Look, just because Sessions hasn’t actually been convicted of a crime is no reason we can’t start seizing his property now.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 22, 2017
re: #1 teleskiguy
Look, just because Sessions hasn’t actually been convicted of a crime is no reason we can’t start seizing his property now.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 22, 2017
I call dibs on his hollow tree https://t.co/0CquW47fLg
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2017
Trumpers on Facebook, still want to hang Hillary and Obama.
Reposted from downstairs (re: an appointment to replace Sessions, or if Trump can pick a receaa appointment)
re: #165 Anymouse 🌹
No, unless the Senate goes into recess for more than three days.
The appointment must be approved by the end of the next Senate session, or the appointment ends.
And remember that Turtle Fucker McConnell is trying to delay the summer recess until he can strip away healthcare from 32M+ people.
Sean Spicer is a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the Fake News Media - but his future is bright!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
He lied for you like a craven sycophant, then you discarded him when he was used up. The arc of the Trump chump. https://t.co/IUwEfGIRes
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2017
Phish started their 13 night residency at Madison Square Garden tonight.
Night 13 pic.twitter.com/CzaBOWq37v
— PhishatMSG (@PhishatMSG) July 21, 2017
1/2 Anyone who thinks Sean Spicer deserves sympathy should look into his history of promoting bigoted insane far right causes long …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2017
2/2 before Trump. Spicer got the job with Trump BECAUSE of this history. He doesn’t deserve sympathy.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2017
His name is Forest
This dog in Scotland just gave birth to a green puppy. Seriously. https://t.co/FK4fT5RnNV pic.twitter.com/kGUBKeqaxu
— Andy Gray (@AndyGray35) July 18, 2017
“His” name?
Or, is the green dog Forest?
Bah. It’s late….
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Sean Spicer is a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the Fake News Media - but his future is bright!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
Remember that time when you went to meet the Pope and told Sean to fuck off?
Good times… https://t.co/BRhdWlOhXJ— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2017
So when does Spicer start his Fox News gig?
Half /
he accused reporters of not caring about the facts or the truth. pic.twitter.com/UUwUBwFliq
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 22, 2017
Unlike the Dems, I didn’t sabotage Bernie Sanders in the primaries, then try to cover my tracks with ludicrous Russia conspiracy theories.
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) July 21, 2017
But you did sit at dinner with Putin, who has had journalists murdered https://t.co/FoXm0PNnrN
— Nate Schenkkan (@nateschenkkan) July 22, 2017
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
So when does Spicer start his Fox News gig?
Half /
He’ll be tapped to take over for Fucker Carlson if his ratings keep slipping beyond the 70-dead demo.
.@Reince: “[@seanspicer] gets to start fresh, [@Scaramucci] gets to start fresh, and most importantly [@POTUS] gets to start fresh.” pic.twitter.com/e3Ft1UqOvq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 22, 2017
Ron Howard voice: “They don’t.” https://t.co/51hPNIkcvl
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 22, 2017
Forest Dragon Lizard pic.twitter.com/x1hakrrLRc
— Fascinating Pictures (@Fascinatingpics) July 22, 2017
Keith Richards’ new solo stuff is pretty awesome. https://t.co/ioTxKXEQvJ
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) July 22, 2017
Sean Spicer’s Long National Nightmare Is Over (goes to Wonkette)
LOL
MELISSA MCCARTHY WEEPS!
Well, we had a feeling Trumpers might start killing themselves off like flies, and we guess Spicer is the first to try to salvage a teeny tiny bit of his dignity, by getting the fuck out of Dodge right the hell now.
(more)
re: #18 Kragar
This White House keeps thinking the way they present their message is the problem.
re: #15 FormerDirtDart
there are pictures. You were in them. With Putin. #ratfucker
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 22, 2017
re: #24 MsJ
I believe her less than I believe Jeff Sessions or Trump Jr.
All the press drops, lawyers and Sean Spicer bailing out, and Reince Priebus trying to spin this on FOX News Channel sort of reminds one of the “Night of the Long Knives That Are Not the Sharpest in the Drawer”
re: #15 FormerDirtDart
Karmatic retribution can’t come soon enough for Crooked Jill Stein.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
All the press drops, lawyers and Sean Spicer bailing out, and Reince Priebus trying to spin this on FOX News Channel sort of reminds one of the “Night of the Long Knives That Are Not the Sharpest in the Drawer”
Night of the Short Sporks.
re: #27 Myron Falwell
Karmatic retribution can’t come soon enough for Crooked Jill Stein.
But Trump has good Karma.
Spicer just now on Hannity: “we had a very successful Made In America Week this week”
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 22, 2017
Yeah, that’s what everyone will remember. https://t.co/cVs8dQfa3E
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 22, 2017
re: #24 MsJ
Dr. Stein didn’t sabotage Sen. Sanders in the primaries? Yeah, neither did Mrs. Clinton. She ran against him, you know, like we do in this democratic republic.
Also, had the primaries come out differently and Sen. Sanders had won, she would have been running against him, not Mrs. Clinton (and Mr. Trump might very likely still have won).
Go home, Dr. Stein. You did your work.
re: #29 freetoken
But Trump has good Karma.
“The greatest, most luxurious karma you’ve ever seen, BUH-LEEVE me!”
re: #32 Myron Falwell
Trump has big Karma. The best Karma.
Scaramucci once bashed Donald Trump on television. Extreme vetting… .
Would there be interest in a Page about a resurgent scam going around where people are trying to do transfers or write checks on the Federal Reserve. This bad craziness is going around Facebook and YouTube. Here’s the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on it:
Video Scam Targeting Federal Reserve Bank Routing Numbers; Prosecution Possible
July 2017
Recently, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York became aware of a scheme promoted in online videos whereby individuals claim that U.S. citizens may make payments using fictitious accounts held at the Federal Reserve Banks. These fictitious accounts have been most commonly styled as secret accounts and/or Social Security trust accounts, and the individuals publishing the videos claim that substantial amounts are held within them for each U.S. citizen. To facilitate the scheme, the individuals publishing the videos have also offered bogus information on how other individuals may use online portals, such as bill-pay websites, to initiate payments from the fictitious accounts using Federal Reserve Bank routing numbers.
More at the link, but that’s what I’m talking about: newyorkfed.org
This scam has gone around before, but it seems to have caught fire in the last two weeks.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump supported Anthony Scaramucci’s hiring and Steve Bannon vehemently opposed it, a White House official says
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 21, 2017
Scaramucci is from the “Monetize It” wing; Bannon leads the “Burn It All Down” forces.
Hey, RWC? You around? Did you see my post this morning about giving a copy of my resistance pamphlet to a Democratic congresswoman? I only wish CL could have heard about it after her help editing it.
Unlike the Dems, I didn’t sabotage Bernie Sanders in the primaries, then try to cover my tracks with ludicrous Russia conspiracy theories.
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) July 21, 2017
You sound defensive and nervous. You should be. https://t.co/kWjwSfv4i9
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) July 22, 2017
re: #36 mmmirele
Buy Bitcoin using your secret Federal Reserve checking account! For $39.95 I’ll tell you how!
re: #36 mmmirele
Would there be interest in a Page about a resurgent scam going around where people are trying to do transfers or write checks on the Federal Reserve. This bad craziness is going around Facebook and YouTube. Here’s the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on it:
More at the link, but that’s what I’m talking about: newyorkfed.org
This scam has gone around before, but it seems to have caught fire in the last two weeks.
That’s sovereign citizen crap isn’t it? You have to use a certain color pen, write your name a certain way, some other bullshit, and voila! You’re a millionaire!
People are so gullible. It’s depressing how gullible they are.
re: #36 mmmirele
The fictitious Social Security accounts and fake Federal Reserve accounts sound like a sovereign citizen scam.
re: #3 freetoken
Trumpers on Facebook, still want to hang Hillary and Obama.
Delusional adherence to THEIR fuhrer,
re: #41 MsJ
That’s sovereign citizen crap isn’t it? You have to use a certain color pen, write your name a certain way, some other bullshit, and voila! You’re a millionaire!
People are so gullible. It’s depressing how gullible they are.
Cf:. The current shit show of an administration
re: #40 wheat-dogg
Buy Bitcoin using your secret Federal Reserve checking account! For $39.95 I’ll tell you how!
Bitcoin! A friend of mine, David Gerard, who is someone I’ve known for a couple of decades from Scientology protesting, has a book coming out about Bitcoin, the blockchain and Ethereum on Monday. (Hint: He thinks the whole thing is a terrible scam.) Here’s a link to Amazon via LGF to buy Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.
I read parts of it as he was working on it, so it’s going to be funny and snarky.
re: #42 Anymouse 🌹
The fictitious Social Security accounts and fake Federal Reserve accounts sound like a sovereign citizen scam.
Why yes, it’s one of the ways people get introduced to Sovereign Citizen nuttery. It’s part of the whole “your birth certificate has been monetized and if you cough up the right numbers, you can access your sekrit account!”
Every one of these yahoos has had or will have their checks returned. I guarantee it.
re: #40 wheat-dogg
Buy Bitcoin using your secret Federal Reserve checking account! For $39.95 I’ll tell you how!
Earl Shieb will get your car painted for $49.95!
re: #42 Anymouse 🌹
The fictitious Social Security accounts and fake Federal Reserve accounts sound like a sovereign citizen scam.
Exactly. I seem to remember hearing about that shit years ago.
Anyone know people in the Brooklyn vicinity that might be able to help?
Tilly the dog needs a foster home for one month. Can you help? #brooklyn #seniordog @darth https://t.co/DWolWt5y9w pic.twitter.com/ItfVBvxFpy
— One Chicklette (@1chicklette) July 20, 2017
Still looking for a short term foster @anamariecox #adorables https://t.co/6MyD2sBfAW
— One Chicklette (@1chicklette) July 22, 2017
Tweet like Louise Mensch: Sources tell me, [1] has confessed to [2]. [3] - and I take no joy in reporting this - has ordered [4]. pic.twitter.com/WUlUnHvECB
— Sunrise Bollock (@SchrodngrsTaint) July 20, 2017
re: #38 William Lewis
Hey, RWC? You around? Did you see my post this morning about giving a copy of my resistance pamphlet to a Democratic congresswoman? I only wish CL could have heard about it after her help editing it.
I did see that gave it a +1 unless I finger fumbled. Made me happy to see word of it working. The resistance is the sum of all these little parts. All of us. So many actions large and small.
.@GlennThrush and me on Spicer’s red line https://t.co/wPrQ4tbh2i
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 22, 2017
Sanders is press sec, but there might be some rotating characters. Trump is “said to be especially high on Sebastian Gorka” https://t.co/3JMTLlhtV4
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) July 22, 2017
“Never get high on your own supply.” — Notorious B.I.G. (quoting, I think, Scarface). https://t.co/ouTpeAEGJ4
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 22, 2017
Sebastian Gorka. A true example of Trump’s skill in personnel picks.
“Bring me a sneering bully with a European accent to sell my domestic policies.”
So, are we about to see the Bowling Green Massacre that Kellyanne Conway promised us? How long until Reince Pribus or Jeff Sessions is out the door? How long before it dawns on the rest of the Republican caucus in the House that Trump will throw them all under a fleet of busses if necessary, including VP Pence?
Thanks Charles! Thanks lizards! I don’t know what I’d do without you guys with dealing with this crazy Drumpf regime.
re: #52 jaunte
Of course Trump would pick the actual fucking Nazi who’s “slightly” unstable.
re: #47 Myron Falwell
Earl Shieb will get your car painted for $49.95!
