Stephen Colbert’s monolog about the House Republicans’ disgusting vote for Trumpcare yesterday is funny, but this is very dark humor indeed, finding ways to be funny about what’s simply nightmarish.
Going out with a bang 😎💣 pic.twitter.com/SlSHu1KNyF
— Savy (@TRILLAAXX_) May 2, 2017
So not only do these assholes return the pre-existing conditions, they return some of the worst ones that can be used to deny someone. The GOP really is a shitty party. And it’s all ultimately about giving the rich assholes that keep the GOP a float more tax cuts.
Ugh. This is disgusting, but shouldn’t be a surprise.
this - really - is why trump won https://t.co/o2070AQO2o
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 5, 2017
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Senate Intel Chair Richard Burr As GOP Russia Cover-Up Exposed via @politicususa https://t.co/uvbAWXGHcD
— philip harris (@pharris830) May 5, 2017
Carry over from a Darth Tweet post last thread
re: #279 darthstar
Paul Thacker @thackerpd
.@CharlesPPierce, Here’s a screen shot of the FDA email announcing all Fox, all the time.Screen shot protects the sender.
10:53 AM - 5 May 2017
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It’s Friday…so some music as a comment. From one of my still favorite bands…
1984
Knockin’ on your door
Will you let it come?
Will you let it run your life?
1984
Knockin’ on your door
Will you let it come?
Will you let it run your life?
Someone will be waiting for you at your door
When you get home tonight
Ah yes, he’s gonna tell you darkness gives you much more
Than you get from the light
Classic plastic guards well they’re your special friend
He sees you every night
Well he call himself the brother but you know it’s no game
You’re never out of his sight
1984
Knockin’ on your door
Will you let it come?
Will you let it run your life?
It’s time you started thinking inside your head
That you should stand up and fight
Oh just where will you be when your freedom is dead
Won’t you listen tonight?
Those classic plastic coppers, they are your special friends
They see you every night
Well they call themselves protection but they know it’s no game
You’re never out of their sight
1984
Knockin’ on your door
Will you let it come?
Will you let it run?
1984
Knockin’ on your door
Will you let it come?
Will you let it run?
Army secretary nominee Mark Green: Public healthcare stops people from being saved by Christianity - https://t.co/ZrkPy5HH9Z
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) May 5, 2017
Why worry about Shariah law when you have people like Mark Green in our government?
Huckabee Sanders: “I know the gospel pretty well, and the CBO is not the gospel. They’ve been wrong before & can certainly be wrong again.” pic.twitter.com/HQfbawB3cB
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2017
Just called Blake Farenthold’s office and let him know that because of his vote on AHCA yesterday, I will donate my money and time to his challenger in hopes of ending Mr. Farenthold’s political career.
re: #6 Kragar
Green, a physician and former Army flight surgeon,
Physicians and surgeons keep people from just praying to get better.
re: #9 FormerDirtDart
Huckabee Sanders: “I know the gospel pretty well, and the CBO is not the gospel. They’ve been wrong before & can certainly be wrong again.” pic.twitter.com/HQfbawB3cB
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2017
“”I know the gospel pretty well -“
STOP.
Just fucking stop right fucking there, because you’re about to say something stupid as all fuck. https://t.co/JngyCsxA4n— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 5, 2017
re: #3 Dr. Matt
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Am I off topic if I respond with “OMG!! I love that dress so much!!”
re: #3 Dr. Matt
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Undoubtedly disgusting, but I think the core of Racist Dad’s animus is explained right there in the BuzzFeed article:
She added that her father’s views are especially hurtful because her half-sister on her mom’s side is biracial, so the issue is personal for them.
The usual mix: redneck culture, cheap sexual jealousy, p3nis envy: gets ‘em every time. I’m glad, at least, that Anna got as much online support as she did. Before the trolls descend, anyway….
re: #6 Kragar
Zack Ford ✔ @ZackFord
Army secretary nominee Mark Green: Public healthcare stops people from being saved by Christianity - washingtonexaminer.com …
1:20 PM - 5 May 2017
WTF???
Is he going to go out and spread disease to get them to “find religion” next.
If America has a real problem in 2017…it is Fundie Christians getting cocky and out of freaking control.
How about we get to some real Constitutional originalism, admit our forefathers were mostly deists and had damn good reason for the First Amendment…in it’s original intent.
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re: #6 Kragar
Army secretary nominee Mark Green: Public healthcare stops people from being saved by Christianity - https://t.co/ZrkPy5HH9Z
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) May 5, 2017
I’ll bet he calls his girlfriend Ofmark.
For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
@GovMikeHuckabee In the Trump era GOP politicians no longer even try to disguise their ugly racism. https://t.co/oLqEA4YFEv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
Religious Freedom in Russia:
The Simpsons’ Episode About Pokémon Go Will Not Air in Russia Due to Religious Controversy
It looks like Russian audiences won’t be able to watch The Simpsons latest episode … after clergy from the Russian Orthodox Church criticized a scene in which Homer plays [Pokemon Go] in a church.
I am sure the Church would not object if they showed Homer beating up a gay…
re: #6 Kragar
Desperation brings people to religion, so we need more desperation?
re: #3 Dr. Matt
Ugh. This is disgusting, but shouldn’t be a surprise.
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re: #12 Kragar
Also, too, additionally, and irregardless, are we really going to pass the bill on the hopes that a bunch of smart people at the CBO are historically wrong? I mean, let’s say estimates were off by a factor of 2, that’s still 12 million people without healthcare and 200% to 300% in some premiums.
@GovMikeHuckabee Take your bigotry and shove it up your ass!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) May 5, 2017
re: #12 Kragar
.@SHSanders45 on next steps for health care: “The president is focused on getting this right, not fast.” https://t.co/TIjs4dYFck pic.twitter.com/UXtAhldQWW
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 5, 2017
@ABCPolitics @SHSanders45 This is more bald-face lying from White House about GOP priorities & intentions. #Trumpcare redistributes wealth from everyone to rich ppl
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 5, 2017
These fuckers don’t care about facts or logic. Just getting them their sweet jeebus-y massive tax cuts and shifting all the burdens to the poor (who are poor because they’re sick, downtrodden, and morally incapable of being anything but poor and who get sick because they’re morally incapable of being healthy per GOP orthodoxy).
re: #16 nines09
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re: #24 Mike Lamb
Why would the GOP think that the CBO/JCT numbers are wrong? Are they going to claim that they got the numbers wrong on the original Obamacare?
Turns out that the costs were lower than they anticipated, but also that the number of people were covered was made lower because the GOP didn’t expand Medicaid in a host of states where expansion would have done the most good.
In other words, the GOP sabotaged Obamacare and then claim that it fails.
Mind you, the reality is:
That Obamacare is working despite years of sabotage by the GOP is a testament to how well it is, in fact, working.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 3, 2017
re: #28 Timothy Watson
That’s why they had to hurry up and pass the bill yesterday because Trump is taking today off.
Also why the House rushed to pass the bill without a CBO score and without reading it and before gaining support for it in the Senate.
Huckabee Sanders: “I know the gospel pretty well, and the CBO is not the gospel. They’ve been wrong before & can certainly be wrong again.” pic.twitter.com/HQfbawB3cB
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 5, 2017
Now we know that the CBO score will show this #Trumpcare bill is a shitshow of epic proportions. #TheResistance https://t.co/bgOC1IwLn0
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 5, 2017
FCC chair marks first 100 days with list of eliminated regulations https://t.co/RPxHdI2ZOy pic.twitter.com/3YhYRUIuOC
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2017
“We made it harder for poor people to get the internet and allowed cable companies to sell your search histories. LOVE US!” https://t.co/LgAAGyoZCG
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 5, 2017
The Republican Playbook:
Blame “illegals” for everything to agitate their bigoted base
Get elected/reelected
Mess up the economy with their extreme policies
Blame it on the “illegals”
Repeat
re: #30 lawhawk
Why would the GOP think that the CBO/JCT numbers are wrong? Are they going to claim that they got the numbers wrong on the original Obamacare?
Turns out that the costs were lower than they anticipated, but also that the number of people were covered was made lower because the GOP didn’t expand Medicaid in a host of states where expansion would have done the most good.
In other words, the GOP sabotaged Obamacare and then claim that it fails.
Mind you, the reality is:
CBO/JCT are all fake numbers but our numbers which we aren’t showing are absolutely correct and the most terrific numbers.
/
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
These WH press people are horrendous.
Where is Spicer today…wore out and need to regenerate his batteries? It takes a lot of power to lie you know. There is a resistance factor so it drains that power fast.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders seems to be better at it than Sean. I guess it is in her genes. Actually I think she is slicker than Spicer and could be dangerous because this crap comes natural for her…no hesitation in delivery, etc.
re: #16 nines09
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I am perplexed…
What kind of shit are you taking/smoking/shooting that makes you possibly believe that a mime outside a Chevron station is your gangster rival?
Had the Atlanta descended into a caricature of The Warriors?
Atlanta crew found guilty of shooting mime artist 59 times in case of mistaken identity https://t.co/0p4vMnElL8 pic.twitter.com/Ybh01nKZ7F
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 5, 2017
For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
For Hucks Birthday, I’ll hang out with child molesters, indulge in some copyright infringement, and teach my kid how to murder a dog https://t.co/Bomgm176RA
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 5, 2017
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
I am perplexed…
What kind of shit are you taking/smoking/shooting that makes you possibly believe that a mime outside a Chevron station is your gangster rival?
