Aimee Mann and Jonathan Coulton (with Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Rich Dworsky, Alan Hampton, and Ted Poor) perform “Patient Zero” on our May 20, 2017 broadcast
Website: aimeemann.com
Hey Charles, how’d you get the nickname Icarus? Something about flying too close to the sun?
Portland Republican: I might use militia groups as security https://t.co/StQypeNvGz pic.twitter.com/oMkAWaA3fT
— The Hill (@thehill) May 30, 2017
“We got tired of being labeled metaphorical Brownshirts, so we decided to bring in some literal Brownshirts” https://t.co/VGy5UR4e1B
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 30, 2017
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re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
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Yeah, my praise of The Hill for moderating their comments was at least, premature.
The grotesque two-bit Trump carny experience continues.
trump is selling lootboxes now pic.twitter.com/GwNTTZLHB7
— gabagool: the movie (@jimpjorps) May 29, 2017
“Exclusive and Vintage.”
Two more terms that have lost all meaning as the Trumpers destroy language.
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re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
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Failure to keep track of emails, messages & other records could expose Trump aides to criminal charges down the line https://t.co/O3Kcm6CIqC pic.twitter.com/TVt5bVdeyG
— POLITICO (@politico) May 28, 2017
Maybe Trump can ask Putin and WikiLeaks to find them. https://t.co/f4FpgBNRBq
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 29, 2017
Upfist:
Roger Waters of PInk Floyd fame began his American Tour in Kansas City with this! pic.twitter.com/guL94Qu7Fa
— Trump’s not my Pres (@Nysteveo2AOLcom) May 29, 2017
Fed up with what they see as a failed system of government on land, libertarians are seeking a home on the high seas https://t.co/Mivy2yV4Pu pic.twitter.com/Mpdw0OtmvH
— New Republic (@NewRepublic) May 29, 2017
This is so retarded. The ocean is a violent merciless bitch. The very last thing she rewards is dumb ass dudes & their plucky individualism. https://t.co/a0QhFOvUN1
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 30, 2017
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
@goddamnedfrank Agreed.
How can we get more of them to sign up?— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 30, 2017
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
I can see Kevin Costner from here.
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re: #14 goddamnedfrank
Or they could save a lot of time and money and just play BioShock.
re: #20 teleskiguy
Anyone who read about the production challenges of that movie would understand how silly an idea that floating colony is.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
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re: #15 Kragar
Every one of the half-brained libertarian schemes to set up some sort of independent community fails. Whether the Galt’s Gulch stunt in Chile, Sealand off the coast of Britain, Somalia, Chile under Pinochet, &c, they are either grifts or are overrun by someone else.
A seastead is particularly stupid - who would come to their aid (other than rescue) in bad weather, &c? (Sealand was overrun by mercenaries in 1978.)
re: #27 Anymouse
Every one of the half-brained libertarian schemes to set up some sort of independent community fails. Whether the Galt’s Gulch stunt in Chile, Sealand off the coast of Britain, Somalia, Chile under Pinochet, &c, they are either grifts or are overrun by someone else.
A seastead is particularly stupid - who would come to their aid (other than rescue) in bad weather, &c? (Sealand was overrun by mercenaries in 1978.)
Fuck bad weather. Who is going to clean their toilets and take out the trash?
re: #28 allegro
Fuck bad weather. Who is going to clean their toilets and take out the trash?
The free market will take care of everything.//
re: #28 allegro
Fuck bad weather. Who is going to clean their toilets and take out the trash?
Their shit doesn’t … ah, forget it.
I know all those socially-minded libertarians would be willing to do all the hard work to have a functioning community. /s
re: #29 HappyWarrior
The free market will take care of everything.//
There’s that. Just imagine the price of a tomato.
Wasn’t there also an attempt at a libertarian colony in bum fuck no where that didn’t work? Maybe it’s your ideology guys. Die hard Libbers remind me of Marxists in their zeal.
re: #22 jaunte
Oh it was a horror show! The film went $75 million over budget in a matter of months, the set was destroyed by a hurricane, on and on.
I still think the cinematography and the crazy sci-fi plot are highly redeeming qualities. And Dennis Hopper as the leader of the Smokers. Hah!
re: #31 allegro
There’s that. Just imagine the price of a tomato.
Or any food at all. Or dry goods. Or clothes.
The sorts of people who go all-in on these sorts of schemes have plenty enough money for that, they just don’t want anyone to be “the boss of them” (which means they can’t work together and such things universally fail). The self-styled Principality of Sealand (a libertarian paradise with “prince” for a leader) couldn’t make it and they were right off the coast of Great Britain.
Can we agree as a species that this needs to be the loading icon for everything from now on? pic.twitter.com/hbQIkQAw1Q
— Zoe Delahunty-Light (@zoe_dels) May 29, 2017
re: #32 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t there also an attempt at a libertarian colony in bum fuck no where that didn’t work? Maybe it’s your ideology guys. Die hard Libbers remind me of Marxists in their zeal.
Galt’s Gulch, Chile. The project failed (but not for the grifter who started it).
gawker.com
That guy then went to set up a “free trade zone” in Honduras that also failed.
re: #32 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t there also an attempt at a libertarian colony in bum fuck no where that didn’t work? Maybe it’s your ideology guys. Die hard Libbers remind me of Marxists in their zeal.
There was a proposal by a group of libertarians led by no less a figure of ill-repute than Glenn Beck, back in the early days of the Obama admin when the TPers were in full swing. Had all these blueprints and such laid out, just needed the funding to come through and they’d have their own little libertarian utopia.
AFAIK, it fell apart right around the time that the GOP decided to drop the whole “we’re a bunch of ‘independents’” act.
re: #11 allegro
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The one overriding rule I have followed for my whole life in situations like this, much to my lack of personal profit, can be summed up in two words: Suits suck.
@goddamnedfrank @oufenix Please don’t use “retarded” unless it’s a medical context.
— Human (@sofiyaasher) May 30, 2017
@sofiyaasher @oufenix You’re not the retarded boss of me.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 30, 2017
I get where they’re coming from, and I don’t care. I feel like at 43 there are some words I’m willing to compromise on and some that are just stuck in my brain so go fucking try to make the world a better place somewhere else.
Homeland’s Kelly says no ‘big deal’ if Kushner tried back-channel network with Russia, as WH fights back https://t.co/g6lXfPhL4I pic.twitter.com/xf0qMMLVIH
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2017
I don’t want to hear any one of you Trump supporters ever say ANYTHING about Hillary Clinton’s email server ever again. Ever. Fuck you. https://t.co/1FFJqFoifK
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 29, 2017
re: #29 HappyWarrior
The free market will take care of everything.//
Then they all die from a plague contracted from a dirty telephone….
re: #42 Blind Frog Belly White
Then they all die from a plague contracted from a dirty telephone….
What telephone?
Meanwhile, it worked in Montana for Greg Gianforte, so why not in GA-6?
BREAKING: Handel’s handlers manhandle reporter to duck questions of her blocking Black voters https://t.co/es0j0tOWUM #Georgia #Crosscheck pic.twitter.com/9y1R2kSSMz
— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) May 30, 2017
re: #44 Anymouse
Side note: Handels Handlers would be a great name for a band.
re: #41 Anymouse
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“But that was different!”
“How?”
“Well, she’s a Democrat for one…”
1/2 If I’m supposed to think I was wrong about @chuckwoolery possibly being antisemitic, this deluge of Nazis spewing insults and …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 30, 2017
@chuckwoolery 2/2 racism at me isn’t really helping to convince me.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 30, 2017
re: #32 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t there also an attempt at a libertarian colony in bum fuck no where that didn’t work? Maybe it’s your ideology guys. Die hard Libbers remind me of Marxists in their zeal.
When I started going to Pitt in 1973, the Young Libertarian Alliance had demonstrations going in support of Michael Oliver’s Republic of Minerva which was taken over by Tonga.
It’s like I said the other night, the wingnuts started out by insisitng that there was no evidence whatsoever that there’d been communications between the Trumps and Russia.
Then they moved on to asserting that even if there’d been communication, there was nothing illegal about that.
Following up that was assertions that even if the Trumps had lied about communicating with Russia, that wasn’t criminal because they could just “revise” their statements.
Now they’re outright saying that even if the Trumps talked about criminal actions with the Russians, that doesn’t mean anything because nothing happened.
If we follow this pattern, next will be arguing that even if we’ve caught the Trumps working with/for the Russians, that’s not criminal because Russia’s an awesome country.
re: #49 Targetpractice
AKA wishing your Democracy away.
Wall Street Journal’s @GeraldFSeib has submitted this lede to the Both Sides Hall of Fame pic.twitter.com/esIWEtZLeQ
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 30, 2017
I like the clever use of “hurls” as though we’ll forget the second violent act is metaphorical https://t.co/u2hpJY1s3D
— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) May 30, 2017
LOL.
Via @ronsheridan pic.twitter.com/qnhAK8dr1S— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) May 30, 2017
Racists still don’t get that racism is not good for business. An on-line petition was launched:
A Call for the Immediate Termination of the Contract Between USA Fencing and Sword Masters
On May 24th, 2017, the co-owner of Sword Masters, Scott Harkey, publicly posted to his Facebook account the following status:
“Isn’t it nice to have a first lady that’s fluent in five languages and not just two… By 2 I mean English and Ebonics.”
One day later
usfencing.org…
Effective immediately, Sword Masters LLC is no longer the Official Weapon Repair provider for USA Fencing and will not be serving in that capacity at the USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge or in advertisements or other media.
re: #51 Kragar
That is a mean case of bothsiderism. I hope he gets help soon, sheesh.
