New From Keith Olbermann: The Shame and Cruelty of the GOP
A bill to rob Americans of health care is barbaric and intolerable
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1/4 I’m sensing that people are becoming desensitized to the insanity of the Trump gang, bludgeoned into silence by the non-stop parade …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
2/4 of extreme right wing horrors emanating from this corrupt and degraded White House. We CANNOT afford to turn off and shut down now. …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
3/4 This is exactly what the GOP is counting on, and we may lose everything if we lose our outrage and anger over what’s happening to …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
4/4 the United States. Stay awake. Fight back. Resist.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Doesn’t help when he have a spineless media.
Dear @jasoninthehouse, a friend of mine-a waitress-broke her ankle once. Cldn’t afford surgery u jst had. Got a staph infection. She’s dead.
— Laura Silverman (@LauraJSilverman) May 5, 2017
I know the Internet can be shit, but it’s good for a lot of things too.
I’m sitting and watching a livestream of my baby sister’s masters graduation. No family could make it, but she knows she’s got folks watching and that counts for something.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
To pseudo-quote Montgomery Scott, “I’m givin’ ‘er all she’s got, Cap’n!”
I find that wishing for Trump, Ryan and other leading Republicans to spend eternity getting tortured in Hell is about the nicest thing I can say about Republicans these days.
re: #4 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It is wonderful for bringing the lonely out of the shadows and now easy enough to use.
re: #7 EPR-radar
The only torture they feel is losing power. And since there is no Hell, we’ll have to torture them here and now.
RT @AbelUndercity
They voted to kill your friend.
They voted to kill your spouse.
They voted to kill your child.
They voted to kill you.— matthew (@thematthewshow) May 5, 2017
re: #11 jaunte
First they came for the preexisting conditions…
Well, I called the Democratic party today. Didn’t talk to anyone but I did leave a message. Something I guess. I won’t beg that slimeball Ron Johnson though. He is total scum.
re: #10 Birth Control Works
Brittle star, hanging onto a coral, dangling its arms to fish for food. 1600m below the surface in the central Pacific:
re: #13 jaunte
And the armchair “patriots” think they’re somehow noble.
I don’t know what it will take for Americans in other states to start electing Senators and Congressmen who are looking out for their citizen’s welfare, in reality, and not playing the pyramid game with the God-gimmick.
I have at least one preexisting condition, potentially two (heart murmur)
Breaking: two of the worst right wing hacks on MSNBC have been fucking for a while and now they’re getting married, and we’re supposed to give a shit.
How Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski kept their relationship secret so long https://t.co/nRrZVJN8hc pic.twitter.com/ZDT34MzxAW
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 5, 2017
Senate GOP rejects House Obamacare bill
Any bill that has been posted less than 24 hours … needs to be viewed with suspicion,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham says.
Almost all of those provisions worry many members in the more moderate upper chamber. Senate Republicans are considering staunching the coverage losses projected under the House by altering the Medicaid repeal, making tax credits more generous and strengthening protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
“There will be no artificial deadlines in the Senate. We’ll move with a sense of urgency but we won’t stop until we think we have it right.” said Alexander, who will be a leading figure in the Senate’s overhaul effort.
whatever
My Senator, The Only PHd in Science in the House.
Foster Statement on Passage of American Health Care Act
May 4, 2017 Press Release
Washington D.C. - I was proud to cast my vote against the American Health Care Act. This is the 65th time Republicans have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but now we know what their replacement looks like. It would be an unmitigated disaster for hardworking Americans across this country. The Congressional Budget Office determined that under the original AHCA, 24 million Americans would lose their health insurance. A recent report by the Center for American Progress found that it would destroy nearly two million jobs. It would also slash Medicaid funding, threatening to take away access to treatment for an estimated 1.3 million Americans who suffer from opioid and heroin addiction. The current version was not even scored because the Republican Leadership rushed it to a vote before the CBO could evaluate an amendment added late last night that opens the door for states to gut preexisting condition protections and allow insurance companies to sell plans that don’t cover doctors’ visits, hospital stays or prescription drugs.The passage of this bill is a tragic symbolic victory; it stands no chance in the Senate. Republicans had an obligation from day one to inform the American people of this legislation’s contents. Instead, they chose to craft it behind closed doors with no transparency for the people they were elected to serve. For seven years, Republicans promised us something better than the Affordable Care Act. In the end, this plan revealed these promises were simply not true. I urge the people that are going to be hurt by this bill to make their voices known as it makes its way through the Senate.
