We haven’t had one of these live press briefings in front of the cameras for a while, so let’s see if Sarah Huckabee Sanders has seen the error of her ways and is now committed to telling the truth on every issue.
Just kidding.
So a tropical storm that is becoming a massive Hurricane is about to hit Texas compare and contrast:
Obama:
1 - Would have already been briefed and held a mini press conference
2 - Daily Briefing would be focused on it
3 - FEMA would be mobilized and on standby
4 - Would have already talked to the governor (even if he is a piece of shit)
Trump:
1) Rage tweeting about the media
2) Rage tweeting about Senate and House Republicans
3) FEMA has no director.
4) PDB will have to address his lies with more lies
Sanders says Trump’s relationships with Congressional Republicans are “fine” https://t.co/9BodkChHIg pic.twitter.com/ba8Oiq04hh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
Does Trump have in properties in the path of Harvey? That might change the calculus.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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Sanders says Trump’s relationships with Congressional Republicans are “fine” https://t.co/9BodkChHIg pic.twitter.com/ba8Oiq04hh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
Fucked-Up
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional https://t.co/bfsqeqHZK1— &ewas. (@mpersandy) August 24, 2017
Sanders responds to a question about Mexico paying for the wall with “We’re gonna push forward.” https://t.co/9BodkChHIg
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
I hope Texas is prepared for the 2 disasters about to hit it. Hurricane Harvey and Trump’s bungled and inept response to it.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Insert dog in burning building carton here
re: #7 Kragar
Three if you count his challenging the governor of Texas to a fight over the response (without realizing the governor is disabled)
re: #7 Kragar
I hope Texas is prepared for the 2 disasters about to hit it. Hurricane Harvey and Trump’s bungled and inept response to it.
If you get to choose first, I suggest the hurricane.
Sanders says she hasn’t talked to Trump about his deranged Pershing “pig’s blood” fake story. Appears uninterested. https://t.co/9BodkChHIg pic.twitter.com/ypGsEbfF3w
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #12 Charles Johnson
She apparently doesn’t talk to Trump about much of anything.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
You know how it is when your grandfather sends you an email forward with urban legends like that… you just kind of roll your eyes and go on with your day
He’s the president!
Next question
re: #13 Sir John Barron
She apparently doesn’t talk to Trump about much of anything.
Would you if you could avoid it?
Sarah Sanders responds to Sen. Corker: “I think that’s a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn’t dignify a response from this podium.”
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 24, 2017
I don’t think that’s how you say it, Sarah.
re: #13 Sir John Barron
She apparently doesn’t talk to Trump about much of anything.
“In fact, I’ve never actually met President Trump face-to-face.”
.@RealSheriffJoe: “If they can go after me, they can go after anyone in this country.” #Hannity https://t.co/cIFDqXeKBh pic.twitter.com/POGavxfMRA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 24, 2017
You mean laws apply to everyone?
WHO KNEW? https://t.co/smigNY8OqZ— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
I can’t think of much that would “dignify a response” from that podium lately.
Kudos to @MatthewNussbaum for asking Sarah Sanders why Trump spreads Gen. Pershing/pig’s blood myth. She showed zero concern over falsehood.
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) August 24, 2017
Should be easy. Trump repeats a known falsehood. The WH press secretary doesn’t seem to care. Said she’d never asked him about it, next ?. https://t.co/QIjgbM8Ihc
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) August 24, 2017
The job of Trump’s press secretary is to never talk to Trump. https://t.co/IbtQRQrzQG
— Kombiz Lavasany (@kombiz) August 24, 2017
once again no one tells me im down there talking to myself….
re: #16 jaunte
Sarah Sanders responds to Sen. Corker: “I think that’s a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn’t dignify a response from this podium.”
— Philip Rucker
Because, above anything else, the Trump WH is about “dignity”.
/
Handy animation:
For anyone confused about Hurricane categories … #Harvey currently Cat 1 (74-95 mph) but expected to make landfall at Cat 3 (111-129 mph). pic.twitter.com/AR2Zmq2G4F
— Jeff Nowak (@Jeff_Nowak) August 24, 2017
— Jerry Travone 🎦 (@JerryTravone) August 24, 2017
So you’re saying Obama was a star, and Trump is a lifeless ball of rock casting a shadow across the country for a short time? https://t.co/VETwllaacZ
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
“FOX LIES” man says Fox has “brainwashed” his friends: “It’s just sad to see my friends just turned into idiots” https://t.co/wVOypIRt3i pic.twitter.com/SqaxAtULW7
— Leanne Naramore (@LeanneNaramore) August 24, 2017
Whoever made this, you’re killing me. pic.twitter.com/ytnF2yeQ2V
— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) August 24, 2017
re: #23 jaunte
Handy animation:
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and that animation is just wind
if i remember, hurricane georges 1998 was a “weak” cat 2 windwise, when it hit palm beach county. then it dumped a ton of water. just massive flooding
there was a three foot deep lake in the road in front of my door for a week
@Reflog_18’s latest (and rather effortless) trolling on gullible RWNJs is the gift that keeps on giving.
LOOOOL @IngrahamAngle has the photo of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA championship parade on her homepage as “Trump supporters.” pic.twitter.com/Etoij4krlX
— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 24, 2017
And yes, Ingraham runs the Fake News Lifezette, which SHS and Spicer recognized as an outlet deserving of press credentials.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Russia of seeking to “redraw international borders by force” and said that Washington is “actively reviewing” supplying Ukraine with new defensive weaponry.
Mattis, the first U.S. defense chief to visit Ukraine in a decade, also reiterated that the United States “won’t accept” Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.
Mattis made the comments in Kyiv on August 24, the 26th anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
“Have no doubt,” he said at a joint news conference with President Petro Poroshenko. “The United States stands with Ukraine.”
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, Russia’s state media says the annexation of #Crimea was only “the first step in the reunification of all Rus” pic.twitter.com/R2w59n4UEF
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 24, 2017
h/t Balloon Juice
re: #13 Sir John Barron
Nobody talks to Trump. Trump talks at them.
Then they leave His August Presence and hope they can figure out what he said and what he wants.
BTW, I just tuned into The Weather Channel to get an update on Harvey, and I guess Mayor Joe McComb of Corpus Christi has changed his mind about what “government” needs to do re evacuations, because he was up there outlining plans (and - Mayor Joe”s advice or not, a lot of pix of folks leaving: huge lines of traffic heading away from the coast already).
re: #2 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
So a tropical storm that is becoming a massive Hurricane is about to hit Texas compare and contrast:
Obama:
1 - Would have already been briefed and held a mini press conference
2 - Daily Briefing would be focused on it
3 - FEMA would be mobilized and on standby
4 - Would have already talked to the governor (even if he is a piece of shit)Trump:
1) Rage tweeting about the media
2) Rage tweeting about Senate and House Republicans
3)FEMA has no director.
4) PDB will have to address his lies with more lies
Fema has a Director. Only question is, Will tRump let him do his job or hamstring him?
Humans are so screwed.
BBC News - Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining https://t.co/FFmyUpbIyp
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 24, 2017
re: #30 Belafon
“Have no doubt,” he said at a joint news conference with President Petro Poroshenko. “The United States stands with Ukraine.”
Well, I have doubts.
Here’s more proof that the greatest minds think alike. pic.twitter.com/BaWgVAT83N
— The President Show (@PresidentShow) August 24, 2017
The 100 greatest comedies of all time https://t.co/CXmxr9jzc3 via @BBC_Culture
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 24, 2017
re: #36 bratwurst
Nah, nothing compares to the worthy Alec Baldwin.
Been watching White House press conferences for a lot of years, and Trump’s are the most evasive, unresponsive & dishonest I’ve ever seen.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #25 Kragar
Hmm. Not too bright are they?
.@JerryTravone @realDonaldTrump You guys realize how much we are celebrating the return phase right? Can’t wait for the suns return…
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 24, 2017
WTF its my birthday, why not? pic.twitter.com/mOoSAZD5sT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
re: #30 Belafon
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Russia of seeking to “redraw international borders by force” and said that Washington is “actively reviewing” supplying Ukraine with new defensive weaponry.
Mattis, the first U.S. defense chief to visit Ukraine in a decade, also reiterated that the United States “won’t accept” Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.
Mattis made the comments in Kyiv on August 24, the 26th anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
“Have no doubt,” he said at a joint news conference with President Petro Poroshenko. “The United States stands with Ukraine.”
h/t Balloon Juice
It will be interesting to see how this goes over with Trump.
I’m thinking he will do something to downplay this.
Like maybe fire Mattis.
I also sort of wonder if Mattis may be doing this to see Trump’s reaction.
re: #28 dangerman
and that animation is just wind
if i remember, hurricane georges 1998 was a “weak” cat 2 windwise, when it hit palm beach county. then it dumped a ton of water. just massive flooding
Exactly. With hurricanes it’s like Kipling’s “Gunga Din”: “When it comes to slaughter you will do your work on water.”
But wind can get you too in a fluke. Can’t remember if it was Rita or Gustav, probably Gustav. A couple of New Orleanians, remembering Katrina, evacuated to Baton Rouge to refugee in the house of friends. A large tree blew down and crashed into the house, killing the NOLAns. It was big in the BR news because they were the only fatalities of the storm and, I guess, because the story had an appointment-in-Samarra quality.
Anti-vaccination beliefs don’t follow the usual political polarization https://t.co/4tUs2sUvd5 via @ConversationUS
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 24, 2017
re: #31 Romantic Heretic
Nobody talks to Trump. Trump talks at them.
Then they leave His August Presence and hope they can figure out what he said and what he wants.
And then it all goes to shit because Trump does something else anyway.
Is it really any wonder why his press people do not actually talk to him? He hangs ‘em out to dry anyway, so just wing-it for the wingnuts.
re: #34 Birth Control Works
Humans are so screwed.
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Man with one remaining lung finds gold in it.
For many in Puerto Rico, ‘energy dominance’ is just a new name for US colonialism https://t.co/rM33ENJdOI via @ConversationUS
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 24, 2017
re: #46 jaunte
Man with one remaining lung finds gold in it.
You all know, I LOVE GOLD.
I worship trees.
re: #43 whitebeach
Exactly. With hurricanes it’s like Kipling’s “Gunga Din”: “When it comes to slaughter you will do your work on water.”
But wind can get you too in a fluke. Can’t remember if it was Rita or Gustav, probably Gustav. A couple of New Orleanians, remembering Katrina, evacuated to Baton Rouge to refugee in the house of friends. A large tree blew down and crashed into the house, killing the NOLAns. It was big in the BR news because they were the only fatalities of the storm and, I guess, because the story had an appointment-in-Samarra quality.
