New From Olbermann: For Whom Has Trump Made America Great?
Politics • Views: 40,912
The matter of good and evil is more inescapable with each passing week.
633 comments
Repost from downstairs:
The surviving low level circulation still presents well on the rainbow IR:
Most of the rain for Harris county will be over by this time tomorrow, but between now and then they are going to get enough rain to make sure all the reservoirs and lakes are overflowing to record levels.
It was only a year and half ago that Houston has very serious flooding. Now this.
It’s going to be a tough decision to make, but I think a strong ethical case can be made for not rebuilding in some locations.
****
This is all beyond Trump’s capability to lead. He’s just not able to have the empathy and does not have the skills or interest to be a leader. Trump’s coalition of know-nothings and corporate grifters can only be destructive.
re: #2 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
[Embedded content]
“Armed illiterates will be beaten with sticks.”
I feel so safe. //
re: #2 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
One of them is going to accidentally shoot one of the others.
You have GOT to be kidding me: GOP lawmaker proposes amendment to stop Mueller investigation after 180 days https://t.co/TwXJNdLp9S
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017
Can anyone tell me how Milo Yiannopoulos got seated behind @chancetherapper at the #MTVVMAs ??? pic.twitter.com/oRl85i8PEs
— Leila Brillson (@leilaclaire) August 28, 2017
Hey @MTV, wasn’t “anti-hate” the theme of the VMAs this year? How exactly does Milo fit into that theme? https://t.co/N8zT8m9kOi
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 28, 2017
The Wall is first, then come the Camps, and finally the Ovens, unless tr*mp is stopped.
re: #8 EPR-radar
Put down whatever you’re smoking/drinking.
Well, now we know where the “Obama golfing during Katrina” spiel is coming from.
It’s almost funny how some RWNJs just regurgitate this stuff
U R a nutcase. It was your Pres Obama who was golfing during Hurricaine Katrina. Pres Trump has been very proactive in sending help b4 & NOW
— sheila (@sheila06942158) August 27, 2017
The least the Russian bots could do is get the dates correct of who was President when.
I mean, maybe Obama *was* golfing during Katrina. https://t.co/KTFEIu9WXK— jax ☘️ (@jaxbra) August 29, 2017
U R a nutcase. It was your Pres Obama who was golfing during Hurricaine Katrina. Pres Trump has been very proactive in sending help b4 & NOW
— sheila (@sheila06942158) August 27, 2017
The Ratio knows the truth. Damn.
A NYC friend of Jared & Ivanka says they miss the city, & that DC “punctures their self-esteem on a daily basis.” https://t.co/7NEqScy0Gb
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 28, 2017
While people in Houston have lost everything they own, remember who is truly suffering: https://t.co/k8GBseyTfD
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 29, 2017
re: #12 The Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
If Hillary had been elected and Chelsea and her Hubby did even one single thing that Jared and Ivanka did, the Republican BS machine would have melted down!
re: #7 JordanRules
Can anyone tell me how Milo Yiannopoulos got seated behind @chancetherapper at the #MTVVMAs ???
9:08 PM - Aug 27, 2017
Is that Sean Combs sitting next to him?
re: #14 ObserverArt
Is that Sean Combs sitting next to him?
Art, why yes it is and now we know why Milo’s there!
re: #14 ObserverArt
Nah. I don’t think he attended, from what I’ve seen.
re: #12 The Vicious Babushka
A NYC friend of Jared & Ivanka says they miss the city, & that DC “punctures their self-esteem on a daily basis.”
They miss their safe space.
Snowflakes
Rescued from downstairs yet again [why am I always responding after we’ve moved along?!?]
re: #410 Unshaken Defiance
Somebody slap the producer that had them air rather than delete that footage.
Why? If the people of Houston are that delusional, we prolly need to know about it, since they’ll be resettled throughout the centre of the country for the next 3 years like Katrina evacuees…
Meanwhile, there is literally an army’s worth of high-wheelbase vehicles at Ft Hood that would be of great help
BREAKING: The Navy readies amphib assault ship Kearsarge and dock landing ship Oak Hill for Houston response. https://t.co/WDBev584iD
— David B Larter (@DavidLarter) August 29, 2017
US Navy helos respond to Houston floods, Fleet prepares for larger response https://t.co/uFVQFohyr1 pic.twitter.com/Sv4OAEIKYW
— Defense News (@defense_news) August 29, 2017
re: #12 The Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
Waaah. Then just resign already. Oh wait, that would mean less undue enrichment.
re: #20 FormerDirtDart
Meanwhile, there is literally an army’s worth of high-wheelbase vehicles at Ft Hood that would be of great help
[Embedded content]
Didn’t I read somewhere yesterday that with moving water, those are in almost as much trouble as normal cars, because their huge tires give them positive bouyancy?
My, My, My! The Pulpit Pimp finally relents after he gets his ass roasted on Twitter?
re: #24 HappyWarrior
So sick of Milo. Wish he would go the fuck away.
Me too. The fact that these RWNJ creeps can make lucrative careers out of their hate is just disgusting.
re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹
“Prosperity Gospel” is so messed up.
Local Klansman arrested for firing a gun in Charlottesville previously charged with assaults, rape, never convicted: https://t.co/pRJELj1Qsn
— Baltimore City Paper (@city_paper) August 28, 2017
So….now I have some questions about how he was hired at one of the most prestigious private girls’ schools in the city. https://t.co/HmEqUXDI4K
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 29, 2017
re: #25 EPR-radar
Me too. The fact that these RWNJ creeps can make lucrative careers out of their hate is just disgusting.
He’s making a pretty penny while your average Millenial is struggling to find decent work based off his or her degree and pay off debts. He’s made a career out of hate as you say.
re: #25 EPR-radar
Me too. The fact that these RWNJ creeps can make lucrative careers out of their hate is just disgusting.
Porn.
re: #28 HappyWarrior
He’s making a pretty penny while your average Millenial is struggling to find decent work based off his or her degree and pay off debts. He’s made a career out of hate as you say.
And that will continue as long as Rebekkah Mercer keeps the cash flowing into that freak’s bank account.
Photograph depicting young married man gazing upon buttocks of a harlot is deemed cause for jollity and humor in depraved and decaying west. pic.twitter.com/LI2wduqnnU
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) August 29, 2017
re: #30 Joe Bacon 🌹
And that will continue as long as Rebekkah Mercer keeps the cash flowing into that freak’s bank account.
The Hate Market.
OT guys but have any you watched Atypical yet? I know we have some other Lizards on the spectrum or those with loved ones. I think it’s quite good. One of the better spectrum portrayals I’ve seen.
re: #30 Joe Bacon 🌹
I can understand what cishet American watercarriers get out of it–I wouldn’t in the least be surprised that part of the Koch/Mercer constitution is to remove the ban on titles of nobility, and they’ve been promised petty baronies or something–but what exactly is driving Milo, who has to know that Russian-style “beat away the gay” laws are going to come along with it–and that those are mandatory in Russia?
re: #29 The Ghost of a Flea
Porn.
You have no idea how on-point that metaphor is - just read this gem Sergey/Nyet dug up a few years ago o_O
All “dittoheads” remember the first time they experienced Rush Limbaugh. For conservatives, it was very exciting and extremely pleasurable; the exhilaration of finally hearing someone in the media validate one’s views and beliefs was almost unbearable. For others (leftists if you will, contrary to whatever euphemism they choose to hide behind), it was bitter, painful, and disillusioning; the humiliation of hearing someone in the media skillfully and gleefully slaughter each of one’s sacred cows was equally almost unbearable. I suppose one could say that the experience is somewhat like losing one’s sexual virginity.
Though I wouldn’t have called myself a conservative at the time, and certainly not a Republican, my “deflowering” was a most memorable and pleasant experience.
So…yeah…having their prejudices, bigotries, and petty self-puffing other-blaming validated is quite literally a sexually pleasurable experience.
re: #35 Chrysicat
I can understand what cishet American watercarriers get out of it–I wouldn’t in the least be surprised that part of the Koch/Mercer constitution is to remove the ban on titles of nobility, and they’ve been promised petty baronies or something–but what exactly is driving Milo, who has to know that Russian-style “beat away the gay” laws are going to come along with it–and that those are mandatory in Russia?
He probably figures. He’ll make his penny and then go back to the UK.
re: #36 Interesting Times
You have no idea how on-point that metaphor is - just read this gem Sergey/Nyet dug up a few years ago o_O
All “dittoheads” remember the first time they experienced Rush Limbaugh. For conservatives, it was very exciting and extremely pleasurable; the exhilaration of finally hearing someone in the media validate one’s views and beliefs was almost unbearable. For others (leftists if you will, contrary to whatever euphemism they choose to hide behind), it was bitter, painful, and disillusioning; the humiliation of hearing someone in the media skillfully and gleefully slaughter each of one’s sacred cows was equally almost unbearable. I suppose one could say that the experience is somewhat like losing one’s sexual virginity.
Though I wouldn’t have called myself a conservative at the time, and certainly not a Republican, my “deflowering” was a most memorable and pleasant experience.
So…yeah…having their prejudices, bigotries, and petty self-puffing other-blaming validated is quite literally a sexually pleasurable experience.
That’s funny because I’ve always described FNC’s formula (Good looking young women whose talking points sound like Rush’s) are a form of political pornography for conservatives and wingnuts. I don’t need media to validate my worldview. I have my own unique one as a product of my experiences, readings, perceptions, etc. I don’t need some blowhard to tell me how ot think.
re: #22 Chrysicat
Didn’t I read somewhere yesterday that with moving water, those are in almost as much trouble as normal cars, because their huge tires give them positive bouyancy?
That’s more the case with the civilian modified 4x4s and pickups. Sure fast moving water can be a hazard to any vehicle, but military truck are designed to do water crossings. Remember, it was Army HEMTTs that first reached the Superdome after Katrina, and FMTVs that provided transport later during search and rescue/recovery operation. Most of the people being rescued now by small boats could likely be reached by these vehicles. And, those that need boat rescue still need transport after reaching shallower water
re: #38 HappyWarrior
That’s funny because I’ve always described FNC’s formula (Good looking young women whose talking points sound like Rush’s) are a form of political pornography for conservatives and wingnuts. I don’t need media to validate my worldview. I have my own unique one as a product of my experiences, readings, perceptions, etc. I don’t need some blowhard to tell me how ot think.
I’m even more grossed out (if that were possible) when I look at that old quote from a limbaugh-lover and realize it describes exactly how the trumpchumps feel about their “God-Emperor” :X
re: #35 Chrysicat
I can understand what cishet American watercarriers get out of it–I wouldn’t in the least be surprised that part of the Koch/Mercer constitution is to remove the ban on titles of nobility, and they’ve been promised petty baronies or something–but what exactly is driving Milo, who has to know that Russian-style “beat away the gay” laws are going to come along with it–and that those are mandatory in Russia?
Milo is stupid enough to believe that Radical Republican KKKristians will not come after him.
re: #40 Interesting Times
I’m even more grossed-out (if that were possible) when I look at that old quote from a limbaugh-lover and realize it describes exactly how the trumpchumps feel about their “God-Emperor” :X
No doubt.
Honestly, I always saw Rush as a miserable piece of shit. Here you had this middle aged overweight guy who was making his name by calling a thirteen year old Chelsea Clinton a dog. I always had this idea that Rush who came of age in the late 60’s and early 70’s got rejected by some hippie chick and has held a grudge against liberals ever since since many of them were much more content with themselves than he was.
So President Trump makes spelling mistakes on Twitter. Whoo doesn’t? https://t.co/IgvRUMJDbD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 28, 2017
So Trump retweets nazis, anti-Semites & white supremacists. Who doesn’t? (Well me for one) #TheResistance #TrumpRussia https://t.co/pl1h0UsInu
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 29, 2017
re: #1 freetoken
What places would you suggest not rebuilding?
re: #44 HappyWarrior
Honestly, I always saw Rush as a miserable piece of shit. Here you had this middle aged overweight guy who was making his name by calling a thirteen year old Chelsea Clinton a dog. I always had this idea that Rush who came of age in the late 60’s and early 70’s got rejected by some hippie chick and has held a grudge against liberals ever since since many of them were much more content with themselves than he was.
Now you have Steve Crowder whose entire shtick consists of regurgitating old Limbaugh “feminazi” jokes from the ‘90’s.
re: #45 The Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
I honestly don’t really care about the spelling and grammar too much. Though he is doing this tweets as President so the whole “Well who doesn’t” is lame sauce but yes the retweeting the white supremacists and KKK lovers is much worse.
New filing in United States v. Arpaio: Dismiss All Chargeshttps://t.co/tOFsbNtV2f pic.twitter.com/6NONyIB1E6
— Big Cases Bot (@big_cases) August 28, 2017
Arpaio’s lawyers say President Trump’s pardon not only spares him from being punished, but should undo the court’s finding of guilt. https://t.co/5ZlFEX2OXO
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) August 28, 2017
It’s actually the opposite—the Supreme Court has held that accepting a pardon amounts to an admission of guilt. https://t.co/uC5MMZUTjS
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 28, 2017
Burdick v. United States, 236 US 79
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 28, 2017
re: #47 The Vicious Babushka
Now you have Steve Crowder whose entire shtick consists of regurgitating old Limbaugh “feminazi” jokes from the ‘90’s.
Oh man I fucking really hate that dude because he and Baby Whiplash are a big reason why one of my good friends became a right wing nut. But you’re right. All of Crowder’s “insightful” points are nothing more than recycled bullshit and they say they don’t believe in recycling, ha!
re: #49 gocart mozart
[Embedded content]
You’d think that a Sheriff would know that but then again Arpaio thinks himself above the law.
re: #48 HappyWarrior
I honestly don’t really care about the spelling and grammar too much. Though he is doing this tweets as President so the whole “Well who doesn’t” is lame sauce but yes the retweeting the white supremacists and KKK lovers is much worse.
Nobody cares about typos. I don’t understand what is with the “failing” NY Times. Why are they sucking Trump’s ass?
re: #45 The Vicious Babushka
Normalization of this regime does not look good on you NYT!
Sometimes I feel like they are trolling us. So ridiculous.
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
Yup. Those puppies tend to have a fairly low CoG (it does help, certainly in strong winds) and a ‘bulkier’ weight to tire volume ratio IIRC as well as tires which are much more suited to operating in several inches of water than any normal road tire could hope to be.
…Also, trained, competent drivers. That makes a bloody big difference in tough(er) conditions.
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
Nobody cares about typos. I don’t understand what is with the “failing” NY Times. Why are they sucking Trump’s ass?
Yeah I don’t get it either. I wish they’d stop kissing his ass. Call him out for what he fucking is.
Army Corps of Engineers says there could be uncontrolled releases of water on the north end of the Addicks spillway on Tuesday. #khou
— The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) August 29, 2017
re: #53 JordanRules
Normalization of this regime does not look good on you NYT!
Sometimes I feel like they are trolling us. So ridiculous.
What’s frustrating to me is the pathetically low expectation he gets. Saw earlier that Noonan was saying he was semi stable. Oh semi stable? That’s what we want from our President? Meanwhile these are the same people who found fault with every last goddamned thing President Obama did from the suits he wore to what he put on his food.
You’re not missing it. It isn’t there. The mainstream music industry is dominated by selfishness and greed.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017
re: #50 HappyWarrior
Oh man I fucking really hate that dude because he and Baby Whiplash are a big reason why one of my good friends became a right wing nut. But you’re right. All of Crowder’s “insightful” points are nothing more than recycled bullshit and they say they don’t believe in recycling, ha!
Chowder & Whipsies have no original thoughts. They think if they plagiarize some lame bullshit that their icon said before they were born, nobody will ever know.
re: #49 gocart mozart
Its an unconditional pardon. That may mean he doesn’t have to admit guilt.
re: #59 The Vicious Babushka
Chowder & Whipsies have no original thoughts. They think if they plagiarize some lame bullshit that their icon said before they were born, nobody will ever know.
Yep and then people like my buddy post it as “insightful.” Same bullshit.
re: #6 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
Lemme guess…he doesn’t want to waste tax payer money on the investigation…but he will have no issue giving unfunded tax cuts to the rich…
re: #58 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
Frank Turner had a good song that he performed not long after Trump was inaugurated. I agree though, we need more protest music.
re: #62 Mike Lamb
Lemme guess…he doesn’t want to waste tax payer money on the investigation…but he will have no issue giving unfunded tax cuts to the rich…
Duh. Sorry but yeah that’s exactly it.
Some resources or recommendations for those who might be looking to help:
I did a volunteer trip last year to work on Louisiana flood remediation with @AllHands and heartily recommend them, if ur looking to donate…
— Leigh Honeywell (@hypatiadotca) August 29, 2017
Volunteer Houston launches VIRTUAL Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) to aid in Flood Relief Efforts: https://t.co/HZazkw3L5h
— Harris County OHSEM (@ReadyHarris) August 28, 2017
re: #54 ThomasLite
Yup. Those puppies tend to have a fairly low CoG (it does help, certainly in strong winds) and a ‘bulkier’ weight to tire volume ratio IIRC as well as tires which are much more suited to operating in several inches of water than any normal road tire could hope to be.
…Also, trained, competent drivers. That makes a bloody big difference in tough(er) conditions.
yeah, you look at them but don’t think they weigh as much as the do. An empty HEMTT runs over 20 tons, the FMTV pictured over 11 tons. Plus, most now have armored cabs (not pictured) which adds more weight.
I saw this yesterday and thought brilliant. High wheelbase, and massive weight. Here’s a practical use for those MRAPs handed to local law enforcement.
Just now in Houston. pic.twitter.com/qy4Q2BAbBj
— Alan Blinder (@alanblinder) August 27, 2017
Also, reading that Burdock case, I think that line about accepting a pardon means admitting guilt is dicta because the issue was whether someone could refuse a pardon
Hannity: Media politicized the pardon by saying he did it Friday for hurricane ratings!
Trump: I pardoned Arpaio on Friday for the ratings. pic.twitter.com/RQMbqLzqPk— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) August 29, 2017
re: #69 KGxvi
Also, reading that Burdock case, I think that line about accepting a pardon means admitting guilt is dicta because the issue was whether someone could refuse a pardon
Yes, but the underlying principle was that Burdick wanted to refuse the pardon so that he could continue to refuse answering any questions about his sources that might place him in legal jeopardy. Meaning that Burdick is on point with regards to Arpaio no longer being able to plead the 5th in any civil proceedings where the questions relate to activities covered by the pardon.
re: #73 goddamnedfrank
Yes, but the underlying principle was that Burdick wanted to refuse the pardon so that he could continue to refuse answering any questions about his sources that might place him in legal jeopardy. Meaning that Burdick is on point with regards to Arpaio no longer being able to plead the 5th in any civil proceedings where the questions relate to activities covered by the pardon.
That is very true. I’d have to see the District Court’s ruling from July on the criminal contempt charges to know just how far that actually goes. But I think lay people are using Burdock to say things that it doesn’t actually say (specifically that Arpaio is admitting guilt by accepting the pardon). And Arpaio’s attorneys cited some othe cases that I don’t have the desire to look up that apply to the rather unique procedural facts of this case.
re: #73 goddamnedfrank
Yes, but the underlying principle was that Burdick wanted to refuse the pardon so that he could continue to refuse answering any questions about his sources that might place him in legal jeopardy. Meaning that Burdick is on point with regards to Arpaio no longer being able to plead the 5th in any civil proceedings where the questions relate to activities covered by the pardon.
So what happens if Arpaio improperly pleads the 5th? The normal response would be contempt of court, but we all know how that would end up.
Yes, he’s really this stupid#TrumpPressConferencepic.twitter.com/ktMpw1nALM
— White Male Reality (@witemalereality) February 16, 2017
re: #75 EPR-radar
So what happens if Arpaio improperly pleads the 5th? The normal response would be contempt of court, but we all know how that would end up.
Then Arpaio and his buddy the president* whip up a mob against the judge.
re: #74 KGxvi
That is very true. I’d have to see the District Court’s ruling from July on the criminal contempt charges to know just how far that actually goes. But I think lay people are using Burdock to say things that it doesn’t actually say (specifically that Arpaio is admitting guilt by accepting the pardon). And Arpaio’s attorneys cited some othe cases that I don’t have the desire to look up that apply to the rather unique procedural facts of this case.
