Well played.
BREAKING: Claire introduces bill to allow ppl in counties w/out insurers on individual marketplace to buy same plans available to Congress. pic.twitter.com/jLvBxmTRgS
— McCaskill Office (@McCaskillOffice) May 18, 2017
Claire you beautiful genius https://t.co/P79cgGHEdM
— (((Pussimus Prime))) (@Kishmishiani) May 18, 2017
I’m experiencing one of those moments where I don’t realize how incredible and valuable a certain human is until they’re dead.
Chris Cornell.
I’m just. Fuck.
He was the Man, and was a part of some of the music that is forever etched into my consciousness.
In Internet parlance, I haz a sad…
Interior Secretary Zinke is suspending the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act review committee.
— Ruth Hopkins (@RuthHHopkins) May 19, 2017
re: #3 klys (maker of Silmarils)
JFC. So much contempt for minorities.
This listen on NPR was affirming and infuriating.
‘The Color Of Law’ Details How U.S. Housing Policies Created Segregation
Link
re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
“I’m looking California, and feeling Minnesota”
re: #1 JordanRules
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My new shootah, a 1985 Colt Peacekeeper .357 mag. These guns are kinda weird, only made for 3 years, basically a Trooper Mark V that was given a roughish sandblasted finish and then parkerized. Rumor is they were initially created during a worker strike, when the Colt factory lacked the manpower required to create their trademark deep blue finish. This gun has the best single action trigger I’ve ever felt on any gun hands down. It’s ridiculously good, zero pre-travel, breaks like glass and maybe, maybe a thousandth of an inch post break movement.
re: #13 goddamnedfrank
This is your thousandth millionth gun acquisition, if I’m correct. Anybody reading this, goddamnedfrank is a fuckin’ gun nut to the n’th degree. We’re not afraid of fire power!
re: #15 Targetpractice
I like that Lance Riddick is getting a lot of video game voice over work lately. He was great as Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn.
Loving all the Chris Cornell music y’all are posting. I was only familiar in a passing popular sense so this is a wonderful tribute.
Special hat tip to Kragar’s lyric highlights. It’s resonating and lovely.
Love all your personal anecdotes too Teleskiguy. So amazing to appreciate points of genesis in a musical awakening.
Damn tragic.
Well, I pulled a CL. {sniffs, wipes a tear}
From downstairs, a very technical post about fracking:
re: #273 prairiefire
Yes, damn fracking in general.
Agreed.
Now, this is a long post, but it is also informative and by a Lizard who knows what he is talking about. Think of it as a seminar.
As a former well-head geologist, I worked on off-shore rigs where directional drilling was the norm. An offshore platform would have up to thirty six slots where you would start a well vertically and kick it off at an angle to tap various sections of an oil or gas reservoir. The target was always a gas or oil sand.
What fracking does is target the black (organic) shale that is the original source of the oil/gas in the overlying/underlying porous sandstone that used to be the target of production.
The use of fracking opens up old oil/gas fields to exploit an asset that was not previously accessible.
When I was working in the North Sea, we would routinely penetrate a black shale (petroleum source rock) 1000 feet thick immediately above a 500-foot thick oil and gas reservoir. Over time, temperature and pressure “cooked” oil and gas out of that source rock which migrated into the sandstone reservoir. That source rock is now a future target of fracking in the North Sea. It probably contains 5X to 10X the recoverable oil/gas that what was available in the sandstone reservoirs.
So is fracking bad? Depends. An oil or gas well is a series of increasingly smaller straws placed into the earth. Each straw blocks off a higher pressure that wants to collapse the hole you are drilling. Each straw is called a casing string, packed off by cement. It’s a fine balance between keeping a hole open and having it collapse into itself.
Every time you set an intermediate casing string to keep the hole open, you must be extremely careful to ensure that the cement seal is tight as a tick. This allows you to continue to drill safely as you increase the depth of the well, and its increasing pressure. If you do this successfully, you will have an oil or gas well with excellent integrity, from the surface to the bottom.
This is true of a well that is fracked or a traditional production well that is producing from a sandstone reservoir.
The recent unpleasantness in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by a decision by BP, in part, not to run a string of casing from the surface to the bottom of the hole and cementing it in place. Instead, they ran a string from the bottom of the previous casing string to the bottom of the hole and had a shitty cement job to secure it. When they displaced the drilling mud from the well (which is manipulated to hold back the pressure to close the hole by adding very heavy minerals like barite into the mix) the pressure at the bottom of the hole bypassed the cement on the outside of the casing and overcame the remaining fluids in the string and blew all of the fluid inside the wellbore out of the open hole from the bottom of the well to the surface.
Classic blowout. Fire, death, destruction, uncontrolled releases of oil and gas when the bottom assembly failed and they completely lost control of the well. Stupid, stupid motherfucking decision to save a few hundred thousand dollars.
What does this have to do with fracking? It’s tenuous. Fracking is busting up the source rock of traditional oils and gas recovery. It’s relatively cheap. It’s generally relatively shallow directional drilling, which has been done for decades, just into sandstone reservoirs.
It has one thing in common with traditional directional drilling. The integrity of any individual oil/gas production well is as good as the worst cement job in the production string. A bed cement job can result in oil or gas fucking up drinking water sources.
The second thing is that fracking produces huge volumes of water that serves as a hydraulic hammer (it can’t be compressed!) to explode the source rock and serve as a conduit for sand, propants, and other additives to hold the fractures open so that once the water and waste products are removed, petroleum moves to the well bore and then up to the surface to be collected and distributed for refining. Each fracked well will require two to four million gallons of water to frack the well which will be recovered at the surface and need to be disposed.
What to do with that polluted water? The solution in Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and everywhere else fracking is being utilized is to inject it into waste disposal wells. Guess what kind of well is less regulated? This is the hole in the fracking industry.
Injection wells put the polluted water into subsurface water bearing units that have no viable human use because they are “sour” (this means they have total dissolved solids (TDS) (phosphates, nitrates, sulfates) greater than 10,000 parts per million (PPM). They are generally much deeper than groundwater drinking sources used by cities and towns, which have a TDS below 1000 PPM.
The amount of fracking fluids they have been allowed to accept by the overseers of the oil and gas industries in the States where fracking is most common is massive. This has resulted in two things. The first is that the casing failures in these wells is much greater than in production wells, resulting in migration of pollutants into shallow drinking water sources used by people. The second is that that they have injected water under extreme pressure, into old fault lines that have again become active.
Which is the explanation why Oklahoma earthquakes have increased by orders of magnitude over the past ten years.
This is not rocket science, it is simple geology and physics.
re: #16 goddamnedfrank
I like that Lance Riddick is getting a lot of video game voice over work lately. He was great as Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn.
Yeah, the voice work in Destiny is absolutely awesome. They also got Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres back together for the first time since Serenity. Bill Nighy, Peter Stormare, Claudia Black, it’s like a long list of actors who you go “I know that voice!”
Dear @POTUS I’m being attackd in this photo. I was assaulted by this man, strangled for protesting. Please help me find & prosecute this man pic.twitter.com/8KNfGGWamI
— Ceren Borazan (@CerenBorazan) May 18, 2017
Arrest Erdogan’s thugs! https://t.co/cx9ps5zgcr
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) May 19, 2017
re: #23 Dave In Austin
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re: #23 Dave In Austin
Disgusting. Their Ambassador should be kicked out.
But I suppose this was one of Flynn’s throwaway deliverables.
It’s too late Peter. Koolaid consumed.
‘Shattered’ Revelation: Clinton Campaign Hatched Russian Hacking Narrative 24 Hours After Hillary’s Loss #Shattered https://t.co/Os6EJ4tS8N
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 19, 2017
Woodsy, you’ve got to consider the source. https://t.co/R9StcGoYFj
— Peter Henry Fonda (@iamfonda) May 19, 2017
@Rschooley He’s turning into @Morning_Joe evil twin. @JoeNBC @seanhannity
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 19, 2017
Nato forced to put four-minute time limit on speeches ‘due to ignorant man-baby @realDonaldTrump’s attention span’ https://t.co/h8v8p20bG7 pic.twitter.com/062QhMOFz9
Dear NATO,
Don’t take shortcuts to deal with Manbaby. Take care of business. He won’t be around for long. https://t.co/9I7BCc1kpm— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 19, 2017
re: #27 Dave In Austin
@eclecticbrotha Mickey Rourke in Sin City pic.twitter.com/BKOnDB0JeS
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 19, 2017
Source close to Trump administration says Vice President Pence kept in the dark about Flynn’s alleged wrongdoings https://t.co/cCcu8xfxIS pic.twitter.com/TPY8PlhoOZ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 19, 2017
“I can’t be corrupt because I’m totally incompetent and utterly failed to properly perform my duties.”
Its a bold strategy. https://t.co/RMZ7AdwTj3— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 19, 2017
re: #31 Kragar
“I can’t be corrupt because I’m totally incompetent and utterly failed to properly perform my duties.”
Its a bold strategy.
Worked for GHW Bush regarding Iran-Contra.
re: #31 Kragar
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re: #33 Targetpractice
even if your job description is “have a fucking clue”.
Sotheby’s just sold this Basquiat 1982 masterpiece for $110 million, smashing a new auction record for the US artist to cheers and applause pic.twitter.com/dhv3TTRnPO
— Jennie Matthew (@jenniematthew) May 19, 2017
re: #35 JordanRules
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And night, all.
re: #35 JordanRules
Further proof that the wealthy on this planet are not overtaxed.
Swedish prosecutor drops rape investigation of Julian Assange. https://t.co/O593NtAMJ9
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2017
I wonder if Ecuador will kick his sorry ass out now…
BREAKING: UK police: Assange still wanted for jumping bail, will face arrest if he leaves Ecuadorean embassy in London.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2017
What does Bob Woodward have against President Obama. When asked about trump - the FIRST thing he always says is a criticism of Pres Obama. Did the later not bow to him enough?
re: #43 fern01
What does Bob Woodward have against President Obama. When asked about trump - the FIRST thing he always says is a criticism of Pres Obama. Did the later not bow to him enough?
He’s a senile coot who claimed that Obama’s staff had threaten him.
On February 27, Woodward told Politico that before the column was published, Woodward had called a senior White House official, later identified by reporters as economic adviser Gene Sperling, to discuss the piece, and that the official had “yelled at [Woodward] for about a half-hour” before sending him a page-long email that included the sentence, “I think you will regret staking out that claim.” In Politico’s reporting, Woodward’s focus on that line was described as “making clear he saw [that sentence] as a veiled threat”, although Woodward did not use the word “threat” or “threatened”.[26] Several other sources also indicated that Woodward had expressed the line as an intended threat.[27][28][29]
The next day, Politico published the complete email exchange between Woodward and Sperling. Sperling’s statements leading up to the “regret” line read: “But I do truly believe you should rethink your comment about saying that Potus asking for revenues is moving the goal post. I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim.”[30] The White House subsequently released a statement that “of course no threat was intended…The note suggested that Mr. Woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more.”[31] Upon release of the emails, several conservative commentators indicated they no longer agreed with characterizing the “regret” statement as a threat.[32]
In a February 28 Fox News Channel interview, Woodward said he had never used the word “threat” but said Sperling’s conduct was “not the way to operate in a White House”. He also said: “I’ve been flooded with emails from people in the press saying this is exactly the way the White House works, they are trying to control and they don’t want to be challenged or crossed”.[33] National Journal editor Ron Fournier, conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, and Fox News contributor and former Clinton adviser Lanny Davis expressed support for Woodward; Fournier and Davis described similar experiences with Obama administration officials.[34][35][36]
Seven years after it emerged @wikileaks still has not released inside information on the actions of Russian, Iranian or Chinese governments
— Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) May 19, 2017
re: #46 Decatur Deb
Good career move.
I vaguely recall a fictional story about an artist who fakes his own death in order to raise the value of his paintings…
Madison must have been psychic
Jill Lepore: Madison’s list of reasons to impeach. Congress might want to consult it. https://t.co/DWH5qZZhzW pic.twitter.com/enCaPnH9n7
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) May 18, 2017
re: #47 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I vaguely recall a fictional story about an artist who fakes his own death in order to raise the value of his paintings…
Interesting art. Seen better on the walls of abandoned buildings under the West Side highway.
re: #44 Timothy Watson
He’s a senile coot who claimed that Obama’s staff had threaten him.
Thanks for that - I thought I had read something earlier - I have rarely, if ever, said a positive thing about joe of the morning - but he shut him up very fast when he started that this am & only allowed him to speak again some time later on a different topic.
re: #3 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #51 HappyWarrior
Interior Secretary Zinke is suspending the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act review committee.
So pointlessly cruel and unnecessary. This is really fucked up.
Highly necessary…those people stand in the way of a lot of lucrative real estate and mining rights deals…
re: #52 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Highly necessary…those people stand in the way of a lot of lucrative real estate and mining rights deals…
All about green as my grandpa would say. My closest brother in age is a big indigenous people’a rights supporter not just in the US but globally, I’ll have to bring this to attention next time we speak. It’s just so cruel. Fuckers.
First Toddler of the United States, y’all
This is the stupidest thing I have seen in a really long time. Every American should be embarrassed. pic.twitter.com/prQWmlB0vy
— Soviet Sergey (@SovietSergey) May 19, 2017
Specific areas experiencing Twitter issues, apparently….
Sorry, this is better:
Washington Post story:
By Thursday night, all three suspects were in custody at the Madison County Jail. Two were 17 years old. The age of the third was unavailable. All are being held without bond pending formal charges. If convicted they could be subject to the death penalty.
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Uh, no, not since 2005 (Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)).
re: #3 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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A pair of Chinese fighter jets conducted an “unprofessional” intercept of an American radiation-sniffing surveillance plane over the East China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said Friday, the latest in a series of such incidents that have raised U.S. concerns in an already tense region.On Wednesday, the two Chinese SU-30 jets approached a WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft — a modified Boeing C-135 — conducting a routine mission in international airspace in accordance with international law, Pacific Air Forces spokeswoman Lt. Col. Lori Hodge said in a statement.
The WC-135 crew characterized the intercept as unprofessional “due to the maneuvers by the Chinese pilot, as well as the speeds and proximity of both aircraft,” Hodge said.
She declined to provide further details and said the issue would be addressed with China through “appropriate diplomatic and military channels.”
Only if Trump never hears about it.
Buenos dias de Puerto Vallarta. Got in yesterday, had a nice dinner with one of my wife’s girlfriends from surf camp and her husband…stayed at their condo last night - this bed is so fuckin’ comfortable I don’t want to get up - and had a nice dinner on the beach. It’s like being at home, except warmer.
So I hear Trump indicated he’d like Michael Flynn back at the White House. Well, I’m certainly glad he’s put that whole Russia thing behind him already. Crazy orange fucker.
Why do I get the feeling these next 10 days will be his only trip abroad as president?
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re: #62 Timothy Watson
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I know a lot of people here don’t care for her, but she’s been having more hits than misses with this Russia thing now for several weeks.
MSM attack my reporting. Then they simply repeat it without crediting it. This story was true and it was first. https://t.co/X0SgA9Xk5P
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) May 19, 2017
And she called this:
There’s total confusion and panic in the WH tonight. Not just among Trump’s staff but Pence’s too. Real concern Pence will go down w/ Trump.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 18, 2017
With today’s report that Flynn has turned on Pence, it looks like VP’s staff has good reason to be worried after all https://t.co/mbhRs0AJ2P
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 18, 2017
re: #62 Timothy Watson
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Tell Saudi Arabia and others that we want (demand!) free oil for the next ten years or we will not protect their private Boeing 747s.Pay up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2014
cc:@POTUS cc:@PressSec, don’t forget to give Donny boy his agenda for tomorrow. https://t.co/FocidNLzpH
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 19, 2017
Pelosi, having some fun w Qs about Trump’s tweets: “How did he spell witch hunt?”
