Trump marks Pride by praising leaders of homophobic groups https://t.co/vVFLuVvHC1 pic.twitter.com/rbCUJpSogP
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 10, 2017
Did you guys see this from yesterday.
Scary shit
Interpol’s most wanted Americans https://t.co/WsQonQ90HF
The newest Tshirt by Neal DeGrasse Tyson:
The original Wonder Woman Lynda Carter, 1990 https://t.co/HbRUCLDg1p pic.twitter.com/T4EYfUkqci
Fetal heartbeat abortion restriction gets 4th try in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A near-ban on all abortions has been reintroduced in Ohio for the fourth consecutive legislative session after its last attempt ended in a governor’s veto.
The bill would ban the procedure at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
Supporters of the legislation view the so-called heartbeat bill as an opportunity to draw the legal challenge that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion.
Opponents say it’s unconstitutional, a concern raised even by Ohio Right to Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group.
re: #5 Birth Control Works
Won’t stop the Bedroom Police. They will keep sticking their noses where they don’t belong and then go home to get off on Pornhub!
Adam West was the Batman of my generation, and still the best imo. Heroic, funny, self-deprecating, pure pop art. And I was glad he kept up that self-deprecating humor for the rest of his career. Alas, he won’t be around for the thrilling conclusion tomorrow night at the same Bat Time, same Bat Channel…
re: #2 Birth Control Works
Did you guys see this from yesterday.
Scary shit
This one gobsmacked me:
Denise Harvey
Harvey was convicted in Florida in 2008 stemming from a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy on her son’s baseball team. Facing a 30-year prison sentence, she fled the country and was granted asylum in Canada.CREDIT: Via Interpol
If we survive Trump, will it be OK to openly mock the idiotic right? It almost feels like kicking downward.
re: #8 TedStriker
This one gobsmacked me:
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Today marks 54 years of the Equal Pay Act! But we still need strong state and federal laws to achieve #equalpay. @EqualPay2dayOrg pic.twitter.com/HX6B8dfxwJ
— EqualRightsAdvocates (@EqualRightsAdv) June 10, 2017
One would hope the head of Education in the US would want ALL children to receive an education.
— ggt (@geegeetee) June 10, 2017
He’s worried that antifa will use knives so he got roman armor. Asked if I knew what Pepe was. pic.twitter.com/KNQMS7eiSJ
— Evan (@evan7257) June 10, 2017
Good grief. These people are completely out of their minds. https://t.co/9ewFzN4GiO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 10, 2017
re: #14 Charles Johnson
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re: #14 Charles Johnson
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As I noted downstairs his “armor” leaves his neck unprotected.
I would also note that his male dangling bits are also unarmored….
After a fantastic infrastructure week, AP tells us that next week is apprenticeship week: https://t.co/z2gXltI0ij
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2017
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Capt. Keith Woodley on commissioning of U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords: “You don’t get a living namesake and not do her proud.” pic.twitter.com/k4NpBkdTXL
— ABC News (@ABC) June 10, 2017
re: #14 Charles Johnson
This is America. They can get guns.
Pride March in the Duke City was tremendous fun! I am exhausted. Big happy crowd of marchers and observers.
I felt a delightful current of hope throughout the festivities. <3
bee pic.twitter.com/yu98L5qK5u
— ryan onstott (@fmhueffer) June 10, 2017
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
As I noted downstairs his “armor” leaves his neck unprotected.
I would also note that his male dangling bits are also unarmored….
As they said in Bored of the Rings, “…Pepsi lashed out
with his toenails and ran past, leaving the guard writhing on the ground
holding the one area neither protected by his armor nor by his group insurance
policy.”
re: #26 Blind Frog Belly White
Automatic upding for the Bored of the Rings reference…
Also: the Scrapyard Samurai seems to have left his back unprotected as well, and also his head (unless he has a helmet in that bag): though from the looks of this clown, head injuries couldn’t do much real damage…..
re: #8 TedStriker
This one gobsmacked me:
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Yeah, I followed up on it. According to Canadian law, a 16 can consent if the adult is not in a position of authority over them (18 then) so no Canadian laws were broken and they ruled that the 30 sentence was cruel and unusual punishment. Thus she qualified as a protected person under Canadian law.
re: #27 Jay C
Automatic upding for the Bored of the Rings reference…
Also: the Scrapyard Samurai seems to have left his back unprotected as well, and also his head (unless he has a helmet in that bag): though from the looks of this clown, head injuries couldn’t do much real damage…..
It’s not like he’s using it as anything, except occasionally a hatrack.
1. Republican Congressman calls ISIS attack a ‘good thing,’ says U.S. should consider supporting ISIS https://t.co/YfIgJFIvKx pic.twitter.com/ikFgY5Ymx9
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 10, 2017
“…It’s not clear why Rohrabacher views the Iranian government and the Islamic State as one and the same, but it’s even more baffling that he thinks the recent attack was thanks to the Trump administration. The Trump administration’s foreign policy has been completely incoherent, especially when it comes to the Middle East. But for the most part, Trump has been very vocal in his criticism of the Islamic State. If Rohrabacher has some intelligence that the administration is abetting the Islamic State, while the U.S. military is fighting it on multiple other fronts, he should probably share that intelligence immediately.”
Afternoon Lizardim from the terribly hot and dry wild north country. Here’s hoping that the rain in the forecast actually arrives this time and livens up the place a bit. How go things among the lizardfolk on this deeply summery day?
re: #31 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Michigan is in a good weather phase. SUMMERY! Yum.
re: #30 jaunte
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Taliban-loving, Putin-loving Dana Rohrabacher, the most America-hatin’ Congressman there is. Hard to believe even Orange County wants this goon around…
Scrapyard Samurai - great name for him. It looks more like a corset, than armor, the way it laces up.
re: #31 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Afternoon Lizardim from the terribly hot and dry wild north country. Here’s hoping that the rain in the forecast actually arrives this time and livens up the place a bit. How go things among the lizardfolk on this deeply summery day?
Hot, dry and windy about 500 miles to the south of you.
re: #27 Jay C
Automatic upding for the Bored of the Rings reference…
Also: the Scrapyard Samurai seems to have left his back unprotected as well, and also his head (unless he has a helmet in that bag): though from the looks of this clown, head injuries couldn’t do much real damage…..
MrBWS just noted that there is a totally unprotected chest strike area right where the heart is located.
re: #30 jaunte
he should probably share that intelligence immediately
The task which Rohrabacher is least equipped to do.
Thread. I understand why some would object that comparing Trump’s treatment of Comey to partner abuse might say that trivializes real abuse, but if you have ever been in an abusive relationship*, Trump’s pattern is familiar
1/ I’ve heard from many people who think that comparing Trumps public or non-physical behavior to that btw abusers and victims diminishes…
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 10, 2017
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re: #38 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And in today’s Wingnut Meme Stupid of the Day…
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Geez.