The Burdick dicta is well reasoned though in that there’s an established solution for someone in Arpaio’s position who doesn’t want to serve jail time but does want to maintain their innocence, to ask for a commutation instead. If someone is truly not guilty then that’s a conclusion only the courts can come to via due process, and the pardon doesn’t erase that so much as it sidesteps it with executive action.
re: #46 KGxvi
What places would you suggest not rebuilding?
It will take a full assessment of the region to determine what is susceptible to floods more than say every 50 years.
The problem is that the current maps are drawn on what was experienced in the early part of the 20th century, and are not sufficient for the 21st century.
The current flooding is meeting the old criteria for once in a 500 years or once in 1000 years. All that stuff is now outdated.
But this is another thing Trump has undone: Obama’s strategy to prepare America for climate change.
Arpaio insists his contempt conviction be thrown out after Trump pardon: I “didn’t do anything wrong” https://t.co/YSRfEw4VOD pic.twitter.com/jAPYtb6jyZ
— The Hill (@thehill) August 29, 2017
(that ain’t what a pardon means, dude) @RealSheriffJoe https://t.co/RvwnOjrv9Z
— LORDY (@AZTanya) August 29, 2017
Bad summer juju. Another climber dies on Capitol Peak above Aspen, the fifth in two months https://t.co/e8ohaRbxc8 via @denverpost
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 29, 2017
A 21-year-old mountain climber died Sunday on Capitol Peak above Aspen, the fifth in two months - apparently after attempting a precarious shortcut descent that leads to a 600-foot cliff.
Pitkin County authorities declined to identify the man, pending notification of his family. Sheriff’s Sgt. Jesse Steindler said the man fell at almost exactly the same point as an Aspen couple who died one week ago. Steindler lamented an increasing flow of people compelled to bag “fourteeners” — peaks that exceed 14,000 feet elevation — a heavily promoted recreational pursuit that draws inexperienced hikers to Colorado’s high country.
I’ve climbed three 14ers in the Elk Range, Capitol Peak is not one of them. The nuttiest route I’ve done was the tour de Pyramid on Pyramid Peak (rated Class 4), ascending the northwest ridge and descending the northeast ridge. I was with my brother-in-law, who’s climbed Denali and Mt. Rainier, so I was in good hands. I learned a great deal about mountaineering on Pyramid Peak, which is about 10 miles away from Capitol Peak, where five people have lost their lives this summer. I learned that you always wear a helmet for anything Class 3 and above, and you follow the route *exactly* which sometimes involves map and compass work.
My condolences the the five people who’ve died on Capitol Peak this summer.
☹️
Yes, this is where Harvey is forecasted to go back ashore.
350 gators used to a feeding schedule. What could go wrong
Alligator sanctuary on alert as floodwaters threaten to unleash hundreds of gators https://t.co/V0YSJjuPgf pic.twitter.com/p1z6nadCNK
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 29, 2017
re: #83 HappyWarrior
And all the surrogates (Steve King, Rick Santorum) are out there pushing the ‘he didn’t do nothing wrong’ story.
If you’re a professed Christian who has to be guilted into helping desperate people in their time of need you obviously have no fucking clue about Christianity.
Christ talked about these people in the Bible and basically said “if you think you can talk the talk but not walk the walk and still get into Heaven then you’re in for a nasty surprise.”
1/2 As the US deals with one of the worst climate-related disasters in a generation, we have a presidency and a GOP criminally mired in …
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017
2/2 climate change denial. And Trump is actively destroying America’s ability to deal with this existential threat.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017
re: #84 FormerDirtDart
Yes, this is where Harvey is forecasted to go back ashore.
350 gators used to a feeding schedule. What could go wrong[Embedded content]
Gatornado?
re: #84 FormerDirtDart
Yes, this is where Harvey is forecasted to go back ashore.
350 gators used to a feeding schedule. What could go wrong[Embedded content]
Love the stands.
re: #85 jaunte
And all the surrogates (Steve King, Rick Santorum) are out there pushing the ‘he didn’t do nothing wrong’ story.
Of course they are. Assholes defending another asshole.
Pictures how close water is to overtopping the Inverness Levee #houwx #hounews #txwx pic.twitter.com/4OxgW8OWdY
— Jeff Lindner (@JeffLindner1) August 29, 2017
UPDATE 8:30 PM MONDAY - A mandatory evacuation has been issued for residents in the Northwood Pines subdivision in Spring due to possible levee failure. Evacuees should go to the shelter at Spring High School. Officials warned if residents do not evacuate before 11 p.m., they may not be able to get out.
abc13.com
re: #75 EPR-radar
So what happens if Arpaio improperly pleads the 5th? The normal response would be contempt of court, but we all know how that would end up.
Trump can’t pardon federal civil contempt findings or the fines and coercive jail time incurred. Arpaio’s criminal case was actually really rare because only the absolute biggest assholes even think of defying a federal court injunction.
Someone asked who Cernovich, the guy was I was debating about Arpario yesterday. This guy
conservative fanfic about hrc/obama is always more insane and over the top than anything my liberal imagination can ever muster. idiots. pic.twitter.com/B7wtsBdhSy
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 27, 2017
re: #94 gocart mozart
Someone asked who Cernovich, the guy was I was debating about Arpario yesterday. This guy
[Embedded content]
Lol Antifa hates Hillary and the mainstream left but sure Mike sure, btw still leaching off your ex?
My latest leads tomorrow’s paper: How the mistruths of internet message boards keep making it to the White House. https://t.co/l4f1VRhU70
— Astead W. Herndon (@AsteadWH) August 29, 2017
Chuck Johnson, the harasser banned from Twitter, told me he’s in contact w/ admin officials “once or twice” a week https://t.co/qH3OHBs4KO … https://t.co/aXG2bzp79I
— Astead W. Herndon (@AsteadWH) August 29, 2017
We are family….elephant herd reunited…..you’ll want to watch with the audio on. pic.twitter.com/Vme6sKteqJ
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 28, 2017
re: #95 HappyWarrior
Lol Antifa hates Hillary and the mainstream left but sure Mike sure, btw still leaching off your ex?
They’re not interested in describing reality.
It’s true because that’s what they need the truth to be.
And, given power, they will make it the truth for everybody.
Lakewood Church apparently bought countless air mattresses and are prepping to open their doors. Took a while but good news.#JoelOsteen pic.twitter.com/MYXf1HqAbF
— Charles Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) August 29, 2017
Congratulations, Internet — you helped @JoelOsteen learn the teachings of Jesus. https://t.co/EeeIKqcRgm
— Bill Prady (@billprady) August 29, 2017
The fucking right wing monsters I’ve been trying to fight against for years are now in charge of the federal government. Difficult for me to express how upsetting and depressing this is.
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
Glad the pressure worked. Osteen is still a fraud though who uses religion only for his own enrichment.
re: #100 Charles Johnson
The fucking right wing monsters I’ve been trying to fight against for years are now in charge of the federal government. Difficult for me to express how upsetting and depressing this is.
I’m still upset at how they stole the court vacancy. Gorsuch being there instead of Garland is going to have a negative impact.
re: #101 HappyWarrior
Glad the pressure worked. Osteen is still a fraud though who uses religion only for his own enrichment.
It’s times like this I wished there really was an afterlife.
He’d be…disappointed, to say the least.
Hmmm, wonder if Pulpit Pimp Joel is going to unblock all those folks who reminded him of what JC would have done?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 29, 2017
DISGUSTING AND HEARTLESS. Steve King on CNN going after #DACA children for not turning in their parents. What kind of person says that?
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) August 29, 2017
The Houston Grifter AKA Joel Osteen keeps the doors to his mega church closed to the victims of Hurricane Harvey… https://t.co/Gc81ul5Fo0 pic.twitter.com/WgbTkMx7Wj
— Citizens Fed Up (@CitizensFedUp) August 28, 2017
The Greater Houston Islamic Society has opened their doors🖒👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/AmI26ZrJrb
— YpsiGal (@YpsiGal) August 29, 2017
re: #100 Charles Johnson
It really is like a bad dream you can’t wake up from. We’re in alternate 1985 and Biff controls everything.
re: #105 Varek Raith
It’s times like this I wished there really was an afterlife.
He’d be…disappointed, to say the least.
Although I’m Agnostic, I’m definitely influenced by my forefathers Catholicism. Cannot imagine my great uncle’s parish doing this and they were much smaller than that behemoth Osteen calls a church.
re: #107 Charles Johnson
[Embedded content]
A person who believes in Nuremberg citizenship laws. King is a modern day Nazi.
Frightening. pic.twitter.com/oACiWcxKKH
— Rutger Ulbrecht (@RutgerUlbrecht) August 29, 2017
Have you looked in the mirror you old pasty fuck? https://t.co/47hkeUGEkq
— دانیال (@danja84) August 29, 2017
re: #105 Varek Raith
It’s times like this I wished there really was an afterlife.
He’d be…disappointed, to say the least.
Spending eternity hip-deep in molten lead seems like a good fate for these prosperity gospel hacks.
Exclusive: White House staff warned not to admit Gorka https://t.co/Gl2seVv72V pic.twitter.com/fmzd0ehelo
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 29, 2017
You’d think just listening to him speak once would’ve done the trick. Dude is the ponciest ponce who ever ponced. https://t.co/9X1X3aB5pX
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017
Because of course he did
Guy who said he was stabbed for his neo-Nazi haircut blamed it on an invisible black guy, actually stabbed himself. https://t.co/9B3UL2TdNq
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) August 28, 2017
I own swords and welcome refugees to the US.
/Manlyman.
re: #118 Varek Raith
I own swords and welcome refugees to the US.
/Manlyman.
Not to do the real man stuff but a real man isn’t paranoid about newcomers.
re: #117 gocart mozart
Reminds me of the idiot RWNJ with the story of the black Obama-supporting thug carving a letter into her face.
Quite the talented thug, to be able to carve a mirror-reversed version of the letter.
re: #119 HappyWarrior
Not to do the real man stuff but a real man isn’t paranoid about newcomers.
Seeing threats everywhere and trying to exterminate them is cowardice.
REAL MEN HULL TANK.
re: #113 electrotek
So why is that image tagged with eatliver.com?
Also, is that a game sprite or a maquette on the left?
I mean, this kind of fallacy envies that substance and weight of the straw man.
re: #116 goddamnedfrank
Extensive fisking of Gorka’s fake doctorate in three parts
Sebastian Gorka’s Dissertation, Part I https://t.co/DgaPe7QDF4
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 29, 2017
The Gorka Dissertation, Part II https://t.co/bEinWfpWWX
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 29, 2017
The Gorka Dissertation, Part III https://t.co/hwjgZxpZzB
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) August 29, 2017
re: #125 Jay C
Wasn’t it the other way around? The idiot carved a “B” on her cheek (backwards because mirror and idiot) and tried to pass it off as an “attack” by thuggish Obama-supporters??
That’s exactly what I was referring to, sarcastically.
I’m such a badass. I’m a skeered of anyone who has a different skin tone and accent than me.
re: #129 HappyWarrior
I’m such a badass. I’m a skeered of anyone who has a different skin tone and accent than me.
RWNJs routinely shit themselves in fear and call it courage.
re: #130 EPR-radar
RWNJs routinely shit themselves in fear and call it courage.
There’s nothing courageous about open carrying to a fast food restaurant.
re: #131 HappyWarrior
There’s nothing courageous about open carrying to a fast food restaurant.
Unless it’s Cajun.
;)
Yes, we blew up Alderaan and killed all of the Jedi but what about Leia’s holograms?
— Death Star PR (@DeathStarPR) August 28, 2017
Fake News. Leia’s holograms were actually important.
Anheuser-Busch brewery stops producing beer, switches to producing cans of water for Harvey victims https://t.co/MInpjX1uJW pic.twitter.com/QsOC2ylO5G
— The Hill (@thehill) August 29, 2017
How can anyone tell? https://t.co/f2VzXbMZpL
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 29, 2017
Reminds me of a joke:
Q. Why is drinking a budweiser like making love on a beach?
A. Because it’s fucking close to water that’s why!
re: #135 gocart mozart
Change “on the beach” to “in a boat,” that works too.
re: #52 The Vicious Babushka
Nobody cares about typos. I don’t understand what is with the “failing” NY Times. Why are they sucking Trump’s ass?
I think you are overthinking how much thinking goes into a newspaper’s Twitter feed. It’s probably some overworked junior copy editor. Or lower, depending on the time of day.
We have reached peak idiot.
Make it trend. Get it on Fox. @Cernovich, @JackPosobiec and others are plotting on how to get information to the WH https://t.co/qH3OHBs4KO pic.twitter.com/AbDiQyjxsY
— Astead W. Herndon (@AsteadWH) August 29, 2017
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to an order allowing non-Texas attorneys to help Texas citizens pro bono. It will be official tomorrow.
— MS Access to Justice (@MississippiATJ) August 29, 2017
This is my favorite moment of any Trump presser ever. (via CSPAN) pic.twitter.com/l4R6dojUrH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 29, 2017
re: #60 KGxvi
Its an unconditional pardon. That may mean he doesn’t have to admit guilt.
Reading through the law, some seem to question whether it’s an admission of guilt, though others say the 1915 case means that accepting it means you admit guilt. What does seem to be the truth is that accepting any kind of pardon means you give up your 5th amendment rights related to that case, which is why the 1915 case was about accepting the pardon.
re: #41 Joe Bacon 🌹
Milo is stupid enough to believe that Radical Republican KKKristians will not come after him.
He’ll be eaten last.
v mzxs <—- kitten
Those gold curtains are ghastly.
re: #144 allegro
v mzxs <—- kitten
Those gold curtains are ghastly.
They’d look better with kittens clawing their way up them.
Sometimes I ask myself why I couldn’t be politically apathetic like many others. I’d probably be a happier person instead of being so passionate and emotional.
re: #145 mmmirele
They’d look better with kittens clawing their way up them.
My kittens are only 9 weeks old and have better taste.
re: #147 electrotek
Sometimes I ask myself why I couldn’t be politically apathetic like many others. I’d probably be a happier person instead of being so passionate and emotional.
I think a number of us are wishing we could turn it off for a respite.
re: #150 retired cynic
I think a number of us are wishing we could turn it off for a respite.
Would have been easier had Clinton won.
re: #138 gocart mozart
We have reached peak idiot.
This is a particularly guignol version of the old “child king with advisor whispering in his ear.”
re: #150 retired cynic
Music is your only friend …
This evening I’m shuffling, and The Whisperers are playing “I’ve Got No Time” from a collection called Street Corner Symphonies: The Complete Story of Doo Wop, vol. 2: 1950. Works for me. In the last hour or so, I’ve had “Ice Man’s Blues” by Tom Archia; “13 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails; “Trail of Broken Hearts” by k.d. lang; “Bossa Nova USA” by The Dave Brubeck Quartet; plus Keith Richards singing Buddy Holly, Robert Johnson Ramblin’, Beatles Blackbird … shuffle been doin’ me proud.
re: #151 electrotek
Would have been easier had Clinton won.
It would have been hateful. This 25-30% of the population would have been all over the place, and the NYT and the Bros would have been sniping at her from behind. At least we would still have a lot of our international standing. Domestically, with a congress all R, it would have been bad.
I support Pastor Osteen’s decision to NOT open his church. It’s a house of worship NOT a shelter. #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/UhsnZkxs4O
— James Ritchie (@JamesRitch1) August 29, 2017
If it isn’t a shelter, it isn’t a house of worship. https://t.co/6TqcTcpUhh
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) August 29, 2017
As I sit here with my dog snuggled next to my leg, one kitten in between my legs (I’m sitting on the bed) and the other kitten next to me purring, all comfy inside with the AC, a glass of wine and full pipe… an idyllic moment under most any other circumstances and…
I AM STRESSED THE FUCK OUT WILL THIS FUCKING RAIN EVER STOP!!
I’m thinking of the dam fixin to break, i.e. “uncontrolled release” in one area and levees about to fail in a couple of others, i.e. New Orleans revisited. The Brazos river will be busting out within hours reaching record high. All of this is in the OMFG worse than the worst case scenario. All at once. Unimaginable.
re: #156 allegro
I am so sorry. Have been through many floods, and lost two houses, and my sympathy and empathy is with you!!
re: #156 allegro
The idea that it will be Wednesday is little comfort.
Can I distract you and pick your brains on crochet hooks?
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
re: #138 gocart mozart
Like trying to steer an elephant they’re riding by throwing peanuts out in front of him.
re: #157 retired cynic
I am so sorry. Have been through many floods, and lost two houses, and my sympathy and empathy is with you!!
Thing is, I’m pretty sure I’m safe (serendipity?) so I’m whining from a place of great privilege and comfort. My “ordeal” will be over in a few hours. I got no right to whine, but fuck it, I’m whining anyway. And drinking. Calling it self defense.
re: #160 allegro
Thing is, I’m pretty sure I’m safe (serendipity?) so I’m whining from a place of great privilege and comfort. My “ordeal” will be over in a few hours. I got no right to whine, but fuck it, I’m whining anyway. And drinking. Calling it self defense.
Let ‘er rip!
re: #156 allegro
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying, it is not dyingLay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining, it is shining
Definitely a moment for the eternal now. Tomorrow will come and you will deal with it when it appears. Hang in there, we are all with you in spirit. Well, wine in my case; may need to switch to scotch or other spirituous liquor.
re: #163 petesh
Prosecco here. Last bit of the bottle. And a brownie.
re: #162 retired cynic
Got any cheese to accompany the whine?
Only enough to top the chili dog. :) Hurricanes demand chili dogs.
re: #163 petesh
Definitely a moment for the eternal now. Tomorrow will come and you will deal with it when it appears. Hang in there, we are all with you in spirit. Well, wine in my case; may need to switch to scotch or other spirituous liquor.
Beatles still rule. Eternal upding.
Jared and Ivanka are just astoundingly naïve.
LOL this is amazing. https://t.co/oLW3tlLhyG pic.twitter.com/wbsFdVZL9F
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 29, 2017
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
re: #168 electrotek
I had an ‘a-hah’ moment in March when I vistied a friend I haven’t seen in a number of years. My dude is a rabid gun owner and tends toward the libertarian side (ugh!) but one night over ribs and whisky we got to talking about the election and he blurted out “Dude, I voted for Hillary, she was the only option!”
We hugged it out and continued to eat ribs and drink whisky and listen to Operation Ivy.
re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The idea that it will be Wednesday is little comfort.
Can I distract you and pick your brains on crochet hooks?
[Embedded content]
LwNSjahAQqPFSd390pyxmSQih4/tVNN/NLQ/oRSJGZ63g+0yXr+Nvzk2MwT+W9xgIBqorEXOJ+15QD//CmtUId4CSASuZWbCl6cj2K/VW10UmB0UuZMZicgGdC2e9VskNWDaykpvm1IrNpUktV33dweQGzOSGUg1olawBjCFT2h5hrHZRNtHWuiEqDAgRVu6/d6Qjg9UqgeCrJ/7yJCBZ+b9a+hGI1utxye2lTAYIwP5t8QRBc1sgIXhcWWu4ghd2ZhCB8lcLwIPsd7R9rKCb6glEFfd7eSAEGFegwacsPTI3JwOyQyLJ/0cezZ9p2YS5xwVMEWpcMwbXWYoj9HshBMfDAJM4IP3yaPDiUe+N6Pspf5n+trrn/CmfdHPDuG54rpWMSSnKKLzh2COxgkNZDzEK0TCdexGixFvUzMtxKGOgNAPajndvBQLkiVpq8SVrvKMb595jze+p/pez2/Pd2P+tUKygVxIrBGnfZygRsXABo5r9A73X+YT32akx6EtwGG/v+dsRubup9I60L5TcCd1EkIuMbAFDwrGltcKoLx7eNQ/WXjGMw6H4HBmoolY0CMTBlDY9NgRQq9x4IgxLPrd72NHgX/to/HPBoRss4YT3eb0TJXe5HvfhNIumgQGR2yw5XE72POicw5F2esKQR7bTuJxoEmDenPCDMF/66r17JiHIr58q4xL/soVEj9Iq6iZFMP9sX3WdarErenihqckgnsp8WP7IHR/ZjJ62UoCevB6gYSyE8A6dvRVlTCumRbbgWaiggM=
The world’s oldest cat, who is 31, looks exactly how I expect the world’s oldest cat to look. Sick of your shit pic.twitter.com/JZffgLXeld
— Baby Animals (@BBAnimals) August 27, 2017
I’ve been open about my 2016 vote for President on Twitter.
