Stephen Colbert: Sean Spicer Is Irreplaceable (Because No One Wants His Job)
Sean Spicer is reportedly moving into a new role in the White House once he finds his own replacement. So, it could be a while.
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Daily Beast: DHS insists that no one hacked actual votes—but admits it never ran an audit to check. https://t.co/OS9Ejgjg7m
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 21, 2017
Department of Homeland Pacification: “Everything is JUST FINE.”
I’m hiding copies of The Handmaid’s Tale in Paris! Je cache des copies de La Servante Ecarlate dans tout Paris! #OSSParis @the_bookfairies 📚 pic.twitter.com/SvwjYqm1G3
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 21, 2017
Our Indian spammer friend has now registered 7 accounts and keeps trying to post crappy pages.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
He’s now using a proxy server in Nevada.
That’s persistence. Unfortunately, it should not be rewarded.
The very shady way that Donald Trump’s new lawyer got very very rich https://t.co/FKcjKrKWB1 pic.twitter.com/hCtfr2gXtL
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2017
“stop engaging in performance art every body” pic.twitter.com/B7hipn1z0G
— darth:™ (@darth) June 21, 2017
Dear Spammers: pic.twitter.com/b2oSqwzkRo
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 21, 2017
The Symptoms of Dying
Okay, stop breathing, get cold, eventually decompose. Pretty easy diagnosis even for lay people. Dr. Sara Perskin provides a more professional analysis, however, and it’s actually pretty interesting.
Louisiana’s governor has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Cindy roars toward the coast. https://t.co/BrI3V414Ls pic.twitter.com/z1HkTborNI
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 21, 2017
Does it also tell us how to pick up mistresses on Adult Friend Finder?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) June 21, 2017
@foreveringrid @Rosie #IRICI
1. Impeach
2. Remove
3. Indict
4. Convict
5. Imprison— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
This counts right? pic.twitter.com/hKzFBbLNwj
— Daily Dingers (@BCNDailyDingers) June 20, 2017
This woman has lost her fool mind. https://t.co/Bei0G7tLFz
— Crystal Lewis (@CrystalLewis) June 21, 2017
Trump is doing another rally today, but yeah..
“stop engaging in performance art everybody” pic.twitter.com/RPIeQifeB5— Natalie G. Borden (@NatalieGBorden) June 21, 2017
re: #17 jaunte
‘Honorable Omarosa’
Two words that shouldn’t even appear on the same page, let alone right next to one another.
re: #13 FormerDirtDart
Aw, shit. I swear to God these freakin things are following me.
Peculiar group of sea creatures found in deep Australian abyss https://t.co/5WtQziRTCO pic.twitter.com/l66QwStKpA
— IBTimes UK (@IBTimesUK) June 17, 2017
The country is basically on fire and I’m becoming numb to feelings but this sea-cock made me LOL so I guess I’m still alive. https://t.co/KMbcOCHM6t
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 18, 2017
When Trump & all his men go down it will amazing to behold the spectacle of all the Republicans claiming their were “in the resistance”, pic.twitter.com/krFp8saFEw
— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) June 17, 2017
LIVE NOW: Join us as we explain the science & safety surrounding the Aug. 21 eclipse. Watch: https://t.co/qRrQMkUvVw Q’s use #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/jSK8yEYTVL
— NASA (@NASA) June 21, 2017
Are you ready to camp out?
North Korea, a socialist country, killed an American because he stole a poster
Socialism kills humanity. Don’t let it come here!!— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 19, 2017
You live in a country where a black man was choked to death in the street for selling untaxed cigarettes. Take multiple seats. https://t.co/1pfN88znE4
— Fathi 🌞 (@AManInTheSun) June 20, 2017
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah. I’m sorry but that’s a stupid game and NK is really anything but socialist in how it’s actually practiced there. It’s not like Kim Jong Un lives the same life as other North Koreans.
Someone set fire to the memorial for Nabra Hassanen, the Virginia teen killed after leaving a mosque https://t.co/F6L78uHWBN
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 21, 2017
Hate addicts.
New follower.
I’m sure this will end well. pic.twitter.com/txTta7o9J0— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 21, 2017
re: #24 jaunte
Are you ready to camp out?
No need. The total eclipse path is about 1 1/2 hrs drive north. So we will drive up, observe and then come back home.
Apparently it is now stupid question time in a dead thread…
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
..@charliekirk11 A far right fascist state killed millions for their religion. Don’t let the far right continue in high office now.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) June 21, 2017
re: #33 Unshaken Defiance
HURR HURR NAZIS WAS TEH SOSULUST!!!! THAY EVEN HAS HAD SOSHULIST IN THERE NAME!!!!!!!!
interesting email from Greg Abbott today. looks like the hungarian jew and the two black guys are gonna steal my vote pic.twitter.com/JCzQIlwUD6
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) June 21, 2017
Abbott knows his voters.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently it is now stupid question time in a dead thread…
Like
Is it too early for beer?
re: #22 ChuckJager95
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From my FB feed.
I challenged her to produce evidence on her claim that welfare was originally intended only for the Military, I can’t wait to see what other nightmare sites someone who proudly forwards from The American Bacon will throw at me.
UPDATE!
She contacted me through messenger with a link to a user generated slide show (!!!) utilizing Comic Sans that said nothing of the sort. She also said she can’t find the other article because she “save(s) a lot of stuff” from the internet, but will forward it to me once found.
I keep hitting refresh on the hopes I get a new message because honestly this is now the highlight of my day :(
EDIT: Here’s the slide show. Pretty sure this is someone’s class project.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently it is now stupid question time in a dead thread…
I have now been chastised for yawning…
How will I manage to survive???
re: #36 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR NAZIS WAS TEH SOSULUST!!!! THAY EVEN HAS HAD SOSHULIST IN THERE NAME!!!!!!!!
You jest but they really believe that. Don’t try telling them that the DRPK isn’t democratic nor a republic though, their puny heads may explode.
re: #38 Bubblehead II
Like
Is it too early for beer?
Beer is a breakfast beverage, so as long as you wait until breakfast, you’re fine.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently it is now stupid question time in a dead thread…
Why is it always sneaking into a dead thread? It’s not like it hurts to be typed at.
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
Pretty sure the N. Korean government is not Socialist. But, who cares? The repubs define words as they wish a la Humpty Dumpty
re: #37 jaunte
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Abbott knows his voters.
Abbott is a racist pig who prefers being tcot to governing.
You work for a so-called gazillionare from New York and you’re complaining about 1%ers? Are you fucking retarded?
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 21, 2017
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
To which I gave one serious and one even more seriouser answers.
re: #47 Dr. Matt
No one cares what someone as openly dishonest as you are has to say. You sold your soul to help a would-be autocrat.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) June 21, 2017
re: #41 HappyWarrior
You jest but they really believe that. Don’t try telling them that the DRPK isn’t democratic nor a republic though, their puny heads may explode.
HURR HURR N. KOREA IS ALL DEMOCRATS!!!! IT EVEN SAY SO IN THERE NAME!!11!!
re: #47 Dr. Matt
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Not to mention the cabinet which is the wealthiest in history but yeah Kellyanne the Dems are just awful for choosing someone as their leader who actually gets shit done.
And San Francisco is more real America than the 95% white counties that Trump is worshipped in. Well it’s all real America but SF is more representative of it.
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
Make sure that everyone who runs in a Democratic party primary is, in fact, an actual Democrat and not a fucking tourist.
Oh and please fuck off and die in a fire.
Sec Tillerson: We support #Kuwaiti mediation in continuing dispute w/in #GCC & look forward to this matter moving toward a resolution. pic.twitter.com/VZC2PkBLml
— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) June 21, 2017
Does the “we” include the president? https://t.co/V4JzEev68y
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) June 21, 2017
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
How should they treat someone who is not a member of their party? And it is the Democratic Party, unless you are an adherent of RW talking points…
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
Bernie isn’t a Democrat so it doesn’t matter how he was/is treated.
re: #46 HappyWarrior
The absurd focus of the Texas GOP creating a nonexistent problem with the bathroom bill hoopla (which will cost Texas convention businesses millions) shows how devoted they are to suckering their base voters by appealing to their bigotry.
Hillary was, in fact, fighting on two fronts: an outsider trying to commandeer her party from the left while the weight of the GOP was directed at her from the right. And she still won the popular vote.
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
Treated so bad he got most of his platform implemented? Fuck off. And honestly they did not even have to let him run as he’s not even a Democrat.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently it is now stupid question time in a dead thread…
It’s spreading…
Dumb question: How do you lizards know when someone posts in a dead thread?
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hillary was, in fact, fighting on two fronts: an outsider trying to commandeer her party from the left while the weight of the GOP was directed at her from the right. And she still won the popular vote.
Both times but everyone hates Hillary say the followers of the two guys who lost the popular vote to her.
re: #61 HappyWarrior
Treated so bad he got most of his platform implemented? Fuck off. And honestly they did not even have to let him run as he’s not even a Democrat.
Yes, a lot of people were upset in closed primary states when they could not vote for him because they had registered as Independents.
re: #59 jaunte
The absurd focus of the Texas GOP creating a nonexistent problem with the bathroom bill hoopla (which will cost Texas convention businesses millions) shows how devoted they are to suckering their base voters by appealing to their bigotry.
Really does.
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
By telling him next time to fuck off and start his own party instead of using the Democratic Party’s apparatus and assets and then shitting all over his kind benefactors.
Because you’re right - he was accommodated way more than he should have been.
If the way things are being done is fine how come we are out of power and it gets worse by the month?
Even my parents who are both union members voted for this crazy Trump guy.
re: #63 Dr. Matt
Dumb question: How do you lizards know when someone posts in a dead thread?
Spy mode.
re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, a lot of people were upset in closed primary states when they could not vote for him because they had registered as Independents.
They can be independents. That’s their right but they shouldn’t act like they should be deciding another party’s nominee. Bernie also lost big in a few open primary states too.
re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How should they treat someone who is not a member of their party? And it is the Democratic Party, unless you are an adherent of RW talking points…
I missed that - no actual Democrat says “Democrat Party.”
re: #38 Bubblehead II
Like
Is it too early for beer?
a) it’s never too early for beer
b) it’s evening somewhere
re: #71 HappyWarrior
They can be independents. That’s their right but they shouldn’t act like they should be deciding another party’s nominee. Bernie also lost big in a few open primary states too.
Those rules existed well before the primaries…but many seemed to be unaware of them and then whined like kiddies denied their candy.
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Those rules existed well before the primaries…but many seemed to be unaware of them and then whined like kiddies denied their candy.
Exactly. They could have reregistered.
re: #69 BigBadDemocrat
If the way things are being done is fine how come we are out of power and it gets worse by the month?
Even my parents who are both union members voted for this crazy Trump guy.
Sounds like you should be dealing with that problem first.
re: #72 Jebediah, RBG
I missed that - no actual Democrat says “Democrat Party.”
One of the dumbest attempted insults ever, from a party that specializes in stupid things.
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
How does the Democrat Party fix the problem of how Bennie Sanders was treated by the DNC?
Perfect time to repost Gus:
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS HORRIBLE BUT CAN I USE YOUR STAGE, PODIUM, SOUND EQUIPMENT AND DATA?
— Bernie— Gus™ (@Gus_802) June 18, 2017
re: #78 makeitstop
One of the dumbest attempted insults ever, from a party that specializes in stupid things.
Dude, they’re a party who thinks Rush Limbaugh is a satirist but if they ever had to read Swift, they’d want to know why this crazy Mick was advocating parents eating their kids.
Man sets fire to memorial for slain Virginia teen Nabra Hassanen
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Jonathan Solomon, a 24-year-old from South Carolina, had been arrested just after 10 a.m., and added that “at this time, the incident does not appear to be motivated by bias.”
nydailynews.com
Wut.
re: #69 BigBadDemocrat
If the way things are being done is fine how come we are out of power and it gets worse by the month?
Even my parents who are both union members voted for this crazy Trump guy.
I question the honesty of you using the pronoun “we”.
re: #79 Dr. Matt
Perfect time to repost Gus:
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That pretty much is Bernie in a nutshell these days. I really have no respect for the idea that he was mistreated if he continues to do that shit. The Democratic Party isn’t perfect but we don’t need some asshole like Sanders using our party to advance his name, causes and get money from our members and donors and then to see him go on tv and trash it because we’re not being the white working class party he wants us to be. Got news for Bernie. This is a party for racial minorities, LGBT people as well as white working class people. If your beloved WWC can’t take that, then they don’t have a place in my party.
re: #78 makeitstop
One of the dumbest attempted insults ever, from a party that specializes in stupid things.
Yup!
And in this case it is even dumber - being used by someone pretending to be a Democrat in an arena where many of us are going to spot the tell.
re: #45 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Pretty sure the N. Korean government is not Socialist. But, who cares? The repubs define words as they wish a la Humpty Dumpty
In Texas, certain yokels and inbreds seem to associate “socialism” with such class-loaded terms as “social register” or “social skills” and hate it on that basis. The perception that academics, “pointy headed intellectuals,” are socialists tends to reinforce this.
re: #72 Jebediah, RBG
I missed that - no actual Democrat says “Democrat Party.”
I think that Rush Limbaugh started that convention in the 90’s, and whenever somebody starts talking about the “Democrat Party”, I generally break off the discussion…
re: #83 HappyWarrior
That pretty much is Bernie in a nutshell these days.
In many ways, Bernie did more to undermine HRC and the Democrats than Fox “news” could ever accomplish.
re: #53 BigBadDemocrat
He’s not a Democrat, so there is nothing they need to do for him. To him on the other hand is another story.
And can I just say this enough of this bullshit about what the party was in the FDR days. FDR was head of a Democratic Party that didn’t take bold stops to prohibit lynching. I appreciate Roosevelt’s legacy especially on economics but let’s not rewrite history to ignore that FDR was fine with the Dixiecrats as long as they voted for his programs.
LOL!
Bernie Sanders on Tim Canova, who he endorsed in 2016: “I know nothing about Tim Canova.” https://t.co/qdrYelaIaA pic.twitter.com/3XdDxVzOLL
— Kevin Robillard (@PoliticoKevin) June 21, 2017
re: #87 Dr. Matt
In many ways, Bernie did more to undermine HRC and the Democrats than Fox “news” could ever accomplish.
You’re not wrong there.
re: #87 Dr. Matt
In many ways, Bernie did more to undermine HRC and the Democrats than Fox “news” could ever accomplish.
He left the party open to weapons-grade ratfucking, and his airheaded adherents let themselves be played all the way…
re: #81 jaunte
Man sets fire to memorial for slain Virginia teen Nabra Hassanen
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Jonathan Solomon, a 24-year-old from South Carolina, had been arrested just after 10 a.m., and added that “at this time, the incident does not appear to be motivated by bias.”
nydailynews.comWut.
probably just an extended case of that road rage…..///////////////////////
re: #90 goddamnedfrank
LOL!
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So, he has something else in common with Trump- supporting people against other people only for petty revenge.
re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He left the party open to weapons-grade ratfucking, and his airheaded adherents let themselves be played all the way…
and continue to let themselves be played to this very day.
