When confronted Saturday night in the park, he tried to drink some of the liquid explosives but spit it out, officials said.
NEW: FBI, ATF, Houston Police swarm street near Museum District https://t.co/EYfop0LIHB
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) August 21, 2017
NEW DETAILS: Houston man charged with trying to plant bomb at Confederate statue in Hermann Park https://t.co/4oPfwRXGTL https://t.co/Hb5hV7leB3
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) August 21, 2017
re: #6 Stanley Sea
Not the first time they’ve busted this guy
Same guy got busted in 2014https://t.co/pq402e9mnM
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
Just remarking to my sister that with it getting darker here as the eclipse reaches the East Coast, you’d swear that a thunderstorm were rolling in.
It was cloudy at home, with the sun breaking through periodically. First glimpse of the eclipse was actually on a pillow in the bedroom, pinholed through leaves. Called Mrs. FBW, and of course it went away. Then came back. I think she finally got a pic.
Then we went to the dining room, and I picked up my binos. “DON’T LOOK AT THE SUN!!” she shouted. Of course, I was just using them to project onto a piece of paper….
On the drive to work, the clouds were very heavy most of the way, but amazingly for South City, it was clear when I got there. My whole group was outside, with Eclipse Glasses, pinhole cameras, and binos-in-a-box. I looked at the ground by my car…..
While we were standing around, a family drove up in a camper and parked near my car. They got out and stood there, swapping their eclipse glasses around. Then I noticed one of them was a ~10-12 year old boy, who was having his Dad take pics of him with the Challenger.
I wonder what he’ll remember more, the solar eclipse? Or my car?
re: #9 Targetpractice
Just remarking to my sister that with it getting darker here as the eclipse reaches the East Coast, you’d swear that a thunderstorm were rolling in.
I’m getting that “tornado” feeling here in Chicagoland.
There is a certain “color” cast on everything.
I just looked out my office window….yes, it’s getting darker.
re: #10 Blind Frog Belly White
It was cloudy at home, with the sun breaking through periodically. First glimpse of the eclipse was actually on a pillow in the bedroom, pinholed through leaves. Called Mrs. FBW, and of course it went away. Then came back. I think she finally got a pic.
Then we went to the dining room, and I picked up my binos. “DON’T LOOK AT THE SUN!!” she shouted. Of course, I was just using them to project onto a piece of paper….
On the drive to work, the clouds were very heavy most of the way, but amazingly for South City, it was clear when I got there. My whole group was outside, with Eclipse Glasses, pinhole cameras, and binos-in-a-box. I looked at the ground by my car…..
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While we were standing around, a family drove up in a camper and parked near my car. They got out and stood there, swapping their eclipse glasses around. Then I noticed one of them was a ~10-12 year old boy, who was having his Dad take pics of him with the Challenger.
I wonder what he’ll remember more, the solar eclipse? Or my car?
BOYZ!!! too cute
It is getting darker but it also seems like a heavy overcast.
A reminder - there can be only one… Buzz Aldrin:
It occurred to me that I got to see quite a few solar eclipses. Every time we orbited into the shadow of the moon. #Apollo11 #eclipse2017
— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) August 19, 2017
Finally starting to get darker here in the Nation’s Capital.
My homeschooling friends are doing a whole lesson plan on it. Dad took the day off work to do it as a family.
One of my neighbors took her kid out of school so they memory will be made together.
re: #16 Sir John Barron
Finally starting to get darker here in the Nation’s Capital.
People who thought ahead got the special glasses and are on the roof of my building to watch the thing.
I’m not one of those people.
Told my wife not to look directly at the sun during the eclipse.
“There is an eclipse?” as she starts to look up directly at it. pic.twitter.com/gpH6OYJGDn— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
President Trump on the White House balcony now taking in the eclipse. pic.twitter.com/PprNXjBRT3
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) August 21, 2017
re: #21 jaunte
Not looking with special glasses. Just squinting. Dumbass.
re: #24 lawhawk
Not looking with special glasses. Just squinting. Dumbass.
caption applied to old stock footage?
Melania is wearing fashion sunglasses, and Cheeto Pendejo is strutting, mugging for the camera, shows the glasses he takes out of his pocket but he won’t put them on because he thinks they make him look stupid.
re: #21 jaunte
He’s not wearing protective glasses, is he…
I saw the jokes, but I didn’t believe he’d actually do it.
re: #21 jaunte
President Trump on the White House balcony now taking in the eclipse. pic.twitter.com/PprNXjBRT3
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) August 21, 2017
As he tries to look directly at it with no glasses… https://t.co/FCBcLtYkWd
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
They have the yam and family live on tv.
They are soooooo uncomfortable.
re: #21 jaunte
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That’s right, look directly at the sun, dickweed. Show us that “huge brain” in action.
re: #21 jaunte
That pic alone should be enough evidence for impeachment.
re: #21 jaunte
If that is real……………..
in one single photograph, you can sum up Trumps’ entire time in office.
Outside of my dog trying to figure out his new opposable thumbs, this eclipse stuff is overrated.
— nines09 (@Mescalero09) August 21, 2017
Trump elected. Sun blotted out of the sky. Coincidence?
— nines09 (@Mescalero09) August 21, 2017
Here in Nashville, the eclipse fizzled a bit for me, because of clouds blocking it right at totality. It got progressively darker, then dark as twilight for a couple of minutes, then started to brighten back up. I did get to see a bit of it a few minutes before totality, though.
Caption contest: pic.twitter.com/p7sz8SMwdR
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 21, 2017
TO THE PHOTOSHOP MACHINE, COMRADES pic.twitter.com/zTPdDDkDxG
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) August 21, 2017
re: #30 Kragar
Oh, my god. This was prophetic:
Preview of tonight’s Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/DawbInUrWl
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) August 21, 2017
Pwning all the 🌎RetinaCucks🌎
#SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/6BVsSxRV3w— Local Milk Steak (@ZeddRebel) August 21, 2017
Fucker puts the glasses on for a second, looks up, looks around. He’s like WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT? I DON’T SEE ANYTHING” then takes the glasses off.
Melania immediately slips the fashion shades back on.
Barron looks like he is afraid he will go blind,
Pretty dark on my patio, but can’t be sure if it’s the eclipse or just typical late afternoon storm clouds. (No glasses because procrastinator.)
???
Exclusive: Secret Service out of money to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel, large family https://t.co/0dYTnWyccB via @USATODAY
— Caren Bohan (@carenbohan) August 21, 2017
re: #8 Kragar
Not the first time they’ve busted this guy
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Looks like a serial bungler, er, bomber.
OK, cloudy 90% totality not really all that special.
Honestly, the change in light effects during a partial eclipse a few years ago was more noticeable.
I think he is praying he won’t be one of those smite down during the eclipse.
re: #44 jaunte
remember: only 99% of scientists say it’s a problem to stare directly into the eclipse. So it’s an open debate.
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 21, 2017
— Sandy Paws (@lagloriacubano) August 21, 2017
Somebody made the dumbass put his glasses on.
President Trump, like much of the rest of the country right now, is wearing protective eclipse eyewear. pic.twitter.com/oHtpnsZOXM
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) August 21, 2017
I’m watching the whole thing on TV, not even trying to roll the wheelchair around outside.
My co-workers (I’m working from home this week) are all offline, probably outside watching.
#FlatEarthers today pic.twitter.com/TOxFj1z8Qh
— Jorge Santisteban (@JoSantisteban) August 21, 2017
re: #47 Birth Control Works
Basically, they’re paying for security for all of Trump’s trips to his golf resorts in FL, NY, NJ, and VA. Plus his official trip overseas and around the US (campaign rallies since being POTUS).
On top of that they’ve got to provide coverage to his spawn on all of their trips, including overseas to promote their businesses so that Trump can suck even more from taxpayer funds by charging the USSS for rooms at his resorts/hotels around the country/world (Emoluments).
So, when Junior or Eric goes to the ME to do another deal, they have to pick up the security costs.
All those fuckers who were busy complaining about Obama’s travel costs are silent now, especially when it’s a white guy in the WH spending taxpayer funds like there’s no tomorrow (probably because he knows there isn’t going to be one). Trump’s travels are already screwing the very agency sworn to protect him and his family - screwing the people who are trained to take a bullet for him.
The USSS should tell the rest of his kids that overseas trips are limited now that there’s this thing known as the Internet and you can conduct business by webex.
re: #57 lawhawk
Basically, they’re paying for security for all of Trump’s trips to his golf resorts in FL, NY, NJ, and VA. Plus his official trip overseas and around the US (campaign rallies since being POTUS).
On top of that they’ve got to provide coverage to his spawn on all of their trips, including overseas to promote their businesses so that Trump can suck even more from taxpayer funds by charging the USSS for rooms at his resorts/hotels around the country/world (Emoluments).
So, when Junior or Eric goes to the ME to do another deal, they have to pick up the security costs.
All those fuckers who were busy complaining about Obama’s travel costs are silent now, especially when it’s a white guy in the WH spending taxpayer funds like there’s no tomorrow (probably because he knows there isn’t going to be one). Trump’s travels are already screwing the very agency sworn to protect him and his family - screwing the people who are trained to take a bullet for him.
The USSS should tell the rest of his kids that overseas trips are limited now that there’s this thing known as the Internet and you can conduct business by webex.
Sounds like the Saudi Royal Family.
No further comment necessary
Obama would have invited students to the White House and made it an educational opportunity. Just sayin’
— joan gaylord (@JMGaylord) August 21, 2017
I’m getting really bored waiting for something to happen.
re: #27 The Vicious Babushka
Melania is wearing fashion sunglasses, and Cheeto Pendejo is strutting, mugging for the camera, shows the glasses he takes out of his pocket but he won’t put them on because he thinks they make him look stupid.
Yeah, it’s not the glasses that are doing that.
re: #59 BeachDem
Had Obama been president during a total eclipse, he would have made it a teaching event because he’s a science geek at heart.