In August ‘16, Clinton devoted an entire speech to warning how Trump was emboldening hate groups and white supremacists pic.twitter.com/3Qa1Ad8TtA
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 12, 2017
I’m still proud that I voted for her. I think I’m going to go with @leftyjennyc’s moniker Hillary Democrat, that’s what I am. https://t.co/wcMP5YmlfR
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 14, 2017
I didn’t vote for Trump. I was actually right all along.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 18, 2017
I voted for Hillary Clinton, and am damn proud of that vote. https://t.co/K1uc7PA5W0
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 18, 2017
Blows my mind that Ivanka Trump is a senior adviser to Fuckface Von Clownstick. I’m older than her by a mere five months. Must be nice growing up with a silver spoon in your ass.
Looks like North Korea is up to their shenanigans again.
It’s all linked, all of the fuckery is linked. There are no distractions.
About 600 Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence ops have promoted hashtags for Charlottesville -@iarnsdorf https://t.co/ThdxtaQ6lF
Let’s hand out some badges to the crazies!
— Gus™ (@Gus_802) August 29, 2017
TFW you’ve been holed up riding out a hurricane and flooding for almost 5 days and a neighbor gave you grass cuz you gave him and his girlfriend Beef Stroganoff (and a lovely salad - I’m no heathen even in a hurricane) and it’s after midnight and… and then… you walk into the kitchen and see the bag of OMG DORITOS! that you forgot you bought last week before the storm.
/rant on
I rarely post, but fuck this shit. Trump is pissing on everything I love about
America. Things I was brought up to believe are sacrosanct are now shit?
Sheriff Joe? Are you fucking kidding me?
I used to fume at the horseshit George Will op-eds in the Boston Globe when I
was a kid (grew up in Mass), and I was disgusted by W’s time in office, but
this shit is off the charts. I disagreed (vehemently at times) with their words
and actions, but at least there was a fucking attempt at some sort of logical
justification. Now it’s a Gish gallop backed by Whataboutism fueled by Idiots.
It’s like America has become Trump’s abused spouse. Each day normal is
redefined so we can go to sleep at night, pretend it’s OK. It’s not fucking OK.
/rant off
Thanks LGF for providing some sanity, and for the sounding board. Sorry for
the profanity, it felt good.
re: #168 electrotek
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
While I was over at the village hall going over the state assessment of our water system, others asked me about my bro-in-law (safely evacuated for the moment) and his wife (safe in Russia). The conversation turned to the tyre fire that is the administration; I pointed out (as I have done here before) I was one of the eight people here who proudly cast a vote for Mrs. Clinton.
I pointed out we would not be having all these problems, and got a couple mumbled “you’re probably rights.”
re: #168 electrotek
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
Oh, yes, repeatedly. But I’m in an extra-blue area of blue California, it’s more or less assumed.
re: #186 Anymouse 🌹
It’s a sentence where the word ‘fuck’ is a noun, verb, and adjective.
re: #182 Jason Munro
Get your rant on anytime!! Well done and welcome!
re: #182 Jason Munro
/rant on
I rarely post, but fuck this shit. Trump is pissing on everything I love about
America. Things I was brought up to believe are sacrosanct are now shit?
Sheriff Joe? Are you fucking kidding me?I used to fume at the horseshit George Will op-eds in the Boston Globe when I
was a kid (grew up in Mass), and I was disgusted by W’s time in office, but
this shit is off the charts. I disagreed (vehemently at times) with their words
and actions, but at least there was a fucking attempt at some sort of logical
justification. Now it’s a Gish gallop backed by Whataboutism fueled by Idiots.It’s like America has become Trump’s abused spouse. Each day normal is
redefined so we can go to sleep at night, pretend it’s OK. It’s not fucking OK./rant off
Thanks LGF for providing some sanity, and for the sounding board. Sorry for
the profanity, it felt good.
Bravo. Great rant.
For historical reasons that don’t matter here, I’m reluctant to donate to the Red Cross, but of course I want to support TX flood victims. Could some of the Houston area lizards suggest appropriate local charities I could donate to (not Joel Osteen, though).
re: #179 allegro
Surprise Doritos are prolly the best Doritos. Enjoy!!
re: #187 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Oh, yes, repeatedly. But I’m in an extra-blue area of blue California, it’s more or less assumed.
Say hi to my sister for me.
re: #188 teleskiguy
It’s a sentence where the word ‘fuck’ is a noun, verb, and adjective.
You are versatile with your vocabulary.
The U.S. might not have enough construction workers to rebuild Houston after Harvey. https://t.co/atOq47dDvq pic.twitter.com/ozZ0cb17Sn
— Slate (@Slate) August 29, 2017
The Wall has dibs … https://t.co/fWVcVmAjEg
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 29, 2017
re: #45 The Vicious Babushka
NYT sets the lowest of the low bars for trump - they excuse that he can’t spell basic words - never would they have given this leeway to President Obama.
Guys, he’s obviously going for the “NAZIs were actually homo-loving liberals” angle.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 28, 2017
CALLED IT!https://t.co/MxrYnFn8sl pic.twitter.com/2u5joCUG5y
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 29, 2017
Oh, Dinesh…you’ve become so predictable.
Everyone can agree that @realDonaldTrump is responding to Hurricane #Harvey far better than Obama handled Hurricane Katrina. #HoustonFlood
— Aaron Craig (@ACraig2031) August 29, 2017
The bots are working overtime to insert this meme into the public consciousness.
You can watch it happen in real time https://t.co/YLzeTspSu7— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 29, 2017
My wife is playing a wingnut YouTube video, telling me I need to put on my tinfoil hat for this (something something NWO created Hurricane Harvey to attack Texas - the video has 155 upvotes and 34 downvotes - where does she dig this stuff up?)
Two male lions pictured ‘mating’ while lioness looks on https://t.co/7gOgkPLBbc pic.twitter.com/iAlpj0Zxff
— The Independent (@Independent) August 28, 2017
*extremely Alex Jones voice* THE OBAMA DEEP STATE IS TURNING ALL THE LIONS GAY. https://t.co/2l8lCa0PJl
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) August 29, 2017
re: #200 Anymouse 🌹
[Embedded content]
I gotta tell you, though, reading through his timeline, I suspect he was being sarcastic. The problem is, Wright is right, the bots are trying to feed this meme into the public consciousness.
re: #202 Blind Frog Belly White
I gotta tell you, though, reading through his timeline, I suspect he was being sarcastic. The problem is, Wright is right, the bots are trying to feed this meme into the public consciousness.
Well, I guess we’ll find out how many sheeple (to borrow an Alex Jones term) really populate the conservative voting block.
re: #184 teleskiguy
Fuck the fucking fuckers.
Tommy: What would Eisenhower do if the Russians did to the country, what the Righteous Flock had done to us?
Tim: Cut the fuckers’ nuts off.
re: #202 Blind Frog Belly White
I gotta tell you, though, reading through his timeline, I suspect he was being sarcastic. The problem is, Wright is right, the bots are trying to feed this meme into the public consciousness.
That guy’s not the only one. Who knew a telegram service that transmits only 140 characters could be the downfall of the Republic?
Troll Pro-Tip: When choosing a Twitter handle, try to avoid any variation of “Jack Off” pic.twitter.com/OwyQcbr4Ja
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 29, 2017
re: #205 Anymouse 🌹
The nutcases, the paranoiacs, the conspiracy-addled will nonetheless seize on this meme and before you know it, it will be nothing less than Gospel truth that Obama was POTUS during Hurricane Katrina and any evidence to contrary (you know…..actual history) will be dismissed as LIES! DISINFORMATION!!
Here’s a list of neighborhoods in Fort Bend County, TX that will be affected by 59-foot flooding:
Updated List of Neighborhoods that will be affected by the estimated 59 feet of flooding pic.twitter.com/xwT6i3109V
— Fort Bend County OEM (@fbcoem) August 29, 2017
Just……..damn.
re: #207 Dr Lizardo
Here’s a list of neighborhoods in Fort Bend County, TX that will be affected by 59-foot flooding:
[Embedded content]
Just……..damn.
Juanita Jean (who lives in Fort Bend County) noted she was one of the lucky 1% who still has power and Internet service.
Yeah We’re Texans (Goes to Juanita Jean)
G
C
E♭
Such a pretty and sad chord progression.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 29, 2017
As of two days ago:
UPDATE. Harris County average precip up to ~27”. That’s more than areas in red have seen in all 2017. pic.twitter.com/R9LhfL3Fwk
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) August 28, 2017
re: #199 Ace-o-aces
[Embedded content]
Oh, Dinesh…you’ve become so predictable.
And derivative as well: I mean, jeez! Like no one has ever wasted ink/film/pixels rehashing over the”kinky sex stuff in ostensibly puritanical Nazi Germany” tropes before?
Dinesh probably rented a DVD of the Liza Minnelli “Cabaret” and had a “AHA!!” Moment….
Hack.
re: #211 Jay C
And derivative as well: I mean, jeez! Like no one has ever wasted ink/film/pixels rehashing over the”kinky sex stuff in ostensibly puritanical Nazi Germany” tropes before?
Dinesh probably rented a DVD of the Liza Minnelli “Cabaret” and had a “AHA!!” Moment….
Hack.
I’d think Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS would be more to D’Felon’s taste.
re: #212 Dr Lizardo
I’d think Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS would be more to D’Felon’s taste.
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (goes to Wikipedia)
Okay, you made me look. Trying to decide if I should put this on the “bad movies to watch” list.
re: #211 Jay C
He’s also echoing a misdirection/lie cocktail assembled by Scott Lively—author of “The Pink Swastika” and a major force behind Evangelical-supported anti-gay laws in Subsaharan Africa—that somehow the SA and Ernst Röhm made the Nazis 100% gay, when there’s copious primary sources from NSDAP internal discussions that demonstrate how other Nazis leaders despised his sexuality but concealed it because he was effective.
re: #129 HappyWarrior
“I’m such a badass. I’m a skeered of anyone who has a different skin tone and accent than me.:
I met a very nice older female from the Dominican Republic last week at the grocery store [Aldi’s.] She was ahead of me in the checkout line and appeared to need assistance loading her groceries onto the conveyor belt. I’m the type of person who gives assistance whenever I notice someone needs it, so I helped her. She thanked me and we began what turned out to be a rather long conversation. She came to the U.S. when she was young and became a cosmetologist. She told me to come to her shop, and she’ll give me a discount. I plan to go visit her at her shop, but I won’t be getting a discount because I already have a great cosmetologist who would be offended if I permitted another cosmetologist to do anything to my hair. LOL.
re: #213 Anymouse 🌹
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (goes to Wikipedia)
Okay, you made me look. Trying to decide if I should put this on the “bad movies to watch” list.
I’d watch the shit out of this if it were ever really made into a film:
(in spoiler tag because it’s totally NSFW)
Well, I need to hit the rack you lucky devils… .
Long drive in the morning.
re: #147 electrotek
“Sometimes I ask myself why I couldn’t be politically apathetic like many others. I’d probably be a happier person instead of being so passionate and emotional.”
Wait until you’re older. By then you will have learned to be passionate, emotional, and somewhat calm at the same time because you will have seen most of what you’re seeing at that time before and realize that in order to prevail, patience and remaining calm is a necessary asset. What I love about you, teleskiguy, HW, and our other young Lizards is your passion and engagement in the political process. I’m fairly certain that you guys will carry the fight for justice and equality on after I’m gone. For these things, I want to thank you now while I’m still around. You guys are all kinds of awesome.
re: #198 fern01
NYT sets the lowest of the low bars for trump - they excuse that he
can’tdoes not make the effort to check how to spell basic words and does not have his Tweets checked or proofed - never would they have given this leeway to President Obama.
A thread!
OTD, 50 years ago, Milwaukee’s NAACP Youth Council and white catholic priest began a series of marches to desegregate housing. pic.twitter.com/R47vFc3NpL
— the north remembers (@reetamac) August 28, 2017
On this date in 1955, Emmett Till was abducted by two white men in Mississippi and brutally murdered. 62 years ago. pic.twitter.com/waj3wQu1gY
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 28, 2017
I included him in my song Money Road: the ‘lonesome boy in a foreign land’. And this is worth supporting: https://t.co/akdv7xmmHy https://t.co/ZBkPDgApvM
— rosanne cash (@rosannecash) August 29, 2017
This is a two-year old article from The New Yorker about a possible future natural disaster - a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust quake I’d mentioned a couple of days ago.
Keep your fingers crossed something like this doesn’t happen in anyone’s lifetime……..and certainly not while Trump is POTUS.
OSSPAC estimates that in the I-5 corridor it will take between one and three months after the earthquake to restore electricity, a month to a year to restore drinking water and sewer service, six months to a year to restore major highways, and eighteen months to restore health-care facilities. On the coast, those numbers go up. Whoever chooses or has no choice but to stay there will spend three to six months without electricity, one to three years without drinking water and sewage systems, and three or more years without hospitals. Those estimates do not apply to the tsunami-inundation zone, which will remain all but uninhabitable for years.
How much all this will cost is anyone’s guess; FEMA puts every number on its relief-and-recovery plan except a price. But whatever the ultimate figure—and even though U.S. taxpayers will cover seventy-five to a hundred per cent of the damage, as happens in declared disasters—the economy of the Pacific Northwest will collapse. Crippled by a lack of basic services, businesses will fail or move away. Many residents will flee as well. OSSPAC predicts a mass-displacement event and a long-term population downturn. Chris Goldfinger didn’t want to be there when it happened. But, by many metrics, it will be as bad or worse to be there afterward.
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
This is a two-year old article from The New Yorker about a possible future natural disaster - a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust quake I’d mentioned a couple of days ago.
Keep your fingers crossed something like this doesn’t happen in anyone’s lifetime……..and certainly not while Trump is POTUS.
Free Market will fix it better than any meddlesome, bureaucratically hamstrung government can.
/
re: #224 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I added an excerpt from the article, so refresh my comment to see it.
Yeah, I’m sure there’s all kinds of morons out there who think that the invisible hand of the market will make everything well. A megathrust event like the one described in the article is the invisible hand of Nature flipping those morons the bird.
re: #225 Dr Lizardo
I added an excerpt from the article, so refresh my comment to see it.
Yeah, I’m sure there’s all kinds of morons out there who think that the invisible hand of the market will make everything well. A megathrust event like the one described in the article is the invisible hand of Nature flipping those morons the bird.
We will also hear people explaining that the people who lived there were aware of the risks and cannot be dependent on a coddling government to bail them out…you know, True Christians, the kind who do not allow their megachurches to be used as shelters for flood victims.
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We will also hear people explaining that the people who lived there were aware of the risks and cannot be dependent on a coddling government to bail them out…you know, True Christians, the kind who do not allow their megachurches to be used as shelters for flood victims.
‘We don’t need gubbermint to help these people. Private charity will do just fine!’
re: #227 Timothy Watson
‘We don’t need gubbermint to help these people. Private charity will do just fine!’
The churches will assist the needy!! will be their rallying cry - despite the fact that a CSZ megathrust quake would reduce the PacNW to third-world status in less than one hour (quake + tsunami).
For the survivors, it’s gonna be like living in a Roland Emmerich disaster film, except there’s no John Cusack or Chiwetel Ejiofor or Jeff Goldblum to save the day.
If I’m reading this right it looks like the Addicks Reservoir is pretty much close to full.
So KHOU just had a guy on saying he’s seen floating bodies, including babies, in the flood. The reporters says that has yet to be confirmed. The guy seems serious, but who knows.
re: #97 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
oh boy, that one fellow really needs to learn to get a better embouchure!
KHOU talking heads talking about FEMA probably not having enough funds, and state that the President and VP are asking Congress for more money.
Somehow it escaped their minds that Trump has already wanted to reduce FEMA funding.
re: #232 freetoken
KHOU talking heads talking about FEMA probably not having enough funds, and state that the President and VP are asking Congress for more money.
Somehow it escaped their minds that Trump has already wanted to reduce FEMA funding.
No, it was Obama who did that before he went off to play golf during Katrina!!!
re: #99 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
FFS those are not “countless” mattresses. I am sure that you can count each and every one and not exceed 2 digits.
re: #168 electrotek
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
I have not taken my bumper sticker off of my car.
It would be easy for me to come across as cruel or unthoughtful, yet when I watch these Texas television stations I really doubt that they are willing to dive into some hard truths.
Such as the issue over Trump and FEMA funding.
Or that their own Representatives and Senators have been against funding other parts of this county during times of disasters.
Or that everything is not fine in Houston in some fundamental ways (infrastructure and the future).
Or that they really need the Federal government to bail out to the tune of billions of dollars and that these bailouts have to come from the taxes that so many Texans apparently loath.
The local TV talking heads are lauding the local pro-sports franchises for publicly donating a couple of millions of dollars. Not to be heard is that these same franchises get huge breaks when their facilities get support or that the owners, many of whom are billionaires, pay the lowest income tax rates since the early 20th century.
And I just feel sad when I see so many Houstonians go on and on about their religiousity, somehow not blaming their same Thunder God who sent the storm but somehow miraculously saved them. I don’t want to beat up on these people but there is so much disconnect in their thinking that I propose they will never really come to grips on how they are manipulated by the scamsters (Osteen only being the most successful one.)
And there’s something else.
Hinted at on the television streams but not really openly dissected.
And it has to do with how Houston is self-segregated.
I’ve only been through Houston, never stayed there. So someone else will have to chime in with more knowledge.
But it doesn’t take a lot of wild imagination to believe the people living in low-lying flood plains are poorer than those who live on high elevation areas.
re: #168 electrotek
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
Since the election, the greatest moral struggle has been to avoid The Great Smug.
@realDonaldTrump is coming to Austin today? https://t.co/Xh0Nl1VBFp via @GIPHY pic.twitter.com/m6kJ7gSdHO
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) August 29, 2017
re: #9 Belafon
Put down whatever you’re smoking/drinking.
You want to tell me what makes you so sure EPR isn’t right?
Speaking as a targeted minority, I sure see a lot of Munich, 1934; in Denver, 2017. And I’m kicking myself for not being able to leave unless either this State or that of my birth does for me.
*sigh*
President Trump says ‘all options are on the table’ after North Korean missile launch over Japan. https://t.co/XivSTEq7kY
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 29, 2017
You’re not fooling anyone, Donny. Steve gave up the game in the interview, your hands are tied and Kim knows it.
re: #241 Targetpractice
*sigh*
[Embedded content]
You’re not fooling anyone, Donny. Steve gave up the game in the interview, your hands are tied and Kim knows it.
Gah.
.jpg)
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
This is a two-year old article from The New Yorker about a possible future natural disaster - a Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust quake I’d mentioned a couple of days ago.
Keep your fingers crossed something like this doesn’t happen in anyone’s lifetime……..and certainly not while Trump is POTUS.
I certainly do! I don’t have many living relatives and almost all of them live in Area Code 503!
But I think the ‘reduced to Third World status for an extended period’ part is a bit overmuch–Japan returns to the 21st century quite well every time it’s struck by a quake. Or it would be overmuch were Movement Conservatives not in charge of the country, anyway.
re: #243 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
After some email delays, I have finally gotten some eclipse pics from my friend Harvey (no relation to hurricane). These taken near Tryon NE. He was lucky to get them. The areas was clouded over most of the morning and he shot them through an opening that just happened to appear at the right time.
[Embedded content]
Whoa, those are beautiful photographs.
re: #240 Chrysicat
Which actually led me to look in on Blogspot to see if “Munich1933” and Munich1934” were taken names or not. They aren’t and I’m sorely tempted, but I’m terrible about even having energy on a regular schedule, let alone following one to write!