GOOGLE: we made a car that drives itself & mapped the planet in 3D
GOVT: tell us how much you pay your female employees
GOOGLE: impossible pic.twitter.com/RX4fMpfhGS— mitch said (@said_mitch) May 26, 2017
Mexicans who served in US Army with the promise of becoming citizens but ended up being deported, protest on Memorial Day in Ciudad Juarez pic.twitter.com/nRSpFAx8Ie
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 30, 2017
re: #51 Kragar
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re: #58 retired cynic
Appalling!
I think this is something both liberals and conservatives can agree on.
King Crimson - Lark’s Tongue In Aspic Pt. II
Notice Robert Fripp’s face (he’s the guitar player). Deranged, eh? https://t.co/NZxyG1ZQfx— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 30, 2017
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
I see they haven’t played Bioshock.
re: #59 gwangung
I think this is something both liberals and conservatives can agree on.
Nope. Conservatives see nothing past Illegal!!
I can’t help but shake my head every time I open a story from a “serious” pundit about the need for “civility” in politics. You assholes just spent the better part of two years arguing that a vulgar talking yam needed to be given a pass because he wasn’t a politician and thus should not be held to the same standards of decorum. So spare us the sudden “shock” that things have become so uncivil now under his presidency.
re: #63 Targetpractice
The collective consciousness of the citizenry of the United States has the attention span of a gnat.
Good luck with that.
New Ecuador leader says ‘hacker’ Assange can stay at embassy https://t.co/6EJ8xOGXwT
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 29, 2017
re: #65 Anymouse
Good luck with that.
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Ecuador’s next leader announces that he will continue putting his thumb in the eye of America, figuring he has little to lose for doing so.
I seriously want to walk up to some overweight white man in Walmart and ask him this question: I’m going to say one word and I want to know what you think of that word. Antietam. What do you think of that word?
Any way it goes I’ll bet I’d be surprised.
Today’s guinea pig for Animah:
@yoga_and_more Guten Morgen lieber Jörg und wünsche dir einen entspannten Dienstag #guineapig pic.twitter.com/S2C4PUWS63
— Martina Rosemann 😎 (@MartinaRosemann) May 30, 2017
re: #67 teleskiguy
‘course, Walmart’s far away for me, 30 miles to the east and west. There’s a Costco only six miles away from me. Costco is better.
re: #67 teleskiguy
I seriously want to walk up to some overweight white man in Walmart and ask him this question: I’m going to say one word and I want to know what you think of that word. Antietam. What do you think of that word?
Any way it goes I’ll bet I’d be surprised.
“Is that some city in Europe?”
re: #71 Targetpractice
ANT EAT UM ALL MY BROWN SUGAR IN THE CUPBOARD, WHERE’S THE SUGAR AISLE?!?
A more telling question would be to ask that same Bubba at the Wal-Mart what the name “William Tecumseh Sherman” means to him. That’s when you’ll see the real fireworks begin.
re: #70 teleskiguy
‘course, Walmart’s far away for me, 30 miles to the east and west. There’s a Costco only six miles away from me. Costco is better.
The nearest Wal*Mart to me is sixty miles away (either the one in Sidney or the one in Scottsbluff).
Even if it was next door I would never shop there. Goes back to an issue when we lived in Oklahoma. Our next-door neighbours both worked at Wal*Mart (they were brother and sister, the woman had a nine-year-old daughter). Their father was at home in hospice care; the daughter would stay with him at night while they worked the overnight shift.
One morning round three AM the daughter came over to our house to tell us that her grandfather had died. We called the local Wal*Mart and the store manager would neither let us speak to either the girl’s mother or uncle. I went to Wal*Mart to raise hell with the overnight manager while my wife kept the girl at our house. Wal*Mart threatened to have me arrested for attempting to pass the message to the girl’s mother that her father was dead and her daughter was at our house.
Screw Wal*Mart with a giant rusty garden weasel.
Jim Wright’s powerful essay on Memorial Day 2017. (He originally typoed it as 2018 but in a correction says it will likely apply then as well.)
Wingnuts all over Jim Wright in this thread Hillary! Benghazi! Obama! Cats and Dogs living together!
.@POTUS: “Since the first volley of gunfire in the revolution brave Americans in every generation have answered the call of duty.” pic.twitter.com/KBUIEmlA1I
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2017
Trump’s attacks on Gold Star Families and POWs should play on continuous loop all day today. All day. https://t.co/5F798wJ72v
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 29, 2017
re: #76 Anymouse
Trump’s attacks on Gold Star Families and POWs should play on continuous loop all day today. All day.
But they won’t, because our media are derelict in their duty to America
A whole subculture of frightened illiterates with no faith in anything.
— Hunter S. Thompson (@GonzoVice) May 26, 2017
Trump supporters, in one tweet. https://t.co/yimbSvdJW1
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 30, 2017
re: #78 teleskiguy
He saw it coming.
re: #78 teleskiguy
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Days I’m not sure whether Hunter Thompson would be having the time of his life under this administration…or drinking himself into a coma.
re: #80 Targetpractice
Don’t matter now. He blew his brains out after GW got reelected, and after he found out that he couldn’t swim anymore.
re: #81 teleskiguy
Don’t matter now. He blew his brains out after GW got reelected, and after he found out that he couldn’t swim anymore.
And Dubya was a piker next to Trump. As bad as the things he did were (and they were very bad), the shit Trump has done in just his first six months puts that man to shame. The only real way to explain it would be to imagine if we’d just dispensed with the charade and put Cheney in the Oval Office while Dubya was shuffled to the side.
Staggering irony that rural conservative Trump Voters are giving up health care so rich urban liberals like me can get a huge tax cut.
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) May 30, 2017
The Trump administration published a database with the personal information of abuse victims https://t.co/Zb1OUkD5w3
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 30, 2017
re: #84 Kragar
Oh marvy. Conservatives are so hell-bent on demonising alleged undocumented immigrants’ alleged crimes that they’re willing to put victims of crimes in their database.
Small government my liberal butt.
And here we go: White House Acts to Roll Back Birth-Control Mandate for Religious Employers https://t.co/vurQALNQ3w pic.twitter.com/4o4rIv1mrO
— Greg Lipper (@theglipper) May 30, 2017
They are coming for our birth control. https://t.co/YhtMUbtU3t
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) May 30, 2017
re: #85 Anymouse
Oh marvy. Conservatives are so hell-bent on demonising alleged undocumented immigrants’ alleged crimes that they’re willing to put victims of crimes in their database.
Small government my liberal butt.
The victims who are legal immigrants will be excused as “The American people need to see the faces of the victims!”
And the illegal/questionable victims will be excused as “THEY HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY! THEY SHOULDN’T BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!”
Daily Kos is now old enough for a learner’s permit to drive:
dailykos.com
The “Great Orange Satan” turned fifteen years old. The article liked above is a brief history of the site and the troubles it’s been through to get where it is today.
Well, I’m off to bed. VA appointment tomorrow - no eating for lab tests, yadayada.
Manuel Noriega has died at age eighty-three.
re: #93 Decatur Deb
Man who didn’t know his limitations.
Well, he learned them after being jailed in the USA, then France, then Panama.
Until Geo. HW Bush’s invasion of Panama however, he was doing well for himself. He didn’t have as much bling on his uniform as Sheriff David Clarke though.
re: #94 Anymouse
Until Geo. HW Bush’s invasion of Panama however, he was doing well for himself. He didn’t have as much bling on his uniform as Sheriff David Clarke though.
Same number of stars on the shoulders, though:
Meanwhile, over at NationalRacistsOnline, the big headline is a piece by VDH defending Trump by throwing as much stuff at Democrats as possible, e.g.,
“potty-mouth DNC head Tom Perez”
That’s right, Perez is “potty-mouth”, while Trump is ….?
Alternet is ofttimes to the moonbat left what Free Republic is to the authoritarian right (without the racism and sexism).
However, sometimes they come up with good articles, such as this one for Memorial Day:
The Untold Story of Memorial Day: Former Slaves Honoring and Mourning the Dead
(more at the link):
During the spring of 1865, African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina—most of them former slaves—held a series of memorials and rituals to honor unnamed fallen Union soldiers and boldly celebrate the struggle against slavery. One of the largest such events took place on May first of that year but had been largely forgotten until David Blight, a history professor at Yale University, found records at a Harvard archive. In a New York Times article published in 2011, Blight described the scene. While it is difficult to pinpoint the precise birthplace of the holiday, it is fair to say that ceremonies like the following are largely erased from the American narrative of Memorial Day.
During the final year of the war, the Confederates had converted the city’s Washington Race Course and Jockey Club into an outdoor prison. Union captives were kept in horrible conditions in the interior of the track; at least 257 died of disease and were hastily buried in a mass grave behind the grandstand.
After the Confederate evacuation of Charleston black workmen went to the site, reburied the Union dead properly, and built a high fence around the cemetery. They whitewashed the fence and built an archway over an entrance on which they inscribed the words, “Martyrs of the Race Course.”
Today our president took more time to address a girl making fun of him on Twitter than the domestic terrorist who fatally stabbed 2 heroes.
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) May 29, 2017
OH. MY. EFFING. GOD.
