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The ban on laptops in cabins of planes flying from the Middle East to the US has been lifted, federal officials say. https://t.co/xNT4pBD9a5 pic.twitter.com/TyduXERohO
— ABC News (@ABC) July 23, 2017
All the responses in the thread are like this.
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
Love. Love will keep us together. Think of me, babe, whenever. Some sweet-talking girl comes along…- Jesus Christ
— Hitmonkey (@VitruvianMonkey) July 21, 2017
WATCH: Only 30 people show up to Trump supporters’ anti-‘fake news’ protest outside CNN HQ https://t.co/TFWGFLZvHK
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 23, 2017
Went to the dentist for the first time in 7 years (oops). Totally lucked out and just needed a cleaning, bad.
Florida family awakened by fifteen pounds of frozen sausage which crashed onto their roof.
When family members went outside to investigate, they found two packages of frozen Italian pork sausage in the side yard of their Deerfield Beach home, and three more on the roof. Adair told The Associated Press that the meat sacks must have fallen from above, since they were too heavy to have been thrown onto the roof from the ground. His’ wife, Jennie Adair, speculated the meat fell from a plane, and may have related to a “drug deal.”
re: #2 gocart mozart
You’ve painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair,
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down,
Oh Ruby, don’t take your love to town. - John Maynard Keynes
re: #6 Anymouse 🌹
Sounds like Amazon’s drone delivery service needs some fine tuning.
Good thing it wasn’t a leg of lamb that fell on their house. It might have killed them going through the roof).
Poland’s on the verge of firing all Supreme Court justices so the ruling party can replace them with their own picks https://t.co/BZY6U8tr2y
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 22, 2017
Doesn’t seem so beyond the pale any more, does it? https://t.co/w7IHzNDsMo
— SUPER Grover. (@fuzzlaw) July 23, 2017
Khemtrail
— Ryan Stauffer (@rms5539) July 23, 2017
Great name for the next Kardashian kid. https://t.co/Timpo0tZwv
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) July 23, 2017
re: #6 Anymouse 🌹
Florida family awakened by fifteen pounds of frozen sausage which crashed onto their roof.
Ok! I gave you the cocaine now hand over my Italian Sausage?
State TV gives Dear Leader credit for minimum wage increases enacted under Obama #FakeNews #AlternativeFacts https://t.co/lTtwzHJchG
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) July 23, 2017
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with a narcotics emergency facing the country.“Be firm, especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country and resist arrest. Shoot them because we indeed are in a narcotics emergency position now,” Widodo said in a speech delivered at an event held by one of Indonesia’s political parties late on Friday.
His remarks have drawn comparison to that of Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte, who launched a brutal anti-drug crackdown about a year ago that saw many alleged drug dealers killed.
(more at Voice of America)
Wow Peter Baker, that both-sides stuff must be like crack.
False equivalence till 12th-13th graph, when story cites differences that should be at top. Bending over backwards is not being fair.
— Nina Bernstein (@NinaBernstein1) July 23, 2017
Former NYTimes reporter:https://t.co/3hbECKKYcR
— leah mcelrath 🗽 (@leahmcelrath) July 23, 2017
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
(more at Voice of America)
What’s really amazing is how big the overlap between ‘drug dealers’ and ‘people who disrespect the President’ will be.
I wish it was just bad journo work, but this shit had and continues to have dire consequences.
Trump’s just like them is literally why we’re in this national crisis
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 23, 2017
OT.
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re: #21 Romantic Heretic
What’s really amazing is how big the overlap between ‘drug dealers’ and ‘people who disrespect the President’ will be.
Has Bannon taken over the Voice of America yet? He was going to, right? Do we trust it as a source of news?
Philandro Castile gets killed by a white cop & nothing happens.
Justine Damond gets killed by a Somali cop & the Chief of Police resigns.— Sage Rosenfels (@SageRosenfels18) July 23, 2017
.@WSJ found $1B in undisclosed loans to firms Kushner partly owns. Not in revised file either https://t.co/tCWIbkgSWO pic.twitter.com/7lhfVvOW7V
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) July 22, 2017
Spicer lost to this guy https://t.co/32DY2Wcbfn pic.twitter.com/w9lA1FN2Cj
— Stefan Becket (@becket) July 21, 2017
re: #26 Stanley Sea
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Jared’s trying to rigorously prove the hypothesis that if you have large enough loans, the bank has a problem.
re: #29 Stanley Sea
You wonder what he’s doing sucking up to Trump if he has so much money.
re: #30 jaunte
You wonder what he’s doing sucking up to Trump if he has so much money.
Power over the little people. Nothing more probs.
re: #23 Stanley Sea
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Eh, she’ll get a new job fast and the cop will walk because he was scared by a firecracker. The rest is just collateral damage from keeping the 1% safe.
Well, what do you know.
A lot of folks didn’t think Merkel would sign off on it. I guess when you’re now Leader of the Free World you have to leave your comfort zone now and then.
German president OKs gay marriage law, which will take effect in the fall https://t.co/66vWtIKn0u pic.twitter.com/BPhglkiKxF
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 23, 2017
re: #37 FormerDirtDart
Well, what do you know.
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I think it’s more like: When you want a functioning government, rather than the shithole the US has become, you have to build coalitions and compromise.
re: #39 freetoken
Talking head sez these things can grow to be about a foot across, and they use the large proboscis to suck fluid out of an animal:
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NICE!
Trump’s political speech on the Gerald R. Ford (politicising the military) is another way authoritarians establish power.
The military stays under civilian rule in this country for a very good reason. Politicising the military leads to things like military dictatorships.
I am disgusted that Mr. Trump is trying to foul the military service I spent my career in.
8 legs = bad
No matter the realistic explanation.
bad
re: #42 Stanley Sea
8 legs = bad
No matter the realistic explanation.
bad
Wait, I thought it was two legs bad. Now I’m so confused.
re: #36 William Lewis
You might want to be careful with comments like this. It could come off really insensitive to all the humans on this site who take police violence and all the attendant disparities around race very seriously.
re: #43 A Cranky One
Wait, I thought it was two legs bad. Now I’m so confused.
All multiples of two legs are evil.
re: #45 Belafon
All multiples of two legs are evil.
Luckily, I’ve got 3.