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 18, 2017
re: #54 jeffreyw
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Does that chicken have a vessel full of liquid up its ass? And if so, what kind?
re: #44 Timothy Watson
In a February 28 Fox News Channel interview, Woodward said he had never used the word “threat” but said Sperling’s conduct was “not the way to operate in a White House”. He also said: “I’ve been flooded with emails from people in the press saying this is exactly the way the White House works, they are trying to control and they don’t want to be challenged or crossed”.[
No, DT WH doesn’t do this. No, of course not.
re: #31 Kragar
What’s the word I’m looking for to describe Pence’s claims he was in the dark.
Oh right. Bullshit. More specifically:
@ZeddRebel pic.twitter.com/FiFSpxBQfW
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 19, 2017
This is entirely BS, or worse, shows Pence failed due diligence at every step. Pence knew or had reason to know https://t.co/gHsz4fUJFj
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 19, 2017
Pence was on the transition team. He’s making personnel moves. Who else was on that team? Flynn. They all know. Or they all had reason to know, and didn’t care. And that’s perhaps even worse. We know Trump and his cabal are liars, but they’re also engaging and enabling Flynn’s seditious activities. That’s active and ongoing violations of their oaths of office. They didn’t do a fucking thing to stop it.
And Trump then decides that he wont listen to his lawyers and contacts Flynn after he was fired. Yeah, Mueller’s gonna have his hands full issuing subpoenas for every record Trump’s generated, every phone call, and every contact Trump had with Flynn.
Meanwhile, there’s this:
VP Pence met privately with a top Russian Orthodox cleric & ally of Putin last week in DChttps://t.co/hKrErEx3iG
— Brian Katulis (@Katulis) May 18, 2017
Why are we learning about this only now? https://t.co/5w8W5oHZEo
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 19, 2017
re: #72 lawhawk
What’s the word I’m looking for to describe Pence’s claims he was in the dark.
Oh right. Bullshit. More specifically:
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Commouflage.
The administrations plan for trying to counter the accusation that Trump blurted out information to the Russians, blame a program set up to ensure cybersecurity information sharing:
According to a source with knowledge of a White House meeting that took place Wednesday morning, Trump’s team is considering launching an investigation into a Department of Homeland Security program that shares information on cyberattacks in an effort to coordinate globally on countering digital threats, insinuating that it inappropriately opened up streams of sensitive data to Russia and other nonallies. Another option under consideration is placing a story in the media about the program, similarly accusing it of sharing sensitive information.
The White House told Foreign Policy that it was not aware of any such meeting or discussions with Russia to participate in that information-sharing program.
The program in question, known as the Automated Indicator Sharing capability, allows companies to provide information about potential cyberattackers, like IP addresses and emails, to the U.S. government and international partners. The Department of Homeland Security is working on expanding the program to sharing “characteristics of cyberattacks” to help “identify and block adversary methods that we’ve never seen before,” wrote Scott McConnell, a department spokesman, in an email to FP.
The administration’s approach in this instance is a “bag of crazy cats,” the source with knowledge of the meeting said.
I can’t really copy the whole thing, which you would need to read to see how crazy this idea would be. And I could see a desperate Trump trying it.
re: #62 Timothy Watson
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So Pence is trying to paint himself as being totally in the dark? Even in the most generous application of that bullshit, it still implies he’s dumber than a box of rocks.
re: #75 Belafon
The administrations plan for trying to counter the accusation that Trump blurted out information to the Russians, blame a program set up to ensure cybersecurity information sharing:
I can’t really copy the whole thing, which you would need to read to see how crazy this idea would be. And I could see a desperate Trump trying it.
I don’t know…partnering with Russia on cybersecurity? Doesn’t sound optimal…
re: #77 Myron Falwell
So Pence is trying to paint himself as being totally in the dark? Even in the most generous application of that bullshit, it still implies he’s dumber than a box of rocks.
I was so engrossed reading Sripture that I didn’t hear Flynn tell me he was working for the Russians.
re: #73 Decatur Deb
Yes, yes it is.
Tell Saudi Arabia and others that we want (demand!) free oil for the next ten years or we will not protect their private Boeing 747s.Pay up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2014
This should make the meeting with Saudis even more awkward than it already will be. Of course, Trump will deny this even happened: https://t.co/zk1Cw7z30y
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 19, 2017
re: #81 lawhawk
Yes, yes it is.
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Thinking that is insane. Tweeting it is fucking insane.
re: #65 Decatur Deb
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re: #67 Teukka
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Donald Trump’s alibi, or at least the talking point for the next few days:
BREAKING: Prosecutors: Former US Rep. Anthony Weiner to be charged in sexting investigation.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2017
re: #15 Targetpractice
I should be angry at Bungie because they didn’t give me what I really tuned in for (Beta release date), but then I saw the trailer and I was in love.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
I took the afternoon off so I could watch the Twitch stream. I is very excited as are my clan-mates. It looks delice. Along with that whole “lets actually tell a story this time.” The lore looks very deep and satisfying.
I am good with not know the beta release date. Let’s me just play Horizon: Zero Dawn without anticipating the D2 beta…
re: #84 darthstar
Donald Trump’s alibi, or at least the talking point for the next few days:
Yeah but what about Anthony Weiner corrupt Democrat shutup about Trump stupid libtard!
re: #84 darthstar
Forget Trump. It’ll be the Hannity 24-7-365 balls to the wall nonstop talking point entry into everything Clinton has done, including the odious Seth Rich murder conspiracy theorizing.
re: #83 Timothy Watson
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re: #46 Decatur Deb
Good career move.
For the agents, art collectors and auctioneers. For the artist…not so much.
As an artist I have never understood how prices shoot up after you die. No love for the living. They always say don’t be an artist. What, should you be a collector, agent, auctioneer? Then who creates the stuff they make the money on?
Just another group of people to be used by the rich.
Most of those people would never be caught dead around an artist when they are alive and creating. Not the kind of people they would invite into their tony homes.
The real news in the McCarthy transcript was the House leadership KNEW it was the Russians who hacked the DNC, and thought that funny.
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) May 18, 2017
Is it just me, or does the color scheme in Pence’s background give you the creeps too?
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re: #91 Teukka
Is it just me, or does the color scheme in Pence’s background give you the creeps too?
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Hail Hydra?
re: #70 austin_blue
Does that chicken have a vessel full of liquid up its ass? And if so, what kind?
Yes it has this thing filling the nether cavity. I find that plain water works as well as anything. Only seasoning on the chicken is granulated garlic.
re: #91 Teukka
Is it just me, or does the color scheme in Pence’s background give you the creeps too?
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It’s too bad DF has gone dark. He loves the Cobra team from GI Joe. He’d be all over that logo.
re: #91 Teukka
Is it just me, or does the color scheme in Pence’s background give you the creeps too?
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Because it looks so familiar, at least if you’ve ever seen V for Vendetta.
re: #78 darthstar
I don’t know…partnering with Russia on cybersecurity? Doesn’t sound optimal…
From what I gather, all this program amounts to is “Hey, there’s a new virus out. Watch out for it.”
A conservative thought he had me yesterday when I admitted I don’t think Trump would put Russian interests ahead of the US. “okay then about all this outrage” I sprung the trap. I pointed out I am certain Trump did and will again exploit or allow himself to be exploited by foreign powers to further his own interests ahead of the US.
re: #98 Unshaken Defiance
A conservative thought he had me yesterday when I admitted I don’t think Trump would put Russian interests ahead of the US. “okay then about all this outrage” I sprung the trap. I pointed out I am certain Trump did and will again exploit or allow himself to be exploited by foreign powers to further his own interests ahead of the US.
It all depends on what he regards as “US Interests”.
re: #98 Unshaken Defiance
A conservative thought he had me yesterday when I admitted I don’t think Trump would put Russian interests ahead of the US. “okay then about all this outrage” I sprung the trap. I pointed out I am certain Trump did and will again exploit or allow himself to be exploited by foreign powers to further his own interests ahead of the US.
But I’d bet this same conservative would be happy to say he believed Obama and Hillary put X interests over interest of U.S.
re: #43 fern01
What does Bob Woodward have against President Obama. When asked about trump - the FIRST thing he always says is a criticism of Pres Obama. Did the later not bow to him enough?
Nobody kissed Dumbya’s ass more than Woodward. Still remember when Media Whores Online gave their “Whore Of The Year” honor to that asskisser.
Damn, I still miss “The Horse”!
re: #99 darthstar
Hang on…this is some kind of Christian revival?
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It’s a circle-jerk of fundamentalist wingnuts concerned about the persecution of Christians. It does happen (legitimately) in other countries, but I’m sure the focus is on those poor, terribly persecuted, repressed American Christians.
re: #99 darthstar
Hang on…this is some kind of Christian revival?
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Looks like a live staging of “The Handmaid’s Tale” to me…
re: #99 darthstar
Hang on…this is some kind of Christian revival?
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Darth, it’s a “KKKristian” Revival! Just like Indiana in the 1920’s when the KKK had full political control of that state!
Joe Lieberman currently works for a law firm representing Trump: politico.com.
re: #96 Dr Lizardo
Because it looks so familiar, at least if you’ve ever seen V for Vendetta.
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Is anyone having problems sending out Tweets? I keep getting “500 internal error”
re: #103 Joe Bacon
Nobody kissed Dumbya’s ass more than Woodward. Still remember when Media Whores Online gave their “Whore Of The Year” honor to that asskisser.
Damn, I still miss “The Horse”!
Wow, that brings back memories.
re: #109 The Vicious Babushka
Twitter’s definitely having themselves some issues. Getting internal error issues.
@FoxNews @TedNugent Noted expert on foreign affairs, national security, and shitting himself to avoid military service weighs in.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 18, 2017
re: #109 The Vicious Babushka
Is anyone having problems sending out Tweets? I keep getting “500 internal error”
Looks like Twitter is having another outage. Wonder if its confined to them or to other websites a la the DDOS attacks last fall.
re: #109 The Vicious Babushka
Is anyone having problems sending out Tweets? I keep getting “500 internal error”
I saw you post a burst of mentions, then a tweet.
re: #114 Teukka
I saw you post a burst of mentions, then a tweet.
Yeah that was 45 minutes ago, now I can’t post or RT anything.
re: #101 Sir John Barron
But I’d bet this same conservative would be happy to say he believed Obama and Hillary put X interests over interest of U.S.
Oh yes all about the Clinton Foundation etc etc.
Whatever the glitch was seems to be fixed now
re: #116 Unshaken Defiance
Oh yes all about the Clinton Foundation etc etc.
And the email server. What supposedly was the scandal there, if we’re going with intent as the benchmark? To avoid oversight? For what reason?
This is good news for John McCain Donald Trump and Republicans
Republicans should be relieved Mueller will serve as special prosecutor
(Hugh Hewitt is the author to save you a click.)
re: #36 austin_blue
In 1980, he used to sell his drawings for $50.
And night, all.
Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his entire life.
The buyer was his brother.
re: #117 The Vicious Babushka
Whatever the glitch was seems to be fixed now
I see someone on my TL saying something about Twitter being broken. But yeah seems OK now.
Breaking: #Twitter is broken (for some). pic.twitter.com/hcxdRnRWX8
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 19, 2017
Anthony Weiner, disgraced former congressman, will plead guilty in ‘sexting’ case involving minor
Expect more tweets from Trump today.
This vulnerable Republican lawmaker really wants credit for being first GOPer to discuss impeachment. https://t.co/HPW0J9IA3V
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) May 19, 2017
*slow clap* Self interest is his guiding principle. Not doing the right thing.
And he’s still voting to enable Trump and the GOP’s regressive and dangerous agenda that shifts burdens from the rich on to everyone else.
re: #124 lawhawk
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*slow clap* Self interest is his guiding principle. Not doing the right thing.
And he’s still voting to enable Trump and the GOP’s regressive and dangerous agenda that shifts burdens from the rich on to everyone else.
He wants to have his cake and eat it too. In the case that Trump winds up not self-immolating, he wants to be on record as supporting his policies (at least, some of the less explicitly vile ones). In the case the Trump dumpster fire consumes all in its path, he wants to have an escape route. It’s all about staying in power at all costs.
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
re: #123 Timothy Watson
Anthony Weiner, disgraced former congressman, will plead guilty in ‘sexting’ case involving minor
Expect more tweets from Trump today.
Guess reading/studying for his overseas trip is not as important as getting in a few hard hitting tweets.
The media (including the pundits on AF1) mainly ignored President Obama’s overseas trips - unless there was a minor carryon about domestic issues to discuss - I am sure there will be 24x7 reporting on trump’s disasters.
re: #126 Skip Intro
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
irrational exuberance ?
re: #127 fern01
I think that he’s going to get an ass kissing by the Saudis that would embarrass even Sean Hannity. They know he’s weak and can be used.
I suspect that will be the case everywhere he goes on this trip, and tRump will return even more full of himself than he is now.
re: #126 Skip Intro
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
Well, I’m actually a little heartened that this feature of our economic system is able to carry on in the presence of political irrationality. But I’m sure something more material like a war or a major business or bank going bust, or something like that would carryover into the market.
re: #126 Skip Intro
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
While the media and the world are concentrating on the political scandals, trump and his team are writing out orders and regulations that give open slaughter to companies over people and the environment. The markets still expect the GOP agenda to move forward with or without trump.
I’m not sure why the bottom hasn’t fallen out of health insurance shares - something happening there that I do not understand.
re: #126 Skip Intro
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
Presidents don’t have the kind of economic impact that they love to claim. That said, a president who is embattled and facing a likely impeachment/criminal charges at some point should stress the markets. We haven’t reached the point where impeachment is imminent, so the markets are responding more to world events and quarterly earnings reports/jobs reports than they are to Trump’s antics.
For instance, consider the Watergate example.
re: #89 ObserverArt
For the agents, art collectors and auctioneers. For the artist…not so much.
As an artist I have never understood how prices shoot up after you die. No love for the living.
For the same reason land prices always go up faster than inflation — they’re not making any more of it.
Once More, With Stealing Dept.
TIME MAGAZINE RIPS OFF MAD MAGAZINE?https://t.co/dWYykrr4tJ pic.twitter.com/bfYrj2DpUb— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 18, 2017
re: #129 Skip Intro
I think that he’s going to get an ass kissing by the Saudis that would embarrass even Sean Hannity. They know he’s weak and can be used.
I suspect that will be the case everywhere he goes on this trip, and tRump will return even more full of himself than he is now.
I am expecting a big fail everywhere he goes - will be most disappointed if that does not happen. He has no ideas about beliefs, customs, expectations outside of his golf clubs and no interest in learning. I wouldn’t be surprised if he came home early, leaving others behind - with no knowledge and no authority to do anything. Probably his first and last trip - although he probably still wants to go and meet the Queen.
@viciousbabushka That color scheme gives me the creeps.
— Teo (@Teukka72) May 19, 2017
re: #135 fern01
I am expecting a big fail everywhere he goes - will be most disappointed if that does not happen. He has no ideas about beliefs, customs, expectations outside of his golf clubs and no interest in learning. I wouldn’t be surprised if he came home early, leaving others behind - with no knowledge and no authority to do anything. Probably his first and last trip - although he probably still wants to go and meet the Queen.