“Nice store you got here. I hope nothin’ happens to it.”
re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White
Geez.
“Nice store you got here. I hope nothin’ happens to it.”
Yeah, but he didn’t explicitly say he was going to burn down the store, so it’s not a threat.///
re: #41 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yeah, but he didn’t explicitly say he was going to burn down the store, so it’s not a threat.///
Right, just like Nixon didn’t ORDER Haldeman to tell FBI Director Gray to knock it off.
re: #42 Blind Frog Belly White
Right, just like Nixon didn’t ORDER Haldeman to tell FBI Director Gray to knock it off.
It’s the only thread of hope they got, they’re going to keep tugging on it until the whole sweater unravels.
re: #38 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And in today’s Wingnut Meme Stupid of the Day…
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Wingnuts: “You can see that black First Lady’s shoulders! IMPEACH!”
Also Wingnuts: “Come on, who hasn’t obstructed justice and accepted millions in bribes from Russians?”
re: #39 Blind Frog Belly White
Thread. I understand why some would object that comparing Trump’s treatment of Comey to partner abuse might say that trivializes real abuse, but if you have ever been in an abusive relationship*, Trump’s pattern is familiar
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Personally, I think that everyone who objects to comparing Trump’s treatment of Comey to partner abuse are the ones who in fact are trivializing real abuse.
re: #30 jaunte
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Of course, ISIS values are in line with Whacko Christianity. Total Patriarchy.
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
Personally, I think that everyone who objects to comparing Trump’s treatment of Comey to partner abuse are the ones who in fact are trivializing real abuse.
Yup, and it’s not just Comey.
He’s been shown to treat everyone in his orbit this way.
Never heard from Sean Spicer how he felt being denied meeting the pope.
re: #31 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Afternoon Lizardim from the terribly hot and dry wild north country. Here’s hoping that the rain in the forecast actually arrives this time and livens up the place a bit. How go things among the lizardfolk on this deeply summery day?
And WINDY! I’m hoping the t-storms in the forecast aren’t going to be severe.
I’ve been too lazy to set up a barber appointment until this week. I left about 3” of grey and white hair on the floor. It feels so much better and my barber said it took 10 years off how I look. I agree. I’m installing my bedroom window AC unit today but I think I want to get some hardware to reinforce the 120-year-old window sash. I’m afraid that the weight of the AC unit will break the lower sash.
re: #34 LadyBehir
Scrapyard Samurai - great name for him. It looks more like a corset, than armor, the way it laces up.
Looks like role-playing gamer to me
Oath Keepers-NY VP Frank Morganthaler had heart attack after making anti-sharia speech. He died after EMT took him. pic.twitter.com/wBHBB59Lui
— sarah amy harvard (@amyharvard_) June 10, 2017
Severe paranoia is hazardous to your health.
It’s been windy here too. But, then again, I’m in Chicagoland. A bit more than usual.
thread:
With @Airbnb blocking a friend from telling her story in a review & refuses 2 reimburse her, I thought my 345,000 followers should hear it:
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 10, 2017
and then there’s this:
This meets the definition of exposing it to everybody. YOU are free to look away.
— I’ll ride with you📎 (@mrshellwinger) June 10, 2017
sigh…it’s about 20 tweets. ever heard of a thread?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 10, 2017
Trump @ Friday’s press conference: “I’m not going to say, ‘I want you to pledge allegiance’. Who would do that?”
Trump during the campaign: pic.twitter.com/Ovisi2O4vP— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 10, 2017
re: #50 jaunte
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How right you are about that. All that stress isn’t good for the ol’ ticker.
He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey
That Trump seeks to diminish or humiliate those around him is no secret. That such abjection often takes the form of “feminization” is also widely known. Recall Chris Christie’s account of a dinner with Trump:
He says, ‘There’s the menu, you guys order whatever you want,” and then he says, “Chris, you and I are going to have the meatloaf.”
Also remember fundamentalists of all flavors — hate science, are creationists and anti-vaxers. It’s more than misogyny and patriarchy.
IMHO, it’s a lack of brain developement.
Prior to Watergate, political spending typically took the form of contributions to candidates or political parties. The corrosive effects of that money were at least tempered by strong incentives for candidates and parties to build coalitions and to focus on a range of issues.
After Buckley, money flowed away from candidates and political parties and toward political action committees (PACs). PACs originated in a 1940s effort by unions to coordinate individual contributions from their members, and their number and influence exploded thanks to Buckley. PACs present a serious challenge because, in contrast to parties, they frequently focus on only a single issue. They can form and dissolve within single election cycles. They often have names that obscure more than they reveal, so that it is difficult for voters to intelligently assess the signals that PAC spending sends.
Under @POTUS Donald Trump, we will rescue the American people from the disaster of ObamaCare. #VPinWI pic.twitter.com/Yg3j8uXu7o
— Vice President Pence (@VP) June 10, 2017
I’m gonna say it - there is some real evil in claiming that 23m losing health care to pay for a $600b millionaire tax cut is a “rescue”. https://t.co/fyS9ZdfDxy
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 10, 2017
re: #55 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
How right you are about that. All that stress isn’t good for the ol’ ticker.
And if this had been an anti-christian speaker and this had happened, it would have been gospel that God had struck him down. Maybe this was Allah’s way of telling him to shut the fuck up.
Georgia State Senator Michael Williams hired the local BIKER MILITIA to provide security for his town halls. Times are BAD!#RaiseTheBar pic.twitter.com/A0zmwAJnT2
— USMC-SS (@USMC_DD) June 10, 2017
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The GOP has spent the better part of the last four decades insisting that consigning millions of Americans to various ailments, financial woes, and civil rights violations is a good thing because “freedom.”
Lena Dunham: Losing Birth Control Could Mean a Life of Pain https://t.co/S2P5orwhEP #endometriosis #reproductive health
— ggt (@geegeetee) June 10, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump to unveil new U.S.-Cuba policy next Friday in Miami https://t.co/9qq6CqM8uE pic.twitter.com/SQN34XiUMr
— POLITICO (@politico) June 10, 2017
And it will be just like the bad old pre-Obama Cuba policy. https://t.co/RJE6Ap7X7B
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 10, 2017
re: #64 Birth Control Works
Feature, not a bug, in order to show those uppity women who’s boss.
Anti-Muslim marches under way in several US cities
ACT for America is spearheading National March Against Sharia rallies in at least 28 cities across the country.
Right-wing marchers have taken to the streets in several cities across the United States for the National March Against Sharia, an anti-Muslim campaign that has been roundly criticised by rights groups and watchdogs.ACT for America called for Saturday’s marches in at least 28 cities in some 20 states.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described ACT for America as an “extremist” organisation and the largest grassroots anti-Muslim group in the country.
re: #49 Birth Control Works
Looks like role-playing gamer to me
I think you just insulted about 65% of my friends.
re: #65 Charles Johnson
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Including the revival of “wet foot, dry foot,” showing that all the talk about the need to keep “foreigners” out because “terrorism” is absolute bullshit.