Additionally, hello laaaadies
A DOG SHOULD BE ABLE TO PURSUE WHATEVER CAREER IT DAMN WELL WANTS. pic.twitter.com/GpXQGGmIjV
— Jack Kirby (@jackkirby) July 21, 2017
I convinced my friend “blue-footed booby” is a legit interior design theme, and now I am the distilled essence of happiness. pic.twitter.com/FEDMEl4CHe
— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) July 23, 2017
re: #44 JordanRules
You might want to be careful with comments like this. It could come off really insensitive to all the humans on this site who take police violence and all the attendant disparities around race very seriously.
William is definitely on the side of #goodtrouble
In serious breach of civ-mil norms, Trump exhorts sailors at USS Ford commissioning to support him politically https://t.co/pfLSXrEJIa pic.twitter.com/xdtVxWxwNs
— Phillip Carter (@Carter_PE) July 22, 2017
The commander-in-chief ordered naval personnel to call congress and lobby for taking 22 million people’s health insurance away. https://t.co/3GQZP5j4cr
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 22, 2017
Trump has starting issuing unlawful orders. https://t.co/NvnwoR3bWj
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) July 22, 2017
re: #50 Stanley Sea
Oh I know, mostly by virtue of being a lizard. I was half being a smart ass based on what I thought was a heavy handed and unnecessary cautionary comment he made earlier and the other half was responding to a weird takeaway from the comment you posted. It came off pretty tone deaf IMO.
All sorts of strange creatures show up in these transects of the water column. Often the ROV can’t get a good image because the creatures are too fast or too translucent.
Well, my regional newspaper is back to its normal conservative ways. In reporting on Mr. Trump’s visit to the Ford, it lavished attention on the part of his speech where he called for increased military spending.
It did not mention him urging seamen to call Congress about his stalled wealthcare for billionaires bill.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
Another complaint I’ve heard from conservatives is that everything gets politicized. Using their definition of politicizing, and not the real one, Trump is politicizing everything.
Shameful. Desperate for health care in America:
Thousands flock to free medical clinic, as DC dithers on health care https://t.co/A6p7PBF7CJ— McBlondeLand (@McBlondeLand) July 23, 2017
…These events are staged nationwide, but the Wise clinic is among the biggest, drawing people from throughout Appalachia and casting Washington’s sterile political debates into the starkest human terms.
A third of the patients who registered Friday were unemployed. Those who couldn’t afford a room slept in their cars or camped in the fields around the fairgrounds. They lined up in the dead of night to get a spot inside the event.
It is the place of last resort for people who can’t afford insurance even under Obamacare or who don’t qualify for Medicaid in a state where the legislature has resisted expansion.”
…….
“”They’re trying to kill us poor people, is what they’re trying to do,” said Robert Horne, 55, a disabled former construction worker seeking dental care.
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
An experience I never knew I was missing… I just heard a kitten fart. It was so surprising I questioned my interpretation of the distinctive sound. About the time I completed that thought my nose confirmed the accuracy of my initial impression.
Just sharing. :)
re: #59 allegro
An experience I never knew I was missing… I just heard a kitten fart. It was so surprising I questioned my interpretation of the distinctive sound. About the time I completed that thought my nose confirmed the accuracy of my initial impression.
Just sharing. :)
How the hell are the other pets reacting? Missing reports por favor?
Reading now & yes
1/ About that “interview” he gave to three Times reporters I have not stopped thinking. A thread to explain why. https://t.co/dCDqxnQcUT
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 23, 2017
Americans - Please read this thread if you care about our country. It’s alarming. #TheResistance @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/DM931eWYpd
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) July 23, 2017
re: #61 Stanley Sea
How the hell are the other pets reacting? Missing reports por favor?
Buddy and Blossom are generally pissed by the invaders and are acting out in their own ways. Fortunately they are directing their pissed-offedness at the right place: me. (They aren’t getting the chance at the kittens who still think all the world is love and play and Nom.)
Example of acting out: Buddy. We went over to my neighbor/friend’s place earlier to watch a movie and Buddy planted himself next to her, staring at me, for the entire time we were there. Like, you got someone else, I can has someone else too. I find that fair.
Blossom cracks me up. After the kittens have had playtime with me on the sofa or bed, Blossom struts around the area like fucking Gen. Patton, inspecting the space for kitty cooties and flinging the toys on the floor.
re: #65 allegro
Buddy and Blossom are generally pissed by the invaders and are acting out in their own ways. Fortunately they are directing their pissed-offedness at the right place: me. (They aren’t getting the chance at the kittens who still think all the world is love and play and Nom.)
Example of acting out: Buddy. We went over to my neighbor/friend’s place earlier to watch a movie and Buddy planted himself next to her, staring at me, for the entire time we were there. Like, you got someone else, I can has someone else too. I find that fair.
Blossom cracks me up. After the kittens have had playtime with me on the sofa or bed, Blossom struts around the area like fucking Gen. Patton, inspecting the space for kitty cooties and flinging the toys on the floor.
Knew it wasn’t peachy!!!!! Endure oh great kitty mom!!!!
Trump team said they hadn’t asked the Pentagon for military vehicles for the inauguration parade. Untrue, turns out! https://t.co/AcvbEDct9w pic.twitter.com/6rG8xLWVg8
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) March 22, 2017
re: #58 retired cynic
Oh, go for it!
My sister was once an extra on “The Drew Carey Show.”
In our case, the wrong person has the long hair, I have no beard (though I do have a moustache), we have no children, and neither of us has “a face that tells a story” because we don’t “work the land.”
re: #67 Kragar
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re: #69 Anymouse 🌹
My sister was once an extra on “The Drew Carey Show.”
In our case, the wrong person has the long hair, I have no beard (though I do have a moustache), we have no children, and neither of us has “a face that tells a story” because we don’t “work the land.”
You don’t know what they are looking for. They have an idiosyncratic point of view, and you two might ring a bell for them. (Not seriously pushing; I just thought you’d have an interesting time, and it would make a good story for you to tell here!)
re: #30 jaunte
You wonder what he’s doing sucking up to Trump if he has so much money.
Because “so much” could always be “so much more”.
re: #71 retired cynic
You don’t know what they are looking for. They have an idiosyncratic point of view, and you two might ring a bell for them. (Not seriously pushing; I just thought you’d have an interesting time, and it would make a good story for you to tell here!)
Well, we’ll think about it. We do fit the requirement of “live here.” I’m not sure if I want to substitute my trilby for a cowboy hat, but why not.
re: #66 Stanley Sea
Knew it wasn’t peachy!!!!! Endure oh great kitty mom!!!!