Had Clinton been president, she would have urged everyone to focus on basic science and the need to spend more on research.
With Trump, his advisers have to worry that Trump’s going to nuke the moon because the sky went dark.
Science rules, quackery drools.
My 1940 World Almanac has a list of solar eclipses through 2040. Sure enough, August 21st, 2017 is right there, with times and coordinates just as they were observed today.
And that’s all she wrote in my neck of the woods, sun is back to normal.
re: #16 Sir John Barron
Finally starting to get darker here in the Nation’s Capital.
It’s been quite dark there for the last 200+ days. :|
re: #62 Birth Control Works
Yeah, it looks like there’s a coronal mass ejection off the right side and some sunspots as the moon moves away.
re: #54 Charles Johnson
Somebody made the dumbass put his glasses on.
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Blind to reality, ignorant of the rules, dismissive of the best example to set. Seems apropo.
We need to get Soros to bankroll some pro-science demonstrations.
Holy schneikes!
The Corona of the Sun in Jefferson Park, Oregon at 10:21 PDT. #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/KtEHAaQfsD
— Dave Bernhardt (@AstrobiologyGuy) August 21, 2017
*puts down cameras and quits* *tear*
re: #325 PhillyPretzel
Beatrice Nebraska is in totality and just saw the diamond ring. Very Cool.
I saw the diamond ring here in Broawater as well. That was freakin’ kewl.
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
As he did this, someone in a crowd of aides below shouted “Don’t look.” pic.twitter.com/dtfSLEzcAZ
— Ted Mann (@TMannWSJ) August 21, 2017
That NASA live feed was great. You could watch it without safety glasses. It would be nice to see it in person but since I do not have the money this was the best way to do it.
re: #71 lawhawk
Holy schneikes!
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x-ray? but there is red …
AG @jeffsessions #RBEclipse pic.twitter.com/wHymSefzh4
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) August 21, 2017
“It’s so dark,” Sessions said. “Can we stop it from voting?” https://t.co/pXBemt21SX
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) August 21, 2017
re: #77 calochortus
It’s like having a bokeh filter except that it was the sun/moon plus the tree canopy providing the effect.
re: #77 calochortus
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How things were at my house. The tree in the side yard did a great job of being a multiple pinhole projector.
We did the whole thing-pin hole projectors, dark glasses, colander, mirror with paper cover (with hole.) It was fun even if it was less than 80%.
Jesus Christ! That looks just like the side of MY house! Why are you standing outside my bathroom?!? I mean, I knew you lived nearby, but in my house?
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It is now clouding up here. Thank you National Weather Service for holding off until after the total eclipse. /s
That was pretty cool to be able to witness. Glad I didn’t have to go in the office today.
Everybody still here? #SolarEclipse2017
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 21, 2017
I have spent the last 90 minutes explaining to residents in the assisted living facility where I work what is going on outside. A resident’s family member left a few pairs of viewing glasses at the front desk, so I have been taking people outside to see it. All but over for us now in my location.
From what I’ve calculated Muslims have killed over 400m people over their 1400 years of existence as a death cult.
— Vαłκчяıe №⁴⁵ (@FightAgainstNWO) August 19, 2017
First it was 80 million, then 270 million, then 300 million, and now 400 million? Make up your minds you fascist twats https://t.co/T06HirmDEz
— دانیال (@danja84) August 21, 2017
re: #80 Blind Frog Belly White
Jesus Christ! That looks just like the side of MY house! Why are you standing outside my bathroom?!? I mean, I knew you lived nearby, but in my house?
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No! MY HOUSE! You get out.
lol
He retweeted this just now
Per @WhiteHouse official: ‘President will be watching total eclipse from the Truman Balcony.’ Umm. Tricky. No total eclipse in DC…
— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) August 21, 2017
Please let him look directly at the sun. Please let him look directly at the sun. Please let him look directly at the sun. https://t.co/lJbkjJg5fz
— Black Aziz Ansari 👏 (@Freeyourmindkid) August 21, 2017
Trump didn’t just launch a nuke at the moon, did he?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 21, 2017
re: #88 Stanley Sea
lol
He retweeted this just now
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re: #73 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
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Sounds like a job for Maggie
— slattern (@slatt3rn) August 21, 2017
I’m headed to the village post-eclipse party. Deep-fried burgers or something on tap. Catch y’all later.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I actually remember that “new Ice Age” from the 1970’s - it was often mentioned in magazines, both serious and of the woowoo variety so ubiquitous in that era. However, it was always noted that it was simply a hypothesis, nothing more. Even the woowoo mags noted that, usually somewhere toward of the article.
re: #91 BeachDem
A friend at Natl Air and Space Museum says Ivanka Trump showed up, cut in front of 100s of ppl in line, got private view of eclipse there.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) August 21, 2017
“Ouch! Its hot.”
“I told you not to touch the stove!”
“Sorry…. Ouch! Its still hot.”
“What did I just say?”
“Sorry… Ouch!”— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
Walter Shaub (former OGE) throwing shade at Trump:
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 21, 2017
Excuse me while I go in the corner had have a small seizure. Be back in a minute.
This is Bryan Fischer.
Christian radio host claims the eclipse could be a sign of the work of Satan https://t.co/bsQZ7JRb1m via @HuffPostWeird
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) August 21, 2017
🌔🌗🌚RT @TheRickyDavila: Wow, someone caught the #SolarEclipse2017 mid flight! Breathtaking. ❤️pic.twitter.com/swbNU39OOR
— Pill (@Pill4180) August 21, 2017
re: #98 Dave In Austin
Excuse me while I go in the corner had have a small seizure. Be back in a minute.
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IT’S SATAN TRYING TO EAT THE SUN!!
These morons have regressed all the way back to the Early Bronze Age or something.
Maybe earlier.
*headdesk*
re: #98 Dave In Austin
It is obvious they never heard of NASA.
re: #98 Dave In Austin
Excuse me while I go in the corner had have a small seizure. Be back in a minute.
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Do they ever listen to how loony even for the RR they sound?
re: #94 lawhawk
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And notice, she appears to be sans children. Guess the multiple photo ops were more important.
The Great American Eclipse was kind of a bust here in NYC: it got a little bit dimmer, rather than darker. Of course, we only had 70% (?) coverage this far north: but Nature’s own filter (light/variable cloud cover) let me see a really discernible crescent Sun as they passed over while I was outside at max. Still very cool.
Check this out from visible imagery! LOVE this! #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/G0TG2NRWbo
— AndrewWYMT (@AndrewWYMT) August 21, 2017
re: #17 Birth Control Works
My homeschooling friends are doing a whole lesson plan on it. Dad took the day off work to do it as a family.
One of my neighbors took her kid out of school so they memory will be made together.
I took the day off. One of my coworkers brought his kids over, taking them out of the first day of school, even though ours was only 75% coverage.
After Charlottesville, American Jews worry about white nationalism
“Frankly one reason we don’t have that in America, is that as far as I can tell American Muslims are not anti-Semites,” he added.
Indeed Benjamin Sax, 42, a scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies in Maryland, said his group has found that Jews, with their refugee experiences, and Muslims, currently fighting Trump’s ban on refugees and Muslims, have been coming together since the election to build bridges around opposition to the president. Rather than fueling anti-Semitism, he sees Muslims in America making common cause with Jews.
“One silver lining is that my organization has responded to numerous requests, mostly by Jewish and Muslim women, looking to connect, so that’s actually been a pretty amazing community. And allies who wouldn’t normally align are finding their ways to our organization.”
Trump will ask Americans to trust him on Afghanistan strategy in primetime speech: report https://t.co/Jo98gbMX4C pic.twitter.com/paLQlbKr8b
— The Hill (@thehill) August 21, 2017
After careful consideration, I have decided not to trust that moronic shit gibbon with any decision what so ever. https://t.co/pJkAVC19o6
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
re: #93 Dr Lizardo
I actually remember that “new Ice Age” from the 1970’s - it was often mentioned in magazines, both serious and of the woowoo variety so ubiquitous in that era. However, it was always noted that it simply a hypothesis, nothing more. Even the woowoo mags noted that, usually somewhere toward of the article.
It was a media fad with no real scientific backing, at a time when it was difficult to call out media for bullshit stories. The internet changed that. One thing that put rags like Omni out of business was the ability of the internet to instantly eviscerate their more outrageous stories.
I have always thought that the perpetrators of the 2004 Bush-Guard memo hoax were media savvy people who had just fallen behind a little and did not realize the significance of the internet. They probably figured the hoax would eventually be exposed or at least widely questioned, but only well after the election. Instead it was a matter of minutes.
re: #107 teleskiguy
Watch the moon’s shadow move across the US in this geocolor loop from #GOES16! See more #SolarEclipse imagery @ https://t.co/1oNaGe1dLN pic.twitter.com/uJbEVQin6V
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 21, 2017
re: #113 teleskiguy
Cool. That was also on the NASA live feed.
re: #98 Dave In Austin
Excuse me while I go in the corner had have a small seizure. Be back in a minute.
This is Bryan Fischer.
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This is sad. Bryan’s audience has no idea that this eclipse was predicted precisely at least as far back as the 18th century.
re: #107 teleskiguy
That’s cool. Is there a way I can copy that from Twitter on my computer as a file (I can see the black dot going over me as I waved at the satellite)
re: #110 electrotek
After Charlottesville, American Jews worry about white nationalism
Glad to see common cause being made. We all need to stand together against bigotry.
re: #116 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
This is sad. Bryan’s audience has no idea that this eclipse was predicted precisely at least as far back as the 18th century.
They don’t care about that unfortunately.
re: #118 HappyWarrior
Glad to see common cause being made. We all need to stand together against bigotry.