Current mood. pic.twitter.com/v8LGmmVNsn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
GOP position is now that more American children should die of cancer & leukemia, to finance short-term tax cuts for the super-wealthy.
— Andrew McLaughlin (@McAndrew) May 5, 2017
10-Year-Old Girl Bullied About Her Dark Skin Launches a T-Shirt Line
Colorism has been a part of the African-American culture since the beginning of time. Dark skin is often frowned upon while lighter skin is glamorized. Thankfully we are entering a new day and age where beautiful dark and brown skin is being appreciated more.10-year-old Kheris Rodgers experienced colorism when she was bullied at school for her dark skin tone. Many times Rodgers was teased by her classmates and teachers.
She told BuzzFeed News that during a class exercise years ago in grade school her teacher asked students to draw themselves, then handed her a black crayon.
Rodgers response was, “I’m not that dark….I’m brown”. Rodgers mom thankfully took her out of that school but the bullying persisted no matter what school she attended.
In efforts to lift up her little sister’s spirits, Rodgers older sister Taylor took matters into her own hands in late march by styling and dressing Rodgers for a Wiz-inspired fashion show. She shared photos on Twitter, writing: “My sister is only 10, but already royalty,” with hashtag #FlexinInHerComplexion.
The Kids are Alright.
re: #18 freetoken
I don’t know what it will take for Americans in other states to start electing Senators and Congressmen who are looking out for their citizen’s welfare, in reality, and not playing the pyramid game with the God-gimmick.
It will take Fox “news” shutting down. Since that’s not going to happen no improvement will either. Maybe the Dems should have made plans decades ago to counter the GOP propaganda machine, but it’s too late now.
The whole idea of representative democracy is we shouldn’t have to spend every day double checking that our reps aren’t voting to murder us
— Joseph Fink (@PlanetofFinks) May 4, 2017
WATCH: 47 years ago today, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire at Kent State.
This is how the Huntley-Brinkley Report reported the news. pic.twitter.com/X3YXaT9OdP— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 4, 2017
How we’ve advanced. Now the government can kill hundreds of thousands more citizens with less fuss.
re: #18 freetoken
I don’t know what it will take for Americans in other states to start electing Senators and Congressmen who are looking out for their citizen’s welfare, in reality, and not playing the pyramid game with the God-gimmick.
Quite frankly, it will take people paying attention to whom they’re fucking voting for. So many people press the (R) or (D) button because of habit or family loyalty or abortion white American Jesus, without thinking about the actual issues or where they stand or where that specific person actually lands on the political spectrum. We live in an age of tweets and sound bites and compressed information, and our political representation is suffering badly because of it.
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
I have at least one preexisting condition, potentially two (heart murmur)
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re: #13 jaunte
They voted to kill my daughter.
(Juante) and everyone else affected by this shit storm. I’ve got about 10 things on the pre-existing bullshit list.
I see that tRump’s nominee for Army secretary believes civilians should have the same arms as the military. I have room for a Minuteman silo here at the Conspiracy Compound, but the cost of silo and missile alike is beyond my means. The guided MLRS might be within reach though. Range isn’t so great but the system is mobile so it would be much less vulnerable than the Minuteman to an RWNJ first strike.
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel
I see that tRump’s nominee for Army secretary believes civilians should have the same arms as the military. I have room for a Minuteman silo here at the Conspiracy Compound, but the cost of silo and missile alike is beyond my means. The guided MLRS might be within reach though. Range isn’t so great but the system is mobile so it would be much less vulnerable than the Minuteman to an RWNJ first strike.
Me, I might be able to contribute an M1A1 Abrams to the cause, if I’m a good boy and clear my personal debt next spring as I am hoping to do.