Interesting you would use that term. I made peach cobbler today in my Instant Pot and NOM! I swear that purchase was one of the best I have ever made.
In the critter department, it is entirely peachy. Yeah, Buddy and Blossom are feeling imposed upon but they are showing their displeasure in entirely well-adjusted ways. My foster babies are amazing. They are trusting, loving, well-socialized and well on their way to being wonderful companions. I’m a proud mom. :)
re: #59 allegro
An experience I never knew I was missing… I just heard a kitten fart. It was so surprising I questioned my interpretation of the distinctive sound. About the time I completed that thought my nose confirmed the accuracy of my initial impression.
Just sharing. :)
My old bossie terrier delivered a laudable audible the other day. All sounds, no fury (thankfully!)
I wonder if the Coen Brothers would have us in our Smart car in the wagon train scene?
re: #75 MsJ
My old bossie terrier delivered a laudable audible the other day. All sounds, no fury (thankfully!)
My cat farts a lot as she gets older. In total silence. Guess how I know.
re: #23 Stanley Sea
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re: #57 Anymouse 🌹
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
Coen Brothers views of “ordinary” anything is probably unlike true ordinary. Plus, y’know, such a sparsely populated place, it’s probably already a struggle to find enough extras. Especially with clothes from 1960’s patterns that could be made to look like hand-me-downs.
Decent money, plus they’ll probably have a good lunch.
re: #78 mmmirele
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re: #79 sagehen
Coen Brothers views of “ordinary” anything is probably unlike true ordinary. Plus, y’know, such a sparsely populated place, it’s probably already a struggle to find enough extras. Especially with clothes from 1960’s patterns that could be made to look like hand-me-downs.
Decent money, plus they’ll probably have a good lunch.
Well, the area they are talking about (north of Mitchell) is a whole lot of empty. Makes where I live look positively metropolitan by comparison. One of the reasons they picked the location is there is absolutely no XX Century anachronisms like power lines or paved roads.
Since it’s going to be filmed on a ranch though, who knows? Perhaps the owner will throw a bar-b-que.
It was quite a show by Phishy standards, at least on paper. Hope you had fun! https://t.co/cAjzDd2Ltq
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2017
re: #81 GlutenFreeJesus
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Basil Polidouris is an instant upding.
Edit: Oops. Posted before I saw the video. Still cool. Upding stands. I love Conan.
re: #83 teleskiguy
First time the band has ever performed this song, in a cappella…
Live from Madison Square Garden 7/22/17 Set I Opener https://t.co/7fTn6l3gcA
— Phish (@phish) July 23, 2017
BBC reporter Tara McKelvey writes about her hectic six months covering Sean Spicer.
bbc.com
The article tries to paint a more “human” side to Mr. Spicer.
re: #83 teleskiguy
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Well. I do hope she enjoyed it more than I did seeing them at Alpine Valley Wi. Not my style of music but my ex was into them.
re: #56 jaunte
Nobody should have to go through that in a first-world country, but I just can’t stop myself from wondering how many of those folks voted to put in power the very same politicians who have refused Medicaid expansion for the sole purpose of giving the black president the finger.
With the end of guinea worm in sight, Jimmy Carter takes aim at another problem he believes can be solved: River blindness.
The Carter Center is now a finalist in proposals to the MacArthur Foundation for a $100 Million grant.
The Problem
River blindness affects an estimated 32.7 million people worldwide. Caused by a worm parasite that spreads via the bite of a black fly, the disease is most endemic in Nigeria. With its dense and growing population, roughly 50 million people in 40,000 communities in Nigeria are infected with or at risk of the disease.
The SolutionThe Carter Center will eliminate transmission of river blindness disease in Nigeria, creating a model for the rest of Africa and the world.
In partnership with the Ministry of Health and local NGOs, the Center will work through community-directed distribution systems to administer the drug ivermectin once or twice per year. This medicine is proven to stop transmission of the condition.
The program will train community-level volunteers in the appropriate dosing and administration of the drug and to provide health education to families and neighbors, creating a sustainable, rudimentary healthcare infrastructure in remote communities.
Similar Carter Center projects have eliminated river blindness from four countries in the Americas and from parts of Uganda and Sudan. This project will bring these best practices to scale across Nigeria, demonstrating that eliminating river blindness is possible in even the largest and most challenging environments.
(more at the Carter Center)
cartercenter.org
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
Are they going to call the mini-series ‘Cheyenne’?
re: #91 stpaulbear
Are they going to call the mini-series ‘Cheyenne’?
LOL.
The title is “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
I guess “Scottsbluff” didn’t test well in focus groups.
re: #87 William Lewis
Well. I do hope she enjoyed it more than I did seeing them at Alpine Valley Wi. Not my style of music but my ex was into them.
They’ve been a band (in their current form) since 1985.
What year did you see them? 2009? I was at one of the Alpine Valley shows that year. The Deer Creek show I went to before Alpine Valley (with a *big* rain delay - 70+ minutes - during set break), was a lot of fun.
I don’t claim to be a “phan” though I like their music and have seen them a half dozen times in concert. I will say that their career as a drug band has been incredible and unparalleled.
BTW, you don’t need drugs to enjoy Phish.
re: #90 Dr Lizardo
Nice trailer for Thor: Ragnarok.
Another upcoming film is Speilberg’s take on Ready Player One. Here’s a look:
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So many pop-culture references in there it’s just crazy. Gloriously crazy.
I think I just had a nerdgasm.
It was back in the 90s and all I did was beer. It wasn’t enough, alas…
I’m just not into stoned jam bands I guess. X or Husker Du or the Urban Guerrillas or other punk type bands? The greatest show I didn’t get to see was The Clash opening for The Who. Had to go to Basic training instead O_o
re: #94 Targetpractice
I think I just had a nerdgasm.
Yeah, exactly. There will be changes from the book - which is somewhat natural, I suppose; it’s an adaptation - but it looks good.
Well, I’m off to bed. G’night y’all.
Try not to be buried in covfefe while I am out.
re: #97 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, exactly. There will be changes from the book - which is somewhat natural, I suppose; it’s an adaptation - but it looks good.
Well, a large part of it is that so much of the intellectual property that appears in the book is owned by widely separated companies, some of whom will refuse under any condition to allow their characters to be used. Especially some who appear in a negative light.
re: #94 Targetpractice
I think I just had a nerdgasm.
Also, to add a list of pop culture references featured in the Ready Player One trailer, duly compiled by Reddit user EpicMangoDude:
The songs are ‘Pure Imagination’ from Willy Wonka and ‘Tom Sawyer’ by Rush
Iron Giant
Freddy Krueger
Duke Nukem
Halo (Assault Rifle)
Harley Quinn
Deathstroke
Ostriches from Joust
DMC DeLorean (Back to the Future)
BA Baracus’ van (The A-Team)
Tron
Kaneda’s bike (Akira)
Red F1 car (Pole Position?)
Plymouth Fury (Stephen King’s ‘Christine’)
Bigfoot Monster Truck
Ford Falcon XB GT (Mad Max)
Classic Lara Croft (next to Plymouth Fury?)
Dizzy Wallin from Gears of War (next to Plymouth Fury?)
Ryu from Street Fighter (1:26 behind IOI cars)
That’s a whole lot squeezed into a two-minute trailer.
re: #100 Dr Lizardo
Also, to add a list of pop culture references featured in the Ready Player One trailer, duly compiled by Reddit user EpicMangoDude:
That’s a whole lot squeezed into a two-minute trailer.
I just saw a flying DeLorean pull a barrel roll. I can now die happy.
All this extreme escapism ——— kind of keeps me from being able to really get into any of these series. Seems like too much too much.
re: #103 Kragar
and Netflix is releasing a Shadowrun themed movie in December
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re: #104 freetoken
Ready Player One seems like its title should be “Nostalgia: The Movie”
re: #106 Kragar
Ready Player One seems like its title should be “Nostalgia: The Movie”
Let’s be honest, since Hollywood is so focused on resurrecting and shitting on as much of the 80s cultures and trends as possible, might as well have at least one film out there that says “Remember everything awesome about that era?”
re: #107 Targetpractice
Let’s be honest, since Hollywood is so focused on resurrecting and shitting on as much of the 80s cultures and trends as possible, might as well have at least one film out there that says “Remember everything awesome about that era?”
I’m quite partial to films from the 1970’s - as an example, I’m watching this right now:
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Even though this one didn’t get quite all the critical acclaim of its predecessor, it’s still a very solid, well-written, well-acted flick.
cnn.com
8 people found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
Looks like immigrant smuggling. 20 people died in a similar incident in Texas about 15 years ago. The driver just left them locked in and took off. He got 7 years.
re: #106 Kragar
Ready Player One seems like its title should be “Nostalgia: The Movie”
Between the incredibly unrealistic backdrop and the whiny self-entitlement of the narrator, I couldn’t watch 30 seconds of the trailer.
Wow, I don’t know how I have power and internet. We just had the strongest winds I have ever personally lived through. Big system from the south-southwest with straight line winds that roared like a jet for over half an hour. Never heard that before. It’s too dark to be able to tell about damage, but at least the house is standing. Hope my old roof survived.
It looks like JeffreyW had a worse time of it than here. Hope they are OK! I’m afraid for all my little feathered friends with their nests.
Rio Bravo official accused of ordering police chief to ‘shoot children of illegal immigrants’ https://t.co/MWXt8Cx8hJ via @mySA
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 23, 2017
Rene Cervantes states in the lawsuit that Miguel Berry instructed him to “shoot children of illegal immigrants (he) and his officers might arrest so it would be easier to send the parents back to Mexico.”
re: #113 Kragar
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They’re just letting their freak flag fly high and proud, aren’t they?
Thanks, Trump. *spit*
re: #108 Dr Lizardo
Just wanted to add - that film has one of the best (IMO) car chase sequences ever put on the silver screen. And Roy Scheider, with a fine performance from Richard Lynch as the antagonist.
re: #113 Kragar
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Damn. That’s serious einsatzgruppe stuff. These fuckers intend to launch a bloodbath. All they need is some relief from the heavy hand of the feds, and Trumpenfuhrer is well on his way to providing that.
Just found this and I gotta say, casting Ed McMahon (yes, that Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s erstwhile sidekick) as the antagonist is great!
May be NSFW.
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re: #113 Kragar
When you are in the business of fighting terrorism, strategies like that can be characterized as “growing the business”.
/spit
Scaramucci tells @jaketapper that he “loves the hair and makeup people”that overhauled Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Hahaha!!!
— Marilyn Edmonds (@MarilynAEdmonds) July 23, 2017
I found this revolting, to discuss a woman’s hair and make-up on national TV , when you’re her boss is beyond the pale. https://t.co/wBWFjtQLsr
— Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) July 23, 2017
” We fixed her up as best we could, given what we had to work with” Scramucci, basically, talking about, and to, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
— Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) July 23, 2017
A puppet regime sent in a new puppet to entertain you. Look behind the curtain instead.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 23, 2017
re: #122 jaunte
Charming fellow. Must be a real hit with the ladies.
Morning.
Well, it’s Sunday and it appears I was wrong about Jeffy Sessions out by last night.
I is disappoint.
re: #113 Kragar
Rene Cervantes states in the lawsuit that Miguel Berry instructed him to “shoot children of illegal immigrants (he) and his officers might arrest so it would be easier to send the parents back to Mexico.”
If pinned on it and unable to deny, he will insist that he was “just joking”.
re: #103 Kragar
and Netflix is releasing a Shadowrun themed movie in December
Watching the clip yesterday couldn’t help but think of Alien Nation
re: #125 ObserverArt
Morning.
Well, it’s Sunday and it appears I was wrong about Jeffy Sessions out by last night.
I is disappoint.
I was predicting out by Monday. There’s still time.
re: #125 ObserverArt
Morning.
Well, it’s Sunday and it appears I was wrong about Jeffy Sessions out by last night.
I is disappoint.
He has waaaaaaaaay too many people to kill, maim, destroy, etc., etc., etc.
re: #128 wheat-dogg
I was predicting out by Monday. There’s still time.
I think Sessions will outlast Trump. Sessions has friends in Congress. Trump is losing supporters. Trump is going to cost the GOP. That is something they won’t abide.
re: #120 darthstar
Finally hit the magic number on Twitter…my life is complete now.
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May the devil be with you.
You know, in reading around the last few days it seems the Russians have more say in Donny Trump’s administration future than the Republicans.
Take the way Putin’s people like Kislyak can play with someone like Sessions.
