didn’t get shouted down at all. Tom disagreed with him but he was respectful. I find nothing wrong with the Democratic Party being staunchly pro-choice. And I’m sick of the GOP who increasingly fields candidates who oppose abortion in all circumstances acting like we’re being “intolerant.” Dude, you are the ones who want to force ultrasounds on women getting a legal medical procedure, shut the fuck up.

Barry Goldwater’s wife was on the Phoenix board of Planned Parenthood.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:10:37am

re: #56 Timothy Watson

Too many people with only a twelve-grade education in NC, I guess.

I’m guessing they gerrymander the crap out of the districts to help the GOP too.

Yeah I bet they do.

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:10:49am

re: #53 Stanley Sea

Kendra’s going through the book. Yes, it’s a shitshow.

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Which book is worse?

The Memoirs of Nbecki Hakuna Macaca (formerly known as Rachel Dolezal)
Ivanka Trump’s Women Who Work

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:11:09am

re: #58 jaunte

Also, this:

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Yes I saw that too. That one really infuriated me. I have a pre-existing condition, a heart condition I got dxed with when I was a freshman in high school.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:11:52am

re: #59 Anymouse

Barry Goldwater’s wife was on the Phoenix board of Planned Parenthood.

I know. I’m talking about present influential Republicans who are pro-choice.

b.d. May 2, 2017 • 11:12:10am

re: #28 jaunte

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— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) May 2, 2017

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Otto: [superior smile] Apes don’t read philosophy.
Wanda: Yes they do, Otto, they just don’t understand it!

[A FIsh Called Wanda]

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:12:23am

re: #57 HappyWarrior

The “just move” is an attitude I saw when I posted on a libs/cons forum back in the day. It was just such a dismissive attitude. People can’t move just like that. And I imagine the retort is “Well if it’s that important you’d move.” But that’s just not right or realistic.

It’s an old Sam Kinison routine: STARVING PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD & WATER IS!!

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:12:24am

re: #61 The Vicious Babushka

Which book is worse?

The Memoirs of Nbecki Hakuna Macaca (formerly known as Rachel Dolezal)
Ivanka Trump’s Women Who Work

Probably Ivanka’s. At least Rachel’s isn’t being promoted by the feds.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:12:41am

re: #65 The Vicious Babushka

It’s an old Sam Kinison routine: STARVING PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD & WATER IS!!

Aha.

S'latch May 2, 2017 • 11:12:57am

I wonder if he is realizing that the federal government is not a corporation.

Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:13:51am

re: #62 HappyWarrior

Yes I saw that too. That one really infuriated me. I have a pre-existing condition, a heart condition I got dxed with when I was a freshman in high school.

I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic when I was 4 years old. I guess I should pray until that goes away…

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 11:13:56am

re: #17 FormerDirtDart

French runoff in 5 days. Today’s 3 polls:
—Ifop: Macron +19% (+1)
—Ipsos: Macron +20% (-4)
—Opinionway: Macron +20% (-2)

Still not enough to put me at rest…

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:14:26am

re: #69 Timothy Watson

I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic when I was 4 years old. I guess I should pray until that goes away…

It’s all your fault!

gocart mozart May 2, 2017 • 11:14:45am

“Well said, Jimmy.” @BarackObama welcomes @jimmykimmel to the fight to defend health carehttps://t.co/8459zlLY1U
By @owillis

— Shareblue (@Shareblue) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:15:02am

re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Still not enough to put me at rest…

Yeah won’t be good enough until Le Pen is Le Defeated.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:15:38am

re: #72 gocart mozart

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It was really moving. Jimmy did a great job talking about the issue with humor and in a moving way too. I am glad his son is feeling better.

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 11:17:47am

Mulvaney admitting that Dems simply got under Trump’s skin by claiming wins on spending bill.

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) May 2, 2017

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VERIFIED: @realDonaldTrump lost the budget negotiation… and is NOT AT ALL upset about it. https://t.co/3o7SDywzo9

— American Bridge (@American_Bridge) May 2, 2017

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Kragar May 2, 2017 • 11:18:12am

@ZekeJMiller pic.twitter.com/xxSbSdEEFd

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 11:18:39am

re: #73 HappyWarrior

Yeah won’t be good enough until Le Pen is Le Defeated.

Thing is, she and her party are guaranteed second place in most any French election…

and that is too close.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:19:02am

re: #75 jaunte

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But his negotiation skills would have prevented the Civil War and will create peace in the ME! Fucking jackass can’t even handle his own party.

HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:19:26am

re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Thing is, she and her party are guaranteed second place in most any French election…

and that is too close.

I know. Blah,

Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:19:33am

re: #75 jaunte

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Imagine if Trump vetoes the CR…

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 11:19:43am

Steve Scalise is arguing the GOP health care bill protects people with pre-existing conditions better than Obamacare, which is laughable.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 2, 2017

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Every one of these jerks around Trump is an unbelievably bad liar.

gocart mozart May 2, 2017 • 11:19:51am

Mulvaney: “We are competent, and we know what we’re doing, and the country is safe in our hands”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 2, 2017

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“I’m smart! Not like everybody says… like dumb… I’m smart and I want respect!”—Fredo Trumpadministratione https://t.co/z5vG7xiutY

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 2, 2017

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@DanaHoule @darth pic.twitter.com/mN9AvxtTya

— Ben E (@RealToddHaynes) May 2, 2017

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 2, 2017 • 11:21:01am

Ivanka told Cecile Richards that Planned Parenthood should split in two: one for abortions, one for health services https://t.co/fD8KMtZ7I5 pic.twitter.com/TCqqznVuYK

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 2, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:21:46am

re: #83 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Ivanka is dumb as a pile of sand, just in fancy packaging.

Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:21:52am

re: #62 HappyWarrior

Yes I saw that too. That one really infuriated me. I have a pre-existing condition, a heart condition I got dxed with when I was a freshman in high school.

My epilepsy is a moral failing. (There are plenty of Christians who believe that it is the result of demon-possession, even in the XXI Century. I ran into one or two people in Oklahoma who were serious when they told me I needed church to get the devil out of me.)

jaunte May 2, 2017 • 11:23:07am

re: #83 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Borrowing the “high-risk pools” strategy she’s heard talked about to destroy the activity you don’t want to support.

makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 11:24:25am

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

Ivanka is dumb as a pile of sand, just in fancy packaging.

A pile of sand covered in word salad and designer clothes.

Still - a pile of sand.

darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:25:05am

@CillizzaCNN “attacking”? You’re such a broflower. If she wants to criticize the media, fine. The media fucked up six ways to Sunday during the election.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 2, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 11:25:25am

Trump’s budget director brags that the Trump administration held miners’ health care in limbo to extract concessions from Democrats pic.twitter.com/dSviLndl7x

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 2, 2017

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darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:25:35am

re: #88 darthstar

I meant to call him a broflake…but broflower works just as well.

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:26:56am

GIF OF THE DAY

Spicer chickened out! Lol #Resist #MAGA #Theresistance #Indivisible pic.twitter.com/wyaIfRhgtB

— WTF (@elzey_t) May 2, 2017

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Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 11:28:34am

re: #89 FormerDirtDart

@JuddLegum Mulvaney looks like the sort of guy who likes to compete in fart contests.

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:29:36am

Albuquerque refuse collectors find a man nailed to a tree along a popular hiking trail.
bbc.com

He was calling for help, and they heard him. Each hand had one nail through it; the police are seeking information from the public.

darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:29:46am

CNN not pulling any punches with the Trump admin…at least their chyron guy isn’t…he’s all, ‘fuck Trump and his lackeys’…

Chyron on point pic.twitter.com/iR8h2WOfLh

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 2, 2017

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 11:29:49am

re: #53 Stanley Sea

Kendra’s going through the book. Yes, it’s a shitshow.