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Clearly, The Warriors was a documentary.
*sigh*
Anyone have any suggestions for a modestly (<$300) priced, quality TV sound bar?
Sarah Huckabee - lying piece of shit.
WH Dep Press Secy claimed Obama ignored #opioid crisis. Sampling of headlines showing how egregiously she lied: pic.twitter.com/32buPpusE6
— Joel Lawson (@JoelLawsonDC) May 5, 2017
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
I am perplexed…
What kind of shit are you taking/smoking/shooting that makes you possibly believe that a mime outside a Chevron station is your gangster rival?
Had the Atlanta descended into a caricature of The Warriors?
I guess if you’re gonna shoot someone, might as well make sure they’re dead.
/
re: #40 Kragar
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re: #26 lawhawk
I think SNL should bring back Julia Sweeney to do Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Pat.
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
Words fail me.Why the CENSORED shoot someone 59 times? This is right out of Al Capp’s Fearless Fosdick!
re: #40 Kragar
I think Huckabee should celebrate cinco de mayo by inserting several large chili peppers (ghost pepper or hotter) up his ass.
Who’s surprised
Federal probe of Fox News focuses on payments to Roger Ailes’ alleged mistress https://t.co/Wog0Y5lRse
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) May 5, 2017
Excellent This American Life episode on how the “Illegals” talking point got us to where we are…
re: #5 ObserverArt
That song sounds like something from Midnight Oil (note I didn’t say Led Zeppelin).
re: #43 darthstar
She’s probably not actually lying. What the Trump Administration considers dealing with the opioid epedemic is probably significantly different than what the Obama Administration did. I expect more prison time and even more shattered lives as opposed to substance abuse programs and advocacy.
re: #30 lawhawk
Why would the GOP think that the CBO/JCT numbers are wrong? Are they going to claim that they got the numbers wrong on the original Obamacare?
Turns out that the costs were lower than they anticipated, but also that the number of people were covered was made lower because the GOP didn’t expand Medicaid in a host of states where expansion would have done the most good.
In other words, the GOP sabotaged Obamacare and then claim that it fails.
Mind you, the reality is:
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Totally understand that and I know they’ll point to how the score was “wrong” on Obamacare. Let’s take that at face value for the moment. If the bill is half as bad as anticipated (relative to CBO scoring), it’s still one of the most horrific pieces of legislation in recent memory. And the odds that the CBO being off by a factor of 2 or more? I’ll go with slim to none and slim just bumped a family from a Delta flight on his way out of town.
re: #6 Kragar
What part of health insurance doesn’t the GOP understand? All of it. https://t.co/yydxx9Deov pic.twitter.com/eSiwhhNn2z
— Neil Steinberg (@NeilSteinberg) May 5, 2017
Heads up the best article on healthcare I have read. Simple & to the point w/ a touch of snark. Glad ur a Chicago boy. https://t.co/VHsLMfxhRQ
— Pat (@IrishPatty54) May 5, 2017
House Republicans have replaced their FAQ section on AHCA.
The earlier one included this line, which wasn’t true of the bill they passed. pic.twitter.com/ZyBwXQkSHb— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 5, 2017
Wow. Republicans *officially* delete their promise to protect pre-existing conditions, purging the promise from their website. https://t.co/tlhJcJKwoX
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) May 5, 2017
@sahilkapur @kfrydl repealed and replaced their promises
— wideofthepost (@wideofthepost) May 5, 2017
re: #54 darthstar
That song sounds like something from Midnight Oil (note I didn’t say Led Zeppelin).
Heh. Nice one darthstar.
Maybe Midnight Oil liked them some Spirit and coped some riffs.
Spirit was a bit of a different band for the day…and I think it cost them in popularity. I catch what seems like Spirit influences in a lot of stuff. I always liked some of the little jazz riffs they would add to a rock song.
re: #55 Weaselone
She’s probably not actually lying. What the Trump Administration considers dealing with the opioid epedemic is probably significantly different than what the Obama Administration did. I expect more prison time and even more shattered lives as opposed to substance abuse programs and advocacy.
One addition. Jeff Sessions. Little Hardass.
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
These WH press people are horrendous.
Who in this WH isn’t? I think the sole qualification to work there, after believing Trump is god, is to be an absolutely horrible human being. If there’s been even one exception I don’t know who it is.
re: #55 Weaselone
She’s probably not actually lying. What the Trump Administration considers dealing with the opioid epedemic is probably significantly different than what the Obama Administration did. I expect more prison time and even more shattered lives as opposed to substance abuse programs and advocacy.
I dunno. These are largely white Trump voters we’re talking about.
re: #42 Dr. Matt
Anyone have any suggestions for a modestly (<$300) priced, quality TV sound bar?
Dr. Matt, I hooked up a Beats Pill to my Sony TV. The set was their lowest priced and the sound quality wasn’t up to par. The Beats works fine with it.
re: #36 ObserverArt
Where is Spicer today…wore out and need to regenerate his batteries? It takes a lot of power to lie you know. There is a resistance factor so it drains that power fast.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders seems to be better at it than Sean. I guess it is in her genes. Actually I think she is slicker than Spicer and could be dangerous because this crap comes natural for her…no hesitation in delivery, etc.
As the daughter of a religious grifter, she’s learned her trade since she was a toddler.
re: #51 Stanley Sea
The next time I see a pic of Roger Ailes I really hope it’s because he’s died.
re: #63 Blind Frog Belly White
I dunno. These are largely white Trump voters we’re talking about.
1. White prisoners generate profits for the private prison industry same as the black ones.
2. Hasn’t kept Trump or Republicans from hurting these people before.
re: #66 Skip Intro
The next time I see a pic of Roger Ailes I really hope it’s because he’s died.
I’d like to see his face when he is found guilty of sexual harassment in a court of law.
And then flip on the TV to see all of cable news talking about it except for Fox that will doing a big story on Hillary’s ties to Obama.
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
I am perplexed…
What kind of shit are you taking/smoking/shooting that makes you possibly believe that a mime outside a Chevron station is your gangster rival?
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Also, if you need 59 bullets to kill someone, you’re either doing it wrong or have really, really bad aim.
Trump is destroying so much of what’s good about the federal government, it won’t be long before things start failing on many levels, and it will be obvious to everyone. Qualified people are refusing to work for these clowns, and he’s filling positions with idiots and far right ideologues — if he fills them at all.
If there’s a major crisis of some sort - a weather catastrophe like Katrina or a major epidemic, for example - things are going to really start falling apart rapidly. We’re in for a rough ride.
Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do —everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2017
That would be because just about everyone else has some form of single payer or national health service https://t.co/ttY8TZ6HFt
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 5, 2017
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Trump is destroying so much of what’s good about the federal government, it won’t be long before things start failing on many levels, and it will be obvious to everyone. Qualified people are refusing to work for these clowns, and he’s filling positions with idiots and far right ideologues — if he fills them at all.
If there’s a major crisis of some sort - a weather catastrophe like Katrina or a major epidemic, for example - things are going to really start falling apart rapidly. We’re in for a rough ride.
You know that three days of water and food FEMA suggests? Post Trump? Best make it a weeks worth. We will be on our own.
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Trump is destroying so much of what’s good about the federal government, it won’t be long before things start failing on many levels, and it will be obvious to everyone. Qualified people are refusing to work for these clowns, and he’s filling positions with idiots and far right ideologues — if he fills them at all.
If there’s a major crisis of some sort - a weather catastrophe like Katrina or a major epidemic, for example - things are going to really start falling apart rapidly. We’re in for a rough ride.
Don’t you just hate to have to share the hard lesson brought on by someone else? Added extra pain when you tried to tell ‘em, but nooooooo!
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Trump is destroying so much of what’s good about the federal government, it won’t be long before things start failing on many levels, and it will be obvious to everyone. Qualified people are refusing to work for these clowns, and he’s filling positions with idiots and far right ideologues — if he fills them at all.
If there’s a major crisis of some sort - a weather catastrophe like Katrina or a major epidemic, for example - things are going to really start falling apart rapidly. We’re in for a rough ride.
My hunch is that either the climate or the economy will tank. Or something unexpected which clearly could’ve been handled if not for certain changes in policy.
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Trump is destroying so much of what’s good about the federal government, it won’t be long before things start failing on many levels, and it will be obvious to everyone. Qualified people are refusing to work for these clowns, and he’s filling positions with idiots and far right ideologues — if he fills them at all.
If there’s a major crisis of some sort - a weather catastrophe like Katrina or a major epidemic, for example - things are going to really start falling apart rapidly. We’re in for a rough ride.
For example, a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake.
re: #59 ObserverArt
Heh. Nice one darthstar.
Maybe Midnight Oil liked them some Spirit and coped some riffs.
Spirit was a bit of a different band for the day…and I think it cost them in popularity. I catch what seems like Spirit influences in a lot of stuff. I always liked some of the little jazz riffs they would add to a rock song.
They had a good sound, Spirit…but yeah, I could see where a band like Midnight Oil might have been influenced by them…though they were far more pop-music than Spirit.
re: #67 Weaselone
1. White prisoners generate profits for the private prison industry same as the black ones.
2. Hasn’t kept Trump or Republicans from hurting these people before.
Good points, but I’d counter with this - during the Crack Epidemic, we heard about black gangs and superpredators and drivebys. Now, we’re treated to heart-wrenching tearjerkers about the poor white folks who had a decent living until the paper mill/shoe factory/coal mine closed down, and now they have no hope.