I still hate the Muslims who voted for Trump out of the blind assumption that he would be more “pro-Palestine” than Clinton.
re: #111 Kragar
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A man who breaks campaign promises left and right wants us to trust him on Afghanistan.
re: #112 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
It was a media fad with no real scientific backing, at a time when it was difficult to call out media for bullshit stories. The internet changed that. One thing that put rags like Omni out of business was the ability of the internet to instantly eviscerate their more outrageous stories.
I have always thought that the perpetrators of the 2004 Bush-Guard memo hoax were media savvy people who had just fallen behind a little and did not realize the significance of the internet. They probably figured the hoax would eventually be exposed or at least widely questioned, but only well after the election. Instead it was a matter of minutes.
Ah, good old Omni; I remember that magazine. We have something similar here - it’s called Epoch and it’s about 5% actual fact, 45% conspiracy theories and the remaining 50% is woowoo so laughable that even Erich von Däniken would find it hard to believe.
re: #112 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
It was a media fad with no real scientific backing, at a time when it was difficult to call out media for bullshit stories. The internet changed that. One thing that put rags like Omni out of business was the ability of the internet to instantly eviscerate their more outrageous stories.
I have always thought that the perpetrators of the 2004 Bush-Guard memo hoax were media savvy people who had just fallen behind a little and did not realize the significance of the internet. They probably figured the hoax would eventually be exposed or at least widely questioned, but only well after the election. Instead it was a matter of minutes.
Omni is coming back this fall. I read it for the science fiction.
Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but this really is nothing more than a large object moving in front of a light source and casting a shadow on another object. Every shadow is actually an eclipse.
re: #121 electrotek
I still hate the Muslims who voted for Trump out of the blind assumption that he would be more “pro-Palestine” than Clinton.
Honestly I don’t know how any Muslim supported Trump. To me, he was to Muslims what George Wallace was to black people.
Appears non-interventionist Trump is ready to announce small but open-ended troop buildup in Afghanistan… https://t.co/aKFXq26fd8
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 21, 2017
But remember all those voices crying out that Clinton was the warmonger.
Here he is pushing for troops to Afghanistan with no plan/strategy for what to do when they’re actually in-country and what our goal is by sending troops there.
Guess we’re going to see more MOABs dropped for the hell of it, with nothing gained except churning up a bunch of rocks.
re: #127 Charles Johnson
Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but this really is nothing more than a large object moving in front of a light source and casting a shadow on another object. Every shadow is actually an eclipse.
And just like that, all the magic is gone.
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re: #129 HappyWarrior
Honestly I don’t know how any Muslim supported Trump. To me, he was to Muslims what George Wallace was to black people.
I unfortunately know a few who voted for him.
Pretty difficult for me to respect them. I can understand why some voted for Bush in 2004 (especially if they’re Iraqi), but Trump? Never.
re: #130 electrotek
It’s political pornography. Women who are attractive physically and sound like Rush Limbaugh, that’s hot to them.
re: #131 lawhawk
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Here he is pushing for troops to Afghanistan with no plan/strategy for what to do when they’re actually in-country and what our goal is by sending troops there.
Guess we’re going to see more MOABs dropped for the hell of it, with nothing gained except churning up a bunch of rocks.
A return to the Bush Era days of “We’ve moved rocks from Point A to Point B via large explosives, thus we are ‘winning’ the war.”
re: #71 lawhawk
The replies say this was a 2008 photo.
re: #133 electrotek
I unfortunately know a few who voted for him.
Pretty difficult for me to respect them. I can understand why some voted for Bush in 2004 (especially if they’re Iraqi), but Trump? Never.
I feel that way about anyone who supported him. He’s a bigoted jackass.
This multiple exposure photo shows the eclipse as it passed over the St. Louis Arch. More eclipse coverage here: https://t.co/l9qn2U2Mh9 pic.twitter.com/ab2drhWgqC
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2017
re: #93 Dr Lizardo
I actually remember that “new Ice Age” from the 1970’s - it was often mentioned in magazines, both serious and of the woowoo variety so ubiquitous in that era. However, it was always noted that it was simply a hypothesis, nothing more. Even the woowoo mags noted that, usually somewhere toward of the article.
Larry Niven, Jerry Poutnelle, and Michael Flynn wrote a SciFi novel, Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (1991) is a science fiction novel by American science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn published by Jim Baen. The winner of 1992 Prometheus Award, the novel was written as a tribute to science fiction fandom, and includes many of its well-known figures, legends, and practices. It also champions modern technology and heaps scorn upon its critics - budget cutting politicians, fringe environmentalists and the forces of ignorance. An ebook of this text was among the first released by the Baen Free Library.
Set in an unspecified ‘near-future’ (one of the main characters has childhood memories of the Exxon Valdez disaster) in which a radical left-wing environmentalist movement has joined forces with the religious right through a shared distaste for modern technology. The resulting bipartisan conspiracy has gained control of the US government and imposed draconian luddite laws which, in attempts to curb global warming, have ironically brought about the greatest environmental catastrophe in recorded history - an ice age which may eventually escalate into a Snowball Earth.
That’s okay. I’m sure the famously reclusive Mercers will schedule lots of social events to cover his losses.
This is what @realDonaldTrump’s Charlottesville comments did to business at Mar-a-Lago. One list is before C-Ville, the other from today. pic.twitter.com/1L3em5Dt4U
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 21, 2017
re: #136 Belafon
The replies say this was a 2008 photo.
It was on the NASA photo of the day last week. Beautiful!
re: #131 lawhawk
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Here he is pushing for troops to Afghanistan with no plan/strategy for what to do when they’re actually in-country and what our goal is by sending troops there.
Guess we’re going to see more MOABs dropped for the hell of it, with nothing gained except churning up a bunch of rocks.
Crickets from the far lefties who claimed Hillary was worse on FP.
Apparently a Russian power lifting world champion and an MMA fighter got into an argument over which is the better sport and got into a street fight.
The MMA fighter is now wanted for manslaughter…
President Trump was blinded today when he looked directly at Obama’s legacy. pic.twitter.com/QiWmVA2NFu
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 21, 2017
re: #127 Charles Johnson
“ITS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT!”
Which every few years in different parts of the world.
“WHY IS THE DAY BALL TURNING BLACK?” #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/mkXo0JnzVd
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
International Space Station #Eclipse photobomb via @NASA pic.twitter.com/NashX5OCEX
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) August 21, 2017
Funny thing is, I totally forgot to bang the pots and pans to scare off the dragon that was swallowing the sun but it left anyway. I guess I should be grateful to those who remembered.
When you turn the focus knob to infinity, and beyond!
re: #127 Charles Johnson
Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but this really is nothing more than a large object moving in front of a light source and casting a shadow on another object. Every shadow is actually an eclipse.
This the the only thing that would actually make me believe in a god: a moon, created from a collision with proto-earth, is large enough, and at the correct distance, to block out the rightaount of sun so that you can see something you would not otherwise be able to see, the corona.
re: #146 Kragar
Next one crossing the USA will be April 8, 2024. That one will go from Texas through Buffalo NY. Odds are that it’ll be snowing in Buffalo at that time. They also say that the 2024 eclipse will be roughly 6 minutes in length due to the sweep across the sky, which means more and better viewing for those in the path.
“ARE YOU ALL SEEING THIS?”
Yes, we all see the thing we all came out to look at. Thanks for pointing it out to us Donnie.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
I’m typing this using my sad font.
Reuters reports that The Rebel was kicked off its domain provider: https://t.co/87ICNRGs0X
— CANADALAND (@CANADALAND) August 21, 2017
re: #124 Dr Lizardo
Ah, good old Omni; I remember that magazine. We have something similar here - it’s called Epoch and it’s about 5% actual fact, 45% conspiracy theories and the remaining 50% is woowoo so laughable that even Erich von Däniken would find it hard to believe.
Omni had *awesome* artwork, to go with their almost-always-excellent short stories. I didn’t even mind the not-entirely-accurate science.
Trump’s gonna feel like such a cuck when Putin releases the pictures of himself looking directly into the sun for the whole eclipse.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 21, 2017
re: #151 Belafon
This the the only thing that would actually make me believe in a god: a moon, created from a collision with proto-earth, is large enough, and at the correct distance, to block out the rightaount of sun so that you can see something you would not otherwise be able to see, the corona.
For now anyway. Remember the moon is moving away from us, so far in the future it wont cover the whole sun and far in the past it covered everything so you wouldn’t have seen the corona.
re: #147 Kragar
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Incidentally, if you were the president, wouldn’t you find a reason to be somewhere where the eclipse was total? It’s not like you’d need to find a place to stay on Airbnb at the last minute or something. Someone would make room for you.
re: #71 lawhawk
Holy schneikes!
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*puts down cameras and quits* *tear*
I feel ya my friend.
id say theres about a 50% chance this happens later pic.twitter.com/dQ1zqZWxqv
— leon (@leyawn) August 21, 2017
East Idaho rep. says it’s ‘plausible’ Obama staged Charlottesville riots https://t.co/YAXtE32o7z
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 21, 2017
George Soros should offer to pay the Secret Service budget for the rest of the year. Then watch Trump shit himself daily.
— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) August 21, 2017
re: #157 danarchy
For now anyway. Remember the moon is moving away from us, so far in the future it wont cover the whole sun and far in the past it covered everything so you wouldn’t have seen the corona.
You’re right, and I forgot to add that part: this is occurring during the time of humanity’s technology development.
re: #149 calochortus
Funny thing is, I totally forgot to bang the pots and pans to scare off the dragon that was swallowing the sun but it left anyway. I guess I should be grateful to those who remembered.
There was a lunar eclipse sometime during my childhood, and because the Stick Pile was ready to burn off, we actually did this - bonfire, banging pots and pans together, etc. The local cop dropped by because somebody’d called him that there were people dancing around a fire over at the Smiths’.
re: #164 Blind Frog Belly White
There was a lunar eclipse sometime during my childhood, and because the Stick Pile was ready to burn off, we actually did this - bonfire, banging pots and pans together, etc. The local cop dropped by because somebody’d called him that there were people dancing around a fire over at the Smiths’.