I used to call it an Earl Slob job.
never forget pic.twitter.com/ws8PCGZfPt
— rae paoletta (@PAYOLETTER) July 21, 2017
@alfranken looking at the breaking news Bilbo Biggot lied about meeting Kislyak like pic.twitter.com/vuw0TAadY9
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 22, 2017
So, Sean Spicer on Sean Hannity tonight, I read. I wonder if Lumpy is going to tear Spicer apart, or if Spicer is going to debase himself about how much he loved lying for his boss?
re: #51 Unshaken Defiance
I see that now - more dings than when I last looked this morning :)
It’s good to keep fighting the Good Fight (cue Triumph… LOL!)
re: #62 Anymouse 🌹
If there’s debasement to be had, he’ll be there.
well, its patently obvious that Trump will not leave voluntarily… I mean, they could show him the pee tape, in front of Melania and then threaten to runn it, uncut on CNN and he would probably not give a fuck.
I think the only way to get him to go, is to publish just how poor he is and display, who really owns him, show the spreadsheet that has the dotted lines and solid lines as to what his assets are, what money he has and who really owns the businesses with his name.
Then, maybe you can shame him off the stage, otherwise, you’re looking at some kind of GOP revolt, be it the moderates or the tea party types who have finally had enough of this guy shitting on their brand, it will not be because of ethics or morals, although I’m sure that there will be lip service paid to them…
What will cause this epiphany will be the inability to get anything else passed, no HC bill, no tax cut, no infrastructure, no budget… it all goes up in flames… then and only then, when the realization that he and Pence (and maybe even those folks that sat on the treason knowledge will go) and then the GOP splits into its nihilist wing and those that simply choose to discriminate in the name of sound fiscal conservatism.
The big question is this: If Trump fires Sessions, would the Senate approve Kisliyak as AG? He’s only had contact with Americans…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 22, 2017
re: #65 piratedan
The first and foremost thing for most Republican politicians is to secure their future sinecure (reëlection).
As more and more of their wealthy donors say “enough, we didn’t buy you for this,” and Rs in vulnerable seats see their grasp on power slipping, Trump will be out the door.
Indiana is still looking into Mike Pence’s hacked E-mail account (and his wife’s) on which he conducted state business in Indiana (not sure how this is going in Indiana, but that could bring state charges).
Probably discussed earlier; I’m catching up…
Raise a glass for the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough.
Could this parliamentary ruling be the real end of Trumpcare? https://t.co/xCxvnZb6Hx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 22, 2017
“…On the wonky side of the ledger, the big blow is the exclusion of a provision called the “Six-Month Lock Out,” a measure imposing a waiting period for people applying for initial individual insurance policies. “
re: #45 mmmirele
Bitcoin! A friend of mine, David Gerard, who is someone I’ve known for a couple of decades from Scientology protesting, has a book coming out about Bitcoin, the blockchain and Ethereum on Monday. (Hint: He thinks the whole thing is a terrible scam.) Here’s a link to Amazon via LGF to buy Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.
I read parts of it as he was working on it, so it’s going to be funny and snarky.
His name sounds familiar, though I am sure I’ve never met him.
I have some money invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Not enough to put me in the poorhouse if it all goes bust, but for now it’s given me decent returns. The technology behind the concept I believe is sound, but the people using the concept are somewhat less trustworthy. The Bitcoin community (users, miners, code devs, etc.) have been divided about changes to the basic code, and a major change is due to take place Aug. 1. There’s talk of there being up to six different types of Bitcoin by the end of the year, because the community is diverse and divided between anarchists, libertarians and more rational people who favor some centralization. Basically, a mess.
Ethereum, OTOH, had some sketchy aspects from the start, with the devs raking in a shit-ton of money at the launch, enough to attract the attention of the SEC. Meanwhile, there are scores of other projects being built on the Ethereum platform, which have also made those devs and project leaders a shit-ton of money. Well, money represented as the coins they have sold to willing investors. Cashing out millions of dollars tends to attract attention from all sorts of people.
I don’t believe all of these cryptocurrencies are scams. Most are, but a few address some real-life financial issues in a logical and secure way. The trick is determining which are going to go bust (or to jail) and which will survive into the succeeding decades.
Anyway, I’ll keep an eye out for David Gerard’s books.
Whats playing tonight? Tortoise here.
Rush Limbaugh: One Way to End the Russia Probe Is to Just Pardon Everyone Mueller Is Investigating Right Now (with video).
That would go over like a dead duck.
Joy isn’t exaggerating. Gold!
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt and live like its heaven on earth. MarkTwain
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 15, 2012
This may be the greatest tweet-replies thread of all time. Thank you Anthony Scaramucci. Thank you forever. — Aldous Huxley (H/T @yashar) https://t.co/7kTFhSCuFX
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 22, 2017
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
So when does Spicer start his Fox News gig?
Half /
He’ll have a daily segment where he goes on to say that he doesn’t know anything about any given topic, and he hasn’t talked to anybody about it. His segment will last 20 minutes.
re: #67 darthstar
I know…I misspelled Kislyak.
I can’t see that name without thinking of Premier Kissov in Dr. Strangelove.
re: #72 Anymouse 🌹
gotta love the both sides here, we investigate for the better part of 4 years the real estate deals of the President (where he lost money and was apparently the victim), to finally find a blow job, freely and willingly given.
then we attempt to kabuki impeach him for said hummer…
and here, we show 85% of the administration working with a foreign power to win the election, committing perjury, lying on security clearance forms, lying on financial disclosure forms, violating multiple emoluments clauses, possible RICO and ultimately potential treason and we should just shelve that and pardon everyone because reasons…
re: #72 Anymouse
When I ask myself what would go too far, what would break the bond between a)Trump and the GOP, b) with his real hard core base? I get nothing from intuition or anywhere else. So far his worst offense is not kicking enough of us off medical care or put up walls between enough of us fast enough. Effing GOP all in the bag for the tyrant.
re: #77 Unshaken Defiance
When I ask myself what would go too far, what would break the bond between a)Trump and the GOP, b) with his real hard core base?
The only thing I can think of that would get the trumpchump cult to abandon him would be evidence of weakness and “loserdom” soooo screamingly obvious that even they can’t deny it or explain it away - in other words, something that utterly destroys his image with them as an alpha and renders him utterly pathetic.
re: #79 Interesting Times
Small malfunctioning penis.
nytimes.com (We’ll Miss You Sean Spicer, more at the link)
Today, after 183 days, 58 news conferences, one perfect “Saturday Night Live” skewering, and countless packs of stress gum, Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, has resigned. But first, he slammed the door in an ABC News reporter’s face.
Reports indicate that Mr. Spicer quit because President Trump had appointed Anthony Scaramucci White House communications director. After all that’s happened in the last six months, for Mr. Spicer, The Mooch was a bridge too far.
The door slam was more befitting a moody teenager than the man whose job it is to communicate, but it was the perfect, flouncing end to Mr. Spicer’s tenure. How else could a six-month run of lying, whining and whining about being asked about lying end? All that was missing was a shrieked “I hate you!”
Russian ambassador said he discussed campaign matters w/Sessions, per WaPo. If true contradicts Sessions claims:https://t.co/LGFrg1Srjd pic.twitter.com/x7iODmEYcC
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 21, 2017
Every GOP figure I’ve spoken to at #AspenSecurity assumes Trump leaked this to force Sessions out. “Certainly not a Mueller leak,” one said. https://t.co/5WjsCLkQks
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) July 21, 2017
Horrifying thought if Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III goes from office:
Kris Kobach, AG.
re: #83 Anymouse 🌹
Horrifying thought if Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III goes from office:
Kris Kobach, AG.
Hush yo mouf!
Park Service to raise senior citizen lifetime park passes from $10 to $80, on August 28.
The new price reflects the system-wide general park pass price, so essentially a senior citizen discount disappears from the Park Service on that day.
Passes issued before August 28 will still be good for life.
Disabled vet passes are not affected (they are still free).
OT. My 14 year old son has discovered “Rocky” movies. Perfect timing.
I’m in total agrrrment with the theory that Trump leaked about Sessions’ perjury. Now he’s got an excuse to fire him and replace him with a loyalist. Joe Arpaio.
re: #87 GlutenFreeJesus
I’m in total agrrrment with the theory that Trump leaked about Sessions’ perjury. Now he’s got an excuse to fire him and replace him with a loyalist. Joe Arpaio.
I think they’re still hoping to force him to resign
re: #88 Kragar
I think they all want to stay and take their chances that their buddies in the GOP won’t indict them because they’re all Republicans
re: #87 GlutenFreeJesus
I’m in total agrrrment with the theory that Trump leaked about Sessions’ perjury. Now he’s got an excuse to fire him and replace him with a loyalist. Joe Arpaio.
Arpaio wouldn’t get confirmed. Clarke maybe…because token.
re: #92 retired cynic
NO!
It would be the runner up Scotus pick…or maybe someone who recently left office like that asshole from Virginia who was Boehner’s BFF…the turd eater…Cantor.
re: #93 darthstar
It would be the runner up Scotus pick…or maybe someone who recently left office like that asshole from Virginia who was Boehner’s BFF…the turd eater…Cantor.
I could handle Arpaio before Clarke. They are both crooks, but Clarke is nutz.
re: #93 darthstar
It would be the runner up Scotus pick…or maybe someone who recently left office like that asshole from Virginia who was Boehner’s BFF…the turd eater…Cantor.
Doesn’t he look like he just bit into a turd?
re: #94 retired cynic
I could handle Arpaio before Clarke. They are both crooks, but Clarke is nutz.
My money is still on Kobach.
re: #91 darthstar
Naw. Clarke already has bus tire marks on him. He was easy for them to toss aside for lesser offenses than most of the cabal. Serves him right!
I’m still not convinced that Sessions will quit. His stubbornness comes into play here.
But if Trump does need a new AG, would he not rather dip into the pool of slick lawyers with whom his crime family are already friendly?
I wonder if Bannon wants Beauregard around still. He recruited him to the campaign and convinced him to endorse.
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹
My money is still on Kobach.
I think he’s more likely than Clarke or Arpaio. The latter I see if appointed in more of a Nat Sec or LEO agency.
One thing we can agree on though, the pick will suck.
re: #101 JordanRules
I wonder if Bannon wants Beauregard around still. He recruited him to the campaign and convinced him to endorse.
Joe Arapaio, FBI Director.
Neither Clarke nor Arpaio can get confirmed, IMO. Kobach might. Cantor, I doubt it. He is a LOSER.
re: #108 freetoken
Seems not unusual of a pick for Trump.
In fact before Sessions, he was my pick. I’ve heard rumors that Jared doesn’t like Rudy much either though.
Kushner’s Amended Financial Disclosure Shows Sprawling Assets (more at the link).
Violating the Emoulments Clause is good if you’re a Trump and supported by a craven political party.
On her form, Ivanka Trump disclosed a business trust worth more than $50 million with underlying assets that include her trademarks and her jewelry and fashion lines. She also disclosed 10 assets underlying a real estate company, including interests in future hotels and golf courses in New York and a licensing deal for a hotel in India. She valued those assets between $5 million and $25 million. She also disclosed income of $529,590 from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. [emphasis mine]
re: #109 freetoken
A couple of months old, but effective still:
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Thanks I’ll give it a watch tomorrow.
re: #111 HappyWarrior
I thought I saw some reporting that had Rudy strolling into the WH within the last week or so, with a stogie firmly in mouth. Before that I thought he might be in duck and cover mode.