The Queen should tell him he can ride in one of her carriages if he gets universal healthcare passed.
re: #68 darthstar
Tell Saudi Arabia and others that we want (demand!) free oil for the next ten years or we will not protect their private Boeing 747s.Pay up!
If Donald can present Merkel a bill for NATO services, then he should also present one to Saudi Arabia.
re: #72 lawhawk
This is entirely BS, or worse, shows Pence failed due diligence at every step. Pence knew or had reason to know
all he needs is enough plausible deniability to get himself cleared by a jury
re: #83 Timothy Watson
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re: #141 Myron Falwell
I think BOTH will happen… leaders like the Saudi princes will manipulate and butter him up, and he’d still find a way to blow that advantage through his insufferable vanity and lack of cultural awareness/decorum.
I “joked” that the military better have a couple brigades ready to invade Saudi Arabia to extract the President.
re: #112 lawhawk
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I’ll take the word over people who actually investigate this shit rather than some has been racist asshole. Funny how FNC loves to mock the left for “relying” on celebrities for politics and here they are pushing Nuge’s bullshit on this, something he knows nothing about.
re: #143 Timothy Watson
I “joked” that the military better have a couple brigades ready to invade Saudi Arabia to extract the President.
President who?
re: #131 fern01
While the media and the world are concentrating on the political scandals, trump and his team are writing out orders and regulations that give open slaughter to companies over people and the environment. The markets still expect the GOP agenda to move forward with or without trump.
I’m not sure why the bottom hasn’t fallen out of health insurance shares - something happening there that I do not understand.
I think the health insurance stocks are a propped up by the fact that it’s a rigged game, because of a lack of meaningful regulation. It’s cost plus. If they lose customers, they just raise premiums on the ones they have. Who’s going to stop them?
re: #126 Skip Intro
Am I the only one who continues to be amazed at how the stock market just keeps blowing off the antics of the president? I really don’t understand it at all, and that worries me a lot.
For the multinationals, neutering national governments is a big plus. Nobody can stand in their way.
re: #81 lawhawk
This should make the meeting with Saudis even more awkward than it already will be. Of course, Trump will deny this even happened:
Then he will go on to mention all those people on rooftops cheering the 9/11 attacks…
re: #99 darthstar
Hang on…this is some kind of Christian revival?
Russia is an oligarchic, authoritarian theocracy. Just what Pence wants to see in the USA, except Protestant Fundamentalist instead of Russian Orthodox.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Russia is an oligarchic, authoritarian theocracy. Just what Pence wants to see in the USA, except Protestant Fundamentalist instead of Russian Orthodox.
And the two are looking to co-operate.
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re: #150 Teukka
And the two are looking to co-operate.
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re: #144 HappyWarrior
I’ll take the word over people who actually investigate this shit rather than some has been racist asshole. Funny how FNC loves to mock the left for “relying” on celebrities for politics and here they are pushing Nuge’s bullshit on this, something he knows nothing about.
This is different because
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re: #152 Sir John Barron
This is different because
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He owns a gun and waves it about on stage while threatening Hillary and Obama
re: #143 Timothy Watson
I “joked” that the military better have a couple brigades ready to invade Saudi Arabia to extract the President.
There was a scene in Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water in which a blustery, borderline-bigoted middle-aged father nearly destroyed decades of US-Saudi relations in a terribly awkward exchange with a prince.
Woody Allen wrote the play in the 1960s.
re: #154 Myron Falwell
There was a scene in Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water in which a blustery, borderline-bigoted middle-aged father nearly destroyed decades of US-Saudi relations in a terribly awkward exchange with a prince.
Woody Allen wrote the play in the 1960s.
I can guarantee Trump will say something embarrassing, perhaps potentially offensive. Like ask for pork sausage for breakfast in Riyadh.
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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*shudders*
re: #156 Teukka
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re: #155 wheat-dogg
I can guarantee Trump will say something embarrassing, perhaps potentially offensive. Like ask for pork sausage for breakfast in Riyadh.
Wiki:
In some countries such as Turkey or the Arabic-speaking Middle East, handshakes are not as firm as in the West. Consequently, a grip which is too firm will be considered as rude.[12] Hand shaking between men and women is not encouraged in the Arabic world.
re: #152 Sir John Barron
This is different because
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Saw this morning that FNC mocked a kid on the Autistic Spectrum as a “snowflake” but be nice to Roger Ailes’ family says Lumpy! That network really is full of classless assholes.
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #160 HappyWarrior
Saw this morning that FNC mocked a kid on the Autistic Spectrum as a “snowflake” but be nice to Roger Ailes’ family says Lumpy! That network really is full of classless assholes.
Hasn’t that been a given for a while?
re: #99 darthstar
Pence is like the Nega Race Bannon (h/t to Scott Pilgrim) w/o being the cool guy once you get to know him aspect.
re: #159 Timothy Watson
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Yeah, I can see Trump trying his dislocate-the-shoulder handshake with some Saudi kingpin and knocking the man over.
It’s going to be a long 9 days.
re: #162 Teukka
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re: #163 (Bert the Turtle)
Hasn’t that been a given for a while?
Yes, good point. Not the first time they’ve gone after kids either. Pretty pathetic to call a kid a snowflake when you spent every Christmas acting like Happy Holidays is saying fuck you to someone.
#WikiLeaks informer Seth Rich murdered in US but 🇬🇧 MSM was so busy accusing Russian hackers to take notice. pic.twitter.com/0XVezTyfHM
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) May 19, 2017
There it is. Take note, conservatives who are pushing this line. https://t.co/Y60k2LUaTn
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 19, 2017
Not that any of these right wing nutters give a crap about who they’ve aligned themselves with. They think they’re being patriots and all, not realizing that they’re rooting for the Russians.
And the Russians don’t take a dump without a plan. /
The Fundies have quickly adopted Trump and like clockwork are treating anyone who questions Trump’s will as agents of Satan. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some bashing of Mueller at services near you.
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #168 lawhawk
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Not that any of these right wing nutters give a crap about who they’ve aligned themselves with. They think they’re being patriots and all, not realizing that they’re rooting for the Russians.
And the Russians don’t take a dump without a plan. /
They won’t leave that poor kid’s family alone will they. Fucking assholes. Bad enough to lose a child, even worse to have assholes who could care less about him push him to justify their conspiracy bullshit. Way to go Lumpy and friends, you’re pushing the Kremlin’s line literally but hey you’re just so patriotic aren’t you?
re: #168 lawhawk
Man, that Twitter account would give the old Soviet Pravda a run for its money.
re: #172 Timothy Watson
Man, that Twitter account would give the old Soviet Pravda a run for its money.
The old Soviet propagandists sitting around in their Dachas are probably jealous that they never had anyone like the Western far right to use as pawns.
re: #169 HappyWarrior
The Fundies have quickly adopted Trump and like clockwork are treating anyone who questions Trump’s will as agents of Satan. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some bashing of Mueller at services near you.
This is always the trend, by the way. Come primary time, they always have a “preferred favorite” Republican, usually the most overtly pious one. Once he has been shot down in flames, they kind of waffle about a bit, halfheartedly endorsing a few others, but really stalling for time until the winner has been declared. Then they tell their sheep to get in line and vote Republican, because this man has magically become Jesus Incarnate To Save The World, Dammit! It took a little bit longer with Trump because they had to figure out how to spin away all of the man’s obvious moral and mental failings first.
re: #174 thedopefishlives
This is always the trend, by the way. Come primary time, they always have a “preferred favorite” Republican, usually the most overtly pious one. Once he has been shot down in flames, they kind of waffle about a bit, halfheartedly endorsing a few others, but really stalling for time until the winner has been declared. Then they tell their sheep to get in line and vote Republican, because this man has magically become Jesus Incarnate To Save The World, Dammit! It took a little bit longer with Trump because they had to figure out how to spin away all of the man’s obvious moral and mental failings first.
One of those preacher assholes went from saying Mormons weren’t Christians to saying Mitt Romney was of course better than Obama and Christians should vote for Romney.
re: #174 thedopefishlives
This is always the trend, by the way. Come primary time, they always have a “preferred favorite” Republican, usually the most overtly pious one. Once he has been shot down in flames, they kind of waffle about a bit, halfheartedly endorsing a few others, but really stalling for time until the winner has been declared. Then they tell their sheep to get in line and vote Republican, because this man has magically become Jesus Incarnate To Save The World, Dammit! It took a little bit longer with Trump because they had to figure out how to spin away all of the man’s obvious moral and mental failings first.
“A Flawed Vessel doing God’s Will.”
In other words, a grifter screwing over the poor and less fortunate.
Taibbi: Roger Ailes Was One of the Worst Americans Ever https://t.co/MxFcGQIA9E via @RollingStone
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 19, 2017
RT @PinchandScrimp: F.B.I. Once Warned G.O.P. Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him https://t.co/qATCAARamB via @twttimes
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 19, 2017
re: #178 Birth Control Works
Taibbi: Roger Ailes Was One of the Worst Americans Ever
Without Roger Ailes, we would not have President Trump.
re: #175 Timothy Watson
One of those preacher assholes went from saying Mormons weren’t Christians to saying Mitt Romney was of course better than Obama and Christians should vote for Romney.
To the point: Fundamentalist Christians are party over country for one reason and one reason only, and that is abortion. If tomorrow, Democrats could magically wipe the slate clean and become the pro-life party, the fundies would switch loyalty so fast your head would spin.
re: #174 thedopefishlives
This is always the trend, by the way. Come primary time, they always have a “preferred favorite” Republican, usually the most overtly pious one. Once he has been shot down in flames, they kind of waffle about a bit, halfheartedly endorsing a few others, but really stalling for time until the winner has been declared. Then they tell their sheep to get in line and vote Republican, because this man has magically become Jesus Incarnate To Save The World, Dammit! It took a little bit longer with Trump because they had to figure out how to spin away all of the man’s obvious moral and mental failings first.
That does sound right to me. Were they Johnny Come Latelys to the Reagan train too? It really is quite something how they keep people in line. I just love how they’re able to convince themselves and their followers that a man who has been married to the same woman for 25 years (Obama), who clearly respects his wife and kids is somehow less moral than a guy who talks about his daughter in sexual ways. But then again, they did the same to Carter in favor of Reagan in the early 80’s though granted Reagan wasn’t Trump when it came to how he treated women.
re: #179 Birth Control Works
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re: #179 Birth Control Works
I tell you I’m shocked, shocked to find treason going on here…..
your winnings Commissioner Pence…..
re: #182 HappyWarrior
…they did the same to Carter in favor of Reagan in the early 80’s though granted Reagan wasn’t Trump when it came to how he treated women.
Reagan, whose second wife had a House Astrologer who had to approve Ronnie’s itinerary…
re: #181 thedopefishlives
To the point: Fundamentalist Christians are party over country for one reason and one reason only, and that is abortion. If tomorrow, Democrats could magically wipe the slate clean and become the pro-life party, the fundies would switch loyalty so fast your head would spin.
Yep, it’s all about Roe which I find funny as hell given their initial reaction to the decision and their seeing anti-abortion liberalization laws as a “Catholic obsession.” It really wasn’t that long ago that fundies like Falwell in fact openly bashed Catholics and Jews.
re: #182 HappyWarrior
That does sound right to me. Were they Johnny Come Latelys to the Reagan train too? It really is quite something how they keep people in line. I just love how they’re able to convince themselves and their followers that a man who has been married to the same woman for 25 years (Obama), who clearly respects his wife and kids is somehow less moral than a guy who talks about his daughter in sexual ways. But then again, they did the same to Carter in favor of Reagan in the early 80’s though granted Reagan wasn’t Trump when it came to how he treated women.
The degree to which fundamentalist churches and pastors are able to exert control over their flocks is truly disturbing. Looking back on it, I sometimes struggle strongly with my sense of self, like… how could I ever have let myself be controlled like that? What was/is so wrong with me that I couldn’t see it happening?
re: #181 thedopefishlives
To the point: Fundamentalist Christians are party over country for one reason and one reason only, and that is abortion. If tomorrow, Democrats could magically wipe the slate clean and become the pro-life party, the fundies would switch loyalty so fast your head would spin.
Yep, I looked it up and it was Robert Jeffress who made the comments. He said Obama had “unbiblical views” on abortion, which is interesting since nowhere in the Bible is abortion mentioned.
re: #174 thedopefishlives
This is always the trend, by the way. Come primary time, they always have a “preferred favorite” Republican, usually the most overtly pious one. Once he has been shot down in flames, they kind of waffle about a bit, halfheartedly endorsing a few others, but really stalling for time until the winner has been declared. Then they tell their sheep to get in line and vote Republican, because this man has magically become Jesus Incarnate To Save The World, Dammit! It took a little bit longer with Trump because they had to figure out how to spin away all of the man’s obvious moral and mental failings first.
But many of them, like Falwell, Jr, went straight to Trump during the primaries, do not pass go, do not stop for the Preferred Evangelical Pure Candidate. Many of the fundies just skipped that stage altogether. Went straight to the sell-out.
re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Reagan, whose second wife had a House Astrologer who had to approve Ronnie’s itinerary…
And Carter the guy who taught Sunday School. I’m not religious at all but it’s always disgusted me how the Fundies treated Carter in favor of Reagan, Carter actually treated them like adults, Reagan like so many Republicans since then did nothing but kiss their ass. They don’t want a leader with faith. They want a leader to tell them that they’re special and that their ideas about religion should dominate the country.
re: #186 HappyWarrior
Yep, it’s all about Roe which I find funny as hell given their initial reaction to the decision and their seeing anti-abortion liberalization laws as a “Catholic obsession.” It really wasn’t that long ago that fundies like Falwell in fact openly bashed Catholics and Jews.
I read an interesting history on how fundamentalist Christians really got on the anti-abortion bandwagon in the late 70’s. I sure got fed up with all the Campus Crusade for Christ campaigners running about our dorm floors as an undergrad back then.
re: #187 thedopefishlives
The degree to which fundamentalist churches and pastors are able to exert control over their flocks is truly disturbing. Looking back on it, I sometimes struggle strongly with my sense of self, like… how could I ever have let myself be controlled like that? What was/is so wrong with me that I couldn’t see it happening?
You’re good now though man. That’s all that matters.
re: #181 thedopefishlives
To the point: Fundamentalist Christians are party over country for one reason and one reason only, and that is abortion. If tomorrow, Democrats could magically wipe the slate clean and become the pro-life party, the fundies would switch loyalty so fast your head would spin.
Only if Democrats also drop support for gays, lesbians, trans, and minorities, especially blacks. The “right to life” movement was created to extend segregation.
re: #189 Sir John Barron
But many of them, like Falwell, Jr, went straight to Trump during the primaries, do not pass go, do not stop for the Preferred Evangelical Pure Candidate. Many of the fundies just skipped that stage altogether. Went straight to the sell-out.
True, but there are always outliers. Especially when there are so many Good Christian Men to choose from, it muddies the water a bit. You’d think, if Jesus was actually telling them for whom to vote, He’d be a little more consistent. ;)
re: #181 thedopefishlives
To the point: Fundamentalist Christians are party over country for one reason and one reason only, and that is abortion. If tomorrow, Democrats could magically wipe the slate clean and become the pro-life party, the fundies would switch loyalty so fast your head would spin.
Democrats ARE the Pro-Life party. Republicans are not even the Pro-Fetus party, since they want to deny maternity benefits. They are the pro-death (unless you’re a billionaire) party.
re: #193 Belafon
Only if Democrats also drop support for gays, lesbians, trans, and minorities, especially blacks. The “right to life” movement was created to extend segregation.