Similar situation. Different color of drug user.
But no doubt, based on things like Gov LePage’s comments about ‘out of state drug dealers’, they’ll find ways of putting more POCs in prison.
re: #74 Teukka
My hunch is that either the climate or the economy will tank. Or something unexpected which clearly could’ve been handled if not for certain changes in policy.
Why pick just one.
Motherfuckers just straight up lied to the country about what their bill does while deliberately refusing to wait for the CBO to score it.
The House GOP’s website says people should “never” pay more for health insurance because they’re sick.
That was then. pic.twitter.com/dQnCSoxEAO— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) April 4, 2017
Updated GOP talking points have now been posted to House website.
The bit about “never” paying more because you’re sick has been deleted. https://t.co/mRO06xDh4t— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 5, 2017
re: #78 Weaselone
Why pick just one.
No matter what it is, the GOP/Trump will blame Obama/Hillary and the media will run with that.
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
For example, a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake.
Meh. Something VEI-8 going *pfft*…
re: #71 Kragar
Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do —everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great.
— Donald J. Trump
So right. Ending those tax increases for the wealthy will really make America and American healthcare great again.
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re: #70 Charles Johnson
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re: #74 Teukka
My hunch is that either the climate or the economy will tank. Or something unexpected which clearly could’ve been handled if not for certain changes in policy.
Or if the New Madrid Fault goes again like it did is 1811 & 1812 where the quakes were so powerful the Mississippi River reversed flow during them…
Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do —everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2017
I am often defeated by the sheer scale of your idiocy. A mighty fortress is your derp. https://t.co/YCIeLJXZSI
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 5, 2017
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
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re: #71 Kragar
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That is a very weak way for Trump to try to cover his butt on his screwing up the GOP plan and admitting there are better healthcare programs in other countries.
I wonder who told the man that can’t be told anything he really put the Republican Congress in a tough spot yesterday? I wonder if he even knew his of screw up?
Trump is getting more and more into late Ronnie Reagan stage when speaking due to what appear to be similar cognitive issues.
As more and more stress builds, especially once the Trump Admin/Russia connection investigations get rolling, I bet Trump really starts losing it and saying some really strange stuff.
re: #86 Teukka
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re: #84 Joe Bacon
Or if the New Madrid Fault goes again like it did is 1811 & 1812 where the quakes were so powerful the Mississippi River reversed flow during them…
It would be horrific, because whereas in California, the geology tends to dampen shaking quickly with distance, back East it tends to propagate it.
Note also that NOBODY here builds in unreinforced masonry, because it shatters and crumbles in an earthquake. Think how much of the area that would be affected by a New Madrid style quake is build of brick.
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
I wish the Australian PM had mentioned that they have Universal Healthcare.
re: #87 ObserverArt
That is a very weak way for Trump to try to cover his butt on his screwing up the GOP plan and admitting there are better healthcare programs in other countries.
I wonder who told the man that can’t be told anything he really put the Republican Congress in a tough spot yesterday? I wonder if he even knew his of screw up?
Trump is getting more and more into late Ronnie Reagan stage when speaking due to what appear to be similar cognitive issues.
As more and more stress builds, especially once the Trump Admin/Russia connection investigations get rolling, I bet Trump really starts losing it and saying some really strange stuff.
Not to be flippant, but how would we know?
It’s keeps going, and going, and going.
@marcushjohnson This is a non sequitur. I’m sorry that you don’t respect my advice, or the teachings of a blk HLS professor who once worked for Clinton.
— SWOTI (@SWOTIpodcast) May 5, 2017
I’m sorry you think the overwhelming majority of Black voters who chose Clinton over Lord Sanders-75% vs 25%-are neoliberal sellouts https://t.co/NoReT01pnM
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) May 5, 2017
It always comes back 2 this. If 75% of black voters told you 2 jump off a cliff? I am not ashamed 2 be > progressive than average blk voters https://t.co/oMHdvrbEYB
— SWOTI (@SWOTIpodcast) May 5, 2017
More patronizing racism from Berners. Imagine being so arrogant to think you can better identify black self interest than black voters can. https://t.co/L4PmL0bcYj
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2017
re: #88 Eclectic Cyborg
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Huh. Why, it’s almost like other countries are not at our mercy.
Scoop: ”Canada weighing multiple trade actions against U.S. over softwood lumber” https://t.co/k9nYHgQMr3
— Alexander Panetta (@Alex_Panetta) May 5, 2017
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
Not to be flippant, but how would we know?
Ha. It will be that strange! There is always a base line to compare too.
@realDonaldTrump I’m going to remember that when you stick me in a high risk pool with a bare bones policy that covers doodly-squat!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) May 5, 2017
@realDonaldTrump I’m so glad you repealed and replaced Obamacare. Now you and the Republicans can go back to doing nothing of significance. Awesome win. 🏆
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 5, 2017
Someone needs to tell Trump that wins like this don’t even need to be signed into law.
re: #97 darthstar
And he did with only a vote in the House. No vote in Senate needed.
re: #92 goddamnedfrank
It’s keeps going, and going, and going.
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re: #98 darthstar
Someone needs to tell Trump that wins like this don’t even need to be signed into law.
Right. That would be just politics as usual to sign a bill to make it law. Don’t need that.
@thehill I didn’t even know she was pregnant.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 5, 2017
Lethal cheese. And not because someone cut it. Did you know that there are FOOD-CAUSED natural disasters? https://t.co/Ztv2g8ATlH
— Sci Curious (@scicurious) May 5, 2017
The Great Norwegian Goats’ Cheese Fire, for example. Two for molasses.
Good thread
8 hours ago, a 4chan anon promised “swiftnet logs going back months” proving Macron has a secret Caymans bank account #Presidentielles2017 pic.twitter.com/5bXMECYdJb
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) May 5, 2017
re: #70 Charles Johnson
The entire thrust of Trump and the GOP is sabotage. They want things to fail, claiming that govt can’t do the job - outsource to their cronies, or otherwise cut govt funding, all to create a cycle of sabotage, funding cuts, more sabotage, and gutting safety net programs to fund their tax cuts.
This is a brutal assault on civil rights, liberties, and the underpinnings of the Constitution itself. The GOP is complicit in ignoring the Constitution - Art. 1 Sec. 8 General Welfare clause (though they’ll claim that cutting taxes is for the general welfare, when massively redistributing the nation’s wealth from everyone to the rich.
The GOP isn’t above redistribution of wealth. They just want it flowing to the rich cronies and insiders that have paid their way.
Sadly (or perhaps not so sadly, depending on my mood), those who voted for Trump will be hardest hit by this sabotage and goal.
America before Liberalism made it much safer to be poor, shows how important it is to fight to retain our basic human rights in the face of an out-of-their-minds right:
In 1948 a woman put her four children up for sale, here’s what became of them
Wow, the Trump bus can back over you fast…
Hot National Enquirer on Bill O’Reilly action. pic.twitter.com/orVW8k1BEo
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) May 5, 2017
Valérie Igounet’s 1998 article about National Front as the party of Holocaust denial is worth reading in full. https://t.co/7iZchABbTC
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) May 5, 2017
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
For example, a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake.
That would mainly hit blue parts of WA, OR and northern CA. Therefore, if there is any federal response to something like that out of the Trump Maladministration, it will be grudging, late, slow, under-funded and deliberately fucked up.
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
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Though seeing Tweets like this only prove out Trump’s real priority re healthcare: gloating over “killing Obamacare”: actual plans can wait….
re: #104 FormerDirtDart
Posted this on the dead thread. Drudge is trying to pump up the bullshit by touting a Hoft claim based on that 4chan bullshit:
4CHAN Posts Images from Off-Shore Bank Account? https://t.co/Qpfi9HjkMJ
— Drudge Report Feed (@drudgefeed) May 5, 2017
Jim Hoft gets Drudge to buy into fever swamp nonsense in attempt to throw French election. https://t.co/1CUhy5rodB
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 5, 2017
re: #111 EPR-radar
That would mainly hit blue parts of WA, OR and northern CA. Therefore, if there is any federal response to something like that out of the Trump Maladministration, it will be grudging, late, slow, under-funded and deliberately fucked up.
Such an event would be the worst natural disaster to hit the United States in living memory.
And Trump is POTUS? Yeah, the folks in the effected area are fucked with a capital “F”.
re: #114 Dr Lizardo
Such an event would be the worst natural disaster to hit the United States in living memory.
And Trump is POTUS? Yeah, the folks in the effected area are fucked with a capital “F”.
Has Trump even appointed a FEMA Admin yet?
re: #113 lawhawk
Posted this on the dead thread. Drudge is trying to pump up the bullshit by touting a Hoft claim based on that 4chan bullshit:
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re: #108 FormerDirtDart
Wow, the Trump bus can back over you fast…
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My my my, all that brown lipstick Bill-0 the KKKlown flaunted kissing Trump’s ass has come back to sting him!
Karma sucks, doesn’t it, Bill-O??????
The fucking smug look on Adolf Orange….
Like the Bin Laden raid photo but instead everyone’s grandma got killed. pic.twitter.com/Gx2oTIns83
— IntelligencePr0nStar (@ZeddRebel) May 5, 2017
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
Or a New Madrid intraplate quake. Or a Charleston earthquake.