Oh boy. @NYDailyNews just posted tomorrow’s front page. pic.twitter.com/pVV6N93Duf
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 5, 2017
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel
Just imagine what police departments are going to demand to keep up with the new arms race.
re: #37 Birth Control Works
Don’t worry. They’ll cave. Just like their fellows did in the House. They know they can’t be touched, but insist on doing this dance for the cameras.
re: #39 Brian J.
Don’t worry. They’ll cave. Just like their fellows did in the House. They know they can’t be touched, but insist on doing this dance for the cameras.
I’m trying to think good thoughts.
There aren’t enough anti-depressents in the world.
re: #37 Birth Control Works
tRump and the GOP can still kill the ACA by driving off the insurance companies and cutting government premium support. And they will. What the Senate does or doesn’t do is irrelevant. The base wants people dead and the GOP does listen to the base.
re: #22 freetoken
This thing creeps along the bottom, scraping the rocks for organic material:
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I can’t spell its name.
R E P U B L I C A N
re: #39 Brian J.
Don’t worry. They’ll cave. Just like their fellows did in the House. They know they can’t be touched, but insist on doing this dance for the cameras.
Senators, having a larger voting bloc to pull from, I feel have a safer career arc than House Representatives. A representative can be easily voted out by a short-term shift in a fickle voting district, but a senator commands the votes of half of his or her state, drawing on a much broader support base, making it more difficult to unseat him or her.
re: #34 thedopefishlives
Me, I might be able to contribute an M1A1 Abrams to the cause, if I’m a good boy and clear my personal debt next spring as I am hoping to do.
I’ll just grab the M-60A3 gate guard at the local VFW myself. I might even still have a -10 manual for it hiding in my Army memorabilia… ;)
re: #45 William Lewis
I’ll just grab the M-60A3 gate guard at the local VFW myself. I might even still have a -10 manual for it hiding in my Army memorabilia… ;)
I always wanted to be a Navy pilot. Anyone have a spare F/A-18 lying around that I could fire up and take for a test drive?
re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg
Doesn’t help when he have a spineless media.
The media counts on numbers for advertising revenue. The numbers are pissed off bigly. If they want viewers and to keep those numbers they will cater to them. Plus they like reality conflict. They have both now…so I figure they will be going with those numbers and covering this.
So as Charles said above. Keep the pressure on and be a number.
re: #51 ObserverArt
On another note, like Bernie or not, he’s making sure the video clip you mentioned isn’t going to go unnoticed:
Thank you Mr. Trump for admitting that universal health care is the better way to go. I’ll be sure to quote you on the floor of the Senate. pic.twitter.com/GTFRHiKw6k
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 5, 2017
re: #53 Skip Intro
re: #52 Interesting Times
I expect tRump’s next line is “and we can show you how to fix that.”
re: #14 Amory Blaine
Well, I called the Democratic party today. Didn’t talk to anyone but I did leave a message. Something I guess. I won’t beg that slimeball Ron Johnson though. He is total scum.
Let him know he is slime. No need to beg. Unload. It’s your right and it is needed.
re: #52 Interesting Times
Is it just me, or is something screwy going on with tweets that contain video? They’re not displaying the way they used to, with the little bluebird icon in the corner that you could click to get the tweet text. Now, all I see is this:
re: #20 Charles Johnson
Breaking: two of the worst right wing hacks on MSNBC have been fucking for a while and now they’re getting married, and we’re supposed to give a shit.
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I’ve always thought they way they introduce that crappy Morning Joke was as if it was some kind of cheesy fashion show or pop culture show.
This goes right to it.
And no I don’t give a shit. But as I said earlier, it is another fine display of Family Values (right Joke?). I so believe this is number three for Joke. Number two for Mika who just divorced in 2016. Think there was some back door stuff going on there for these two outstanding Americans?
“scuse me…Imma gag now.
re: #22 freetoken
This thing creeps along the bottom, scraping the rocks for organic material:
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I can’t spell its name.
That’s ok, just use it’s initials: GOP
re: #57 Interesting Times
Twitter apparently decided today that nobody cares about what the author of the tweet had to say. Argh.
re: #60 Charles Johnson
Twitter apparently decided today that nobody cares about what the author of the tweet had to say. Argh.
