Olbermann: Could Trump Try to Pardon… Everyone?
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As Mueller closes in, the president’s desperate options are about to grow thin.
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There are monsters in the White House, doing monstrous things.
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— Killer Toys (@reactionfigure) September 1, 2017
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— Nightline (@Nightline) September 1, 2017
Trump could try to pardon everything and everyone around him. That’d only help him prevent federal prosecutions.
Wont stop anyone at the state level beating up on him with criminal charges, and there’s enough of those to go around. That’s why Mueller’s coordinating efforts with NY AG Schneiderman are so worrying to Trump.
Trump can’t do a damn thing about getting prosecuted in New York. He’s facing the most exposure there too, but it’s by no means the only place. Illinois is another place. Florida’s still another, as is New Jersey.
re: #5 lawhawk
Trump can’t do a damn thing about getting prosecuted in New York. He’s facing the most exposure there too, but it’s by no means the only place. Illinois is another place. Florida’s still another, as is New Jersey.
You don’t believe the Republican governors of those three states will pardon Trump for state crimes?
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Because you’re not human to him. It’s not any more complicated than that.
re: #6 freetoken
You don’t believe the Republican governors of those three states will pardon Trump for state crimes?
I think it would be Christie’s ultimate “fuck you”.
re: #6 freetoken
NY is going to have first crack this year, since they’re in position with a Democratic governor, and an AG who’s already taken Trump behind the woodshed. Trump’s facing so many legal fronts he wont be able to keep track. If anything happens in NJ, it’ll likely be after Murphy is elected in November and Christie’s gone in January. So that’s January 2018 - and November midterms would be the earliest Democrats in Congress would have a chance of retaking the House to spark impeachment there- that would come in 2019.
Illinois and Florida both have gubernatorial elections is in 2018. That means they’d be looking at 2019, same as with Congress. The promise/threat of impeachment could turn turnout.
The last GOP Governor of Kentucky, Ernie Fletcher, issued a blanket pardon to everyone for a patronage hiring scandal.
JFC
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re: #11 Charles Johnson
Good god…look at them all pale and smiling. Look like a bunch of blood suckers
Kick Arkema out of the country. Their response to this has been abysmal to say the least.
Great critique of anti-science Muslims by other Muslims:
It’s not a good look… pic.twitter.com/EtmtV1ZoJI
— Nabeel Azeez (@NabeelAzeezDXB) August 31, 2017
re: #11 Charles Johnson
You know what Spicey….fuck you and you’re lying ass. I wish the Pope would’ve rebuked you!
KKK allegedly threatens gay political candidate in Florida https://t.co/t6BMVCDPxq via @NBCOUT pic.twitter.com/0T7CvSR2IK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 1, 2017
I think I’d be more surprised to learn someone this awful WASN’T writing for Breitbart.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach Confirms He is a Paid Columnist For Breitbart https://t.co/HxtwNLT7mp pic.twitter.com/q5fBbke3EW
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) September 1, 2017
re: #13 nowherenorth2
Good god…look at them all pale and smiling. Look like a bunch of blood suckers
Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
re: #16 JordanRules
You know what Spicey….fuck you and you’re lying ass. I wish the Pope would’ve rebuked you!
Me too. How do you call yourself religious and lie like that? Every last one of these people.
re: #20 MsJ
Me too. How do you call yourself religious and lie like that? Every last one of these people.
People are experts at rationalizing things.
re: #20 MsJ
Me too. How do you call yourself religious and lie like that? Every last one of these people.
They deceive themselves into thinking they’re not lying, or that their lies are justified by the cause of righteousness.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Because, if we kept people here based on humanity, 3/4 of the Republican party would have to be dumped in the ocean.
re: #23 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They deceive themselves into thinking they’re not lying, or that their lies are justified by the cause of righteousness.
An unlikely teenager once told me: “Sooner or later, every sane person has to stop lying to himself.”
LOL you don’t know how to use Google? https://t.co/hidSMQYG6l
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #6 freetoken
You don’t believe the Republican governors of those three states will pardon Trump for state crimes?
It only takes one state conviction.
re: #20 MsJ
Me too. How do you call yourself religious and lie like that? Every last one of these people.
They have lied for most of their lives. They lie to themselves, including about things like religion. They have learned that many powerful and wealthy people like them for lying. They drink champagne and scarf down caviar off their lies. Fox News puts them on TV for hours every day to spread and glorify their lies. Some of them, believe it or not from looking at them, get laid off their lies.
They can no longer recognize the truth, and would run from it at full speed if they ever encountered it face to face in a dark alley or in their own mirror.
People like Hitler and Stalin are one thing, and a horrible thing. But the people who lick Hitler’s and Stalin’s butts for the scraps from the high table deserve their own circle in hell.
Oops, pulled a CL. Typical.
re: #350 lawhawk
The water temperatures are what’s driving this - and they’re all in the red. Everything is 29 degrees C. That’s 84.2F.
…..
And gee, what happens when SSTs are over 84º? A lot more water evaporates! And heat and water vapor in a low pressure system lacking vertical or horizontal shear equals???
Yes! You got it! What in the Pacific is called a Super Typhoon and what will soon be referred to (as they have been so previously rare) a romping, stomping mayhem of a hurricane!
Climate Storms. Twenty-five to thirty foot storm surges. 180 mph winds at landfall. Skyscraper killers.
Drumpf may not believe in climate change, but USF&G, Swiss Re, and other reinsurers absolutely do. They are not re-insuring paper floated for coastal development in wide swaths of the world.
When the risk/ratio assessment boys and girls won’t take the risk, there’s a damn good reason for it. Bad business.
re: #17 FormerDirtDart
This is why marches can’t stop.
Does this seething mass of fire ants resemble somebody, you know like that grilled cheese sandwich Jesus?
Fire ants cling to each other to float in #Harvey floodwaters in Houston, Texas. https://t.co/PMIVbFS59t pic.twitter.com/8XdZ1JwgS0
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.@kimguilfoyle on pricey @HillaryClinton book tour: “This is campaigning. Cashola and campaigning.” #TheFive https://t.co/pwIqj1pkxX pic.twitter.com/vc6aDeCvwk
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No Kim, campaigning & Cashola is the guy who flew to Houston after #HurricaneHarvey to sell $40 cheapass made in China hats. https://t.co/MaBckUq3Bf
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 1, 2017
re: #25 Decatur Deb
An unlikely teenager once told me: “Sooner or later, every sane person has to stop lying to himself.”
The true mark of adulthood is when you can no longer lie to yourself. I’m not saying you do everything right, but lying to yourself is the worst kind of lying.
re: #29 JordanRules
Okay, you can admit it. Was it teenaged you? LOL
It’s a great quote!
No, it was just an ordinary kid I had pretty much ignored. He quit the seminary shortly after, probably shouldn’t have.
re: #32 The Vicious Babushka
Does this seething mass of fire ants resemble somebody, you know like that grilled cheese sandwich Jesus?
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As spread out as that is, I think a large number of them have died, and there probably aren’t as many being born to take their place.
And without the French, America would never exist. Sounds like you’re offended when things you hold dear to get mocked. PC much?
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #37 electrotek
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How quickly they forget the French going bankrupt to help our little revolution.
re: #33 The Vicious Babushka
Notice how the Fox Babes look very much like Adnan Oktar’s babes?
re: #33 The Vicious Babushka
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Coming to Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH in Dec. I don’t think they can afford pricey; nor can the NH Dem. party.
Hurricane Harvey is just the beginning of the climate-related disasters we’re going to face, made worse by the GOP’s criminal denialism.
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re: #34 Belafon
The true mark of adulthood is when you can no longer lie to yourself. I’m not saying you do everything right, but lying to yourself is the worst kind of lying.
It matters in science too. Richard Feynman put it simply— The easiest person to fool is yourself.
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re: #32 The Vicious Babushka
Does this seething mass of fire ants resemble somebody, you know like that grilled cheese sandwich Jesus?
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Maybe. For sure it’s got really tiny hands.
re: #44 ipsos
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Gas jumped 14 cents yesterday between when I went to work and when I left. Today it jumped 25 cents.
My wife told me there was some place in Dallas trying to charge $25/gallon. He dropped it to $6/gallon when the police arrived, but they arrest him anyway. I’m assuming she heard it on the radio.
re: #46 Belafon
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Domestically, Right wing violence and extremism is our country’s greatest threat. pic.twitter.com/iJ79q9fFNB
— Ken (@Kenute1199) August 20, 2017
Not according to actual statistics: https://t.co/Mh2g0sB9JC
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #32 The Vicious Babushka
It also reminds me of Ian Miles Cheong, who is rumored to be a pile of ants wearing a human skinsuit. (if you don’t know the name, imagine Cernovich only uglier, dumber and more gamergatey)
re: #47 Belafon
Gas jumped 14 cents yesterday between when I went to work and when I left. Today it jumped 25 cents.
My wife told me there was some place in Dallas trying to charge $25/gallon. He dropped it to $6/gallon when the police arrived, but they arrest him anyway. I’m assuming she heard it on the radio.
The gas panic here has been epic, with crazed swarms pouring into stations and fighting over the pumps. I hear the same about Lubbock. As with most farms, there is a gas tank here at the Conspiracy Compound. It is about 3/4 full.
We all live rent free in their heads while we’re just trying to create a government to support a better world for their bubble heads.
I literally gauge my success by how much the Left hates me.#Winning.
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What a pitiful way to live your life. I’d chat more, but I have a meeting to get to. https://t.co/it84XeKlFo
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) August 31, 2017
Nice touch with ABL continuing the Seth Rogen bit. That still tickles me so much.
Islamophobic Turk felt triggered enough to call me a “muzzrat”:
Most Americans will never see this pic as they are braindead @Charlie_Hebdo_ is not our friend he is our enemy and the enemy of our enemies pic.twitter.com/L9Iaw9drwx
— LisatheInfidel (@LisatheInfidel) September 1, 2017
Translation: since they attacked what I hold dear instead of Muslims, they are the anti-Christ now and need to be dealt with 🙄 https://t.co/T9Rg8r3k7T
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
This guy is the biggest victim ever, go groom some white kids you typical muzrat https://t.co/2TtJ5zwCwD
— Komutan Shepard (@EIiteIsRoman) September 1, 2017
Don’t you have some Armenians to kill like your grandparents did back in the day? Stupid Turk. https://t.co/uiGUSrrYwy
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #48 ipsos
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re: #55 Stanley Sea
They equated Antifa & Black Lives Matter
Are we WOKE?
This self-loathing Turk thinks otherwise:
https://t.co/DNbIxwD9GA false pic.twitter.com/GXPsvREUjv
— Komutan Shepard (@EIiteIsRoman) September 1, 2017
Uh, they’re not fake. I cited U.S. government data moron: https://t.co/PhFb35qcBe
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
The Lard of the Rings #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter pic.twitter.com/EKRHQPoc57
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) September 1, 2017
Why does data by race matter so much here?
Also the link you provided me provides no data on terrorism by race, go figure.
— Komutan Shepard (@EIiteIsRoman) September 1, 2017
Imagine thinking “race” is a thing.