Both of which would have national repercussions - especially New Madrid.
re: #119 Dr. Matt
The smile from Ivanka is priceless.
She’s all for women’s rights and protecting women, except that this bill savages women, especially those who were sexually assaulted (and would be treated as a preexisting condition that jacks up their costs - so women have to decide whether to report to the police, or potentially lose their insurance because they’d be priced out of their plan).
re: #120 lawhawk
Or a New Madrid intraplate quake. Or a Charleston earthquake.
Both of which would have national repercussions - especially New Madrid.
I thought I’d read somewhere there was some debate as to whether or not the Reelfoot Rift was still active.
re: #20 calochortus
Desperation brings people to religion, so we need more desperation?
Makes perfect sense from the perspective of a cult recruiter. Non-religious adults only fall for religion if they’re going through severe emotional trauma.
re: #23 Joe Bacon
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FFS, ‘Merica.
This woman is definitely a pro beer drinker!!! .
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re: #71 Kragar
@realDonaldTrump The ACA isn’t dead. Monsters are trying to kill it. RWNJs won’t allow an efficient single-payer system like AU has.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 5, 2017
re: #121 lawhawk
The smile from Ivanka is priceless.
She’s all for women’s rights and protecting women, except that this bill savages women, especially those who were sexually assaulted (and would be treated as a preexisting condition that jacks up their costs - so women have to decide whether to report to the police, or potentially lose their insurance because they’d be priced out of their plan).
Ivanka is all about Ivanka. Anyone who actually believes that crap she cares about anyone other than herself and her family is delusional.
re: #79 goddamnedfrank
Motherfuckers just straight up lied to the country about what their bill does while deliberately refusing to wait for the CBO to score it.
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— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 5, 2017
shareblue.com
This is what we’re dealing with.
And, Mark Green has withdrawn from consideration for Secretary of the Army
Trump’s pick for Army Secretary drops out after anti-LGBT comments come to light. pic.twitter.com/qqQxnULjf8
— Yashar (@yashar) May 5, 2017
re: #127 Jeff!
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Obamacare/ACA isn’t “healthcare”. More proof Adolf Drump is fucking clueless about everything.
re: #131 FormerDirtDart
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What a bunch of whiny self serving crap. No, Mark, the other side didn’t use your “Christianity” for political gain, you chose to engage in a political career that involved bashing people for their sexuality.
re: #105 GlutenFreeJesus
Oh god. Battlefield Earth is on Crackle.
Is it so bad its fun? Or just bad?
re: #119 Dr. Matt
More white people. I really can’t stand a homogenized government.
re: #135 Eclectic Cyborg
More white people. I really can’t stand a homogenized government.
Whitest administration since Nixon.
re: #134 Big Beautiful Door
Is it so bad its fun? Or just bad?
Travolta’s performance is almost worth it
re: #131 FormerDirtDart
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re: #119 Dr. Matt
The fucking smug look on Adolf Orange….
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I wonder if there will come a point where America will become too polarized to survive as a united country and end broken up into smaller nations?
re: #138 FormerDirtDart
Travolta’s performance is almost worth it
“While you were still learning to SPELL YOUR NAME, I was being trained to rule GALAXIES!”
“A FRIENDLY BARKEEPER!”
re: #138 FormerDirtDart
Travolta’s performance is almost worth it
If I want to watch Travolta, I’ll watch Welcome Back Kotter.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if there will come a point where America will become too polarized to survive as a united country and end broken up into smaller nations?
It entirely depends on whether the right wakes up from their stupor and rejects Republican propaganda. We’re probably screwed.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if there will come a point where America will become too polarized to survive as a united country and end broken up into smaller nations?
The thing is we’re really not technically divided by states as so much we are by urban versus rural. Even in predominately Democratic states, you have maybe 5-10 urbanized areas where most of the people live and that are the economic centers of the state and those tend to vote Democratic.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if there will come a point where America will become too polarized to survive as a united country and end broken up into smaller nations?
I don’t think so, but you never know.
Tonights protest cocktail in deliberate disrespect to President Trump for Cinco de Mayo will be the Wallbanger.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 5, 2017
re: #145 HappyWarrior
The thing is we’re really not technically divided by states as so much we are by urban versus rural. Even in predominately Democratic states, you have maybe 5-10 urbanized areas where most of the people live and that are the economic centers of the state and those tend to vote Democratic.
So build walls around our major cities to keep the rabble out?
re: #148 Jeff!
So build walls around our major cities to keep the rabble out?
Do I look like Trump to you?
re: #145 HappyWarrior
The thing is we’re really not technically divided by states as so much we are by urban versus rural. Even in predominately Democratic states, you have maybe 5-10 urbanized areas where most of the people live and that are the economic centers of the state and those tend to vote Democratic.
And if Republicans get anywhere near a position of influence to be able to do so, they’ll gerrymander the voting districts to make sure that Democrats have their prospects for a majority minimized, if not near-eliminated. And then dump vast amounts (or vast by local-election standards, anyway) of money into GOP campaigns to make sure things stay that way.
re: #148 Jeff!
So build walls around our major cities to keep the rabble out?
Why won’t someone think of the poor white-flight suburbanites?
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re: #150 Jay C
And if Republicans get anywhere near a position of influence to be able to do so, they’ll gerrymander the voting districts to make sure that Democrats have their prospects for a majority minimized, if not near-eliminated. And then dump vast amounts (or vast by local-election standards, anyway) of money into GOP campaigns to make sure things stay that way.
Exactly. That’s how you get states like Virginia that despite being won by Obama twice and Clinton have much more Republicans in both the state legislature and in Congress.
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
re: #149 HappyWarrior
Do I look like Trump to you?
Honestly, I have no idea how you look at all. I do picture you blond.
re: #154 Jeff!
Honestly, I have no idea how you look at all. I do picture you blond.
Heh, wrong. My hair’s more closer to black than blonde.
So wait, am I to believe there are hardly any democratic leaning rural areas in the whole country.
One Muslim Professor’s Unusual Calling: Combating Holocaust Denial - Haaretz https://t.co/vpxtcCNJJd
— Muslim Plaza (@MuslimPlaza) May 5, 2017
re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg
So wait, am I to believe there are hardly any democratic leaning rural areas in the whole country.
There are some I believe.
re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself am a tall thin short fat bald man with curly hair.
I am, wait, I have a picture of myself as an my avatar.
Stupid me.
re: #158 Jeff!
See, no idea at all!
Ha yep. By far the most dark haired in the family. Definitely did not get the German genes there at all.
Stop rewarding Amazon-trolls who attack books by authors they don’t like with bad reviews — it’s not a legit thing to cover.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 5, 2017
So you’re saying don’t cover a book by its judges? https://t.co/cp32uc10qa
— James Wester (@jameswester) May 5, 2017
re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself am a tall thin short fat bald man with curly hair.
Going to Louisiana with a banjo on your knee?
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
Those Sirius Radio jackasses got my work phone number and pestered me with subscription offers for months. Getting shouty with the most recent caller seems to have done the trick.
re: #167 Blind Frog Belly White
Only if I can’t get it removed.
You really need to see Susannah about that.
re: #71 Kragar
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re: #162 Timothy Watson
I am, wait, I have a picture of myself as an my avatar.
Stupid me.
Hey, so to I! Do you like my green skin and enormous red eyes?
re: #168 EPR-radar
Those Sirius Radio jackasses got my work phone number and pestered me with subscription offers for months. Getting shouty with the most recent caller seems to have done the trick.
Remember these words:
Klaatu Barada NiktoTake me off your list.
re: #84 Joe Bacon
Or if the New Madrid Fault goes again like it did is 1811 & 1812 where the quakes were so powerful the Mississippi River reversed flow during them…
THAT WOULD OF HAPPENED ANYWAYS EVEN IF WE DIDN’T FRACK YELLOWSTONE!!!!1!!!!
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
My Fiesta came with Sirius, and I refused to even try it out. Two years after the free offer expired, I am still getting mail about their great offers.
re: #172 Blind Frog Belly White
Remember these words:
I know what I need to watch this weekend! It’s been years.
re: #174 Belafon
My Fiesta came with Sirius, and I refused to even try it out. Two years after the free offer expired, I am still getting male about their great offers.
0_o
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re: #174 Belafon
My Fiesta came with Sirius, and I refused to even try it out. Two years after the free offer expired, I am still getting male about their great offers.
I’m pretty sure you’re male with or without their offer. I could be wrong.
re: #152 HappyWarrior
I live in S. Texas in an area that is more than 50% Hispanic, and somehow my district is R +15. My district is one of the 3 declared unconstitutional by a panel of federal judges because it is so gerrymandered.
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
There’s always a better deal elsewhere, and they do play around with the terms and durations of the deals.
We got a car with SiriusXM, and let the intro deal expire. No worries on our end, but we got an endless stream of emails/mailings saying we’ve got a great deal (some were good, but others were meh).
And there’s almost always a better deal online if you search for the codes.
I scored a 2 month free deal by getting the car serviced at the dealer. No doubt, I’ll get another bunch of emails saying there’s a great deal to be had…
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
I must be the only person who likes SiriusXM. Of course, I commute and there isn’t much variety in music locally and I would have to switch stations during the commute anyway.
re: #174 Belafon
My Fiesta came with Sirius, and I refused to even try it out. Two years after the free offer expired, I am still getting male about their great offers.