OK. Now I see what they did. For no obvious reason they changed the way embedded tweets with video are displayed. What fun.
re: #26 Birth Control Works
The Kids are Alright.
She needs to be told she is very pretty, because she is. She has great eyes and really the looks of a model.
To all the Trump and Protest voters:
I hope you rot in hell, you worthless sons of bitches. pic.twitter.com/8WKvUAiIzN— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 5, 2017
re: #61 Charles Johnson
OK. Now I see what they did. For no obvious reason they changed the way embedded tweets with video are displayed. What fun.
Undocumented API changes are annoying. It’s something I deal with on a regular basis when trying to integrate with 3rd party systems. “Why did my shit work yesterday, but not today?!” They ask. Well, because somebody broke something and had no idea whom to contact to ensure changes were properly accounted for, that’s why.
So today I learned that when the dog catches the car it hangs on for dear life.
re: #27 Skip Intro
It will take Fox “news” shutting down. Since that’s not going to happen no improvement will either. Maybe the Dems should have made plans decades ago to counter the GOP propaganda machine, but it’s too late now.
This is true.
The enemy of the state is not the GOP, despite all evidence to the contrary. The true enemy is FOX, and the hate cult media that has enthralled 62 million of your fellow Americans, and will only continue to grow. America no longer values decency, morality and justice, because so many of its citizens are now completely addled by hate. They cannot be reasoned with, convinced, or talked to. They can only be deprogrammed or marginalised. And I do not see either of those things happening.
Heh. More Trump show with no go.
Lawrence just reported the ACLU is dropping their contention with Trump’s Religious Liberty EO because it was more or less a toothless photo op. Nothing in it apparently changes anything and it doesn’t go to changing established law.
More winning.
This guy.
Edit: It Doesn’t go to changing established law.
OK, our code now accounts for the new Twitter video BS. The good thing about this change is that it now always shows the original tweet, with the video above it. Example:
Thank you Mr. Trump for admitting that universal health care is the better way to go. I’ll be sure to quote you on the floor of the Senate. pic.twitter.com/GTFRHiKw6k
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 5, 2017
re: #65 thedopefishlives
Undocumented API changes are annoying. It’s something I deal with on a regular basis when trying to integrate with 3rd party systems. “Why did my shit work yesterday, but not today?!” They ask. Well, because somebody broke something and had no idea whom to contact to ensure changes were properly accounted for, that’s why.
Facebook did the same thing to me this week, too. Suddenly insisted on having the API version number specified in a call that never needed it before, for years, and then locked the LGF app because it was returning so many errors with the call that always worked before.
re: #68 ObserverArt
Heh. More Trump show with no go.
Lawrence just reported the ACLU is dropping their contention with Trumps Religious Liberty EO because it was more or less a toothless photo op. Nothing in it apparently changes anything and it does go to changing established law.
More winning.
This guy.
That’s the way it was described on NPR this afternoon. Sound and fury, signifying DT.
re: #68 ObserverArt
Heh. More Trump show with no go.
Lawrence just reported the ACLU is dropping their contention with Trumps Religious Liberty EO because it was more or less a toothless photo op. Nothing in it apparently changes anything and it does go to changing established law.
More winning.
This guy.
Even if tRump instructs a government agency - the IRS- to ignore the law and go easy on his “friends”?
re: #74 Skip Intro
Even if tRump instructs a government agency - the IRS- to ignore the law and go easy on his “friends”?
They are not doing anything now. It is status quo. This doesn’t cover campaigning for or against a specific candidate, if I understand it correctly.
re: #62 ObserverArt
She needs to be told she is very pretty, because she is. She has great eyes and really the looks of a model.
and, obviously, a brain and initiative.
Exactly the kid we need in our future.
“$3 billion in savings because earlier deaths result in fewer benefit payments.” pic.twitter.com/kOnQuziwWJ
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 4, 2017
re: #74 Skip Intro
Even if tRump instructs a government agency - the IRS- to ignore the law and go easy on his “friends”?