Dumb is dumb.
re: #69 BigBadDemocrat
If the way things are being done is fine how come we are out of power and it gets worse by the month?
Even my parents who are both union members voted for this crazy Trump guy.
And your vote made 3. Not fooling anyone here.
I dunno guys. I see too many people like me- Fairly young white guys who think Bernie should be our party’s future and I for one don’t get it. It’s not just his age but honestly I really think Sanders is blind or maybe even indifferent to a lot of key issues for our party.
re: #49 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Hypocrisy is all that holds Kellyanne’s molecules together. If she ever were to be intellectually honest, she’d disappear in a puff of smoke
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
re: #88 Bubblehead II
He’s not a Democrat, so there is nothing they need to do for him. To him on the other hand is another story.
BigBadDemocrat is a troll.
BTW, my standard response to my brother who always uses the term “Democrat Party” is that I never heard of the party; if he wants to get a response from me, he has to use the proper term.
US House Republicans Block Democratic Resolution Demanding Trump’s Tax Returns For The Tenth Time - https://t.co/y0ikptKszF pic.twitter.com/9Bes8qHgVt
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 21, 2017
Republicans, like trolls, are cowards who can’t stand the light.
When you do something and yeilds very undersired ourputs.. pic.twitter.com/elkszeVPRS
— Wina Aprilia (@wawinaApr) June 21, 2017
re: #101 jaunte
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Republicans, like trolls, are cowards who can’t stand the light.
Modern Republicans are, in fact, trolls.
re: #101 jaunte
US House Republicans Block Democratic Resolution Demanding Trump’s Tax Returns For The Tenth Time - .
Why should the public have any legitimate interest in his business dealings?
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re: #101 jaunte
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Republicans, like trolls, are cowards who can’t stand the light.
Drain the swamp. //
Republicans are a bunch of hypocritical cowards. Accuse Clinton of being corrupt while cheerleading the most corrupt bastard ever to hold down the Presidency.
re: #28 jaunte
nydailynews.com
Hate addicts.
Set fire to a murdered little girl’s memorial? One can see this as part of a pattern with the utterly depraved phenomenon of Sandy Hook trutherism.
Okay, I know history. I understand the dangers of dehumanizing the enemy. But on what basis can we continue to regard these savages as human beings? They have deliberately, even gleefully, reverted to the law of the jungle, and a pretty nasty jungle at that.
re: #98 HappyWarrior
I dunno guys. I see too many people like me- Fairly young white guys who think Bernie should be our party’s future and I for one don’t get it. It’s not just his age but honestly I really think Sanders is blind or maybe even indifferent to a lot of key issues for our party.
There are a lot of people who don’t like hearing that their success isn’t entirely due to their own effort. They feel like it detracts from what they’ve done and lessens their feeling of superiority over those who haven’t managed to achieve what they have. Bernie strips out a lot of that with his focus on “just the economics” because for a lot of these guys, being poor is the only disadvantage they face in our society.
It’s very, very easy to read when you think about how humans react emotionally. Most humans don’t like to be told that they’re wrong, or that their success is not entirely from their own efforts. Most humans don’t want to think through concepts that make them feel uncomfortable. It’s easier to ignore them or pretend they don’t exist.
The CBC voted today to decline this @WhiteHouse invitation for a follow-up meeting w/ @realDonaldTrump. Here’s why: https://t.co/emjn81IDMK. pic.twitter.com/82Bn7ATW3i
— The CBC (@OfficialCBC) June 21, 2017
Congressional Black Caucus refuses the photo-op. For cause.
re: #108 Shiplord Kirel
Set fire to a murdered little girl’s memorial? One can see this as part of a pattern with the utterly depraved phenomenon of Sandy Hook trutherism.
Okay, I know history. I understand the dangers of dehumanizing the enemy. But on what basis can we continue to regard these savages as human beings? They have deliberately, even gleefully, reverted to the law of the jungle, and a pretty nasty jungle at that.
I hate dehumanizing. I really do but I’m really ashamed to call these people my fellow Americans. What kind of bastard does something like this?
re: #108 Shiplord Kirel
Set fire to a murdered little girl’s memorial? One can see this as part of a pattern with the utterly depraved phenomenon of Sandy Hook trutherism.
Okay, I know history. I understand the dangers of dehumanizing the enemy. But on what basis can we continue to regard these savages as human beings? They have deliberately, even gleefully, reverted to the law of the jungle, and a pretty nasty jungle at that.
Perpetrator is still a human being, just a pathetic, ignorant bigoted one…
re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)
There are a lot of people who don’t like hearing that their success isn’t entirely due to their own effort. They feel like it detracts from what they’ve done and lessens their feeling of superiority over those who haven’t managed to achieve what they have. Bernie strips out a lot of that with his focus on “just the economics” because for a lot of these guys, being poor is the only disadvantage they face in our society.
It’s very, very easy to read when you think about how humans react emotionally. Most humans don’t like to be told that they’re wrong, or that their success is not entirely from their own efforts. Most humans don’t want to think through concepts that make them feel uncomfortable. It’s easier to ignore them or pretend they don’t exist.
Well said.
re: #100 Hecuba’s daughter
BigBadDemocrat is a troll.
BTW, my standard response to my brother who always uses the term “Democrat Party” is that I never heard of the party; if he wants to get a response from me, he has to use the proper term.
Yeah I know. Surprised Stinky hasn’t hit him with the ban hammer by now.
re: #106 HappyWarrior
Republicans are a bunch of hypocritical cowards. Accuse Clinton of being corrupt while cheerleading the most corrupt bastard ever to hold down the Presidency.
Whenever the GOP accuses a Democrat of an unsavory act, it’s actually something they have committed or are going to commit.
Data now coming in showing Ossoff ads tying him to Bernie didn’t help especially with the shooter who was (supposedly) a Bernie supporter.
— Persistence Time (@NicoleKowalski5) June 21, 2017
And then Bernie endorsed him Sunday before the election. https://t.co/43u6NDH4VV
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 21, 2017
re: #115 Hecuba’s daughter
Whenever the GOP accuses a Democrat of an unsavory act, it’s actually something they have committed or are going to commit.
Yep. SEe Gingrich and Hastert while impeaching Clinton.
CBC expected to decline a second meeting with Trump. Dem aide:
“No one wants to be a co-star on the reality show.” https://t.co/KCmBebjipx— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) June 21, 2017
More on this in the CBC’s just-released letter to the White House: https://t.co/xHpuNQPO4E https://t.co/kuErlkKPWF
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) June 21, 2017
re: #116 goddamnedfrank
And then Bernie endorsed [Ossoff] Sunday before the election.
Like getting an endorsement from GW Bush at that point
re: #118 FormerDirtDart
CBC expected to decline a second meeting with Trump. Dem aide:
“No one wants to be a co-star on the reality show.”
this will be spun as the Black Caucus’ unwillingness to work with the President to improve the lot of black people…
re: #114 Bubblehead II
Yeah I know. Surprised Stinky hasn’t hit him with the ban hammer by now.
He’s just annoying. Maybe if he hangs around long enough, he’ll actually learn something worthwhile. ///
Nah — trolls are incapable of anything except mindless repetition of Republican talking points.
re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Like getting an endorsement from GW Bush at that point
I contend that it probably hurt my candidate, Perriello. Sanders and his diehards think everyone loves him but there’s just as much of us on the left who are annoyed by him and is purity politics.
Actually Sanders is becoming more like Sarah Palin in 2010 if I have to use an analogy.
re: #110 jaunte
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Congressional Black Caucus refuses the photo-op. For cause.
Congressional Black Caucus declines meeting with Trump pic.twitter.com/GLB1jwEtMp
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 21, 2017
re: #122 Hecuba’s daughter
He’s just annoying. Maybe if he hangs around long enough, he’ll actually learn something worthwhile. ///
Nah — trolls are incapable of anything except mindless repetition of Republican talking points.
He is not likely to get the boot unless he gets personal or abusive/offensive.
re: #116 goddamnedfrank
Exactly. If Hodgkinson had stayed in Illinois, perhaps Ossoff would have won. Remember, Georgia was the state where R ads tied Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden.
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell R Kentucky says that 10 hours is plenty of time to debate the health care bill that Dems took years! pic.twitter.com/Jp00m9rtYj
— Muckmaker (@RealMuckmaker) June 20, 2017
The winds are starting to kick up a bit in Houston, and it looks like the birds have all hunkered down. The silence is eerie.
Big storm a coming, Captain.
re: #45 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Pretty sure the N. Korean government is not Socialist. But, who cares? The repubs define words as they wish a la Humpty Dumpty
The North Korean government is Democratic-Republic. It says so in their name, so it must be true.
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re: #130 Belafon
The North Korean government is Democratic-Republic. It says so in their name, so it must be true.
//
National Socialists!
re: #128 gocart mozart
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And this political hooker accused the Dems of shoving ACA down our throats. Bite me, Mitch.
I remember the world in flames outside my window. But I had my baby in my arms and she had me and nothing was going to stop us. Nothing. That was 47 years ago. Still hold my baby in my arms.
re: #127 Hecuba’s daughter
Exactly. If Hodgkinson had stayed in Illinois, perhaps Ossoff would have won. Remember, Georgia was the state where R ads tied Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden.
I don’t know but it does appear it hurt which sucks because Ossoff obviously had nothing to do with what Hopkinson did nor did he condone it in anway.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is not likely to get the boot unless he gets personal or abusive/offensive.
so far he’s just garden-variety foolish.
Now, don’t get me wrong, the shooting of the Congressmen botehred me but the shooting of the Sandy Hook kids bothered me even more. And of course, the hypocrisy. WE SHOULDN’T RUSH TO DO ANYTHING ON GUNS was the cry after Sandy Hook. After Alexandria, in a state I might add where CC is legal, Republicans are pushing ot allow Congressmen to open carry everywhere and here’s the thing, open carry wouldn’t have stopped Hopksinson. It was a fucking ambush.
re: #135 HappyWarrior
I don’t know but it does appear it hurt which sucks because Ossoff obviously had nothing to do with what Hopkinson did nor did he condone it in anway.
The GOP is effective at despicable ads which dishonestly target their opponents. Think of the Swift Boat liars and their damage to a real war hero. They are also expert at quoting out of context to mislead anyone who actually expends brain cells listening to them.
re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter
The GOP is effective at despicable ads which dishonestly target their opponents. Think of the Swift Boat liars and their damage toa real war hero. They are also expert at quoting out of context to mislead anyone who actually expends brain cells listening to them.
It helps that they have a press that does not call them out on such excesses, or even enables them in doing so.
re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter
The GOP is effective at despicable ads which dishonestly target their opponents. Think of the Swift Boat liars and their damage to a real war hero. They are also expert at quoting out of context to mislead anyone who actually expends brain cells listening to them.
Yeah I haven’t forgotten or forgiven the way they treated Cleland and Kerry. Ann Coulter mocked Cleland too if you recall. Someone, who never served in uniform mocking a man who was wounded in combat serving his country.
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It helps that they have a press that does not call them out on such excesses, or even enables them in doing so.
FNC enables them big time, yes.
Anyhow I think I need to take a swim. So much bs out there.
re: #140 HappyWarrior
Yeah I haven’t forgotten or forgiven the way they treated Cleland and Kerry. Ann Coulter mocked Cleland too if you recall. Someone, who never served in uniform mocking a man who was wounded in combat serving his country.
They elected a draft-dodging President who mocked a Republican veteran who had served with honor…that says enough about such people.
re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They elected a President who mocked a former Republican who had served with honor…that says enough about such people.
You mean a current Republican. And he mocked Mexicans, women, the disabled, gold star families. The Republicans apparently all love bullies and autocrats; they are destroying the democracy the previous generations bequeathed to them. And they don’t care — both the base and the party leadership.
re: #109 klys (maker of Silmarils)
There are a lot of people who don’t like hearing that their success isn’t entirely due to their own effort. They feel like it detracts from what they’ve done and lessens their feeling of superiority over those who haven’t managed to achieve what they have. Bernie strips out a lot of that with his focus on “just the economics” because for a lot of these guys, being poor is the only disadvantage they face in our society.
It’s very, very easy to read when you think about how humans react emotionally. Most humans don’t like to be told that they’re wrong, or that their success is not entirely from their own efforts. Most humans don’t want to think through concepts that make them feel uncomfortable. It’s easier to ignore them or pretend they don’t exist.
E.g. the rage vs. Obama’s “you didn’t build that”, even though its context makes it perfectly accurate.
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
don’t forget the guy killed in front of his gf and child because of a malfunctioning 3rd brake light.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) June 21, 2017
re: #145 EPR-radar
E.g. the rage vs. Obama’s “you didn’t build that”, even though its context makes it perfectly accurate.
My favorite was when Obama stated that ISIS was “not an existential threat to America”.
Which is true. Global warming or nuclear war are existential threats, ISIS is not going to be the end of us.
Their minds bleeped out that four-syllable word and the reported it as “Obama says that ISIS is not a threat to America!”
re: #98 HappyWarrior
I dunno guys. I see too many people like me- Fairly young white guys who think Bernie should be our party’s future and I for one don’t get it. It’s not just his age but honestly I really think Sanders is blind or maybe even indifferent to a lot of key issues for our party.
Far too many Bernie supporters make me think that he’s representing the white people wing of the Democratic party: If only those blacks would wait until we fix the white people’s problems, then we can get everything fixed. As a white person surrounded by racists, I can see the temptation, but it won’t work.
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It helps that they have a press that does not call them out on such excesses, or even enables them in doing so.
That would be most of the mainstream media.
Fox News is a special case, since it is properly regarded as the propaganda arm of the Republican party.
re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter
The GOP is effective at despicable ads which dishonestly target their opponents. Think of the Swift Boat liars and their damage to a real war hero. They are also expert at quoting out of context to mislead anyone who actually expends brain cells listening to them.
This is what I was trying to get at yesterday when I said non-voters/3rd-party voters perceive Democrats as weak. The GOP is effective at making those despicable ads, but are the Dems effective at countering them? Not in a way that resonates with the disaffected/apathetic who might otherwise vote for them. It’s an unfortunate aspect of both basic human nature and the trashy aspects of US culture - people want to see you fight back in a bold, obvious way, otherwise they perceive you as weak and being unable to stand up for yourself/your ideas/them (think pro-wrestling and all the other manufactured drama out there, plus the “sports team” attitude toward politics - Dems have to do something about being perceived as the team that drops the ball, fails to play offense, etc - again, speak to would-be voters in a language they understand, or you will lose and lose and lose)
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It helps that they have a press that does not call them out on such excesses, or even enables them in doing so.
And voters who fall for them.
It’s going to be like feeding Gremlins after midnight.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) June 21, 2017
re: #134 nines09
I remember the world in flames outside my window. But I had my baby in my arms and she had me and nothing was going to stop us. Nothing. That was 47 years ago. Still hold my baby in my arms.
Help me out here. I remember June 1970 about as well as anyone who was in San Francisco remembers it, which is to say cloudily but with nice colors, but I don’t recall anything about the world being in flames anywhere except maybe in a few poor villages in Vietnam. So what are you talking about?