I’m very happy with Spotify, and don’t like listening to idiots talk to each other, so sat radio has no appeal at all for me.
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
Sounds like ATT trying to get me to add Direct TV to my other services. Almost daily I have either an email or a letter telling me they have a new offer, or I qualify for a discount, etc.
It hasn’t worked on me. I’m still not sold on satellite TV. Yet.
re: #180 Timothy Watson
I like SiriusXM, but not enough to pay what they’re asking. Don’t drive enough to warrant it. And I’ve got a huge music collection so thumb drive on random works for me. Or audiobooks for long trips.
re: #179 lawhawk
There’s always a better deal elsewhere, and they do play around with the terms and durations of the deals.
We got a car with SiriusXM, and let the intro deal expire. No worries on our end, but we got an endless stream of emails/mailings saying we’ve got a great deal (some were good, but others were meh).
And there’s almost always a better deal online if you search for the codes.
I scored a 2 month free deal by getting the car serviced at the dealer. No doubt, I’ll get another bunch of emails saying there’s a great deal to be had…
They regularly give away two-month deals to people without subscriptions on their website. I have a used Ford Mustang and when I got it I was wondering how much a subscription cost and they were advertising the free two-months on their website.
re: #183 lawhawk
I like SiriusXM, but not enough to pay what they’re asking. Don’t drive enough to warrant it. And I’ve got a huge music collection so thumb drive on random works for me. Or audiobooks for long trips.
I like their Alternative and Indie stations. I also listen to older stuff (’90s rap, classic rock, etc.) to pick up songs I’ve probably heard before but don’t have on my computer.
re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself am a tall thin short fat bald man with curly hair.
Me too, except I am bald with straight hair.
re: #160 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself am a tall thin short fat bald man with curly hair.
I bet you went to South Northwestern University East Campus.
re: #190 ObserverArt
I be you went to South Northwestern University East Campus.
University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople.
Assange supporting Le Pen, who could have guessed.
Update: #MacronLeaks contains many tens of thousands emails, photos, attachments up to April 24, 2017—around 9Gb in total
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 5, 2017
re: #192 Blind Frog Belly White
University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople.
I hear their music research department is top-notch.
re: #193 Nyet
Assange supporting Le Pen, who could have guessed.
These freedom lovers sure love authoritarians.
Pres. Trump’s Army Sec nominee Mark Green is withdrawing his name; good news for all Americans, especially those he disparaged & vilified. pic.twitter.com/gNKalWn4Io
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 5, 2017
re: #108 FormerDirtDart
Wow, the Trump bus can back over you fast…
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re: #194 scottslemmons
I hear their music research department is top-notch.
Their fight song was used in a movie starring Burt Reynolds.
re: #193 Nyet
Assange supporting Le Pen, who could have guessed.
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re: #180 Timothy Watson
I must be the only person who likes SiriusXM. Of course, I commute and there isn’t much variety in music locally and I would have to switch stations during the commute anyway.
My commute is 20 minutes and I can’t be bothered to learn channels. I tried using Voice Command!!!, but either it doesn’t work like that, or it couldn’t figure out my Mid-Atlantic accent (which is really about as close as you’ll come to unaccented generic American).
My car has a USB jack which allows me to plug my iPhone in, and use the radio controls to select albums, artists, etc.
re: #201 Blind Frog Belly White
My commute is 20 minutes and I can’t be bothered to learn channels. I tried using Voice Command!!!, but either it doesn’t work like that, or it couldn’t figure out my Mid-Atlantic accent (which is really about as close as you’ll come to unaccented generic American).
My car has a USB jack which allows me to plug my iPhone in, and use the radio controls to select albums, artists, etc.
34: Lithium (’90s Alternative)
35: SiriusXMU (Indie)
36: AltNation (Alternative)
43: Backspin (’80s/’90s Rap)
47: Fly (’90s/’00 Rap and R&B)
re: #201 Blind Frog Belly White
And my commute is over an hour each way. :)
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
Not to be flippant, but how would we know?
It’s because of the cantaloupes. Those damned melons are responsible for everything!
That sort of thing is a dead give away.
FCC launches investigation into Stephen Colbert’s Trump insults: https://t.co/0jbFl87YbL pic.twitter.com/JpbdMllwxx
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2017
@thehill What the fuck?! https://t.co/EPcX9OrLm2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
re: #205 Charles Johnson
There is zero doubt in my mind how that happened. “Numerous complaints”, my ass. Only one complaint mattered.
Bannon sketch for a piece in THR. Beauty is skin deep. But ugly goes down to the bile ducts. pic.twitter.com/K8lry3mlft
— Steve Brodner (@stevebrodner) May 5, 2017
I compiled a list of the house members who voted YES on AHCA and whether or not they have upcoming town halls: https://t.co/9jd9unT251
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) May 5, 2017
re: #205 Charles Johnson
The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert’s commentary earlier in the week, according to the FCC’s chief.
From persons named Donald, Erick, Ivanka and Donald, no doubt.
re: #205 Charles Johnson
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Here we go. Mr. Touch-me-not President is not going to have anyone say anything bad about his Orangeness. This guy is going to push every test of our Constitution and Law in this country. Courts are going to be busy and he will screw with those too.
He is a disease to this country and if it isn’t quarantined soon, it is going to spread more and more.
@rickklein @jonkarl I mean, the WH literally tweeted a video of them going into the Oval Office with the cyron “Yuge Celebration!” pic.twitter.com/YSZZlcBNUG
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 5, 2017
re: #204 Romantic Heretic
Ahh, but the strawberries! That’s where I had them.
Walker: I’d “consider” seeking waivers offered in House GOP O’care repeal bill https://t.co/dAEEuRL753 pic.twitter.com/Kr2xBVuZCO
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 5, 2017
bye-bye per-conditions in Wisconsin
i think Walker’s dream is for Wisc employers to not have to provide healthcare https://t.co/m6DHcx2eY0— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 5, 2017
re: #104 FormerDirtDart
This is exactly how they operate to discredit democracy.
@broderick Looks like Wikileaks wouldn’t play along this time so they (Russia) are cutting out the middleman.
— Microwave lookin @ U (@the_magic_m) May 5, 2017
re: #100 HappyWarrior
So sick of this patronizing shit from the Berners.
I’m quitting on the term progressive. Socialist, too, since people have redefined it to mean “managed capitalism.” Liberal was lost decades ago. Leftist now carries way too many connotations of racist way too often.
I’m going back to calling myself a small-c commie.
re: #145 HappyWarrior
I think this reporter’s hypothesis of America consisting of eleven different cultures has some merit.
re: #217 Romantic Heretic
I think this reporter’s hypothesis of America consisting of eleven different cultures has some merit.
I thought it was just America and Dumbfuckistan.
re: #205 Charles Johnson
And so begins the crackdown on dissenting speech…
WISCONSIN: Gov. Scott Walker Considers Opting Out Of Pre-Existing Conditions Rule Under Trumpcare - https://t.co/2WQ1cVRNRH pic.twitter.com/H6H9MiHt2B
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 5, 2017
This is Scott Walker. Scott Walker’s eyes aren’t even because Scott Walker’s grandmother fucked a flounder. Also, he’s a monstrous asshole. https://t.co/8RAjEmJYkF
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2017
Not to alarm anyone but oxygen levels in our oceans are “falling 2 to 3 times faster than predicted” as planet warms https://t.co/HDjgf6Jjla
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) May 5, 2017
Batman is moving into agriculture in a big way https://t.co/usQ4kH0EwW #innovation #drones
— Big Data Batman (@BigDataBatman) May 4, 2017
this Twitter account that replaces “big data” with “batman” is maybe the only pure thing in the world https://t.co/0MV1joCKGH
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) May 4, 2017
Allegation: Administration orders government agency CBER (part of the FDA, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) to play FOX News Channel.
See also Buzzfeed: buzzfeed.com
Someone at CBER sent me the email which told staff TVs had been switched to Fox News by order of the admin pic.twitter.com/rsCzpOtdpv
— Julia Reinstein (@juliareinstein) May 5, 2017
Here’s Fox News on the TVs at CBER, same day an email went out to staff saying it had been switched from CNN to Fox by order of Trump admin pic.twitter.com/uVPx8jekIk
— Julia Reinstein (@juliareinstein) May 5, 2017
re: #180 Timothy Watson
I must be the only person who likes SiriusXM. Of course, I commute and there isn’t much variety in music locally and I would have to switch stations during the commute anyway.
I must be the only person who doesn’t have a Sirius XM capable radio in my car.
Hello Trump voters of Wisconsin. Look what you’ve done. And those jobs, well good luck.
Oh yeah. Her emails and his promises. Hahaha. How much do they matter now?
.@GOP @Shareblue Senate GOP launches health care repeal team with 13 men, 0 women https://t.co/f0aCiTBjS5 via @shareblue
— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) May 5, 2017
Anti-vaccine activists target Somali Americans, spark a state’s worst measles outbreak in decades. https://t.co/jSZ5PpirG1
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 5, 2017
re: #225 Anymouse
I must be the only person who doesn’t have a Sirius XM capable radio in my car.
I didn’t until I got the replacement for my wrecked car last winter.
re: #229 thedopefishlives
I didn’t until I got the replacement for my wrecked car last winter.