Arpaio is in his late 80’s. Doubt he gets a post. Perhaps gets invited to be on a commission.
re: #114 JordanRules
I thought I saw some reporting that had Rudy strolling into the WH within the last week or so, with a stogie firmly in mouth. Before that I thought he might be in duck and cover mode.
Yeah I saw that too. I dunno.
Rick Wilson Surprised Scarmucci Didn’t Lift Up His Shirt and Show Us His MAGA Tramp Stamp (goes to Mediaite with video)
Perhaps it means something in Russian …
Ковфефе!
re: #120 Anymouse 🌹
Google wants to think that is Bulgarian first, not Russian, though the transliteration is the same.
re: #121 freetoken
Google wants to think that is Bulgarian first, not Russian, though the transliteration is the same.
I left out the second “e.” I fixed it.
re: #114 JordanRules
I thought I saw some reporting that had Rudy strolling into the WH within the last week or so, with a stogie firmly in mouth. Before that I thought he might be in duck and cover mode.
Here you go
re: #115 HappyWarrior
Arpaio is in his late 80’s. Doubt he gets a post. Perhaps gets invited to be on a commission.
Isn’t he also, ya know, under indictment or something?
On the issue of where that leak about AG Sessions came from:
Russia, maybe. It sews more confusion. On the other hand, it shows they were further involved, so maybe not.
Trump, probably not. Not crafty enough, and also entangles him if Sessions has stuff on him.
Bannon wants to blow everything up, so maybe.
Pence, if he thinks he can get out of this unscathed.
Another Republican (in the House or Senate) who wants to undermine Trump.
Tropical Storm Hillary expected in the eastern Pacific in forty-eight hours:
It will likely be much stronger and more of a survivor than Don was in the Caribbean.
re: #126 Anymouse 🌹
Tropical Storm Hillary expected in the eastern Pacific in forty-eight hours:
It will likely be much stronger and more of a survivor than Don was in the
CaribbeanWhite House.
re: #123 BeachDem
Ahh, right under my feet! Gratzi!
GOP chairman: Susan Rice unmasking claims were “created by Devin Nunes” https://t.co/lqmS96Sh5o pic.twitter.com/VxtlDogLXQ
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2017
*Aboard Plane to Bahamas*
SEAN SPICER: The nightmare is over
ANN COULTER: You’re in my seat…— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) July 21, 2017
re: #129 Kragar
Too late. Already part of the Wingnut Canon that Susan Rice is an un-American liberal that violated people’s rights in improperly revealing their names.
Meanwhile Ken Blackwell on the alleged Voter Integrity Commission twice dumped a majority of Ohio voters’ names and Social Security numbers on-line and [crickets] from the GOP about that… .
I read this brilliance on race and couldnt help thinking the world could really use Fran Lebowitz blogging or tweeting or something. pic.twitter.com/KLTHaZa6op
— Amir Talai (@AmirTalai) July 18, 2017
The family of an 11-year-old girl murdered last week in New Jersey have implored President Donald Trump to let them into the US to attend her funeral.
AbbieGail Smith was allegedly stabbed in the neck by her neighbour while taking out the rubbish on 12 July.
Her father, Kenroy Smith, was deported from the US to Jamaica in 2001 following a cannabis arrest.
The State Department is not saying whether they will grant the visas (the girl’s sister in Jamaica is also denied), citing “confidentiality.”
More at the BBC
My bet for a new AG: Chris Christie. He has nothing to lose, and he would fire Mueller in a heartbeat.
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
The State Department is not saying whether they will grant the visas (the girl’s sister in Jamaica is also denied), citing “confidentiality.”
More at the BBC
It’s shameful that they even have think about it. I don’t care if her father is an imprisoned terrorist who has to be kept in leg irons and a straitjacket, he should be allowed to come here for his baby’s funeral.
re: #132 JordanRules
That’s really well said.
Hell, right now *I’m* fine with it. Alternative to him is “someone who’ll fire Mueller”, and then we’re all Russians.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 22, 2017
Sorry to be so late with this…
— Dane Rauschenberg (@SeeDaneRun) July 21, 2017
re: #141 teleskiguy
Ha!
Unnecessary update for #7 - Out cuck a wood cuck.
Is there any right way to react to the burqini? asks @shadihamid https://t.co/v8WJMo4xyM pic.twitter.com/28GGBfy5hs
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 20, 2017
I mean, we could all mind our own fucking business and let the woman enjoy her swim time. That seems the right way. https://t.co/nUSbtZHMrr
— Ashe (@ashearmstrong) July 20, 2017
Life comes at ya trash homophobic ass faaast pic.twitter.com/Kq8UfcQphp
— Daniel José Older (@djolder) July 22, 2017
re: #144 Kragar
Earth2 timeline has that as an incredible LGBTQ interactive museum and community center!
Also Kentucky is doing it’s thing and not relying on Cali etc to exist.
#earth2yall
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re: #146 goddamnedfrank
Respect!!! Wish you didn’t have to do it. I wish you had solidarity in these familial relationships.
But damnet you are walking the walk. Humanity pushes forward.
The Emmett Till historical sign, vandalized earlier this summer, will be rededicated Tue on his 76th birthday https://t.co/0INWmgxGWm
— CRMC (@CivilRightsCntr) July 21, 2017
76. We’re taught to think of this as ancient history from the distant past. Emmett Till was born 4 years AFTER John McCain. https://t.co/lqLQ1KCyxp
— Fred Clark (@SlacktivistFred) July 21, 2017
Republicans embrace tax hike targeting Democratic states. https://t.co/QArKaF3OK0
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 22, 2017
re: #148 sagehen
My mom turns 70 next month.
Folks, slavery in the United States is the country’s *original sin* and we’ll be paying the piper for a long long time.
re: #150 teleskiguy
My mom turns 70 next month.
Folks, slavery in the United States is the country’s *original sin* and we’ll be paying the piper for a long long time.
That, and wiping out the natives through attrition and disease and calling it God’s will.
Shit man, I got that MURKA feeling!
So, Jennifer Rubin, in her WaPo opinion piece “This Presidency can’t be saved. It’s all downhill from here” outlines four scenarios, as follows:
In light of news reports that President Trump’s team is scouring the record for conflicts of interest on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team (the essence of chutzpah) and contemplating pardons (of aides and/or himself), it is worth considering how this may all play out.
We offer several scenarios:
1. Trump orders Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire Mueller. Sessions quits, as does Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand. Eventually someone agrees to fire Mueller. Republicans either will not pursue impeachment or are obliged to begin impeachment hearings but refuse to vote out articles of impeachment. In 2018, Democrats sweep to victory in the House and gain a seat or two in the Senate. Trump cannot be removed (two-thirds of the Senate is required for removal), but his presidency is in tatters. Some aides or ex-aides face criminal prosecution. LESSON: Republicans’ failure to stand up to Trump early dooms his presidency and crashes the GOP.
2. Trump orders Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire Mueller. Sessions quits, as does Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand. Eventually someone agrees to fire Mueller. Republicans, together with Democrats, pass by a veto-proof majority an independent prosecutor statute. Before impeachment proceedings can finish, Democrats sweep to victory in 2018 in the House and gain a seat or two in the Senate. Trump cannot be removed, but his presidency is in tatters. Some aides or ex-aides face criminal prosecution. LESSON: Fire Mueller, and Congress will hire him back.
3. Republicans join Democrats in warning Trump not to fire Mueller. Mueller remains and keeps digging. Mueller subpoenas damaging documents; Trump refuses to comply. A court orders him to comply. He doesn’t. We have a full-blown constitutional crisis. LESSON: Congress cannot delegate all responsibility to Mueller. It must conduct a parallel investigation and, if need be, commence impeachment proceedings.
4. Republicans join Democrats in warning Trump not to fire Mueller. Mueller remains and keeps digging. Mueller subpoenas damaging documents; Trump refuses to comply. A court orders him to comply. He declares this a witch hunt, an attack on his family (or whatever). Then he resigns, claiming he has already made America great. He tells the country that Vice President Pence will carry on in his place. LESSON: Congress must protect Mueller and preserve the possibility that Trump may be forced to resign.
Interesting observations on her part.
OK……off to do the weekly shopping. Back later; in the meantime, what do you think of Ms. Rubin’s scenarios?
re: #107 retired cynic
Neither Clarke nor Arpaio can get confirmed, IMO. Kobach might. Cantor, I doubt it. He is a LOSER.
All Trump wants is someone down the chain of command at the DOJ who will fire Mueller. His own Robert Bork.
Naming a wingnut replacement (for whom confirmation would be a daunting task) is almost irrelevant.
re: #152 Dr Lizardo
I’m afraid that she’s not taking into account who’s going to be allowed to vote in 2018, and that there’s a fifth, most likely scenario where ‘1’ starts to play out, and then, just like Russia in 2012, it stops because the playing field’s been tilted.
Trumpkins might *finally* realise they elected a king afterwards, but it’s too late to do anything other than hope that after Trump dies, his heirs can’t maintain the oligarchy and we might therefore get something resembling a democratic republic by 2030. More likely, they find someone to keep things going and the world outside France and Germany is safe for authoritarianism (since China loves it as well as Russia doing so) until I’m in the ground at least, and I’m 40.
re: #152 Dr Lizardo
The least “Destroy The Entire Country” option is option 4 and that one still makes Watergate look like a disagreement about pizza toppings. EDIT: It does seem like a replay of Watergate at first, but the Republicans are different and far more dangerous now.
Then there’s option 5, Mueller is fired, Republicans close ranks, Democrats unable to win majority thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression. I can’t really speculate on what happens after that, except *BOOM*
I see option 5 as more likely than 3 or 4.
re: #155 I cannot.
The least “Destroy The Entire Country” option is option 4 and that one still makes Watergate look like a disagreement about pizza toppings.
Then there’s option 5, Mueller is fired, Republicans close ranks, Democrats unable to win majority thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression. I can’t really speculate on what happens after that, except *BOOM*
I see option 5 as more likely than 3 or 4.
Like it or not, I’m honestly wondering if there were ever a single country to destroy, any more than there was a single Austria-Hungary or Yugoslavia.
It seems increasingly likely that a bunch of Confederate descendants were secretly never in line with the idea that Californians or New Yorkers were of their nation, and I’m not entirely sure that, even if the original split attempt was masterminded from Moscow, said Californians and New Yorkers don’t now agree with them (we’re talking people who were able to hide how bigoted they were for their entire lifetimes, in most cases, before intentionally setting up the Voting Rights and Civil Rights Acts to be declared unconstitutional. I’ll have no more trust for any of them even if we can short-circuit a renewal of Jim Crow, and an authoritarian state; than any wizard in Rowling’s 1990s should have had for ‘reformed’ Death Eaters).
re: #109 freetoken
A couple of months old, but effective still:
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Watching that DW documentary, a couple of things strike me… They don’t venture much outside the borders of Germany as to the network of organizations. Also, the organizations in the network for the large part formed at roughly the same time, not only in Germany but elsewhere in the West. The “plausible deniability” ploy is common.
I’ve been hearing rumors about people having been suckered in by some sort of “global conservative revolution” scam, the perpetrators being the power clique in the Kremlin, but there’s contantly this distance which keeps it from being blown wide open. The US is one of the places it seems most apparent at this juncture.