Anti Sharia Hate March with some wannabe tough guy, we circled:
Georgia State Senator Michael Williams
White Supremacy sign
Style Crime. pic.twitter.com/yKkKfQab4O— ALT🛂 Immigration (@ALT_uscis) June 10, 2017
Muslim man who stockpiled weapons & bomb material freed on bond. Just kidding it was a white neo-Nazi named Brandon. https://t.co/SJ04gYvOlM
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) June 10, 2017
“…According to the police who took [Brandon] Russell into custody, they discovered the weapons and materials used for making bombs in Russell’s garage and that he had a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on his dresser. Police also state they discovered Nazi and white supremacist literature on Russell’s computer.
Investigators report that Russell, a member of the Florida National Guard, admitted that he is a Nazi sympathizer and that he previously had created explosives.”
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re: #65 Charles Johnson
That depends on whether they let him open a golf course/casino/hotel there. You can do things like this when you’re the president - it’s all legal.
re: #73 jaunte
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I can’t even imagine what’s wrong with the judge. “Well, he wants to kill black people! I’ll be fine!”
Muuuuh* Muuuuh* Muuuuh*
— Un Buey (@UnBuey) June 10, 2017
That one offered to translate from Turkish.
Muuuuh Muuuuh Muuuuh Muuuuh
— Un Buey (@UnBuey) June 10, 2017
That one offered to translate from Hindi.
Alas:
Could not translate Tweet
re: #74 Stanley Sea
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re: #64 Birth Control Works
I don’t have a definitive diagnosis (the gold standard is surgical verification) but anyone, anyone who stands between me and medication will get loudly chewed out in as public a venue as I could find and then I’d be talking to a lawyer.
Your personal religious beliefs have no right over my access to medication to manage my medical conditions.
I have been on some form of birth control or another since I was 12 for this very reason, with only a few very painful exceptions because of medication interactions.
re: #65 Charles Johnson
.@realDonaldTrump to unveil new U.S.-Cuba policy next Friday in Miami https://t.co/9qq6CqM8uE pic.twitter.com/SQN34XiUMr
— POLITICO (@politico) June 10, 2017
Let me guess, the US government is subsidizing a Trump Scion hotel in Guardalavaca?
Shouldn’t that be “5 things Trump did while the media was chasing ratings and clicks”?
— Mickey Bitsko (@BitskoMickey) June 10, 2017
re: #74 Stanley Sea
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re: #64 Birth Control Works
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Jeez, Lena D. has endometriosis? Bummer.
Of course, most of the wingnuts who love to screech at her online probably have no idea what endometriosis is, or how bad it can get: all they hear, I’m sure is “Lena Dunham” (Designated Boogey-slut) and “birth control” and freak out in paroxyms of Righteous Anger.
A longtime friend of mine suffered from endometriosis for years: it eventually got so bad that only a total hysterectomy could fix it: if oral contraceptives can alleviate the issue, any sufferer should go for it: wingnuts be damned…
STRAP THE MF IN, I’VE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH, SO GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS?
TIME.
Unfollow, mute, block or stay and learn a couple things. pic.twitter.com/awCVrIymaC— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 10, 2017
we have truly reached the Theatre of the Absurd.
Lavrov on Qatar:Russia doesn’t intervene in other states’ affairs,but would like to see the issue settled though diplomacy, ready to mediate pic.twitter.com/6OBePMLahl
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) June 10, 2017
Anyway, I’m not sure what it says about my day when a 10 mile run is a high point but it was a really good run aside from the weekenders on the multi-use trail, most of whom have no idea how to share it with anyone else.
Now because people apparently still use my app, I will descend into the bowels of the sorting functions to figure out what is breaking and why. Fuck sorting.
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
we have truly reached the Theatre of the Absurd.
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So the crisis that evidence says Russia created is the one that they wish to weigh in on, despite a stated policy of not doing such things.
No, nothing suspicious about that at all.///////
re: #83 Jay C
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re: #87 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Anyway, I’m not sure what it says about my day when a 10 mile run is a high point but it was a really good run aside from the weekenders on the multi-use trail, most of whom have no idea how to share it with anyone else.
Now because people apparently still use my app, I will descend into the bowels of the sorting functions to figure out what is breaking and why. Fuck sorting.
no, highlight of your day is #WorldGinDay
re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth
no, highlight of your day is #WorldGinDay
Dammit how do I keep forgetting.
Clearly I am going senile in my old age.
re: #87 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Anyway, I’m not sure what it says about my day when a 10 mile run is a high point but it was a really good run aside from the weekenders on the multi-use trail, most of whom have no idea how to share it with anyone else.
Now because people apparently still use my app, I will descend into the bowels of the sorting functions to figure out what is breaking and why. Fuck sorting.
The high point of my day was getting the big brown beast out of the garage this morning when Mrs. Fish and the fishspawn were out of the house. It went downhill pretty quickly from there, aside from a brief date to a local malt shop.
re: #92 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Dammit how do I keep forgetting.
Clearly I am going senile in my old age.
Or too much gin.///
re: #94 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Or too much gin.///
That comes after I’ve banged my head into the sorting functions for a while.
I’m gonna make a double of the cocktail I had last night, so goooooooooooooood.
re: #95 klys (maker of Silmarils)
That comes after I’ve banged my head into the sorting functions for a while.
I’m gonna make a double of the cocktail I had last night, so goooooooooooooood.
Anything I might be able to help with?
re: #92 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Dammit how do I keep forgetting.
Clearly I am going senile in my old age.
No, sweetie…you just need more gin.
re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth
No, sweetie…you just need more gin.
I must correct my #94 above. There is no such thing as too much gin.
re: #84 Jay C
A longtime friend of mine suffered from endometriosis for years: it eventually got so bad that only a total hysterectomy could fix it: if oral contraceptives can alleviate the issue, any sufferer should go for it: wingnuts be damned…
The way the birth control pill even happened was that a pharmaceutical company was trying to find a treatment for endometriosis. It was during clinical trials that they discovered the unintended side effect that it prevented pregnancy.
Men at the lab thought this was a problem; they wanted to do more research to devise a formula that wouldn’t have this awful side effect. Lucky for all of us there were also women working at the lab. Those women said “are you insane?!? This is the greatest thing *ever*. Adjust your marketing plan, tell people this is what the pill is for, the market for contraceptive pills is 10x the market for endometriosis treatments.”
It changed the world.
re: #99 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I must correct my #94 above. There is no such thing as too much gin.
That might not be true tomorrow when you awake.