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The book is one page long and says “Be born rich and marry well”.

The End.

Belafon May 2, 2017 • 11:30:56am

re: #94 darthstar

CNN not pulling any punches with the Trump admin…at least their chyron guy isn’t…he’s all, ‘fuck Trump and his lackeys’…

For those of us who can’t do twitter at work, what does it say?

The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:31:03am

re: #94 darthstar

CNN not pulling any punches with the Trump admin…at least their chyron guy isn’t…he’s all, ‘fuck Trump and his lackeys’…

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Why would CNN have an MSNBC logo?

darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:31:37am

For non-twits: Press Sec left briefing room without taking questions - pic of empty podium.

That was strange. @PressSec just left the briefing room without taking any questions. Where is @seanspicer? pic.twitter.com/Ipcif752AO

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:32:54am

bbc.com

Texas police change key detail in account of an African-American teenager killed by the police in his car.

Video shows the teenager was moving away from the police officer, not toward him. The police chief claims he “misspoke” when he first released information about the shooting.

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:33:29am

SiriusXM announced that they’re launching a Beatles channel 05/18. Now they have every channel promoting it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 11:33:45am

McCONNELL shoots down Trump’s suggestion that it’s time to change the Senate rules for legislation. “No it isn’t,” majority leader says.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 2, 2017

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 11:33:52am

re: #65 The Vicious Babushka

Sam Kinison World Hunger

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darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:35:17am

re: #96 Belafon

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 11:36:05am

TRUMP: I could have cut a deal to avert the civil war

ALSO TRUMP: It’s impossible to get anything done w/o 60 Republicans in the Senate

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 2, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:36:31am

WHOA. Poster boy for white nationalists is an actual descendant of slaveowning plantation masters.

.@RichardBSpencer @CIRonline @MotherJones 21. Richard Spencer’s family’s wealth in part comes from owning, for generations, huge tracts of land used in growing cotton.

— John Stoehr (@johnastoehr) May 2, 2017

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Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 11:36:39am

re: #97 The Vicious Babushka

Why would CNN have an MSNBC logo?

Because it’s fake newz, you libtardzzzz!!!!!!!!

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 11:36:52am

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

Ivanka is dumb as a pile of sand, just in fancy packaging.

No surprise seeing what gene pool she came from.

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 11:37:47am

re: #98 darthstar

Bullshit Spice(r) was recalled by Trump to try and get their bullshit points straight. Maybe Trump was worried that Spice(r) was going to play “Hold my beer” on Trump’s shutdown talk.

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Romantic Heretic May 2, 2017 • 11:38:07am

re: #5 electrotek

How nature says “Do Not Touch!”

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darthstar May 2, 2017 • 11:38:23am

re: #97 The Vicious Babushka

Why would CNN have an MSNBC logo?

Heh…my bad…I completely missed that.

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:38:39am

Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 2, 2017

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Of course not. That’s why we have laws forcing sociopathic douchebags like you to do it. https://t.co/MHoTBj06Vq

— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) May 2, 2017

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 11:38:45am

Clinton in one breath: “I take absolute personal responsibility.”

Clinton in the next: I would have won if not for Comey and Wikileaks

— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2017

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Despite the valiant efforts of many in the press these are not really contradictory statements. https://t.co/fml6KXMyan

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 2, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 11:39:32am

“There are a good number of reporters wondering what the hell is going on.” — @Acosta, live from the White House after Sean Spicer leaves.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2017

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POTUS Putin call has happened. Readout to come shortly, official says.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 2, 2017

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:39:37am

re: #111 The Vicious Babushka

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Yet, I was required by law (and the IRS) to pay for Joe Walsh’s health care when he was in Congress.

That doesn’t seem fair to me…

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 11:39:38am

re: #111 The Vicious Babushka

Clearly, you’re not aware how insurance actually works. Thanks for revealing your sheer ignorance again. @WalshFreedom

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:39:43am

Snark from Rebecca Shoenkopf:

how come nobody told me Mick Mulvaney is a fucking asshole?

— Rebecca Schoenkopf (@commiegirl1) May 2, 2017

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Romantic Heretic May 2, 2017 • 11:42:06am

re: #24 Skip Intro

Once again demonstrating that when ‘conservatives’ talk about ‘freedom’ they’re really talking about power.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 11:44:59am

re: #117 Romantic Heretic

Once again demonstrating that when ‘conservatives’ talk about ‘freedom’ they’re really talking about power.

And when they talk about individual freedoms, they mean the freedom of individuals to negotiate one-on-one with multi-million/billion-dollar corporations for terms of employment, insurance coverage or financial services…

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:45:08am

Trump, in speech to honor Air Force football players behind him, talks about building the wall & repealing Obamacare https://t.co/a21N6Yaefk

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 2, 2017

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Military props. https://t.co/MNytKrBsPJ

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 2, 2017

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Dr. Matt May 2, 2017 • 11:45:08am

@WalshFreedom When are YOU going to pay the child support you owe?

— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 2, 2017

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Charles Johnson May 2, 2017 • 11:46:13am

Here we see a baby wigglefloof cleaning its tiny squishbeans. pic.twitter.com/h97ng7O3J3

— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) May 2, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 11:46:43am

Spicy not feeling like answering questions today…

“He says he’s not coming back,” @PeterAlexander says after Spicer leaves press briefing without addressing media pic.twitter.com/ShIcBpqDDq

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) May 2, 2017

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 11:47:28am

@AngryBlackLady Maybe someday you’ll see the value of diversity.

— Auric Shotgun Gold (@AShotgunGold) May 2, 2017

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I honestly can’t tell if this is sarcastic or not, but if it is, it’s the best tweet ever. lol https://t.co/QVIhutOmS8

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 2, 2017

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The fact that it’s tweeted to ABL is one of the things that makes it ‘best’.

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 11:48:10am

From another universe,

Bret Stephens just trolled the left with his supposed climate change denialism

Doughy Pantload weighs in.

latimes.com

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jaunte May 2, 2017 • 11:48:42am

Updated GOP whip list on health care: https://t.co/y24iOcgafm pic.twitter.com/rRlofaUqHX

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 2, 2017

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call these people call these people call these people call these people https://t.co/PSd99dnfQw

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:49:24am

re: #120 Dr. Matt

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He really is a pathetic asshole isn’t he. Fuck off Joe.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 11:50:21am

re: #126 HappyWarrior

He really is a pathetic asshole isn’t he. Fuck off Joe.

He is nonetheless the spokesman for a large chunk of the US electorate, the very people who helped put DT into the WH

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FormerDirtDart May 2, 2017 • 11:50:25am

Russian news agencies have a readout of the Putin-Trump call.

Spicer left the briefing room before US reporters could ask him about it.

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:50:57am

re: #127 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He is nonetheless the spokesman for a large chunk of the US electorate, the very people who helped put DT into the WH

The same people who of course want us ot pity them at the same time.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:51:46am

Kurt Eichenwald dragging Rep. Mo Brooks on Twitter over his “pre-existing conditions are a moral failing” remarks:
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.@RepMoBrooks says I was born w/ neurological damage -a preexisting condition- because I havent led a good life. https://t.co/dQNYTUuCLk

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 1, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:53:14am

re: #130 Anymouse

Kurt Eichenwald dragging Rep. Mo Brooks on Twitter over his “pre-existing conditions are a moral failing” remarks:
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As he should be. I hope no one in Brooks family gets a pre-existing condition because that fucker doesn’t deserve an epiphany.

