Comedians Step Up to Be America’s Moral Conscience in the Trump Era: Now It’s Jim Jefferies’ Turn
Jim addresses the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, as well as the president’s lackluster response.
Jim addresses the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, as well as the president’s lackluster response.
We ought to hope in the artists, not the scientists, to counter Trump and his movement.
This was the poster inviting Trump’s “very good people” to the Unite the Right rally. Note the Nazi imagery and the speakers: pic.twitter.com/3MOVdyKD3T
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 16, 2017
The real question is why did people just go “meh” about this insanity until these creeps killed someone? https://t.co/YN6nAErSVU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
That’s true - but way too many people have been sitting back and letting this stuff go on, uttering platitudes about “free speech.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #3 Charles Johnson
The real question is why did people just go “meh” about this insanity until these creeps killed someone?
Because our media had mainstreamed “alt-right” to the extent that it was simply seen as a part of the political spectrum and not as a menace and threat to what America stands for and what Americans and fought for and died defending.
If the moral imperative is there, why wait til 2020. Hoping people forget that the GOP enabled Trump’s bigotry out of craven cowardice.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 16, 2017
That’s the line that should be clear to anyone with a moral and ethical center. GOP has neither.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 16, 2017
When you give Nazis free reign to recruit and spread their evil bullshit, violence and murder are the inevitable outcome.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #5 lawhawk
If you didn’t notice today, Ted Cruz started just that.
The only comedian that hasn’t called out Trump on his support of white supremacists yet, is Dennis Miller.
So how’s that been working out for us so far?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #8 DodgerFan1988
The only comedian that hasn’t called out Trump on his support of white supremacists yet, is Dennis Miller.
Or 90+% of the Republicans in Congress.
Oh fucking Hell, my alma mater!
BREAKING: #UNT announces Donald Trump Jr. will be a speaker in the 2017 Kuehne Speaker Series.
He will speak Oct. 24 at AT&T Stadium. pic.twitter.com/Oqvi3fw3BT— North Texas Daily (@ntdaily) August 16, 2017
re: #9 Charles Johnson
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“You don’t stop evil by banning it, you engage with it!”
The intellectuals tried that in the 1930s, the fascists simply drowned them out, ran them out, and then rounded up those foolish enough to remain. In the end, you either followed the party line or you were an “enemy of the state” that needed to be silenced.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
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It’s a thorny issue - how does a free society deal with a movement that takes advantage of the rights of a free society to subvert that society and deny those very rights to large parts of the society?
Excuse me - when did I call for “restrictions” on anyone’s free speech rights?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
I’m not calling for “banning” anyone’s free speech by the government. But private companies have NO OBLIGATION to let Nazis spew hatred.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #7 Dave In Austin
If you didn’t notice today, Ted Cruz started just that.
It’s only a matter of time before Cruz is facing a credible trumpian primary challenger in 2018.
re: #13 lawhawk
He’s a comedian?
Mostly, he’s a professional asshole, who used to be an asshole towards other assholes. Then he joined the assholes.
re: #11 electrotek
Oh fucking Hell, my alma mater!
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I don’t even understand what the fuck people would think he could offer for a speech. He’s done nothing on his own merit. And he’s a raging asshole.
Netanyahu is a bitch ass pussy:
You’d think Netanyahu would be outraged by the US Nazis in #Charlottesville, no?
Think again.https://t.co/HMioXs1yYU @mehdirhasan— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) August 16, 2017
re: #14 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s a thorny issue - how does a free society deal with a movement that takes advantage of the rights of a free society to subvert that society and deny those very rights to large parts of the society?
In the traditional fashion that Americans have done for generations: Tar and feathers.
I know exactly what I wrote, and it doesn’t call for restrictions on free speech. Those are your words, not mine.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #11 electrotek
The bigot in chief’s son (who is also a bigot) has no business being a speaker for anything except maybe a prison yard. @ntdaily
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 16, 2017
Here we go again with people who completely miss the point of the First Amendment.
Naw, he can’t be talking about YOU!
Black Republicans aren’t ready to quit Trump
Dumb shits.
There are limits to the First Amendment. Just as you can’t scream “FIRE!” in a crowded theater, you can’t stand on the sidewalk and advocate violence against those you deem “inferior.” This is not only in keeping with legal and judicial precedent, it’s in keeping with the ideals of our Founders.
re: #11 electrotek
Oh fucking Hell, my alma mater!
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What will he talk about, what it’s like being a member of the lucky sperm club?
re: #19 electrotek
Bibi’s racing Trump to see who’s going to get indicted and convicted first. He can’t be bothered to address his buddy Trump siding up with the Nazis and deciding that the President of the US will condone acts by the Nazis because some mythical nonexistent alt-left did something (they don’t exist, so there’s nothing for them to have done).
In a world where most people agree that the Nazis are evil and bad and opposing Nazis is a good thing, Trump sided with the goddamned Nazis. Bibi’s silence is assent to that position.
re: #23 Charles Johnson
Here we go again with people who completely miss the point of the First Amendment.
And always refer to the “culture of free speech”, whatever the fuck that means.
re: #22 lawhawk
Nah, they both have business being a speakeryeller on the corner of Fifth and East 70th, screaming about the end of the world being brought on by the evil globalists.
re: #18 Mike Lamb
I don’t even understand what the fuck people would think he could offer for a speech. He’s done nothing on his own merit. And he’s a raging asshole.
Holds forth a good hunting tail.
re: #19 electrotek
Netanyahu is a bitch ass pussy:
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So is his son, just like Jr. Trump.
re: #26 Skip Intro
What will he talk about, what it’s like being a member of the lucky sperm club?
“My advice if you wish to be a successful businessman: Be born to wealth or marry into it. If you have done neither, better hope you win the lottery, suckers.”
Especially when he expresses pride in being a III%’er, you know the same ones who was caught trying to bomb a bank in Oklahoma the other day pic.twitter.com/OrJc6bJw9E
— دانیال (@danja84) August 16, 2017
re: #32 Targetpractice
“My advice if you wish to be a successful businessman: Be born to wealth or marry into it. If you have done neither, better hope you win the lottery, suckers.”
no matter how much talent you have, no matter how hard you work, nothing beats having multigenerational wealth at your disposal… and always make sure to have good lawyers on retainer and speed dial
Oh do tell the yam
Former President Obama’s Charlottesville tweet has become the most-liked in Twitter history https://t.co/SzWI5T4zLj pic.twitter.com/STcelPhaPm
— CNN (@CNN) August 16, 2017
re: #25 Targetpractice
Limits on the 2A, too. A 7-year-old can’t walk into a gun store and buy a Glock. Yet.
re: #35 Stanley Sea
Here’s the tweet - the RTs and likes are still increasing rapidly.
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
Mmmkay, I think I’m gonna pass on yet another argument about “free speech” with people who are clueless about the First Amendment.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #11 electrotek
He’s not “the” EVP of the Trump O. Everybody in the family is one of those, probably including Barron.
The First Amendment has become a sort of religion for too many Americans, an all-powerful deity that demands complete adherence to an unwritten set of commandments that cannot be breached lest he be displeased and tear down the whole nation.
OT: Has anyone else used PureVPN?
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re: #5 lawhawk
WTF is this “primary tr*mp in 2020” shit? If Republicans are serious about dealing with this infestation of tr*mp and his Nazis, the solution is to impeach him and remove him from office.
I’m sure the Congressional Democrats will be very obliging on an impeachment deal, and won’t even insist on basic signs of repentance from Republican leaders, like the disbanding of Fox News, an end to Hate Radio and a nice long march in DC on their knees wearing sackcloth and ashes.
I don’t know if this video was posted or not…can’t keep up today.
Anyway…it’s John Kasich on The Today Show this morning speaking about Trump’s comments yesterday.
I give Kasich a little credit, but it is limited by his not calling for Trump to resign. He, like most Republicans probably thinks someone can get to Trump and change him into something useful for the Republicans. Wrong on that Johnny. He can’t and won’t be changed. Nice try. But at least you are showing more guts than wimps McConnell and Ryan.
re: #40 Targetpractice
The First Amendment has become a sort of religion for too many Americans, an all-powerful deity that demands complete adherence to an unwritten set of commandments that cannot be breached lest he be displeased and tear down the whole nation.
