Video: Stephen Colbert on America’s First ‘Racist Grandpa’ President
The President received high praise on Tuesday’s press conference from white supremacists, white nationalists and white himself.
The President received high praise on Tuesday’s press conference from white supremacists, white nationalists and white himself.
PHOTO: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher grins as Holocaust denier Chuck C. Johnson flashes white supremacist hand sign https://t.co/YtnmB3Qj0p
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 17, 2017
Its an “OK” sign, you hapless idiot https://t.co/19vU1tHa14
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 17, 2017
Wrong again Peeboyhttps://t.co/n9xCJ8euJs https://t.co/2pXndYcdtu
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 18, 2017
Nazis bastards hate talking about the context of words & actions, because when you do, it shows that they’re Nazi bastards
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 18, 2017
No, I did not forget this. Speak for yourself.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 18, 2017
My schadenfreude-o-meter has gone all the way up to 11 today with all of Ezra Levant’s misfortune.
“A fly on the wall at the Exra Levant household” Artist’s Conception: pic.twitter.com/VxbBy6Shoo
— Bart Fargo (@AgentBartFargo) August 18, 2017
Going to fuck this weird Lucy statue in broad daylight in front of stray cats Bad? Immoral? Jokes on you, libs I have a permit. pic.twitter.com/1H3yLANIwQ
— superkarate🐒 (@LedZepBoxedSet) August 18, 2017
Now that I’m reading certain twitterati again, I just ran across this from Jim Wright:
Montana capital to remove Confederate monument after pressure from Native American lawmakers https://t.co/4FDFrrRGxN pic.twitter.com/u2xKT3HRIG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 18, 2017
Montana?
Ah yes. Montana. The mint julep scented Antebellum heart of the Confederacy. https://t.co/8UA5HpRTWX— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 18, 2017
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I’ll admit I’d kinda forgotten about it.
I just got around to watching the Vice News episode on Charolletesville. Fuck, it is utterly insane
In my next life, I’m going to be Charles P. Pierce’s publicist (I love that guy)
Best advice I’ve been given: no one hunts small deer. If they try to take you down it’s because you’re a threat & speak the truth. Onward.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) August 18, 2017
A giant of American letters has some thoughts. https://t.co/zsi3Rz5h78
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 18, 2017
re: #7 BeachDem
She going to change her name to Tambi?
re: #7 BeachDem
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re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
Now that I’m reading certain twitterati again, I just ran across this from Jim Wright:
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The More You Know. The Black Confederate soldier is almost entirely BS, but the war split American Indian tribes as well. The last Confederate general to surrender was a Cherokee.
re: #4 gocart mozart
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Is that that hideous miscarriage of art purporting to be a statue of Lucille Ball that was put up in her hometown (Rochester?). I thought they had voted to remove it, and replace it with something that, y’know, actually looked like Lucy? And not like Nathan Bedford Forrest’s ugly sister?
There’s no difference. pic.twitter.com/veTxTRitQW
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 18, 2017
LOL
We were alerted that white supremacist Chris Cantwell was on OkCupid. Within 10 minutes we banned him for life.
— OkCupid (@okcupid) August 17, 2017
Balding, paunchy, unemployed, Nazi white-supremacist seeks SWF of pure Aryan blood for fun and possible birthing of master race babies https://t.co/RRtb9GQIQA
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 17, 2017
re: #11 Jay C
Is that that hideous miscarriage of art purporting to be a statue of Lucille Ball that was put up in her hometown (Rochester?). I thought they had voted to remove it, and replace it with something that, y’know, actually looked like Lucy?
Much more
hollywoodreporter.com
re: #10 Decatur Deb
The More You Know. The Black Confederate soldier is almost entirely BS, but the war split American Indian tribes as well. The last Confederate general to surrender was a Cherokee.
At least they had a better reason. The Union had pretty much shit all over Native Americans and they were hoping they could get a better deal from the confederates if they worked with them.
A philosophical and legal question: What do you do with people who have figured out how to use the system to defeat it, and how do you fix the system so it can’t happen? And how do you do it in a way that does minimal damage to the rights of those who stay within the normal bounds of behavior? And I don’t mean people we disagree with. Someone advocating for smaller taxes is not playing with the foundation of democracy.
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The President of the United States Is Now a Neo-Nazi Sympathiser (goes to The Guardian):
“You had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest, and very legally protest - because I don’t know if you know, they had a permit,” Trump helpfully explained to the astonished press corps at Trump Tower. “The other group didn’t have a permit. So I only tell you this: there are two sides to a story.”
Sadly for Trump, there is only one side to the political reaction to his comments: sheer disgust. As an apologist for racist protestors - even though they obtained a precious permit - Trump has magically created a sense of spine in his own Republican party.
This is something of a biological miracle because people like Marco Rubio, his vanquished former rival - the man he used to deride as little Marco - was previously classified by entomologists as an invertebrate.
“Mr President, you can’t allow #WhiteSupremacists to share only part of blame. They support idea which cost nation & world so much pain,” tweeted the Florida senator. “The #WhiteSupremacy groups will see being assigned only 50% of blame as a win. We can not allow this old evil to be resurrected.”
(more at the link)
re: #18 teleskiguy
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re: #16 danarchy
At least they had a better reason. The Union had pretty much shit all over Native Americans and they were hoping they could get a better deal from the confederates if they worked with them.
Our Civil War folded neatly into an ongoing generational fight that had been festering in at least one of the tribes. Signing on with the Union or Confederacy was a good route to upgraded materiel.
re: #18 teleskiguy
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I’m ashamed of some of the comments I posted last night.
Local protest against the events in Charlottesville in Scottsbluff by one man.
starherald.com (more at the link)
Had I known Mr. Romero was going to do this, I would have driven out there to make it a two-man protest:
Joe Romero, from Bayard, decided to take a stand for what he believes. Romero made a sign and carried it up and down Broadway in downtown Scottsbluff late Wednesday morning. Written on his sign were these words: “SAY NO: To Nazis, To KKK, To Haters, To Liar in Chief. Not fine People.”
Romero explained why he made and carried his sign.
“Everything that’s happened over the course of this presidency, and then especially this last weekend in Charlottesville, and his comments yesterday were simply outrageous. And by ‘him,’ I mean Trump,” Romero said.
He continued: “I just thought that there are protests going on around the country and I think it’s important that people here in Scottsbluff make their voices heard.”
Romero said even though he is only one voice, he hopes that he will inspire others in the community to speak out as well. He wants to make sure people know he cares about these issues and not everyone in Scottsbluff is of one mind.
re: #23 teleskiguy
I’m ashamed of some of the comments I posted last night.
Those of us who love you knew you would be.
Wow- NBC News is reporting that the mother of Heather Heyer has received death threats since her daughter was murdered.
— Tim Guinee (@TimGuinee) August 18, 2017
re: #26 Charles Johnson
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Seeing/hearing the mom, I bet she could kick their asses.
re: #23 teleskiguy
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re: #23 teleskiguy
I’m ashamed of some of the comments I posted last night.
Shit happens. You’re not KT or DF, so I think we can find it in ourselves to forgive ya.
Okay, Lizards, going to bed. When I next check in, it’ll be from somewhere in Halifax. Catch y’all tomorrow.
re: #30 makeitstop
Okay, Lizards, going to bed. When I next check in, it’ll be from somewhere in Halifax. Catch y’all tomorrow.
Have a safe trip and a wonderful time.
Ski areas open in three months. The one thing in this world that guarantees my peace of mind. If I were a person of means, I would ski year-round, like my idol Chris Davenport, who’s in Chile as we speak.
Still some fresh lines out there @skiportillo #onlyinportillo #gopro #hero5session
re: #34 teleskiguy
That looks pretty (and pretty dangerous - I would fall down a cliff on skis in my living room).
Was thinking of the movie “Dave” a bit ago. A bit of wish fulfillment fantasy these days, but oh wouldn’t it be nice to find someone who could fake being the Yam that convincingly?
re: #34 teleskiguy
Ski areas open in three months. The one thing in this world that guarantees my peace of mind. If I were a person of means, I would ski year-round, like my idol Chris Davenport, who’s in Chile as we speak.
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I suspect you’ve thought about it, or others have suggested it, but have you thought about doing something like roller blading? I know it’s not quite the same thing.
Here’s me, skiing backwards.
Rare photo of the @teleskiguy in action on a trail named Lost Boy.
re: #40 teleskiguy
Here’s me, skiing backwards.
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You should blur it a bit more, and convince everyone it’s proof of the Yeti.
re: #39 Belafon
I suspect you’ve thought about it, or others have suggested it, but have you thought about doing something like roller blading? I know it’s not quite the same thing.
I broke my wrist rollerblading when I was a kid, haven’t been back since. Mountain biking takes up some of the slack, but it’s not the same as skiing, my favorite thing ever.
re: #17 Belafon
A philosophical and legal question: What do you do with people who have figured out how to use the system to defeat it, and how do you fix the system so it can’t happen? And how do you do it in a way that does minimal damage to the rights of those who stay within the normal bounds of behavior? And I don’t mean people we disagree with. Someone advocating for smaller taxes is not playing with the foundation of democracy.
It is an incredibly difficult question to answer. There are obvious limits to speech - clear and present dangers, fighting words, incitement, fraud, defamation. The concern is always that a check designed to shut down neonazis will later be used to shut down a group like BLM.
I’ve been kicking around the idea of something like incitement per se - I’m still not sure how to define it as something different than incitement. I’m thinking my Supreme Court case history this week might be Brandenburg - maybe I’ll get some ideas from that
I mean, how can you not find peace and tranquility in a place like this?
The tree skiing today was top shelf.
re: #38 William Lewis
Was thinking of the movie “Dave” a bit ago. A bit of wish fulfillment fantasy these days, but oh wouldn’t it be nice to find someone who could fake being the Yam that convincingly?
Alec Baldwin is under contract with NBc
The story of Lucifer-who rebelled against God-is part of many Christians’ traditions. I’ve never been in a church with a Lucifer statue.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) August 18, 2017
I could not possibly disagree more with the EFF on this. We’re in this situation now because no one would step up, do the right thing, and refuse to serve these vicious hate groups.
I do not believe this bullshit “slippery slope” argument that shutting down Nazis will soon mean shutting down decent people as well. It doesn’t work like that, and this viewpoint has given us an Internet that’s lousy with monsters, and social networks that have turned into nasty, unpleasant cesspools of hate speech and harassment.
“We strongly believe that what GoDaddy, Google, and Cloudflare did here was dangerous.” https://t.co/P0PmPbkzjh
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) August 18, 2017
re: #11 Jay C
Is that that hideous miscarriage of art purporting to be a statue of Lucille Ball that was put up in her hometown (Rochester?). I thought they had voted to remove it, and replace it with something that, y’know, actually looked like Lucy? And not like Nathan Bedford Forrest’s ugly sister?
Jamestown, about two hours southeast of here. Actually, Celoron, which is a tiny little town ten minutes north of Jamestown. The new statue sits in the same park as the “Scary Lucy.”
Guess which one gets all the attention and still brings the tourists to the park?
re: #9 Stanley Sea
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re: #43 KGxvi
Making my affirmation for political office, one requirement is not to belong to a group which advocates overthrow of the Federal or state government by violent means.
Nazis advocate for genocide, viewed worldwide as a violent crime. It would seem to me that belonging to a group that advocates for violence against others is sufficient.
That “Blood and Soil” chant in the past was a direct call for the erasure of Poland and genocide of Poles. Dingbat Nazi fanbois today might not know what that phrase means, but I sure do, and so do people like Matthew Heimbach and Steve Miller.
Nazi ideology calls for genocide of Jews, of Slavs, &c. That should be sufficient.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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Absolutist arguments like this are frustrating and wrong. Change Nazi’s for cops and you’ve got arguments for why police shouldn’t be punished.
There are times when you have to say this is not right and the only way to fix it is to do something outside the norms. The Nazis are trying to break the US. They’re not trying to play by the rules everyone else does. They’re using those rules to try to bring everything else down.
re: #44 teleskiguy
I mean, how can you not find peace and tranquility in a place like this?
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Oh that reminds me of Deer Hunting Season back in Pennsylvania!
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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What is the EFF saying, private businesses cannot choose who they do business with? That’s a rather bold stance to take.
“But at least they aren’t silenced.” - EFF
Wow- NBC News is reporting that the mother of Heather Heyer has received death threats since her daughter was murdered.
— Tim Guinee (@TimGuinee) August 18, 2017
re: #10 Decatur Deb
The More You Know. The Black Confederate soldier is almost entirely BS, but the war split American Indian tribes as well. The last Confederate general to surrender was a Cherokee.
And, apropos of nothing, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All had more typos in it than any other book I’ve ever read.
re: #56 Targetpractice
What is the EFF saying, private businesses cannot choose who they do business with? That’s a rather bold stance to take.
“Information wants to be Freep.”
Shout out to that cryin’ Nazi. Cryin’ Nazi’s probably my favorite Nazi next to face melting Nazi from that Ark movie and whatnot.
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) August 18, 2017
re: #47 Charles Johnson
I could not possibly disagree more with the EFF on this. We’re in this situation now because no one would step up, do the right thing, and refuse to serve these vicious hate groups.
I do not believe this bullshit “slippery slope” argument that shutting down Nazis will soon mean shutting down decent people as well. It doesn’t work like that, and this viewpoint has given us an Internet that’s lousy with monsters, and social networks that have turned into nasty, unpleasant cesspools of hate speech and harassment.
EFF has servers, if they feel so strongly about this, let them host Daily Stormer.
GoDaddy or Cloudfront do not have to commit business suicide when tens of thousands of customers leave just to host a Website advocating war crimes.
re: #56 Targetpractice
What is the EFF saying, private businesses cannot choose who they do business with? That’s a rather bold stance to take.
They’re saying that private businesses can legally refuse to do business with Nazis, but they SHOULDN’T.
I’ve agreed with the EFF on a lot of things in the past, but this is fucking insane and wrong.
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
The left must not be allowed to rewrite American history. https://t.co/YeAl96m7ne
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) August 17, 2017
We literally fought a war to terminate your say in the matter. https://t.co/3V8Rj1bxxh
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 17, 2017
re: #29 Targetpractice
Shit happens. You’re not KT or DF, so I think we can find it in ourselves to forgive ya.
I appreciate that. Unlike Kilgore Trout and Dark_Falcon, I am indeed capable of shame and atonement.
re: #23 teleskiguy
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By Vincent van Gogh#Painting #art #ArtLovers💖 pic.twitter.com/MTKD7crfOH
— Tim Shum (@humanetim) August 18, 2017
re: #58 BeachDem
And, apropos of nothing, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All had more typos in it than any other book I’ve ever read.
That was fiction, no? Confederates In The Attic was reportage by a Romanian journalists. He talks of one of the several Last Confederate Widows who died near here a few years ago.
re: #65 The Ghost of a Flea
Very good advice. Thank you.
Why don’t you google “Texas Textbooks” you liar?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 18, 2017
re: #52 Anymouse 🌹
Making my affirmation for political office, one requirement is not to belong to a group which advocates overthrow of the Federal or state government by violent means.
Nazis advocate for genocide, viewed worldwide as a violent crime. It would seem to me that belonging to a group that advocates for violence against others is sufficient.