That’s what happens when you try to cheat death.
re: #33 Bubblehead II
Fema has a Director. Only question is, Will tRump let him do his job or hamstring him?
Just saw an short interview w/ Brock Long, new (since June) FEMA Director: he seems an extraordinarily uninspiring sort, but at least he has a reasonable background in emergency management (see this article) - and FEMA (thankfully) is said to have left in very good shape by Obama’s former director.
My guess/hope is that they are going to to as good a job as possible, given the circumstances: after Katrina, and the bungled response to it, no Administration (even an incompetent and dysfunctional one like Trump’s) is going to want to have a repeat of that fiasco on their record. Unfortunately, what I CAN foresee is another Bush-style helicopter tour/photo-op/preening session by The Yam. Maybe he’ll hand out some more Play-Doh?
Not all heroes wear capes.
Florida woman explains why she beat the crap out of racist white woman in viral video https://t.co/qJB2mCYwKG pic.twitter.com/S7nk5daNC7— The Root (@TheRoot) August 24, 2017
re: #51 Jay C
Just saw an short interview w/ Brock Long, new (since June) FEMA Director: he seems an extraordinarily uninspiring sort
Sort of a Trump specialty it seems.
Reporting time.
Kurdish men accused of sexually exploiting young white girls in Newcastle https://t.co/K8JyFOPH9p
— Bob M 🇬🇧 (@bobmca1) August 24, 2017
When will people learn?
Keep your children away from the lower races. https://t.co/uq31tcWUV7— 🔥Nonjob🔥 (@Nonjob42) August 24, 2017
re: #56 Nyet
Pulling all these triggers 🔫
My fingers hurt
Hanging all these n*****s ☻
My fingers hurt
That.40 jerk
u better duck cause these shells hurt— Moonman (@Crescent_racist) August 24, 2017
What we need is n***** control.
— Dindu (@128Dindu) August 24, 2017
re: #51 Jay C
Fingers crossed.
The Euro model is currently showing Harvey (or his remnants) hanging out near Houston through Tuesday.
Let’s hope the Euro model isn’t the correct one this time.
re: #50 Birth Control Works
The Energy Department report concedes that the nation’s electricity system remains reliable today, even with a sharp rise in intermittent wind and solar power, in part because natural gas generators and existing hydropower can easily fill any gaps in renewable generation.
Lot’s of people are smart enough to have figured this out before they hooked things up.
Also:
The report comes a week after Neil Chatterjee, who was named by Mr. Trump to head the commission, said coal plants should be “properly compensated to recognize the value they provide.”
Isn’t that called the free market?
re: #2 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
So a tropical storm that is becoming a massive Hurricane is about to hit Texas compare and contrast:
Obama:
1 - Would have already been briefed and held a mini press conference
2 - Daily Briefing would be focused on it
3 - FEMA would be mobilized and on standby
4 - Would have already talked to the governor (even if he is a piece of shit)Trump:
1) Rage tweeting about the media
2) Rage tweeting about Senate and House Republicans
3) FEMA has no director.
4) PDB will have to address his lies with more lies
I thought the new FEMA director was recently confirmed.
Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this.pic.twitter.com/CFXmsBAQMW
— Eric Weiskott (@ericweiskott) August 24, 2017
re: #52 electrotek
I’ve watched this video probably half a dozen times over the last 2 days. I can’t get enough of it! How all racist pieces of shit should be dealt with. And, yes, she is clearly wife material. She can handle her shit.
re: #62 rhuarc
I’ve watched this video probably half a dozen times over the last 2 days. I can’t get enough of it! How all racist pieces of shit should be dealt with. And, yes, she is clearly wife material. She can handle her shit.
In the end, it’s going to take white people calling out other white people on this shit.
re: #51 Jay C
Just saw an short interview w/ Brock Long, new (since June) FEMA Director: he seems an extraordinarily uninspiring sort, but at least he has a reasonable background in emergency management (see this article) - and FEMA (thankfully) is said to have left in very good shape by Obama’s former director.
My guess/hope is that they are going to to as good a job as possible, given the circumstances: after Katrina, and the bungled response to it, no Administration (even an incompetent and dysfunctional one like Trump’s) is going to want to have a repeat of that fiasco on their record. Unfortunately, what I CAN foresee is another Bush-style helicopter tour/photo-op/preening session by The Yam. Maybe he’ll hand out some more Play-Doh?
On one hand I am hoping you are right. If tRump stays out of their way, they should be able to do their job. On the other, I get the sinking feeling the yam IS going to interfere way beyond a preening session and manage to fuck things up. Hopefully Kelly can keep him contained.
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Fingers crossed.
The Euro model is currently showing Harvey (or his remnants) hanging out near Houston through Tuesday.
Let’s hope the Euro model isn’t the correct one this time.
Link? The landfall projections I’ve seen so far put the “bullseye” down near Corpus Christi; though as Harvey seems to be both wide, and slow-moving, it’s not hard to imagine persistent/lingering storm activity that far north: unfortunately, where large numbers of people live.
Hurricane is good luck for Obama again- he will buy the election by handing out billions of dollars.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
re: #64 Bubblehead II
Hopefully Kelly can keep him contained.
Trump ought to be easily discouraged from wanting to go down and poke around in the wake of the hurricane: just tell him that all the golf courses have been washed out.
Huckabooboo: “there’s a reason that over 1 million jobs have been created since (Trump) took office.”
Its called 8 years of Obama— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
re: #65 Jay C
Link? The landfall projections I’ve seen so far put the “bullseye” down near Corpus Christi; though as Harvey seems to be both wide, and slow-moving, it’s not hard to imagine persistent/lingering storm activity that far north: unfortunately, where large numbers of people live.
Graphic is here. I’m trolling the wunderground blog comments since there seems to be a decent community of weather watchers there.
Landfall isn’t really the part that matters so much. It’s the slow moving bit that’s going to suck hard.
re: #70 Kragar
Last year Trump said all the Obama job numbers were fake.
re: #71 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Graphic is here. I’m trolling the wunderground blog comments since there seems to be a decent community of weather watchers there.
Landfall isn’t really the part that matters so much. It’s the slow moving bit that’s going to suck hard.
Jezus! Unless I’m misreading that graphic, it looks like Harvey is forecast to come ashore, then move (slowly) north, hugging the coast, right over Houston, and finally dissipating along the Lower Mississippi - raining horrifically all the while?
Hope we’re ALL wrong……
Why Joe Arpaio was found guilty https://t.co/xmlRto9M1n pic.twitter.com/buax1ldQer
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 24, 2017
Spoiler: because he was guilty. https://t.co/ZOlZitKj4l
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #74 Jay C
Jezus! Unless I’m misreading that graphic, it looks like Harvey is forecast to come ashore, then move (slowly) north, hugging the coast, right over Houston, and finally dissipating along the Lower Mississippi - raining horrifically all the while?
Hope we’re ALL wrong……
Pretty much.
The Euro is …not currently forecasting good things. Which is scary because the Euro has been the more reliable model over the past few years.
Eye feature is starting to emerge.
Started watching “The Black Door” on Netflix last night, had to turn it off because it was ridiculously bad. But what really pissed me off was the theme music — a sampled orchestra ripoff of Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Tarkus, credited to somebody else. I can’t believe they got away with this blatant theft.
re: #59 Belafon
Isn’t that called the free market?
The free market works only if a profit can be made, so pumping money into a company so it can make a profit enables the free market to work.
Not enough /
re: #76 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Pretty much.
The Euro is …not currently forecasting good things. Which is scary because the Euro has been the more reliable model over the past few years.
Eye feature is starting to emerge.
And by this I mean visible, because it’s been existing on radar for a while. But a visible eye …well, that’s not a good sign from an intensification viewpoint.
Hurricane #Harvey radar loop from @NOAA_HurrHunter. 9:57am CDT through 2:58pm CDT. 10am CDT NHC track. (Credit: NOAA-AOC) pic.twitter.com/9KJgPkxqqc
— Tropical Atlantic (@TropicalATL) August 24, 2017
re: #78 Charles Johnson
Started watching “The Black Door” on Netflix last night, had to turn it off because it was ridiculously bad. But what really pissed me off was the theme music — a sampled orchestra ripoff of Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Tarkus, credited to somebody else. I can’t believe they got away with this blatant theft.
And this wasn’t just similar to “Tarkus” - it was a note-for-note copy.
re: #69 Jay C
Trump ought to be easily discouraged from wanting to go down and poke around in the wake of the hurricane: just tell him that all the golf courses have been washed out.
He and Pence can deliver Playdough in the aftermath.
.Texas coast take note-The guy in charge of FEMA / the Federal response(POTUS) is far less competent than they guys that ran it for Katrina.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 24, 2017
Amazon says it is slashing prices at Whole Foods starting on Monday https://t.co/ntK6w4ZSu3 pic.twitter.com/heGw7Xy0QM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 24, 2017
Another one to report:
What we need is n***** control.
— Dindu (@128Dindu) August 24, 2017
re: #84 Charles Johnson
April 2017:
“If you want to get a good automobile, a higher quality automobile, you’re going to pay more money,” said Mackey, co-author of new book The Whole Foods Diet, in an interview at Whole Foods in TriBeCa, New York, on April 13. “Nobody’s complaining that the Tesla is expensive … Clothes are the same way. Housing is the same way. You pay for what you get.”
mic.com
Mayor McComb strongly encourages evacuation, especially the low lying areas of Area A and B as seen in the map below (pink and yellow area). pic.twitter.com/Z5gspafgSn
— CityOfCorpusChristi (@cityofcc) August 24, 2017
Get out the limbo stick
Trump’s approval rating floor may be in the mid 20s https://t.co/2i3w9S0wKy pic.twitter.com/TQlSHXHNQ3
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) August 24, 2017
The floor is lava https://t.co/VncB5eQgXt
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 24, 2017
Intel chief sheds light on ‘beautiful letter’ Trump says he wrote him - CNN https://t.co/uA6EpkkJmR
— Mathew Blanchfield (@MDBlanchfield) August 24, 2017
Latest #GOES16 30-second rapid scan imagery shows inner core of #HurricaneHarvey getting better organized literally by the minute pic.twitter.com/Ss68KkPAZV
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) August 24, 2017
I’ll probably start hiding the hurricane stuff soon just to avoid bugging the non-meteorology-nerd Lizards, but this one is too pretty to.
re: #90 wrenchwench
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No offense, your credit’s no good.