Ditto for the Second, but with a full clip backing it up…
re: #42 EPR-radar
WTF is this “primary tr*mp in 2020” shit? If Republicans are serious about dealing with this infestation of tr*mp and his Nazis, the solution is to impeach him and remove him from office.
I’m sure the Congressional Democrats will be very obliging on an impeachment deal, and won’t even insist on basic signs of repentance from Republican leaders, like the disbanding of Fox News, an end to Hate Radio and a nice long march in DC on their knees wearing sackcloth and ashes.
I don’t know, I could see some hold outs demanding that Ryan do a Cersi Lannister style walk of shame from the Capitol to the White House.
re: #37 Charles Johnson
Here’s the tweet - the RTs and likes are still increasing rapidly.
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Trump can’t touch those numbers. Obama beat his ass again.
The German reaction is particularly strong - they know what they’re talking about. https://t.co/OlySc6mhCs
— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) August 16, 2017
re: #24 Skip Intro
“Dumb shits.”
We blacks in America have always had to deal with them which is the reason Amarosa left that conference of black journalists in a hurry last week. She didn’t feel comfortable being in the presence of other blacks who don’t support Trump’s policies. She was also a last minute addition. I can only surmise that she and Trump thought they could make some kind of an “inroad” with us via that group of journalists. Amarosa knew better than that before she took her butt to the conference. I would hazard to say that Amarosa, Elder, Carson, and other black Trump supporters know exactly where they stand with the majority of blacks in America, and that’s outside the building, not inside of the room with us. We know who and what Trump is, and there’s nothing they can say to most of us that will cause us to change our minds about him. We know evil when we see it. Most of us have strong Christian values that won’t permit us to embrace Trump even though other black “c”hristians have. We know what that’s about, too, and it has nothng to do with Christianity.
re: #4 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The real question is why did people just go “meh” about this insanity until these creeps killed someone?
Because our media had mainstreamed “alt-right” to the extent that it was simply seen as a part of the political spectrum and not as a menace and threat to what America stands for and what Americans and fought for and died defending.
Yeah, just another group of concerned Americans asking questions. They need covered (and the media might get a few more clicks).
Here’s what happened when I contacted Charles Johnson for comment https://t.co/0sDsPqXgZR pic.twitter.com/oaEoVLX5qE
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 16, 2017
Update: Charles Johnson has emailed following posting of our story: “You made your choice” https://t.co/vACy70JrFC
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 16, 2017
re: #48 majii
Thank you for your screeds. I live for them.
re: #33 electrotek
“Especially when he expresses pride in being a III%’er, you know the same ones who was caught trying to bomb a bank in Oklahoma the other day”
Has he heard of Anglin and Spencer’s recent fashion tips for American Nazis yet?
re: #11 electrotek
Oh fucking Hell, my alma mater!
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That is a long way off. I bet Donny Jr. either withdraws or is asked off the program.
The college is going to hear about this and there will surely be protests.
Netanyahu’s son says Black Lives Matter are ‘thugs,’ worse than Neo-Nazis https://t.co/aVLUQ5W35z
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) August 16, 2017
“You have to be carefully taught.” https://t.co/jjriqXKAtT
— JadeinNM (@Jadeinnm) August 16, 2017
re: #51 Stanley Sea
“Thank you for your screeds. I live for them.”
You’re welcome. I don’t ever want to offend anyone with my comments, but I have a particularly special preference for “keeping things real.” I got that from my parents who would whip my behind for lying when they were rearing me, so choosing to tell the truth over choosing to tell a lie has stuck with me for over 60 years, and counting.
re: #48 majii
This is the part that got me.
In more than a dozen interviews, black Republicans across the nation blamed Trump’s much maligned response to the Charlottesville, Va. events on his inexperience as a politician. They recall that even Democrat Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, didn’t utter the perfect statement after every tragedy.
Apparently that’s the reason he supports Nazis. He just needs a little more experience. And of course, slam the first black president while you’re at it.
re: #55 Stanley Sea
This may be the most revoltingly stupid thing I’ve seen in days — Netanyahu’s idiot son being willfully ignorant about what a rise of Nazism in the US would mean for Israel.
re: #57 majii
“Thank you for your screeds. I live for them.”
You’re welcome. I don’t ever want to offend anyone with my comments, but I have a particularly special preference for “keeping things real.” I got that from my parents who would whip my behind for lying when they were rearing me, so choosing to tell the truth over choosing to tell a lie has stuck with me for over 60 years, and counting.
Seriously, we are better for your thoughts here.
re: #58 Skip Intro
Holy fucking shit. I don’t like to say bad things about other groups, but black Republicans really do have snakes for brains.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
I hope Darcy has a good floor shit removal policy.
re: #60 Stanley Sea
Seriously, we are better for your thoughts here.
And we can all claim a Black Friend.
re: #37 Charles Johnson
And not 1 Russian bot.
re: #58 Skip Intro
“Apparently that’s the reason he supports Nazis. He just needs a little more experience. And of course, slam the first black president while you’re at it.”
They’ll be creating excuses based on BS right up to the point where the d*mn Neo-Nazis are slipping that noose around their necks and trying to hang ‘em high. It will be then, and only then, that they’ll turn to Trump to stand with them against the Neo-Nazis and discover he never gave a d*mn about them in the first place. The next source they’ll turn to for help will be the rest of us Black Americans, and we’ll be reluctant to assist them, but we’ll do what we can to save their butts.
Huh I wonder why
CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC Anchors Say They Haven’t Been Able to Book a Single Republican https://t.co/dKZAtptWa6 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/x6wQhVdcnY
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 16, 2017
So this is interesting… Trump’s approval rating among Republicans has dropped below 80%, at least according to this Marist poll (taken before Saturday and the subsequent festivities). For comparisons sake, GW Bush didn’t fall below 80% among Republicans until February 2006 and then hovered around 80% for another year.
Remember, what Congressional Republicans fear isn’t Trump, it’s the base that has been so supportive of Trump (and that mostly manifests in the fear of a primary challenge). If the polls that come out at the end of this week show a big drop for Trump among Republicans… all bets are off.
re: #67 KGxvi
So this is interesting… Trump’s approval rating among Republicans has dropped below 80%, at least according to this Marist poll (taken before Saturday and the subsequent festivities). For comparisons sake, GW Bush didn’t fall below 80% among Republicans until February 2006 and then hovered around 80% for another year.
Remember, what Congressional Republicans fear isn’t Trump, it’s the base that has been so supportive of Trump (and that mostly manifests in the fear of a primary challenge). If the polls that come out at the end of this week show a big drop for Trump among Republicans… all bets are off.
I figure you won’t see serious movement among Republicans until next year, when the first post-primary polls start coming out showing that Trump’s disapproval rating is dragging down candidates in “must-win” states. That’s when all but the most ardent supporters will start speaking out against him.
re: #63 Decatur Deb
And we can all claim a Black Friend.
Hey, can we get pictures for our ‘Some Of My Best Friends’ collage, a la Michael Cohen?
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He makes these threats because they work with some people who don’t already know what a pathetic jackass he is. @oliverdarcy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
re: #69 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, can we get pictures for our ‘Some Of My Best Friends’ collage, a la Michael Cohen?
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Are mug shots OK?
re: #61 EPR-radar
“Holy fucking shit. I don’t like to say bad things about other groups, but black Republicans really do have snakes for brains.”
You need to stop, just stop! I can’t stop laughing because you’re right. Your comment also made me remember a line from the movie “Snakes on a Plane:”
“I want these motherfu*king snakes off the motherfu*king plane!”
re: #70 Charles Johnson
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And he’ll never quite figure out that whole “Threats make it harder for you to say later that you were ‘just joking’ when the matter goes to court.”
re: #68 Targetpractice
I figure you won’t see serious movement among Republicans until next year, when the first post-primary polls start coming out showing that Trump’s disapproval rating is dragging down candidates in “must-win” states. That’s when all but the most ardent supporters will start speaking out against him.
The elections this November — especially in New Jersey and Virginia — could be the canary in the clean **SNERK** coal mine.