That’s right. We can’t ignore the origins of the Religious Right in opposing civil rights as a “communist plot” which faux intellectual hacks like WFB were happy to tell them was true.
re: #188 Timothy Watson
Yep, I looked it up and it was Robert Jeffress who made the comments. He said Obama had “unbiblical views” on abortion, which is interesting since nowhere in the Bible is abortion mentioned.
The closest you get is causation of miscarriage in Exo 21:22-25.
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
Democrats ARE the Pro-Life party. Republicans are not even the Pro-Fetus party, since they want to deny maternity benefits. They are the pro-death (unless you’re a billionaire) party.
Exactly, they don’t even support pre-natal help. They’re pro-forced pregnancy and you’re going to like it!
re: #183 HappyWarrior
Dana was also a Taliban apologist back in the day too.
He supported the mujaheddin back in the ’80s. Don’t know if he ever expressed any support specifically for the Taliban after they were created.
re: #190 HappyWarrior
And Carter the guy who taught Sunday School. I’m not religious at all but it’s always disgusted me how the Fundies treated Carter in favor of Reagan, Carter actually treated them like adults, Reagan like so many Republicans since then did nothing but kiss their ass. They don’t want a leader with faith. They want a leader to tell them that they’re special and that their ideas about religion should dominate the country.
but he tossed them under the bus as soon as Nancy’s astrologer told them it was time to do so.
At which point, they set out not to let themselves get burned again: they started insinuating their people into all levels of public life: education, the military, public administration, etc., and now they have one of their own a heartbeat away from an unstable President.
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
Democrats ARE the Pro-Life party. Republicans are not even the Pro-Fetus party, since they want to deny maternity benefits. They are the pro-death (unless you’re a billionaire) party.
I completely and utterly agree with you.
re: #133 sagehen
For the same reason land prices always go up faster than inflation — they’re not making any more of it.
Land is valuable all the time. Many times art is not even at a reasonable livable value when the artist is living. It only increases once the critics and the markets decide it is worth collecting often times after the artist is alive.
I just see that as unjust and tragic.
re: #197 Teukka
The closest you get is causation of miscarriage in Exo 21:22-25.
They fall back on Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Proof that God does not want us to kill potential prophets.
re: #144 HappyWarrior
I’ll take the word over people who actually investigate this shit rather than some has been racist asshole. Funny how FNC loves to mock the left for “relying” on celebrities for politics and here they are pushing Nuge’s bullshit on this, something he knows nothing about.
Big difference. Nuge is not a celebrity.
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re: #199 Timothy Watson
He supported the mujaheddin back in the ’80s. Don’t know if he ever expressed any support specifically for the Taliban after they were created.
ocweekly.com
Check this out. As recently as Spring 2001, he was meeting with Taliban leaders and praising them while they harbored OBL who was one of the world’s most wanted men even pre 9-11.
“On April 11, 2001, Rohrabacher traveled with [Khaled] Saffuri and others from Washington, D.C. to meet in Qatar with Taliban leader Mullah Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil. The regime that was protecting bin Laden from U.S. intelligence operations wanted Rohrabacher to help increase U.S. aid to it, at the time already more than $100 million annually. Rohrabacher emerged from those meetings to tell Middle East news media that the meeting had been “frank and open” and that the Taliban leaders were “thoughtful and inquisitive” as well as “flexible.”
re: #202 ObserverArt
Land is valuable all the time. Many times art is not even at a reasonable livable value when the artist is living. It only increases once the critics and the markets decide it is worth collecting often times after the artist is alive.
I just see that as unjust and tragic.
My dad passed away in 2010. He had about 200 paintings that were never displayed publicly. Zedushka always thought my dad had great talent and should hold an exhibition but my dad just said he painted for enjoyment.
re: #206 The Vicious Babushka
My dad passed away in 2010. He had about 200 paintings that were never displayed publicly. Zedushka always thought my dad had great talent and should hold an exhibition but my dad just said he painted for enjoyment.
It’s too bad that he never did. A lot of people have great artistic talent and are often too shy to share it. We actually have a lot of people with artistic gifts on my dad’s side. My dad’s sister is an excellent artist.
Dear Intelligence Community,
Please drop another bombshell today, so as to guarantee that Trump has a miserable trip. I’ve been a good boy #withfewexceptions.
Thank you,
makeitstop
re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
but he tossed them under the bus as soon as Nancy’s astrologer told them it was time to do so.
At which point, they set out not to let themselves get burned again: they started insinuating their people into all levels of public life: education, the military, public administration, etc., and now they have one of their own a heartbeat away from an unstable President.
Of course. They also were infuriated with the Sandra Day O’Connor pick. Reagan actually to his credit had a mixed record on Supreme Court picks- O’Connor and Kennedy who granted would have been Bork had Reagan had his original way but also bad ones like Scalia and promoting Rehnquist to CJ.
re: #203 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They fall back on Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”Proof that God does not want us to kill potential prophets.
Which obviously means God knows who’s going to have an abortion.
“What if God told them to get an abortion?”
re: #205 HappyWarrior
ocweekly.com
Check this out. As recently as Spring 2001, he was meeting with Taliban leaders and praising them while they harbored OBL who was one of the world’s most wanted men even pre 9-11.“On April 11, 2001, Rohrabacher traveled with [Khaled] Saffuri and others from Washington, D.C. to meet in Qatar with Taliban leader Mullah Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil. The regime that was protecting bin Laden from U.S. intelligence operations wanted Rohrabacher to help increase U.S. aid to it, at the time already more than $100 million annually. Rohrabacher emerged from those meetings to tell Middle East news media that the meeting had been “frank and open” and that the Taliban leaders were “thoughtful and inquisitive” as well as “flexible.”
Jesus, wasn’t aware of that.
re: #210 Belafon
Which obviously means God knows who’s going to have an abortion.
“What if God told them to get an abortion?”
…or to kill babies? God would never do anything like that, would he?
re: #208 makeitstop
Dear Intelligence Community,
Please drop another bombshell today, so as to guarantee that Trump has a miserable trip. I’ve been a good boy #withfewexceptions.
Thank you,
makeitstop
I can wouch for him,
/Teukka.
re: #206 The Vicious Babushka
My dad passed away in 2010. He had about 200 paintings that were never displayed publicly. Zedushka always thought my dad had great talent and should hold an exhibition but my dad just said he painted for enjoyment.
Share some of his work here!
re: #186 HappyWarrior
Yep, it’s all about Roe which I find funny as hell given their initial reaction to the decision and their seeing anti-abortion liberalization laws as a “Catholic obsession.” It really wasn’t that long ago that fundies like Falwell in fact openly bashed Catholics and Jews.
I don’t think bashing on Catholics and Jews has ever stopped for many Fundamental Christians.
re: #214 Birth Control Works
Share some of his work here!
no reason not to share his enjoyment with those who might appreciate it
re: #215 ObserverArt
I don’t think bashing on Catholics and Jews has ever stopped for many Fundamental Christians.
Especially because we have a Pope who sees no conflict between Evolution and Creation, does not believe in Supply-Side Jesus and says that even non-Christians who are good and moral can go to heaven.
This is kind of odd but cool - Final cut: films condensed into a single frame - in pictures
Pointing his camera at a screen and making an ultra-long exposure of the film as it plays through, each scene from a movie is overlaid on top on another until they dissolve into an impressionistic blur - but with faint distinguishing features remaining
re: #207 HappyWarrior
It’s too bad that he never did. A lot of people have great artistic talent and are often too shy to share it. We actually have a lot of people with artistic gifts on my dad’s side. My dad’s sister is an excellent artist.
Back before electronics …
The arts were an important part of education. People had to learn to draw because there were no or few cameras. Dance, music were necessary because there was no television or radio. If one wanted to hear music, one had to create it oneself or hope a family member had talent.
People shared their talents as entertainment, something to do …
Cooking is one that has survived.
re: #203 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They fall back on Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”Proof that God does not want us to kill potential prophets.
Until they start telling people stuff they don’t want to hear.
re: #220 The Vicious Babushka
Until they start telling people stuff they don’t want to hear.
Or the mama is white and the daddy is black,
those prophets often are aborted.
re: #220 The Vicious Babushka
Until they start telling people stuff they don’t want to hear.
Yeah. Jeremiah had it down in 20:7-18.
re: #215 ObserverArt
I don’t think bashing on Catholics and Jews has ever stopped for many Fundamental Christians.
Openly it’s more taboo than it used to be for them.
These people…..Jebus!
@TrueNevvs Yes, he cleverly hid the fact that he was an Arab by being born to Dominican parents.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 19, 2017
re: #227 Ace-o-aces
True News…. these people are Russian potted plants.
What’s next? Phrenology to prove that the guy was of a particular racial/ethnic group and therefore more likely to commit crime? Sheeeeit
re: #225 Timothy Watson
A very good friend of mine.
Never met him personally, but I had a toad/frog that returned to my patio 2 years in a row
re: #227 Ace-o-aces
These people…..Jebus!
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So fucking stupid. He looks quite Dominican to me for what it’s worth but even if he were Arab.
re: #230 Birth Control Works
Never met him personally, but I had a toad/frog that returned to my patio 2 years in a row
Bastard owes me 20 bucks for picking up his tab last week.
The white supremacists at American Renaissance are sending out this creepy mass email tonight. pic.twitter.com/k6SJfQ5CRM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 19, 2017
Look at these precious AmRen snowflakes, all triggered that people are calling them “racist” https://t.co/mF7bcneDXS
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 19, 2017
re: #233 The Vicious Babushka
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wow, white advocacy.
Grifter picking low-hanging fruit.
re: #228 lawhawk
True News…. these people are Russian potted plants.
What’s next? Phrenology to prove that the guy was of a particular racial/ethnic group and therefore more likely to commit crime? Sheeeeit
Imagine their reaction when they find out that Salma Hayek is part Arab. Hispanics are a diverse people. My SiL’s grandmother’s parents are in fact from the same part of Europe as my grandfather’s but because they went to Peru instead of the US, they’re Hispanic.
The circle is complete….
Russian embassy tweets conspiracy theory about murdered DNC staffer https://t.co/bq75daCuIN pic.twitter.com/n3plMMVEhK
— The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2017
re: #234 Birth Control Works
Daily Caller?
CONFIRMED: Putin’s Election Hacking Was About Hurting Clinton, Not Helping Trump
Of course. If it was Rubio, they would have done the same against Hillary. The difference is Rubio as much as I hate the litlte worm wouldn’t have had his people collude with Russians and spread their talking points like Trump did.
re: #233 The Vicious Babushka
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White identity? You motherfuckers were just a couple generations ago saying Slavs like me weren’t really European since our asses aren’t as pasty as your faces.
What’s up from Detroit everybody! Surprised that I’m here in Detroit this weekend and not the following for Movement Festival at Hart Plaza haha
Can anyone recommend me any Bosnian or Albanian restaurants in the Detroit metro area?
re: #237 HappyWarrior
Imagine their reaction when they find out that Salma Hayek is part Arab. Hispanics are a diverse people. My SiL’s grandmother’s parents are in fact from the same part of Europe as my grandfather’s but because they went to Peru instead of the US, they’re Hispanic.
People can’t seem to reconcile what they learned (or took a class in in H.S.) World History to what is in their every day lives.
People have been mobile since the beginning of people. They made babies!
re: #243 electrotek
What’s up from Detroit everybody! Surprised that I’m here in Detroit this weekend and not the following for Movement Festival at Hart Plaza haha
Can anyone recommend me any Bosnian or Albanian restaurants in the Detroit metro area?
GreekTown.
re: #243 electrotek
What’s up from Detroit everybody! Surprised that I’m here in Detroit this weekend and not the following for Movement Festival at Hart Plaza haha
Can anyone recommend me any Bosnian or Albanian restaurants in the Detroit metro area?
You want to get some real Detroit food in you. I recommend Lafayette Coney Island.
NOW we have PURPLE TECHNOLOGY!!!
How come no one told me?
I guess I’m a marketing nerd at heart, because articles like this one (AdWeek piece on Axe’s advertising shift from “Perfume for Douchebags” to “Let’s Not Be Douchebags”) are always really interesting to me.
I’d love to find out what brought the change about — whether it was just a case of angling for favorable media attention, or if they (or their ad agencies) grow up, have kids, and realize they should do better?
re: #244 Birth Control Works
People can’t seem to reconcile what they learned (or took a class in in H.S.) World History to what is in their every day lives.
People have been mobile since the beginning of people. They made babies!
Ever since my family got to the U.S, there’s been some form of “intermingling.” German marries Irish, Catholic marries Protestant, and in my brother’s case Anglo marries Hispanic. And I’m sure if my ancestors lived in a more connected world, they too would have itnermingled more. So called racial purity exists because a lot of our ancestors- not all of them stayed in the same place.
re: #246 The Vicious Babushka
You want to get some real Detroit food in you. I recommend Lafayette Coney Island.
Is it kosher? I must ask haha
re: #248 scottslemmons
I guess I’m a marketing nerd at heart, because articles like this one (AdWeek piece on Axe’s advertising shift from “Perfume for Douchebags” to “Let’s Not Be Douchebags”) are always really interesting to me.
I’d love to find out what brought the change about — whether it was just a case of angling for favorable media attention, or if they (or their ad agencies) grow up, have kids, and realize they should do better?
GoDaddy did something similar a couple years ago. They realized that over half their business was from small businesses and the majority of those businesses were owned by women who didn’t care for their existing advertising strategy.
re: #250 electrotek
Is it kosher? I must ask haha
Nope, not kosher. I don’t know if it is halal but there are a bunch of halal restaurants in Dearborn.
I’m a proud Euro mutt with ancestors from all corners of Europe. Proud of my heritage? Yes. Think my heritage makes me better than anyone? Hell no. I’m just a product of thousands of people and here I am for better or for worse.
re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
Nope, not kosher. I don’t know if it is halal but there are a bunch of halal restaurants in Dearborn.
I’m not a stickler on halal/kosher personally as long as it doesn’t have pork.
re: #249 HappyWarrior
Ever since my family got to the U.S, there’s been some form of “intermingling.” German marries Irish, Catholic marries Protestant, and in my brother’s case Anglo marries Hispanic. And I’m sure if my ancestors lived in a more connected world, they too would have itnermingled more. So called racial purity exists because a lot of our ancestors- not all of them stayed in the same place.
Thing is, there were slaves (spoils of war)
Even if they stayed in one place, they could still make babies with foreigners.
Not going to lie, I’m tempted to go to a hookah lounge in Sterling Heights and troll a bunch of pro-Trump Chaldeans over there hahahahaha
re: #252 Timothy Watson
GoDaddy did something similar a couple years ago. They realized that over half their business was from small businesses and the majority of those businesses were owned by women who didn’t care for their existing advertising strategy.
One a side note:
I’ve never understood the negative us of the word douchebag.
And, they really are a kind of archaic device. I doubt most people who use the term don’t even know what it is.
re: #256 Birth Control Works
Thing is, there were slaves (spoils of war)
Even if they stayed in one place, they could still make babies with foreigners.
True that. In fact, I found out the part of Germany where I have some family from was a big meeting place for religious refugees. I have distant Swiss ancestry through them.
FOX has an opening for a new token liberal
Wonder who it will be?
Anyone know if Ed Schultz has a non-compete clause in his RT contract?
Fox News: “Bob Beckel was terminated today for making an insensitive remark to an African-American employee” https://t.co/IzfU3ryCAe
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 19, 2017
re: #252 Timothy Watson
GoDaddy did something similar a couple years ago. They realized that over half their business was from small businesses and the majority of those businesses were owned by women who didn’t care for their existing advertising strategy.
I always found GoDaddy’s ads tacky even when I was a younger man.
re: #255 electrotek
I’m not a stickler on halal/kosher personally as long as it doesn’t have pork.