Edited because my grammar’s no good.
re: #88 Myron Falwell
Trump’s approval rating floor may be in the mid 20s
— Ryan Teague Beckwith
Too bad. He doesn’t desire ratings that high.
— Master Mischief (@master_mischief) August 24, 2017
re: #85 GlutenFreeJesus
Another one to report:
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Reported. Do idiots just start accounts (Au6 17) just to get thrown off the system?
re: #53 electrotek
Truly wife-material, hope she’s single:
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She’s a hero
This is not the first time you have referred to a female as “wife material”
How do you measure up as “husband material”?
Would Malala date you or would she crush you like a worm?
re: #91 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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I’ll probably start hiding the hurricane stuff soon just to avoid bugging the non-meteorology-nerd Lizards, but this one is too pretty to.
This is why I refuse to get better organized. Who knows what kind of havoc I could wreak…
Jay’s page o’ hurricane & tropical storm imagery is a nice aggregator for charts and satellite images
This video is freaking me OUT
I am the woman and the snake is people who say white supremacists and neo-Nazis should have free speech pic.twitter.com/3Zme7cDasy
— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) August 24, 2017
re: #96 I Would Prefer Not To
Reported. Do idiots just start accounts (Au6 17) just to get thrown off the system?
Rage Furby, Pax Dickenson, R.S. McCain…
re: #101 Stanley Sea
This video is freaking me OUT
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That was awesome: was that a f*kng COBRA??
re: #104 Jay C
That was awesome: was that a f*kng COBRA??
Looks like the real deal. I’ve watched like 10 times.
re: #69 Jay C
Trump ought to be easily discouraged from wanting to go down and poke around in the wake of the hurricane: just tell him that all the golf courses have been washed out.
Trump and his entourage will go down to the hardest-hit hurricane areas his motorcade blocking off roads and bridges, to hand out a dozen packages of Play-Doh
re: #86 jaunte
April 2017: …”If you want to get a good automobile, a higher quality automobile, you’re going to pay more money
i dont want to start a food fight (ok maybe i do)
from the article at nbc:
… citing “organic bananas, responsibly farmed salmon, organic large brown eggs, and animal-welfare-rated 85 percent lean ground beef” as some of the lower-priced fare.
while natural, organic, responsibly farmed, animal-welfare may (or may not depending on your attitude) be good social things, for the most part they do not change substantially any real measure of nutritional quality
nutrition aside, yes, i know, pesticides, procedures, handling, etc. even the labels and designations dont mean much - yet - you could fly a cropduster through the holes and exceptions in the “rules”
Dude. What happened to the LGF Twitter feed in the right sidebar?
(UPDATE: OK, it’s back. But I think your widgets might be getting slammed. Are you with Dreamhost, BTW? Anonymous and the neo-Nazis trying to revive Daily Stormer are having a slap-fight on the Dreamhost servers, and it’s totally fucking with me, my sites, my email, and all my clients.)
re: #104 Jay C
That was awesome: was that a f*kng COBRA??
It’s a snake on a fishing line. Look to the right and you can see the shadow of the guy pulling it.
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
This is not the first time you have referred to a female as “wife material”
How do you measure up as “husband material”?
Would Malala date you or would she crush you like a worm?
Good question.
I’ve been told I would make a great father when I’m around kids, especially babies.
Does that count?
re: #96 I Would Prefer Not To
Reported. Do idiots just start accounts (Au6 17) just to get thrown off the system?
Yes. See Johnson, Chuck C.
re: #110 I Would Prefer Not To
It’s a snake on a fishing line. Look to the right and you can see the shadow of the guy pulling it.
Heh. Still funny, though.
re: #106 The Vicious Babushka
Trump and his entourage will go down to the hardest-hit hurricane areas his motorcase blocking off roads and bridges, to hand out a dozen packages of Play-Doh
His deplorables will claim DJT himself saved many lives by his personal heroic actions, unlike Obama who hid during Katrina, etc.
not really /
Reading:
In fact, when driving, I am more scared of bikes than they are of me. Which is how it should be, since I’m the one driving a murder weapon.
— Thom🇳🇱🇪🇺🌷🌊 (@thomholwerda) August 23, 2017
While listening:
=cognitive dissonance
re: #111 electrotek
Good question.
I’ve been told I would make a great father when I’m around kids, especially babies.
Does that count?
…do you want to father your spouse?
re: #101 Stanley Sea
This video is freaking me OUT
Have to admit. She has damn fine reflexes. Not to mention nerves.
Edit: It’s also a spoof. Check the shadow in the lower right corner. Guy with fishing pole.
re: #105 Stanley Sea
Looks like the real deal. I’ve watched like 10 times.
It’s a fake, look at the shadow right next to her, there is a guy behind her reeling in a fishing line.
Edit: I really need to load new comments before posting…
Somebody Donald Trump is following just retweeted an outright white supremacist dirtbag. This feed is composed of the people Trump follows. pic.twitter.com/engxf29KVt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #118 danarchy
It’s a fake, look at the shadow right next to her, there is a guy behind her reeling in a fishing line.
Her reflexes are faster then yours.
I hate it when people use this type of logic when I bring out how transgender people have it worse than others:
There were 15,696 murders in 2015, the latest year that full stats are available. So 22 trans were killed and ~15,700 non-trans were killed. Tell me again why only trans people have to worry about getting killed? Because the stats show that a HELLA lot more non-trans people are getting murdered in the US nowadays.
My head hurts.
re: #121 electrotek
I hate it when people use this type of logic when I bring out how transgender people have it worse than others:
My head hurts.
There’s a percent function missing, right?
I was told there’d be no math.
re: #108 dangerman
I just thought it was an interesting contrast between the rationale for high prices in April vs. the new lowered prices now.
It was @AnnCoulter. pic.twitter.com/WS6i46i1Gq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #117 Bubblehead II
Have to admit. She has damn fine reflexes. Not to mention nerves.
Edit: It’s also a spoof. Check the shadow in the lower right corner. Guy with fishing pole.
Yeah, but the snake is real, right?
re: #108 dangerman
i dont want to start a food fight (ok maybe i do)
from the article at nbc:
while natural, organic, responsibly farmed, animal-welfare may (or may not depending on your attitude) be good social things, for the most part they do not change substantially any real measure of nutritional quality
nutrition aside, yes, i know, pesticides, procedures, handling, etc. even the labels and designations dont mean much - yet - you could fly a cropduster through the holes and exceptions in the “rules”
Just don’t get me started on GMOs. I have to go to the Food Coop (pronounced Co-op, or somebody gets upset) and their anti-GMO activity almost cuts them out of my purchasing habits. But they are only a couple of blocks away.
re: #124 Charles Johnson
Ann Coulter is a Nazi. There’s no reason to pretend she’s any different from Spencer, Duke, etc.
re: #125 Stanley Sea
I think snakes on land move a bit more side to side than that. Plus a snake in that situation would probably head in the opposite direction.
re: #125 Stanley Sea
Yeah, but the snake is real, right?
Nope. It was a spoof vid. Post edited to reflect such. But still, it did creep me out until I noticed shadow in lower right hand corner.
re: #129 jaunte
I think snakes on land move a bit more side to side than that. Plus a snake in that situation would probably head in the opposite direction.
I love this discussion!
A guy is reeling it in with a fishing pole.
re: #129 jaunte
I think snakes on land move a bit more side to side than that. Plus a snake in that situation would probably head in the opposite direction.
…before being tossed that way. And bounce less…
Somebody Donald Trump is following just retweeted an outright white supremacist dirtbag. This feed is composed of the people Trump follows. pic.twitter.com/engxf29KVt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
.@pbump @emilyaheil Your “Trump’s Feed” bot just caught Ann Coulter RTing a white supremacist into Trump’s timeline. https://t.co/Vaa31m5bTS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 24, 2017
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
This is not the first time you have referred to a female as “wife material”
How do you measure up as “husband material”?
Would Malala date you or would she crush you like a worm?
Yeah, I wasn’t ready to respond to this. Didn’t think I could be civil.
I’d rather be human material — worth acknowledgment of my civil rights.
re: #131 Stanley Sea
I usually go the opposite direction when I see guys with fishing poles.
re: #135 jaunte
I usually go the opposite direction when I see guys with fishing poles.
I see shadows. Too much Babylon 5, maybe.
re: #123 jaunte
I just thought it was an interesting contrast between the rationale for high prices in April vs. the new lowered prices now.
yeah, im having a real bad day at making myself clear
i was focusing on his use of paying more gets you “quality” as regarding food
you may be doing good, it may be the right thing to do
it’s not generally higher quality nutrition it pretty much is a higher quality car
plus natural, organic, pesticide free, cage free, free range, - the standards, rules, “enforcement”, etc are abhorrent or industry created / self serving marketing gimmicks
re: #137 dangerman
Since pollen blows around on the wind, it’s hard to guarantee any grain is “GMO Free”
“wife material” sounds like she is good enough to be your personal slave.
Sorry, but is the way it is.
re: #137 dangerman
plus natural, organic, pesticide free, cage free, free range, - the standards, rules, “enforcement”, etc are abhorrent or industry created / self serving marketing gimmicks
My favorite is ‘cage free vegetarian chickens.’
I think not.
re: #127 wrenchwench
Just don’t get me started on GMOs. I have to go to the Food Coop (pronounced Co-op, or somebody gets upset) and their anti-GMO activity almost cuts them out of my purchasing habits. But they are only a couple of blocks away.
yup
i get the *idea* behind the social movement re non-gmo but that’s not the science - its not how any of it works
anyway, what we choose to eat is a personal thing and i’m gonna leave it rest there
re: #139 Birth Control Works
“wife material” sounds like she is good enough to be your personal slave.
Yeah. One can save oneself a whole lot of shit by saying, “She is amazing! I hope I can find someone like that!”
re: #131 Stanley Sea
I love this discussion!
A guy is reeling it in with a fishing pole.
but i saw it
you’re peddling fake news with that fishing pole thing
that shadow coulda been anything
re: #141 dangerman
yup
i get the *idea* behind the social movement re non-gmo but that’s not the science - its not how any of it worksanyway, what we choose to eat is a personal thing and i’m gonna leave it rest there
I’ll pick it up and eat it, if you’re not gonna….
re: #142 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah. One can save oneself a whole lot of shit by saying, “She is amazing! I hope I can find someone like that!”
True.
Or, “I’d feel safe with her as the mother of my children …”
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (wounded at Bowling Green)
Dude. What happened to the LGF Twitter feed in the right sidebar?