Did they thank you for taking care of the problem?
re: #164 Blind Frog Belly White
There was a lunar eclipse sometime during my childhood, and because the Stick Pile was ready to burn off, we actually did this - bonfire, banging pots and pans together, etc. The local cop dropped by because somebody’d called him that there were people dancing around a fire over at the Smiths’.
I remember the 1979 eclipse. I was in elementary school in L.A. for that one.
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
re: #165 calochortus
Did they thank you for taking care of the problem?
Nope. But he did look at us kinda funny.
We weren’t disturbing the peace, because our yard backed onto fields, and beyond the fields, orchards. Nearest house was >50 yards away.
Since then, the fields have sprouted the kind of ugly houses they build nowadays. Dad saw that coming and planted more trees in the far back yard.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
I am happy someone actually stated this explicitly.
ghost egg scared of its own tiddies pic.twitter.com/c5bxK2bN52
— ㅤ (@sryimnate) August 19, 2017
re: #166 Dr Lizardo
I remember the 1979 eclipse. I was in elementary school in L.A. for that one.
I was in grad school near Denver. We drove up to Montana to see totality. Way cool.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
The difference is that with the dimmed light, you might be able to look at the eclipsed sun for a sufficient period of time to cause injury.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
I seem to remember being told that a total eclipse can be more dangerous, because you’re looking at a dark object with an really bright halo, so your pupils adjust to the darkness but the corona still burns your retinas.
Mind you, this could be bullshit.
=re: #161 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
East Idaho rep. says it’s ‘plausible’ Obama staged Charlottesville riots idahostatesman.com …
3:52 PM - Aug 21, 2017
Here is something that is 99.9% probable. This Idaho Rep. is a complete loon.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
The big difference is that it is very difficult to look directly at the sun when it’s not eclipsed. Your eyes want to close. When you approach totality, you can look right at it, but it will still damage your retinas.
re: #174 Blind Frog Belly White
I seem to remember being told that a total eclipse can be more dangerous, because you’re looking at a dark object with an really bright halo, so your pupils adjust to the darkness but the corona still burns your retinas.
Mind you, this could be bullshit.
While it’s total, you can look right at it. I’m living proof. I’ve done it. It’s the almost-total that damages your eyes.
re: #149 calochortus
Funny thing is, I totally forgot to bang the pots and pans to scare off the dragon that was swallowing the sun but it left anyway. I guess I should be grateful to those who remembered.
No, no, no, you heathen. You bang pots and pans to scare the dragon off that comes out when the moon swallows the sun! You’re lucky they didn’t come for you and all you love.
I swear, nobody teaches the ancient traditions anymore. This is what we get for letting the written word spread.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
Yes, except during the short interval of totality. Not so harmful then. But typically, uninformed people would continue looking while the sun is slowly uncovered, and within seconds they’d have crescent-shaped burns on their retinas. Permanently.
re: #179 KGxvi
No, no, no, you heathen. You bang pots and pans to scare the dragon off that comes out when the moon swallows the sun! You’re lucky they didn’t come for you and all you love.
I swear, nobody teaches the ancient traditions anymore. This is what we get for letting the written word spread.
Thanks for correcting me!
This captures the entire presidency in a single picture. Doing exactly what he’s not supposed to do at the risk of lasting damage. pic.twitter.com/Mw3aC41Gtr
— Joel Searby (@Joel_Searby) August 21, 2017
Speaking of dragons, I like what they did with the Defenders. But I’m a mark for most all of the comic book stuff.
re: #180 unproven innocence
Yes, except during the short interval of totality. Not so harmful then. But typically, uninformed people would continue looking while the sun is slowly uncovered, and within seconds they’d have crescent-shaped burns on their retinas. Permanently.
One of my fondest memories of the ‘79 eclipse is that we stayed with my cousin’s family in Billings, so naturally we took her and her kids up to see the eclipse. We had our pinhole projector and watched on that, and when the diamond ring appeared and it was nearly total, one of the kids asked “Can we look now?” As one, all three adults shouted “No!”
re: #183 KGxvi
Speaking of dragons, I like what they did with the Defenders. But I’m a mark for most all of the comic book stuff.
I do like how the entire team consistently rips on the Insufferable Iron Fist.
I’ve been enjoying the stories where everyone is wondering if Bannon is going to go to war with the white house.
Me: It’s so hard to find a Nazi you can trust these days.
re: #185 Kragar
I do like how the entire team consistently rips on the Insufferable Iron Fist.
Danny can’t help but be a dumbass. It’s who he is.
re: #185 Kragar
I do like how the entire team consistently rips on the Insufferable Iron Fist.
Oh, MAN!!! I forgot this was coming out last week! Too focused on the news, and on GoT! Now I’ve got something to live for!
At least, till I burn through it at 3 episodes a night…..
re: #185 Kragar
I do like how the entire team consistently rips on the Insufferable Iron Fist.
The Iron Fist can be a really interesting character, if they tell his story right. He’s caught between two worlds (New York and Kunglung) and is basically an outsider in both. I’m hopeful that they realize that and explore it in season 2 of the Iron Fist.
re: #184 calochortus
One of my fondest memories of the ‘79 eclipse is that we stayed with my cousin’s family in Billings, so naturally we took her and her kids up to see the eclipse. We had our pinhole projector and watched on that, and when the diamond ring appeared and it was nearly total, one of the kids asked “Can we look now?” As one, all three adults shouted “No!”
Annular eclipse isn’t a total eclipse, and direct viewing is very damaging, yes.
re: #189 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, MAN!!! I forgot this was coming out last week! Too focused on the news, and on GoT! Now I’ve got something to live for!
At least, till I burn through it at 3 episodes a night…..
It’s only 8 episodes, just pick a night you don’t need sleep
Throwing shade like a pro.
Enjoyed watching #Eclipse2017. A great reminder that all darkness is temporary. pic.twitter.com/NlK5wTaCtr
— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) August 21, 2017
re: #191 unproven innocence
Annular eclipse isn’t a total eclipse, and direct viewing is very damaging, yes.
It was total, just not quite there for another few seconds.
— Дед-astronaut (@Buga_di_Bu) August 21, 2017
re: #180 unproven innocence
This was so much easier to cope with in the 1930’s. Large format film, undeveloped was and is an excellent filter that’s safe. And cheap even at 8” x 10”.
VERY GOOD TROLL IDEA
1. publish a post-eclipse story called “how to know if you incurred eye damage”
2. lower text opacity to 50%— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) August 21, 2017
re: #193 KGxvi
It’s only 8 episodes, just pick a night you don’t need sleep
That’s what I did Friday night.
re: #190 KGxvi
The Iron Fist can be a really interesting character, if they tell his story right. He’s caught between two worlds (New York and Kunglung) and is basically an outsider in both. I’m hopeful that they realize that and explore it in season 2 of the Iron Fist.
So he’s the modern, comic book version of Kwai Chang Caine?
re: #200 Belafon
So he’s the modern, comic book version of Kwai Chang Caine?
He could be. It’s actually a fairly traditional archetype. Theon Greyjoy at the beginning of ASOIAF also fit the mold.
Finished The Defenders last night - excellent series. I like the Netflix Marvel adaptations much better than the big budget movies that usually turn into cacophonous special effects overdoses.
re: #196 gocart mozart
Huge LOL. Funniest thing I’ve seen online in a while.
re: #197 Unshaken Defiance
This was so much easier to cope with in the 1930’s. Large format film, undeveloped was and is an excellent filter that’s safe. And cheap even at 8” x 10”.
Isn’t undeveloped film opaque? Kodak XAR sure is. I’d imagine overexposed, developed film might work, though I also remember being told that the old trick of looking through negatives was still dangerous.
re: #202 Charles Johnson
Finished The Defenders last night - excellent series. I like the Netflix Marvel adaptations much better than the big budget movies that usually turn into cacophonous special effects overdoses.
Reviews criticized the villains. I liked Sigourney in The Defenders.
re: #202 Charles Johnson
Finished The Defenders last night - excellent series. I like the Netflix Marvel adaptations much better than the big budget movies that usually turn into cacophonous special effects overdoses.
Lower FX budgets typically mean better storytelling.
re: #200 Belafon
So he’s the modern, comic book version of Kwai Chang Caine?
But not played by a squinting white guy.
— Daniel Meersand (@DanMeersand) August 21, 2017
re: #183 KGxvi
Speaking of dragons, I like what they did with the Defenders. But I’m a mark for most all of the comic book stuff.
Heck, I enjoyed Iron Fist more during The Defenders than during his first season.
Although he was reduced to a MacGuffin, he displayed the most character growth of all, with the exception of Daredevil.
re: #189 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, MAN!!! I forgot this was coming out last week! Too focused on the news, and on GoT! Now I’ve got something to live for!
At least, till I burn through it at 3 episodes a night…..
Only 8 episodes total
At least he’s honest that he’s a grifting low-life, bilking gullible right wingers.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 21, 2017
Last time Mr. w went to our optometrist, she tried out her new photo-of-the-back-of-the-eye camera on him. One spot they discussed as possibly being from his time on a ship in Pacific the 1960s when he and all the other sailors watched a nuclear explosion. I think they decided probably not.
Got a great shot of the #eclipse from the air over Africa as we said goodby to the #TanzaniaMiracleChildren. pic.twitter.com/VNLJJfeeEJ
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 21, 2017
Did he mean to put Harambe in there? https://t.co/Ix7WY1gBMJ
— happy/tired alex (@alex) August 21, 2017
re: #152 lawhawk
Next one crossing the USA will be April 8, 2024. That one will go from Texas through Buffalo NY. Odds are that it’ll be snowing in Buffalo at that time. They also say that the 2024 eclipse will be roughly 6 minutes in length due to the sweep across the sky, which means more and better viewing for those in the path.