We live in interesting times (in the ancient Chinese curse sense).
re: #155 I cannot.
The least “Destroy The Entire Country” option is option 4 and that one still makes Watergate look like a disagreement about pizza toppings.
Then there’s option 5, Mueller is fired, Republicans close ranks, Democrats unable to win majority thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression. I can’t really speculate on what happens after that, except *BOOM*
I see option 5 as more likely than 3 or 4.
Option 6:
Trump keeps talking about firing Mueller, but can’t get anyone to do it for him. And his own team can’t get united behind the idea.
Look… even if Sessions quits (which I can’t really see happening, only because Sessions is enough of a stooge devoid of principles), Rod Rothenstein becomes acting AG. Trump could do to Rothenstein what he did to Sally Yates, but that’s assuming his team is unified behind the idea. I don’t think they are. See this appointment of Mooch as WH comms director… Bannon was/is opposed to that shyster, and Trump did it anyway. This could devastate his inner circle more than you think.
In the end, it’s another empty threat, Sessions doesn’t quit, and Trump’s legal team of Sekulow, Cobb, Dewey, Cheatem and Howe continue to be outmatched and outwitted by the varsity squad.
re: #158 Myron Falwell
Mind you, it’s still a ridiculous mess, but this might be the best case scenario.
re: #67 darthstar
I know…I misspelled Kislyak.
He’s Russian, so it’s basically impossible to misspell his name with Roman characters.
So much for Turtle Fucker McConnell’s facade of being this smarty-pants tactician…
Major portions of GOP healthcare bill found to violate Senate rules https://t.co/4QQrkvjegP pic.twitter.com/FxFmYuFtRV
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2017
Has Fox News thrown Sessions under the bus yet?
re: #161 Myron Falwell
So much for Turtle Fucker McConnell’s facade of being this smarty-pants tactician…
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McConnell’s probably torn between trying to fix it and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
re: #162 Myron Falwell
Has Fox News thrown Sessions under the bus yet?
They’re probably still trying to figure out how to angle it.
Your option #6 seems reasonable - Trump will continue flailing and failing as the White House staff Apple Dumpling Gang lurches from one crisis to another.
Scenario 5: Trump fires Mueller, Republicans circle wagons in Congress and defend his actions as being within his powers as president and fend off talk about impeachment. Midterm elections come and while the DNC does well enough to win a thin majority in the Senate, gerrymandering and voter suppression ensure the GOP maintain the House by a thin sliver. 2019 begins with the House GOP setting out their plan for the next two years: Run down the clock. Meet calls for impeachment with “He’ll be gone in two years,” while using the time on the clock to pass partisan bills they know won’t pass in the Senate but will help boost their support amongst their base. Trump’s presidency basically becomes a hollow shell of itself, with nobody taking the man seriously and everybody counting the days until 2021 when whoever the DNC runs against him takes office.
re: #77 Unshaken Defiance
When I ask myself what would go too far, what would break the bond between a)Trump and the GOP, b) with his real hard core base? I get nothing from intuition or anywhere else. So far his worst offense is not kicking enough of us off medical care or put up walls between enough of us fast enough. Effing GOP all in the bag for the tyrant.
A recession and stock market crash.
re: #166 John Carter
A recession and stock market crash.
They’d blame Obama and would suffer no cognitive dissonance arguing that the awesome market right now was in fact a bubble that “everybody knew” would pop.
re: #165 Targetpractice
Scenario 5: Trump fires Mueller, Republicans circle wagons in Congress and defend his actions as being within his powers as president and fend off talk about impeachment. Midterm elections come and while the DNC does well enough to win a thin majority in the Senate, gerrymandering and voter suppression ensure the GOP maintain the House by a thin sliver. 2019 begins with the House GOP setting out their plan for the next two years: Run down the clock. Meet calls for impeachment with “He’ll be gone in two years,” while using the time on the clock to pass partisan bills they know won’t pass in the Senate but will help boost their support amongst their base. Trump’s presidency basically becomes a hollow shell of itself, with nobody taking the man seriously and everybody counting the days until 2021 when whoever the DNC runs against him takes office.
That’s a realistic scenario too.
NOW I KNOW WHERE I’VE SEEN “THE MOOCH” BEFORE!
The Cheeto Monster is tweeting again, trying to deflect to Hillary as usual.
So, here’s a sanity break (in seven parts): Abar, The First Black Superman.
Note: There is some use of racial expletives - it’s a 70’s blaxploitation film, and deliciously mediocre. That being said, well…..hell, I’ve never written or directed or starred in a motion picture, so the cast and crew of this flick has me beat.
re: #170 Fineday
The Cheeto Monster is tweeting again, trying to deflect to Hillary as usual.
“I can’t believe it’s not butter e-mails!”
re: #167 Targetpractice
They’d blame Obama and would suffer no cognitive dissonance arguing that the awesome market right now was in fact a bubble that “everybody knew” would pop.
and those brilliant “everyones” are right now strategically hedging and selling short , right?
Any scenario that relies upon the GOP seeing the light, realizing that Trump is a danger not simply to the party but to the country, and turning on him should be taken with a Texas-sized grain of salt. There’s no evidence whatsoever that such a GOP exists anymore, that there is a modern day Goldwater to venture to 1600 Penn Ave and tell Trump that he needs to resign “for the good of the party.” Or that, even if one exists, they could get it through his rapidly-degrading brain that there’s no future for him if the party bails on his ass.
re: #170 Fineday
The Cheeto Monster is tweeting again, trying to deflect to Hillary as usual.
hey donny,
you won it. your beautiful maps say so.
you own it
re: #174 Targetpractice
Robert Mueller could hand down the biggest slam-dunk case for prosecution and the chances for impeachment would still be rather small, at best. Because Republicans.
It’s the cases of financial impropriety preceding January 21, and/or even his campaign, that Donnie may really be worried about… the ones that Eric Schneiderman is investigating and whom Preet Bharara got fired over.
I could be terribly wrong, but from the sounds of it, that might not even warrant impeachment?
re: #170 Fineday
The Cheeto Monster is tweeting again, trying to deflect to Hillary as usual.
LOL Trumpie. OJ getting out of prison got less than a day’s outrage but you keep trying to get people pissed at Hillary.
Good luck, Americans don’t care about folks who are old news at all.
re: #176 Myron Falwell
Robert Mueller could hand down the biggest slam-dunk case for prosecution and the chances for impeachment would still be rather small, at best.
It’s the cases of financial impropriety preceding January 21, and/or even his campaign, that Donnie may really be worried about… the ones that Eric Schneiderman is investigating and whom Preet Bharara got fired over. From the sounds of it, they may not even need impeachment.
Yeah, just imagine Trump’s reaction if it’s ultimately revealed at the state level that he’s nothing more than a colossal fraud. That he’s nothing even remotely what he’s claimed to be and now he stands exposed as a flim-flam artist before the entire world: everybody pointing and laughing at him.
His ego would implode.
Good morning all.
Coffee, biscuits & jam and Stage 20 (Individual Time Trial) of the Tour de France
And, of course, the Marshal of the Supreme Court…
So many people are asking why isn’t the A.G. or Special Council looking at the many Hillary Clinton or Comey crimes. 33,000 e-mails deleted?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
The Marshal of the Supreme Court may convene the Special Council to do just that. https://t.co/JvODDpi5Xo
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 22, 2017
re: #180 FormerDirtDart
Good morning all.
Coffee, biscuits & jam and Stage 20 (Individual Time Trial) of the Tour de FranceAnd, of course, the Marshal of the Supreme Court…
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Nobody is asking that except you, Donnie. And the reason why is obvious: The Special Counsel was appointed to investigate YOUR ADMINISTRATION, not Hillary. You want BUT HER EMAILS!!!! to get investigated, you convince the DOJ to do it. I won’t hold my breath.
re: #180 FormerDirtDart
Good morning all.
Coffee, biscuits & jam and Stage 20 (Individual Time Trial) of the Tour de FranceAnd, of course, the Marshal of the Supreme Court…
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Still whining.
re: #182 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Nobody is asking that except you, Donnie. And the reason why is obvious: The Special Counsel was appointed to investigate YOUR ADMINISTRATION, not Hillary. You want BUT HER EMAILS!!!! to get investigated, you convince the DOJ to do it. I won’t hold my breath.
Exactly. Mueller wasn’t appointed to investigate Clinton.
As I look over my shoulder at my Boxer, Shelby, feet up sprawled across my couch, resting her head on a pillow.
Honestly I just don’t see it.
Your pet dog, and every other dog, likely descended from a single population of Late Stone Age wolves, a study finds https://t.co/dZ5CKYsm5a pic.twitter.com/31nutcB8Aq
— CNN (@CNN) July 22, 2017
re: #185 HappyWarrior
And that is why he keeps bringing up her emails. He is still pointing in an other direction to get folks looking in that direction so that they will not look at him.
re: #187 PhillyPretzel
And that is why he keeps bringing up her emails. He is still pointing in an other direction to get folks looking in that direction so that they will not look at him.
It works for his cult and media allies. Thankfully not to Mueller.
re: #184 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Mueller wasn’t appointed to investigate Clinton.
[trump] Wait until we get rid of Sessions and get a real AG who will fire Mueller and appoint a special council to get to the bottom of BENGHAZI, EMAILS, Pedophile Pizza, Uraninum deals, Anthony Weiner & Huma, Fake News, LEAKS, Cattle futures, Seth Rich, Ron Brown, Vince Foster, Roswell, the high price of heirloom seeds and Pope John Paul I [/trump]
re: #186 FormerDirtDart
As I look over my shoulder at my Boxer, Shelby, feet up sprawled across my couch, resting her head on a pillow.
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MOAR CNN FAKE NEWS! If dogs descended from wolves then how come there are still wolves? Check Mate Libtards!
re: #178 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, just imagine Trump’s reaction if it’s ultimately revealed at the state level that he’s nothing more than a colossal fraud. That he’s nothing even remotely what he’s claimed to be and now he stands exposed as a flim-flam artist before the entire world: everybody pointing and laughing at him.
His ego would implode.
Someone probably told Trump that firing Preet Bharara didn’t erase the existence of his investigation into Trump, and that Mueller would have access to it. That would be more devastating than Comey, because Preet’s investigation was more personal and threatened to expose more… so much more.
Thus the preemptive slam on Mueller, the “self-pardon” trial balloon, the rumors of firing Mueller and now attempting to blame Clinton again (although the Sessions leak is not from Team Mueller, it still fits the overall pattern).
What I’m seeing is someone who now knows he’s in deep, deep trouble and desperately trying to find a way out.
re: #191 Myron Falwell
Someone probably told Trump that firing Preet Bharara didn’t erase the existence of his investigation into Trump, and that Mueller would have access to it.
Thus the preemptive slam on Mueller, the “self-pardon” trial balloon, the rumors of firing Mueller and now attempting to blame Clinton again (although the Sessions leak is not from Team Mueller, it still fits the overall pattern).
What I’m seeing is someone who now knows he’s in deep, deep trouble and desperately trying to find a way out.
Yep, hope he doesn’t decide that a war is a good diversion.
Love Pelosi
Pelosi on Spicer resigning: “I don’t even care” https://t.co/BricEPqIfX pic.twitter.com/0QA87j4yIc
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2017
re: #191 Myron Falwell
What I’m seeing is someone who now knows he’s in deep, deep trouble and desperately trying to find a way out.