That “Blood and Soil” chant in the past was a direct call for the erasure of Poland and genocide of Poles. Dingbat Nazi fanbois today might not know what that phrase means, but I sure do, and so do people like Matthew Heimbach and Steve Miller.
Nazi ideology calls for genocide of Jews, of Slavs, &c. That should be sufficient.
I agree with the point about advocating genocide. That was definitely at the heart of what I was thinking about with incitement per se. The tricky part then becomes what constitutes belonging to a group? If they are as generally unorganized as much of the altright appears to be, do they really belong to a group? It’s definitely a theory in progress
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Just like your insight into how the ‘view from nowhere’ media is dangerous, this is kinda the same in the business sector. There are consequences to inaction and certain workings in our institutions keep empowering these hate merchants and have put the decent folks at a disadvantage that’s been tallying up for generations. Folks keep acting like we’re starting with any scales balanced. It’s a freaking cop out.
re: #63 Blind Frog Belly White
Technically, we fought two wars about that. The first one in 1776, and then again in 1812
re: #19 Anymouse 🌹
The President of the United States Is Now a Neo-Nazi Sympathiser (goes to The Guardian):
(more at the link)
I miss Wolfe’s appearances on MSNBC. Cool dude.
Thank you JordanRules. You awarded me my 100,000th karma.
re: #34 teleskiguy
Ski areas open in three months. The one thing in this world that guarantees my peace of mind. If I were a person of means, I would ski year-round, like my idol Chris Davenport, who’s in Chile as we speak.
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Made me think of that line from “Endless Summer” (which my high-school surfing boyfriend made me see about a zillion times)
“Everywhere they went they were greeted with a familiar cry surfers have heard 1,000 times each, quote: You guys reeeeally missed it, you should’ve been here yesterday.”
I can see why Confederates are scared about their history being erased, because it looks like most have never heard of books.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 17, 2017
re: #68 teleskiguy
There is no variety of skull-fucked I haven’t been. At this point it’s a skillset.
re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea
There is no variety of skull-fucked I haven’t been. At this point it’s a skillset.
You ever gone skiing on acid or mushrooms? I wouldn’t recommend it until you get good at skiing, but BOY! That shit is…can’t put it into words.
This is how the largest slave rebellion in the history of colonial America is commemorated. Here’s the *real* story. (1/x) pic.twitter.com/NIhNam4icJ
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 16, 2017
thread and also
after this rebellion, south carolina banned slaves from owning or playing drums https://t.co/hwbxhoUVVA— CRIME LICH ☭ (@8spinach) August 17, 2017
There’s a movie on about Jessie Owens and it made me think. We have that Sherman meme about going back to the south. A similar meme could be done with Owens and Nazis.
Angst on Twitter:
The auto-suggest on my phone suggests “men suffer” before “menstruate” (I didn’t put a space in there!) and WHY IS MY PHONE AN MRA?
— 💀Cromortuary💀 Ⓜ (@CromartyHeather) August 17, 2017
And in a moment of hopeful and beautiful news:
Once Shot For Advocating For Girls’ Education, Malala Is Going To Oxford
Malala Yousafzai was only 15 when she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan for campaigning for the education of girls. Now, she has been accepted to Oxford, one of the world’s elite universities.
At Oxford Malala will study philosophy, politics and economics.
A Simple Trick for Driving Snakes Out of Your Country — https://t.co/gpXfma3C8I pic.twitter.com/Fg6HF1HiZI
— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) August 18, 2017
re: #80 teleskiguy
You ever gone skiing on acid or mushrooms? I wouldn’t recommend it until you get good at skiing, but BOY! That shit is…can’t put it into words.
Never done any of those things individually, even.
re: #87 The Ghost of a Flea
Never done any of those things individually, even.
Like my favorite band Umphrey’s McGee, it’s not for everybody.
Only if the 9/11 monument was dedicated to the hijackers…
— Dmitry (@RightDmitry) August 17, 2017
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹
This is the same guy who did the story about the slave monuments in Barbados showing them breaking their chains.
re: #91 Belafon
That is one of my favorite threads ever.
Statement from American Indian Caucus of Montana Legislature on removing Confederate monument in Helena: https://t.co/6bBMXDqR3k pic.twitter.com/jbDrAsqPdr
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) August 15, 2017
re: #50 ipsos
Jamestown, about two hours southeast of here. Actually, Celoron, which is a tiny little town ten minutes north of Jamestown. The new statue sits in the same park as the “Scary Lucy.”
Guess which one gets all the attention and still brings the tourists to the park?
I get three, right? And the first two don’t count?
I should have remembered it was Jamestown, though: Ball used to mention it on TV enough.
re: #88 teleskiguy
Like my favorite band Umphrey’s McGee, it’s not for everybody.
Nature plus mind-altering substances I think I see the appeal of.
Hurtling downhill plus mind-altering substances…I suspect the constant change of visual, tactile, auditory, and propioceptic (awareness of body position and movement) stimuli would make for an intense experience, since hallucinogens make your sense impression blend and bleed.
Government documents label Trump’s Atlantic City operations “dangerous.” https://t.co/600N1JDIyK
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 18, 2017
I didn’t vote for Trump. I was actually right all along.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 18, 2017
I voted for Hillary Clinton, and am damn proud of that vote. https://t.co/K1uc7PA5W0
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 18, 2017
To all you in @POTUS Administration assuaging your guilt by leaking how upset you are, grow up and quit. Anything less is appeasement.
— Anne Frank Center (@AnneFrankCenter) August 17, 2017
re: #95 The Ghost of a Flea
Nature plus mind-altering substances I think I see the appeal of.
Hurtling downhill plus mind-altering substances…I suspect the constant change of visual, tactile, auditory, and propioceptic (awareness of body position and movement) stimuli would make for an intense experience, since hallucinogens make your sense impression blend and bleed.
Simply put, skiing is like walking for me, totally second-nature. I consider myself blessed in that respect. You could put me on just about any snow-covered mountain and I will glide down with style and panache, as long as there aren’t any gonzo airs (big cliffs and whatnot). Even then, if there’s enough snow, I’ve been known to hurl myself into the void only to bomb-hole in a deep mantle of powder.
re: #67 Decatur Deb
That was fiction, no? Confederates In The Attic was reportage by a Romanian journalists. He talks of one of the several Last Confederate Widows who died near here a few years ago.
Yes, it was fiction, and was super popular when it came out (2001.) I thought it was excruciatingly boring and the typos and horrible editing didn’t help.
re: #88 teleskiguy
Like my favorite band Umphrey’s McGee, it’s not for everybody.
My one experience with mushrooms was back during the mid 80’s in a hammock on a beach in Ko Samui Thailand. I can’t really imagine skiing in that condition but watching a nearly full moon rising over the Gulf of Thailand was a delight.
President Trump’s False Claim That Counter-Demonstrators Lacked a Permit (goes to the Washington Post)
Of course, it is already part of the Wingnut Canon that counter-demonstrators had no permit, so fact-checking by the Lügenpresse will mean nothing… .
re: #71 JordanRules
Just like your insight into how the ‘view from nowhere’ media is dangerous, this is kinda the same in the business sector. There are consequences to inaction and certain workings in our institutions keep empowering these hate merchants and have put the decent folks at a disadvantage that’s been tallying up for generations. Folks keep acting like we’re starting with any scales balanced. It’s a freaking cop out.
And though he’d deny it and say “aw shucks, just kidding,” I think Anglin’s bullshit comes close to, if not across the line of, incitement.
re: #98 JordanRules
It would be an interesting scenario if there were massive staff and/or appointment resignations. The people holding jobs that require senate confirmation are probably more important. It would force Congress, or at least the Senate, to confront the worst parts of the Trump Administration. And Trump’s reaction, of course, would be… well, let’s go with “telling”
re: #105 KGxvi
There are so few career people holding down vital jobs in near empty departments that I worry about decimating the ranks of those left.
re: #96 JordanRules
Aaand Rupert Murdoch fires the first salvo.
re: #105 KGxvi
It would be an interesting scenario if there were massive staff and/or appointment resignations. The people holding jobs that require senate confirmation are probably more important. It would force Congress, or at least the Senate, to confront the worst parts of the Trump Administration. And Trump’s reaction, of course, would be… well, let’s go with “telling”
I called my rep and senators today and one of the things I mentioned is that no more Trump nominees should be approved for any positions. I also mentioned that protecting voting rights should be their number one priority and Sessions attempts to gather data from websites that opposed Trump should be fought. When Trump goes, he really needs to take Pence and Sessions down with him.
re: #104 BeachDem
It terrorizes those it’s aimed to and we don’t really have mechanisms rooted in our history to address that and so they continue to prosper within and without our legal framework.
I love when folks debate the law and ethics and how it works because it’s a start and it’s needed but far too many start from an untenable place that won’t even allow for targeted fallibility in our system.
I do find this strain of capitalist, brand awareness backlash and resistance fascinating to watch unfold.
Carl Paladino, the racist bigot who was Donald Trump’s New York campaign manager, and once compared Gold Star Families to terrorism supporters for standing up for the Khan family …
… has been fired from the Buffalo School Board.
Cue wingnut whinging (especially from him) for actions having consequences.
He was fired for revealing info from an executive session of the board (not his racism).
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced her decision Thursday following a five-day hearing in June. School board members lobbied for Paladino’s removal after he disclosed information about teacher contract negotiations that were discussed in closed-door sessions.
How did I miss this little tidbit from Rohrabacher (R-Moscow) after his tete-a-tete with Assange:
He hoped that WikiLeaks — an award-winning journalistic operation — might be granted a seat in the White House press corps.
Yikes.
re: #113 BeachDem
Yikes is right.
A bunch of these individual actions with regard to this alignment of white supremacy and Russia add up to something with devastating implications for Democracy. It’s so dangerous.
True…but it’s NOT about the statues…it’s about the political spin that #VanillaISIS will use to alter the argument…
— Ron McMullen (@DaKansasTroll) August 18, 2017
Anyone who is going to ally with Nazis ain’t going to decide against it just cause they keep a monument. https://t.co/Pb1UOD9dZL
— Linda Tirado (@KillerMartinis) August 18, 2017
rawstory.com (from International Business Times)
Fake “antifa” posters making their way around right-wing/conservative sites calling for the murder of white children (poster pictured in article).
How long until that makes it to Drudge or FOX?
Speaking of Lucille Ball’s horrendous statue…
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. pic.twitter.com/BUzt5QX0Dl
— Neil Hamburger (@NeilHamburger) August 18, 2017
re: #113 BeachDem
How did I miss this little tidbit from Rohrabacher (R-Moscow) after his tete-a-tete with Assange:
He hoped that WikiLeaks — an award-winning journalistic operation — might be granted a seat in the White House press corps.
Yikes.
Rohrabacher is the majordomo of Putin’s western influence whorehouse and Assange is the madam.
Having read EFF’s statement, I agree in principle with what they’re saying, that there should be a means for site owners to request a review of the decision to take down their site. But the problem as I see it is they can’t differentiate between a government entity demanding a site taken down and customer complaints leading to a decision to shut a site down.
Phi Spinning Top pic.twitter.com/aMTnsobwyu
— The Human Experience (@thehumanxp) August 17, 2017
Arnold - even after his adulterous ways and scandal-ridden governorship - is a great citizen of the United States.
.@Schwarzenegger has a blunt message for Nazis. pic.twitter.com/HAbnejahtl
— ATTN: (@attn) August 17, 2017
Ex-neo Nazis explain what’s driving the alt-right: https://t.co/2jP9Z4XqJ5 pic.twitter.com/OOkZ9VX24s
— VICE (@VICE) August 17, 2017
“That’s what they were telling us to do. Go undercover. Go out and become a police officer, a lawyer, a doctor…” https://t.co/eYAe85Tul3
— Kiran (@KiranOpal) August 17, 2017
Steve Cohen (D-TN9) drawing up articles of impeachment.
After comments on #Charlottesville , I’ll be introducing Articles of #Impeachment against #Trump. No good Nazis or Klansmen! #ImpeachTrump pic.twitter.com/x6pWL35evL
— Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) August 17, 2017
I had a dinner party. Dispelled several memes. Loved debunking the Chicago myth with whatever source chosen.
I love drawing the Chicago concern out. So terrible. Then watching the face as you explain how the city doesn’t even crack the top 10 of violent cities. Welcome to my party. Dude.
re: #127 Amory Blaine
Your party sounds amazing!
This type of every day, on the ground action is so necessary. And we get to have fun and break bread. Win!
re: #127 Amory Blaine
I love drawing the Chicago concern out. So terrible. Then watching the face as you explain how the city doesn’t even crack the top 10 of violent cities. Welcome to my party. Dude.
Guns are banned in Chicago, but the bad guys have plenty of guns!
Yeah. Turns out they get them mostly from Indiana, where the Governor doesn’t care as much about his citizens’ lives.
re: #129 Blind Frog Belly White
Guns are banned in Chicago, but the bad guys have plenty of guns!
Yeah. Turns out they get them mostly from Indiana, where the Governor doesn’t care as much about his citizens’ lives.
I always blame every gun death on the NRA. It is thanks to this criminal organization and its Republican and Federalist Society affiliates that this country has basically no restrictions on gun ownership or display of weaponry in public. After Sandy Hook, I lost all hope of any sensible laws as long as Republicans are in power in this country.
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— titty knuckle (@bumberhooten) August 16, 2017
They always asks who’s a good boy but never ask how’s a good boy https://t.co/6pArkUEI95
re: #132 JordanRules
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So I’ll be flying in to Denver (first step to the eclipse) on Saturday, and I’m wondering whether anyone from around there has recommendations for what to do on Sunday. No late-night adventures, as I have to get up at 3:00 am.
Do we have any Denver lizards?
re: #135 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
So I’ll be flying in to Denver (first step to the eclipse) on Saturday, and I’m wondering whether anyone from around there has recommendations for what to do on Sunday. No late-night adventures, as I have to get up at 3:00 am.
Do we have any Denver lizards?
Did you check under the airport?
re: #135 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
So I’ll be flying in to Denver (first step to the eclipse) on Saturday, and I’m wondering whether anyone from around there has recommendations for what to do on Sunday. No late-night adventures, as I have to get up at 3:00 am.
Do we have any Denver lizards?
Go to Red Rocks Park and walk around. It’s a half hour west of downtown in a cute little hamlet called Morrison. Get there early enough and you can go into the amphitheater and watch people exercising (on show days the amphitheater closes to the public at 2 p.m., sometimes earlier depending on the act). Afterwards you can grab a margarita at the Morrison Inn.
re: #138 teleskiguy
Thanks!
re: #139 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
If you go, bring some sturdy shoes and a bottle of water and walk around the Trading Post Trail, that very well-worn loop will take you around most of the park. It’s a mile and a half long with some uphill slog.
re: #136 Kragar
Did you check under the airport?
A huge list of conspiracy theories about Denver’s new airport, everything from Illuminati base to Egyptian Gods, all conveniently located at that clearinghouse of all human ken: YouTube
Donald Trump has insisted the Rebel Alliance must take their share of the blame for the violence in the Star Wars universe after revealing the Empire had all the necessary permits to gather at the Death Star.
Speaking to reporters to clarify his position on the violent battles fought between the two sides, Trump explained that the fake news media are ignoring all the good people inside in the Empire.
“I don’t see anyone talking about the bad people inside the Rebel Alliance charging at the Death Star even though it had all the necessary paperwork in place and was allowed to be there.