Been posted yet?
She warned us all.
She warned us all.
She warned us all.pic.twitter.com/r8wCibe2Ra— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 16, 2017
One Black POTUS and I guess the world is going to hell in a handbasket —better White-up!
gah
OT: So I’m back. Officially I have to wait for my background check & the pee test to come back. That said, they also scheduled my training class for Sept 6. Even if this should fall through, there are other options available - I’ve just got to get out of that hotel & it’s far too low pay rate for what is expected.
I’ll be handing in my ~2 week notice tonight, last night shift at the hotel will be Sept 1. Guess I won’t need to worry about getting my Sept 30 birthday off now; OTOH I wonder how big of a pain they’re going to be about cashing out my 5 vacation days that I haven’t been able to use because every request got turned down?
re: #68 Targetpractice
I figure you won’t see serious movement among Republicans until next year, when the first post-primary polls start coming out showing that Trump’s disapproval rating is dragging down candidates in “must-win” states. That’s when all but the most ardent supporters will start speaking out against him.
That’s entirely plausible. But I also think they’ll follow the numbers, if Trump loses support among Republicans, if that GOP only number drops to 70% or less (which was Bush from about March 2007 on), then I could see them suddenly being “courageous” and “patriotic” in moving against Trump.
re: #66 Myron Falwell
“Huh I wonder why”
Surely, you jest.//
You and I already know why they’re ducking, dodging, and hiding from the networks. They’re cowards. They will issue comments/statements on social media and in small pressers, but they do not want to talk about Neo-Nazis on national TV, and they really, really do not want to denounce “Dear Leader Trump” on national TV.
And here’s your ‘before and after’ video.
American Bar Association Wants to Let Undocumented Immigrants Practice Law https://t.co/tsV6sxIdbb via @law_newz
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 16, 2017
re: #74 Myron Falwell
The elections this November — especially in New Jersey and Virginia — could be the canary in the clean **SNERK** coal mine.
How lovely would it be if Roy Moore lost the general election for the Senate seat in Alabama?
re: #77 William Lewis
OT: So I’m back. Officially I have to wait for my background check & the pee test to come back. That said, they also scheduled my training class for Sept 6. Even if this should fall through, there are other options available - I’ve just got to get out of that hotel & it’s far too low pay rate for what is expected.
I’ll be handing in my ~2 week notice tonight, last night shift at the hotel will be Sept 1. Guess I won’t need to worry about getting my Sept 30 birthday off now; OTOH I wonder how big of a pain they’re going to be about cashing out my 5 vacation days that I haven’t been able to use because every request got turned down?
Congrats, but try to hold off on notice until you get the drug results. At least find out their false-positive rate.
The only way to change what Trump is doing is to take at least one of the houses of Congress away from the Republicans.
Until then, the GOP has little reason to alter what they are doing now.
It was always the plan to push through huge tax breaks for the funders of the GOP. That they have yet to do this is only because of the chaos around the ACA repeal fiasco. Once the GOP got that black eye they now find the clock running out on 2017.
re: #82 KGxvi
How lovely would it be if Roy Moore lost the general election for the Senate seat in Alabama?
Workin’ on it.
Reporter: “George Washington and Robert E. Lee are not the same”
Trump: “Oh no, George Washington was a slave owner”https://t.co/XCABhOzjBc pic.twitter.com/lpWvujE59q— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2017
MSM laughs at Trump’s point on same day the call to remove Teddy Roosevelt statue goes out. https://t.co/Zet2mScL7A
— Google “CNN,175,Sue” (@NolteNC) August 15, 2017
@aravosis @ASlavitt @Green_Footballs @kevandbenedict @kylegriffin1 it sounds like Trump just told Supporters 2 take down other statues https://t.co/0Rv4ZRrOhm
— 👀LoLeatha (@MyEyesRonU) August 16, 2017
JUST IN: Phoenix mayor calls for Pres. Trump to delay his plan to hold a rally in the city next week. pic.twitter.com/0ebgrQNl5v
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 16, 2017
There’s somebody in the White House absolutely pleased as punch right now:
‘I want them to talk about racism everyday’: Bannon gloats he ‘got’ Democrats talking identity politicshttps://t.co/IASh3k3d5a
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 16, 2017
re: #82 KGxvi
How lovely would it be if Roy Moore lost the general election for the Senate seat in Alabama?
If you check the figures from the primary - BOTH GOPers in the runoff got more votes than the democrat. If this was california the election would be between the two republicans
re: #85 Decatur Deb
“Workin’ on it.”
My daughter and lives in Montgomery, and I’m reminding her often not to forget to vote and to remind her friends and associates to vote in the GE.
from my fb
While a number of CEOs stepped down from Trump’s manufacturing jobs council specifically because of his remarks, not one religious leader has quit his evangelical forum.
Corporate America has a better moral compass than evangelical leaders.
He won’t. He wants to rub his pardon of Arpaio in America’s face.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 16, 2017
The Reuters Tracking Poll has data from Monday at the latest:
I doubt we’ll see much movement over the next couple of days. I say that because if you look at the “approve” numbers they seem to swing in a small band.
If someone is a hard-core Trumper, Trump’s mishandling of the Charlotte situation may be seen as a positive.
re: #27 lawhawk
Bibi’s racing Trump to see who’s going to get indicted and convicted first. He can’t be bothered to address his buddy Trump siding up with the Nazis and deciding that the President of the US will condone acts by the Nazis because some mythical nonexistent alt-left did something (they don’t exist, so there’s nothing for them to have done).
In a world where most people agree that the Nazis are evil and bad and opposing Nazis is a good thing, Trump sided with the goddamned Nazis. Bibi’s silence is assent to that position.
Despite Charlottesville Jews experiencing what never should have happened here.
On Saturday morning, I stood outside our synagogue with the armed security guard we hired after the police department refused to provide us with an officer during morning services. (Even the police department’s limited promise of an observer near our building was not kept — and note, we did not ask for protection of our property, only our people as they worshipped).
Forty congregants were inside. Here’s what I witnessed during that time.
For half an hour, three men dressed in fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles stood across the street from the temple. Had they tried to enter, I don’t know what I could have done to stop them, but I couldn’t take my eyes off them, either. Perhaps the presence of our armed guard deterred them. Perhaps their presence was just a coincidence, and I’m paranoid. I don’t know.
Several times, parades of Nazis passed our building, shouting, “There’s the synagogue!” followed by chants of “Seig Heil” and other anti-Semitic language. Some carried flags with swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
A guy in a white polo shirt walked by the synagogue a few times, arousing suspicion. Was he casing the building, or trying to build up courage to commit a crime? We didn’t know. Later, I noticed that the man accused in the automobile terror attack wore the same polo shirt as the man who kept walking by our synagogue; apparently it’s the uniform of a white supremacist group. Even now, that gives me a chill.
When services ended, my heart broke as I advised congregants that it would be safer to leave the temple through the back entrance rather than through the front, and to please go in groups.
This is 2017 in the United States of America.
Later that day, I arrived on the scene shortly after the car plowed into peaceful protesters. It was a horrific and bloody scene.
Soon, we learned that Nazi websites had posted a call to burn our synagogue. I sat with one of our rabbis and wondered whether we should go back to the temple to protect the building. What could I do if I were there? Fortunately, it was just talk - but we had already deemed such an attack within the realm of possibilities, taking the precautionary step of removing our Torahs, including a Holocaust scroll, from the premises.
Again: This is in America in 2017.
At the end of the day, we felt we had no choice but to cancel a Havdalah service at a congregant’s home. It had been announced on a public Facebook page, and we were fearful that Nazi elements might be aware of the event. Again, we sought police protection - not a battalion of police, just a single officer - but we were told simply to cancel the event.
