Vaccines Get the John Oliver Treatment
The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the minuscule risks, but some parents still question their safety. John Oliver discusses why some people may still feel uncertainty about childhood vaccinations.
The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the minuscule risks, but some parents still question their safety. John Oliver discusses why some people may still feel uncertainty about childhood vaccinations.
Speaking of vaccines, Kapersky Labs says on analysing the current ransomware outbreak, it appears to be different than the last one, despite superficial similarities.
Koch Brothers Warn Trump Against Failed Cannabis Fight
COLORADO SPRINGS â The Trump administrationâs tough talk on marijuana is creating an unusual alliance: pot smokers and the conservative Koch political network.
Mark Holden, one of the influential networkâs top leaders, decried President Donald Trumpâs administration for returning to the âharsh sentencing era of the war on drugs.â
âYou are never going to win the war on drugs. Drugs won,â he told reporters as the network opened a three-day retreat Saturday at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.
Attorney General Jeff Sessionsâ directive to re-evaluate marijuana policies is a particular problem. Even though it remains a federal crime to possess and use marijuana, he said, âitâs legal in a number of states, so we have to come to grips with that somehow.â
(more at the Denver Post)
This is what democracy looks like pic.twitter.com/kQaMgRVzJH
â David Freedlander (@freedlander) June 28, 2017
GOP donor class threatening to take their money and go home.
Baby steps here in this conservative stronghold:
ACLU Tour Introduces Panhandle Residents to Their Trans Neighbors (goes to the Scottsbluff, NE Star-Herald, more at the link):
Imagine not feeling at home in your own skin.
For those whoâve never experienced gender dysphoria â the feeling of disconnect between oneâs emotional and psychological identity and their biological sex â that concept can be difficult to grasp.
Since the census doesnât ask about an individualâs trans status, thereâs no detailed hard data regarding the number of transgender people who currently live in Nebraska, However, an estimated 60,000 LGBT individuals reside in the Cornhusker state.
âThatâs equal to our stateâs third largest city,â ACLU Nebraska Communications Director Tyler Richard said. âThis is a reasonable-sized group of people. Itâs worth our schools, itâs worth our health care industry, itâs worth our workplaces â thinking about what are we going to do to make this a welcoming, inclusive state and place for transgender Nebraskans.â
Panhandle Equality partnered with ACLU Nebraska, a Lincoln-based nonpartisan civil liberties organization, to present the first night of the Transgender Voices Tour on Monday evening at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center.
This artificial womb can grow a âbabyâ inside your living room pic.twitter.com/ky2wZt5D3i
â NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 26, 2017
âWhich one of yâall unplugged the baby to charge your phone??â https://t.co/atSVzxbID7
â BeytwicĂ© (@HollyGoNightly1) June 26, 2017
re: #4 Anymouse đč
Baby steps here in this conservative stronghold:
ACLU Tour Introduces Panhandle Residents to Their Trans Neighbors (goes to the Scottsbluff, NE Star-Herald, more at the link):
Good deal. It humanizes the community and makes it more difficult for assholes to just paint them as perverts.
Iâm going to say good night.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
re: #7 calochortus
Iâm going to say good night.
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
No! You canât go! I live for your pithy posts! And your conch shell looking flower! Donât leave me alone with my lonely water tower calling every hour saying itâs empty!
re: #3 jaunte
This is what democracy looks like pic.twitter.com/kQaMgRVzJH
â David Freedlander (@freedlander) June 28, 2017
GOP donor class threatening to take their money and go home.
Doug is the son of Darwin Deason, founder of Affiliated Computer Services, which he sold to Xerox for 6.2 billion in 2010. He is noted for being the first big operator to out-source data processing and office work outside the country. Doug himself is a big player in the Koch brothers network, especially noted for his organizational ability.
Strangely, I twice typed âDoug Deasonâ as âDough Seasonâ while composing this post. Freudian slip maybe.
Local distinguished citizens honoured at last weekendâs parade, including the former chairwoman (mayor) and a man who was an electronics whiz and former chairman who created a self-driving Beetle many years ago (and was featured on âCandid Cameraâ)
Brings back memories of Shelly, a girl who was in my first grade class who died from measles. Measles left me severely bedridden for 2 weeks that same year and I was so in fear from what happened to Shelly.
re: #11 Anymouse đč
Local distinguished citizens honoured at last weekendâs parade, including the former chairwoman (mayor) and a man who was an electronics whiz and former chairman who created a self-driving Beetle many years ago (and was featured on âCandid Cameraâ)
I remember that episode!
re: #12 Joe Bacon đč
Brings back memories of Shelly, a girl who was in my first grade class who died from measles. Measles left me severely bedridden for 2 weeks that same year and I was so in fear from what happened to Shelly.
Thatâs why they vaccinate against Chickenpox, Measles, Rubella and Mumps. Those diseases can be child-killers. And adult-killers too on occasion.
I got another LGF byline!
â Moon Zappa (@MoonZappa) June 21, 2017
re: #14 Teukka
Thatâs why they vaccinate against Chickenpox, Measles, Rubella and Mumps. Those diseases can be child-killers. And adult-killers too on occasion.
Oh, and some of the above, if contracted in adulthood, can lead to sterility.
re: #12 Joe Bacon đč
Brings back memories of Shelly, a girl who was in my first grade class who died from measles. Measles left me severely bedridden for 2 weeks that same year and I was so in fear from what happened to Shelly.
I was that sick with measles and chickenpox. I remember they had to keep the room very dark for fear of eye damage, and remember itching, and burning up and all. Shudder.
re: #12 Joe Bacon đč
Brings back memories of Shelly, a girl who was in my first grade class who died from measles. Measles left me severely bedridden for 2 weeks that same year and I was so in fear from what happened to Shelly.
I didnât have a friend who died from it, but like you I was extremely ill from the measles and thought I was going to die because neighbors and family friends all came over to like say good-bye and shit.
re: #16 Teukka
Oh, and some of the above, if contracted in adulthood, can lead to sterility.
QTF
Sheesh. QFT
re: #16 Teukka
Oh, and some of the above, if contracted in adulthood, can lead to sterility.
I had an uncle who was rendered sterile from the mumps that âwent downâ.
The vice-chair of the Democratic Socialists sent me an E-mail, asking to put my profile up on the national Website of DSA members that hold public office. (Iâm guessing that is a short list.) My response:
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re: #13 retired cynic
I remember that episode!
Buddy was a pretty cool character. We were all saddened here when he died.
So youâve seen part of our town then. Wanna move here? (It hasnât changed much since that episode aired.)
re: #17 retired cynic
I was that sick with measles and chickenpox. I remember they had to keep the room very dark for fear of eye damage, and remember itching, and burning up and all. Shudder.
Yes, same here! Mom and Dad kept the room dark with the curtains pinned. I had a bad fever, head hurt so bad. Remember Mom reading books to me Dad tried to get me to eat. they finally were able to get me to eat canned mandarin oranges and bananas. To this day, I have to have them togetherâŠ
re: #20 allegro
I had an uncle who was rendered sterile from the mumps that âwent downâ.
Yup. I had the pleasure of mumps in 2012 (I had the disease when I was a toddler, but about one in ten people who had the disease in the past can get it again.)
I was miserable.
After youâve seen it all, thereâs always more:
Australian Cops Arrest Woman with Baby-Bottle Bong Emblazoned with Swastika
nydailynews.com
Vaxxers, Birthers, Bernie Bros, Flat Earthers, Anti-Fluoridists, and Climate Change Deniers seem to be cut from the same cloth.
But if you add them up, they seem to make up a fair portion of the polity.
Which is kind of scary.
re: #27 austin_blue
Vaxxers, Birthers, Bernie Bros, Flat Earthers, Anti-Fluoridists, and Climate Change Deniers seem to be cut from the same cloth.
But if you add them up, they seem to make up a fair portion of the polity.
Which is kind of scary.
I think they overlap a lot.
Carlâs Jr. slapped with $1.45 million fine for underpaying workers.
money.cnn.com
That was certainly the guy to put in charge of the Labor Department.
re: #28 retired cynic
I think they overlap a lot.
I would wish so, but no, thereâs a lot of separation in those groups.
re: #30 austin_blue
I would wish so, but no, thereâs a lot of separation in those groups.
I donât have any stats; just my gut feeling, which is sure not infallible.
This was linked in the last thread, and itâs definitely something elseâŠ
Come and get me, thought police! đđ» pic.twitter.com/oG8EtsnLih
â Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) June 28, 2017
Makes me think everyone should start tweeting food pictures at Trump. Wouldnât be long before Hannity was running programs about the Evil Librul Perfidy of food pictures. Yeah, wouldnât actually solve any problems, but I need some cheap laughsâŠ
re: #30 austin_blue
I would wish so, but no, thereâs a lot of separation in those groups.
I was just trying to think of any commonalities from my youth that I was aware of, like in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and all I can think of were freak-out anti-communists.
re: #17 retired cynic
I was that sick with measles and chickenpox. I remember they had to keep the room very dark for fear of eye damage, and remember itching, and burning up and all. Shudder.
I came down with a second case of chickenpox when I was stationed in Rota. My Senior Chief wound up sending everyone in the division to the clinic to make sure they were all right. I spent over two weeks at home in bed mostly.
I also wound up with scarlet fever when I was in Oklahoma, also for the second time. (The VA wasnât happy either with that or the mumps case I had, telling me to stay the hell away from the VA.)
Iâm beginning to think Iâm going to cycle through all those again.
re: #34 Anymouse đč
I came down with a second case of chickenpox when I was stationed in Rota. My Senior Chief wound up sending everyone in the division to the clinic to make sure they were all right. I spent over two weeks at home in bed mostly.
I also wound up with scarlet fever when I was in Oklahoma, also for the second time. (The VA wasnât happy either with that or the mumps case I had, telling me to stay the hell away from the VA.)
Iâm beginning to think Iâm going to cycle through all those again.
My mother had everything twice, poor lady. Including scarlet fever when she was very young, and it was Christmas, and all the presents had to be burned, and my grandfather had to live on the front screened porch, because of the quarantine, and because he had to go to work.
re: #27 austin_blue
Vaxxers, Birthers, Bernie Bros, Flat Earthers, Anti-Fluoridists, and Climate Change Deniers seem to be cut from the same cloth.
But if you add them up, they seem to make up a fair portion of the polity.
Which is kind of scary.
Well, theyâre cut from the same cloth insofar as they all seem to be uninterested in facts. Anti-vaxxers come in lefty-liberal, libertarian, and sovereign citizen varieties. Birthers are pretty much wingnuts. Bernie bros are either purity ponies or rodent copulators (like Cassandra Fairbanks and a fair number of Russian trolls).
I have no idea what the Flat Earthers are doing. Anti-fluoridation people were launched by the John Birch Society. Climate denialists are almost exclusively conservatives who have been propagandised by the GOP and their corporate donors.
But yeah, you pile on all those disparate groups and you get quite a large portion of voters who donât seem to know the difference between facts, fiction, and propaganda.
re: #31 retired cynic
I donât have any stats; just my gut feeling, which is sure not infallible.
Add in the Chem-Trails whackos (and the Alex Jones conspiracy nut jobs) and youâve got a pretty good description/metaphor of the rad left and right in the US right now.
The outliers make the news. Oh, and the US Senate, which is just realizing that they are toxic to their voters right now, are punting the Healthcare bill until August.
Night all. Talk atcha tomorrow. Sweet scaly dreams.
re: #36 Anymouse đč
Well, theyâre cut from the same cloth insofar as they all seem to be uninterested in facts. Anti-vaxxers come in lefty-liberal, libertarian, and sovereign citizen varieties. Birthers are pretty much wingnuts. Bernie bros are either purity ponies or rodent copulators (like Cassandra Fairbanks and a fair number of Russian trolls).