Trump makes scary noises about Sessions and Sessions comes out mid-week and says give me more Mr. President. Maybe that stopped Trump from firing him. Then Friday late Kislyak is reported to have made it clear Sessions did meet and discuss Trump’s campaign.
That both gives Trump and excuse to fire Sessions but then also acknowledges Trump was in deep with the Russians during the campaign.
The Russians are toying with us all. I wonder when some from OUR government are going to decide to put a stop to that type of influence control?
Per pool, Trump has arrived at Trump Nat’l Golf Club in Sterling, VA at 10:06AM.
This is Trump’s 42nd day at a golf course as president.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2017
This story seems to have slipped by me.
So much for “filling up Gitmo”
Trump breaks with campaign rhetoric, will bring terrorism suspect to US to face charges https://t.co/xZ3tz1Uk8d pic.twitter.com/COaPXStSuq
— The Hill (@thehill) July 21, 2017
“… The New York Times reported Friday that the suspect, Ali Charaf Damache, was transferred from Spain and was scheduled to appear in court Friday in Philadelphia.
Damache is suspected of being a recruiter for Al-Qaeda and was charged by the Justice Department with helping plot the murder of a Swedish cartoonist who depicted Prophet Muhammad in cartoons.
Damache was charged alongside Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a Pakistani citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident living in Maryland with “conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.” Khalid was arrested in Ellicott City, Md., on July 6 according to the Justice Department. …”
re: #134 FormerDirtDart
This story seems to have slipped by me.
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There’s no ratings or exposure if it’s done at Gitmo. Trump needs ratings. Always.
Well, there’s a credible source…
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Within one minute @Scaramucci outs scandal plagued Republican @realDonaldTrump as his anonymous source. Mooch sucks at his job already pic.twitter.com/pOqFCWoF8I
— Hercules Mulligan (@johnvmoore) July 23, 2017
A 39 year old is a kid the way meeting with a lawyer working for Russian government about high level and sensitive information is nothing.
— Morten Øverbye (@morten) July 23, 2017
In local news here in Sweden, a police officer has been killed in the line of duty.
He was chasing armed robbers on foot when he was struck by a car (initial reports are that the driver is not related in any way to the robbers). He was taken to hospital but his life could not be saved. Half mast has been ordered for police HQ’s nationwide.
It’s a rare occurrence that a police officer is killed in the line of duty here in Sweden, it’s like once every one to three years (if that much).
Will post news articles as they become available in English. Did this post partly out of respect for law enforcement, partly to give you lizardim a heads-up in case the alt-Reich decides to blame it on immigrants like they usually do.
Edit: Location, Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden.
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
Now that sounds like so much fun. Hope you get a small part.
re: #139 Patricia Kayden
Now that sounds like so much fun. Hope you get a small part.
I’d do it just for the experience is seeing what goes on behind-the-scenes. I’d find that very interesting.
re: #137 jaunte
I remember when I was a 39 year old kid
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re: #133 jaunte
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He’s White. It’s okay that he plays golf. It’s only a problem when the Kenyan Muslim Communist does it.
Within one minute @Scaramucci outs scandal plagued Republican @realDonaldTrump as his anonymous source. Mooch sucks at his job already pic.twitter.com/pOqFCWoF8I
— Hercules Mulligan (@johnvmoore) July 23, 2017
Yeah, he screwed his boss…but he looked good doing it, and that’s what matters to Trump. https://t.co/GmrGzKKw2b
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 23, 2017
re: #142 MsJ
Loud and argumentative.
I can’t remember who did the interview on MSNBC about a month or so ago, but Scaramucci never shut up once he started. He got going and was not going to be stopped, even as the interviewer tried to get him to whoa up so he could make a point or two or contend a statement Scaramucci plowed on.
It’s the gish gallop on steroids and dressed in a silk suit with s’mucci!
re: #141 MsJ
When I used to live close to Toronto, I was a part of the background in a movie and a CBC series. It was loads of walking around all day with other extras, eating delicious snacks and most of all having a great time. I never watched the movie or series (can’t even remember the name of either, tbh) to see if I made the cut but it was loads of fun.
If I wasn’t so dang lazy, I’d try out for extra roles in movies/series that are filmed in D.C. It was a great day to spend a Sunday.
re: #137 jaunte
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Seriously he’s not a kid. He’s close to the same age as Trump’s French counterpart.
re: #141 MsJ
I’d do it just for the experience is seeing what goes on behind-the-scenes. I’d find that very interesting.
I’d love to have a role in a Coen flick.
I was on a Nov. 2016 NPR interview with Newt when he said Trump should pardon people. It was awful!https://t.co/VpI4fSlusS via @voxdotcom
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 23, 2017
And now Newt’s advising Trump. https://t.co/kKwOmrSIHu
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 23, 2017
Remember how Trump’s first executive orders were null and void because they were unconstitutional? Expect the same with his pardons.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 23, 2017
re: #109 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
cnn.com
8 people found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
Looks like immigrant smuggling. 20 people died in a similar incident in Texas about 15 years ago. The driver just left them locked in and took off. He got 7 years.
Sadly, I recall another similar situation where the driver left scores of immigrants to die in sweltering heat in the back of his truck a few years ago. Beyond inhumane.
re: #143 FormerDirtDart
I remember when I was a 39 year old kid
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re: #147 Patricia Kayden
When I used to live close to Toronto, I was a part of the background in a movie and a CBC series. It was loads of walking around all day with other extras, eating delicious snacks and most of all having a great time. I never watched the movie or series (can’t even remember the name of either, tbh) to see if I made the cut but it was loads of fun.
If I wasn’t so dang lazy, I’d try out for extra roles in movies/series that are filmed in D.C. It was a great day to spend a Sunday.
I had a friend some years ago whose favorite hobby was being an extra in anything filmed in the Houston area. He talked me into going with him for the filming of Urban Cowboy and we were both in several bar/dance scenes. It was so much fun.
re: #151 darthstar
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Painter is a rare conservative I respect because he doesn’t make excuses for the yam. And he has an actual ethical code.
re: #57 Anymouse
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
Don’t show them your posts. Just dress the part. Extra? No spoken words allowed so easy peasy. Good luck. Besides, it’s H’wood. Lots a kindly liberals cast in whatever kinda role.
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹
Coen Brothers coming to my area to film a miniseries, and are looking for “ordinary Nebraskans” as extras for their show about the Panhandle.
I’m guessing liberal hippie doesn’t fit their idea of “ordinary Nebraskan” as depicted in the article.
I was an extra in the Hannah Montana movie, a member of the “hometown crowd” in a benefit concert. For two day’s work in 90-degree heat, I netted $65 and a lot of free water. It was a lot of fun, though. The verdict is still out whether you can see me in the crowd — my “scene” may have ended up on the cutting room floor.
I saw neither Miley, nor Billy, nor Taylor Swift. They stayed in their air conditioned trailers while we plebes toiled in the hot sun, cheering and yelling at X’s made of gaffer’s tape.
And with that cultural abomination, I shall escape to the beach with my dog.
re: #147 Patricia Kayden
When I used to live close to Toronto, I was a part of the background in a movie and a CBC series. It was loads of walking around all day with other extras, eating delicious snacks and most of all having a great time. I never watched the movie or series (can’t even remember the name of either, tbh) to see if I made the cut but it was loads of fun.
If I wasn’t so dang lazy, I’d try out for extra roles in movies/series that are filmed in D.C. It was a great day to spend a Sunday.
Vancouver seems to be the go-to place for TV shoots nowadays — I think all the exterior shots for the Arrow-verse shows are done there.
re: #161 FormerDirtDart
Right above the US Army is the Pathfinder Badge
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re: #134 FormerDirtDart
This story seems to have slipped by me.
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Remember how unsafe we would have been bringing terrorists in for trial? Suddenly, trump supporters won’t either.
At first this just made me more depressed, but then I thought “it’s not like the Trumps have been paying any attention to OGE anyway.”
Get your eyebrows out. You’ll need to raise them over this latest stunt. pic.twitter.com/PkvREL6YQB
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 21, 2017
re: #127 FormerDirtDart
Watching the clip yesterday couldn’t help but think of Alien Nation
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Exactly what I thought. “This is Alien Nation with magic”.
re: #162 wheat-dogg
Vancouver seems to be the go-to place for TV shoots nowadays — I think all the exterior shots for the Arrow-verse shows are done there.
You are right, and yet you may have little idea of how right… Fellow Lizard NotApprovedbyMPAA worked at Clairmont, since moved on to a good gig. Tear in my eye, Clairmont was very good to small time (near invisible) guys like me. And they have (had) the gear that gave us very distinctive artistic looks in some favorite shows. The camera lens shaker is probably the best known.
The Vancouver offices of Clairmont Camera were taken over recently.
variety.com
Keslow Camera is acquiring Clairmont Camera and its Vancouver and Toronto operations for an undisclosed price.
The deal was announced on Monday by Keslow, which describes itself as the largest privately held motion picture camera equipment rental house in North America.
The company said the move will more than quadruple Keslow Camera’s anamorphic and vintage lens inventory, and add a substantial range of custom camera equipment to its portfolio. Simultaneously, Clairmont founder Denny Clairmont announced his retirement on Monday. The acquisition is expected to be completed on or before Aug. 4.
re: #166 Barefoot Grin
Swamp the drain.
Mooch is not having a good first week on the job.
Sekulow says he’s not researching if Trump can pardon himself. An hour earlier, Scaramucci said he’s discussed the same question…w Sekulow: pic.twitter.com/vimB5L9rXW
— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) July 23, 2017
‘Yeah I did it’: Singer Lana Del Rey admits using witchcraft to place a hex on President Trump https://t.co/IAQdCZiFNv pic.twitter.com/KNXbXBszQW
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 23, 2017
Hexes might be good, but the 25th amendment is better… much better… https://t.co/pDtMNT8cYi
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 23, 2017
If hexes, witchcraft & such stuff really worked, I’d have invested in a high-quality voodoo doll of Darth Orange McRoadkillHair by now…
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 23, 2017
re: #164 ObserverArt
Nice. I guess if we get lost…we call you.
One of the graduation requirements for the school was actually determining where a “lost” aircraft was, and directing it to your location.
They would orbit their location and describe the terrain below them, and you have to find it on a map the size of a dinner table.
House Democrats try to stop federal workers from staying at Trump hotels on business https://t.co/ASJrKVr51q pic.twitter.com/H2moCWbTOK
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) July 23, 2017
re: #170 FormerDirtDart
Mooch is not having a good first week on the job.
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Wait ‘til Mooch figure out this is what happens to everyone that works for Trump.
Trump has no idea what he is doing and saying from one minute to the next. So whatever the game plan is at the time Mooch thinks he has the talking points down, Donny comes out with something else from another of his sources that blows you out of the water.
I get a sense that Sacramucci can get a little angry at things like that.
A polished liar needs everyone on script. He won’t like looking bad.
He too quits in due time, or is fired by the Madman In The Presidency.
re: #90 Dr Lizardo
Nice trailer for Thor: Ragnarok.
Another upcoming film is Speilberg’s take on Ready Player One. Here’s a look:
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So many pop-culture references in there it’s just crazy. Gloriously crazy.
The first bit of music (right after the narrator says ‘pure imagination’) is from the song of the same name from Willy Wonka.
Very cool trailer.
re: #175 ObserverArt
A polished liar needs everyone on script. He won’t like looking bad.
Yeah…..and getting everyone on the Trump train to stay on script for more than 48 hours is pretty much an impossible task.
.@JaySekulow: Whether president can pardon himself “is a question that would ultimately…have to be adjudicated by the Supreme Court.” pic.twitter.com/DX1DFakx9e
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 23, 2017
Weird that the answer isn’t: The president will not pardon himself because he didn’t commit a crime https://t.co/eqrzN2SdMB
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 23, 2017
re: #176 makeitstop
The first bit of music (right after the narrator says ‘pure imagination’) is from the song of the same name from Willy Wonka.
Very cool trailer.
It’ll be interesting, to be sure. I’m interested to see what A-game Spielberg is bringing to this adaptation.
re: #172 Archangelus
What about the best of both worlds, a 25th amendment hex?
— Teo (@Teukka72) July 23, 2017
re: #127 FormerDirtDart
Watching the clip yesterday couldn’t help but think of Alien Nation
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Kind of a similar concept for science fiction to explore: Nonhumans and humans together. Alien Nation and Shadowrun came out about the same time. Shadowrun was Cyberpunk with magic.
Why are Cabinet posts considered more prestigious and powerful than being a governor or senator?