I will be in/very near total eclipse for that one if I am still here in NW PA.
re: #121 electrotek
I still hate the Muslims who voted for Trump out of the blind assumption that he would be more “pro-Palestine” than Clinton.
I still hate the Jews who voted for Trump out of the blind assumption that Jared and Ivanka would make sure he stayed on the “Israeli” side.
.@NickKristof reflects. Watching the Eclipse in Oregon https://t.co/Lzfam2VZ0G
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 21, 2017
re: #40 Birth Control Works
Caption contest: pic.twitter.com/p7sz8SMwdR
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 21, 2017
Lord smite me not. Lord smite me not. Lord smite me not. Lord smite me not. Lord smite me not. Lord smite me not. https://t.co/EKX9r6vI7l
— Mentis Fugit (@MentisNZ) August 21, 2017
re: #211 Kragar
Only 8 episodes total
Well, I know what The Older Boy and I will be watching tonight!
Mrs. FBW won’t watch. Not only too “‘splodey”, but Daredevil really bothers her, something about him being blind. “Why does he have to be blind?”
“But that’s just it! He’s BLIND, but it’s like he can SEE!”
“Yeah, so why is he blind?”
Got a great shot of the #eclipse from the air over Africa as we said goodby to the #TanzaniaMiracleChildren. pic.twitter.com/VNLJJfeeEJ
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 21, 2017
wtf steve https://t.co/bOz8mo7n2e
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 21, 2017
BREAKING: Authorities: Man who shot judge near Ohio courthouse was father of Steubenville football player convicted of 2012 rape.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2017
re: #219 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, I know what The Older Boy and I will be watching tonight!
Mrs. FBW won’t watch. Not only too “‘splodey”, but Daredevil really bothers her, something about him being blind. “Why does he have to be blind?”
“But that’s just it! He’s BLIND, but it’s like he can SEE!”
“Yeah, so why is he blind?”
Just tell her: It’s part of his tragic origin story. Plus, he wouldn’t have his other powers if he had sight.
re: #219 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, I know what The Older Boy and I will be watching tonight!
Mrs. FBW won’t watch. Not only too “‘splodey”, but Daredevil really bothers her, something about him being blind. “Why does he have to be blind?”
“But that’s just it! He’s BLIND, but it’s like he can SEE!”
“Yeah, so why is he blind?”
New Season? The first two seasons were pretty intense.
re: #219 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, I know what The Older Boy and I will be watching tonight!
Mrs. FBW won’t watch. Not only too “‘splodey”, but Daredevil really bothers her, something about him being blind. “Why does he have to be blind?”
“But that’s just it! He’s BLIND, but it’s like he can SEE!”
“Yeah, so why is he blind?”
I’m on episode 6. Its been ok so far. Personally, I’m waiting for Punisher.
re: #222 KGxvi
It’s part of his tragic origin story. Plus, he wouldn’t have his other powers if he had sight.
That’s what I told her!
re: #223 darthstar
New Season? The first two seasons were pretty intense.
I think that’s for next year, maybe? Because Marvel was doing Defenders.
My favorite fight scene ever is in Season One, when he fights a whole safe house full of Russians, but mostly they film from one angle - the hallway.
Over/under on Trump getting retina scarring from #SolarEclipse2017 & then blaming Muslims because he sees crescent moons all over the place?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
One last thought on the Defenders… was anyone else waiting for Tony Stark to show up and just be like, “ok, you guys got this.”?
re: #178 lawhawk
My new favorite meme photo of the but her emails variety:
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I had to touch that up a bit. Feel free to use.
re: #229 KGxvi
One last thought on the Defenders… was anyone else waiting for Tony Stark to show up and just be like, “ok, you guys got this.”?
Or at the very least either Phil Coulson or Nick Fury?
re: #220 Charles Johnson
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Steve King is angry that he’s not being acknowledged as the most racist asshole in the country anymore.
Okay, I know it’s Jeff Sessions, but don’t you expect to hear him let loose with a Horatio Caine-style bon mot?
AG Sessions throws on his #eclipse shades pic.twitter.com/WAapnk6myF
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) August 21, 2017
re: #231 KGxvi
Or at the very least either Phil Coulson or Nick Fury?
Fury is in hiding and Coulson is in space prison.
re: #230 ObserverArt
I had to touch that up a bit. Feel free to use.
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Needs the Land O’ Lakes woman. She was my first glimpse of infinity.
re: #234 Kragar
Fury is in hiding and Coulson is in space prison.
Ah, yeah, haven’t watched all the movies. Still, I don’t need a full crossover, but just like a quick cameo.
re: #220 Charles Johnson
In Africa the eclipse was on the opposite side of the continent from Tanzania. Being able to see it from a plane while flying over the opposite coast and catching it out the window seems pretty unlikely.
So is he lying stupid both all of the above? WTF indeed.
sʎɐʍ snoɹǝɔɹos ɹnoʎ ɥʇıʍ sn looɟ ʇ,uɐɔ no⅄
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
re: #151 Belafon
This the the only thing that would actually make me believe in a god: a moon, created from a collision with proto-earth, is large enough, and at the correct distance, to block out the rightaount of sun so that you can see something you would not otherwise be able to see, the corona.
Well, most of the time, anyway. From the notes concerning the April 8, 2024 eclipse, there’s this:
While the next total solar eclipse in the U.S. will not occur until 2024, it will be preceded by an annular solar eclipse just a few months prior.
During an annular solar eclipse, the moon is farther away from the Earth, so it is not quite large enough to block out all of the light from the sun. Because of this, this type of eclipse has been given the nickname of the ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse.
This Ring of Fire eclipse will occur on Oct. 14, 2023, and will be visible from California to Texas and across portions of Central America and South America.
re: #218 Grunthos the Flatulent
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She blinded me with science
And failed me in biology
re: #221 darthstar
The Associated Press ✔ @AP
BREAKING: Authorities: Man who shot judge near Ohio courthouse was father of Steubenville football player convicted of 2012 rape.
4:31 PM - Aug 21, 2017
Stupid Ohioans drunk on a pig skin ball.
That freaking football program should be eliminated until the people of Steubenville get their priorities straight.
Oh wait, they were one of the largest areas of voters in Ohio that haven’t voted in years but turned out for Trump.
They have fucked up priorities.
Here’s what the 2017 solar eclipse looked like from spacehttps://t.co/sL22nVAbxk pic.twitter.com/ynWx8GSK3p
— The Verge (@verge) August 21, 2017
Imagine the Fox News freak out if President Obama had bankrupted the secret service due to golf outings.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) August 21, 2017
re: #242 Kilroy was here
It was portended by The Old Ones a great and powerful demon dragon ate up and spit out The Great Orange Disk.
Someone at Fox News forced Shepard Smith to come into work & cover #SolarEclipse2017 Let’s just say he wasn’t thrilled. 😂😂😂 He gave zero F’s pic.twitter.com/GbXUgISA00
— Jessie 🇰🇪 (@JMKTV) August 21, 2017
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 21, 2017
I just got an e-mail from WHYY. They are going to show the uncouth one’s so-called speech then they will show the NOVA special on the eclipse. Can’t have everything.
WTF
🌚 🌞The left wants you to think #SolarEclipse2017 is racist. RT if you disagree! https://t.co/wd2Hq8m8ld
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 21, 2017
Wow. #March4Trump #LakeOswego pic.twitter.com/vPkehQk4X3
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) March 4, 2017
9% find holding white supremacist or neo-Nazi views acceptable, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds; 83% say unacceptable https://t.co/B3bISrDw7S pic.twitter.com/XTx2SvIfWp
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 21, 2017
Strictly Coincidence. Trump takes office, Sun and Moon conspire to throw shade across the whole country.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 21, 2017
UPDATED AGAIN: Why Gov @dougducey won’t attend President Donald Trump’s Phoenix rally https://t.co/qVxnaZqOBE via @azcentral
— YvonneWingettSanchez (@yvonnewingett) August 21, 2017
I think Ducey hopes for a Jan Brewer moment on the tarmac. He’s up for reelection in 2018.
9% find holding white supremacist or neo-Nazi views acceptable, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds; 83% say unacceptable https://t.co/B3bISrDw7S pic.twitter.com/XTx2SvIfWp
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 21, 2017
If this truly reflects the US population, that’s about 29 million people. https://t.co/usDIGteXjz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 21, 2017
“HE HAS A MODEL GIRLFRIEND, GUISE.” — vacuumslayer https://t.co/OviXPUTGHC
— superkarate🐒 (@LedZepBoxedSet) August 21, 2017
re: #258 Charles Johnson
[If this truly reflects the US population, that’s about 29 million people.]
That’s 29 million ‘splainins we gotta do.
re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg
God, Steve King is an asshole.
No, assholes are useful.
I’m going to take a nap, as the eclipse took a lot out of me. /s
I will upload my photos later, then send everyone in my E-mail stable here so they can see them (and maybe drum up some traffic for our esteemed host Mr. Johnson).
Waiting for that callback today from the Coen Bros. production company so I am not going anywhere today.
We got through the eclipse without sacrificing a single virgin here. .s
It was really cool to see the stars come out in the middle of the day.
re: #252 gocart mozart
Someone report Alex Jones to Twitter for his own safety. His dingbattery is dangerous, and he should not be allowed near a dangerous instrument like Twitter.
re: #258 Charles Johnson
9% find holding white supremacist or neo-Nazi views acceptable, new ABC News/WaPo poll finds; 83% say unacceptable
I think that if we compare that to most nations worldwide, we would rank about average or even better than average.
#JasonKessler the white #supremacist leader in #Charlottesville is a #Obama supporter and a occupy wall street protester? Did you get that?