“The Empire followed the rules, and went about its business within the rule of law, is that so wrong? Are we criticising people for obeying the law now?
“If we’re going to blow up Death Stars just because they’re symbols of oppression, what next? The Sith Temple on Korriban?”
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹
By far the creepiest thing about Denver International Airport is the red-eyed horse at the entrance.
re: #143 teleskiguy
The horse is obviously possessed by demons. (Or maybe daemons if it runs on Linux.)
There is a video about the horse in the conspiracy theory list I linked above.
This picture sends chills down my spine. Most expensive vet bill I’ve ever had when my dog chased a porcupine.
Did you know porcupine have sex while standing on their heads? Well lady porcupine. So there’s that. pic.twitter.com/kIlf0ctJLV
— Shannyn Moore (@shannynmoore) August 18, 2017
Chuck C. Johnson, Julian Assange, And Dana Rohrabacher Walk Into A Bar, Because WHAT EVEN THE FUCK? (goes to Wonkette)
Time to check in with Dana Rohrabacher, the elected Republican from Orange County, California, who mostly represents the Kremlin’s interests in Congress (since moving on from being literal actual BFFs with, and we are not kidding here, THE TALIBAN). He’s been traveling again, but this time he didn’t go to Moscow to get marching orders. Instead, he was in London, palling around with one of Moscow’s most finely aged tools, Julian Assange, who is still hiding inside the Ecuadorian embassy like a pussy. If you’re wondering why THE FUCK Rohrabacher is meeting with Assange, you are asking the correct question. If you’re also wondering why THE FUCKITY FUCK the internet’s greatest loser troll, Chuck C. Johnson, also attended the meeting … just holy shit. Because this is a thing that happened.
In the article is a message from Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-ussian Tool) own office confirming the visit.
Amerikalı komedyen Doug Stanhope, ‘milliyetçilik’ten bahsediyor. pic.twitter.com/2ROUMwILDN
— Felsefe ha! (@banabirseyogret) August 17, 2017
Tweet translated: Stand up comedian Doug Stanhope, ’ talking about nationalism.
More from Wonkette:
We notice a couple things here right off the bat. First of all, it’s creepy and weird that Rohrabacher “plans to divulge more of what he found directly to President Trump,” as if Julian Assange should have a right to be passing fake news love notes to the American president. Also, we’re worried Trump will believe whatever Rohrabacher says Assange told him, because he too is a very stupid and gullible man.
Hey, maybe Assange’s message contains flat-out conspiracy lies about how Hillary Clinton colluded with Ukraine to steal the election from herself! Because that’s the counter-narrative America’s enemies in Moscow and inside the White House want people to believe.
We’re also amused by the editorial paragraph in the congressman’s official statement, where it states as fact that the WikiLeaks emails revealed that the 2016 Democratic primary was #RIGGED against Bernie Sanders. Way to get that Russian dezinformatsiya in there, Congressman! We bet Putin is IMPRESSED.
A preface of the Golden Record on the Voyager spacecrafts, delivered by a true statesman.
For our US friends: President Jimmy Carter’s message to the universe on the Voyager Golden Records, 1977. #Voyager40 pic.twitter.com/grQ4CL26DD
— Alice Gorman (@drspacejunk) August 18, 2017
Woo hoo! After hanging up on “34% complete” for almost an hour, my iPhoto library conversion for the new used Mac has finished the last 66% in two minutes flat — so I can go to bed now. Night, all.
re: #150 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Woo hoo! After hanging up on “34% complete” for almost an hour, my iPhoto library conversion for the new used Mac has finished the last 66% in two minutes flat — so I can go to bed now. Night, all.
I was similarly hung on a download of two Depeche Mode CDs I bought. (They are on the way but the record seller allows downloads of purchased CDs.) My telephone company decided I didn’t need all that data at once.
FLORIDA MAN!
Florida man wrecks liquor store, says hookah-smoking ‘caterpillar’ order him to do it, police say: https://t.co/KO9l2ZbBBm #Denver7 pic.twitter.com/oXkgwn24xG
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) August 18, 2017
A Florida man arrested for destroying a liquor store under construction told police he was Alice in Wonderland and that a “hookah-smoking caterpillar” ordered him to attack the site.
WikiLeaks turned down leaks on Russian government during U.S. presidential campaign: https://t.co/MNoXuM9Adq by me
— Jenna McLaughlin (@JennaMC_Laugh) August 17, 2017
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A local business owner spoke out to defend himself Wednesday amid calls to boycott his business after being labeled a Nazi supporter and a white supremacist.A Facebook post that’s gone viral shows Aaron VanArsdale, the co-owner of Craft Draft 2 Go, with a swastika, and doing a Nazi salute.
Located off Stadium Drive, the Kalamazoo bar did not open Wednesday after it was vandalized overnight.
VanArsdale says his employees are too scared to come to work and he no longer feels safe.
A profanity in white spray paint was sandwiched in between ‘get out’ and ‘Nazi scum.’
“The public is crucifying me,” VanArsdale said.
(more at WWMT)
wwmt.com
The photos in question have been on his Facebook page for many years. As usual, when called out on it, he tried to brush it off as a “joke.”
A boycott has developed, several breweries have said they won’t sell to him any more, and several musical acts have cancelled performances at his bar.
Christopher Cantwell, the “star” of that ghastly Vice documentary, wrote some things down for his blog after the events last weekend in Charlottesville. He deleted the blog post. Whatever, the internet is forever.
Some choice passages:
The hero, James Fields, has a rough time ahead of him, but now that video evidence shows communists attacking his vehicle with a weapon, no jury with a white man on it will convict him of murder.
[…]
The day after that, they proved it again, allowing a communist to punch Jason Kessler, catching the perpetrator, and releasing him without charges. Now that assault has apparently been legalized in Virginia, perhaps we can begin solving these problems in the private sector.
[…]
One thing is for sure, we here at the Radical Agenda are just getting started, and if those red bastards think it hurt when I maced and beat them, the pain they will feel from the rise of this production will drive them to voluntarily join Heather Heyer in hell.
And I will delight in their demise.
The “Master Race” seems awful whiney when they’re not the ones in power, don’t they?
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(more at WWMT)
wwmt.com“The public is crucifying me,” VanArsdale said.
Thanks for the suggestion, Aaron.
Tina Fey urges Americans: Stay home from neo-Nazi rallies. Eat a sheet cake instead. https://t.co/t5kOLdXiFM
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2017
Because sitting at home and ignoring them is how you get rid of Nazis https://t.co/dszsFkU2Xe
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 18, 2017
re: #158 Kragar
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must read:
1932, the Chicago Defender asks readers if the fed government should ban building of Confederate monuments. pic.twitter.com/J3lyDKVfXZ— profloumoore (@loumoore12) August 18, 2017
What establishment Republicans think about Trump’s tirade https://t.co/KToHAa3d6e via @playbookplus pic.twitter.com/uNUFjyvdb7
— POLITICO (@politico) August 18, 2017
Are they quitting his administration?
Are they working on impeachment?
if not, then they’re fine with White Supremacy https://t.co/mEvqe6Y4NP— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 18, 2017
re: #162 Kragar
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They either support it or they support appeasing it if it gets them closer to tax cuts for the rich. There is no middle ground.
There were politicians aplenty who condoned Hitler, condoned the Nazis, because they saw in both a hope to “restore” Germany to a state of strength and power. That if it meant making a jabbering loon the head of the country, they would do it, then use their influence and political power to keep him under control.
Then the Reichstag burned, the Nazis exploited the national outrage to rewrite the laws, and suddenly those politicians who thought they had Hitler under their power were the minority that was under pressure to conform or be dubbed “enemies of the state.”
BEST VIDEO OF 2017 pic.twitter.com/vaoSo24ZdJ
— Impractical Jokers (@ItsFunnyJokers) July 15, 2017
Local Hot Take in the news:
Airport as Ready as Possible for Eclipse (slow news day at the Scottsbluff, NE Star-Herald)
Airport Director Darwin Skelton said on Wednesday he has heard a wide range of numbers of people who are expected to arrive in the Panhandle for Monday’s eclipse. While no one really knows what to expect, Skelton said the airport prepared to start seeing planes arriving as early as Thursday.
Phone calls to the airport have asked if there is still a space available to land a plane. Unlike the Alliance airport, Scottsbluff chose not to do reservations of spaces because it would be too hard to track.
“If it’s cloudy, no one will come,” Skelton said. “It will be an interesting situation to see what transpires.”
(more at the link)
re: #169 HappyWarrior
I think I’m still on European time. Gah.
I’m still on Mythical Time Zone.
I am off to bed. I need to sleep sometime.
re: #170 Anymouse 🌹
I’m still on Mythical Time Zone.
I am off to bed. I need to sleep sometime.
I’ve been back only two days. It’s not so bad really but I really want to get back to EST.
When are people going to get that China is not their friend. And China’s money always comes with strings.
Forced to comply or shut down, Cambridge University Press’s China Quarterly removes 300 articles in China https://t.co/ppjT5oyy9F
— Quartz (@qz) August 18, 2017
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹
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Never even heard of this incident before. That’s the history that needs to be taught instead of this veneration of slave holders.
re: #172 LastYearsMan
China and Russia. Neither are democracies.
Morning Lizards. Launch reminder. Also day 1 of my staycation.
What goes into launching an #AtlasV rocket? Get the 101 on a rocket countdown here, ahead of our 8:03am ET liftoff: https://t.co/ZzRgFrC787 pic.twitter.com/FKdjVIqG6I
— NASA (@NASA) August 18, 2017
Investigations are completed and we won’t communicate on this due to privacy but again, we really disagree his statement.
— ARKEMA (@Arkema_group) August 18, 2017
😂😂 @Arkema_group his FB profile is PUBLIC! What privacy excuse can you fall back on? He’s making the firm look deplorable while employed FFS https://t.co/zUIywMvnNf
— دانیال (@danja84) August 18, 2017
re: #177 I Would Prefer Not To
Why do I get out of bed in the morning?
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Except he did call out Islamic terrorism and people like you Dinesh still called him an Islamist. Fuck off, you amoral piece of shit.
re: #178 HappyWarrior
Except he did call out Islamic terrorism and people like you Dinesh still called him an Islamist. Fuck off, you amoral piece of shit.
Welcome back. Did you post any pic of your trip?
Rage Furby is mad at me again!
re: #179 I Would Prefer Not To
Welcome back. Did you post any pic of your trip?
No I still haven’t uploaded my photos from my camera yet.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Rage Furby is mad at me again!
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Glad you’re getting under his thin skin.
re: #177 I Would Prefer Not To
Why do I get out of bed in the morning?
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Convicted felon says what? I’m so old I remember him denouncing terrorism in all forms many times.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Rage Furby is mad at me again!
Good Job!
I really hate holocaust deniers. The ones that try and deny that they deny are the worst. Fuck him.
re: #184 Bubblehead II
But he didn’t say “Radicah Isomic Terraism”
re: #32 Charles Johnson
woohoo
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I’ve been watching Garry try to shake off the rust in St. Louis this week. Sadly, he is badly out of form, though in fairness, he’s also playing a bunch of guys in the top 20 of the chess world, including a former world champion, a guy who just played Carlsen for the world championship, the two best American players not named Wesley So, etc.
re: #186 jeffreyw
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That looks good. I haven’t had a good Asian meal in a while.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Rage Furby is mad at me again!
e claims in his tweet of the photo he stole ]
you stole a tweet? Someone call the tweeter police.
re: #192 I Would Prefer Not To
you stole a tweet? Someone call the tweeter police.
How the hell do you “steal” a tweet? Rage Furby’s drunk again I see.
re: #181 Charles Johnson
Rage Furby is mad at me again!
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You can expect some strongly-worded letters from his legions of Jewish friends.
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
And he’s posing with movers and shakers of the GOP. Way to go Republicans. But hey tell us some more about how you love love Israel and Jews. //
re: #113 BeachDem
How did I miss this little tidbit from Rohrabacher (R-Moscow) after his tete-a-tete with Assange:
He hoped that WikiLeaks — an award-winning journalistic operation — might be granted a seat in the White House press corps.
Yikes.
He must have gotten the “award-winning” bit from Rage Furby.
Also, I’m so old I remember when the GOP thought Wikileaks was a terrorist organization.
re: #187 I cannot.
But he didn’t say “Radicah Isomic Terraism”
“Watch the skies, Omar. We’re expecting to be called out again by President Obama.”
re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
Yeah, that stood out immediately. He’s basically saying, “I’m NOT a Holocaust denier - I just think it’s all a bunch of BS and clearly untrue!!”
That’s some weapons-grade cognitive dissonance right there.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
He doesn’t deny it…just one of its core facts. I’m sure you can see the difference.
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re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
It makes me blood boil. Let’s say the Nazis only killed whatever number you pull out of Satan’s asshole, does that make the Nazis less evil? One person was murdered on Saturday in VA, does that mean the driver gets a statue? Fuck these people. I really want Chuck to sue, because any jury in any city in the us is going to tell him to go to hell.
re: #158 Kragar
I will have to watch it later, but it seems that actually watching it found it to be pretty funny:
“Who drove the car into the crowd? Hillary’s emails??”
TINA FEY IS ICONIC #WeekendUpdate— Brittany Carson (@BrittCars) August 18, 2017
And Tina was a University of Virginia graduate.
re: #200 Targetpractice
He doesn’t deny it…just one of its core facts. I’m sure you can see the difference.
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“Look, I’m just saying, do we really know that there were six million? What if the number was really five million, or three point six million, or eight hundred thousand?”
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re: #202 Belafon
I will have to watch it later, but it seems that actually watching it found it to be pretty funny:
And Tina was a University of Virginia graduate.
Yeah I loves me some Tina Fey.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
You’re up early…….
Respects to the Spanish people this morning. Stay defiant.
Greets and saluts from the resistance in the soggy NYC metro area. We’ve had torrential storms come through this morning, and the streets and sidewalks by me are raging rivers. No doubt it’s going to put a crimp in the bigot in chief’s golf game today.
@realDonaldTrump wont be golfing today because of the rainstorms that have passed through, which means he’s going to be rage tweeting…
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 18, 2017
You’ve made our nation less safe by threatening nuclear holocaust, threatening our allies, and pushing Russia’s policies over our own.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 18, 2017
That’s what the FBI and DHS reported, and your response was to change the focus of the CVE program from right wing extremists to Islamists
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 18, 2017
re: #152 teleskiguy
FLORIDA MAN!
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Panhandle
Virtually Alabama (no offense)
Doesn’t count
re: #207 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the resistance in the soggy NYC metro area. We’ve had torrential storms come through this morning, and the streets and sidewalks by me are raging rivers. No doubt it’s going to put a crimp in the bigot in chief’s golf game today.
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Fucking baby. I wish Twitter would just ban him already. What’s the Yam going to do?
re: #209 HappyWarrior
Spend the day on twitter railing at all the people being mean to him for identifying him as a white supremacist and a bigot?
re: #154 Anymouse 🌹
(more at WWMT)
wwmt.comThe photos in question have been on his Facebook page for many years. As usual, when called out on it, he tried to brush it off as a “joke.”
A boycott has developed, several breweries have said they won’t sell to him any more, and several musical acts have cancelled performances at his bar.
Free markets a bitch if you’re a bitch
re: #163 Targetpractice
They either support it or they support appeasing it if it gets them closer to tax cuts for the rich. There is no middle ground.