This. And this time, it’s different - in his business life, he could just BS or legally bully his way out of it. Politics is an entirely different species of animal.
Winning the Presidency was the single worst thing that ever could’ve happened to him. And I’m sure that thought has gone through his mind once or twice.
re: #181 b.d. (bill d.)
Deers!! So much for all of those pretty flowers.
It was hard to keep from typing “Good morning, deer!”
Jared’s got this, I know…
Three Israelis, three Palestinians confirmed dead in #TempleMount crisis. Both sides digging in. Riots regionwide. Where’s the president?
— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) July 21, 2017
As Jerusalem erupts, not one phone 📞 from Tillerson to Palestine, Israel or Jordan leaders. Stunning https://t.co/3EOxJFcfNR
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) July 21, 2017
In a previous thread I asked if anyone knew how many times Jared Kushner had amended his government financial forms. If anyone is interested the answer is 39 times (to date).
re: #197 Skip Intro
In a previous thread I asked if anyone knew how many times Jared Kushner had amended his government financial forms. If anyone is interested the answer is 39 times (to date).
He’s not only a fucking liar, he’s a shitty liar.
re: #197 Skip Intro
In a previous thread I asked if anyone knew how many times Jared Kushner had amended his government financial forms. If anyone is interested the answer is 39 times (to date).
Dear god, Mueller is going to have a field day with Jared.
Today we celebrate @JohnDingell ‘s 3 year anniversary knowing what a #Kardashian is. Celebrate responsibly. 🎉 🤳 pic.twitter.com/4eJUNzryHN
— Kyle Hillman (@kylehillman) July 22, 2017
Indonesian President orders officers to shoot drug traffickers https://t.co/53gIbi9f2Z pic.twitter.com/AErW8spzea
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 22, 2017
Out: nothingburgers
In: Nuremburgers pic.twitter.com/pHa86jEgfH— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) July 21, 2017
re: #196 darthstar
#CallingAllStatesMen #TrumpDontCare He likes it when brown people die.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 22, 2017
I didn’t bring up pardons. You’re talking pardons. Nobody’s talking pardons. Why would I be talking pardons? pic.twitter.com/HgFWu8BHuA
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 22, 2017
re: #207 jaunte
Because you (the uncouth one, that is) are going to need one.
re: #197 Skip Intro
In a previous thread I asked if anyone knew how many times Jared Kushner had amended his government financial forms. If anyone is interested the answer is 39 times (to date).
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Happy Saturday! #TxLege Senate isn’t taking a break from restricting reproductive rights. Biz Cmte to take up abortion insurance ban this am
— Mary Tuma (@TumaTime) July 22, 2017
Texas conservatives’ war on women continues without a weekend pause.
Judging from the 10 tweets he stormed out this morning, Trump isn’t getting all he wanted out of his new fluffer, @Scaramucci.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 22, 2017
re: #196 darthstar
Jared’s got this, I know…
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Where’s the president? Pissing his pants over the Special Prosecutor. He could care less about the people trying to live & avoid dying in Israel or the West Bank. I just wish fewer, either in the US or the Middle East or anywhere else in the world, had to pay the price of that incompetent SOB’s election.
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re: #211 darthstar
Scaramuccia (literally “little skirmisher”), also known as Scaramouche, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell’arte.
— Ben Wear (@bwear) July 21, 2017
While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
This is the linchpin. Right in the middle of his Tweetrage. This is what he’s worried about. https://t.co/gUee3g1KvJ
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 22, 2017
For those interested Senator Bob Casey who is a staunch defender of the ACA will speak at a Town Hall in Erie Pennsylvania NOW
Here is the live feed.
re: #199 Skip Intro
Jared doesn’t work Saturdays.
Please be cautious with these kind of comments. It’s too easy for them to slide into an antisemitism that that would denigrate the faith of people like our own “Viscous Babushka.” His twisting of the faith of his ancestors (especially if he really believes he is NOT doing so) is not representative of, for example, that of the vast majority of orthodox Jews. Christians have spent 2000 years sinning in this way; those of you who wish to split from us need to avoid this sin as well.
re: #209 goddamnedfrank
When somebody says “what about HRC” to me I say “what about Dewey?” He is just as relevant to the discussion after all.
re: #217 Unshaken Defiance
The uncouth one likes to pull out as many red herrings as possible. Baffle them with a lot of BS.
In all fairness to Anthony Scaramucci, he wanted to endorse me 1st, before the Republican Primaries started, but didn’t think I was running!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
He switched to backing Jeb after Walker dropped out and didn’t switch to you until April 2016 https://t.co/jMOoZPSoU2
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) July 22, 2017
re: #216 William Lewis
Please be cautious with these kind of comments. It’s too easy for them to slide into an antisemitism that that would denigrate the faith of people like our own “Viscous Babushka.” His twisting of the faith of his ancestors (especially if he really believes he is NOT doing so) is not representative of, for example, that of the vast majority of orthodox Jews. Christians have spent 2000 years sinning in this way; those of you who wish to split from us need to avoid this sin as well.
It’s in the nature of mocking his hypocrisy and fair game.
Michael Tracey out here busting his ass playing defense for Trump on twitter again? He recovered from that Maxine Waters KO pretty fast
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) July 22, 2017
re: #216 William Lewis
Please be cautious with these kind of comments. It’s too easy for them to slide into an anti-antisemitism that that would denigrate the faith of people like our own “Viscous Babushka.” His twisting of the faith of his ancestors (especially if he really believes he is NOT doing so) is not representative of, for example, that of the vast majority of orthodox Jews. Christians have spent 2000 years sinning in this way; those of you who wish to split from us need to avoid this sin as well.
I see your point but A.) People are dying so the shabbos exception of preserving life applies and B.) he’s been assigned by his father in law the President as the person who is going to solve the Palestinian Israel conflict. I read it as calling out his established hypocrisy of breaking the rule whenever it’s politically expedient to fly or campaign while probably not working the phones today when it might actually conceivably save a life.
re: #203 darthstar
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Sorry, but downding for the transgender nonsense. It’s insulting to transgender folks everywhere to have to deal with the real life things they have to deal with without people using Coulter as a transgender joke.
re: #220 Botsplainer
It’s in the nature of mocking his hypocrisy and fair game.
I do not agree. Too many have died from westerners “mocking the hypocrisy” (or so they claim based on the Christian Bible) of the Jews. It is time we all stopped doing so.
re: #224 goddamnedfrank
I see your point but A.) People are dying so the shabbos exception of preserving life applies and B.) he’s been assigned by his father in law the President as the person who is going to solve the Palestinian Israel conflict. I read it as calling out his established hypocrisy of breaking the rule whenever it’s politically expedient to fly or campaign while probably not working the phones today when it might actually conceivably save a life.
Now this I may not fully agree with but we are discussing the issue on the same level. This is not a disparagement of either the faith of one side or the other. From here we can sit down an have an important and real discussion. Thank you, GDF, for understanding that.
re: #196 darthstar
Jared’s got this, I know…
Joyce Karam ✔ @Joyce_Karam
As Jerusalem erupts, not one phone 📞 from Tillerson to Palestine, Israel or Jordan leaders. StunningThree Israelis, three Palestinians confirmed dead in #TempleMount crisis. Both sides digging in. Riots regionwide. Where’s the president?
— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) July 21, 2017
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Neither Israel nor the Palestinians have oil. So why would Tillerson care?
re: #163 Dr Lizardo
McConnell’s probably torn between trying to fix it and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I wonder if he purposely wrote it with the errors to tank it.
It really does seem the healthcare bill by the Republicans has turned nuclear on them and they don’t want to touch it. But they made so much about it they have to touch it.
So, Mitch goes off into his own secret little room and conjures up a bill that may just blow itself to pieces before Mitch ever has to do anything further with it like put it up for a vote.
They may also be counting on Trump noise getting so high they can slowly put healthcare out of their agenda and claim the country has much more dire needs right now and they will repair the ACA for now and get back to a new bill later which never comes.
I don’t know about y’all, but, this doesn’t grab me as a winning strategy.
Already primarying the other sitting GOP senator from AZ, this won’t win over anyone with a hint of empathy.
Hell, what should her patients make of her? Essentially attacking McCain just days after the diagnosis.
Kelli Ward, who is running against Sen. Jeff Flake, says John McCain “owes it to the people of Arizona to resign” https://t.co/8PftWk6lae pic.twitter.com/NaMEVZOcGK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2017
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
I don’t know about y’all, but, this doesn’t grab me as a winning strategy.
Already primarying the other sitting GOP senator from AZ, this won’t win over anyone with a hint of empathy.
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She’s obviously a Soros plant.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
I don’t know about y’all, but, this doesn’t grab me as a winning strategy.
Already primarying the other sitting GOP senator from AZ, this won’t win over anyone with a hint of empathy.
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Hitler got 30% of the vote in 1932. For the Trumpsters, this is a winning strategy. Replace all Senate Republicans who may be insufficiently loyal to the God Emperor with those who are totally devoted to him.
re: #165 Targetpractice
Scenario 5: Trump fires Mueller, Republicans circle wagons in Congress and defend his actions as being within his powers as president and fend off talk about impeachment. Midterm elections come and while the DNC does well enough to win a thin majority in the Senate, gerrymandering and voter suppression ensure the GOP maintain the House by a thin sliver. 2019 begins with the House GOP setting out their plan for the next two years: Run down the clock. Meet calls for impeachment with “He’ll be gone in two years,” while using the time on the clock to pass partisan bills they know won’t pass in the Senate but will help boost their support amongst their base. Trump’s presidency basically becomes a hollow shell of itself, with nobody taking the man seriously and everybody counting the days until 2021 when whoever the DNC runs against him takes office.
That scenario actually has some tinges of positive optimistic outcomes in it. At least the Republicans aren’t taking over the entire government forever and we’re all gonna die. That is a good thing!
But I think it still gives the Republicans too much power. The people are still angry and don’t really know who to take it out on. They really didn’t like the usual Republicans look how Trump walked all over them. Usually that much unrest manifests itself into a “throw all the bums out” kind of scenario that opens up the playing floor even with gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Add in an 11% Congressional Approval rating and 2018 is still open for the Dems to get a majority. It’s volatile out there. I think it is not always good to look at all of this from the politicians and their political party. It still comes down to the people and they are a wild…wild card.
The Democrats need some coordinated and very creative marketing strategy based on the Republicans putting Trump into the presidency and protecting him all the while doing nothing for the people.
I just found this - Three The Hard Way. This is my fave of the blaxploitation genre. And it has no one less that Jay ‘Dr. Shrinker’ Robinson as the genocidal, white supremacist villain.
In spoiler tags, as it’s mildly NSFW.
2. Trump mindlessly insisting on walking away from JCPOA and tasking Bannon & Gorka with how to do it
— Ilan Goldenberg (@ilangoldenberg) July 22, 2017
Err… @EconomicTimes, that’s not a power plant.
In India.
That’s New York.
Those are the world trade centre buildings.
On 9/11. pic.twitter.com/2pxXyyCsAA— Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) July 22, 2017
re: #177 b.d. (bill d.)
LOL Trumpie. OJ getting out of prison got less than a day’s outrage but you keep trying to get people pissed at Hillary.
Good luck, Americans don’t care about folks who are old news at all.
He is trying to campaign his way out. But he only knows how to run a hate on Hillary campaign. It’s a loser like he is a loser.
Changeup-So thanks to LWC, we are going top see Chris Nolans Dunkirk tomorrow. He found the one theater near us that is actually projecting in 70mm film. CNN has a great article on why that is a better way to see a grand spectacle film. IMO better picture than digital and a very wide format that complements rather than tries to limit your eyes looking around on the screen. Room to compose a far better scene. Sadly CNN also has that page all gummed up with autoplay video that like to jump in the way in an extra annoying way.
So…
David Schwartz, chief curator of New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, explained that before digital projection, films were typically shot on 35mm film. 70mm was another option that was twice as big. Since the size of the film was bigger, it changed the look and experience for moviegoers.
“You get a much bigger image, you get more detail, you get more light going through the film from the projector,” Schwartz said. “You basically get a much brighter more vivid image.”
The format came to prominence in feature films during the 1950’s and 1960’s when filmmakers used it to create epics like “Lawrence of Arabia” that felt bigger than the screen itself. Then with the rise of smaller multiplexes, changing tastes, and 70mm being expensive to both print and project, it fell out of vogue.
The medium has since staged a brief comeback thanks to big-time directors like Quentin Tarantino, who used it to film 2015’s “The Hateful Eight.” Now, “Dunkirk” looks to continue the tradition.
But if you like WW2 films, Dunkirk is going to play well for you regardless of your theater. They had me at “it has Spitfires flying in it”.
re: #237 darthstar
This is an Indian publication. My guess is the copy editor is someone in his/her 20s who was too young to have that image forever imprinted on their memory and just thought it was a shot of factory smokestacks.
re: #241 darthstar
Someone better get fired.
re: #241 darthstar
This is an Indian publication. My guess is the copy editor is someone in his/her 20s who was too young to have that image forever imprinted on their memory and just thought it was a shot of factory smokestacks.
Not buying it. I just did a google image search for “smoke stacks,” “toxic emissions,” “pollution,” and the Twin Towers weren’t there.
re: #209 goddamnedfrank
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DamnedFrank…I seriously hope you are writing the next great dystopian novel/movie script. I’d pay.
Edit to add. Maybe a new classification: dystopian comedy.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
From her website:
Senator Flake has failed to deliver during his decades in DC - he is simply too weak to fight for Arizona. Over the course of this campaign, we will show the stark difference between our philosophies and our track records. A glaring example of our differences is that while millions of us fought to stop Hillary Clinton and elect President Trump in 2016, Senator Flake supported the Clinton crime family by being a vocal member of NeverTrump and casting his ballot for Evan McMullin.
I think she got the wrong family for “crime family”.
re: #217 Unshaken Defiance
When somebody says “what about HRC” to me I say “what about Dewey?” He is just as relevant to the discussion after all.
Hillary is still alive and she has puppet strings.
It appears Republicans decided to spend most of their honeymoon masturbating in the shower.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 22, 2017
GOP senators confirm controversial Trump judicial pick. Using fake name, he blogged conspiracy theories & false info https://t.co/WlisH7BU4S
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) July 21, 2017
A year ago today, Hillary Clinton named Tim Kaine as her running mate.
Today, we have a press secretary named Mooch.
I’m goin’ back to bed.
re: #143 JordanRules
It’s 1910 again. Like the tweet said, let her enjoy swimming however she is comfortable.
Tucker Carlson’s teaching his audience to view any difference as a threat — and white supremacists love him for it. pic.twitter.com/2xlSnvoAKk
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 21, 2017
Amazing work by @gaywonk. Tucker Carlson has repeatedly endorsed white supremacist tropes, earning him the praise of David Duke. https://t.co/1WoyTjcoAQ
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) July 22, 2017
re: #251 dell*nix
It’s 1910 again. Like the tweet said, let her enjoy swimming however she is comfortable.
I’ve gotten so many awful sunburns as a child and adult, and now that I know skin cancer (melanomas) run in my family, I cover up when I’m in the sun, even in Las Vegas. Long sleeves, long pants, hat, sunscreen. I’ve told my kids that I’d wear a burqini. It would cover everything, including my scalp. I’m not really into getting into pools or going to the beach so I don’t really worry about swimwear for me.
re: #251 dell*nix
It’s 1910 again. Like the tweet said, let her enjoy swimming however she is comfortable.
Exactly. She’s not bothering anyone. If that’s how she wants to swim and sunbathe, who are you to get in the way?
This amazing @TX21Indivisible member WORE THIS BANNER AS A SARI to smuggle it into the Texas Capitol. #txlege #Resistance #specialsession pic.twitter.com/0g6HcxjAzu
— Susan Schorn (@SusanSchorn) July 20, 2017
re: #247 ObserverArt
Hillary is still alive and she has puppet strings.
Heh, ready for that. “just Google the damage done by Dewey in the ensuing years”. Then “your fears about an HRC admin are 100% imaginary thanks to the EC. My fears about Trump are founded by his statements, his actions, court rulings and growing evidence. How much further would you like to discuss this?” I think I will make a card that shows the current line of succession. Headline it Find Hillary!
re: #213 jaunte
Scaramuccia (literally “little skirmisher”), also known as Scaramouche, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell’arte.
can he do the fandango?
re: #166 John Carter
A recession and stock market crash.
The US is still big enough that it’s wouldn’t just be a US recession. It would be global.
re: #239 Unshaken Defiance
But if you like WW2 films, Dunkirk is going to play well for you regardless of your theater. They had me at “it has Spitfires flying in it”.
will be taking 11-year-old son to see it…
re: #258 MsJ
Trumpers are, and have been since Obama first won, in full on hate mode. Trump knew that, he exploited that. Trumpers are for the most part not reachable.
There are, or were, long time Republicans who despise Trump and will be glad to see him go. A few are on my Facebook timeline.
But that hard-core, the Trumpers - they are in a mental state from which we should not expect them to escape. We will have them all our lives. Many are hangovers from George Wallace. Others are younger and have inherited the hate.
re: #259 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
will be taking 11-year-old son to see it…
Yeah, I’ve read almost universally rave reviews. The trailer alone was absolutely epic.
re: #260 freetoken
Trumpers are, and have been since Obama first won, in full on hate mode. Trump knew that, he exploited that. Trumpers are for the most part not reachable.
There are, or were, long time Republicans who despise Trump and will be glad to see him go. A few are on my Facebook timeline.
But that hard-core, the Trumpers - they are in a mental state from which we should not expect them to escape. We will have them all our lives. Many are hangovers from George Wallace. Others are younger and have inherited the hate.
That segment of the population is pretty much a hopeless case. I’m inclined to write them off as irredeemable.
re: #143 JordanRules
You guys will get this, not sure how the hashtag will play on Twitter.
Why yes there is. Politely as per any chance meeting in public. #DogsBarkButTheCaravanMovesOn.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 22, 2017
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
I don’t know about y’all, but, this doesn’t grab me as a winning strategy.
Already primarying the other sitting GOP senator from AZ, this won’t win over anyone with a hint of empathy.
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It’s just flat-out ghoulish. Political vampirism.
The important lesson is that many Wallace supporters never changed their mind. Many have simply died off, others remain.
This happens throughout the world, throughout the history of our species. The world changes mostly because the former generation dies off.
re: #264 austin_blue
It’s just flat-out ghoulish. Political vampirism.
It does set a new standard for political opportunism, doesn’t it?
re: #265 freetoken
The important lesson is that many Wallace supporters never changed their mind. Many have simply died off, others remain.
This happens throughout the world, throughout the history of our species. The world changes mostly because the former generation dies off.
The truly ghastly ones, the “fuck your feelings” ones, were always there. We just didn’t have them in our face the way they are now.
Donald Trump to pardon Jared, Don Jr., Manafort, and Flynn. It’ll be the 1st time a president has ever pardoned innocent men. So innovative!
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) July 22, 2017
re: #268 FormerDirtDart
It is a waste of good paper and ink.
Wow.
One of the great framers declined in the end to sign the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights — and also because of this: pic.twitter.com/aWdbzjIvUy
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) July 22, 2017
re: #249 darthstar
The GOP will appprove any piece of shit Trump nominates. Lumpy, David Duke, Alex Jones, anybody for any position. That’s reality.
re: #270 JordanRules
Wow.
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so *literally* we must now ask can a president pardon himself for crimes he committed to illegally attain the office?
Abraham Lincoln: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
Franklin Roosevelt: “Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.”
Dwight Eisenhower: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.”
Ronald Reagan: “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
George W. Bush: “As I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our Nation, and I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.
I am honored and humbled to stand here where so many of America’s leaders have come before me, and so many will follow. We have a place, all of us, in a long story, a story we continue but whose end we will not see. It is a story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, the story of a slaveholding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.”
Donald J. Trump: “While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS”
re: #272 dangerman
so *literally* we must now ask can a president pardon himself for crimes he committed to illegally attain the office?
Never really an issue until the most completely corrupt man in US political history was elected president.
and further, for all the strict constructionists (ie no “separation of church and state”)
no, the constitution doesn’t explicitly say you can’t pardon yourself for illegally usurping the office from the rightful winner.
Does it really need to?
and are people really going to argue this?
I thought (& have said) before that the US would sink to the level of Brazil. I was wrong. Brazil is proving more ethical.
I think you’re now approaching the level of corruption of the Philippines.
re: #274 Skip Intro
Never really an issue until the most completely corrupt man in US political history was elected president.
…..while at the same time the congress sits idly by watching…
that’s the point most of this was never an issue because more or less everyone accepted the conventions, protocols, traditions and acted accordingly
re: #275 dangerman
People won’t. Fox will, talk radio will, and certainly the president and his eunuchs will.
re: #268 FormerDirtDart
See, I figure that if Trump pardons himself, it’ll end up in front of the SCOTUS but that doesn’t mean Trump’s in the clear. If he pardons himself, which, after all, means admitting to a crime, NY AG Schneiderman’s office can most likely use that as evidence in their separate RICO case.
Trump can’t pardon for state crimes and it takes an admission of guilt for a pardon to take effect: Simply put, Trump hangs himself on RICO.
And he’s just dumb enough to do it, too.
Just remember… #Sharknado pic.twitter.com/ZUWDDEyH1Y
— Joel Comm (@joelcomm) July 22, 2017
re: #255 JordanRules
.@SusanSchorn @TX21Indivisible Best Sari not Sorry story ever.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 22, 2017
re: #273 Botsplainer
If you Page that we can Tweet it out there.
re: #279 Dr Lizardo
See, I figure that if Trump pardons himself, it’ll end up in front of the SCOTUS but that doesn’t mean Trump’s in the clear. If he pardons himself, which, after all, means admitting to a crime, NY AG Schneiderman’s office can most likely use that as evidence in their separate RICO case.
Trump can’t pardon for state crimes and it takes an admission of guilt for a pardon to take effect: Simply put, Trump hangs himself on RICO.
And he’s just dumb enough to do it, too.
and if he did pardon himself and the others, how does the “you cant profit from your crimes fit in?
pardon means you did the crime. how do you keep the job you illegally got? what about all the salary you got in that job you illegally got
what about all the side emoluments you generated - controversial or not they are direct result of your illegally gotten the office.
what a shit show
and here we are having to parse these thing seriously
re: #274 Skip Intro
Never really an issue until the most completely corrupt man in US political history was elected president.
Reality TV and Real Estate Empires did not exist at the time of the Founding Fathers, and neither could they have conceived of them even in their wildest fever dreams…
re: #283 dangerman
and if he did pardon himself and the others, how does the “you cant profit from your crimes fit in?
pardon means you did the crime. how do you keep the job you illegally got? what about all the salary you got in that job you illegally got
what about all the side emoluments you generated - controversial or not they are direct result of your illegally gotten the office.
what a shit show
and here we are having to parse these thing seriously
I figure the whole enchilada is gonna end up in front of the SCOTUS. This is truly terra incognita.
re: #285 Dr Lizardo
I figure the whole enchilada is gonna end up in front of the SCOTUS. This is truly terra incognita.
Which is another reason the GOP want to wait until the SCOTUS is stacked in favor of Trump…
re: #283 dangerman
Right. What about your SCOTUS appointment in the job you illegally got? And he gets to hear the cases about it?
Damn my head hurts.
re: #284 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Reality TV and Real Estate Empires did not exist at the time of the Founding Fathers, and neither could they have conceived of them even in their wildest fever dreams…
that of course is true.
simpler though is what i said above, did they really need to spell out in the constitution “no, you can’t pardon yourself if you gain the office by stealing the election”?
re: #281 Unshaken Defiance
All banners should be beautiful enough to wear!
Goes like this-Trump self pardons, SCOTUS says no, Trump goes to jail, we all win. Or else. He self pardons, tries to stay in power and a real fight begins. I don’t mean on paper.
re: #287 JordanRules
Right. What about your SCOTUS appointment in the job you illegally got? And he gets to hear the cases about it?
Damn my head hurts.
wow
even better! sort of
i hadnt even thought of that - *literally* every action comes into question
i’m going outside to pull some weeds. its only 93 here and should make my head hurt less
Kim Davis’s Anti-Gay Views Are Going To Cost Her State Big Time
$222,695 to be exact, in legal fees to attorneys of four couples denied marriage licenses by Davis.
re: #292 Skip Intro
Kim Davis’s Anti-Gay Views Are Going To Cost Her State Big Time
$222,695 to be exact, in legal fees to attorneys of four copies denied marriage licenses by Davis.
Hope it was worth it, Kim.
This made my day after recalling my school years trying to decipher his horrible prose.
Happy Birthday, Henry Thoreau, you gassy old crank
Over at the New York Times, historian Douglas Brinkley argues that Thoreau, who died in 1862, influenced the creation of our national parks. Thoreau certainly was an inspiration for Smokey the Bear. His neighbors called Thoreau “the woods burner” for setting fire to 300 acres of local woodlands, almost eradicating Concord in the process.
Here is Thoreau’s classic, unrepentant response: “I have set fire to the forest, but I have done no wrong therein … it was a glorious spectacle, and I was the only one there to enjoy it.”
Pyromaniac, prude, hypocrite, layabout, mooch, scold, a graphomanic overwriter of densely forested, unreadable prose; Happy Birthday, Henry! Did I leave anything out?
I don’t know if anybody has mentioned this yet, but the terror attack in Oslo and the massacre at Utøya where 77 people were murdered happened six years ago today.
I am an atheist and I do not believe in Hell, but I do hope that Anders Behring Breivik is left to die in prison.
This is what happens when we let men write books pic.twitter.com/BwQDX337K4
— Julia Carpenter (@juliaccarpenter) July 21, 2017
The quote is from John Updike. John Updike doesn’t understand how women pee.
re: #295 Skip Intro
This made my day after recalling my school years trying to decipher his horrible prose.
Happy Birthday, Henry Thoreau, you gassy old crank
read walden as a teen. this paragraph knocked me senseless and set the tone for the rest of my life (so far):
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.
Trump Pre-Pardons Himself for Pardoning Himself for Things He Said He Didn’t Do
re: #299 Skip Intro
Of course. How else can he make america great again?
re: #297 Ace-o-aces
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The quote is from John Updike. John Updike doesn’t understand how women pee.
John Updike doesn’t understand anatomy. The route from bladder to outside in women is direct and short, whereas in men it meanders down, and back, through the prostate and then back up through the Thingie before finally reaching the outside world. There are lots and lots of pictures of this.
Click through and read the threads. I found this a thought-provoking read,
There were no bridges there. When this is over, they will continue to be sullen paranoids who will fantasize about how great it almost was.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 22, 2017
Especially the thread that starts here,
Can I just interject and say that the party that gave us Trump and McConnell and Ryan could stand a bit more losing. When Paul Ryan is /1
— SeraphimSheep (@SeraphimSheep) July 22, 2017
It occurs to me that the 60% of America that opposes Trump’s lawlessness may need to work together, perhaps on a permanent basis, to counter the 40% that specifically wants that lawlessness. If Trump is impeached and removed, that 40% are favorably placed geographically to give them outsized power in our system.
re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White
”..their insides weren’t the maze women’s were…”
Updike reveals his fear of women.
re: #265 freetoken
The important lesson is that many Wallace supporters never changed their mind. Many have simply died off, others remain.
This happens throughout the world, throughout the history of our species. The world changes mostly because the former generation dies off.
And also when insulated populations expand their horizons; when they escape their insular worlds. That why Republicans hate college.
“Nothing in the Constitution or federal statutes says that sitting presidents are immune from prosecution.” https://t.co/zlJeqQbtr5
— Beverlee Hughes (@BeverleeHughes3) July 22, 2017
re: #199 Skip Intro
It never even occurred to me that this could be anti-semitic because the fact that Kushner is Jewish didn’t get called up from the depths of my memory when I read this..
I thought Skip was referring to the fact that Kushner, like his in-laws, are just lazy fucks who are not the least bit concerned with discharging their responsibilities because responsibility is something ‘The Help’ does.
re: #301 Blind Frog Belly White
back up through the Thingie
I am always lost in wonder and admiration when I encounter genuine scientific terminology.
re: #287 JordanRules
Right. What about your SCOTUS appointment in the job you illegally got? And he gets to hear the cases about it?
Damn my head hurts.
Democrats would have to demand recusal. A little promise of allowing that asshole to keep his lifetime appointment should do it.
re: #294 Skip Intro
It’s not costing her a dime. The state has to pay.
The people of Kentucky have to pay.
re: #306 Romantic Heretic
That was my point. As far as I can tell the only thing Kushner does is give his father in law really bad advice.
re: #309 MsJ
The people of Kentucky have to pay.
They must be loaded since they have plenty of money to give Ken Ham for his religious businesses.
re: #311 Skip Intro
Scam is more appropriate when it comes to that Pulpit Pimp!
This amazing @TX21Indivisible member WORE THIS BANNER AS A SARI to smuggle it into the Texas Capitol. #txlege #Resistance #specialsession pic.twitter.com/0g6HcxjAzu
— Susan Schorn (@SusanSchorn) July 20, 2017
re: #239 Unshaken Defiance
Man, does that Buchon ever look like an Emil.
And the Spitfire is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful planes to ever take to the sky.
Coincidentally I am now reading Len Deighton’s Fighter which is about the Battle of Britain. I just read about the development of the Spit and what an advanced design it was. The wing was especially well done.
Now I’m going to rant a little about Hugh Dowding. The man spent the decade before the battle preparing for it. He nursed the planes, the radar and the control system into being. He commanded them in the battle, and he won it.
The British government thanked him by firing him and sending him to America to buy aircraft. Assholes.
re: #314 darthstar
[This amazing @TX21Indivisible member WORE THIS BANNER AS A SARI to smuggle it into the Texas Capitol]
Sari Not Sari Nor Sorry.
Zeena The Worrier Princess so worships the ground Mrs. FBW walks on that when Mrs. FBW goes out, Zeena will often lie on the rug by the front door, whimpering piteously. At times like that, she can only be distracted by scritches, treats, and walkies.
Zeena also tells Mrs. FBW when it’s time to retire for the evening, standing in front of her barking till she gets up and goes to bed.
It’s one of the clearest examples of a dog choosing her human I’ve ever seen.
Of course, when we got her, Zeena was supposed to be MY dog.
re: #315 Romantic Heretic
Now I’m going to rant a little about Hugh Dowding. The man spent the decade before the battle preparing for it. He nursed the planes, the radar and the control system into being. He commanded them in the battle, and he won it.
The British government thanked him by firing him and sending him to America to buy aircraft. Assholes.
Had it been up to others, Britain would have squandered its air defenses to fight a losing Battle for France and been left without anything to stop the Luftwaffe blitz.
Other joke was that France actually had more fighter aircraft at the end of the Battle of France then when thy started, but most of them had been moved to airbases far away from the fighting, ostensibly to keep them safe from the Luftwaffe…
re: #317 Blind Frog Belly White
Zeena also tells Mrs. FBW when it’s time to retire for the evening, standing in front of her barking till she gets up and goes to bed.
Scout does that with us! Every weeknight at 10:30, he’ll stand in front of us and fidget and narf until we take the hint and turn off the TV and go to bed.
If we’re watching something that we want to see the end of, he’ll eventually just give up, go upstairs to the bedroom, jump on the bed and take up every square inch he can so we have to wake him up when we finally get our Dirty Stay-Up asses to bed.
Full transparency: I’m deleting old tweets. Past views evolved & shouldn’t be a distraction. I serve @POTUS agenda & that’s all that matters
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 22, 2017
Full transparency: I will hide things. Also, full honesty: I am a liar. https://t.co/yFWFpDUBvQ
— Adam Barken (@adambarken) July 22, 2017
re: #321 jaunte
“Past views” from 2015.
He’s a slick one. No compunction…no hesitation. Might have been trained by Lucifer himself.
Kellyanne is a rank amateur by comparison.
Full Transparency: I am erasing evidence that anyone ever disagreed with Dear Leader. All that matters is we’re unified today! pic.twitter.com/quezAGX2Mm
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) July 22, 2017
Full transparency: I’m deleting old tweets. Past views evolved & shouldn’t be a distraction. I serve @POTUS agenda & that’s all that matters
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 22, 2017
Full transparency: I’m burying dead bodies. Past murders decayed & shouldn’t be a distraction. I serve SATAN agenda & all that matters. https://t.co/zAILZBXsIO
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 22, 2017
re: #323 ObserverArt
He’s a slick one. No compunction…no hesitation. Might have been trained by Lucifer himself.
Kellyanne is a rank amateur by comparison.
The usual liberal doubters said Trump couldn’t hire a bigger asshole than Spicer. Again Trump proved them wrong. https://t.co/RmJEwIPkf4
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) July 22, 2017
So Hillary was engaging in “full transparency” by deleting old e-mails that were irrelevant and represented views she no longer held?
Ordering pizza at Pizzaria Uno in Chicago. My son saw another table’s pizza and exclaimed “it has no cheese!!!”. I told him it was under the sauce.
Scaramucci sets fire to whatever shreds of a mask of false integrity he might have maintained. And he’s considered the “slick” one.
re: #328 prairiefire
Ordering pizza at Pizzaria Uno in Chicago. My son saw another table’s pizza and exclaimed “it has no cheese!!!”. I told him it was under the sauce.
That’s where the pineapple is hidden.
re: #325 Ace-o-aces
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” (Orwell, 1984)
re: #328 prairiefire
Ordering pizza at Pizzaria Uno in Chicago. My son saw another table’s pizza and exclaimed “it has no cheese!!!”. I told him it was under the sauce.
AH! but was the bottom crust thin and slightly crispy? (The way I like it)
re: #320 jaunte
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Full transparency - I handed my testicles to the President during the interview, and he took them and put them in a little box he keeps in the drawer of his desk.
Question for Scaramucci - Is the carpet in the Oval Office easy on the knees?