The President of the United States just blocked me on Twitter because I hurt his feelings. #MAGA pic.twitter.com/oB5zTAs7In— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) May 29, 2017
@bessbell WOW. You’ve officially taken up more of his attention than Tiffany
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) May 29, 2017
Fifty Years Later, Gold Star Mother Remembers ‘The Only Son I Had’ (goes to Stars & Stripes)
More at Stars & Stripes
Sitting in the shade, next to three other Gold Star mothers, she reflected on her son’s short life. In addition to baseball, he loved cars — especially his black Ford Fairlane.
In 2002, on a trip to Vietnam with another Gold Star Mother, [Emogene] Cupp visited the place where her son died, and placed a wreath there. “It was very interesting. He wrote home how pretty it was,” she said. “I could see where he had been.”
“Always so many (memories),” she said. “He was the only son I had.”
Every year for a decade, Dennis Mason has visited the Vietnam Wall on Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
“I kept to myself” after Vietnam, Mason said — until one day when he went online and found a page devoted to his very own unit. Now, he can’t get enough of it.
Next year will be the fiftieth anniversary of the death of my father in the Vietnam War.
I have been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington (when I was stationed in Virginia Beach) to view his name inscribed on The Wall. (The Memorial is an eerily quiet place.) I have also been to my father’s resting place at St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts (when I was stationed as a Navy Recruiter in Pittsfield, Mass.—as a child I was not permitted to attend his funeral or interment).
Perhaps either a trip there, or a trip to his grave site in Massachusetts would be an appropriate trip for me next year.
re: #41 Anymouse
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Kelly is such an ogre. Someone needs to ask him if there is any dang thing Trump and his sycophants could do which Kelly would find problematic. Or is he okay with shady activity as long as it’s done by someone in his party.
re: #96 freetoken
Meanwhile, over at NationalRacistsOnline, the big headline is a piece by VDH defending Trump by throwing as much stuff at Democrats as possible, e.g.,
That’s right, Perez is “potty-mouth”, while Trump is ….?
I’d prefer potty mouth over violent or racist any day.
re: #105 Timothy Watson
An avalanche may start with but a single small stone rolling…
Less anyone doubt the speed of wikipedia, the Dubke entry already has him resigned:
Meanwhile, the BBC report is only 20 minutes old:
bbc.com
re: #96 freetoken
Meanwhile, over at NationalRacistsOnline, the big headline is a piece by VDH defending Trump by throwing as much stuff at Democrats as possible, e.g.,
That’s right, Perez is “potty-mouth”, while Trump is ….?
VDH starts with hypocrisy, moves to projection, throws in some historical revisionism, and ends upon total fantasy.
So it’s par for the course.
An official explained why Trump will do more of the talking for the White House: “He says things exactly the way he wants them to be said.”
Oh… goody…
Why have filtered-Trump when you can have the real thing, straight?
He’s back to Tweeting about his yooge election victory.
re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
He’s back to Tweeting about his yooge election victory.
And those evil Germans and the trade deficit with them.
Should I bother pointing out that a lot of the German cars in the United States were made in the United States, in the South no less?
re: #115 Timothy Watson
And those evil Germans and the trade deficit with them.
Should I bother pointing out that a lot of the German cars in the United States were made in the United States, in the South no less?
Not to mention that a lot of German companies have permanent facilities in the US and employ many American workers.
re: #116 The Vicious Babushka
Not to mention that a lot of German companies have permanent facilities in the US and employ many American workers.
And 12% of the cars the United States does export go to Germany
atlas.media.mit.edu
re: #105 Timothy Watson
Does these mean that the people who believe that Trump deleted his Twitter account and that the current one is just a hit job being run by Dems and the media are going to be disabused?
re: #118 Weaselone
Does these mean that the people who believe that Trump deleted his Twitter account and that the current one is just a hit job being run by Dems and the media are going to be disabused?
Okay…I missed that conspiracy theory…
re: #116 The Vicious Babushka
Not to mention that a lot of German companies have permanent facilities in the US and employ many American workers.
Two of our town’s largest employers are French (rubber tires) and Australian (rubber rubbers). We lost our Japanese VHS tape plant.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
Two of our town’s largest employers are Australian (rubber tires) and French (rubber rubbers). We lost our Japanese VHS tape plant.
Trump would have saved those jobs by putting a tariff on those evil DVDs.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
Two of our town’s largest employers are French (rubber tires) and Australian (rubber rubbers). We lost our Japanese VHS tape plant.
People do not realize that Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Volkswagen, Fiat and Mercedes maintain a large presence in the Motor City.
I did my part this past holiday weekend and kept the black flies well fed on my warm blood in Wanakena, NY. The historical footbridge that was taken out by the ice on the Oswegatchie River has been replaced and it is gorgeous.
Black flies don’t bite, they suck.
re: #119 Timothy Watson
Okay…I missed that conspiracy theory…
So had I, but apparently a friend of my wife had just such a discussion with a Trump supporter. Trump promised to delete his social media account after winning the election and did so. Everything from that account is just liberals/Democrats/media trying to slime Trump and make him look stupid.
re: #122 The Vicious Babushka
People do not realize that Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Volkswagen, Fiat and Mercedes maintain a large presence in the Motor City.
Mercedes employs 3,800 people in Tuscaloosa, in one of the poorest counties in Alabama. Honda builds engines in Pell City, pop. 13,000.
re: #124 Weaselone
So had I, but apparently a friend of my wife had just such a discussion with a Trump supporter. Trump promised to delete his social media account after winning the election and did so. Everything from that account is just liberals/Democrats/media trying to slime Trump and make him look stupid.
Even stuff that gets cross-posted on the POTUS account?
This is being passed around The Twitters, but is it real or another spoof like the Pope hand slap?
The Orange Idiot giving the finger to other heads of state like a 4 year old child. #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/kMuyQXEDq2
— R. Saddler 📎 (@Politics_PR) May 29, 2017
re: #127 Timothy Watson
Even stuff that gets cross-posted on the POTUS account?
Don’t look to me for an answer to these questions. I’m just relaying a third party anecdote, because it struck me as an even greater disconnect from reality than his standard supporters.
re: #132 Weaselone
Don’t look to me for an answer to these questions. I’m just relaying a third party anecdote, because it struck me as an even greater disconnect from reality than his standard supporters.
Funny thing is that Trump promised to keep his accounts after the election.
But, yeah, I have no idea how to argue with people that freaking crazy.
I posted this on my FB feed this morning. I’ve had it, I’m done, and I don’t care.
Sorry, but its come to this.
If you are a Supporter of Donald Trump, please unfriend me. I considered you to be part of the problem. Not the solution.
There is no longer any need to debate the issue. This TRAVESTY of leadership is destroying the country I grew up in, served, and have always known.
Don’t like my opinion? Just leave. No comment necessary.
@CoryBooker You need to return ALL #TRUMP related funds now or #NoBooker is in the future. #Giveitback
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 30, 2017
cursed image 936 pic.twitter.com/y8TLMuVSay
— cursed images (@cursedimages_2) May 30, 2017
re: #55 JordanRules
If only there was some way to search all the data and find the specific items sought. And to do so in a timely and efficient manner.
What would we call that search? Oh right…. Google.
re: #137 lawhawk
If only there was some way to search all the data and find the specific items sought. And to do so in a timely and efficient manner.
What would we call that search? Oh right…. Google.
SELECT * FROM employees ORDER BY gender, salary
Sean Spicer is already preparing for this afternoon’s White House press briefing. pic.twitter.com/SkxwuHmmnC
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) May 30, 2017
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
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Check The Washington Post’s job section:
“If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.”
Ukraine’s showing some mad twitter skills:
@Russia You really don’t change, do you? pic.twitter.com/HDfS9A8jWZ
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) May 30, 2017
re: #142 lawhawk
Ukraine’s showing some mad twitter skills:
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Must crush capitalism grr grr. But yeah glad they’re not falling for that.
re: #135 Dave In Austin
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I agree, I like Booker but this and his defense of Dain represent a bothersome trend with him.
Trump keeps trying to work the fake news angle, but reality is a bitch and harsh mistress. You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts (though that hasn’t stopped Trump supporters from parroting Trump lines even though reality continues to stupify them).
Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S. & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2017
Special Counsel, FBI investigation, House & Senate probes; 17 intel agencies say they meddled in the election. That is not “Fake News,” sir. https://t.co/AACLdsD2Ea
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 30, 2017
re: #144 HappyWarrior
I agree, I like Booker but this and his defense of Dain represent a bothersome trend with him.
Dain?
re: #146 Timothy Watson
Bain.
Booker maintains and retains close ties to Wall Street. Considering NJ has a ton of Wall Street backoffices, that’s not a bad thing.
re: #147 lawhawk
Bain.
Booker maintains and retains close ties to Wall Street. Considering NJ has a ton of Wall Street backoffices, that’s not a bad thing.
Ah, I remember now. Defending Romney from the attacks on Bain in 2012.
re: #148 Timothy Watson
Ah, I remember now. Defending Romney from the attacks on Bain in 2012.
Right, didn’t like that. That said, I still appreciate that he’s one of our best voices on CJ reform, a big issue to me.
re: #145 lawhawk
Trump keeps trying to work the fake news angle, but reality is a bitch and harsh mistress. You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts (though that hasn’t stopped Trump supporters from parroting Trump lines even though reality continues to stupify them).
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Keep on telling yourself that, Donnie. The Russians are laughing at you for being stupid enough to think that you’re anything but Putin’s ass puppet.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
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RE: floating libertarian-topias.
I saw this movie, Dennis Hopper as the emperor of the exxon valdez. Didn’t end well for him.
Waterworld was not that bad.
re: #145 lawhawk
Russian officials must be laughing at the U.S. & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News.