Living here in VA, particularly out on the coast that has been smacked around by at least four named hurricanes in my recollection since I moved here, it really is hard for me to feel overly sorry for the Texan wingnuts who now are begging for money and getting irate at the “politicization” of their plight. Just last year we dealt with Matthew and the sentiment from wingnuts at the time was not “We must do everything we can to help them,” but “Why should my tax dollars go to help a bunch of libruls?!”
My sympathy meter for Texans at the moment is sort of low. They wanted to live in a “small government” hellhole, let the “free market” bail them out.
re: #240 Chrysicat
You want to tell me what makes you so sure EPR isn’t right?
Speaking as a targeted minority, I sure see a lot of Munich, 1934; in Denver, 2017. And I’m kicking myself for not being able to leave unless either this State or that of my birth does for me.
It’s not going to get better until 99% of the country starts to realize that it is, in some way, part of a targeted minority.
re: #245 HappyWarrior
Whoa, those are beautiful photographs.
rTs56v6xYpS0MDeuA3L0ahE5I8wzgx46h9AvTzfrUmQzNFcVqp5bSSPbsYZOD9CYpleJ3Os7DAMnjz/BqBN+bFCRTRSZmkXSiQ7zgnL/70maKEuoPbpR7ssMM9ZAhe7ZPr3PkP5ltnC08d+KW8iI7qA/XYohmATSkbAAU5sU0cMKCt7PMeUwKH6aZMyE7/ca/Tl5zICrMFUsnstWEekX2/ElTKNGL1hvpuGtc9HnErmpKy0TfM7BIsdV9uhuiddU
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
That’s more the case with the civilian modified 4x4s and pickups. Sure fast moving water can be a hazard to any vehicle, but military truck are designed to do water crossings. Remember, it was Army HEMTTs that first reached the Superdome after Katrina, and FMTVs that provided transport later during search and rescue/recovery operation. Most of the people being rescued now by small boats could likely be reached by these vehicles. And, those that need boat rescue still need transport after reaching shallower water
[Embedded content]
A suggestion: Fill those tires with water and limit speeds to several MPH. Probably then they would be stable enough in some floodwaters to be useful.
re: #249 Decatur Deb
It’s not going to get better until 99% of the country starts to realize that it is in some way part of a targeted minority.
Yeah. It’s kind of ridiculous that people can’t recall “First they came…” when there’s barely an adult whose parent’s lifetime, at least, it was only written within.
As I’ve been saying for the last year-plus, not only are we going to prove “Never Again” was a lie as a promise; we’re actually going to do so while there are people living to whom we made that promise while they were adults.
And to think there was a time when one would have been derided as overly cynical to think that societal memory would allow that sort of thing again a generation or two after the last survivors of the original had been buried!
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
That’s bad enough but a repeat event at the New Madrid fault would be the mother of all disasters!
re: #251 unproven innocence
A suggestion: Fill those tires with water and limit speeds to several MPH. Probably then they would be stable enough in some floodwaters to be useful.
The manuals for Army vehicles have published fording depths. Commanders can ignore them in critical situations, but they better be right when they do.
re: #252 Chrysicat
Yeah. It’s kind of ridiculous that people can’t recall “First they came…” when there’s barely an adult whose parent’s lifetime, at least, it was only written within.
As I’ve been saying for the last year-plus, not only are we going to prove “Never Again” was a lie as a promise; we’re actually going to do so while there are people living to whom we made that promise while they were adults.
And to think there was a time when one would have been derided as overly cynical to think that societal memory would allow that sort of thing again a generation or two after the last survivors of the original had been buried!
It was never a promise for the survivors. It’s a threat for the next generation of butchers.
Oh boy. Trump is coming to Corpus today.
re: #253 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh, no, I think that the Doc’s right about which one would be worse; New Madrid would flatten unreinforced masonry in Memphis, St. Louis, possibly Chicago, KC, and as far down the river as Baton Rouge; but there wouldn’t be the soil-liquefaction issue that Seattle and, to a lesser extent, Astoria, in particular would be facing with a Cascadia quake.
As I understand it, there’s the potential that otherwise-code-compliant buildings could sink all the way to bedrock, and that that’s far enough down you might wind up with some skyscrapers seeing most of their structure buried. And, of course, there’s no tsunami risk from an earthquake about as far from *every* body of saltwater as it’s possible to be in the Western Hemisphere.
re: #168 electrotek
Anyone else openly admit they voted for Hillary when asked and don’t regret it?
I have nothing to be ashamed of voting for her. I’m still with her no matter what.
You should see the faces when I tell people Obama was the best president of my lifetime.
Most of course, reflexively shake their heads as if I said I discovered unicorns but man, you can hear a pin drop.
re: #255 Decatur Deb
It was never a promise to the survivors. It’s a threat to the next generation of butchers.
That, seeing as I’m one of the pieces of meat they want to carve up, is one of the most depressing interpretations of that I’ve ever heard.
But that’s not to say I don’t now see that there’s a very good chance that’s indeed all they meant by it.
re: #258 Amory Blaine
You should see the faces when I tell people Obama was the best president of my lifetime.
Most of course, reflexively shake their heads as if I said I discovered unicorns but man, you can hear a pin drop.
Best of mine too. Was discussing Obama with my Dad and my point was that Obama by far is our most inclusive president. Too bad he was replaced by one of our most xenophobic presidents.
re: #259 Chrysicat
That, seeing as I’m one of the pieces of meat they want to carve up, is one of the most depressing interpretations of that I’ve ever heard.
But that’s not to say I don’t now see that there’s a very good chance that’s indeed all they meant by it.
I must not have been clear. Letting the bastards know they cannot safely start down that path again is the best way to stop it.
re: #241 Targetpractice
*sigh*
You’re not fooling anyone, Donny. Steve gave up the game in the interview, your hands are tied and Kim knows it.
I got a unanimous, UNANIMOUS, vote in the UN against N.Korea! Unanimous! NKorea also backing down because I said Lock and Loaded! Very afraid! Much different from Obama! Other/
Pruitt told a TX radio show that “science should not be something that’s just thrown about to try to dictate policy” https://t.co/cL3RoO7Uwf
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) August 29, 2017
I….what…
That’s EXACTLY what should be happening! Science SHOULD be informing policy so the policy is sound! #Idiocracy https://t.co/irGBgGIkQ0— Non-Monumental K (@Citizen_Kryptik) August 29, 2017
I fucking hate this country’s deification of the stupid.
re: #264 Citizen K
I fucking hate this country’s deification of the stupid.
“Instead, my own views and what I hear from my friends and donors should dictate policy.”
/
re: #263 Amory Blaine
Father Groppi is a hero in this house!
[Embedded content]
Should be on the cover of Newsweek.
re: #261 Decatur Deb
I must not have been clear. Letting the bastards know they cannot safely start down that path again is the best way to stop it.
This. Make them feel they need to wear their brown pants today…
Wishing a very happy birthday to @SenJohnMcCain, national hero, public servant -and for me, mentor and friend. pic.twitter.com/wpQeYbLX5e
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) August 29, 2017
re: #264 Citizen K
[Embedded content]
I fucking hate this country’s deification of the stupid.
But corporate interests should, got it Scott.
re: #266 Decatur Deb
Unfortunately Milwaukee is still hyper-segregated.
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
Nobody else sees the irony of unbelievers in a flood demanding to be let into Osteen’s church.
Really?
Nobody?#IGiveUp #HurricaneHarvey— Jeremy J. Lundmark (@JeremyLundmark) August 29, 2017
Christians are actually saying things like this out loud. #EmptyThePews https://t.co/fVlFE8P7uK
— Christopher Stroop (@C_Stroop) August 29, 2017
“Love thy Neighbor”, “what you did for the least of these”, and “the Good Samaritan” are lost on these folks.
— Non-Monumental K (@Citizen_Kryptik) August 29, 2017
re: #267 William Lewis
This. Make them feel they need to wear their brown pants today…
And then we slam into a tactical contradiction with Antifa. They screw up every lawful demo they touch. But.
re: #263 Amory Blaine
Northerners racism is just as real as southerners. Up north, you could work with - even be supervised by a black man - just don’t let him live in the same neighborhood while down south they could live next to each other but the black man’s work better be subservient to the least job a white man had.
And up north you had segregation by ethnic groups as well. Germans live here. Irish there. Polish over there. And so forth. Sometimes (I remember one German/Polish boundary like this) there would be different neighborhoods on different sides of a street and no one would go to anything - bar, church, grocery - on the the other groups side.
It’s no wonder that Milwaukee was considered the most segregated city in America. Probably still is with the work the Sheriff is putting in to keep it that way.
re: #271 Citizen K
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
[Embedded content]
“The Gates of Heaven”? Heyzeus Crisco….
re: #272 Decatur Deb
And then we slam into a tactical contradiction with Antifa. They screw up every lawful demo they touch. But.
As I’ve told my priest, my greatest failure as a Christian is that I am not a pacifist. I’m glad the Antifa are on our side and would rather find a way to aim them better.
re: #271 Citizen K
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
[Embedded content]
Hey you’re the ones who constantly say churches provide better charity than the government and there are plenty of believers criticizing Osteen too. Osteen is nothing but a fraud making millions from religion.
re: #275 William Lewis
As I’ve told my priest, my greatest failure as a Christian is that I am not a pacifist. I’m glad the Antifa are on our side and would rather find a way to aim them better.
I pretty much despise them, but can’t guarantee that their sense of history is worse than mine.
Bleah. I’ve got the creeping crud with a massive headache and hacking cough even with pretty good OTC cough meds on board. Going to try to sleep and be glad I have only 4 nights left. Later folks.
re: #135 gocart mozart
Good for Budweiser; they’ve done this during other natural disasters and it’s a absolute necessity.
Your joke reminds me of another.
Four beer execs are at a bar and the waitress comes around asking for drinks.
The Bud exec asks for a Bud. The Miller exec asks for a Miller. The Coors exec asks for a coors.
The Guinness exec asks for a Coke.
All the others turn to him and ask him why.
The Guinness exec responds - “If you’re not drinking beer, neither am I”.
re: #273 William Lewis
Northerners racism is just as real as southerners. Up north, you could work with - even be supervised by a black man - just don’t let him live in the same neighborhood while down south they could live next to each other but the black man’s work better be subservient to the least job a white man had.
And up north you had segregation by ethnic groups as well. Germans live here. Irish there. Polish over there. And so forth. Sometimes (I remember one German/Polish boundary like this) there would be different neighborhoods on different sides of a street and no one would go to anything - bar, church, grocery - on the the other groups side.
It’s no wonder that Milwaukee was considered the most segregated city in America. Probably still is with the work the Sheriff is putting in to keep it that way.
It all makes me glad to grow up where I did. Our cul-de-sac alone had a few nominally white Christian families like ours, an Indian-American family, a Jewish-American one, and a Venezuelan-American couple.I really think being exposed to diversity from an early age helped shape my worldview. I won’t give the old “I’m colorblind” canard but people of different backgrounds really have always just been neighbors, friends, or classmates to me.
re: #271 Citizen K
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
[Embedded content]
And Osteen’s “church” is a freaking ex-arena that the Houston Rockets used to play in and a place I saw numerous sold-out concerts in. It held 16,000 people!
re: #273 William Lewis
Northerners racism is just as real as southerners. Up north, you could work with - even be supervised by a black man - just don’t let him live in the same neighborhood while down south they could live next to each other but the black man’s work better be subservient to the least job a white man had.
I grew up in Gary, Indiana. In a neighborhood that went from all white to almost entirely black/Latina in the course of a few years. My mom, a widow, could not afford to join the white flight to the suburbs, so I grew up a minority, one of only about a dozen white kids in a school of 600+ students.
Which is why I have absolutely no patience for racists and white supremacists, or “racial realists” or whatever they call themselves.
re: #272 Decatur Deb
And then we slam into a tactical contradiction with Antifa. They screw up every lawful demo they touch. But.
The difference is the rest of the left isn’t accepting their tactics.
OMG what an utter dumbass
Uh no, and it’s reference to the biblical account of Noah which is apparently very unknown.
— Jeremy J. Lundmark (@JeremyLundmark) August 29, 2017
re: #281 Ace Rothstein
And Osteen’s “church” is a freaking ex-arena that the Houston Rockets used to play in and a place I saw numerous sold-out concerts in. It held 16,000 people!
I was going to say that the church literally is more like a mall than it is church. Didn’t know it was a former arena. I am amused by this whole thing that his defenders are saying “CHurches shouldn’t be sanctuaries, they’re places of worship.” Funny because during older times, they were used as exactly that. Osteen’s nothing but a scumbag who uses the Christian religion to enrich himself. I’m no longer religious but as I said last night, I’m definitely still influenced by my family’s Catholicism and Osteen disgusts me because I know how modestly my dad’s uncle (a RCC priest) lived and that no doubt when disasters hit where his parish was in Louisiana, he had a welcoming attitude even if the church was a fraction of the size. And I’m sorry but I hate megachurches. I think they’re against everything Christianity should be about.
re: #271 Citizen K
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
[Embedded content]
It’s the “non-believers” part that gets me, the people who will talk our ears off about the “evils” of Islam towards “infidels” absolutely aghast that a church should open its doors to those not already part of the flock.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
OMG what an utter dumbass
[Embedded content]
I think Jeremy there just likes the part of Christianity that shuns the gays and sluts and not the part about you know helping your fellow man.
The problem with Antifa is they seem to be asking for violence up front. I’m not anti-violence, but by the time I get around to it, things are going to shit. You know, the way cops are supposed to act.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump’s jetting off to interfere in the disaster response even as the rains are still falling on flood swollen Houston and SE Texas. Authorities are overburdened and overtaxed with need to rescue people from their homes and to set up shelter that may be required for months, and Trump thinks he’s got to show up now?
That diverts resources better spent on aid to victims, but Trump thinks that this is all about him. He knows the media well enough to know that he could get a pivot from the media away from the ongoing Russia scandal and his failing admin, and the media comes through:
Again with the nonsensical waiting for a pivot that never occurs. Trump doesn’t pivot. He bullies, lies, & projects failings on to others
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
Do you even read your own reporting about Trump’s temperament? Trump craves loyalty and doesn’t care about competence.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
Lest you think that the GOP might focus on disaster relief and make sure that funding is promptly addressed, you’d be wrong.
They’re going to demand offsets and gut safety net funding to pay for disaster relief. Or push for cuts to health care to fund it.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
The GOP is craven enough to consider the need for tax cuts and offsets rather than funding disaster recovery and prevention. They don’t care about anything else. So, while Trump’s busy breaking the government, the GOP is making sure that people can’t get the aid they need in a timely fashion.
The IRS has already indicated their disaster aid relief (which allows taxpayers additional time and relief from penalties due to the storm). Some FEMA funds are available, but that’ll be tapped out soon enough. The GOP still has to craft the budget that goes into effect October 1, and they have a debt ceiling discussion that still needs to be done. The GOP’s fixated on tax cuts and gutting health coverage and can’t be bothered with the business of doing their goddamned jobs. Then they’ll rush through a plan that doesn’t meet CBO scoring or screws all but the rich by shifting the burdens to those least able to afford them.
That means that the GOP is actively moving to fuck over many of those Texans who just got flooded out from Harvey.
Cruz is busy demanding that aid come quickly, which is hypocritical considering he was among those loudly calling to hold up funds for Sandy relief. The entire GOP delegation from Texas voted against Sandy funding. We don’t forget. Those craven fuckers didn’t think that they’d suffer from natural disasters? They get hurricanes and flooding far more regularly than we do in the NYC metro area. Since 1953, Texas has had 254 disaster declarations. NY had 93. NJ had 53.
But when you hit the largest city in the country with a massive storm with major flooding, it’s going to cost. Now, Houston, the 6th largest city in the nation is getting flooded out. I remember when Cruz and other GOPers from Texas were bitching about the cost to repair the NYC subways. Yup, that’s expensive. The NYC subways move more people per day than live in Houston.
I’m not going to deny aid to Texas; they need it.
Texas needs better and more empathetic leaders. The GOP lacks all empathy. All they care about is their own self interest and pursuit of power. Once they have it, they show they’re incapable of wielding it for the greater good.
re: #283 Belafon
The difference is the rest of the left isn’t accepting their tactics.
Will there be a moment when we should have? When we know, it will be too late.
re: #286 Targetpractice
It’s the “non-believers” part that gets me, the people who will talk our ears off about the “evils” of Islam towards “infidels” absolutely aghast that a church should open its doors to those not already part of the flock.
Excellent point.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
OMG what an utter dumbass
[Embedded content]
The story of Noah, i.e. that Old Testament tale of a genocidal deity who decided that the only way to deal with his creation was to wipe out all but one family?
Uh no, and it’s reference to the biblical account of Noah which is apparently very unknown.
— Jeremy J. Lundmark (@JeremyLundmark) August 29, 2017
Are you actually saying Lakewood church has a zoo which contains all species on earth & will float away to save all life? That’s idiotic. https://t.co/0XQdNivGEo
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 29, 2017
re: #289 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump’s jetting off to interfere in the disaster response even as the rains are still falling on flood swollen Houston and SE Texas. Authorities are overburdened and overtaxed with need to rescue people from their homes and to set up shelter that may be required for months, and Trump thinks he’s got to show up now?
That diverts resources better spent on aid to victims, but Trump thinks that this is all about him. He knows the media well enough to know that he could get a pivot from the media away from the ongoing Russia scandal and his failing admin, and the media comes through:
[Embedded content]
The GOP is craven enough to consider the need for tax cuts and offsets rather than funding disaster recovery and prevention. They don’t care about anything else. So, while Trump’s busy breaking the government, the GOP is making sure that people can’t get the aid they need in a timely fashion.
The IRS has already indicated their disaster aid relief (which allows taxpayers additional time and relief from penalties due to the storm). Some FEMA funds are available, but that’ll be tapped out soon enough. The GOP still has to craft the budget that goes into effect October 1, and they have a debt ceiling discussion that still needs to be done. The GOP’s fixated on tax cuts and gutting health coverage and can’t be bothered with the business of doing their goddamned jobs. Then they’ll rush through a plan that doesn’t meet CBO scoring or screws all but the rich by shifting the burdens to those least able to afford them.
That means that the GOP is actively moving to fuck over many of those Texans who just got flooded out from Harvey.
Cruz is busy demanding that aid come quickly, which is hypocritical considering he was among those loudly calling to hold up funds for Sandy relief. The entire GOP delegation from Texas voted against Sandy funding. We don’t forget. Those craven fuckers didn’t think that they’d suffer from natural disasters? They get hurricanes and flooding far more regularly than we do in the NYC metro area. Since 1953, Texas has had 254 disaster declarations. NY had 93. NJ had 53.
But when you hit the largest city in the country with a massive storm with major flooding, it’s going to cost. Now, Houston, the 6th largest city in the nation is getting flooded out. I remember when Cruz and other GOPers from Texas were bitching about the cost to repair the NYC subways. Yup, that’s expensive. The NYC subways move more people per day than live in Houston.
I’m not going to deny aid to Texas; they need it.
Texas needs better and more empathetic leaders. The GOP lacks all empathy. All they care about is their own self interest and pursuit of power. Once they have it, they show they’re incapable of wielding it for the greater good.
What you’re seeing from the Texas delegation is conservatism in a nutshell- Fuck you, I got mine and but when I need mine, please help. I like you have no problem helping Texas out. But at the same time, next time a disaster hits New York or California, I want Cruz and Cornyn to be on the frontline demanding that they get help rather than making excuses as they did when Sandy hit about how we can’t help them. If you honestly don’t believe in federal disaster relief, fine, that’s a fucked up thing to believe IMO but don’t be a fucking two faced coward like Cruz, Cornyn, and the rest of the Texas GOP delegation.
re: #290 Decatur Deb
Will there be a moment when we should have? When we know, it will be too late.
The people in Boston did a really good job the other day of dealing with the white supremacists.
What’s impressive is that you care about the gender of the person carrying the woman & her child. The woman & child don’t care who helps
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
Uh no, and it’s reference to the biblical account of Noah which is apparently very unknown.