— free token (@freetoken) September 1, 2017
re: #55 Stanley Sea
Oh yeah that’s definitely the thing. The violent anarchist antifa sect equals all others resisting the white supremacists especially the black folks of course.
re: #48 ipsos
I was hoping to have some time to meet up with Texas lizards and eat some good BBQ…but now it looks like most of what I’m going to get to see in Austin is the inside of a hotel.
Gotta get back for a more proper visit when things quiet down!
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Hey, give me a shout when you get in town. I live just south of the river, about 1/2 mile from the convention center. We could go to the Green Mesquite @ Barton Springs Road, one block west of Lamar. Excellent Q.
“The president continues to call … Stephen K. Bannon, from his personal phone when Kelly is not around.” https://t.co/T7kLGDTfIH
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 1, 2017
This whole personal device being used for government work thing seems familiar https://t.co/7VL1i5Q7V0
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 1, 2017
OK, if they’re doing this, either they’re having trouble getting ground logistics going, or the situation is dire. This assumes a much higher level of risk to aircraft and crews
So much safer to push fuel teams forward and establish local FARPs
To keep #helicopter rescues going nonstop in #Texas, refueling is done in the air. This is above Orange, TX today. #harvey2017 #texasflood pic.twitter.com/3jMofUdfpc
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White House quietly removes sexual assault report from website https://t.co/iymoqL6v8f
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It’s clear that this administration wants to push the issue of sexual assault under the rug. We can’t let them. https://t.co/TEo2dP3TWj
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 31, 2017
re: #60 JordanRules
Oh yeah that’s definitely the thing. The violent anarchist antifa sect equals all others resisting the white supremacists especially the black folks of course.
There’s an old plan that they are using.
People aren’t recognizing the modern version.
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
Really interesting and thanks for the info about that option versus on the ground.
I have a feeling it’s much worse than most think, chiefly for those cities outside of Houston. What day is this since land fall?
I just feel like there are swaths of folks still missing. I hope I’m wrong.
Remember, Anders Breivik who murdered 77 Norwegians, 69 of them CHILDREN, at a youth camp while dressed as a cop
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #67 JordanRules
Really interesting and thanks for the info about that option versus on the ground.
I have a feeling it’s much worse than most think, chiefly for those cities outside of Houston. What day is this since land fall?
I just feel like there are swaths of folks still missing. I hope I’m wrong.
I have a bad feeling about what relief workers will find when the waters recede. There are tens of thousands of flooded vehicles and buildings that still can’t be checked.
re: #67 JordanRules
Really interesting and thanks for the info about that option versus on the ground.
I have a feeling it’s much worse than most think, chiefly for those cities outside of Houston. What day is this since land fall?
I just feel like there are swaths of folks still missing. I hope I’m wrong.
I think it’s a week tomorrow since landfall. And, a week ago today flooding had already started
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
OK, if they’re doing this, either they’re having trouble getting ground logistics going, or the situation is dire. This assumes a much higher level of risk to aircraft and crews
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If you don’t have usable runways, in-flight refueling is your only option. This is not about food and supplies, it’s about rescuing stranded people who would otherwise drown or starve.
The maintenance on those Blackhawks will be hell to pay after this over, BTW.
re: #69 electrotek
Dude, block that asshole and move on.
re: #70 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Yes! Port Arthur was really scary and they were hit at a time where Houston had gotten tons of resources and then the military arrived and
kinda took over in the Beaumont, PA area and it just felt weird how it all went down. We know most folks didn’t evacuate prior and there is just so much ground to cover and so many people.
re: #60 JordanRules
Oh yeah that’s definitely the thing. The violent anarchist antifa sect equals all others resisting the white supremacists especially the black folks of course.
Worse is the presumption that all Anti-fascism is the same or even that all antfa are the same.
re: #72 austin_blue
I think by on the ground logistics FDD meant usable runways, not getting supplies to folks. Their mission has been pretty clear and it’s definitely life or death.
re: #76 William Lewis
No doubt! I worded very carefully.
re: #76 William Lewis
Worse is the presumption that all Anti-fascism is the same or even that all antfa are the same.
A violent group, no matter what their intentions, will dominate the story and smear those who might otherwise by sympathetic.
re: #78 JordanRules
No doubt! I worded very carefully.
Oh, I know you did but there are quite a few that don’t, even around here.
The RNC’s chief of staff has resigned. pic.twitter.com/ifhvEqli5l
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) September 1, 2017
re: #72 austin_blue
If you don’t have usable runways, in-flight refueling is your only option. This is not about food and supplies, it’s about rescuing stranded people who would otherwise drown or starve.
The maintenance on those Blackhawks will be hell to pay after this over, BTW.
You don’t need runways for helicopters. They are landing the rescued people somewhere, you don’t need any bigger space to set up a forward area refueling point. And, it’s less strenuous on the flight crew.
The Texans’ J.J. Watt has already raised $13 million for the victims of #HurricaneHarvey — with $3 million coming in just today. pic.twitter.com/xndeATq9uS
— Texas Sports Nation (@ChronTXSN) September 1, 2017
Imagine what he could raise if someone worth $10 billion contributed.
re: #79 Belafon
Yup same happens in every movement but I would not have smeared all civil rights activists in the 60s so I’m not going to do it now. They literally did the same thing with the NAACP and other groups that would now make folks clutch their pearls in disbelief. It’s the same shady playbook and the media doesn’t get a pass for it and allies should consider more nuance in my opinion.
Top hashtag today:
Lord of the Lies#RuinABookTitleInOneLetter pic.twitter.com/hHhYk4tygW
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Bride and Prejudice#RuinABookTitleInOneLetter pic.twitter.com/tIUV0StqLE
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— Stacia (@ImStacia) September 1, 2017
re: #85 JordanRules
Yup same happens in every movement but I would not have smeared all civil rights activists in the 60s so I’m not going to do it now. They literally did the same thing with the NAACP and other groups that would now make folks clutch their pearls in disbelief. It’s the same shady playbook and the media doesn’t get a pass for it and allies should consider more nuance in my opinion.
I wouldn’t expect you to, and most of us are smart enough not to smear all conservatives with the sovereign citizens groups (though it’s perfectly valid to go after them for not condemning those groups). But, it’s real easy, if you’re looking for a way to shift blame to groups you oppose, to lump them in with a violent group.
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— Noel (@Real_Noel_Rosen) September 1, 2017
From the small government goons comes big government to the rescue.
This is shameful. pic.twitter.com/LcyFdmpouE
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) August 30, 2017
Dense And Sensibility #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter pic.twitter.com/dODi4des22
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 1, 2017
re: #73 teleskiguy
Dude, block that asshole and move on.
Muted the moron, no use dealing with someone that has internalized hatred of his own.
The guy in the middle is Lance Kennedy, a former far right student activist who’s now on the GOP national committee.
re: #87 Belafon
I wouldn’t expect you to, and most of us are smart enough not to smear all conservatives with the sovereign citizens groups (though it’s perfectly valid to go after them for not condemning those groups). But, it’s real easy, if you’re looking for a way to shift blame to groups you oppose, to lump them in with a violent group.
Which is what they are doing.
Go back to Ferguson. The beginning. What horrific acts did those (mostly) young people do?
NONE
They showed up in tanks.
re: #87 Belafon
Yeah, I understand. It’s so, so easy which is why it’s a go-to tactic of those playing the both sides game, time and time again.
And it works at eroding soft supporters. Honestly, in a post civil rights US, I’ve kinda left behind the soft supporters. I kinda see white discomfort as part of the evolution to becoming a strong anti-racist ally. I do think there are other groups who can absorb the soft supporters and allow them a comfortable space to help, but I don’t think that’s where a lot of meaningful change is going to happen.
re: #93 Charles Johnson
AJones throwing up his gang set I see.
Hmph. The leeway and power these folks get is absolutely stunning some days. Other days it’s just a Thursday where I’m reminded we have much work to do.
A more perfect union indeed.
re: #97 JordanRules
Yeah, I understand. It’s so, so easy which is why it’s a go-to tactic of those playing the both sides game, time and time again.
And it works at eroding soft supporters. Honestly, in a post civil rights US, I’ve kinda left behind the soft supporters. I kinda see white discomfort as part of the evolution to becoming a strong anti-racist ally. I do think there are other groups who can absorb the soft supporters and allow them a comfortable space to help, but I don’t think that’s where a lot of meaningful change is going to happen.
Agree. And it’s why I think the left needs to vocally reject Antifa. If they support the causes the of equality and freedom, their attempts at violence it are hurting the cause. As someone pointed out earlier, though, they don’t seem to be supporting (small d) democratic causes as much as anarchy.
Who could ever have seen this coming? Besides everybody, I mean.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 1, 2017
re: #97 JordanRules
Yeah, I understand. It’s so, so easy which is why it’s a go-to tactic of those playing the both sides game, time and time again.
And it works at eroding soft supporters. Honestly, in a post civil rights US, I’ve kinda left behind the soft supporters. I kinda see white discomfort as part of the evolution to becoming a strong anti-racist ally. I do think there are other groups who can absorb the soft supporters and allow them a comfortable space to help, but I don’t think that’s where a lot of meaningful change is going to happen.
Huh?
re: #99 Belafon
That is a sect of them and having to constantly rebuke this feels a bit like respectability politics. I’m on the side that is for Equality and not killing other folks so yeah arrest ALL the folks committing violent acts. Like duh. That duh is not directed at you BTW :)
re: #64 JordanRules
Thanks Ivanka for making sure that your Father respects and supports women’s issues. Great job moderating his misogynistic tendencies.
re: #99 Belafon
Pelosi did today.
Enough? The RWNJ enterprise want’s antifa.
What in the world would ever get through to them?
And to dissuade the antifa ready to rumble people? No idea.
re: #99 Belafon
Agree. And it’s why I think the left needs to vocally reject Antifa. If they support the causes the of equality and freedom, their attempts at violence it are hurting the cause. As someone pointed out earlier, though, they don’t seem to be supporting (small d) democratic causes as much as anarchy.
It wouldn’t matter if “the left” staged massive anti-antifa rallies in every city, town, and hamlet in America. The wingnut media and the balance-fairy media would still peddle the equation left=antifa and vice versa.
BREAKING: Right now, San Antonio officials are working to remove the Confederate statue from Travis Park.https://t.co/5SZ7PVSmFr
— KENS 5 (@KENS5) September 1, 2017
Good. East Texas KKK chapters are busy finding dry ground.
re: #101 whitebeach
I’ll look for some pieces that may be able to explain it better than I can.
It was a consideration in some of the early BLM tactics. Remember the folks shouting black lives matter at plays and other very respectable and mainstream places. That’s part of it.
re: #100 Charles Johnson
“Donald Trump resists being handled,” said Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser and longtime confidant. “Nobody tells him who to see, who to listen to, what to read, what he can say.” Stone added, “General Kelly is trying to treat the president like a mushroom. Keeping him in the dark and feeding him shit is not going to work. Donald Trump is a free spirit.”
re: #105 Stanley Sea
Pelosi did today.
Enough? The RWNJ enterprise want’s antifa.
What in the world would ever get through to them?
And to dissuade the antifa ready to rumble people? No idea.