Translation: Someone tell me what I’m getting for my vote and we’ll be good
Sen. Ron Johnson warns that without sufficient time to publicly review GOP health care plan, “I won’t be voting yes” https://t.co/mrN6ByxFXI pic.twitter.com/KaVjTDMukB
— CNN (@CNN) June 21, 2017
Don’t get your hopes up, we aren’t that lucky…
Scientist: Dangerous asteroid could hit earth at any moment https://t.co/4xpoM7ao5B pic.twitter.com/PPViQToSIk
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 21, 2017
Da’ish have destroyed the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri, #Mosul’s major landmark & the place where Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi announced the “caliphate”. pic.twitter.com/bNp0WL4t3T
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) June 21, 2017
re: #154 FormerDirtDart
I suspect there are many Republican Senators who realize how radioactive this secret Senate health care bill really is.
McConnell and buddies only keep up the charade because they promised the mouth breathers that the ACA was so evil and it has to be undone… so now McConnell is doing the act where he’s doing something, but he’s really not.
re: #110 jaunte
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Congressional Black Caucus refuses the photo-op. For cause.
Plus, almost three months to send a thank you note? Bad form. Not “honorable.”
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re: #157 freetoken
I suspect there are many Republican Senators who realize how radioactive this secret Senate health care bill really is.
McConnell and buddies only keep up the charade because they promised the mouth breathers that the ACA was so evil and it has to be undone… so now McConnell is doing the act where he’s doing something, but he’s really not.
He may actually blackmail other Republicans into supporting this legislation. If the elections yesterday had different outcomes, he may have paused but he must now believe they can do anything without taking a hit in the polls.
re: #157 freetoken
I suspect there are many Republican Senators who realize how radioactive this secret Senate health care bill really is.
McConnell and buddies only keep up the charade because they promised the mouth breathers that the ACA was so evil and it has to be undone… so now McConnell is doing the act where he’s doing something, but he’s really not.
I see it the other way around, where McConnell already has the votes he needs for this travesty, and all of this angst from supposed ‘moderate’ Republicans is just a act to give them political cover.
Hopefully I’m wrong about this.
.@SenThomTillis: The Republican majority is going to provide a solution to Obamacare that gives you choices & the safety net that you need. pic.twitter.com/tqGAnvllfY
— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) June 21, 2017
.@SenateGOP So… are we just supposed to take your word? I know 23 million Americans who will have some serious doubts. #ShowUsTheBill https://t.co/XwrHqUlKh2
— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) June 21, 2017
re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter
He may actually blackmail other Republicans into supporting this legislation. If the elections yesterday had different outcomes, he may have paused but he must now believe they can do anything without taking a hit in the polls.
The GOP has taken big hits in these special elections, but none of these hits were enough to turn around these very Republican districts.
When the ruling party creates vacancies in the House that need to be filled with special elections, they choose safe seats for their own party. Several of these have turned out to be competitive instead of safe, so all that GOP margin disappeared because of tr*mp.
This has to be bothering the dozen or so US Republicans that remain capable of counting and other feats of simple arithmetic.
nope, nope, nope…
The floor is being a bad boy pic.twitter.com/SjsWuMUa4g
— Gio Soviet Megumin (@JosukeUniverse) June 20, 2017
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bullshit. If the GOP ‘healthcare’ bill were that great, it wouldn’t be the best-kept secret in DC.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
“You don’t NEED no stinkin’ safety net.”
re: #163 FormerDirtDart
nope, nope, nope…
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So true of my guy (long passed on) and water!!
I have video of Clooney’s reaction to your criticism. pic.twitter.com/BBq8C7sRtl
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 21, 2017
Important to remember, the end of the “caliphate” doesn’t mean the terror will stop. There’s an insurgency on the horizon & it’ll be hell.
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) June 21, 2017
Thanks for the twitter account Jaunte.
re: #149 EPR-radar
That would be most of the mainstream media.
Fox News is a special case, since it is properly regarded as the propaganda arm of the Republican party.
It is. If there is coordination and collusion anywhere, it is between Fox and the GOP.
I can almost always tell when I read something at DailyKos written by Hunter. dailykos.com
Which is the one and only reason Senate Republicans are keeping their version of the bill a closely-held secret until the last possible moment: They know the public is going to hate it. It’s going to look very much like the House bill, it’s going to uninsure millions of American citizens for no other reason than to pass the House-style tax cuts, people are going to die as a direct result and nearly everybody in America knows all of that.
Many in the Republican base are still fine with it, because they would agree to saw off their own legs and glue live chickens to the stumps if they thought Barack Obama would be against them doing that, but anyone with a preexisting condition, anyone who has health insurance now that didn’t have it before, anyone on Medicaid who couldn’t get it before and anyone who has a basic sense of decency isn’t a fan. And Republican disapproval, too, is rapidly rising:
re: #154 FormerDirtDart
Translation: Someone tell me what I’m getting for my vote and we’ll be good
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Cuomo gave him a good push back this morning on the “Obamacare is a disaster” talking point.
re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter
He may actually blackmail other Republicans into supporting this legislation. If the elections yesterday had different outcomes, he may have paused but he must now believe they can do anything without taking a hit in the polls.
The planning is this: the real extent of the damage caused by the AHCA will not fully manifest itself until after the midterms, and then it will have been glossed over by the 2020 elections. Mitch McC is an evil genius at taking advantage of our collective gnat’s attention span.
re: #89 HappyWarrior
And can I just say this enough of this bullshit about what the party was in the FDR days. FDR was head of a Democratic Party that didn’t take bold stops to prohibit lynching. I appreciate Roosevelt’s legacy especially on economics but let’s not rewrite history to ignore that FDR was fine with the Dixiecrats as long as they voted for his programs.
All of FDR’s economic programs to assist the WWC… the WWC were supportive of these programs ONLY ON THE CONDITION that blacks and hispanics couldn’t have access to any of the benefits.
That’s how poor white people became middle class, and poor non-whites were left behind.
MEAT LOVER’S WORST NIGHTMARE: Tick that can make you allergic to red meat may be spreading. https://t.co/mKaeJzaTIN pic.twitter.com/SSmNcea3Of
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) June 21, 2017
re: #164 EPR-radar
Bullshit. If the GOP ‘healthcare’ bill were that great, it wouldn’t be the best-kept secret in DC.
It’s gonna be great, believe me!
(has worked every time so far)
re: #174 FormerDirtDart
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Mother Nature is the sneakiest and most bad ass of them all.
Trump Jr. claims Handel broke glass ceiling in GA, but five Dem women came before her: https://t.co/2IYIaV7w8R pic.twitter.com/lYUHR0DHwK
— The Hill (@thehill) June 21, 2017
re: #174 FormerDirtDart
I have read that one of the things individuals can do to reduce their carbon footprint is to eat less meat. Maybe nature is trying to force our hand.
Crappy as it is, Dems tried pushing their health bill in the middle of the night. Equal playing field of sheisty-ness. Two headed hydra of 💩
— Hans🤘 (@HansHolmberg11) June 21, 2017
I retract this, not what I intended. No sarcasm. Thank you for the info everyone, I was wrong.@Stonekettle https://t.co/nxiJZvHrWL
— Hans🤘 (@HansHolmberg11) June 21, 2017
This may be a first for Twitter.
https://t.co/bdVtGYRyQU — Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 21, 2017
Climate change is already getting expensive.
Miami’s fight against rising tides (BBC Future)
re: #153 whitebeach
Help me out here. I remember June 1970 about as well as anyone who was in San Francisco remembers it, which is to say cloudily but with nice colors, but I don’t recall anything about the world being in flames anywhere except maybe in a few poor villages in Vietnam. So what are you talking about?
Yeah. What the fuck do I know?
re: #173 sagehen
All of FDR’s economic programs to assist the WWC… the WWC were supportive of these programs ONLY ON THE CONDITION that blacks and hispanics couldn’t have access to any of the benefits.
That’s how poor white people became middle class, and poor non-whites were left behind.
One of the major achievements of the 20th century civil rights era was passage of important civil right legislation on a bipartisan basis. Supporters of this legislation came from both parties, as did its opponents.
Since then, we’ve had the civil rights realignment where the Republicans have become the party of bigotry.
Nancy Pelosi is 77, Bernie Sanders is 75. One is allegedly too old for politics but the other is being feted to run for President at age 78
— I’m So Over This (@Johngcole) June 21, 2017
re: #185 FormerDirtDart
Nancy Pelosi is 77, Bernie Sanders is 75. One is allegedly too old for politics but the other is being feted to run for President at age 78
Pelosi and Sanders are not the bad news. This is:
Franken: ‘I don’t want to be president’
re: #134 nines09
I remember the world in flames outside my window. But I had my baby in my arms and she had me and nothing was going to stop us. Nothing. That was 47 years ago. Still hold my baby in my arms.
Is this comment related to the song “World in Flames”?
If you tweet at me and I see that your bio contains MAGA, I’m just going to block you because fuck that shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 21, 2017
re: #183 Belafon
That’s what we’re wondering.
At my darkest and most dangerous time in my life, love found me. And I was was smart enough to know what I had. Gee. I guess you had to be there, eh?
When God sends confusion into the camp of your enemies pic.twitter.com/t8LYJfOrtu
— YOUR DAD (@LeoKolade) June 20, 2017
re: #191 klys (maker of Silmarils)
This is an encouraging development.
re: #186 Decatur Deb
Pelosi and Sanders are not the bad news. This is:
Franken: ‘I don’t want to be president’
Oh a person after my own heart.
Franken/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Harris/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Franken 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Harris 2020!
or
Harris/Franken 2020!
or
Franken/Harris 2020!
I care not which - these are my 3… so far…
re: #187 Hecuba’s daughter
Is this comment related to the song “World in Flames”?
Nope. Life. Think of it a poetry. I do. Life took so much, but I held onto my baby. Sorry. Like I always said, we are all exquisitely damaged in our own elegant ways. Ah. Hug someone. Just musings from an old man…
Love
re: #191 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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now now, they would start stabbing each other about who has the most friends who are black…
re: #191 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Need more information. Like what is their home church, which of our Walmarts do they shop?
re: #193 CongoJack
Oh a person after my own heart.
Franken/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Harris/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Franken 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Harris 2020!
or
Harris/Franken 2020!
or
Franken/Harris 2020!I care not which - these are my 3… so far…
Wanted Franken/Warren, any order.
re: #198 Decatur Deb
Wanted Franken/Warren, any order.
I think you need someone younger on the ticket.
re: #175 Bubblehead II
New GoT trailer is out. Looks good.
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It’s about time…winter has been coming for over six years now.
I think the ticket will include at least one governor.
It’s too bad though that Franken doesn’t seem to want it because he’s smart and goddongit I like him.
re: #193 CongoJack
Oh a person after my own heart.
Franken/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Harris/Gillibrand 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Franken 2020!
or
Gillibrand/Harris 2020!
or
Harris/Franken 2020!
or
Franken/Harris 2020!I care not which -these are my 3… so far…
No way will there be 2 women on the ticket — having one woman was toxic in 2016. OTOH, assuming there are still relatively free elections (no guarantee in this age of Trump) and this country has not disintegrated into Mad Maxdom , voters may be ready for a woman after the damage inflicted by 2 white men.
re: #199 HappyWarrior
I think you need someone younger on the ticket.
Voting for someone because they are young is precisely as stupid as voting for someone because they are old.
(That rhetorical structure works for any of our political planes of cleavage.)
Strength Through Unity https://t.co/EMP3BwH8In via @thenib
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
Klobuchar is interesting. Has a legal background, from a region we had some trouble in last time, but I’d like to learn more.
re: #200 darthstar
It’s about time…winter has been coming for over six years now.
And the GRRM TWOW is not anywhere in sight.
re: #205 Decatur Deb
Voting for someone because they are young is precisely as stupid as voting for someone because they are old.
(That rhetorical structure works for any of our political planes of cleavage.)
I don’t disagree with that but a ticket with two people over 65 I just don’t see working. Optics do mean something in this business.
re: #210 HappyWarrior
I don’t disagree with that but a ticket with two people over 65 I just don’t see working. Optics do mean something in this business.
That’s why Ossoff won.
re: #211 Decatur Deb
That’s why Ossoff won.
Oh come on DD. I don’t mean a green 36 year old. I just think a mid 40’s something with some experience. Whether we like it or not, there is a perception that our leadership is old.
re: #194 ipsos
re: #198 Decatur Deb
Oh and how could I forget Tammy Duckworth… add her to my previous post and I’ve got 4 desired. Not certain about Klobuchar/Becerra (in any order). I dont know much about Becerra - Klobuchar I do like though but if I’m taking anyone from MN its Franken frankly.
We have a whole bunch of good candidates in the Dem Party. The Repubs not so much I believe. Though they (Rs) have the ignorance gap on their side.
re: #184 EPR-radar
One of the major achievements of the 20th century civil rights era was passage of important civil right legislation on a bipartisan basis. Supporters of this legislation came from both parties, as did its opponents.
Since then, we’ve had the civil rights realignment where the Republicans have become the party of bigotry.
We can thank LBJ for knowing how to get the votes.
Someone like Gillbrand would actually I think be compelling as a running mate despite being from a safe state because her home district is actually fairly conservative.
re: #204 Hecuba’s daughter
Al Franken / Jill Stein
Franken/Stein 2020
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.
re: #205 Decatur Deb
Voting for someone because they are young is precisely as stupid as voting for someone because they are old.
(That rhetorical structure works for any of our political planes of cleavage.)
OMG Deb…. same argument I’ve used here. If I wasn’t already married….
re: #214 CongoJack
Oh and how could I forget Tammy Duckworth… add her to my previous post and I’ve got 4 desired. Not certain about Klobuchar/Becerra (in any order). I dont know much about Becerra - Klobuchar I do like though but if I’m taking anyone from MN its Franken frankly.
We have a whole bunch of good candidates in the Dem Party. The Repubs not so much I believe. Though they (Rs) have the ignorance gap on their side.
Our roster is better than people think it is.
re: #204 Hecuba’s daughter
having one woman was toxic in 2016.
I am kind of curious about how a qualified woman who hasn’t had decades of bullshit flung at her by the Smear-the-Clintons machine would have fared. I had to bite my tongue so many times when people would pop off with crap about HRC that they couldn’t back up. “Why, exactly, is she so nasty?” “She just is.”
Finally one of them openly admits it:
All aboard the train to crazy town! Wiles will be driving it
— A (@annietheblank) June 21, 2017
Several commenters were quick to point out that the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch so he might even be right.
re: #220 Jebediah, RBG
I am kind of curious about how a qualified woman who hasn’t had decades of bullshit flung at her by the Smear-the-Clintons machine would have fared. I had to bite my tongue so many times when people would pop off with crap about HRC that they couldn’t back up. “Why, exactly, is she so nasty?” “She just is.”
And honestly there are a lot of people on the left who hate her too. They too could never explain it. My own brothers fell for that crap.
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re: #217 gocart mozart
Al Franken / Jill Stein
Franken/Stein 2020
I don’t want Jill Stein on my team. She has her own team and absolutely no experience in politics/elected office.
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Oh come on DD. I don’t mean a green 36 year old. I just think a mid 40’s something with some experience. Whether we like it or not, there is a perception that our leadership is old.