— Donald J. Trump
Such presidential classy real
re: #155 HappyWarrior
And so much for his tweets being reviewed.
It’s the eleventy-billionth PIVOT that didn’t materialize. What a surprise.
re: #157 Timothy Watson
This woman’s sexual discrimination case against D.C. has lasted 27 years
Saw that this morning. Unbelievable.
The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2017
Are we no longer calling it tax reform? https://t.co/ODqzeG0ho6
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) May 30, 2017
Once again, Trump gives away the game.
Hi from Germany. When should I expect the bombing to commence?
re: #159 jaunte
Once again, Trump gives away the game.
“switch to 51 votes, immediately….”
Could he at least try to appear as if he understands the Constitution, Senate rules, legislative history, etc?
re: #160 BlackPearl
Hi from Germany. When should I expect the bombing to commence?
Wait for it…the administration hasn’t yet finished the demonization phase yet.
re: #159 jaunte
Once again, Trump gives away the game.
Also, too, increase defense spending, eliminate deficits and national debt….
/
Is terminal stupidity something that could trigger a 25th amendment intervention? Asking for a friend.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 30, 2017
re: #161 Sir John Barron
“switch to 51 votes, immediately….”
Could he at least try to appear as if he understands
the Constitution, Senate rules, legislative history, etc?anything?
FTFY
re: #159 jaunte
The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!
— Donald J. Trump
So, you mean that when your party is in control it should change long-standing rules to benefit itself?
re: #160 BlackPearl
Hi from Germany. When should I expect the bombing to commence?
Whenever comrade Putin gives the go-ahead.
re: #161 Sir John Barron
“switch to 51 votes, immediately….”
Could he at least try to appear as if he understands the Constitution, Senate rules, legislative history, etc?
The Senate should just grant him emergency powers, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!
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@thegarance @PaulBegala What’d you expect from an admin that sets its own hair on fire and then claims the only solution is to cut funding for the fire dept. pic.twitter.com/RME3bVMTmm
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 30, 2017
re: #134 Dave In Austin
That’s way more polite than I was. Way way more polite.
re: #168 Timothy Watson
The Senate should just grant him emergency powers, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!
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I think he means that if the Dems ever controlled congress and the WH they would “switch to 51 votes, immediately”, which, if you remember correctly, is exactly what Obama and the Dems did in 2009-2010 when they passed the ACA with 51 votes. Oh, they didn’t do that? I bet Faux News will misremember differently, claim Dems voted everything with 50 votes, etc.
re: #166 Sir John Barron
So, you mean that when your party is in control it should change long-standing rules to benefit itself?
Next he will Tweet WHY DO WE EVEN ALLOW DEMS TO VOTE AGAINST ME!!! WE SHOULD DISBAND THEIR UNFAIR PARTY & ARREST THEM ALL FOR BEING SO UNFAIRLY UNFAIR!!!!11!
re: #171 Sir John Barron
I think he means that if the Dems ever controlled congress and the WH they would “switch to 51 votes, immediately”, which, if you remember correctly, is exactly what Obama and the Dems did in 2009-2010 when they passed the ACA with 51 votes. Oh, they didn’t do that? I bet Faux News will misremember differently, claim Dems voted everything with 50 votes, etc.
The official wingnut story is Obama rammed the ACA through Congress with no review or maybe even a vote. It totally sneaked past the Republicans, who were all snug in their beds (or someone else’s) dreaming of death panels and tax cuts for the rich.
re: #134 Dave In Austin
Right after Trump won, I saw a lot of Tumblr posters demanding that anyone who voted for or otherwise supports Trump unfollow them immediately. But I also saw a lot of pushback from Trumpers claiming that this was uncivil and “we should just all get along”. **rolls eyes**
re: #172 Romantic Heretic
Even some conservatives think that.
Problem is American cons aren’t any better albeit for different reasons.
re: #173 The Vicious Babushka
Next he will Tweet WHY DO WE EVEN ALLOW DEMS TO VOTE AGAINST ME!!! WE SHOULD DISBAND THEIR UNFAIR PARTY & ARREST THEM ALL FOR BEING SO UNFAIRLY UNFAIR!!!!11!
Ah, the Robert Mugabe gambit.
re: #159 jaunte
Can McConnell doe this? If so, he probably will. It’s not as if he has any principles or morals or integrity to stop him.
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
McCain concluded his address with a plea to Australia and other US allies to “stick with us”. He said: “We need your help, my friends. Now more than ever.
“I realise that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well. There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
re: #180 ozharas
But as soon as he cones home, he will vote ‘Yea’ for every Trump thing sent his way.
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
What else is Trump but the White Man’s Mugabe?
Mugabe ruined his country’s economy. If Trump and the GOP have their way, the same thing could happen in the States.
re: #180 ozharas
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
McCain concluded his address with a plea to Australia and other US allies to “stick with us”. He said: “We need your help, my friends. Now more than ever.
“I realise that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well. There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
The last time someone did that to an American (Republican) President, it was denounced as treason by the GOP.
re: #180 ozharas
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
McCain concluded his address with a plea to Australia and other US allies to “stick with us”. He said: “We need your help, my friends. Now more than ever.
“I realise that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well. There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
Funny how McCain always manages to neglect to mention that he voted for this fuckstick, even after Trump mocked him for his service.
This is a great obit.
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is dead https://t.co/ogbxlExRIN— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 30, 2017
“Noriega was the only chief of state in the Western Hemisphere who had a staff witch, imported from Brazil.)” Yep. https://t.co/Ut5XNA4YRJ
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 30, 2017
Hope Hicks’ ode in praise of Donald Trump reads like a hostage statement: https://t.co/n2cDhak97P pic.twitter.com/AaZLKDIw1m
— Slate (@Slate) May 30, 2017
re: #179 Patricia Kayden
Can McConnell doe this? If so, he probably will. It’s not as if he has any principles or morals or integrity to stop him.
This change will require a vote in the Senate. He would have to get his party to go along with it.
re: #133 Timothy Watson
Funny thing is that Trump promised to keep his accounts after the election.
But, yeah, I have no idea how to argue with people that freaking crazy.
You don’t. Just stay out of arm’s reach and make sure they have their hands in plain view at all times.
re: #180 ozharas
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
“I realize that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well.”
But not enough to make me do more than talk about my CONCERN.
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
Looks like VB’s ceiling.
// Check for kittays.
re: #180 ozharas
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
McCain concluded his address with a plea to Australia and other US allies to “stick with us”. He said: “We need your help, my friends. Now more than ever.
“I realise that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well. There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
The nonstop Trump apology tour continues apace. The GOP spent years claiming Obama was busy apologizing for the US. Now, it turns out that was all so much projection and GOPers are trying to keep fraying alliances in place because Trump’s going after decades-long alliances all to show something - and enabling Putin’s agenda in the process.
Trump’s disastrous foreign policy positions are coming home to roost, and the GOP has no way to head any of this off so long as they continue enabling this regime. They’re complicit in the damage being done. McCain will come home and continue to vote for Trump’s agenda.
As for the debate here at home, most Americans know that NATO is important, and more important than sucking up to Putin. Most Americans think that working with our allies is more important than attacking our allies and undermining longstanding alliances to show that you know natsec secrets. Many Americans see that Trump’s business ventures are why Trump does what he does.
re: #180 ozharas
the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
Which makes me think of B5.
I fear more and more every day this will happen.
O_o
VIDEO - Huckabee: Leakers in W.H. Who Can’t Keep their Pie Hole Shut Should Get Tongues Cut Out https://t.co/H9UkyDxNYF
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) May 30, 2017
Huckabee: “…if there is a knife somewhere, it ought to be cutting out the tongue of whoever in the WH can’t keep their pie hole shut.” https://t.co/XHuiZ3shSx
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 30, 2017
re: #194 b.d.
Party over country, party over friendship, party over family, party over everyone except MAYBE themselves.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
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Did Shmuckabee literally say this or is it a spoof? I can’t tell anymore.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Huckabee Threatens President.”
OK this is actually funny.
Perspective: The line of presidential succession, for dummies https://t.co/V5TPxkBNgg
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 30, 2017
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Did Shmuckabee literally say this or is it a spoof? I can’t tell anymore.
apparently he said it on Fox and Friends over the weekend.
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
apparently he said it on Fox and Friends over the weekend.
Is there video?
re: #8 jaunte
The grotesque two-bit Trump carny experience continues.
Bet my Firefly loot boxes are a bazillion times better.
re: #201 The Vicious Babushka
Is there video?
He remarked that with all of the press’ “knives are out” headlines, they are effectively “bringing a knife to a gun fight.”
“Donald Trump and his team, they are in a gunfight,” he said, adding that the media should abide by Sean Connery’s famous line “never bring a knife to a gun fight.”
He said that if someone wanted to use a knife, they should focus on “cutting out the tongue” of the anonymous White House leakers.
re: #199 The Vicious Babushka
OK this is actually funny.
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Better headline?
The line of presidential succession, of and for dummies
So looks like Trump is getting the gang back together to put on some shows.
re: #201 The Vicious Babushka
VIDEO - Huckabee: Leakers in W.H. Who Can’t Keep their Pie Hole Shut Should Get Tongues Cut Out https://t.co/H9UkyDxNYF
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) May 30, 2017
re: #180 ozharas
There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
Except… even if we 25th Amendment him, even if he’s impeached, even if he can be bribed into resigning…
Sure the rest of the world will breathe a sigh of relief. But they’ll *never* forget that we’re a country that could and did elect him.