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lizardofid May 2, 2017 • 11:53:35am

re: #89 FormerDirtDart

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“We just weren’t ready to move that pawn”

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 11:53:51am

re: #130 Anymouse

Kurt Eichenwald dragging Rep. Mo Brooks on Twitter over his “pre-existing conditions are a moral failing” remarks:
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Until just recently, I had no idea how badly behaved a fetus can be while still in the womb. Embryos, too!

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Kragar May 2, 2017 • 11:54:07am

re: #111 The Vicious Babushka

Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 2, 2017

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Reminder: Joe also doesn’t think he should pay for child support for his own kids https://t.co/g3jAOQoOU7

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:54:15am

Being a right winger in 21st century America is just an excuse to be a bigoted, selfish prick.

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CongoJack May 2, 2017 • 11:55:34am

re: #131 HappyWarrior

that fucker doesn’t deserve an epiphany.

That is hilarious. Keeping that for later when needed - if acceptable.

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 11:57:18am

Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation pic.twitter.com/IlBgTwkFXv

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 11:57:20am

re: #131 HappyWarrior

As he should be. I hope no one in Brooks family gets a pre-existing condition because that fucker doesn’t deserve an epiphany.

Remember, though, the GOP has written into their ~~wealthcare for billionaires~~ healthcare bill that they get to maintain the protections of the ACA whilst denying them to everyone else.

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Belafon May 2, 2017 • 11:57:47am

re: #136 CongoJack

That is hilarious. Keeping that for later when needed - if acceptable.

Yep, and it would make a great prayer: “Lord, please keep the children of my enemies healthy so that their parents won’t deserve your grace.”

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 11:58:14am

See, this is how it works.

Amid outrage and tumbling stocks, Mylan’s chairman pocketed $97M

CEO Heather Bresch got a pay cut, though—only $13.8M in 2016 down from $18.9M in 2015.

Last year, furor over the skyrocketing price of Mylan’s life-saving EpiPens hit a fever pitch. Lawmakers seethed, parents broke into tears at pharmacy counters, regulators opened investigations, competitors raced to come up with cheaper alternatives, and Mylan’s stock tumbled 29 percent.

Nevertheless, Mylan chairman, Robert Coury received compensation of $97.6 million in 2016. And that doesn’t include an additional $66.3 million in other retirement benefits and payments that Coury received last year as part of a transition from executive chairman to a “non-employee chairman role.” Coury will continue to receive a $1.8 million per year “cash retainer” as part of a deal made with Mylan last year.

arstechnica.com

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Patricia Kayden May 2, 2017 • 11:58:35am

re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

DT knows that he can shut down the government, blame it on the minority party and get away with it. So he will. And a majority of his supporters will believe what he tells them.

When does it stop mattering whether or not his dimwitted supporters believe everything Trump says? At some point in time, this won’t matter as his actions have severe consequences for his party and the country.

I assume that George W. Bush had his hardcore supporters until it became obvious that his policies had caused horrendous damage both here and abroad. Bush was so toxic by the time he left office that he hasn’t even been allowed to attend RNC conventions.

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:58:36am

re: #138 Anymouse

Remember, though, the GOP has written into their ~~wealthcare for billionaires~~ healthcare bill that they get to maintain the protections of the ACA whilst denying them to everyone else.

I know.

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Barefoot Grin May 2, 2017 • 11:59:19am

re: #117 Romantic Heretic

Once again demonstrating that when ‘conservatives’ talk about ‘freedom’ they’re really talking about power.

Yep. Witness the new Internet Freedom Act (or whatever the hell it’s called).

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 11:59:53am

re: #139 Belafon

Yep, and it would make a great prayer: “Lord, please keep the children of my enemies healthy so that their parents won’t deserve your grace.”

Heh glad you guys liked it. I thought of it earlier when I read the story on Fecebook. Here’s another one to the right wing bigots “May your sons all be gay and may your daughters all marry black men.”

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 11:59:57am

re: #133 wrenchwench

Until just recently, I had no idea how badly behaved a fetus can be while still in the womb. Embryos, too!

Fetus and embryos are sacred and innocent.

Unless they have a preexisting condition!

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 12:00:02pm

re: #140 Skip Intro

No one said that there’d be math! /

By my count, that’s approximately 242 Obama speeches at $400,000 a pop.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 12:00:22pm

re: #141 Patricia Kayden

When does it stop mattering whether or not his dimwitted supporters believe everything Trump says? At some point in time, this won’t matter as his actions have severe consequences for his party and the country.

He is still the darling of the Press, they are afraid to criticize him too much for fear of alienating their viewers and diminishing the value of their advertising time.

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:00:25pm

re: #136 CongoJack

That is hilarious. Keeping that for later when needed - if acceptable.

By all means.

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 12:01:09pm

The damage done to our nation in just over three months will take YEARS to mend. Keep talking about not visiting fucking Wisconsin though.

— Amadi (@amaditalks) May 2, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:02:27pm

re: #149 The Vicious Babushka

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Until 2008, no presidential candidates had visited my state in my lifetime I believe.

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:03:16pm

Too many people including many on the left wanted candidates to pander to them.

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 12:04:17pm

re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth

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MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin says Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed to try to schedule a meeting in Germany in July.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 2, 2017

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Notably, the White House readout of the Trump-Putin call leaves out this detail https://t.co/5WjVYydKtC

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 2, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus May 2, 2017 • 12:04:46pm

re: #140 Skip Intro

But Obama making a living giving speeches? Worst. Thing. Ever.

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Kragar May 2, 2017 • 12:04:48pm

@PressSec @POTUS Who needs schools or drinking water or roads when we can blow millions on concrete barriers in the fucking desert?

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 2, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 12:05:33pm

Ivanka Trump, the presidential adviser, fashion designer and mother, has a lot of advice for working women https://t.co/dt8ra2yOU1 pic.twitter.com/MJsiK29kJu

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 2, 2017

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After all, Trump says having a steady and responsible team is one of that things that allows her to “[leave] the office at six every night to get home in time to give baths and read bedtime stories with my kids.”

*VOMITS*

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unproven innocence May 2, 2017 • 12:06:51pm

re: #154 Kragar

when we can blow ~~millions~~ billions

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 12:07:33pm

re: #154 Kragar

@PressSec @POTUS pic.twitter.com/FB3PDruoOu

— Mr Jerry Travone (@JerryTravone) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:08:03pm

re: #155 The Vicious Babushka

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*VOMITS*

And the media will continue to normalise this … gotta have that access… .

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:08:18pm

re: #155 The Vicious Babushka

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*VOMITS*

It’s called having your father for a boss, you entitled jerk.

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:09:13pm

It’s nice that Ivanka can spend time with her kids but she’s loaded. A lot of mothers can’t afford that luxury because politicians like Ivanka’s father and his party oppose living wages.

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 12:09:22pm

re: #159 HappyWarrior

It’s called having your father for a boss, you entitled jerk.

It’s called being the boss of your very own business that your daddy bought for you.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:09:23pm

Until Post inquiries, website of Trump Tower in Manila featured testimonials from Trump and Ivanka touting project:https://t.co/EXJTr02Tbq pic.twitter.com/dfpoHg74qT

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:10:24pm

re: #156 unproven innocence

when we can blow ~~millions~~ billions

And that is really the only infrastructure project Mr. Trump cares about. Not highways or schools or water systems.

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 12:12:38pm

say “i do” in style this spring 💍 18/10 pic.twitter.com/dXWGTMWXUv

— We Rate Lizards (@WeRateLizards) May 2, 2017

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Lizard ratings appear to be more inflated than dog ratings.