Winner!!!!!!!!
Bad News/Good News Dept:
FB post by a local teacher
“Everyone gets to read my opinion on FB!! (No this doesn’t happen very often) It is stupid to remove landmarks because they offend people!! Look at the eclipse and go blind and you won’t have to see any of it!! Wars, battles, victories and defeats stand for something!! Its HISTORY people!! We each sat in a class and learned about events that took place at different eras of time. If we find it fiting to remove statues and pieces of concrete that offend “a black race”, then we sure as hell need to remove the Martin Luther king jr, rosa parks, your civil rights institute!!! I recall learning about museums and houses that were dedicated to black history!! The whole month of Feb to honor you can be dismissed because we don’t need to single anyone out, however that is exactly what your doing by destroying parts of history today!! Why don’t you take your happy asses to Africa and live in the deserts and starve to death and be happy!! America will not lose any sleep over letting you go!! You can all be equal there!!! I’m sure Mr. Trump will get you a boat ready!! I vote don’t even make you pay for the ride!! I’ve never been so sick of hearing poor me I’m black in my life!! If it’s that bad then paint yourself white and shut up about Have a great day!!
* if this offends you too then please by all means delete me!!!”
Response by Superintendant of the small rural school district
“I have seen the Facebook post making the rounds on social media and frankly find it disturbing. The person who made the post is not currently employed by Geneva County Schools. She was employed last year as a Pre-K aide/auxiliary teacher before being non-renewed by the board in May 2017. She also served with us for a half day as a substitute employee through Kelly Services on August 8, 2017. As of this morning, I have asked Kelly Services to remove her from the substitute list. Geneva County Schools is a school system that believes in community, diversity and equality. Moreover, we firmly believe that education is one of the best tools we can use to overcome the relics of hateful and divisive beliefs.”
Bad that this dolt felt safe to broadcast her brilliant contribution to educational theory. Good that the lady who runs a remote Alabama county school system gave a better response than the president.
This made me feel better on a rainy day.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
Fortunately for the sane world it’s not something that requires “belief”
re: #181 Charles Johnson
It’s amazing they’re going with the “It’s the ‘ok’ sign” garbage. I haven’t given the ‘ok’ sign as many times in my entire life as these clowns have done it just in their photos.
re: #214 Decatur Deb
Bad News/Good News Dept:
FB post by a local teacher
“Everyone gets to read my opinion on FB!! (No this doesn’t happen very often) It is stupid to remove landmarks because they offend people!! Look at the eclipse and go blind and you won’t have to see any of it!! Wars, battles, victories and defeats stand for something!! Its HISTORY people!! We each sat in a class and learned about events that took place at different eras of time. If we find it fiting to remove statues and pieces of concrete that offend “a black race”, then we sure as hell need to remove the Martin Luther king jr, rosa parks, your civil rights institute!!! I recall learning about museums and houses that were dedicated to black history!! The whole month of Feb to honor you can be dismissed because we don’t need to single anyone out, however that is exactly what your doing by destroying parts of history today!! Why don’t you take your happy asses to Africa and live in the deserts and starve to death and be happy!! America will not lose any sleep over letting you go!! You can all be equal there!!! I’m sure Mr. Trump will get you a boat ready!! I vote don’t even make you pay for the ride!! I’ve never been so sick of hearing poor me I’m black in my life!! If it’s that bad then paint yourself white and shut up about Have a great day!!
* if this offends you too then please by all means delete me!!!”Response by Superintendant of the small rural school district
“I have seen the Facebook post making the rounds on social media and frankly find it disturbing. The person who made the post is not currently employed by Geneva County Schools. She was employed last year as a Pre-K aide/auxiliary teacher before being non-renewed by the board in May 2017. She also served with us for a half day as a substitute employee through Kelly Services on August 8, 2017. As of this morning, I have asked Kelly Services to remove her from the substitute list. Geneva County Schools is a school system that believes in community, diversity and equality. Moreover, we firmly believe that education is one of the best tools we can use to overcome the relics of hateful and divisive beliefs.”Bad that this dolt felt safe to broadcast her brilliant contribution to educational theory. Good that the lady who runs a remote Alabama county school system gave a better response than the president.
I’ve actually seen the FB postings of my old philosophy teacher. He has a book out so we reconnected. He was always so good at playing dev’s advocate in class so I never knew if he was a liberal or conservative though I suspected liberal- big Dead fan, etc but anyhow, he’s been really outspoken about this stuff.
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Okay you guys asked for photos.
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Bottom one is my favorite. The words and sky convey our times well.
re: #218 HappyWarrior
She was almost sort of semi-rational, if stupid, up till this point:
Why don’t you take your happy asses to Africa and live in the deserts and starve to death and be happy!! America will not lose any sleep over letting you go!! You can all be equal there!!! I’m sure Mr. Trump will get you a boat ready!! I vote don’t even make you pay for the ride!! I’ve never been so sick of hearing poor me I’m black in my life!! If it’s that bad then paint yourself white and shut up about Have a great day!!
re: #219 Unshaken Defiance
Bottom one is my favorite. The words and sky convey our times well.
It was haunting honestly since on or way into the camp we were shown the houses the SS officers lived in. These guys would go to work signing death warrants or maybe even killing people themselves and then they’d go home to see the wife and kids. I was really disappointed that my brother was sick that day. I really wanted him to see the camp.
re: #220 Sir John Barron
She was almost sort of semi-rational, if stupid, up till this point:
What a nutcase.
re: #222 HappyWarrior
What a nutcase.
The multiple exclamation points after each sentence were kind of a tell. !!!!!!
re: #223 Sir John Barron
The multiple exclamation points after each sentence were kind of a tell. !!!!!!
What drives someone to come to that worldview.
re: #215 I Would Prefer Not To
This made me feel better on a rainy day.
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Fake News! Baby not actually rocked to sleep! //
JK: wife and I are having a few pangs of regret for not having a third child. Adopt? Probably not. OTOH, we also want a dog and may well get a rescue pup early next year. Anyway, cute video.
re: #217 Mike Lamb
It’s amazing they’re going with the “It’s the ‘ok’ sign” garbage. I haven’t given the ‘ok’ sign as many times in my entire life as these clowns have done it just in their photos.
Trump waves this gesture around like a pointer. Imitation is imitation. All these creeps are feeding on one another and the Office of the Presidency is a frightfully powerful influence when misused.
re: #224 HappyWarrior
What drives someone to come to that worldview.
Weak mind, peer pressure, poor schools and churches, all in a background that holds it as ‘normal’.
re: #227 Decatur Deb
Weak mind, peer pressure, poor schools and churches, all in a background that holds it as ‘normal’.
Certainly.
SCOOP: Members of White House presidential arts commission resign to protest Trump’s comments https://t.co/Ri7rImgi4V (@edatpost)
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 18, 2017
Trump is succeeding In downsizing government! https://t.co/Nevhl9tCPd
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) August 18, 2017
Homeland Security and law enforcement are on alert & closely watching for any sign of trouble. Our borders are far tougher than ever before!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2017
Yet there was a Nazi rally last weekend and someone was killed. It’s almost as if the bad guys are coming from INSIDE the country. https://t.co/yur33QXYUU
— Twitnter is Coming (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 18, 2017
Yet there was a Nazi rally last weekend and someone was killed. It’s almost as if the bad guys are coming from INSIDE the country White House.
This past week, politically snd work related, is the reason I am a misanthrope
re: #231 I Would Prefer Not To
Homeland Security and law enforcement are on alert & closely watching for any sign of trouble. Our borders are far tougher than ever before!
— Donald J. Trump
Yeah, because the problem has always been ISIS coming over the Mexican border and committing acts of terrorism in all the border towns and conducting raids on American farms and cities.
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re: #231 I Would Prefer Not To
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Yet there was a Nazi rally last weekend and someone was killed. It’s almost as if the bad guys are coming from INSIDE the
countryWhite House.
Maybe do something about domestic terrorism, you fucking asshole instead of slobbering over dead Confederates and likening them to our Founding Fathers, you fuck.
After the Charleston murders, SPLC began mapping Confederate monuments. It has provision for local user updates.
re: #235 Decatur Deb
After the Charleston murders, SPLC began mapping Confederate monuments. it has provision for local user updates.
There’s a Jeb Stuart High School here. One of my friends’ father was an alum. The school was built in the 1950’s.
re: #236 HappyWarrior
There’s a Jeb Stuart High School here. One of my friends’ father was an alum. The school was built in the 1950’s.
J.E.B. Stuart was doing really good work in the 1950’s, everyone says so.
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re: #237 Sir John Barron
J.E.B. Stuart was doing really good work in the 1950’s, everyone says so.
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Hahaha.
JUST IN: Several people stabbed in #Turku, Finland; public urged to avoid downtown area https://t.co/UCYKoNZkkN https://t.co/l8aR6fMaTa
— CNN (@CNN) August 18, 2017
re: #240 HappyWarrior
Goddamnit.
Latest: Several people knifed in attack in Finland. Police have shot and arrested suspect.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 18, 2017
re: #184 Bubblehead II
Convicted felon says what? I’m so old I remember him denouncing terrorism in all forms many times.
Let me guess. That was probably around 2002/03 when it was a profitable thing to do. And I bet that worked all the way through to mid 2007 when it started to become more profitable to write more crappy books about Obama.
Today he has the Trump gig…and more crappy books. Now about Nazis on the left to cover for the real Nazi in the White House.
Seems kind of fitting
Philly police say “Black Power” was spray painted on a statue of former mayor and police commissioner Frank Rizzo. https://t.co/VmqnmdwPSV
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 18, 2017
But, this sort of stuff is completely wrong, foolish and counter productive
Police say a man pepper-sprayed Confederate re-enactors in North Carolina during a reunion parade. https://t.co/TZfJULblBP
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 18, 2017
Hey, good morning ‘yall.
Haven’t been as active a poster as I would have liked lateley. First week of school is now comming to an end, so it has been as busy as expected. Teaching AP American Government this year will be eventful again. Also teaching Chemistry again this year, so as a member of the Science department we have been busy setting things up for the Solar Eclipse Monday. Had to help order and round up eclipse glasses for our entire school(about 900- Students and Adults). Oh yeah, Lexington is active right now:
Lexington Council votes unanimously to move Confederate statues from downtown https://t.co/7nMf3AVTzV @HLCityhall pic.twitter.com/kKeSbGvWBP
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) August 18, 2017
The crowd inside Urban Fayette County Government Center applauding the unanimous vote to relocate the statues. @heraldleader pic.twitter.com/yHViYk0ZbO
— Marcus Dorsey (@mdorseymedia) August 18, 2017
Gray tells HBO’s ‘Vice News’ city had to respond to Confederate statue issuehttps://t.co/KzkRrhP9Eg pic.twitter.com/6K5qw1bZXj
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) August 18, 2017
And so to not have the longest post ever…
There are still rumors in the wind of Nazi groups coming to town on Saturday. There has been no application for a march permit, but there is no permit required for a public protest on the grounds of the Old Courthouse, where the statues stand. We will see what happens.
re: #223 Sir John Barron
The multiple exclamation points after each sentence were kind of a tell. !!!!!!
I thought so too!! Wow!!
From the map at splcenter.org
Yeah, I live in Indiana, and they put up a marker to honor traitors that invaded my state, if it was some famous general, I could understand that. Hate it and try to get it removed, but understand it. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO TWITTER EGGS. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO LEVEL 1 RATS IN AN MMO
Bloody hell.
re: #239 FormerDirtDart
Prepare for a tweetstorm from our golfing president about how pigs blood and Pershing and tough our border is now, etc.
re: #251 I cannot.
From the map at splcenter.org
Yeah, I live in Indiana, and they put up a marker to honor traitors that invaded my state, if it was some famous general, I could understand that. Hate it and try to get it removed, but understand it. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO TWITTER EGGS. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO LEVEL 1 RATS IN AN MMO
Bloody hell.
The monument should be changed to say We Killed 11 of them g-damn Sombitches!
re: #251 I cannot.
From the map at splcenter.org
Yeah, I live in Indiana, and they put up a marker to honor traitors that invaded my state, if it was some famous general, I could understand that. Hate it and try to get it removed, but understand it. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO TWITTER EGGS. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO LEVEL 1 RATS IN AN MMO
Bloody hell.
Our state(Virginia), our biggest CSA fanboys have always been people like George Allen or presently Corey Stewart who don’t have “Southern heritage” at all but knew they would get on good with the good old boys by embracing the stupid flag and bigotry with it. I wasn’t a big Terry McAuliffe fan at first but he’s been great throughout this whole thing.
re: #143 teleskiguy
By far the creepiest thing about Denver International Airport is the red-eyed horse at the entrance.
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I may have mentioned this before: but to me the creepiest thing about “Blucifer” isn’t its looks, but its history - it’s one of those rare artworks that actually killed its creator: Luis Jimenez, Jr. (Who I met once: a really nice guy). Jimenez was assembling the horse in his studio when some rigging failed, and dropped a huge section of it on him: he died of his injuries before he could reach a hospital.
So for that statue, anyway, bad karma isn’t just a story….
re: #252 Sir John Barron
Prepare for a tweetstorm from our golfing president about how pigs blood and Pershing and tough our border is now, etc.
He’s at Camp David by now. I suspect Kelly would have reduced cell reception by now.
re: #246 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Hey, good morning ‘yall.
Haven’t been as active a poster as I would have liked lateley. First week of school is now comming to an end, so it has been as busy as expected. Teaching AP American Government this year will be eventful again. Also teaching Chemistry again this year, so as a member of the Science department we have been busy setting things up for the Solar Eclipse Monday. Had to help order and round up eclipse glasses for our entire school(about 900- Students and Adults). Oh yeah, Lexington is active right now:
Wow, a unanimous vote. And applause.
I’m really thinking about joining a Union descendants organization. These bastards aren’t the only ones with pride in their ancestors.
hahahahahaha
I’ll miss you, @TheRebelTV — from colleague friends to faraway fans, you remain my extended family. pic.twitter.com/vTuFSucZrD
— ☩ Faith J Goldy 🇨🇦 (@FaithGoldy) August 18, 2017
Nazi Barbie is out on the streets now, living on the dole.
re: #259 electrotek
hahahahahaha
Nazi Barbie is out on the streets now, living on the dole.
What is, or what was, The Rebel TV?
I don’t really want to know do I?
re: #260 Sir John Barron
What is, or what was, The Rebel TV?
I don’t really want to know do I?
Far-right media outlet built on the crumbs of Sun News Network in Canada.
re: #260 Sir John Barron
Canadian Breitbart, but dumber, I think.
re: #246 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Hey, good morning ‘yall.
Haven’t been as active a poster as I would have liked lateley. First week of school is now comming to an end, so it has been as busy as expected. Teaching AP American Government this year will be eventful again. Also teaching Chemistry again this year, so as a member of the Science department we have been busy setting things up for the Solar Eclipse Monday. Had to help order and round up eclipse glasses for our entire school(about 900- Students and Adults). Oh yeah, Lexington is active right now:
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So, you teach both government and science. Interesting to consider the two together in how government is fighting with science over so many things in these political times.
You probably need to keep them separate in lessons, but since you have both going you can interject some decent coverage of facts when your lessons do cover something like politicians denying science in climate change, EPA regulations, even evolution.
re: #253 Sir John Barron
My mind is saying that in Stone Cold’s voice, with a HELL YEAH!