You do realize that I think of Warren and Franken as the next generation?
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Finally one of them openly admits it:
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Several commenters were quick to point out that the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch so he might even be right.
So does that mean Rick thinks Trump , Ryan, and McConnell are satanists? Somehow, I think you forgot Rick that your side is in charge of America too. But yeah go stand with Russia, asshole. Go stand with a man who literally was a member of hte KGB.
re: #209 Hecuba’s daughter
And the GRRM TWOW is not anywhere in sight.
Whatever the hell that means…
re: #185 FormerDirtDart
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Charlie Pierce’s take:
I am charmed to my bones by the faith these young folks have that Pelosi’s replacement would be someone dedicated to single-payer healthcare, the $15 minimum wage, and hanging banksters from lamp posts…
If you want to make the case that the age of the Democratic congressional leadership makes the emergence of new faces more difficult, I’ll listen to that argument, but leave Bernie Sanders out of it, because you sound like a fool.
re: #224 CongoJack
I don’t want Jill Stein on my team. She has her own team and absolutely no experience in politics/elected office.
I think you missed the joke :).
re: #218 CongoJack
OMG Deb…. same argument I’ve used here. If I wasn’t already married….
And I weren’t a great-grandfather…
re: #223 A Mom Anon
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re: #220 Jebediah, RBG
I am kind of curious about how a qualified woman who hasn’t had decades of bullshit flung at her by the Smear-the-Clintons machine would have fared. I had to bite my tongue so many times when people would pop off with crap about HRC that they couldn’t back up. “Why, exactly, is she so nasty?” “She just is.”
Imagine the blowback if Republicans go after Duckworth.
re: #229 BeachDem
Charlie Pierce’s take:
I am charmed to my bones by the faith these young folks have that Pelosi’s replacement would be someone dedicated to single-payer healthcare, the $15 minimum wage, and hanging banksters from lamp posts…
If you want to make the case that the age of the Democratic congressional leadership makes the emergence of new faces more difficult, I’ll listen to that argument, but leave Bernie Sanders out of it, because you sound like a fool.
Bernie never gets questioned on his age by those types. Pelosi and Clinton do. And Bernie’s been in Washington nearly as long as Nancy has.
re: #222 HappyWarrior
And honestly there are a lot of people on the left who hate her too. They too could never explain it. My own brothers fell for that crap.
It is so fucking frustrating!
re: #233 Belafon
Imagine the blowback if Republicans go after Duckworth.
Well they went after Kerry too and made a mockery of his Purple Hearts. Don’t underestimate how scummy parts of our pubic can be with partisanship. I still remember the cracks at Kerry in 2004.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Finally one of them openly admits it:
Rick Wiles proudly stands with Russia because “the people in control of America today are Satanists.”
Several commenters were quick to point out that the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch so he might even be right.
Russia is an authoritarian, oligarchic theocracy. Exactly what the GOP wants, except Fundamentalist Protestant Christian instead of Russian Orthodox.
re: #235 Jebediah, RBG
It is so fucking frustrating!
Tell me about it. My brothers are both smart guys but they bought lefty propaganda on her.
re: #223 A Mom Anon
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re: #227 HappyWarrior
So does that mean Rick thinks Trump , Ryan, and McConnell are satanists? Somehow, I think you forgot Rick that your side is in charge of America too. But yeah go stand with Russia, asshole. Go stand with a man who literally was a member of hte KGB.
He is referring to all those Deep State Bureaucrats who are trying to hinder Trump from doing God’s Work here in America
re: #236 HappyWarrior
Well they went after Kerry too and made a mockery of his Purple Hearts. Don’t underestimate how scummy parts of our pubic can be with partisanship. I still remember the cracks at Kerry in 2004.
I’m not saying they won’t. But her injuries aren’t just represented by a small medal.
re: #227 HappyWarrior
So does that mean Rick thinks Trump , Ryan, and McConnell are satanists? Somehow, I think you forgot Rick that your side is in charge of America too. But yeah go stand with Russia, asshole. Go stand with a man who literally was a member of hte KGB.
There was a Senator Simpson and a Senator Flanders but they were in office at different times.
re: #223 A Mom Anon
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re: #236 HappyWarrior
Well they went after Kerry too and made a mockery of his Purple Hearts. Don’t underestimate how scummy parts of our pubic can be with partisanship. I still remember the cracks at Kerry in 2004.
Trump did not hesitate to go after a fellow Republican when it suited him…
re: #241 Belafon
I’m not saying they won’t. But her injuries aren’t just represented by a small medal.
True, true. I really admire the hell out of her. She’s a tough lady. Not just for her service but politically too.
re: #226 Decatur Deb
You do realize that I think of Warren and Franken as the next generation?
Warren’s 67 , Franken’s 66 They’d better start making FrankenWarren babies because either or both of them could decide it’s time to enjoy sitting on a veranda eating fresh truffles on pasta in Italy more than arguing with recalcitrant Republicans.
re: #224 CongoJack
I hate hate hate that useful idiot tool of fascim Jill Stein but we have to make sacrifices for the sake of bad puns.
re: #249 gocart mozart
I hate hate hate that useful idiot tool of fascim Jill Stein but we have to make sacrifices for the sake of bad puns.
It’s pronoucned Fronkensteen.
re: #233 Belafon
Imagine the blowback if Republicans go after Duckworth.
And I really don’t think they are capable of restraining themselves from doing just that.
This is a funny cartoon
Dramatic Irony https://t.co/5scjUgWX6t via @thenib
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
re: #248 darthstar
Warren’s 67 , Franken’s 66 They’d better start making FrankenWarren babies because either or both of them could decide it’s time to enjoy sitting on a veranda eating fresh truffles on pasta in Italy more than arguing with recalcitrant Republicans.
Fortunately(or not), most politicians, even the ‘good’ ones, are addicted to their office and all it entails. So while they can retire, almost none do…Boehner is a rare exception. He wants to enjoy his golf, wine and smokes while he can…fuck everyone else. God bless him for that.
re: #233 Belafon
Imagine the blowback if Republicans go after Duckworth.
They did it to Max Cleland. They’ll do it to Tammy Duckworth. Equal opportunity a$$holes.
re: #223 A Mom Anon
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re: #254 retired cynic
They did it to Max Cleland. They’ll do it to Tammy Duckworth. Equal opportunity a$$holes.
And we saw “Honorable” Mark Kirk’s pathetic dig at her during that campaign that made me wish so much our Kirk apologist hadn’t left us.
re: #249 gocart mozart
I hate hate hate that useful idiot tool of fascim Jill Stein but we have to make sacrifices for the sake of bad puns.
I disagree completely. Was GOOD pun!
re: #4 gocart mozart
Don’t listen to this if you know what is good for you.
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Charles, what do you think of his Guitar chops ?
He has no guitar chops. The other band members are OK, the vocals are pretty good, The songwriting is horrendous. But Sekulow on guitar? Didn’t see anything from him that an absolute beginner couldn’t do.
re: #236 HappyWarrior
Well they went after Kerry too and made a mockery of his Purple Hearts. Don’t underestimate how scummy parts of our pubic can be with partisanship. I still remember the cracks at Kerry in 2004.
There were three things in the 2004 conventions that I can probably point to as things that made me move away from the GOP: the purple heart band aids; Obama’s speech; and, Zell Miller’s speech. I was always much more libertarian in my leanings, but the tone set by those three displays made me realize I had no place in the GOP.
re: #257 HappyWarrior
And we saw “Honorable” Mark Kirk’s pathetic dig at her during that campaign that made me wish so much our Kirk apologist hadn’t left us.
But that was a thoughtless dig, probably due to the effects of his stroke. With the wealth of the Koch Bros et al, they will have the most malicious evil ads that money can buy attacking Duckworth.
re: #257 HappyWarrior
And we saw “Honorable” Mark Kirk’s pathetic dig at her during that campaign that made me wish so much our Kirk apologist hadn’t left us.
There’s pretty much no chance of real communication between a Republican and a non-Republican. It’s not just a matter of different languages or different starting assumptions. Republicans just do not inhabit the same reality as non-Republicans.
re: #261 KGxvi
There were three things in the 2004 conventions that I can probably point to as things that made me move away from the GOP: the purple heart band aids; Obama’s speech; and, Zell Miller’s speech. I was always much more libertarian in my leanings, but the tone set by those three displays made me realize I had no place in the GOP.
It was clear that they would stop at nothing and stoop as low as necessary
Old but always relevant.
Over 40 Mil Americans suffer from mental illness. SOME can access care ALL can access guns. #GunReform #WDBJshooting pic.twitter.com/zstud7ptky
— Mr. Kenneth Cole (@mr_kennethcole) August 27, 2015
re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was clear that they would stop at nothing and stoop as low as necessary
And their base will applaud them for it.
I really wish that Democrats in the position to help win elections would look at two bits of history and study them closely. The first being how the GOP rose to power in its current form, how they built infrastructure on a local to federal level, including media as well as on the ground in individual communities. This did not happen overnight. It took decades of ratfucking and undermining what were deemed “liberal” policies. Lots of money and time were spent on this.
The second thing is what was done to build this false history of wrongdoing around Bill and Hillary Clinton. Neither are perfect, but the amount of bullshit out there about them is stupefying.
Several years ago I was in an group panel online discussion with George Soros and I asked him why rich liberals wouldn’t invest in corporate level media structures (this was as Air America was failing financially due to lack of experience and total stupid financial management) and his answer was that is cost too much. Well that’s fucking helpful. Until we stop bringing fresh baked cookies to a gunfight, this battle is going to be a lot tougher than it is already.
Build a wall around Canada!
JUST IN: FBI investigating Flint airport stabbing as “act of terrorism”; suspect is a 50-year-old resident of Canada https://t.co/nnS4eva7L2 pic.twitter.com/YCyt8A879F
— ABC News (@ABC) June 21, 2017
re: #38 Bubblehead II
Like
Is it too early for beer?
Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future’s uncertain, and the end is always near
The Doors, Roadhouse Blues
re: #260 blueraven
He has no guitar chops. The other band members are OK, the vocals are pretty good, The songwriting is horrendous. But Sekulow on guitar? Didn’t see anything from him that an absolute beginner couldn’t do.
Like I said last night, the best I can say is to call him ‘a guy who hangs out with musicians.’
For all we know, those other dudes are in a band with him because he bankrolls the studio.
re: #263 EPR-radar
There’s pretty much no chance of real communication between a Republican and a non-Republican. It’s not just a matter of different languages or different starting assumptions. Republicans just do not inhabit the same reality as non-Republicans.
You have no idea how much this is true.
re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was clear that they would stop at nothing and stoop as low as necessary
The speeches were real eye openers for me. I remember saying after Obama’s that he’d be president one day (didn’t think it’d be as soon as it was). It felt very different from what I’d see from other Democrats to that point (and, to a large extent, since). I also remember saying after Miller’s speech that his fire and brimstone, anger fueled rant was not the same vision I had of the future. Such a stark contrast it was really incredible.
re: #266 Hecuba’s daughter
And their base will applaud them for it.
To the point that it launched a race to the bottom of bigoted baseness, and they are still on their way down…
re: #260 blueraven
Apparently John Schlitt (Singer) is big in the “Christian Rock” scene en.wikipedia.org
Sekelow seemed like he was playing one note over and over.
re: #261 KGxvi
There were three things in the 2004 conventions that I can probably point to as things that made me move away from the GOP: the purple heart band aids; Obama’s speech; and, Zell Miller’s speech. I was always much more libertarian in my leanings, but the tone set by those three displays made me realize I had no place in the GOP.
I had an online friend from Illinois around that time. She talked alot about this guy Obama and then I saw the keynote. It was a very impressive speech I thought. And yeah I remember Miller’s speech too. Total trash.I don’t know what happened to Miller. He was once a fairly mainstream Southern Dem and a moderate but in the Bush years, he went far right.
re: #274 gocart mozart
Apparently John Schlitt (Singer) is big in the “Christian Rock” scene en.wikipedia.org
So was Tony Soprano’s sister, for a while.
With a rapper’s death, harsh spotlight falls on slow progress against sickle cell
It has been 61 years since the discovery of the mutation responsible for sickle cell, which affects about 100,000 people in the U.S., and 30 years since scientists found a compensatory mutation — one that keeps people from developing sickle cell despite inheriting the mutant genes. Last year, when STAT examined the lack of progress, scientists and hospital officials were frank about one reason for it: Other genetic disorders, notably cystic fibrosis, attracted piles of money that led to cures, but sickle cell strikes the “wrong” kind of people, including African-Americans, and so has historically been starved for funds.
re: #268 Dr. Matt
Build a wall around Canada!
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So that was terrorism but the murder of the Muslim girl in Virginia was road rage.
Alrighty then.
re: #267 A Mom Anon
Everyone wants to hear things they find agreeable, but most Republicans are much more invested in this than most Democrats are. A Fox News of the left would find few customers, IMO, even it were designed to emit a better grade of propaganda by being truthful while attacking Republicans 365/24/7.
re: #282 BeachDem
So that was terrorism but the murder of the Muslim girl in Virginia was road rage.
Alrighty then.
Bingo
re: #215 Birth Control Works
We can thank LBJ for knowing how to get the votes.
By having his predecessor get shot? LBJ was a brilliant politician, but I doubt very much he could have gotten elected President on his own without the ghosts of Camelot.
re: #285 Brian J.
By having his predecessor get shot? LBJ was a brilliant politician, but I doubt very much he could have gotten elected President on his own without the ghosts of Camelot.
Think she means different votes—Congressional votes for the CRA, etc.
re: #271 Birth Control Works
You have no idea how much this is true.
I’m pretty sheltered from this in real life (SF bay area). Online I make a habit of reading RedState from time to time, mainly to try to avoid falling for my own wish-fullfillment.
A lot of what I read there clearly comes from this other reality. E.g., the bizarre notion (even among anti-trumpers) that tr*mp and Obama are both comparable narcissists.
re: #285 Brian J.
By having his predecessor get shot? LBJ was a brilliant politician, but I doubt very much he could have gotten elected President on his own without the ghosts of Camelot.
sounds like a conspiracy theory to me.
re: #289 EPR-radar
I’m pretty sheltered from this in real life (SF bay area). Online I make a habit of reading RedState from time to time, mainly to try to avoid falling for my own wish-fullfillment.
A lot of what I read there clearly comes from this other reality. E.g., the bizarre notion (even among anti-trumpers) that tr*mp and Obama are both comparable narcissists.
The notion that Trump is at all qualified for the office of the Presidency.
I cannot for the life of me understand how anybody could begin to think that.
re: #288 Decatur Deb
Think he means different votes—Congressional votes for the CRA, etc.
The ghosts of Camelot may have helped with those votes.
re: #290 Birth Control Works
sounds like a conspiracy theory to me.
That was Oliver Stone’s CT in “LBJ”
What a sad and moody song this is
The best way to smoke pot is definitely out of an apple. It tastes sweet, and then you immediately have a snack.
— Elise Davis (@elisedavismusic) June 21, 2017
re: #288 Decatur Deb
Think he means different votes—Congressional votes for the CRA, etc.