I don’t know about Lafayette but Leo’s Coney Island is halal.
re: #262 HappyWarrior
I always found GoDaddy’s ads tacky even when I was a younger man.
I have two sites hosted at Go Daddy. I’m not fond of them at all.
JUST IN: Text of what Deputy AG Rosenstein has told US Senate and House members in private briefings - @PeteWilliamsNBC pic.twitter.com/YEpgI7zSF9
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 19, 2017
re: #261 FormerDirtDart
FOX has an opening for a new token liberal
Wonder who it will be?
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Wanted: A self hating liberal to smile and agree with a right wing asshole as teh right wing asshole likens the liberal’s side to Marxist-Lenism.
re: #230 Birth Control Works
Never met him personally, but I had a toad/frog that returned to my patio 2 years in a row
I was gonna be rich, I tell you, filthy rich!
oh
Getting ready for my big foreign trip. Will be strongly protecting American interests - that’s what I like to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2017
re: #234 Birth Control Works
Daily Caller?
CONFIRMED: Putin’s Election Hacking Was About Hurting Clinton, Not Helping Trump
Because one has no relation to the other…
re: #261 FormerDirtDart
FOX has an opening for a new token liberal
Wonder who it will be?
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I, for one, eagerly await MSNBC’s hiring of Bob Beckel.
//
re: #259 Birth Control Works
One a side note:
I’ve never understood the negative us of the word douchebag.
And, they really are a kind of archaic device. I doubt most people who use the term don’t even know what it is.
Ah, the joys of ninth grade come back. Some girl was teasing a guy for not knowing what a douche was while I tried to stopped laughing at him.
re: #262 HappyWarrior
I always found GoDaddy’s ads tacky even when I was a younger man.
Yeah, I hated their ads even when I was younger.
re: #263 The Vicious Babushka
I don’t know about Lafayette but Leo’s Coney Island is halal.
Shit I’ll go to that one then!
he left the party to run on a more conservative platform josh pic.twitter.com/hWDa6uCbsv
— kev (@kept_simple) May 18, 2017
Dog who faced death in shelter to become Ohio’s first pit bull K9 https://t.co/9I0ljmyN40
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 19, 2017
Wow the Kushners are only “religious” when it suits them. What a surprise.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner break orthodox Jewish tradition to fly with Donald https://t.co/qHPvusGS0H pic.twitter.com/hgYQddOfcg
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 19, 2017
re: #278 Birth Control Works
I posted this last night - thought you’d like to see it as well - it reminds me of a lot of things you’ve been saying:
New Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Players Gang-Raped Women As ‘Bonding Experience’ https://t.co/RtEIBbM6de
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 19, 2017
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE==>
“Threats against me, my staff and Wikileaks will not be tolerated,” Assange says during statement outside Ecuadorian embassy pic.twitter.com/sb94Hav0u9
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 19, 2017
re: #279 The Vicious Babushka
Wow the Kushners are only “religious” when it suits them. What a surprise.
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Ivanka and Jared get a rabbinical pass to fly Air Force One - POLITICO https://t.co/eEU6OvAqCg
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) May 19, 2017
“It was not clear on what grounds the exception was made for Trump’s first foreign trip.” https://t.co/KBj8slomSx
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) May 19, 2017
WHAT A FUCKING CRYBABY
#JulianAssange: ‘7yrs in detention w/o charge, 5 years w/o sunlight, kids - not something I can forgive or forget’ https://t.co/tPnsooEbmL pic.twitter.com/7tEdgI76Ap
— RT America (@RT_America) May 19, 2017
You are not detained, @JulianAssange. It is your choice to stay in the embassy. That is a fact. https://t.co/0c0FBvj3ji
— Soviet Sergey (@SovietSergey) May 19, 2017
re: #280 Interesting Times
I posted this last night - thought you’d like to see it as well - it reminds me of a lot of things you’ve been saying:
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re: #281 Birth Control Works
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Where are all the right-wing xenophobic douchebags claiming a “rape epidemic” by immigrants and refugees speaking about this?
re: #276 Timothy Watson
Bros who didn’t even know what HTML or Apache are.
To be fair, I don’t really either heh.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT A FUCKING CRYBABY
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@RT_America What a pig. This Russian puppet can’t handle the consequences of his own choices.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 19, 2017
re: #286 electrotek
Where are all the right-wing xenophobic douchebags claiming a “rape epidemic” by immigrants and refugees speaking about this?
They’re athletes, they “redeem” themselves when they win.
Letters obtained by @AP show Trump’s attorneys didn’t want him to sign his financial disclosure forms: https://t.co/UoNPEx19Bb
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 19, 2017
re: #277 FormerDirtDart
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Josh ignores that he chose to leave the party. There are Democrats like Joe Manchin who in fact are more conservative than he was but Joe decided to support McCain and offered no support to Obama at any crucial moment even though Obama had supported Lieberman when Lieberman had lost the primary. IF they want to play this game, I’ll gladly bring up Chuck Hagel whose record was plenty conservative and fucking Ben Shapiro smeared him as a Hamas ally.
re: #277 FormerDirtDart
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Yet he conveniently left out that Liebermann left the Democratic Party to support the GOP and dubyah and their disastrous Iraq war.
re: #282 The Vicious Babushka
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE==>
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You threaten people all the time you guyl turd.
re: #283 Stanley Sea
I posted this last night for you
I think the conversation went “Rabbi, my dad is Donald Trump. He can’t be left alone or he’ll launch all the nukes.”
re: #163 (Bert the Turtle)
Hasn’t that been a given for a while?
It’s that way by design. It always has been.
re: #290 Timothy Watson
They’re athletes, they “redeem” themselves when they win.
Steubenville —all over again.
re: #300 Birth Control Works
Steubenville —all over again.
yes, we cannot let a minor issue like rape ruin their promising careers…
/
Lieberman had a right to endorse McCain over Obama in 2008 but he didn’t have a right to do that and then expect to be treated ike a regular Democrat after that. I commend Lieberman for his past marching for Civil Rights and supporting ending the ban on gays in the military but I have no respect for his record of supporting censorship for media, his non stop apologia for the Bush doctrine, and how he spread McCain’s campaign lies about Obama. He wanted to support his friend, McCain, that’s fine but he was okay with spreading McCain’s campaign lies about Obama, a man who actually went to bat for Lieberman twice including once when he had no real obligation too after Lieberman had lost the Senate primary.
re: #261 FormerDirtDart
FOX has an opening for a new token liberal
Wonder who it will be?
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How about Joe Lieberman if he doesn’t get the FBI gig?
re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
yes, we cannot let a minor issue like rape ruin their promising careers…
/
Aside from the raping, he’s a great guy. //
re: #303 Skip Intro
How about Joe Lieberman if he doesn’t get the FBI gig?
Bernie’s the obvious choice.
re: #299 Birth Control Works
gah!
That wasn’t snark, that’s what the vast majority of sports fans think. There’s a reason that I rarely watch sports anymore.
Hell, during the intro to the Super Bowl, after Roethlisberger had been accused repeatedly of rape, the narrator said he was “seeking redemption”. Hell, check out this CNN story:
Roethlisberger’s road to redemption
Google returns 119,000 hits for “Roethlisberger redemption”.
I mean yeah he raped someone, it’s not like he smoked pot. //
re: #307 Timothy Watson
That wasn’t snark, that’s what the vast majority of sports fans think. There’s a reason that I rarely watch sports anymore.
Hell, during the intro to the Super Bowl, after Roethlisberger had been accused repeatedly of rape, the narrator said he was “seeking redemption”. Hell, check out this CNN story:
Roethlisberger’s road to redemptionGoogle returns 119,000 hits for “Roethlisberger redemption”.
I now, I just *spit* at the whole idea.
re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
yes, we cannot let a minor issue like rape ruin their promising careers…
/
And, “Why does that young lady hate our town and want to make it look bad?”
re: #281 Birth Control Works
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Good Southern Baptist boys…
Not.
The horror is that, at some level, this was tolerated by the Administration at the school, just as Sundusky’s boy diddling was at Penn State.
re: #261 FormerDirtDart
FOX has an opening for a new token liberal
Wonder who it will be?
Anyone know if Ed Schultz has a non-compete clause in his RT contract?
Fox has an African-American employee?
He raped someone. It’s not like he knelt for the national anthem. // Seriously, I enjoy sports but but the fact that Colin Kaepernick gets more anger from many sports fans than rapists, abusers, etc really pissed me off.
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Saudis are going to make his favorite dish: burned steak with ketchup - so he doesn’t have to eat what everyone eats. I don’t know if Mr. Trump’s Iceberg lettuce wedge salad is on the menu.
re: #315 Sir John Barron
Fox has an African-American employee?
Not that I’m aware of, Ailes fired Marc Lamont Hill years ago…
re: #279 The Vicious Babushka
Wow the Kushners are only “religious” when it suits them. What a surprise.
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Is “Rich Asshole” a religion?
Hell my RW buddy who isn’t even really a sports fan spent a good part of the reason raging at Colin K. We’re in a wrong place as a country if a man kneeling silently for the national anthem elicits more or even as much outrage as a man who rapes women or beats his wife or gf.
re: #302 HappyWarrior
Lieberman had a right to endorse McCain over Obama in 2008 but he didn’t have a right to do that and then expect to be treated ike a regular Democrat after that.
McCain would have picked Liebermann for VP but the Religious Right would have rebelled against having a non-Christian in that position. Instead, we got that paragon of Christian virtue, Sarah Palin.
re: #298 Birth Control Works
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Patio Frog
Made me think of Seamus Heaney’s “Death of a Naturalist” about a boy who collected frog eggs to watch them turn into tadpoles—-
Then one hot day when fields were rank
With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs
Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges
To a coarse croaking that I had not heard
Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus.
Right down the dam gross bellied frogs were cocked
On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails. Some hopped:
The slap and plop were obscene threats. Some sat
Poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting.
I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings
Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew
That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.
re: #321 HappyWarrior
Hell my RW buddy who isn’t even really a sports fan spent a good part of the reason raging at Colin K. We’re in a wrong place as a country if a man kneeling silently for the national anthem elicits more or even as much outrage as a man who rapes women or beats his wife or gf.
And then there’s the problems I have with the NFL (and other sports leagues) hiding and denying the effects of concussions just like Big Tobacco denying the effects of smoking.
re: #282 The Vicious Babushka
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE==>
But we will continue to selective hack and dump data from governments and other institutions as it suits us.
re: #322 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
McCain would have picked Liebermann for VP but the Religious Right would have rebelled against having a non-Christian in that position. Instead, we got that paragon of Christian virtue, Sarah Palin.
I know. That’s another reason why he shouldn’t be treated like a Democrat who was betrayed. He made his bed. I defended Lieberman in 2006 even though I hated his record on the Iraq War and censorship because of all those things that the guy above mentioned regarding his record but his actions since.
re: #324 Timothy Watson
And then there’s the problems I have with the NFL (and other sports leagues) hiding and denying the effects of concussions just like Big Tobacco denying the effects of smoking.
Kaepernick is still a free agent. And he’s much more talented than Tebow who the RR contends was “blacklisted” for being a Christian.
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Note that part of the services Flynn rendered for his half a million bribe from Turkey was working on plots to turn these thugs loose on US soil to kidnap people:
Woolsey claims that those present discussed sending Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim leader who Erdogan has accused of being behind a failed military coup to overthrow him, back to Turkey to face charges — possibly outside the legal US extradition system.
re: #283 Stanley Sea
I posted this last night for you
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“It was not clear on what grounds the exception was made for Trump’s first foreign trip.”
they’d have to pay their own way to catch up later?
WHY ARE YOU BLOCKING MAH STREETS.
*Kneels during national anthem*
OH NO YO CAN”T DO THAT EITHER.
Seriously, I love my buddy like another brother but he pretty much acted like that black Americans should shut up over police brutality and my real brother pointed out his hypocrisy very well given his constant complaints about the government and his own recreational marijuana use that gets many people labeled thugs or moochers.
Damn, I really expected an “interim” (no confirmation required) director to be named as tRump derparted overseas.
No FBI director nominee announcement Friday, White House officials say - @HansNichols
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 19, 2017
re: #234 Birth Control Works
Daily Caller?
CONFIRMED: Putin’s Election Hacking Was About Hurting Clinton, Not Helping Trump
So let me get this brilliant deduction down.
Hurting Clinton did not help Trump???
WTF?
The logic seems to escape…
re: #329 garzooma
Note that part of the services Flynn rendered for his half a million bribe from Turkey was working on plots to turn these thugs loose on US soil to kidnap people:
And Trump wants Flynn back. Can’t forget that too. Trump would take back Flynn in an instance if he could.
re: #329 garzooma
Note that part of the services Flynn rendered for his half a million bribe from Turkey was working on plots to turn these thugs loose on US soil to kidnap people:
And the DC police refused to intervene to protect someone who was being assaulted because the bodyguards had guns so the situation was “dicey”.
Fucking police chief should be fired for cause for that shit.
re: #333 ObserverArt
So let me get this brilliant deduction down.
Hurting Clinton did not help Trump???
WTF?
The logic seems to escape…
BINGO!!!
re: #320 Skip Intro
Is “Rich Asshole” a religion?
No, but they are the saints and clergy of the American religion.
re: #327 HappyWarrior
Kaepernick is still a free agent. And he’s much more talented than Tebow who the RR contends was “blacklisted” for being a Christian.
Professional sports are on one hand, a multi-billion-dollar business.
On the other hand, they are seen as a repository and guarantor for American virtues of fair play, team spirit and the striving for personal excellence, and the chance for a kid from humble origins to reach the very top of his profession (and make millions advertising products made by children in Asian sweatshops for eight dollars a week)
And in a nation that wants to privatize everything from schools to prisons, cities still have no trouble reconciling themselves to grant these teams massive subsidies to relocate there.
In other words, they are a microcosm of nearly everything that is fucked up about our society.
re: #333 ObserverArt
So let me get this brilliant deduction down.
Hurting Clinton did not help Trump???
WTF?
The logic seems to escape…
I read as their goal was to harm Clinton than primarily help Trump but you couldn’t do one without the other. Unless, they’re saying my belief which is the Russians did what they did not out of love for Trump but because they wanted to ruin Clinton. I dunno though.
re: #234 Birth Control Works
Daily Caller?
CONFIRMED: Putin’s Election Hacking Was About Hurting Clinton, Not Helping Trump
I thought the wingnut argument was that a) Russia didn’t hack anybody; b) Russia hacked both parties.
re: #338 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Professional sports are on one hand, a multi-billion-dollar business.
On the other hand, they are seen as a repository and guarantor for American virtues of fair play, team spirit and the striving for personal excellence, and the chance for a kid from humble origins to reach the very top of his profession (and make millions advertising products made by children in Asian sweatshops for eight dollars a week)
And in a nation that wants to privatize everything from schools to prisons, cities still have no trouble reconciling themselves to grant these teams massive subsidies to relocate there.
In other words, they are a microcosm of nearly everything that is fucked up about our society.
Indeed. It just sucks because I really beleive sports can play a great role in a society. I’ve been a youth basketball coach for the past several winters. I like to think the teamwork skills we teach on the court can translate to these kids working well with others in school, in general, or when they end up going into the workforce. Plus basketball’s a great game too.
re: #335 Timothy Watson
And the DC police refused to intervene to protect someone who was being assaulted because the bodyguards had guns so the situation was “dicey”.
Fucking police chief should be fired for cause for that shit.