Mine is a 2013 I bought new.
Here’s feminist hero Ivanka Trump celebrating c-sections becoming a pre existing condition. pic.twitter.com/MXXWkP4BqY
— Rhea Butcher (@RheaButcher) May 5, 2017
Dana Rohrabacher voted Yes on AHCA. His gung-ho cosplaying with the Taliban is now the SECOND-biggest example of his piss-poor judgment. pic.twitter.com/uEQyxxS9aL
— Fred Clark (@SlacktivistFred) May 5, 2017
re: #228 Anymouse
Fuck these people with a rusty spike.
re: #213 FormerDirtDart
i think Walker’s dream is for Wisc employers to
not have to provide healthcareown slaves.
What all the GOP wants these days.
re: #228 Anymouse
I was wondering why the doctor asked me if I had been exposed to measles when I went in for my most recent spinal MRI. Now it all makes sense.
.@Potus and I celebrated 75th anniversary of Battle of the Coral Sea w/ Australia’s Prime Minister Turnbull pic.twitter.com/w0WyYfDP46
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) May 5, 2017
Battles are commemorated, not celebrated, you twit. https://t.co/xpPv4S8Pur
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 5, 2017
The FDA has denied that the Trump administration ordered it to display only Fox News on TVs https://t.co/23lLJayEEV pic.twitter.com/DJuFpd4J5W
— CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2017
Hacked records show Bradley Foundation taking its conservative Wisconsin model national
Long a player on the national stage, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee has been quietly using its vast resources to construct state-by-state networks of activist groups to win support for its conservative agenda from coast to coast.
This previously undisclosed effort by the Bradley Foundation was revealed in hundreds of thousands of documents swiped by international hackers from the foundation’s server late last year.
Those internal documents, obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in recent months, show the conservative powerhouse is working to duplicate its success in Wisconsin under Republican Gov. Scott Walker, focusing on such swing states as North Carolina and Colorado.
“You have to take a longer view on some of the things we’re trying to accomplish,” said Bradley Foundation CEO Rick Graber in an interview. “You’re not going to see definitive results every three months. It can take decades.”
CHRIST, what an asshole https://t.co/NXz3aBKSGs
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) May 5, 2017
re: #225 Anymouse
I must be the only person who doesn’t have a Sirius XM capable radio in my car.
My 2003 Honda Pilot doesn’t. I’ve thought about putting one in but don’t drive enough to make it worthwhile. Car only has 30K miles on it.
re: #235 Anymouse
Quite so. The deaths of thousands of young people is not something to be celebrated.
@SlacktivistFred The people on the photo are not the Taliban.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) May 5, 2017
re: #227 Anymouse
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If I see another gawddamned Republican giving the thumbs up over this health bill, actually anything, I am going to explode.
Fuck you guys very much.
Lifebuoy thrown to cat in Dublin river pic.twitter.com/Wvko6Jesvk
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 5, 2017
re: #235 Anymouse
@Stonekettle @Kragar_LGF Depends, I suppose, on whether one is pro or anti death and destruction.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) May 5, 2017
re: #206 thedopefishlives
There is zero doubt in my mind how that happened. “Numerous complaints”, my ass. Only one complaint mattered.
Well, one is a number so…
Seriously—they get more and more asshatty and repulsive by the day.
re: #237 Amory Blaine
The result: Bradley Foundation, worth nearly $900 million, is underwriting local think tanks, opposition research centers, candidate recruitment groups, conservative media, bill-drafting organizations and litigation centers around the nation — what some critics call “shadow governments.”
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
pre-existing condition…
Hey! I was just going to ask if you have been around. You said to worry about you if you hadn’t posted in 24 hours. I was worried.
re: #249 ObserverArt
Hey! I was just going to ask if you have been around. You said to worry about you if you hadn’t posted in 24 hours. I was worried.
Me, too. Thought I’d missed something.
Jesus, you’d think Putin would switch it up a little. I guess you stick with what works.
#BREAKING Macron team blasts ‘massive hacking attack’ after document release #Presidentielle2017
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 5, 2017
Just as expected (Trump/Putin) https://t.co/YHPyL9e6xR
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 5, 2017
The Bradley Foundation is a local billion dollar organization devoted to crushing liberals. Teachers can’t have unions though.
re: #253 jaunte
Hey now. I’m reporting you to the FCC.
high risk pool pic.twitter.com/CvaS1T9mld
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 4, 2017
re: #255 Blind Frog Belly White
0/10 would not buy again.
re: #249 ObserverArt
Hey! I was just going to ask if you have been around. You said to worry about you if you hadn’t posted in 24 hours. I was worried.
experiencing serious internet connectivity issues here the last few days.
typical for whenever it rains or the wind blows or a bird pisses on the phone lines…
Kinda hope FCC goes after Colbert. We can compare how many were following Trump while he hurled insult after insult at Obama; we can tighten rules on right-wing hate radio; we can….
Oh, right. None of that would happen.
re: #259 Barefoot Grin
The people upset with Colbert were just fine when Trump smeared Mexicans as rapists.
re: #260 jaunte
The people upset with Colbert were just fine when Trump smeared Mexicans as rapists.
But that was nuanced.
re: #261 Barefoot Grin
“Some, I assume, are good people.”
re: #256 thedopefishlives
0/10 would not buy again.
My youngest older sister has just taken possession of their new house in Sarasota. It’s on a lake. She posted a picture of the lake, and everyone said ‘Florida has alligators’, till finally she went off on somebody. I mean, like, full F-bomb going off.
Of course, it turns out the person she went off on actually lived in Florida and knew what she was talking about. Not that my sister apologized.
I hope she doesn’t let her kitties go outside….
And it’s still happening:
Spicer’s story of dangerous rapist immigrants preying on innocent young girls appears to have fallen apart. Nevertheless, the White House remains unapologetic for allowing its rhetoric to get ahead of the facts.
thinkprogress.org
Wheeeeeeeeeeee, happy cinco de mayo Lizards. Otherwise known as Friday after a shitty week. Mmmm margaritas. From the place that does them fantastically strong when you’re walking home and can have a conversation with other adults who are not at all related to you while you drink.
I talked politics on my way home with my mom (not unusual) and my dad (unusual). My dad probably leans moderate Republican (I think I’ve said this before) but is pro-universal healthcare (because of the logical reasons that we’re all fucking paying for it either way) which did surprise me on the topic the last time we talked. (He was giving me the same argument that I used on his parents once, to get them to acknowledge the need for universal healthcare. )
But. So. There’s that. At least one person who leans vaguely Republican (unless my dad has really been hiding his political leanings from me for years which I find unlikely, although possible - he like me is in the very non-confrontational camp, as opposed to my mom) who is anti-the current mess.
Sorry, that’s the level of political analysis the margaritas have granted me. But I feel a hell of a lot better at the moment.
re: #253 jaunte
I don’t see what was so bad about what Stephen Colbert said. pic.twitter.com/HCZbjpjHG4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2017
re: #249 ObserverArt
Hey! I was just going to ask if you have been around. You said to worry about you if you hadn’t posted in 24 hours. I was worried.
I didn’t log in yesterday. I worried about everyone. Or maybe it was just me I was worried about.
re: #266 Charles Johnson
From a leftist perspective, I do get where they are coming from. Punching down to a marginalized community really isn’t cool and the joke only works because it plays off some of the right wing distaste for calling a straight person gay.
On the flipside, I am human and I think that the particular commentary is relatively true, if crudely stated. So. Welcome to humanity.
re: #265 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s been a miserable week here. Ended with elder fishspawn confessing he punched a kid on the bus. Ugh. I think I’m probably going to drink some more tonight.
re: #223 Anymouse
I suggested on Twitter that people get a “TV-B-Gone,” a device which purportedly circulates through all the channels in 69 seconds and turns off the TV. Alternately, Peel Smart Remote is bundled on some Android phones, but you actually have to put the model of the TV in it.
Hey, it’s worth a try.
Inconvenient energy fact: It takes 79 solar workers to produce same amount of electric power as one coal worker. https://t.co/JkmA4CLmUW pic.twitter.com/w9sTmrEs8l
— AEI (@AEI) May 4, 2017
A flagrant lie. It takes 79 workers to support the massive growth rate in solar installations. Solar energy production is cheaper per Mwh. https://t.co/oQhQuOcfSm
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2017
Which means solar power is not only better for the environment, it’s better for the economy.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2017
re: #269 thedopefishlives
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re: #271 goddamnedfrank
If we thought there was any chance of us being here long enough to recoup the investment, we would put solar on the roof.
But the rental places aren’t worth it, and we’re not going to be here long enough to recoup the installation costs, so… next house.
re: #271 goddamnedfrank
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Right. Apparently they want a “forever industry,” but the only forever industry appears to be spreading massive amounts of bullshit across the land.
re: #272 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #273 klys (maker of Silmarils)
If we thought there was any chance of us being here long enough to recoup the investment, we would put solar on the roof.
But the rental places aren’t worth it, and we’re not going to be here long enough to recoup the installation costs, so… next house.
It might boost resale value but it’s best to roll the cost into an entire roofing job so panels and roof age out around the same time. I really like the solar shingle options Solar City is brining to market.
re: #279 The Vicious Babushka
Hey, man. You’re gonna choose bad genetics, that’s on you, ya hoser.
re: #267 wrenchwench
I didn’t log in yesterday. I worried about everyone. Or maybe it was just me I was worried about.