Local police faced an unprecedented problem that day, but make no mistake, Jews are a specific target of these groups, and despite nods of understanding from officials about our concerns - and despite the fact that the mayor himself is Jewish - we were left to our own devices. The fact that a calamity did not befall the Jewish community of Charlottesville on Saturday was not thanks to our politicians, our police, or even our own efforts, but to the grace of God.
reformjudaism.org
I know I shouldn’t copy and paste this much, but its important, dammit.
re: #89 fern01
If you check the figures from the primary - BOTH GOPers in the runoff got more votes than the democrat. If this was california the election would be between the two republicans
True, but I think Roy Moore is the type that has a real ceiling, even in Alabama, that could be a disaster in the general election. And the Republicans had a contested primary, while the Democrats really didn’t. I’m not saying it’s possible, but I’m not sure there’s anyone in American politics I dislike more than Roy Moore (including POTUS), so I remain optimistic.
re: #89 fern01
If you check the figures from the primary - BOTH GOPers in the runoff got more votes than the democrat. If this was california the election would be between the two republicans
We might have as much as 1 chance in 30. That’s better than usual because the GOP nutcase will start a real war in the runoff, and our guy is quite good. As I said yesterday, he’s the prosecutor that convicted the klan splinter group that killed the 4 little girls in the church bombing.
Likewise with the Gallup tracking poll, which has data from the 15th:
Pretty much the long term trend dominates, with small dithering around the long term trend.
re: #93 Scout
Can you tell me where to send some yen?
Not to the DSSC. I’ll dig out his campaign site.
re: #87 FormerDirtDart
“JUST IN: Phoenix mayor calls for Pres. Trump to delay his plan to hold a rally in the city next week.”
The RW outrage and taking of umbrage at the thought that “their” president is being asked not to show up for a rally in an American city next week will begin to show up on social media soon. The Trump Outrage and Umbrage Team won’t let an opportunity like this pass by without issuing a ”rapid response.”
re: #102 majii
“JUST IN: Phoenix mayor calls for Pres. Trump to delay his plan to hold a rally in the city next week.”
The RW outrage and taking of umbrage at the thought that “their” president is being asked not to show up for a rally in an American city next week will begin to show up on social media soon. The Trump Outrage and Umbrage Team won’t let an opportunity like this pass by without issuing a ”rapid response.”
Ayep, you can be sure that Trump will be expressing no small amount of “outrage” over being asked to delay a rally. Especially when said rally is likely for no other purpose than to stroke his ego.
re: #102 majii
I am certain that Trump is counting on that.
Trump knows how to shore up his base - by playing to them.
re: #87 FormerDirtDart
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He dgaf, he hasn’t even called the mayor of Charlottesville.
re: #83 Decatur Deb
Congrats, but try to hold off on notice until you get the drug results. At least find out their false-positive rate.
Because of when they have training, I’m still going to go ahead so they can’t complain I didn’t give them two weeks. Worst case, the gas station down the street would be a better job than the Hotel is anymore & pays more too.
re: #105 Decatur Deb
edited to include site.
Thanks!
(BTW, his name made me laugh for the first time in days. I’m a big “Twin Peaks” fan.)
Welp…I guess the case is closed.
Trump’s lawyer: “You cannot be against General Lee and for General Washington, there literally is no difference.” https://t.co/eBRJPQ2k7R
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) August 17, 2017
God this twat is such a fucking drama queen:
Surprise surprise, Hungary is on the side of the fascist swine:
Hungarian Fidesz party’s VP Szilárd Németh on Charlottesville: “A result of liberal fascism”. pic.twitter.com/5hTvpPHfkw
— János Széky (@szekyjanos) August 13, 2017
Ellie the Vice News reporter is on CNN now.
The pulitizer ready one
BAHAHAHAH look at Fox News’ @MelissaAFrancis crying because her co-host wouldn’t agree that there were good Nazis. pic.twitter.com/EI4auUAXbG
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) August 16, 2017
There are many truths.
One truth that is irrefutable is;
The only good Nazi
is a fucking DEAD Nazi.
any questions?
Not up for discussion at all.
Dead, Jim, DEAD.
“The president continues to exceed the expectations of these guys - one texted me last night.”
re: #116 gocart mozart
Good grief. Look how much eye makeup Fox News makes these women wear. They look like raccoons.
re: #87 FormerDirtDart
NBC Nightly News ✔ @NBCNightlyNews
JUST IN: Phoenix mayor calls for Pres. Trump to delay his plan to hold a rally in the city next week.
7:53 PM - Aug 16, 2017
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That stings.
Trump is getting himself painted into a corner. Wait until he finds out political “friends” he thought he had aren’t because he makes being around him toxic.
He is going to be seeing a lot of people saying they are too busy, prior engagements, hair appointments, vacations…excuses to not be around Trump.
Here’s what Jack Posobiec is doing in the Navy as an intel officer who’s barred from analyzing intel: https://t.co/EEUgjQHAks pic.twitter.com/oAsaZsLHOr
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 16, 2017
Can’t make it up. Posobiec is a “urinalysis coordinator.” https://t.co/4pzYM24mZ3
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 16, 2017
Sure, it doesn’t sound that impressive at first, until you realize he processed every sample by himself and only by taste https://t.co/7JXjC2hMZr
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
re: #6 Charles Johnson
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It was about intimidation not free speech. Hence the shouted threats and marching around with weapons, shields, urine and pepper spray. The Nazis and White Supremacists came to attack and that’s exactly what they did.
The nationalist/populist wing of the White House is openly cheering the end of the CEO Council
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 16, 2017
NYT: Trump’s lawyer John Dowd forwarded an email to journalists praising Robert E. Lee. https://t.co/bCYSuggv91
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2017
This was the subject line: “The Information that Validates President Trump on Charlottesville” https://t.co/eSHSuFCPTo
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2017
Posobiec will now and forever be known as Urine Boy.
Yeah. Uh huh. Stand with me at the edge of the ruins and wonder….
A SUPER INSANE letter Trump’s lawyer forwarded to journalists. https://t.co/LOBYKafUyD pic.twitter.com/Z9l7E8UXJC
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) August 17, 2017
The difference is perspective.
And are you really comparing George Washington to Ramses II? Are you fucking kidding me? https://t.co/KNtwmEOg8Z— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 17, 2017
re: #125 Charles Johnson
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Right, because these same goobers think they’ll magically write up legislation and regulations that will get the economy booming like it’s 1955.
re: #22 lawhawk
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I would have thought UNT would be busy preparing for the Dalek invasion of 2240, and not have time for these kinds of things.
re: #116 gocart mozart
Aw, the Fox News spokebot chokes up at the thought of being judged to be a racist and white supremacist.
There’s a simple cure for that. Its easy-peasy. Stop being a racist and white supremacist.
This shit is graded on a curve, so you’ll be allowed back in civilized society as long as you disavow the open Nazis and remain studiously silent about Republican proto-fascism.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
I’ve been in Asia too long. “Lee Park” sounds like a couple of my coworkers.
If anyone has missed it, please RT as much as possible:
Hi @Arkema_group your employee is openly calling for protestors to be run over. Does he represent the firm? Choice is yours #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/8JTlX304vc
— دانیال (@danja84) August 16, 2017
re: #129 nines09
Yeah. Uh huh. Stand with me at the edge of the ruins and wonder….
And are you really comparing George Washington to Ramses II? Are you fucking kidding me?
Both have obelisks.
re: #111 bratwurst
Welp…I guess the case is closed.
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I should have known that Trump would never hire a lawyer smarter than he is.
This is what you get for your money - your Fox News-addicted cranky uncle whose email headers always start with ‘Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: .’
re: #129 nines09
Yeah. Uh huh. Stand with me at the edge of the ruins and wonder….
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Washington stood against a tyrant who was imposing unjust laws and abitrary taxation without the least bit of say from those who were being oppressed.
Lee stood against a legitimately elected government because of the fear that government would strip from him the right he felt given to him by God to keep other human beings in a state of bondage.
If one cannot see a distinction between the two, then he is willfully blind.
Hidden camera footage of Jack Posobiec on the jobhttps://t.co/zXupcy0Ogn
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 17, 2017
re: #129 nines09
Yeah. Uh huh. Stand with me at the edge of the ruins and wonder….
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I rather liked the spelling of ‘Napolean.’ Is that someone who lives in Napoli?
Porn Study Reveals Surprising Data About the Early Lives of Playboys by @danrobitzski https://t.co/dfu2DQ7oZ8 via @inversedotcom
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 16, 2017
re: #119 Charles Johnson
Good grief. Look how much eye makeup Fox News makes these women wear. They look like raccoons.