How many decades did it take for people to stop looking sideways at Germany for being the country that could and did put Hitler in charge? In 1990, Margaret Thatcher *still* opposed German reunification. “Look what happened last time they were rich and powerful. It’s still too soon to give them another chance.”
When the Nordic prime ministers are openly mocking #PresidentTrump and the #Saudis .. pic.twitter.com/6G1iOlf2qK
— Steffen (@TVMaury) May 29, 2017
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is he riffing on the New Testament instruction to pluck out thine eye if it offends thee? I suspect the NT directive was intended as a figure of speech, not as a literal command.
OTOH, he could be referring the OT law of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. (Which was in fact in the Code of Hammurabi even before the OT was written down.)
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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OK, someone needs to ‘shop that football to make it glow, and add some suitable lighting on the PMs.
“Is it true u have a small penis?” “Absolutely.” Trumps returns from his 1st NATO trip as the laughing stock of 🌏. pic.twitter.com/IponIsxQQr
— vlh (@coton_luver) May 30, 2017
re: #209 sagehen
Except… even if we 25th Amendment him, even if he’s impeached, even if he can be bribed in resigning…
Sure the rest of the world will breathe a sigh of relief. But they’ll *never* forget that we’re a country that could and did elect him.
How many decades did it take for people to stop looking sideways at Germany for being the country that could and did put Hitler in charge? In 1990, Margaret Thatcher *still* opposed German reunification. “Look what happened last time they were rich and powerful. It’s still too soon to give them another chance.”
The only good way to remove him is to have this Russia thing to be shown to be infecting the party all way down, at least through McConnell and Ryan. The only way I see us turning the corner on electing people like Trump is for the lower class to get hurt by something the Republicans do so badly that they finally look up from their television sets.
.@M_Simonyan: ‘Press freedom’ in France exists only for establishment’s narrative https://t.co/yu6aTc5BIG @SputnikInt @RT_com pic.twitter.com/79r72x8axI
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) May 30, 2017
Translation: “We’d broadcast Holocaust deniers in French if it wasn’t for those pesky laws.” https://t.co/sqHICQGjof
— Paul Canning (@pauloCanning) May 30, 2017
Putin’s propaganda services are extra pissy at the French today.
The most paranoid theories about Trump and Russia are looking increasingly plausible https://t.co/jfYq1ToFTv pic.twitter.com/S93iwM2Hbg
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 30, 2017
posted w/o comment
An appropriate simile, since most of those in the Presidential line-of-succession ARE dummies: yet with Republican control of Congress, not much is going to able to be done on that front….
It’s all dummies: all the way down.
re: #215 jaunte
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Putin’s propaganda services are extra pissy at the French today.
Big Daddy Vladimir is unhappy.
re: #159 jaunte
@realDonaldTrump We already approved health care for all Americans. The RWNJs are trying to take it away.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) May 30, 2017
re: #216 caseyjr
I’m sticking with my theory that the Trump Organization has been willingly and knowingly laundering Russian Mafia/Russian Oligarch money for the past several years.
That’s the “derogatory information” the Russians have on him. And yes, it would be serious. It’s a felony. As per Wikipedia regarding the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, “The act prescribes that any person found guilty of money-laundering shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment from three years to seven years and where the proceeds of crime involved relate to any offence under paragraph 2 of Part A of the Schedule (Offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985), the maximum punishment may extend to 10 years instead of 7 years.”
At the very least, three years in prison would be no walk in the park, that’s for damn sure.
@JoyAnnReid 3 words… Kelly Ann Conway
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 30, 2017
It’s a truly frightening list. I didn’t know Israel changed it’s intelligence sharing with the US.
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93% of key roles in the executive branch remain unfilled.
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A new study found that tourism to the US has been on the decline since Trump took office, dropping by as much as 16%.
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
I’m sticking with my theory that the Trump Organization has been willingly and knowingly laundering Russian Mafia/Russian Oligarch money for the past several years.
That’s the “derogatory information” the Russians have on him. And yes, it would be serious. It’s a felony. As per Wikipedia regarding the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, “The act prescribes that any person found guilty of money-laundering shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment from three years to seven years and where the proceeds of crime involved relate to any offence under paragraph 2 of Part A of the Schedule (Offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985), the maximum punishment may extend to 10 years instead of 7 years.”
At the very least, three years in prison would be no walk in the park, that’s for damn sure.
Even if we don’t send him to prison, Civil Asset Forfeiture doesn’t require a conviction. How much would I smile if the federal government were to seize everything that might possibly be related to the accusations?
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
I’m sticking with my theory that the Trump Organization has been willingly and knowingly laundering Russian Mafia/Russian Oligarch money for the past several years.
That’s the “derogatory information” the Russians have on him. And yes, it would be serious. It’s a felony. As per Wikipedia regarding the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, “The act prescribes that any person found guilty of money-laundering shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment from three years to seven years and where the proceeds of crime involved relate to any offence under paragraph 2 of Part A of the Schedule (Offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985), the maximum punishment may extend to 10 years instead of 7 years.”
At the very least, three years in prison would be no walk in the park, that’s for damn sure.
I’ll go with Dr. Lizardo for the win. It’s been obvious this is about Dark Money. International Chain of Hotels and Casinos —what else do you use them for?
re: #223 sagehen
Even if we don’t send him to prison, Civil Asset Forfeiture doesn’t require a conviction. How much would I smile if the federal government were to seize everything that might possibly be related to the accusations?
The feds could easily seize the Trump Hotel in DC — it’s in federally owned property, and the terms of the lease prohibit any elected official from being a lessee.
Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower would be fair game, too.
@DaveoutofAustin @JoyAnnReid That’s not a witch, she’s either a banshee or a lich.
— jay (@random__name) May 30, 2017
re: #224 Birth Control Works
I’ll go with Dr. Lizardo for the win. It’s been obvious this is about Dark Money. International Chain of Hotels and Casinos —what else do you use them for?
There are several dodgy real estate transactions already reported on involving Trump and Russian buyers.
@realDonaldTrump << account has gained over 5 million followers in less than 3 days. Mostly bots. He’s getting ready for something.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
Concur w/ @th3j35t3r Russian Cyber warfare support ramping up for @POTUS? Key intelligence indicator of impending major political activity. https://t.co/87dpvdw7LB
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 30, 2017
WE HAVE REACHED PEAK TURNSPEAK
Oh man, this is so classic Instaputz.https://t.co/FWU74243rb
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 30, 2017
re: #223 sagehen
Even if we don’t send him to prison, Civil Asset Forfeiture doesn’t require a conviction. How much would I smile if the federal government were to seize everything that might possibly be related to the accusations?
Civil asset forfeiture is a lot harder when the defendant has the money for lawyers. Why do you think you hardly ever see it used against white-collar criminals?
re: #180 ozharas
John McCain is still in Australia - more speeches, urging Allies to hang in there.
McCain concluded his address with a plea to Australia and other US allies to “stick with us”. He said: “We need your help, my friends. Now more than ever.
“I realise that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well. There is a real debate under way now in my country about what kind of role America should play in the world and, frankly … the future of the world will turn on a large extent on how this debate in America is resolved.”
I wish I were in Australia
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
I’m sticking with my theory that the Trump Organization has been willingly and knowingly laundering Russian Mafia/Russian Oligarch money for the past several years.
That’s the “derogatory information” the Russians have on him. And yes, it would be serious. It’s a felony. As per Wikipedia regarding the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, “The act prescribes that any person found guilty of money-laundering shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment from three years to seven years and where the proceeds of crime involved relate to any offence under paragraph 2 of Part A of the Schedule (Offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985), the maximum punishment may extend to 10 years instead of 7 years.”
At the very least, three years in prison would be no walk in the park, that’s for damn sure.
I’m still planning on not being surprised if Trump just eventually signs the whole country over to Putin, partly as a Fuck You to everyone who hates him, partly to because Putin asks him nicely.
I’m also planning on not being surprised when the Republicans demand everyone love our new Russian overlords.
Hey all!
I was reading through this thread to get caught up and saw a comment by Lawhawk where he said something about Americans realize how important NATO is and how it strengthens our relationships with our allies.
Do they?
I wonder how many people can even tell you the definition of ally.
This goes back to what many are saying about the election and the lack of basic understanding of politics and civics. And that is here in America.
I don’t think your common American worried about getting through the day can tell you much about NATO and how it relates to their every day worries.
And that is a huge problem.
I think Trump is leading America down the road similar to what 1930s Germany went through. He wants everyone looking at others to see how they are taking advantage of them. He wants Americans to look at other countries as not friends to America. He wants people to pick out their enemies and how we can eliminate them as a problem and he wants Americans to look at each other to see who is with him and who is against him, which means they are against you the Trump supporter.
It is often said he loves chaos. He sure creates it.
So, what does a common America really think about Trump’s European trip? Probably not much which also means they don’t really care.
re: #227 wheat-dogg
There are several dodgy real estate transactions already reported on involving Trump and Russian buyers.
Anytime there is a financial scandal involving a politician —real estate is involved.
It’s a given. I could write it in stone.
re: #233 ObserverArt
“chaos is a ladder”
re: #229 The Vicious Babushka
WE HAVE REACHED PEAK TURNSPEAK
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Heh
(Next time warn us when you link to something Instapundit wrote!) :)
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Huckabee: “…if there is a knife somewhere, it ought to be cutting out the tongue of whoever in the WH can’t keep their pie hole shut.”
I would dismiss that as clumsy hyperbole, then I remember the family dog.
re: #236 Timothy Watson
Heh
(Next time warn us when you link to something Instapundit wrote!) :)
I figured that’s what the Instaputz name meant.
re: #238 Belafon
I figured that’s what the Instaputz name meant.