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The Vicious Babushka May 2, 2017 • 12:13:31pm

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

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Zombie Lincoln rises from his tomb. He slaps a hickory axe handle against his thigh. “Motherfucker” he snarls and sets out for Washington https://t.co/9k0wKlfOZK

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 1, 2017

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The epic battle ends as Vampire Hunter Lincoln drives the old hickory stake through the heart of Undead Jackson. https://t.co/beCUSSRg2V

— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 2, 2017

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 12:13:53pm

re: #90 darthstar

I meant to call him a broflake…but broflower works just as well.

Both are awesome but I think I actually prefer broflower.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 12:14:28pm

re: #160 HappyWarrior

It’s nice that Ivanka can spend time with her kids but she’s loaded. A lot of mothers can’t afford that luxury because politicians like Ivanka’s father and his party oppose living wages.

…and maternity leave, and family sick leave for children.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:14:54pm

re: #164 wrenchwench

CRESTIE!!! The cutest of the geckoes!

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:15:03pm

A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? The sweet, irrevocable embrace of death

Eat arbys

— Nihilist Arby’s (@nihilist_arbys) May 1, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:17:03pm

While flying over a town at night, if you can see streetlights, then somebody’s paying for them to also illuminate your plane

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 1, 2017

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If half the light of a streetlamp goes up, then a shade could reflect the light downwards, requiring only half the wattage.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 1, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:17:33pm

re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

…and maternity leave, and family sick leave for children.

But they’re pro family, just ask them.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:17:42pm

Clinton in one breath: “I take absolute personal responsibility.”

Clinton in the next: I would have won if not for Comey and Wikileaks

— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2017

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Despite the valiant efforts of many in the press these are not really contradictory statements. https://t.co/fml6KXMyan

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 2, 2017

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When Harry Truman said “the buck stops here” he was not saying that all events in American life were under his total personal control.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 2, 2017

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makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 12:19:18pm

re: #162 Anymouse

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That pic of Ivanka illustrates what I said here about her looking like Eric in drag.

Same stupid mouth.

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 12:19:28pm

re: #170 Anymouse

[If half the light of a streetlamp goes up, then a shade could reflect the light downwards, requiring only half the wattage.]

There are local ordinances mandating this to preserve the dark skies in NM.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 12:19:52pm

re: #171 HappyWarrior

But they’re pro family, just ask them.

they are pro barefoot-and-pregnant, at home, in the bedroom and kitchen, and church on Sunday.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:19:54pm

re: #170 Anymouse

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Recently, the city installed these new LED streetlights, which are bright as fuck, and because they have a cluster of 6 elements cast complex shadows.

At least they’re not sodium-vapor orange.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 12:20:01pm

NYT: Ivanka Trump “plans to review some executive orders before they are signed, according to White House officials” https://t.co/jpMq5eqvIO pic.twitter.com/tJvtWowgcS

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 2, 2017

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This woman knows exactly NOTHING about the policies she is now “reviewing.” Her skillset is running a business that her WH job could aid. https://t.co/R6Lz8EL9Ir

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 2, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:20:32pm

re: #173 makeitstop

That pic of Ivanka illustrates what I said here about her looking like Eric in drag.

Same stupid mouth.

But with Don’s cow eyes.

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allegro May 2, 2017 • 12:21:04pm

re: #160 HappyWarrior

It’s nice that Ivanka can spend time with her kids but she’s loaded. A lot of mothers can’t afford that luxury because politicians like Ivanka’s father and his party oppose living wages.

That’s the story that played in my mind when I saw that pic earlier of the young woman on the subway who had fallen asleep and dropped her pizza. I saw an exhausted young working mother who found just a few minutes of peace and couldn’t keep her eyes open. Pizza was her kid’s dinner because she had no time to cook and get chores done before having to get to her second job.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:21:19pm

starherald.com

The attorney for the now-closed beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebr. (population 12) is mulling filing a civil rights lawsuit against Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts (R).

I wasn’t aware that you had a civil right to own a beer store to bootleg beer across the state line, but whatever.

Andy Snyder, a Scottsbluff attorney who represents the four stores, also filed a request on Monday asking a judge to dismiss 22 pending citations against the beer stores that include allegations of selling to bootleggers.

The citations, filed by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office in March, have not yet been set for a hearing before the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission but could be taken up in June.

Snyder said the citations are now “moot” because the stores are closed, and asked that they be dismissed.

More at the Scottsbluff Star-Herald

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:21:31pm

re: #171 HappyWarrior

But they’re pro family, just ask them.

That is, pro-THEIR-family. Pro-YOUR-family? Not so much.

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Unshaken Defiance May 2, 2017 • 12:22:54pm

So actually glad the writers strike is not happening. The joke here now is that between deportations and no strike, now we have a shortage of waiters for sure. //

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HappyWarrior May 2, 2017 • 12:23:22pm

re: #179 allegro

That’s the story that played in my mind when I saw that pic earlier of the young woman on the subway who had fallen asleep and dropped her pizza. I saw an exhausted young working mother who found just a few minutes of peace and couldn’t keep her eyes open. Pizza was her kid’s dinner because she had no time to cook and get chores done before having to get to her second job.

Tom Perriello, the gubertorial candidate I’m working for as part of his stump speech talks about a mother who works two jobs at Dulles Airport and just wants to be able to spend time with her kids. As I said, it’s nice Ivanka can do that with her own family. And if she’s sincere about it for all mothers, it would be nice if she actually advocated for it to her father but she doesn’t seem to care.

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:23:27pm

re: #133 wrenchwench

Until just recently, I had no idea how badly behaved a fetus can be while still in the womb. Embryos, too!

Either you haven’t been pregnant or your fetuses were better behaved than mine. Tap-dancing on the bladder comes to mind…

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:24:23pm

re: #184 calochortus

Either you haven’t been pregnant or your fetuses were better behaved than mine. Tap-dancing on the bladder comes to mind…

LOL. Skilled, didn’t even have tap shoes!

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Eclectic Cyborg May 2, 2017 • 12:24:36pm

Am I the only oddball out there that doesn’t mind paying for the care of others??

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 12:24:57pm

re: #184 calochortus

Either you haven’t been pregnant or your fetuses were better behaved than mine. Tap-dancing on the bladder comes to mind…

Disturbing (I have heard), yes, but immoral?!?

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 12:25:43pm

re: #187 wrenchwench

Disturbing (I have heard), yes, but immoral?!?

dancing is the devil’s work.

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:25:44pm

re: #187 wrenchwench

Disturbing (I have heard), yes, but immoral?!?

It’s not exactly “honoring your mother” now, is it?

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:26:02pm

re: #186 Eclectic Cyborg

Am I the only oddball out there that doesn’t mind paying for the care of others??

I don’t mind either. I believe they call that “empathy” or perhaps “compassion.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 12:26:24pm

re: #186 Eclectic Cyborg

Am I the only oddball out there that doesn’t mind paying for the care of others??

How else are they going to learn the value of hard work and self-reliance?

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petesh May 2, 2017 • 12:28:19pm

re: #186 Eclectic Cyborg

Am I the only oddball out there that doesn’t mind paying for the care of others??

Why, no. Anyway, I paid it forward and the last couple of years I’ve been getting it back. It probably evens out in the long run.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:30:43pm

re: #190 Anymouse

I don’t mind either. I believe they call that “empathy” or perhaps “compassion.”

It’s all about what kind of America you want to live in - one where whether or not you have healthcare is entirely a function of your wealth and most families are one major illness away from financial ruin; or one in which we all pitch in, knowing that neither we nor our children are immune from devastating illness or injury.

Walsh evidently wants the former.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:30:57pm

re: #192 petesh

Why, no. Anyway, I paid it forward and the last couple of years I’ve been getting it back. It probably evens out in the long run.

Had my wife been a ditch-digger instead of a software engineer and librarian, she wouldn’t have had that genetic predisposition to diabetes in her family.