Me, hearing @SenateGOP exonerate Trump with: “He only *hoped* Comey would stop investigating an enemy trying to undermined our democracy!” pic.twitter.com/KoXS7oabeY
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 9, 2017
re: #99 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I must correct my #94 above. There is no such thing as too much gin.
Gin is what sad people have to settle for when there’s no tequila.
re: #103 sagehen
Gin is what sad people have to settle for when there’s no tequila.
Let’s not write off Rum. And Bourbon.
re: #99 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I must correct my #94 above. There is no such thing as too much gin.
my first gin experience was a bad gin experience, and also my _last_ gin experience.
re: #96 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Going majorly programming OT, hiding for those who are completely uninterested.
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re: #105 caseyjr
my first gin experience was a bad gin experience, and also my _last_ gin experience.
Tequila in college for me. Somehow I had also consumed a large amount of brie cheese, too. It was decades before I could take even a little bit of either.
re: #103 sagehen
Gin is what sad people have to settle for when there’s no tequila.
re: #105 caseyjr
my first gin experience was a bad gin experience, and also my _last_ gin experience.
More for meeeeeeeeeeee.
mr. klys and I have signed up for a class while we’re in London where we get to make our own gin (blending the botanicals, not the whole process) which means I get to make one myself and seriously influence his (because he is not stupid) and I am so excited about this.
re: #108 klys (maker of Silmarils)
More for meeeeeeeeeeee.
mr. klys and I have signed up for a class while we’re in London where we get to make our own gin (blending the botanicals, not the whole process) which means I get to make one myself and seriously influence his (because he is not stupid) and I am so excited about this.
I’m prolly allergical to juniper berries or summat.
re: #109 caseyjr
I’m prolly allergical to juniper berries or summat.
In all of my journeys through gin, I have found exactly one where I cannot drink it. As in, one glass makes me sick. Needless to say, I don’t keep that one in the house.
Buenos dias pic.twitter.com/zYYoc2uZnH
— Eu (@eugeber66) May 30, 2017
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
we have truly reached the Theatre of the Absurd.
As a dad, I’m touched by how much time President Trump manages to set aside to visit Barron back in NYC almost every weekend.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 10, 2017
re: #114 jaunte
Really touched? Or is he trying his hand at satire?
re: #115 PhillyPretzel
He’s being utterly sarcastic. I’m sure Trump hasn’t seen the kid since Easter.
Is it too soon to go back to calling out Bill Maher for his long-held belief that germs don’t cause diseases? Asking for a pathogen.
Good news! My daughter arrived yesterday, and we went to the local animal shelter instead of to Pet Smart to look at doggies. I adopted a lab mix. Her name is Penny. That is the name shelter workers gave her. I’m giving her the name Penelope and using Penny as her nickname. For now, I’m going to refer to her as Penelope Penny. I figure this way, she’ll become accustomed to both names and will eventually respond to either. She is all black with a white spot on her chest. She’s a real beauty. I adopted her because when my daughter and I looked at her, she looked back at us with a look that said, “Get me outta here!” Plus, she appears to have a very sweet, docile nature. The shelter workers told us she’d been abandoned in an area near our neighborhood, which, of course, pissed us both off. Neither of us think a family should abandon a pet for any reason. Penelope Penny’s only been home a couple hours now, but she’s already laid claim to the center of my bed. My daughter and I were talking in the kitchen when we noticed she wasn’t roaming the house. We went looking for her and found her laying in the middle of my bed as if she owns it. Adopting her includes the price of spaying. The vet will perform the procedure next month and give her a rabies shot. Today is a very happy day for me. We will be celebrating my daughter’s 36th birthday tomorrow. I can’t believe my baby is 36 years old. It seems to me as if it was only a few years ago when my ex and I were bringing her home from the hospital. The plan is to have dinner at a nice restaurant and then see a movie. She mentioned wanting to see “Wonder Woman,” so I guess that will be the movie we’ll see.
Yay. New AC window unit installed. There’s nothing like the feeling of balancing 50 pounds 3/4 of the way out a second story window while holding it from the sides and trying to close the window down behind the top flange at the same time. Luckily the old window weight ropes are broken so I just have to knock a dowel out of the way and the window drops right down. Way to go old house…
I’m hoping this new unit will be a lot quieter than my old one. It’s only three feet away from my bed. Right now it’s running full blast.
re: #115 PhillyPretzel
Really touched? Or is he trying his hand at satire?
hard to tell…oh, wait:
There’s a vocal Bernie-hating contingent of Democratic Party regulars on Twitter but he’s broadly popular in the party. pic.twitter.com/4cyUoIZShq
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 10, 2017
re: #108 klys (maker of Silmarils)
More for meeeeeeeeeeee.
mr. klys and I have signed up for a class while we’re in London where we get to make our own gin (blending the botanicals, not the whole process) which means I get to make one myself and seriously influence his (because he is not stupid) and I am so excited about this.
I updinged because you’re excited and will enjoy it. But anything that involves junipers, juniper berries, or anything other than the disposal of dead junipers isn’t going to make me happy. Oh, and did I mention my allergy to juniper pollen?
re: #120 majii
Congratulations! I hope you have many happy days with Penelope to come.
Wonder Woman is a great movie and I’d love to be able to go see it with my mom, so enjoy it with your daughter. :)
re: #120 majii
Good news! My daughter arrived yesterday, and we went to the local animal shelter instead of to Pet Smart to look at doggies. I adopted a lab mix. Her name is Penny. That is the name shelter workers gave her. I’m giving her the name Penelope and using Penny as her nickname. For now, I’m going to refer to her as Penelope Penny. I figure this way, she’ll become accustomed to both names and will eventually respond to either. She is all black with a white spot on her chest. She’s a real beauty. I adopted her because when my daughter and I looked at her, she looked back at us with a look that said, “Get me outta here!” Plus, she appears to have a very sweet, docile nature. The shelter workers told us she’d been abandoned in an area near our neighborhood, which, of course, pissed us both off. Neither of us think a family should abandon a pet for any reason. Penelope Penny’s only been home a couple hours now, but she’s already laid claim to the center of my bed. My daughter and I were talking in the kitchen when we noticed she wasn’t roaming the house. We went looking for her and found her laying in the middle of my bed as if she owns it. Adopting her includes the price of spaying. The vet will perform the procedure next month and give her a rabies shot. Today is a very happy day for me. We will be celebrating my daughter’s 36th birthday tomorrow. I can’t believe my baby is 36 years old. It seems to me as if it was only a few years ago when my ex and I were bringing her home from the hospital. The plan is to have dinner at a nice restaurant and then see a movie. She mentioned wanting to see “Wonder Woman,” so I guess that will be the movie we’ll see.