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) August 15, 2017
This suggests the whole rally may have been staged to feed the mainstream media’s big lie that racism & fascism are on the right https://t.co/bVSFykd4zG
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 16, 2017
1. Thread about Ayoob Kara, Israel’s Minister of Communications. A Nazi-sympathizer.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
3. In fact Kara has a long history of friendship with the European neo-fascists and outright neo-Nazis.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
5. After the meeting Kara stated: “I am pleased to become a mediator between Russia’s NDA and similar national parties in Europe”
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
7. Heinz-Christian Strache after which the Austrian Jewish community complained about stabbing in the back, see https://t.co/yGjnHeRitP
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
9. And of course Kara couldn’t but visit the Belgian neofascists, the Vlaams Belang: https://t.co/o7RAs96GN6
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
11. minister, Netanyahu’s government has some explaining to do.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) August 21, 2017
take a little time out of your day to watch this 🐾 pic.twitter.com/ugIzrzqHTk
— c8ybug (@_CaitlynNicole_) August 21, 2017
Just stared at the eclipse. Doctors say I could have permanent eye damage. Why won’t the sun allow free speech. pic.twitter.com/3LvHeaD1wZ
— Dan (@Dan_Curtin) August 21, 2017
Russia names sanctioned diplomat Anatoly Antonov as new ambassador to the U.S. https://t.co/6uxNgehNXA pic.twitter.com/YEmaMIPKUF
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2017
A bunch of new people are at Wonkette for their first time, noting after seeing the photo of Donald Trump. They searched the following terms:
“fucking idiot” and “eclipse”
On the first page of a search engine there is an entry for Wonkette’s article on that photo.
I actually know exactly where that image was taken.
It’s the ‘Rangers in Action’ demonstration. Conducted normally at Victory Pond, Ft. Benning Ga.
I participated in dozens of the demos, conducting a ‘buddy’ rappel down the wall behind them.
Breitbart not supportive of Trump’s Afghanistan plan. https://t.co/VhOGngMcv3 pic.twitter.com/hLEkP74rzi
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 21, 2017
Don’t know if this has been posted here yet but Trump has nominated Sam Clovis as chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture.
The yam isn’t even pretending to be POTUS anymore. All government is for is to reward friends and allies, or punish enemies and opponents.
re: #273 Anymouse 🌹
Do you mean this?
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Don’t know if this was already posted. Keith covers the old/new excuses for a criminal POTUS.
re: #265 thecommodore
Chuck Woolery ✔ @chuckwoolery
#JasonKessler the white #supremacist leader in #Charlottesville is a #Obama supporter and a occupy wall street protester? Did you get that?
5:11 PM - Aug 15, 2017
The wingnutters were busy over the weekend. They obviously all got their one big Charlottesville talking point together. The Yankee liberals set the whole thing up to make Trump, wingnutters and the South look bad.
They were told: Don’t do the brown acid! It was high in strychnine. Chuck and Denish never recovered.
At least 99 bills to restrict access to registration and voting have been introduced in 31 states. https://t.co/zZPKJa041K pic.twitter.com/9KwJSfAAOF
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) August 21, 2017
IT’S ALMOST LIKE THERE’S A POWER GRAB GOING ON OR SOMETHING… https://t.co/M8vTblvoF9
— FILM/TRUMP CRIT HULK (@FilmCritHULK) August 21, 2017
A White House aide in the crowd below shouted “Don’t look!” right as @POTUS looked.
Our #SolarEclipse Edition: https://t.co/l0NO46gCGN pic.twitter.com/x0ToMxtXnU— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2017
re: #279 jaunte
At least 99 bills to restrict access to registration and voting have been introduced in 31 states
Especially the bills that remove voters from rolls for “non-participation” after making it increasingly harder to vote in the first place…a win-win situation for the GOP.
re: #280 Stanley Sea
What’s funny is that Melania looked up without her glasses too.
I guess they were confused because all they could see was one bright spot.
No POTUS trip yet to Afghanistan. No phone call to Ghani on decision. No strategy/process can make up for a disinterested President.
— Kelly Magsamen (@kellymagsamen) August 21, 2017
~5520 Minutes:
How long Trump has played Golf during his presidency
0 Minutes:
How long Trump has met with Commander US Forces-Afghanistan https://t.co/PrkyzXJPSx— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) August 21, 2017
From @CODMeteorology NEXLab’s experimental GOES-16 pg, full disk visible satellite loop of #eclipse2017 shadow moving across US. #ilwx #inwx pic.twitter.com/kBEbb1tZsn
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) August 21, 2017
re: #226 gocart mozart
Laughing because the statue head selected is from one of the ugliest, stupidest statues ever created. A true abomination (as is it’s subject matter).
Perfect for Jeff B. Sessions III.
re: #278 ObserverArt
The wingnutters were busy over the weekend. They obviously all got their one big Charlottesville talking point together. The Yankee liberals set the whole thing up to make Trump, wingnutters and the South look bad.
They were told: Don’t do the brown acid! It was high in strychnine. Chuck and Denish never recovered.
wait… and trump still bought right into it and said everything he said?
does that make him dumber than someone he conned into trump univ?
re: #274 FormerDirtDart
I’d like to hear Mike Allen describe in detail what “winning in Afghanistan” means.
re: #288 jaunte
I’d like to hear Mike Allen describe in detail what “winning in Afghanistan” means.
Just ask the Russians…or the British, for that matter.
re: #283 JordanRules
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Keep this in mind the next time some wingnut insists to you that Obama was responsible for the rise of ISIS because “he abandoned Iraq!!!”
re: #289 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just ask the Russians…or the British, for that matter.
THOSE ARE WUSSY COUNTRIES!!1! WE’RE AMERICA WE’RE #1!!!1!
re: #293 BeachDem
https://t.co/dVoM9aLh0b pic.twitter.com/oAXhDpOfpU
— Matt Davies (@MatttDavies) August 21, 2017
re: #245 gocart mozart
Imagine the Fox News freak out if President Obama had bankrupted the secret service due to golf outings.
“Police lives matter”, until it comes time to pay them for overtime they’ve earned.
I’ve give you a sneak peak at the next Secret Service briefing:
re: #294 jaunte
So is Mr. Trump going to be setting up that blind trust now?
The effects of eye damage, if there is any, usually show up a couple days after staring at the sun.
Even dogs or cattle aren’t stupid enough to do that.
Meanwhile, I was using eclipse glasses over my digital Polaroid so I wouldn’t damage either the camera’s light meter or my eyes.
Did someone tell Mr. Trump that Mr. Obama recommended eclipse glasses?
re: #294 jaunte
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And if you watch the longer clips of the scene, yam and melon walk over to where Ivanka and the other guys are, walk back, talk to each other and look up (with and without glasses) and neither one of them says a single word to Barron. Melania looks back once, as if trying to locate him, but doesn’t see him and goes right back to what she was doing.
re: #107 teleskiguy
“Check this out from visible imagery! LOVE this!”
I live in Macon, GA, which is also called Middle GA. Ms. Penelope Penny and I were outside when the skies turned a shade darker. I knew I wouldn’t be able to view the total eclipse from where I live, but seeing the skies suddenly become darker was awesome. Thanks for sharing the video clip. It shows exactly what I experienced.
re: #295 Timothy Watson
I would also find it hilarious if a “blue flu” made Trump have to cancel one of his golf trips.
re: #298 jaunte
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Hero President* Successfully Outsmarts Sun https://t.co/utrgmJCSey pic.twitter.com/K2pPYtEFmS
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 21, 2017
A wag at Wonkette on Mr. Trump staring (three times!) at the partial eclipse in Washington:
Let’s hope the COKE and NUKE buttons aren’t on the same panel.
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹
A wag at Wonkette on Mr. Trump staring (three times!) at the partial eclipse in Washington:
“I want to see the ladies.”
“No, Mr. President that says Live Nukes!”
re: #289 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just ask the Russians…or the British, for that matter.
Or Alexander the Great. Or the three or four empires that controlled the region for a couple of decades at a time. Hell, the Mongol Empire under the Khans couldn’t even hold it for more than 150 years.
re: #259 gocart mozart
“HE HAS A MODEL GIRLFRIEND, GUISE.
So: it’s Scott Adams: which of the variant definitions of “model girlfriend” do we think applies?
1. A girlfriend who works as a fashion model.
2. A girlfriend who is the ideal of a type.
3. A girlfriend made of plastic parts that he glued together and painted to look lifelike?
re: #305 Bubblehead II
Eclipse pics. Sorry it took so long. It was a rolling parking lot thru the Wood River Valley (Ketchum, Hailey, Sun Vally) with a top speed of about 15 MPH.
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Fantastic!!
Dream scenario: Bored president looks directly at eclipse, claims blindness, resigns.
BTW, we didn’t even look at the eclipse today. We drove out to the Bay of Fundy today, then took the scenic route to beautiful, historic Lunenburg for lunch and walking around. Great day, I’ll post pics as soon as I figure out which ones to post.
This vacation continues to be awesome.
that was admittedly about the coolest event I’ve ever experienced. when the amber tinge suddenly goes pure white as the sun pops right behind the moon, that’s magic!
re: #307 Stanley Sea
Fantastic!!
Wish I could have got more than the totality, but the filters I made up for the camera just didn’t cut the mustard and washed out the CCD when pointed at the sun. The Mate had better luck with the camera on her pad. When she gets a chance to download them I will post the best ones here.
re: #298 jaunte
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re: #309 steve_davis
I agree. I was watching the NASA live feeds. It was almost like being there.
re: #310 Bubblehead II
Wish I could have got more than the totality, but the filters I made up for the camera just didn’t cut the mustard and washed out the CCD when pointed at the sun. The Mate had better luck with the camera on her pad. When she gets a chance to download them I will post the best ones here.
I wish I had a better camera. I used to own a film Canon AE1 with the appropriate filters and such, but it is now at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea near Trieste, Italy. (Short story, dumb accident on my part.)
re: #311 dangerman
if you’re dumb enough to stare at the sun you’re too stupid to be president
As I noted above, cattle aren’t dumb enough to stare at the sun, and cattle are pretty stupid.