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 12:31:21pm

re: #192 petesh

Why, no. Anyway, I paid it forward and the last couple of years I’ve been getting it back. It probably evens out in the long run.

Except for the wingnuts, every one of which thinks they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps.

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:31:29pm

Insurance is a win/win. If you need it, it’s there. If you don’t need it, you don’t have all the problems that come with whatever caused you to file a claim.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 12:33:50pm

A gay couple’s suit against a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue them a marriage license can proceed, court says https://t.co/8GKbA28Djm pic.twitter.com/jlQgcGqtDu

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 2, 2017

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U.S. District Judge David Bunning lifted the contempt order against her, saying he was satisfied that deputies were fulfilling their obligation to grant licenses to same-sex couples in her absence. Bunning, however, warned Davis that if she interfered she would be in violation of the court order and would face sanctions.

The state legislature ultimately passed a law that removed county clerks’ names from licenses. A district judge ruled this satisfied Ermold and Moore’s lawsuit and dismissed the case. But they appealed, saying they wanted Davis to pay damages.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday the case could continue.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:33:54pm

re: #196 calochortus

Insurance is a win/win. If you need it, it’s there. If you don’t need it, you don’t have all the problems that come with whatever caused you to file a claim.

My home insurance claims for my hot water break flooding my basement and my heat going out in the middle of the winter just makes me a moocher/taker from hard-working Americans that have the foresight not to have broken pipes and furnaces.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 12:36:00pm

re: #198 Anymouse

My home insurance claims for my hot water break flooding my basement and my heat going out in the middle of the winter just makes me a moocher/taker from hard-working Americans that have the foresight not to have broken pipes and furnaces.

God-fearing houses do not have pre-existing conditions

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allegro May 2, 2017 • 12:36:12pm

re: #190 Anymouse

I don’t mind either. I believe they call that “empathy” or perhaps “compassion.”

I think it’s self-preserving. The folks whose healthcare costs I am contributing to today will be contributing to mine tomorrow. Without them I’m fucked. I don’t have to be empathetic or compassionate to recognized that.

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 12:36:16pm

Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 2, 2017

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@WalshFreedom Then why the fuck did I pay taxes for YOUR health care when you were in Congress?
BTW, do ANY wingnuts understand how insurance works? https://t.co/LEZFqkle5U

— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) May 2, 2017

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petesh May 2, 2017 • 12:36:55pm

re: #194 Anymouse

Had my wife been a ditch-digger instead of a software engineer and librarian, she wouldn’t have had that genetic predisposition to diabetes in her family.

Huh? (1) This makes no sense. (2) It is unrelated to the post to which it replies.

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:37:13pm

re: #198 Anymouse

My home insurance claims for my hot water break flooding my basement and my heat going out in the middle of the winter just makes me a moocher/taker from hard-working Americans that have the foresight not to have broken pipes and furnaces.

I’m shocked to hear you’re such a moocher!
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 12:37:47pm

How the Affordable Care Act drove down personal bankruptcies: https://t.co/igBnrVbx24 pic.twitter.com/yeJaB6cyY7

— Consumer Reports (@ConsumerReports) May 2, 2017

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Headline: ACA drove bankruptcies down by HALF. 1.5 mill to 770k.

Half. https://t.co/q7BmanYCK6

— Tobias S. Buckell (@tobiasbuckell) May 2, 2017

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:37:50pm

re: #200 allegro

I think it’s self-preserving. The folks whose healthcare costs I am contributing to today will be contributing to mine tomorrow. Without them I’m fucked. I don’t have to be empathetic or compassionate to recognized that.

The two aren’t mutually exclusive.

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Belafon May 2, 2017 • 12:40:38pm

re: #202 petesh

Huh? (1) This makes no sense. (2) It is unrelated to the post to which it replies.

It does if you think in terms of morality tied to preexisting conditions and how having a “common people” job makes you more virtuous.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:41:26pm

re: #202 petesh

Huh? (1) This makes no sense. (2) It is unrelated to the post to which it replies.

It’s part of the string about Mo Brooks and his “moral failings of pre-existing conditions.” I guess I attached it to the wrong comment.

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 12:41:35pm

re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

God-fearing houses do not have pre-existing conditions

Only those homes in the Hellmouth have preexisting conditions.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:42:45pm

re: #208 lawhawk

Only those homes in the Hellmouth have preexisting conditions.

So, Sunnydale and Cleveland, then?

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allegro May 2, 2017 • 12:43:25pm

re: #205 calochortus

The two aren’t mutually exclusive.

Of course they aren’t. I was just trying out an argument for those, like Walsh, who are lacking in both of those fine qualities. Paying into a health (or any other) insurance fund is a selfish, as in self-preserving, act ultimately. At least it is to those who aren’t morons who don’t understand how the system works.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:45:33pm

re: #206 Belafon

It does if you think in terms of morality tied to preexisting conditions and how having a “common people” job makes you more virtuous.

Like coal miners, whom Trump LOVES, but only because he knows nothing about history and how they were instrumental in the rise of labor unions and safety regulations.

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bratwurst May 2, 2017 • 12:45:55pm

re: #201 Jebediah, RBG

When you set yourself up flawlessly. pic.twitter.com/dVGUaLZJrv

— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 2, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:48:29pm

Four blocks of downtown Ottawa evacuated over major gas leak.
cbc.ca

The gas leak downtown is so loud it sounds like you’re standing in the middle of a waterfall. Take a listen #ottnews pic.twitter.com/FXwJJTK5X0

— Ashley Burke (@AshleyBurkeCBC) May 2, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 12:48:45pm

“This is what winning looks like,” Trump says at Air Force event at WH after Congress ignored his budget priorities. https://t.co/hzH7D8rI2W

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 2, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis May 2, 2017 • 12:48:59pm

They’ve made a new version of the Amazon Echo specifically for narcissists.

amazon.com

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 12:49:34pm

re: #164 wrenchwench

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Lizard ratings appear to be more inflated than dog ratings.

But they are good lizards, Wronch!

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 12:50:20pm

re: #216 Jebediah, RBG

But they are good lizards, Wronch!

H*cking good!

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:52:22pm

re: #164 wrenchwench

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Lizard ratings appear to be more inflated than dog ratings.

Guinea pig ratings as well:

First guinea pig has an amazing side profile. Second is very talented at eating grass 10/10 for both pic.twitter.com/y1kBTGhYzR

— we rate guinea pigs (@GuineaPigRating) July 2, 2016

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calochortus May 2, 2017 • 12:52:26pm

OK, time to get some stuff done.

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ObserverArt May 2, 2017 • 12:52:30pm

re: #27 HappyWarrior

A good reminder next time Sasse tries to act like he’s above the right wing bullshit of hte Trump administration too.

He’s just another Republican in sheep’s clothing. He isn’t above shit, he’s down their mucking about in the dirt with the rest of them.

Right now the Republican Party is not a true political party, it is a gang. So there are no politicians in it.

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 12:53:30pm

re: #186 Eclectic Cyborg

Am I the only oddball out there that doesn’t mind paying for the care of others??

NOPE!

Edit: In case it isn’t clear, I mean I also don’t mind paying for the care of others.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:55:20pm

re: #27 HappyWarrior

A good reminder next time Sasse tries to act like he’s above the right wing bullshit of hte Trump administration too.

I’m not a big fan of my senator. I had hopes when he came out with his Facebook post in February of last year and went to town halls across the state taking beatings from constituents about his anti-Trump stance.

In the end, however, he’s still a party-over-country guy.

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Belafon May 2, 2017 • 12:56:47pm

re: #222 Anymouse

I’m not a big fan of my senator. I had hopes when he came out with his Facebook post in February of last year and went to town halls across the state taking beatings from constituents about his anti-Trump stance.