Didn’t login (or see the TV box) for a week. We’ve been glamping.
re: #205 Charles Johnson
FCC launches investigation into Stephen Colbert’s Trump insults:
The most preciousest snowflakes had their tender feel-feels hurt.
re: #277 goddamnedfrank
Yeah, the roof is at the point where it’s probably at most 1/2 of the way into its lifetime so that’s probably a project best left to the next owner. I mean, when your sale timeline is in the next 2-5 years you evaluate shit differently than if you’re going to be in the house for 30 years because yes. If I were going to do anything it would be to update the kitchen and that’s not happening so. (Second option would be to rip out the landscaping.)
re: #281 Decatur Deb
Didn’t login (or see the TV box) for a week. We’ve been glamping.
I worry about you all the time.
@ReaganBattalion has sent a bunch of tweets defending the tweet that was deleted, because it is A Asshole and has to wingnutsplain itself to Libtards
Again: If you are a healthy adult and you do not get insurance while healthy, you are irresponsible.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
We never said that you are responsible for getting sick, you are responsible for not looking out for yourself WHILE you were healthy. https://t.co/KfOhu9ml0W
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
@ReaganBattalion Again: what if you can’t afford it?
— Andrew Fackson (@fackinpeter) May 5, 2017
Legitimate, that’s why we should make sure it’s afforable, something Obamacare did not do, and liberals did not care. https://t.co/tys7RJTbI1
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
I see @ReaganBattalion deleted their appalling tweet. Don’t worry, I got you covered. pic.twitter.com/j7FrxiIhZY
— Abbey Bartletmitzvah (@clapifyoulikeme) May 5, 2017
Somehow @ReaganBattalion thinks a preexisting condition is self inflicted? From what planet are these people? pic.twitter.com/50zJ6S3btq #AHCA https://t.co/YsHFhnvGyH
This is why we erased this tweet and sent out another tweet explaining to idiots like you what our position is https://t.co/FdTYTqrmZD https://t.co/clB2FhIZQi
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
re: #282 Timothy Watson
The most preciousest snowflakes had their tender feel-feels hurt.
Gosh. And here I was thinking they really meant it when they said they hated political correctness…
It’s like Baby Whiplash on steroids
@ReaganBattalion There is a difference between “poor planning” and “poor circumstance”. You’re focusing on the reckless, instead of the wrecked.
— Jack Shedd (@etchalon) May 5, 2017
So you agree that others should not have to pay for the reckless? https://t.co/zr4ent8tus
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
@ReaganBattalion What is the conservative solution to that problem? Gonna force insurers to be cheaper? Providers? Or force everyone to buy insurance?
— 🇳🇱 Marco 🇺🇸 🎸🎮 (@TheMarco) May 5, 2017
Competition tends to lower cost. https://t.co/00RD33Jb2s
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) May 5, 2017
re: #275 thedopefishlives
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re: #285 The Vicious Babushka
@ReaganBattalion has sent a bunch of tweets defending the tweet that was deleted, because it is A Asshole and has to wingnutsplain itself to Libtards
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but I’m out of margaritas.
re: #279 The Vicious Babushka
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It’s a good thing that this tweet was deleted, ‘cuz it’s stupid as all hell: what does this nonsense even mean? That “pre-existing conditions in adults” are ALL the patients’ own fault? Ads if the “alcoholic-demanding-a-liver-transplant” is the only model they can come up with? And WTH is the “Reagan Battalion”, anyway?
F’ckn twits…
re: #287 The Vicious Babushka
@ReaganBattalion whose going to compete for tue $1M/month person in Iowa?
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 5, 2017
re: #290 Jay C
It’s a good thing that this tweet was deleted, ‘cuz it’s stupid as all hell: what does this nonsense even mean? That “pre-existing conditions in adults” are ALL the patients’ own fault? Ads if the “alcoholic-demanding-a-liver-transplant” is the only model they can come up with? And WTH is the “Reagan Battalion”, anyway?
F’ckn twits…
This nonsense means the same as it always does — Republicans are evil bastards that would pimp out their mothers, grandmothers and infant daughters if that would reduce marginal tax rates on the wealthy.
re: #293 EPR-radar
This nonsense means the same as it always does — Republicans are evil bastards that would pimp out their mothers, grandmothers and infant daughters if that would reduce marginal tax rates on the wealthy.
That’s simply not true, unless you throw in capital gains and estate taxes.
so, @ReaganBattalion somehow believes that everyone who gets cancer never ever had health insurance until after they got cancer?
good fucking grief.
re: #292 Belafon
@ReaganBattalion The ACA set up the exchanges to promote competition, and Republican governors refused to go along.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 5, 2017
re: #291 Decatur Deb
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Yay. I just mowed the lawn for the first time this year (it should have been done last week). The 20 year-old Toro 2-stroke sat in the garage since the last time I mowed last fall. I usually try to empty the tank but it sat with half a tank of gas all winter. I topped it off with fresh gas, hit the primer about a dozen times, and it started up (in a cloud of smoke) on the second pull. It took a couple of starts before it kept running, but it was running like a champ after the third start. I know that a 2-stroke is a pollution machine but my yard is small. It only takes half an hour to mow the whole yard.
I’m pretty lucky that anything works for me given the way I ignore maintenance.
re: #251 Blind Frog Belly White
Jesus, you’d think Putin would switch it up a little. I guess you stick with what works.
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I guess he couldn’t get the French Comey to announce Macron was the subject of an investigation.
re: #298 stpaulbear
Yay. I just mowed the lawn for the first time this year (it should have been done last week). The 20 year-old Toro 2-stroke sat in the garage since the last time I mowed last fall. I usually try to empty the tank but it sat with half a tank of gas all winter. I topped it off with fresh gas, hit the primer about a dozen times, and it started up (in a cloud of smoke) on the second pull. It took a couple of starts before it kept running, but it was running like a champ after the third start. I know that a 2-stroke is a pollution machine but my yard is small. It only takes half an hour to mow the whole yard.
I’m pretty lucky that anything works for me given the way I ignore maintenance.
I’m gonna get chewed on by the maintenance minded Lizards here but my car engine has been leaking oil for a while. I got informed of this the last maintenance and it needs to go in to get steam cleaned so they can figure out if it’s the distributor (cheap) or the engine (new car) and I have been putting this off so hard you have no idea. >.>
re: #300 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Also how does one even look for places that steam clean engines?
(It’s been a few months, okay?)
re: #300 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m gonna get chewed on by the maintenance minded Lizards here but my car engine has been leaking oil for a while. I got informed of this the last maintenance and it needs to go in to get steam cleaned so they can figure out if it’s the distributor (cheap) or the engine (new car) and I have been putting this off so hard you have no idea. >.>
Oil leaking from the engine would mean a new car? It’s likely just a bad gasket. Worst case would be a crankshaft seal, but even those shouldn’t be that expensive to replace. Although that may depend on the car. >.<
re: #302 thedopefishlives
Oil leaking from the engine would mean a new car? It’s likely just a bad gasket. Worst case would be a crankshaft seal, but even those shouldn’t be that expensive to replace. Although that may depend on the car. >.<
My car is a 97 Toyota Rav 4. It doesn’t take an awful lot of repair costs to be a new car.
re: #300 klys (maker of Silmarils)
As long as you aren’t letting it run low on oil you can put it off a little while longer without it being a total disaster.
re: #303 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My car is a 97 Toyota Rav 4. It doesn’t take an awful lot of repair costs to be a new car.
Actually, it doesn’t take a lot of repair costs to be more than the car is worth. The question is, is the aggregated cost going to be more than a new car? New engine - yes, get a new car. Fifteen things go wrong at once - yes, get a new car. Need to drop $500 for new head gaskets - maybe, probably not.
re: #305 thedopefishlives
Although I did hear that those Rav 4’s sometimes have hinky piston-return springs and poor-quality muffler bearings.
re: #305 thedopefishlives
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re: #307 Jebediah, RBG
Although I did hear that those Rav 4’s sometimes have hinky piston-return springs and poor-quality muffler bearings.
I adore my car and it has had two unsolicited requests to buy it.
It has also had to have its fuel pump replaced, new brakes, new tires, and now this. Which I should get around to dealing with as soon as I can figure out who the hell can steam clean an engine and then get it back in to be looked at. I’m not sure the AC is working 100% either, as we come into summer, and then there’s the part where it didn’t want to stay running for no clear reason last spring, but didn’t want to reproduce that for the mechanic. Bastard.
I’m willing to sink money into this car, but within reason.
The Macron email dump came minutes before France’s campaign blackout started at midnight. Candidates can’t respond before polls open Sunday
— Rachel Donadio — NYT (@RachelDonadio) May 5, 2017
Here is full statement from Macron campaign. It says authentic docs have been mixed up with fake ones, “to sew doubt and disinformation.” pic.twitter.com/nhVckpd32p
— Mary Louise Kelly (@NPRKelly) May 5, 2017
Statement by Macron campaign. They managed to squeeze this out before the election “quiet period” started 27mins ago https://t.co/nav95E3lpk
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) May 5, 2017
re: #299 Skip Intro
I guess he couldn’t get the French Comey to announce Macron was the subject of an investigation.
A BBC piece on the Macron hacking flap brought up an interesting point:
The campaign said that genuine files were mixed up with fake ones in order to confuse people.
