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For all of you West Coasters whining about having to get up early for the fun, I live in Arizona and work starts at 6 am PT. And we have our daily call at 8 am, which will probably be right when things are getting good.
Oh yeah, and since I have to work, there will be no drinking games. Probably a good thing.
Effective advertising, IMHO.
Earth. #ShotoniPhone through the lens of everyday people. #OurOnlyHome pic.twitter.com/e1Va1OxNZ8
— Apple (@Apple) June 8, 2017
Tomorrow is my assigned day to close the office which means that I will probably not get home until 7PM. I will flex my lunch so I can get in on some of the fun…
re: #1 mmmirele
I’m in exactly the same predicament! My urge to check my phone repeatedly is going to be so strong.
re: #1 mmmirele
For all of you West Coasters whining about having to get up early for the fun, I live in Arizona and work starts at 6 am PT. And we have our daily call at 8 am, which will probably be right when things are getting good.
Oh yeah, and since I have to work, there will be no drinking games. Probably a good thing.
I’d say I felt pity, but I work the graveyard shift, so 10am EST might as well be midnight for me.
re: #4 JordanRules
I’m in exactly the same predicament! My urge to check my phone repeatedly is going to be so strong.
Ditto with my urge to check my computer.
LOLWUT?
Again, I’m not defending prison labor.
— Bonnie Levine (@MOTresistATL) June 7, 2017
Both Clinton and Obama allowed the 13th Amendment to continue. They had 8 years to kill it, but they didn’t. https://t.co/IIYwUJEpwP
— Openly classist (@OpenlyClassist) June 7, 2017
I love it when idiots act like amending the Constitution is some kind of cake walk.
🎶 I’ve got a golden ticket / I’ve got a golden chance to make my way /
And with a golden ticket / It’s a golden day 🎶 pic.twitter.com/KF1EvIaJTa— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 8, 2017
Thank you for this song, Charles. It touches me in a deep place. I’m saving it.
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
LOLWUT?
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I love it when idiots act like amending the Constitution is some kind of cake walk.
Even if you’re dumb enough to believe that Obama or Clinton had filibuster-proof majorities (which they might have for a short time), they never had 67 votes to pass an amendment.
re: #10 Targetpractice
Even if you’re dumb enough to believe that Obama or Clinton had filibuster-proof majorities (which they might have for a short time), they never had 67 votes to pass an amendment.
Moreover, while there is an argument to be made against prison labour, it is not slavery. You generally have to do something to wind up in prison (sometimes people are unfairly railroaded into prison).
re: #10 Targetpractice
Even if you’re dumb enough to believe that Obama or Clinton had filibuster-proof majorities (which they might have for a short time), they never had 67 votes to pass an amendment.
Not to mention the state legislatures.
re: #1 mmmirele
work from home out here as well, so I’ll be following from the home PC as work allows…. sometimes its kind of cool to have the access although I don’t always use it…
Getting around to watching today’s hearing.
I’m dumbstruck by how hard these witnesses are at trying not to answer questions.
I wonder what the odds are on Trump having a heart attack tomorrow?
re: #14 Varek Raith
Getting around to watching today’s hearing.
I’m dumbstruck by how hard these witnesses are at trying not to answer questions.
Considering who Trump has running his legal defense, I suspect that they all got slapped across the face with the words “executive privilege.”
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what the odds are on Trump having a heart attack tomorrow?
ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what the odds are on Trump having a “heart attack” tomorrow?
What do you call a snake that’s exactly 3.14 feet long? …… A πthon
— Sofía M. Villalpando (@sofiabiologista) June 8, 2017
*sigh*
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re: #21 Targetpractice
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re: #22 Varek Raith
That works out well since Eric Twitler claims Dems aren’t even that.
re: #23 JordanRules
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As his dad takes money from a charity to help kids with cancer.
Trump feels “vindicated” by James Comey’s testimony, his lawyer says https://t.co/ebwNEfslYI pic.twitter.com/2BIDZEXPTJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2017
Did Trump totally forget that he previously called Comey’s claims that he’d asked for personal loyalty & an end to Flynn investigation lies? https://t.co/I9fqzI0cM4
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) June 8, 2017
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
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“Comey admits that he told Trump he was not under investigation.”