— Jeremy J. Lundmark (@JeremyLundmark) August 29, 2017
Are you actually saying Lakewood church has a zoo which contains all species on earth & will float away to save all life? That’s idiotic. https://t.co/0XQdNivGEo
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 29, 2017
Yes, yes I am. https://t.co/8W41fuRhrk
— Jeremy J. Lundmark (@JeremyLundmark) August 29, 2017
re: #295 Belafon
The people in Boston did a really good job the other day of dealing with the white supremacists.
In Normal America, the police and justice system are the proper response to street violence. This is Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ America for the moment.
re: #296 lawhawk
[Embedded content]
Why not just be fucking happy that people are helping out others? Nah Matt had to get a stupid dig in at “liberal academia.” Good grief, I’m tired of conservatives fixation over gender norms that were created generations ago. You’re right LH. The women and her child don’t care about the gender of the person that saved them.
re: #272 Decatur Deb
And then we slam into a tactical contradiction with Antifa. They screw up every lawful demo they touch. But.
1. The Antifa isn’t an organized single group, it’s an umbrella being used by/attached to multiple groups all with wide distribution as to if, when and how they use violence.
2. In Berkeley and other places on the West Coast, Antifa is basically just what the Anarchists who previously screwed up every peaceful protest are now calling themselves.
Y’all read David Brooks’ column today? This fucking guy.
In that time, I never heard blatantly racist comments at dinner parties, and there were probably fewer than a dozen times I heard some veiled comment that could have suggested racism. To be honest, I heard more racial condescension in progressive circles than in conservative ones.
But the GOP became a haven to bigots in 2005!!!!
But the Republican Party has changed since 2005. It has become the vehicle for white identity politics. In 2005 only six percent of Republicans felt that whites faced “a great deal” of discrimination, the same number of Democrats who felt this. By 2016, the percentage of Republicans who felt this had tripled.
re: #297 The Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
So which question is Mr. Lundmark answering “yes” to? The “floating zoo” part, or the “idiotic” one?
I know which one I think is correct…
re: #293 The Vicious Babushka
What he’s saying is the new Christianity doesn’t believe anything Jesus said. The old, vengeful God is much more to their liking.
re: #305 Skip Intro
What he’s saying is the new Christianity doesn’t believe anything Jesus said. The old, vengeful God is much more to their liking.
Scamvengelicals.
re: #289 lawhawk
The Gray Lady calls for Trump to be a uniter, which means the man will arrive in Texas today to make a lot of snide remarks about Obama and thus further the divide. It’s the same story over and over again: Trump given opportunity to become “presidential,” media talk up how this could be the moment, then he opens his gob and they end up pulping days worth of stories to be replaced with “Trump digs himself a deeper hole.”
re: #302 Weaselone
1. The Antifa isn’t an organized single group, it’s an umbrella being used by/attached to multiple groups all with wide distribution as to if, when and how they use violence.
2. In Berkeley and other places on the West Coast, Antifa is basically just what the Anarchists who previously screwed up every peaceful protest are now calling themselves.
Been face-to-face with them in Lafayette Park, and track their websites. Those that aren’t undercover cops are mostly idiots. I just don’t want my kids to someday realize they were right.
re: #299 Decatur Deb
In Normal America, the police and justice system are the proper response to street violence. This is Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ America for the moment.
Yep, this is the America of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and probably later, which is Sessions’ America. And yet, people are protesting in places they weren’t at those times. Right now, America both sucks and is showing more hope than it has in a while, which seems to me is the definition of this country.
But Antifa isn’t trying for anything in particular. They’re anarchists. They’re just using this as an excuse to be violent.
re: #297 The Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
I’m telling you, these shitheads don’t really believe what they are saying. Their real agenda has nothing to do with God, gay marriage, bathroom use, or even racism. Those are just tools with which they advance their real agenda, more wealth for the already wealth and, ultimately, the preservation of hereditary privilege. The latter objective has defined conservative elements in western society throughout modern times. It is the link between our batshit redneck conservatives and Europe’s pseudo-aristocratic ones.
re: #271 Citizen K
I will never get over the hypocrisy of mega-Christians.
So Hurricane Harvey is a punishment from g—d like Noah’s flood? SMH
I’m reluctant to leap to judgment regarding Osteen at this time for not opening the church, maybe they don’t feel prepared, and there are insurance issues, etc etc. I don’t know.
But at the very least a church, especially of that size, should be prepared for such a catastrophe, especially given the storms that area of the country is subject to. And as a regular churchgoer I can tell you that the church’s mission is not just worship but to be a sanctuary in time of need.
re: #302 Weaselone
1. The Antifa isn’t an organized single group, it’s an umbrella being used by/attached to multiple groups all with wide distribution as to if, when and how they use violence.
2. In Berkeley and other places on the West Coast, Antifa is basically just what the Anarchists who previously screwed up every peaceful protest are now calling themselves.
Pretty much. Antifa is no ‘organization’ whatsoever. Those who are ‘organized’ Antifa sadly tend to be Black Bloc morons using it as an excuse to get their anarchy on, and fucking it up for the rest of us as they’re want to do. Antifa as a movement will need to reckon with these fuckwits eventually. But even at that worst, trying to compare ‘Antifa’ as a whole to Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, KKK, etc. is some of the worst false equivalence, just by sheer fucking scale. Antifa has a lot of violent fucks casting their name under the umbrella, but I’ve yet to see the movement call for the mass purge and dehumanization of entire peoples like Nazis and White Supremacists want as an explicit mission statement.
re: #305 Skip Intro
What he’s saying is the new Christianity doesn’t believe anything Jesus said. The old, vengeful God is much more to their liking.
They’ve been pining for that Ol’ Time Religion for decades now. The people who will quote Leviticus while insisting that Jesus loves you.
Reading the gospel as Jesus wants you to be rich is like reading The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and thinking your job is to stop Christmas.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 29, 2017
re: #302 Weaselone
1. The Antifa isn’t an organized single group, it’s an umbrella being used by/attached to multiple groups all with wide distribution as to if, when and how they use violence.
2. In Berkeley and other places on the West Coast, Antifa is basically just what the Anarchists who previously screwed up every peaceful protest are now calling themselves.
This sounds about right. Not all anti-confederate protesters are “antifa”, some are looking for violence and anarchy, most I suspect are not. But there’s a core, perhaps small, who are, ironically, anti-globalist, anti-corporate, who probably have a lot in common with the anti-global, anti-elite wingnuts Trump has inspired.
Why Should Anyone Condemn White Nationalists If the Left Won’t Condemn Antifa? https://t.co/q1cOz9KcuG pic.twitter.com/5MXzcDfwo7
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2017
Why should anyone trust Erick when he’s using photo of Russian UltraNationalists in 2010 and claiming its Antifa? https://t.co/s0JChT4m7J https://t.co/sReCcP3HId
— Adam Mordecai (@advodude) August 29, 2017
re: #314 Dave In Austin
Meanwhile, Melania’s heading into a flood zone and her attire is inappropriate - you don’t wear heels, let alone stilettos, into a flood zone.
Going into a flood zone and you’re wearing heels? These people just don’t get it; they’re not there to work or do any heavy lifting.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
re: #318 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Melania’s heading into a flood zone and her attire is inappropriate - you don’t wear heels, let alone stilettos, into a flood zone.
[Embedded content]
They’re there to look good for the cameras.
re: #311 Sir John Barron
So Hurricane Harvey is a punishment from g—d like Noah’s flood? SMH
I’m reluctant to leap to judgment regarding Osteen at this time for not opening the church, maybe they don’t feel prepared, and there are insurance issues, etc etc. I don’t know.
But at the very least a church, especially of that size, should be prepared for such a catastrophe, especially given the storms that area of the country is subject to. And as a regular churchgoer I can tell you that the church’s mission is not just worship but to be a sanctuary in time of need.
I do find it surprising, however, that the church is not opening its doors for anyone fleeing the floods, refugees as it were. I understand if they can’t admit thousands of people or as many as we might expect given the church’s stadium size. But a church of this size would be ideally situated to serve the community in a great time of need. And again, given my own church experience, the church usually tries to do what it can and in its mission statements, purposes to do so. But not all churches are the same, to say the least.
And it’s not just a liberal vs. conservative thing. In contrast, for example, I would bet that the Saddlebrook church in California (a conservative congregation) is much more community-focused and mission minded for such a local catastrophe, than Osteen’s Houston church appears to be.
re: #318 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Melania’s heading into a flood zone and her attire is inappropriate - you don’t wear heels, let alone stilettos, into a flood zone.
Geez, I hope like hell they don’t get dirty! That would be tragic!
/////////// —>
re: #318 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Melania’s heading into a flood zone and her attire is inappropriate - you don’t wear heels, let alone stilettos, into a flood zone.
[Embedded content]
I suppose part of her pre-nup requires that she wear stilettos at all times.
re: #324 The Vicious Babushka
I suppose part of her pre-nup requires that she wear stilettos at all times.
[Embedded content]
She’s got her own problems but in a way I do feel bad for Melania.
Why Should Anyone Condemn White Nationalists If the Left Won’t Condemn Antifa? https://t.co/q1cOz9KcuG pic.twitter.com/5MXzcDfwo7
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2017
Dude…. This tweet is a real loser and will not age well. I thought you were a journalist? This is Hannity level derp here. https://t.co/OE8fPPTFtn
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) August 29, 2017
re: #273 William Lewis
Northerners racism is just as real as southerners. Up north, you could work with - even be supervised by a black man - just don’t let him live in the same neighborhood while down south they could live next to each other but the black man’s work better be subservient to the least job a white man had.
Somebody once explained to me about racism…
“In the north, whites don’t mind how high blacks get as long as they don’t get too close. In the south, whites don’t mind how close blacks get as long as they don’t get too high.”
Update
I woke up this morning to see a wet piece of the sun peering out. Still raining, but drizzly.
My husband and I are checking on shelters now to see what we can do. Everyone I’ve talked to this morning is doing the same.
We’re in Phase 2 of helping each other now.
re: #326 Dave In Austin
[Embedded content]
Erick’s a lot more like Hannity than he is not. He just doesn’t like Trump because he thinks Trump “sullies” conservatism’s “good name” when conservatives have been doing that on their own long before Trump including Erick himself.
re: #327 sagehen
Somebody once explained to me about racism…
“In the north, whites don’t mind how high blacks get as long as they don’t get too close. In the south, whites don’t mind how close blacks get as long as they don’t get too high.”
That’s actually an excellent illustration of it.
re: #320 HappyWarrior
They’re there to look good for the cameras.
That’s all it is, showing up to “survey the damage” but making sure to look good doing so. This is the sort of tone-deaf shit that thought putting out a picture of Dubya looking out the window of AF1 on his way back from Crawford meant he “cared” about the people of NOLA.
re: #326 Dave In Austin
[Embedded content]
The bots are putting in work - aided by idiots like Erick.
The hashtag ‘antifa’ is outpacing the hashtag ‘harvey’ over the last 48 hours.
3G9kOF410P56RgI6m++c1c1UKciAZrMtaDGIKdCZr2I=
re: #325 HappyWarrior
She’s got her own problems but in a way I do feel bad for Melania.
Fuck her, she signed up for this.
re: #334 The Vicious Babushka
Fuck her, she signed up for this.
I know, I know, that’s mostly my sentiment too.
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” pic.twitter.com/QlFy38ncwm
— Dave Jorgenson (@davejorgenson) August 29, 2017
re: #332 makeitstop
The bots are putting in work - aided by idiots like Erick.
The hashtag ‘antifa’ is outpacing the hashtag ‘harvey’ over the last 48 hours.
Sigh, of course. Thus the media will continue to dance on the head of the right-wing pin forever, because from their view, the country only ever wants right-wing views forever.
Fuck this.
re: #311 Sir John Barron
So Hurricane Harvey is a punishment from g—d like Noah’s flood? SMH
I’m reluctant to leap to judgment regarding Osteen at this time for not opening the church, maybe they don’t feel prepared, and there are insurance issues, etc etc. I don’t know.
But at the very least a church, especially of that size, should be prepared for such a catastrophe, especially given the storms that area of the country is subject to. And as a regular churchgoer I can tell you that the church’s mission is not just worship but to be a sanctuary in time of need.
Maybe it’s God signaling to all of the people in the area who the real Christians are.
A president* who stated on live TV yesterday that he announced a presidential pardon during a major hurricane to get “higher ratings” now rushes to Texas to stand amidst the ruins and…what? Hand out more Play-doh?
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
OMG what an utter dumbass
[Embedded content]
Didn’t God make a promise after that event? (They always go Old Testament when enjoined to show compassion).
re: #305 Skip Intro
What he’s saying is the new Christianity doesn’t believe anything Jesus said. The old, vengeful God is much more to their liking.
Imma thinking some of these megachurches are not teaching classic Christianity.
Seems to be more a form of “get your own greed, as I got my own with God’s help.”
Come on back Jesus…some smiting is needed.
re: #341 ObserverArt
Imma thinking some of these megachurches are not teaching classic Christianity.
Seems to be more a form of “get your own greed, as I got my own with God’s help.”
Come on back Jesus…some smiting is needed.
I hate the megachurches. I really do. I think they’re tacky and more about making money than actually spreading Christianity’s message.
re: #326 Dave In Austin
Who speaks for “The Left”? Is there a unified voice? Is there a special election the Left might hold to condemn anti-fascists? Oh well, since there is no such animal as “The left,” then it looks like white supremacists will simply have to be tolerated, but at least we know one thing now, white nationalisists are not part of the Left. They are part of what the Left opposes. Good to know.
The profiteering has begun:
A woman in Texas is charging $300 to shelter Harvey victims https://t.co/eSaCcp8h9O
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 29, 2017
She’s got the aviator shades and flight jacket, and of course the black stilettos.
You know, appropriate disaster viewing attire
If you think about it, they will keep some of her feet out of the mud
///
JUST IN: The Trumps departing White House en route to hurricane zone. pic.twitter.com/a2s8uma7qd
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) August 29, 2017
re: #344 Targetpractice
The profiteering has begun:
[Embedded content]
And that’s why the socialists aren’t all wrong. That’s fucking sick.
ICYMI: This Vanity Fair piece about Javanka is pretty brutal.
…outside the White House, a key problem seems to be, as one Washington veteran told me, that Kushner and Ivanka don’t have the necessary self-awareness—don’t understand how to behave when you roll into Washington as the creature of someone else. Most such people take a seat a little off to the side, at least until they get their bearings. “What is off-putting about them is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance,” this veteran told me. “They think they are special.”
Mediocre people, who think they’re geniuses.
re: #343 Dragonomics
Who speaks for “The Left”? Is there a unified voice? Is there a special election the Left might hold to condemn anti-fascists? Oh well, since there is no such animal as “The left,” then it looks like white supremacists will simply have to be tolerated, but at least we know one thing now, white nationalisists are not part of the Left. They are part of what the Left opposes. Good to know.
Yeah, and it sounds like we’re being asked to condemn all anti-confederate, anti-fascist, anti-racist groups and demonstrations.
Condemn unprovoked violence, condemn people who show up for protests armed and in masks? Sure, be happy to. But don’t ask me to blanket-condemn all the anti-confederate protesters in Charlottesville, for example.
re: #347 makeitstop
ICYMI: This Vanity Fair piece about Javanka is pretty brutal.
Mediocre people, who think they’re geniuses.
Basically, Jared and Ivanka are elitist snobs who see themselves as saviors when they’re really a bunch of high pampered brats who have never actually had to work for anything in their lives without Daddy handing it to them.
re: #346 HappyWarrior
And that’s why the socialists aren’t all wrong. That’s fucking sick.
Hell, my problem with ‘the socialists’ isn’t the goals at all. I’m essentially a socialist by belief as it is. It’s the frustrating ‘burn it all down’ anarchic bent so many have taken that refuses to believe that upending everything won’t create a magical socialist utopia by necessity.
re: #318 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Melania’s heading into a flood zone and her attire is inappropriate - you don’t wear heels, let alone stilettos, into a flood zone.
[Embedded content]
Oh come on. You’ve got to look good so people in these trouble times have someone to look up to.
It’s all about inspiration. You feel good because she dressed her best to come and see you.
Heh.
re: #349 HappyWarrior
Basically, Jared and Ivanka are elitist snobs who see themselves as saviors when they’re really a bunch of high pampered brats who have never actually had to work for anything in their lives without Daddy handing it to them.
And now they’re pissy because people who actually do this for a living are not bending the knee.
This gives me a bit of solace - that the Trumps are all in a circumstance where they’re being constantly scrutinized, and they can’t be their usual shady grifting sleves like they used to do.
I hope that they’re all being chewed up by mental anguish over the fact that people see who they really are now and are not even pretending to like them.
re: #351 ObserverArt
Oh come on. You’ve got to look good so people in these trouble times have someone to look up to.
It’s all about inspiration. You feel good because she dressed her best to come and see you.
Heh.
Her attire tells us all what the entire trip is: “Photo Op”
Of course she’s wearing ‘disaster chique’
re: #322 Sir John Barron
Osteen’s “church” was originally built as The Summit, a sports and music venue. I saw The Who, Springsteen, Elton John, Cat Stevens among others perform there. It still houses an entertainment business, and should be taxed as one.
re: #354 jaunte
Osteen’s “church” was originally built as The Summit, a sports and music venue. I saw The Who, Springsteen, Elton John, Cat Stevens among others perform there. It still houses an entertainment business, and should be taxed as one.
The Rockets used to play there, didn’t they?
(Might not be remembering this right.)
re: #344 Targetpractice
The profiteering has begun:
[Embedded content]
This will get ugly by next week. A lot of these guys with boats are happy to rescue as many people as need rescuing. This will turn quickly to people who need to get back to their property for whatever reason. Then they turn from rescuers to water taxi’s. Watch and see.
re: #352 makeitstop
And now they’re pissy because people who actually do this for a living are not bending the knee.
This gives me a bit of solace - that the Trumps are all in a circumstance where they’re being constantly scrutinized, and they can’t be their usual shady grifting sleves like they used to do.
I hope that they’re all being chewed up by mental anguish over the fact that people see who they really are now and are not even pretending to like them.
They’re bred for a totally different culture than the one they’re presently dealing with. They’d be much more at home in a monarchy or dictatorship, where those who failed to heed their “advice” would be cast out or executed for daring to think they knew better than their leaders.
re: #329 HappyWarrior
Erick’s a lot more like Hannity than he is not. He just doesn’t like Trump because he thinks Trump “sullies” conservatism’s “good name” when conservatives have been doing that on their own long before Trump including Erick himself.
Yeah, Eric doesn’t like the fact that Trump blurts out the entire playbook.
re: #350 Citizen K
Hell, my problem with ‘the socialists’ isn’t the goals at all. I’m essentially a socialist by belief as it is. It’s the frustrating ‘burn it all down’ anarchic bent so many have taken that refuses to believe that upending everything won’t create a magical socialist utopia by necessity.
Yep.
re: #356 Dave In Austin
This will get ugly by next week. A lot of these guys with boats are happy to rescue as many people as need rescuing. This will turn quickly to people who need to get back to their property for whatever reason. Then they turn from rescuers to water taxi’s. Watch and see.
Ayep, where the people who have already lost their physical possessions will find their bank accounts picked clean by vultures looking to profit off the misery of others.
re: #355 makeitstop
The Rockets used to play there, didn’t they?
(Might not be remembering this right.)
No, you are. Ace brought it up earlier.
re: #360 Targetpractice
Ayep, where the people who have already lost their physical possessions will find their bank accounts picked clean by vultures looking to profit off the misery of others.
Capitalism……. Capitol C.
re: #352 makeitstop
And now they’re pissy because people who actually do this for a living are not bending the knee.
This gives me a bit of solace - that the Trumps are all in a circumstance where they’re being constantly scrutinized, and they can’t be their usual shady grifting sleves like they used to do.
I hope that they’re all being chewed up by mental anguish over the fact that people see who they really are now and are not even pretending to like them.
It’s going to dissuade Jared and the boys from even considering a political career which is good,. Good riddance to trash families like the Trumps.
re: #363 HappyWarrior
It’s going to dissuade Jared and the boys from even considering a political career which is good,. Good riddance to trash families like the Trumps.