Some anonymous hacker posts a ton of documents on some anonymous website somewhere: how DO you tell what is real and what is fake? Myself, I would guess that you can’t, and that the credibility of some (most? all?) of these unauthorized document dumps ought to be highly, if not fatally compromised.
Of course (and I’m thinking back to the release of the hacked DNC stuff during our own campaign last year) the hacked documents are often mind-numbingly prosaic/boring/uninformative: it’s usually the fact of the “hacking” that gets media interest: but I wonder how long it will be before the novelty wears off….?
re: #311 FormerDirtDart
Yay for getting a response out.
The pedant in me has to say: it’s “sow” as in “you reap what you sow” and not “sew” as in needle and thread. Argh.
re: #308 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #297 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #313 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yay for getting a response out.
The pedant in me has to say: it’s “sow” as in “you reap what you sow” and not “sew” as in needle and thread. Argh.
Luckily, it’s an English translation of the French original. I doubt the same mistake was made in French.
re: #285 The Vicious Babushka
This is how it really works. Most people get/got their healthcare through their employer, so they have no reason to go into the wonderful “free” market themselves. But then they get older.
Maybe they get laid off. Maybe they can’t find another job with healthcare. Maybe by then they’ve seen a doctor or two for this or that.
Bingo! You now have pre-existing conditions! Maybe you broke a bone, had surgery, or take a pill for hypertension. You win again! You are now uninsurable. All this winning!
Sure the smart thing would be to buy health insurance when you’re young and have no medical record. But who’s going to do that if their insurance is “free” from their employer, especially since they’re probably not making the big bucks yet and have other things they have to spend money on, like food, rent, and transportation.
Of course one way that would help ease the cost of personal medical insurance would be if it was deductible, dollar for dollar, from your taxes. But of course it isn’t.
Having had to pay for my own insurance for around 20 years I do know something about how the whole foul system worked up till the ACA, and I know exactly how it’s going work again once the GOP gets its way.
Think any members of congress have their own personal policies? Of course not.
re: #315 Decatur Deb
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re: #313 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yay for getting a response out.
The pedant in me has to say: it’s “sow” as in “you reap what you sow” and not “sew” as in needle and thread. Argh.
My inner pedant struggled against the typewriter ribbon I have her tied up in when she saw that.
re: #319 wrenchwench
My inner pedant struggled against the typewriter ribbon I have her tied up in when she saw that.
As someone who does needlework I just couldn’t let it go by.
I hope the French was better. My French is non-existent so. I will live in happy ignorance.
re: #309 klys (maker of Silmarils)
but didn’t want to reproduce that for the mechanic. Bastard.
I’ve had that with a motorcycle. Extremely frustrating!
re: #318 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #316 mmmirele
Luckily, it’s an English translation of the French original. I doubt the same mistake was made in French.
It was not. Typo by Mary Louise Kelly, who did include the full statement. I really doubt this will give Le Pain [sic] a 20-point bump. Did Assange have anything to do with this?
re: #313 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Yay for getting a response out.
The pedant in me has to say: it’s “sow” as in “you reap what you sow” and not “sew” as in needle and thread. Argh.
True: the French phrase is “semer le doute” -“to sow doubt”; however I noticed some wag on the timeline connected the word “sew” with “stitch-up” (Brit for “frame-job”). Clever.
re: #322 thedopefishlives
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re: #300 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I was a full time musician during my misspent youth (mid 70’s) and I used to drive a 67 Chev Biscayne with a V-8 running on six cylinders. I drove it all over the state like that because I didn’t have much choice. It was a habit to throw a quart of oil in when I filled up the tank with gas. We just expected it to blow up at some point but it never left us stranded. I’m lucky I never got pulled over because of the clouds coming out of the exhaust pipe.
I wound up selling to the bass player who knew all the stuff that was wrong, and it was a horrible car for him - probably because he kept trying to fix it.
re: #311 FormerDirtDart
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re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
so, @ReaganBattalion somehow believes that everyone who gets cancer never ever had health insurance until after they got cancer?
good fucking grief.
Have people really forgotten all the stories about people who did have health insurance then, when a catastrophic illness popped up, were dropped by their insurers for having made a “false” statement of their application.
For those of you who never had the privilege of buying your own policy pre ACA, you are required to give a full medical history going back to childhood. What doctors did you see, for what reason? What are the names, addresses, and phone numbers? What medications did they prescribe?
My Blue Shield of CA application was nearly 30 pages long. I was rejected literally in the next day’s mail, so the first thing they look for are red flags. Once you’re turned down by one company you are required to tell every other company you apply to about it. They then turn you down too.
re: #324 Jay C
True: the French phrase is “semer le doute” -“to sow doubt”; however I noticed some wag on the timeline connected the word “sew” with “stitch-up” (Brit for “frame-job”)
Wow, English, French, and American. Any other languages in your head and on your tongue?
re: #325 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #326 stpaulbear
I was a full time musician during my misspent youth (mid 70’s) and I used to drive a 67 Chev Biscayne with a V-8 running on six cylinders. I drove it all over the state like that because I didn’t have much choice. It was a habit to throw a quart of oil in when I filled up the tank with gas. We just expected it to blow up at some point but it never left us stranded. I’m lucky I never got pulled over because of the clouds coming out of the exhaust pipe.
I wound up selling to the bass player who knew all the stuff that was wrong, and it was a horrible car for him - probably because he kept trying to fix it.
One of my proudest moments was when I was pulled over for an overly-noisy car and I was able to show the officer the replacement exhaust manifold I just got from a junkyard was in my trunk. She was impressed and gave me a warning but no ticket. ‘64 Falcon, they all cracked there, except that one I found in the junkyard.
Wow,the Fake News media did everything in its power to make the Republican Healthcare victory look as bad as possible.Far better than Ocare!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2017
You just denied health care to rape victims. Go fuck yourself. https://t.co/ccdYCHqIbR
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 5, 2017
re: #330 thedopefishlives
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re: #331 wrenchwench
One of my proudest moments was when I was pulled over for an overly-noisy car and I was able to show the officer the replacement exhaust manifold I just got from a junkyard was in my trunk. She was impressed and gave me a warning but no ticket. ‘64 Falcon, they all cracked there, except that one I found in the junkyard.
Had the mandatory starving-student car, a clapped-out Buick LaSalle. Mismatched fenders, army-blanket seat covers, and the passenger door welded back on after reversing into a roadsign to pick up a hitchhiker. Someone gave it to us, and it was still running when I passed it on.
before ACA/Obamacare, insurance companies had annual and lifetime benefit limits, and not just for cancer.
Insurance companies could cancel your coverage with no reason or warning, and there wasn’t a damned thing you could do about it or even get affordable coverage ever again.
@ReaganBattalion and the entire GOP can go eat a bag a dicks.
re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth
before ACA/Obamacare, insurance companies had annual and lifetime benefit limits, and not just for cancer.
Insurance companies could cancel your coverage with no reason or warning, and there wasn’t a damned thing you could do about it or even get affordable coverage ever again.@ReaganBattalion and the entire GOP can go eat a bag a dicks.
But they should be the finest hand-raised free-range dicks.
re: #332 The Vicious Babushka
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That moment where you realize you still haven’t written this week’s book review.
And it’s Friday.
And you post them on Fridays.
re: #116 FormerDirtDart
The book was better
yeah, as triumphalistic as the book was, I couldn’t help gloating as the humans managed to sabotage an extensive interplanetary civilization with the nukes-through-the-space travel-gizmo.
re: #338 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That moment where you realize you still haven’t written this week’s book review.
And it’s Friday.
And you post them on Fridays.
Turn to the Mad-libs Review Generator.
re: #153 Blind Frog Belly White
Like a lot of new cars, when I got the Dodge, it came with sattelite radio, and a one year subscription to Sirius XM. It was…okay. Definitely not worth $200 a year subscription, in the car.
Starting like 2 months before the 1 year expired, and continuing on an almost daily basis since them (2 full years), Sirius sends me emails telling me I’ve scored this FANTASTIC offer!!!
Always exactly the same offer. Always phrased as if this one is somehow different from all the previous offers.
I’m curious how many people this works on.
NEVER subscribe to Sirius, or resubscribe, without calling them and telling them you plan to cancel because it’s just not worth it. With a little finesse, you’ll get a much better rate, plus they’ll normally drop the “royalty fee” that they’ve started tacking on.
re: #298 stpaulbear
Yay. I just mowed the lawn for the first time this year (it should have been done last week). The 20 year-old Toro 2-stroke sat in the garage since the last time I mowed last fall. I usually try to empty the tank but it sat with half a tank of gas all winter. I topped it off with fresh gas, hit the primer about a dozen times, and it started up (in a cloud of smoke) on the second pull. It took a couple of starts before it kept running, but it was running like a champ after the third start. I know that a 2-stroke is a pollution machine but my yard is small. It only takes half an hour to mow the whole yard.
I’m pretty lucky that anything works for me given the way I ignore maintenance.
My mowing job is a thirty-seven hour one. Over and over. But fun.
re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
so, @ReaganBattalion somehow believes that everyone who gets cancer never ever had health insurance until after they got cancer?
good fucking grief.
Everyone who ever got adult-onset epilepsy didn’t take care of themselves or didn’t have insurance.
(Epilepsy gets you thrown off both health and life insurance. For now the VA has me covered but I have to save money to die.)
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