So if we’re weighing the intellect of a steer versus Mr. Trump… .
re: #314 Anymouse 🌹
As I noted above, cattle aren’t dumb enough to stare at the sun, and cattle are pretty stupid.
So if we’re weighing the intellect of a steer versus Mr. Trump… .
both entrepreneurs, ran thriving businesses, acted as spokes er people.
Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate
But its designation as a hate site hasn’t stopped tech companies — including PayPal, Amazon and Newsmax — from maintaining partnerships with Jihad Watch that help to sustain it financially. PayPal facilitates donations to the site. Newsmax — the online news network run by President Donald Trump’s close friend Chris Ruddy — pays Jihad Watch in return for users clicking on its headlines. Until recently, Amazon allowed Jihad Watch to participate in a program that promised a cut of any book sales that the site generated. All three companies have policies that say they don’t do business with hate groups.
Jihad Watch is one of many sites that monetize their extremist views through relationships with technology companies. ProPublica surveyed the most visited websites of groups designated as extremist by either the SPLC or the Anti-Defamation League. We found that more than half of them — 39 out of 69 — made money from ads, donations or other revenue streams facilitated by technology companies. At least 10 tech companies played a role directly or indirectly in supporting these sites.
Traditionally, tech companies have justified such relationships by contending that it’s not their role to censor the Internet or to discourage legitimate political expression. Also, their management wasn’t necessarily aware that they were doing business with hate sites because tech services tend to be automated and based on algorithms tied to demographics.
“wow that moon looks really black”
“yes sir”
“but it can’t…y’know…”
“no it can’t vote”
“Ok, just checking” pic.twitter.com/UW98f5yXDX— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) August 21, 2017
re: #316 dangerman
both entrepreneurs, ran thriving businesses, acted as spokes er people.
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Two Columbus Ohio area companies. Borden Inc, Elsie is now long gone. Big at one time then got killed in the 90s. Elmer’s Glue started from Borden Inc. and is headquartered in Westerville a northern suburb/city with a big plant in West Jefferson, just west of Columbus.
One of the reasons that Columbus had the nickname “cowtown” for so long a time. Also Cowlumbus. Not so farm-like anymore, but still surrounded by farms. A few miles out of the city.
The Coen Bros. production company just called me. I was not selected (sad face).
We then spoke for several minutes about the eclipse, because the casting director was interested in what we had here (she watched it on NASA TV as she was in a 70% totality area).
Here are 7 practical ways that you can educate other white people if you can’t attend marches or punch nazis: https://t.co/Ci4o4HOL77
— Wear Your Voice Mag (@WearYourVoice) August 21, 2017
re: #319 ObserverArt
Two Columbus Ohio area companies. Borden Inc, Elsie is now long gone. Big at one time then got killed in the 90s. Elmer’s Glue started from Borden Inc. and is headquartered in Westerville a northern suburb/city with a big plant in West Jefferson, just west of Columbus.
One of the reasons that Columbus had the nickname “cowtown” for so long a time. Also Cowlumbus. Not so farm-like anymore, but still surrounded by farms. A few miles out of the city.
Interesting. At least the name lives on in Puerto Rico. I wouldn’t have guessed that the original company disappeared.
re: #318 gocart mozart
“Is that God? No? Good. It looks black. Thank God..”
re: #322 Le Coquí Résistance
Interesting. At least the name lives on in Puerto Rico. I wouldn’t have guessed that the original company disappeared.
They probably sold marketing rights for the name. It was a strong entity so I can see someone buying the brand. I’ll have to look into that.
My best shot from western Kentucky during totality.
To say it was awe-inspiring doesn’t do it justice. It went from 90 degree hot sunshine to NIGHT so quickly, and then it was over so quickly.
I screamed, I cried, I tried to soak it all in as best I could.
If you can get in the path of totality in 2024, DO IT. You will remember it forever.
re: #324 ObserverArt
They probably sold marketing rights for the name. It was a strong entity so I can see someone buying the brand. I’ll have to look into that.
Similar to Hostess, when they folded up shop over a strike. Someone bought the rights to the products and symbols and restarted the company. Hence, Twinkies still live.
I sacrificed the Blessed Chicken upon the Holy Grill of Atonement. I begged our Moon God to spare us from the darkness. You’re welcome.
— Cliff Lindsay (@Cliff4Lindsay) August 21, 2017
re: #326 Anymouse 🌹
Hence, Twinkies still live.
A Twinkie will never die no matter how long on the shelf.
re: #325 ipsos
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My best shot from western Kentucky during totality.
To say it was awe-inspiring doesn’t do it justice. It went from 90 degree hot sunshine to NIGHT so quickly, and then it was over so quickly.
I screamed, I cried, I tried to soak it all in as best I could.
If you can get in the path of totality in 2024, DO IT. You will remember it forever.
so jealous!
re: #330 Colère Tueur de Lapin
A Twinkie will never die no matter how long on the shelf.
My son’s friend did the test. 7? years on …
I marvel at the sheer power of Ivanka’s influence pic.twitter.com/aet7lnDjVB
— Molly (@isteintraum) August 21, 2017
I mean seriously, ALL he had to do was not do something stupid while bein’ photographed looking at the damn eclipse and whatnot. pic.twitter.com/Ty9c3dSHnc
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) August 21, 2017
Down here… very little to notice about the Moon God getting angry.
Anyway, tomorrow ought to be quite the day. Hang on.
re: #337 freetoken
Down here… very little to notice about the Moon God getting angry.
Anyway, tomorrow ought to be quite the day. Hang on.
I let out at the community centre at the after party that my mother called and asked us if we would be sacrificing any virgins. One of the elderly women sitting with several others said “there ain’t no virgins around here” and the whole place burst out laughing.
It’s High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He’s In the White House https://t.co/N7RHVcD8oW pic.twitter.com/RSKVKVkba3
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 21, 2017
as always, @dailycaller is classless https://t.co/Rh9UrG7gvq
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 21, 2017
Trump speaks tonight. It’ll be off a teleprompter and his handlers will be hoping he stays on script, because the moment he stops reading from it, it’ll be the usual shitshow of epic proportions.
Some pundits are already predicting a “good night” for Trump. “This will help him.” “Positive message.” They’re talking about a costly war…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 21, 2017
Speaking off a teleprompter doesn’t make you presidential. Nothing can make @realDonaldTrump presidential. We’ve seen the proof. https://t.co/NH6i7XBmTV
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 21, 2017
Media morons will claim he’s sounding presidential all while sending troops to Afghanistan without having first spoken to the US commander in Afghanistan, let alone Afghan leaders. Media morons will ignore that Trump is being graded on such a curve that the ability to read from a predetermined speech is presidential, and that if he doesn’t go off message is suddenly the pivot that the media has been saying was going to happen.
Reality is a harsh mistress. Trump will never pivot. He will never ever be presidential. He’s a reactionary know nothing bigot; his advisers are just as ignorant and wont tell him harsh truths because Trump reacts poorly to anything that challenges his worldview.
Trump shouldn’t get any points for reading from a script. He shouldn’t get points for following the script.
That’s the goddamned minimum we expect from any elected official in that kind of position. That we’re watching the media morons treating him like a terrible twos toddler who can’t be trusted to do anything by himself is a harsh condemnation of not only Trump, but his admin, the GOP that elected him and continue to enable him, and the media that decided that his failings and failures were nothing as compared to Hillary’s emails (a completely overblown issue).
For in the retrospective, it turns out that the only one who wasn’t under investigation was Hillary - Bernie’s wife is caught up in Vermont shenanigans, and seemingly every last mofo in Trump’s inner circle is compromised by Russia.
Trump looks at the sun during full solar eclipse despite shouted warning https://t.co/fEuxVMHzYf pic.twitter.com/5RJx12vdOJ
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 21, 2017
Every single thing @realDonaldTrump does can follow this format:
“Trump ______ despite shouted warning.” https://t.co/HotI3hkL0N— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 21, 2017
Rauner ousts the moderates. Fires dozens, replacing them with conservative hard-liners. https://t.co/7ayGFrWeRg pic.twitter.com/ZMnfTsDkQC
— Illinois Chronicle (@theILchronicle) July 28, 2017
re: #339 FormerDirtDart
Tucker should donate some of his bow ties to him.
Some pics from today. This is from a fishing village called Harbourville:
A couple of local dogs - Rosie (l) and Finnegan (r). Let us pet them because we miss our pup. 13/10, would drive 120Km to pet again.
We left the pups and drove up on the cliff. Scenery, awesome.
I turned around to get back in the car and saw this on the telephone pole:
On to Lunensburg, a nice little town with a ton of historic buildings.
An inn, which I assume is run by American expats (note the flag).
Tomorrow I get to go look at used guitars to see if there’s anything I want to take back home.
re: #339 FormerDirtDart
Impressive reply:like ratio. What you said was VERY stupid.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 22, 2017
re: #339 FormerDirtDart
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Really, he’s a kid. It’s his shitstain father that needs help dressing himself.
We should leave Afghanistan immediately. No more wasted lives. If we have to go back in, we go in hard & quick. Rebuild the US first.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2013
Every single Trump action has a corresponding tweet from the past. He never listens to himself; he’s always a reactionary know-nothing https://t.co/msEGiWW49C
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 22, 2017
It’s High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He’s In the White House https://t.co/N7RHVcD8oW pic.twitter.com/RSKVKVkba3
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 21, 2017
It’s high time we had a President who acted like he belonged in the WH and not as a midway point between golf rounds. Leave Barron out of it https://t.co/x1kqIqXuJ7
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 21, 2017
re: #346 Eventual Carrion
Really, he’s a kid. It’s his shitstain father that needs help dressing himself.
Exactly. And it’s the middle of the summer too.