Barbie Dolls
pandering to the Fox News Audience of old, white men.
re: #102 majii
“JUST IN: Phoenix mayor calls for Pres. Trump to delay his plan to hold a rally in the city next week.”
The RW outrage and taking of umbrage at the thought that “their” president is being asked not to show up for a rally in an American city next week will begin to show up on social media soon. The Trump Outrage and Umbrage Team won’t let an opportunity like this pass by without issuing a ”rapid response.”
After awhile normal, decent folk tire of this fake outrage and hold their ground against Trump and his sycophants. I’m hoping that yesterday was a game changer and that opponents of Trump feel motivated to stand up to him and his awful followers. There is nothing for him to rally about.
re: #122 gocart mozart
TV land. If your 45 got this……..$$$$
My butt is doing a lot better today thanks for asking.
re: #129 nines09
Yeah. Uh huh. Stand with me at the edge of the ruins and wonder….
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“both men saved America”
“both were great Americans”
As far as Lee is concerned, some elaboration is required as to how the military commander of insurrectionist slavers who waged war against America and killed thousands of American soldiers can be either of these things.
re: #8 DodgerFan1988
The only comedian that hasn’t called out Trump on his support of white supremacists yet, is Dennis Miller.
“so-called comedian”
re: #127 Charles Johnson
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Propaganda. Fascism. We have straight up White Supremacists in the White House who have decided that Blacks standing up for their rights are the public enemy.
re: #138 Targetpractice
Washington stood against a tyrant who was imposing unjust laws and abitrary taxation without the least bit of say from those who were being oppressed.
Lee stood against a legitimately elected government because of the fear that government would strip from him the right he felt given to him by God to keep other human beings in a state of bondage.
If one cannot see a distinction between the two, then he is willfully blind.
RWNJs have spent so much time and energy justifying their resentments that they may now be literally incapable of reason.
Imagine a biased SAT kind of test where all of the math questions are word problems where the correct answers describe a more or less equitable distribution of resources etc., and the incorrect answers always have the white guy getting the lion’s share of everything. The RWNJ score on something like that would be less than 300.
Time to repost:
George Orwell
What is Fascism?
All one can do for the moment is to use the word with a certain amount of circumspection and not, as is usually done, degrade it to the level of a swearword.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
Standing with Trump is standing with White Supremacy and Nazis.
That is on you.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
Sucks when that happens, huh?
“Mexicans are rapists!”
“Obama is from Kenya!”
“Muslims are terrorists!”
And now you’re stuck backing a Nazi— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
#MAGA #ResistHate #Nonviolence
There’s nothing the violent right want more than a violent left. Don’t play into the narrative. pic.twitter.com/GLcbrGl32h— ♀️ The Anti-Trump (@Im_TheAntiTrump) August 17, 2017
It’s amazing how much Twitter has done to convince me that I am not actually as far left as I once thought I was.
AP FACT CHECK: Photo that appears to show an anti-fascist activist beating a police officer is a doctored image. https://t.co/plWIWBOjZ6
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 16, 2017
Snopes.com: Antifa Member Photographed Beating Police Officer?
Why was it there in the first place? https://t.co/Nk0ZhExXr9
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) August 17, 2017
re: #156 Kragar
Is that why they dress like him? Because they don’t represent him? pic.twitter.com/UfJnO3dB8H
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) August 17, 2017
.@oliverdarcy On Facebook Chuck C. Johnson is now claiming he had a “standard operating agreement” with you, and you begged him for a job. pic.twitter.com/SEjKPC3WRq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
So… we really don’t *need* any Robert E Lee statues, because we already have George Washington ones.
Since they’re basically the same dude— Patrick Sponaugle (@patman23) August 17, 2017
Wow, hearing Carl Bernstein on CNN.
He’s talked to the military leaders & they have lost faith in the yam. He said it in those words.
Then the business leaders leave.
The yam is raging I imagine.
All I know is it makes me happy to see any and all negative comments on him.
Way to cope I guess. I’ll fucking take it.
re: #15 Charles Johnson
They have a burden of judgement proportionate to influence. An obligation to not support.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 17, 2017
re: #116 gocart mozart
“BAHAHAHAH look at Fox News’ @MelissaAFrancis crying because her co-host wouldn’t agree that there were good Nazis. “
I’m not attempting to be crude, but what MelissaAFrancis is trying to do is identify which turds in a load stink and which ones don’t. The truth is that every one of them stinks. There is no possibility of making an accurate stink-non-stink distinction among them. What’s wrong with these peoples’ ability to think about matters/issues critically?
He’s going to Phoenix.
per tweet
We are going to watch a shitshow live.
re: #166 Stanley Sea
Wow, hearing Carl Bernstein on CNN.
He’s talked to the military leaders & they have lost faith in the yam. He said it in those words.
Then the business leaders leave.
The yam is raging I imagine.
All I know is it makes me happy to see any and all negative comments on him.
Way to cope I guess. I’ll fucking take it.
They were depending on people getting ‘outrage fatigue,’ but it didn’t happen.
His presidency will not recover. Either they bum rush him now, or the entire party is going to be apologizing for him until 2020.
Even the stupid Republicans must see this by now.
You cannot be against Shaka Zulu and for General Washington. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!
— scott camp (@scottytaco) August 17, 2017
re: #168 majii
“BAHAHAHAH look at Fox News’ @MelissaAFrancis crying because her co-host wouldn’t agree that there were good Nazis. “
I’m not attempting to be crude, but what MelissaAFrancis is trying to do is identify which turds in a load stink and which ones don’t. The truth is that every one of them stinks. There is no possibility of making an accurate stink-non-stink distinction among them. What’s wrong with these peoples’ ability to think about matters/issues critically?
It’s deliberate, of course. The cornerstone of the modern Republican party is coded appeals to white resentment. Naturally that means they are all racist, and most of them are in deep denial about it.
Melissa’s job is to shovel the Republican talking points of the day, and her tears were mainly tears of frustration that tr*mp is making her job so hard to do.
re: #14 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s a thorny issue - how does a free society deal with a movement that takes advantage of the rights of a free society to subvert that society and deny those very rights to large parts of the society?
Scorn derision mockery ridicule
Denying it legitimacy and normalcy and an “equal” seat at the table of debate
If #RobertELee is to be erased from history, why not erase #ChristopherColumbus whose arrival ignited genocide of Native Americans?
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 16, 2017
The only place you looked for information about this before tweeting was Al Capone’s vault, wasn’t it? https://t.co/ZtequXXYeb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
re: #169 Stanley Sea
He’s going to Phoenix.
per tweet
We are going to watch a shitshow live.
tr*mp pardoning Arpaio and breaking into a rousing rendition of Springtime for Hitler next week should be just the thing to make us look back on this week with nostalgia.
Way too much un-Americanism to keep up with.
Gah, remember the days when if you spoke out you were a traitor? (mandy, that lee greenwood vid she used to play)
New: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, otherwise known as Putin’s favorite Congressman, met with Julian Assange today https://t.co/VRyWie6m7E
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 17, 2017
Yes, Daily Caller.
re: #170 makeitstop
They were depending on people getting ‘outrage fatigue,’ but it didn’t happen.
His presidency will not recover. Either they bum rush him now, or the entire party is going to be apologizing for him until 2020.
Even the stupid Republicans must see this by now.
NO TAX CUTS FOR YOU you fucking fools
Gallup, 1938: “Do you think the persecution of the Jews in Europe has been their own fault?” 65% of Americans say entirely or partially yes pic.twitter.com/Sx4WVKsKtw
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) January 27, 2017
I think it’s sometimes difficult to understand that we are part of history. Maybe this kind of comparison will help. https://t.co/EQDcqVQj1O
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) August 16, 2017
re: #174 Kragar
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There are no huge statutes to Hitler or his generals, yet we have not forgotten the evil that they visited upon this world or the horrors that were their legacy. Hitler has no more been “erased” from history than ripping down memorials to a failed rebellion will erase the history of our own Civil War. We will be bearing the scars of the evil that was slavery for generations to come.
re: #177 Skip Intro
The Master Race.