Drats, didn’t see that, skipped over the tweet’s content and went straight to the link.
re: #237 Decatur Deb
I would dismiss that as clumsy hyperbole, then I remember the family dog.
On the other hand, I do support the Trump regime eventually turning on itself and literally murdering its members, and I’m comforted that their ridiculous ineptitude will lead them to slaughtering the Trump loyalists while the leakers sneak away to safety…
Portland Republican: I might use militia groups as security https://t.co/StQypeNvGz pic.twitter.com/oMkAWaA3fT
— The Hill (@thehill) May 30, 2017
Using a double murder as an excuse to hire Nazi goon squads to rough up protesters at future town halls, are we https://t.co/bPO7NrTMYn
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) May 30, 2017
re: #219 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Correction:
We approved and enacted a law that gets us most of the way to health coverage for all Americans. Obamacare wasn’t the endpoint, but a move to cut the uninsured rate down significantly, both by creating exchanges where insurance companies can sell their plans to persons needing them that are more than catastrophic plans and are worth more than the paper they’re written on and by expanding Medicaid to cover more people.
The uninsured rates are highest where the states under GOP control have refused to expand Medicaid and have moved to block Obamacare provisions at every turn (including advertising that these programs are even available).
The GOPDontCare plan guts all aspects of Obamacare and would make the health care coverage for most Americans worse - by removing most of Obamacare along with many of the protections Obamacare confers (preexisting conditions for instance).
The end result is that a handful of people might see lower premiums (those who are in good health and young), while everyone else sees higher premiums (older, sicker, and preexisting conditions - both on/off exchange and on/off employer based coverages).
And why is the GOP doing all this? They’re paying for a massive tax cut/redistribution of wealth from the have-nots to the rich.
re: #239 Dr Lizardo
But what would that political activity be?
I’m going to guess articles like Instaputz accusing Obama of spying and hacking the election distributed by bots to the usual suspects.
re: #222 Birth Control Works
It’s a truly frightening list. I didn’t know Israel changed it’s intelligence sharing with the US.
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And yet, budget mangler Mulvaney is saying they are looking for 3% growth in the economy to work their “magic” budget.
Sure, cut travel by 16%. Drive out foreign cars and goods. What does that do to the economy?
It sure as hell doesn’t grow it.
WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters Who Cut Down Germans and Gave France Jazz
What the 369th had that set it apart was strong leadership by black officers as well as white— and the best damned band in the American Army. And what it brought to France, in addition to the blood and bravery of its soldiers in the fight against the Germans, was something revolutionary. It brought jazz—a kind of music, just then growing out of ragtime, that was not like anything the French, or most Americans, had ever heard before, but that caused a sensation wherever it was played.
re: #241 scottslemmons
On the other hand, I do support the Trump regime eventually turning on itself and literally murdering its members, and I’m comforted that their ridiculous ineptitude will lead them to slaughtering the Trump loyalists while the leakers sneak away to safety…
Minutes ago I told a friend that anything that keeps him from finishing his term would be severely damaging to the country. Possible way out would be obvious medically-forced resignation.
re: #236 Timothy Watson
Heh
(Next time warn us when you link to something Instapundit wrote!) :)
Is wrote the correct word?
Seems like crapped out is better.
so donald … who is hope hicks? #resist pic.twitter.com/Irn4Hr6YZA
— ROSIE (@Rosie) May 30, 2017
Hope Hicks’ embarrassingly gushing over Trump looks like it was written by the North Korean propaganda department to glorify Dear Leader. https://t.co/SFPeUTCkhH
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 30, 2017
Portland GOP head threatens to hire armed right-wing militia members as security force to protect Republicans https://t.co/TAo4sCeCYd pic.twitter.com/mpdSaqlN8A
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 30, 2017
Wait. Nazis are brawling, harassing Muslim women & slashing people in Portland this guy wants to hire storm troopers to protect Republicans? https://t.co/w5vNwH0QlD
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 30, 2017
Is there any job besides “newspaper columnist” that is so hard to get and yet has zero performance standards https://t.co/oU7tbVDfAg
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) May 30, 2017
senior white house adviser jared kushner https://t.co/12HbfnSaet
— darth:™ (@darth) May 30, 2017
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Republican Senator from Kentucky.
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
I’m sticking with my theory that the Trump Organization has been willingly and knowingly laundering Russian Mafia/Russian Oligarch money for the past several years.
That’s the “derogatory information” the Russians have on him. And yes, it would be serious. It’s a felony. As per Wikipedia regarding the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, “The act prescribes that any person found guilty of money-laundering shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment from three years to seven years and where the proceeds of crime involved relate to any offence under paragraph 2 of Part A of the Schedule (Offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985), the maximum punishment may extend to 10 years instead of 7 years.”
At the very least, three years in prison would be no walk in the park, that’s for damn sure.
Yeah, well, here’s the thing: one of the few things Donald Trump is very good at (or very good at hiring people who are very good at) is the construction of complex and opaque financial structures to:
1. Maximize his personal and/or companies’ profits
2. Minimize, shield, or deflect losses to other entities to the maximum extent possible
3. Obscure both the sources and destinations of funding to the maximum legal extent possible.
4. Ensure major legal representation to avoid any repercussions from points 1-3.
That the Trump Organization (and The Donald personally) is lousy with shady Russian money has been an ill-kept secret for years: it’s just that the “willingly and knowingly” part is going to be extraordinarily hard to prove (as in Federal Court). See Point 4 above…
WTF is with this Comment on my Pages Post?
re: #248 Decatur Deb
Minutes ago I told a friend that anything that keeps him from finishing his term would be severely damaging to the country. Possible way out would be obvious medically-forced resignation.
And him finishing his term is also going to severely damage this country.
What would be the best outcome in the long run?
Maybe a tough lesson of how the U.S. Constitution works to protect the country is needed about now. This country needs to have some lessons on government and civics taught to it.
I wonder if allowing him to stay and finish his term will lead to more like him.
Maybe it is better for the future to have an impeachment to send a message for the future and as a display that we are actually going to enforce the Constitution.
I guess what I am saying is damage is coming either way.
re: #259 Franklin
Doesn’t look like anything to me ;)
(mccart was nuked from orbit)
Well, not quite. Comment was nuked from the first article you posted.
re: #257 Birth Control Works
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WTF is with this Comment on my Pages Post?
Looks like a troll slipped in under the radar.
Call the exterminator?
re: #259 Franklin
Doesn’t look like anything to me ;)
(mccart was nuked from orbit)
Dangit, now I’m all a-curioused.
Report: Trump to reverse Obama’s Cuba policy https://t.co/2pl7DFZ3lC
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 30, 2017
re: #256 Jay C
Yeah, well, here’s the thing: one of the few things Donald Trump is very good at (or very good at hiring people who are very good at) is the construction of complex and opaque financial structures to:
1. Maximize his personal and/or companies’ profits
2. Minimize, shield, or deflect losses to other entities to the maximum extent possible
3. Obscure both the sources and destinations of funding to the maximum legal extent possible.
4. Ensure major legal representation to avoid any repercussions from points 1-3.That the Trump Organization (and The Donald personally) is lousy with shady Russian money has been an ill-kept secret for years: it’s just that the “willingly and knowingly” part is going to be extraordinarily hard to prove (as in Federal Court). See Point 4 above…
Very true; I was speculating that the “knowingly and willingly” part might be information that the Russians have…..the Kompromat material.
Whether they’d be so kind as to share that with us (provided it actually exists) is a different matter altogether.
Trump staying in office would be much worse than getting him out of office ASAP. The rest of the world might begin to trust us again. If he stays in office, we will be shunned, the damage would be irreversible.
re: #265 Birth Control Works
Well why not? It only took us 50 years to get there in the first place.
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re: #265 Birth Control Works
And the Democratic senator from New Jersey asking for this makes no sense.
Arkansas Does Not Apply US-Canada Income Tax Treaty to State Income Tax
On March 13, 2017, the State of Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (the Department) issued Legal Opinion No. 20170217 addressing the applicability of the US-Canada Income Tax Treaty to Arkansas personal income tax. The Department determined that the treaty applies only to US federal income taxes, such that “income taxes levied by individual states, such as Arkansas, do not fall within the treaty’s jurisdiction.” As a result, “the treaty’s provisions are generally not recognized by this state.”
The Department also determined that the Arkansas credit for personal income taxes paid to another US state does not extend to taxes paid to the Canadian government or a Canadian province. Non-US taxes may be deducted from gross income for Arkansas personal income tax purposes, but not credited.
re: #267 Birth Control Works
Trump staying in office would be much worse than getting him out of office ASAP. The rest of the world might begin to trust us again. If he stays in office, we will be shunned, the damage would be irreversible.
It’s going to be a long road to regaining said trust. It was a long road to gain it.
re: #270 Belafon
And the Democratic senator from New Jersey asking for this makes no sense.
Mendenez fought Obama on this. He’s Cuban-American and I get that it’s an emotional issue for many Cuban-Americans but as an Eastern European American, I must point out we did have relations with the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
Russia investigation has expanded to include Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, ABC reports. https://t.co/FlFeYxoCkI
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 30, 2017
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
@JenniferJJacobs how ISIS of him.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) May 30, 2017
re: #271 Birth Control Works
With it being Arkansas, I’m sure its a stupid as fuck idea. However, tax stuff like that makes my eyes glaze over.
Yet, another reason to Trust Women.