I don’t know how to stop them either. I think all you can do, when marching is keep them at a distance. And I know it doesn’t matter at some level, because those who want to accuse “those radical leftists” of violence aren’t going to reason through who’s actually calling it.
re: #109 teleskiguy
Donald Trump takes all the brown acid he can lay his hands on.
re: #107 jaunte
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Good. East Texas KKK chapters are busy finding dry ground.
Sometimes, I wish the news would wait until after something is finished.
re: #109 teleskiguy
Kelly should be ashamed of himself for getting involved with this White Supremacist regime.
re: #112 Belafon
Yeah. Baltimore did it right IMO.
re: #106 whitebeach
It wouldn’t matter if “the left” staged massive anti-antifa rallies in every city, town, and hamlet in America. The wingnut media and the balance-fairy media would still peddle the equation left=antifa and vice versa.
And it also wouldn’t matter if the went all Ghandi in their tactics, they’d still be the same in the press.
Personally I’d prefer to have them in reserve, as those willing to fight when (no, I don’t think “if”.) they’re needed but the young and righteous are rarely able to exercise patience.
re: #113 Patricia Kayden
Kelly should be ashamed of himself for getting involved with this White Supremacist regime.
John Kelly is a white supremacist himself. He would have never taken the job if he wasn’t. He’s a slimy bastard just like the rest.
re: #107 jaunte
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Wheeeeeeee! Perfect.
So right-wing idiots are now saying that Charlie Hebdo deserved what happened to them in 2015 because of their Hurricane Harvey cover. Wow.
re: #100 Charles Johnson
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re: #116 teleskiguy
Right! His record in this regime is not great at all.
re: #108 JordanRules
I’ll look for some pieces that may be able to explain it better than I can.
It was a consideration in some of the early BLM tactics. Remember the folks shouting black lives matter at plays and other very respectable and mainstream places. That’s part of it.
re: #108 JordanRules
I’ll look for some pieces that may be able to explain it better than I can.
It was a consideration in some of the early BLM tactics. Remember the folks shouting black lives matter at plays and other very respectable and mainstream places. That’s part of it.
I respect your hopefulness but just can’t agree. Let me know when they “start shouting black lives matter” at NFL games, NASCAR races, and Trump rallies. The truth is that in America from 1492 to this day, and though I hope not, probably that long into the future, “white discomfort” means only one thing for minorities here, and it is not the rise of a “strong anti-racist ally.”
re: #110 Belafon
I don’t know how to stop them either. I think all you can do, when marching is keep them at a distance. And I know it doesn’t matter at some level, because those who want to accuse “those radical leftists” of violence aren’t going to reason through who’s actually calling it.
I mean, at this point (for me, others’ mileage may vary), it’s about actions that I take that I can live with.
Am I comfortable being in a group and/or near a group that would strike first? No. Am I comfortable being in a group and/or in an area where people are attacking unarmed individuals past the point where resistance is being offered in return? No. Are there people who call themselves antifa - and let’s be very clear, this was a term in use well before Trump and there is a reason I distinguish between them and the general protests on the left that have happened since Trump, because words have meaning - who would do both those things? Absolutely.
Others may be more comfortable with violence as the tactic of first resort rather than last. That’s their decision. But I have to live with the decisions I make and the consequences of them.
Are other people going to interpret my decisions according to their own biases and agendas? Probably. But while I can consider that when I’m making them, it doesn’t change the truth of what my decisions mean.
re: #118 electrotek
So right-wing idiots are now saying that Charlie Hebdo deserved what happened to them in 2015 because of their Hurricane Harvey cover. Wow.
Funny, they loved Charlie Hebdo when they mocked Muslims. FWIW I found both what they did now and then tacky and wrong but what happened two years ago was unquestionably wrong.
re: #83 FormerDirtDart
You don’t need runways for helicopters. They are landing the rescued people somewhere, you don’t need any bigger space to set up a forward area refueling point. And, it’s less strenuous on the flight crew.
Yes, my point exactly. But running those Blackhawks continuously is going to be dicey. They may very well lose one or two over the next couple of weeks.
Yesterday when we landed in Austin, there were eight Blackhawks on the pad. I saw at least ten more fly over town from Ft. John Bell Hood to stage at Austin/Bergstrom, today.
re: #116 teleskiguy
John Kelly is a white supremacist himself. He would have never taken the job if he wasn’t. He’s a slimy bastard just like the rest.
Yeah no sympathy for Kelly at all.
re: #118 electrotek
So right-wing idiots are now saying that Charlie Hebdo deserved what happened to them in 2015 because of their Hurricane Harvey cover. Wow.
They’re provoked by people whose business is provocation?
re: #123 whitebeach
Ahh okay, I gotcha. Catch me on a certain days and I’m more prone to agree with you and lots of folks do. I guess it is hopefulness. If there is anything incremental happening for the better (and I think there is), maybe changing that reaction for some folks is part of it.
re: #128 jaunte
They’re provoked by people whose business is provocation?
Almost like they’re some kind of flakes. Now if only I can remember the type.
How many days does Kelly have left, based on Trump’s record?
re: #132 jaunte
How many days does Kelly have left, based on Trump’s record?
One, maybe two scaramuccis.
When do we go back on Daylight Savings Scaramucci?
This guy
Dear #DREAMers:
Don’t get mad at @realdonaldtrump for enforcing our immigration laws, get mad at your parents for breaking them.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 31, 2017
re: #138 DodgerFan1988
Joe’s Stolen Valor Citizenship.
re: #138 DodgerFan1988
This guy
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Hey Joe, you know what’s also a law, child support, get bent you white supremacist fucktard.
Someone donated this Nicolas Cage pillow at Houston PD and nobody wants it. “Bring it over to the fire department!” @FOXLA @Fox26Houston 😂 pic.twitter.com/j4Mv65egrv
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 31, 2017
re: #139 jaunte
Joe’s Stolen Valor Citizenship.
In a just world, Joe would have been born a slug. I’m
Don’t know if links to Facebook show up here — if not, I’ll delete it.
Hey, failing to pay Child Support is also breaking the law! So when do we get to deport your crooked ass?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) September 1, 2017
re: #138 DodgerFan1988
There’s probably a twitter deal for well known’s - they get paid by response
re: #141 Stanley Sea
We need a museum of Weird Stuff Harvey Allowed Us To Ditch.
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Funny, they loved Charlie Hebdo when they mocked Muslims. FWIW I found both what they did now and then tacky and wrong but what happened two years ago was unquestionably wrong.
I take back all of the mean things that I said about the fanatics that shot up the Charlie Hebdo offices.
— Steve Gaines (@SteveGainesMCSD) August 31, 2017
re: #143 scottslemmons
Don’t know if links to Facebook show up here — if not, I’ll delete it.
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Reminds me of my brother’s point about Spencer and how Spencer thinks liberalism and its emphasis on universal equality is boring. “You’re not edgy, you’re just an asshole.”
A Jewish cemetery in Houston, as seen from one man’s balcony on Sunday and Tuesday https://t.co/IPDd3ziMel pic.twitter.com/vm4zaWzjK6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 1, 2017
Beth Yeshurun
re: #147 electrotek
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Surprised with Paul’s consistency there. Steve OTOH can piss up a role. CH’s cover sucked but that doesn’t excuse a damn thing.
re: #116 teleskiguy
John Kelly is a white supremacist himself. He would have never taken the job if he wasn’t. He’s a slimy bastard just like the rest.
I’m going to call “foul” on this comment. It has no context other than opinion. John Kelly is a decorated Marine warrior who has put himself into a position where he believes he can best serve his country. He probably won’t be successful, but at least he is giving it a go.
Being accused of being a white supremacist? I don’t think name calling is the least of his concerns. Avoiding nuclear war? Yeah, that’s a thing.
9 PM here in Los Angeles and 90 degress still here in Koreatown…
re: #33 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #154 BeachDem
So what do we call Yam Jr.’s $100,000 plus expenses upcoming 1/2 hour gig at UNT?
Capitalism obviously.
re: #151 austin_blue
John Kelly’s Promotion Is a Disaster for Immigrants
In just six months, Kelly turned DHS into a deportation machine
re: #153 Joe Bacon 🌹
Warm down here too, just not quite as much. During the day we’ve had some light sprinkles come by, and the clouds cooled things down.
re: #149 jaunte
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Not clear which is the “before” and which is “after”. Flooded and normal, or flooded and receded?
re: #153 Joe Bacon 🌹
9 PM here in Los Angeles and 90 degress still here in Koreatown…
I’m over the hill. Brutal.
Insane thunderstorm today - everything is dried already - but wham it was weird
re: #158 Jay C
Left is “before.” Normally the cemetery is almost 20 feet above water level.
re: #151 austin_blue
Facts
-As the General in charge of the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility, Kelly publicly criticized efforts to close Guantanamo and was accused by Obama Administration officials of working to undermine the President’s efforts to close the facility.
-Opposed and publicly criticized the integration of women into military ground combat units, arguing it would lead to lower standards.
-Defended the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, such as waterboarding and rectal feeding. Kelly went on to dismiss the criticisms of human rights groups as “foolishness”.
-Testified in support of an officer caught urinating on talibani corpses.
-Supports the imprisonment of terror suspects without trial.
-Criticized by Amnesty International for his “unsafe and inhumane” treatment of Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike to protest their imprisonment.
-Supports the war on drugs and opposes legalization or decriminalization of any drugs, including marijuana.
-A proponent of border security, Kelly believes that “no wall will work by itself” and has warned about the “existential threat” that unchecked migration poses for the nation.
re: #143 scottslemmons
Thanks for that. Limousine liberals always were the worst.
re: #156 JordanRules
Yes. He was directed to do a job and he did it.
Granted, “Good Nazi” and all that, but it was within the legal capabilities of existing law. So not a “Good Nazi” situation. Who would you rather have trying to put a damper on Drumpf? Sheriff Clarke?
Texans have short-term memories:
Yeah right, bitch don’t lie. You fanatics forced Tartleton State to cancel a play due to offending Christians 🙄 https://t.co/3tha6FxyWu
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #163 austin_blue
We’ll probably just agree to disagree on this one. I believe he believes in that mission and could have done things a lot differently if he wanted to. Hell, slowing it down would’ve helped marginalized folks. He did this shit with “all deliberate speed”.
re: #163 austin_blue
Yes. He was directed to do a job and he did it.
Granted, “Good Nazi” and all that, but it was within the legal capabilities of existing law. So not a “Good Nazi” situation. Who would you rather have trying to put a damper on Drumpf? Sheriff Clarke?
1. Hell, no.
2. There is no damper on Drumf. He’s proving that, day by day. This is a rare occasion when I actually support heightening the contradictions; but he’s doing that all by himself, therefore on our side the contradictions are best heightened by avoiding low blows, being terribly nice, and simultaneously (in the most gentle tones) calling a fucking lie a lie, and doing so every fucking day. Specifically, Kelly is small fry and let’s not waste the ammunition.
John Kelly is a racist. That’s not an opinion.
re: #167 teleskiguy
John Kelly is a racist. That’s not an opinion.
Agreed. If Trump goes, he goes and good riddance. If Kelly goes, Trump might stay (or not). I want 100% presidential responsibility. I don’t even care if some parts of the blame really belong elsewhere. Anyone may feel free to quote me: Trump must go.