It won’t. It’ll just teach them to start lower down the ladder, someplace where they can exercise way more power without worrying about as much social backlash.
re: #357 Targetpractice
They’re bred for a totally different culture than the one they’re presently dealing with. They’d be much more at home in a monarchy or dictatorship, where those who failed to heed their “advice” would be cast out or executed for daring to think they knew better than their leaders.
Anything short of a monarchy and they’re screwed.
As much as Trump was shunned by NY society before he ran for president (and make no mistake, he was - NY Old Money loathes him), it’ll be even worse when he’s out of office. Jared and Ivanka now have that stink on them, too. They’ll never be accepted back into the cocktail party circuit after this.
Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole family abandoned NYC and went where they were more welcome. Moscow, perhaps - if Putin will have them once they’re no longer useful.
re: #347 makeitstop
ICYMI: This Vanity Fair piece about Javanka is pretty brutal.
Mediocre people, who think they’re geniuses.
Read that last evening. The Trump clan is a new kind of strange disfunction.
But if parts of the article are true, I’m thinking with some pressure Mueller can roll them against each other. It sounds like Jared will protect himself at all costs and start tossing Trumps out as needed.
re: #365 makeitstop
Anything short of a monarchy and they’re screwed.
As much as Trump was shunned by NY society before he ran for president (and make no mistake, he was - NY Old Money loathes him), it’ll be even worse when he’s out of office. Jared and Ivanka now have that stink on them, too. They’ll never be accepted back into the cocktail party circuit after this.
He’ll, I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole family abandoned NYC and went where they were more welcome. Moscow, perhaps - if Putin will have them once they’re no longer useful.
Their style would fit in better in Moscow. I honestly in many a way find Jared and Ivanka more loathesome than Donald himself. Javanka pretends to care about reproductive rights, concerned for climate change, LGBT people’s rights etc but is useless on that front. There was even a story that I saw here this morning about Ivanka trying to push Cecille Richards into getting PP to stop performing abortions. I honestly in a way prefer someone like Bannon or Spencer who is much more open about what he wants for the world. Javanka pretend to care but they’re just in it for themselves. Ivanka can go to hell along with her Dad.
re: #360 Targetpractice
Ayep, where the people who have already lost their physical possessions will find their bank accounts picked clean by vultures looking to profit off the misery of others.
And that guy Worstofall who writes for Forbes is wetting his pants because this is the “purest form of capitalism”
Hurricane Harvey Is When We Need Price Gouging, Not Laws Against It https://t.co/cAZ5rlpE37
— Tim Worstall (@worstall) August 27, 2017
re: #366 ObserverArt
Read that last evening. The Trump clan is a new kind of strange disfunction.
But if parts of the article are true, I’m thinking with some pressure Mueller can roll them against each other. It sounds like Jared will protect himself at all costs and start tossing Trumps out as needed.
I’d honestly love to see that. I’d love to see Donald explode at his beloved Ivanka’s husband betraying him to save his own skin.
Meanwhile, in Cuero, the river has brought my aunt all of the fire ants. Yes, those are all (of the) fire ants. pic.twitter.com/dEibWYxAdl
— Bill O’Zimmermann (@The_Reliant) August 29, 2017
re: #368 The Vicious Babushka
And that guy Worstofall who writes for Forbes is wetting his pants because this is the “purest form of capitalism”
[Embedded content]
These people are the best friends of die hard Marxists and they just don’t know it.
Communists contend that Capitalism is an exploitative and evil system, people like Ivanka, Tim Worstall, and others do their best to prove them 100% right.
— Brazoria County (@BrazoriaCounty) August 29, 2017
One for every occasion
Obama is now standing in a puddle acting like a President—give me a break.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2012
re: #370 nines09
Meanwhile, in Cuero, the river has brought my aunt all of the fire ants. Yes, those are all (of the) fire ants.
It’s times like this that prove it’s handy to have a personal flamethrower handy
Good morning 9 pic.twitter.com/PWOcBGLpzW
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) August 29, 2017
re: #311 Sir John Barron
So Hurricane Harvey is a punishment from g—d like Noah’s flood? SMH
I’m reluctant to leap to judgment regarding Osteen at this time for not opening the church, maybe they don’t feel prepared, and there are insurance issues, etc etc. I don’t know.
But at the very least a church, especially of that size, should be prepared for such a catastrophe, especially given the storms that area of the country is subject to. And as a regular churchgoer I can tell you that the church’s mission is not just worship but to be a sanctuary in time of need.
In my experience, megachurches seem less concerned about helping the poor and afflicted and more about spreading the Gospel among the poor and afflicted. It may have to do with the streak of Calvinism in their theology, and the emphasis on faith over works.
That Nazi who fired at protesters Charlottesville could easily have killed 4 or 5 people even with the pipsqueak gun he had. If the other RWNJs had joined in, there would have been a massacre. It was that close.
It is going to happen.
re: #379 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
That Nazi who fired at protesters Charlottesville could easily have killed 4 or 5 people even with the pipsqueak gun he had. If the other RWNJs had joined in, there would have been a massacre. It was that close.
It is going to happen.
That’s the one that only got charged with wrongful use of a weapon right? My brother was telling me something like that. And yeah something like this is going to happen and the right will blame the victims fo rsure.
re: #379 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
That Nazi who fired at protesters Charlottesville could easily have killed 4 or 5 people even with the pipsqueak gun he had. If the other RWNJs had joined in, there would have been a massacre. It was that close.
It is going to happen.
He damn well was set to kill at least one person if he didn’t forget about his safety. By the point he turned it off, he knew he couldn’t get away with more than his warning shot(thank god for that). But he was out to kill, make no mistake about that.
I’m seeing it in right wing comments on Facebook and in legislatures but proposals to make make drivers immune from civil charges if they run over protesters. Does the right realize how easily that could be used against them? Not that I think the average lefty would consider running over right wing protesters but all it takes is one deranged asshole. And I don’t hear a damn word from self proclaimed first amendment activists on this. But hey go ahead and tell us how me protesting Milo’s bigoted presence is somehow worse than running over a protester, right wing shits.
re: #369 HappyWarrior
I’d honestly love to see that. I’d love to see Donald explode at his beloved Ivanka’s husband betraying him to save his own skin.
I think Jared picked up a lot of the warm fuzzies from his creep father. Big Don probably saw that as good not realizing Jared could turn on him like the snake in the story Donny told during his campaign.
Every snake for themselves.
re: #368 The Vicious Babushka
And that guy Worstofall who writes for Forbes is wetting his pants because this is the “purest form of capitalism”
[Embedded content]
The purest expression of free enterprise in this situation would be to use a hard asset, your shotgun, as leverage to negotiate a fair price (nothing) from the gougers.
re: #376 FormerDirtDart
It’s times like this that prove it’s handy to have a personal flamethrower handy
Horror show if they make landfall anywhere near you or yours.
re: #377 nines09
Good morning 2 pic.twitter.com/W5HkExg2RX
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) August 29, 2017
re: #386 FormerDirtDart
He posts great pictures and video.
re: #369 HappyWarrior
I’d honestly love to see that. I’d love to see Donald explode at his beloved Ivanka’s husband betraying him to save his own skin.
That’s the reality of the situation for Jared, he’s so buried so far down in the shit that he can’t get out clean. He’s going to either have to cut a deal to avoid jail time or he’s going to end up in the Gray Bar Hotel with no guarantee of a future pardon.
.@Harlan: “Some aspects of the media are the worst elements in American society and they do not reflect what we’re seeing in… Houston.” pic.twitter.com/6KavbtWt6o
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) August 29, 2017
Look at these dipshits making use of the Harvey flooding for their own purposes to bash the “mainstream media.”
re: #388 Targetpractice
That’s the reality of the situation for Jared, he’s so buried so far down in the shit that he can’t get out clean. He’s going to either have to cut a deal to avoid jail time or he’s going to end up in the Gray Bar Hotel with no guarantee of a future pardon.
Bar A Lago?
re: #389 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Look at these dipshits making use of the Harvey flooding for their own purposes to bash the “mainstream media.”
Seems to me that he needs to take a look in the mirror because that’s FNC to a tee. CNN and MSNBC aren’t perfect but I’ve never seen their commentators mock children as “snowflakes” or make racially insensitive jokes. So yeah you’re right Harlan, but that’s you and your employer. And yeah it’s pathetic of them to use the bravery of individuals in Houston to shit on their rivals. FNC is nothing more than a Pravda/Der Strummer mesh up at this time.
re: #389 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Look at these dipshits making use of the Harvey flooding for their own purposes to bash the “mainstream media.”
Meanwhile, reporters on the ground are actually personally assisting in rescue efforts. While this pasty asshole continues to push the idea of the Media as being a literal enemy of the state.
Which is why the Thrushes and the Habermens of the world infuriate me so goddamn much. THey keep courting to the assholes who will continue to treat them like THE enemy no matter how many times you kowtow to them.
re: #376 FormerDirtDart
It’s times like this that prove it’s handy to have a personal flamethrower handy
When I was in 8th grade we had to read Leiningen vs The Ants in English class. That story scared the fuck out of me.
LATEST: “If you see boats or trucks getting residents out near you, GET ON. They may not be able to get back,” say Texas police pic.twitter.com/jFD5bZFoSD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 29, 2017
A rain-swollen dam in Houston has overflowed for the first time ever https://t.co/lWzgi1eiwH via @nbcnews
— Michael F Ozaki MD (@brontyman) August 29, 2017
Water level behind the dam is reported to be 108’
re: #376 FormerDirtDart
It’s times like this that prove it’s handy to have a personal flamethrower handy
Or a sympathetic screenwriter, as in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull: fortunately, these ants seem less-well-organized than the ones in the movie….
I also thought that having them out like this would be a good opportunity to try to eradicate these pests (though I’m not sure how)
One of the most pathetically funny things I’ve ever read.
Or humorously pathetic, maybe.
Newt Gingrich is America’s top conservative, heir to Reagan and Goldwater, new book claims https://t.co/cNAKOzkVit pic.twitter.com/5r7wJ7CHjD
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 29, 2017
Welp. Nope. https://t.co/O55Q2B6edN
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 29, 2017
“Most recent instantaneous value: 107.47 08-29-2017 09:45 CDT “
waterdata.usgs.gov
178000 acre-feet.
re: #400 makeitstop
One of the most pathetically funny things I’ve ever read.
Or humorously pathetic, maybe.
[Embedded content]
I’m no fan of either Reagan or Goldwater. But hahahha not even close. Newt is a stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like. Newt is a blatant opportunist who will try to sound reasonable one minute and then sound like a right wing extremist another to get points.
re: #399 Jay C
Or a sympathetic screenwriter, as in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull: fortunately, these ants seem less-well-organized than the ones in the movie….
I also thought that having them out like this would be a good opportunity to try to eradicate these pests (though I’m not sure how)
re: #281 Ace Rothstein
And Osteen’s “church” is a freaking ex-arena that the Houston Rockets used to play in and a place I saw numerous sold-out concerts in. It held 16,000 people!
Yeah, I saw The Band open up for Crosby, Stills and Nash there quite a few years ago (before my oldest was born, and he is 32 now). Great concert.
re: #394 Citizen K
Which is why the Thrushes and the Habermens of the world infuriate me so goddamn much. THey keep courting to the assholes who will continue to treat them like THE enemy no matter how many times you kowtow to them.
Speaking of… that’s exactly who’s the featured guest on the Daily Show tonight.
What’s the over/under on Trevor Noah giving them the excorciating they deserve?
Just a drive-by, but I’m not going to dump on Trump for visiting Texas. He’d be raked over the coals for indifference if he didn’t go and is getting grief for going. As long as he’s far enough away not to be a huge problem, he’ll show up for an hour and leave. No major harm done.
Melania may or may not leave with him, having sunk hip deep in the mud because she’s wearing stilettos (she’s not heavy, but reducing the area that weight is spread over really concentrates the force.) However. She may not be able to wear flats. If you wear heels all the time, your Achilles tendon shortens and your foot can’t easily flatten out to stand on. It used to happen to fashion conscious women back in the ’50s and early ’60s.
re: #406 calochortus
She may not be able to wear flats. If you wear heels all the time, your Achilles tendon shortens and your foot can’t easily flatten out to stand on. It used to happen to fashion conscious women back in the ’50s and early ’60s.
I learn something new every day.
It’s not just NYT – SO MANY D.C. writers have “Trump rises to the occasion” narratives ready for print, any time facts can be forced to fit
— Jordan Rudner (@jrud) August 29, 2017
re: #345 FormerDirtDart
She’s got the aviator shades and flight jacket, and of course the black stilettos.
You know, appropriate disaster viewing attire
If you think about it, they will keep some of her feet out of the mud
///[Embedded content]
Hurricane Chic
I can’t believe the shoes.
re: #408 jaunte
Can they go with “Trump floats like _____”?
re: #406 calochortus
Melania may or may not leave with him, having sunk hip deep in the mud because she’s wearing stilettos (she’s not heavy, but reducing the area that weight is spread over really concentrates the force.) However. She may not be able to wear flats. If you wear heels all the time, your Achilles tendon shortens and your foot can’t easily flatten out to stand on. It used to happen to fashion conscious women back in the ’50s and early ’60s.
My wife is like that. I have one story about it that I tell over and over…
We vacationed in New Orleans in 2001, and one day we went out to the Garden District. Since we’d been there the year before, I reminded my wife that the sidewalks out there were in pretty bad shape and she might want to wear sneakers. She objected a little, but put sneakers on to placate me.
We hopped the streetcar and rode out to look at the old houses. We got off the streetcar, crossed the street, got on the sidewalk - and my wife turned her ankle.
Since then, her choice of footwear has been something I’ve stayed out of.
re: #409 Stanley Sea
But if she was wearing rubber boots, that would suggest they might be going to get their feet wet, which we know won’t happen.
re: #394 Citizen K
Meanwhile, reporters on the ground are actually personally assisting in rescue efforts. While this pasty asshole continues to push the idea of the Media as being a literal enemy of the state.
Which is why the Thrushes and the Habermens of the world infuriate me so goddamn much. THey keep courting to the assholes who will continue to treat them like THE enemy no matter how many times you kowtow to them.
From Glenn’s latest love letter:
In announcing his trips, he used the dulcet, reassuring and uplifting language of prior presidents.
Dulcet, not a term that should ever be used when talking about the yam.
A storm that is ravaging low-lying areas gives Mr. Trump a chance to reclaim the presidential high ground.
Too cute by half, Glenn—and when exactly did he ever presidential high ground to “reclaim?”
But this time is different, people around Mr. Trump insist. The president, who prefers to skim rather than delve, has seldom been more engaged in the details of any issue as he is with Harvey, according to several people involved in disaster response.
Yeah, this time is different. Uh huh. Where is the evidence to support this pipe dream?
Perhaps it was this insightful comment//
“Water damage is the worst,” he told one staff member, “tough, tough, tough.”
Oooh, chills. And of course, that’s the pull cite for Maggie’s supporting tweet.
Harvey, for a president who understands flooding from real-estate days, gives Trump new chance to unify @GlennThrush https://t.co/hgvry2Lelt
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 29, 2017
One other observation—notice that the NYT seldom allows comments on Glenn and Maggie pieces.
re: #410 Belafon
Can they go with “Trump floats like _____”?
I’d love for someone to yell out, “Hey Trump - we all float down here.”
re: #414 BeachDem
The president, who prefers to skim rather than delve
What fresh bullshit is this? The man has no delving tools or delving inclination.
re: #414 BeachDem
From Glenn’s latest love letter:
In announcing his trips, he used the dulcet, reassuring and uplifting language of prior presidents.
Dulcet, not a term that should ever be used when talking about the yam.
A storm that is ravaging low-lying areas gives Mr. Trump a chance to reclaim the presidential high ground.
Too cute by half, Glenn—and when exactly did he ever presidential high ground to “reclaim?”
But this time is different, people around Mr. Trump insist. The president, who prefers to skim rather than delve, has seldom been more engaged in the details of any issue as he is with Harvey, according to several people involved in disaster response.
Yeah, this time is different. Uh huh. Where is the evidence to support this pipe dream?
Perhaps it was this insightful comment//
“Water damage is the worst,” he told one staff member, “tough, tough, tough.”
Oooh, chills. And of course, that’s the pull cite for Maggie’s supporting tweet.
[Embedded content]
One other observation—notice that the NYT seldom allows comments on Glenn and Maggie pieces.
I haven’t unfollowed Haberman simply because those two especially deserve to be called out every chance they get for their bullshit double standards and Trump enabling.
re: #414 BeachDem
From Glenn’s latest love letter:
In announcing his trips, he used the dulcet, reassuring and uplifting language of prior presidents.
Dulcet, not a term that should ever be used when talking about the yam.
A storm that is ravaging low-lying areas gives Mr. Trump a chance to reclaim the presidential high ground.
Too cute by half, Glenn—and when exactly did he ever presidential high ground to “reclaim?”
But this time is different, people around Mr. Trump insist. The president, who prefers to skim rather than delve, has seldom been more engaged in the details of any issue as he is with Harvey, according to several people involved in disaster response.
Yeah, this time is different. Uh huh. Where is the evidence to support this pipe dream?
Perhaps it was this insightful comment//
“Water damage is the worst,” he told one staff member, “tough, tough, tough.”
Oooh, chills. And of course, that’s the pull cite for Maggie’s supporting tweet.
[Embedded content]
One other observation—notice that the NYT seldom allows comments on Glenn and Maggie pieces.
No. He needs to show leadership by re-instituting the Obama-era guidelines on regulations on building in flood-prone areas that he rolled back by EO in the spring. But as a real estate guy he won’t because his instincts will always be in the “less is more” mode that many builders have when it comes to regulation.
“Water damage is the worst.”
No, you’re the worst.
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
OMG what an utter dumbass]
I think that he does have a point about the flood. Bronze age sheep herders write story of flooding that “is worldwide and kills everything” that is actually a localized flooding event that in their minds is the end of the world.
I think the Lundmark fellow is about that intelligent.
re: #414 BeachDem
So has Maggie H always been a Trump apologist? Because that piece is a load of bullshit.
[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]
The Trump effect.
Someone on twitter called her Disaster Barbie
As officials try to assuage fears, undocumented immigrants say they’re still afraid to seek help from #Harvey.* https://t.co/EyRzIfISil pic.twitter.com/5Koq60rTTZ
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 29, 2017
We will not ask for immigration status or papers from anyone at any shelter. This rumor is FALSE!
— City of Houston (@HoustonTX) August 29, 2017
“No vamos a pedir documentos, ni estatus migratorio en ningun albergue. Este rumor es FALSO!”
–Ciudad de Houston#Hounews #Harvey https://t.co/7yga2rkp9u— ANTONIO ARELLANO (@AntonioArellano) August 29, 2017
Houston officials forced to clarify they won’t force evacuees to prove citizenship. Real-world complication of increased deportation fears. https://t.co/xVlToBk4Pl
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) August 29, 2017
re: #420 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I think that he does have a point about the flood. Bronze age sheep herders write story of flooding that “is worldwide and kills everything” that is actually a localized flooding event that in their minds is the end of the world.
I think the Lundmark fellow is about that intelligent.
Catastrophic floods are to be found in the myths of all cultures. I’ve often heard, “See, that’s proof!!” to which I usually reply, “Yes….proof that historically, humans have invariably settled near water sources. Which are, of course, prone to flooding and from time to time, extraordinarily destructive flooding.”
re: #424 jaunte
[Embedded content]
That is how to reassure people as a leader. Offering to defend anyone who gets swept up by Border Patrol trying to evacuate is the kind of gesture needed. It’s almost like treating people like humans is a way to get them to cooperate.
Sporting goods store shows more leadership than president*
Bass Pro Shops donate boats to Harvey rescue efforts in Texas https://t.co/zMWvnbs63L
— Montrose Buzz (@MontroseBuzz) August 29, 2017
re: #426 HappyWarrior
Nor should they.