“It all goes back to his mother’s womb,” Post declares with some professional satisfaction. “During the mother’s pregnancy with Saddam Hussein, his father died, and another son died when he was only 12 years old. She both tried to commit suicide and to have an abortion.”
re: #277 HappyWarrior
I think it will be shorter to make a list of who is NOT under investigation. Shorter by about 3 million people…
re: #270 Belafon
And the Democratic senator from New Jersey asking for this makes no sense.
If it’s Sen. Bob Menendez it does (sort of): he’s Cuban-American, and, IIRC, a long-time anti-Castro hawk.
Though what he (or anybody) thinks is going to be accomplished by (?) reverting to old Cuba policies (?travel ban? ?sanctions?) - except for pissing off a lot of Cuban-Americans looking forward to renewing connections with the island - is beyond me.
re: #274 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Kyle Griffin ✔ @kylegriffin1
Russia investigation has expanded to include Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, ABC reports. abcnews.go.com …
12:12 PM - 30 May 2017
No surprise there.
Before this is all said and done ALL of Trump’s staff is going to be investigated.
It is now time for anyone that wants to save their butt to resign. The longer you stay in this mess the more you will be seen as a willing part of the corruption.
There has been an incident at JBSA-Lackland
Request everyone stay away from Arnold Hall area.— JointBaseSanAntonio (@JBSA_Official) May 30, 2017
re: #274 A wild WITHAK appeared!
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re: #282 ObserverArt
No surprise there.
Before this is all said and done ALL of Trump’s staff is going to be investigated.
It is now time for anyone that wants to save their butt to resign. The longer you stay in this mess the more you will be seen as a willing part of the corruption.
I would add it’s also time for anyone that wants to save their butt to start singing like a canary.
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
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An artist, who got angry that Fearless Girl was added, created a poorly formed dog pissing on her.
Edited to reflect that the original creator wasn’t the one who created the dog.
I can’t think of a better metaphor for male fragility than a tiny little dog attempting to piss near a fearless girl https://t.co/ADnZUEOtsp
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) May 30, 2017
re: #276 I cannot.
The US is one of only a few countries that tax their citizens on income no matter where it comes from or where they’re living. However, they have tax treaties with various countries that exclude the first $X from being double taxed.
e.g. I live in Germany, and am taxed on my work here. I only have to pay taxes to the US on anything over $102,100. So:
- everything less than $102,100, taxed only by Germany.
- everything greater than $102,100, taxed by both countries.
Arkansas is choosing to ignore the tax treaty. I have no idea if that’s legal, but it’s a dick move for people from there, working overseas.
re: #289 BlackPearl
The US is one of only a few countries that tax their citizens on income no matter where it comes from or where they’re living. However, they have tax treaties with various countries that exclude the first $X from being double taxed.
e.g. I live in Germany, and am taxed on my work there. I only have to pay taxes to the US on anything over $102,100. So:
everything < $102,100, taxed only by Germany.
everything > $102,100, taxed by both countries.Arkansas is choosing to ignore the tax treaty. I have no idea if that’s legal, but it’s a dick move for people from there, working overseas.
Treaties are federal law, so yes, it would be illegal.
Edit: It’s also another attempt at a state trying not to take care of it’s own budget by making others pay for it. Talk about taxation without representation.
OCCABD -Obsessing, Compulsive, Cursing Angry Bitch Disorder
re: #289 BlackPearl
The US is one of only a few countries that tax their citizens on income no matter where it comes from or where they’re living. However, they have tax treaties with various countries that exclude the first $X from being double taxed.
e.g. I live in Germany, and am taxed on my work there. I only have to pay taxes to the US on anything over $102,100. So:
everything < $102,100, taxed only by Germany.
everything > $102,100, taxed by both countries.Arkansas is choosing to ignore the tax treaty. I have no idea if that’s legal, but it’s a dick move for people from there, working overseas.
I’m hazy about the legal ramifications, but I understand federal treaties take precedence over state laws — some silly Constitutional thing in effect since before 1860. So, whichever legal eagles in Arkansas crafted that law had better be prepared to explain themselves to the IRS and the federal courts.
re: #290 Belafon
Treaties are federal law, so yes, it would be illegal.
Edit: It’s also another attempt at a state trying not to take care of it’s own budget by making others pay for it. Talk about taxation without representation.
Especially as expats aren’t allowed to vote in state or below elections. We can vote only for federal offices.
A White Terrorist Just Attacked An Innocent Black Man With A Machete https://t.co/99v9okdsfw via @anteksiler #whitesupremecy #racism
— ggt (@geegeetee) May 30, 2017
re: #295 Birth Control Works
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Seems like these numbnuts are seriously getting out of hand.
re: #288 Belafon
Now someone needs to make a vet prepping for neutering surgery.
@MrsScales1 @diane_bristol4 @Soonercats @mitchellvii You realize the Klan and nazis were democrats and socialist right ? Your argument lacks a logical base
— trev (@angrytrevor2) May 30, 2017
Do the people who think that Nazis were socialists also believe that a butterfly is literally a fly made of butter? 🤔 https://t.co/IViQubiPAW
— Dr. Jens Foell (@fMRI_guy) May 30, 2017
I posted the link about Tax Treaties because I am watching the news for the topic.
During his administration, Obama pursued and entered into an unprecedented number of tax treaties. Including Switzerland & the Camans. These countries were the traditional venues for those wishing to “hide” money for whatever reason.
Now, this leaves a problem for those who formerly used the various countries as tax havens. Where does all that dark money go to get bleached?
The Independent Consortium of Investigative Journalists got a document dump so years ago and has been sorting thru it. Most recently they published what they have found so far in the Panama Papers.
It is all very, very interesting.
re: #270 Belafon
And the Democratic senator from New Jersey asking for this makes no sense.
Menendez is Cuban-American, and is staunchly anti-Castro. He opposed Obama normalizing relations.
re: #298 wrenchwench
And until you realize who the Klan and Nazis here associate with, trev, they are going to continue destroying your party.
re: #296 Dr Lizardo
Seems like these numbnuts are seriously
getting out of hand
feeling empowered lately.
re: #179 Patricia Kayden
Can McConnell doe this? If so, he probably will. It’s not as if he has any principles or morals or integrity to stop him.
Why stop there? Why not say only Republican votes count? After all the Democrats lost, so why should they have any say about anything?
NEW: Package of bills allowing concealed carry of firearms without permit or training clears MI House Judiciary Committee in 6-4 votes.
— Paul Egan (@paulegan4) May 30, 2017
Michigan wants to be the new Florida. https://t.co/41PMVzij0G
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 30, 2017
re: #304 Dr. Matt
If the NRA was anything other than the advertising agency for gun manufacturers, they would oppose this.
@thehill Great time to be a criminal defense attorney in DC. Trump promised good, high pay jobs.
— Rick (@realstdunstan) May 30, 2017
OTD 5 years ago
I want to see @BarackObama’s college records to see how he listed his place of birth in the application.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2012
@NivenJ1 Twitter audit suggests half of his followers are fake. This is the most Trump thing I’ve ever seen! pic.twitter.com/67ZFsHgP7V
— Josh (@JeffCarnage) May 30, 2017
As noted by Dr. Matt below, the claim Trump’s seen a sudden spike of BS accts is itself BS. Trump’s account has long had issues with bots/fakes.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’d bet Ivanka wrote it for her—after all, Hope used to be an Ivanka spokesmodel.
re: #309 lawhawk
Dumb question: How can they tell if Trump is blocking people?
re: #308 The Vicious Babushka
OTD 5 years ago
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Five years ago. *sigh* Those were the days.
re: #309 lawhawk
Ominous reports that Trump just gained five million bot followers are BS. He has tons of fake followers on twitter, but no recent spike. pic.twitter.com/HmKNjl6iRd
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 30, 2017
re: #299 Birth Control Works
The Panama Papers: Secrets Of The Super Rich - Full Documentary
Putin’s name is mentioned …
re: #314 Birth Control Works
The Panama Papers: Secrets Of The Super Rich - Full Documentary
Putin’s name is mentioned …
Putin’s long-term economic strategy is to turn Russia into a place to hide assets and launder money.
Did y’all see this?
Ariana Grande to perform benefit concert at Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground for victims of Manchester attack https://t.co/Kau8fPgcew pic.twitter.com/iQmi6f7BNk
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 30, 2017
I am glad Ariana is carrying on.
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Putin’s long-term economic strategy is to turn Russia into a place to hide assets and launder money.
Then he has dirt on every wealthy person in the world. He would control those that run everything.
This is amazing pic.twitter.com/yI5oTJG7Xo
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 30, 2017
Chuck Woolery = nut job anti Semite.
MAYBE it’s just a Twitter dick-sizing competition…
@EricLaValle @NivenJ1 Shit. Obama has more fake followers than this guy has real!
— Shai (@ch1pp1ng) May 30, 2017
Or maybe not…
@realDonaldTrump << account has gained over 5 million followers in less than 3 days. Mostly bots. He’s getting ready for something.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
@realDonaldTrump #FLASH Multiple people now reporting their account followed @realdonaldtrump without them doing it. Check ur account.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
re: #318 lawhawk
So Bernie’s a Nazi Communist. Somebody at Chuck’s nursing home needs to take his twitter machine away.
re: #320 Skip Intro
So Bernie’s a Nazi Communist. Somebody at Chuck’s nursing home needs to take his twitter machine away.
I’m beginning to think that there is something wrong with people named Chuck.
re: #318 lawhawk
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Chuck Woolery = nut job anti Semite.