(UPDATE: OK, it’s back. But I think your widgets might be getting slammed. Are you with Dreamhost, BTW? Anonymous and the neo-Nazis trying to revive Daily Stormer are having a slap-fight on the Dreamhost servers, and it’s totally fucking with me, my sites, my email, and all my clients.)
I had a couple of sites go down this afternoon at DreamHost. They seem to be back up and running. A huge DNS attack took out their servers, even the email servers.
I figured it had something to do with an attack because of the request by the Justice Department for info on the people that commented at a anti-Trump site hosted at DreamHost.
Fuckers are messing things up for everyone. Internet assholes…a lot of them going around.
re: #140 wrenchwench
My favorite is ‘cage free vegetarian chickens.’
I think not.
Okay, I just read that as ‘cage free veterinarian chickens’.
I don’t want to eat something that went through all that effort to go to Vet School, just to end up on a dinner plate.
And that goes for humans, too, not just chickens!
re: #110 I Would Prefer Not To
It’s a snake on a fishing line. Look to the right and you can see the shadow of the guy pulling it.
I don’t think snakes travel in a straight line either.
re: #140 wrenchwench
My favorite is ‘cage free vegetarian chickens.’
I think not.
i once had a sweater made from “virgin acrylic”
said so right there on the label
re: #148 ObserverArt
I don’t think snakes travel in a straight line either.
“I am tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking fishing line!”
re: #128 EPR-radar
Coulter says and writes the most revolting crap possible to make money and get attention. There’s no doubt she’s a vile human being and a Nazi, but it’s tough to say exactly what else she’s for or against except for the usual demonizing of the minority population and scaring people with the word liberal. In other words, just red meat for the base.
I do find it hilarious and horrifying at the same time with how fast the GOP has moved to the right as she can’t keep up with her usual standards of shocking people. Due to people like Trump that keep raising (or lowering) the bar in terms of hate, she has a tough time getting attention.
re: #124 Charles Johnson
10 of the 45 Twitter accounts Trump follows are for his vanity nameplate resorts and golf courses. Seven belong to family members. The rest are a toxic stew of former campaign staffers like Katrina Pierson, Corey L. and hard-core white supremacists like Coulter, Jesse Watters and Bill-O. And then there’s Lumpy, Greta, Mark Burnett, Gary Player and Vince McMahon to round things out.
Alleged “comediennes” “Diamonds and Silk” are his lone token PoC.
re: #147 Blind Frog Belly White
Okay, I just read that as ‘cage free veterinarian chickens’.
I don’t want to eat something that went through all that effort to go to Vet School, just to end up on a dinner plate.
And that goes for humans, too, not just chickens!
Good to hear read.
When I told my gramma I wanted to be a veterinarian, she said I should go to the U of Wisconsin and find one to marry.
At least she didn’t tell me how to join the military.
re: #149 dangerman
i once had a sweater made from “virgin acrylic”
said so right there on the label
Did you have to swear to anything to wear it?
Trump 2016: I’ll balance the budget very quickly
Wall Street 2017: Pls ad more debt to pay for tax cuts https://t.co/auve78XquT pic.twitter.com/dAdl59SPjw— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 24, 2017
Judd Gregg is the hack of the goddamn Century. What a transparent hypocrite. https://t.co/A0pxglfXCC
— Ben Yelin (@byelin) August 24, 2017
.@RealSheriffJoe: “If they can go after me, they can go after anyone in this country.” #Hannity https://t.co/cIFDqXeKBh pic.twitter.com/POGavxfMRA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 24, 2017
That is literally how the law works, yes. https://t.co/jGmtA2vsbb
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 24, 2017
Amazon: Shoppers will see lower prices at Whole Foods as soon as Monday.
Hipsters, yogis and the like: pic.twitter.com/PunnlIyExG— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 24, 2017
Live shot of grocery stores all over Houston this afternoon.
re: #63 electrotek
In the end, it’s going to take white people calling out other white people on this shit.
don’t punch to the back of the head though. that’s just a way of breaking fingers. get ‘em to turn over. noses are softer.
re: #153 wrenchwench
Good to
hearread.When I told my gramma I wanted to be a veterinarian, she said I should go to the U of Wisconsin and find one to marry.
At least she didn’t tell me how to join the military.
She wanted you to find some good husband material.
re: #160 steve_davis
don’t punch to the back of the head though. that’s just a way of breaking fingers. get ‘em to turn over. noses are softer.
Let’s not punch at all. There were others around, she could have gotten out of the situation without provoking and hitting.
#Charlottesville rally organizer Jason Kessler blames Heather Heyer for her own death https://t.co/k7L8Pv9xLO pic.twitter.com/nOJ1zQ4TnO
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 24, 2017
re: #163 ObserverArt
She wanted you to find some good husband material.
“husband material” They sell that at Wallmart in the Fabric Aisle?
re: #84 Charles Johnson
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I’m going to have to check to see if they take the Amazon Prime store card, and if so if it gets the 5% cash back like other Amazon purchases.
re: #153 wrenchwench
Good to
hearread.When I told my gramma I wanted to be a veterinarian, she said I should go to the U of Wisconsin and find one to marry.
At least she didn’t tell me how to join the military.
When I was in college, back in the 1970s, we called that “earning your MRS Degree”.
Since Mrs. FBW and I met the first week of Freshman year, and got married 13 years later, she said she had to do postgraduate work to get hers….
re: #151 alloutofcrazyhere
Coulter says and writes the most revolting crap possible to make money and get attention. There’s no doubt she’s a vile human being and a Nazi, but it’s tough to say exactly what else she’s for or against except for the usual demonizing of the minority population and scaring people with the word liberal. In other words, just red meat for the base.
I do find it hilarious and horrifying at the same time with how fast the GOP has moved to the right as she can’t keep up with her usual standards of shocking people. Due to people like Trump that keep raising (or lowering) the bar in terms of hate, she has a tough time getting attention.
Thing is, we don’t really know what she believes. We only know they depths she is willing to go to make money.
re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Reasons to take hurricanes seriously.
This video is 26 minutes long, from Biloxi during Katrina. Pretty much how you DON’T want to experience a hurricane.
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Some mandatory evacs starting to be called, it sounds like.
Part of me just really wanted that front door view to end with an alligator coming up the steps: “Hiya! don’t be alarmed. Just coming in for some chow and a place to hang out for an hour!”
re: #157 FormerDirtDart
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Hey dipshit, if you break the law, they’ll definitely go after you. You’re nothing but a bigoted asshole who got a well deserved cup of karma.
re: #156 FormerDirtDart
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2009-2016: “LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY OBAMA HAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL DEBT!!!!”
2017: *crickets*
re: #160 steve_davis
don’t punch to the back of the head though. that’s just a way of breaking fingers. get ‘em to turn over. noses are softer.
Yours, if you don’t make your fist right. Theirs, if they’re picking their nose….
re: #175 Targetpractice
2009-2016: “LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY OBAMA HAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL DEBT!!!!”
2017: *crickets*
2001-2009: Deficits don’t matter.
re: #157 FormerDirtDart
The people of Maricopa County VOTED HIM OUT. But of course Lumpy and Fox gloss over that cause it ruins their victim narrative.
re: #178 Myron Falwell
The people of Maricopa County VOTED HIM OUT. But of course Lumpy and Fox gloss over that cause it ruins their victim narrative.
Of course.
re: #167 Birth Control Works
“husband material” They sell that at Wallmart in the Fabric Aisle?
If a guy will stay with you in the fabric aisle, he’s good husband material.
Or maybe really, really bad husband material.
By the way, it’s rich to see a guy who treated prisoners like crap complain about poor treatment. Innocent until proven guilty was never practiced by Manticopa County jails. And note these are jails where people are held before they go to trial, no prisons. Arpaio’s nothing but a dickhead whose past finally caught up to him.
re: #171 Blind Frog Belly White
When I was in college, back in the 1970s, we called that “earning your MRS Degree”.
Since Mrs. FBW and I met the first week of Freshman year, and got married 13 years later, she said she had to do postgraduate work to get hers….
I visited three colleges before I picked one. When I went to look at Pitzer ( of the famous Claremont College assemblage) the tour guide himself told me of the campus saying, ‘Scrippsies to wed and Pitzies to bed.’
I went elsewhere.
re: #180 Blind Frog Belly White
If a guy will stay with you in the fabric aisle, he’s good husband material.
Or maybe really, really bad husband material.
I was thinking husband material would be more likely found at Home Depot or an Auto Parts or Electronic’s Department.
re: #184 Birth Control Works
I was thinking husband material would be more likely found at Home Depot or an Auto Parts or Electronic’s Department.
That’s so stereotypical I can hear both sides of it.
re: #167 Birth Control Works
“husband material” They sell that at Wallmart in the Fabric Aisle?
Shrinks in cold water?
Arpaio is a relic from another century. Too bad the rest of the GOP is just like him.
re: #185 wrenchwench
That’s so stereotypical I can hear both sides of it.
I’d rather find humor in things than get angry over and over.
I’m so tired of it all.
re: #185 wrenchwench
That’s so stereotypical I can hear both sides of it.
I dunno, the right channel seems blocked.
pre-shrunk, wrinkle-free, cut on-the-bias …
yeah, we could go with this for a while.
re: #156 FormerDirtDart
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I remember being really disappointed when Obama nominated him for Commerce.
re: #192 Birth Control Works
pre-shrunk, wrinkle-free, cut on-the-bias …
yeah, we could go with this for a while.
I didn’t take sewing or typing. I opted for drafting and architecture. After my mom had a meeting with the principal and some of her feminist friends to get me into those classes.
re: #156 FormerDirtDart
Bwaakk, bwaakk, bwaakk! It’s the hibernation call of the Republican Fiscal Chickenhawk.
This species of GOP hypocrite is most notorious for going into complete hibernation any time the GOP is running things, only emerging to squawk about debt when Democrats are in power.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says bloodshed may be needed to protect conservatism https://t.co/cl8KnQmLzB via @YahooNews
— ggt (@geegeetee) August 24, 2017
KY was a neutral state during the Civil War -no?
re: #195 wrenchwench
I didn’t take sewing or typing. I opted for drafting and architecture. After my mom had a meeting with the principal and some of her feminist friends to get me into those classes.
I did drafting (2 years) in High School and Typing because my Mom was a typing teacher.
No sewing or cooking.
re: #139 Birth Control Works
“wife material” sounds like she is good enough to be your personal slave.
Sorry, but is the way it is.
It does. I tell my three boys that their wives should be able to beat them up bit won’t because they’re not that kind of person, because my boys know I will kill them if they’re abusive.
re: #172 Birth Control Works
Thing is, we don’t really know what she believes. We only know they depths she is willing to go to make money.