(I think I may have heard that — “Trump must go” — somewhere else. If anyone knows the original source, do please point me to it.)
re: #167 teleskiguy
“Kelly has suggested “expediting” removals by bypassing immigration courts altogether. Since Kelly took over and suggested that ICE expand a program which effectively deputizes local law enforcement officials to enforce federal immigration laws, the program has nearly doubled its number of participating law enforcement agencies. The program, known as 287(g), was abused by former Sheriff Joe Arpaio to racially profile Latinx people in Maricopa County, Arizona; on Monday, ICE announced 18 new “partnerships” with police departments in Texas.
So, despite the respect he has from both parties, Kelly is right at home with Trump. Even more than that, he’s proven himself to be ruthlessly efficient at a time when most of the executive branch is mired in dysfunction.
theoutline.com
re: #143 scottslemmons
Don’t know if links to Facebook show up here — if not, I’ll delete it.
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Whatever anybody here thinks about antifa, you need to read this. Don’t have to agree with any or all of it, but read it.
It’s all I got, for now, on the new hashtag game.
The Monkey Wench Gang. #RuinABookTitleInOneLetter pic.twitter.com/zII4T2fguu
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) September 1, 2017
re: #39 freetoken
Notice how the Fox Babes look very much like Adnan Oktar’s babes?
Not quite as much “cosmetic enhancement” and slightly less pancake makeup, but yeah.
re: #170 jaunte
Yeah, but all the insiders (and you and me) know that Kelly has no ultimate control over his boss, and the realization is spread that blame for the bad shit lies with the big cheese.
RESCUE BOAT FLIPS: A boat full of officers flipped in the Kingwood area and three civilian boats rushed in to save them #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/u4GFGfQOTz
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) September 1, 2017
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/WGP1FxbPCl
— MOM KIM (@Solesolovely) August 28, 2017
That moment when you see Athletes & celebrities doing more for our city then our current President…. https://t.co/3M9IhLnL54
— J™ (@J_Lozano10) August 28, 2017
He has the whole fucking country on his hands and is still coming down to Texas to help out. Y’all always have something to say about him. https://t.co/GP1YQ0FjVX
— Lauren♒︎ (@laurenmorgan295) August 28, 2017
Thanks for proving how worthless an A&M education is with your tweet https://t.co/x122OdS2hZ
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
re: #177 electrotek
“the whole fucking country on his hands”
Good discussion. I’ll take the hits, because I believe Kelly really believes (despite all his warts, which are huge) that he is doing the right thing by trying to be of use to this (ahem) President. He’ll be gone in a month, so the argument is probably moot.
Night, Lizards. Sweet dreams and have some hope that the R’s in Congress believe that the fourth largest city in America is worth rebuilding.
What an asshole.
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
If you end DACA, we will make your life impossible.
Signed,
The 5 million who marched on January 21st#DefendDACA— Women’s March (@womensmarch) August 31, 2017
Oh, cool! More funny hats and beta males in vagina suits. https://t.co/YnuGQRXcrZ
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 1, 2017
re: #182 whitebeach
He’s already at a deficit.
He got the whole fucking county
ON HIS HANDS
He got the little bitty babies
ON HIS HANDS
re: #143 scottslemmons
Don’t know if links to Facebook show up here — if not, I’ll delete it.
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re: #171 whitebeach
Yes, lots of Truth there but most people don’t want to understand that the Nazis want to kill or that too many of the police are on their side. In the end violence will happen. How we respond is the question.
Circle is Hurricane Irma. Red = anomalously hot seas, +1.4°C hotter than normal under it, & too hot all the way to U.S. #climatechange pic.twitter.com/1WgybVPAoX
— Derrick Crowe (@electcrowe) September 1, 2017
Look at the blue where Harvey just reduced the heat in the gulf.
re: #143 scottslemmons
Don’t know if links to Facebook show up here — if not, I’ll delete it.
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All well and good when they are standing up to nazis, my problem is they do the same shit at G20 meetings or WTO meetings. They are anarchists who happen to be having a stopped clock moment, not good guys standing up for those who can’t.
re: #191 danarchy
All well and good when they are standing up to nazis, my problem is they do the same shit at G20 meetings or WTO meetings. They are anarchists who happen to be having a stopped clock moment, not good guys standing up for those who can’t.
The enemy of my enemy is potentially useful, but not necessarily my friend.
re: #190 jaunte
Look at the blue where Harvey just reduced the heat in the gulf.
Physically, tropical lows are probably the most efficient heat engines we know of. They suck up heat at the center of circulation and disperse that heat in every direction 360°.
re: #168 austin_blue
Did I say he was a saint? Who would you rather have as Drumpf’s Chief of Staff?
I mean, from what I see on the intertoobs, the pro meteorologists are seriously spooked by Irma.
To tell you the truth, I’m fucking spooked by Irma.
re: #143 scottslemmons
Folks, please spread this far and wide.
re: #195 teleskiguy
Any links to particular weathernerds for us to follow?
“The president continues to call … Stephen K. Bannon, from his personal phone when Kelly is not around.” https://t.co/T7kLGDTfIH
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 1, 2017
This whole personal device being used for government work thing seems familiar https://t.co/7VL1i5Q7V0
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 1, 2017
re: #198 jaunte
Every White House gossip leak story sounds either like Trump is a child or a high school queen bee like Regina George. pic.twitter.com/2lVttCzbaA
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 1, 2017
Lest we forget. It was Ohio State that perpetrated the infamous Bowling Green Massacre: pic.twitter.com/v5g1bLL9ft
— Jimmy D Reynolds (@jimreynolds54) September 1, 2017
91 year old David Cullen being rescued in Katy, Texas.
Mid-flight refuel for the search and rescue helicopters as they work into the night scanning areas surrounded by floodwater caused by Harvey pic.twitter.com/srXaNCC7EW
— Marcus Yam (@yamphoto) September 1, 2017
There’s a showdown for fundy football dominance coming this weekend!
The Liberty Flames will open the season at the Baylor Bears.
Baylor is much the greater football power, though it is not as large an institution as Liberty. It is also not as pure in fundy terms.
Like the President of the United States at Army-Navy games, Jesus will reportedly swap sidelines at halftime.
re: #205 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I’ve frequently wondered how He handles the conflicting demands.
re: #206 jaunte
The backlog has to stretch back centuries.
So the beginning of this dispatch from the local Houston news spawned a hilarious viral tweet. Comments under the tweet are great too.
Water Rescue Volunteer: ‘Just helping out Americans’
Gotta say as a white dude who has fucked up just so many of these shout out to this reporter for turning the franchise around pic.twitter.com/nuETU1LvWQ
— Rich 🌮 (@high_light) August 31, 2017
I really do love it…just helping out Americans.
re: #208 JordanRules
So the beginning of this dispatch from the local Houston news spawned a hilarious viral tweet. Comments under the tweet are great too.
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I really do love it…just helping out Americans.
I would totally watch a movie starring that reporter and Colleen Dagg (the lady who calmly took her shoes off before beating that other racist lady’s ass) where they travel the country giving flawless daps and beating the shit out of bigots.
re: #209 goddamnedfrank
LMAO!!!!
I’m buying the popcorn.
Monster truck helps rescue a U.S. Army truck stuck in floodwaters in Houston, Texas #Harvey https://t.co/KP1jtXAkue pic.twitter.com/uAlw9xxZZw
— ABC News (@ABC) September 1, 2017
re: #211 JordanRules
First time I have seen one of those things do something useful.
Here it is folks, something broke in the lower unit! We lost power and was at the mercy of the swift water! #fuckyouharvey #hurricaneharvey #hurricaneharvey2017 #texasstrong #texaswillmakeit
Well shit, there’s another thing I’ll never see.
Wildfire destroys historic 104-year-old backcountry chalet in Montana’s Glacier National Park https://t.co/n3Gkrarq9m
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) September 1, 2017
re: #218 teleskiguy
That Smart will never be Bigfoot.
That Bigfoot will never be the real Bigfoot (Sasquatch, which my autocorrect wants to turn to Saskatchewan):
It’s Too Soon To Know If Hurricane Irma Will Threaten The United States via @forbes https://t.co/ouvCkSRfn7
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) September 1, 2017
“I sass Sasquatch in Saskatchewan” would be a real tongue twister.
LOOK AT HOW HAPPY MY CAT IS THAT I BROUGHT HER A FRESH PAPER BAG pic.twitter.com/hHyzdzenYn
— sarah james, mfa (@cryingbaseball) August 30, 2017
re: #106 whitebeach
It wouldn’t matter if “the left” staged massive anti-antifa rallies in every city, town, and hamlet in America. The wingnut media and the balance-fairy media would still peddle the equation left=antifa and vice versa.
that equation allows them to advance their “bad people on both sides” argument, which is vital in denying the fact that fascism and white supremacism are simply anathema to American values, and that any normal American should be anti-fascist and anti-white supremacist.
re: #224 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that equation allows them to advance their “bad people on both sides” argument, which is vital in denying the fact that fascism and white supremacism are simply anathema to American values, and that any normal American should be anti-fascist and anti-white supremacist.
Yup. A fellow two towns over decided to silently march up and down Broadway in Scottsbluff carrying a protest sign. Alone. Not causing trouble.
That drew fire in the regional paper’s letters section, talking about how “no one is going to listen to the violent left until they cease their violent actions.”
I was unaware that carrying a protest sign was “violent action.” The right wing will draw those arguments regardless of who does what; violent jerks give them good video for their outrage, but a single guy’s photo splashed across the front page of the newspaper carrying a sign will flip the outrage meter to eleven just as well.
GOES16 is a wonderful satellite. By golly, that’s some kind of observation.
#GOES16 captured this infrared/lightning mapper imagery during #Harvey on 8/25-26. Learn more about the GLM @ https://t.co/UV6M46bkoE pic.twitter.com/vzKYwLfHCm
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 31, 2017
Where did so many U.S. flags at the Anti- #donaldtrump #protest in #Springfield come from? A former lifelong Republican supplied them. pic.twitter.com/d00UWgpfbP
— Jett Loe (@jettloe) August 31, 2017
re: #228 JordanRules
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re: #227 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I’m not sure why Facebook posts show up as a narrow white bar that says “Facebook post” on my computer. Perhaps Facebook is on to me.
Today’s guinea pig video for Aminah (Curious Lurker):
These smart guinea pigs know so many tricks — but their basketball skills are ON POINT 🏀 pic.twitter.com/l0aRk9fKlM
— The Dodo (@dodo) August 30, 2017
I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! -Frenchman
— Famous Quotes (@experiencedquot) September 1, 2017
re: #230 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not sure why Facebook posts show up as a narrow white bar that says “Facebook post” on my computer. Perhaps Facebook is on to me.
Today’s guinea pig video for Aminah (Curious Lurker):
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Don’t know how to show Facebook when it won’t cooperate, but here’s a screencap;
Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada — he wants prayers instead https://t.co/frgv5tePMF
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 1, 2017
re: #233 Kragar
Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada — he wants prayers instead
All I need is Jesus and a soggy cardboard box…
re: #113 Patricia Kayden
Kelly should be ashamed of himself for getting involved with this White Supremacist regime.