Would @realDonaldTrump tweet quickly if an Islamic terrorist ran over pedestrians with a van in Mexico City? 🙄#BarcelonaTerrorAttack
— دانیال (@danja84) August 18, 2017
re: #251 I cannot.
From the map at splcenter.org
Yeah, I live in Indiana, and they put up a marker to honor traitors that invaded my state, if it was some famous general, I could understand that. Hate it and try to get it removed, but understand it. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO TWITTER EGGS. THEY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO LEVEL 1 RATS IN AN MMO
Bloody hell.
Invaded by traitor—is that John Hunt Morgan? He’s one of the statues to come down in Lexington that Smith25 was describing. I really didn’t understand honoring such a loser in that way.
re: #255 Jay C
I may have mentioned this before: but to me the creepiest thing about “Blucifer” isn’t its looks, but its history - it’s one of rare artworks that actually killed its creator: Luis Jimenez, Jr. (Who I met once: a really nice guy). Jimenez was assembling the horse in his studio when some rigging failed, and dropped a huge section of it on him: he died of his injuries before he could reach a hospital.
So for that statue, anyway, bad karma isn’t just a story….
Wow, that is sad. Some art creation can be dangerous. Sculptors work with some pretty heavy materials.
I’m no fan of Trump’s hero Andrew Jackson but Jackson would have been disgusted by the CSA. Yes, Jackson was a slaveowner, racist, etc but even he was bothered by treason.
re: #257 Sir John Barron
Wow, a unanimous vote. And applause.
It was fitting.
There is a lot to the history of Lexington Kentucky that is important, and last nights unanimous vote adds to the significance. Mary Todd Lincolns family home is downtown. Less than half a mile away is the Old Courthouse, where the statues stand. Henry Clay’s Law office is right down the street. Aaron Burr was arrested the next block over. On the same city block of the Old Courthouse is a Bar/Restaurant by the name of Cheapside. Many young people come there to have a good time, without realizing that the Bar is built on the site of one of the largest Slave Auction blocks in American history.(I think more slave were bought/sold there than any place west of the Appalachias). Seated up front for the Council meeting last night were the members of “Take Back Cheapside” an organization that fights the sanitization of history, and wants to bring back the true nature of what happened to slaves in our city. We have made great strides, and last nights vote- unanimous; and capped with the leadership of an Openly Gay man as Mayor.
re: #266 Barefoot Grin
Yep, now I’m going to have to look his ass up…I have some ideas, and it is in driving distance…
re: #268 HappyWarrior
I’m no fan of Trump’s hero Andrew Jackson but Jackson would have been disgusted by the CSA. Yes, Jackson was a slaveowner, racist, etc but even he was bothered by treason.
He put down an insurrection during his term in office, and he would have beat his kids had he known they’d side with the Confederacy.
re: #269 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
It was fitting.
There is a lot to the history of Lexington Kentucky that is important, and last nights unanimous vote adds to the significance. Mary Todd Lincolns family home is downtown. Less than half a mile away is the Old Courthouse, where the statues stand. Henry Clay’s Law office is right down the street. Aaron Burr was arrested the next block over. On the same city block of the Old Courthouse is a Bar/Restaurant by the name of Cheapside. Many young people come there to have a good time, without realizing that the Bar is built on the site of one of the largest Slave Auction blocks in American history.(I think more slave were bought/sold there than any place west of the Appalachias). Seated up front for the Council meeting last night were the members of “Take Back Cheapside” an organization that fights the sanitization of history, and wants to bring back the true nature of what happened to slaves in our city. We have made great strides, and last nights vote- unanimous; and capped with the leadership of an Openly Gay man as Mayor.
Yes, I’ve been there. Visited Ashland, Henry Clay’s estate. Lots of Lincoln connections, as you mentioned with Mary Todd’s family being from there and Lincoln himself being born somewhat west of there. Of course Jefferson Davis was from there as well. A kind of historical crossroads.
re: #263 ObserverArt
So, you teach both government and science. Interesting to consider the two together in how government is fighting with science over so many things in these political times.
You probably need to keep them separate in lessons, but since you have both going you can interject some decent coverage of facts when your lessons do cover something like politicians denying science in climate change, EPA regulations, even evolution.
One of the benefits of teaching Science in a Catholic Private school, over other religious private schools, is we are supported in teaching about evolution and climate change. There is not that anti-science religious push. Some other religious private schools explicitly teach evolution is a lie.
There are a couple of restrictions in our Social Studies of topics to not(or lightly) tread on. Mainly abortion. I can teach the legal side to the upper level seniors, but the religion classes take care of most of it.
Has Doug Sounders commented about Rebel Media’s implosion? If there’s one person that would love to witness the downfall of Nazi Crusader crackwhore Faith Goldy, it’s him.
re: #271 lawhawk
He put down an insurrection during his term in office, and he would have beat his kids had he known they’d side with the Confederacy.
Yep he hated Calhoun.
re: #217 Mike Lamb
It’s amazing they’re going with the “It’s the ‘ok’ sign” garbage. I haven’t given the ‘ok’ sign as many times in my entire life as these clowns have done it just in their photos.
It USED TO BE the “A-OK” sign but these shitgoblins have co-opted it into their own special gang sign, just as they have co-opted Matt Furie’s cute frog character into their racist mascot.
Things change over time and within context.
And would there be “many sides” or which side would he come down on?
— jay (@random__name) August 18, 2017
Here is our letter of resignation from the President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities
re: #266 Barefoot Grin
Invaded by traitor—is that John Hunt Morgan? He’s one of the statues to come down in Lexington that Smith25 was describing. I really didn’t understand honoring such a loser in that way.
I’m not 100% sure when this changed, but it used to be standard in the curriculum for the public schools- 3rd and 4th grade- to take students on field trips to certain historical sites. I remember plain as day taking a field trip to the Hunt Morgan home in the morning and to Ashland- the estate of Henry Clay in the afternoon while in 3rd grade.
US Cyber Command elevated by @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/a92oa25Pq4
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 18, 2017
This actually makes sense. Which is entirely out of character for the Trump admin. It also ignores that Trump’s pushed the claim that Russia wasn’t involved in disrupting our election via electronic means and that our electoral infrastructure may continue to be compromised thanks to Russian interference.
re: #63 Blind Frog Belly White
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 18, 2017
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 18, 2017
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 18, 2017
Has anyone noticed that majority of the morons who use Crusader imagery on their social media profiles tend to be white?
When’s the last time you ever seen Catholics of Mexican, Brazilian, Chilean, Vietnamese, Japanese, or East Timorese descent use Crusader imagery? Doubt you’d see that in Nagasaki of all places.
re: #282 electrotek
Has anyone noticed that majority of the morons who use Crusader imagery on their social media profiles tend to be white?
When’s the last time you ever seen Catholics of Mexican, Brazilian, Chilean, Vietnamese, Japanese, or East Timorese descent use Crusader imagery? Doubt you’d see that in Nagasaki of all places.
Because they see the Crusades as white people against those people.
This whole goddamn thing has me frustrated as hell. We’ve always been more flawed as a nation than we’ve let on but goddamnit at least when I was a kid, we had a President that could actually condemn Nazis and we didn’t have a fucking movement of Confederate and Nazi crybabies who were emboldened by having a POTUS who thought like them.
re: #284 HappyWarrior
Because they see the Crusades as white people against those people.
The only non-white group of people that would use it would be MENA Christians, such as Lebanese Maronites or Iraqi Catholics. But that’s only as a response to their internal issues involving their Muslim neighbors.
Anyone recall the Phalangists in Lebanon? Aka the Kataeb Party? They used Crusader imagery by the motherload in the 70s and 80s during the Lebanese civil war.
Yes, there are drug cartels in Mexico who use Crusader imagery, but for different reasons than the far-right white Westerners.
Doesn’t make it less abhorrent, of course.
re: #213 HappyWarrior
I played this game a lot when is was a sprog: Escape from Colditz
One player takes the part of the German Guards, whilst the others play “Escape Officers” who are responsible for organizing escape attempts by their team of prisoners.
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Heres one of the weirdest stories in comics history, one that is depressingly relevant this week. Sea Monkeys and the neo-nazi! pic.twitter.com/w9Bq2J2VfH
— Derf Backderf (@DerfBackderf) August 18, 2017
re: #276 The Vicious Babushka
It USED TO BE the “A-OK” sign but these shitgoblins have co-opted it into their own special gang sign, just as they have co-opted Matt Furie’s cute frog character into their racist mascot.
Things change over time and within context.
Just like nazis did with the Swastika.
re: #288 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I played this game a lot when is was a sprog: Escape from Colditz
Pat Reid, one of the British officers who escaped designed it:
re: #135 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
So I’ll be flying in to Denver (first step to the eclipse) on Saturday, and I’m wondering whether anyone from around there has recommendations for what to do on Sunday. No late-night adventures, as I have to get up at 3:00 am.
Do we have any Denver lizards?
How long do you have? The airport is a ways out from Denver, and the mountains are at least another hour past that, assuming you have a ride. Will you be eating a meal?
re: #283 HappyWarrior
Fuck off Nigel.
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re: #291 HappyWarrior
Pat Reid, one of the British officers who escaped designed it:
I still remember one of the cards used to make keys using the dentist drill bits and it stating something along the lines of “you could hear the screams of pain from the prisoners who were being worked on with dull drill bits.”
re: #143 teleskiguy
By far the creepiest thing about Denver International Airport is the red-eyed horse at the entrance.
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I love Blucifer. I figure he is protecting the city from evil.
re: #295 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I still remember one of the cards used to make keys using the dentist drill bits and it stating something along the lines of “you could hear the screams of pain from the prisoners who were being worked on with dull drill bits.”
Crazy. It’s an amazing story really. Colditz is a bit of a hike getting to though. No trains going there so my brother and I had to board a bus a few towns over.
re: #289 I cannot.
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Fascinating - if a tad disgusting. I never knew grift shrimp Sea Monkeys were still being sold, still less in amounts where their income might be worth a suit over. I just they had faded away with any number of comic-book huckerisms from the ’50s; live and learn!
re: #279 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
I’m not 100% sure when this changed, but it used to be standard in the curriculum for the public schools- 3rd and 4th grade- to take students on field trips to certain historical sites. I remember plain as day taking a field trip to the Hunt Morgan home in the morning and to Ashland- the estate of Henry Clay in the afternoon while in 3rd grade.
I used to walk through the neighborhoods you’ve described everyday. I lived near Lafayette High School and walked to Transy. Lexington really does have a wonderful/horrific and complicated history. A student of mine did a research paper on some of the history of the city and confirmed that Lexington was the busiest slave trading city west of the Appalachians (but that there was also a sizable free black population). I’d love to live there again.
My timeline has been so much saner since I stopped following the twitterati. Even if it’s true, so the fuck what? They’re freaky people. pic.twitter.com/RyiMNm1CKV
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 18, 2017
re: #299 Jay C
Fascinating - if a tad disgusting. I never knew
grift shrimpSea Monkeys were still being sold, still less in amounts where their income might be worth a suit over. I just they had faded away with any number of comic-book huckerisms from the ’50s; live and learn!
I once ordered a “switchblade” from the back of a comic book. (Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.)
re: #299 Jay C
Fascinating - if a tad disgusting. I never knew
grift shrimpSea Monkeys were still being sold, still less in amounts where their income might be worth a suit over. I just they had faded away with any number of comic-book huckerisms from the ’50s; live and learn!
X-ray specs!
re: #299 Jay C
Fascinating - if a tad disgusting. I never knew
grift shrimpSea Monkeys were still being sold, still less in amounts where their income might be worth a suit over. I just they had faded away with any number of comic-book huckerisms from the ’50s; live and learn!
They are fish food. I used to keep live brine shrimp when I tried to keep sea horses. That was a miserable failure.
re: #302 Barefoot Grin
I once ordered a “switchblade” from the back of a comic book. (Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.)
Ditto
re: #303 I cannot.
I HAD Sea Monkeys.
I ordered something from a comic book once. Put $2.43 in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters in an envelope and put it in the mailbox with the flag up. Mom came in with the envelope and said I couldn’t send it that way. I said, “Why? I put a stamp on it.”
re: #207 lawhawk
More people here than were at your inauguration. pic.twitter.com/sFmEgUfKUW
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) August 18, 2017
re: #306 Colère Tueur de Lapin
They are fish food. I used to keep live brine shrimp when I tried to keep sea horses. That was a miserable failure.
I thought they’d grow to be these lovely pets I could hang out with.
If you have ANY people on your FB who were silent or took too long to post about Charlottesville, but are jumping at the opportunity immediately on Barcelona and now Finland, call them out vehemently
Deep State actors are purging the system to hide Hillary’s crimes against America!!!
US State Dept. says “experiencing a system-wide unclassified email outage” but “other communication systems are available and being used.”
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 18, 2017
Now y’all have sent me into a childhood memory hole. Before I struggle out and back to work, one more thing: a Wasp gun and pretending to be Mannix!
I recall seeing the ad for Sea Monkeys in comic books in the 1970’s and ’80s.
I never ordered any. Did once order a “pocket telescope”……..definitely not as advertised, LOL.
fun fact: the statue of liberty is trans. she’s a copy of another statue called “collosus of rhodes” who was male.
— Rhesus Christ (@ZenSaiyuki) August 18, 2017
re: #314 Dr Lizardo
I recall seeing the ad for Sea Monkeys in comic books in the 1970’s and ’80s.
I never ordered any. Did once order a “pocket telescope”……..definitely not as advertised, LOL.
Your own personal submarine!
Federal court rules that Louisiana county’s system for electing judges set up to prevent blacks from being elected https://t.co/4DkgLhuEjP pic.twitter.com/nMExrlgxTC
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 18, 2017
“… Following an eight-day bench trial earlier this year, the court determined that Louisiana’s use of at-large voting for electing five members to the 32nd Judicial District Court (32nd JDC), the state court encompassing Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the U.S. Constitution. This decision paves the way for an end to a nearly 50-year old discriminatory voting practice and for Black voters to have the equal opportunity—for the first time since that state court was created in 1968—to elect their preferred judicial candidates. …”
re: #273 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
One of the benefits of teaching Science in a Catholic Private school, over other religious private schools, is we are supported in teaching about evolution and climate change. There is not that anti-science religious push. Some other religious private schools explicitly teach evolution is a lie.
There are a couple of restrictions in our Social Studies of topics to not(or lightly) tread on. Mainly abortion. I can teach the legal side to the upper level seniors, but the religion classes take care of most of it.
San Francisco Zionist taught in a Catholic school. Had many amusing tales.
via facebook, Mitt Romney says trump is wrong in every way, including:
…Trump’s hesitation to explicitly condemn white supremacist groups could be a national security issue.
“Our allies around the world are stunned and our enemies celebrate; America’s ability to help secure a peaceful and prosperous world is diminished,” Romney wrote. “And who would want to come to the aid of a country they perceive as racist if ever the need were to arise, as it did after 9/11?”
re: #319 dangerman
Sure thing Mitt. We remember your reaction to Benghazi.
re: #308 darthstar
I ordered something from a comic book once. Put $2.43 in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters in an envelope and put it in the mailbox with the flag up. Mom came in with the envelope and said I couldn’t send it that way. I said, “Why? I put a stamp on it.”