That wouldn’t have been possible without the 1964 blowout, which in turn LBJ could never have won on his own and which JFK probably couldn’t have, either. (If you look at the history of Presidential approval ratings, JFK’s most closely resembles… George W. Bush’s, with a big boost from the Cuban Missile Crisis/ 9/11 and Gulf War that steadily decayed thereafter. He’d have likely won a narrow re-election, but without the sweep of new liberal Congressmen that made the Great Society possible, and he wasn’t really interested in big moves on the civil rights front anyway.)
re: #292 EPR-radar
The ghosts of Camelot may have helped with those votes.
Some, and the ghosts of all the kids on the SPLC’s monument:
re: #295 Brian J.
That wouldn’t have been possible without the 1964 blowout, which in turn LBJ could never have won on his own and which JFK probably couldn’t have, either. (If you look at the history of Presidential approval ratings, JFK’s most closely resembles… George W. Bush’s, with a big boost from the Cuban Missile Crisis/ 9/11 and Gulf War that steadily decayed thereafter. He’d have likely won a narrow re-election, but without the sweep of new liberal Congressmen that made the Great Society possible, and he wasn’t really interested in big moves on the civil rights front anyway.)
As I understand, the trade-off for votes to support the Great Society was our involvement in Vietnam…leaving us to fight a two-front war, so to speak.
IMPORTANT:
Footage of the moment Da’ish detonated the historic Al-Nuri mosque in #Mosul. Clearly explosives and not a airstrike. pic.twitter.com/ELmXlnXdFe— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) June 21, 2017
10k Iraqi dinar bill will have to be changed now that the “revolutionaries” in #Mosul decided to destroy their city’s landmark. pic.twitter.com/OT6D6d2AH5
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) June 21, 2017
She does always have a glass of whiskey in her hands
The best way to smoke pot is definitely out of an apple. It tastes sweet, and then you immediately have a snack.
— Elise Davis (@elisedavismusic) June 21, 2017
re: #283 EPR-radar
I don’t think we ever had to go the FOX/Limbaugh route, but perhaps there could have been a bigger challenge to keeping the news from becoming entertainment/profit driven. I get that money drives everything, there just has to be a way to defeat this madness besides squeaky clean goodness. There have been no challenging voices and nothing invested in a counter message to the crap spewed all over TV, print (and now the internet, which honestly has done a lot of damage here) and radio for decades. It’s hurt us, even the people who fall for it all daily.
I guess I’m just worn down and discouraged. I live in the district next to the 6th in GA and I am tired of being vilified and told I’m not a patriot and I’m wrong and on and on. I see no end in sight and it feels like Democrats just are not understanding the true depth of what we’re up against. I see it every day and it’s frightening.
re: #298 Stanley Sea
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4. Iraqis are claiming that ISIS blew it up. But just moments ago, ISIS put out this claim on Amaq, their news wire alleging US blew it up pic.twitter.com/zXEzL8a4MJ
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) June 21, 2017
8. It seems we’re going to be deconflicting 2 versions here. Nuri mosque is gone. But who destroyed it? Waiting to hear Pentagon’s response
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) June 21, 2017
331p: In error the National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Storm warning for our area. It is just an error and is being corrected. #nmwx pic.twitter.com/6Qfxo3ZeMM
— NWS El Paso (@NWSElPaso) June 21, 2017
For a palate cleanser.
Corgerus guards the entrance to H*ck. pic.twitter.com/zFGj8RDOck
— Tom Higgs (@BiggestTaco) June 21, 2017
An F-16 under direction of #NORAD crashed @ Ellington Airport approx 9:30MDT. Pilot safely ejected & is being evaluated by medical personnel pic.twitter.com/gtoF2O9Oj5
— NORAD & USNORTHCOM (@NoradNorthcom) June 21, 2017
this happened in Cincinnati this afternoon:
There was a sign unveiling this afternoon in OTR honoring local #LGBT rights activists. See the ceremony on @WCPO at 7! pic.twitter.com/MUTqi4chiI
— T.J. Parker (@TJParkerWCPO) June 21, 2017
Eric Swalwell says on @MSNBC that if Trump doesn’t hand over his ‘tapes’ by Friday, he hopes the Intel Cmte. will subpoena them. pic.twitter.com/xg0N5YNRc8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 21, 2017
If nonexistent tapes are subpoenaed, what are the legal ramifications when the WH fails to turn over the nonexistent tapes? https://t.co/ykO6jg6r4S
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 21, 2017
Duolingo finally released English to Japanese on Android and iOS so I have finally installed that.
Figuring I’ll work on Russian too while I’m at it. And maybe Norwegian and Welsh.
…and my Spanish could totally use some review, and German could be useful, and…
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
this happened in Cincinnati this afternoon:
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Well done Cincy.
re: #300 A Mom Anon
I don’t think we ever had to go the FOX/Limbaugh route, but perhaps there could have been a bigger challenge to keeping the news from becoming entertainment/profit driven. I get that money drives everything, there just has to be a way to defeat this madness besides squeaky clean goodness. There have been no challenging voices and nothing invested in a counter message to the crap spewed all over TV, print (and now the internet, which honestly has done a lot of damage here) and radio for decades. It’s hurt us, even the people who fall for it all daily.
I guess I’m just worn down and discouraged. I live in the district next to the 6th in GA and I am tired of being vilified and told I’m not a patriot and I’m wrong and on and on. I see no end in sight and it feels like Democrats just are not understanding the true depth of what we’re up against. I see it every day and it’s frightening.
This business of money driving everything is something the Democrats really need to address. Everyone knows the US is functionally a plutocracy, and almost everyone is unhappy about that. Sanders making a real fight out of the (D) primary vs. Clinton and tr*mp crushing all the establishment GOP types in the (R) primary were both symptoms of that unhappiness, IMO
re: #283 EPR-radar
Everyone wants to hear things they find agreeable, but most Republicans are much more invested in this than most Democrats are. A Fox News of the left would find few customers, IMO, even it were designed to emit a better grade of propaganda by being truthful while attacking Republicans 365/24/7.
I agree. Democrats are more likely to verify information. We want the MSNBC nightly lineup where the stories/scandals have support in the real world — where stories will be abandoned or modified to reflect facts— and the hosts admit when they are in error. Fox has no such guidelines and neither does the President they support.
re: #285 Brian J.
By having his predecessor get shot? LBJ was a brilliant politician, but I doubt very much he could have gotten elected President on his own without the ghosts of Camelot.
It’s impossible to game out how things change if JFK isn’t shot. We don’t know if he ramps up Vietnam (possible, even probable, but we don’t really know). We also don’t know how the rest of his presidency plays out with respect to Civil Rights. If Vietnam doesn’t happen (or happens differently), the protest movement and Chicago 1968 doesn’t happen (or happens differently). Maybe Nixon runs again in ‘64 instead of waiting for ‘68? As close as ‘60 was, maybe Nixon wins the rematch if the country had soured on Kennedy. If Nixon wins the rematch, maybe he’s not as paranoid as he was by ‘72. If Goldwater loses the ‘64 nomination to Nixon, Reagan may not rise in California (it was his speech in favor of Goldwater and about Medicare that really thrust him into the political spotlight).
Newsflash: I found tonight’s secret Republican health care meeting room. Should I go in? pic.twitter.com/Mex86IiZbn
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 21, 2017
re: #303 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tradition holds that Nur ad-Din Zangi built the mosque in 1172-73, shortly before his death. According to the chronicle of Ibn al-Athir, after Nur ad-Din took control of Mosul he ordered his nephew Fakhr al-Din to build the mosque
You’re just pissed that a woman won. #Misogynist
— Hans Auf (@hansauf) June 21, 2017
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
this happened in Cincinnati this afternoon:
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Do you know where it is, Sleuth? Hard to tell from the pic. (And I wonder what they’ll abbreviate it to when giving directions—A&O Way?)
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
If nonexistent tapes are subpoenaed, what are the legal ramifications when the WH fails to turn over the nonexistent tapes?
I don’t know what the legal ramifications are, but Trump would have to go on the record acknowledging a lie.
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
They have to admit under penalty of perjury that no such records exist. If they later turn out to exist, well, that’s another count of obstruction of justice. In both scenarios, Trump looks like a fool, again.
re: #317 BeachDem
Do you know where it is, Sleuth? Hard to tell from the pic. (And I wonder what they’ll abbreviate it to when giving directions—A&O Way?)
It’s on Mercer, between Vine and Walnut.
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
Double secret probation.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
re: #215 Birth Control Works
We can thank LBJ for knowing how to get the votes.
Did it the old-fashioned way: If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. But then he was dumb enough to think that the same thing would work in Vietnam.
re: #325 gocart mozart
I love the blazing, shredding solo in that.
re: #277 gocart mozart
it’s noon somewhere.
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The question was whether it was too early for a beer. WTF does noon have to do with it?
sad trombone…
.@SheriffClarke Rips CNN as ‘Electronic Terrorism’ for @KFile Report That Derailed Trump Job https://t.co/sqg2xMEpRw pic.twitter.com/CrSbrunngJ
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) June 21, 2017
re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
some of my fave responses:
Sheriff, your decision to glue the late Dick Clark’s toupee to your chin is a brave, brave choice. Pin another medal on your chest.
— Shamus McGillicuddy (@ShamusMc1) June 21, 2017
Yeah, why don’t we go ahead and save the phrase “electronic terrorism” for when someone shuts down the power grid?
— K.T. (@KDubl_U) June 21, 2017
Eartha loves the toilet. She drinks from it, drops things into it, fishes them out. I tell her, “Rubber bands don’t go in the toilet.” What does she do? Drops a rubber band in the toilet. Then fishes it out…then drops it in again…then fishes it out…so I take it away…she finds another. Then, at 3am, wet feet on my chest while I’m trying to sleep…she’s been playing in the toilet again.
Wait. What the ever-loving fuck—
Journalists were told not to photograph the U.S. president’s son-in-law, and a photographer from the Associated Press was ordered to delete the images on his camera’s memory card.
It’s not clear from the Guardian report, or another published by The Times, who issued those orders to journalists covering the White House official’s government business trip.
That is some serious bullshit right there.
re: #332 HappyWarrior
Clarke never shuts the fuck up does he?
Clarke was too much of an unmitigated fractal fuck-up for the tr*mp administration.
The mind boggles.
Happy birthday to my brother Raymond on his birthday pic.twitter.com/BfAiD6MNJQ
— Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) June 21, 2017
re: #335 BeachDem
If I was a journalist I’d wifi my camera to an extra phone and have it upload in real time.
awwwwwwwww
❤
Little girl thinks Seattle bride is princess from her favorite book: https://t.co/8abXnM9zuQ pic.twitter.com/7buyYjLQs7— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) June 21, 2017
re: #338 darthstar
If I was a journalist I’d wifi my camera to an extra phone and have it upload in real time.
Google photos. All my stuff flies into the cloud automatically.
re: #340 allegro
Google photos. All my stuff flies into the cloud automatically.
Mine too. Love my googly phone.
I guess I need to go do productive things. BBL.
jeebus…what a call to have to make.
Navy sailors made tough call to seal flooding ship compartments, unclear if survivors were inside https://t.co/EoMTQcHarp
— 🗽Jeffrey Levin 🗽 (@jilevin) June 21, 2017
With water rushing around them, sailors aboard the beleaguered USS Fitzgerald faced an agonizing decision.
They had made several rescue attempts into the flooded portions of the 505-foot destroyer, which had collided off the coast of Japan with a much heavier container ship early morning Saturday. But they didn’t know how many of their fellow shipmates were still trapped inside or even alive, and time was running out.
The sailors either had to close off the flooded areas of the ship, or they feared the entire destroyer might go down, according to three active or former members of the Navy familiar with the incident.
They decided to seal the doors.
Senate leaders on Wednesday were putting the final touches on legislation that would reshape a big piece of the U.S. health-care system by dramatically rolling back Medicaid while easing the impact on Americans who stand to lose coverage under a new bill.
A discussion draft circulating Wednesday afternoon among aides and lobbyists would roll back the ACA’s taxes, phase down its Medicaid expansion, rejigger its subsidies, give states wider latitude in opting out of its regulations and eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
The bill largely mirrors the House measure that narrowly passed last month but with some significant changes. While the House legislation pegged federal insurance subsidies to age, the Senate bill would link them to income as the ACA does. The Senate proposal cuts off Medicaid expansion more gradually than the House bill, but would enact deeper long-term cuts to the health-care program for low-income Americans. It also removes language restricting federally-subsidized health plans from covering abortions, which may have run afoul of complex budget rules.
re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus…what a call to have to make.
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No shit. That’s one that you sit down and have a good cry over after the emergency has been stabilized.
And the guy who issued the order? He’ll be “that guy” for the rest of his life, despite the fact that he probably saved the boat.
re: #328 whitebeach
The question was whether it was too early for a beer. WTF does noon have to do with it?
You shouldn’t drink in the a.m.
re: #336 EPR-radar
Clarke was too much of an unmitigated fractal fuck-up for the tr*mp administration.
The mind boggles.
Nah. They already have their token black man in Carson. Otherwise Clarke would be just fine because they like fucked up minorities - it helps them hold their hate as being correct.
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holy shit, dude pic.twitter.com/Jq8FPDBt3T
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 21, 2017
Always fun to find a #lizard in my pitfalls. Here’s a Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata). #fieldwork #reptiles #herps pic.twitter.com/f3xqsGYB2X
— Corrie Navis (@CorrieJN) June 21, 2017
holy shit, dude pic.twitter.com/Jq8FPDBt3T
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 21, 2017
D’Souza is d’esperate for any attention he can get. https://t.co/T4ZWKy2Lfs
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) June 21, 2017
re: #346 gocart mozart
You shouldn’t drink in the a.m.
I’ve read the Ten Commandments, the Constitution, and the rules of the USGA and the Royal and Ancient, and I haven’t seen a single thing like what you say here. Link?
Everything the illiminati and the trilateral commission and the freemasons didn’t want you to know about the DEEP STATE dumdumdum. This here is classic grade A 100% pure old fashioned crazy just like your granpappy liked it.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 21, 2017
I’m offended that Obama set back race relations 40 years & did Nothing for blacks. Discraceful .
— TruthWarrior🐘 (@Pat_tootie2) June 21, 2017
“Obama set back race relations” just sounds better than “Obama really upset all the racists.” https://t.co/HDZzffDE1a
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 21, 2017
America:
Where you’re more likely to get paid leave after killing a human,
than you are after giving birth to one— Zach (@zachhaller) June 21, 2017
re: #352 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dinesh, flailing for some attention.
I think he should get some. A lot, in fact. Why do these supposedly “intellectual conservatives” get away with this kind of shit? If it were a prominent Liberal voice, it would be all over cable news how THE LEFT is sooo intolerant.
We should not let them get away with this. Make conservatives defend him or denounce him…just like they do to us when it is something stupid from our side.
re: #352 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dinesh, flailing for some attention.
I tweeted to his wife that her husband is a felon. She blocked me.
re: #358 blueraven
And while we’re at it, I would love to see him publicly answer for the shenanigans he and his pal Laura “Nazi Salute” Ingraham got up to at Dartmouth, outing gay students to their parents.