You should have made that 2 separate posts so I could upding each one.
re: #124 klys (maker of Silmarils)
“Wonder Woman is a great movie and I’d love to be able to go see it with my mom, so enjoy it with your daughter. :)”
Thanks!!!
re: #123 calochortus
I’m pretty sure we’re going to be working with essentially single-note gins that we decide the ratio of for blending, but. I guess I shouldn’t experiment with the venison and juniper berry sauce when we have you over for dinner then?
re: #118 caseyjr
He’s being utterly sarcastic. I’m sure Trump hasn’t seen the kid since Easter.
Maybe he’s named one of his golf balls after his son.
omg! ANNOUNCEMENT
believe it or not, I figured-out how to get my redbubble site onto Google Analytics.
I’m so freaking proud of my old self.
now, you may return to your regularly scheduled thread.
re: #127 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m pretty sure we’re going to be working with essentially single-note gins that we decide the ratio of for blending, but. I guess I shouldn’t experiment with the venison and juniper berry sauce when we have you over for dinner then?
Venison: yummy. Juniper berries: not yummy. :)
re: #120 majii
I’m giving her the name Penelope and using Penny as her nickname. For now, I’m going to refer to her as Penelope Penny. I figure this way, she’ll become accustomed to both names and will eventually respond to either.
She’ll be answering to ‘Pe…’ by the end of the weekend. Yay for the new pooch!
re: #120 majii
EAR SCRATCHES FROM ME!!!!!
re: #120 majii
Zero was the name the animal shelter gave the dog we got last year (after the dog in Nightmare Before Christmas, one of our favorite movies). After having him for a day, and watching him jump up and down off of 3 foot heights without any trouble, we made his middle name Gravity. He knows Zero, and he comes running when he hears it even if you’re only asking if anyone knows where he is, so at those times, we call him Z.
re: #131 stpaulbear
She’ll be answering to ‘Pe…’ by the end of the weekend. Yay for the new pooch!
PeePee will be what she responsds to after long! hee
re: #103 sagehen
Gin is what sad people have to settle for when there’s no tequila.
My first drinking experience was tequila. DO NOT WANT. I’ll drink any other spirit at this point, but never tequila.
re: #135 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My first drinking experience was tequila. DO NOT WANT. I’ll drink any other spirit at this point, but never tequila.
I was gonna say that I’m relatively spirits-neutral but then I remembered that I pretty much hate rye flavors, and so scotch/whiskey/bourbon/etc. are right out.
But other than that I’m neutral. >.>
Mucinex is the best product ever.
Keep it flowing!
re: #135 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My first drinking experience was tequila. DO NOT WANT. I’ll drink any other spirit at this point, but never tequila.
What you probably drank was cheap, low-grade tequila, otherwise known as “headache-in-a-bottle” (see: Jose Cuervo Gold, etc.).
The better/good stuff (Patron, El Jimador, etc.) is nothing like the cheap shit.
As far as alcohol goes, my preference always has been and probably always will be Vodka. Absolut if I can get it.
I even decided to pay (a small amount) for an Adwords campaign. At least I can say I did it.
re: #72 jaunte
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re: #106 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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I quit drinking over 20 years ago.
I used to love anything that mixed well with Coffee.
believe it or not.
re: #142 Belafon
looks photoshopped —or is that the joke?
re: #139 TedStriker
What you probably drank was cheap, low-grade tequila, otherwise known as “headache-in-a-bottle” (see: Jose Cuervo Gold, etc.).
The better/good stuff (Patron, El Jimador, etc.) is nothing like the cheap shit.
Ah, no, that’s not it. It’s that it was a very unhappy night for both myself and Mrs. Fish. Did not end well.
re: #139 TedStriker
What you probably drank was cheap, low-grade tequila, otherwise known as “headache-in-a-bottle” (see: Jose Cuervo Gold, etc.).
The better/good stuff (Patron, El Jimador, etc.) is nothing like the cheap shit.
We did a tequila tasting on the last cruise, which was fun. And I did a rum tasting. Mmmm, rum.
re: #145 Birth Control Works
looks photoshopped —or is that the joke?
I loved that they mixed in the Spicer thing.
And one more, never think of that sign the same way again:
It’s a tough call, but I’m pretty sure the socks make me angrier than the sign. Btw: inside joke in my crew:👌means u got it in bunghole
— Born To Be Dad (@DamianButl3r) June 10, 2017
re: #136 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I was gonna say that I’m relatively spirits-neutral but then I remembered that I pretty much hate rye flavors, and so scotch/whiskey/bourbon/etc. are right out.
But other than that I’m neutral. >.>
Whereas those three are at the top of my list. Then vodka, then rum, then gin.
re: #128 wrenchwench
Maybe he’s named one of his golf balls after his son.
The yam doesn’t know where that is either.
Someone translate, please.
— Eu (@eugeber66) March 28, 2016
re: #152 Birth Control Works
Someone translate, please.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you discover why.
🎈😽🎈😻🎈😸🎈😽🎈😻🎈
🐾🐾🐾🐾 pic.twitter.com/jxizHuSUyT— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) June 8, 2017
re: #142 Belafon
He’s a coward. This reply made me LOL:
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LOL indeed!
Well done whoever shopped that.
Think she’s pissed?
Deja de llorar….Niñita…. no mereces eso… pic.twitter.com/ASgL6pz2ia
— Ricardo (@ricardoretamalv) June 2, 2017
re: #147 klys (maker of Silmarils)
We did a tequila tasting on the last cruise, which was fun. And I did a rum tasting. Mmmm, rum.
Rum is good. And I agree on the whiskey/Scotch/Bourbon thing. Yuck.
My go-to alcoholic beverage is wine. Maybe an occasional beer. A margarita or other mixed drink a few times a year. I make an excellent designated driver.
re: #143 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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re: #122 Backwoods_Sleuth
hard to tell…oh, wait:
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I voted for Bernie in my state’s primary. In all sincerity, he must not run next time, not just because he will be too effing old. (No offense to people who are that effing old.)
re: #139 TedStriker
What you probably drank was cheap, low-grade tequila, otherwise known as “headache-in-a-bottle” (see: Jose Cuervo Gold, etc.).
The better/good stuff (Patron, El Jimador, etc.) is nothing like the cheap shit.
Wait - so The Cuervo Gold WON’T make tonight a wonderful thing? Even with The Fine Colombian?
re: #161 Blind Frog Belly White
Wait - so The Cuervo Gold WON’T make tonight a wonderful thing? Even with The Fine Colombian?
It’s great in the guacamole.
re: #107 Barefoot Grin
Tequila in college for me. Somehow I had also consumed a large amount of brie cheese, too. It was decades before I could take even a little bit of either.
Seems like everybody has a potent-potable-story like that: with many different villains. Mine is ouzo: 35+ years ago my then-girlfriend made a Greek-themed dinner for us, and I got a bottle of ouzo to complement the meal. I finished most of it, then spent the next three days with the worst gut-wrenching, brain-hammering hangover I have ever experienced. Needless to say, I haven’t touched the stuff since. (I stick to a nice dry white wine with Greek food, now)
re: #156 Birth Control Works
Think she’s pissed?