Ann Coulter will spew any racist garbage if she thinks it will sell. Given that, what she believes is irrelevant. She can reasonably and accurately be judged to be a racist and a hater based on her actions.
re: #198 Birth Control Works
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KY was a neutral state during the Civil War -no?
Fuck off Bevin. YOu’re the governor of Kentucky not of Conservatism.
Jay Thomas has died of cancer. I didn’t know about his radio show, but I loved him as a comic actor. (Rant about Trump 2016)
R.I.P. Jay Thomas*NSFW* Warning:https://t.co/b0YXbwnTh8
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) August 24, 2017
re: #198 Birth Control Works
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KY was a neutral state during the Civil War -no?
This was from last September: it’s still the usual stupid shit Bevins loves to spout off, but it ain’t news….
re: #201 Belafon
It does. I tell my three boys that their wives should be able to beat them up bit won’t because they’re not that kind of person, because my boys know I will kill them if they’re abusive.
Luckily, I inherited a certain “look” from my mom and her sisters. That combined with the body language I learned from the nuns is enough.
I’ve seen my 6’3” son take a step backwards because of that look.
re: #197 EPR-radar
Bwaakk, bwaakk, bwaakk! It’s hibernation call of the Republican Fiscal Chickenhawk.
This species of GOP hypocrite is most notorious for going into complete hibernation any time the GOP is running things, only emerging to squawk about debt when Democrats are in power.
Yep.
re: #202 EPR-radar
Ann Coulter will spew any racist garbage if she thinks it will sell. Given that, what she believes is irrelevant. She can reasonably and accurately be judged to be a racist and a hater based on her actions.
I don’t think a person can be that on message (as bad as it is) all the time as Coulter is and not believe it. Maybe at one time it was business. Now it is pure hate.
re: #195 wrenchwench
I didn’t take sewing or typing. I opted for drafting and architecture. After my mom had a meeting with the principal and some of her feminist friends to get me into those classes.
I was one of the first males in my Jr. High school (Vera C. O’leary) to be allowed to take Home Economics. My Mother had to come in and actually vouch that I had a actual interest in the course other than being in a class full of girls.
re: #149 dangerman
i once had a sweater made from “virgin acrylic”
said so right there on the label
The “virgin” part refers to whether the fibers are reused and hence of lower quality, not to the sexual habits of the producer. But you knew that.
re: #199 Birth Control Works
I did drafting (2 years) in High School and Typing because my Mom was a typing teacher.
No sewing or cooking.
My best friend and I were the first girls to take drafting at our school. She took metal work, too. They gave her a piece with holes in it to make a dustpan.
They had it in for us.
re: #153 wrenchwench
Good to
hearread.When I told my gramma I wanted to be a veterinarian, she said I should go to the U of Wisconsin and find one to marry.
At least she didn’t tell me how to join the military.
My son-in-law likes to say he married the doctor his parents wanted him to be. Which is kinda true.
re: #210 calochortus
The “virgin” part refers to whether the fibers are reused and hence of lower quality, not to the sexual habits of the producer. But you knew that.
Okay, but what about virgin wool?
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re: #213 Blind Frog Belly White
Okay, but what about virgin wool?
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You’ll have to ask the sheep……
re: #209 Bubblehead II
I was one of the first males in my Jr. High school (Vera C. O’leary) to be allowed to take Home Economics. My Mother had to come in and actually vouch that I had a actual interest in the course other than being in a class full of girls.
Mr. w took cooking to be with the girls. I guess it was no problem for him, and I think he’s older than you. Someday I’ll tell you how he stayed out of the submarines after acing the hearing test in the Navy. He’s a bit claustrophobic.
Inside A Summer Camp Where Kids Figure Out How To Be “Muslim In America” https://t.co/72I2c2sb05 via @HannahAllam
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 24, 2017
re: #206 Birth Control Works
Luckily, I inherited a certain “look” from my mom and her sisters. That combined with the body language I learned from the nuns is enough.
I’ve seen my 6’3” son take a step backwards because of that look.
I’ve been told I scare people. Actually I’m pretty laid back, but I do have beady eye and a firm stare.
re: #217 electrotek
Inside A Summer Camp Where Kids Figure Out How To Be “Muslim In America”
Daughter is reading Percy Jackson novels and I am somehow reminded of this…
re: #218 calochortus
I’ve been told I scare people. Actually I’m pretty laid back, but I do have beady eye and a firm stare.
A woman who worked for me once told me I was intimidating at first. I said, “What about now?”
She laughed derisively.
Hey #Texas…Sorry, but you’re kind of on your own this time. #Harvey https://t.co/U8QpvziyKl
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 24, 2017
At least you can open-carry into the storm.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 24, 2017
re: #224 darthstar
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Show the hurricane your AR15 and your 10,000 rounds of ammunition. I’m sure it will be impressed.
Is it wrong that I find watching this GIF soothing and relaxing?
— Paul Robertson (@probzz) August 16, 2017
Trump’s #HurricaneHarvey response will be:
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 24, 2017
The Free Market will be the best response to Hurricane Harvey!
“I totally get that administration officials spend half the day slandering each other. I just don’t get what they do the rest of the time.”
The WH no longer plans to produce a tax plan. Wut. https://t.co/2e1KZAzA3b pic.twitter.com/CPqoi3y2Ip
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 24, 2017
It is not hard to produce your own tax plan. It’s an exercise in pure imagination. People do it all the time.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 24, 2017
And yet, 2 years after he entered public life, I have yet to see Donald Trump produce even an internally coherent piece of economic policy.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 24, 2017
re: #208 ObserverArt
I don’t think a person can be that on message (as bad as it is) all the time as Coulter is and not believe it. Maybe at one time it was business. Now it is pure hate.
Her tweeting “14!” without batting an eyelash ought to have been more than enough confirmation of her white supremacism.
re: #227 Kragar
It will be all about tr*mp and worse than we can possibly imagine.
tr*mp has fucked up everything he has touched his entire life, so why should Harvey be the first exception?
re: #199 Birth Control Works
I did drafting (2 years) in High School and Typing because my Mom was a typing teacher.
No sewing or cooking.
In our high school over 4 years everyone did a semester of Drafting, wood shop, metal shop, electrical shop, and home economics. Typing was optional.
re: #215 wrenchwench
Mr. w took cooking to be with the girls. I guess it was no problem for him, and I think he’s older than you. Someday I’ll tell you how he stayed out of the submarines after acing the hearing test in the Navy. He’s a bit claustrophobic.
Back in the day, Home Ec was one of the sexually segregated courses. It consisted of 4 courses. Cooking, sewing, (home) economics and typing. I passed the first three. Typing was a total failure. I am still a hunt and pick typist.
re: #230 Blind Frog Belly White
“I totally get that administration officials spend half the day slandering each other. I just don’t get what they do the rest of the time.”
They are either lying in prostrate before Ill Douche or penning their resignation letters.
re: #232 EPR-radar
It will be all about tr*mp and worse than we can possibly imagine.
tr*mp has fucked up everything he has touched his entire life, so why should Harvey be the first exception?
Trump: born on third base and stole second.
I honestly do kind of wonder how someone who is basically third generation money managed to be so loathed by his apparent peers. And how he managed to be so incredibly tactless through his life.
re: #235 Myron Falwell
They are either lying in prostrate before Ill Douche or penning their resignation letters.
We’re up to 69 resignations now. MAGA!
re: #182 wrenchwench
I visited three colleges before I picked one. When I went to look at Pitzer ( of the famous Claremont College assemblage) the tour guide himself told me of the campus saying, ‘Scrippsies to wed and Pitzies to bed.’
I went elsewhere.
With a campus atmosphere like that, no wonder Chuck decided to matriculate there.
re: #235 Myron Falwell
They are either lying in prostrate before Ill Douche or penning their resignation letters.
For the more determined and/or flexible staffers, auto-fellatio is a likely WH pastime.
re: #237 KGxvi
Trump: born on third base and stole second.
I honestly do kind of wonder how someone who is basically third generation money managed to be so loathed by his apparent peers. And how he managed to be so incredibly tactless through his life.
I think Trump truly is, the “Uncouth One.” The simple truth.
The Home Ec. teacher at my High School started a “Chef’s Club” for guys, but the recipes were even more horrible than the dreck she taught the girls to make.
There were a bunch of those sexist and classist things in our school. For example, boys took Wood Shop and Metal Shop in 7th grade. Girls took Home Ec.
Later, if you were in the College Prep sections, they didn’t offer Typing, even as an elective.
First week of college - “Write a 2-page paper, typed, double spaced”.
I didn’t even have a goddam typewriter.
re: #235 Myron Falwell
They are either lying in prostrate before Ill Douche or penning their resignation letters.
“Lying prostrate on the floor.
“Twentyfive or six two four!”
re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White
Later, if you were in the College Prep sections, they didn’t offer Typing, even as an elective.
First week of college - “Write a 2-page paper, typed, double spaced”.
I didn’t even have a goddam typewriter.
The most valuable skill I learned in high school was ten-finger typing. Something I use nearly every day.
re: #246 Blind Frog Belly White
“Lying prostrate on the floor.
“Twentyfive or six two fourteen!”
re: #243 gocart mozart
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re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The most valuable skill I learned in high school was ten-finger typing. Something I use nearly every day.
Shortly after the class I was able to touch type about 45 words per minute. Unfortunately, typing is not quite like riding a bike. It is a skill that if you let lapse you lose the muscle memory and have to train it all over again.
re: #237 KGxvi
Trump: born on third base and stole second.
I honestly do kind of wonder how someone who is basically third generation money managed to be so loathed by his apparent peers. And how he managed to be so incredibly tactless through his life.
Narcissism + sociopathy, and using his money to keep up the illusion of being functional in society explains everything.
tr*mp really is a negation of all human qualities, and even the sharks that disproportionally end up as plutocrat will be repelled by that.
Privated because I’m talking about neighbors and politics. Also a wall-o-text. Feel free to ignore.
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re: #250 danarchy
Shortly after the class I was able to touch type about 45 words per minute. Unfortunately, typing is not quite like riding a bike. It is a skill that if you let lapse you lose the muscle memory and have to train it all over again.
I never topped 30 wpm, but it is a vital skill for my work as a translator.
re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The most valuable skill I learned in high school was ten-finger typing. Something I use nearly every day.
My uncle, who went on to college and med school, said the exact same thing.
re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The most valuable skill I learned in high school was ten-finger typing. Something I use nearly every day.