That was some grade-A assholery.
And now to see if I can ride my bicycle home without getting all sweaty. It’s only 82 out so should be no problem…
Just landed in Iowa. See everyone soon! #MAGA🇺🇸
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2017
re: #348 blueraven
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Once again, Republican racists (but I repeat myself) simply do not grasp just how deeply, DEEPLY racist their whole ‘Democratic Plantation” talking point is.
re: #360 Jebediah, RBG
I can not stand that c u next tuesday.
huffingtonpost.com
re: #362 Blind Frog Belly White
Once again, Republican racists (but I repeat myself) simply do not grasp just how deeply, DEEPLY racist their whole ‘Democratic Plantation” talking point is.
I suspect a lot of them do grasp it, and they just don’t care, because they’re racists.
re: #362 Blind Frog Belly White
Once again, Republican racists (but I repeat myself) simply do not grasp just how deeply, DEEPLY racist their whole ‘Democratic Plantation” talking point is.
They grasp it.
hey…that’s a picture of my eejit congresscritter:
Less than a week after a Va. shooting, there are two different plans to loosen D.C. gun laws https://t.co/mH2cQtncDq pic.twitter.com/HnILCGqLbV
— DCist (@DCist) June 20, 2017
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey…that’s a picture of my eejit congresscritter:
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J. Crewe Brigade.
re: #358 blueraven
I think he should get some. A lot, in fact. Why do these supposedly “intellectual conservatives” get away with this kind of shit? If it were a prominent Liberal voice, it would be all over cable news how THE LEFT is sooo intolerant.
We should not let them get away with this. Make conservatives defend him or denounce him…just like they do to us when it is something stupid from our side.
The thing is, they all believe that.
They believe that black are too stupid to realize that Democrats have bought them off with ‘free stuff’ that is available to everybody and that less than half of them ever use.
They believe that blacks have been duped by Democrats into thinking that the police are pulling them over all the time, and shooting them far too often.
They believe that racism was dead in America before Obama.
They believe pointing out racial inequalities equals racism, and exacerbates race relations.
They believe that blacks are more advantaged than whites in America.
They believe that blacks are more dangerous than whites.
They believe blacks are the REAL racists.
They believe all this, but they think they’re not racist.
re: #369 Decatur Deb
What keeps his molle belt up?
libertarian bootstraps/invisible suspenders….
hey…I’m just spitballing now.
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
libertarian bootstraps/invisible suspenders….
hey…I’m just spitballing now.
The Invisible Hand Of The Market down his pants?
re: #372 Blind Frog Belly White
The Invisible Hand Of The Market down his pants?
LOLOLOLOL!!!
ALL OF THE UPDINGS!
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
libertarian bootstraps/invisible suspenders….
hey…I’m just spitballing now.
Ah. Invisible Hand of the Market in his swimsuit area.
re: #374 Decatur Deb
Ah. Invisible Hand of the Market in his swimsuit area.
Second Place gets steak knives.
re: #365 Decatur Deb
They grasp it.
Some do. Most don’t, because, like Trump, they think American blacks all live in poverty-ridden urban hellscapes with hot-and-cold running gunfights, where you can’t go out for a loaf of bread without getting shot.
re: #370 Blind Frog Belly White
The thing is, they all believe that.
They believe that black are too stupid to realize that Democrats have bought them off with ‘free stuff’ that is available to everybody and that less than half of them ever use.
They believe that blacks have been duped by Democrats into thinking that the police are pulling them over all the time, and shooting them far too often.
They believe that racism was dead in America before Obama.
They believe pointing out racial inequalities equals racism, and exacerbates race relations.
They believe that blacks are more advantaged than whites in America.
They believe that blacks are more dangerous than whites.
They believe blacks are the REAL racists.
They believe all this, but they think they’re not racist.
Sure, I just want them to have to articulate that, in public, in front of cameras, with millions of people watching..
re: #378 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It should scare me that you both thought of the exact same thing, down to the phrasing and (almost) capitalization. What the fuck is wrong with all of us.
Great minds, same gutter.
Wow. “We’re not stupid!” That’s what a Republican staffer told a reporter about why they’ve kept their health care bill secret. pic.twitter.com/hxTuC8PMK1
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) June 21, 2017
re: #379 Blind Frog Belly White
Great minds, same gutter.
As a former cow-orker of mine once said, “Great minds think alike. So do ours.”
re: #378 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It should scare me that you both thought of the exact same thing, down to the phrasing and (almost) capitalization. What the fuck is wrong with all of us.
Inbreeding Noblesse.
re: #377 blueraven
Sure, I just want them to have to articulate that, in public, in front of cameras, with millions of people watching..
Shit, they already did that. They called it the Republican National Convention.
re: #378 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It should scare me that you both thought of the exact same thing, down to the phrasing and (almost) capitalization. What the fuck is wrong with all of us.
echo chamber……..
lolololol
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey…that’s a picture of my eejit congresscritter:
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re: #385 austin_blue
He looks like a twenty fiver year old dweeb. With pomade.
He’s 46…the rest of your observation is spot on.
Massie is also afflicted with GOP humor-impairment:
Do tonight’s results mean Mueller will broaden Russian probe to include GA06? #sassywithmassie
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 21, 2017
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Gee didn’t we hear after Sandy Hook and every other mass shooting that actually got peole killed that it was “too soon” to discuss gun laws. Guess this is different somehow. Fuckers.
re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth
Massie is also afflicted with GOP humor-impairment:
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GOP humor is so stupid.
re: #392 HappyWarrior
GOP humor is so stupid.
HAHAHAHAHA! A hostile foreign power trying to hack into our election systems to get one particular candidate elected is so such a funny thing!! HAHAHAHA!
You know, much as I hate counterfactuals, I think it’s pretty clear that if the shoe were on the other foot, the Right would already be working on a do-over of the election, and although Dems would rightly resist, we’d support investigating it.
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The hometown paper with a front page editorial asking Trump to forgo rallies and govern instead pic.twitter.com/ZjhmgEMlFs
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 21, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump has chosen his Washington hotel as the site for his first re-election fundraiser. https://t.co/1B9iOjPZk3
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 21, 2017
This is a hotel the president owns and that makes him money — and every time he goes to one of his properties, it advertises that property https://t.co/IbzjKMoEnA
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 21, 2017
re: #274 gocart mozart
Apparently John Schlitt (Singer) is big in the “Christian Rock” scene en.wikipedia.org
Sekelow seemed like he was playing one note over and over.
One note over and over is ok as long as it’s “Cinnamon Girl.”
It’s just extremely difficult for Ds to argue benefits of Nancy Pelosi’s fundraising skills still outweigh cost of her presence in GOP ads.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 21, 2017
I’m getting real tired of this shit.
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Message to the people who sent death threats to Kim Weaver.
re: #381 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
As a former cow-orker of mine once said…
Can people actually admit to doing that?
re: #400 stpaulbear
Can people actually admit to doing that?
I had a summer job in high school as a cow-orker. It required a deft and delicate hand, or you would get kicked in the face.
re: #396 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Obama collecting a Presidential pension. Trump’s literally enriching himself at our expense, using his office to advertise for his properties, and spending several times Obama’s yearly pension every weekend he goes golfing, but they’re outraged that Obama’s collecting a pension.
“I am so happy I can bring my son into a world where Donald Trump is our president,” Lara Trump says.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 21, 2017
Better give birth soon, if you want that to happen.
re: #402 austin_blue
I had a summer job in high school as a cow-orker. It required a deft and delicate hand, or you would get kicked in the face.
You filched dollar bills from pole dancers?
Forgot to mention that today is my birthday, 68 years young.
Not only was I born on the summer solstice, but also within sight of Stonehenge (if you climb a tall steeple or something).
Years ago, I briefly dated a girl who thought I must have some sort of super paranormal powers as a result. She was very disappointed when I told her that I was a rationalist and did not believe in such things.
She eventually announced that she and her New Age group were going to Peru to meet some UFOs that were slated to arrive at a sacred Inca harmonic convergence zone and landing field. There was even a rumor that Jesus Christ would arrive with them. I told her to be sure and get pictures. She exploded and announced that she was fed up with my cynicism. I was closed off, closed minded, missing the truth of the universe, out of touch with reality. I responded, “Okay, you’re going to Peru to meet UFOs but I am out of touch with reality?” and the split was finalized.
re: #395 Backwoods_Sleuth
He will read only the front page portion and brag about it.
What Trump reads:
re: #407 Shiplord Kirel
And so was born the age-old adage, “Don’t stick your dick in crazy.” Or for the female variety, I suppose, don’t let crazy stick its dick in you.
re: #398 Blind Frog Belly White
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I’m getting real tired of this shit.
Me too. Who give a shit about what works in GOP ads to the fucking pig-people? Anyone else in Pelosi’s position who was at all useful for Democrats would have been portrayed as Satan Incarnate for 30 years by Fox News, and the same damn GOP ads would work just as well vs. Democrat X as they do against Pelosi.
The same thing is true of the multi-decade GOP smear campaign vs. Hillary Clinton.
re: #407 Shiplord Kirel
Forgot to mention that today is my birthday, 68 years young.
Not only was I born on the summer solstice, but also within sight of Stonehenge (if you climb a tall steeple or something).
Years ago, I briefly dated a girl who thought I must have some sort of super paranormal powers as a result. She was very disappointed when I told her that I was a rationalist and did not believe in such things.
She eventually announced that she and her New Age group were going to Peru to meet some UFOs that were slated to arrive at a sacred Inca harmonic convergence zone and landing field. There was even a rumor that Jesus Christ would arrive with them. I told her to be sure and get pictures. She exploded and announced that she was fed up with my cynicism. I was closed off, closed minded, missing the truth of the universe, out of touch with reality. I responded, “Okay, you’re going to Peru to meet UFOs but I am out of touch with reality?” and the split was finalized.
Or maaaaaaybe you never heard from her again because she was taken to live in Interstellar Paradise by Lord Kimbote and the Space Brothers, hmmm? ;)
re: #398 Blind Frog Belly White
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I’m getting real tired of this shit.
So do they have any better ideas for leaders? Sick of this shit too.
re: #401 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Depends what state you live in.
pretty sure it’s legal in, say, Iowa…
re: #411 EPR-radar
Me too. Who give a shit about what works in GOP ads to the fucking pig-people? Anyone else in Pelosi’s position who was at all useful for Democrats would have been portrayed as Satan Incarnate for 30 years by Fox News, and the same damn GOP ads would work just as well vs. Democrat X as they do against Pelosi.
The same thing is true of the multi-decade GOP smear campaign vs. Hillary Clinton.
Gee, what do those two have in common…..
re: #411 EPR-radar
Me too. Who give a shit about what works in GOP ads to the fucking pig-people? Anyone else in Pelosi’s position who was at all useful for Democrats would have been portrayed as Satan Incarnate for 30 years by Fox News, and the same damn GOP ads would work just as well vs. Democrat X as they do against Pelosi.
The same thing is true of the multi-decade GOP smear campaign vs. Hillary Clinton.
Exactly. Obama became Satan to the GOP base just as easy as the Clintons did. If Tim Ryan who I have nothing against at all, if his supporters think he wouldn’t become the same boogeyman, well I got some beachfront property in Wyoming to sell them.
re: #407 Shiplord Kirel
Forgot to mention that today is my birthday, 68 years young.
I’m right behind ya…I’ll be 65 on Saturday.
For motherfucking fuck’s sake, I hope this is fake:
[Trump admin starts inquiries into Clinton emails]
“As international crises brew and tensions skyrocket across the world, one would think that the United States State Department - left critically understaffed by a President who would rather rely on his unqualified family members to conduct diplomacy - has their plate full.
Trump’s new friend, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, just upended the line of succession in an unprecedented move in a doubling down on the campaign to isolate Qatar and their disastrous war in Yemen. North Korea is testing missiles with alarming regularity. The United States has shot down a Syrian regime jet fighter and two drones in defense of our allies leading the charge against ISIS and Russia has threatened to begin shooting down our planes.
But given the way that the Trump administration has been drunkenly stumbling from one disaster to the next without a care for the consequences, one can hardly be surprised that Rex Tillerson’s State Department has decided this would be a good time to open another investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
FOX News has jubilantly announced that a formal inquiry has been opened into whether or not Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information while she was Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 in an attempt to strip her of her security clearance, as confirmed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley’s committee is also conducting its own inquiry. When pressed for comment, Grassley dutifully recited the holy Republican Litany Of How Hillary Clinton Was Extremely Careless In Her Handling Of Very Sensitive, Highly Classified Information that we’ve all heard a thousand times before.
The hypocrisy is so obscene it transgresses comprehension, given that President Trump has treated our nation’s classified information with all the care of a gossipy schoolboy.”
re: #415 Blind Frog Belly White
Gee, what do those two have in common…..
Any man in their positions would have also been demonized by the GOP. The differences would be:
1) GOP attacks vs. Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi usually have heaping doses of misogyny because the Republicans just can’t help themselves. Bigots gotta be bigots.
2) More annoyingly, the weak of mind and spine on team (D) seem more likely to go along with GOP lies and bullshit (or with random other bullshit as in the (D) primary) if it is vs. a woman than a man.
re: #407 Shiplord Kirel
Forgot to mention that today is my birthday, 68 years young.
Shared b-day with Ray Davies. I hope it’s happy for both of you!
re: #419 EPR-radar
Any man in their positions would have also been demonized by the GOP. The differences would be:
1) GOP attacks vs. Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi usually have heaping doses of misogyny because the Republicans just can’t help themselves. Bigots gotta be bigots.
2) More annoyingly, the weak of mind and spine on team (D) seem more likely to go along with GOP lies and bullshit (or with random other bullshit as in the (D) primary) if it is vs. a woman than a man.
I sometimes despair for this country when I think just how effective GOP attacks on the Obamas, Hillary Clinton, or Nancy Pelosi are in garnering support from their followers. It’s clear that the reason they’re so hated is that they’re ‘Other’, and they’re good at their jobs. I hate that racism and misogyny work so well.
re: #418 Barefoot Grin
Clinton is still getting classified information? I mean, what would be the point of removing her security clearance?
So let me get this right. Since he’s officially campaigning, no more SCOTUS pics until after 2020….
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 22, 2017
re: #335 BeachDem
Wait. What the ever-loving fuck—
Journalists were told not to photograph the U.S. president’s son-in-law, and a photographer from the Associated Press was ordered to delete the images on his camera’s memory card.
It’s not clear from the Guardian report, or another published by The Times, who issued those orders to journalists covering the White House official’s government business trip.
That is some serious bullshit right there.
Trump has asked Kushner, a former real estate developer with no previous government experience, to lay the groundwork for the “ultimate deal” to secure peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
JARED: I will build a casino in Gaza!
JARED: I will build a golf course in the Negev!
HAMAS: Who is this douche bag?
ISRAEL: That’s President Trump’s son in law. He’s a dick.
HAMAS: What, you don’t like him?
ISRAEL: No, fuck that guy.
HAMAS: What is he even doing here?
ISRAEL: Trying to get us to give him money.
HAMAS: Fuck him.