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“I moved on her like a bitch, but couldn’t get there”
re: #163 Jay C
Seems like everybody has a potent-potable-story like that: with many different villains. …
Actually, no. I’ve never been drunk enough to have a hangover, much less actual illness. I am boring, and I’m OK with that.
re: #159 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #163 Jay C
Seems like everybody has a potent-potable-story like that: with many different villains. Mine is ouzo: 35+ years ago my then-girlfriend made a Greek-themed dinner for us, and I got a bottle of ouzo to complement the meal. I finished most of it, then spent the next three days with the worst gut-wrenching, brain-hammering hangover I have ever experienced. Needless to say, I haven’t touched the stuff since. (I stick to a nice dry white wine with Greek food, now)
I love some ouzo/sambuca, but only one per meal.
re: #165 calochortus
Actually, no. I’ve never been drunk enough to have a hangover, much less actual illness. I am boring, and I’m OK with that.
I did it once, when I was at a personal rock bottom. When Mrs. Fish got home, she made me swear never to get that carried away again. True to form, I have not, though I can’t say I haven’t been tempted on a couple of occasions.
Job creator derp.
Help wanted: Manufacturers hiring even as overall job numbers decline
Seeking hired help, Milwaukee Forge affixed a banner in front of its factory on E. Oklahoma Ave. advertising jobs that paid $12 to $25 per hour.
It wasn’t getting much attention, though, so the company crossed out the $12 figure and replaced it with $15. That helped, said Todd Dunnum, human resource manager for the 104-year-old maker of gears, shafts, sprockets and more for a plethora of industries.
“We are seeing quite a bit of walk-in traffic as a result of the sign,” Dunnum said.
re: #165 calochortus
Actually, no. I’ve never been drunk enough to have a hangover, much less actual illness. I am boring, and I’m OK with that.
Count your blessings… believe me, that’s definitely one.
$12 an hour to work at a drop forge? Fuck you!
re: #163 Jay C
Seems like everybody has a potent-potable-story like that: with many different villains. Mine is ouzo: 35+ years ago my then-girlfriend made a Greek-themed dinner for us, and I got a bottle of ouzo to complement the meal. I finished most of it, then spent the next three days with the worst gut-wrenching, brain-hammering hangover I have ever experienced. Needless to say, I haven’t touched the stuff since. (I stick to a nice dry white wine with Greek food, now)
I hate licorice, so no Ouzo has ever crossed my lips. But I like Retsina.
The Turks call their Ouzo ‘Raki’. More vile, from what I hear.
re: #142 Belafon
He’s a coward. This reply made me LOL:
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Those white shorts are haram, they need to cover the knee.
re: #165 calochortus
Actually, no. I’ve never been drunk enough to have a hangover, much less actual illness. I am boring, and I’m OK with that.
I tried to do a Jimi Hendrix after a night of many many whiskeys and beers. Woke up throwing up in bed. I quit drinking altogether in 1984.
re: #171 Amory Blaine
$12 an hour to work at a drop forge? Fuck you!
I feel like I came in the middle of this.
BTW, $12 is minimum wage in San Mateo Co. now.
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re: #169 Amory Blaine
Job creator derp.
Help wanted: Manufacturers hiring even as overall job numbers decline
If they were at all clever, they would have made the sign $10/hr, crossed that out and made it $12. Same effect.
I will never forget this day. Thank you so much to everyone who came to Galveston for the commissioning of the #USSGG! pic.twitter.com/Wp2DzoVOqF
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) June 10, 2017
re: #169 Amory Blaine
Job creator derp.
Help wanted: Manufacturers hiring even as overall job numbers decline
Oh! I must have shot past this post.
This is in line with what I’ve seen repeatedly since 2008 at least. Employers bitching that they can’t find people with experience, then it turns out that what they REALLY mean is they can’t find people with experience willing to work for the shitty wage they want to pay.
If you suggest they pay more, or train less experienced people their response to the first is to look at you like you’re crazy, and to the second is, “But then they’ll take a job with somebody who pays better!”
No shit. Who wouldn’t?
re: #174 stpaulbear
I tried to do a Jimi Hendrix after a night of many many whiskeys and beers. Woke up throwing up in bed. I quit drinking altogether in 1984.
Quitting drinking sounds like a good choice under the circumstances.
re: #166 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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re: #181 calochortus
Quitting drinking sounds like a good choice under the circumstances.
The bed incident happened 7 years before I finally quit. I didn’t have my act together in my 20’s.
re: #180 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh! I must have shot past this post.
This is in line with what I’ve seen repeatedly since 2008 at least. Employers bitching that they can’t find people with experience, then it turns out that what they REALLY mean is they can’t find people with experience willing to work for the shitty wage they want to pay.
If you suggest they pay more, or train less experienced people their response to the first is to look at you like you’re crazy, and to the second is, “But then they’ll take a job with somebody who pays better!”
No shit. Who wouldn’t?
Even the wingnuts figured this out during the recession. Various talk show hosts would have someone call in about how they couldn’t find workers and someone would go look it up and find out they wanted a bunch of skills, paid a low wage and often wanted to be able to give too few hours to their employees or demand they work too many hours.
re: #184 stpaulbear
The bed incident happened 7 years before I finally quit. I didn’t have my act together in my 20’s.
Well, I’m glad you survived the not having your act together years.
The moral of the story is that user input is a horrible idea and you should never allow it.
half /
re: #187 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The moral of the story is that user input is a horrible idea and you should never allow it.
half /
It’s a struggle I constantly have with my dev teams. They like to assume that all data coming into our applications are good, and write their code accordingly. Unfortunately, that is never, ever the case.
re: #186 calochortus
Well, I’m glad you survived the not having your act together years.
I’m very lucky and so was everyone around me. I wouldn’t think twice about driving with an open beer in the car. Any drive over an hour was a 2-beer drive. I was a fairly functional alcoholic - I was only fall-down drunk once in my life - I wound up sitting flat on my butt in a bar lobby after seeing a version of Badfinger play at a St. Paul bar. The bouncers got me up on my feet again and sent me out to drive home. I was insanely lucky.
re: #60 Eventual Carrion
And if this had been an anti-christian speaker and this had happened, it would have been gospel that God had struck him down. Maybe this was Allah’s way of telling him to shut the fuck up.
He was an Oathkeeper, Allah had to get in line.
re: #121 stpaulbear
Ha! Our house is 103 years old. We use old Little League bats for the windows. Put the AC in this afternoon. It’s gonna be a warm week.
re: #85 Broad With Sass
Holy. Shit.
Please let that be true.
That was 100 tweets worth reading. Seriously. Read it.
re: #120 majii
Pictures please!!! Congrats on saving a life. She’s going to be your baby!! So excited for you. That’s awesome!!