— Josiah Neeley (@jneeley78) July 22, 2017
I also find this puzzling.
Governor of Texas —> Secretary of Energy seems like a big step down. https://t.co/suEET4Y6Z6— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 23, 2017
DWTS —> Energy Secretary seems like a meteoric rise though. https://t.co/VvmgdgIn8d
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 23, 2017
re: #175 ObserverArt
I’m not clear why Scaramucci, who had a pretty good job at the Ex-Im Bank, would take such a demotion to be the spokesmouth Trump.
I’m with you. He’ll last a few months, realize what a mess he’s involved in, and bail as gracefully as he can.
re: #175 ObserverArt
Wait ‘til Mooch figure out this is what happens to everyone that works for Trump.
Trump has no idea what he is doing and saying from one minute to the next. So whatever the game plan is at the time Mooch thinks he has the talking points down, Donny comes out with something else from another of his sources that blows you out of the water.
I get a sense that Sacramucci can get a little angry at things like that.
A polished liar needs everyone on script. He won’t like looking bad.
He too quits in due time, or is fired by the Madman In The Presidency.
I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t a set up to punish the Mooch. I keep flashing back to those photos of Romney meeting with Trump. Put his head between the hammer of Trump’s tweets and the anvil of the press.
Yes, yes he did…
Unemployed ex-Carrier worker: Trump ‘blew smoke up our asses’ with a ‘sh*t-eating grin’ on his face https://t.co/ECMdWaWSOV pic.twitter.com/nFKDbSeZKg
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 23, 2017
re: #183 wheat-dogg
How could anyone be surprised at the mess? “Oh golly everything looked great so far”
re: #186 Unshaken Defiance
How could anyone be surprised at the mess? “Oh golly everything looked great so far”
Indeed. Multiple sources point to a totally dysfunctional executive branch.
re: #185 FormerDirtDart
Yes, yes he did…
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Guy would probably still vote for Trump because her e-mails!
First admit the problem.
.@RawStory Sorry to say it but it must be said. You suckers went for it. There was warning about this guy, lots of it
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 23, 2017
Anyone having trouble tweeting images from the page? I was trying to tweet the guy with the bag limit of zucchini and getting nowhere.
Another expose on the poor, anxious, white working class in The Washington Post on Friday I forgot to comment on:
How disability benefits divided this rural community between those who work and those who don’t
When’s the last time the Post, or any newspaper, has written about how bad some urban panhandler has it?
Scaramucci has completely sold out, or was lying about his beliefs from the beginning as he placed his support behind Walker the Bush.
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Scaramucci wrote ‘America deserves better’ than ‘unbridled demagoguery’ in early 2016 op-ed aimed at Trump https://t.co/aegrSfa33e
— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) July 23, 2017
Anyone in the D.C. area knows Jim Vance, I remember seeing him on the news since I was a kid:
Jim Vance, Washington’s longest-serving local news anchor, is dead at 75
Cancer sucks. :(
Garland builds a pretty epic thread, positing that intel agencies have known what happened for well over a year - and they’ve been spending the time since filling in the who…
All of Trump-Russia was revealed prior to the inauguration. We’ve been just letting the system work ever since.
Let’s review. pic.twitter.com/DrmMkx0hwT— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 23, 2017
re: #190 jeffreyw
Just tested, worked for me.
re: #178 jaunte
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Because Sukalow as an attorney for Trump knows quite well that Trump has committed crimes in office and will definitely seek to pardon himself and his sycophants. It’s not a question of “will he” — it’s “when will he”.
re: #193 Timothy Watson
Anyone in the D.C. area knows Jim Vance, I remember seeing him on the news since I was a kid:
Jim Vance, Washington’s longest-serving local news anchor, is dead at 75Cancer sucks. :(
So sad to hear this! Know him from watching the news quite well.
re: #184 Barefoot Grin
I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t a set up to punish the Mooch. I keep flashing back to those photos of Romney meeting with Trump. Put his head between the hammer of Trump’s tweets and the anvil of the press.
Well, since it only took Scaramooch two days to abandon every stance he’d previously taken on every issue, you might be right.
re: #191 Timothy Watson
Another expose on the poor, anxious, white working class in The Washington Post on Friday I forgot to comment on:
How disability benefits divided this rural community between those who work and those who don’tWhen’s the last time the Post, or any newspaper, has written about how bad some urban panhandler has it?
I literally just finished reading that article and I’m torn. The kid wants to work…mostly. the guy who embarrassed his dad for panhandling was a dick as the dad was all kinds of fucked up (from working in the coal mines to drugs to prison) and (by the dads word), couldn’t work. Embarrassing him with a viral “get a job loser!” Thing serves no purpose. Now, had he offered the kid a job, that kids life would have changed for two reasons: he wanted money from a job and the asshole could have instilled in the kid, what his own father neglected to do, a stronger work ethic.
The kids did all the right things, didn’t get his girlfriend pregnant, finished high school, saved for a car, went to a trade school (an hour away), etc., then got in a car accident and lost his car. Which what sounded to me like that was the end of any goals he might have had. And why I said the guy who hated panhandlers and more so because they won’t take a job world have greatly benefited that kid.
Sad story no matter. Sad all around.
Don’t see that a lot.
Bike road race traversing through a building.
The Tour de France peloton traverses the Grand Palais before starting the final circuits… https://t.co/bm2hqYMBiX pic.twitter.com/PONVdpXmCb
— Bonnie D. Ford (@Bonnie_D_Ford) July 23, 2017
re: #190 jeffreyw
Anyone having trouble tweeting images from the page? I was trying to tweet the guy with the bag limit of zucchini and getting nowhere.
I’m just impressed that he was able to train his cat to retrieve those veggies! No wonder they both look so proud!
re: #200 FormerDirtDart
Don’t see that a lot.
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I saw that yesterday, too. It was through some kind of sports stadium. I didn’t watch them actually going through (I’m not much of a biking enthusiast that I want to watch it on TV) but it struck me as being rather unique.
re: #160 darthstar
And with that cultural abomination, I shall escape to the beach with my dog.
Low tide…not a good day for swimming, but okay for walking through the bone yard before Mavericks.
Dudebros gonna dudebro.
You work for a news organization and you literally cannot verify an easily found fact before spouting nonsense. This is who you are now. pic.twitter.com/foyUAGzPdb
— Shea Wong (@MrsSheaWong) July 23, 2017
The point is, that’s her campaign slogan. You lied. And you’ve just admitted you know the Clinton agenda, which means you REALLY lied.