Clearly ICE agents need to set up checkpoints at the shelters!////
These pics of @realDonaldTrump’s Phoenix rally enraged him so much, he fired the rally organizer https://t.co/0WvJGAAX3a pic.twitter.com/fFzqxZqZIs
— Julie Laumann 🌎 (@wretchedrefuse0) August 29, 2017
re: #430 Big Beautiful Door
Clearly ICE agents need to set up checkpoints at the shelters!////
I mean, I’m pretty sure ICE/Border Patrol has actually intimated just that. Or at least on the roads out. That’s why the Mayor’s statement is so important.
re: #432 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
But Hillary was too sensitive and emotional to be president right “Alphas”? For fuck sake, Trump is an insecure child.
re: #432 FormerDirtDart
What is that, a few hundred people at best? I’ve seen more people gathered around when the local dairy here in Ostrava is handing out free samples of cheese.
re: #435 Dr Lizardo
What is that, a few hundred people at best? I’ve seen more people gathered around when the local dairy here in Ostrava is handing out free samples of cheese.
Because the cheese in Ostrava is better than any Trump speech.
re: #406 calochortus
Just a drive-by, but I’m not going to dump on Trump for visiting Texas. He’d be raked over the coals for indifference if he didn’t go and is getting grief for going. As long as he’s far enough away not to be a huge problem, he’ll show up for an hour and leave. No major harm done.
Melania may or may not leave with him, having sunk hip deep in the mud because she’s wearing stilettos (she’s not heavy, but reducing the area that weight is spread over really concentrates the force.) However. She may not be able to wear flats. If you wear heels all the time, your Achilles tendon shortens and your foot can’t easily flatten out to stand on. It used to happen to fashion conscious women back in the ’50s and early ’60s.
She’s worn flats in several photos.
Trump’s going to go ballistic at the midterms when the R’s lose seats.
Complications
NEW: Arkema says workers still on site at foundering chemical plant in Crosby https://t.co/5hl4fZjNeb via @HoustonChron #txlege #txpolitics
— ChronicleMike (@ChronicleMike) August 29, 2017
“…The company that owns a flooded chemical plant in Crosby where refrigeration of explosive, heat-sensitive chemicals failed says workers are still on site but have been moved away from the hazard.
The chemicals were moved to diesel-powered refrigeration cars, which the company is still monitoring, Arkema spokeswoman Janet Smith wrote in an email.”
TX is home to the second-largest group of #DACA recipients in the US. 55,000 own cars. “They pay taxes. Many are in college.” #DefendDACA
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) August 29, 2017
How many ways can the R’s find to fuck things up?
re: #440 jaunte
[Embedded content]
How many ways can the R’s find to fuck things up?
And Steve Nuremberg King wants them to rat on their parents.
re: #437 BeachDem
She’s worn flats in several photos.
[Embedded content]
Let’s rag together GF!
.@POTUS & @FLOTUS depart the White House for Texas #Harvey pic.twitter.com/ynjiuCmBaA
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) August 29, 2017
(Melania wobbles into shelter in 6-inch heels)
“I here help. I bring you perfumes and chocolates.” https://t.co/t8G4MP8zei— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) August 29, 2017
re: #432 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
Jesus:
“You saw the massive crowd we had,” [Trump] said at a White House news conference on Monday with Finland President Sauli Niinisto. “The people went crazy when I said, ‘What do you think of sheriff Joe?’ Or something to that effect.”
re: #444 Barefoot Grin
Jesus:
“You saw the massive crowd we had,” [Trump] said at a White House news conference on Monday with Finland President Sauli Niinisto. “The people went crazy when I said, ‘What do you think of sheriff Joe?’ Or something to that effect.”
The people of Manticopa County love Joe so much that tehy voted him out of office.
Another Nazi fuck that needs to be banned from twitter: @PepeMinistry
.@POTUS & @FLOTUS depart the White House for Texas #Harvey pic.twitter.com/ynjiuCmBaA
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) August 29, 2017
At least she left the furs at home. https://t.co/AxHYwsaSKD
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 29, 2017
Trump will probably show in Texas just long enough to do a photo op and GTFO.
Remembering during his campaign when he spent all of 5 minutes helping to unload supplies from an 18 wheeler?
re: #448 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump will probably show in Texas just long enough to do a photo op and GTFO.
Remembering during his campaign when he spent all of 5 minutes helping to unload supplies from an 18 wheeler?
He’ll probably be there for a couple of hours and then fly back to D.C.
re: #448 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump will probably show in Texas just long enough to do a photo op and GTFO.
Maybe lunch at a shelter?
re: #214 The Ghost of a Flea
He’s also echoing a misdirection/lie cocktail assembled by Scott Lively—author of “The Pink Swastika” and a major force behind Evangelical-supported anti-gay laws in Subsaharan Africa—that somehow the SA and Ernst Röhm made the Nazis 100% gay, when there’s copious primary sources from NSDAP internal discussions that demonstrate how other Nazis leaders despised his sexuality but concealed it because he was effective.
What’s more, this line of attacks seems out of place under a Trump administration. I mean, one thing Trump has never been accused of is being too puritanical. If you think about it, DD’s characterization of NAZIs as sexual libertines who only turned on gays for political reasons sound a lot more like Trump than anyone on the left.
re: #451 Ace-o-aces
What’s more, this line of attacks seems out of place under a Trump administration. I mean, one thing Trump has never been accused of is being too puritanical. If you think about it, DD’s characterization of NAZIs as sexual libertines who only turned on gays for political reasons sound a lot more like Trump than anyone on the left.
As usual, Dinesh is projecting. Can’t wait to see his hurried production of how “2020 Dem nominee’s America.” I think Dinesh has a lot of self loathing about him and that’s why he rages at the left the way he does, Hejust seems like an angry little man..
Oh shit
BREAKING: Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwatershttps://t.co/Cv6zCGh44w
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) August 29, 2017
No one ever has said the Nazis were sex puritans. They did push their women to be subservient and they did encourage mass reproduction which quite frankly is more likely the American right than left.
re: #441 FormerDirtDart
OK, I give up
Melania Trump Travels to Texas in Snakeskin Stilettos - Vogue
My Slovenian born grandmother said [her] slender ankles were a mark of upperclassness, or something. She was always trying to make up for being married to a Polish renderer, seemingly, I say in far hindsight. She lived to age 99; she passed a few years ago.
/She also said, ‘Those Japanese people seem so nice. And so good at the gardening!’ I wish I was kidding, I’m sorry to quote her in public, may she rest in peace.
re: #455 wrenchwench
My Slovenian born grandmother said [her] slender ankles were a mark of upperclassness, or something. She was always trying to make up for being married to a Polish renderer, seemingly, I say in far hindsight. She lived to age 99; she passed a few years ago.
/She also said, ‘Those Japanese people seem so nice. And so good at the gardening!’ I wish I was kidding, I’m sorry to quote her in public, may she rest in peace.
My mom’s grandmother was Slovenian too. Don’t know how she was built though since we have no photos of her. She was a complicated woman though. Very strict but she and my great grandfather was devoted to my grandfather’s sister who was mentally disabled.
Flashback: Trump took $17 million payout 4 hurricane damage that reportedly only cost $3,000 https://t.co/eeGyRDG4g2
This is your president— star (@PwrChip) August 28, 2017
Arrest looters.
re: #344 Targetpractice
The profiteering has begun:
[Embedded content]
Yeah, I’m just waiting of Stossel or some other ultra-libertarian to run their usual, “government should allow profiteering in disasters because free market” article.
There is no evidence that Trump, any of his children or any of his companies have donated a penny to Harvey relief.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) August 29, 2017
So Trump is going to Texas to do…what? Certainly it isn’t to command the response, because we already know that Mike’s handling that back at the White House. And the man wouldn’t get near a rescue operation unless it was to rescue his money. So what is he doing there but providing his critics an opportunity to say he’s tying up vital resources for a quick photo-op?
re: #458 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Arrest looters.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Teddy Roosevelt, who Trump’s suck-up Pence compared him to.
re: #459 Ace-o-aces
Yeah, I’m just waiting of Stossel or some other ultra-libertarian to run their usual, “government should allow profiteering in disasters because free market” article.
Stossel is such a smug douche. Even when I was a kid watching Dateline, I thought man that guy’s a prick.
re: #460 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Dave’s on it
Trump encourages people to donate to charities for hurricane disaster relief. pic.twitter.com/L4hKdOxIDv
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) August 29, 2017
I assume @Fahrenthold will let us know how much Trump personally donated in due time… https://t.co/a5eECI3YST
— Matt Spence (@mattspencedc) August 29, 2017
I just asked if there have been donations from @realDonaldTrump, his company or his campaign. Will let you know when I hear. https://t.co/46tKKRVNk8
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 29, 2017
re: #461 Targetpractice
So Trump is going to Texas to do…what?
He might encourage ICE and CBP to round up more people made homeless by the storm.
re: #464 Stanley Sea
Dave and I worked on the same high school newspaper. He obviously made better use of his experience.
In other news, I read this morning that David Brooks is shocked - Shocked! - to find racism going on in the Party of Reagan (the man who rode to the Presidency on ‘Welfare queens in Cadillacs’ and ‘Young bucks on street corners buying T-bone steaks with foodstamps’).
Imagine that.
JUST IN: Princeton University alerts campus of report of person with gun on campus. “Lock doors, remain inside for safety.” pic.twitter.com/NQSG5HAWqe
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 29, 2017
Well, that was fast.
Report of person with weapon on campus. Lock doors, remain inside for safety. Check email or home page for updates. https://t.co/2lARsOH4mM
— Princeton University (@Princeton) August 29, 2017
An ALL-CLEAR has been issued by Public Safety. There is no threat. Normal activities can resume. Check email and homepage for updates. https://t.co/J2kFfG3H4q
— Princeton University (@Princeton) August 29, 2017
re: #457 HappyWarrior
My mom’s grandmother was Slovenian too. Don’t know how she was built though since we have no photos of her. She was a complicated woman though. Very strict but she and my great grandfather was devoted to my grandfather’s sister who was mentally disabled.
My gramma had slender ankles and wrists, but everything else was extra-sturdy. She mowed her own lawn until age 95 or so, in a nice part of Joliet, ll, if that’s not too contradictory. Didn’t switch to a power mower until in her 80s.
mGSIAzWFr6cHe3L0qDITJGK0V1XRyYlVR3aysI0KNR2MGY1b0qaz8KhkzLiDMKzsUDBvkBqBW5rWum2Pe6/wCmjTSkVU4vai3exDlne8Zm4QcMud47FDHSunD2FjVuC2eGsYiFKau0G6B0eVsusim0JmXVAvRH5MBDEQ65b7F0sBNo20vGKQ1cbir+Qx+9D/Z/PP3Uw3nU5U+Xmj2B81uUz2uEqEk9I5BDGT6Sdn9zEOx/veiompbHajrcwZ6r0LLAl6eqnuxdBaFZl7yuOofUf1fHw4lrHUbpaU1C1JaK2IeMYEygqjuNfHXgdZ0cyhS+OFY98Oqd3wTcaNGi2I59W8Mv8VCn0bh/Y8y/ZDqv72hcGh9HoADnD1lTDfhqKnQPo6kQv3xi+fSIlXUD8gln7LBU1tY7ipl8OyjfUqDqXBccMJ4CDXFrLXyWldbPDO
re: #466 jaunte
Dave and I worked on the same high school newspaper. He obviously made better use of his experience.
That’s cool! You follow your path. I studied with people who have emmy’s. I didn’t stick it out.
re: #467 Blind Frog Belly White
In other news, I read this morning that David Brooks is shocked - Shocked! - to find racism going on in the Party of Reagan (the man who rode to the Presidency on ‘Welfare queens in Cadillacs’ and ‘Young bucks on street corners buying T-bone steaks with foodstamps’).
Imagine that.
But the Democrat Party founded the KKK while the Republicans freed the slaves!!!
re: #467 Blind Frog Belly White
In other news, I read this morning that David Brooks is shocked - Shocked! - to find racism going on in the Party of Reagan (the man who rode to the Presidency on ‘Welfare queens in Cadillacs’ and ‘Young bucks on street corners buying T-bone steaks with foodstamps’).
Imagine that.
One of my friends pointed out that Dave used to be employed by NRO who defended Apartheid during his time tehre. The racism as you say has always been there. It’s just louder with Trump.
#OTD In 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans https://t.co/SIhngsoRAF pic.twitter.com/rJio6Rovhs
— AP Archive (@AP_Archive) August 29, 2017
re: #470 wrenchwench
My gramma had slender ankles and wrists, but everything else was extra-sturdy. She mowed her own lawn until age 95 or so, in a nice part of Joliet, ll, if that’s not too contradictory. Didn’t switch to a power mower until in her 80s.
[Embedded content]
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
re: #464 Stanley Sea
Dave’s on it
[Embedded content]
The yam is probably looking through his portfolio to see if he has any properties in Texas so he can claim relief funds.
Interesting thread on fire ants (and their lack of genetic diversity in North America):
Meanwhile, in Cuero, the river has brought my aunt all of the fire ants. Yes, those are all (of the) fire ants. pic.twitter.com/dEibWYxAdl
— Bill O’Zimmermann (@The_Reliant) August 29, 2017
Once you pass the horror that comes from realizing what is in this photo, there’s lots of biology to unpack here. https://t.co/IytseCSHoT
— Darren Abbey, PhD. (@thebiologistisn) August 29, 2017
With discussion abt Texas’s opposition to disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy, read #CRS’s report on what happened https://t.co/Yea0DbYl4E
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) August 29, 2017
Now the Post has an analysis of Cruz’s claim, calling it a misanalysis and giving it 3 Pinocchios. pic.twitter.com/dEvpU3NLNE
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) August 29, 2017
re: #481 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
Because the Reps for NY/NJ and I include the Republican ones here are more decent than the Texas GOP delegation. It’s a good thing we didn’t have people like Cruz and Cornyn in office when 9/11 happened.
re: #478 jaunte
Interesting thread on fire ants (and their lack of genetic diversity in North America):
[Embedded content]
omg what a horror
re: #482 HappyWarrior
I’d try that.
If your local stores or wallet can’t hack falu sausage, you could try it with spam. 1/4” slices.
re: #486 Teukka
If your local stores or wallet can’t hack falu sausage, you could try it with spam. 1/4” slices.
Ah ha.
re: #465 jaunte
He might encourage ICE and CBP to round up more people made homeless by the storm.
I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t use the “Obama was playing golf during Katrina” line. I really will be.
re: #489 HappyWarrior
Ah ha.
Falu sausage is somewhere between Baloney and spam in terms of texture (former) and taste (latter).
wiOWw0uzY4jqvFAWgaGZtaQ7m9xf/vSIn9/N6NfxADcp7y+1cALEgUTC+aVrs1Amj2+OaOS0Gb2PT6m0jO0cRILHRqrqWpYZYWrivMFD0r2erzm7NIZu0yd/JyIiBkb1aidLDSFUm3Q0+AOtXFqVCh9VcJRRSL9ZFbmvtOngKFg=
re: #490 Skip Intro
I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t use the “Obama was playing golf during Katrina” line. I really will be.
“Look, Obama got out of serving in Vietnam. I don’t know why people keep holding it over my head.”
re: #490 Skip Intro
I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t use the “Obama was playing golf during Katrina” line. I really will be.
Considering that a majority of Louisiana GOPers think Obama was in office when Katrina hit in 2005, that’s not a reach. They are that fact-averse.
re: #488 Teukka
It is. 15 month aged Herrgård.
I like my cheese aged in minutes. Tillamook, Oregon. Gotta go in person for that.
Just saw this image within the video linked below. Pretty sure that’s Addicks Dam during a controlled release.
It gives you some idea of how much water is being held back from rushing immediately down Buffalo Bayou through downtown.
VIDEO: Houston unites to face Harveyhttps://t.co/caUxYjP2pn
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) August 29, 2017
re: #491 Teukka
Falu sausage is somewhere between Baloney and spam in terms of texture (former) and taste (latter).
Have to admit not being fond of either baloney and spam. I’m trying to eat less meat. It’s working.
re: #437 BeachDem
An 11-year-old kid is wearing $600 Gucci loafers?
Notice the tiny little white dots along the top of the dam. Those are trucks.
re: #494 lawhawk
Considering that a majority of Louisiana GOPers think Obama was in office when Katrina hit in 2005, that’s not a reach. They are that fact-averse.
That just shows you what we’re dealing with.
re: #499 Ace Rothstein
An 11-year-old kid is wearing $600 Gucci loafers?
I bet they don’t even have removable insoles for orthotics.
re: #494 lawhawk
Considering that a majority of Louisiana GOPers think Obama was in office when Katrina hit in 2005, that’s not a reach. They are that fact-averse.
You can’t fix stupid, but hey, at least you can vote for it.
Trump administration hasn’t decided whether to accept Harvey help from Mexico https://t.co/erfxcpLuzo pic.twitter.com/X1Zy7QVZnq
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 29, 2017
Same guy who wants Mexico to pay for stuff doesn’t want Mexico to pay for stuff. https://t.co/Pk535oGCUP
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) August 29, 2017
Trump “very cautious about making sure that any activity doesn’t disrupt the recovery efforts that are still ongoing,” Sarah Sanders on AF1
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 29, 2017
They’re still ramping up disaster response, and LEO needs to focus on disaster assistance, not detailing the Trump photo op.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017
re: #504 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Really? Fuck you Donald. They’re offering to help even though you’ve done everything possible to screw up American-Mexican relations.
Charlie Pierce is NOT impressed with Glenn’s love letter.
There is so much wrong with this one sentence from The New York Times on Tuesday morning that it may be the single wrongest sentence in the history of wrongness, and of sentences.
Hurricane Harvey was the rarest of disasters to strike during the Trump presidency — a maelstrom not of Mr. Trump’s making, and one that offers him an opportunity to recapture some of the unifying power of his office he has squandered in recent weeks.
Air Force One has touched down in Corpus Christi, per pool
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) August 29, 2017
re: #496 jaunte
More water is flowing in to the reservoirs than is flowing out; the need for those emergency releases means that they cause more flooding now that’s somewhat controlled, versus the dams overtopping and potential catastrophic failure with a massive release of water with the ensuing death toll.
Screwed if you do, fucked if you don’t. That’s an awful choice to have to make.
re: #508 jaunte
[Embedded content]
And the Trumpers are ON IT:
I just walked on the tarmac to cover @realDonaldTrump’ visit to Corpus and was heckled by a crowd shouting derogatory things. Unbelievable.
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) August 29, 2017
re: #510 BeachDem
And the Trumpers are ON IT:
[Embedded content]
Mea Culpa. Didn’t realize he meant they were shouting at him.
re: #510 BeachDem
I just walked on the tarmac to cover @realDonaldTrump’ visit to Corpus and was heckled by a crowd shouting derogatory things. Unbelievable.
Remember the Reagan quote about the scariest words in the English language being “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help you”?
re: #509 lawhawk
One of my co-workers lives in a neighborhood currently being flooded by the outflow.
He first took refuge with a neighbor higher up on the street; they have now had to move to the third floor of a nearby office building to escape rising water.
re: #511 HappyWarrior
Because no one ever did that to Obama.
He’s not saying Trump was heckled, he’s say he was because he’s from CNN.
re: #514 Skip Intro
He’s not saying Trump was heckled, he’s say he was because he’s from CNN.
Oops my bad. Sorry.
Perhaps Trumps disaster of a disaster response will help turn Texas blue in 2020?
The wingnuts who worked their asses off to excuse Dubya waiting over a week before visiting NOLA in person will now argue that Trump was right to jump into Texas as the disaster is still on-going.
So, Melon has changed not only her shoes, but her entire outfit. Now in sneakers, black pants, a white shirt and a hat that appears to say FLOTUS.
re: #516 Eclectic Cyborg
Perhaps Trumps disaster of a disaster response will help turn Texas blue in 2020?
No way. I live here and they love that orange shit stain more than life itself.
re: #516 Eclectic Cyborg
Perhaps Trumps disaster of a disaster response will help turn Texas blue in 2020?
If that happens, he’s finished but I don’t see that happening.
re: #511 HappyWarrior
Because no one ever did that to Obama.
They were heckling the reporter, not the yam.
re: #518 BeachDem
Oh geez. If her hat really says FLOTUS…..