My rebellion against typing came from their assurances that it would give me something to ‘fall back on’. I decided I never wanted to fall so low I’d have to wear pantyhose.
Now everyone types. Not just wearers of pantyhose.
Who knew?
re: #255 Timothy Watson
My uncle, who went on to college and med school, said the exact same thing.
Mr. w did well in typing in high school. Got him a coveted position as a supply clerk in the Navy.
re: #252 calochortus
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re: #256 wrenchwench
My rebellion against typing came from their assurances that it would give me something to ‘fall back on’. I decided I never wanted to fall so low I’d have to wear pantyhose.
Now everyone types. Not just wearers of pantyhose.
Who knew?
We had a semester of basic typing and “notehand” (shorthand lite) which was considered equally appropriate for boys and girls because we were all going to college and were going to need it. Notehand was pointless because I could write fast enough for notes (also, a lot of the stuff was in the textbook anyway) Typing was a good thing.
re: #182 wrenchwench
I visited three colleges before I picked one. When I went to look at Pitzer ( of the famous Claremont College assemblage) the tour guide himself told me of the campus saying, ‘Scrippsies to wed and Pitzies to bed.’
That’s only part of it: it’s
“Pitzies to bed, Scrippsies to wed, a Pomona girl is a friend for life.”
I went to Pomona. Gabby Giffords was a Scrippsie.
re: #198 Birth Control Works
isn’t that from last september?
re: #250 danarchy
Shortly after the class I was able to touch type about 45 words per minute. Unfortunately, typing is not quite like riding a bike. It is a skill that if you let lapse you lose the muscle memory and have to train it all over again.
After 30 years of telling people ‘you never forget how to ride a bike,’ I have learned that I was wrong.
re: #260 sagehen
That’s only part of it: it’s
“Pitzies to bed, Scrippsies to wed, a Pomona girl is a friend for life.”I went to Pomona. Gabby Giffords was a Scrippsie.
Now I have regrets, but only a couple.
re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The most valuable skill I learned in high school was ten-finger typing. Something I use nearly every day.
I taught myself touch typing the summer after sophomore year, when the girl who had been doing my typing broke up with me.
11 years later she married me.
29 years after that, even though she’s seen me typing for literally decades, she still thinks I hunt-and-peck.
re: #265 Blind Frog Belly White
I taught myself touch typing the summer after sophomore year, when the girl who had been doing my typing broke up with me.
11 years later she married me.
29 years after that, even though she’s seen me typing for literally decades, she still thinks I hunt-and-peck.
I have reverted to hunt and peck, but I do it fast damn it.
re: #234 Bubblehead II
Back in the day, Home Ec was one of the sexually segregated courses. It consisted of 4 courses. Cooking, sewing, (home) economics and typing. I passed the first three. Typing was a total failure. I am still a hunt and pick typist.
At my junior high, home ec was one semester; mom had to browbeat the principal to let me take woodshop instead (first girl ever at that school).
She talked me into taking the typing class, by noting that “a girl who can type will never have to wait tables.” There were a few guys in the class, because their fathers had told them “a guy who can type works at division headquarters, instead of humping a rifle through the jungle.”
re: #266 danarchy
I have reverted to hunt and peck, but I do it fast damn it.
My dad called himself the ‘fastest, least accurate typist in history’.
re: #266 danarchy
I have reverted to hunt and peck, but I do it fast damn it.
Hunt and peck is not a fatal problem if you’re composing while you type. It is a much worse problem if you are typing by copying another document.
re: #258 EPR-radar
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re: #267 sagehen
At my junior high, home ec was one semester; mom had to browbeat the principal to let me take woodshed instead (first girl ever at that school).
She talked me into taking the typing class, by noting that “a girl who can type will never have to wait tables.”
I never waited tables. I was always in the kitchen. (got banned from busing the tables once.)
re: #266 danarchy
I have reverted to hunt and peck, but I do it fast damn it.
In my own defense, my hand is going to the track pad or mouse so often that resetting to the home keys is a pain. Not really an issue when I first learned to type on a manual typewriter.
re: #263 wrenchwench
After 30 years of telling people ‘you never forget how to ride a bike,’ I have learned that I was wrong.
Well, problem is, you had help :/
re: #234 Bubblehead II
Son1 took Home Ec. The teacher said all the girls loved him because he would eat anything. In the same vein, I asked him why a boy spent so much time at the mall:
“Why do lions hang out at water holes?”
re: #274 Decatur Deb
Son1 took Home Ec. The teacher said al the girls loved him because he would eat anything. In the same vein, I asked him why a boy spent so much time at the mall:
“Why do lions hang out at water holes?”
I’ve always wondered why straight guys didn’t spend more of their time where the girls are. It seems like it would be more fun.
re: #269 EPR-radar
Hunt and peck is not a fatal problem if you’re composing while you type. It is a much worse problem if you are typing by copying another document.
Fixing “typos” on the old typewriter really slowed things down. One would type a paper several times to come up with a ‘clean’ paper without using White Out.
I love computers
re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White
The Home Ec. teacher at my High School started a “Chef’s Club” for guys, but the recipes were even more horrible than the dreck she taught the girls to make.
There were a bunch of those sexist and classist things in our school. For example, boys took Wood Shop and Metal Shop in 7th grade. Girls took Home Ec.
Later, if you were in the College Prep sections, they didn’t offer Typing, even as an elective.
First week of college - “Write a 2-page paper, typed, double spaced”.
I didn’t even have a goddam typewriter.
I inherited mine from my sister.
Needs a new ribbon. And yes Lizards. This was one of the first modern portable word processors.
re: #278 Bubblehead II
I inherited mine from my sister.
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People
A family putting their child into an 800-year-old stone coffin to get a photo damaged the artifact, officials said https://t.co/we2FNy2zfY
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) August 24, 2017
re: #276 Semper Fi
Fixing “typos” on the old typewriter really slowed things down. One would type a paper several times to come up with a ‘clean’ paper without using White Out.
I love computers
Typing was literally the first thing I ever learned in high school. For whatever reason - its …mumble, mumble… years ago; I took a summer course before my freshman year; learned on the old IBM electrics (the kind with the moving carriage). I’m proud to say that I have maintained the same level of skills my whole life long: I was a lousy typist in HS, and I’m still a lousy typist today. Fortunately, it’s not the Johnson Administration any more: we have Autocorrect….
And white-out may have been annoying to use: but the biggest typing PITA for me was the old Smith-Corona electric I used with the cartridge ribbons (for color): typo - eject the cartridge - insert the white-out cartridge - backspace - type out the error - eject the white-out cartridge - re-insert the ribbon cartridge - re-type the correct letter/word. Repeat as necessary: which as badly as I type was all too g*ddam often……
re: #278 Bubblehead II
I inherited mine from my sister.
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Like all courses at the seminary, Typing was mandatory. Infinite recursions of The Colonel Bogey March”.
re: #281 Jay C
Typing was literally the first thing I ever learned in high school. For whatever reason - its …mumble, mumble… years ago; I took a summer course before my freshman year; learned on the old IBM electrics (the kind with the moving carriage). I’m proud to say that I have maintained the same level of skills my whole life long: I was a lousy typist in HS, and I’m still a lousy typist today. Fortunately, it’s not the Johnson Administration any more: we have Autocorrect….
And white-out may have been annoying to use: but the biggest typing PITA for me was the old Smith-Corona electric I used with the cartridge ribbons (for color): typo - eject the cartridge - insert the white-out cartridge - backspace - type out the error - eject the white-out cartridge - re-insert the ribbon cartridge - re-type the correct letter/word. Repeat as necessary: which as badly as I type was all too g*ddam often……
Those were the “Old Days” alright…not always the good old days.
Prediction: Trump’s hurricane response will be a fiasco. He and the flying monkey media will blame Obama holdovers at FEMA, and the next disaster will be even worse.
Today’s ruling against the Texas House map marks the state’s FOURTH voting rights loss in NINE days https://t.co/3oHnrCnn8D #txlege pic.twitter.com/UZqFzHfSDj
— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) August 24, 2017
re: #279 wrenchwench
Are the spaces between the lines irregular?
If so, I am your sister.
Haven’t used it in years so I can’t say. Can I still call you my sister?
re: #280 Stanley Sea
People
Speaking of ‘People’
Man accused of setting up crowdfunding campaign to meet up with his 14-year-old “fiancée” in Montana https://t.co/bR0CvPSKyL pic.twitter.com/rIG7zOkXnU
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 24, 2017
We had a desk with a pull-out drawer for a typewriter at home (actually, I still have it sans typewriter). And I’m just old enough that I lost a few night’s sleep each year in college to a roommate typing away on a last-minute assignment—clunk, clunk, clunk.
re: #266 danarchy
I have reverted to hunt and peck, but I do it fast damn it.
My old journalism professor, a veteran print reporter, typed with only his two index fingers, but did it at 120 wpm with virtually no errors. It was like he was firing Uzis with both hands. Never seen anyone better.
re: #288 Bubblehead II
Haven’t used it in years so I can’t say. Can I still call you my sister?
You betcha.
re: #287 FormerDirtDart
As we all know, if the GOP gets enough RWNJ Liberty U meatheads into the Federal judiciary, cases like this will be won by the bigots rather than lost.
I have it on excellent authority that I am good husband material. MIL didn’t agree for decades.
re: #210 calochortus
The “virgin” part refers to whether the fibers are reused and hence of lower quality, not to the sexual habits of the producer. But you knew that.
don’t get me started on extra virgin olive oil
i never know whether that means “even more” or “spare”
re: #275 calochortus
I’ve always wondered why straight guys didn’t spend more of their time where the girls are. It seems like it would be more fun.
horseback riding stables - yup
re: #300 dangerman
don’t get me started on extra virgin olive oil
i never know whether that means “even more” or “spare”
Leaves one with the question of how they get the olive trees to produce fruit without fertilization, doesn’t it?
re: #291 whitebeach
My old journalism professor, a veteran print reporter, typed with only his two index fingers, but did it at 120 wpm with virtually no errors. It was like he was firing Uzis with both hands. Never seen anyone better.
“i can type a thousand letters a minute. i just cant always make words out of ‘em”
whatta surprise!
Ethics watchdog: Mnuchin and wife may have used government plane to watch solar eclipse https://t.co/CZJltxmxOF pic.twitter.com/z0KdU85XFI
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2017
re: #305 Woods Witch
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Extra points for the paw!
Welcome, hatchling. I missed your entrance.
re: #306 The Vicious Babushka
whatta surprise!