If his people are in charge of an agency, they only care about his words and have no concern for the law.
re: #72 Charles Johnson
Facebook did the same thing to me this week, too. Suddenly insisted on having the API version number specified in a call that never needed it before, for years, and then locked the LGF app because it was returning so many errors with the call that always worked before.
NGAHHHH. Azure does this to me all the time. Although they generally don’t lock me out afterwards, but that may be due to the corporate outcry if a previously functioning app broke down due to an undocumented API change.
re: #77 jaunte
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They could achieve so much more with Assisted Suicide for the Terminally Ill. Bob forbid we allow any individual a choice in such things —like contraception and abortion.
re: #77 jaunte
I am giving myself FOUR Pinocchios for the following tweet because it is completely and totally wrong /1 pic.twitter.com/RdWQfucf88
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 4, 2017
Lower subsidies and changes in the cost of insurance mean fewer people retire early and buy insurance through the marketplaces. /5
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 4, 2017
Correction!
re: #22 freetoken
This thing creeps along the bottom, scraping the rocks for organic material:
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I can’t spell its name.
Joking aside… playhelminthes?
re: #38 Birth Control Works
I whhhhaaaant another German Shepherd.
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One of the dogs I will always remember was some friends that had Sammy. 120 lbs (Big Doggy!) of German Shepherd puppy. Even at 6 years old. Loved to climb in your lap for some head scratches and behind the ear massages…as he lovingly crushed you. One of the most mellow dogs I have ever been around.
He changed my whole thinking of the breed. I used to be scared of them, because we had some nasty junk yard dog types in my childhood neighborhood that for some reason loved to mess with me while working on brother’s paper route.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
Dem senator breaks with party, open to repealing and replacing ObamaCare https://t.co/eL8goDQPRZ pic.twitter.com/nTJAjFQcpa
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2017
“…said Thursday that he is open to repealing and replacing ObamaCare even as his party’s leadership demands that Republicans drop their effort to nix President Obama’s signature healthcare law.
“It needs to be improved. It hasn’t been improved. We can either work to improve that or repeal it and replace with something better. I’m open to either one,” Tester told Fox News, adding later he doesn’t support the plan passed by House Republicans on Thursday.
Tester, who is up for reelection in 2018 in a state won by President Trump, said that he doesn’t think lawmakers did enough to try to fix the Affordable Care Act since it was passed in 2010.
“There were plenty of mistakes made with the [Affordable Care Act], there’s no doubt about that,” he said. “Quite frankly, we didn’t make the modifications over the last six, seven years, for obvious reasons, to make that bill better.”…”
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel
Make sure you have the rockets with the bomblets. I’m betting most wingnuts can’t even spell ‘overhead cover’.
Where the fuck were the democrats to prevent this?
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) May 4, 2017
Tonight’s Dumbest Thing On Twitter.
(For god’s sake, stay out of the comments.) https://t.co/Qk6jgfBARD— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 5, 2017
Pres Trump has arrived in Bedminster, NJ via Marine One. He’s spending a long weekend at his Trump National Golf Club.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 5, 2017
That’s odd, because for most federal employees tomorrow is a working day. https://t.co/YsuY0BarOO
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 5, 2017
re: #63 Eric The Fruit Bat
I love that scene so much.
re: #89 jaunte
I thought they said he was going to be in NYC for the weekend for the first time since the inauguration. Perhaps it is the same thing, and he’ll just have Marine 1 bounce him between Trump Tower and his NJ Golf Club?
GAH
re: #91 retired cynic
I thought they said he was going to be in NYC for the weekend for the first time since the inauguration. Perhaps it is the same thing, and he’ll just have Marine 1 bounce him between Trump Tower and his NJ Golf Club?
GAH
Oh, please. You take him at his word. He’ll be golfing as he does every weekend since the damn slacker took office.
re: #67 Renaissance_Man
The enemy of the state is not the GOP, despite all evidence to the contrary. The true enemy is FOX, and the hate cult media that has enthralled 62 million of your fellow Americans, and will only continue to grow. America no longer values decency, morality and justice, because so many of its citizens are now completely addled by hate. They cannot be reasoned with, convinced, or talked to. They can only be deprogrammed or marginalised. And I do not see either of those things happening.