Started a few years of stamp collecting from the quarter-pound offers in the back. Still know where Upper Volta was, and that there never was a Lower Volta.
re: #317 FormerDirtDart
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But we’re post racial /no institutional racism anywhere
It’s the minorities keeping the white man down
“Since 1968”!
Market popped on rumor that Steve Bannon is out
re: #239 FormerDirtDart
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2 dead so far, 1 perp shot by police, Police and Security services have raised preparedness nation-wide.
re: #324 Kilroy was here
Market popped on rumor that Steve Bannon is out
Where are the rumors generating from…twitter?
re: #322 Decatur Deb
Started a few years of stamp collecting from the quarter-pound offers in the back. Still know where Upper Volta was, and that there never was a Lower Volta.
So that email I got with the request for help from the widow of its former Prime Minister wasn’t on the level?
The only thing I ever recall (offhand) ordering from a comic book were a dozen personalized pencils for a “gang” me and couple of other 9-year-old had “organized” at school. By the time the order finally came (months later, IIRC), I/we had completely forgotten about the pencils - and the “gang”.
NEW: White House review nears end: Officials expect Bannon firing via @axios https://t.co/UQtS3037yL
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 18, 2017
re: #194 Decatur Deb
You can expect some strongly-worded letters from his legions of Jewish friends.
Disproportionate to their number in the population.
I wish I had more time on my hands. This community generates great discussion, to the point I want to express my ideas through writing. I’m thinking about doing a little research for an upcoming page. Thinking about what connections exist between the wealth gap in the United States, and the early rules on Social Security and how black people were effectively barred from its benefits.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
I love how in one sentence he says “I am not a Holocaust denier,” then immediately follows up with “I do not believe the 6 million Jews killed figure.”
This guy is seriously not well.
Is that site that kept track of his proposed lawsuits still active? He seems to have stepped up his threats of legal action in the past few days. What. An. Asshole.
re: #325 Teukka
2 dead so far, 1 perp shot by police, Police and Security services have raised preparedness nation-wide.
re: #329 Jay C
So that email I got with the request for help from the widow of its former Prime Minister wasn’t on the level?
The only thing I ever recall (offhand) ordering from a comic book were a dozen personalized pencils for a “gang” me and couple of other 9-year-old had “organized” at school. By the time the order finally came (months later, IIRC), I/we had completely forgotten about the pencils - and the “gang”.
In our very best moments, our school was a gang— a highly disciplined, organized and equipped gang. It had its virtues.
I actually hope Bannon stays because he’s such an evil, vile force. He will only help Trump become worse and worse over time.
Bannon’s liver finally ended it all, but Trump wants to get rid of him first. /////
re: #337 Dr. Matt
I actually hope Bannon stays because he’s such an evil, vile force. He will only help Trump become worse and worse over time.
Yah but he is smart too. Trump can self destruct on his own.
re: #214 Decatur Deb
Bad News/Good News Dept:
FB post by a local teacher
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Bad that this dolt felt safe to broadcast her brilliant contribution to educational theory. Good that the lady who runs a remote Alabama county school system gave a better response than the president.
And even better that this moron didn’t teach English or grammar (or history.)
Nah, I’m glad Bannon is gone. It will force the Breitbart cult to choose between him and Trump. Plus Bannon being out of the WH is always a good thing. He’ll be replaced by someone equally odious but I really hate Bannon and his undeserved sense of superiority.
KKK has been spotted on Hillsborough Rd. Armed. Marching to the old Durham County Courthouse.#DefendDurham #Fuckwhitesupremacy #KKKAlert
— katinaparker (@katinaparker) August 18, 2017
KKK are apparently ARMED & marching in Durham https://t.co/sWQlKslHlH
— Alex Kotch (@alexkotch) August 18, 2017
re: #330 KingKenrod
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Steve Bannon replied that he looked forward to having more time to bathe his dog.
re: #345 jamesfirecat
Steve Bannon replied that he looked forward to having more time to bathe his dog.
“Mr. Bannon appreciates the time he had to serve in the Trump White House and looks forward to spending more time with his beloved Whiskey bottle.”
So Rupert reportedly wanted Bannon gone and Bannon was aligned with the Mercers and their Cambridge Analytica treachery. I wonder if that has any wider implications. I do feel like Bannon may be a more dangerous advisor untethered from the official Admin.
re: #337 Dr. Matt
I actually hope Bannon stays because he’s such an evil, vile force. He will only help Trump become worse and worse over time.
Naah, I think Donald Trump is quite capable of getting “worse and worse over time” all on his own.
And besides, who is going to replace Bannon? Like most petty dictators, Trump only seems to want to be surrounded by “trustworthy” cronies, toadies, yes-men and ego-fluffers. I can’t see Trump easily (or frankly, under any circumstances) taking direction, or even suggestions - no matter how carefully put - to modify his public stances or statements in the slightest.
Staffing the White House with creatures like Steve Bannon and the rest of the alt-right dregs he trailed in was Donald Trump’s idea (though he’ll probably claim Obama tricked him into doing it via a Kenyan voodoo spell or something): and, as the say, the fish rots from the head down….
I hope the Breitbrats feel betrayed and angered by Trump firing Bannon. And I hope Bannon uses his ability to rile up these idiots against Trump.
Live streaming from Facebook from the KKK Pushback in Durham shortly. @katinaparker
— katinaparker (@katinaparker) August 18, 2017
Please no texts phone calls or In a. You will know I am ok if my stream is up. Prayers and well-wishing are… https://t.co/QIH0rIXbC3
— katinaparker (@katinaparker) August 18, 2017
The Navy’s official report of the Fitzgerald’s catastrophe at sea: https://t.co/BnNDNSCIps pic.twitter.com/eLxnHZArXk
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) August 18, 2017
People in Australia can
Yes, There’s Actually A ‘Straight Lives Matter’ Rally In The Works be stupid…
re: #353 I Would Prefer Not To
People in Australia can
Yes, There’s Actually A ‘Straight Lives Matter’ Rally In The Works be stupid…
I must have forgotten about all those times where straight people were murdered and people got off on a “straight panic defense.”
re: #341 HappyWarrior
Nah, I’m glad Bannon is gone. It will force the Breitbart cult to choose between him and Trump. Plus Bannon being out of the WH is always a good thing. He’ll be replaced by someone equally odious but I really hate Bannon and his undeserved sense of superiority.
Wait, is this a done deal now?
“GOP grapples with response to Trump”
See there’s your problem right there…
That you need to carefully consider and craft it when it’s so simple
Of course you can’t endanger tax cuts and judges
re: #355 Sir John Barron
Wait, is this a done deal now?
Nah, I’m just talking as if it is which would be a mistake.
re: #355 Sir John Barron
Wait, is this a done deal now?
Haven’t seen anything about this over a faux news. Not holding my breath either.
re: #356 dangerman
“GOP grapples with response to Trump”
See there’s your problem right there…
That you need to carefully consider and craft it when it’s so simpleOf course you can’t endanger tax cuts and judges
The GOP really needs to question the whole conservative ideology. But they’d never do that because that would mean admitting that people like Reagan, W.F. Buckley, and others were frauds and poisoned the well too.
re: #360 HappyWarrior
The GOP really needs to question the whole conservative ideology. But they’d never do that because that would mean admitting that people like Reagan, W.F. Buckley, and others were frauds and poisoned the well too.
Reagan would not be welcomed in today’s GOP. By today’s standard, he would be labeled a centrist RINO.
re: #350 HappyWarrior
I hope the Breitbrats feel betrayed and angered by Trump firing Bannon. And I hope Bannon uses his ability to rile up these idiots against Trump.
It will piss off all of the Alt-right guys. Bannon is their guy. Will they turn on Trump? They will at least cause a big stink and then Trump will realize he needs them so he will do something to keep them happy.
I think it all hurts Trump. He has two extremes trying to get his attention and anything he does for one will cost him with the other.
And the rest of America will further see Trump is not fit for the job as he is all over the place.
If Bannon is out, hopefully Trump will finally bring in some sensible voices like Newt, Lumpy, Rudy, or Sheriff Joe.
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re: #361 Dr. Matt
Reagan would not be welcomed in today’s GOP. By today’s standard, he would be labeled a centrist RINO.
True that. I just think we need to remember that Reagan is the one that opened his presidential campaign talking about states rights where three civil rights workers were kidnapped and murdered. He wasn’t an as big a blot on this nation as Trump is but he hurt things and the GOP has been too busy trying to liken him with Abe and George to care about that.
re: #362 ObserverArt
It will piss off all of the Alt-right guys. Bannon is their guy. Will they turn on Trump? They will at least cause a big stink and then Trump will realize he needs them so he will do something to keep them happy.
I think it all hurts Trump. He has two extremes trying to get his attention and anything he does for one will cost him with the other.
And the rest of America will further see Trump is not fit for the job as he is all over the place.
It will be interesting. Trump if he purges Bannon will have purged Preibus and Bannon, two members of two wings of his movement who hate each other.
If there are any Vortex members here, feel free to chime in this thread where a deliberate shit-stirrer decided to bump a thread created by the same Nazi I outed the other day in the wake of Barcelona.
For folks in and around #Durham, I’ve been informed most county buildings are closing because of a Nazi+KKK rally at 12pm and 5pm downtown
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) August 18, 2017
Government reportedly sending people home in Durham, NC on reports on a KKK rally https://t.co/Q2dpztZ3cW
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 18, 2017
re: #356 dangerman
“GOP grapples with response to Trump”
See there’s your problem right there…
That you need to carefully consider and craft it when it’s so simpleOf course you can’t endanger tax cuts and judges
Well, in fairness, deciding whether to just give a blow job vs. a blow job and a happy ending is quite the conundrum.
re: #280 lawhawk
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This actually makes sense. Which is entirely out of character for the Trump admin. It also ignores that Trump’s pushed the claim that Russia wasn’t involved in disrupting our election via electronic means and that our electoral infrastructure may continue to be compromised thanks to Russian interference.
Elevating CYBERCOM has been in the works for years and coordinated with other countries as well. Trump had nothing to do with this besides signing a paper at the very end.
re: #365 HappyWarrior
It will be interesting. Trump if he purges Bannon will have purged Preibus and Bannon, two members of two wings of his movement who hate each other.
One big irony in all this is that what may seal Bannon’s fate was that recent interview he gave, in which he pretty much undercut the idea of a military solution to North Korea. Of all the potential reasons for Bannon to get shitcanned, I would’ve never guessed that it would be proposing a diplomatic solution instead of World War III that did the trick (personally, I think Bannon’s a major source of the leaks we’re seeing from the Trump administration).
There are infinitely many good reasons to fire Bannon, but IMHO that doesn’t seem like one of them, and it’s frankly more than a little disturbing that that is the issue they’re allegedly focusing on.
re: #371 Dr Lizardo
One big irony in all this is that what may seal Bannon’s fate was that recent interview he gave, in which he pretty much undercut the idea of a military solution to North Korea. Of all the potential reasons for Bannon to get shitcanned, I would’ve never guessed that it would be proposing a diplomatic solution instead of World War III that did the trick (personally, I think Bannon’s a major source of the leaks we’re seeing from the Trump administration).
There are infinitely many good reasons to fire Bannon, but IMHO that doesn’t seem like one of them, and it’s frankly more than a little disturbing that that is the issue they’re allegedly focusing on.
That would be the ultimate irony. Kind of like how Karl Koch got killed not by the Allies but by the Nazis.
re: #361 Dr. Matt
Reagan would not be welcomed in today’s GOP. By today’s standard, he would be labeled a centrist RINO.
Per Rebecca Schoenkopf
ACTUALLY Ronald Reagan Was Racist AF
I spend a lot of time imagining how certain people run. This is EXACTLY what I pictured for Alex Jones. pic.twitter.com/FPL0QDmTWM
— joel tyler (@joeltyler_) August 18, 2017
re: #293 EmmaAnne
How long do you have? The airport is a ways out from Denver, and the mountains are at least another hour past that, assuming you have a ride. Will you be eating a meal?
I am flying out on Saturday, arriving about noon. Hotel is near the train system that comes from the airport, so I’ll probably be “settled in” close to 3:00. So I have Saturday evening (not too late) and all day Sunday.
re: #373 BeachDem
Per Rebecca Schoenkopf
ACTUALLY Ronald Reagan Was Racist AF
He was so typically an opportunist. My dad’s father was from the same generation as RR but had character and decency and was strongly opposed to racism. Reagan owned his rise in politics to taking advantage of racism. He was a scumbag and I have no problem saying that.
re: #372 HappyWarrior
That would be the ultimate irony. Kind of like how Karl Koch got killed not by the Allies but by the Nazis.
Yeah, when you’re sentenced to death for “disgracing both himself and the SS” you’ve screwed up bad.
And executed by firing squad one week before the Americans liberated Buchenwald.
re: #376 HappyWarrior
He was so typically an opportunist. My dad’s father was from the same generation as RR but had character and decency and was strongly opposed to racism. Reagan owned his rise in politics to taking advantage of racism. He was a scumbag and I have no problem saying that.
Reagan was the first example of the GOP’s southern strategy leading to the election of a RWNJ crank as president.
re: #377 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, when you’re sentenced to death for “disgracing both himself and the SS” you’ve screwed up bad.
And executed by firing squad one week before the Americans liberated Buchenwald.
Yep. Kind of reminds me of how Streicher was too toxic even for most NSDAP members.
Stabbing in Germany, anyone know what’s going on?
re: #378 EPR-radar
Reagan was the first example of the GOP’s southern strategy leading to the election of a RWNJ crank as president.
He perfected it. Hopefully one day we’ll remember Reagan for the asshole he really was rather than the myth that’s been created of him.
Each tweet in the thread delivers the same message, nearly every day, but includes a link and excerpt from a different article or a retweet:
I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like at toddler.
I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler. https://t.co/yAZg1uZnpy pic.twitter.com/o8UltcVhda
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 25, 2017
This thread, built piece by piece since April, is really something & paints a devastating portrait of the president as seen close up. https://t.co/GE7CpU1RaH
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) August 18, 2017
Speaking of Australia
Holy shit. Outside the kitchen window.
I think #spring is here early. #python #WildOz pic.twitter.com/ZqXqmd89Qm— Captain Turtle (@Captainturtle) August 18, 2017
re: #384 Stanley Sea
Speaking of Australia
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Where even your clothesline wants to kill you.
Drudge has a “Bannon out at White House” siren up right now…
re: #383 FormerDirtDart
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Low expectations have allowed Trump to get away with this from the start. Meanwhile, Obama was never allowed to offer his unique perspective as our first president of African heritage without twingnuts going ballistic.
re: #299 Jay C
Fascinating - if a tad disgusting. I never knew
grift shrimpSea Monkeys were still being sold, still less in amounts where their income might be worth a suit over. I just they had faded away with any number of comic-book huckerisms from the ’50s; live and learn!
And I my friend, sold seeds door to door in the early 60’s. I also had a paper route when I was I was 10 and used that route to sell other wares and tackle.
re: #156 Targetpractice
The “Master (bator) Race” seems awful whiney when they’re not the ones in power, don’t they?
Couldn’t help myself!
Kids delivering newspapers on bicycles and getting payed for it.