I have no idea what the Flat Earthers are doing. Anti-fluoridation people were launched by the John Birch Society. Climate denialists are almost exclusively conservatives who have been propagandised by the GOP and their corporate donors.
But yeah, you pile on all those disparate groups and you get quite a large portion of voters who donât seem to know the difference between facts, fiction, and propaganda.
I swear none of them were present in any significant numbers before the 90s. Hmmm, wonder why?
re: #37 austin_blue
Add in the Chem-Trails whackos (and the Alex Jones conspiracy nut jobs) and youâve got a pretty good description/metaphor of the rad left and right in the US right now.
The outliers make the news. Oh, and the US Senate, which is just realizing that they are toxic to their voters right now, are punting the Healthcare bill until August.
Night all. Talk atcha tomorrow. Sweet scaly dreams.
I thought the Senate got the month of August off, just because there are no holidays in that month.
Going Old School @cvpayne - Lobby of One of Globes Biggest Law Firms #ransonware #goldeneye @chris_rouland pic.twitter.com/G1ogR6jFDG
â KeelsUS (@KeelsUS) June 27, 2017
My wife is watching on Hulu the 2017 cinematic masterpiece that went straight to Dumpster fire, skipping home video, âBubba the Redneck Werewolf.â I told her I would pass. There are some things that shouldnât be seen.
Poor Jason Chaffetz canât live the good life as a 6 figures a year congresscritter, so heâs pushing a $2,500 stipend for he and his fellow do-nothingers. Maybe he should give up his fancy cell phone, big screen TVs, steak dinners and avocado toast.
New island appears in the Outer Banks.
huffingtonpost.com
Itâs grown from small sandbar to a mile long and three hundred yards wide.
Experts warn that the waters around it are full of sharks and stingrays, nevertheless, lots of people are taking boats and rafts out to the new island. Huffington Post reports on an article that appeared in the Virginian Pilot.
Lovely story about man who shot up a mosqueâand then was saved from hatred by Muslim at that mosque. By @ejlantz: https://t.co/WLhbx8rgBv
â Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) June 28, 2017
re: #42 covfefe
Poor Jason Chaffetz canât live the good life as a 6 figures a year congresscritter, so heâs pushing a $2,500 stipend for he and his fellow do-nothingers. Maybe he should give up his famcy cell phone, big screen TVs, steak dinners and avocado toast.
Maybe they should get a congressional dorm or something.
re: #42 covfefe
Poor Jason Chaffetz canât live the good life as a 6 figures a year congresscritter, so heâs pushing a $2,500 stipend for he and his fellow do-nothingers. Maybe he should give up his famcy cell phone, big screen TVs, steak dinners and avocado toast.
That âIâve got kids in collegeâ remark by Chaffetz was the same sort of remark when hated GOP rep Lee Terry (R-NE2) was asked if he would continue to take a salary during the GOP driven government shutdown.
That single statement sunk Lee Terry against his Democratic challenger.
re: #46 allegro
Maybe they should get a congressional dorm or something.
Cots in the Rayburn building! Live like soldiers you fucking swine!
In the previous thread I brought up a line of attack against this regime, namely pounding the questions âWhere are the jobs?â and âWhere is the investment?â The GOP loves to insist that regulations are killing investment and jobs, and as Olbermann observes, while we are distracted by special prosecutors and other problems, regulations are being thrown away.
The fact is that corporate leaders know damn well that the GOP grip on power will be temporary, and that theyâll settle for raking in short term profits at short term low tax rates. They would be crazy to invest in technology and factories that will be obsolete again as soon as the GOP is out of the White House.
re: #46 allegro
Nah. They can sleep in their offices. Maybe then they can relate to the homelessâŠâŠâŠ
re: #47 Anymouse đč
âStop popping out kids if you canât afford them!â
re: #46 allegro
Maybe they should get a congressional dorm or something.
Well, a bunch of them bunk with The Family (the Christian Dominionist group trying to subvert Congress).
Chaffetz is just whingning. Iâd like to see the bill go through though. The Dems canât stop it if the GOP really wants it, and that would sure look good in Dem adverts: The only significant bill passed by this GOP session was a pay rise.
re: #50 covfefe
Nah. They can sleep in their offices. Maybe then they can relate to the homelessâŠâŠâŠ
Nope. I didnât have an office. They can sofa surf or sleep on the street like I did.
re: #46 allegro
Maybe they should get a congressional dorm or something.
Open bay barracks. Itâs good enough for the Army and Navy.
Or better yet, the same space you get on a ship. (A rack with a locker. Senior officers get a stateroom about the size of my bedroom closet.)
re: #54 Anymouse đč
Open bay barracks. Itâs good enough for the Army and Navy.
Or better yet, the same space you get on a ship. (A rack with a locker. Senior officers get a stateroom about the size of my bedroom closet.)
What about hot-racking in a sub? You sleep where there is room to spare.
re: #42 covfefe
Poor Jason Chaffetz canât live the good life as a 6 figures a year congresscritter, so heâs pushing a $2,500 stipend for he and his fellow do-nothingers. Maybe he should give up his fancy cell phone, big screen TVs, steak dinners and avocado toast.
Hmm
Smells like time for a constitutional amendment setting Congressional pay to the minimum wage. Same for staffers as well.
re: #46 allegro
They can all live in a congressional fraternity house. Then they can have keggers, and dream about kicking people off of Medicaid. I am sure Paul Ryan would be great at setting this up due to past experience. It doesnât hurt that he sucks at everything else.
re: #55 Teukka
What about hot-racking in a sub? You sleep where there is room to spare.
Or this kind of sleeping arrangement: Image: 800px-Swiss_Civil_Defense_Bunker_%2815897271692%29.jpg
I actually do have some sympathy here. Travel must get real expensive real quick when traveling from long distances and lodging in DC is exorbitantly costly. I also think that one shouldnât have to be wealthy to serve, though that is the reality now and likely always has been. What rankles is that the guy whining the loudest is one who will not vote to increase the minimum wage, votes to trash the safety net, take lunches away from school kids, etc.
To him I say, fuck off.
re: #54 Anymouse đč
Open bay barracks. Itâs good enough for the Army and Navy.
Or better yet, the same space you get on a ship. (A rack with a locker. Senior officers get a stateroom about the size of my bedroom closet.)
Iâve got it! Every time Congress declares war; or its modern equivalent, supplementary appropriations for combat operations; they are required to deploy into the same type of accommodation as the troops in the field. We could set up the tents on the National Mall, detail members for latrine duty, KP, etc. , and feed them MREs, perhaps specially formulated ones for the elderly and sedentary. If a warehouse or old strip mall burns out in the DC area, they could set up in the ruins.
Marvy.
A post over at the DSA Website notes that a Website has been set up to dox DSA members, Our Revolution members, lefties in general, &c.
keywiki (dot) org
It doesnât look like a whole lot now ⊠I am not going to punch my name into it to see if they have me (in case they capture that sort of stuff). Iâm already all over the Internet (thanks to Gold Star Family memorial entries, my ham radio license, my political position, &c)
re: #62 Anymouse đč
I thought you were in hiding from a crazy ex.
re: #61 Shiplord Kirel
Iâve got it! Every time Congress declares war; or its modern equivalent, supplementary appropriations for combat operations; they are required to deploy into the same type of accommodation as the troops in the field. We could set up the tents on the National Mall, detail members for latrine duty, KP, etc. , and feed them MREs, perhaps specially formulated ones for the elderly and sedentary. If a warehouse or old strip mall burns out in the DC area, they could set up in the ruins.
Not on the National Mall. Thatâs much nicer than most field deployments. All in favour of them setting up in a swamp or woods though.
Comforting thought - the President is so stupid/disconnected/demented that he has NO IDEA whatâs in these bills.
https://t.co/fgwFvWrFjg pic.twitter.com/rhITkZOsDj
â Philip Bump (@pbump) June 28, 2017
re: #63 allegro
I thought you were in hiding from a crazy ex.
Iâm not in hiding, Iâm just not on social media like Twitter or Facebook. My ex- knows where I live.
The various outings of me on the Internet, such as my ham license (by the FCC) and Gold Star Family (by the DOD) I really couldnât avoid. That said, you donât get much by putting my name through a search engine.
re: #64 Anymouse đč
Not on the National Mall. Thatâs much nicer than most field deployments. All in favour of them setting up in a swamp or woods though.
Good thinking. Too bad the USS Barry has finally been moved away from its museum/display role at the Washington Naval Yard. Nautically minded congress persons could have the option of hot racking in its derelict boiler rooms.
Did you know? pic.twitter.com/UZyGYVt98F
â Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) June 28, 2017
And for your daily naughty times diversion:
No, a man did not die because a six-ton stash of porn fell on him.
thatsnonsense.com
Whatâs true? A man was found dead in his apartment which was filled with a large number of pornography magazines, estimated at weighing around 6 tons.
Whatâs false? The claim the man died because the magazines fell on him is false, as is the claim that he was not found for 6 months. According to an earlier article from Nikkan - a Japanese outlet - the man died of a heart attack and was found around a month after his demise. He fell on top of - or around - his magazines. There was no evidence to support the conclusion he was âcrushedâ by the magazines, and The Daily Mail did not provide any sources.
More at Thatâs Nonsense.
This is the average Trump supporter, just incredibly willfully stupid.
NEW: From us and Harvard researchers: the Senate bill could result in 18,000 to 28,000 deaths in 2026. https://t.co/FQrHFLqWTL
â Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 22, 2017
Forget death panels. If Republicans pass this bill, theyâre the death party. https://t.co/jCStfOaBjy
â Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 23, 2017
You let thousands of Americans die in Benghazi because of your judgmentâŠ. https://t.co/EXHoKZVOPB
â Jeff (@JeffTutorials) June 24, 2017
Sorry.
Tens of thousands.â Jeff (@JeffTutorials) June 24, 2017
re: #65 Blind Frog Belly White
The con-man in chief knows how to play dumb - I think it comes naturally. If he understands anything about the health âcareâ proposal going through congress (arguable assumption), itâs that it provides a massive tax break for his brood, which I suspect might motivate his support.
re: #65 Blind Frog Belly White
Comforting thought - the President is so stupid/disconnected/demented that he has NO IDEA whatâs in these bills.
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The picture of a man who is used to having absolutely every single thing explained to him in the simplest terms possible.
re: #3 jaunte
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GOP donor class threatening to take their money and go home.
Which is what I said yesterday will be happening through the Congressional recessâŠ
Citizenâs United vs united citizens
Morning Sunshine! We got breakfast waiting.
Thereâs more where that came from. It may need salt. Lots of salt! If you need gravy, just ask. pic.twitter.com/U53KDwgxlbâ DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 28, 2017
re: #36 Anymouse đč
Well, theyâre cut from the same cloth insofar as they all seem to be uninterested in facts. Anti-vaxxers come in lefty-liberal, libertarian, and sovereign citizen varieties. Birthers are pretty much wingnuts. Bernie bros are either purity ponies or rodent copulators (like Cassandra Fairbanks and a fair number of Russian trolls).
It is an overlap of anti-BIg Pharma, anti-Western Medicine moonbats and anti-Modern Science, anti-Big Government wingnuts.
And it creates enough of a critical mass of idiocy to constitute a threat to life and health.
re: #51 covfefe
âStop popping out kids if you canât afford them!â
Stop having sex unless you are married to a husband who can support your family with one job!