Look up the SDP Chuck, you stupid asshole.
Oh, hey! It’s 1 am. Maybe I should go to bed now.
See you after a while.
re: #323 ObserverArt
…we wished would never end.
I’d take a year ago, back when we were all young and optimistic about the future.
re: #322 I Would Prefer Not To
I’m beginning to think that there is something wrong with people named Chuck.
Hey I had an Uncle Chuck who was a very kind man.
re: #318 lawhawk
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Chuck Woolery = nut job anti Semite.
That guy Yeshua bar Yosef, he was also kind of a commie when you come to think about it.
re: #318 lawhawk
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Chuck Woolery = nut job anti Semite.
Woolery has written for both Newsmax and The Washington Times.
FULL STORY: Congressional Russia probe now includes President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen https://t.co/gRabSRP6pD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 30, 2017
Here’s the thing about Bernie is he’s not as radical as his supporters and haters believe he is.
re: #331 lawhawk
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Trump’s paranoia has to be ratcheted up to ten gazillion by now.
@realDonaldTrump << account has gained over 5 million followers in less than 3 days. Mostly bots. He’s getting ready for something.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
Concur w/ @th3j35t3r Russian Cyber warfare support ramping up for @POTUS? Key intelligence indicator of impending major political activity. https://t.co/87dpvdw7LB
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 30, 2017
@chuckwoolery Have you noticed how many outright Nazis and antisemites really enjoyed your tweet? Just coincidence?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 30, 2017
@chuckwoolery Great idea, Chuck! Show how “not antisemitic” you are by continuing to identify Jews. That’ll work.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 30, 2017
re: #334 jaunte
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It could be that Trump’s “war room” is planning on being particularly active on social media; being as his favorite method of communication is Twitter, it’d make sense that he (or rather, his war room communications team) would try to get as many bots as he can to disseminate his message as widely as possible.
Good old-fashioned social engineering.
I think for the safety of the United States and the world at large, Twitter should be shut down immediately to cut Trump off from Social Media.
It is obvious this is his favorite tool for spamming and rallying his dangerous followers.
He may even turn it into a tool of The Trump Army and use it to call people to take actions against the day’s targets.
///
(Satirical yes…but maybe a bit truthful too)
re: #309 lawhawk
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As noted by Dr. Matt below, the claim Trump’s seen a sudden spike of BS accts is itself BS. Trump’s account has long had issues with bots/fakes.
If the number of new bot followers is being minimized by an equal number of blocks, then it’s “something”. A lot of people are advising of a weekend blocking spree.
I haven’t dug much into it, but how do we know a twitter account is a bot?
re: #328 HappyWarrior
Hey I had an Uncle Chuck who was a very kind man.
Chuck Barris was an awesome gameshow-maven, so they aren’t all bad chucks.
It’s coming for Trump:
38 ‘Bald #Eagles’ #Birds #Photography Gallery by Jim Braswell: https://t.co/8CDGsC0h5k” pic.twitter.com/RzH8mDKmPg
— Haida Princess (@HaidaPrincess) May 30, 2017
re: #322 I Would Prefer Not To
I’m beginning to think that there is something wrong with people named Chuck.
Evidence in support of your theory: Chuck Norris
Evidence that contradicts your theory: Chuck Yeager
re: #334 jaunte
Note that if it IS a big cyber-thing…its not designed to affect an election, because we are a LONG time from one. Which means they’re going to be affecting opinions and ACTIONS outside of the normal electoral process.
And we’ve seen how bad they’ve been getting this week even without outside help.
re: #331 lawhawk
Just a reminder….
FLASHBACK: Michael Cohen was the freak who posted a creepy photo of his daughter in lingerie https://t.co/Uz4iUIEQHl pic.twitter.com/49SnVs4nWq
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 30, 2017
re: #344 wrenchwench
It’s coming for Trump:
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“I told you not to make me come over there!”
@chuckwoolery I’m not saying you’re an asshole, but…
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) May 30, 2017
re: #332 HappyWarrior
Here’s the thing about Bernie is he’s not as radical as his supporters and haters believe he is.
I’d wager he isn’t really all that great a politician in the classic sense.
He is a h*ck of a self promoter though.
So Michael Cohen wanted to set up ‘back-channels’ for Trump too? There are more back-channels in Trump’s admin than a 1979 bath house.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 30, 2017
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen won’t cooperate with Congress https://t.co/Zby9lAad16
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 30, 2017
N_V_R TW__T pic.twitter.com/jUEHzzXolu
— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff) May 30, 2017
re: #352 ObserverArt
I’d wager he isn’t really all that great a politician in the classic sense.
He is a h*ck of a self promoter though.
There is that too.
re: #357 jaunte
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Can we now use the phrase “woollery-headed thinking” as shorthand for anti-anti-anti-semitic reasoning?
re: #357 jaunte
Believe it or not. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin were both Jewish. I was shocked to find, most of the original Soviet Communists were Jewish
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 29, 2017
It’s important not to generalize, Chuck. For example: while some game show hosts are morons, not all are. https://t.co/BGNWFuN1Tf
— ((((Peter Sagal)))) (@petersagal) May 29, 2017
re: #343 caseyjr
Chuck Barris was an awesome gameshow-maven, so they aren’t all bad chucks.
Chuck Berry is another good Chuck.
re: #356 ObserverArt
I bet Chuck Wollery
hashad a Jewish friend.
Hey most Nazis were Lutherans and most of my German ancestors were too! Fuck!
OK, it looks like I got fake newsed by @th3j35t3r regarding the bots…fck.
Not to stir the pot but, #BernieSanders is a #Jew and a #Communist. Am I incorrect or does this make me an antisemite as well? Another Fact.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2017
1. He’s not a communist.
2. You’re an asshole.(another fact) https://t.co/GxxvR7N5Gu— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 30, 2017
re: #363 HappyWarrior
Hey most Nazis were Lutherans and most of my German ancestors were too! Fuck!
Therefore, most Nazis were Protestants. Ban all Protestants from America!
re: #366 Belafon
Therefore, most Nazis were Protestants. Ban all Protestants from America!
And straight too!
Tamir Rice’s killer fired from Cleveland police for administrative rule violationshttps://t.co/03s1jvZHJj pic.twitter.com/07g6E03qln
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 30, 2017
A win is a win, even if inadvertent.
re: #355 Dr. Matt
Dr. Matt @DrMatthew
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen won’t cooperate with Congress cnn.com …
1:15 PM - 30 May 2017
Oh, he is going to be a hardass about it. No surprise there.
Another bully lawyer used to getting his way by being an asshole. Hopefully this will be his downfall. He’s up against a little more than his usual enemy.
How do I copy a .gif out of a tweet? There’s a very handy one in a locked account.
He’s such a piece of shit.
Did you spend a second over Memorial Day weekend thinking of Greg Gianforte’s choke slam?
Me neither. Which means Republicans bet right.— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 30, 2017
re: #361 HappyWarrior
Chuck Berry is another good Chuck.
Chuck Brown too, despite his criminal history
re: #371 Dr. Matt
He’s such a piece of shit.
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re: #370 wrenchwench
I can save them on my cell phone, but I haven’t been able to save them from the PC
re: #370 wrenchwench
How do I copy a .gif out of a tweet? There’s a very handy one in a locked account.
Right-click the gif and choose “copy image location” or “open image in new tab”, depending on what options you see…
re: #371 Dr. Matt
He’s such a piece of shit.
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You cover the wrong things, do it poorly, and are both gleeful and smug about doing the wrong thing poorly.
Took me 9 seconds. pic.twitter.com/ss4atHV4iu— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) November 3, 2016
New Twitter play in 4 acts. Another surprise ending! pic.twitter.com/uSVjQQMZlo
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 30, 2017
re: #375 Interesting Times
Right-click the gif and choose “copy image location” or “open image in new tab”, depending on what options you see…
I get those options for images, but not for .gifs.
re: #376 Timothy Watson
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As far as being irrelevant, @CillizzaCNN is the Cincinnati Bengals of “journalism”.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) May 30, 2017
re: #379 wrenchwench
I get those options for images, but not for .gifs.
Right, just noticed it’s a bit more complicated with those…not sure what browser you’re using, but in FF, I also get some options under “This Frame” - choose, “Open Frame in New Tab”, then copy the URL, and delete all the junk (starting with the question mark) at the end so it looks like this:
https:// twitter. com/i/videos/tweet/869299116509196288 (I manually inserted those spaces so it wouldn’t autolink)
You should end up with this: twitter.com
Hey Cillizza…
It’s hard to keep up with all the bad shit that is going on due to Trump.
Maybe we get side-tracked from something like a politician choking a media person by things like a Trump supporter attacking women on a public bus and then slashing the throats of guys trying to help them.
Maybe we see the ugliness of Trump in Europe and are stunned by what that means for world stability and it causes us to talk about all that.
But we will never forget it, just can’t talk about it 24/7/52 like you did about Clinton emails.
Damn, I sure can understand why you never answered my email to you about those emails. You couldn’t give a straight answer because you are a fucking punk.
re: #331 lawhawk
Was he paid by the campaign? Will he be able to invoke privilege if so?
(dang I’m behind on the thread already - working!)
Germany just told the US they don’t need our help monitoring their elections in the fall. Someone doesn’t trust Trump to help.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 30, 2017
re: #370 wrenchwench
How do I copy a .gif out of a tweet? There’s a very handy one in a locked account.
I use this:
Just copy the link to the tweet and paste it there. Only problem is that it’s not always up and running. Seems to be down now. But keep checking. :)
re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
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