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Surprised? I’m shocked…..that we still have ethics watchdogs.
re: #302 calochortus
Leaves one with the question of how they get the olive trees to produce fruit without fertilization, doesn’t it?
we recently went to buy an almond tree seedling
who knew you needed two - male and female - else that was a heck of a salesman…
re: #296 wrenchwench
OK. Raise your hand if you have ‘correction tape’ in your desk drawer right now.
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re: #310 Decatur Deb
Surprised? I’m shocked…..that we still have ethics watchdogs.
These GOP idiots are incompetent at everything, including their plan to fire all the ethics watchdogs.
re: #314 Decatur Deb
? Is that more of your young people’s slang?
Sorry, I didn’t use caps
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW)
re: #312 dangerman
we recently went to buy an almond tree seedling
who knew you needed two - male and female - else that was a heck of a salesman…
Some fruit trees can’t self-pollinate, and you need to have another variety close by.
Secret Service spent $7,100 renting luxury portable toilets for Trump’s Bedminster trip https://t.co/lKeyvKdYAR via @jmestepa
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) August 24, 2017
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 24, 2017
re: #318 Blind Frog Belly White
Some fruit trees can’t self-pollinate, and you need to have another variety close by.
IOW, not strictly speaking ‘male and female’.
re: #313 Bubblehead II
Don’t have correction tape but do have a bottle of “fix a fuck” (white out) in my tool box.
Extra points for the tool box.
Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam Texas coast as first major hurricane in U.S. since 2005 (washington post)
Sandy? (2012)
re: #3 Charles Johnson
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 24, 2017
re: #317 Stanley Sea
Sorry, I didn’t use caps
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW)
and i thought you meant the flight crew
re: #310 Decatur Deb
Surprised? I’m shocked…..that we still have ethics watchdogs.
Well, they’re not government ethics watchdogs. Trump got rid of all of those. This is a citizens group.
Lots of luck prosecuting these two deadbeats.
I’ve been too chatty for two days. Tomorrow I will have to fix 2 or 3 bikes. I leave you with this:
Cat Fact: From a stand still a domestic cat can jump 5 times the length of its body.
Such power, such grace. #Awesome pic.twitter.com/RrXibdJzAc— D Attenborough (@Attenboroughs_D) August 24, 2017
re: #318 Blind Frog Belly White
Some fruit trees can’t self-pollinate, and you need to have another variety close by.
yeah, i know that now
re: #312 dangerman
we recently went to buy an almond tree seedling
who knew you needed two - male and female - else that was a heck of a salesman…
Learn something new every day. I can’t keep track of which trees need another to pollinate them. Probably because we don’t grow any fruit/nut trees.
re: #325 Skip Intro
Well, they’re not government ethics watchdogs. Trump got rid of all of those. This is a citizens group.
Lots of luck prosecuting these two deadbeats.
Linnet? has been blackballed from the fashion scene for something that happened while we were camping. That’s much worse than General Population.
re: #328 calochortus
Learn something new every day. I can’t keep track of which trees need another to pollinate them. Probably because we don’t grow any fruit/nut trees.
That’s what the internet is for.
re: #319 Stanley Sea
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Broadband wi-fi for the Preznit’s morning toilet-tweeting?
re: #320 Blind Frog Belly White
IOW, not strictly speaking ‘male and female’.
cmon - let me have my little metaphor ;-)
Female flowers contain ovaries that develop into fruit while male flowers bear pollen that fertilizes the female flowers. Some trees bear flowers of only one sex; those trees are sometimes called male or female
re: #332 Jay C
So what’s the deal with the “luxury” porta-potties?
Broadband wi-fi for the Preznit’s morning toilet-tweeting?
They hose them out after the Insane Clown Posse gig.
re: #332 Jay C
So what’s the deal with the “luxury” porta-potties?
Broadband wi-fi for the Preznit’s morning toilet-tweeting?
It was supposed that the ‘help’ aren’t allowed to use the restrooms at the club.
re: #2 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
“3) FEMA has no director.”
Wow. Didn’t know that. That really is shocking.
re: #336 Bubblehead II
Lizards going to call it a night. See you in the A.M.
As always, May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours
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Now you have to sing it REALLY, REALLY LOUD, so your kid can hear it and Jimmy Stewart can find him.
re: #319 Stanley Sea
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i wonder about these headlines
the secret service is tasked with these things.
sure, sometimes maybe making recommendations to fulfill their role as protectors
but theyre not saying, “hey lets get some high end port-a-jons on our budget” on a lark
re: #332 Jay C
So what’s the deal with the “luxury” porta-potties?
Broadband wi-fi for the Preznit’s morning toilet-tweeting?
Paper.
re: #319 Stanley Sea
re: #337 Patricia Kayden
“3) FEMA has no director.”
Wow. Didn’t know that. That really is shocking.
Nope: corrected way backthread: FEMA’s Administrator (the head’s title) has been there since June - Brock Long
re: #342 dangerman
you linked to immigrant almonds?
It’s not a native American tree. They’re ALL Immigrant Almonds!
For good or ill, I wade the right wing fever swamps just to see what the nutters are whinging about. Ran across this gem at Breibart…
“Don’t buy this FAKE NEWS bull crap. I have trouble believing that anyone whose fake “computer models” told us the planet is warming suddenly have any idea whether or not a hurricane will hit Texas. Texas is God’s country, and the Lord will protect us from these liberal, fascist liars whose only goal is to undermine the President. Sorry, Al Gore stupid snowflake. #MAGA”
“In my view, this whole thing is based on the same “computer models” that predicted the global warming hoax, by the same liberal fascist scientists. I am going to plan a beach trip and will laugh my Texan butt off when the storm turns out to be #FakeNews”
Should it surprise anyone that Cernovich and Hoft are upset that a white supremacist was denied bail over his role in the Charlotteville riots/homicide/domestic terrorist attack?
They’re busy claiming that the guy should have been granted bail. That is, when he’s not pushing conspiracy bullshit:
Christopher Cantwell is trash, probably a deep State plant, but denying him bail is unconstitutional https://t.co/N9xV5z4kzk
— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) August 24, 2017
Except the judge can deny bail on basis of whether the person is a flight risk. The incident occurred in Virginia. The white supremacist is from New Hampshire. The odds of not showing for appearances? I’d put it as high. The judge did too.
The same people bent out of shape over the judge denying bail to a white guy who lives out of state have no problem when a black man or woman is denied bail for a minor traffic stop or simple assault. Their white privilege blinds them to the reality of what justice truly is (or should be).
re: #344 Jay C
Nope: corrected way backthread: FEMA’s Administrator (the head’s title) has been there since June - Brock Long
Brock Long? That sounds like one of the names that came up on MST3K in the riff that produced Big McLargeHuge and Blast HardCheese.
Thanks to WW for this account
Mondays, the struggle is real.#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/V6BDZc95ZR
— D Attenborough (@Attenboroughs_D) August 14, 2017
What a liar
In Flanders, Belgium children were showing radicalized behavior. When the school called the parents they weren’t worried at all… laughed.
— Ana (@anadecimononica) August 24, 2017
re: #340 dangerman
i wonder about these headlines
the secret service is tasked with these things.
sure, sometimes maybe making recommendations to fulfill their role as protectorsbut theyre not saying, “hey lets get some high end port-a-jons on our budget” on a lark
I think it’s pointing out the ludicrousness of the yam making the agents pay for/use porta-potties instead of, ya know, the indoor plumbing.
re: #346 Woods Witch
For good or ill, I wade the right wing fever swamps just to see what the nutters are whinging about. Ran across this gem at Breibart…
“Don’t buy this FAKE NEWS bull crap. I have trouble believing that anyone whose fake “computer models” told us the planet is warming suddenly have any idea whether or not a hurricane will hit Texas. Texas is God’s country, and the Lord will protect us from these liberal, fascist liars whose only goal is to undermine the President. Sorry, Al Gore stupid snowflake. #MAGA”
“In my view, this whole thing is based on the same “computer models” that predicted the global warming hoax, by the same liberal fascist scientists. I am going to plan a beach trip and will laugh my Texan butt off when the storm turns out to be #FakeNews”
There was some of that on Free Republic, but it got slapped down pretty fast. They’re not totally divorced from reality.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Hurricane Harvey: President Trump “will continue to be updated as the storm progresses” https://t.co/HGmFAfjR4t
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 24, 2017
shorter: he’s watching Fox News https://t.co/Aa3tvmagto
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 24, 2017
re: #353 calochortus
There was some of that on Free Republic, but it got slapped down pretty fast. They’re not totally divorced from reality.
I gotta say, the second one sounds like a chance to raise the average IQ of the Breitbart commenters, if you catch my drift.
re: #353 calochortus
There was some of that on Free Republic, but it got slapped down pretty fast. They’re not totally divorced from reality.
I’d also point out that these same folks were probably blaming poor black folks in New Orleans for not leaving when “everybody knew” where Katrina was going to make landfall 4 days before it hit.
Sarah Palin has endorsed Roy Moore for Jefferson Beauregard’s seat. Guess that locks in my vote.
re: #345 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s not a native American tree. They’re ALL Immigrant Almonds!
hey, like most of us!
Good snark is often hard to come by:
Trump’s $3m White House redesign? It’s as drab as a downmarket hotel
Trump’s obsequious aides have been dutifully gushing with praise online. “The White House’s newly renovated Roosevelt Room looks incredible,” cooed Cliff Sims, special assistant to the president. He can’t get out much. The accompany photos he tweeted look straight out of a corporate conference centre brochure. Recessed lights glare down from a suspended ceiling, while the walls are drenched in that ubiquitous shade of greige…
Lots of new eagles, everywhere. Perching on a pair of pedestals, their talons clinging to gilded rocks, an alarming duo of metre-high eagles greet visitors to the Roosevelt Room, beaks agape, wings raised up high, ready to attack. A gilded eagle peers down from the ceiling of the Oval Office too, clutching a chandelier in its talons, as if ready to hurl it down on any uncooperative heads of state.