In the end, however, he’s still a party-over-country guy.

In this case, it’s not party over country, but it is business over people.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 12:58:40pm

His anti-immigration hotline is up and running, but 2 yrs after Trump promised a veterans hotline, nothing exists.
(h/t @votevets) pic.twitter.com/G4Wuw4Ua2s

— Holly #TheResistance (@AynRandPaulRyan) May 2, 2017

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makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 12:58:59pm

One encouraging sign I’m seeing this week is a real uptick in quotes questioning Trump’s mental state.

We should feed that talking point by any means necessary. Now that Squint and the Meat Puppet have openly talked about it and it’s being mentioned on sites like Politico, it’s a point that could peel back even more of Man-Baby’s already-thin support.

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 12:59:28pm

re: #221 Jebediah, RBG

Due to the high number of uninsured drivers on the road, many states require drivers to carry at least uninsured motorist coverage, if not both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. Insurance companies and government studies estimate that 1 in 8 drivers is going around in an uninsured vehicle, and many more are driving underinsured.

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lawhawk May 2, 2017 • 12:59:55pm

oh ffs, NYT thinks maybe Trump botched his Civil War comments b/c he was thinking abt The Nullification Crisis of 1832; pic.twitter.com/XwLnHcd280

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 2, 2017

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@emigre80 Nullification? It’s what he does to contracts he doesn’t like to screw his vendors. 1832 is the number of times that’s happened (undercount)

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 2, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 1:00:34pm

re: #223 Belafon

In this case, it’s not party over country, but it is business over people.

any political party is just a gang. but any successful organization is made up of people who have the sense to see their long-term personal interests as subject to the interests of the organization as a whole.

The GOP is run by a totally self-absorbed narcissist whose personal interests have been his sole and guiding principles, and who is annoyed that government is such a cumbersome thing that involves checks, balances, protracted and repeated negotiations, compromises and majorities…

and he was voted into power by people who hate government and politicians and want someone to just come in, kick ass and Make Everything Great Again

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retired cynic May 2, 2017 • 1:00:39pm

Honest, it’s a Jennifer Rubin column in the Wash. Post: When is it okay to say the President might be nuts?

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 1:01:20pm

re: #224 Anymouse

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But, you see, veterans can call up the Bigot Hotline to report on people they think might be illegal aliens doing things they think might be BA-A-AD!
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Big Beautiful Door May 2, 2017 • 1:03:03pm

re: #80 Timothy Watson

Imagine if Trump vetoes the CR…

He is just bluffing again. That is why he called for a shutdown in September, rather than one now. Trump’s bullshit is so transparent.

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 1:03:13pm

re: #229 retired cynic

Honest, it’s a Jennifer Rubin column in the Wash. Post: When is it okay to say the President might be nuts?

I never thought that I would live long enough to see Jennifer Rubin defend freedom and the New York Times sell it out.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:03:17pm

re: #226 lawhawk

Due to the high number of uninsured drivers on the road, many states require drivers to carry at least uninsured motorist coverage, if not both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. Insurance companies and government studies estimate that 1 in 8 drivers is going around in an uninsured vehicle, and many more are driving underinsured.

Yup. I’ve always had uninsured motorists insurance, and far above the minimum required in any state I was in.

Back in 2011, when Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma pushed the state legislature to require anyone with any sort of medical condition whatsoever to get an annual screening by specialists concerned (that was the thing that prompted my wife and me to leave Oklahoma because it would have cost us in excess of $10,000 a year in medical care not covered by Tricare), the uninsured/unlicensed driver count shot through the roof.

Specialist physicians were pleased at the new business (they were the ones pushing for that). I was given one month to make ten specialist appointments. It was cheaper to move (even though we lost money on our house).

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makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 1:05:30pm

re: #229 retired cynic

Honest, it’s a Jennifer Rubin column in the Wash. Post: When is it okay to say the President might be nuts?

That’s what I’m talking about, right there. While Rubin is by no means the brightest shovel in the shed, she’s a conservative op-ed writer.

When people like her and Scarborough start talking about it, you know that it could really spread to the people who don’t pay as close attention to Man-Baby’s deteriorating mental state as we do.

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BeachDem May 2, 2017 • 1:06:12pm

re: #53 Stanley Sea

Kendra’s going through the book. Yes, it’s a shitshow.

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The excerpts she cites are so fucking vapid and privileged, I want to puke. (And worst of all, I can hear the crap in Ivanka’s phony kitten voice.)

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Big Beautiful Door May 2, 2017 • 1:06:43pm

re: #99 Anymouse

bbc.com

Texas police change key detail in account of an African-American teenager killed by the police in his car.

Video shows the teenager was moving away from the police officer, not toward him. The police chief claims he “misspoke” when he first released information about the shooting.

Demonstrating the clear need for body cameras on every cop. Without this video, the truth would’ve been covered up. Still extremely unlikely this cop will be indicted, much less convicted.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 1:07:09pm

re: #234 makeitstop

That’s what I’m talking about, right there. While Rubin is by no means the brightest shovel in the shed, she’s a conservative op-ed writer.

When people like her and Scarborough start talking about it, you know that it could really spread to the people who don’t pay as close attention to Man-Baby’s deteriorating mental state as we do.

Unfortunately, it would require nothing less that a major crisis that causes him to totally and catastrophically break down in order to prompt anyone to take action about it.

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Sir John Barron May 2, 2017 • 1:08:14pm

re: #236 Big Beautiful Door

Demonstrating the clear need for body cameras on every cop. Without this video, the truth would’ve been covered up. Still extremely unlikely this cop will be indicted, much less convicted.

I bet this kid smoked pot one time, so….

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 1:09:24pm

re: #212 bratwurst

You think he’d learn, after all the times he has set himself up like this…

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:11:22pm

re: #239 Jebediah, RBG

You think he’d learn, after all the times he has set himself up like this…

Joe Walsh is proud of the fact he doesn’t pay child support. Triggers all those liberal snowflakes who think he ought to comply with the law (or at least show one iota of support for his children).

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 1:12:13pm

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 1:12:30pm

OFFS!!!!

This inane bullshit all over the press today, that Hillary Clinton took total responsibility for her campaign, but they pointed to Comey and Wikileaks as the reason for her loss.

THESE THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE!!

Sure, it would have been GREAT if she’d run a campaign so stellar that the Comey letter and the steady drip-drip-drip of bullshit from Putin’s puppets at Wikileaks wouldn’t have put her within striking distance, but for fucks sake!!!! What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is WRONG with these people?!?

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 1:13:00pm

re: #240 Anymouse

Joe Walsh is proud of the fact he doesn’t pay child support. Triggers all those liberal snowflakes who think he ought to comply with the law (or at least show one iota of support for his children).

Keep it in your pants if you can’t afford the kids.

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petesh May 2, 2017 • 1:13:00pm

re: #207 Anymouse

It’s part of the string about Mo Brooks and his “moral failings of pre-existing conditions.” I guess I attached it to the wrong comment.

Got it. Sometimes I think so laterally people don’t understand me, and sometimes I think so linearly I don’t understand people. People are a tough audience.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) May 2, 2017 • 1:13:59pm

re: #243 Timothy Watson

Keep it in your pants if you can’t afford the kids.

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Hey, it’s the women who get pregnant. Men are just doing what men do, spreading their seed. Can’t fault them for that.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:15:31pm

re: #244 petesh

Got it. Sometimes I think so laterally people don’t understand me, and sometimes I think so linearly I don’t understand people. People are a tough audience.