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re: #69 Charles Johnson
OK, our code now accounts for the new Twitter video BS. The good thing about this change is that it now always shows the original tweet, with the video above it. Example:
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Too many people were having trouble with the blue birdie that you had to click on?
re: #92 thedopefishlives
Oh, please. You take him at his word. He’ll be golfing as he does every weekend since the damn slacker took office.
No, I just figured he see his family, and that it would cost us a pile. Bouncing will probably just cost us more.
re: #96 retired cynic
No, I just figured he see his family, and that it would cost us a pile. Bouncing will probably just cost us more.
But it costs him nothing, and that’s what’s truly important to the country.
re: #88 Kragar
@RaniaKhalek Voted out of office by stupid/evil people who prefer to have Republicans destroy all that’s good about America.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 5, 2017
re: #74 Skip Intro
Even if tRump instructs a government agency - the IRS- to ignore the law and go easy on his “friends”?
Didn’t sound like it because the law is still the law.
And I screwed up the comment now edited. His EO doesn’t change existing law
re: #88 Kragar
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The comments so far seem to be going after her for being an idiot.
re: #69 Charles Johnson
OK, our code now accounts for the new Twitter video BS. The good thing about this change is that it now always shows the original tweet, with the video above it. Example:
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Thank you. Not being able to see a tweet that contained a video was really annoying, and I know that wasn’t this site doing it.
re: #92 thedopefishlives
Oh, please. You take him at his word. He’ll be golfing as he does every weekend since the damn slacker took office.
I bet he ordered a new Presidential Suite.
GAH just the thought of him at night creeps me out.
re: #99 ObserverArt
Didn’t sound like it because the law is still the law.
And I screwed up the comment now edited. His EO doesn’t change existing law
Nope, he punked the theocrats.
Trump Cons Religious Idiots With Meaningless Executive Order, Completely Forgets To Fuck The Gays
re: #86 FormerDirtDart
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
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Obama has stated that if Trump will come up with some that covers more people than the ACA and does it cheaper, he would back repealing and replacing. Tester’s words seem like a lot of political speak.
re: #86 FormerDirtDart
And he says he’s a Democrat?
Fuck him with a 10-ft long barb-wire-wrapped curare-tipped telephone pole with no lubricants!
re: #91 retired cynic
I thought they said he was going to be in NYC for the weekend for the first time since the inauguration. Perhaps it is the same thing, and he’ll just have Marine 1 bounce him between Trump Tower and his NJ Golf Club?
GAH
re: #92 thedopefishlives
Oh, please. You take him at his word. He’ll be golfing as he does every weekend since the damn slacker took office.
I thought it was reported early on Marine One practiced landing on Trump Tower in NYC, with security clearance, etc. So, maybe that is the deal and he can just ‘copter right over to his golf club and then back again to spend quality family value time with his wife and son.
re: #95 ObserverArt
Too many people were having trouble with the blue birdie that you had to click on?
Yes, that’s probably why they made this change.
re: #106 ObserverArt
I thought it was reported early on Marine One practiced landing on Trump Tower in NYC, with security clearance, etc. So, maybe that is the deal and he can just ‘copter right over to his golf club and then back again to spend quality family value time with his wife and son.
You forgot the snark tags.
re: #106 ObserverArt
with his wife and son.
Or whoever else might have an apartment at Trump Tower or is visiting someone who does.
re: #67 Renaissance_Man
This is true.
The enemy of the state is not the GOP, despite all evidence to the contrary. The true enemy is FOX, and the hate cult media that has enthralled 62 million of your fellow Americans, and will only continue to grow. America no longer values decency, morality and justice, because so many of its citizens are now completely addled by hate. They cannot be reasoned with, convinced, or talked to. They can only be deprogrammed or marginalised. And I do not see either of those things happening.
In an old Voyager episode last night, Chakotay was marooned on planet, “rescued” by a group of fighters, and brainwashed to hate their opponents. Even when he learned the truth at the end of the episode, he still felt hatred. There was some comment that once one hates, it’s hard to overcome those feelings. And that’s the evil that Fox, Limbaugh, and others have succeeded in inculcating into their audience
re: #105 Eric The Fruit Bat
And he says he’s a Democrat?