— Shea Wong (@MrsSheaWong) July 23, 2017
This is a very sad way for an adult man to react to having his error corrected & ranting about the “Clinton agenda” only drives that home.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
re: #203 darthstar
Low tide…not a good day for swimming, but okay for walking through the bone yard before Mavericks.
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Actually not a bad pic…only got a thumbnail though…worthy of a zoom.
re: #148 HappyWarrior
Seriously he’s not a kid. He’s close to the same age as Trump’s French counterpart.
Trumpito has 5 fucking kids.
We’ve replace the Trump Administration Communication’s Director with a 185 lb ham, let’s see if anybody notices. pic.twitter.com/aKoQxICPhK
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
re: #205 darthstar
Actually not a bad pic…only got a thumbnail though…worthy of a zoom.
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I think it’s a good shot. The rocks and the texture of the bottom under the shallow water make it. The larger it is viewed the better.
re: #208 ObserverArt
I think it’s a good shot. The rocks and the texture of the bottom under the shallow water make it. The larger it is viewed the better.
I’ll see how it works as wallpaper on my hi-def monitor at work.
Probably True Factoid: Scaramucci is the sole survivor of a hunger games were all the contestants were used car salesmen. pic.twitter.com/o1rI8LNx8n
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
re: #202 MsJ
I saw that yesterday, too. It was through some kind of sports stadium. I didn’t watch them actually going through (I’m not much of a biking enthusiast that I want to watch it on TV) but it struck me as being rather unique.
yesterday was the final Individual Time Trial, they started and finished in the stadium.
I’ve seen races use stadiums and airfields before.
This usage is directly related to Frances bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics
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
White man came across the sea
He brought us pain & misery
He killed our tribes he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
SHarris https://t.co/88VGo81aHx— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) July 23, 2017
Probably True: Scaramucci had one of his parathyroid glands replaced w/ a custom bio-engineered organ that constantly produces pure cocaine.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
OMFG. He makes Conway look brilliant.
Within one minute @Scaramucci outs scandal plagued Republican @realDonaldTrump as his anonymous source. Mooch sucks at his job already pic.twitter.com/pOqFCWoF8I
— Hercules Mulligan (@johnvmoore) July 23, 2017
Bell lap on Champs Elysees 2017 Tour de France
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” - Albert Einstein #quote #sunday
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 23, 2013
This is the exact opposite of how science works https://t.co/iSWgO4YmLc
— Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) July 23, 2017
People are having a hard time finding a verified source for this quote, but it sounds like the kind of thought a scammer would tuck away for reuse.
Probably True: Anthony Scaramucci is what Peter Thiel transforms into when he consumes TIGER BLOOD!
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
re: #143 FormerDirtDart
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re: #214 Dr. Matt
“My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard” - Jane Austen
— atlantic triangle (@atlantictriangl) July 21, 2017
re: #223 Interesting Times
lol. That does not sound like Jane to me.
The Failing New York Times foiled U.S. attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist,Al-Baghdadi.Their sick agenda over National Security
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
How Trump Got It Wrong in Saying The Times ‘Foiled’ Killing of ISIS Leader, via @nytimes https://t.co/sULouEWnV0
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 23, 2017
The “leak” that supposedly blew a chance at Baghdadi? Actually a DOD press release announced Abu Sayyaf’s wife was captured. https://t.co/zJBNeHnoWf
— Stephen Losey (@StephenLosey) July 23, 2017
Scaramucci, pictured here describing his new digital currency idea that’s based on encrypted dick pics. pic.twitter.com/yYSywalRWI
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
re: #195 Unshaken Defiance
Still not working for me win10 chrome nor firefox either.
Spotted by my wife in Trivial Pursuit 80’s edition tonight. Prophetic. pic.twitter.com/gyVbjSV21q
— Jon Keegan (@jonkeegan) July 23, 2017
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” - Albert Einstein #quote #sunday
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 23, 2013
The fact that Einstein never said any such thing only makes this tweet that much more perfect. https://t.co/ZCjViO1CpS
— Colin Dickey (@colindickey) July 23, 2017
“I love my hair and makeup person we used on Friday. If we could continue to use them.”
— Albert Einstein
“All I’m doing by deleting the tweets is sending people a message,” @Scaramucci tells @jaketapper in fiery exchange https://t.co/qj3jnz8abI
— CNN (@CNN) July 23, 2017
The message being that you’re a shapeshifting wraith with no personal integrity, eager to subjugate your own sense of self to Trump’s will. https://t.co/L0MuR4esyS
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2017
“Honesty is the best policy.” -Donald J. Trump
— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) July 23, 2017
Mark Twain if he was back-Dance like no one is watching, Tweet or blog like everyone is…
re: #233 goddamnedfrank
The only way deleting those makes any kind of sense is if you believe tou can change the past. But you can’t.
Has some published screenshots of all of his tweets he wants to delete?
‘sigh’
Former “Doctor Who” star Peter Davison calls Jodie Whittaker casting a “loss of a role model for boys” https://t.co/AVKN8Mguh5 pic.twitter.com/1euJsJPSfC
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 23, 2017
Gee - now boys only have 1,000 other role models to choose from - Getting more girls to appreciate Sci-fi sounds like a a good thing to me.
— Phillydude (@Fairwinds10) July 23, 2017
re: #237 jaunte
“Cui Bono?”
— Robert Mueller
Back in the good old days, I thought the answer to that was:
Sonny.
re: #239 wrenchwench
If I recall correctly Sonny Bono was a US Congressman. en.wikipedia.org
re: #212 FormerDirtDart
yesterday was the final Individual Time Trial, they started and finished in the stadium.
I’ve seen races use stadiums and airfields before.
This usage is directly related to Frances bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Paris-Roubaix ends in the Roubaix velodrome.
re: #240 PhillyPretzel
If I recall correctly Sonny Bono was a US Congressman. en.wikipedia.org
Yes, but by that time, I knew what ‘cui bono’ meant. And I like the photo from the old-old days better.
re: #193 Timothy Watson
I’m a huge fan. When I moved to VA in the 80’s, the first newscast I saw was News 4 with Vance. I never watched anyone else. I liked to tell folks that Vance was the most important man in DC, followed by the POTUS and the ‘Skins QB. He will be sorely missed in the DMV.
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