Well, text on the Internet also doesn’t allow for emotion or sarcasm to be demonstrated clearly; couple that with comments interspersed in a conversational thread and it becomes harder.

@RepPeteOlson Did you #TX22 is fed up w/ you voting to put injured #veterans in jail for using med #cannabis Pete? pic.twitter.com/DFxLU5VFWq

— Houston Hammer (@Houston_Hammer) May 2, 2017

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makeitstop May 2, 2017 • 1:16:02pm

re: #237 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Unfortunately, it would require nothing less that a major crisis that causes him to totally and catastrophically break down in order to prompt anyone to take action about it.

That may be true. But the more people who come to the realization that Trump might be barking mad, the more people who would take individual action (calling representatives, etc.) to stop a lot of his agenda.

That’s why Trumpcare was smothered in its crib by his own party. People made sure to let them know that they were pissed about what was being floated and Congress members saw the potential for them to lose their sweet government gigs.

Activism against this president is already at a higher level than we’ve seen since the run-up to W’s war. You don’t think planting the idea in people’s heads that the president may not be mentally capable of doing his job will affect anything?

I believe it could.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 2, 2017 • 1:17:05pm

re: #242 Blind Frog Belly White

There’s a lot of people who are absolutely desperate to avoid any kind of introspection over what happened here.

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petesh May 2, 2017 • 1:17:20pm

re: #246 Anymouse

Well, text on the Internet also doesn’t allow for emotion or sarcasm to be demonstrated clearly; couple that with comments interspersed in a conversational thread and it becomes harder.

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You just outed yourself as an empathist! The horror …

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 1:20:06pm

re: #226 lawhawk

1 in 8?
Jeez, maybe I should get uninsured motorist coverage for my bicycle, in case one of those drivers hits me.
Of course, auto insurance works on the same basic principles as health insurance, but when the state forces me to buy auto insurance from a private insurance company, Joe Walsh doesn’t tweet about it. When the state forces me to buy health insurance from a private insurance company, it is the worst TYRANNY in the history of forever.
I wonder how much of that is because, as we are seeing daily now, none of them understand insurance, or is it simply the skin color of the guy who got it passed.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:20:10pm

The Veterans Choice Program was set up to try to relieve some overcrowding at VA facilities and travel time to them, by allowing veterans to go to a private doctor if they live more than forty miles from the nearest VA facility.

It requires you call a telephone number in advance (except in an emergency) to get permission for the VA to pay a private medical bill.

It would appear someone is running a scam by publicising a fake number:

WARNING! A fake number mimicking the #VeteransChoiceProgram phone number has been identified. The correct number is [no phone numbers allowed].

— VFW National HQ (@VFWHQ) May 2, 2017

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 1:20:34pm

re: #241 Timothy Watson

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 1:21:15pm

Trump’s Army secretary nominee in jeopardy https://t.co/z9jxinHyZW

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) May 2, 2017

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 1:22:49pm

re: #229 retired cynic

Honest, it’s a Jennifer Rubin column in the Wash. Post: When is it okay to say the President might be nuts?

Rubin is now the only sane conservative at the WaPo. Who’d a thunk it?

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:23:17pm

re: #250 Jebediah, RBG

bikesiliconvalley.org
Uninsured Motorist Coverage Recommended for Bicyclists

The Law Office of Daniel H. Rose strongly recommends to all California bicyclists that they purchase, as part of their car or motorcycle insurance policy, high limits of uninsured motorist (UM) coverage in case they are ever injured by a motorist.

Sadly, it is often the case that a bicyclist is seriously injured by either (1) a motorist who has no insurance; (2) a motorist who has very little insurance (the minimum required by California law is only $15K in bodily injury liability insurance); or (3) a motorist the identity of whom is unknown, such as a hit-and-run driver.

In any of these circumstances, under California law, the bicyclist’s uninsured motorist coverage would cover their injuries and damages over and above the driver’s insurance. The same applies to a pedestrian injured by a motorist.

More at the Silicone Valley Bicycle Coalition

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 1:24:08pm

re: #250 Jebediah, RBG

1 in 8?
Jeez, maybe I should get uninsured motorist coverage for my bicycle, in case one of those drivers hits me.
Of course, auto insurance works on the same basic principles as health insurance, but when the state forces me to buy auto insurance from a private insurance company, Joe Walsh doesn’t tweet about it. When the state forces me to buy health insurance from a private insurance company, it is the worst TYRANNY in the history of forever.
I wonder how much of that is because, as we are seeing daily now, none of them understand insurance, or is it simply the skin color of the guy who got it passed.

If you have it for your car, it may also cover you on your bike. Or when you are walking, if a car hits you. Ask your agent.

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 1:30:57pm

re: #255 Anymouse

I didn’t realize that my auto policy’s uninsured coverage would apply if I am not in my car. If I understand that correctly, I should already be OK.

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ObserverArt May 2, 2017 • 1:31:38pm

Just reading down through the thread and I saw that comment about if you don’t like your state’s version of the GOPDonTCare plan, then move.

Hello!

Most of the people that are crying out for help on their healthcare are doing it because they cannot afford it.

So, they are just supposed to pick up and move. Yeah, like that doesn’t cost much to do.

How does an every day normal working class American hear shit like that and still back the GOP Political Gang?

Can it be any clearer they are just taking a nasty dump on you? And you let them???

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:32:25pm

thehill.com

Trump preparing to sign a likely-unconstitutional executive order on “religious liberty” (the right to discriminate).

More at The Hill:

President Trump has reportedly invited conservative leaders to visit the White House on Thursday for the signing of an executive order on religious liberty.

Politico reported Tuesday that two senior administration officials confirmed the plan. One source noted that the language of the order has not yet been finalized by the White House lawyers, but a draft leaked in February would give businesses and individuals the ability to claim broad religious objections.

The Trump administration has been under fire since, with critics arguing that it would allow discrimination against the LGBT community.

Following the initial leak, Vice President Pence and his team have reportedly worked on rewriting the language of the document.

One conservative source familiar with the new text, however, told Politico that the language is still “very, very strong.”

The potential signing of the executive order would also coincide with the National Day of Prayer.

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Jebediah, RBG May 2, 2017 • 1:34:05pm

re: #256 wrenchwench

If you have it for your car, it may also cover you on your bike. Or when you are walking, if a car hits you. Ask your agent.

Every time I try to talk to an agent, I get this guy:

Let’s review your policy…

Not very satisfying or fruitful discussions, but I get lots of exercise.

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Skip Intro May 2, 2017 • 1:36:19pm

re: #259 Anymouse

So this will be ok then.

Woman refuses to take off MAGA hat for license photo, cites RELIGION👌 pic.twitter.com/RjOOTFpnnU

— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) May 1, 2017

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wrenchwench May 2, 2017 • 1:36:36pm

re: #260 Jebediah, RBG

Every time I try to talk to an agent, I get this guy:

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Not very satisfying or fruitful discussions, but I get lots of exercise.

My agent retired, and they transferred me to one in a city 60 miles away. The locals are a couple of politicians (no, thanks) and a new guy in town who I’ll have to meet by renewal time…

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Semper Fi May 2, 2017 • 1:39:54pm

re: #222 Anymouse

I’m not a big fan of my senator. I had hopes when he came out with his Facebook post in February of last year and went to town halls across the state taking beatings from constituents about his anti-Trump stance.

In the end, however, he’s still a party-over-country guy.

You said that so nicely: Party-Over-Country (I’m gonna steal that.)

It is epidemic with wing nuts.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:42:25pm

The Voice of America still hasn’t removed its article about Ivanka Trump’s book:
voanews.com

WASHINGTON —

Ivanka Trump’s first foray into self-help writing came in 2009 with “The Trump Card,” a breezy compilation of workplace advice, stories about her dealmaker dad and a hefty dose of celebrity namedropping.