One of the things that set off the leftist movement in Germany in the 1960’s was the sight of the Shah of Iran’s bodyguards beating up on protesters during a state visit in Germany.
The sight of Erdogan’s thugs acting with such impunity reminded me of that greatly.
re: #237 HappyWarrior
Imagine their reaction when they find out that Salma Hayek is part Arab. Hispanics are a diverse people. My SiL’s grandmother’s parents are in fact from the same part of Europe as my grandfather’s but because they went to Peru instead of the US, they’re Hispanic.
Hispanic - of or relating to Spain.
I think that makes them just a bit North of Africa.
Do you think that maybe since Spain had good sailors they could have made it across the straights of Gibraltor???
Maybe a little hanky-panky over the years between the people of Spain and Morroco or Algeria???
Then years later some of that mixture sailed to points south where Spain was quite active?
No…couldn’t have happened.
re: #340 Sir John Barron
I thought the wingnut argument was that a) Russia didn’t hack anybody; b) Russia hacked both parties.
McCarthy apparently found it hilarious that the DNC was hacked. The RNC was hacked too but the Russians didn’t have the agenda of weakening the RNC and Republican Party. In fact, I bet if you got some of Preibus’s private emails released, you’d see a ton of fretting about Trump’s rise and the faltering of establishment favorites like Rubio.
re: #341 HappyWarrior
Indeed. It just sucks because I really beleive sports can play a great role in a society. I’ve been a youth basketball coach for the past several winters. I like to think the teamwork skills we teach on the court can translate to these kids working well with others in school, in general, or when they end up going into the workforce. Plus basketball’s a great game too.
I disagree with the last part (never liked basketball), but having studied the history, theory and philosophy of athletics, I see that they do have a great potential to benefit society. Just not the way we have come to approach them over the past half century.
re: #343 ObserverArt
Hispanic - of or relating to Spain.
I think that makes them just a bit North of Africa.
Do you think that maybe since Spain had good sailors they could have made it across the straights of Gibraltor???
Maybe a little hanky-panky over the years between the people of Spain and Morroco or Algeria???
Then years later some of that mixture sailed to points south where Spain was quite active?
No…couldn’t have happened.
Spain is a pretty diverse place. i like to think I have some distant ancestry there but I don’t know if the Armada survivors landing in Connemara legend is true or just that, a legend.
re: #345 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I disagree with the last part (never liked basketball), but having studied the history, theory and philosophy of athletics, I see that they do have a great potential to benefit society. Just not the way we have come to approach them over the past half century.
My favorite era of my favorite sports intrestingly enough was in the days when the athletes were more or less regular guys. Babe Ruth was actually a trained tailor. A lot of people don’t know that.
From Reince Preibus:
Seriously guys, Trump is winning these debates. We have to make Rubio look better. We’ll give him a line about how Obama knows exactly waht he’s doing and we’ll have him say it twic to make it look clever and to have staying power!
What could go wrong?
Donald Trump’s speech on Islam is being drafted by Stephen Miller, who previously drafted the administration’s failed travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
The speech on combating radical Islam is to be given to around 50 Muslim leaders during the President’s first official visit to Saudi Arabia.
Detained for 7 years without charge by while my children grew up and my name was slandered. I do not forgive or forget.
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) May 19, 2017
Yes, you’ll look back at this as the simple, golden time #Tool https://t.co/WG6PgnTSNb
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 19, 2017
re: #351 The Vicious Babushka
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Hiding in an embassy is not “detention” you stupid fuck.
When the founders wrote in the Declaration of Independence that Americans were entitled to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” they left out a lot of people - everyone who wasn’t a land-owning white man.
From that foundational promise, the U.S. was built around making that same group of men happy. Laws, policies and institutions were built around their ideals, their identities, and the rhythms of their lives — usually with women and people of color doing invisible and un- or under-paid work in the background to hold the whole system up. That ideal of pursuing happiness didn’t mean that men felt good every day. It was instead an Aristotelian vision of a good life; one that involved the pursuit of knowledge, personal growth, and the formation of identity through perseverance, overcoming challenges, and learning from robust life experience. It’s this idea of a good life to which women have long been denied access.
re: #351 The Vicious Babushka
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Beautiful morning in #LasCruces. The sun is peeking out, Gambel’s quail are calling, Yuccas flowering & reaching for the sky #Nuestratierra pic.twitter.com/gL4YdERo32
— Gabe Vasquez (@Gabe_NM) May 19, 2017
I had two quail land in front of me on the street this morning and scurry down the hill about 20 feet ahead of me for half a block before heading through the bushes and to the freshly watered lawn behind them.
re: #347 HappyWarrior
My favorite era of my favorite sports intrestingly enough was in the days when the athletes were more or less regular guys. Babe Ruth was actually a trained tailor. A lot of people don’t know that.
before corporations got involved
re: #308 HappyWarrior
I mean yeah he raped someone, it’s not like he smoked pot. //
Said Jeffery Sessions.
@goldengateblond it’s only 80sec
but it’s 100% why the exploitation of the late Seth Rich is happening.@TimothyDSnyder @TheDailyShow @Trevornoah #Truth pic.twitter.com/QvWowCsvnY— MyTweetsKillFascists (@Humancipator35) May 17, 2017
re: #347 HappyWarrior
My favorite era of my favorite sports intrestingly enough was in the days when the athletes were more or less regular guys. Babe Ruth was actually a trained tailor. A lot of people don’t know that.
I studied sports history and the like while working for Gary K Walker, the manager who negotiated one of the first million-dollar-a-year contracts in baseball history for Reggie Jackson.
And until the late 70’s, most professional athletes made rather modest salaries and many of them had to take regular jobs outside the season.
re: #349 DuckDharma
Donald Trump’s speech on Islam is being drafted by Stephen Miller, who previously drafted the administration’s failed travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
That ban did not include Saudi Arabia, home of Bin Laden and 15 of the 19 9/11 assailants.
re: #357 Birth Control Works
before corporations got involved
Corporations were always involved but it was a different era.
re: #358 ObserverArt
Said Jeffery Sessions.
In before DD, that’s the honorable Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, sir.
re: #360 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I studied sports history and the like while working for Gary K Walker, the manager who negotiated the first million-dollar-a-year contract in baseball history for Reggie Jackson.
And until the late 70’s, most professional athletes made rather modest salaries and many of them had to take regular jobs outside the season.
Nolan Ryan I think had teh first million a year contract but Reggie had the first contract that exceeded a million bucks. I have a book from the early 80’s with a lot of interviews from guys who played with Ruth who were just amazed at that money. Nowadays, though the money Nolan and Reggie got isn’t even league minimum.
re: #339 HappyWarrior
I read as their goal was to harm Clinton than primarily help Trump but you couldn’t do one without the other. Unless, they’re saying my belief which is the Russians did what they did not out of love for Trump but because they wanted to ruin Clinton. I dunno though.
I know…but the stupidity of the thinking that one was not going to cause the other. It is just the nature of things.
I have a problem with the wingnut language I guess.
Ten-speed, low drag.#BikeToWorkDay #FlashbackFriday pic.twitter.com/PtYaSr6eZS
— U.S. Marines (@USMC) May 19, 2017
OH LOOK HERE
This is the “Life Or Death” emergency
Jared Kushner intervened to get the Saudis a cheaper missile system in a $110 billion deal https://t.co/ekB2GUOY1q pic.twitter.com/WmaM1xjcKH
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 19, 2017
63 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was inherently unconstitutional. We honor the legacy of the leaders and communities who made this decision possible and pledge to continue to fight for equality for everyone.
from my fb: Bill Foster
re: #365 Birth Control Works
Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer Bloopers From ‘Saturday Night Live’ May Be Even Funnier Than Episode
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I love the people intereacting with her.
re: #369 Birth Control Works
from my fb: Bill Foster
And this is why I have a hard time listening to people who tell black people to get over Jim Crow. This is something that happened while my Dad was alive and while his siblings were enrolled in school.
re: #281 Birth Control Works
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Jane Doe’s mother gave an assistant football coach a list of names of people allegedly involved in the assault and asked what Baylor could do about it. According to the suit, after the players said they were “fooling around” with Jane Doe and called it “a little bit of playtime,” the assistant football coach decided it was a “gray area.”
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What rape culture?
A sad legacy of Roger Ailes. I’m sure a lot of Americans can relate to this online comment: pic.twitter.com/mYto7TVLex
— Toni Monkovic (@MonkovicNYT) May 18, 2017
re: #372 Eclectic Cyborg
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Jane Doe’s mother gave an assistant football coach a list of names of people allegedly involved in the assault and asked what Baylor could do about it. According to the suit, after the players said they were “fooling around” with Jane Doe and called it “a little bit of playtime,” the assistant football coach decided it was a “gray area.”
————What rape culture?
I don’t understand why victims choose to keep it “in house”. call the cops!
Rape is a felony crime.
re: #374 Birth Control Works
I don’t understand why victims choose to keep it “in house”. call the cops!
Rape is a felony crime.
Universities shouldn’t even have in-house police forces. They are no more independent than a coal company’s guard force.
re: #375 Decatur Deb
Universities shouldn’t even have in-house police forces. They are no more independent than a coal company’s guard force.
Sergeant Pepperspray’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
re: #373 FormerDirtDart
Back when I was married, the ex and I made a visit to the US…..back in 2002. My dad liked to watch FNC at the time. My ex had never seen it, and after watching it for one hour, she commented that it was the most blatantly laughable propaganda she’d ever seen. That got my dad’s back up a bit, but she took the time to point out the various propaganda techniques used by FNC and how she’d seen similar growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia.
It had an effect - he stopped watching FNC and switched over to CNN.
re: #236 Birth Control Works
wow, white advocacy.
Grifter picking low-hanging fruit.
When will the white males in the USA finally stop being trodden upon!
re: #379 Eventual Carrion
When will the white males in the USA finally stop being trodden upon!
Part of the problem is that damn near everyone in the system is trodden upon a lot of the time. Some more than others.
Trump seized on that to bullshit enough of the victims into picking “fresh” masters.
re: #377 Dr Lizardo
Back when I was married, the ex and I made a visit to the US…..back in 2002. My dad liked to watch FNC at the time. My ex had never seen it, and after watching it for one hour, she commented that it was the most blatantly laughable propaganda she’d ever seen. That got my dad’s back up a bit, but she took the time to point out the various propaganda techniques used by FNC and how she’d seen similar growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia.
It had an effect - he stopped watching FNC and switched over to CNN.
I definitely would love to see the parallels. I imagine creating enemies for the viewers is a big intersection and telling them that they’re awesome.
re: #378 Birth Control Works
It’s tough enough to quit drinking coffee after noon each day. I’ve been joking about the decaf after 12 with the owner of ‘my coffee shop’. He told me today that he takes sleep deprivation seriously, because (more than a decade ago) it caused him to be diagnosed as bi-polar. He lost his wife, his kids, his house, and his sanity. Now he owns a coffee shop. And seems to be doing way-OK.
Congress is putting up a bill to basically keep Eric Holder’s rules on drug charges in place, those that allow prosecutors to ignore the amount of drugs to not trigger mandatory minimums, in response to Sessions’ attempt to return to the 1908s: thehill.com. It actually has support from both sides and in both houses.
re: #383 Belafon
Congress is putting up a bill to basically keep Eric Holder’s rules on drug charges in place, those that allow prosecutors to ignore the amount of drugs to not trigger mandatory minimums, in response to Sessions’ attempt to return to the 1908s: thehill.com. It actually has support from both sides and in both houses.
I can’t stand Rand Paul but I appreciate him not backtracking simply because there’s a GOP executive and AG.
re: #382 wrenchwench
It’s tough enough to quit drinking coffee after noon each day. I’ve been joking about the decaf after 12 with the owner of ‘my coffee shop’. He told me today that he takes sleep deprivation seriously, because (more than a decade ago) it caused him to be diagnosed as bi-polar. He lost his wife, his kids, his house, and his sanity. Now he owns a coffee shop. And seems to be doing way-OK.
I can get caffeine withdrawal headaches within in a day or so. I only drink coffee and diet sodas which also have caffeine in them.
re: #188 Timothy Watson
Yep, I looked it up and it was Robert Jeffress who made the comments. He said Obama had “unbiblical views” on abortion, which is interesting since nowhere in the Bible is abortion mentioned.
Actually, it comes up twice.
In Exodus 21:22, where it’s made very clear that killing a fetus is not murder. (attacking a pregnant woman in such a way as to cause miscarriage, is a misdemeanor requiring financial compensation).
And in Numbers 5:11-et seq, where if a pregnant’s woman’s husband suspects he’s not the father, there’s a potion and ritual wherein if it turns out she’s not been a good and faithful wife God will terminate the pregnancy himself because such a child should never be born.
No shoes dropped today so far….I want my Mike Pence gets exposed as the lying sack of shit he is.
re: #377 Dr Lizardo
Back when I was married, the ex and I made a visit to the US…..back in 2002. My dad liked to watch FNC at the time. My ex had never seen it, and after watching it for one hour, she commented that it was the most blatantly laughable propaganda she’d ever seen. That got my dad’s back up a bit, but she took the time to point out the various propaganda techniques used by FNC and how she’d seen similar growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia.
It had an effect - he stopped watching FNC and switched over to CNN.
My partner’s parents are like this. It’s frigging torture when we visit. She’ll sit there and keep her mouth shut unless someone like Hannity says something really stupid. I don’t have that in me. I get up and leave the room, and make a bit of a show about it.
I’m just so grateful my dad didn’t get sucked into that vortex. He has a racist streak that comes and goes, depending who he’s talking to at the time, but he doesn’t seem to buy into what Fox sells.
re: #279 The Vicious Babushka
Wow the Kushners are only “religious” when it suits them. What a surprise.
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littlegreenfootballs.com
I wonder what earth-shattering emergency was going on the weekend of Feb. 10 (other than that party with the tents and the camels)
6:09 PM
Friday, February 10, 2017 (EDT)
Sunset in West Palm Beach, FL
6:13 p.m. UPDATE: President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her family arrived aboard Air Force One with the president and first lady to spend some time in Palm Beach.
postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com
So they were still on the plane at sunset—
Did they then walk to Mar-a-gaudy?
They are so full of shit.
re: #387 Schroedinger’s Dog
No shoes dropped today so far….I want my Mike Pence gets exposed as the lying sack of shit he is.
That achievement comes in the upgrade/patch next week.
California officials say five people hospitalized after eating nacho cheese from a gas station. https://t.co/TqlhqERcre
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2017
re: #391 goddamnedfrank
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Glad I never get nachos at gas stations..that’s just asking for trouble…
Never the less, hope they all recover.
re: #300 Birth Control Works
Steubenville —all over again.
I am of the belief that if you go ahead and engage in these kinds of acts, and the university acts to cover up the acts (see. Penn. State), then only a scorched earth approach can work:
The athletic department is completely and utterly disbanded. Players who were not involved can transfer without losing eligibility, and officials not involved can likewise find employment elsewhere.
And the NCAA should make that official policy - violate the rules in this kind of egregious manner, and the program ends. Period.
re: #351 The Vicious Babushka
Looks like the criminal @JulianAssange is about to do something VERY stupid.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 19, 2017
re: #391 goddamnedfrank
California officials say five people hospitalized after eating nacho cheese from a gas station.
Well, there’s your problem.
re: #389 BeachDem
Yep—we were talking about it last night (and StanleySea was wishing you were here)
littlegreenfootballs.comI wonder what earth-shattering emergency was going on the weekend of Feb. 10 (other than that party with the tents and the camels)
6:09 PM
Friday, February 10, 2017 (EDT)
Sunset in West Palm Beach, FL6:13 p.m. UPDATE: President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her family arrived aboard Air Force One with the president and first lady to spend some time in Palm Beach.
postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com
So they were still on the plane at sunset—
Did they then walk to Mar-a-gaudy?They are so full of shit.