Kelly supports this administration. I see him as one of them. There is no shame for any of these people. They are all horrible. Kelly included.
So…I was reading Twitter to increase my despair for the future, and I’ve noticed that the current thing on the right is to post pictures of effeminate/cross-dressed etc people along with Antifa, and say that THOSE people are Antifa without the mask…
Do they not realize that they are making themselves look infinitely pathetic, using their own worldview?
I mean their worldview is Tough Guy>Normal Guy>”sissies”…where do they rank themselves when the “sissies” literally chased their heavily armed manly-man ass down the street?
Okay, this is weird. We don’t have any Whole Foods Markets anywhere within a couple hundred miles of us, so I can’t verify this.
Whaddya Know? Whole Foods Already Selling “Farm Fresh Amazon Electronics” (Goes to Alternet)
I stopped by the store to see what had changed. In addition to a few discounts — organic apples went from $2.99 to $1.99 per pound — I noticed a big display in the middle of the produce section.
“Farm Fresh,” it read. “Just Picked.”
What agricultural product was this ad for? Amazon Echo — a wireless speaker.
Presumably, Amazon grew the electronic devices on a nearby farm and, once ripe, harvested them off the vine and shipped them to the produce aisle in my local Whole Foods.
(more at Alternet)
The writer goes on to bash other examples of “Farm Fresh” used as a marketing tool, such as wool socks. (Wool comes from sheep, made into socks, sold in a store, voila! Farm fresh socks.)
re: #236 I cannot.
Thank you for reminding me again why I do not go anywhere near Twitter.
It is important for the right to associate anyone who is anti-fascist and anti-white supremacist with antifa so that it fits their “both sides” narrative.
antifas are jerks, but at least they are opposed to fascism and white supremacism
there are no redeeming features to the latter groups
re: #238 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Thank you for reminding me again why I do not go anywhere near Twitter.
It is important for the right to associate anyone who is anti-fascist and anti-white supremacist with antifa so that it fits their “both sides” narrative.
antifas are jerks, but at least they are opposed to fascism and white supremacism
there are no redeeming features to the latter groups
There are some redeeming qualities on Twitter, such as guinea pigs and Neil deGrasse Tyson. (I wonder how the astrophysicist would feel about being compared to a cavy.)
Odd. No one is in denial of America’s Aug 21 total solar eclipse. Like Climate Change, methods & tools of science predict it.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 10, 2017
re: #238 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There ARE good things on Twitter, and there are bad things too. Bunnies, kittehs, bad jokes, nerd stuff, its just a matter of finding the right people to follow.
I mean, I never would have discovered a plan to use a homebuilt laser-tank as the beginning of a plan that would lead to you fighting Elon Musk in a giant mech-suit over possession of the moon without Twitter…
i cannot believe “if it fits, i sits” transcends boundaries in this way pic.twitter.com/odW19V3kMX
— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) August 31, 2017
re: #150 HappyWarrior
Surprised with Paul’s consistency there. Steve OTOH can piss up a role. CH’s cover sucked but that doesn’t excuse a damn thing.
I’m fairly certain that Steve is being sarcastic. I could be wrong, and often am, but that doesn’t sound like his timeline or follows indicates.
Sarcasm online is s bitch sometimes.
re: #151 austin_blue
I’m going to call “foul” on this comment. It has no context other than opinion. John Kelly is a decorated Marine warrior who has put himself into a position where he believes he can best serve his country. He probably won’t be successful, but at least he is giving it a go.
Being accused of being a white supremacist? I don’t think name calling is the least of his concerns. Avoiding nuclear war? Yeah, that’s a thing.
Completely disagree. He took the top spot at Homeland Security knowing trump wanted to build the wall. Knowing trump calls Mexicans rapists. You don’t take these positions without being part of the choir.
re: #163 austin_blue
Yes. He was directed to do a job and he did it.
Granted, “Good Nazi” and all that, but it was within the legal capabilities of existing law. So not a “Good Nazi” situation. Who would you rather have trying to put a damper on Drumpf? Sheriff Clarke?
You just quashed your own argument.
re: #243 MsJ
Completely disagree. He took the top spot at Homeland Security knowing trump wanted to build the wall. Knowing trump calls Mexicans rapists. You don’t take these positions without being part of the choir.
As Austin Blue notes, John Kelly is a decorated Marine.
Although it’s anecdotal, in my time in the military, I ran into a whole lot of bigots. (Something about the military is drawn from society in general.)
John Kelly also took the job knowing that Trump had no idea what the nuclear triad is, presumably knew about Trump’s legal cases involving racism and fraud, his calls to lock up political adversaries, &c.
Nope, I don’t give Kelly a pass. He went in eyes wide shut.
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Funny, they loved Charlie Hebdo when they mocked Muslims. FWIW I found both what they did now and then tacky and wrong but what happened two years ago was unquestionably wrong.
Yep. Their hypocrisy is duly noted. I didn’t like CH’s anti-Muslim cartoons and don’t like their Hurricane Harvey cartoon but that’s my problem because they can do as they please. But I’m not a hypocrite about it.
re: #161 teleskiguy
Wow. Kelly is worse than I thought.
My daughter shared this video on FB showing how her in-laws and others in Houston are helping their neighbors and community.
Morning Everybody.
The rain from Harvey has made its way up here. Going to get at least a few inches through the day. Glad that so many people are sending things that are more tangible and useful than just prayers to Texas.
“Heeling fast” like a sailboat that’s about to tip over and capsize.
“Heeling” pic.twitter.com/2cPNvTWJtS
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 1, 2017
re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
“Heeling fast” like a sailboat that’s about to tip over and capsize.
That is not the first time that he has made that common misspelling and although it was corrected the first time around, it has obviously not sunk in…
re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is not the first time that he has made that common misspelling and although it was corrected the first time around, it has obviously not sunk in…
Maybe he uses autocomplete
re: #236 I cannot.
So…I was reading Twitter to increase my despair for the future, and I’ve noticed that the current thing on the right is to post pictures of effeminate/cross-dressed etc people along with Antifa, and say that THOSE people are Antifa without the mask…
Do they not realize that they are making themselves look infinitely pathetic, using their own worldview?
I mean their worldview is Tough Guy>Normal Guy>”sissies”…where do they rank themselves when the “sissies” literally chased their heavily armed manly-man ass down the street?
Sounds homophobic. Not surprising since the alt-right movement appears to be as bigoted as regular Conservatives when it comes to sexual orientation.
re: #256 Patricia Kayden
Sounds homophobic. Not surprising since the alt-right movement appears to be as bigoted as regular Conservatives when it comes to sexual orientation.
they cling to whatever arbitrary stereotypes are associated with masculinity.
because they understand absolutely nothing about what it truly means to be masculine
Wake up to find out another comic genius has passed away—RIP Shelley Berman 😰
WATCH: Shocking footage shows a Utah nurse being arrested for refusing to give a patient’s blood to police pic.twitter.com/tVcc2WUBoi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 1, 2017
Could an Accountant Take Down Trump? goes to electoral-vote.com
It has been widely reported that Paul Manafort received at least $12.7 million from Ukrainian sources and possibly as much as $100 million. If he received that money, stashed it away in off-shore bank accounts, and failed to file form FinCEN 114, he could be nailed for that crime, much as Al Capone was never convicted or murder and racketeering, but was convicted of tax evasion.
this is why certain people’s (or entity) tax returns need to be handled with care.
a tax return with literally three numbers could take quite some time to actually prepare.
it’s one thing to know how to calculate the right numbers. it’s another to know where to put them.
and it’s a third, much bigger thing to comply with all the disclosures on tax and information returns.
the penalties for perjury, under which a return is signed, can be significant even if the tax is calculated correctly. think:
- contributions
- auto expense or home office disclosures
- and yes, foreign bank accounts, etc.
it’s all those yes/know, check the box questions that can bite back very hard some time down the road
So…..it’s a chilly Friday afternoon here. Watching Kommisar Rex. Seems like a plan.
What’s shown here is the Austro-Italian production of the show.
Lousy job numbers and a skyrocketing unemployment rate under Trump.
(see how easy it is wingnuts?)
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump’s threatening to go back down to Texas to promote heeling. He’s gotta grab them by the bootstraps after all.
Seriously though, Trump’s continually lying to the American people about the disaster response and what can and should be done. While Abbott is lying to Trump and saying things are going great, the response on the ground shows that there’s massive issues - like the lack of potable water across much of SE Texas and the greater Houston area. There’s the environmental disaster that will become apparent as the water recedes.
And Trump hasn’t picked anyone to replace Kelly as head of DHS. The federal department responsible for disaster response and domestic security doesn’t have a permanent head since Kelly was taken on as Chief of Staff. You can’t have a truly concerted effort to do disaster relief when you don’t have people in place to do the goddamned work.
Trump and the GOP have steadfast in their intention to devolve federal disaster relief to the states and localities, and we’ve repeatedly seen disasters overwhelm state and local efforts because natural disasters are like that - they’re wide area events that make it impossible for a single state or even a group of states to cope.
If this is Trump’s response with Harvey, just wait til when Irma decides to rear its ugly head and slam into the East Coast. It’s already a Cat 3 with 115 max sustained winds and its pressure is at 968mb; the track takes it towards the East Coast. The track is moving to give a crack at the Carolinas, but the storm strength seems to indicate it remaining a strong Cat 3 or a Cat 4 storm around the time it could make landfall.
Meanwhile the convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza thinks that George Soros should be tried for being complicit in Nazi crimes. He was nine fucking years old. Even Frank Luntz had to take Dinesh behind the woodshed for this one…
It would be interesting to see @georgesoros extradited to Israel & tried for his complicity in Nazi atrocities against Jews #TheBigLie pic.twitter.com/w67UAW1foK
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 31, 2017
George Soros was 3 years old when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and 9 years old when the Nazis started WW2 in 1939. https://t.co/mDUjPUpqOQ
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 1, 2017
A humorous moment in a world of hurt:
Pretty cool… https://t.co/8qEcWhyvpj
— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) September 1, 2017
Justice Sotomayor holds court in the Judge’s Chamber at Yankee Stadium.
re: #265 lawhawk
Meanwhile the convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza thinks that George Soros should be tried for being complicit in Nazi crimes. He was nine fucking years old. Even Frank Luntz had to take Dinesh behind the woodshed for this one…
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I’ve had it with that lying wing nut welfare queen! Reported that threat to Twitter!
re: #267 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s not a threat. It’s not even wishful thinking. It’s standard issue right wing canards and bullshit.
re: #265 lawhawk
Meanwhile the convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza thinks that George Soros should be tried for being complicit in Nazi crimes. He was nine fucking years old. Even Frank Luntz had to take Dinesh behind the woodshed for this one…
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I wonder why anybody even bothers to pay any attention to Dinesh D’Souza anymore? Like his ex-GF Ann Coulter, he’s one of those “conservative thinkers” who have long since utterly given up on the “thinking” part, and devolved into a running joke: capable only of posting stupid nasty shit on Twitter and Facebook, and trying to palm it off as “provocative”, when all it is is just stupid and nasty.