A guy and a gal climbed up El Cap in Yosemite National Park…naked.
We Did It!!! @j.fleury and I climbed The Nose naked; the first naked ascent of El Cap! (for you non-climbers out there: “naked” is not a fancy climbing term like “free”. It straight-up means I did it without any clothes.) We even broke both of our personal time records on the route: 12hrs exactly! I’m telling ya’ll- lightweight is the way to do it!
It’s hard to express what I feel after a life dream has been achieved. Yes, I feel some sunburn. I feel a bit sore. I feel proud of myself of course.
But overwhelmingly, I feel so loved. I feel supported and encouraged by my friends, all the monkeys, my family (who answered my victory-announcing phone call with EVERYONE on speaker phone to hear), and especially my favorite monkey, Robbie. He has helped me every step of the way, (and even managed to get us on the news!) Anyhow, thanks ya’ll for knowing that something this silly was still, honestly important to me.
I guess the thing is, I thought I’d be saying that this is the greatest accomplishment of my life, but that’s not true. It feels so much greater to be the best friend, daughter, sister, and partner that I can be. Working at that is always my most worthwhile struggle, and greatest achievement when I feel this kind of love.
#FNA #themonkeysaresending #niad
re: #188 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s a struggle I constantly have with my dev teams. They like to assume that all data coming into our applications are good, and write their code accordingly. Unfortunately, that is never, ever the case.
I had a tester that infuriated me, but I recommend hiring people like her at every job I’ve had since we worked together. She could push every button in every order. When our code said it would take a text file, she would create an excel file, rename it, and pass it into our app, just to watch it fail.
re: #196 Belafon
I had a tester that infuriated me, but I recommend hiring people like her at every job I’ve had since we worked together. She could push every button in every order. When our code said it would take a text file, she would create an excel file, rename it, and pass it into our app, just to watch it fail.
One of my former cow-orkers was like that, when I worked in software QA. When our product was ramping up toward release, he felt it just wasn’t good enough - that there were quality issues that would affect the product. So he made it his goal to log at least one show-stopping bug per day for as long as he could. It was little surprise when he was let go, but the point was well made.
Van Jones: White men are sometimes unfairly the punching bags of liberals while their life expectancy rates are getting shorter.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 10, 2017
Derision is earned. If us white dudes want our life expectancy rates to climb maybe we should stop prioritizing supremacy over health care. https://t.co/hoPsDgwYzp
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) June 11, 2017
re: #196 Belafon
I had a tester that infuriated me, but I recommend hiring people like her at every job I’ve had since we worked together. She could push every button in every order. When our code said it would take a text file, she would create an excel file, rename it, and pass it into our app, just to watch it fail.
Part of me is like “hooray for people like that because it turns out users really do do that shit” and part of me is like “guys I am a one person app team and none of you have paid me anything for this so please have mercy.”
re: #192 MsJ
Holy. Shit.
Please let that be true.
That was 100 tweets worth reading. Seriously. Read it.
Meh. It read more like wishful thinking and rationalizing after-the-fact to me. I mean, to boil it down to its essence:
1) There’s no way all the polls could’ve been wrong so Russia must’ve hacked vote results*
2) All looked lost, everybody seemed to be going along with the shitshow
3) Oh look, Comey wasn’t a trump lackey after all
4) We’re going to get REAL RESULTS any day now!!1!!
Uh…yeah. I’ll believe it when I see trump and the GOPers face ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES for once.
*Don’t we keep hearing from official channels that, “yes, Russia tried, but didn’t alter vote results”? If they did, prove it, if not, stop sending us down this rabbit hole and filling people with the false hope that the election results can magically be rendered null-and-void. The real election fraud happened the old-fashioned way: voter suppression and gerrymandering. The GOP is perfectly capable of pulling that garbage without Russia’s help.
I see Sessions is going to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Comm. next week. I don’t suppose it will be public, but a girl can hope.
re: #85 Broad With Sass
Reading through this, and this is my attitude:
America doesn’t have an ethnicity (sorry, alt-right dicks) - it has a set of ideas and beliefs about A More Perfect Union. All may belong.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) June 10, 2017
It’s a fucking cult.
Think I found the Bernie rally pic.twitter.com/jSNvhEHt3E
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 11, 2017
re: #200 Interesting Times
Meh. It read more like wishful thinking and rationalizing after-the-fact to me. I mean, to boil it down to its essence:
1) There’s no way all the polls could’ve been wrong so Russia must’ve hacked vote results*
2) All looked lost, everybody seemed to be going along with the shitshow
3) Oh look, Comey wasn’t a trump lackey after all
4) We’re going to get REAL RESULTS any day now!!1!!Uh…yeah. I’ll believe it when I see trump and the GOPers face ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES for once.
*Don’t we keep hearing from official channels that, “yes, Russia tried, but didn’t alter vote results”? If they did, prove it, if not, stop sending us down this rabbit hole and filling people with the false hope that the election results can magically be rendered null-and-void. The real election fraud happened the old-fashioned way: voter suppression and gerrymandering. The GOP is perfectly capable of pulling that garbage without Russia’s help.
No one really likes the idea that there is a small chance that everything will go wrong at the same time (some would even argue that that’s what got humans started in the first place). But I do like the fighting attitude.
re: #203 teleskiguy
It’s a fucking cult.
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Man, those fucking people are insane. And I try not to Bernie bash, since I know some people who did support Bernie last year (but they ended up being quite vocal and energetic supporters of Clinton), but Christ…
re: #205 Timothy Watson
Bernie is a crusty old bloated sack of protoplasm. Fuck him in the ass with a big rubber dick.
re: #85 Broad With Sass
Holee Shit! That’s one HELL of a thread. Please, please be true.
Medgar Evers, WW2 vet & NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was murdered hours after JFK’s civil rights speech, this week 1963: #AP pic.twitter.com/2jXcsBorsj
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 9, 2017
re: #204 Belafon
No one really likes the idea that there is a small chance that everything will go wrong at the same time (some would even argue that that’s what got humans started in the first place). But I do like the fighting attitude.
What’s that old saying, “crap in one hand and hope in the other and see which one fills up faster”? Likewise, a “fighting attitude” without solid evidence and/or a workable plan of action is tantamount to empty bluster at best, misleading false hope and dangerous diversion at worst. I, personally, am sick of all that.
To my mind, these are the things actually worth feeling hopeful about:
1) Supreme court decision that struck down racist NC gerrymandering
2) Meaningful backlash from powerful players against trump’s climate crimes
3) American voters actually paying attention to local and downballot positions for a change
Of course, the caveat to 3) is that it’s only useful if it results in GOPer defeats. The Montana debacle, in some respects, infuriated me even more than trump’s victory since it helped solidify that voters in that particular red state haven’t learned a good goddamned thing (to say nothing of the disgusting, repulsive, fascist wannabes who praised the GOPer’s thuggish actions. Stick them in 1930s Germany and they would have been thrusting their arms in the air and shouting “Sieg Heil!” at the top of their lungs.)
re: #210 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Clearly it’s time for gin.