Fuck him with a 10-ft long barb-wire-wrapped curare-tipped telephone pole with no lubricants!
To be fair, Obama has said the same thing. He’d support repeal and replace as long as the replacement is something better.
Of course, the devil is in the details on that.
Meatloaf is packed up. Egg muffins are now freezing. I may wrap those in saran wrap and then into a big bag. Marinara sauce is simmering. I think I ran out of thyme and so the chorizo is going to have to wait until tomorrow. Chili for tonight’s dinner is going in the crock pot. My feet hurt.
re: #112 klys (maker of Silmarils)
To be fair, Obama has said the same thing. He’d support repeal and replace as long as the replacement is something better.
Of course, the devil is in the details on that.
The thing is, it’s hard to improve on Obamacare simply because it’s hard to improve US health care in general. That being said, an incremental improvement is not out of the realm of possibility, it’s just Drumpf refusing to admit that Obama got at least part of it right.
re: #57 Interesting Times
Best guess is, it really is nonexistent. I’ve taken to clicking the ‘reply’ or ‘reply with quote’ button, which pops up a window that *does* have all the original info, then just not completing the reply process.
Yes!! We need more school teachers in office.
@haroldpollack @RepHultgren My brother is running against him (well, he has to win Dem primary first)! @electvswanson He’s a public schoolteacher
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) May 5, 2017
re: #112 klys (maker of Silmarils)
To be fair, Obama has said the same thing. He’d support repeal and replace as long as the replacement is something better.
Of course, the devil is in the details on that.
Actually it’s not impossible — many countries have accomplished this: adopt single payer. If Trump supported that, he could succeed in getting a better, cheaper, more inclusive health care program
re: #114 thedopefishlives
The thing is, it’s hard to improve on Obamacare simply because it’s hard to improve US health care in general. That being said, an incremental improvement is not out of the realm of possibility, it’s just Drumpf refusing to admit that Obama got at least part of it right.
I don’t disagree. I just don’t have it in me to rake people over the coals today for something that matches what Obama has said.
This is our mission. Our Goal. To fight hate, one tweet at a time. #VetsFightHate https://t.co/nFcSzDpbgc
— Vets Fight Hate (@vetsfighthate) April 28, 2017
re: #116 JordanRules
Yes!! We need more school teachers in office.
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More teachers, less businessmen.
re: #116 JordanRules
Yes!! We need more school teachers in office.
My pops has been a public school teacher for over 40 years. He’s been asked numerous times to run for office by friends and colleagues. Never, he says. “Do you think I’m fucking insane?!?” is his go-to reply.
re: #117 Hecuba’s daughter
Actually it’s not impossible — many countries have accomplished this: adopt single payer. If Trump supported that, he could succeed in getting a better, cheaper, more inclusive health care program
And Obama has said he would support him if he was doing that. I’d think most Dems would because they actually care about the people they represent and not just the party getting it done.
Spent the evening making phone calls for a delegate candidate. Had a nice conversation with a man who was worried about what passed today but reminded him it still had to pass the senate. He was apprehensive when I first called but as soon as I told him, I was working for a Dem, he felt better. And we had a good talk.
re: #122 klys (maker of Silmarils)
And Obama has said he would support him if he was doing that. I’d think most Dems would because they actually care about the people they represent and not just the party getting it done.
If Trump seriously proposed Single Payer, Democrats would allow him to put a giant gold T on the White House for four years.
VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:
n.The simplest animals that are bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic (composed of three fundamental cell layers) are the Platyhelminthes, the flatworms. Flatworms have no body cavity other than the gut (and the smallest free-living forms may even lack that!) and lack an anus; the same pharyngeal opening both takes in food and expels waste. Because of the lack of any other body cavity, in larger flatworms the gut is often very highly branched in order to transport food to all parts of the body. The lack of a cavity also constrains flatworms to be flat; they must respire by diffusion, and no cell can be too far from the outside, making a flattened shape necessary.
re: #127 Birth Control Works
All gut; trouble breathing. Sounds like me!
So much can and will happen between now and 2018.