But in her second book, released Tuesday, Trump has gone from sassy to serious.

“Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success” offers earnest advice for women on advancing in the workplace, balancing family and professional life and seeking personal fulfilment. She is donating the proceeds to charity and has opted not to do any publicity to avoid any suggestion that she is improperly using her White House platform.

The entire article is a “rah-rah” Ivanka is an empowering voice for women article. There’s more of this drivel at VOA, now part of the Trump Organization, Inc.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 1:43:14pm

my shocked face…

Pres. Trump “directly involved” in post-inauguration hunt for rogue National Park Service tweeter, CBS News confirms https://t.co/nqnEpxtSzv pic.twitter.com/T3acQzidUj

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 2, 2017

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bratwurst May 2, 2017 • 1:46:20pm

Let’s check in once again with the mainstream media as it attempts to assert itself in the era of “fake news”:

There’s an Ohio town called Pee Pee Township.

We had a few questions for the people who live there. https://t.co/t6OGzy04Fc pic.twitter.com/ZViqoTNOau

— WOSU News (@wosunews) May 1, 2017

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:46:23pm

President Trump has named Dan Simmons, an opponent of policies meant to promote renewable energy, to lead the renewable energy office at the Department of Energy.
Simmons formerly worked at the Institute for Energy Research, a self-styled, free-market energy think tank that is funded largely by fossil fuel interests.

An Energy official announced Simmons’s appointment to lead the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in a recent email to employees, which noted that Simmons started at the department during the Trump administration’s transition period.

More: thehill.com

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 1:48:02pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

my shocked face…

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Someone on the WH Residence staff needs to go rogue. The stories.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:48:04pm

Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 2, 2017

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Sorry Lepers, cripples, blind guy over there. Your sad stories don’t obligate me or anybody else to heal you
- Republican Jesus https://t.co/CQvmeCA0OD

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 2, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 1:48:08pm

I find this obsession with Clinton taking full responsibility for her loss from ostensibly “objective” observers really weird.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 2, 2017

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things outside his control! And it would be weird to insist otherwise. NO JOHN MCCAIN YOU SCREWED IT ALL UP.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 2, 2017

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unproven innocence May 2, 2017 • 1:50:09pm

re: #267 Anymouse

More: thehill.com

According to ShellGames Inc (ok, I made that up) worldwide Peak Oil is officially estimated to occur about 2035.

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Anymouse May 2, 2017 • 1:50:17pm

Damn straight, Mr. Wright. Me too.

@_mamadeb @Alyssa_Milano @Stonekettle I have a great solution for you MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE YOU WILL FEEL SAFER, SUCH AS N.K.!

— Aikaterina (@iakaterinakat) May 2, 2017

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Fuck you, pal. I served this country for more than two decades. It’s MINE, I earned it. I’m not going anywhere and I’m not gonna be quiet https://t.co/kLipGQDej4

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 2, 2017

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Timothy Watson May 2, 2017 • 1:52:00pm

re: #252 Stanley Sea

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 2, 2017 • 1:53:27pm

It’s Scary That Playing “Republican or Handmaid’s Tale?” Is So Hardhttps://t.co/jd41sjppFL pic.twitter.com/FfsSAnNbQC

— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) May 2, 2017

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451_Montag May 2, 2017 • 1:54:11pm

re: #225 makeitstop

One encouraging sign I’m seeing this week is a real uptick in quotes questioning Trump’s mental state.

We should feed that talking point by any means necessary. Now that Squint and the Meat Puppet have openly talked about it and it’s being mentioned on sites like Politico, it’s a point that could peel back even more of Man-Baby’s already-thin support.

I’ve noticed the same. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion the media held off for the first hundred days milestone (or as much as they could with the madness), just to be “fair”. Since Saturday the optics and tone seem to have a shift to the incredulous. CNN especially seem to decided on sniggering at the madness. Quite clever, rather than fire and brimstone as they seem to be pushing his buttons quietly.

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Stanley Sea May 2, 2017 • 1:54:30pm

re: #273 Timothy Watson

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 1:57:46pm

re: #275 451_Montag

I’ve noticed the same. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion the media held off for the first hundred days milestone (or as much as they could with the madness), just to be “fair”. Since Saturday the optics and tone seem to have a shift to the incredulous. CNN especially seem to decided on sniggering at the madness. Quite clever, rather than fire and brimstone as they seem to be pushing his buttons quietly.

I believe that over the last 3-4 days, Trump gave a series of interviews that amounted to pointing a Browning .50 cal. at his feet and blazing away - and that was when he wasn’t blathering incoherently.

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BeachDem May 2, 2017 • 1:58:49pm

re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth

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And remember, in that same loveletter article:

By inserting herself into a scalding set of gender dynamics, she is becoming a proxy for dashed dreams of a female presidency

Projectile vomiting may now commence.

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Sir John Barron May 2, 2017 • 2:03:00pm

re: #269 Anymouse

Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.

— Joe Walsh

But listen to this sob-story outrage about this person who was hurt by Obamacare…..

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ObserverArt May 2, 2017 • 2:04:04pm

re: #126 HappyWarrior

He really is a pathetic asshole isn’t he. Fuck off Joe.

re: #127 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He is nonetheless the spokesman for a large chunk of the US electorate, the very people who helped put DT into the WH

So we have a large chunk of the US electorate that are assholes. Got it.

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John Carter May 2, 2017 • 2:27:01pm

re: #227 lawhawk

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We’ve reached peak Chauncy Gardner with this article.

If you haven’t seen Being There where they read profound things into a well dressed mentally disabled person I highly recommend it now. Peter Sellers was a genius.

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Blind Frog Belly White May 2, 2017 • 2:29:25pm

re: #280 ObserverArt

So we have a large chunk of the US electorate that are assholes. Got it.

I’d say the most important - and depressing - lesson of this election was that there are far more stupid, gullible idiots in America than I’d have believed.

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ObserverArt May 2, 2017 • 2:44:55pm

re: #173 makeitstop

That pic of Ivanka illustrates what I said here about her looking like Eric in drag.

Same stupid mouth.

And since the first time I saw you make that comment I cannot help but think that when I see images of her.

Gee thanks! : )

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gocart mozart May 2, 2017 • 2:46:09pm

@AoDespair I’m sure the outrage is genuine, but I have to think you get a little bit of enjoyment when you go all potty mouth on someone.

— Matt Derechin (@derechin_matt) May 2, 2017

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It’s contractual. As an HBO showrunner I’m obliged to use a profanity at a maximum interval of twenty-one words. Fucked up, I know. https://t.co/Diyr04kw7A

— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 2, 2017

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ObserverArt May 2, 2017 • 3:00:23pm

re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth

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sagehen May 2, 2017 • 4:12:16pm

re: #20 HappyWarrior

Funny, when’s the last time the GOP nominated anyone pro-choice? And honestly I was at a Town Hall the other night when a man who introduced himself as a pro-life Democrat didn’t get shouted down at all. Tom disagreed with him but he was respectful. I find nothing wrong with the Democratic Party being staunchly pro-choice. And I’m sick of the GOP who increasingly fields candidates who oppose abortion in all circumstances acting like we’re being “intolerant.” Dude, you are the ones who want to force ultrasounds on women getting a legal medical procedure, shut the fuck up.

Gerald Ford and his whole family were outspokenly pro-choice. He was the 1976 nominee.

All the GOP nominees since then have called themselves pro-life (although GHWB had always been pro-choice, probably still was, and had to grit his teeth to pander to the antis).

But all these “pro-life” GOP nominees… all of their wives and daughters made a point of giving interviews in which they said that they were pro-choice.

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