Like Joshua of the Bible, the Kushners can make the sun stand still!
re: #388 Mattand
My partner’s parents are like this. It’s frigging torture when we visit. She’ll sit there and keep her mouth shut unless someone like Hannity says something really stupid. I don’t have that in me. I get up and leave the room, and make a bit of a show about it.
I’m just so grateful my dad didn’t get sucked into that vortex. He has a racist streak that comes and goes, depending who he’s talking to at the time, but he doesn’t seem to buy into what Fox sells.
My parents if anything are getting more to the left. I am saddened though by the fact that my great aunt’s kids and grandkids even have bought the right wing crap hook line and sinker. It really pisses me off because these are honestly great people.
re: #385 Timothy Watson
I can get caffeine withdrawal headaches within in a day or so. I only drink coffee and diet sodas which also have caffeine in them.
I know the withdrawal headaches, having totally quit coffee in the past, but they aren’t bugging me in the morning-only coffee routine. I just miss it terribly all afternoon. My sleep is getting better, but I still wake up too early. It’s a typical TBI complaint, being approached from a sleep-hygiene angle. My theory is that at some point, my sleep will improve enough that I will not miss the afternoon coffee so much. I started to explain that to the coffeshop guy, saying, ‘it’s a dialectic,’ and he said, ‘I love it when you talk like that,’ making me forget what ‘dialectic’ means and what I was going to say. I came back and worked on bikes.
Note I carefully avoided making the obvious pun. I’m going through rehab…
re: #393 lawhawk
I am of the belief that if you go ahead and engage in these kinds of acts, and the university acts to cover up the acts (see. Penn. State), then only a scorched earth approach can work:
The athletic department is completely and utterly disbanded. Players who were not involved can transfer without losing eligibility, and officials not involved can likewise find employment elsewhere.
And the NCAA should make that official policy - violate the rules in this kind of egregious manner, and the program ends. Period.
Penn State should have gotten the death penalty for what they did. But those fuckers at the NCAA even gave Paterno’s his wins back.
re: #388 Mattand
My partner’s parents are like this. It’s frigging torture when we visit. She’ll sit there and keep her mouth shut unless someone like Hannity says something really stupid. I don’t have that in me. I get up and leave the room, and make a bit of a show about it.
I’m just so grateful my dad didn’t get sucked into that vortex. He has a racist streak that comes and goes, depending who he’s talking to at the time, but he doesn’t seem to buy into what Fox sells.
My mom was a lifelong Democrat. Her last words (according to my sister who was with her when she passed) were “Turn off Fox News”
re: #401 The Vicious Babushka
My mom was a lifelong Democrat. Her last words (according to my sister who was with her when she passed) were “Turn off Fox News”
I’ve heard Fox News described as Sesame Street for the dementia set.
The first meeting between Trump and Pope Francis has the potential to be quite awkward https://t.co/U4crDILuAE pic.twitter.com/pVYvD3QGpV
— POLITICO (@politico) May 19, 2017
Trump doesn’t need a good relationship with the Pope. He has plenty of men in white robes who support him. https://t.co/ugsCvN1KYm
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 19, 2017
re: #388 Mattand
My partner’s parents are like this. It’s frigging torture when we visit. She’ll sit there and keep her mouth shut unless someone like Hannity says something really stupid. I don’t have that in me. I get up and leave the room, and make a bit of a show about it.
I’m just so grateful my dad didn’t get sucked into that vortex. He has a racist streak that comes and goes, depending who he’s talking to at the time, but he doesn’t seem to buy into what Fox sells.
My ex really understood it; when she was a kid, she was in the Pioneers and was about to join the Czechoslovak Union of Youth (sorta like Komsomol) but then the 1989 Revolution happened. She was being trained in propaganda…..she had a strong aptitude for foreign languages and they considered her perfect for something like that.
re: #391 goddamnedfrank
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re: #403 lawhawk
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“I’m very very fond of this Jesus guy. He’s done a lot of good work. Almost as good as my winning last year’s election. Is he around somewhere? I’d like to meet him.”
(Updated to include Donnie’s constant topic)
re: #403 lawhawk
Will the Pope kiss his ring?
re: #378 Birth Control Works
I went off coffee a couple of times, both times while on vacation, and it was the worst withdrawal of my life. I recall lying on the sofa, endlessly flipping through TV channels because I lacked the energy to even get up and put in a DVD.
re: #411 Schroedinger’s Dog
I’d like to see Frank tell Donnie to kiss his ass.
Maybe the Pope can figure out a way to make reference to Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borgia).
re: #317 Skip Intro
The Saudis are going to make his favorite dish: burned steak with ketchup - so he doesn’t have to eat what everyone eats. I don’t know if Mr. Trump’s Iceberg lettuce wedge salad is on the menu.
I also like a wedge of iceberg lettuce; it shames me to have something in common with Pumpkin Pinochet.
re: #408 Schroedinger’s Dog
“I’m very very fond of Jesus. He’s done a lot of good work. Is he around somewhere? I’d like to meet him.”
Which one: “White Jesus; black, African Jesus; brown, Mexican Jesus; swarthy Greek Jesus”?
re: #375 Decatur Deb
Universities shouldn’t even have in-house police forces. They are no more independent than a coal company’s guard force.
It was an OSU cop that took down the guy that tried to run over a bunch of people on campus and then got out of the car with the knife.
Since Ohio State is right smack in the city, Columbus Police and the OSU Police work and train together. That has been going on for years since there were complaints about the OSU police. I think they even work together on crimes committed on campus. It is more like the OSU police are a division of the Columbus Police Department.
re: #415 Belafon
Which one: “White Jesus; black, African Jesus; brown, Mexican Jesus; swarthy Greek Jesus”?
“Republican Jesus”
re: #401 The Vicious Babushka
My mom was a lifelong Democrat. Her last words (according to my sister who was with her when she passed) were “Turn off Fox News”
My mom’s mom is still a staunch Dem too. Same thing with my DAd’s Mom before she passed away. I’ve looked at her writings. She has one part about my grandfather and saying that even a Republican could see he was a good man heh. Funny thing though is my grandfather came from a Republican family as many of the well off in Pittsburgh did in those days. Nana being more working class in her background was a staunch Democrat. I think she managed to vote for FDR all four times. Not sure about the first since she turned 21 the last part of the month FDR was elected but I don’t know if they gave exceptions to people who turned 21 that close in those days. In any case, both her and my grandfather through their influence on my Dad probably influenced my politics the most. My mom’s parents too.
re: #414 sagehen
Just cut it in a half-wedge. That’s a big enough difference where we won’t judge you. :)
re: #419 ObserverArt
Damn junkies!!!
I still drink my wake-up cup, my mid-morning cup and usually an afternoon cup, but I cut it off at 4 pm or I have trouble getting to sleep.
re: #383 Belafon
Congress is putting up a bill to basically keep Eric Holder’s rules on drug charges in place, those that allow prosecutors to ignore the amount of drugs to not trigger mandatory minimums, in response to Sessions’ attempt to return to the 1908s: thehill.com. It actually has support from both sides and in both houses.
Due to the fact that a bi-partisan congressional group has worked on that for a couple years. Glad to see them taking on the Little Fuck from Alabammy.
re: #339 HappyWarrior
I read as their goal was to harm Clinton than primarily help Trump but you couldn’t do one without the other. Unless, they’re saying my belief which is the Russians did what they did not out of love for Trump but because they wanted to ruin Clinton. I dunno though.
One of the FBI witnesses at Congress pointed out that it wasn’t just to help “whoever got the R nomination”, it was specifically to help Trump. During the primaries, they were doing similar social media actions against Rubio.
re: #383 Belafon
Congress is putting up a bill to basically keep Eric Holder’s rules on drug charges in place, those that allow prosecutors to ignore the amount of drugs to not trigger mandatory minimums, in response to Sessions’ attempt to return to the 1908s: thehill.com. It actually has support from both sides and in both houses.
Freudian slip?
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re: #421 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still drink my wake-up cup, my mid-morning cup and usually an afternoon cup, but I cut it off at 4 pm or I have trouble getting to sleep.
I drink one super extra strong French press coffee in the morning and that’s all I need!
re: #419 ObserverArt
Damn junkies!!!
Seriously. If the drug is changing brain-structure as mentioned in that article, it makes this drug one of the really bad ones.
re: #421 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still drink my wake-up cup, my mid-morning cup and usually an afternoon cup, but I cut it off at 4 pm or I have trouble getting to sleep.
4? 4! Ah, those were the days…
re: #423 sagehen
Once of the FBI witnesses at Congress pointed out that it wasn’t just to help “whoever got the R nomination”, it was specifically to help Trump. During the primaries, they were doing similar social media actions against Rubio.
Now that I do believe since I think Rubio, Kasich, and even Cruz wouldn’t have had done Russia’s bidding the way Trump has.
re: #424 Eclectic Cyborg
Freudian slip?
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Ha so true but actually the drug laws in this country weren’t really that strict in those days compared to the 1980’s.
re: #383 Belafon
Congress is putting up a bill to basically keep Eric Holder’s rules on drug charges in place, those that allow prosecutors to ignore the amount of drugs to not trigger mandatory minimums, in response to Sessions’ attempt to return to the 1908s: thehill.com. It actually has support from both sides and in both houses.
Wow, Massie of all people is cosponsoring the House version.
re: #427 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Seriously. If the drug is changing brain-structure as mentioned in that article, it makes this drug one of the really bad ones.
Everything you do changes brain structure. They’ve just developed the technology to monitor it. It’s very early in the science. All kinds of conclusions are being made with little or no basis.
re: #431 Timothy Watson
Wow, Massie of all people is cosponsoring the House version.
Well BWS has told us he’s a Rand Paul stooge, so maybe this is a rare time when being a Paul stooge isn’t a bad thing.
I still don’t trust or respect Rand Paul at all but I am glad to see this nonethesless.
re: #435 HappyWarrior
I still don’t trust or respect Rand Paul at all but I am glad to see this nonethesless.
There are a few rational sides to Libertarianism, but not enough to get me to support it.
re: #436 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are a few rational sides to Libertarianism, but not enough to get me to support it.
He’s not actually a libertarian. HE just plays one for the kids just like Ronald isn’t a real clown.
re: #436 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are a few rational sides to Libertarianism, but not enough to get me to support it.
Libertarianism looks good on the surface to a selfish teenager who does not understand the need for government, or that other people are not like they are.
re: #436 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are a few rational sides to Libertarianism, but not enough to get me to support it.
Libertarianism is astrology for middle aged to newly retired aged white men.
re: #431 Timothy Watson
Ultimately, the states want this flexibility because they’re shouldering the incarceration costs, and they are unsustainable. That’s why there’s bipartisan support for drug sentencing reform, and opposition to Trump’s idiotic AG Sessions intent to return to the bad old days of mandatory sentencing.
re: #438 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Libertarianism looks good on the surface to a selfish teenager who does not understand the need for government, or that other people are not like they are.
My teenage brother oddly enough is in a libertarian phase right now. He’s a weird one though since he acknowledges climate change is real and that we should do something.
re: #439 Jack Burton
Libertarianism is astrology for middle aged to newly retired aged white men.
Libertarianism is one of those things that sounds great and then reality btis you in the ass. Libertarians have a lot more in common with how they view the world with diehard leftists than they will ever admit because they’re so smug and voncinced that they’re the intellecutally superior ones and indeed a lot of libertarians I know are intelligent people but they’re too obsessed with tehory and not aware of real life application. I may not be the most intelligent guy but I like to think I’m more a keen observer than some guy who read the Road to Serfdom and thinks that Hayek was right.
re: #439 Jack Burton
Libertarianism is astrology for middle aged to newly retired aged white men.
Libertarianism is for people without the discernment to realize that Ayn Rand was kidding.
re: #437 HappyWarrior
He’s not actually a libertarian. HE just plays one for the kids just like Ronald isn’t a real clown.
Nooooooooooo!
Next you’re going to tell me Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny aren’t pure white!
*Goes to back room, grabs cup to head for a refill (half-hour remaining in allowed time), finds cup half full.*
*Tries to decide whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.*
*Warms it up in the microwave and forgets it again…*
re: #444 ObserverArt
Nooooooooooo!
Next you’re going to tell me Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny aren’t pure white!
Oh hi MEgyn :).
re: #438 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Libertarianism looks good on the surface to a selfish teenager who does not understand the need for government, or that other people are not like they are.
Exactly. But at least they understand the principle that the Pursuit of Happiness includes any and all activities that do not impinge on other people’s rights or safety.
Caffeine…I’ve cut back considerably…Used to have a 4 liter a day Diet Mt Dew habit
You know the big reason why I decied I value Keynes’ theories more than I did Von Mises? Because Keynes acknowledged that economics was more than just theory. You can articulate theory beautifully for all I care but if ou don’t take in to account two big things) Real world date and that the economy is first and foremost about people, I’m not interested. And then there’s the odd obsession the Von Miseans have with justifying secession and slavery. which I concede is fringe to the Friedmanians/Chicago Schoolers as well.
re: #449 Schroedinger’s Dog
Caffeine…I’ve cut back considerably…Used to have a 4 liter a day Diet Mt Dew habit
Mt. Dew is the hard-core stuff! Tough to kick. Good job cutting back.
Pa.the.tic.
The New York Times reported on Friday that ahead of Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, foreign dignitaries have been sharing tips on the best way to deal with the president. A set of clear rules have emerged, according to the report: Keep everything short; don’t assume Trump knows the history of a country, and make sure to compare him favorably with former President Barack Obama.
Perhaps most importantly, leaders were reminded to praise Trump for winning the electoral college in November, something Trump has repeatedly stressed months into his presidency. Foreign leaders were also urged to try and ignore comments said during his presidential campaign and to stay “in regular touch” with the president, according to the New York Times.
I can hear the derisive laughter from here.
re: #449 Schroedinger’s Dog
Caffeine…I’ve cut back considerably…Used to have a 4 liter a day Diet Mt Dew habit
Yeah…that is some caffeine. Before all the sports drinks came out, wasn’t Mountain Dew the highest in caffeine of all beverages?
re: #449 Schroedinger’s Dog
Caffeine…I’ve cut back considerably…Used to have a 4 liter a day Diet Mt Dew habit
I drink a lot more water now. When I Was in college, I drank tons of soda. I probably only have a soda now occasionally if I go out to eat and that’s usually with something like a burger or something like that. If it’s ethnic food, I try to go with a speciality drink like Thai Iced Tea.
re: #451 HappyWarrior
You know the big reason why I decied I value Keynes’ theories more than I did Von Mises? Because Keynes acknowledged that economics was more than just theory.
If we all hatched out as fully formed adults who could be implanted with a basic education chip and then sent out to realize our potential as individuals, than a totally Randian/Libertarian system would make sense.
But as long as we are dependent and interdependent to the extent that we are, economics and society have to retain a collective aspect.
re: #454 BeachDem
Pa.the.tic.
The New York Times reported on Friday that ahead of Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, foreign dignitaries have been sharing tips on the best way to deal with the president. A set of clear rules have emerged, according to the report: Keep everything short; don’t assume Trump knows the history of a country, and make sure to compare him favorably with former President Barack Obama.
Perhaps most importantly, leaders were reminded to praise Trump for winning the electoral college in November, something Trump has repeatedly stressed months into his presidency. Foreign leaders were also urged to try and ignore comments said during his presidential campaign and to stay “in regular touch” with the president, according to the New York Times.