I wish vacillating between utter despair and outrage fueled optimism burned calories.
re: #117 Hecuba’s daughter
Actually it’s not impossible — many countries have accomplished this: adopt single payer. If Trump supported that, he could succeed in getting a better, cheaper, more inclusive health care program
Socialism!!!11!!!
I actually remember this posted here back in the day. And this twidiot thinks it’s Venezuela today.
@GaiaLovesMe @jimsciutto @01ravenking Yeah get out of here with your fakeass bullshit. https://t.co/4WgQzwF2T6
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) May 5, 2017
re: #129 JordanRules
So much can and will happen between now and 2018.
I wish vacillating between utter despair and outrage fueled optimism burned calories.
Have a helpful thread for the second:
Even though this was gutting and these folks are Satan’s minions in Jesus’ clothes…
— Sydette (@Blackamazon) May 4, 2017
I’ve been keeping up my running. It helps. I have a half on Sunday, in fact, out among the redwoods. It’s going to be a gorgeous race.
Happy National Day of Prayer! pic.twitter.com/fF8horX7a0
— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) May 4, 2017
re: #132 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Nice thread handoff!
I’m getting my weird summer blues. It was 104 here in Phoenix today and it felt exhaustingly hot.
A run in the Redwoods sounds amazing.
re: #77 jaunte
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I love this
What if I told you…
I photoshopped the same face onto every man behind Trump. Would you have noticed if I hadn’t said anything?#GOPclones pic.twitter.com/C4MERQmvLC— Amanda Holland (@AwkwardHolland) May 4, 2017
re: #134 JordanRules
Nice thread handoff!
I’m getting my weird summer blues. It was 104 here in Phoenix today and it felt exhaustingly hot.
A run in the Redwoods sounds amazing.
I’m looking forward to it. Added bonus: it’s only supposed to be a high of 64 on race day, which after a week of running in 80+ degrees sounds like absolute heaven. I’m really not ready for summer yet.
Ike eat your heart out!
Per pool: POTUS has arrived in Bedminster, NJ to stay at Trump Nat’l Golf Club.
This is Trump’s 21st visit to a golf course as president.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 5, 2017
re: #137 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m looking forward to it. Added bonus: it’s only supposed to be a high of 64 on race day, which after a week of running in 80+ degrees sounds like absolute heaven. I’m really not ready for summer yet.
Yeah. I rode yesterday, sweating like mad. Got home, showered, and figured I’d spend a little time setting up our jury-rigged whole house/attic fan. No real exertion, but I ended up DRIPPING with sweat.
There’s nobody with more respect for women than the Republicans https://t.co/47i3kn5dkr
— Anne Bolynn (@RedAnneBolynn) May 5, 2017
re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah. I rode yesterday, sweating like mad. Got home, showered, and figured I’d spend a little time setting up our jury-rigged whole house/attic fan. No real exertion, but I ended up DRIPPING with sweat.
Is that like dripping with sarcasm?
re: #140 jaunte
Oh, I love those caricatures! Best (nastiest) I’ve seen of Ryan.
re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah. I rode yesterday, sweating like mad. Got home, showered, and figured I’d spend a little time setting up our jury-rigged whole house/attic fan. No real exertion, but I ended up DRIPPING with sweat.
Gah, that reminds me, I haven’t heard back from the electrician.
re: #116 JordanRules
Yes!! We need more school teachers in office.
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And if he’s smart like his brother…
(still my favorite Jeopardy show ever)
re: #147 JordanRules
Oh! Didn’t know he was celeb Jeopardy contestant.
Heh, Wolf with the deficit.
Oh, you have to watch some clips—Wolf is as dumb as a bag of hammers. Here’s a little compilation.
re: #131 GlutenFreeJesus
I actually remember this posted here back in the day. And this twidiot thinks it’s Venezuela today.
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Shoutout by Gizmondo to our esteemed host here in that article:
Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin recently wrote an article criticizing presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and his quest for what she characterized as Venezuelan-style socialism. When The National Review originally posted the story, it included the image above — a dirtied up version of the original photo, which you can see below. But as the blog Little Green Footballs points out, the pic actually comes from a Walmart in Austin, Texas.
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