I know that “ignore it and it will go away” doesn’t always work with professional trolls: but seriously: shouldn’t we give a try with D’Souza?
also this article “Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins” in the washington post (h/t electoral-vote)
is very interesting, to a non-lawyer
there are some smart lawyer-types out there (and here too)
sorted by most liked, many of the comments are cogent and thought provoking
So, you’re a nativist bigot just like @realDonaldTrump. Gotcha.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
Warming up pretty quickly here. Was so nice and cool around 4am, but the first hint of the sun and blammo, there goes the temps.
re: #271 lawhawk
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Cain would say that. He’s a bigot too. The beneficiaries of DACA are as American as you and me. This is their home.
re: #266 lawhawk
A humorous moment in a world of hurt:
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Justice Sotomayor holds court in the Judge’s Chamber at Yankee Stadium.
I can forgive Sotomayor for being a Yankee fan since she’s a great judge.
Now the NWS is predicting a high around 104F. They’ve upped the forecast for today compared to just 24 hours ago.
Hopefully the remnants of Lidia will be here soon.
re: #265 lawhawk
Meanwhile the convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza thinks that George Soros should be tried for being complicit in Nazi crimes. He was nine fucking years old. Even Frank Luntz had to take Dinesh behind the woodshed for this one…
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Dinesh really is fucking stupid. How he got to be President of an university even a wingnut one is amazing.
re: #255 The Vicious Babushka
Maybe he uses autocomplete
He is the president of the United States - and he doesn’t check before he sends a message to the country? or alternatively he doesn’t know the difference between heel and heal. Either option presents a fool to the world.
re: #277 fern01
He is the president of the United States - and he doesn’t check before he sends a message to the country? or alternatively he doesn’t know the difference between heel and heal. Either option presents a fool to the world.
None on his staff seems to know basic grammar/spelling/spell check/copyediting or proofreading.
Every week we’ve seen examples of all aspects of this regime screw up on the basics of public pronouncements. Getting names or titles of officials wrong. Identifying wrong countries for foreign officials. Typos.
All of it goes to basic competency, and Trump doesn’t care about any of it.
There isn’t a professional among the bunch.
re: #278 lawhawk
You’re forgiven…
Haha. TBH it’s softened in recent years. I was lucky to catch a game at the old stadium before it closed.
re: #279 lawhawk
There isn’t a professional among the bunch.
Government by people who don’t believe in government. The incompetence is there for all the world to see.
Waking up in the beautiful, beautiful hot sun.
I don’t have a problem with the Charlie Hebdo cartoon precisely because I know it isn’t true.
This is a liberal Democratic city, the most diverse in the country. Charlie Hebdo doesn’t know that. It’s fine. Lots of people see, “Texas, but not Austin,” and assume that about Houston.
It only stings and angers when it’s true. It’s not true for us and we have more important things to focus on. The people getting into rage are identifying with the cartoon, either as part of their OWN white supremacy or being outraged on our behalf. We don’t need defending. We need homes.
I mean it’s not about the spelling errors in themselves. It’s about being professional. My boss will notice duplicate periods for our small business newsletter. So yeah I think Trump’s team should be catching if he uses a homophone. We all make these mistakes for sure but the WH should be held to a higher standard.
re: #283 HappyWarrior
I go into fast food places and I’m like “hey, y’know your sign is messed up” to some teenage clerk even when I’m not buying anything there.
Now imagine how I feel when my country is doing that to its official communications.
re: #283 HappyWarrior
I mean it’s not about the spelling errors in themselves. It’s about being professional. My boss will notice duplicate periods for our small business newsletter. So yeah I think Trump’s team should be catching if he uses a homophone. We all make these mistakes for sure but the WH should be held to a higher standard.
THE PRESIDENT USES HOMPHONES!!!
re: #272 freetoken
Same here. Peak heat today they say. Over 100 for about the next week in my zip code. Glad DWP had fair electricity rates. Still gonna bite the budget though.
re: #283 HappyWarrior
Copy editing in official government work is critical. Misplaced or misworded documents have serious consequences. When you’re the president, words matter.
An extreme example - but one that is relevant to this day goes to the inclusion of the word “the” in United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 in reference to the withdrawal from land(s) captured during the 1967 Six Day War. If you say the land captured (as French translation indicates), that indicates all the land captured needs to be returned. If you omit the, then you can argue that not all land must be returned.
That a straight talking reactionary know-nothing has problems with basic English and grammar, and requires this much exposition to get to a point shows how much damage he’s doing.
re: #287 lawhawk
Copy editing in official government work is critical. Misplaced or misworded documents have serious consequences. When you’re the president, words matter.
An extreme example - but one that is relevant to this day goes to the inclusion of the word “the” in United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 in reference to the withdrawal from land(s) captured during the 1967 Six Day War. If you say the land captured (as French translation indicates), that indicates all the land captured needs to be returned. If you omit the, then you can argue that not all land must be returned.
That a straight talking reactionary know-nothing has problems with basic English and grammar, and requires this much exposition to get to a point shows how much damage he’s doing.
Exactly.
Drone footage from Rockport showing the devastation along the coast. The entire area is just wrecked. Even structures that look somewhat intact have had flood/surge damage.
And in Houston proper, a taco truck delivers much needed food to a community whose other options are shuttered.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
re: #284 I cannot.
I go into fast food places and I’m like “hey, y’know your sign is messed up” to some teenage clerk even when I’m not buying anything there.
Now imagine how I feel when my country is doing that to its official communications.
Me too. I am so anal-retentive about spelling and grammar it’s ridiculous. If I see a mistake after I post here, I will always edit and correct it. I’m damn-near OCD about it.
Autocorrect is my enemy.
JJ Watt, a Houston Texan player who sought to get a couple hundred thousand of dollars in donations, has already raised $12 million.
$12 MILLION!!!https://t.co/SR6DmnNbyM
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) August 31, 2017
re: #293 lawhawk
JJ Watt, a Houston Texan player who sought to get a couple hundred thousand of dollars in donations, has already raised $12 million.
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Hey Joel Osteen, the city didn’t ask him to do this either. He chose to do it.
re: #290 lawhawk
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The lives of many Texans will be saved by taco trucks. My God, our entire way of life will end!
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re: #295 Targetpractice
The lives of many Texans will be saved by taco trucks. My God, our entire way of life will end!
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I’ll only accept steak from a steak truck. //
re: #293 lawhawk
JJ Watt, a Houston Texan player who sought to get a couple hundred thousand of dollars in donations, has already raised $12 million.
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that’s $11m more than ‘the president’ “pledged”
re: #291 HappyWarrior
The kindness of strangers.
One of the good moments in all of this…
There was a group of us in charge of the Gallery Furniture shelter; I was coordinating all of the volunteers, another person was coordinating with other shelters, another person was in charge of loading trucks, another getting families settled. Food, bedding, clothing. A shelter can be a logistical nightmare, especially one that just pops up.
On Day 2, someone came over and got the Gallery Furniture employees and the people running the shelter. “Go outside. You get first dibs.”
Cousin’s Maine Lobster Food Truck was in the parking lot. Lobster hoagies on French bread. Oh my God, that is the best sandwich I have ever eaten. I was STARVING.
They stayed until they were out of food. Fed everyone they could. Between them, local pizza and Tex Mex and BBQ places, and people who just cooked food and brought it to us, we had hot meals at every meal time.
The city is amazing.
re: #271 lawhawk
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a two year old carried across the border years ago did not have the capacity to “break the law”
re: #297 dangerman
that’s $11m more than ‘the president’ “pledged”
“Art of the Deal” co-author: Trump won’t actually donate $1 million to Harvey victims https://t.co/Dp2oSJ3LrP pic.twitter.com/E19SdnMts7
— The Hill (@thehill) September 1, 2017
re: #298 BlueGrl21
One of the good moments in all of this…
There was a group of us in charge of the Gallery Furniture shelter; I was coordinating all of the volunteers, another person was coordinating with other shelters, another person was in charge of loading trucks, another getting families settled. Food, bedding, clothing. A shelter can be a logistical nightmare, especially one that just pops up.
On Day 2, someone came over and got the Gallery Furniture employees and the people running the shelter. “Go outside. You get first dibs.”
Cousin’s Maine Lobster Food Truck was in the parking lot. Lobster hoagies on French bread. Oh my God, that is the best sandwich I have ever eaten. I was STARVING.
They stayed until they were out of food. Fed everyone they could. Between them, local pizza and Tex Mex and BBQ places, and people who just cooked food and brought it to us, we had hot meals at every meal time.
The city is amazing.
It’s great to see the city coming together like that. My great aunt lived in Houston in the 60’s. Worked for NASA and everything. I think one of my cousins still lives in the area but we’ve never actually met.
re: #10 Big Beautiful Door
The last GOP Governor of Kentucky, Ernie Fletcher, issued a blanket pardon to everyone for a patronage hiring scandal.
Late to respond, but also important to point out that Fletcher’s blanket pardon covered any and all offenses, including any future charges that may be filed.
re: #298 BlueGrl21
One of the good moments in all of this…
There was a group of us in charge of the Gallery Furniture shelter; I was coordinating all of the volunteers, another person was coordinating with other shelters, another person was in charge of loading trucks, another getting families settled. Food, bedding, clothing. A shelter can be a logistical nightmare, especially one that just pops up.
On Day 2, someone came over and got the Gallery Furniture employees and the people running the shelter. “Go outside. You get first dibs.”
Cousin’s Maine Lobster Food Truck was in the parking lot. Lobster hoagies on French bread. Oh my God, that is the best sandwich I have ever eaten. I was STARVING.
They stayed until they were out of food. Fed everyone they could. Between them, local pizza and Tex Mex and BBQ places, and people who just cooked food and brought it to us, we had hot meals at every meal time.
The city is amazing.
When the tornadoes hit Rowlett in 2015, one of the Chick-Fil-A’s made sandwiches on Sunday. After you’ve done a bunch of work, having the Chick-Fil-A cook on Sunday is one of those things that gets you excited.
So, how boring is it in Ostrava? What qualifies as newsworthy criminality?
A serial dine-and-dasher.
This is from GoogleTranslate:
Rybníku, La Barca, Uno, U Náhonu, Minerva, U Hrocha. That’s a total of six Opava restaurants that have been robbed by a thirty-four-year-old woman lately. Director-in-Chief of the Opava police spokesman René Černohorský confirmed this.
The case where a blonde woman with two children was ordering meals from restaurants in Opava and never paying her bill, we have already informed you of several times over the past few weeks.
The story of a thief, which started with a photo posted on social networks and was seen by hundreds of people in Opava, has a follow-up.
The con-artist moved to the Frýdek-Místek area, where she visited one of the restaurants in the small town of Čeladná. According to the latest information provided by the police, the woman has a permanent residence in Frýdek-Místek.
In Opava, according to unofficial reports, the woman only stayed temporarily, probably in a residence on Olomouc Street. According to Černohorský, it is important that staff keep an eye on their guests as much as possible.
“If a person is spending an unusually large amount, it is good to see if he has finances. Of course, try to prevent the guest from leaving without paying”, Černohorský advises, adding that in any event, it is a minor civil-law dispute. “Anyway, restaurant staff can call the police. We are able to find out if a person is being sought or if it’s just a one-off”, he explains.
According to him, at present, the offense of this woman is already classified as a crime of petty fraud, and other acts of petty property crimes are being investigated. “We would ask any other victims in this case to turn to their witnesses and give any new information to police officers who are headquartered on Vaškova Square No.10 in Opava or call the non-emergency police telephone number 974 737 651.
…that the #DNCEMails were leaked by a repentant staffer who was then murdered on Clinton orders.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 1, 2017
…something like the top 20 people in the new opposition party are gonna find themselves arrested.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 1, 2017
A shift to ‘Global-South-Style’ politics doesn’t UN-shift until most of the people it first affected are dead, folks.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 1, 2017
re: #293 lawhawk
JJ Watt, a Houston Texan player who sought to get a couple hundred thousand of dollars in donations, has already raised $12 million.
$14 MILLION!https://t.co/SR6DmnNbyM
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 1, 2017
Are embedded tweets no longer expanding for anyone else without having to be clicked on?
New @FoxNews poll finds 60% of Americans say Trump is “unstable”: https://t.co/z277cxh4pd
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 1, 2017
Woah. 🔥 from @SenJohnMcCain: “Congress must govern with a pres who is often poorly informed…and can be impulsive…We don’t answer to him” pic.twitter.com/8IX91H48KS
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 1, 2017
re: #309 FormerDirtDart
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I wish McCain would start voting against him more then. Otherwiss this is empty rhetoric.
re: #309 FormerDirtDart
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Republicans always find their balls just as they’re about to retire or be voted from office.
re: #312 Targetpractice
Republicans always find their balls just as they’re about to retire or be voted from office.
Yep.
Right wingers are now calling for another attack on Charlie Hebdo after their latest #HurricaneHarvey cover 🙄🖕🏽 pic.twitter.com/34Jly3tEyS
— دانیال (@danja84) September 1, 2017
Welp:
I’ve heard numerous reports #Irma would stay out at sea. Is this true or not?
— Dave Keiser (@DaveKeiser) September 1, 2017
Can’t get it to show, but twitter user Hurricane Irma responds: “No.”
re: #314 electrotek
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Proving Je Suis Charlie to be a load of snail shit. Personally, I think CH’s cover was stupid and ignorant but just as with their anti-Islam and anti-refugee bits, I don’t think that means they deserve violence upon them. This is showing why so many “free speech activists” are frauds though. They love mocking something like Islam and Muslims but get furious when it’s turned around on them.
re: #315 Barefoot Grin
Welp:
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Can’t get it to show, but twitter user Hurricane Irma responds: “No.”
Gah. Worst hurricane season in a long time. And we have the worst possible person in charge to respond to these.
re: #317 HappyWarrior
Gah. Worst hurricane season in a long time. And we have the worst possible person in charge to respond to these.
And no one will remember the deniers who were laughing about no major storms last summer and claiming it was proof of the ‘climate change hoax.’
re: #318 makeitstop
And no one will remember the deniers who were laughing about no major storms last summer and claiming it was proof of the ‘climate change hoax.’
The fucking deniers are the goddamn worse. I still remember Paul Ryan’s smug bullshit “Hey it’s snowing here in Wisconsin in February, I don’t know about this global wamring.” You fucking dumbshit.
Utah nurse assaulted for not giving police blood samples of an unconscious patient, who wasn’t even a suspect of any crimes.
re: #320 GlutenFreeJesus
Utah nurse assaulted for not giving police blood samples of an unconscious patient, who wasn’t even a suspect of any crimes.
I saw that. That cop needs to be sued and lose his job. No excuse for how he treated her.
Hey remember that meme about how BLM isn’t doing anything in Houtson. Yeah about that. // But they’re a terrorist organization. *Eye roll.*
re: #316 HappyWarrior
Proving Je Suis Charlie to be a load of snail shit. Personally, I think CH’s cover was stupid and ignorant but just as with their anti-Islam and anti-refugee bits, I don’t think that means they deserve violence upon them. This is showing why so many “free speech activists” are frauds though. They love mocking something like Islam and Muslims but get furious when it’s turned around on them.
Bingo. That’s why I never jumped on that stupid bandwagon back then.
re: #323 electrotek
Bingo. That’s why I never jumped on that stupid bandwagon back then.
People love what they see as free speech until they’re the ones mocked by it.
I mean. Damn it’s okay to be bothered by something. It really is but maybe you should stop acting like you’re the living embodiment of that quote misattributed to Voltaire and that people who get offended over things are “snowflakes.” It’s possible think “Gee what a fucking stupid and insensitive thing to say/publish” without thinking “Hey now I don’t feel bad that they got attacked by terrorists because they were insensitive and offensive to something that mattered to me.” I like free speech. I really do but at the same time, my taking issue with speech is free speech as well. Same thing about boycotting. Limbaugh had a right to call Sandra Fluke a slut and boycotters sure as hell had a right to boycott products that were advertised on his show. Free speech has never been “I can say whatever the hell I want and you have to like it.” No, quite the opposite. Say what the hell you want to say but don’t whine like a brat if there’s backlash.
I think I just saw a New Yorker cartoon pic.twitter.com/gZVJZRdLFh
— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) September 1, 2017
For BlueGrl
A call out to Houston Twitter: I have friends coming into town wondering where they can volunteer this weekend. Any suggestions? #harvey
— St. John B. Smith (@stjbs) September 1, 2017
this is my favorite thing that has ever happened in the entire world holy fucking shit pic.twitter.com/WgfKC4gSu6
— carly (@Ioveglows) September 1, 2017
re: #255 The Vicious Babushka
Maybe he uses autocomplete
Maybe he was thinking of this cartoon I found the other day…
re: #328 gocart mozart
Christian civilization has been all about the repression and dissembling of obvious homosexuality.
re: #330 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Christian civilization has been all about the repression and dissembling of obvious homosexuality.
Yes, but the relationship between James I and Georges Villiers would make for a fascinating period piece. It could be done, on British TV most likely, I’d think. Not to say it might not be somewhat controversial, but probably not extremely controversial.
re: #331 Dr Lizardo
Yes, but the relationship between James I and Georges Villiers would make for a fascinating period piece. It could be done, on British TV most likely, I’d think. Not to say it might not be somewhat controversial, but probably not extremely controversial.
One of the major reason that Roger Stone’s Alexander flopped so disastrously was because it approached his homosexuality in a matter-of-fact way, which is how it was seen and accepted Classic cultures. Americans were somehow not ready to have their ancient history presented to them like that.
Jeff Sessions’ DOJ to put woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions on trial yet again. https://t.co/WXb3SpCbfl
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 1, 2017
Ridiculous.
re: #264 lawhawk
…
And Trump hasn’t picked anyone to replace Kelly as head of DHS. The federal department responsible for disaster response and domestic security doesn’t have a permanent head since Kelly was taken on as Chief of Staff. You can’t have a truly concerted effort to do disaster relief when you don’t have people in place to do the goddamned work.
…
No problem. Jared can handle it.
Maybe with some kitten speech and eye batting from Ivanka those big tough reconstruction guys will melt and charge half price. And then the Trump administration can stiff them and make them go to court where he can pay 0.20 on the $1!
See how easy. And it is the Trump way.
re: #332 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
One of the major reason that Roger Stone’s Alexander flopped so disastrously was because it approached his homosexuality in a matter-of-fact way, which is how it was seen and accepted Classic cultures. Americans were somehow not ready to have their ancient history presented to them like that.
Good point; Alexander’s sexuality was certainly common knowledge and in Classical cultures, it wasn’t considered scandalous. That didn’t really happen until Christianity came along.
How to confuse Islamophobes
To Muslims in Israel and around the world celebrating #EidulFitr - wishes for a blessed holiday. #EidMubarak from Israel! pic.twitter.com/aXOd8BK1S7
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) June 25, 2017
Well, after three phone calls in rapid succession from people pitching credit cards or other products in the last half-hour, I was ready to blow my top on the next call I got.
Fortunately I didn’t, as it was the insurance adjuster calling about my car wreck.
After I filled him in on the shop in Sterling, Colo. that has our car, the company that towed it for us, and gave him the information about all the hoops I jumped through (including that no Nebraska Panhandle shop will work on a Smart), he said the insurance company will arrange today with a car rental agency in Scottsbluff to rent us a car. (We have to arrange for them either to deliver it to us at our expense if they charge for that, or find someone to take us sixty miles to get it.)
I probably didn’t come off very well over the phone being loopy over pain meds. (It seems my surgery incision was injured in the wreck, and it continues to open up.)
re: #335 Dr Lizardo
Good point; Alexander’s sexuality was certainly common knowledge and in Classical cultures, it wasn’t considered scandalous. That didn’t really happen until Christianity came along.
I read a book by a retired Anglican Bishop that made a convincing point that St. Paul was a repressed, self-loathing homosexual.
St. Augustine was hetero, but also terribly repressed and traumatized by his father calling attention to his boner in the public baths an a ten-year-old.
These are jut some of the Fathers of the Church who laid the foundation for centuries of neuroses and repression, both social and psychological.
Fascinating dashboard on state-sponsored influence campaigns from a certain friendsky of ours. https://t.co/AtunIUpI1N pic.twitter.com/8u4wa07fA8
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 1, 2017
re: #337 Anymouse 🌹
Fortunately I didn’t, as it was the insurance adjuster calling about my car wreck.
We really do ride some weird cosmic wavelength: my ex was injured in an accident that totaled our Smart in 2003…she spun out on a snowy road, and was lucky that there was no oncoming traffic, as she wound up facing directly into the oncoming lane.
re: #338 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I read a book by a retired Anglican Bishop that made a convincing point that St. Paul was a repressed, self-loathing homosexual.
St. Augustine was hetero, but also terribly repressed and traumatized by his father calling attention to his boner in the public baths an a ten-year-old.
These are jut some of the Fathers of the Church who laid the foundation for centuries of neuroses and repression, both social and psychological.
I could certainly see that about St. Paul (no offense to any Lizards here), but I’m not too familiar with St. Augustine’s background.
Can’t wait for people to defend this cop’s actions as misinterpreting a joke. It belies reality of racial discrimination/profiling.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
re: #280 HappyWarrior
Haha. TBH it’s softened in recent years. I was lucky to catch a game at the old stadium before it closed.
Not for me. I am a historic Yankee hater. That happens when you are a Cleveland fan. Too many damn Yankees were Cleveland players before being traded to the big money Yankees.
But the good thing is…over the last maybe 25 years or so, Cleveland has given the Yankees fits on the field. Like this past week when the Indians took them for three games.
re: #341 Dr Lizardo
I could certainly see that about St. Paul (no offense to any Lizards here), but I’m not too familiar with St. Augustine’s background.
Was just reading a review of a book on the subject in the New Yorker…I had read in other sources that he believed that Adam, in his state of grace before the Fall, was able to raise and lower his penis just as he could and other limb of his body: it was the uncontrolled nature of sexual arousal that Augustine found sinful…and that, in a nutshell, is what is behind all the absurdities and pruderies of Christianity, from monastic abstinence and the cult of virginity to abstinence-only instruction in the schools…
re: #343 ObserverArt
Not for me. I am a historic Yankee hater. That happens when you are a Cleveland fan. Too many damn Yankees were Cleveland players before being traded to the big money Yankees.