What a concept.
re: #378 EPR-radar
Reagan was the first example of the GOP’s southern strategy leading to the election of a RWNJ crank as president.
no small part of his success was he knew how to act the job
the current one is clueless in that area
re: #390 FormerDirtDart
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All you need to do is look at what was said when these statues and memorials were dedicated. PRaise for the brave Confederates who fought to preserve “the supremacy of the anglo-saxon race.” As I’ve said before, these assholes want white ethnics like me to forget that for a long time they thought we weren’t white but now want us to be friends with them because they’d never succeed on their own.
re: #379 HappyWarrior
Yep. Kind of reminds me of how Streicher was too toxic even for most NSDAP members.
IIRC, Göring strictly prohibited the distribution of Der Stürmer to the Luftwaffe; apparently, he had a rather profound hatred of Streicher……the story goes that Der Stürmer published a libellous article alleging that Göring’s daughter Edda had been conceived through artificial insemination.
Streicher was one of those truly awful human beings. Human garbage - straight up, no chaser. And considering the company he kept, that’s saying a lot.
Rohrabacher’s office on his meeting w/@JulianAssange > “The congressman plans to divulge more of what he found directly to President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/Vv15DAD6uu
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 17, 2017
Really critical for reporters to get an answer from the White House on this. Does Trump intend to take a meeting on this with Rohrabacher? https://t.co/DcAUBPHQYn
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 18, 2017
re: #395 Dr Lizardo
IIRC, Göring strictly prohibited the distribution of Der Stürmer to the Luftwaffe; apparently, he had a rather profound hatred of Streicher; the story goes that Der Stürmer it published a libellous article alleging that Göring’s daughter Edda had been conceived through artificial insemination.
Streicher was one of those truly awful human beings. Human garbage - straight up, no chaser. And considering the company he kept, that’s saying a lot.
Yeah I heard about that on my tour in Nuremberg. There were a lot of petty infighting within Nazi ranks but it seems everyone but the big guy agreed that Streicher was a freak.
Breaking News: President Trump told aides he’s decided to push out Stephen Bannon as chief strategist https://t.co/5SXAAa3qWI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 18, 2017
re: #399 FormerDirtDart
Breaking News: President Trump told aides he’s decided to push out Stephen Bannon as chief strategist nytimes.com
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 18, 2017
Meaning he’s fired altogether or just not his chief strategist?
re: #384 Stanley Sea
Speaking of Australia
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Bill Bryson: In a Sunburned Country
It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else. Of the world’s ten most poisonous snakes, all are Australian. Five of its creatures - the funnel web spider, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick, and stonefish - are the most lethal of their type in the world. This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you. … If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback.
re: #400 Dr. Matt
Meaning he’s fired altogether or just not his chief strategist?
Doesn’t sound like a firing so far. Maybe he’ll appoint Bannon AG when he removes Sessions.
Why is Mitt Romney suddenly the big go-to conscience of America voice?
Who gives a fuck what he thinks? (Wonder what he’d be saying if the yam would have given him the SoS job instead of humiliating him over dinner?)
re: #388 HappyWarrior
Low expectations have allowed Trump to get away with this from the start. Meanwhile, Obama was never allowed to offer his unique perspective as our first president of African heritage without twingnuts going ballistic.
as i said above, there is *no* standard for trump as long as the gop gets tax cuts and judges
it’s all they got left and theyve sold their collective soul(s) for it
re: #399 FormerDirtDart
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Problem is, he thinks this is going to solve his racist view that we all saw.
re: #392 Dave In Austin
Kids delivering newspapers on bicycles and getting payed for it.
What a concept.
Pioneering photo-sociology:
1908-1917
Bicycle messengers
mashable.com
re: #405 BeachDem
Why is Mitt Romney suddenly the big go-to conscience of America voice?
Who gives a fuck what he thinks? (Wonder what he’d be saying if the yam would have given him the SoS job instead of humiliating him over dinner?)
Romney is the same sleazy dirtbag who said Obama sympathized with the Benghazi attackers. I have no problem with using Arnold Schwartznagger’s words on this subject but Mitt can fuck off especially since he tried to get a job in this very administration.
re: #363 Dr. Matt
If Bannon is out, hopefully Trump will finally bring in some sensible voices like Newt, Lumpy, Rudy, or Sheriff Joe.
//
Why not all of them?
re: #400 Dr. Matt
Naw, he’s shifting him to a newly created position of Grand Inquisitor.
re: #408 Decatur Deb
Pioneering photo-sociology:
1908-1917
Bicycle messengers
mashable.com
They look like jockeys. Small adults (with bikes too big, as always).
re: #407 Stanley Sea
Problem is, he thinks this is going to solve his racist view that we all saw.
Hey at least they will be able to unlock the cabinet that hold the NyQuil, mouth wash and rubbing alcohol again.
re: #399 FormerDirtDart
“decided to push out” — is that code for “Will insult him and his family on Twitter until he takes the hint?”
re: #413 wrenchwench
They look like jockeys. Small adults (with bikes too big, as always).
They were tiny adults. Another text talks of the struggles to get messenger runs to take drugs to the bordellos. The working girls were the best tippers.
So, how long until the purge reaches Gorka and Miller?
So they can be fired/resign. And, hopefully Gorka’s wife in DHS
Bannon going - admin officials say it was Trump, people close to Bannon insist he resigned. https://t.co/XuOvPjZN37
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 18, 2017
re: #415 Sir John Barron
“decided to push out” — is that code for “Will insult him and his family on Twitter until he takes the hint?”
Visions of Marine One, here.
re: #417 FormerDirtDart
So, how long until the purge reaches Gorka and Miller?
So they can be fired/resign. And, hopefully Gorka’s wife in DHS
That anybody, let alone the editor, from Breitbart was ever in the vicinity of the White House is a disgrace beyond all measure.
coming up in Playbook PM — another senior W.H. aide on his way out — in addition to bannon….
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 18, 2017
does it rhyme with Tebastian Korka? https://t.co/1pWAhOWYsx
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) August 18, 2017
Oh goody, Drudge updated his siren. hahaha
SENIOR ADVISOR MOVING ON AFTER IMPRESSIVE RUN, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED…
POPULIST HERO MAY RETURN TO BREITBART…
I thought Trump only hired the best people. Oh I get it, Bannon is not a human.
re: #419 Sir John Barron
That anybody, let alone the editor, from Breitbart was ever in the vicinity of the White House is a disgrace beyond all measure.
The crazy Mercers will not be happy if he’s really out.
This is awesome.
Melania Trump is the Honorary Chair of group resigning bc of the President’s actions. Note: the first letter of each paragraph spells RESIST
Dear @realDonaldTrump, attached is our letter of resignation from the President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities @PCAH_gov pic.twitter.com/eQI2HBTgXs
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) August 18, 2017
Melania Trump is the Honorary Chair of group resigning bc of the President’s actions. Note: the first letter of each paragraph spells RESIST https://t.co/inQh5Gda9b
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 18, 2017
re: #421 jimmyvluv4u
Oh goody, Drudge updated his siren. hahaha
SENIOR ADVISOR MOVING ON AFTER IMPRESSIVE RUN, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED…
POPULIST HERO MAY RETURN TO BREITBART…
“Impressive Run”?
“Populist Hero”?
re: #424 I Would Prefer Not To
This is awesome.
Melania Trump is the Honorary Chair of group resigning bc of the President’s actions. Note: the first letter of each paragraph spells RESIST
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Simple coincidence. After all, there are only 28 letters.
re: #421 jimmyvluv4u
Oh goody, Drudge updated his siren. hahaha
SENIOR ADVISOR MOVING ON AFTER IMPRESSIVE RUN, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED…
POPULIST HERO MAY RETURN TO BREITBART…
By “impressive run” I guess Drudge means the repealing of Obamacare, the passing of yuuuge tax cuts, the destruction of ISIS and all terrorists and the yuuuuge infrastructure bill.
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re: #424 I Would Prefer Not To
This is awesome.
Note: the first letter of each paragraph spells RESIST
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Damn. I love this.
Ms Carter is employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Steve Bannon just told me he resigned from the White House two weeks ago @POTUS #Bannon
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) August 18, 2017
If he resigned two weeks ago why was he giving tours to noted felon Dinesh D’Souza the other day?
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) August 18, 2017
re: #424 I Would Prefer Not To
This is awesome.
Melania Trump is the Honorary Chair of group resigning bc of the President’s actions. Note: the first letter of each paragraph spells RESIST
What was Kal Penn doing on this panel anyway? Pretty liberal guy, worked in Obama WH.
Bannon getting canned just hit CNN and faux news.
re: #431 FormerDirtDart
Ms Carter is employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Like Reinse “resigned” from WH the day before he was shitcanned in the middle of his commute with the president.
re: #423 Skip Intro
The crazy Mercers will not be happy if he’s really out.
Yeah, they’ll likely be pissed - Bannon was their cat’s paw in the Trump administration.
re: #431 FormerDirtDart
Ms Carter is employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Actually Bannon never worked at the WH or on the DrumpF campaign. Trump doesn’t even know who he is.
//
re: #428 Skip Intro
Gab, the right-wing Twitter rival, just got its app banned by Google
Ha!
**snort**
hahaha, poor little nazis.
Der Spiegel just announced Bannon is gone.
Now I can actually believe that happened…
Democrats don’t understand the lumpy cirrhotic garbage people. pic.twitter.com/H0Ur6a2Yz6
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 18, 2017
re: #394 HappyWarrior
All you need to do is look at what was said when these statues and memorials were dedicated. PRaise for the brave Confederates who fought to preserve “the supremacy of the anglo-saxon race.” As I’ve said before, these assholes want white ethnics like me to forget that for a long time they thought we weren’t white but now want us to be friends with them because they’d never succeed on their own.
why quibble over “treason”, “secession” etc?
the united states of america is the country that operates under the u.s. constitution
its continuity was never interrupted
the civil war was not two factions fighting for control of a single boundaried landmass/country
the csa was a separate entity
it took up arms against the united states
at that time it was not the united states or any part of it, physically connected though it
for whatever reason individuals fought, those who fought for the csa were not americans under the constitution
yes there was a ‘reunification’ after the csa lost and surrendered
whatever “culture, heritage, history”, these people are talking about, it is only united states history in the sense that the usa fought a war against that “culture, heritage, history” and beat it.
only in bizzaro world, or one where those who have disproportionate power can wield it, would the uninterrupted united states pay *wide and diverse* homage to an enemy it defeated. examples are unnecessary to make the point. it is not normal, it is not done, it is perverse
re: #431 FormerDirtDart
Ms Carter is employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group
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Either she is a journalist or she works for Sinclair. Both statements cannot be true.
— Erik Lehtis (@erik_lehtis) August 18, 2017
re: #440 goddamnedfrank
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You’re right Steve. Just like you don’t understand basic human decency. Now go back in your pile of trash and slowly drink yourself some more, you miserable hate merchant.
Who will be the next to go?! #TheCelebrityAppresident pic.twitter.com/ogS1OXzghS
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 18, 2017
re: #439 Joe Bacon 🌹
Der Spiegel just announced Bannon is gone.
Now I can actually believe that happened…
Normally, these Friday dumpster-fire parades and other key news developments are timed to come out around quitting time.
BREAKING: Steve Bannon is leaving the Trump White House, according to 2 senior administration officials
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 18, 2017
He’s “leaving” the @realDonaldTrump WH. Fired or quit? That makes a difference to. Trump remains, and he’s still the bigot-in-chief. https://t.co/kpexVjX0Go
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 18, 2017
UPDATED: List of charities holding galas at @realDonaldTrump’s Mar-a-Lago. Six have cancelled in last 2 days. Could cost him $1M or more. pic.twitter.com/vjRyHJIKXz
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 18, 2017
Is there any question this will affect Trump more than any negative media coverage? https://t.co/VpF41xZonc
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 18, 2017
Remember that most of the human flotsam fired by Trump doesn’t really stay fired.
Bannon is resigning to spend more time with a liquor bottle.
re: #405 BeachDem
Why is Mitt Romney suddenly the big go-to conscience of America voice?
Who gives a fuck what he thinks? (Wonder what he’d be saying if the yam would have given him the SoS job instead of humiliating him over dinner?)
stopped clock, etc. his fb post was appropriate
cant wait to see media says bannon being fired = “pivot”
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 18, 2017
Looks like about half the freepers are ready to turn on Trump now. So, I’d call that a qualified victory.
re: #450 HappyWarrior
He’s likely going to end up at some pro-Trump PAC the way Lewandowski did, so he’ll be in close contact with Trump and feeding him nonstop baffling BS, just at “arm’s length”.
re: #406 dangerman
as i said above, there is *no* standard for trump as long as the gop gets tax cuts and judges
it’s all they got left and theyve sold their collective soul(s) for it
And right now, it’s looking like they’re only going to get the judges part of the equation. (Remember that “repeal and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” was supposed to be the first stage of the GOP grand tax cut giveaway for the top .05%…)
re: #455 lawhawk
He’s likely going to end up at some pro-Trump PAC the way Lewandowski did, so he’ll be in close contact with Trump and feeding him nonstop baffling BS, just at “arm’s length”.
Good point.
re: #454 KGxvi
Looks like about half the freepers are ready to turn on Trump now. So, I’d call that a qualified victory.
I hope they refuse to vote.
I don’t care about Bannon the Boil Wonder. Nobody from Trump World is ever gone. He’s got a phone and a lot of free time.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) August 18, 2017
re: #455 lawhawk
He’s likely going to end up at some pro-Trump PAC the way Lewandowski did, so he’ll be in close contact with Trump and feeding him nonstop baffling BS, just at “arm’s length”.
Did Bannon ever really “leave” Breitbart? He’ll be welcomed back there in a heartbeat with open arms and Bellamy salutes.
re: #454 KGxvi
Looks like about half the freepers are ready to turn on Trump now. So, I’d call that a qualified victory.
Yeah, I wandered over there to see their reaction. About half of them are absolutely livid.
re: #461 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I wandered over there to see their reaction. About half of them are absolutely livid.
Good.
re: #450 HappyWarrior
Bannon is resigning to spend more time with a liquor bottle.
Criswell Bacon Predicts that it’s Nose Candy time for the Pompous Prick. He’ll snort himself into a six foot dirt nap the same way his beloved BreitFART did!
re: #448 FormerDirtDart
UPDATED: List of charities holding galas at @realDonaldTrump’s Mar-a-Lago. Six have cancelled in last 2 days. Could cost him $1M or more.
— David Fahrenthold
Waaah! So unfair! Trump has given the country so much! He’s working for free! All that sacrifice to MAGA!
All of the men surrounding VP Pence are now gone. pic.twitter.com/KVousMN08C
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 18, 2017
re: #371 Dr Lizardo
There are infinitely many good reasons to fire Bannon, but IMHO that doesn’t seem like one of them, and it’s frankly more than a little disturbing that that [North Korea] is the issue they’re allegedly focusing on.
Disturbing, true: but understandable. Making out that Bannon is getting got the boot for unwanted interference in international affairs* was probably considered the better strategy for dealing with the inevitable media shitstorm It deflects from the fact that Steve Bannon is an “alt-right” racist pig Nazi-symp:, and that firing him would rile up the “Trump base” for whom his disgusting bigoted notions are the ideal for domestic political policy.
* And some more “disturbing”? A White House advisor getting the axe for arguing AGAINST a destructive, possibly nuclear war? Let’s party like it’s 2003….