“Dir Comey also says Trump demanded his loyalty and for the Flynn investigation ‘to go away,’ both things Trump denies ever happened and even threatened to produce tapes.”
“…how can you expect a man who’s never been in politics to know better?!”
Anybody else have the bad habit of reading a webcomic all the way to the recent posts, getting bored with it due to delays, come back years later, realize you totally forgot where you left off, and just decide to reread years of the comic until you get back to where you left off?
Or is it just me?
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
So much forgotten…
Jared’s perjury.
Session’s perjury.
Other cabinet member’s perjury and conflicts.
Emoluments violations times ?#
False accusations times ?#
Hey guys it’s really super insensitive to use the term lunatic to describe people who aren’t made crazy by THE MOON.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) June 8, 2017
On the issue of that donation Greg Gianforte made as a mea culpa to the Guardian reporter, Jim Wright puts it in perspective:
#BREAKING: Montana Republican who body slammed journalist settles case with $50,000 donation to press group https://t.co/y85ygdQPiR pic.twitter.com/yEhVVtQYUx
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2017
Remember, this guy made something like $100K in donations AFTER he body slammed a reporter. So he’s still $50K ahead. And a Congressman https://t.co/D4deFvBYsg
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 8, 2017
re: #30 Anymouse
On the issue of that donation Greg Gianforte made as a mea culpa to the Guardian reporter, Jim Wright puts it in perspective:
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Too true. A lot of RWNJs sent him contributions BECAUSE he assaulted a reporter. The hooting and screeching at Free Republic was hellish, as though an outlaw baboon troop had found a crashed plane to loot.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel
Looks like I CL’d the last thread with my thoughts about your post. I just wanted to mention it.
UK election would have been the big news if not for the Comey testimony.
Anyway, here is the 538 take on UK polling:
fivethirtyeight.com
I have no idea how the Manchester attack will affect the UK election.
It seems Trump is despised by many in the UK, even by Tories. Trump picking on the mayor of London probably had the Tories groaning in the back room.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel
Too true. A lot of RWNJs sent him contributions BECAUSE he assaulted a reporter. The hooting and screeching at Free Republic was hellish, as though an outlaw baboon troop had found a crashed plane to loot.
Trumps cachet of immunity is rubbing off on the party, remember how he bragged he could shoot someone in public and get away with it?
This is a further indication that the GOP is not going to turn on Trump regardless of the evidence against him.
I just sent a letter to my regional newspaper, the Scottsbluff (Nebr.) Star-Herald. They’ll print about one letter from a liberal a month, and they already printed one this month, so let’s see if they print mine.
Sean Hannity interviewed Eric Trump on June 6. Mr. Trump said (referring to Democrats), “I’ve never seen hatred like this. To me, they’re not even people. It’s so, so sad. Morality is just gone.” FOX News then put the same statement up on its Twitter feed.
No Republican in Congress has yet to condemn that statement.
We’ve heard that sort of statement throughout history, “Group X are not even people.” In Rwanda against the Tutsis. In Serbia against the Bosniaks. In Germany against the Jews and Poles.
It is the language that justifies genocide. I call on our senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse, and our Representative Adrian Smith to unequivocally condemn the language of genocide from Eric Trump.
re: #32 William Lewis
Looks like I CL’d the last thread with my thoughts about your post. I just wanted to mention it.
Wonderful! Thank you.
re: #36 Anymouse
they just set you up…conservatives will rush in to maintain that “to me , they are not people” is just an expression of personal opinion and why do you liberals hate freedom of speech?
And anything that distracts from their other scandals is a net gain for the Trump family and the GOP
re: #34 freetoken
I see so much more country over party out of EU members even when, as you said, behind closed doors there may be some grumbling.
Pretty much fuck you GOP. History will judge.
Thank you Senator Wyden!
Watch: The moment when women everywhere agreed with Sen Harris after she was interrupted by Burr who didn’t do the same w King & others pic.twitter.com/3KPAqwxVQl
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) June 7, 2017
.@SenKamalaHarris was getting facts onto the record. I was not interrupted by @senatorburr when I asked tough questions. She was. https://t.co/gRJiUGUQny
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 7, 2017
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
they just set you up…conservatives will rush in to maintain that “to me , they are not people” is just an expression of personal opinion and why do you liberals hate freedom of speech?