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Terrible! Out of consideration for the families, they should not post photos of the decomposed remains of these unfortunate white murder victims. That’s who they are, right?
Q. Rebelled against the ruling government and therefore is just like Washington.
a. Lenin
b. Gaddaffi
d. Robert Mugabe
e. Kim Il-sung— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 17, 2017
re: #88 Targetpractice
There’s somebody in the White House absolutely pleased as punch right now:
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I’m kinda curious about this: Does Bannon really think that focusing public attention on “racism” is going to do him, Trump, or the Administration much, if any good? Outside of the usual racist base, of course. Does he really believe that trying to deflect negative attention on the President’s and his people’s prejudices by blithering about “identity politics” is going to be a winning strategy? And that he/the Admin will be able to control the narrative?
Having seen the way Trump and his creatures operate, I have a feeling that by the time the issue gets addressed by the Chief Executive, it’s going to be an embarrassing rehash, à la “No racist. No racist. You’re the racist!” and not much else….
Gallup, 1938: “Do you think the persecution of the Jews in Europe has been their own fault?” 65% of Americans say entirely or partially yes pic.twitter.com/Sx4WVKsKtw
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) January 27, 2017
re: #159 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s amazing how much Twitter has done to convince me that I am not actually as far left as I once thought I was.
I have an actual leftist at work to remind me how moderate I am. I’d never met one before.
re: #184 Jay C
I’m kinda curious about this: Does Bannon really think that focusing public attention on “racism” is going to do hi, Trump, or the Administration much, if any good? Outside of the usual racist base, of course. Does he really believe that trying to deflect negative attention on the President’s and his people’s prejudices by blithering about “identity politics” is going to be a winning strategy? And that he/the Admin will be able to control the narrative?
Having seen the way Trump and his creatures operate, I have a feeling that by the time the issue gets addressed by the Chief Executive, it’s going to be an embarrassing rehash, à la “No racist. No racist. You’re the racist!” and not much else….
I saw another part of the interview, where he called Neo-Nazis ‘a bunch of clowns.’
He really does want everybody to fight everybody else. Bannon is nihilist trash.
re: #179 JordanRules
As a Canadian, that sort of thing always reminds me of the “None is too many” line (about how many Jews Canada would take from Nazi Europe).
Now Rage Furby Chuck C. Johnson is going to “bankrupt CNN.” SOON. VERY SOON. Be afraid. pic.twitter.com/PSLTP1znUp
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
re: #184 Jay C
I’m kinda curious about this: Does Bannon really think that focusing public attention on “racism” is going to do hi, Trump, or the Administration much, if any good? Outside of the usual racist base, of course. Does he really believe that trying to deflect negative attention on the President’s and his people’s prejudices by blithering about “identity politics” is going to be a winning strategy? And that he/the Admin will be able to control the narrative?
Having seen the way Trump and his creatures operate, I have a feeling that by the time the issue gets addressed by the Chief Executive, it’s going to be an embarrassing rehash, à la “No racist. No racist. You’re the racist!” and not much else….
The article goes into detail that Bannon thinks that the Dems talking about “identity politics” while the White House is pushing “economic nationalism” (i.e. protectionism and isolationism) will ensure that Trump comes out ahead.
Meanwhile, in the real world, this administration has totally failed to get any bills passed, just had the humiliation of watching major business leaders break ties with it publicly, and is presently pushing for tax cuts that may not happen any earlier than next year.
re: #190 Charles Johnson
He seems to think he can move mountains the little furby doesn t he?
How not to get in a box! pic.twitter.com/TTH1MkxVfF
— Paww Station (@pawwstation) August 16, 2017
re: #159 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s amazing how much Twitter has done to convince me that I am not actually as far left as I once thought I was.
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Removing statues isn’t “erasing” him from history, you dolt. Anyone can still read a book and find out what a treasonous bastard he was.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
This Nazi piece of trash is still crying about being exposed 😂😂
I’ve been trolled by shitheads and changed my account to protected. See if you can retweet if you follow me.
— René Marquardt (@KAR98_DFW) August 16, 2017
re: #190 Charles Johnson
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CNN should ask him how his lawsuit against Gawker turned out.
re: #188 makeitstop
Yup. It doesn’t have to be a ‘winning’ or sound strategy in any traditional or sane sense. Chaos rules and they want to rule us.
This was a nice touch.
“This Woman Hung A “Second-Place” Banner On A Confederate Memorial” https://t.co/h8RqWAx5WP pic.twitter.com/tJoHAIoHhh— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 17, 2017
re: #192 nowherenorth2
That’s the meth talking.
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Terrible! Out of consideration for the families, they should not post photos of the decomposed remains of these unfortunate white murder victims. That’s who they are, right?
I think the one in the top right was in Young Frankenstein. He was pretty good, too.
re: #174 Kragar
He’s not being erased. Monuments put up by racists to intimidate black people are being removed. We’re taking another step forward.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 17, 2017
Bannon thinking that the White House pushing “economic nationalism,” which is protectionism by another name, will somehow help Trump should turn on the TV and note that Trump’s stupidity has totally wiped China off the front page of every newspaper in the English-speaking world. Comrade Combover’s empty threats of a trade war with China are getting no coverage at all.
re: #186 Skip Intro
Awww the racist elf JBeau got left off. No fair!
re: #170 makeitstop
His presidency will not recover. Either they bum rush him now, or the entire party is going to be apologizing for him until 2020.
Even the stupid Republicans must see this by now.
Trump’s presidency is effectively over. Would be amazed if he survives till end of the year. More likely resigns by fall, if not sooner.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) August 16, 2017
The circle is closing at blinding speed. Trump is going to resign and declare victory before Mueller and congress leave him no choice.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) August 16, 2017
Given he’s in a position to know Cheeto Benito better than most, I’m almost tempted to think it might be true (though, as always, I’ll only truly believe it when I see it)
Not a single member of Trump’s Evangelical Council has resigned. We have learned corporate America has a greater moral compass. So so sad.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) August 16, 2017
It’s because they’ve made a cynical calculation that he’ll help them implement an agenda of social regression. https://t.co/AFz7WO5jI8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
re: #206 Interesting Times
I don’t know if Vlad is down with the whole resign thing.
re: #198 JordanRules
Yup. It doesn’t have to be a ‘winning’ or sound strategy in any traditional or sane sense. Chaos rules and they want to rule us.
They want everyone to be as insane as they are.
But Targetpractice pointed out that their economic agenda is bullshit, and they don’t have the juice to push an agenda through. They seem to believe they can create enough chaos to mask bad legislation, but that didn’t work for ACA repeal. Trump/Bannon took a beating on it.
Maybe Bannon will end up like Karl Rove - regarded as political genius at first, but with an otherwise hollow resume by the time he’s done. I’d rather he end up in prison, though.
One more. Then I go. Gone. Love one another. Fuck Nazis. Fuck the GOP. Fuck Trump.
I prefer my Nazis broken, alienated, scared, and sobbing. pic.twitter.com/LpUSX70Zjs
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) August 16, 2017
re: #206 Interesting Times
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Given he’s in a position to know Cheeto Benito better than most, I’m almost tempted to think it might be true (though, as always, I’ll only truly believe it when I see it)
Someday he will be buried. It better be a secret or guarded place or I’m gonna find a way to piss all over it. Maybe some prison cemetery.
BREAKING: Steve Bannon Just Rhetorically Firebombed Basically Everyone in the White House and Every Big Policy Issue https://t.co/c9lgNVBtv4
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 17, 2017
re: #207 Charles Johnson
Magical thinkers vs pragmatic thinkers.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 17, 2017
re: #213 makeitstop
I love the smell of burning Nazi any time of day or night.
Watching AC360 on CNN right now- they had a piece on an interview being conducted with white nationalist Jared Taylor regarding Charlottesville - the answers that he gave were almost an exact carbon copy with the so-called ‘rogue’ statements that Donald Trump gave in his combative press conference. For example, both had references to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson memorials being removed, about how the counterprotestors were just as bad, etc.
The kicker? The Jared Taylor interview was held a full two hours before Trump’s meltdown - and wasn’t broadcast until today. The great unanswered (but at least not now unasked) question is where Trump got his talking points from.