So…odds on Bannon going back to Breitbart?
re: #410 Dr Lizardo
Ladies and gentlemen, all rise for the Australian national anthem:
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i always wanted to go there (before i knew much beyond the image of the country), still do
then i started reading his book - which is interesting and hilarious
then i figured, ok, most of this isnt in the populated “civilized” areas, so im still good
nope. everywhere.
id be sportin a nasa style armor plated spacesuit…
re: #454 KGxvi
Oh boy.
Also…expect a new grift for server costs from the Freep-in-Chief, lots of people going to be posting a LOT of baloney about Bannon, and you KNOW how much bandwidth plain text eats up…
re: #461 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I wandered over there to see their reaction. About half of them are absolutely livid.
The Lickspiddles at The Federalist are probably already drafting the This Was A Great Move by Trump piece.
re: #467 Eclectic Cyborg
So…odds on Bannon going back to Breitbart?
There should be some fun reading over there soon….
WH: Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 18, 2017
Heh.
First photo of Steve Bannon leaving the White House. pic.twitter.com/SHu2TWVA9W
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) August 18, 2017
re: #470 b.d. (bill d.)
Everyone who could be fired has been fired.
Nope. Goofball Gorka and Maniac Miller are still there…
re: #467 Eclectic Cyborg
So…odds on Bannon going back to Breitbart?
‘Never argue with a man who buys Taaka Vodka ink by the barrel’
re: #475 FormerDirtDart
So one white supremacist down, so counting Trump that leave two more plus one nazi.
re: #471 Sir John Barron
Nah, its already in a folder “Bannon Stays”, “Bannon Quits”, “Bannon Fired”, “Bannon’s Liver Files for Asylum in Canada”, “Bannon Caught with Live Boy”…they just upload whatever case with a few minor edits…
re: #477 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nope. Goofball Gorka and Maniac Miller are still there…
in that picture…….so sorry.
re: #473 Eclectic Cyborg
Sessions…
He could be fired, he serves at the pleasure of the president. But the Senate GOP has shown a bit of backbone by telling Trump he wouldn’t get a new AG very easily. I think it was Grassley who said no way to appoint a new AG this year, so there’s that.
re: #451 Kilroy was here
Bannon’s going away song.
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That reflects the feeling Portland, OR had when Bud Clark beat Frank Ivancie in 1984. I’ve been waiting for it to come around again. It’s starting to…
re: #477 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nope. Goofball Gorka and Maniac Miller are still there…
Seems like Kellyanne Conway, Miller and Gorka are all Bannon-orbit people. He still has eyes and ears in the White House.
Donald Trump senior strategist Steven Bannon resigns citing need to spend more time with his family, his cocaine, and his Thunderbird Wine. pic.twitter.com/sFq2SXH8ar
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) August 18, 2017
Bannon friend says Breitbart ramping up for war against Trump. “It’s now a Democrat White House,” source says.
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) August 18, 2017
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 18, 2017
re: #426 Decatur Deb
Simple coincidence. After all, there are only 28 letters.
oops, finger slipped, bigtime sorry
yeah what’re the odds? 26 or 28 letters?
it was my understanding there would be no math
eta: double nevermind - i misread my misread
“No matter what happens, Steve is a honey badger”
washingtonpost.com
re: #486 FormerDirtDart
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Hahahhahaha, oh man that’s a special kind of delusional lemme tell ya. But please proceed.
re: #469 I cannot.
Oh boy.
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Also…expect a new grift for server costs from the Freep-in-Chief, lots of people going to be posting a LOT of baloney about Bannon, and you KNOW how much bandwidth plain text eats up…
FR is a perpetual grift-a-thon.
Bannon was so goddamn smug in that interview. Not so hot shit are you, Nazi fuckface?
re: #483 wrenchwench
That reflects the feeling Portland, OR had when Bud Clark beat Frank Ivancie in 1984. I’ve been waiting for it to come around again. It’s starting to…
I’m from Portland.. I know about Bud.
re: #431 FormerDirtDart
Ms Carter is employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group
If he resigned two weeks ago why was he giving tours to noted felon Dinesh D’Souza the other day?
he resigned effective 7 years from now…
#MyLatest — I said I’d expand on my grandmother’s comments on Charlottesville, Kap + living with racism. Here it is. https://t.co/F4YjW0lt2s
— Justin Tinsley (@JustinTinsley) August 15, 2017
re: #492 Kilroy was here
Melania should have done a picture like that. For art.
re: #497 BeachDem
Does the White House actually have a “strategy” other than Trump’s impulses?
re: #487 dangerman
oops, finger slipped, bigtime sorry
yeah what’re the odds? 26 or 28 letters?
it was my understanding there would be no matheta: double nevermind - i misread my misread
I always confuse letters and teeth.
re: #495 Skip Intro
Melania should have done a picture like that. For art.
Talked to Art. He doesn’t swing that way.
Two former Republican women I have the utmost respect for as each day passes: Ana Navarro and Michelle Fields.
re: #492 Kilroy was here
I’m from Portland.. I know about Bud.
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I have a ‘Bike to work with Bud’ poster, in the back, on a shelf, for preservation, yeah, that’s it. I’m preserving it. I think he’s wearing the same coat.
re: #486 FormerDirtDart
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You know things are bad when they start calling you a democrat….
re: #502 electrotek
Two former Republican women I have the utmost respect for as each day passes: Ana Navarro and Michelle Fields.
Did Ana leave the party while I was out of country? If so, good for her. I respect her a lot too.
re: #456 Myron Falwell
And right now, it’s looking like they’re only going to get the judges part of the equation. (Remember that “repeal and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” was supposed to be the first stage of the GOP grand tax cut giveaway for the top .05%…)
i gave em tax cuts cause nothings happened they havent picked it up so they havent fallen on their faces with it yet.
re: #504 b.d. (bill d.)
You know things are bad when they start calling you a democrat….
Yep, that’s how I knew things were bad for Dubya.
BREAKING: Six Flags to now fly 6 American flags at parks; will remove Confederate, other flags https://t.co/LSG0EK5u7t pic.twitter.com/dUyNsFXnJT
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) August 18, 2017
For those who don’t live in #Texas, this is YUGE. Expect lots of meltdowns over erasing history. #SixFlags #ConfederateMonuments https://t.co/Scvs0YOOFr
— Letitia Gutierrez (@LejanATX) August 18, 2017
re: #465 FormerDirtDart
All of the men surrounding VP Pence are now gone.
the best judge of character
the best at vetting candidates
the best people
I think the question we have to ask ourselves now is: Does Jared Kushner want to Nuke North Korea?
“I’m not a neo-Nazs… I’m a moderate Republican.”
Son, you drove 500 miles to march with Nazis & post on Daily Stormer.
You’re a Nazi— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 18, 2017
re: #502 electrotek
Two former Republican women I have the utmost respect for as each day passes: Ana Navarro and Michelle Fields.
Michelle Fields, too? I know she got manhandled by Lewanski at the campaign event and afterward shunned by Breitbartdotcom.
This comment from a Breitbrat (I took a look to see how they were taking it) seems fairly representative:
That’s it, Trump has folded to the RINO’s. Nothing will ever change in Washington. We have all been played.
We will never see another fiscal conservatiive, low tax, small government again.
This is a slap in the face to those that voted for Trump. I am angrier than hell right now. We just lost the country to the progressive cucks.
re: #512 Kragar
“I’m not a neo-Nazs… I’m a moderate Republican.”
Son, you drove 500 miles to march with Nazis & post on Daily Stormer.
You’re a Nazi
Don’t dismiss him until you study the Venn diagram.
re: #515 Dr Lizardo
We will never see another fiscal conservatiive, low tax, small government again.
Wait, whut? Trump’s a fiscal conservative, low tax, small government conservative?
Source close to Bannon confirms Bannon expected to return to Breitbart after a WH exit
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) August 18, 2017
re: #512 Kragar
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I thought being a Nazi and white nationalist was nothing to be ashamed of though. Tough shit for you kid. You chose to go there. You’re young though. Maybe you can learn from your mistakes and educate other people but knowing people like you, you’ll just double down and become a bigger asshole.
re: #512 Kragar
Actually the fact he is only 21 suggests his life is NOT over and he still has plenty of time to change his ways.
re: #520 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually the fact he is only 21 suggests his life is NOT over and he still has plenty of time to change his ways.
I’m sure he can find a job in law enforcement somewhere
/S or not
Wow so that belly flop into the trough of an interview was his swan song.
re: #515 Dr Lizardo
This comment from a Breitbrat (I took a look to see how they were taking it) seems fairly representative:
Hahhahhaa sucks to be you. Oh and by the way you enver had that small government, low tax conservative you claimed Trump was. Reagan wasn’t that. You’ve been fed lies for years about conservatism. Conservatism in this country especially currently has never been about small government or low taxes(for the non wealthy).
re: #520 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually the fact he is only 21 suggests his life is NOT over and he still has plenty of time to change his ways.
He can and I really hope he does but I’m skeptical.
Another Breitbrat chimes in:
What Gettysburg was to Robert E. Lee, Bannon’s firing is to Donald Trump.
The beginning of the end. He’s chosen Cohn (Goldman Sachs) McMasters and the Bear Jew (in terms of influence; certainly not size) son-in-law.
Put a fork in him.
#BestPeople watch: Bannon is the second top presidential aide in three weeks to be fired after calling up a journalist and ranting.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 18, 2017
re: #497 BeachDem
Can’t tell the players without a scorecard
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scorecard rosters are mostly static for the duration of the game
this is more like a flow chart
re: #512 Kragar
Money quote:
“People have a right to know if their neighbor is a violent neo-Nazi just as much as they would if their neighbor was a violent sex offender,”
Why not? His agenda has been fulfilled, now it’s time to put his next strategy into play, Bannon is not gone just because he’s not in the WH
— kimberlin nelson (@Kimmie4816) August 18, 2017
By returning to Breitbart, Steve Bannon can continue to advise Trump while devoting more time to coordinating daily pro-Trump propaganda.
— Wallace Ritchie (@WallaceRitchie) August 18, 2017
re: #525 Dr Lizardo
The beginning of the end. He’s chosen Cohn (Goldman Sachs) McMasters and the Bear Jew (in terms of influence; certainly not size) son-in-law.
Sounds like a thoughtful take.
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re: #531 Sir John Barron
Sounds like a thoughtful take.
/
Still think these guys are your friends Bibi?
re: #530 JordanRules
The only agenda he fulfilled was getting Dump elected. But other than that, yeah, all this is true.
re: #424 I Would Prefer Not To
I posted that earlier and totally missed those details.
Right, so at least one White House ghoul get his walking papers on Friday, and at least one Westerosi gets shivved or beheaded on Sunday. Every week. I need a whiteboard.
re: #502 electrotek
Two former Republican women I have the utmost respect for as each day passes: Ana Navarro and Michelle Fields.
principled opponents are welcome when politics is a clash of value systems, each of which is in some way valid; a competition between basically well-intentioned people who see the world differently.
when it becomes, not even a conflict of interests, but instead a tribal, degenerative, brutal struggle for office in which one side with righteous indignation believes only the other is and can be capable of behaving despicably while they themselves run roughshod over it all, well then eff em without mercy
I imagine the thought at Breitbart is that Trump would have never without Skidface Steve’s help. I really think this is going to infuriate a lot of his alt-right loyalists who were drawn positively to him in part because Breitbart promoted him.
I keep wondering when Captain Kirk and Spock are going to show up to fix the timeline.
re: #523 HappyWarrior
Hahhahhaa sucks to be you. Oh and by the way you enver had that small government, low tax conservative you claimed Trump was. Reagan wasn’t that. You’ve been fed lies for years about conservatism. Conservatism in this country especially currently has never been about small government or low taxes(for the non wealthy).
I think a lot of conservative politicians get into office honestly believing in the idea of small government and lower taxes. But then they get faced with the realities of our system of government. Not just the need to compromise and build consensus to accomplish anything major (feature not a bug of the constitution, I believe), but that many of the programs they thought should be cut actually provide an important service, and that a lot of the apparent “waste” is actually spent on important matters. Kind of reminds me of this scene from the West Wing:
re: #537 ericblair
Right, so at least one White House ghoul get his walking papers on Friday, and at least one Westerosi gets shivved or beheaded on Sunday. Every week. I need a whiteboard.
That’s funny. Kinda.
If you ever see a bar fight between an ex-Navy LCDR and an ex-Marine 4-star, put your money on the Marine.
re: #542 KGxvi
I think a lot of conservative politicians get into office honestly believing in the idea of small government and lower taxes. But then they get faced with the realities of our system of government. Not just the need to compromise and build consensus to accomplish anything major (feature not a bug of the constitution, I believe), but that many of the programs they thought should be cut actually provide an important service, and that a lot of the apparent “waste” is actually spent on important matters. Kind of reminds me of this scene from the West Wing:
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I think you’re right about that but I do think small government conservatism has always been a bit of a sham ideology.
Sierra Club’s statement on Stephen Bannon’s departure from the White House: https://t.co/N4aCNk24dw
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) August 18, 2017
But wait, there’s more…someone wasn’t satisfied with that one tweet…
re: #541 Kilroy was here
I keep wondering when Captain Kirk and Spock are going to show up to fix the timeline.
I don’t trust Kirk and Spock on time travel, I’m looking for a little blue box.
New Twitter banner from senior Breitbart editor @RaheemKassam pic.twitter.com/OxUM3sBmnH
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 18, 2017
re: #533 HappyWarrior
Still think these guys are your friends Bibi?
Booby Nincompoopo is that stupid!
re: #547 KGxvi
I don’t trust Kirk and Spock on time travel, I’m looking for a little blue box.
Let her fix Brexit first..
re: #548 Myron Falwell
New Twitter banner from senior Breitbart editor
No organized political party could lose to a Bannon presidential campaign.
re: #547 KGxvi
I don’t trust Kirk and Spock on time travel, I’m looking for a little blue box.
All Kirk and Spock will do is kidnap some whales.
re: #518 JordanRules
Source close to Bannon confirms Bannon expected to return to Breitbart after a WH exit
“save my seat. i’ll just be gone for a little while”
re: #519 HappyWarrior
I thought being a Nazi and white nationalist was nothing to be ashamed of though. Tough shit for you kid. You chose to go there. You’re young though. Maybe you can learn from your mistakes and educate other people but knowing people like you, you’ll just double down and become a bigger asshole.
not too bright. shoulda gone with “i was one of the good people there the president mentioned”
re: #332 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
I wish I had more time on my hands. This community generates great discussion, to the point I want to express my ideas through writing. I’m thinking about doing a little research for an upcoming page. Thinking about what connections exist between the wealth gap in the United States, and the early rules on Social Security and how black people were effectively barred from its benefits.
Home ownership is a big part of that wealth gap; FHA regulations, deed restrictions. Ta-Nehisi Coates “The Case for Reparations” is a good place to start.
re: #496 Dr Lizardo
I remember Bud.
Whoop whoop!
Me too. We’re we all there in the 1980s? I got there in 1976.
re: #557 Skip Intro
Me too. We’re we all there in the 1980s? I got there in 1976.
1981 to (late) 1988.
re: #544 Decatur Deb
If you ever see a bar fight between an ex-Navy LCDR and an ex-Marine 4-star, put your money on the Marine.
Is there an Army Sgt in the corner taking bets?