LOL whatever Melon!
re: #510 BeachDem
Yes, Trump Revoked An Obama Order To Get Infrastructure Climate Change Ready https://t.co/CgYvInol9U
— Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) August 28, 2017
Maybe if they followed the news they would know more about Trump.
re: #518 BeachDem
So, Melon has changed not only her shoes, but her entire outfit. Now in sneakers, black pants, a white shirt and a hat that appears to say FLOTUS.
Donny must have seen the tweets on the flight down.
re: #518 BeachDem
So, Melon has changed not only her shoes, but her entire outfit. Now in sneakers, black pants, a white shirt and a hat that appears to say FLOTUS.
I refuse to watch, but is shit stain wearing one of his stupid MAGA or USA hats you can pay $40 for on his campaign website?
re: #368 The Vicious Babushka
And that guy Worstofall who writes for Forbes is wetting his pants because this is the “purest form of capitalism”
Hurricane Harvey Is When We Need Price Gouging, Not Laws Against It https://t.co/cAZ5rlpE37
— Tim Worstall (@worstall) August 27, 2017
How’s this as a contrast to that a-hole
If you don’t understand why Texans are so obsessed with H-E-B, this is why. The gas shortage is a problem from Waco to San Marcos. pic.twitter.com/N34MNTfGlL
— Olivia Messer 💀 (@OliviaMesser) August 29, 2017
Who will be handing out the ceremonial box of Play-Doh?
re: #481 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]
NOOOOO!!!
Ted Cruz is lying about Sandy relief funds and why he didn’t vote for them.
re: #518 BeachDem
So, Melon has changed not only her shoes, but her entire outfit. Now in sneakers, black pants, a white shirt and a hat that appears to say FLOTUS.
What is it with these people and hats? Imagine the RW screeching if Michelle Obama had worn something like that…
re: #526 Ace Rothstein
I refuse to watch, but is shit stain wearing one of his stupid MAGA or USA hats you can pay $40 for on his campaign website?
I expect that Melon’s entire outfit will be on sale at his site.
re: #526 Ace Rothstein
.@realDonaldTrump just arrived here in #corpuschristi where he was greeted by @GregAbbott_TX #Harvey pic.twitter.com/ln0SjaaUJ5
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) August 29, 2017
re: #530 Eclectic Cyborg
What is it with these people and hats? Imagine the RW screeching if Michelle Obama had worn something like that…
Pa-the-tic
Melania Trump is wearing a black “FLOTUS” hat pic.twitter.com/2U7JjsWzmT
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) August 29, 2017
re: #530 Eclectic Cyborg
What is it with these people and hats? Imagine the RW screeching if Michelle Obama had worn something like that…
They think it makes them look like a “regular Joe” most likely.
re: #526 Ace Rothstein
I refuse to watch, but is shit stain wearing one of his stupid MAGA or USA hats you can pay $40 for on his campaign website?
Basically he’s taking advantage of suckers that can’t comparison shop:
re: #534 Dr Lizardo
They think it makes them look like a “regular Joe” most likely.
It just makes them look stupid. The baseball hat and suit look isn’t how regular people dress.
re: #494 lawhawk
Considering that a majority of Louisiana GOPers think Obama was in office when Katrina hit in 2005, that’s not a reach. They are that fact-averse.
No, not fact adverse. They like a different kind of fact. New facts. Trumpian Facts.
Alt-facts.
Remember: DO NOT TAKE LITERALLY.
re: #535 Eclectic Cyborg
Basically he’s taking advantage of suckers that can’t comparison shop:
[Embedded content]
I mean campaign gear is always overpriced just like concert gear but 40 bucks for a hat?
re: #529 ObserverArt
NOOOOO!!!
Ted Cruz is lying about Sandy relief funds and why he didn’t vote for them.
Peter King had it right: “they’re voting against Sandy aid because they hate New York. If they try to claim there’s some other reason, they’re lying. It’s just because they hate New York.”
re: #533 BeachDem
Pa-the-tic
[Embedded content]
On the FLOTUS hat: I’m sure there’s a certain element of Texan that eats that shit up.
re: #494 lawhawk
Considering that a majority of Louisiana GOPers think Obama was in office when Katrina hit in 2005, that’s not a reach. They are that fact-averse.
But they still whine about Kanye’s infamous “George Bush don’t care about black people” remark.
re: #536 HappyWarrior
It just makes them look stupid. The baseball hat and suit look isn’t how regular people dress.
But it is how conspiracy theory wackos often dress.
Portrait of a newsroom covering a disaster. The machines at @HoustonChron are picked clean. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/5XCGW1Hj2w
— Allyn West (@allynwest) August 29, 2017
She ditched the flight jacket, changed her shirt and shoes & added the FLOTUS hat while going to a ponytail
Update for everyone who is obsessed with this: Melania Trump is now in tennis shoes. pic.twitter.com/6nwboiEZfk
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 29, 2017
so my pal’s dog had a birthday party pic.twitter.com/qaWcV8ALqw
— big fan of this site (@granitetide) August 29, 2017
re: #543 JordanRules
This is why I keep the bottom drawer of my desk filled with non perishable food.
re: #541 electrotek
Good point! That right there is some high grade, potent cognitive dissonance they are shooting up!
Surprised nobody else noticed the back of Melania’s FLOTUS hat. pic.twitter.com/CzAdG7g3iR
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) August 29, 2017
re: #544 FormerDirtDart
Update for everyone who is obsessed with this:
Melania Trump is now in tennis shoes.Princess Di is wearing a new dress
(Letting my inner Depeche Mode fan run free…)
re: #546 jaunte
*White* tennis shoes.
Hey, it’s probably what she has.
Also, will be great imagery once they’re all muddy and such
re: #544 FormerDirtDart
She ditched the flight jacket, changed her shirt and shoes & added the FLOTUS hat while going to a ponytail
Update for everyone who is obsessed with this: Melania Trump is now in tennis shoes.
So there’s one Trump who bows to public regard.
re: #547 Eclectic Cyborg
Me too! I’ve got canned goods, crackers, nuts etc. People make fun of me, but I’ve come in handy even without a natural disaster. I also keep about 3 types of hot sauce too. LOL
re: #547 Eclectic Cyborg
This is why I keep the bottom drawer of my desk filled with non perishable food.
I brought my desk drawer stash home for the duration.
I’ve been laughing at this for 26 minutes straight pic.twitter.com/iu2ti291Uq
— Baby Animals (@BBAnimals) August 29, 2017
JFC, people.
On this anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina making landfall let us never forget…
Barack Obama wasn’t president.
Stay in school kiddos. pic.twitter.com/qnBxOVTbZF— Schatz 🤦🏻♂️ (@emjbourne) August 29, 2017
I’d bet a lot of interesting stuff happened between 2012 and 2015.
Long con.
FLASHBACK: Shady business dealings with Russia kept Trump from running against Obama in 2012 https://t.co/mkajwqzl3C
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) August 29, 2017
re: #553 JordanRules
Me too! I’ve got canned goods, crackers, nuts etc. People make fun of me, but I’ve come in handy even without a natural disasters. I also keep about 3 types of hot sauce too. LOL
Feminine hygiene products? Different drawer?
re: #560 wrenchwench
But of course! And yes, having that drawer, came in very handy too!
*sigh* If you were worried about other horrible things (aside from the arpaio pardon) being snuck through under the cover of Harvey, you were right:
HOLY SHIT, WHAT?!??!?!?!https://t.co/bwpe55Uf09
— Black Aziz Ansari 👏 (@Freeyourmindkid) August 29, 2017
One Houston resident sent me a pic of water he saw being sold for *$42* at a nearby Best Buy. They were kind enough to offer $29 bottles too pic.twitter.com/8dKz3sJJM1
— ken klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 29, 2017
Wow. Not a good look, @BestBuySupport. https://t.co/07OTS9IRSt
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) August 29, 2017
re: #559 JordanRules
I’d bet a lot of interesting stuff happened between 2012 and 2015.
Long con.[Embedded content]
I wish he would have because Obama would have humiliated him.
re: #559 JordanRules
I’d bet a lot of interesting stuff happened between 2012 and 2015.
Long con.FLASHBACK: Shady business dealings with Russia kept Trump from running against Obama in 2012 https://t.co/mkajwqzl3C
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) August 29, 2017
Pssst…
Everything was done in Tiffany’s name, because no one would ever check there…
//
re: #562 Interesting Times
*sigh* If you were worried about other horrible things (aside from the arpaio pardon) being snuck through under the cover of Harvey, you were right:
[Embedded content]
Law and order my ass.
We should’ve learned from Katrina, but idiots want to waste $$$ on a wall to keep out people instead of flood water https://t.co/q6ih5PHpJl
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) August 29, 2017
Authorities Yet To Receive Reports Of Gunshots At Cajun Navy https://t.co/vdLctEYjcz pic.twitter.com/3E9U8ePXL7
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 29, 2017
Priorities. Gotta push the bigoted/racist angle at all costs.
Guys, guys, settle down. Melania brought a change of shoes. pic.twitter.com/cqBGjR9tXb
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 29, 2017
First responder George Walter Greenway IV posted a photo to Facebook showing a group of emergency personnel gathering inside of a Buc-ee’s store in Katy, Texas.
Katy is just west of Houston, which is dealing with severe flooding after Hurricane Harvey.
“Buc-ee’s just let emergency personnel in to stay the night. And we can eat and drink on Buc-ee’s. So everyone thank Buc-eee’s for us,” Greenway said in the post.
re: #568 lawhawk
[Embedded content]
Priorities. Gotta push the bigoted/racist angle at all costs.
You know they are really hoping.
re: #568 lawhawk
Sole witness a “presumed volunteer.”
Houston’s @SaintArnold opening at 1pm to collect #Harvey supplies and offer up beer to locals https://t.co/TUFqdR5ZKD
— Craig Hlavaty (@CraigHlavaty) August 29, 2017
The oldest craft brewery in Houston is opening up on Tuesday afternoon as a donation hub for big-hearted Houstonians.
Saint Arnold Brewing Co. said in a statement Tuesday morning that they would open their doors from 1-5 p.m. to collect donations of diapers, baby food, toiletries, and any other items that can of immediate use to Harvey victims.
re: #575 HappyWarrior
Brewing company is acting more Christian than Osteen’s church.
And they actually create things that people want and like.
re: #575 HappyWarrior
Well, being named for a saint has some pressure attached.
Mad Magazine responds to Trump’s decision to lift ban on military gear for local police w/ a fresh take on Rockwell https://t.co/8qETKt4x6g pic.twitter.com/VWrClIeqji
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 29, 2017
The cognitive dissonance of Texas Republicans praising the federal government is breaking my brain.
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 29, 2017
re: #576 nines09
And they actually create things that people want and like.
Ha that certainly is true.
re: #577 jaunte
Well, being named for a saint has some pressure attached.
I’d like to try their beer now. No idea how I’d find any here so far north of Houston.
Fox News removed from UK airwaves https://t.co/56wTEouUpo
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 29, 2017
re: #579 jaunte
[Embedded content]
I don’t want them to ever again talk about secession then. but Governor TCOT and Senator Zodiac will.
re: #583 HappyWarrior
I don’t want them to ever again talk about secession then. but Governor TCOT and Senator Zodiac will.
It’s always been a cynical pose.
re: #518 BeachDem
So, Melon has changed not only her shoes, but her entire outfit. Now in sneakers, black pants, a white shirt and a hat that appears to say FLOTUS.
Slummin’!
The conservative, mostly male and mostly white heterosexuals at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood put out a so-called Nashville Statement today. The statement is pretty much a punch in the face to women and sexual minorities. Even the mayor of Nashville is hacked off at this group for using her city’s name in their statement. I’ve been telling identified signers on Twitter that the statement is a pile of smelly garbage.
It feels like WH staff & Abbott are going too far in saying that Trump was engaged and involved. It’s overboard.
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) August 29, 2017
I’ve noticed this for days. They are terrified of saying anything to the contrary. https://t.co/g0UNAUQ0gf
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) August 29, 2017
re: #585 jaunte
It’s always been a cynical pose.
It sure has. The same “small government” conservatives are the same ones who rallied to the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004 and strongly supported Reagan re-upping the war on drugs in the 80’s. Small government conservatism is nothing but a sham.
We informed police of the looting and Coast Guard is flying overhead. Multiple officers now on the scene. pic.twitter.com/OsVVNF1M06
— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) August 29, 2017
This guy called the cops on flood victims getting food from a supermarket. https://t.co/T35jto8ngf
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) August 29, 2017
We informed police of the looting and Coast Guard is flying overhead. Multiple officers now on the scene. pic.twitter.com/OsVVNF1M06
— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) August 29, 2017
Not all heroes wear capes. Some divert rescue helicopters to possibly shoot people who need food and blankets. https://t.co/HJl9zQ8Q5x
— Zed, Zedd ‘n’ Zeddy (@ZeddRebel) August 29, 2017
Looking for edible food & water during a disaster is not looting. It’s technically called foraging and it may be a survival necessity. https://t.co/Uges3zt6EM
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) August 29, 2017
re: #590 HappyWarrior
Govt so small it fits up in the lady bits (abortion), in the bedroom (LGBT/miscegenation/etc.), and bathroom stalls (LGBT).
re: #539 sagehen
Peter King had it right: “they’re voting against Sandy aid because they hate New York. If they try to claim there’s some other reason, they’re lying. It’s just because they hate New York.”
Pretty bad when a New York Republican asshole has to call out a Texas Republican Asshole for being the bigger asshole.
Assholes…all of them.
Reminder: Our President is an Asshole too.
re: #592 lawhawk
Govt so small it fits up in the lady bits (abortion), in the bedroom (LGBT/miscegenation/etc.), and bathroom stalls (LGBT).
Yep and honestly I’d like to see the Dems call them out on that. They do call them out for the bigotry part but people need to be shown that the conservative philosophy in this country is just as “big government” as they claim their detractos is. In fact, it’s worse, I can think of nothing more intrusive than interfering with taking a piss or who I love.
re: #594 ObserverArt
Pretty bad when a New York Republican asshole has to call out a Texas Republican Asshole for being the bigger asshole.
Assholes…all of them.
Reminder: Our President is an Asshole too.
The Asshole Party. I’m glad that most of my relatives aren’t not among their number.
re: #591 jaunte
Looking for edible food & water during a disaster is not looting. It’s technically called foraging and it may be a survival necessity.
You can tell looters from foragers at 50 meters.
LONG thread.
>>>story on it last night. Took a satirist to help me see I’d been prevs UNDERreacting, so now I’ll harp.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 29, 2017
re: #589 jaunte
It feels like WH staff & Abbott are going too far in saying that Trump was engaged and involved. It’s overboard.
Talking point straight from the boss, I’d wager.
re: #555 JordanRules
[Embedded content]
Awwww. That is not nice tricking that poor doggo with a bone image in his water bowl.
Dog bites man!
Abbott opened by thanking Trump for all the massive help he’s provided. Long ends by saying more volunteers are needed. Next stop: Austin?
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 29, 2017
re: #594 ObserverArt
Pretty bad when a New York Republican asshole has to call out a Texas Republican Asshole for being the bigger asshole.
Assholes…all of them.
Reminder: Our President is an Asshole too.
Assholes all the way down.
It’s hard to believe that so much in a disaster depends on Trump getting the right temperature tongue bath from Texas politicians.
re: #556 jaunte
JFC, people.
[Embedded content]
Question is: How many of those tweets are bots?
I’m not a twitterer. Do they ask for any kind of info that actually identifies you as a real live human? #2. Do they allow multiple accounts, either by I.P. Address, email or some other identifying factor. or is it real easy to set up multiple accounts?
Said it before…Twitter is no good with all this bot activity. They need to find a way to stop them.
re: #530 Eclectic Cyborg
What is it with these people and hats? Imagine the RW screeching if Michelle Obama had worn something like that…
Gotta sell a bunch of swag.
re: #603 Barefoot Grin
So this is a “kiss the ring” tour?
Pretty much. They’re hoping for enough ‘attaboys’ to make it through to the next rally in Missouri (which he won, bigly).
re: #603 Barefoot Grin
So this is a “kiss the ring” tour?
It’s the price of doing business. At Andrew we had established a very difficult Joint airspace management scheme in the old Eastern Airlines building. President GHW Bush and Candidate Bill Clinton’s helos really screwed it up.
One disaster cannot manage another.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) August 29, 2017
re: #589 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Everyone has to play to both Trump’s big ego to get him to acknowledge and work with them and to keep him from flying off in a mad rage.
This asshole has no redeeming qualities as a human being let alone a leader.
America…what have you done?
Mad Magazine responds to Trump’s decision to lift ban on military gear for local police w/ a fresh take on Rockwell https://t.co/8qETKt4x6g pic.twitter.com/VWrClIeqji
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 29, 2017
What a malignant ass you are snitching on people who are just trying to forage for their own survival
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017
Someone needs to tell Trump that Obama didn’t touch the floating fire ant colonies.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 29, 2017
re: #611 ObserverArt
Everyone has to play to both Trump’s big ego to get him to acknowledge and work with them and to keep him from flying off in a mad rage.
This asshole has no redeeming qualities as a human being let alone a leader.
America…what have you done?
I, proudly, had nothing to do with the election of this shit stain.
I wonder what the odds are on Trump saying something about how Obama handled Katrina.
re: #614 Kragar
Obama never personally dove in to try and save the gators from drowning!
— Non-Monumental K (@Citizen_Kryptik) August 29, 2017
You are evil, and I laughed myself sick.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 29, 2017
re: #600 ObserverArt
I know, but I hear the doggo has a revenge plan that includes steak and lobster holograms on his parents dining table.
I think Melania misunderstood, we wanted them to send *water* pumps to Houston. pic.twitter.com/8T0Dpv9b0b
— Paul Myers (@pulmyears) August 29, 2017
Whadda heel…and two lost soles. https://t.co/kJgJnrSZCy
— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) August 29, 2017
Still holding at 35% approval, per Gallup. That’s basically the Confederacy and the western states that have ten people each. The Rust Belt is gone.
re: #626 Ace Rothstein
Still holding at 35% approval, per Gallup. That’s basically the Confederacy and the western states that have ten people each. The Rust Belt is gone.
If he loses the Rust Belt, he’s finished.
re: #405 sagehen
Speaking of… that’s exactly who’s the featured guest on the Daily Show tonight.
What’s the over/under on Trevor Noah giving them the excorciating they deserve?
ah. schedule change, I guess Haberman and Thrush wimped out. Joy Reid is now tonight’s schedule guest.
Just turned on MSNBC to catch up on the news and man , it is tough to watch all of the rescue efforts. So sad to know these people are having to leave their homes maybe to never return to them again, or only to salvage what they can.
Just saw them talk to couple of guys with bass boats helping out. One Hispanic guy said he has probably hauled over 200 people and tons of pets since yesterday. The other guy said he really doesn’t know how many but 40 to 50 just in the last few hours.
If one of the damn preacher pimps even mentions “God punishing” these people for any reason I am going to lose it. Don’t even go there.
Now Kerry Sanders is reporting 1 in 6 people have flood insurance. Uggh.
And they just showed Trump saying “We want to help like never before.”
Fucker’s arrogance knows no bounds.
re: #627 HappyWarrior
If he loses the Rust Belt, he’s finished.
Yep. Without that, he has no chance.
re: #622 JordanRules
I know, but I hear the doggo has a revenge plan that includes steak and lobster holograms on his parents dining table.
re: #563 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Best Buy doesn’t generally sell water by the case. They sometimes have individual bottles in the little fridges at the checkout. I bet they just took their usual single bottle price and multiplied by the total number of bottles.
This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.
Comments are closed.
Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds
- Featured PagesClick to refresh
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ...
Cheechako
6 days ago
Views: 714 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 1,309 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 3
They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 401 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
Joe Bacon ✅
3 weeks ago
Views: 484 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 11 
March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
4 weeks ago
Views: 593 • Comments: 2 • Rating: 9
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
4 weeks ago
Views: 583 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
4 weeks ago
Views: 576 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
4 weeks ago
Views: 470 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 4
- Recent PagesClick to refresh
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
3 days ago
Views: 115 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 276 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1