I can hear the derisive laughter from here.
Once again, can Trump supporters stop crying about my generation and participation trophies already? Your guy needs foreign leaders to tell him he’s great because he won the election. You would have had a shit fit if Obama did anything close to that.
re: #457 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If we all hatched out as fully formed adults who could be implanted with a basic education chip and then sent out to realize our potential as individuals, than a totally Randian/Libertarian system would make sense.
But as long as we are dependent and interdependent to the extent that we are, economics and society have to retain a collective aspect.
No man is a mountain. WE’re all dependent on each other in some way.
re: #431 Timothy Watson
Wow, Massie of all people is cosponsoring the House version.
Not surprising at all. Massie is Rand Paul’s protege.
There will not be an announcement of a nominee for FBI director today per WH pool
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 19, 2017
This makes sense. This is the kind of opening that a president would normally make with a formal/personal introduction.
Then again, this is Trump, and if he thought he could sneak someone into the FBI HQ to run the joint and derail the investigation, he is definitely thinking about it.
re: #454 BeachDem
You stupid fucks. The rest of the world is under no obligation to baby Donald Trump. It’s his own fucking problem if he can’t handle the responsibilities, not theirs.
Do these diplomats not realize how stupid these asinine directives make the U.S. Look?
re: #456 HappyWarrior
I drink a lot more water now. When I Was in college, I drank tons of soda. I probably only have a soda now occasionally if I go out to eat and that’s usually with something like a burger or something like that. If it’s ethnic food, I try to go with a speciality drink like Thai Iced Tea.
My drink of choice at home is iced fruit tea with a shot of raspberry syrup. Diet sodas just stick in my throat and are not refreshing, sugary sodas, especially cola, are for special occasions, like driving late at night or anything else that calls for trying to stay awake when I should be resting.
IF the diehard communist’s flaw is not acknowledging that the private sector and free market are capable of working, the die hard libertarian’s flaw is not acknowledging that government can not only work but can protect liberty.
re: #463 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My drink of choice at home is iced fruit tea with a shot of raspberry syrup. Diet sodas just stick in my throat and are not refreshing, sugary sodas, especially cola, are for special occasions, like driving late at night or anything else that calls for trying to stay awake when I should be resting.
I really like juices. I really don’t like what carbonation does to my system.
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
You stupid fucks. The rest of the world is under no obligation to baby Donald Trump. It’s his own fucking problem if he can’t handle the responsibilities, not theirs.
Do these diplomats not realize how stupid these asinine directives make the U.S. Look?
I think foreign leaders are all taking them in stride. They are under no illusions about who was elected President (in the greatest EC landslide since Lincoln or whatever)
re: #463 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My drink of choice at home is iced fruit tea with a shot of raspberry syrup. Diet sodas just stick in my throat and are not refreshing, sugary sodas, especially cola, are for special occasions, like driving late at night or anything else that calls for trying to stay awake when I should be resting.
After my morning coffee, I drink flavored sparkling water. My favorite is Perrier Grapefruit but I also love LaCroix Lime.
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
You stupid fucks. The rest of the world is under no obligation to baby Donald Trump. It’s his own fucking problem if he can’t handle the responsibilities, not theirs.
Do these diplomats not realize how stupid these asinine directives make the U.S. Look?
He’s the kid from the twilight zone, complete with the ability to destroy everything. What Trump fails to realize is that all of these “preparations” just mean that no foreign leader is going to take him seriously in any discussion. They just have to deal with him.
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
You stupid fucks. The rest of the world is under no obligation to baby Donald Trump. It’s his own fucking problem if he can’t handle the responsibilities, not theirs.
Do these diplomats not realize how stupid these asinine directives make the U.S. Look?
If foreign diplomats are being asked to suck up to Trump, now imagine what his own staffers are doing. It’s a damning indictment into how delusional and anti-factual Trump is that he must hear only good things from his underlings reinforcing just how good he is, because he’s a needy toddler who will have a tantrum if he doesn’t get his way.
It’s a recipe for absolute disaster.
I think oto many people seem to think they need to view the world in absolutes to justify their principles. I feel content in this simple principle- Some things work better one way , some work better the other way, and some work better both ways.
re: #468 Belafon
He’s the kid from the twilight zone, complete with the ability to destroy everything. What Trump fails to realize is that all of these “preparations” just mean that no foreign leader is going to take him seriously in any discussion. They just have to deal with him.
Or Little Donny will wish them into the corn field and go back to watching dinosaur battles on TV.
I GOT MORE VOTES THAN KIM JONG-UN, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP!
Today is #MalcolmX’s birthday, to celebrate share with us your favorite quote from or photos of him. pic.twitter.com/UGvQ1jPE2T
— Hip Hop Caucus (@HipHopCaucus) May 19, 2017
After Trump’s idiotic handshake battle with Japanese PM Abe, the next foreign leaders to visit were Justin Trudeau and Bibi. Trudeau, a trained boxer, blocked the Trumpshake and Bibi blocked it with a Krav Maga move. You notice he hasn’t done that stupid handshake any more.
Steny Hoyer’s colloquy troll-game has reached expert level (h/t @HouseInSession). pic.twitter.com/7yC3jmumC3
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 19, 2017
re: #475 Kragar
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Maybe if McCArthy spent last tiem giggling like a schoolgirl with Ryan and Scalise, he’d know what he as doing.
Not easy to avoid the unwanted Trump hug, sometimes it even takes practice…
A favorite moment from debate prep (9/24/16): pic.twitter.com/JAAHaqKFoa— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) May 19, 2017
JFC, AP—it’s NINE fucking days, not BEHEMOTH or GRUELING or DIFFICULT—he’s supposedly the president, not a pre-schooler:
Even before Trump’s trip morphed from a quick jaunt to Europe into a nine-day behemoth, White House aides were on edge about how the president would take to grueling pressures of foreign travel: the time zone changes, the unfamiliar hotels, the local delicacies. Two officials said they feared that a difficult trip might even lead the president to hand off future traveling duties to Vice President Mike Pence.
re: #373 FormerDirtDart
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My whole family was brainwashed by Ailes and his allies in the Religious Right Pulpit Pimps.
re: #479 Stanley Sea
That clip would have been perfect, had Hillary gone for a judo throw.
re: #478 BeachDem
JFC, AP—it’s NINE fucking days, not BEHEMOTH or GRUELING or DIFFICULT—he’s supposedly the president, not a pre-schooler:
Even before Trump’s trip morphed from a quick jaunt to Europe into a nine-day behemoth, White House aides were on edge about how the president would take to grueling pressures of foreign travel: the time zone changes, the unfamiliar hotels, the local delicacies. Two officials said they feared that a difficult trip might even lead the president to hand off future traveling duties to Vice President Mike Pence.
It’s almost like he was unprepared to be President. If only we had someone who was to choose from!
re: #477 Stanley Sea
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Not easy to avoid the unwanted Trump hug, sometimes it even takes practice…
A favorite moment from debate prep (9/24/16): pic.twitter.com/JAAHaqKFoa— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) May 19, 2017
@HillaryClinton Hey, why didn’t you tell us about this? :) https://t.co/WsFtYlQ3sU
— Teo (@Teukka72) May 19, 2017
re: #480 Joe Bacon
My whole family was brainwashed by Ailes and his allies in the Religious Right Pulpit Pimps.
You’ve mentioned it before. That’s just awful especially given you’ve talked about the older generation’s involvement in the Underground Railroad and UMWA. Most of my close family is liberal but some of my more distant cousins are right wing and man I hate seeing it because these are decent peple who have been conned by right wing bullshit. What really gets me is even the younger ones like my mom’s cousins sons and daughters are Trump fans. The only not a Trump fan is my grandma’s sister. A lot of it is because of abortion but I really wish they would ask themselves if Trump gives a fuck about newborn children. I know my cousins do. My one cousin is a nurse and her brother adopted children. Two things, I can never see Trump or anyone in his family doing.
re: #485 jeffreyw
Lunch! Taco with sous vide pork belly, scrambled egg, lettuce, and tomato.
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YUM
re: #462 Eclectic Cyborg
You stupid fucks. The rest of the world is under no obligation to baby Donald Trump. It’s his own fucking problem if he can’t handle the responsibilities, not theirs.
Do these diplomats not realize how stupid these asinine directives make the U.S. Look?
Well, everyone else does, so it’s all good. What I’m looking forward to is the speech(es). Most especially, the reaction shots.
re: #478 BeachDem
JFC, AP—it’s NINE fucking days, not BEHEMOTH or GRUELING or DIFFICULT—he’s supposedly the president, not a pre-schooler:
Even before Trump’s trip morphed from a quick jaunt to Europe into a nine-day behemoth, White House aides were on edge about how the president would take to grueling pressures of foreign travel: the time zone changes, the unfamiliar hotels, the local delicacies. Two officials said they feared that a difficult trip might even lead the president to hand off future traveling duties to Vice President Mike Pence.
Someone over here in Europe needs to give Trump a can of surströmming.
Heh.
Professional trolls Chuck Johnson and Mike Cernovich are launching websites to harass journalists: https://t.co/max3dMjcc4 pic.twitter.com/a1QnpEo4Ms
— Media Matters (@mmfa) May 19, 2017
Ivanka Trump to hold roundtable with women in Saudi Arabia https://t.co/MvOuV9EYkb pic.twitter.com/tqHsLSD1bU
— The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2017
re: #478 BeachDem
JFC, AP—it’s NINE fucking days, not BEHEMOTH or GRUELING or DIFFICULT—he’s supposedly the president, not a pre-schooler:
Even before Trump’s trip morphed from a quick jaunt to Europe into a nine-day behemoth, White House aides were on edge about how the president would take to grueling pressures of foreign travel: the time zone changes, the unfamiliar hotels, the local delicacies. Two officials said they feared that a difficult trip might even lead the president to hand off future traveling duties to Vice President Mike Pence.
I’m taking my 3 year old to Europe this summer, and this is the exact list of concerns that I have.
re: #490 Kragar
Media Matters ✔ @mmfa
Professional trolls Chuck Johnson and Mike Cernovich are launching websites to harass journalists: mm4a.org
2:06 PM - 19 May 2017
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Wait…I thought these two knuckledraggerheads consider themselves journalists?
Are they going to harass themselves and/or each other?
re: #494 Mike Lamb
I’m taking my 3 year old to Europe this summer, and this is the exact list of concerns that I have.
Which is completely understandable and I bet your three year old is more well behaved than Trump is too.
Gabe Ortiz has an article at Daily Kos about a family whose father is in ICE detention. Check this out from the story mentioned:
Kevin and his siblings’ only means of contact with their father is the telephone. Ramos calls for a couple of minutes every day, and the children must behave when they’re talking to him—if they cry, the detention officers cut the call. Sometimes when Ramos is on the phone, Heras calls his mother in Guatemala and holds the two phones together so they can talk.
Such a Christian nation we are.
re: #499 Belafon
Gabe Ortiz has an article at Daily Kos about a family whose father is in ICE detention. Check this out from the story mentioned:
Such a Christian nation we are.
And if you ever read the comments on stories like this, a lot of people think people like the Ramoses are getting what they “deserve.”
@JoyceCarolOates David has over 37 pieces of flair.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 19, 2017
re: #493 lawhawk
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She can share all those great tricks she learned by being a working woman.
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Trump deputy AG: No evidence Comey asked for more resources for Russia probe https://t.co/QXx8N6Nrqy pic.twitter.com/rm11afAfw4
— The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2017
Mr. Rosenstein continues to make himself useful to his new bosses. https://t.co/hluuRGFZ9n
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 19, 2017
And now this @facebook message from @VP pic.twitter.com/I4kT7P7bWL
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 19, 2017
re: #334 HappyWarrior
And Trump wants Flynn back. Can’t forget that too. Trump would take back Flynn in an instance if he could.
Turkey has apparently concluded that Trump is still open for business. Erdogan did the “mention the election victory to the simpleton” thing not once but twice. And the bagman for Turkey’s bribe to Flynn, Ekim Alptekin, runs the Turkey-U.S. Business Council which moved the annual meeting it will be holding this Sunday to the Trump International Hotel this year.
re: #504 jaunte
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Do Presidents routinely use pictures of them on Air Force One for campaign purposes?
re: #485 jeffreyw
Lunch! Taco with sous vide pork belly, scrambled egg, lettuce, and tomato
Souls vide pork belly is manna of the gods (ok, that’s redundant, but worthy) and makes the most awesomest tacos, too.
heh
@Stonekettle @eclecticbrotha So much flair pic.twitter.com/W1uZFsjxVr
— A.Ysick (@A_Ysick) May 19, 2017
Needs more refrigerator magnets. https://t.co/L8wpbEPkr3
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) May 19, 2017
re: #506 Timothy Watson
Do Presidents routinely use pictures of them in Air Force One for campaign purposes?
I think the rightwing theory is, if Trump doesn’t know about the Hatch act, he’s not subject to it.
re: #504 jaunte
Chickenhawking is the term used to refer to armchair patriots (usually GOP) whose verbal enthusiasm for military service by others is directly proportional to their personal dedication to avoiding military service.
I think this can be generalized to all aspects of the conservative movement. We have fiscal chickenhawks who want their tax cuts but don’t have the stomach for corresponding budget cuts (especially to military spending). We have abortion chickenhawks who supposedly want fewer abortions, but who oppose policies that are known to lead to fewer abortions. Etc.
These pieces of crap are cowardly little puddles of fear-puke.
re: #509 Backwoods_Sleuth
@A_Ysick @Stonekettle @eclecticbrotha “People can be killed in a jail cell anywhere. They come to Clarkie’s for the atmosphere and the attitude.”
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 19, 2017
re: #503 Backwoods_Sleuth
There MIGHT be a bit more there. Rosenstein might be “a survivor” as Comey said, but after being sent to polish Trump’s bus axles, he might be a little bit pissed, and a LOT sneaky…more memos might be incoming.
re: #509 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is that image real or a shop-job?
re: #489 Dr Lizardo
Someone over here in Europe needs to give Trump a can of surströmming.
Heh.
Here’s Buzz Feed’s version of the surströmming first meeting video. There a billion (at least) out there.
re: #478 BeachDem
JFC, AP—it’s NINE fucking days, not BEHEMOTH or GRUELING or DIFFICULT—he’s supposedly the president, not a pre-schooler:
Even before Trump’s trip morphed from a quick jaunt to Europe into a nine-day behemoth, White House aides were on edge about how the president would take to grueling pressures of foreign travel: the time zone changes, the unfamiliar hotels, the local delicacies. Two officials said they feared that a difficult trip might even lead the president to hand off future traveling duties to Vice President Mike Pence.
Hey man, unfamiliar hotels will kill ya, man. I have hotels. Believe me. I don’t want to have to just stay anywhere. How sure can I be that the hotels will be quality hotels, know what I mean?
re: #507 HappyWarrior
Sounding more like your boss everyday, Mikey.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump himself wrote that and had it posted to Pences account.
re: #511 EPR-radar
Chickenhawking is the term used to refer to armchair patriots (usually GOP) whose verbal enthusiasm for military service by others is directly proportional to their personal dedication to avoiding military service.
I think this can be generalized to all aspects of the conservative movement. We have fiscal chickenhawks who want their tax cuts but don’t have the stomach for corresponding budget cuts (especially to military spending). We have abortion chickenhawks who supposedly want fewer abortions, but who oppose policies that are known to lead to fewer abortions. Etc.
These pieces of crap are cowardly little puddles of fear-puke.
My favorite picture of Newt: