With the Senate’s healthcare bill now dead, Stephen tries to find the words to describe how miserably Republicans are failing.
Trump is really pissed off at Jeff Sessions https://t.co/VWFI7tuxor
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2017
re: #1 Charles Johnson
well… based on what we know, who the hell else does he do business with?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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Until he delves, he’s not going to know what’s related to Russia. Then again, blue dresses are related in some way to failed real estate dealings.
I’d heard about this. First time seeing the video.
Body cam video appears to show a Baltimore police officer plant drugs, an act that later resulted in an arrest. More https://t.co/PX0YSWa02c pic.twitter.com/9HFisXy6ta
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 19, 2017
Step back & remember what other presidents were like in their first 6 months, and it becomes clear what an unbelievable shit show Trump is.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2017
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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This is just the overture. Wait until one of Trump’s dumbass ideas actually gets implemented.
Trump has officially picked Sam Clovis (not a scientist) to be chief scientist of the USDA. We reported this in May: https://t.co/UEDbR86bbq pic.twitter.com/vd6szQeY4z
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 19, 2017
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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In which the President accuses the former director of the FBI of blackmail and perjury.
Trump tells the NYT his 2nd in-person convo w/ Putin lasted 15 min.
A senior aide told CNN it was close to an hour.https://t.co/5KQfPlnUby— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) July 19, 2017
This is probably the initial setup to giving himself reason to fire Mueller.
If he does it, he really brings the heat on himself. He can’t fire everyone in Washington even though he will try.
Hmm. Can Mueller end up still in the hunt if he is hired as a full-on outside investigator even if Trump has him fired from the Justice Department investigation.
That would be so rich.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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Wait! I thought this was the #FAILINGNYTIMES, motivated only by hate, and publishing nothing but Fake News! Why is Trump giving them an interview?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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You know Maggie was in on the interview when crap like this makes it into the story:
Over the course of 50 minutes, the often-fiery Mr. Trump demonstrated his more amiable side, joking about holding hands with the president of France and musing about having a military parade down a main avenue in Washington. He took satisfaction that unemployment has fallen and stock markets have risen to record highs on his watch.
At one point, his daughter, Ivanka, arrived at the doorway with her daughter Arabella, who ran to her grandfather and gave him a kiss. He greeted the six-year-old girl as “baby,” then urged her to show the reporters her ability to speak Chinese. She obliged.
re: #15 BeachDem
He greeted the six-year-old girl as “baby,” then urged her to show the reporters her ability to speak Chinese. She obliged.
What did she say in Chinese?
“Get me out of here”????
ahhhhh lmao this is bonkers https://t.co/Y9Na0TmFRF
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) July 19, 2017
the brain worms are multiplying pic.twitter.com/lbpP9NcbVD
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) July 19, 2017
key psychological detail: he saw all the cool stuff macron got to play with on bastille day and wants some of it for himself pic.twitter.com/yZ01BSlf4b
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) July 19, 2017
re: #2 piratedan
well… based on what we know, who the hell else does he do business with?
Turkey, the Phillipines and Saudi Arabia. Despotic autocracies all.
re: #15 BeachDem
You know Maggie was in on the interview when crap like this makes it into the story:
Over the course of 50 minutes, the often-fiery Mr. Trump demonstrated his more amiable side, joking about holding hands with the president of France and musing about having a military parade down a main avenue in Washington. He took satisfaction that unemployment has fallen and stock markets have risen to record highs on his watch.
At one point, his daughter, Ivanka, arrived at the doorway with her daughter Arabella, who ran to her grandfather and gave him a kiss. He greeted the six-year-old girl as “baby,” then urged her to show the reporters her ability to speak Chinese. She obliged.
“Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative”
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To me, those paragraphs are a brief interlude in the ‘HOLY SHIT!’ that is the rest of the interview. If I were his lawyers, I’d be checking and rechecking whether the retainer check had cleared, because they’ve got to be reading this and shaking their heads.
re: #19 Blind Frog Belly White
“Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative”
//To me, those paragraphs are a brief interlude in the ‘HOLY SHIT!’ that is the rest of the interview. If I were his lawyers, I’d be checking and rechecking whether the retainer check had cleared, because they’ve got to be reading this and shaking their heads.
They must have run out of festivus grievances (he bitched about Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller, Sessions, McCabe—calling them all either liars and/or having conflicts of interest) because they cover the yam/putin conversation twice in the article—in graphs 7 and 8 and then again near the end (making sure to include how “interesting” it was that the conversation was about “adoption.”)
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Come on Tumpie, fire Sessions! I dare ya.
re: #20 BeachDem
They must have run out of festivus grievances (he bitched about Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller, Sessions, McCabe—calling them all either liars and/or having conflicts of interest) because they cover the yam/putin conversation twice in the article—in graphs 7 and 8 and then again near the end (making sure to include how “interesting” it was that the conversation was about “adoption.”)
But of course, as any number of people have pointed out, talking about adoption = talking about sanctions.
Oh no. John McCain has a brain tumor. pic.twitter.com/BXb96z7lVf
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 20, 2017
re: #23 The Vicious Babushka
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Thoughts to his family. Awful thing for anyone to go through.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
There isn’t a single president in our history whose first six months have been this bad.
That includes… William Henry Harrison who died in office, James Garfield who was assassinated, and Zachary Taylor who died in office.
And that’s saying something. Trump is spectacularly awful, and it was entirely predictable based on his campaign performance and even before that - his business record and public persona being all bluster and bullshit.
Bully, Buster, Project, & Lie. That’s not just the name of the law firm representing Trump (sarc). It’s Trump’s mission statement.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 19, 2017
re: #23 The Vicious Babushka
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Here’s hoping they got it all! Best wishes for a speedy recovery, so we can go back to just being disappointed in him.
re: #26 lawhawk
There isn’t a single president in our history whose first six months have been this bad.
That includes… William Henry Harrison who died in office, James Garfield who was assassinated, and Zachary Taylor who died in office.
And that’s saying something. Trump is spectacularly awful, and it was entirely predictable based on his campaign performance and even before that - his business record and public persona being all bluster and bullshit.
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Mrs. FBW keeps saying, “Why is anyone surprised? It was obvious long before the election that he’d be this bad!”
I was looking up a case to answer Yglesias’ question and stumbled across that actual case name. law.justia.com
U.S. v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls, 413 F. Supp. 1281 (1976).
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) July 20, 2017
Trump, who absolutely *never* demands loyalty oaths, says he would not have nominated Session if told he’d recuse. https://t.co/JuFTEAJU8L
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 20, 2017
Tomorrow morning’s Trump tweet storm will be “It’s so unfair to me that John McCain chose to get brain cancer. Low energy. Must resign now!”
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 20, 2017
re: #26 lawhawk
There isn’t a single president in our history whose first six months have been this bad.
That includes… William Henry Harrison who died in office, James Garfield who was assassinated, and Zachary Taylor who died in office.
And that’s saying something. Trump is spectacularly awful, and it was entirely predictable based on his campaign performance and even before that - his business record and public persona being all bluster and bullshit.
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It also includes Abraham Lincoln, who had to be smuggled into Washington for his Inauguration because the death threats were already so numerous. By the time he was sworn in, the nation had 1/3 fewer states than it had had on election day and was already at war.
re: #23 The Vicious Babushka
Glioblastoma. That’s the same thing that Teddy Kennedy had.
Damn…. that’s awful.
re: #33 lawhawk
Glioblastoma. That’s the same thing that Teddy Kennedy had.
Damn…. that’s awful.
He’s around the same age as Teddy was too when Teddy got diagnosed too IIRC.
re: #17 FormerDirtDart
Based on Trump’s language, It’s not clear he understands the definition of “recusal.”
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Donnie calls for McCain to resign via twitter.
Here’s Trump offering to give Putin a happy ending…note the gesture.
Here’s Donald Trump desperately trying to get Vlad’s attention at the G20 dinner. pic.twitter.com/5sIKuJvtu8
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) July 19, 2017
These fuckers just won’t quit.
1- On Capitol Hill now, everyone trying to figure out what the GOP strategy is.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2017
2- Moderate Senators and conservative Senators are expected to meet tonight to “hash things out.”
Trump team presented ideas at lunch.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2017
6- The moderates in the Senate are under intense pressure.
Rumor today is Trump will finance primary candidates against them.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2017
7- So what is happening w the vote?
Trump wants arms twisted to get to yes. McConnell obliging.
They are NOT just going thru the motions.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2017
Sorry to hear about McCain’s cancer. Damn. Wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
This is utter bullshit. Trump won’t even finance HIMSELF as a candidate.
6- The moderates in the Senate are under intense pressure.
Rumor today is Trump will finance primary candidates against them.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2017
re: #38 No Depression
These fuckers just won’t quit.
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lol, Trump going to spend money to primary republicans? Shame he is too cheap to actually do it, that would be fun.
Trump warns Mueller: Don’t investigate my family’s finances beyond Russia probe https://t.co/Z72LxfJHBd pic.twitter.com/OBWsQadZ0t
— The Hill (@thehill) July 20, 2017
Yeah. Threaten the Special Prosecutor investigating you. Smart move.
Fucking dumbass. https://t.co/ZD5dwEw38s— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 20, 2017
Today I interviewed @realDonaldTrump w/@maggieNYT and @peterbakernyt .. Here’s what he said: https://t.co/rXSv2jF7sC
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) July 19, 2017
Have the Times journalists ever asked him why he keeps granting interviews to paper he’s derided as “Fake News”? https://t.co/7cPgsY73qF
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 19, 2017
One reason to go to the Times now: To implicitly threat Muller to stay out of family finances https://t.co/lLzUsqKvrY https://t.co/8hRGUQBmP5
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 20, 2017
Well, there must be something really juicy in there.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Trump knows something huge is waiting to come out. He’s scared shitless. He’s pissed Mueller could look at his personal or family finances.
Trump admitted to obstruction after firing Comey. Now, he;’s straight out trying to intimidate Mueller away from applying due justice.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 20, 2017
re: #38 No Depression
Everyone wondering could just bend over, drop trou., and find out exactly what the GOP strategy is. Billionaires get seconds.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 20, 2017
I wish I could write half as well as Driftglass. driftglass.blogspot.com
Republicans then nominated and elected noted New York real estate con man, conspiracy monger and all-around scumbag, Donald J. Trump, who is currently doing pretty much exactly what you would expect a pig-ignorant Republican man-baby to do when given more power than anyone on Earth: staffing his White House with halfwit relatives and compliant stooges, fucking up everything he touches and blaming “Fake News” for his historic run of failures.
President Stupid now appears almost exclusively on Fox News which, it turns out that, in addition to being an openly fascistic propaganda mill, has also been a sexual predator petting zoo for years. It got so rampant that eventually the House of Murdoch had to pay both Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly more money than I will ever see in four lifetimes to go away and stop molesting the help. But in America, for-profit-wingnut-hate-mongering is a growth industry, and mere months after having cashiered its two biggest sexual predators (and driven away a number of their most recognizable on-air female humanoids) no one is even talking about it anymore. Now, as far as anyone can tell, Fox is being run by the rat that lives in Sean Hannity’s big empty skull and tells him what to say.
re: #42 Kragar
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[trump] Don’t look at my family’s finances! There is nothing wrong with them at all, they’re huge and beautiful, but don’t look at them!! [/trump]
re: #10 FormerDirtDart
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Sam Clovis…not a scientist nor any possible tiny experience in agriculture.
Altho I suppose being originally from central Kansas means he got his agriculture expertise via osmosis…
re: #43 jaunte
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Well, there must be something really juicy in there.
I doubt it. I doubt Trump has any idea what’s criminal and what isn’t, and I also doubt he really understands the content of his finances. That may seem odd for a micromanager like him, but he’s never shown any hint of the self-awareness required to cover up something criminal, or indeed to even cook up even the most basic criminal scheme. I suspect that he has money, and financial people and executives in his organisation come to him with ideas and requests, and he approaches them only with the goal of looking and sounding good and masculine and tough, and decides based entirely on venal things like who has good boobs, who he likes the sound of, who has a single syllable name, and so on.
I suspect that what he doesn’t want Mueller or anyone to find is that he’s not as rich as he says he is. That’s all. That’s the only thing he cares about in his finances.
re: #40 The Vicious Babushka
He means Russia will finance the candidates, just like it did with him.
re: #40 The Vicious Babushka
This is utter bullshit. Trump won’t even finance HIMSELF as a candidate.
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It’s his typical response. It’s just like him wanting to sue everyone and never goes through with it.
I hope the Republicans are happy to have taken the snake into their party.
re: #43 jaunte
Two things I’m confident in, even without any hard evidence yet:
1) tr*mp is much less wealthy than he claims to be
2) tr*mp’s fortune is based on the results of criminal activities to an unusual degree, even for corrupt plutocrats.
re: #50 Renaissance_Man
I think he used to be careful about hiding his real net worth, but now he’s made it to the presidency of the United States, he doesn’t really need that particular ego crutch. There must be something he’s hiding that’s more serious than slightly less money than he claims.
re: #16 Jay C
What did she say in Chinese?
“Get me out of here”????
Probably “are you interested in a Trump penthouse apartment?”
re: #50 Renaissance_Man
I doubt it. I doubt Trump has any idea what’s criminal and what isn’t, and I also doubt he really understands the content of his finances. That may seem odd for a micromanager like him, but he’s never shown any hint of the self-awareness required to cover up something criminal, or indeed to even cook up even the most basic criminal scheme. I suspect that he has money, and financial people and executives in his organisation come to him with ideas and requests, and he approaches them only with the goal of looking and sounding good and masculine and tough, and decides based entirely on venal things like who has good boobs, who he likes the sound of, who has a single syllable name, and so on.
I suspect that what he doesn’t want Mueller or anyone to find is that he’s not as rich as he says he is. That’s all. That’s the only thing he cares about in his finances.
That rings true, but I think the way criminality gets into the picture is money laundering for Russian oligarchs. tr*mp’s incompetence made him radioactive for all normal bankers, so the only deals he’s done since then are dirty ones.
After reading this interview, you can bet Robert Mueller put investigating Trump’s family businesses right at the top of the to-do list.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #44 MsJ
Trump knows something huge is waiting to come out. He’s scared shitless. He’s pissed Mueller could look at his personal or family finances.
Jokes about his finances were the only ones that Trump categorically stated were forbidden at the White House Correspondents Dinner — the one in which Obama humiliated him (in Donnie’s mind).
It’s not just an ego thing. He owes so much money to so many people, and probably helped some launder assets, that a full investigation of his finances is bound to turn over some rocks hiding creepy crawlies. Remember, the IRS is still auditing his taxes, or so he claims.
re: #54 jaunte
I think he used to be careful about hiding his real net worth, but now he’s made it to the presidency of the United States, he doesn’t really need that particular ego crutch. There must be something he’s hiding that’s more serious than slightly less money than he claims.
There may well be, but I doubt he really knows what it is. That would imply a level of intellectual curiosity or even animal cunning that he’s never displayed. And I don’t think that any particular ego crutch ever goes away for a bottomless pit of narcissism. This is a guy who continues to mail Graydon Carter pictures of hands, after all. And who Kris Kobach is convincing to tear down the entire American democratic construct so he can prove he got more votes than a woman.
If the Trump era has shown anything, it is that you can’t ascribe too petty or too pathetic a motivation to Trump, and that you’re pretty much always going to be wrong if you assume there’s a cunning plan behind the facade.
re: #40 The Vicious Babushka
This is utter bullshit. Trump won’t even finance HIMSELF as a candidate.
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Three of them should switch party their affiliations to Independent, caucus with the Democrats and return the Senate to regular order.
— Alex Volberding (@avolberding) July 19, 2017
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sam Clovis…not a scientist nor any possible tiny experience in agriculture.
Altho I suppose being originally from central Kansas means he got his agriculture expertise via osmosis…
Man knows a biscuit and how to get it buttered, I’ll tell you that.
re: #24 HappyWarrior
Thoughts to his family. Awful thing for anyone to go through.
Agreed.
In all seriousness, his line of questioning to James Comey might have been a serious wake-up call. I can’t stop thinking about that. :/
re: #57 EPR-radar
That rings true, but I think the way criminality gets into the picture is money laundering for Russian oligarchs. tr*mp’s incompetence made him radioactive for all normal bankers, so the only deals he’s done since then are dirty ones.
He most likely had nowhere legit to turn. With his “success” in business what real bank would deal with him?
And his pride and arrogance is way too strong to ever admit defeat. So, he opened himself up to criminal financing to be able to survive and keep up the Trump Show.
He may never really have intended to run for president. Part of the deal with Putin and his bankers (mob) was he would have to run for President as a useful tool and the Russians would then do anything to get him elected.
re: #59 wheat-dogg
Jokes about his finances were the only ones that Trump categorically stated were forbidden at the White House Correspondents Dinner — the one in which Obama humiliated him (in Donnie’s mind).
It’s not just an ego thing. He owes so much money to so many people, and probably helped some launder assets, that a full investigation of his finances is bound to turn over some rocks hiding creepy crawlies. Remember, the IRS is still auditing his taxes, or so he claims.
And he’s almost certainly got serious financial connections to Russian entities. I believe this is why he’s stubbornly refused to release his financial info. There’s something in there that he doesn’t want anyone to know, and I doubt it’s just being not as rich as he claims.
re: #64 Myron Falwell
Agreed.
In all seriousness, his line of questioning to James Comey might have been a serious wake-up call. I can’t stop thinking about that. :/
Yeah I think so too. I wish him well. Terrible thing for anyone to go through.
re: #57 EPR-radar
That rings true, but I think the way criminality gets into the picture is money laundering for Russian oligarchs. tr*mp’s incompetence made him radioactive for all normal bankers, so the only deals he’s done since then are dirty ones.
Again, probably true, but I doubt he’s aware that they’re illegal deals. In the same way I wouldn’t expect a four year old to understand the possible pitfalls in financial law, I wouldn’t expect the president to know which law he was breaking.
Guessing this interview was before Trumpito was scheduled to testify.
re: #64 Myron Falwell
So what’s Trump’s excuse? A brain tumor the size of a baseball?
I assume McCain’s wife will be appointed to inherit his seat.
re: #58 Charles Johnson
If Trump says “Don’t look behind the couch!”, you know that’s where the dead body is.
Pee Tape. Pee Tape. Pee Tape.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has requested documents from Don Jr. and Manafort re: any attempts to obtain info on Clinton from Russians. pic.twitter.com/TOZlDr5pc6
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 19, 2017
“All communications to, from, or related to…The Ritz Carlton Moscow Hotel” https://t.co/DUc26xII6f
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 20, 2017
re: #66 Charles Johnson
And he’s almost certainly got serious financial connections to Russian entities. I believe this is why he’s stubbornly refused to release his financial info. There’s something in there that he doesn’t want anyone to know, and I doubt it’s just being not as rich as he claims.
I still remember that business about tr*mp wanting ‘deliverables’ for his first meeting with Putin. Very revealing. tr*mp is owned by Putin.
re: #65 ObserverArt
He most likely had nowhere legit to turn. With his “success” in business what real bank would deal with him?
And his pride and arrogance is way to strong to ever admit defeat. So, he opened himself up to criminal financing to be able to survive and keep up the Trump Show.
He may never really have intended to run for president. Part of the deal with Putin and his bankers (mob) was he would have to run for President as a useful tool and the Russians would then do anything to get him elected.
The big NYC banks, in fact, decided Trump was too much of a credit risk and stopped lending to him back in the 1980s. Something to do with over-leveraged properties and bankruptcies that left the banks with less money than they lent. So he got Deutsche Bank, which was also involved in the subprime mortgage crisis, to lend him money, and from his many Russian buddies.
I suspect Trump’s finances are a giant sandcastle just waiting for a big wave to wash them all away.
re: #67 HappyWarrior
Yeah I think so too. I wish him well. Terrible thing for anyone to go through.
Try going through it without Government paid gold plated insurance. Now that’s a terrible thing.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
And he’s almost certainly got serious financial connections to Russian entities. I believe this is why he’s stubbornly refused to release his financial info. There’s something in there that he doesn’t want anyone to know, and I doubt it’s just being not as rich as he claims.
Trump is just a front man stooge for real billionaires from Russia to launder their money through.
re: #68 Renaissance_Man
Again, probably true, but I doubt he’s aware that they’re illegal deals. In the same way I wouldn’t expect a four year old to understand the possible pitfalls in financial law, I wouldn’t expect the president to know which law he was breaking.
That I can see, although tr*mp trying to keep everything hidden is a sign he thinks it embarrassing and/or illegal.
tr*mp is a clueless and easily manipulated idiot that can’t get a loan from any decent bank. Of course he’s been more or less unwittingly laundering money for Russian mobsters since then.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
I have a deep seated hunch that 1) you are right in that this is huge compared to what we now know, 2) the worst of the Russian collaboration was not about HRC but in fact what they have on him, and 3) that it all goes back to shady money deals from long before he ever ran. Barely Billionaire/Bigger Oligarch deals.
re: #70 Skip Intro
So what’s Trump’s excuse? A brain tumor the size of a baseball?
I assume McCain’s wife will be appointed to inherit his seat.
How would the seat be filled? Appointment or special election?
If there is a special election, you can bet it will be the most expensive special election, besting GA-5 by a wide margin.
re: #79 Myron Falwell
Appointment until the next election I believe.
re: #59 wheat-dogg
It was actually the roast by Comedy Central where he banned jokes about his net worth.
re: #75 Skip Intro
The problem though is that not everyone who gets cancer is a US Senator with all the health insurance that brings.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 20, 2017
The political party McCain belongs to would rather that millionaires get massive tax breaks than help millons of ppl.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 20, 2017
re: #79 Myron Falwell
How would the seat be filled? Appointment or special election?
If there is a special election, you can bet it will be the most expensive special election, besting GA-5 by a wide margin.
Governor appoints person from same party for remainder of term
re: #76 b.d.
Trump is just a front man
stoogeU.S. President for real billionaires from Russia tolaunder their money throughuse as a tool to mess with the U.S. in many areas like foreign policy and who knows what all.
This is how I am seeing it.
re: #75 Skip Intro
Try going through it without Government paid gold plated insurance. Now that’s a terrible thing.
Absolutely.
re: #61 Renaissance_Man
There may well be, but I doubt he really knows what it is. That would imply a level of intellectual curiosity or even animal cunning that he’s never displayed. And I don’t think that any particular ego crutch ever goes away for a bottomless pit of narcissism. This is a guy who continues to mail Graydon Carter pictures of hands, after all. And who Kris Kobach is convincing to tear down the entire American democratic construct so he can prove he got more votes than a woman.
If the Trump era has shown anything, it is that you can’t ascribe too petty or too pathetic a motivation to Trump, and that you’re pretty much always going to be wrong if you assume there’s a cunning plan behind the facade.
He’s already said that his net worth varies, depending on his feelings:
“My net worth fluctuates, and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings, even my own feelings, but I try.”
re: #72 b.d.
Pee Tape. Pee Tape. Pee Tape.
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re: #83 b.d.
Governor appoints person from same party for remainder of term
**trying desperately to avoid the image of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man Jan Brewer**
How fucked is Trump?
So fucked he’s going to blab about it.
I used to think it wasn’t realistic in movies when the bad guy admitted everything aloud. pic.twitter.com/Jbn9sDLQqZ
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 20, 2017
New: Trump now accusing Comey of essentially blackmail, and suggests Mueller must avoid Trump family finances. https://t.co/bURdq6WDv0
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 19, 2017
It’s clear from this interview that Trump wants an excuse to fire Mueller. https://t.co/6e0vEbQmS1
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 19, 2017
re: #63 Barefoot Grin
Man knows a biscuit and how to get it buttered, I’ll tell you that.
And I bet he doesn’t burn his steak…….
re: #79 Myron Falwell
an AZ special election for the Senate might be very interesting…
possible candidates on the Dem side:
Ann Kirkpatrick - who just lost to him recently but ran a decent campaign imho
Terry Goddard - Former mayor of Phoenix
Richard Carmona - 43’s former surgeon general who ran as a Dem against Flake
others of note:
Dem AZ Congressional Reps - Grijalva, Sinema
unabashedly sympathetic vote - Gabby Giffords (although I am unsure if she’s up to the job)
On the GOP side - Gov Doug Ducey, Rep Trent Franks (an utter abomination) and Various other GOP shills and con people…
This Kevin Hart shit is burning me. Imagine marrying a man shorter than you for him to go cheat? While you’re pregnant with his midget child
— Rebecca (@BeccaModeste16) July 19, 2017
I have no idea who Kevin Hart is but this tweet is fucking funny. https://t.co/f18u3kJvB8
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 20, 2017
re: #81 Stanley Sea
It was actually the roast by Comedy Central where he banned jokes about his net worth.
Right. Thanks for the correction.
“The Pee Tape has been released. You’ll never guess what @realDonaldTrump had to say about it!” #ClickBaitTrumpsNextHeadline
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 20, 2017
New: Trump now accusing Comey of essentially blackmail, and suggests Mueller must avoid Trump family finances. https://t.co/bURdq6WDv0
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 19, 2017
It’s clear from this interview that Trump wants an excuse to fire Mueller. https://t.co/6e0vEbQmS1
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 19, 2017
He’s trying to convince himself he can get away with that. He can’t. https://t.co/KK8gAziQmM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
Trump the ignoramus is sure getting schooled on how Washington DC and Federal laws work.
He is going to find out all he is trying to do to save himself is only going to bring more investigations and cause more Republican congress members to distance themselves from him.
He doesn’t realize his bullying today threatening Senators is going to be remembered when he may need them to save his butt if they should decide to start impeachment proceedings.
With that type of badmouthing, if I was Son of the South Jeff B Sessions. I might be walkin..
How drunk/stoned do you have to be to do this TWICE?
This is the story the world needs right now https://t.co/sb3RildOGX
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 20, 2017
Worth noting that, in addition to threatening to fire Mueller, Trump is also threatening to spill some dirt on him. pic.twitter.com/M8tFYvUgXx
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) July 20, 2017
re: #98 Dave In Austin
With that type of badmouthing, if I was Son of the South Jeff B Sessions. I might be walkin..
Even worse, I might start doing my job.
John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I’ve ever known. Cancer doesn’t know what it’s up against. Give it hell, John.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 20, 2017
This is what real class looks like. Thanks for keeping it real. https://t.co/xPTbRcL8zJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #82 lawhawk
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That’s the same brain cancer that my father had, 25 years ago. The treatment he got was considered experimental at the time, so insurance wouldn’t cover it (it’s now considered “standard of care”, so a good insurance plan will pay for it.) That treatment cost $10,000 a month, in 1992 dollars.
re: #97 ObserverArt
Trump the ignoramus is sure getting schooled on how Washington DC and Federal laws work.
He is going to find out all he is trying to do to save himself is only going to bring more investigations and cause more Republican congress members to distance themselves from him.
He doesn’t realize his bullying today threatening Senators is going to be remembered when he may need them to save his butt if they should decide to start impeachment proceedings.
He keeps forgetting that the president is not a king.
re: #83 b.d.
pretty sure they’ll be a special election, they forced one for Gabby Giffords shooting, no appointment was done, Ron Barber had to run for the seat.
re: #82 lawhawk
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A dozen years ago, Mrs. FBW was diagnosed with Stage I Breast Cancer. We had (and still have) excellent insurance through my employer, so that most of the ~$70,000 it cost twelve years ago was covered, but because she was diagnosed in October, her treatments were billed in two calendar years, so our out-of-pocket was about $7,000.
My income, then and now, was pretty good, so that $7000 didn’t break us. But suppose we weren’t so well off. Generally, good incomes come with good insurance, but the corollary is also true - bad or no insurance comes with low income. Hard as it was for us to pay that $7000, for anyone for whom that would have been harder, the bill would likely have been even higher, possibly crushing.
On top of that, Mrs. FBW wouldn’t have been able to work most of the weeks of chemo. If we depended on her wages just for food and rent, that would have been yet another big hit we took.
I think of that when people like Mike Fucking Pence talk about all the people ‘suffering from Obamacare’ and how we’re going to relieve them of that burden.
Fuck him. Fuck the horse he rode in on, and that horse’s Dad.
Trump is worried Mueller might find out he’s actually not a billionaire.
re: #58 Charles Johnson
Trump is really pissed off at Jeff Sessions
So we share a hobby. I was pissed at Jefferson Beauregard Sessions The Third long before it was presidential.
re: #104 Charles Johnson
Did they find cancer again? I know it was a concern.
Made me tear up.
Statement regarding my father @SenJohnMcCain: pic.twitter.com/SMte9Hkwkq
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 20, 2017
re: #92 piratedan
an AZ special election for the Senate might be very interesting…
possible candidates on the Dem side:
Ann Kirkpatrick - who just lost to him recently but ran a decent campaign imho
Terry Goddard - Former mayor of Phoenix
Richard Carmona - 43’s former surgeon general who ran as a Dem against Flakeothers of note:
Dem AZ Congressional Reps - Grijalva, Sinema
unabashedly sympathetic vote - Gabby Giffords (although I am unsure if she’s up to the job)
On the GOP side - Gov Doug Ducey, Rep Trent Franks (an utter abomination) and Various other GOP shills and con people…
It’s the GOP. Put some money on The Abomination.
re: #96 Charles Johnson
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Mueller is supposed to carry on the investigation that former FBI Director James Comey told Congress about before he was fired by President Donald Trump. That includes any links between Trump campaign associates and Russia, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation,” according to the letter appointing him.
I would think that if he uncovers the yam’s companies are laundering Russian money, that would be a situation that arises directly from the investigation. But that just my take on it—IANAL.
My friend @SenJohnMcCain is a dogged ole S.O.B.
Sharp as hell and tougher than a $2 steak.
I look forward to catching up with him soon.— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) July 20, 2017
re: #110 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump is worried Mueller might find out he’s actually not a billionaire.
That is too mild. This has got to be much worse. The lengths he is going to protect himself are way more than saving how a 70 year old man looks now.
re: #107 piratedan
pretty sure they’ll be a special election, they forced one for Gabby Giffords shooting, no appointment was done, Ron Barber had to run for the seat.
correct, thanks
Thirty-six states provide for senatorial vacancies by means of appointment by the governor. The appointed person then serves in that position until the next statewide general election is held. The winner of the election then finishes out the term. Those states are as follows:[1]
Arizona (1)
(1) The appointed person must be of the same political party as the Senator who vacated the seat.
Breaking: Snidely Whiplash warns Dudley Do-Right against investigating his family’s railroad activities.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 20, 2017
re: #116 BeachDem
Bad night for the yam
NYT—Banking regulators are reviewing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to Trump businesses from Deutsche Bank https://t.co/J5as7hPpuF
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 20, 2017
Two years and one day. https://t.co/XK0B6XQVBm pic.twitter.com/RQhX40loVz
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 20, 2017
re: #121 Stanley Sea
Bad night for the yam
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re: #118 ObserverArt
That is too mild. This has got to be much worse. The lengths he is going to protect himself are way more than saving how a 70 year old man looks now.
Dead Russian hookers. But Trump is most concerned with the not-actually-a-billionaire thing.
Spent most of the day working on a gnarly recursive function that takes a flat array of items with parent IDs and converts it to a multidimensional array to display as a hierarchical tree.
re: #119 b.d.
so that means that 2018 we have Flake and McCain’s seat up, most likely… oooooo
re: #122 teleskiguy
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I’m not a fan of McCain at all but Trump has done nothing for our vets.
Are you busy right now? No? Then would you mind fucking yourself? Thanks! Bye now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #121 Stanley Sea
Bad night for the yam
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If I recall correctly, Deutsche Bank is the dirtiest bank in the world
re: #127 HappyWarrior
he’s looking to make more wounded ones…
re: #125 Charles Johnson
So that’s your database references in the website, becoming a 3d rather than 2d chart?
Contrast this statement with Trump’s disgusting comment: “I like people who weren’t captured.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #132 FormerDirtDart
then we’re guaranteed to get a real winner of a civil servant then
re: #135 piratedan
then we’re guaranteed to get a real winner of a civil servant then
never mind. post deleted. misread info
John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I’ve ever known. Cancer doesn’t know what it’s up against. Give it hell, John.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 20, 2017
This made me think of Rorhshach in prison, “None of you understand. I’m not locked in here with you. YOU’RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!!”
Category-When you want an adult in charge.
Chinese Naval Group To Sail The Baltic Sea At Same Time As Russian Armada
China has sailed warships to the Baltic to hang with their BFF the Russians. It’s a WW3 trailer co starring President Trump as the comedic relief.
Has Trump tweeted out some half-assed sympathy to McCain?
re: #131 HappyWarrior
Trump’s fans sure are a sensitive bunch aren’t they?
(obligatory ‘Fuck Your Feelings’ pic)
re: #139 Dr. Matt
Has Trump tweeted out some half-assed sympathy to McCain?
Trump would never do that. His staff might, but then they’ll probably spell his name wrong.
Rachel thinks Sessions will resign. Trump really does eat his own.
My brain keeps saying - how did the US get to this? Is racism really that strong?
re: #142 fern01
Rachel thinks Sessions will resign. Trump really does eat his own.
My brain keeps saying - how did the US get to this? Is racism really that strong?
Racism and sexism.
re: #141 Skip Intro
Trump would never do that. His staff might, but then they’ll probably spell his name wrong.
As expected, half-assed:
POTUS on John McCain. pic.twitter.com/LCFWX9Zox8
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) July 20, 2017
Paul Ryan Cares About You Sooooo Much: ‘I’m Worried That Obamacare Will Stand’: https://t.co/Udtfa3Wf1c via @YouTube
— Majority Report (@majorityfm) July 20, 2017
re: #133 Unshaken Defiance
So that’s your database references in the website, becoming a 3d rather than 2d chart?
It’s actually for a separate project I’ve been working on, but your basic premise is pretty accurate!
Memo to POTUS: dance w the 1 that brought u; don’t reward obstructionists by giving away We the People’s power.We get screwed when u do that
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) July 19, 2017
Oh brother. https://t.co/ff3ThsY3FY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #145 Dr. Matt
As expected, half-assed:
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Get well soon? He doesn’t have a cold, you ignorant talking yam.
re: #148 Charles Johnson
What does that even mean? That, right there, is why I can never forgive McCain.
re: #152 Skip Intro
What does that even mean? That, right there, is why I can never forgive McCain.
Authentic Wasilla gibberish.
re: #148 Charles Johnson
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re: #152 Skip Intro
What does that even mean? That, right there, is why I can never forgive McCain.
The Palin secret decoder ring is simple enough. She always appeals to the toxic mix of bigotry, willful ignorance and unjustified resentment that define the US right.
re: #43 jaunte
Trump threatening Mueller about his finances is par for the course for someone who refuses to share his tax returns with the public.
re: #139 Dr. Matt
Has Trump tweeted out some half-assed sympathy to McCain?
He just did & it was half assed thoughts and prayers.
I can’t deal with some of the crap i’m seeing on social media regarding McCain tonight.
Granted, it’s not half as bad as I thought it would be when I saw the news, but I just can’t deal with it.
My dad died of Glio last year, so I’m far too familiar with that damned disease and its trajectory to be willing to tolerate some of the hateful crapola.
To hell with politics. Have lost a parent to glioblastoma. I wish John McCain & his family the very best in the days ahead…
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 20, 2017
re: #154 b.d.
Imagine being too dumb to get a job in the Trump administration.
Indeed. IIRC there was exactly one campaign even that Palin did for tr*mp. It was a disaster, and someone (most likely tr*mp because who else could decide anything) made sure there were no repeats.
re: #137 Blind Frog Belly White
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This made me think of Rorhshach in prison, “None of you understand. I’m not locked in here with you. YOU’RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!!”
Yet McCain hates President Obama’s guts and didn’t try to hide that fact for the last 8 years.
re: #142 fern01
Rachel thinks Sessions will resign. Trump really does eat his own.
My brain keeps saying - how did the US get to this? Is racism really that strong?
One political party is opposed to living in the 21st 19th 16th century.
re: #159 Archangelus
I can’t deal with some of the crap i’m seeing on social media regarding McCain tonight.
Granted, it’s not half as bad as I thought it would be when I saw the news, but I just can’t deal with it.
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Thoughts with you.
Beau Biden & Ted Kennedy too.
“Do you know how many conflicts of interests there are?” — Donald Trump, somehow NOT talking about himself https://t.co/5cIjA7jJgw
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 20, 2017
This is what class looks like. pic.twitter.com/UjKD4QivGl
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) July 20, 2017
re: #145 Dr. Matt
As expected, half-assed:
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Good freakin’ grief… “get well soon”? Calling SCROTUS a moron would be too kind…
re: #125 Charles Johnson
Spent most of the day working on a gnarly recursive function that takes a flat array of items with parent IDs and converts it to a multidimensional array to display as a hierarchical tree.
I played solitare
“Senator John McCain has always been a fighter”: President Trump issues statement on Sen. McCain’s diagnosis. More: https://t.co/5g51smejQ8 pic.twitter.com/M8K5PoAWc5
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) July 20, 2017
Never forget
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re: #148 Charles Johnson
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Lol! Now I’m snorting. Imagine that she could have been one heartbeat away from the presidency had the Russians colluded with McCain.
Right wing loons hate when Obama says something classy and gracious, because they dimly realize how it compares to their idiot hero Trump.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #167 Archangelus
Good freakin’ grief… “get well soon”? Calling SCROTUS a moron would be too kind…
Wait for Palin’s comment. I think she’ll out low class Trump.
re: #169 Stanley Sea
Get well soon.
He’s such a putz.
From tr*mp’s point of view, anyone that dies of something like this is likely just a ‘loser’. When someone is as completely sociopathic as tr*mp, you can always see that in how they say what they say.
Unless your “alternative history” Civil War series has a cyborg Sherman riding a T-rex blasting rebels with fireballs, I’m not interested.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 20, 2017
re: #166 MsJ
Trump is live by proof that money cannot buy class or intelligence.
Big question of the night: how long can Sessions (and Rosenstein) hang on following a huge vote of no confidence from their boss?
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 20, 2017
re: #152 Skip Intro
What does that even mean? That, right there, is why I can never forgive McCain.
I have no idea how I’ll explain Palin to my children… should I have children of course.
re: #174 EPR-radar
From tr*mp’s point of view, anyone that dies of something like this is likely just a ‘loser’. When someone is as completely sociopathic as tr*mp, you can always see that in how they say what they say.
McCain has personally failed Trump. Where was he when Trump needed his vote to take health insurance away from 30 million people? At the doctor! What a selfish ass!
re: #147 Charles Johnson
Thanks, good to know. I happen to have been trying to find a way to do that with Excel spreadsheets, live charted into a wordpress site. Way over my own head. For now.
Terrible news about McCain. I wish him well and I am thinking of him and his family.
Trump is an asshole, but you knew that.
The news today, ugh.
JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST.
Trump thinks the FBI reports directly to him and only started reporting to DOJ as “courtesy” after Watergate. pic.twitter.com/ZJxbwi5zTb— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 20, 2017
Is resignation the right course, in the face of a president’s attempts to undermine the rule of law?
Kobach has mentioned CrossCheck more than half a dozen times in this meeting, using it as an example of what the committee should aspire to
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 19, 2017
CrossCheck is hot garbage, returning 200 false positives for every actual case of dual registration. It literally has a 99.5% failure rate https://t.co/MWeX9VOs9Y
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) July 19, 2017
Don’t know if this is true or not but…
Turkey, a NATO ally, leaked US troop positions in Syria https://t.co/U1R5qYUc9x
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 19, 2017
Can we expect less when @realDonaldTrump has exposed State secrets to Russia & cease CIA arms shipments to Assad foes. Trump 2 NATO….#MEH! https://t.co/mJ6pTf8K0I
— Richard CoeurdeLion (@DrGianRico) July 20, 2017
As he’s shown his entire life, don’t bet against John McCain. Best wishes to him for a swift recovery.
— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) July 20, 2017
John and I have been friends for 40 years. He’s gotten through so much difficulty with so much grace. He is strong - and he will beat this.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 20, 2017
re: #38 No Depression
These fuckers just won’t quit.
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Trump financing? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Tweet something supportive of @BarackObama, and you’ll quickly find yourself under attack by the entire Right Wing Parrot Squad.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 20, 2017
re: #185 FormerDirtDart
A false positive rate of 99.5% is evidence that CrossCheck is working as intended. I’m sure Republicans will be all over ways to get that rate closer to 100%.
re: #175 Kragar
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Mine has him riding a laser-wielding domesticated velociraptor instead of a T-rex…
Gin or Vodka tonite dear?
— Covfefe McGoo (@DaveoutofAustin) July 20, 2017
Thoughts to McCain. A coworker started having eye trouble, and come to find out it was a brain tumor. By the time they found it, it took up about 20% of her brain. Sadly, she died about 18 months after the discovery.
re: #194 Archangelus
Mine has him riding a laser-wielding domesticated velociraptor instead of a T-rex…
Mecha T-Rex
re: #184 jaunte
Is resignation the right course, in the face of a president’s attempts to undermine the rule of law?
Jeff Sessions should be facing perjury charges himself for lying during his confirmation hearing WRT his Russian ties.
I like the alternate history where the Confederates win, then lose to an slave rebellion, resulting in a trans-Caribbean abolitionist state with a capitol in New Orleans.
re: #109 Blind Frog Belly White
I’ve known far too many people who have dealt with cancer and all that comes with it. It’s a cruel disease.
It’s a disease that robs people of their dignity, and while some say that they’ll battle it and fight it, and that it’s a war (using all kinds of military metaphors), but the reality is that this disease is insidious and many who are diagnosed never see a cure. They have to suffer with the disease.
The physical toll isn’t only on the person with the disease, but on all those around them - friends and family. I’ve seen that up close and personal. I’ve seen those who had great insurance manage the bills, while those who were overwhelmed by expenses teeter on the edge of despair and bankruptcy, where only the charity and goodwill of friends and family helped them through.
What this GOP wants to do is absolutely unconscionable.
And there are those among the GOP who oppose what Trumpcare represents, not because it goes too far, but because it doesn’t go far enough. That’s the insanity on display.
Following is a statement by @GeorgeHWBush on @SenJohnMcCain. pic.twitter.com/x8kIStWz7p
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 20, 2017
re: #92 piratedan
an AZ special election for the Senate might be very interesting…
possible candidates on the Dem side:
Ann Kirkpatrick - who just lost to him recently but ran a decent campaign imho
Terry Goddard - Former mayor of Phoenix
Richard Carmona - 43’s former surgeon general who ran as a Dem against Flakeothers of note:
Dem AZ Congressional Reps - Grijalva, Sinema
unabashedly sympathetic vote - Gabby Giffords (although I am unsure if she’s up to the job)
On the GOP side - Gov Doug Ducey, Rep Trent Franks (an utter abomination) and Various other GOP shills and con people…
It’s going to happen. There will be a special election and a lot of jockeying in advance. McCain is only 6 months into his 6 year term. The average survival time for a glioblastoma is 12-15 months after it’s discovered. I expect he may work a while longer, maybe into 2018, but he’s going to eventually have to withdraw due to his health. A glioblastoma is sucktastic and nobody’s good idea of a way to exit life. It’s truly unfortunate for McCain. :(
And yes, Trent Franks is a complete and utter abomination. He’s in the same class as my congresscritter, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-I Won The Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes). The guy regularly posts crap from David Daleiden’s outfit. I keep threatening to turn him in to the federal judge in California that held Daleiden and his lawyers in contempt of court. In the meantime, I keep pointing out to him that as a graduate of BYU Law, his contempt for the courts is bringing down the law. He doesn’t like me very much, but I’ve never used my four-lettered words on his FB. Biggs’ beliefs are evil enough.
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, in a major gift to Russia. https://t.co/RjzetjDapC
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) July 19, 2017
Quid, meet quo. https://t.co/wPbvaRzt2b
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 19, 2017
re: #194 Archangelus
Mine has him riding a laser-wielding domesticated velociraptor instead of a T-rex…
Those are what his troops ride into battle
More fake news,
Everyone knows the Earth in only 6,000 years old.
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Boy finds 1.2 million-year-old fossil while playing outside near his home in New Mexico. https://t.co/L9XjsGFpkP pic.twitter.com/KOMmYJj4dB
— ABC News (@ABC) July 20, 2017
Why Republicans Want the 2020 Census to Fail https://t.co/8ibgdZA4LK via @RollingStone
— Derek Gendvil (@dgendvil) July 20, 2017
So the Bros next target is Kamala Harris. Really sick of this purity shit. Yeah we have a President who obviously has lost his mental marbles and their solution is to make a guy even older than Trump the next nominee. Problems with Sanders’ approach to policy aside and the fact that he’s not a Dem, the man will turn 80 in the first year of the next presidential term. No thanks.And the Dems would be foolish to nominate him.
re: #125 Charles Johnson
Spent most of the day working on a gnarly recursive function that takes a flat array of items with parent IDs and converts it to a multidimensional array to display as a hierarchical tree.
Clickbait.
re: #187 makeitstop
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For demonstrations of proper class, we need to look elsewhere than POTUS… what a disgrace…
Sadly, they and other wishers are overly optimistic - glioblastoma isn’t something you “get over”, it’s terminal even with the best of treatments. The best that can be done is to prolong patient’s lives and improve quality of life as much as possible…
re: #125 Charles Johnson
Spent most of the day working on a gnarly recursive function that takes a flat array of items with parent IDs and converts it to a multidimensional array to display as a hierarchical tree.
Well!
re: #211 Archangelus
For demonstrations of proper class, we need to look elsewhere than POTUS… what a disgrace…
Sadly, they and other wishers are overly optimistic - glioblastoma isn’t something you “get over”, it’s terminal even with the best of treatments. The best that can be done is to prolong patient’s lives and improve quality of life as much as possible…
At least we have former Presidents like the Bushes, Clinton, and Obama who can show class in a time like this.
re: #99 The Vicious Babushka
How drunk/stoned do you have to be to do this TWICE?
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Someone mentioned here the other day that their iPhone had an app for remembering where your car is parked. I went and found a similar one for Android. The best part of the app is that is uses your bluetooth connection to remember. Specifically, when you turn the car off and the bluetooth disconnects, it remembers where the phone was when it happened. You can download apps where you have to say “Remember where I am right now” which are good if you don’t have bluetooth, but I don’t always remember to lock my front door, much less open an app to tap.
As for him losing the car twice, he’s probably seriously lousy with directions.
re: #24 HappyWarrior
Thoughts to his family. Awful thing for anyone to go through.
The Kennedy and Biden families know what’s ahead and can be a source of expertise in coping.
Buzz Aldrin in Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle,” today 1969, before landing on moon: #NASA pic.twitter.com/5NNkbQl1Ek
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 19, 2017
re: #129 Skip Intro
If I recall correctly, Deutsche Bank is the dirtiest bank in the world
I was working on patching walls and had Rachel on in the background.
When I heard the banking regulators are looking into Deutsche Bank I had to wonder how Angela Merkel fits into it and what she might be able to do to make the bank give up the goods.
If Merkel wants to help out America and the entire world this might be a chance to help knock out Trump.
Things keep getting more and more interesting. Fast.
re: #214 Belafon
Someone mentioned here the other day that their iPhone had an app for remembering where your car is parked. I went and found a similar one for Android. The best part of the app is that is uses your bluetooth connection to remember. Specifically, when you turn the car off and the bluetooth disconnects, it remembers where the phone was when it happened. You can download apps where you have to say “Remember where I am right now” which are good if you don’t have bluetooth, but I don’t always remember to lock my front door, much less open an app to tap.
As for him losing the car twice, he’s probably seriously lousy with directions.
I sometimes dream that I am in a strange city and I can’t remember where I parked the car.
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Kennedy and Biden families know what’s ahead and can be a source of expertise in coping.
Yep.
The more of those messages from former leaders I see, the more it looks like Trump was making a statement against his will.
His hands ain’t the only things that are shamefully small.
re: #220 makeitstop
The more of those messages from former leaders I see, the more it looks like Trump was making a statement against his will.
His hands ain’t the only things that are shamefully small.
“No Don-Don, I’m not going to write this for you. Do it yourself, you are supposed to the President and this is part of the job.”
“I don wanna. Lemme play with the big red fire twuk instead!”
AP: McMaster warned that Putin can’t be trusted & even vented his disapproval of Trump’s course to foreign officialshttps://t.co/19i6Zwpa4Z
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 20, 2017
In retrospect, how important was McCain’s strength here? And how much did Republicans resent it? https://t.co/WBmrWc0ngj via @YouTube
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) July 20, 2017
The crowd boos McCain for having the dignity to say Obama is a decent citizen of US. It’s already a Trump crowd awaiting a Trump message. https://t.co/kCmNKeXlMl
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) July 20, 2017
re: #222 makeitstop
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Wait till they read the after dinner discussion was about adoptions.
They need to Patriot up.
Lizards already know this because we heard it from Teukka (who referenced teh source) the other day.
Confidant of Pope Francis condemns US religious right
OK, that’s rare.
A tweet from the POTUS account, that isn’t a retweet.
(on second look, he’s been using the account quite a bit today)
Melania and I send our thoughts and prayers to Senator McCain, Cindy, and their entire family. pic.twitter.com/SO4XYgnyug
— President Trump (@POTUS) July 20, 2017
only 20+ minutes after Spicer’s office released the same statement
re: #200 lawhawk
Right after school let out, my 12 year old’s gifted teacher announced she had breast cancer that has gotten into some lymph nodes, though it hasn’t gotten into her bones. She’s done a round of chemo, with radiation coming later. Her gifted students have been making things for her, and last night, at one of the parent’s house, she came over and the kids played games with her.
McCain has been thru enough physical horror in his life.
McConnell getting ready to bribe holdout GOP senators with additional $200 billion in push to revive repeal &replace https://t.co/Xz3oISFf8g
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) July 20, 2017
Over the next couple of days, our calls and protests are going to matter more than ever. This fight isn’t over. https://t.co/QPss7372Ip https://t.co/iW0jEAXqrl
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) July 20, 2017
re: #202 mmmirele
I think McCain’s going to retire before the end of the year. If anything, him suffering from glioblastoma can explain last month’s odd behavior during the Comey hearing, which could easily point to his condition being at a more advanced stage, where it’s not that uncommon for patients to have cognitive “seizures” (as local doctors call them) - suddenly transitioning from normal to incomprehensible to normal again, and making little sense to those around them (while from their perspective, they’re going on and talking/acting normally).
If he’s starting to show such signs at this point, he won’t be able to stay in office much longer…
re: #230 MsJ
Senate GOP leaders to offer $200 million in Medicaid funds to revive healthcare bill: source https://t.co/bmxAvQQQFm pic.twitter.com/rZXJ8czjJ9
— The Hill (@thehill) July 20, 2017
Taking away $800 million in Medicaid then offering to take $600 million instead is not “offering $200 million.” Please. https://t.co/tCfpoq9oBU
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) July 20, 2017
JESUS CHRIST
AP: McMaster warned that Putin can’t be trusted & even vented his disapproval of Trump’s course to foreign officialshttps://t.co/19i6Zwpa4Z
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 20, 2017
.@vmsalama reports that even the Russians wanted a note taker present in the Trump/Putin bilateral meeting, but Trump refused to allow one https://t.co/Wj0v0iI1WV
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 20, 2017
re: #224 Interesting Times
In retrospect, how important was McCain’s strength here? And how much did Republicans resent it? https://t.co/WBmrWc0ngj via @YouTube
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) July 20, 2017
While greatly respecting McCain’s actions in that moment, he’s still the one responsible for bring the likes of Palin and her ignorant ilk to the GOP main stage.
That will always be part of his legacy too.
re: #142 fern01
Rachel thinks Sessions will resign. Trump really does eat his own.
My brain keeps saying - how did the US get to this? Is racism really that strong?
If he doesn’t resign tomorrow he’s a doormat
re: #224 Interesting Times
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You know any decent American would do the same thing as McCain did.
Then there are republicans…
re: #234 FormerDirtDart
While greatly respecting McCain’s actions in that moment, he’s still the one responsible for bring the likes of Palin and her ignorant ilk to the GOP main stage.
That will always be part of his legacy too.
Exactly. All the evidence of the trumpism-to-be was right there in front of him at that moment, and I swear you could see the “Oh shit, WTF have we started” thoughts briefly flicker in his eyes…
re: #29 gocart mozart
I was looking up a case to answer Yglesias’ question and stumbled across that actual case name. law.justia.com
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omg…that is THE BEST THING found so far this week.
Thank you!!!
re: #237 BlueSpotinAL
Typo in news story corrected to billion.
OK. But anyone thinking of taking the bait needs to remember what Murkowski said: The first time they go looking for money to cut, that’s where it will come from.
re: #241 Belafon
OK. But anyone thinking of taking the bait needs to remember what Murkowski said: The first time they go looking for money to cut, that’s where it will come from.
Oh, I know Mitch McConnell is a master baiter.
J.McCain will be around for a long while. I’ve always known he’d outlive me. I wrote the eulogy he’ll give at my funeral. It’s very touching
— Mark Salter (@MarkSalter55) July 20, 2017
Former McCain aide and muse, a tweet full of grace https://t.co/XkBsrECPB8
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) July 20, 2017
McConnell already tried that bribe with Murkowsky. She quickly figured out that the money would be there for her vote but would then disappear as a savings in the next round of budget cuts. Are there any other stupid Senators gullible enough to take the bait? Yah, probably more than a dozen.
re: #242 BlueSpotinAL
Oh, I know Mitch McConnell is a master baiter.
It’s so obvious, we even know what type of Kleenex is used.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
omg…that is THE BEST THING found so far this week.
Thank you!!!
That case name definitely makes the short list, but IMO it’s a long way from the all time champion:en.wikipedia.org
United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries
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Republican congressman asks NASA whether we have found civilizations on Mars—for real https://t.co/aGzpDnEgsK
— ggt (@geegeetee) July 20, 2017
re: #142 fern01
“Is racism really that strong?”
Speaking from the POV of a POC over 60, to answer your question I say, “Hell, yes!” I don’t think some Americans see themselves as having racist tendencies, but that goes out the window when it comes to hiring a POC, having a POC marry into your family, hiring a POC who is a better candidate for the job than someone of your own race, having a POC become your next door neighbor, etc. If any of these things happen and the person reacts negatively to the PoC, that individual holds racist views against POC. My daughter is engaged to a white guy. They live in Alabama, and I worry about their safety everyday because racism is still alive, well, and thriving in America, and many in the South [and other places] still practice it, either overtly or covertly. When the three of us went out for breakfast in Montgomery, if some of the other restaurant patrons’ looks could have killed us, we’d all be dead and buried.
The animals celebrating John McCain’s cancer in all the right wing site’s comment sections. Disgusting creatures.
We had a family friend who survived the Battan March to return home under 80lbs. Later in life Diabetes and Malaria weakened him to the same weight.
It’s awful to watch someone go thru all that again at the end of life.
WATCH: John McCain on Fox & Friends: “Someone saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ is about as offensive as someone saying ‘thank god’” pic.twitter.com/7XWrBz6TpC
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 20, 2017
re: #144 HappyWarrior
Racism and sexism.
Happy, based on the callers I deal with at work, I got to agree with you. Ever since Obama first announced that he would run for President, racism ran wild like the dam was broke.
Is Trump deluded enough to replace Sessions with Jay Sekulow?
IOW, this will get good.
Special counsel reports to AG. W/ Sessions recused Rosenstein is acting AG. If Sessions goes, Trump picks new AG, who becomes Mueller’s boss
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) July 20, 2017
re: #254 Joe Bacon 🌹
Happy, based on the callers I deal with at work, I got to agree with you. Ever since Obama first announced that he would run for President, racism ran wild like the dam was broke.
Unfortunately, the rise of Obama also awoke something really ugly up.
It 10:20 Eastern and Lawrence O’Donnell, for the second night in a row, just said the heathcare bill is dead. Dead. But, no one wants to tell the president.
He’s going to be talking to Barney Frank about that after some commercials.
re: #174 EPR-radar
“From tr*mp’s point of view, anyone that dies of something like this is likely just a ‘loser’. When someone is as completely sociopathic as tr*mp, you can always see that in how they say what they say.”
Sometimes what goes around does come around. Trump shouldn’t even begin to think he couldn’t contract a serious disease like cancer. John McCain didn’t know he had brain cancer until he was diagnosed, and the same thing could happen to Trump. Guy doesn’t know how to empathize or sympathize with others and seems to think he’s immune from the terrible things that happen to others. If he’s human, which he is, he could be stricken with a devastating disease, too, and he’d be just as surprised by it as McCain and others have been.
I’m ambivalent towards McCain as a politician. Political animals are political animals. I think he tried.
I do feel for him as a person and will always respect his service.
re: #253 FormerDirtDart
WATCH: John McCain on Fox & Friends: “Someone saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ is about as offensive as someone saying ‘thank god’” pic.twitter.com/7XWrBz6TpC
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 20, 2017
Reminds me of that famous video of Libyan rescuers pulling Ambassador Stephens out of the wreckage in Benghazi, thanking God that he was apparently still alive at that point and calling desperately for a car to get him to a hospital. RWNJs everywhere jumped on it claiming that they were desecrating his body and praising Allah for the infidel’s death. As I pointed out at the time, the real interpretation was obvious to anyone with the slightest knowledge of Arabic, but that would exclude right wingers and the shills who make a living pandering to them.
re: #223 HappyWarrior
McMaster is just realizing this?
Fire em all!!!
Trump can do this all on his own.
re: #263 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Reminds me of that famous video of Libyan rescuers pulling Ambassador Stephens out of the wreckage in Benghazi, thanking God that he was apparently still alive at that point and calling desperately for a car to get him to a hospital. RWNJs everywhere jumped on it claiming that they were desecrating his body and praising Allah for the infidel’s death. As I pointed out at the time, the real interpretation was obvious to anyone with the slightest knowledge of Arabic, but that would exclude right wingers and the shills who make a living pandering to them.
We’re talking about people who flip out the usage of the word Allah. Even though Arab Christians use the word too.
A very typical comment from this 5000+ comment thread at Breitbart. https://t.co/wyxeXmLsrO pic.twitter.com/Ntjvf38HBi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #251 DodgerFan1988
PJMedia seems to be deleting the more egregious comments, and the tone is mostly respectful. The Blaze is respectful to a point. Breitbart? Forget about it, total cesspool of hate and fear.
re: #266 Charles Johnson
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re: #267 teleskiguy
Anyone blame Hillary yet?
Mueller has authority to investigate any ties Trump family has to Russia, including financial, and anything that arises. That is his duty.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 20, 2017
re: #209 HappyWarrior
“Problems with Sanders’ approach to policy aside and the fact that he’s not a Dem, the man will turn 80 in the first year of the next presidential term. No thanks.And the Dems would be foolish to nominate him.”
What pissed me off about Sanders was when I read on Raw Story’s site that he said “Russia tried to divide the Democrats, too.” The man is totally clueless if he doesn’t realize that he took the lead in dividing Democrats last year with his failure to deal with the fact that we didn’t want him to be our presidential candidate. He needs to sit down and STFU, and do it in a hurry.
re: #167 Archangelus
Good freakin’ grief… “get well soon”? Calling SCROTUS a moron would be too kind…
Well he needs him back in the Senate - “get well soon” is all he’s got.
re: #271 majii
“Problems with Sanders’ approach to policy aside and the fact that he’s not a Dem, the man will turn 80 in the first year of the next presidential term. No thanks.And the Dems would be foolish to nominate him.”
What pissed me off about Sanders was when I read on Raw Story’s site that he said “Russia tried to divide the Democrats, too.” The man is totally clueless if he doesn’t realize that he took the lead in dividing Democrats last year with his failure to deal with the fact that we didn’t want him to be our presidential candidate. He needs to sit down and STFU, and do it in a hurry.
Indeed.
re: #269 GlutenFreeJesus
Anyone blame Hillary yet?
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re: #249 Amory Blaine
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Thank you! At the time they were performing I hated Fleetwood Mac. Why? Because I was an insecure teenager who chose sides and “Rumors” had become so popular among the kids I didn’t like much.
But I always liked the Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac (I don’t know the earlier version that people rave about). Lindsey Buckingham is probably a grade-a asshole, but he is an amazing guitarist/songwriter/performer. The entire band when in sync is unbeatable.
re: #256 Joe Bacon 🌹
Is Trump deluded enough to replace Sessions with Jay Sekulow?
Sekulow is equally deluded and also under federal investigation.
So yes, yes, he would be deluded enough.
Vacation time!
Looks like @POTUS plans to be in Bedminster from Aug. 3-20 https://t.co/C7Bi9YLROo pic.twitter.com/3gfE8ErOxJ
— Kristina Webb (@KristinaWebb) July 20, 2017
re: #239 Interesting Times
Exactly. All the evidence of the trumpism-to-be was right there in front of him at that moment, and I swear you could see the “Oh shit, WTF have we started” thoughts briefly flicker in his eyes…
I have always believed all these politicians know what is going on and exactly what they are doing. They just choose to ignore a lot of bad stuff to keep their jobs. A lot of them even partake in all the bad games fully knowing that is what they are doing. Usually justified as “I need to do this for the votes or I will never be able to do good.”
Hello sunshine, how do you balance the bad it takes to get to the good?
You really come up against your own character and very being as a politician. And most of the times the political choice is to go on ahead and fudge it for the power and wealth. It is the real strong person that says no, this is wrong and means it.
re: #275 Joe Bacon 🌹
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Any particular “reason”, or just “when in doubt, blame Hillary Clinton”??
I’ve spent 2017 speaking to leaders and officials in US-allied countries. They all bring up McCain. All see him as their port in this storm.
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) July 20, 2017
re: #235 dangerman
“If he doesn’t resign tomorrow he’s a doormat”
Sessions’ game is having the ability to exercise control of others and impose his will on them. He’s a lowdown, dirty, racist, Islamophobic, homophobic POS. I don’t think he’ll resign because he has more power today than he’s ever had, and he’s relishing the idea of being able to use that power to accomplish his personal goal of relegating some of us to 2nd Class status in America.
re: #142 fern01
Rachel thinks Sessions will resign.
Why?
Or more specifically, when? Cabinet members resign over a President’s term, so that is not unusual.
re: #276 Barefoot Grin
Thank you! At the time they were performing I hated Fleetwood Mac. Why? Because I was an insecure teenager who chose sides and “Rumors” had become so popular among the kids I didn’t like much.
But I always liked the Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac (I don’t know the earlier version that people rave about). Lindsey Buckingham is probably a grade-a asshole, but he is an amazing guitarist/songwriter/performer. The entire band when in sync is unbeatable.
You MUST check out the Peter Green-Danny Kirwan-Jeremy Spencer lineup. A premier blues band.
This song still slays me every time.
re: #282 Jay C
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Tonight from the CBO: 32 million people lose insurance under U.S. Senate Obamacare repeal plan https://t.co/EGexccp2Zk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
re: #285 freetoken
Why?
Or more specifically, when? Cabinet members resign over a President’s term, so that is not unusual.
He no longer has the trust of Trump. He most likely would resign before getting fired.
re: #289 ObserverArt
He no longer has the trust of Trump. He most likely would resign before getting fired.
Edit to add…Jeff Sessions is also a very proud southerner of classic makeup. A president that questions you as much as Trump has is questioning your being. You resign for your own pride and the thinking it is the right thing to do.
Ooof. No just no.
Audio and transcripts of excerpts of the Times’ interview with Trump.
Fascinating.
And disturbing.https://t.co/16zpvn2aex— leah mcelrath 🗽 (@leahmcelrath) July 20, 2017
re: #288 Charles Johnson
.@Green_Footballs Nobody, not a single soul should forget they knew that as they constructed the language.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 20, 2017
But it’s inane to pretend Sessions’ recusal has held him back. He fired Comey, likely committed perjury, is still obstructing investigation
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 20, 2017
re: #293 Unshaken Defiance
Tonight from the CBO: 32 million people lose insurance under U.S. Senate Obamacare repeal plan https://t.co/EGexccp2Zk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2017
And some Republicans only voted no because it wasn’t harsh enough https://t.co/10YxewUkXO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 20, 2017
re: #250 majii
When the three of us went out for breakfast in Montgomery, if some of the other restaurant patrons’ looks could have killed us, we’d all be dead and buried.
That is a god damn disgusting shame.
re: #279 Stanley Sea
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He’s going to do that while he told the Senate republicans to skip their August recess to work on Trumpcare? Haa-haa.
Greetings from the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I’ve mostly just skimmed this thread, but it’s good to know things are falling apart with the same regularity it was before we left on this trip. o_0
On the positive side, this is where we were this afternoon.
We’ll be heading back up for some more hiking tomorrow, and then onward and northward to the Olympic Peninsula.
Yesterday we spent a couple hours at Newberry National Volcanic Monument south of Bend, OR. Very, very cool. There’s an amazing obsidian flow, among other things. It has apparently been a monument for 27 years, but I think the improvements (like paved roads) are just in the last few years.
I don’t think the Forest Service does a great job of publicizing the monuments they run. It’s not surprising, since it is really outside of their main mission, but it can make it harder to plan a trip. Apparently when a new monument is created, it gets run by whomever was administering the area before, so something that was in a national forest is run by the forest service. I understand the logic, and just trust they’ll get better at it.
re: #298 calochortus
When I first glanced at that image I thought “oh, blowed-up volcano”, then I read the caption, and yes, a blowed-up volcano.
re: #286 makeitstop
You MUST check out the Peter Green-Danny Kirwan-Jeremy Spencer lineup. A premier blues band.
This song still slays me every time.
This one too. They wrote it.
Will be interesting if her friend can find the letter. I feel bad for McCain but am also kind of weary of the hagiographic treatment he’s getting now that he’s sick. He’s been far from a profile in courage the last few years.
My friend’s husband died of glioblastoma in AZ. They wrote a letter to McCain begging for his help. He advised them to move.
— Jessica Roy (@jessica_roy) July 20, 2017
I asked her if she had it. She moved recently and says it’s in a box somewhere, but she’ll look.
— Jessica Roy (@jessica_roy) July 20, 2017
re: #298 calochortus
I’ll be up near there for the eclipse. I’ve been waiting 50 years for this.
re: #299 freetoken
When I first glanced at that image I thought “oh, blowed-up volcano”, then I read the caption, and yes, a blowed-up volcano.
We were here in (I think) 1996 and 2008 as well. It’s really fascinating to see the changes that occur over the years. Life is really returning relatively rapidly.
Based on the cursory reading I’ve been doing about glioblastoma, I’m not confident of John McCain making it to the New Year. He’s a dying man at this point.
What an interesting name to see in an email to Junior…. pic.twitter.com/liB5C8kyG8
— Jeff Fecke 🖖 (@jkfecke) July 20, 2017
WATCH: @BarneyFrank says he’s “indebted” to Donald Trump for showing the American people a very important truth about government. #LastWord pic.twitter.com/dg8o2zJSM6
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) July 20, 2017
“The importance of a public policy that responds to public needs in an affirmative way.”
Anti-Bannonism.
re: #304 teleskiguy
Based on the cursory reading I’ve been doing about glioblastoma, I’m not confident of John McCain making it to the New Year. He’s a dying man at this point.
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new Fox News poll finds 74% of Americans want GOP lawmakers to reach out to Democrats and try to find a compromise on a new health care bill. That includes 86% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans.
John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I’ve ever known. Cancer doesn’t know what it’s up against. Give it hell, John.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 20, 2017
This POTUS never fails to be a class act
If John McCain weren’t a U.S. Senator - say he was just some 80-year-old schmo collecting a meager Social Security check and occasionally uses Medicare when their health is dire - he’d be getting “End of Life” counseling right now. But no, he’s a fighter! He’s getting his care at the Mayo Clinic! He’ll survive and thrive!
He was on board with Trumpcare the whole time.
re: #298 calochortus
Love the composition. Plus well wildflowers.
re: #305 goddamnedfrank
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Verrrry interesting thread about the request
Here’s my litigator’s take on letters sent by the Senate Judiciary today to Junior and Manafort basically asking for the same thing. 1/ pic.twitter.com/VvhEpX1IQp
— Paul Dickinson (@prdickinson) July 20, 2017
re: #304 teleskiguy
Based on the cursory reading I’ve been doing about glioblastoma, I’m not confident of John McCain making it to the New Year. He’s a dying man at this point.
It’s not a fast-moving cancer; his prospects depend on how early it was caught. He could still have 2-3 years.
re: #313 sagehen
It’s not a fast-moving cancer; his prospects depend on how early it was caught. He could still have 2-3 years.
He’s also 80 years old, has already had cancer once, and was showing cognitive deficits months before the diagnosis. Only 5% of those diagnosed with glioblastoma live longer than five years. Most die within a year.
re: #239 Interesting Times
Yeah, I really like Elliott but in response to his question about “how important” it was I have to say “Not very.” I do respect McCain’s responses there but what has he done since then to push back against that element of the GOP base? Sarah Palin, 8 years of being a bitter old man over the 2008 loss and trashing Obama at EVERY opportunity, then more recently his consistently toothless “concern” over Trump even after Trump spat on his military record.
I do feel for McCain re: his health issues but when I watch that clip I don’t think to myself that he’s some kind of hero in that moment, given everything that’s come since, and where we are now as a result.
re: #311 Unshaken Defiance
Love the composition. Plus well wildflowers.
Thanks. The photo just sort of composed itself.
Anyhoo, it’s time to relax with a glass of wine and some planning for tomorrow with Mr. C.
Hasta mañana whenever I get the chance to check in again.
re: #290 ObserverArt
Edit to add…Jeff Sessions is also a very proud southerner of classic makeup. A president that questions you as much as Trump has is questioning your being. You resign for your own pride and the thinking it is the right thing to do.
Sessions? Pride? When he can fuck over the blahs, wimmins folk, and anyone else not KKK lily white and Christian? I’ll give ya odds that he ain’t resigning. There’s way too many people to hurt.
re: #317 Barefoot Grin
That was cool! I’ll check out more.
That song was written as Peter Green’s homage to ‘Sleepwalk’ by Santo & Johnny.
And for the guitar geeks - go back to the video and look at the Strat that Kirwan is playing. It’s got a 3-way switch on the lower horn that usually doesn’t appear on Stratocasters. And it’s stock - an odd one-off or prototype that Kirwan bought in San Francisco.
That concludes today’s Largely Meaningless Guitar Trivia.
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