And anything that distracts from their other scandals is a net gain for the Trump family and the GOP
We’ll have to see.
I sent a variant of that letter to the editor to Rep. Adrian Smith (R-I only represent Republicans - NE3), and Senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse (both R).
re: #40 JordanRules
Thank you Senator Wyden!
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Senator Harris’s facial expression is remarkably similar to that of Hillary Clinton’s during her eleven-hour grilling.
Senators Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) issued a joint statement opposing Donald Trump’s nominee for Trade Representative.
“Unfortunately, your confirmation process has failed to reassure us that you understand the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) positive economic benefits to our respective States and the nation as a whole.”
Washington, D.C. - Tonight, U.S. Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE) and John McCain (R-AZ) wrote to Robert Lighthizer, announcing their intent to oppose his nomination to be United States Trade Representative (USTR).
The full text of their joint letter is available at Senator Sasse’s Senate page linked above.
re: #10 Targetpractice
Even if you’re dumb enough to believe that Obama or Clinton had filibuster-proof majorities (which they might have for a short time), they never had 67 votes to pass an amendment.
To such idiots I speak three letters: E, R, A.
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what the odds are on Trump having a heart attack tomorrow?
Zero. He’s heartless.
re: #34 freetoken
I have no idea how the Manchester attack will affect the UK election.
It seems Trump is despised by many in the UK, even by Tories. Trump picking on the mayor of London probably had the Tories groaning in the back room.
Apparently polls have May way up over Corbyn.
A little earlier, I was looking at Uday’s claim that liberals aren’t really people and a great irony occurred to me: A lot of RW conspira-liars really aren’t people in literal fact; they are Russian propaganda bots.
re: #45 Patricia Kayden
Zero. He’s heartless.
He’s playing out of the Dick Cheney playbook?
OT: Yay, I won the lotto! The state sent me coupons for free scratch tickets. Now if I can get one that’s worth more than a couple dollars, …
When Dick Cheney was Vice-President, my wife’s brother wrote to him concerning the difficulties his wife was having obtaining the necessary paperwork from the American Embassy in Russia to apply for citizenship. Mr. Cheney’s office smoothed over the issues, intervening with the State Department so she could get necessary paperwork she’d already travelled to Russia twice to get.
As it turns out, the Vice-President gets little mail. My wife and I found that writing Vice-President Joe Biden’s office on our attempt to save our village’s post office was more helpful than any other official we wrote. (The Vice-President has little official duties to do, so aiding constituents is something a VP can make time for. As such, Dick Cheney leaned on the US Embassy in Moscow to cough up my sister-in-law’s application paperwork and Soviet Union records, and Joe Biden leaned on the USPS to keep our post office.)
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
Apparently polls have May way up over Corbyn.
The Press in the UK is in the hands of a few billionaires and we know what happens when that is the case.
May can do no wrong, and Corbyn is simultaneously portrayed as a pacifist and a terrorist.
re: #49 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Press in the UK is in the hands of a few billionaires and we know what happens when that is the case.
May can do no wrong, and Corbyn is simultaneously portrayed as a pacifist and a terrorist.
That’s a novel idea, a pacifistic terrorist.
“I’m going to terrorise the country with my anti-violence and anti-war positions! They’ll quake in fear!”
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re: #50 Anymouse
That’s a novel idea, a pacifistic terrorist.
They heavily stress his history of dealing with the IRA in the 1980’s.
re: #44 Romantic Heretic
To such idiots I speak three letters: E, R, A.
Exactly. I mean did this idiot see the trouble Obama had with ACA? Tired of lefty purity ponies who have no idea how government works whining. They’re as ignorant as the Tea Party and Trump are.
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel
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re: #52 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They heavily stress his history of dealing with the IRA in the 1980’s.
I am not familiar with Mr. Corbin’s relationship with the IRA. If he were Representative Peter King (R-NY), a favourable relationship would get him elected.
re: #55 Anymouse
I am not familiar with Mr. Corbin’s relationship with the IRA. If he were Representative Peter King (R-NY), a favourable relationship would get him elected.