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Terrible! Out of consideration for the families, they should not post photos of the decomposed remains of these unfortunate white murder victims. That’s who they are, right?
Pretty sure upper right is Peter Boyle reprising his Young Frankenstein role.
Now, he’s scared! Neo-Nazi blubbers like a baby in video reporting he’s wanted for arrest in Charlottesville https://t.co/orJsnOcpQU
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 16, 2017
Contrast this with his mannerisms in the Vice documentary or how he characterized himself (as reported in the SPLC entry).
I’m spinning wheels, but I suspect there’s a cast of archetypes that end up in these movements. The ideology isn’t coherent, so it takes a certain bundle of personality traits to fill in the gaps or ignore them.
Low empathy, low general imagination, poor ability to assume perspective of others. Tendency to abstract people, suggestive of antisocial tendencies…but not all people, not necessarily a true sociopath.
But this guy, it’s narcissism front and center. Something bad happens to him, it’s an injustice so great everything has to be smashed. A different bad thing, pivot completely to smash the new thing. High on the attention of being a big fish in a small pond, terrified of a world that doesn’t affirm the ideas he’s merged his ego with.
Until a few days ago, this was all a power trip. Living in a closed social system that constantly affirmed everything; excited at the power/sex charge of hurting those you’ve identified as anathema; inflating a larger and larger story of violence as virtuous, brave, and manly.
And now he’s wheedling and weeping like a fucking punk precisely because of all of the above. It’s fun because they’ve built a bubble culture in which they’re powerful and have no consequences…the bubble survives the initial violence, even expands as they perceive a “win”…but now there’s consequences and the promise that next time it won’t be fun or on their terms. They’re wannabe nihilists, mediocre libertines, just not skilled enough to effectively inflict their will and cruelty on the world.
Eventually they’ll flock together and pump themselves back up. The ones that score higher on a sociopathy scale will bolster then ones that are uncertain, afraid, and starting to suspect other people might have a point. They won’t admit it, but the internet is their safe space, the only place they can scream and not be interrupted, “think” and not be questioned, be powerful and hurtful.
If you think about it, their greatest show of strength—trolling—is pathetic. They have to find the weakest person among hundreds of thousands, millions, to get a win.
Not that this makes them less dangerous, nor does it make them sympathetic. Ego merged with eliminationism is volatile.
re: #213 makeitstop
OK. We now know what tr*mp will be rage tweeting about a few hours from now while he strains on the White House shitter.
re: #199 nines09
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Most of the people who rant about participation trophies are the same people that love confederate statues. It’s hilarious to see their rhetoric turned on them.
re: #216 nines09
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Photographer poses foster puppies like newborn babies to help find homes: “I wanted to show them in the best light.” https://t.co/dJCVEa72ja pic.twitter.com/WcYt4luxUt
— ABC News (@ABC) August 17, 2017
re: #172 EPR-radar
It’s deliberate, of course. The cornerstone of the modern Republican party is coded appeals to white resentment. Naturally that means they are all racist, and most of them are in deep denial about it.
Melissa’s job is to shovel the Republican talking points of the day, and her tears were mainly tears of frustration that tr*mp is making her job so hard to do.
Hell, I’m just thinking of onions. Remember onions?
They were considered to be popular in the previous administration.
re: #204 Targetpractice
Bannon thinking that the White House pushing “economic nationalism,” which is protectionism by another name, will somehow help Trump should turn on the TV and note that Trump’s stupidity has totally wiped China off the front page of every newspaper in the English-speaking world. Comrade Combover’s empty threats of a trade war with China are getting no coverage at all.
I wonder why Chief Rotten Liver thinks that “getting Democrats to talk about ‘identity politics’” is going to be some sort of splendid deflection? Disgusting to say, but in the Trump White House discussions of “racism” are, from here on in, going to mean only “Why are you making excuses for Nazis?” and “Why are you trying to blame Nazi violence on someone else”?
Bannon does have half a point about those economic talking points: they, and immigration, are probably the last “popular” issues this shitshow of an Administration has to push before the public. But seriously, who can imagine that this sorry lame crew is going to be able to actually craft any sort of protectionist program that will either
A) Pass Congress; B) actually work C) not start a trade war that we are unlikely to “win” or D) make things worse (probably just in time for the economic downturn that will probably hit next summer/fall)?
I’m cool with replacing all statues of Robert E. Lee with statues of Ramses II or Shaka Zulu
Reality is, most of the leaders of the right wing evangelical community are con men who will do anything to increase their political power.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
re: #177 Skip Intro
Ahhh! The Nazi henchmen from Raiders of the Lost Ark
re: #192 nowherenorth2
He seems to think he can move mountains the little furby doesn t he?
I’m thinking meth.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Chuck Johnson met with Julian Assange today https://t.co/9THKSQ0LQu
— Alex Pfeiffer (@PfeifferDC) August 17, 2017
@Green_Footballs Regardless of what you may think of me lately, you should hear about what UpChuck is up to. He’s up to no good, of course. https://t.co/lTWgZLvbxZ
— Kurt Akemann (@Dark_Falcon7) August 17, 2017
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Chuck Johnson met with Julian Assange today https://t.co/9THKSQ0LQu
— Alex Pfeiffer (@PfeifferDC) August 17, 2017
Regarding adoptions, probably. https://t.co/5hjERksg2k
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 17, 2017
re: #219 The Ghost of a Flea
What you said. I saw some of this POSs interview on the ABC Evening News tonight: smug, arrogant, sneerily dismissive as all hell: now that here’s a warrant out on his pasty white ass, he freaks out like an infant.
Master race, indeed….
re: #200 Pineapple Pizzagate
That’s the meth talking.
Heh. We be thinking of the same grand plan maker.
re: #199 nines09
Thinking about how I would be comfortable contributing to various protests, etc., and this is definitely an idea I could get behind.
My other thoughts have been photography at some of the Nazi protests, where getting clear photos could be very helpful particularly in the case of violence (such as the recorded assault, where there aren’t clear photos of some of the perpetrators), and getting a first aid certification and going with a stocked kit to help do initial treatment in the case of violence.
(Where my comfort level lies when it comes to dealing with violence definitely is in the “I can see where it is necessary at times but I am probably not the person who you want on the front lines because my contribution is likely going to be as an unarmed, unresisting martyr-type, and personally I would kind of rather not be injured unless absolutely necessary.)
re: #175 EPR-radar
tr*mp pardoning Arpaio and breaking into a rousing rendition of Springtime for Hitler next week should be just the thing to make us look back on this week with nostalgia.
re: #217 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Fox. I think folks have already found on-air examples.
It’s a serious issue that keeps getting a little lost in the mix.
re: #116 gocart mozart
? And The Mysterians were the children of migrant Mexican farm workers.
I’m out…………………………………….
Justice Gorsuch will address a conservative group next month, at the Trump International Hotel, naturally pic.twitter.com/3uAg87qrek
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) August 16, 2017
re: #225 Jay C
I wonder why Chief Rotten Liver thinks that “getting Democrats to talk about ‘identity politics’” is going to be some sort of splendid deflection? Disgusting to say, but in the Trump White House discussions of “racism” are, from here on in, going to mean only “Why are you making excuses for Nazis?” and “Why are you trying to blame Nazi violence on someone else”?
Bannon does have half a point about those economic talking points: they, and immigration, are probably the last “popular” issues this shitshow of an Administration has to push before the public. But seriously, who can imagine that this sorry lame crew is going to be able to actually craft any sort of protectionist program that will either
A) Pass Congress; B) actually work C) not start a trade war that we are unlikely to “win” or D) make things worse (probably just in time for the economic downturn that will probably hit next summer/fall)?
There’s a lot of voices in the financial community that are beginning to speak up about a coming market correction, most likely some time in the fall, due to the fact that Trump’s tax “reform” is unlikely to happen this year. The current bull market was really planning on deregulation and tax cuts to boost profits for next year. If that doesn’t happen, in light of lower predictions for growth over the next year, the market’s gonna start getting skittish. And if the market starts to collapse, then Trump’s last favorable talking point goes with it.
re: #229 ObserverArt
I can see that. Probably coke because he is with the”powerful” people the little furby monster
re: #220 EPR-radar
OK. We now know what tr*mp will be rage tweeting about a few hours from now while he strains on the White House shitter.