Say what you will about Maggie (and I do), she is all up in palace intrigue, so I suggest we all skip the yam’s evening rant:
If people don’t tune in/the ratings are not strong for his first prime time address, it will compound a sense of frustration he already has
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 21, 2017
Thanks to everyone who shared their eclipse pictures that they took today. My own photo contribution was crummy due to circumstance and location - clouds and being far outside the path of totality. At least I was able to vicariously view the eclipse from everyone else here.
Next one in 2024 is one I’ll be planning for - I think heading South to Hot Springs AR is a plan. While Buffalo is a whole lot closer and on the path, the odds are we’ll see a blizzard there, not a total eclipse.
Per sources: Ivanka/Jared among those pushing Trump to keep protective glasses on during eclipse Monday, “disappointed” that he did not…
— Benjamin Landy (@Ben_Landy) August 21, 2017
Not true, but funny! https://t.co/xdgfYSNZRL
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 22, 2017
re: #351 lawhawk
Thanks to everyone who shared their eclipse pictures that they took today. My own photo contribution was crummy due to circumstance and location - clouds and being far outside the path of totality. At least I was able to vicariously view the eclipse from everyone else here.
Next one in 2024 is one I’ll be planning for - I think heading South to Hot Springs AR is a plan. While Buffalo is a whole lot closer and on the path, the odds are we’ll see a blizzard there, not a total eclipse.
I took a total of twelve pictures. The four I posted were the best of those.
I’m glad I was able to contribute in a small way to your vicarious pleasure.
A good chunk of the thousand or so tourists in the village have already left. Verbal reports from over in the county seat indicate that US-385 between Alliance and Bridgeport is a massive fifty-mile long parking lot.
When you travel to the next eclipse, plan to stay for a couple days after, so you don’t have to deal with disastrous traffic.
re: #353 Anymouse 🌹
Thanks. I’ve got a few years to figure out the plan, but I’d probably stay in Hot Springs to see the national park, head over to Hope to see the Clinton presidential sites, and probably head over to Little Rock and Memphis as well. Figure be in the area for a week or so.
re: #280 Stanley Sea
Which is why Trump looked. Amongst his other mental debilities he also suffers from Oppositional Personality Disorder.
“Sir? That’s not a good idea.”
“OH YEAH? JUST WATCH ME! YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO STOP ME!”
re: #356 Romantic Heretic
Which is why Trump looked. Amongst his other mental debilities he also suffers from Oppositional Personality Disorder.
“Sir? That’s not a good idea.”
“OH YEAH? JUST WATCH ME! YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO STOP ME!”
He was soooo uncomfortable out there. It was comical how he folded his paper sunglasses.
re: #355 lawhawk
Thanks. I’ve got a few years to figure out the plan, but I’d probably stay in Hot Springs to see the national park, head over to Hope to see the Clinton presidential sites, and probably head over to Little Rock and Memphis as well. Figure be in the area for a week or so.
I went to the Clinton Presidential Library a couple years ago. It is fascinating.
My wife suggests reusing the vegetable steamer to make broccoli tonight.
That had me thinking perhaps I can edit in a broccoli florette on my total eclipse picture.
Guys are supposed to take a bullet for you and you treat them like shit?
“Whoops, got by me. My bad.” pic.twitter.com/8FPB4UchLc— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 22, 2017
re: #359 Kragar
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Bet we’ll get nothing but crickets from the people who pushed the bs about Clinton being awful to the SS.
re: #361 HappyWarrior
Secret Service is out of money to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel and large family https://t.co/ioA4XmmR6Q via @USATODAY
— John Kelly (@jkelly3rd) August 21, 2017
I also hear from multiple sources that Secret Service agents are at the end of their rope, sick of being treated like servants by Trump. https://t.co/EavXQb48qI
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 21, 2017
Source: “Clinton treated USSS agents like friends. Bush treated them w great respect. Obama, like family. Trump treats them like servants.” https://t.co/9QeQZ1QrdB
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 21, 2017
Like freetoken said, regardless of tonight, let’s see how his freak flag flies in AZ tomorrow.
Some pundits are already predicting a “good night” for Trump. “This will help him.” “Positive message.” They’re talking about a costly war…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 21, 2017
Save the analysis for Wednesday- day after the evening rally in Phoenix => https://t.co/sr9VTZYjpS
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) August 21, 2017
re: #364 Stanley Sea
Like freetoken said, regardless of tonight, let’s see how his freak flag flies in AZ tomorrow.
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So sick of the pundits giving cover for him. We’ve been in Afghanistan over half my life.
Feeling safe
Sources close to Trump don’t want to leak his new Afghanistan plan for fear he’ll feel upstaged and change it. https://t.co/YL0l5fOCCp
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 22, 2017
re: #151 Belafon
This the the only thing that would actually make me believe in a god: a moon, created from a collision with proto-earth, is large enough, and at the correct distance, to block out the rightaount of sun so that you can see something you would not otherwise be able to see, the corona.
That hasn’t always been the case & will change in the future. The distance the moon is from the Earth changes.
re: #362 Kragar
Thinking of the Tom Clancy book Executive Orders. the one where Jack Ryan is President.
One of his Secret Service agents tells him, “We like you, sir. We don’t like all our principals.”
They’ll be telling the opposite to the yam, if he ever asks, which he won’t.
re: #342 Birth Control Works
I keep our local NPR station on, so am well up on Rauner’s shenanigans. At least we have a chance to get rid of the #$%^&*( next year.
Images from the area viewing the total eclipse from Carhenge to Chimney Rock. One of the people here: Bill Nye.
omaha.com (Omaha World-Herald, seventy-nine photos)
re: #167 Charles Johnson
By the way, there’s also nothing especially dangerous about looking directly at an eclipse, because it’s ALWAYS a bad idea to look directly at the sun, and that’s no different during an eclipse.
I was at a clients place during the eclipse today & one of the people there said the energy increase from the eclipse can kill people.
People believe all sorts of complete nonsense.
“There was obstruction of the sun on both sides. On both sides.”
— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) August 21, 2017
re: #185 Kragar
I do like how the entire team consistently rips on the Insufferable Iron Fist.
I agree.
re: #356 Romantic Heretic
Which is why Trump looked. Amongst his other mental debilities he also suffers from Oppositional Personality Disorder.
“Sir? That’s not a good idea.”
“Oppositional personality disorder” aka “oppositional defiant disorder” is just a fancy pants word for “being a fucking asshole”
re: #355 lawhawk
Thanks. I’ve got a few years to figure out the plan, but I’d probably stay in Hot Springs to see the national park, head over to Hope to see the Clinton presidential sites, and probably head over to Little Rock and Memphis as well. Figure be in the area for a week or so.
From the look of the map for path in 2024 I would be able to sit on my back deck and watch it. Looks like I would be right on the south line of total.
I’m going to watch this address, dog help me. Wish I had some bud.
Everything Trump touches turns to a mess.
Now he is touching Afghanistan.
re: #380 William Lewis
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Probably a good time for me to go to the grocery store.
Sources close to Trump don’t want to leak his new Afghanistan plan for fear he’ll feel upstaged and change it. https://t.co/YL0l5fOCCp
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 22, 2017
Trump needs to be that closely managed by his cabal of cronies he can’t be trusted that he wont go off script minutes after deciding on one https://t.co/9jkuBvUVFh
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 22, 2017
Look at them yuck it up as they plan to send troops to die. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/1wsuO11CwY
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 22, 2017
The Reality Show Pimp is using our troops as expensive props. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/HTOjZyGhSO
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 22, 2017
Not going to watch. I have lint in my belly button. Priorities.
re: #386 GlutenFreeJesus
I just got my hot glue gun. Maybe I should try it out.
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Love it or List it is on - one I haven’t seen!
Left Teleprompter – right Teleprompter – left Teleprompter – right Teleprompter pic.twitter.com/HR29kKiZw4
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 22, 2017
re: #384 Dr. Matt
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I’m not really going to go after them for this. It’s human nature to make jokes even in stressful times. One of them could have said “We’re actually going to see Trump be presidential.”
When we buried my holier-than-thou grandmother who had a child out of wedlock at 17, we made jokes at the cemetery that would have doomed us all (it was just my dad, mom, wife, sister, and kids burying her ashes)
re: #378 makeitstop
I’m going to watch this address, dog help me. Wish I had some bud.
Unfucking real. He is using the military as a shield to hide his own fucking bigotry.
re: #381 Stanley Sea
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“I’m sending people to die so everyone get along”
If you say “tonight Trump became President” …
… please quit.— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) August 22, 2017
X 1,000,000 https://t.co/rdg6XRNRYX
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) August 22, 2017
All our military are bonded by love, except the trannies.
His math sucks.
it’s not even 16 years yet
re: #391 Birth Control Works
They’re all named Apep.
re: #396 Belafon
Yeah it’s really stressful supporting a racist Nazi misogynistic pimp who wants to send more troops to die. Poor babies, I hope they’re laughing their fucking asses off to deal with their poor little stress. *insert pity emoji*
“Let’s keep the attention on foreign terrorists”
There, you can now proceed with your evening. I’ve summed the GRIFTUS Speech.
re: #404 petesh
All our military are bonded by love, except the trannies.
sexual assault in the military is all one needs to remember
re: #387 PhillyPretzel
I just got my hot glue gun. Maybe I should try it out.
Standard issue or a fancy one?
My takeaway from the fuckin’ Fuckface Von Clownstick speech.
OUR TROOPS ARE THE BESTEST EVAH! WE’RE GOING TO WAR! BUT I’M NOT TELLING YOU HOW, WHY OR WHEN, TROOPS BE ON CALL, WE’RE GONNA KICK SOME TERRIST ASS AND PAKISTAN AND INDIA WILL HELP. OH, AND OBAMA PULLED TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AND THAT MAKES OBAMA A TERRIST SYMPATHIZER. RAH RAH RAH GOD BLESS AMERICA.