There is never a wrong time for gin.
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Fuck these “anti-shariah” assholes. These people are delusional, paranoid, bigoted morons.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 11, 2017
I’m so glad I realized years ago that the people spreading this fear-mongering BS were flat out evil fuckers.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 11, 2017
Powerful ending to this piece. A former FBI agent on Trump’s lack of concern over Russia’s election interference. https://t.co/pwH3zwRX1U pic.twitter.com/WohxeFLpuB
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 11, 2017
re: #213 Stanley Sea
Of course he wouldn’t be concerned by Russian hacking. It helped him win.
Classic humor from Adam West. His phone book listings in Ketchum ID pic.twitter.com/GVCGJOtRaf
— blueidaho (@svskier1) June 10, 2017
Never caught the stream with the original TV version of Batman, too young I guess. Seen a few episodes, I just thought it was hokey. Still, the entertainment world lost a very funny, very warm man. I really enjoyed his turn as voice actor in Family Guy, that was some funny stuff!
One demands safe spaces when they get offended.
The other risks life and limb to keep those spaces safe. pic.twitter.com/TvYbMjQBXK— Sarah Huckabee (@SarrahHuckabee) June 10, 2017
I was at the woman’s march, and I’m a 3 tour combat veteran. I fight so people can hold marches in democratic societies. Don’t downplay it. https://t.co/twWJlpWQmV
— Jonathan Nichols (@wvualphasoldier) June 10, 2017
re: #214 SteelPH
And he simultaneously bragged and projected about it the whole damn campaign.
He and his people knew what was up and what could happen and it apparently did.
re: #216 FormerDirtDart
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She’s supposed to work for someone who represents ALL Americans.
That tweet is fucking shameful.
re: #211 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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re: #135 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My first drinking experience was tequila. DO NOT WANT. I’ll drink any other spirit at this point, but never tequila.
Odd you should mention that…
My wife and I and a couple of friends went back to the Bronx Botanical Garden to see the rest of the Chihuli exhibit (highly recommended if you’re in NYC or environs), and we stopped at the beverage stand when we got there. I asked for a water, but I let everyone talk me into getting a margarita.
Big mistake. Between the margarita ingredients and the heat, I got my ass cold kicked today. I’m sitting here with my third glass of ice water and bemoaning my bad decision.
We’re going on the Architecture cruise tomorrow, and I’m not going anywhere near the bar unless it’s for a bottle of water.
re: #216 FormerDirtDart
Plus, it’s a fake acct. Dammit.
re: #212 Charles Johnson
You just have to wonder if any of these morons have any real idea what “shariah” means? Outside, of course, of the simpleminded equation “Shariah is Muslim law” > “Muslim is bad” > “Shariah is bad” = “we have to be against it”.
And what is their stupid obsession about “fighting creeping Shariah”? Is it really not blatantly transparent that that is simply a euphemism for “hating on anything that doesn’t demonize Muslims”?? (Like the F5 fartstorm on the right blogosphere when Campbell’s introduced a line of halal-certified soups?)
re: #214 SteelPH
Of course he wouldn’t be concerned by Russian hacking. It helped him win.
Indeed. Why do people even bother expressing “shock”? It only makes them look willfully naive or obtuse.
On a related note, the talking point “Russia hacked the election” is dreadfully misleading and lazy on its own, because it’s far too vague to accurately cover multiple scenarios with varying degrees of severity and implications for the future:
1) Russia used its extensive troll/bot network to pump out propaganda to US voters
2) Russia hacked and released Podesta’s emails
3) Russia infiltrated DNC servers and leaked info
4) Russia also infiltrated RNC servers but didn’t leak info
5) Russia tried to hack into US voter registration databases
6) Russia succeeded in breaking into US voting systems and was able to alter anything from voter registration data to actual vote results
Number 6 would be the virtual A-bomb, of course, but we’ve yet to see any evidence of that nature (and as I mentioned earlier, so far, official channels are denying such an event took place. Now if it did, and they’re concealing the evidence thereof…hoo boy. Where are the leakers for that??)
re: #191 (Bert the Turtle)
I restored all the windows in my old house over a 12 year period. Stripping all paint inside and out, removing the glass, sanding to bare wood, reglazing, adding weatherstripping. It was worth it. You can open the upper or lower sash with one finger. Not to mention quieter and less drafty.
re: #225 Interesting Times
We need an easy, lazy talking point for the masses. Maybe Russia hacked the election isn’t it, but we need one.
re: #205 Timothy Watson
Man, those fucking people are insane. And I try not to Bernie bash, since I know some people who did support Bernie last year (but they ended up being quite vocal and energetic supporters of Clinton), but Christ…
They’re so fucking helpful.
…progressives were less interested in simple unity than in a purity that they believed could win…Candidates for Congress and local offices walked the halls of the convention, signing up activists, who — post-Sanders — felt that any race was winnable if a candidate ran to the left.
Post 2016 candidate with the best chance of winning—Jon Ossoff (please, please) who is NOT running to the left.
Stephen Jaffe, a 71-year old Sanders supporter challenging House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for the 2018 midterm elections, spent some of a Friday-night meet-and-greet debating the relevance of the party with would-be supporters.
“If the driver pulls the car into a ditch, you get a new driver,” said Jaffe, sporting a campaign button and lapel pin that read “Gave My Last F—
Yeah, good luck with that—just what we need is a 71-year old first timer with an attitude.
The comment by Sasha Stone pretty much says what I feel—it ends:
But we in the Democratic Party would appreciate it if these people would go their utopia with Jill Stein and let us try to take down Trump as best we can.
re: #228 JordanRules
We need an easy, lazy talking point for the masses. Maybe Russia hacked the election isn’t it, but we need one.
I’d prefer easy, lazy talking points for progressive policies and against GOP fuckery :/ Because ultimately, that’s the only way you’ll cure the disease that led to trumpism in the first place.
The thing with Russia is, all the buildup was leading to expectations of a smoking gun, and when it looked like it wouldn’t come, it seemed like the whole issue risked becoming a nothingburger (or else something too nuanced and complex for the average low-info voter to care about as opposed to, say, something far more immediate and concrete like losing their health insurance).
What brought it back to life, as far as I can see, was trump’s firing of Comey - now we’re in “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” territory and I’ll take it if it works.
re: #227 caseyjr
I restored all the windows in my old house over a 12 year period. Stripping all paint inside and out, removing the glass, sanding to bare wood, reglazing, adding weatherstripping. It was worth it. You can open the upper or lower sash with one finger. Not to mention quieter and less drafty.
You, sir, rock. That is no easy task.