ISRAEL: Yeah, help us make him go away.
HAMAS: We should talk about that. You have ideas?
ISRAEL: Let’s talk about it.
PEACE TALKS ACHIEVED!!!!!
re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m right behind ya…I’ll be 65 on Saturday.
You’re both youngsters! I’m 69.
re: #422 calochortus
Clinton is still getting classified information? I mean, what would be the point of removing her security clearance?
Apparently it is normal for former senior officials to retain their clearances for some time. For example, a new secretary of state might want to consult with a previous SoS about some ongoing mess.
Now, the idea that anyone in the tr*mp administration would actually consider doing something intelligent like that when appropriate is completely ludicrous. After all, that would involve doing their job, which is inconceivable for Republican barbarians.
Coal baron Bob Murray is suing John Oliver. Oliver’s response: “Eat shit, Bob” https://t.co/TwPANdAOKk
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) June 21, 2017
re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus…what a call to have to make.
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re: #422 calochortus
Clinton is still getting classified information? I mean, what would be the point of removing her security clearance?
Petty hatred and revenge are what they’re really good at. Governing? Not so much.
re: #420 wrenchwench
Shared b-day with Ray Davies. I hope it’s happy for both of you!
Ray Davies would never confess to being happy.
re: #429 Blind Frog Belly White
Petty hatred and revenge are what they’re really good at. Governing? Not so much.
And distraction. Don’t forget distraction.
re: #428 The Vicious Babushka
Just imagine if a Democrat was President. Republicans would be calling for “Fitzgerald investigations!!!!!” for years and years.
We don’t need to have a Democratic president for this kind of nonsense. As soon as some dimwit on Fox News or RWNJ radio thinks to lie that Obama or Hillary Clinton was personally aboard the Fitzgerald and caused the collision, it will propagate everywhere and become an article of wingnut faith.
re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m right behind ya…I’ll be 65 on Saturday.
I’m two years behind you. I turn 63 on Saturday.
I’m trying to decide how much a 63 year old guy gets to spend on a birthday present to himself…
re: #433 stpaulbear
I’m two years behind you. I turn 63 on Saturday.
I’m trying to decide how much a 63 year old guy gets to spend on a birthday present to himself…
Whatever you’d like. 63 is otherwise an uneventful age. Along with 61. 60 is a milestone, 62 you can get your old person National Parks pass, 64 is “will you still need me, will you still feed me?” and of course, 65 is Medicare.
Make 63 memorable in its own right!
re: #434 calochortus
Still going to have to work until I die…….
I think it’s fair to call him a nazi.
FBI fired Sebastian Gorka for anti-Muslim diatribes—months before he joined the Trump White House https://t.co/qny06MfMKi via @thedailybeast
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 22, 2017
re: #435 Dave In Austin
Still going to have to work until I die…….
I don’t think I mentioned retiring anywhere on that list… But I do hope you get to do it in a timely fashion.
Crazy bastard tries to kill Congressmen at a baseball field. What’s the GOP response? Try to make it even EASIER to get semi-auto weapons.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 22, 2017
re: #435 Dave In Austin
Still going to have to work until I die…….
I’m working very hard to ensure that doesn’t happen, but I’m still worried as heck about it. Especially under the assumption that Social Security won’t be a thing by the time I get there.
re: #434 calochortus
Whatever you’d like. 63 is otherwise an uneventful age. Along with 61. 60 is a milestone, 62 you can get your old person National Parks pass, 64 is “will you still need me, will you still feed me?” and of course, 65 is Medicare.
Make 63 memorable in its own right!
For me 63 is totally “two more years until retirement’. The light at the end of the tunnel is starting to flicker. I’m hoping the end of the tunnel hasn’t collapsed by the time I get there. Fuck Trump and the republicans.
re: #439 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m working very hard to ensure that doesn’t happen, but I’m still worried as heck about it. Especially under the assumption that Social Security won’t be a thing by the time I get there.
I think it is unlikely SS will go away. Always best to plan your finances without it, but older people vote. They do not wish to lose their SS.
re: #407 Shiplord Kirel
Happy Birthday Shiplord Kirel!
You’re one year off from that ‘cool’ age, if you know what I mean. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*
re: #438 Charles Johnson
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re: #442 teleskiguy
Happy Birthday Shiplord Kirel!
You’re one year off from that ‘cool’ age, if you know what I mean. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*
Hey!
“In those particular positions I don’t want a poor person,” Trump says of commerce etc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2017
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Sorry for shouting. Sometimes it just hits me again how fucked up this situation really is.
re: #448 Charles Johnson
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Sorry for shouting. Sometimes it just hits me again how fucked up this situation really is.
I know. It sucks so much. Our last president really represented our country in the best of ways. This tool is everything foreigners hate about us.
“I don’t want to just hope the wind blows to light up your house and your factory,” Trump says, in an epic energy riff.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2017
“As the birds fall to the ground.”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2017
I have identified the new “Don’t go in the basement!” in the techno/hacking/thriller genre. You know, the simple thing anyone would think to do that somehow the protagonists never think to do.
First, I’m sure almost everything in these things is bullshit, much the way I know that all the Biotechno Thrillers are bullshit. Felicity Smoak may be smart as a whip, but unless everyone leaves ‘password’ as their password, the “I’m at the firewall…I’m in!” is nuts.
The other day, I was watching “Jason Bourne”, where the CIA cyber specialist tracks first Nicki, then Bourne, and ultimately wipes the files that Nicki died to get to Bourne.
She tracks Bourne because he plugs in the thumbdrive Nicki gave him, into a computer connected to the internet. She hacks into his computer through a phone on the same WiFi (I suppose) and deletes the files from the thumb drive.
Okay, so 1) Why does the hacker guy plug the thumbdrive into a computer that’s connected to the internet? As soon as he does, it sends a signal to Langley. What kind of hacker would be so dumb?
2) Why not copy the contents of the thumb drive to the computer, and unplug the thumb drive?
I know, I know - suspend your disbelief. But still! If this shit were that easy, the Russians wouldn’t have to send phishing emails to get Podesta’s emails.
Trump falsely says he put a “handwritten” clause in the Keystone XL executive order requiring American steel.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2017
Pathological liar.
re: #451 teleskiguy
He has a point in that our current energy storage mechanisms aren’t really compatible with a 100% switch to dynamic (wind/solar) renewable energy sources. However, that is merely a matter of technological development, and as a supplemental power source, both wind and solar are reliable enough and certainly plentiful enough, with proper planning. (Read: Put wind farms on the plains, and solar farms in the desert.)
re: #434 calochortus
Whatever you’d like. 63 is otherwise an uneventful age. Along with 61. 60 is a milestone, 62 you can get your old person National Parks pass, 64 is “will you still need me, will you still feed me?” and of course, 65 is Medicare.
Make 63 memorable in its own right!
I found out this week that I’ve qualified for the Senior Menu at Heidi’s Pies in San Mateo for 4 years now!
re: #455 Blind Frog Belly White
Congratulations!!!!
re: #438 Charles Johnson
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I have the image of these people being stuck in Chinese finger puzzles and never being able to get out.
re: #453 jaunte
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Pathological liar.
He can’t stop lying. And his brain dead supporters buy all of it.
re: #363 Ace Rothstein
“Changed her views” when her brother came out… typical rightwing asshole!
Got a new cable modem from my Internet provider today, and haven’t set it up. I’m just staring at this thing with a feeling of vague dread.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 22, 2017
re: #448 Charles Johnson
THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Sorry for shouting. Sometimes it just hits me again how fucked up this situation really is.
And this menace is kept there by Congressional Republicans who are also fucking assholes.
re: #451 teleskiguy
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What you fail to realize is that trump has to constantly think “breathe in, breathe out.” It doesn’t happen automatically for him.
Trump falsely says the Paris accord doesn’t “kick in” until 2030 for China.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2017
re: #460 Jebediah, RBG
“Changed her views” when her brother came out… typical rightwing asshole!
That’s the modern conservative mindset. They don’t give two shits until it effects them or someone they love.
Whoops.
Please note: We just deleted an automated tweet saying there was a 6.8 earthquake in Isla Vista. That earthquake happened in 1925.
— L.A. Times: L.A. Now (@LANow) June 22, 2017
“Like hell it’s nonbinding” Trump says of the Paris climate accord. Yes, it was nonbinding.
— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) June 22, 2017
re: #455 Blind Frog Belly White
I found out this week that I’ve qualified for the Senior Menu at Heidi’s Pies in San Mateo for 4 years now!
Did you know there’s a senior discount on the all-you-can-eat buffet at KFC? I bet Trump does.
All he does is lie and create false reality for his cult.
TRUMP 2016: Hillary is totally in the pocket of the banks
CROWD: [cheers]
TRUMP 2017: I made a bank secretary of the army
CROWD: [cheers]— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) June 22, 2017
Makes you wonder where Trump would be if he’d been born into a poor family…
re: #470 stpaulbear
Did you know there’s a senior discount on the all-you-can-eat buffet at KFC? I bet Trump does.
*gorkas into bucket*
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Makes you wonder where Trump would if he’d been born into a poor family…
Such a travesty could never come to pass. The Dear Leader was, is, and always shall be rich, in every reality.
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Makes you wonder where Trump would if he’d been born into a poor family…
Meth dealer. I take that back, meth addict.
re: #454 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
He has a point in that our current energy storage mechanisms aren’t really compatible with a 100% switch to dynamic (wind/solar) renewable energy sources. However, that is merely a matter of technological development, and as a supplemental power source, both wind and solar are reliable enough and certainly plentiful enough, with proper planning. (Read: Put wind farms on the plains, and solar farms in the desert.)
“The wind only blows sometimes here, so wind power is stupid!”
Wingnut thinking requires that every solution for conservation must be completely, totally, universally applicable, or they’re completely worthless.
E.g. the Prius: “I have to haul big loads of plywood and wallboard every day, and you can’t do that in a Prius, so they’re stupid and useless!”
Or the shorter range EVs: “I commute 70 miles a day, and the range is only 60 miles! They’re stupid and useless!”
Because nobody in the world DOESN’T haul big loads of plywood and wall board, and EVERYBODY lives more than 30 miles from work.
Trump: Why could Obama deal with Iran, which is so bad to “the gays, the women,” but I can’t deal with anybody without getting yelled at?
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2017
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Makes you wonder where Trump would if he’d been born into a poor family…
He’d be a whiner no matter what.
re: #478 Blind Frog Belly White
“The wind only blows sometimes here, so wind power is stupid!”
Wingnut thinking requires that every solution for conservation must be completely, totally, universally applicable, or they’re completely worthless.
E.g. the Prius: “I have to haul big loads of plywood and wallboard every day, and you can’t do that in a Prius, so they’re stupid and useless!”
Or the shorter range EVs: “I commute 70 miles a day, and the range is only 60 miles! They’re stupid and useless!”
Because nobody in the world DOESN’T haul big loads of plywood and wall board, and EVERYBODY lives more than 30 miles from work.
Yeah, I get it. Remember, I’m used to wingnut-think. Every one of those new technologies has its niche. If you aren’t in the niche, don’t use the new technology. Another new one will probably be along shortly to fill your niche, if you’re patient and not stupid. But if you tell wingnuts that, they stare at you like you’re growing antennae out of your head, then call you a pinko commie librul and meander off, scratching themselves.
re: #479 jaunte
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He’d be a whiner no matter what.
Yeah Donald you care so much about gays and women. Just stop fucking whining, you pathetic baby. Oh and Obama did the Iran deal to prevent them from getting nukes. But you’d know that if you actually paid attention instead of having your head up your ass all day reading Breitbart and watching Fox and Friends tell you how great you are even though you’re a pathetic fraud.
Nothing more pathetic than a man who made Mike Pence his running mate feignign concern for LGBT people and women.
This guy. It actually is 100% non-binding. It’s not even debatable. Can Trump do a single speech without blatantly lying?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 22, 2017
re: #478 Blind Frog Belly White
“The wind only blows sometimes here, so wind power is stupid!”
Wingnut thinking requires that every solution for conservation must be completely, totally, universally applicable, or they’re completely worthless.
E.g. the Prius: “I have to haul big loads of plywood and wallboard every day, and you can’t do that in a Prius, so they’re stupid and useless!”
Or the shorter range EVs: “I commute 70 miles a day, and the range is only 60 miles! They’re stupid and useless!”
Because nobody in the world DOESN’T haul big loads of plywood and wall board, and EVERYBODY lives more than 30 miles from work.
I once went around and around a few times with someone who thought hybrid cars were pointless because they weigh more and that affects the mileage.
OK, my Prius gets 49 mpg with all those batteries on board. Unlike our non-hybrid.
But it would get better mileage without all that extra weight, so it’s a bad idea.
My Prius gets 49 mpg with all those batteries on board.
Rinse, Repeat.
re: #484 Charles Johnson
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He can’t Charles. He’s a pathological liar who has created a false reality for a good 40% of our country.
re: #482 HappyWarrior
Nothing more pathetic than a man who made Mike Pence his running mate feignign concern for LGBT people and women.
re: #478 Blind Frog Belly White
“The wind only blows sometimes here, so wind power is stupid!”
Wingnut thinking requires that every solution for conservation must be completely, totally, universally applicable, or they’re completely worthless.
E.g. the Prius: “I have to haul big loads of plywood and wallboard every day, and you can’t do that in a Prius, so they’re stupid and useless!”
Or the shorter range EVs: “I commute 70 miles a day, and the range is only 60 miles! They’re stupid and useless!”
Because nobody in the world DOESN’T haul big loads of plywood and wall board, and EVERYBODY lives more than 30 miles from work.
It’s just excuse-making. No thinking is needed. For these people, their deliberate ignorance is better than the knowledge of any number of experts.
It is completely impossible for this country to be governed rationally while this kind of non-thought is so prevalent.
re: #487 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
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Makes you wonder if they voted for him and Trump n part to get rid of him.
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Makes you wonder where Trump would be if he’d been born into a poor family…
Either running a detailing business, or a bunch of casinos, depending on whether Marty got the Sports Almanac back from him.
re: #485 calochortus
I once went around and around a few times with someone who thought hybrid cars were pointless because they weigh more and that affects the mileage.
OK, my Prius gets 49 mpg with all those batteries on board. Unlike our non-hybrid.
But it would get better mileage without all that extra weight, so it’s a bad idea.
My Prius gets 49 mpg with all those batteries on board.Rinse, Repeat.
My Chevy Sonic - basically a hybrid without the electric - gets 41 mpg on its best day. Argument refuted.
re: #453 jaunte
Trump falsely says he put a “handwritten” clause in the Keystone XL executive order requiring American steel.
Handwritten with invisible ink?
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Makes you wonder where Trump would be if he’d been born into a poor family…
Scamming rubes at the mall with the “pigeon drop”
In the end, I think that’s the thing that infuriates me about this bastard the most. He lies and creates false reality. He lies about stuff so easily disproven but because our right wing is full of stupid morons who think our last President was a secret Muslim agent trying to destroy America, they don’t give a fuck that he lies to their face. These fuckers deserve Trump. Too bad the rest of us don’t.