News of Trump’s latest antisemitic friend reminds us the critical story abt the Trump presidency was written in ‘98. https://t.co/qWnL66yarj
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 24, 2017
I know we have to keep fighting the orange fucker, but he’s really starting to bore me. It’s the same shit, every day.
re: #353 calochortus
Yeah, he was getting heat from some of the other commenters, but the fool stuck to his guns.
re: #346 Woods Witch
For good or ill, I wade the right wing fever swamps just to see what the nutters are whinging about. Ran across this gem at Breibart…
“Don’t buy this FAKE NEWS bull crap. I have trouble believing that anyone whose fake “computer models” told us the planet is warming suddenly have any idea whether or not a hurricane will hit Texas. Texas is God’s country, and the Lord will protect us from these liberal, fascist liars whose only goal is to undermine the President. Sorry, Al Gore stupid snowflake. #MAGA”
“In my view, this whole thing is based on the same “computer models” that predicted the global warming hoax, by the same liberal fascist scientists. I am going to plan a beach trip and will laugh my Texan butt off when the storm turns out to be #FakeNews”
Music to my ears. Yes, yes, wingnuts, by all means defy the fascist forecasters and go camp out on the beach. Pro tip: Look for low- lying areas where their spy beams can’t reach you.
re: #355 Blind Frog Belly White
Anywhere else I’d think it was satire. At Breitbart it’s more likely someone angling for a Darwin Award
re: #366 Woods Witch
Anywhere else I’d think it was satire. At Breitbart it’s more likely someone angling for a Darwin Award
I wish him luck.
re: #291 whitebeach
My old journalism professor, a veteran print reporter, typed with only his two index fingers, but did it at 120 wpm with virtually no errors. It was like he was firing Uzis with both hands. Never seen anyone better.
My fingers never developed the strength to handle the old manual typewriters and even the electric ones were a problem for me, but then typing was never a required class. So my mother, who was a medical secretary, typed all my papers for me throughout high schools and college. Since almost all my college classes were in math, she didn’t have much typing to do there. I only leaned to type when I had a real job and everyone sat before a computer screen!
re: #346 Woods Witch
1. thank you for doing yeoman’s work so i and others dont have to
2. i dont believe this for a moment. though if these people are that stupid, then more power to them. the herd needs thinning and cleansing anyway
but really, you think weather doesnt apply to you?
Neil deGrasse Tyson - “The good thing about Science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”
3. cleanse thyself - have a well earned shower
re: #362 darthstar
I know we have to keep fighting the orange fucker, but he’s really starting to bore me. It’s the same shit, every day.
I was noticing that. But I’d say the periodicity is more like 2 days.
Monday, he gave a speech where he managed not step on his dick
Tuesday, he goes totally bananas in Phoenix.
Wednesday, he apparently gave a calm, highly forgettable speech in Reno.
Thursday, he went apeshit on Twitter.
If this pattern holds, he should be less embarrassing than average tomorrow, and a total shitshow on Saturday.
re: #362 darthstar
I know we have to keep fighting the orange fucker, but he’s really starting to bore me. It’s the same shit, every day.
He’s indeed a one trick pony.
re: #322 dangerman
Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam Texas coast as first major hurricane in U.S. since 2005 (washington post)
Sandy? (2012)
Sandy had technically transitioned to an extratropical storm at landfall.
re: #359 BeachDem
Good snark is often hard to come by:
Trump’s $3m White House redesign? It’s as drab as a downmarket hotel
…
Lots of new eagles, everywhere. Perching on a pair of pedestals, their talons clinging to gilded rocks, an alarming duo of metre-high eagles greet visitors to the Roosevelt Room, beaks agape, wings raised up high, ready to attack. A gilded eagle peers down from the ceiling of the Oval Office too, clutching a chandelier in its talons, as if ready to hurl it down on any uncooperative heads of state.
This sounds so tacky. But then he has no real taste in interior decorating anyway.
re: #368 Hecuba’s daughter
My fingers never developed the strength to handle the old manual typewriters and even the electric ones were a problem for me, but then typing was never a required class. So my mother, who was a medical secretary, typed all my papers for me throughout high schools and college. Since almost all my college classes were in math, she didn’t have much typing to do there. I only leaned to type when I had a real job and everyone sat before a computer screen!
The only typewriter I ever owned was a manual. Once in a great while I’d use someone else’s electric model and turn out text with extraaa letttersss because I was used to having to pound on my manual.
Typed my thesis, and then Mr. C’s because I couldn’t bear watching him wrestle with typing it. It was a painful thing to see.
re: #373 Hecuba’s daughter
This sounds so tacky. But then he has no real taste in interior decorating anyway.
Could have been worse. This just looks a bit generic and sterile.
re: #373 Hecuba’s daughter
This sounds so tacky. But then he has no real taste in interior decorating anyway.
On the plus side, “drab” is less repulsive than I expected. He managed to forgo the ‘Dictator Chic’ of his place in Trump Tower.
Cat Fact: From a stand still a domestic cat can jump 5 times the length of its body.
Such power, such grace. #Awesome pic.twitter.com/RrXibdJzAc— D Attenborough (@Attenboroughs_D) August 24, 2017
Shout ‘Allahu akbar’ and you will be shot, the mayor of Venice has warned https://t.co/7IklquCCOK pic.twitter.com/Dk5SoHELWo
— The Times of London (@thetimes) August 23, 2017
re: #359 BeachDem
The work on the portico was long overdue - and repairs were needed to fix the stairs and make sure that it remains safe and watertight. I don’t have any issues with that.
Every admin puts their own stamp on interior design. Most recent admins have tried to preserve or restore features. Trump decided that he wanted the Roosevelt Room to be nondescript conference room space. Meh.
That he decided to include eagles all over the place? I find that funny, mostly because he’s probably overcompensating for the last time he had a run in with a real eagle, and ended up on the losing end.
re: #378 electrotek
What about yelling damn bigot? Sorry I have had a bad day at work.
re: #337 Patricia Kayden
“3) FEMA has no director.”
Wow. Didn’t know that. That really is shocking.
Texas can always pray the hurricane away.
re: #380 PhillyPretzel
What about yelling damn bigot? Sorry I have had a bad day at work.
Shout ‘Allahu akbar’ and you will be shot, the mayor of Venice has warned https://t.co/7IklquCCOK pic.twitter.com/Dk5SoHELWo
— The Times of London (@thetimes) August 23, 2017
How about Anders Breivik wannabes that shout #DeusVult? 🙄🙄 https://t.co/kke17Ielum
— دانیال (@danja84) August 25, 2017
re: #356 Blind Frog Belly White
I’d also point out that these same folks were probably blaming poor black folks in New Orleans for not leaving when “everybody knew” where Katrina was going to make landfall 4 days before it hit.
During Katrina, I remember watching a cable news program where an anchor was in contact before the storm with a long time New Orleans resident who I think was affluent and white. He made the decision not to evacuate because of prior experience with inaccurate forecasts. When the storm hit, he clearly realized his mistake but it was too late to act. I never learned what ultimately happened to him.
Also acceptable: Incompetent. Ignorant. Crass. Bigoted.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 25, 2017
re: #379 lawhawk
The work on the portico was long overdue - and repairs were needed to fix the stairs and make sure that it remains safe and watertight. I don’t have any issues with that.
Every admin puts their own stamp on interior design. Most recent admins have tried to preserve or restore features. Trump decided that he wanted the Roosevelt Room to be nondescript conference room space. Meh.
That he decided to include eagles all over the place? I find that funny, mostly because he’s probably overcompensating for the last time he had a run in with a real eagle, and ended up on the losing end.
I just thought the article was funny.
re: #369 dangerman
Reading this idiots other posts he’s either totally serious or a very accomplished satarist.
One of his later entries….
“I am sorry, Scott, but you are clearly not very well informed. “Global warming” is a measurement of the average temperature. Who else tells you the average temperature each day? The weatherman! They use data from the SAME weather stations to track temperature over time that they use to tell you the days forecast. Ever heard of the liberal snowflakes at NOAA? And maybe you have not been PAYING ATTENTION, but if you read Delingpole’s columns on Breitbart, it is pretty clear all of this data is fake, and the people pushing it are criminals and fraudsters who want to destroy the US economy and hand our nation over to the globalists. Despite what the leftists tell you, the science is too complex. There is no way for anyone to accurately measure or predict the weather”
re: #375 calochortus
Could have been worse. This just looks a bit generic and sterile.
It was all the reference to eagles that inspired my response. Generic and sterile is tolerable. Much better than gaudy and tasteless.
re: #387 Woods Witch
One vote here for this being satire. An entire wingnut paragraph with no egregious sins against the English language?
re: #389 EPR-radar
One vote here for this being satire. An entire wingnut paragraph with no egregious sins against the English language?
Possibly. But the wingnuts of my acquaintance can spell and use correct grammar.
re: #388 Hecuba’s daughter
It was all the reference to eagles that inspired my response. Generic and sterile is tolerable. Much better than gaudy and tasteless.
The description was pretty funny. They weren’t all that prominent in the photo I saw.
I’m looking forward to #14 🤣
— jay (@random__name) August 24, 2017
re: #386 BeachDem
I just thought the article was funny.
This was spot on
“The Obama wallpaper was very damaged. There were a lot of stains on it,” they added, as if to suggest the previous occupants were a bunch of uncouth ne’er-do-wells who went around spraying their fluids against the walls.
re: #373 Hecuba’s daughter
This sounds so tacky. But then he has no real taste in interior decorating anyway.
“You’re not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator.”
“His house looked like shit.”
re: #387 Woods Witch
I love the old “You don’t know if it’s going to rain tomorrow. How can you predict climate in 30 years?”
This from people who know not to pack parkas to go to Florida.
re: #388 Hecuba’s daughter
It was all the reference to eagles that inspired my response. Generic and sterile is tolerable. Much better than gaudy and tasteless.
Mike Pence had better watch out. The first obsequious bootlicker to suggest to tr*mp that a giant gold-plated statue of tr*mp be placed on the White House lawn on a motorized base to perpetually face the sun is going to make tr*mp very happy.
re: #395 Stanley Sea
This was spot on
“If I had a blacklight, this would look like a Jackson Pollock painting.”
re: #199 Birth Control Works
I did drafting (2 years) in High School and Typing because my Mom was a typing teacher.
No sewing or cooking.
I took typing and shorthand in high school.
When I 12, we moved from California to Texas and I was enrolled at the John Foster Dulles Junior High School in Sugarland. My mother wanted me to continue taking Homemaking. The guidance counselor said that Homemaking was for black [she might have even said Negro, I don’t remember, this was early 1973] or Hispanic students who weren’t going to college but would end up as someone’s housekeeper and I was obvious college material to her. My mother fumed but we were new to the South and it really was a different culture. I only went to that school four months but I completely hated it.
re: #348 Blind Frog Belly White
Brock Long? That sounds like one of the names that came up on MST3K in the riff that produced Big McLargeHuge and Blast HardCheese.
FEMA Administrator Crunch Buttsteak
re: #378 electrotek
Makes me almost ashamed to be part Italian. I winced.
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