I wonder if Scaramucci was promised part of the American loot or part of the Russian loot.
“Can you do the fangdando?” Sorry, can’t help myself.
Scarab deletes his old tweets so he doesn’t have to explain his evolution.
As somebody who’s gone through somewhat of an evolution, this does not engender trust, it destroys it. Being able to explain one’s personal change and evolution is an opportunity, not an exposure. This guy doesn’t want the distraction from his job as Chief Bullshit Artist.
Poor Mrs. FBW! This morning she comes over to me, points to her eye, and asks “Does this look like allergies? Or Pink Eye?”
Her right eye appeared to be made of very lean bacon. Her left eye just looked like an eye.
So, now she’s sitting at Urgent Care. Ever notice that these things only happen after 5 on Fridays?
re: #317 Blind Frog Belly White
Zeena The Worrier Princess so worships the ground Mrs. FBW walks on that when Mrs. FBW goes out, Zeena will often lie on the rug by the front door, whimpering piteously. At times like that, she can only be distracted by scritches, treats, and walkies.
Zeena also tells Mrs. FBW when it’s time to retire for the evening, standing in front of her barking till she gets up and goes to bed.
It’s one of the clearest examples of a dog choosing her human I’ve ever seen.
Of course, when we got her, Zeena was supposed to be MY dog.
Same thing in my house except it’s my dog who waits for me and looks for me when I’m not here, waiting in front of the door into the garage during the day when I’m out of town. She was NOT supposed to be my dog. I had no choice in the matter. She definitely chose me.
re: #342 Blind Frog Belly White
Tobarex clears that right up.
On my FB feed this morning, there’s an ad from Power Tap, which makes power output sensors for cycling. It said,
Affordable and Accurate Power Measurement at the Pedals.
I click on the link. It’s for power-sensor pedals. $700 a pair.
They got a funny idea of ‘affordable’.
You’re just another liar trying to cover your tracks!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) July 22, 2017
re: #342 Blind Frog Belly White
Poor Mrs. FBW! This morning she comes over to me, points to her eye, and asks “Does this look like allergies? Or Pink Eye?”
Her right eye appeared to be made of very lean bacon. Her left eye just looked like an eye.
So, now she’s sitting at Urgent Care. Ever notice that these things only happen after 5 on Fridays?
Be sure to spend lots of time comparison shopping for the best price and service before you commit to anything.
Free markets!
re: #315 Romantic Heretic
Now I’m going to rant a little about Hugh Dowding. The man spent the decade before the battle preparing for it. He nursed the planes, the radar and the control system into being. He commanded them in the battle, and he won it.
The British government thanked him by firing him and sending him to America to buy aircraft. Assholes.
Which is still nowhere near as awful as what they did to Alan Turing. His work shortened the war by 2 years, saved tens of millions of lives, he deserved every medal and honor ever. And they drove him to suicide.
re: #347 dangerman
Be sure to spend lots of time comparison shopping for the best price and service before you commit to anything.
Free markets!
Ah, you sound like you read JD Vance’s thing this morning on Conservative ideas for healthcare!
Curiously @JDVance1’s op-ed “A Republican Health Care Fix” does not propose a health care fix of any kind. https://t.co/BJuzFoOWSC
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 22, 2017
re: #350 Blind Frog Belly White
From Vance’s column…
This scenario is a simplistic version of how many conservatives view the health care market. According to them, there was a time when the market worked reasonably well: Providers competed to offer quality services and consumers shopped around, curbing prices. Then the government, with its mandates and subsidies and regulations, wounded the market, driving up costs and decreasing quality.
And oddly enough, there’s no indication he realized this was a joke when he wrote it.
re: #339 prairiefire
“Can you do the fangdando?” Sorry, can’t help myself.
[pedant/lyrics cop]
Everyone is quoting this lyric. Incorrectly.
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango
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re: #353 makeitstop
[pedant/lyrics cop]
Everyone is quoting this lyric. Incorrectly.
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The pedant in me is making me point out you mistyped ‘pedant’ when you closed your tags.
This will probably come in handy when tweeting replies to the team of lying liars that lie. Have fun…repeatedly. ❤️#DemForce pic.twitter.com/5r68jxJfPY
— Honey #DemForce (@HoneyDemForce) July 22, 2017
re: #354 Blind Frog Belly White
The pedant in me is making me point out you mistyped ‘pedant’ when you closed your tags.
Since corrected, young padawan. Refresh, and all will be revealed.
re: #353 makeitstop
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Everyone is quoting this lyric. Incorrectly.
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Thank you, need to get it right for the next several months, maybe less, hopefully, fingers crossed.
Amazing hike with Dad @SenJohnMcCain this morning. Thank you all for your best wishes! pic.twitter.com/P9RR2v91HB
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 22, 2017
Scaramucci will make things worse by sounding slick, and trump won’t understand why people keep talking about Russia.
re: #358 prairiefire
Thank you, need to get it right for the next several months, maybe less, hopefully, fingers crossed.
Didn’t mean to point you out specifically. But I read it maybe 20 times yesterday, and it got to the point where I had to look up the lyrics and reassure myself what I wasn’t mis-remembering them.
BREAKING: Bannon likes Thai food.
So Sad: Steve Bannon Is The Only One Who Signed Sean Spicer’s Goodbye Card And He Thought It Was A Lunch Order https://t.co/KLw6CAc1fA pic.twitter.com/n0Cb8DriZb
— ClickHole (@ClickHole) July 21, 2017
Posted this in another thread, but for a brief, glorious moment this was Scaramucci’s Wiki page:
Anthony Scaramucci (born January 6, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, financier, political figure, and author.[1] In June 2017, he became a senior vice president and chief strategy officer at the U.S. Export-Import Bank[2], and on July 21, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed him the White House Communications Director.[3]
On July 21, 2017 he buried his face deep in Donald Trumps butt. On January 12, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to appoint Scaramucci Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs.[4] Scaramucci’s swearing-in was reportedly delayed by an extended review of his finances by the Office of Government Ethics,[5][6] although the ethics office denied that clearance was necessary before making White House appointments.[7] Ultimately, George Sifakis was appointed instead.[8]
Following the 2016 election, Scaramucci served on the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee.[9] In 2005, Scaramucci founded global investment firm SkyBridge Capital,[10] serving as co-managing partner before selling the company in early 2017[11] to take a role in the Trump administration.
re: #365 Barefoot Grin
before selling the company in early 2017[11] to take a role in the Trump administration.
Oddly enough, better than his boss in this particular detail. Man bites dog.
re: #366 Blind Frog Belly White
Two things are obvious from this picture. First, we need to get a living room rug into which Rango doesn’t disappear. Second, he appears to have a bullseye marking indicating the location of his heart.
Gun-friendly Arizona rewrites driver’s manual to avoid bloodshed when people with firearms get pulled over by police https://t.co/HbO5vHUlau
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) July 22, 2017
@jjmacnab How much are the SovCits, Anti-Feds, 2Aers, III%ers, OathKeepers gonna like this? https://t.co/xtCm1NeTXL
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) July 22, 2017
A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post,this time against A.G. Jeff Sessions.These illegal leaks, like Comey’s, must stop!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
Oh come on dude we all know you leaked it and now you’re protesting too much. https://t.co/vukQ5CFpp3
— Rev. Magdalen (@revmagdalen) July 22, 2017
Notice how Trump both confirms this is a real intel leak while also saying it totally wasn’t him that leaked it.
— Rev. Magdalen (@revmagdalen) July 22, 2017
He needs us to know *this* leak is real because he’s going to fire Sessions over it.
— Rev. Magdalen (@revmagdalen) July 22, 2017
Ha:
Full transparency: I’m deleting old tweets. I don’t want to be accused of having a conscience now that I’ve joined the Trump Administration.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 22, 2017
So @Scaramucci just joined the Trump admin so he’d be on the list for a pardon? #SanctionsViolations
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 22, 2017
re: #374 Stanley Sea
Super random, but just saw this gorgeous photo of Ali MacGraw.
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Damn.
Loved her in Convoy.
re: #378 Varek Raith
Jeff Bezos owns the WaPo.
Oh! I see! So using that logic, he’s the Kremlin Trump!
re: #374 Stanley Sea
Stunning!
Whoa. Her Wiki page says she’s repped by Trump Model Management. That’s still a thing?
re: #380 JordanRules
Stunning!
Whoa. Her Wiki page says she’s repped by Trump Model Management. That’s still a thing?
GAH.
re: #374 Stanley Sea
Super random, but just saw this gorgeous photo of Ali MacGraw.
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Damn.
Wow. Skye looks 45. Maybe 50. Holy cow.
re: #368 Blind Frog Belly White
Two things are obvious from this picture. First, we need to get a living room rug into which Rango doesn’t disappear. Second, he appears to have a bullseye marking indicating the location of his heart.
I think the sleeping stuffed animals add the perfect touch.
re: #380 JordanRules
Stunning!
Whoa. Her Wiki page says she’s repped by Trump Model Management. That’s still a thing?
re: #375 makeitstop
Umm…what?
His idea of a witty dig. Like lying Ted or crooked Hillary. More stupid from Trump.
re: #378 Varek Raith
Jeff Bezos owns the WaPo.
Oh, right.
Trump probably thinks he delivered a sick burn there.
re: #385 Varek Raith
You can violate the Emoluments clause much better with our core businesses!
re: #384 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
I think the sleeping stuffed animals add the perfect touch.
It’s funny - the Greyhounds have never gutted a plushie. Our Golden used to do that within a day of receiving them. Zeena doesn’t play with them so much anymore (not dignified!), but Rango loves to toss them, and go find them and toss them again, though recently he’s been taking them out in the yard when he does Zoomies*. He’ll usually do a lap or two with them in his mouth before he drops them, runs away, runs back and grabs them (repeated multiple times).
*Greyhounds, about once a day, get a wild look in their eye, and go tearing around at full speed for about 2-5 minutes. Rango runs circles around our flowerbed, up to 15 circuits. Then they come in, pant like mad, flop on the floor, and sleep some more. Zeena doesn’t do it anymore (not dignified!)
Still needs to be voted on in the House.
Breaking: House & Senate negotiators reach deal on Russian sanctions bill including new ability to block WH from easing penalties
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 22, 2017
bill passed Senate 98-2
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 22, 2017
re: #389 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s funny - the Greyhounds have never gutted a plushie. Our Golden used to do that within a day of receiving them. Zeena doesn’t play with them so much anymore (not dignified!), but Rango loves to toss them, and go find them and toss them again, though recently he’s been taking them out in the yard when he does Zoomies*. He’ll usually do a lap or two with them in his mouth before he drops them, runs away, runs back and grabs them (repeated multiple times).
*Greyhounds, about once a day, get a wild look in their eye, and go tearing around at full speed for about 2-5 minutes. Rango runs circles around our flowerbed, up to 15 circuits. Then they come in, pant like mad, flop on the floor, and sleep some more. Zeena doesn’t do it anymore (not dignified!)
We had Salukis. They did the run thing, too. Our farm has a very steep hill a hundred feet tall or more. When you climb it, you put out your hand, and you are touching the hill. Our last Saluki, when he was young, would do loops up and around the hill several times, then come in, take two deep breaths, and be back in calm mode. No panting. What a heart lung machine!
re: #389 Blind Frog Belly White
Zoomies*
My blueheeler/pointer mix does the same thing; my wife calls it ‘scootin’.