He was prepared to accept them as negotiating partners, which is portrayed as as an act of coddling terrorism.
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel
A little earlier, I was looking at Uday’s claim that liberals aren’t really people and a great irony occurred to me: A lot of RW conspira-liars really aren’t people in literal fact; they are Russian propaganda bots.
At least one-third of his father’s twitter followers.
re: #55 Anymouse
I am not familiar with Mr. Corbin’s relationship with the IRA. If he were Representative Peter King (R-NY), a favourable relationship would get him elected.
They’re claiming he refused to call them terrorists in the 80’s. The terrorist label here is really calling him an appeaser more then anything. May then again openly talks about violating civil liberties to stop terrorism.
re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He was prepared to accept them as negotiating partners, which is portrayed as as an act of coddling terrorism.
Funny that. When you sit down and talk to organisations that sometimes violently oppose civil order, you can work out a peaceable solution (FARC in Colombia, ETA in Spain, Good Friday Agreement in No. Ireland, &c.)
re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He was prepared to accept them as negotiating partners, which is portrayed as as an act of coddling terrorism.
Not to “both sides” it but while the IRA is rightfully condemned, the loyalist terrorist groups never get the same condemnation they should. NI has never been just IRA peeps blowing shit up.
re: #59 Anymouse
Funny that. When you sit down and talk to organisations that sometimes violently oppose civil order, you can work out a peaceable solution (FARC in Colombia, ETA in Spain, Good Friday Agreement in No. Ireland, &c.)
Well it’s politics after all AM. You’re not wrong about that. Adams/McGuinness did in fact help with Good Friday which many credit for decreasing sectarian violence in NI.
Admit I’m biased since I’m of a Irish background and studied Bloody Sunday.
re: #61 HappyWarrior
Well it’s politics after all AM. You’re not wrong about that. Adams/McGuinness did in fact help with Good Friday which many credit for decreasing sectarian violence in NI.
Before British conservatives learned to hate Arabs and Pakis, they hated Irish rebel scum…
re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Before British conservatives learned to hate Arabs and Pakis, they hated Irish rebel scum…
Yep. Don’t forget Eastern Europeans and black people, they hate them too.
Oh noes! Bird are chirping, cricket are cricketing, and a deer just crossed the street in front of me (my computer is in front of a window facing a street). Next up, guinea pig plagues or something.
It’s 4:30 in Mythical Daylight Time. Don’t the critters sleep? There ain’t no sun out.
The GOP efforts to spin the Comey testimony for Trump are disturbing. If Republicans don’t have higher standards than this, we’re screwed.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 7, 2017
They don’t. And we are. https://t.co/2GOhol9ORC
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) June 7, 2017
At least 9 former Trump administration officials have become lobbyists despite Trump saying he would forbid such a transition.
— America Resurgent (@ProgressOutlook) June 7, 2017
I think the more amazing part of this story is that after only four months there are nine former Trump administration officials. https://t.co/zoweTiaasu
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 7, 2017
Today’s flying guinea pig in remembrance of Aminah (hint: Guinea pigs can’t fly, as shown in this clip):
Jump high!!#guineapig #guineapigs #marmot #モルモット #jump #ジャンプ pic.twitter.com/Qc6UP5XhX4
— namako (@NamakoD) June 8, 2017
So, would it be in bad taste to play Europe’s “The Final Countdown” just before Comey’s testimony begins?
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re: #69 Targetpractice
So, would it be in bad taste to play Europe’s “The Final Countdown” just before Comey’s testimony begins?
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Trump would have us play “Liar” by Three Dog Night
re: #69 Targetpractice
So, would it be in bad taste to play Europe’s “The Final Countdown” just before Comey’s testimony begins?
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Huffington Post has a countdown timer on their main page.
If this article is anything to go by:
walesonline.co.uk
we won’t know the majority of the results of the UK election until Friday. Well, it might still technically be Thursday my time if the Tories run away with it and get enough seats declared before midnight here on the left coast.
Interesting thread on how Comey’s encounters with Trump sound like creepy first date (found on Frum):
On some level the view from inside Comey’s head on all this Tr*mp stuff feels so weirdly like a date with terrible guy.
— Nicole Serratore (@MildlyBitter) June 7, 2017
Corbyn is a good example of how socialists and progressives too often don’t seem to grasp that politics transcends economic theories.
People vote for candidates they like. This is some sort of emotional connection.
Virginia GOP as awful as usual:
Bryce Reeves attacks rival Jill Vogel for supporting gay Richmond judge
re: #74 freetoken
Corbyn is a good example of how socialists and progressives too often don’t seem to grasp that politics transcends economic theories.
People vote for candidates they like. This is some sort of emotional connection.
Hillary had that problem, too. I supported her but never liked her.
… that he, the president-elect, was not at that time being personally investigated as a suspect in an espionage case?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 8, 2017
Charles - glad to see you’re getting into Jason Isbell. He’s got some edgy stuff.
She should spend the rest of her life in prison, not just five fucking months:
Sandy Hook hoaxer gets prison time for threatening 6-year-old victim’s father
re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trumps cachet of immunity is rubbing off on the party, remember how he bragged he could shoot someone in public and get away with it?
This is a further indication that the GOP is not going to turn on Trump regardless of the evidence against him.
the entire Republican establishment is actively and willingly participating in covering up the Russian scandal
… the emoluments scandal
… the charity scandal
…
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
LOLWUT?
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I love it when idiots act like amending the Constitution is some kind of cake walk.
And it’s never the republican Presidents who are required to make these changes - funny that.
“The president wasn’t breaking the law, he’s just a fucking moron” is an… interesting Trump defense.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 8, 2017
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
LOLWUT?
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I love it when idiots act like amending the Constitution is some kind of cake walk.
They want to kill the 13th Amendment just to get rid of prison labor? Can you image what the GOP would say “KKK DemoRATS want to repeal the 13th amendment!!1!”?
Also, a couple things:
a) Not to be an asshole, but you know, these people are convicted felons.
b) They usually do get paid, maybe pennies on the dollar, but they do get paid.
c) They get to learn skills that they wouldn’t normally have an opportunity to learn.
d) Most of the positions are sought after by the prisoners because it lets them get the fuck out of the prison for a couple hours a day.
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
Some more thoughts: We like to joke about how Republicans would intentionally suffocate themselves if President Obama had told them that breathing and oxygen were important.
I’m pretty sure if Hillary Clinton said the same thing, these LWNJs (left-wing nutjobs) would do the same thing.
re: #27 Targetpractice
Even better when you hook your bf on the comic, and then drop off, and for years later he’s asking, “Did you read QC today?”
I bought him the box set for Christmas so I could restart and get caught up, and haven’t picked up a book yet (sigh).
ABC, BBC Parliament, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN3, MSNBC, NBC to live broadcast Comey. Bloomberg/Twitter, PBS, USA Today, YouTube will live stream.
— atam (@Hlandeast) June 8, 2017
Fox will be covering Ivanka’s new fall line. 😂 https://t.co/smRTD6oTcs
— ⚓️ Jo Wallace ⚓️ (@Scampi13) June 8, 2017
re: #81 dangerman
the entire Republican establishment is actively and willingly participating in covering up the Russian scandal
… the emoluments scandal
… the charity scandal
…
…the total glaringly obvious ineptitude for the office of the Presidency scandal
Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren must be wondering why they’re not getting to talk about Benghazi today. “We didn’t do this at Fox!”
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 8, 2017
HAPPENING NOW ON FOX & FRIENDS: Human bowling. pic.twitter.com/5mqIMAJ19W
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 8, 2017
Okay, this is a total troll account I know, but the t-shirt is funny.
Happy #ComeyDay America! Join the McResistance®! https://t.co/Xi2QK5Hlyg
— Honest Hillary (@Honest_Hillary) June 8, 2017
I know we’re not Bret Stephens fans here, but… blind squirrel/acorn?
You can’t put out a grease fire with water. My column on Trump, his cabinet, the word “serve” and the Twilight Zone: https://t.co/ZMbdDTA2y3
— Bret Stephens (@BretStephensNYT) June 8, 2017
re: #90 darthstar
I am surprised that Fox has a countdown timer to the Comey hearing.
re: #94 Ming5000
I am surprised that Fox has a countdown timer to the Comey hearing.
That’s so the experts know when it’s time to start denying everything.
re: #90 darthstar
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Bread and circuses, my friends.
WELL UNTIL THOSE EBIL ANIMAL RIGHTS WACKOS CLOSED DOWN ALL THE CIRCUSES!1!!
In an ordinary environment this would be a massive Congressional corruption scandal https://t.co/xszdqhp82H
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) June 8, 2017
A chair at the Comey hearing. Special guest. pic.twitter.com/ODSNdJOCnU
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 8, 2017
As I wrote yesterday, I’m not expecting much out of this other than the Republicans will use it to declare victory somehow, as there will be no smoking gun. If a smoking gun does exist, the special counsel will be the who will own it and not let it out until such time as he is willing to prosecute.
NOW: A truck carrying Bud Light has spilled over the US60 ramp to 101 SB. LIVE: https://t.co/Hcuq0cppcQ pic.twitter.com/GxjyPvvD3P
— 12 News (@12News) June 7, 2017
the boys are not gonna be happy about this https://t.co/Nt2IQg0TRC
— stephen (@bortions) June 7, 2017
You know, the truck would have weighed more with regular Bud. Thankfully it was only Bud Light.
— Myron @ GOBA: 2Weeks (@myronfalwell) June 8, 2017
**ducks the flying rotten tomatoes**
re: #100 Myron Falwell
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**ducks the flying rotten tomatoes**
They need to clean that up, I don’t want any poor animals drinking that swill.
I KNEW HE REMINDED ME OF SOMEONE …#RESIST pic.twitter.com/E2qj68LSxc
— ROSIE (@Rosie) June 8, 2017
You’re both waaaay off. pic.twitter.com/4VwkjyGkRk
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 8, 2017
re: #69 Targetpractice
Well, even more appropriately, you could play Laibach’s cover of The Final Countdown:
-it’s from Slovenia
-it features a lot of cryptic political symbolism (including to various totalitarianisms and NATO)
-Laibach is the first Western rock band to ever play live in North Korea… (and to date the only one )
-their whole career has been about revealing totalitarian undercurrents in mainstream culture.
#ComeyDay pic.twitter.com/7lUjUA0GfT
— Cheesehead Lucy (@cheeseheadlucy) June 8, 2017
re: #69 Targetpractice
So, would it be in bad taste to play Europe’s “The Final Countdown” just before Comey’s testimony begins?
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To quote Mr. Wolf, “Well, let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.”
remember, in the end, nothing matters https://t.co/jBNSQrbWBN
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 8, 2017
re: #105 Timothy Watson
To quote Mr. Wolf, “Well, let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.”
In German it”s “Wir sollen uns nicht gegenseitig die Eier schaukeln”, “We shouldn’t chortle each other’s testicles just yet”
TOMORROW: We open at 9:30AM & buying a round of drinks for the house every time @realDonaldTrump Tweets about the #ComeyHearing! #ThisTown pic.twitter.com/7xX4btxKoC
— Union Pub (@UnionPub) June 7, 2017
Some D.C. bars are opening at 9:30am and are offering free shots for every tweet President Trump sends during Comey’s Testimony. pic.twitter.com/0wHOwgDLQF
— DC Maryland Virginia (@DMVFollowers) June 8, 2017
So far, Trump hasn’t adopted Putin’s strategy of assassinating political liabilities. And I don’t think the GOP would act on it if he did.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 8, 2017
Granted, they’d feign outrage. And we’d probably get to hear all about Vince Foster for balance, but nothing would happen.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 8, 2017
re: #106 darthstar
“Surviving” in these terms only means having full-throated support of the GOP rank-and-file, no matter what… even if it means an approval rating in the low 30s. And with opinions on him now firmly baked-in, it won’t rebound to any serious extent.
This administration is in a zombie state, a willing undead that the GOP will happily go down with until their billionaire donors force them to do otherwise.
re: #111 darthstar
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Comey apparently retains some level of FBI protection:
Yesterday, while I was in NPR’s tiny basement booth underneath the briefing room in the West Wing of the White House, I got a text from the mom of one of my son’s friends, Abby Grace. They live in northern Virginia.
Here’s what she wrote:
“FBI Director Comey lives in our neighborhood, and, as you would imagine - there were a lot of reporters at the foot of his driveway today. Abby thought that was quite inhospitable. Well - either a 9 year old in a parochial school uniform dress doesn’t look very threatening- or the smell of the choc chip cookies was so good that the security detail could smell them from the other side of the gate …. in either case, Abby Grace just hand delivered a dozen cookies fresh from the oven. She walked up, shook the hand of the 6’10” agent, introduced herself, and, hopefully made Director Comey’s day a little bit better!”
I have no idea whether this family are Democrats or Republicans. In a later text, her mom guessed what might have motivated Abby Grace to pay Comey a visit.
[…]
Just to be clear, that 6-foot-10-inch agent was not the 6-foot-8-inch Comey himself. But according to Abby Grace’s mom, Comey really appreciated getting the cookies.
I am pessimistic that we won’t get a “slam-dunk” from Comey today.
Today will just be a continuation of the “death by 1,000 papercuts” syndrome that has slowly begun to consume this régime.
re: #115 Dr. Matt
I am pessimistic that we won’t get a “slam-dunk” from Comey today.
There will be no slam-dunks. There will be evidence. There will be outrage on the left. And there will be excuses on the right. And Trump will remain in office, and Republicans will continue to undo the progress of the last eight years.
But it’s good to think the system could work. Clap faster, or Tinkerbell gets it.
Isn’t it a challenge to the vindication claim of past FBI director when acting one suggests an investigation? pic.twitter.com/Fvfh9YZgEl
— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) June 8, 2017
So nervous I can’t even pick what GIF to wear. Costanza or Gus (aka Ghee Buttersnaps, aka RadioStar) #ComeyHearing pic.twitter.com/kqBGMRmZIk
— Franklin (@franklinftw) June 8, 2017
re: #115 Dr. Matt
I am pessimistic that we won’t get a “slam-dunk” from Comey today.
This is theater. The real thing is all out of sight. And really not much happening.
re: #95 I Would Prefer Not To
That’s so the experts know when it’s time to start denying everything.
There should be a BINGO card for watching Fox and how many of the Talking Points the RNC put out last night are covered.
I think anyone playing would BINGO in the first few minutes.
re: #115 Dr. Matt
I am pessimistic that we won’t get a “slam-dunk” from Comey today.
Whatever we get it:
a) won’t be enough to do anything
b) won’t be anything we expect (or need as a country)
c) will be pooh-pooh’d by most of the media
What time does he take the stand? I have a 9am PST meeting. Want to catch what I can streaming.
Off to walk the dog. Enjoy the day everyone.
Outside Comey hrg: ran into gal w/FBI wearing purple tshirt with “Comey’s Homies” on it … under a dark suit
— Molly Hooper (@mollyhooper) June 8, 2017
FBI gal told me fbi staff had 5000 coffee mugs made with “Comey’s Homies” & his headshot - #Comey had to give written OK to use his pic
— Molly Hooper (@mollyhooper) June 8, 2017
re: #123 darthstar
What time does he take the stand? I have a 9am PST meeting. Want to catch what I can streaming.
Off to walk the dog. Enjoy the day everyone.
I think it is 10 am Eastern, no?
re: #115 Dr. Matt
I am pessimistic that we won’t get a “slam-dunk” from Comey today.
Comey could say “And Trump asked me to end all investigation of him and his campaign or else he’d fire me and dare congress to impeach him” and the RNC, FNC, and the punditry would say “This is actually a win for Trump….”
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re: #117 darthstar
There will be no slam-dunks. There will be evidence. There will be outrage on the left. And there will be excuses on the right. And Trump will remain in office, and Republicans will continue to undo the progress of the last eight years.
But it’s good to think the system could work. Clap faster, or Tinkerbell gets it.
We’re a natural disaster/terrorist attack/public health pandemic crisis away from a total collapse of government and social order.
When that happens, the GOP — and its brand of shitty discount-store authoritarianism — will be lost in the chaos as something worse and more competent, forces them out.
I can’t wait for Code Pink to interrupt this hearing!!
Snipped from mah feeds:
Allegations By Former Miss Hungary Contradict Trump Claims On Dossier
This is one of those times when the emotional preload, or expectations on all sides dwarf the reality. Taking a breath, a lil step back here. Wait and see. Had 24 hours for the opening release, well almost. Comey is a cagey guy. I’m no fan but I see a very smart man about to do what he does.
re: #124 sagehen
Comey screwed us over Clinton, but there is a big department that will continue to be a nightmare for Trump and Democrats should continue to take advantage of that. They should also use the treatment of Comey as evidence to other departments of what Trump will do.
If Today was an episode of House of Cards, Comey’s opening statements would be completely different from what he released yesterday and include details linking Russia to Trump and his campaign and his organization.
re: #116 Myron Falwell
Today will just be a continuation of the “death by 1,000 papercuts” syndrome that has slowly begun to consume this régime.
Yeah, this is the thing. There won’t be any impeachment this year or next. But DJT will continue to step in his own sht and tramp through the house smearing it all over.
I have no idea what will happen but I expect Trump to rage on Twitter and his excuse makers to say this is normal behavior.
re: #135 HappyWarrior
I have no idea what will happen but I expect Trump to rage on Twitter and his excuse makers to say this is normal behavior.
And one bar will go bankrupt in a single day? :)
re: #135 HappyWarrior
I have no idea what will happen but I expect Trump to rage on Twitter and his excuse makers to say this is normal behavior.
Cruz, Rubio and Cotton will also make fools of themselves in the first 10 minutes. Or maybe I’m being too easy on those numbnuts…
re: #136 Timothy Watson
And one bar will go bankrupt in a single day? :)
One bar I wish I could be at. Alas on my way to work now.
re: #137 Myron Falwell
Cruz, Rubio and Cotton will also make fools of themselves in the first 10 minutes. Or maybe I’m being too easy on those numbnuts…
Yeah those three are jokes.
re: #135 HappyWarrior
I have no idea what will happen but I expect Trump to rage on Twitter and his excuse makers to say this is normal behavior.
Trump will rage on Twitter about how all this vindicates him.
re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Before British conservatives learned to hate Arabs and Pakis, they hated Irish rebel scum…
Goes all the way back to Joseph Chamberlain dividing the Britsh Liberal Party over Gladstone’s Irish Home Rule bill. Sure is amazing how every Conservative Party has a base that hates—British Conservatives hated the Irish, Canadian Conservatives hated the Quebecois and of course the RepubliKKKlan Party hates them people of color…
re: #141 Joe Bacon
Goes all the way back to Joseph Chamberlain dividing the Britsh Liberal Party over Gladstone’s Irish Home Rule bill. Sure is amazing how every Conservative Party has a base that hates—British Conservatives hated the Irish, Canadian Conservatives hated the Quebecois and of course the RepubliKKKlan Party hates fuckn’ near everybody…
Kalibrated that fer ya.
re: #69 Targetpractice
So, would it be in bad taste to play Europe’s “The Final Countdown” just before Comey’s testimony begins?
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This is more appropriate!
re: #141 Joe Bacon
Goes all the way back to Joseph Chamberlain dividing the Britsh Liberal Party over Gladstone’s Irish Home Rule bill. Sure is amazing how every Conservative Party has a base that hates—British Conservatives hated the Irish, Canadian Conservatives hated the Quebecois and of course the RepubliKKKlan Party hates them people of color…
Yep. I think French conservatives hate Protestants and Jews traditionally btw.
surviving and thriving with an agenda are two different things. In a lot of ways Dems benefit from hobbled ineffective Trump than Pence
— Political Line (@PoliticalLine) June 8, 2017
Meh.Only takes 1 war to push this off front pages.I fear frustration will grow after Comey 2day since not much going 2change #scandalFatigue
— NR Garrett (@NR_Garrett) June 8, 2017
The flaw with that theory is that it assumes Trump and his acolytes and lackeys wouldn’t botch a war.
Bombing Syria aimlessly did nothing for his numbers, and got quickly forgotten in everything else. An actual war will amount to nothing more than a circling the wagons moment for the GOP.
re: #147 MsJ
Ugh, these
MSNBCBSRNC talking heads. Shoot me in the head.
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