I dunno why, but this doesn’t smell right. From the story:
Some had never heard of the American Prospect, but they have now. It’s a left-wing publication that Bannon apparently called on Tuesday to air his raw thoughts about his colleagues, undercut the president’s North Korea policy, and preview a coming economic war with China.
Now, why would Bannon do this? I smell setup.
The Navy reconsiders crest and motto of USS Chancellorsville which commemorates Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jacksonhttps://t.co/CVutkcGhlX
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) August 16, 2017
re: #219 The Ghost of a Flea
How pathetic is that? Suddenly he is upset. not at his point of view or hate but the consequences of his hate by way of shunning. And his fears with out his gun. Seek help dude. First attorney, then therapy, anger management. Get ahead of the problem, show some cognizance of hate.
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Fact: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher collaborated with a Holocaust-denying white supremacist to set up a meeting with Julian Assange.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
re: #209 makeitstop
They want everyone to be as insane as they are.
But Targetpractice pointed out that their economic agenda is bullshit, and they don’t have the juice to push an agenda through. They seem to believe they can create enough chaos to mask bad legislation, but that didn’t work for ACA repeal. Trump/Bannon took a beating on it.
Maybe Bannon will end up like Karl Rove - regarded as political genius at first, but with an otherwise hollow resume by the time he’s done. I’d rather he end up in prison, though.
Liver failure, writing his memoirs.
re: #237 nines09
? And The Mysterians were the children of migrant Mexican farm workers.
I’m out…………………………………….
As was Sam the Sham (Domingo Samudio) and most of his band….
I can’t keep up with the barrage of bad craziness.
re: #194 bratwurst
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re: #241 makeitstop
I dunno why, but this doesn’t smell right. From the story:
Now, why would Bannon do this? I smell setup.
I agree this is very strange. The one piece of information I have is that the American Prospect was a legit center-left publication as of a fews years ago back when I had a subscription for a while. It could have recently been purchased by right-wing ratfuckers, but even then there is no apparent reason for this Bannon piece to come out.
re: #184 Jay C
“Does he really believe that trying to deflect negative attention on the President’s and his people’s prejudices by blithering about “identity politics” is going to be a winning strategy? And that he/the Admin will be able to control the narrative?”
I’ve been thinking about some of the same things you have about Bannon, Trump, and “identity politics.” I’ve also been wondering whether Trump is smart enough to realize at some point that Bannon isn’t really as loyal to him as he seems to think he is.
re: #213 makeitstop
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He loves this. The yam loves this.
Infighting for his love.
There’s a song, right?
re: #240 nowherenorth2
I can see that. Probably coke because he is with the”powerful” people the little furby monster
Yeah, But there might be more access to meth if he hangs with any of these White Nationalist types.
I get the feeling there might have been a few ragers sniffing a bit for their big Charlottesville rally. Sorta goes with some of the crowd.
re: #234 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m back
Take high resolution photos of the Nazis. All angles. Have water and good shoes and an awareness of where you are. PHOTOS of these is paramount. Tell them you’re a fan. Love them. Get close.Snap and move on. Click click click…Capture all the ugly you can.
My 2 cents. Use your head an always leave an out. Chat it up. Make nice. Dress like a photographer. Non threatening and non identifying. Just there for the story. Love you Swastika…..
I’m gone.
Nytol.
re: #242 FormerDirtDart
I mean…do y’all see how embedded this shit is?
re: #217 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Watching AC360 on CNN right now- they had a piece on an interview being conducted with white nationalist Jared Taylor regarding Charlottesville - the answers that he gave were almost an exact carbon copy with the so-called ‘rogue’ statements that Donald Trump gave in his combative press conference. For example, both had references to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson memorials being removed, about how the counterprotestors were just as bad, etc.
The kicker? The Jared Taylor interview was held a full two hours before Trump’s meltdown - and wasn’t broadcast until today. The great unanswered (but at least not now unasked) question is where Trump got his talking points from.
CNN really is must watch.
VB said, during her hospital stay that it is challenge the yam 100% of the time.
I’ll take it.
re: #255 JordanRules
I mean…do y’all see how embedded this shit is?
That’s part of what it means for the Confederacy to have lost the Civil War but mostly won the peace.
re: #245 Charles Johnson
This is unreal and a really bad sign.
“The is just the beginning of Heather’s legacy.”
An early look at Thursday’s front page honoring #HeatherHeyer: https://t.co/ssNWPXCqJA pic.twitter.com/VDafpQJZj4— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 17, 2017
re: #232 Jay C
What you said. I saw some of this POSs interview on the ABC Evening News tonight: smug, arrogant, sneerily dismissive as all hell: now that here’s a warrant out on his pasty white ass, he freaks out like an infant.
Master race, indeed….
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SC ‘Warns’ of Possible Lizard Man Sightings During Eclipse https://t.co/15a6j8HUn8 #scnews #sctweets pic.twitter.com/7QZSjOVjYI
— News 19 WLTX (@WLTX) August 10, 2017
thank fucking christ some normal news https://t.co/hcPfzNx5fr
— Rei_ (@Random_Factor) August 16, 2017
Just a passing thought about CNN’s coverage. Think of how much of dumpster fire there would be if Jeffrey Lord were still employed by them, given his love of Trump and fascism.
re: #261 bratwurst
SC ‘Warns’ of Possible Lizard Man Sightings During Eclipse https://t.co/15a6j8HUn8 #scnews #sctweets pic.twitter.com/7QZSjOVjYI
— News 19 WLTX (@WLTX) August 10, 2017
That’s not a lizard man; it’s a guy in a Godzilla suit headed to a Kaiju convention. https://t.co/suo4dASdEJ
— Myron Falwell™ 😺 (@myronfalwell) August 17, 2017
After the American Progress interview, I’m not quite sure how the week ends without either Bannon’s termination or Kelly’s resignation. The former is basically bragging that the present state of affairs his doing or his ideal set of circumstances, and from the look on his face yesterday the latter just wants all of this to end. Either Kelly is gonna shitcan Bannon or he’s going to quit when El Jefe Naranjo tells him that’s not happening.
re: #48 majii
“Dumb shits.”
We blacks in America have always had to deal with them which is the reason Amarosa left that conference of black journalists in a hurry last week. She didn’t feel comfortable being in the presence of other blacks who don’t support Trump’s policies. She was also a last minute addition. I can only surmise that she and Trump thought they could make some kind of an “inroad” with us via that group of journalists. Amarosa knew better than that before she took her butt to the conference. I would hazard to say that Amarosa, Elder, Carson, and other black Trump supporters know exactly where they stand with the majority of blacks in America, and that’s outside the building, not inside of the room with us. We know who and what Trump is, and there’s nothing they can say to most of us that will cause us to change our minds about him. We know evil when we see it. Most of us have strong Christian values that won’t permit us to embrace Trump even though other black “c”hristians have. We know what that’s about, too, and it has nothng to do with Christianity.
Since you brought up the NABJ conference, I’m going to take a minute to brag about the award Maya Prabhu won there. She writes for the Post and Courier—used to be at the Myrtle Beach Sun News (I knew it would be a short stay because she’s too good for this small town.) Her mother is a friend and is OVER THE MOON about Maya’s award.
re: #249 William Lewis
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re: #195 Charles Johnson
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That’s right. I’ve forgotten everything I ever knew about Tokugawa Ieyasu after all the shrines in his honor were torn down here.
re: #269 Barefoot Grin
That’s right. I’ve forgotten everything I ever knew about Tokugawa Ieyasu after all the shrines in his honor were torn down here.
Was that done recently? If so, I can’t imagine why. It would have made sense as part of the Meiji restoration, but that was over a century ago.
re: #202 GlutenFreeJesus
UHF references get automatic updings by me.
re: #270 EPR-radar
Was that done recently? If so, I can’t imagine why. It would have made sense as part of the Meiji restoration, but that was over a century ago.
Sorry, forgot the sarc tags (and I’m in New England).