More village water tower follies today. The iron company working on our water tower should be able to finish the work today (the sun is about to come up, and the Fire Brigade is already on the site wetting down the area to prevent prairie fires and running off rattlesnakes).
After that, they will disinfect the tower, and thatâs the end of their work. Then my work begins: Fill the tower, let it sit for awhile, drain the tower completely to remove the disinfectant, fill it again, test the water to see if any disinfectant is left, rinse and repeat. (Each part of this takes a day. Good thing the village has an unemployed trustee/water operator whoâll do this stuff for free. For that moonbat at Alternet that called me a neoliberal imperialist warmongering shill, I donât think Iâm doing either the neoliberalism or imperialism correctly.)
OT: My wife, commenting on a YouTube video about politics over at the Young Turks (she occasionally watches them) had a commentator call her a neo-Marxist, which started an epic troll takedown by my wife. That would be my Libertarian Party wife. The LP is about as far as Marxism as you can get. I really think the moonbats and wingnuts just throw around $5 terms without knowing what they mean.
Back on (some) topic, my wife also suggested I read a Wonkette article by Five Dollar Feminist about a woman who writes for The Federalist (in other words, she doesnât have a job), who is married to the Breitbart writer who quit the day after Michele Fields was allegedly assaulted by one of Donald Trumpâs campaign staff.
This woman is the perfect straw anti-feminist (allegedly triggering liberal snowflakes for calling them out for their âpost-feministâ society). She is every trope from Ladies Home Journalâs âCan This Marriage Be Saved?â articles by first-class sexist and âDoctorâ Paul Popenoe.
(I wrote a long article about this which is far more informative than the one you can find at Huffington Post. The fellow was a Dominionist wingnut in the Thirties when he started his âmarriage counselling service.â In short, itâs always the womanâs fault.)
Back to Wonkette, newlywed Inez Stepman has just discovered the secrets of marriage after reaching the tender age of twenty or so and married less than a year. She wants to tell all you liberal snowflakes that have been married for twenty, forty, or more years what your doing wrong that your marriages have been so short and brutal.
All I can say about the woman Wonkette profiles here is WTF? My wife used the long form of that when she described the article to me.
I guess my marriage is doomed according to this womanâs assessments, because Iâve only been married eleven years and my wife does not fit her ideal of physical attractiveness.
Here we go again.
Itâs time for a presidential breakfast! Dig in! â€ïž pic.twitter.com/0br52lmLkv
â Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) June 28, 2017
re: #82 Dave In Austin
Here we go again.
Trump knows the subject of health care well, he just does not know how complicated it isâŠ
re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump knows the subject of health care well, he just does not know how complicated it isâŠ
It comes in Kentucky Fried Chicken Buckets.
re: #84 Anymouse đč
It comes in Kentucky Fried Chicken Buckets.
I thought it came in a fried taco bowl shell
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought it came in a fried taco bowl shell
Throws the greens out and eats the bowl. With salt.
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought it came in a fried taco bowl shell
Kentucky Fried Chicken Taco Bowls.
Someday youâre going to have to tell me what âslave to the waffle lightâ means.
re: #88 Anymouse đč
Someday youâre going to have to tell me what âslave to the waffle lightâ means.
Dude, have never made waffles before? Man, I get it.
re: #32 scottslemmons
This was linked in the last thread, and itâs definitely something elseâŠ
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Makes me think everyone should start tweeting food pictures at Trump. Wouldnât be long before Hannity was running programs about the Evil Librul Perfidy of food pictures. Yeah, wouldnât actually solve any problems, but I need some cheap laughsâŠ
Well I have a bunch of pie picturesâŠ
re: #81 Anymouse đč
Back on (some) topic, my wife also suggested I read a Wonkette article by Five Dollar Feminist about a woman who writes for The Federalist (in other words, she doesnât have a job), who is married to the Breitbart writer who quit the day after Michele Fields was allegedly assaulted by one of Donald Trumpâs campaign staff.
This woman is the perfect straw anti-feminist (allegedly triggering liberal snowflakes for calling them out for their âpost-feministâ society). She is every trope from Ladies Home Journalâs âCan This Marriage Be Saved?â articles by first-class sexist and âDoctorâ Paul Popenoe.
(I wrote a long article about this that is far more informative than the one you can find at Huffington Post. The fellow was a Dominionist wingnut in the Thirties when he started his âmarriage counselling service.â In short, itâs always the womanâs fault.)
Back to Wonkette, newlywed Inez Stepman has just discovered the secrets of marriage after reaching the tender age of twenty or so and married less than a year. She wants to tell all you liberal snowflakes that have been married for twenty, forty, or more years what your doing wrong that your marriages have been so short and brutal.
All I can say about the woman Wonkette profiles here is WTF? My wife used the long form of that when she described the article to me.
I guess my marriage is doomed according to this womanâs assessments, because Iâve only been married eleven years and my wife does not fit her ideal of physical attractiveness.
Yeah we here at LGF made fun of Inez back in the day when she was an unpaid intern at some Koch org and spamming Teh Interwebs with memes of MLK WUZ A REPUBLICAN!!!!!
re: #91 The Vicious Babushka
Yeah we here at LGF made fun of Inez back in the day when she was an unpaid intern at some Koch org and spamming Teh Interwebs with memes of MLK WUZ A REPUBLICAN!!!!!
Great writing
But if youâd put down the gloves and stop shadowboxing with some imaginary boogeywomen, you might see that thereâs more to feminism than growing your armpit hair and âa selfish, âbe yourselfâ attitude.â Feminists donât say, âYou should get fat!â We say, âIf you get fat, you are still worthy of love. Because your value as a woman isnât solely based on your appearance.â See the difference?
Read more at wonkette.com
The wonkette article ends wit this zinger..
Bitch, please! Weâre not triggered. Weâre laughing at you.
Read more at wonkette.com
re: #91 The Vicious Babushka
Shameless Page Promotion:
The Warped World of 1950âs Marriage Counselling (goes to the right-hand column of LGF)
The Chinese equivalent of âFlorida Womanâ
An 80-year-old woman delayed a flight in China by throwing a coin into the engine https://t.co/AFP3CR4Q22 pic.twitter.com/a8BJBhOhrq
â CNN International (@cnni) June 28, 2017
re: #88 Anymouse đč
Someday youâre going to have to tell me what âslave to the waffle lightâ means.
reference to a Gary Larson cartoonâŠ
and Wendell Wilkie
re: #95 The Vicious Babushka
The Chinese equivalent of âFlorida Womanâ
An 80-year-old woman delayed a flight in China by throwing a coin into the engine
This is more a case of ill-founded superstition rather than drug-addled, white trash madnessâŠ
Flailing Tirith Times writes FALSE story after false riddle bout poor Sméagol! Doesnt even call to gets alturneted facts! FALSE NEWS TRICKS!
â Gollum J. Trump (@realGollumTrump) June 28, 2017
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
reference to a Gary Larson cartoonâŠ
and Wendell Wilkie
I really do love waffles and am not sure why I do not possess said instrument for making them.
re: #70 goddamnedfrank
You let thousands of Americans die in Benghazi because of your judgmentâŠ.
NEW: From us and Harvard researchers: the Senate bill could result in 18,000 to 28,000 deaths in 2026. https://t.co/FQrHFLqWTL
â Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 22, 2017
Forget death panels. If Republicans pass this bill, theyâre the death party. https://t.co/jCStfOaBjy
â Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 23, 2017
â Jeff
At first only four Americans died in Benghazi. But since I was not in Benghazi I said nothing. Then âthousands diedâ in BenghaziâŠ.
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re: #101 Sir John Barron
The thousands who died in Benghazi were far more than those lost in the Battle of Bowling Green, which was a tragedy nonetheless.
re: #102 wheat-dogg
The thousands who died in Benghazi were far more than those lost in the Battle of Bowling Green, which was a tragedy nonetheless.
The Bowling Green Massacre has slipped from the national consciousness. Sad.
I am by the way commenting in a 787 flying over the Pacific Ocean now.
re: #103 Sir John Barron
The Bowling Green Massacre has slipped from the national consciousness. Sad.
How soon they forget.
re: #104 wheat-dogg
I am by the way commenting in a 787 flying over the Pacific Ocean now.
Back to the States?
re: #101 Sir John Barron
At first only four Americans died in Benghazi. But since I was not in Benghazi I said nothing. Then âthousands diedâ in BenghaziâŠ.
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They donât know what happened at Benghazi nor do they know where the hell it is. The sad thing is weâve investigated Benghazi more than 9/11. Make no mistake, the loss of life there was tragic but Ambassador Stevens wasnât some naive idiot who didnât know the risks.
re: #104 wheat-dogg
I am by the way commenting in a 787 flying over the Pacific Ocean now.
How are you allowed to use an electronic device on an international flight bound for the US?
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
How are you allowed to use an electronic device on an international flight bound for the US?
no one told me I couldnât
re: #107 HappyWarrior
They donât know what happened at Benghazi nor do they know where the hell it is. The sad thing is weâve investigated Benghazi more than 9/11. Make no mistake, the loss of life there was tragic but Ambassador Stevens wasnât some naive idiot who didnât know the risks.
Anyone serving in the Foreign Service accepts the risk, especially anyone posted to âdangerousâ nations. Itâs not unlike serving in the military or being an astronaut.
re: #100 Sir John Barron
I really do love waffles and am not sure why I do not possess said instrument for making them.
We possess three instruments for torturing batter, but do not have a Belgian waffle iron.
re: #111 wheat-dogg
Anyone serving in the Foreign Service accepts the risk, especially anyone posted to âdangerousâ nations. Itâs not unlike serving in the military or being an astronaut.
Exactly. I bet you that people are unaware that embassy/consulate attacks in fact decreased in Obamaâs presidency. What made Benghazi particularly significant of course was Stevensâ death but he definitely did know the risks involved.
Check out what the barcode on the cover is actually for https://t.co/Erf4pAc7Lv đ¶
â Jordan Merrick (@jordanmerrick) June 27, 2017
Amazing: Appears that the barcode on @realDonaldTrumpâs phony Time cover is actually barcode for software that lets you be a karaoke DJ. https://t.co/xEeLq6soaZ
â David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 27, 2017
re: #113 HappyWarrior
Exactly. I bet you that people are unaware that embassy/consulate attacks in fact decreased in Obamaâs presidency. What made Benghazi particularly significant of course was Stevensâ death but he definitely did know the risks involved.
Attacks during Geo. W. Bushâs presidency:
January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed.
June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al Qaeda attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51.
October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of âBali Bombings.â No fatalities.
February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed.
May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al Qaeda terrorists storm the diplomatic compound, killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb.
July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people.
December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed.
March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name âDavid Foy.â This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on whatâs considered American soil.)
September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting âAllahu akbarâ storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded.
January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities.
March 18, 2008. Sanaâa, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two.
July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed.
September 17, 2008. Sanaâa, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months.
re: #115 Anymouse đč
Attacks during Geo. W. Bushâs presidency:
January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed.
June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al Qaeda attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51.
October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of âBali Bombings.â No fatalities.
February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed.
May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al Qaeda terrorists storm the diplomatic compound, killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb.
July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people.
December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed.
March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name âDavid Foy.â This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on whatâs considered American soil.)
September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting âAllahu akbarâ storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded.
January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities.
March 18, 2008. Sanaâa, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two.
July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed.
September 17, 2008. Sanaâa, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months.
Exactly. Yet the DNC didnât cynically exploit the deaths there for political reasons.
re: #116 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Yet the DNC didnât cynically exploit the deaths there for political reasons.
Something something Itâs Okay if Youâre a Republican.
re: #115 Anymouse đč
Itâs not the initial crime, itâs the cover up. I wonder if youtube incited those terrorist acts as well.
re: #115 Anymouse đč
Itâs pretty much a guarantee that there will be an attack on a US embassy that leads to casualties during the next 4 years. I wonder what the chances are that a similar number of congressional investigations will take place.
Koch bros pulling Republicans off the tit until they demonstrate that they can get shit done. https://t.co/0gmxpnzYTu
â Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 28, 2017
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
What the fuck is this idiot even trying to say here? Is this an attempt at a sick burn? Youâre the goddamn PresidentâŠact like it. https://t.co/i1fHC2suxg
â Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 28, 2017
re: #42 covfefe
Poor Jason Chaffetz canât live the good life as a 6 figures a year congresscritter, so heâs pushing a $2,500 stipend for he and his fellow do-nothingers. Maybe he should give up his fancy cell phone, big screen TVs, steak dinners and avocado toast.
Especially the drug testing. You know, because people on the govt dole are lazy moochers.
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
re: #121 HappyWarrior
Oops trouble in paradise.
Sadly, that has more influence on a Republican than 2,000 people protesting their local office.
re: #122 darthstar
Itâs refreshing to know you donât have a clue about Internet sales tax law or how states impose their sales taxes. Sad. @realDonaldTrump
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
UPDATE: @time has asked the @realdonaldtrumpâs businesses to remove the phony magazine covers from their walls. https://t.co/beJXOTrevb
â David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 27, 2017
Guys, I canât be certain but the December 1991 @SInow Sportsman of the Year may not be a 10 year-old. DadâŠcall me back now. https://t.co/oUsb1yucVr
â Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 28, 2017
re: #123 lawhawk
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Saw this yesterday. My response is the same. Whereâs his sympathy for those trying to make ends meet on a daily basis? If he showed any compassion to those people, Iâd be more empathetic but Jason and his party donât give two shits.
re: #124 darthstar
Sadly, that has more influence on a Republican than 2,000 people protesting their local office.
Yep exactly.
re: #113 HappyWarrior
Exactly. I bet you that people are unaware that embassy/consulate attacks in fact decreased in Obamaâs presidency. What made Benghazi particularly significant of course was Stevensâ death but he definitely did know the risks involved.
Most people are unaware that after Benghazi, Obama instituted a rapid reaction force to be based out of Spain to respond to future incidents of this nature. There was no such force available before then.
Or that the GOP sought to reduce spending on safety measures at diplomatic facilities (budget cut).
And thatâs despite the dozens of attacks on diplomatic facilities through the decades, including the list identified above on US diplomatic facilities during Bushâs term in office.
re: #125 lawhawk
You could have put a period after the word âclueâ, but yes, âinternet taxes?â He doesnât understand basic economic operations.
â Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 28, 2017
re: #120 darthstar
Technically and legally not quid pro quo. You give us tax cuts, or we donât support your campaigns.
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Jeez, Iâm old enough to remember when politically-minded plutocrats had the decency to keep their efforts to blatantly purchase political influence and policy under-the-radar! What IS the world coming to these days????
re: #5 JordanRules
Whatâs next? Matrix baby farms?
re: #130 darthstar
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
âAmazon pays taxesâAmazon collects state sales taxâThereâs no internet taxâWaPo exposed Trumpâs fake TIME coversâPOTUS threatens company https://t.co/v88qBGX8z1
â Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 28, 2017
In fact, thereâs specific federal law on what can or canât be taxed online. Heâd know that if he bothered to read (or his idiot advisers read).
So heâs raging on TWitter again. Must be another day ending in day.
re: #129 lawhawk
Most people are unaware that after Benghazi, Obama instituted a rapid reaction force to be based out of Spain to respond to future incidents of this nature. There was no such force available before then.
Or that the GOP sought to reduce spending on safety measures at diplomatic facilities (budget cut).
And thatâs despite the dozens of attacks on diplomatic facilities through the decades, including the list identified above on US diplomatic facilities during Bushâs term in office.
The Democrats are absolute failures at messaging. The Republicans know how to run vicious ads and are not constrained by the truth. To win, we need to learn from them, preferably without saying anything demonstrably false. Perhaps ads linking successful terrorist attacks to Republican cutbacks in security.
re: #137 Hecubaâs daughter
The Democrats are absolute failures at messaging. The Republicans know how to run vicious ads and are not constrained by the truth. To win, we need to learn from them, preferably without saying anything demonstrably false. Perhaps ads linking successful terrorist attacks to Republican cutbacks in security.
WE do need to get better at the sound bite politics. The Râs hav always kicked our ass there.
re: #135 lawhawk
In fact, thereâs specific federal law on what can or canât be taxed online. Heâd know that if he bothered to read (or his idiot advisers read).
Iâm guessing Fox did a segment on this and Trump ran with it, and we all know how much Fox cares about accuracy.
15. It was hard to get a shot of thr while crowd, but hereâs a piece of it. Thatâs @ChrisMurphyCT holding the phone, videoing @CoryBooker. pic.twitter.com/gLzds3mIQf
â Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 27, 2017
There is no anxiety or fear or sadness you feel about whatâs happening in America today that cannot be cured by political action. https://t.co/E8luqEDOVO
â Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 27, 2017
re: #137 Hecubaâs daughter
The Democrats are absolute failures at messaging. The Republicans know how to run vicious ads and are not constrained by the truth. To win, we need to learn from them, preferably without saying anything demonstrably false. Perhaps ads linking successful terrorist attacks to Republican cutbacks in security.
Democrats put out ads and made comments about how Republicans cut funding.
The people who write comments about thousands dying at Benghazi arenât going to listen to no lyinâ DemocRat.
re: #140 Belafon
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Now this is teh sort of thing that gets you noticed for 2020 IMO. Leadership and going above and beyond.
re: #143 Joe Bacon đč
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Fox is too busy being concerned with what Pat Caddell thinks of a former President having a vacation. FNC really is pathetic. People couldnât be more wrong to compare MSNBC and FNC. MSNBC didnât dismiss real news to focus on trivial bullshit involving former President Bush.
re: #135 lawhawk
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
âTrump announces proposal for tax increases on millions of consumersâ
@KellyannePolls Show us any employer who would hire a 90 year old bedridden by a stroke. Weâre waiting Eva Braun! Weâre waitingâŠ
â josephebacon đč (@josephebacon) June 28, 2017
re: #144 HappyWarrior
Fox is too busy being concerned with what Pat Caddell thinks of a former President having a vacation. FNC really is pathetic. People couldnât be more wrong to compare MSNBC and FNC. MSNBC didnât dismiss real news to focus on trivial bullshit involving former President Bush.
Ol Cross-Eyed Creep Caddell sold his soul to Dumbya in 2000. Heâs just another Fox shill just like other turncoats (Beckel, Kucinich, etcâŠ)
re: #144 HappyWarrior
Fox is too busy being concerned with what Pat Caddell thinks of a former President having a vacation. FNC really is pathetic. People couldnât be more wrong to compare MSNBC and FNC. MSNBC didnât dismiss real news to focus on trivial bullshit involving former President Bush.
Area Black man still canât go on vacation according to big cable TV network.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
So heâs raging on TWitter again. Must be another day ending in day.
Indeed he is.
He started with this nonsense:
Then explain how you could celebrate the House Trumpcare knowing it made deep cuts to Medicaid. And hits people with pre-existing conditions
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
Explain how the bulk of tax cuts and benefits from Trumpcare are paid for by millions losing coverage.
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
And explain how your campaign pomises are met when Trumpcare breaks all your health coverage promises. We read the bills. You didnât.
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
re: #149 lawhawk
Indeed he is.
He started with this nonsense:
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Heâs a fucking child. Man such an embarrassment.
re: #147 Joe Bacon đč
Ol Cross-Eyed Creep Caddell sold his soul to Dumbya in 2000. Heâs just another Fox shill just like other turncoats (Beckel, Kucinich, etcâŠ)
Yep a FNC Dem.
I donât follow all the nighttime threads around here, but is anyone else gobsmacked by the latest FNC, GOP spin that **even if The Donald colluded with Russia to screw our electoral processâit wouldnât be a crime**?
re: #149 lawhawk
His Ass-Holeyness is off his meds again!
re: #148 Sir John Barron
Area Black man still canât go on vacation according to big cable TV network.
Itâs just pathetic. But hey tell us more Trump supporters about how the media is so unfair to Dumbald.
re: #152 Sir John Barron
I donât follow all the nighttime threads around here, but is anyone else gobsmacked by the latest FNC, GOP spin that **even if The Donald colluded with Russia to screw our electoral processâit wouldnât be a crime**?
I wish I could be surprised by that but I think FNC would justify anything a GOP President did at this point. Meanwhile Nixon is kicking in his grave wishing he had a FNC to rationalize everything he did and to demonize his opposition for him.
re: #154 HappyWarrior
Itâs just pathetic. But hey tell us more Trump supporters about how the media is so unfair to Dumbald.
Obama should totally troll FNC about this. Tweet out something from his next trip. Tell FNC to go FT.
So he sees this (as he sees everything) a war between very rich people (who âwinâ a tax cut) vs poor sick people (who lose healthcare & their lives) VICTORY!!
Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare. Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S.
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
re: #158 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare. Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S.
â Donald J. Trump
Wait, the healthcare debate is a *war* between the U.S. and somebody? Who is the U.S. at healthcare war with?
No. You want victory for your Swiss bank account, you liar!
â josephebacon đč (@josephebacon) June 28, 2017
re: #159 Sir John Barron
Wait, the healthcare debate is a *war* between the U.S. and somebody? Who is the U.S. at healthcare war with?
The GOP.
re: #158 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare. Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S.
â Donald J. Trump
Somebody seems a tad sensitive about the issue of his dumbness.
re: #159 Sir John Barron
Wait, the healthcare debate is a *war* between the U.S. and somebody? Who is the U.S. at healthcare war with?
Poor sick people.
Want some fun? Hereâs an article from the Heritage Foundation denouncing Trump for supporting the Marketplace Fairness Act during the campaign and pointing out that Amazon actually supports it:
Amazon supports internet sales tax legislation. Back in 2013, National Public Radio explained why the worldâs largest online retailer would support raising its own costs:
âCollecting state and local sales tax all around the country would require a fair bit of effort on the part of online retailers, because sales tax rules vary from state to state. Thatâs not a huge deal for a giant company like Amazon, but it would be more of a burden for smaller online retailers. From Amazonâs point of view, thatâs a good thing â it makes life harder for Amazonâs smaller competitors.â
Amazon pays taxes. The same NPR story explains that Amazon âagreed to start paying sales tax in more states â and it started building huge warehouses near major metropolitan areas in those states.â While the companyâs physical presence required it to charge sales tax, âhaving warehouses closer to big cities also allowed Amazon to start offering same-day delivery to millions of customers.â
re: #157 Joe Bacon đč
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Sorry, but this is way better than Dawn of JusticeâŠ
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
reference to a Gary Larson cartoonâŠ
and Wendell Wilkie
AhhhâŠa far sider. Now I know why you are the way you are. I will keep that in mind.
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Six charged over Hillsborough football disaster https://t.co/1vyn7rfAyE
â Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 28, 2017
Britainâs Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that it has charged six people with criminal offenses over the 1989 Hillsborough disaster in which 96 supporters of Liverpool football club lost their lives.
A former senior police officer, David Duckenfield, will face manslaughter charges over 95 of the 96 deaths.
The decision, which comes 28 years after the tragedy, follows last yearâs inquests which found that those who died were unlawfully killed.
Timely response.
Who could have guessed that a man with decades of experience in political one-upsmanship would get the best of a youngster whose only qualifications for his job are his father and his wife?
âIt appears Netanyahu played Kushner like a fiddle.â https://t.co/WWile3pNH2
â Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) June 28, 2017
re: #169 bratwurst
Who could have guessed that a man with decades of experience in political one-upsmanship would get the best of a youngster whose only qualifications for his job are his father and his wife?
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And Bibiâs political capital just improved again. Sigh.
re: #169 bratwurst
Who could have guessed that a man with decades of experience in political one-upsmanship would get the best of a youngster whose only qualifications for his job are his father and his wife?
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Whoâda thunk it, huh? Sending a complete neophyte to talk to a man whom Iâd describe as a master of the art of politicsâŠâŠthis was entirely predictable to anyone with at least a handful of functioning brain cells.
Man drives his vehicle into monument the day after it is installed.
It appears to be the same man who three years ago drove a vehicle into a Ten Commandments monument, destroying it, at the Oklahoma Capitol.
He was committed for mental health treatment after the Oklahoma incident, and never criminally charged.
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas capitol https://t.co/faszmBBn7Q pic.twitter.com/06P0lyXfX8
â Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 28, 2017
re: #169 bratwurst
That article is misleading too.
Kushner didnât carve out a role in foreign policy. Trump told him to do X, Y, and Z, including ME peace envoy, opioid epidemic stuff, and reimaging government, even though he has no experience with any of those things.
That someone with decades of foreign policy experience like Netanyahu played Kushner (and thereby Trump) is absolutely unsurprising. Itâs what people like Netanyahu do. Itâs what theyâre supposed to do (get the best out of a given situation for their respective countries).
You might not like Netanyahu or his policies, but the reality is that Netanyahu took advantage of Trump and Kushnerâs ignorance, inexperience, and just sheer dumbassery. US natsec and foreign policy is a shambles because of Trump, and this is just more evidence of same. To wit:
Which raises the question: Why on earth is Jared Kushner in charge of this operation? Not only does he have no credentials whatsoever, his meddling in this administrationâs Middle East policy has already had potentially serious consequences. The American Conservativeâs Mark Perry hears from a close associate of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Kushner and his friend Yousef Al-Otaiba, the U.A.E. ambassador to the U.S., were behind Trumpâs decision earlier this month to blindside his own Departments of Defense and State by labeling Qatar âa funder of terrorism at a very high level.â To hear this associate tell it, Tillerson has just about had it with Kushnerâs habit of ârunning a second foreign policy out of the White House family quarters.â
Who ultimately benefits from US foreign policy in a shambles? I give you⊠Vlad Putin.
re: #138 HappyWarrior
WE do need to get better at the sound bite politics. The Râs hav always kicked our ass there.
Well, Hillary tried a sound bite and many said it backfired and was the worst thing she didâŠeven costing her moderates and independents.
Basket of Deplorables.
I really wonder if Democrats can use sound bites because most Republicans are touch-me-nots and they, along with Fox, act like the world is ending when you say anything âbadâ about a Republican politician.
This is actually quite fascinating - âOperation London Bridgeâ or what happens when Queen Elizabeth II passes on.
re: #174 ObserverArt
Well, Hillary tried a sound bite and many said it backfired and was the worst thing she didâŠeven costing her moderates and independents.
Basket of Deplorables.
I really wonder if Democrats can use sound bites because most Republicans are touch-me-nots and they, along with Fox, act like the world is ending when you say anything âbadâ about a Republican politician.
Yeah you may well be right about that.
re: #175 Dr Lizardo
This is actually quite fascinating - âOperation London Bridgeâ or what happens when Queen Elizabeth II passes on.
Itâs funny coming from someone who considers himself an Irish nationalist and an irish Republican but Iâll be genuinely sad when she goes. I always thought and still do all the attention her and her family get is silly and Iâd favor doing away with the monarchy if I lived in Britain but I canât help but to like and respect Elizabeth.
Morning.
This artist plays with real-life 3D space to make it look like traditional 2D paintings pic.twitter.com/5VugmIhB8r
â NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 28, 2017
re: #173 lawhawk
I think Trumpâs problem is that he personifies the Dunning-Kreuger Effect. Heâs actually quite stupid himself, but because of his narcissism he is convinced that heâs the smart one. That means when he looks at a problem that experts have been grappling with for decades, he thinks they must be idiots, and all he needs to do is send his SIL, whoâs a smart guy, and heâll clean up the mess.
Trumpâs followers are also stupid, and have been trained over the last 40-50 years to believe that all experts are stupid and/or corrupt. They believe in The Simple Solution. Thatâs why they voted for Trump.
The thing is, though, some problems have gone on for decades because the solutions are not simple.
re: #172 FormerDirtDart
Man drives his vehicle into monument the day after it is installed.
It appears to be the same man who three years ago drove a vehicle into a Ten Commandments monument, destroying it, at the Oklahoma Capitol.
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Sometimes the bad guys are the good guys.
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Itâs funny coming from someone who considers himself an Irish nationalist and an irish Republican but Iâll be genuinely sad when she goes. I always thought and still do all the attention her and her family get is silly and Iâd favor doing away with the monarchy if I lived in Britain but I canât help but to like and respect Elizabeth.
Yeah; I have no particular affinity for monarchism myself, but itâll be a sad day when she finally shuffles off this mortal coil. As far as British monarchs go, sheâs been the Queen for all my 47 years.
re: #181 Dr Lizardo
Yeah; I have no particular affinity for monarchism myself, but itâll be a sad day when she finally shuffles off this mortal coil. As far as British monarchs go, sheâs been the Queen for all my 47 years.
To put things in perspective for me. My great grandfather, born in 1874 was still alive when she became Queen and my Dad was a new born, and my momâs father was in Korea. Sheâs had an amazing run. Sheâs an icon.
These people are so fucking stupid that it really does hurtâŠ..
Fox & Friends claims building Trumpâs border wall can âstop the opioid crisisâ https://t.co/BBFUcc79Zj pic.twitter.com/vadJDUXxmf
â Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 28, 2017
re: #166 FormerDirtDart
Sorry, but this is way better than Dawn of JusticeâŠ
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Batman seems to not want to engage Superman. I guess he knows there is no chance to defeat Superman, so why try.
re: #172 FormerDirtDart
Man drives his vehicle into monument the day after it is installed.
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If the Satanic Temple ever gets its Baphomet statue up at a statehouse, I bet it wonât be there 24 hours before some defender of the faith tries to ram it with his pickup truck.
re: #185 mmmirele
If the Satanic Temple ever gets its Baphomet statue up at a statehouse, I bet it wonât be there 24 hours before some defender of the faith tries to ram it with his pickup truck.
24 hours? Youâre being generous. I give it 24 minutes.
re: #183 Dr. Matt
These people are so fucking stupid that it really does hurtâŠ..
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Maybe they think that the REAL opioid crisis is that addicts switching to heroin from prescription drugs is stealing money from Big Pharma?
re: #187 Blind Frog Belly White
Maybe they think that the REAL opioid crisis is that addicts switching to heroin from prescription drugs is stealing money from Big Pharma?
If Iâm being generous, Iâll say they donât know what âopioid crisisâ means. If Iâm not being generous, Iâll say theyâre just playing their audience for marks.
Or.. and stick with me here⊠Jill did some bad stuff that was criminal in nature. In fact, itâs possible he benefited from her acts.
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
I believe the French President normally rides a military vehicle down the Champs Elysees during the parade. I can only hope that Macron chooses to walk instead, and drags Pres.* Trump with himâŠ
NEW: President Trump accepts French President Macronâs invitation to visit France on Bastille Day pic.twitter.com/aChaX1EtnP
â CBS News (@CBSNews) June 28, 2017
re: #189 lawhawk
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Jill? You mean Jane right? Anyhow. I donât know what happened but it does suggest to me that the Sanders arenât as pure snow as they like to portray themselves.
Good argument â please run with thisâŠ
https://t.co/r00RhNhdRB pic.twitter.com/cqZpfecuIcâ Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) June 28, 2017
re: #193 lawhawk
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Oh? Great argument. Maybe I should set the FNC building on fire with you in it. You were going to die anyhow. //
#BREAKING USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan https://t.co/SoTyny6PT2
â USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 28, 2017
wow. these are Dick Cheney 2008-type approval ratings. https://t.co/hIqHYiIPm1
â Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 28, 2017
re: #189 lawhawk
Manu Raju â @mkraju
BERNIE SANDERS breaks his silence on FBI inquiry, asserts to @ErinBurnett itâs a politically motivated, âpatheticâ attack against his wife
Damn. Again Bernie gets to acting a little like Trump.
Iâm sure there is a better way to make a statement then going down the very well-worn politically motivated road.
I wonder if he thinks Trump is behind this or
âŠHillary.
re: #196 ObserverArt
Damn. Again Bernie gets to acting a little like Trump.
Iâm sure there is a better way to make a statement then going down the very well-worn politically motivated road.
I wonder if he thinks Trump is behind this or
âŠHillary.
Both.
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Not an expansion of the laptop ban, but likely to âenhanceâ boarding delays overseasâŠ
First on CNN: DHS to announce new aviation security measures https://t.co/sAlqmB11cj pic.twitter.com/htzmS74eAa
â CNN (@CNN) June 28, 2017
Massive crack in Antarctica ice shelf accelerates at record paceâclose to breaking off an iceberg as big as Delaware https://t.co/mxRz8ZnMB0 pic.twitter.com/tROhGlY3Ud
â Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 28, 2017
Only China could pull off a hoax this big. https://t.co/ABYf1f1YQe
â Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) June 28, 2017
re: #195 FormerDirtDart
12% is still too damn high.
Plus, does anyone really think Turtle Boy McConnell is paying attention to the polls? I highly doubt it.
I honestly donât know if the charges against Mrs. Sanders are true or not but I think itâs irresponsible for Sanders to completely dismiss them as politically motivated especially given there were rumblings during the campaign about Janeâs dealings.
re: #200 FormerDirtDart
Not an expansion of the laptop ban, but likely to âenhanceâ boarding delays overseasâŠ
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Stupid question but what do you mean by enhanced boarding delays? Meaning Iâd have to get to the airport earlier or what?
re: #201 FormerDirtDart
âŠ.or Roland Emmerich.
â Emilio Lizardo (@DrELizardo) June 28, 2017
Less than 30 days till I fly to Muenchen. Yes!
re: #205 Dr Lizardo
I trust Rolandâs fantasies way more than the Trump administration.
re: #204 HappyWarrior
Stupid question but what do you mean by enhanced boarding delays? Meaning Iâd have to get to the airport earlier or what?
Letâs see, interviews, dogs, explosive swabbingâŠ
Yeah, if youâre planning on boarding a flight in Europe bound for the US I would recommend arriving early..
And whiteâŠ
//
re: #195 FormerDirtDart
USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan
Those numbers make the approval numbers for the House plan look relatively good, which I really never would have thought possible.
re: #208 FormerDirtDart
Letâs see, interviews, dogs, explosive swabbingâŠ
Yeah, if youâre planning on boarding a flight in Europe bound for the US I would recommend arriving early..
And whiteâŠ
//
Glad my return flight isnât too early then.
This abomination of a bill could only get 5% support and STILL over 40 Republican senate weasels would vote for it without hesitation.
re: #211 Myron Falwell
This abomination of a bill could only get 5% support and STILL over 40 Republican senate weasels would vote for it without hesitation.
And John McCain would remain âconcernedâ but vote for it in the end anyhow.
re: #211 Myron Falwell
This abomination of a bill could only get 5% support and STILL over 40 Republican senate weasels would vote for it without hesitation.
The 5% are those paying the majority of the GOPâs âsalariesâ, ie, fundraising.
Trump Just Violated An Ethics Law In Front Of 33 Million Twitter Followers | Crooks and Liars https://t.co/q2Z4J0eSHH via @crooksandliars
â DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 28, 2017
Sanders bro in my TL insisting that Russia hacked the Dem primaries to favor Clinton over Sanders. Sorry but I donât think Putin fears Sanders in the slightest.
re: #202 Myron Falwell
12% is still too damn high.
Plus, does anyone really think Turtle Boy McConnell is paying attention to the polls? I highly doubt it.
Heâs paying attention to the only polls that count - polls that tell him what the Koch brothers think.
re: #195 FormerDirtDart
re: #202 Myron Falwell
Unfortunately true: when have Republicans ever cared about what the public thinks? Approval of their healthcare âreformsâ could poll at 0.12%, and the Congressional GOP would still move mountains to get it passed.
Unless and until they get even the remotest inkling that gutting peoplesâ healthcare like they are planning will/might/maybe have some negative effect on their election/reelection prospects. Emphasis on âmaybeâ.
re: #214 Dave In Austin
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Well he could start by draining himself and his entire cabinet. Itâs adorable to see Bolling who works at a network who was once run by the guy who pushed the Willie Horton ad act like heâs somehow not part of the Washington establishment elite though.
re: #192 HappyWarrior
Jill? You mean Jane right? Anyhow. I donât know what happened but it does suggest to me that the Sanders arenât as pure snow as they like to portray themselves.
Yeah, was thinking of Jane Sanders, but Jill (Stein) was on the brainâŠ
re: #219 lawhawk
Yeah, was thinking of Jane Sanders, but Jill (Stein) was on the brainâŠ
Heh I thought so. I thought it was a slip worthy of myself :). But yeah, thereâs definitely I think something to these allegations. And honestly Bernie should count himself lucky that Clinton never went after them on it because it could have put a serious dent in his creds among the prog activists.
re: #217 Jay C
Yup. Thatâs why this is still a fait accompli.
Only question is how many senate weasels can be bought off so Pence comes in with trumpet fanfare to break a 50-50 tie.
re: #219 lawhawk
Yeah, was thinking of Jane Sanders, but Jill (Stein) was on the brainâŠ
Not much difference there
The Advocate has an article called âThe Women of Gilead.â It talks about stuff we mostly know about, but zeroes in on a particular example of a woman who hates just about anyone who isnât just like her (right-wing nutcase, quiverfull, stay at home mom, anti-LGBT, etc.). That would be Elizabeth Johnston, âThe Activist Mommy,â who is quite the piece of work.
In social media, perhaps no one better exemplifies the Real Housewives of Gilead more than âThe Activist Mommyâ (a.k.a. Grace Elizabeth Johnston). She has a Facebook page with 150,000 followers and a popular YouTube channel. She is married to Dr. Patrick Johnston (more on him later) and has 10 home-schooled children. She is best known for video diatribes against transgender people, Muslims, the womenâs marches, feminists, acceptance of gay people, abortion, and birth control.
She regularly pickets Planned Parenthood clinics and posts pictures of gay people along with the caption âLeviticus 18:22â (which got her a temporary ban from Facebook and made her into an instant online martyr for Christianity, of course). She advocates âusing your womb as a weaponâ for God. She also goes to Pride Parades in Ohio to tell queer people theyâre abominations worthy of death, unless they become Christians exactly like her.
Her husband is even more radical. He opposed all abortions, and is leading a crusade to convince people to try to carry ectopic pregnancies (the number 1 cause of maternal mortality in the developing world) to term, based on an anecdote in a journal article from 1994, which was later proved to be completely falsified. He recommends executing everyone on death row immediately, and making homosexuality, immigration violations, and providing abortions (or aiding those who do) a capital crime. The sentence under a Patrick Johnston administration would be carried out immediately via biblical methods like stoning or crucifixion. Other lesser crimes, like breast-feeding in public, would be punishable with public flogging.
Heâs also a doctor who opposes most vaccinations, (including polio, MMR, and pertussis), and recommends prayer as the preferred treatment for depression. He also suggests that people are mentally ill if they donât want to own guns, and that people are fat because they are sinful. He states that âif you do not spank your kids you do not love them.â Dr. Johnston has also published racist articles stating that âthe greatest threat to the African American community is the sin of African Americans.â
It would be easy to dismiss him, but he ran a credible campaign for District 94 of the Ohio State House in 2008 and his novel The Reliant is being turned into a movie starring Eric Roberts and Kevin Sorbo. He wrote another dystopian novel that envisioned how a glorious new Gilead would arise in a clash of cultures, âwhere the superiority of the principles of Christianity prevail over a plethora of vicious opponents.â
While getting Trump to attend our Bastille Day festivities isnât the best idea Macron ever had, it pisses off Melanchon, which is not a bad thing, and judging from early remarks online, most French people look at it as if we got a giant orange panda on loan from China for an exhibit at the Zoo de Vincennes â a somewhat prestigious but meaningless oddity.
re: #223 mmmirele
The Advocate has an article called âThe Women of Gilead.â It talks about stuff we mostly know about, but zeroes in on a particular example of a woman who hates just about anyone who isnât just like her (right-wing nutcase, quiverfull, stay at home mom, anti-LGBT, etc.). That would be Elizabeth Johnston, âThe Activist Mommy,â who is quite the piece of work.
But somehow these people are persecuted, just ask them.
re: #224 Lupin
While getting Trump to attend our Bastille Day festivities isnât the best idea Macron ever had, it pisses off Melanchon, which is not a bad thing, and judging from early remarks online, most French people look at it as if we got a giant orange panda on loan from China for an exhibit at the Zoo de Vincennes â a somewhat prestigious but meaningless oddity.
The panda is at least cute & intelligent.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
But somehow these people are persecuted, just ask them.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CANâT OPPRESS THOSE HEATHENS? YOUâRE PERSECUTING ME!!!
re: #227 Dr Lizardo
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CANâT OPPRESS THOSE HEATHENS? YOUâRE PERSECUTING ME!!!
We jest but they really think being told they canât treat gay people like crap is akin to Nazi persecution of Jews. Fucking assholes are ruining our country.
Team McConnell has told @AmericaFirstPol it doesnât approve of attacks on Heller. Thatâs not stopping them https://t.co/lTEwvxG3yF
â Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) June 27, 2017
Itâs not @AmericaFirstPol job to protect R seats. Itâs to support/promote #AmericaFIRST policies. If you donât weâll let your voters know.đșđž https://t.co/W4otDhnrCD
â Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) June 27, 2017
Katrina is going rogue https://t.co/xVRJy0B03G
â Patrick Karlsson (@Patrickesque) June 28, 2017
re: #224 Lupin
While getting Trump to attend our Bastille Day festivities isnât the best idea Macron ever had, it pisses off Melanchon, which is not a bad thing, and judging from early remarks online, most French people look at it as if we got a giant orange panda on loan from China for an exhibit at the Zoo de Vincennes â a somewhat prestigious but meaningless oddity.
The thought that a rich aristocrat hated by a majority of the populace was invited to Bastille Day shows that irony is still alive and kicking.
re: #229 Dave In Austin
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Hey! Katie Bullets is back!
Havenât (fortunately) seen or heard much from her lately: is this her new gig?
re: #229 Dave In Austin
Itâs not @AmericaFirstPol job to protect R seats. Itâs to support/promote #AmericaFIRST policies. If you donât weâll let your voters know.đșđž
Team McConnell has told @AmericaFirstPol it doesnât approve of attacks on Heller. Thatâs not stopping them https://t.co/lTEwvxG3yF
â Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) June 27, 2017
â Katrina Pierson
And the âAmerica Firstâ policy here is to do actual harm to Americans.
re: #229 Dave In Austin
America Firstâs only aim is to do King Trumpâs bidding, apparently.
re: #230 Myron Falwell
The thought that a rich aristocrat hated by a majority of the populace was invited to Bastille Day shows that irony is still alive and kicking.
Trump will ride in his very own tumbrel to a reenactment of the execution of King Louis XVI
re: #229 Dave In Austin
Which multimillionaire is floating America First?
re: #229 Dave In Austin
So Hurricane Katrina Pierson is going ahead with the ads that will not really help win over buy off Heller, but could actually backfire in a rather thudding way.
Iâm okay with this.
re: #230 Myron Falwell
The thought that a rich aristocrat hated by a majority of the populace was invited to Bastille Day shows that irony is still alive and kicking.
Maybe no one mentioned to him the end of the program which heavily features a guillotine and of which he is the clou.
re: #237 Myron Falwell
So Hurricane Katrina Pierson is going ahead with the ads that will not really help
win overbuy off Heller, but could actually backfire in a rather thudding way.Iâm okay with this.
Yep let em fight amongst themselves and cost themselves a seat.
re: #215 HappyWarrior
Sanders bro in my TL insisting that Russia hacked the Dem primaries to favor Clinton over Sanders. Sorry but I donât think Putin fears Sanders in the slightest.
Why would Russia want the one person who might actually be more hawkish than Obama with respect to Russia? Imagine what Clinton would be doing to Russia right now if sheâd won.
re: #236 Sir John Barron
Which multimillionaire is floating America First?
I havenât dived that deep. Youâd probably never find the dark money anyway.
re: #241 Belafon
Why would Russia want the one person who might actually be more hawkish than Obama with respect to Russia? Imagine what Clinton would be doing to Russia right now if sheâd won.
I think this person is so obsessed with Sanders that they donât consider those things especially the fact that Sanders isnât a FP guy at all and wouldnât have the relationships and leverage that HRC would nor the smarts.
re: #232 Sir John Barron
And the âAmerica Firstâ policy here is to do actual harm to Americans.
America first, then the rest of the world.
So I go looking at sports news and notice that my Knicks have parted ways with Phil Jackson. Thatâs a stunner.
PJax gets a full buyout to fly back to LA. $24 million. Damn.
re: #248 makeitstop
So I go looking at sports news and notice that my Knicks have parted ways with Phil Jackson. Thatâs a stunner.
PJax gets a full buyout to fly back to LA. $24 million. Damn.
Must be nice.
@fahrenthold is on CNN. He actually was at a yam property & saw the Time cover. The 2 exclamation points on the cover piqued his interest & questions.
Thatâs where the investigation started.
LOL
re: #249 HappyWarrior
Must be nice.
Iâm tellin ya. And his great accomplishment for pulling down all that dough was drafting Kristaps Porzingis. Other than that, not much.
Well, maybe Hornacek will get to actually coach the team now without having Jackson insisting he run the Triangle.
re: #252 makeitstop
Iâm tellin ya. And his great accomplishment for pulling down all that dough was drafting Kristaps Porzingis. Other than that, not much.
Well, maybe Hornacek will get to actually coach the team now without having Jackson insisting he run the Triangle.
TBH, I always thought he was overrated as a head coach, having Jordan and Bryant in their primes will make anyone look good.
re: #253 HappyWarrior
TBH, I always thought he was overrated as a head coach, having Jordan and Bryant in their primes will make anyone look good.
Also Shaq.
That argument will rage until the end of time, and itâs a good one.
They really arenât all that smart, are they?
28.2M Americans are still waiting under #Obamacare and remain uninsured. They need relief now. #RepealAndReplace pic.twitter.com/guEEOiaXDy
â Sean Spicer (@PressSec) June 28, 2017
re: #256 FormerDirtDart
They really arenât all that smart, are they?
They just assume their followers arenât very smart.
INBOX: FOX News Channel (FNC) has signed soon-to-be former Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to a contributor role.
â Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 28, 2017
re: #256 FormerDirtDart
28.2M Americans are still waiting under #Obamacare and remain uninsured. They need relief now. #RepealAndReplace pic.twitter.com
â Sean Spicer
They need the comfort of more uninsured joining them?
re: #255 makeitstop
Also Shaq.
That argument will rage until the end of time, and itâs a good one.
And Pippen. But yeah. TBH my best coaches in NBA history are Auerbach and Popovich.
Conservatives who say they honor the Ten Commandments seem very upset over the destruction of their graven idol.
â aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 28, 2017
re: #172 FormerDirtDart
Man drives his vehicle into monument the day after it is installed.
It appears to be the same man who three years ago drove a vehicle into a Ten Commandments monument, destroying it, at the Oklahoma Capitol.
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That has to be awful hard on the carâŠ
A little excitement here in Jacksonville, FL. this morningâŠ
BREAKING: @JSOPIO evacuated its Police Memorial Building because of a suspicious object found by one of the doors. Bomb squad is responding. pic.twitter.com/TxS5ZIhDHo
â News4JAX (@wjxt4) June 28, 2017
re: #258 FormerDirtDart
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Now he can spend more time with his family and still attack Americans trying to make ends.
re: #253 HappyWarrior
TBH, I always thought he was overrated as a head coach, having Jordan and Bryant in their primes will make anyone look good.
Which is why the Lakers won with Bryant before Jackson showed up and continued winning after Jackson left. //
Jackson, in my opinion, is one of those rare coaches that can get great players to play on a team, where most of them would rather play and hope the other teammates can keep up.
re: #256 FormerDirtDart
They really arenât all that smart, are they?
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Relief? Youâre talking about Republicans stripping Americans of healthcare to give tax breaks to the wealthy.
â Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) June 28, 2017
re: #256 FormerDirtDart
The stupidity of this argument is staggering since Trumpcare will turn 28.2 million uninsured into +50 million uninsured. @PressSec
â lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2017
re: #265 Belafon
Which is why the Lakers won with Bryant before Jackson showed up and continued winning after Jackson left. //
Jackson, in my opinion, is one of those rare coaches that can get great players to play on a team, where most of them would rather play and hope the other teammates can keep up.
Thatâs fair. Donât get me wrong, he belongs in the HOF and is a great coach but to me someone like Popovich impresses me more since heâs done what heâs done with a smaller payroll and less star power.
re: #268 HappyWarrior
Thatâs fair. Donât get me wrong, he belongs in the HOF and is a great coach but to me someone like Popovich impresses me more since heâs done what heâs done with a smaller payroll and less star power.
Popovich had Tim Duncan and David Robinson. While not quite as awesome as Jordan, theyâre both great players. Popovich is a great coach as well.
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCKING FUCK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?
.@CharlesHurt: âThatâs the problem with socialism - the answer to socialism is always more socialism.â #Outnumbered pic.twitter.com/2A2XbheMC0
â Fox News (@FoxNews) June 28, 2017
re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCKING FUCK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?
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re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCKING FUCK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?
It means theyâre losing an argument and have to whip out the âsocialismâ card. I always want to ask these people if their parents charged them for boarding when they were children.
re: #270 Belafon
Popovich had Tim Duncan and David Robinson. While not quite as awesome as Jordan, theyâre both great players. Popovich is a great coach as well.
True, true. Anyhow. I just hope the Wizards can be competitive. Iâm really happy to see Wall come on to his own. Iâve always admired Popâs teams because of their team first mentality and strong defenses.
re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCKING FUCK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?
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re: #260 HappyWarrior
And Pippen. But yeah. TBH my best coaches in NBA history are Auerbach and Popovich.
Iâd take either one of them over any other coach in pro hoops right now. Pop in particular.
re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCKING FUCK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?
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âThatâs the trouble with capitalists, they always think the solution is more capitalismâ See how dumb that sounds. And then thereâs that there are few people in this country who are actually socialists, ya dumb FNC fuckwit.
re: #271 The Vicious Babushka
âThatâs the problem with
socialismcapitalism - the answer tosocialismcapitalism is always moresocialismcapitalism.â
Sounds awfully familiar.
re: #221 Myron Falwell
Yup. Thatâs why this is still a fait accompli.
Only question is how many senate weasels can be bought off so Pence comes in with trumpet fanfare to break a 50-50 tie.
I donât think it is. Now that a few Republicans are out of the bag and slinked out to the media and said they were not for it, it is going to be even harder to pass it.
And Senator Murkowski was caught on camera doing the unthinkable by saying they should work with the Democrats, Collins agrees and I bet others too. Working together gives those Republicans cover for parting ways with Mitch. They can now say they will hold for a bipartisan answer.
I even think Mitch would like this thing to go away. I think he is pressing it to please Trump. Trump signaled yesterday he really doesnât care.
Yesterday was a mess for Republicans. They are wounded and America is watching.
But, everyone needs to keep on them.
Besides, how many thought it was a fiat accompli it would be passed this week? Be honest.
re: #276 makeitstop
Iâd take either one of them over any other coach in pro hoops right now. Pop in particular.
In fact, Iâd call Pop the best pro coach of the past quarter century. You know whoâs great but doesnât get a ton of recon since itâs womenâs college hoops but Geno of U-Conn. I think heâs got something like a 900 winning percentage.
Did you guys see Dana Gunzâ crazy-ass NRA video? Iâve never seen anything other than still pictures of her, and Iâm kinda blown back by how totally hateful she comes off here.
Anyway. This video is fucking nuts.
re: #282 makeitstop
Did you guys see Dana Gunzâ crazy-ass NRA video? Iâve never seen anything other than still pictures of her, and Iâm kinda blown back by how totally hateful she comes off here.
Anyway. This video is fucking nuts.
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The beginning of that was a lot of projection. Glad she admits the NRA is her safe place though because thatâs what the NRA is, a safe place for little men and women like Dana who like to hide behind guns because theyâre nowhere near as tough or badass as they think they are.
re: #282 makeitstop
Did you guys see Dana Gunzâ crazy-ass NRA video? Iâve never seen anything other than still pictures of her, and Iâm kinda blown back by how totally hateful she comes off here.
Anyway. This video is fucking nuts.
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âViolence of liesâ What the hell is that? Oh, and nice sneer she maintains throughout.
re: #282 makeitstop
Did you guys see Dana Gunzâ crazy-ass NRA video? Iâve never seen anything other than still pictures of her, and Iâm kinda blown back by how totally hateful she comes off here.
Anyway. This video is fucking nuts.
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White-supremacist gun-worshiping neo-Nazi death cult says what?
re: #236 Sir John Barron
Which multimillionaire is floating America First?
that is exactly what this is about: a mutiny on the part of the big donors
#BREAKING: Fox News hires Jason Chaffetz as on-air contributor https://t.co/RJBps3CtRU pic.twitter.com/7ToqFutbVW
â The Hill (@thehill) June 28, 2017
re: #285 scottslemmons
White-supremacist gun-worshiping neo-Nazi death cult says what?
Itâll be a happy day for me when Wayne LaPierre and the NRA go bankrupt. Nothing lasts forever and neither should the NRA and their cult of lies and bigotry.
re: #284 calochortus
âViolence of liesâ What the hell is that? Oh, and nice sneer she maintains throughout.
Iâm surprised she didnât burst into flames from all the vitriol.
Brings a song to mindâŠ.
re: #248 makeitstop
So I go looking at sports news and notice that my Knicks have parted ways with Phil Jackson. Thatâs a stunner.
PJax gets a full buyout to fly back to LA. $24 million. Damn.
That organization is a mess. I wonder if the best thing would be to get Dolan out. Not that it will happen, but nothing may change while he controls it all.
BTW Danaâs pitch isnât going to work. The type of people who join the NRA only do so in large numbers when a Demâs in the WH.
re: #256 FormerDirtDart
They really arenât all that smart, are they?
Yes, because they know that there are that many rubes who are convinced that once our nation is relieved of the onerous burden of ACA, they will suddenly find good-paying jobs with benefits, even the lowliest retail chain and food-service workersâŠand find a policy that covers everything cheaper, because Free MarketâŠ
re: #290 ObserverArt
That organization is a mess. I wonder if the best thing would be to get Dolan out. Not that it will happen, but nothing may change while he controls it all.
Yeah, Dolan isnât going anywhere. But Dolan does okay with the Rangers - the difference isnât whether or not Dolan is in charge, itâs his hires. Jackson was a flash move that failed. We move on.
But word on the street is they want to bring in Masai Ujiri in as the new GM. If they can land Ujiri, theyâll turn the team around.
(BTW, Chris Paul is heading to Houston. Iâd bet that Doc Rivers will be available soon, too.)
Chaffetz wants a $2,500 housing stipend for lawmakers to live in Washington because DC is expensive https://t.co/NQy4O1afKM
â Natalie Andrews (@nataliewsj) June 27, 2017
The answer to this one is easy. Jason Chaffetz can give up his iPhone and pay for his Washington DC housing. https://t.co/RCZZ69MocQ
â Helaine Olen (@helaineolen) June 27, 2017
Since my Tweet from yesterday about Jason Chaffetz is still being endlessly retweeted, a few thoughts 1/ https://t.co/n5LYwuMofW
â Helaine Olen (@helaineolen) June 28, 2017
Chaffetz says itâs all but impossible to serve in Congress, earn a $174k salary & support a family 3/ pic.twitter.com/jSHxl7kLPC
â Helaine Olen (@helaineolen) June 28, 2017
The tread goes on for a total of 19 tweets.
Iâm all in favor of the construction of a âdormâ for members of Congress. Or, cancel the GSA contract, and move them all into the Old Post Office.
Looks like the German Bundestag will vote on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday.
The bill, which would give same-sex couples full marital rights and the ability to adopt children, was added to the agenda today after a vote.
With Chancellor Angela Merkel indicating that she will make the vote one of conscience, rather than one divided along party lines, the bill is expected to pass comfortably.
This development is another milestone in a remarkable week which has seen rapid progress towards same-sex marriage in Germany, after years of deadlock.
It means Martin Schulz, chairman of the leading opposition party - the centre-left Social Democratic Party - is set to keep the promise he made yesterday to hold a vote by the end of the week.
Schulz tweeted yesterday morning: âWe will push through marriage equality in Germany. This week.â
The journey towards a vote on same-sex marriage has been slow, then has happened all at once following Merkelâs unexpected decision to open the floodgates earlier this week.
re: #287 lawhawk
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So I guess #jasonoutofthehouse was waiting for his more-lucrative gig to come though before making good on his long-promised departure from Congress? Too bad it wasnât for a job where no one has to listen to his jabbering on TVâŠ
Also too bad his district is such a safe R (+25!) - Iâm sure he will be replaced by some other GOP hack, so Trump and the wingnuts can get another round of gloating over their BFD âmandateâ
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
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Iâm all in favor of the construction of a âdormâ for members of Congress. Or, cancel the GSA contract, and move them all into the Old Post Office.
I said it already, Iâd be sympathetic if Chaffetz and members of his party showed empathy to people in much more dire needs. I donât mind your idea either.
re: #295 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the German Bundestag will vote on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday.
So I might be witnessing history in Germany while Iâm there next month, cool! I was in Spain not long after Juan Carlos abdicated in favor of his son.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
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Iâm all in favor of the construction of a âdormâ for members of Congress. Or, cancel the GSA contract, and move them all into the Old Post Office.
They can move them all into the bunker of the Greenbrier Resort.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
The tread goes on for a total of 19 tweets.
Iâm all in favor of the construction of a âdormâ for members of Congress. Or, cancel the GSA contract, and move them all into the Old Post Office.
What size stipend do the rest of us get?
re: #282 makeitstop
Did you guys see Dana Gunzâ crazy-ass NRA video? Iâve never seen anything other than still pictures of her, and Iâm kinda blown back by how totally hateful she comes off here.
Anyway. This video is fucking nuts.
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NRA is now a PAC for the GOP. There wasnât even a hint at anything gun related in that crap. No hiding it as a gun lobby any longer.
Sportsmen should run away from that group.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
Chaffetz wants a $2,500 housing stipend for lawmakers to live in Washington because DC is expensive thehill.com
â Natalie Andrews
This will just encourage dependence, encourage shiftless people to run for Congress, etc.
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re: #301 ObserverArt
NRA is now a PAC for the GOP. There wasnât even a hint at anything gun related in that crap. No hiding it as a gun lobby any longer.
Sportsmen should run away from that group.
Yep pretty much. Iâll tell you. I knew the NRA was full of shit when it took an active campaign against Creigh Deeds when he ran for governor here in Va, Deedsâ record on guns was just as friendly to what they wanted as Bob McDonnellâs but Creigh was a Democrat so the ratfucks at the NRA smeared him as an enemy of gun owners. He made mistakes of his own in that campaign but the NRA did lie about him and his record.
re: #293 makeitstop
Yeah, Dolan isnât going anywhere. But Dolan does okay with the Rangers - the difference isnât whether or not Dolan is in charge, itâs his hires. Jackson was a flash move that failed. We move on.
But word on the street is they want to bring in Masai Ujiri in as the new GM. If they can land Ujiri, theyâll turn the team around.
(BTW, Chris Paul is heading to Houston. Iâd bet that Doc Rivers will be available soon, too.)
His brother Larry and nephew Paul do all right with Clevelandâs baseball team.
Charles Dolan is one of many owners that seem to own a team for the sake of owning it (think the Ford family and the Detroit Lions and the Bidwills with the Chicago St. Louis Arizona Cardinals).
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
Itâs impossible to live on $179,000 as a Congressman?
Oh really? Try getting by on $79,000 then.
Or ~$39,000 (Medicaid eligibility threshold). Or $28,290, which is federal poverty level.
These fuckers donât care.
I still think that any change in Congressional pay must come with mandatory random drug tests for all elected officials and cabinet level officials throughout the Federal Government. Itâs the only way to make sure there arenât lazy moochers who are feeding at the taxpayer teat who are spending our money on drugs/booze.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
The tread goes on for a total of 19 tweets.
Iâm all in favor of the construction of a âdormâ for members of Congress. Or, cancel the GSA contract, and move them all into the Old Post Office.
I could agree with him if he werenât Chaffetz, and he could use that to reflect on how much lower income people barely get by if at all.
re: #304 Myron Falwell
His brother Larry and nephew Paul do all right with Clevelandâs baseball team.
Charles Dolan is one of many owners that seem to own a team for the sake of owning it (think the Ford family and the Detroit Lions and the Bidwells with the
ChicagoSt. LouisArizona Cardinals).
The Bidwells have gotten better with time but yeah. On the subject of sports owners, I still miss Dan Rooney. Us Steelers fans were lucky to have him. I always felt a special kinship with the Rooneys being also of Irish descent, my uncle actually being a college classmate and fellow wartime chaplain of Dan Rooneyâs Uncle, and from the same part of Pittsburgh.
re: #307 Belafon
I could agree with him if he werenât Chaffetz, and he could use that to reflect on how much lower income people barely get by if at all.
Exactly. I read some of his complaints and Iâm not entirely unsympathetic but given who this is and what party he belongs toâŠâŠâŠâŠ..
re: #299 Dr Lizardo
They can move them all into the bunker of the Greenbrier Resort.
Thatâs a bit of a commuteâŠ
re: #298 HappyWarrior
So I might be witnessing history in Germany while Iâm there next month, cool! I was in Spain not long after Juan Carlos abdicated in favor of his son.
My youngest bro was visiting my middle bro in Berlin, and came back to the US the day before the Wall came down. He was almost crying watching it happen on TV.
re: #305 lawhawk
Itâs impossible to live on $179,000 as a Congressman?
Oh really? Try getting by on $79,000 then.
Or ~$39,000 (Medicaid eligibility threshold). Or $28,290, which is federal poverty level.
These fuckers donât care.
I still think that any change in Congressional pay must come with mandatory random drug tests for all elected officials and cabinet level officials throughout the Federal Government. Itâs the only way to make sure there arenât lazy moochers who are feeding at the taxpayer teat who are spending our money on drugs/booze.
Exactly.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart
Sell the car, take public transportation.
re: #311 wrenchwench
My youngest bro was visiting my middle bro in Berlin, and came back to the US the day before the Wall came down. He was almost crying watching it happen on TV.
Crazy to think. I believe I was overseas when Obama clinched the nomination against Clinton in 2008.
CNN commentator and conservative columnist enter Twitter fight after controversial âkilling spreeâ Ryan tweet https://t.co/temvkmOiLl pic.twitter.com/Lc99GWHbwX
â The Hill (@thehill) June 28, 2017
Reality is that Trumpcare - the plan Ryan and McConnell are pushing - will have deadly consequences that result in additional deaths each and every year resulting from less access to health coverage.
Money (which is usually in the form of health insurance) helps people access health care.
Health insurance helps people cover costs they otherwise wouldnât be able to afford for situations they may not be able to foresee. It also helps reduce bigger costs down the road due to preventative care catching problems before they become far more costly.
The GOP ignores this inescapable and indisputable fact.
re: #304 Myron Falwell
His brother Larry and nephew Paul do all right with Clevelandâs baseball team.
Charles Dolan is one of many owners that seem to own a team for the sake of owning it (think the Ford family and the Detroit Lions and the Bidwills with the
ChicagoSt. LouisArizona Cardinals).
James Dolan is owner now. The old man went home to count his money.
re: #313 Sir John Barron
Sell the car, take public transportation.
Like the rest of us commoners? //
re: #315 lawhawk
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Reality is that Trumpcare - the plan Ryan and McConnell are pushing - will have deadly consequences that result in additional deaths each and every year resulting from less access to health coverage.
Money (which is usually in the form of health insurance) helps people access health care.
Health insurance helps people cover costs they otherwise wouldnât be able to afford for situations they may not be able to foresee. It also helps reduce bigger costs down the road due to preventative care catching problems before they become far more costly.
The GOP ignores this inescapable and indisputable fact.
Funny how the right was okay with this rhetoric during the Obamacare debate. Sucks when you get it thrown back on you, eh Republicans?
re: #304 Myron Falwell
His brother Larry and nephew Paul do all right with Clevelandâs baseball team.
Charles Dolan is one of many owners that seem to own a team for the sake of owning it (think the Ford family and the Detroit Lions and the Bidwells with the
ChicagoSt. LouisArizona Cardinals).
True. You know what makes the Cleveland team so good is they constantly seem to have the best scouts in baseball and do one heck of a job developing young players. They canât always keep them once they get to huge contract stage, but they seem to always have another youngster to come in and take up a position.
They also seem to do a great job of finding great young baseball minds for President of Baseball operations making decent deals and keeping those scouts going.
re: #254 Dr Lizardo
Oh yeah, Pierce Brosnanâs character is obviously based on Gerry Adams. Very obviously.
I wonder if Peter King gets a part.
re: #295 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the German Bundestag will vote on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday.
Angela knows that she will need a coalition partner to govern after the upcoming elections, and they have all made same-sex marriage a key demand.
And the key opponent of gay marriage in her faction, Horst Seehofer, recently demonstrated his commitment to traditional family values by fathering an extramarital child with his mistress/secretary.
re: #315 lawhawk
Of course it has to be precious snowflake Baby Whiplash that got all huffy and puffy.
re: #319 ObserverArt
True. You know what makes the Cleveland team so good is they constantly seem to have the best scouts in baseball and do one heck of a job developing young players. They canât always keep them once they get to huge contract stage, but they seem to always have another youngster to come in and take up a position.
They also seem to do a great job of finding great young baseball minds for President of Baseball operations making decent deals and keeping those scouts going.
Depth really can go a long way when youâre a middle market club like the Indians. Hopefully you can extend Lindor and keep him on the team for a longtime.
re: #317 HappyWarrior
Like the rest of us commoners? //
LOL but that certainly makes me realize how very happy I am that Ostrava has a very good public transportation network. I can get from my home to the center in about 22 minutes; I can get from home to the closest train station in about the same time and from there, I can take the train to virtually anywhere in Europe (with transfers, of course).
I genuinely donât need a car to live here. And thatâs actually convenient in and of itself - not to mention, less expensive.
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Angela knows that she will need a coalition partner to govern after the upcoming elections, and they have all made same-sex marriage a key demand.
And the key opponent of gay marriage in her faction, Horst Seehofer, recently demonstrated his commitment to traditional family values by fathering an extramarital child with his mistress/secretary.
Ah so family values hypocrisy isnât just on our side of the pond. I jest since it doesnât surprise me at all.
re: #324 Dr Lizardo
LOL but that certainly makes me realize how very happy I am that Ostrava has a very good public transportation network. I can get from my home to the center in about 22 minutes; I can get from home to the closest train station in about the same time and from there, I can take the train to virtually anywhere in Europe (with transfers, of course).
I genuinely donât need a car to live here. And thatâs actually convenient in and of itself - not to mention, less expensive.
The two times Iâve worked in D.C. I always used Metro. But yeah European rail is quite something. I got an EURail pass for my brother and Iâs trip. Going to be really helpful. Trains also go close or very near the little villages Iâve found where my family is from too.
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Angela knows that she will need a coalition partner to govern after the upcoming elections, and they have all made same-sex marriage a key demand.
And the key opponent of gay marriage in her faction, Horst Seehofer, recently demonstrated his commitment to traditional family values by fathering an extramarital child with his mistress/secretary.
Yeah, I read about Herr Seehofer and his dalliances and I thought âyet another paragon of family valuesâ LOLOL.
Youâre quite right though - Merkel knows sheâs going to need a coalition partner and this move on her part also allows her to take away an SPD issue before the election campaign begins in earnest.
Itâs too bad though DL that no trains go to Colditz. Bro and I are going to have to take a bus from a nearby town to get there. I donât mind it but I love trains. I still remember my trip from Madrid to Pamplona three summers back on the eve of San Fermin and people singing and drinking.
re: #251 jeffreyw
This is an intense departure from Jackie Chanâs normal campy fare.
Also reminds me of Frank Herbertâs White Plague. I mustâve read it over 30 years ago, but as I recall a father loses his family to IRA terrorism and turns his genetic engineering acumen to vengeance against the entire human race.
re: #287 lawhawk
Another so-called conservative whose facial expression shouts, âI am unburdened by thought or empathy.â
re: #333 jeffreyw
I have it saved in my Netflix queue already.
Since Iâm not allowed to youtube at work, which one is it?
re: #330 HappyWarrior
Itâs too bad though DL that no trains go to Colditz. Bro and I are going to have to take a bus from a nearby town to get there. I donât mind it but I love trains. I still remember my trip from Madrid to Pamplona three summers back on the eve of San Fermin and people singing and drinking.
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re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
reference to a Gary Larson cartoonâŠ
and Wendell Wilkie
But itâs Wendall in the cartoon!
re: #280 HappyWarrior
In fact, Iâd call Pop the best pro coach of the past quarter century. You know whoâs great but doesnât get a ton of recon since itâs womenâs college hoops but Geno of U-Conn. I think heâs got something like a 900 winning percentage.
Harumph.
Pat Riley.