Trump: I’m not sure, but listen to this: “We’re thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2017
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 22, 2017
This country is in so much fucking trouble with this guy in charge. It still just blows my mind to think about it.
re: #495 Charles Johnson
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There’s a reason they put solar panels on the roof, or on the ground, and not on the wall.
re: #497 Charles Johnson
This country is in so much fucking trouble with this guy in charge. It still just blows my mind to think about it.
If I weren’t on Lexapro, I’d be going nuts. It’s already frustrating as is on the stuff.
For an AP Government class, supposedly.
A (real) summer reading list for students from a public high school in Alabama. Some gems in here. pic.twitter.com/9TQpVPJ3Af
— Jorge Posadist (@EoinHiggins_) June 21, 2017
re: #492 Timothy Watson
Handwritten with invisible ink?
“I saw it! I was there. I saw it all. He reached up with his tiny orange hand and he signed it in his own derp. …and he did it with this pen. Hello, Vinny. It’s your Uncle Bingo. Time to pay the check.”
re: #496 HappyWarrior
He really is mentally disturbed.
I don’t know about mentally disturbed, but he really is as dumb as a stump.
re: #482 HappyWarrior
Nothing more pathetic than a man who made Mike Pence his running mate feignign concern for LGBT people and women.
We are not fooled. People tend to recognize deadly threats, and Mike Pence is such a threat to every LGBT person in America. He’s also a mortal threat to any woman who will not submit to a Handmaid’s Tale style theocracy.
The Quislings of GOProud and the Log Cabin Republicans see this as well as anyone does. They are sociopathic enough to prefer their tax cuts to other people lives and stupid enough to think Pence et al. will spare them when the time comes for the autos da fe.
re: #498 Blind Frog Belly White
There’s a reason they put solar panels on the roof, or on the ground, and not on the wall.
He’ll just mount them on the south side of the wall. What could go wrong with that?
re: #498 Blind Frog Belly White
Trump can bury the solar panels in the fairways of his golf courses, so they don’t spoil the view.
It’s just extremely difficult for Ds to argue benefits of Nancy Pelosi’s fundraising skills still outweigh cost of her presence in GOP ads.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 21, 2017
Let the fucking GOP determine our leadership? Fuck that. https://t.co/zfzeywyoY3
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) June 22, 2017
And I have been informed that the chicken has been grilled and is ready for consumption. (No it did not reveal any information when grilled.)
re: #500 teleskiguy
For an AP Government class, supposedly.
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Trump just said people immigrating to the country won’t be able to be on welfare for at least 5 years. Legislation TK, he says.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2017
I believe this is what the law has said since 1996 https://t.co/xjoAoPfwK4
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 22, 2017
re: #506 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #485 calochortus
There’s a reason that there are small, midsize, large, CUV, SUV (s/m/l), wagons, pickups (s/m/l), sports cars, etc. Each has merits and value to the consumer for specific situations. Small car might get good gas mileage and is affordable entry car. Wagon might be good for hauling the kids and has moderate gas mileage. Hybrid midsize gives great fuel economy for commuter, but doesn’t help someone who is hauling 4x8 plywood to a worksite, which is why their other car is a F-150 pickup when it’s not busy trashing banjos.
It’s the same way that getting to an efficient home/building can take many forms - higher insulation, reflective materials, absorbent materials, HVAC options, windows, interior design, fixtures, etc. LEED ratings take 100s of factors into account, including recycling materials that are used in the construction phase.
Paris was like either strategy - countries were free to get to a reduction, and could use any method they saw fit.
re: #506 Jebediah, RBG
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Exactly. They’re going to say shit about whoever our leader in Congress is. So sick of lefties falling for the right’s bullshit.
re: #500 teleskiguy
If real, that’s the Fox News version of a civics class. It would be the easiest class ever for a student. Every essay assignment could be answered with “Democrats are uniquely evil and should be exterminated. PS They are all Jews” for an A+ every time.
re: #508 HappyWarrior
Bet this gets silence from those who insist that academia is liberally biased. Michael Savage, really?
Maybe the AP Biology course will make students read his homeopathy books.
re: #513 EPR-radar
If real, that’s the Fox News version of a civics class. It would be the easiest class ever for a student. Every essay assignment could be answered with “Democrats are uniquely evil and should be exterminated. PS They are all Jews” for an A+ every time.
Indeed, just blame the left and government and it’s an easy A. I have no prolbem with a government class requiring some conservative books as long as they also include some liberal ones to balance out. Michael Savage meanwhile doesn’t belong in any government class.
re: #514 Timothy Watson
Maybe the AP Biology course will make students read his homeopathy books.
Ha, maybe if Teach there is one of those guys who teaches both classes.
NEW: Trump touts possibility of ‘solar wall’ that ‘pays for itself.’ “The higher it goes, the more valuable it is”pic.twitter.com/o9yD8Cg2lP
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 22, 2017
“…and this way, Mexico will have to pay much… less… money…”
“it’s my idea..”
“…It would really *look* beautiful too…”
re: #507 calochortus
And I have been informed that the chicken has been grilled and is ready for consumption. (No it did not reveal any information when grilled.)
Well, if it didn’t squawk, you didn’t grill it well enough.
You can’t “unfriend” someone who was never your friend.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 22, 2017
Also notice the amount of books shitting on black people for being Democrats. Yeah I’m sure the black kids in that class will love being forced to read Tom Sowell’s patronizing bulshit about how they’re like slaves for favoring a party that doesn’t blame them for all the nation’s crime.
re: #511 lawhawk
There’s a reason that there are small, midsize, large, CUV, SUV (s/m/l), wagons, pickups (s/m/l), sports cars, etc. Each has merits and value to the consumer for specific situations. Small car might get good gas mileage and is affordable entry car. Wagon might be good for hauling the kids and has moderate gas mileage. Hybrid midsize gives great fuel economy for commuter, but doesn’t help someone who is hauling 4x8 plywood to a worksite, which is why their other car is a F-150 pickup when it’s not busy trashing banjos.
It’s the same way that getting to an efficient home/building can take many forms - higher insulation, reflective materials, absorbent materials, HVAC options, windows, interior design, fixtures, etc. LEED ratings take 100s of factors into account, including recycling materials that are used in the construction phase.
Paris was like either strategy - countries were free to get to a reduction, and could use any method they saw fit.
Yeah, but you know, once the Government got their hands on Chrysler and GM, they stopped making anything but Chevy Volts!
That’s what my wingnut friends told me, anyway. Loudly, and insistently, with the firmness of absolute belief.
And not one of them will admit just how wildly wrong they were.
re: #517 jaunte
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“it’s my idea..”
“…It would really *look* beautiful too…”
Except surface area increases linearly with height, whereas cost is exponential. Good luck with that.
re: #515 HappyWarrior
Indeed, just blame the left and government and it’s an easy A. I have no prolbem with a government class requiring some conservative books as long as they also include some liberal ones to balance out. Michael Savage meanwhile doesn’t belong in any government class.
Fucking Ann motherfucking Coulter is on that fucking reading list. That thing should be set on fire and crammed up this “teacher’s” ass while still flaming.
re: #517 jaunte
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“…and this way, Mexico will have to pay much… less… money…”
“it’s my idea..”
“…It would really *look* beautiful too…”
These cultists will buy him anything he says.
re: #521 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, but you know, once the Government got their hands on Chrysler and GM, they stopped making anything but Chevy Volts!
That’s what my wingnut friends told me, anyway. Loudly, and insistently, with the firmness of absolute belief.
And not one of them will admit just how wildly wrong they were.
Just because they’re not making big 20-foot-long land yachts like the days of yore, which apparently are The One True American Car and every family must own such a dinosaur in order to be patriotic.
re: #523 EPR-radar
Fucking Ann motherfucking Coulter is on that fucking reading list. That thing should be set on fire and crammed up this “teacher’s” ass while still flaming.
YEah that too.
re: #522 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
He’s a practical idiot and a sales genius.
re: #520 HappyWarrior
Also notice the amount of books shitting on black people for being Democrats. Yeah I’m sure the black kids in that class will love being forced to read Tom Sowell’s patronizing bulshit about how they’re like slaves for favoring a party that doesn’t blame them for all the nation’s crime.
holy shit, dude pic.twitter.com/Jq8FPDBt3T
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 21, 2017
I’m amazed at the # of people who think “maybe I’LL be the guy to win black voters by calling them moron slaves” https://t.co/s38ePDegWt
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 21, 2017
re: #509 jaunte
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The man is amazing! He managed to get it done two decades before he even ran for the Presidency!
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Hasn’t that been the law of the land for the last two DECADES?https://t.co/cAxJ4E24I9
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) June 22, 2017
re: #527 jaunte
He’s a practical idiot and a sales genius.
I wouldn’t go that far. He’s good at peddling BS… to those who are already indoctrinated to receive it.
Trump: I will announce legislation to ban liberalsim!
Trump supporters: Cheer
Trump: It’s going to be great. Believe me, no more Fake News and no more Democrats obstructing.
You can’t tell me that his supporters wouldn’t eat that shit up.
re: #517 jaunte
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“…and this way, Mexico will have to pay much… less… money…”
“it’s my idea..”
“…It would really *look* beautiful too…”
“The higher it goes, the more valuable it is”
Because it gets closer to the sun and can generate more power?
wtf?
re: #433 stpaulbear
I’m two years behind you. I turn 63 on Saturday.
I’m trying to decide how much a 63 year old guy gets to spend on a birthday present to himself…
I officially declare that you may spend any amount that doesn’t jeopardize next month’s rent or mortgage. (There is wiggle room on that if it is a vintage guitar or amp. Or non-vintage.)
re: #528 teleskiguy
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It’s such patronizing bullshit especially coming from people who think actual slavery’s horrors have been exaggerated.
re: #497 Charles Johnson
This country is in so much fucking trouble with this guy in charge. It still just blows my mind to think about it.
7 months ago things weren’t like this. Do you think America is better off now than you were 6 months ago??
(Fuck)\\
Just came on and haven’t caught up on this thread. This just came over my FB feed. Seems now Ice is deporting Irishmen.
re: #500 teleskiguy
The only way this reading list could be any worse is if Main Kampf were on it.
re: #525 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Just because they’re not making big 20-foot-long land yachts like the days of yore, which apparently are The One True American Car and every family must own such a dinosaur in order to be patriotic.
Anyone who doesn’t have something the size of a Buick 225 is a Godless commie!
re: #540 Timothy Watson
Anyone who doesn’t have something the size of a Buick 225 is a Godless commie!
Here’s where the nutjobs’ heads will asplode, because I do have one. I just had my family (all four of us) out washing it earlier tonight.
re: #525 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Just because they’re not making big 20-foot-long land yachts like the days of yore, which apparently are The One True American Car and every family must own such a dinosaur in order to be patriotic.
(Psst! Don’t you own TWO of those?)
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Oh, that rolling bordello I wrote about a couple weeks back? 6 mpg city. COMBINED mpg of 11. 0-60 in something like 12 seconds. Did the quarter mile in 19 seconds.
All that with a 440 CID engine!
re: #541 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Here’s where the nutjobs’ heads will asplode, because I do have one. I just had my family (all four of us) out washing it earlier tonight.
They really think we’re all Prius driving, Tye-Dye shirt wearing, bearded hippies. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but I only really apply to one of those four categories.
re: #504 calochortus
He’ll just mount them on the south side of the wall. What could go wrong with that?
All the electricity would belong to Mexico.
re: #542 Blind Frog Belly White
(Psst! Don’t you own TWO of those?)
//////Oh, that rolling bordello I wrote about a couple weeks back? 6 mpg city. COMBINED mpg of 11. 0-60 in something like 12 seconds. Did the quarter mile in 19 seconds.
All that with a 440 CID engine!
I have only the one. Mrs. Fish’s daily driver is a ‘97, which, while an expansive luxury car compared to the current modern vintage, is quite a bit smaller than the beast, and is at least 100% more fuel efficient, to boot.
re: #530 FormerDirtDart
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1) Trump doesn’t realize it’s already the law.
2) Neither do his dumbfuck supporters.
3) They won’t believe you when you tell them, because they saw somebody brown with what looked like an EBT card a the Piggly Wiggly oncet.
re: #543 HappyWarrior
They really think we’re all Prius driving, Tye-Dye shirt wearing, bearded hippies. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but I only really apply to one of those four categories.
I drive a Prius, and used to wear tie-dyes,, but I can’t grow a decent beard.
re: #545 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I have only the one. Mrs. Fish’s daily driver is a ‘97, which, while an expansive luxury car compared to the current modern vintage, is quite a bit smaller than the beast, and is at least 100% more fuel efficient, to boot.
I still dream of that powder blue ‘66 Lincoln….
re: #548 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I drive a Prius, and used to wear tie-dyes,, but I can’t grow a decent beard.
I have a beard. No license, haven’t worn a tie die in years and don’t really consider myself a hippie.
re: #549 Blind Frog Belly White
I still dream of that powder blue ‘66 Lincoln….
The navy blue ‘76 down at the local used car lot is still there. It’s been there for at least 3 weeks. It’s in beautiful shape, which makes me wonder if they’re simply asking too much for it. People seem confused about how little these big boats are really worth; there are a surprisingly large number of them, and they’re not really collectible with their size.
re: #550 HappyWarrior
I have a beard. No license, haven’t worn a tie die in years and don’t really consider myself a hippie.
I’m not a hippie. I like only having to buy gas once a month.
re: #490 Blind Frog Belly White
Either running a detailing business, or a bunch of casinos, depending on whether Marty got the Sports Almanac back from him.
The detailing business is mostly a front for his main job as the local fence. By cheating EVERYBODY he ensures that he does not make it to the age of 32.
re: #528 teleskiguy
Dinesh is up to his usual projection and nonsensical ravings. It’s what we’ve come to expect from the self-admitted convicted felon.
The GOP isn’t trying to speak for blacks let alone woo black voters. Weigel gets that wrong.
The GOP wants to send them back to the slums and demote them to second class citizens. We see that on a daily basis the way they dehumanize blacks, when they’re killed by cops for simply breathing, living, or engaging in daily activities that everyone else takes for granted.
We see it with how they’re attacking core institutions - voting rights, civil rights, justice system, and continuing to block/delay reforms of same.
We see it with their supporters who raise confederate flags and engaging in revisionist history about the civil war and its aftermath.
This is what the GOP intends. This is why they’ve gone all in with white supremacists. It’s why neo Nazis and white supremacists have embraced Trump and the GOP.
There’s no separation between them. Not when the GOP establishment continues to enable Trump and pushing policies that favor the positions of these extremists.
re: #552 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m not a hippie. I like only having to buy gas once a month.
What? Being overly reilent on gas doesn’t make you feel like more of a man!
re: #528 teleskiguy
That completely misses the point; GOP doesn’t care about getting black votes. They’re intent on subjugating them. @daveweigel
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 22, 2017
That’s entirely by design, and it isn’t about garnering new black voters.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 22, 2017
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ...
Cheechako
6 days ago
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 412 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
Joe Bacon ✅
3 weeks ago
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
4 weeks ago
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
4 weeks ago
Views: 590 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
4 weeks ago
Views: 581 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
4 weeks ago
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
3 days ago
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
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