But the good thing is…over the last maybe 25 years or so, Cleveland has given the Yankees fits on the field. Like this past week when the Indians took them for three games.
Hah exactly. But yeah I hear ya.
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I had read that he believed that Adam, in his state of grace before the Fall, was able to raise and lower his penis just as he could and other limb of his body:
O_O
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Was just reading a review of a book on the subject in the New Yorker…I had read that he believed that Adam, in his state of grace before the Fall, was able to raise and lower his penis just as he could and other limb of his body: it was the uncontrolled nature of sexual arousal that Augustine found sinful…and that, in a nutshell, is what is behind all the absurdities and pruderies of Christianity, from monastic abstinence and the cult of virginity to abstinence only instruction in the schools…
Amazing how all that comes from one man. That’s the problem with fundamentalism.
I say the Fox story yesterday about shit stain ending DACA is accurate. Why would someone in his administration leak it to his largest propaganda network if it is not true?
re: #343 ObserverArt
Not for me. I am a historic Yankee hater. That happens when you are a Cleveland fan. Too many damn Yankees were Cleveland players before being traded to the big money Yankees.
But the good thing is…over the last maybe 25 years or so, Cleveland has given the Yankees fits on the field. Like this past week when the Indians took them for three games.
We don’t forgive or forget 1997. Broke up the string… :)
re: #343 ObserverArt
Not for me. I am a historic Yankee hater. That happens when you are a Cleveland fan. Too many damn Yankees were Cleveland players before being traded to the big money Yankees.
But the good thing is…over the last maybe 25 years or so, Cleveland has given the Yankees fits on the field. Like this past week when the Indians took them for three games.
HA! Cleveland has nothing on Boston for Yankee hate. I’ve gone to completely non baseball related events in Boston and had random Yankees Suck chants break out.
Men just don’t have to worry about tenting in public much anymore. Two seconds of Presidents Trumps voice or face and may as well have jumped in a cold pond.//
re: #347 HappyWarrior
Amazing how all that comes from one man. That’s the problem with fundamentalism.
Lots of other repressed, self-loathing figures got behind it. But yeah, it is often the nerds and weirdos who do not fritter their time away chasing women who wind up running things…
re: #342 lawhawk
‘We only kill black people’: Georgia cop caught on video reassuring nervous white woman during traffic stop https://t.co/hS4GWOVnBG
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 31, 2017
Police in Georgia have killed 66 black people since 2013. https://t.co/vFwffKvix7
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 31, 2017
Yup, it’s coming. But damnet, this is deadly serious.
re: #353 JordanRules
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Yup, it’s coming. But damnet, this is deadly serious.
TBH I know it’s not fair because there are good cops out there but I grow and more skeptical about our police departments daily.
re: #353 JordanRules
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Yup, it’s coming. But damnet, this is deadly serious.
there is nothing about the “context” that makes it any less damning
re: #354 HappyWarrior
TBH I know it’s not fair because there are good cops out there but I grow and more skeptical about our police departments daily.
It is not just about a few bad cops spoiling it for the majority of good ones: it is about an established system and culture of cover-ups and collusion at very high levels…
Wilson’s having fun with Trump calling Bannon on the side.
Trump still calls Bannon when Kelly isn’t around: report https://t.co/Q7XYzG4Jbb pic.twitter.com/mKDnMH3RDn
— The Hill (@thehill) September 1, 2017
KELLY: “Who you talking to?
TRUMP: “No one.”
KELLY (angry): “What’s her name?”
TRUMP: “Steve.”
KELLY: “She sounds hideous.” https://t.co/TGvvEpUj79— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 1, 2017
re: #340 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We really do ride some weird cosmic wavelength: my ex was injured in an accident that totaled our Smart in 2003…she spun out on a snowy road, and was lucky that there was no oncoming traffic, as she wound up facing directly into the oncoming lane.
Yikes. That would have scared the crap out of me. The only time I had any trouble in the snow was when I high-centred our car on an ice berm in Cheyenne coming out of a motel parking lot, right after the city ploughed the street. The manager came out and pushed us off.
The rental car company is on the phone with me now, arranging a car to be delivered on Wednesday. (That’s the soonest they can get me a car.)
re: #265 lawhawk
Meanwhile the convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza thinks that George Soros should be tried for being complicit in Nazi crimes. He was nine fucking years old. Even Frank Luntz had to take Dinesh behind the woodshed for this one…
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re: #356 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is not just about a few bad cops spoiling it for the majority of good ones: it is about an established system and culture of cover-ups and collusion at very high levels…
Yes, that is what we’re seeing emerge. Not to mention the police unions attempt to intimidate anyone who dare criticize police misconduct.
re: #357 makeitstop
Wilson’s having fun with Trump calling Bannon on the side.
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Referencing that Jake from State Farm commercial right?
re: #361 HappyWarrior
Referencing that Jake from State Farm commercial right?
Yeah. And his followers are joining the fun…
OM-Goodness Steve, He is being such a mean-face. I can’t talk to anyone anymore, ugh. He’s coming up for-realz, gotta run, smooches. pic.twitter.com/rkus2va1Nx
— El Gliko (@ElGliko) September 1, 2017
re: #362 TedStriker
Yeah LOL.
Heh I did like that commercial. Rick should stick to humor. His political views mostly are awful but he trolls the Trump WH so well.
re: #363 makeitstop
Yeah. And his followers are joining the fun…
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Hahahaha. That’s great. Only thing that would be better is if that image had Trump’s head photoshopped on that young woman.
re: #350 danarchy
HA! Cleveland has nothing on Boston for Yankee hate. I’ve gone to completely non baseball related events in Boston and had random Yankees Suck chants break out.
Everybody hates the damn Yankees!
Mick Mulvaney is Tom Sawyer and Donald Trump is now cheerily whitewashing his fence. https://t.co/wtNjhpZEht pic.twitter.com/9VnPNwz3HB
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 1, 2017
re: #359 Ace-o-aces
That, and George Soros probably has more spare change in the cracks of ONE of his couches than DD will ever have.
re: #358 Anymouse 🌹
Yikes. That would have scared the crap out of me. The only time I had any trouble in the snow was when I high-centred our car on an ice berm in Cheyenne coming out of a motel parking lot, right after the city ploughed the street. The manager came out and pushed us off.
The rental car company is on the phone with me now, arranging a car to be delivered on Wednesday. (That’s the soonest they can get me a car.)
How long is your Smart in the shop for?
re: #314 electrotek
It sounds like that Twitter account should be reported to Twitter (encouraging threats) so Twitter can ignore the reports.
re: #360 HappyWarrior
Yes, that is what we’re seeing emerge. Not to mention the police unions attempt to intimidate anyone who dare criticize police misconduct.
What we saw in Ferguson was a built-in conflict of interest between the police and the DA: the latter relies on police cooperation and testimony in order to obtain indictments, which makes them very hesitant to push to indict a policeman.
*sigh*
The Latest: Judge: 12 Penn State frat brothers go on trial.https://t.co/c6VOY0A1Ox
— AP Eastern U.S. (@APEastRegion) September 1, 2017
The other headline is more appropriate: “Judge tosses most serious charges in Penn State frat death”
4 frat boys will walk free, while the other 12 (2 waived a preliminary hearing) won’t face anything more serious than reckless endangerment. They not only did nothing to seek help for this kid, they deliberately destroyed evidence in an effort to cover up a crime. But they’re all white, so they’ll likely walk away because a jury won’t feel right “destroying their lives.”
re: #371 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What we saw in Ferguson was a built-in conflict of interest between the police and the DA: the latter relies on police cooperation and testimony in order to obtain indictments, which makes them very hesitant to push to indict a policeman.
Yep, DA McCulloch saw himself as the legal arm of LEO when he’s supposed to be a representative of the people of his county.
re: #372 Targetpractice
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The other headline is more appropriate: “Judge tosses most serious charges in Penn State frat death”
4 frat boys will walk free, while the other 12 (2 waived a preliminary hearing) won’t face anything more serious than reckless endangerment. They not only did nothing to seek help for this kid, they deliberately destroyed evidence in an effort to cover up a crime. But they’re all white, so they’ll likely walk away because a jury won’t feel right “destroying their lives.”
I really hate frat culture.
Looks like the last remnants of Harvey are making it into southern Ohio and about to hit Columbus. Will be glad to see this storm system off.
re: #357 makeitstop
Wilson’s having fun with Trump calling Bannon on the side.
That one seriously cracked me up.
re: #365 HappyWarrior
Hahahaha. That’s great. Only thing that would be better is if that image had Trump’s head photoshopped on that young woman.
Trumps face never makes anything better…
re: #276 HappyWarrior
Dinesh really is fucking stupid. How he got to be President of an university even a wingnut one is amazing.
I suspect D’Sousa knows that George Soros was a child during the reign of the Nazis.
What he appears to be doing is:
a) Painting liberals as complicit in Nazi crimes (and going after that ol’ “International Jew” dog whistle)
b) Betting most of his wingnut followers don’t actually know anything about Mr. Soros (including his age) and banking on that to spin them up with the wingnut battle cry SOROS!!2!!!uno!!1!!
Ooooh, I bet it’s a good letter
Mr. McGahn successfully blocked the president from sending Mr. Comey the letter, which Mr. Trump had composed with Stephen Miller, one of the president’s top political advisers.
EXCLUSIVE - Mueller has Comey firing letter that McGahn kept Trump from sending @nytmike and me https://t.co/8971PHTUMc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 1, 2017
With all of Trump and his cronies shady financial dealings, this was inevitable. Mueller’s team includes top financial crimes experts
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
re: #351 Unshaken Defiance
Men just don’t have to worry about tenting in public much anymore. Two seconds of Presidents Trumps voice or face and may as well have jumped in a cold pond.
Or got LN2 poured in his pants.
re: #359 Ace-o-aces
At this point, I assume the only reason DD hasn’t been sued for libel is that Soros is just too old to give a fuck at this point.
I’d like to see Mr. Soros sue him, even if only for $20 (but I would prefer Mr. Soros owning everything down to his sock drawer) to remind wingnuts there are penalties for libel and slander.
George Soros may not personally care, but if wingnuts can endlessly slander and libel him with no consequences, it makes it a whole lot easier for them to do the same to one of us that does not have the means to defend ourselves.
Send Mr. D’Sousa to the poor house and wingnuts might think twice before jumping out and slandering others.
re: #369 ObserverArt
How long id you Smart in the shop for?
I don’t know yet. The shop will first have to order in the parts to repair it. I’ll give them a call later today for some sort of estimate.
My insurance company will pay for a rental car for thirty days. After that, a plan on my wife’s credit card will pay for thirty more.
This is critical. I’ve never understood why this wasn’t the main and most urgent question to be answered post-election.
— Nikki Leahy (@NMLeahy) September 1, 2017
Dinesh is a douche
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 1, 2017
re: #384 JordanRules
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I’ve been wondering about this too. If the Russians focused their spreading misinformation in battleground states, who’s to say that they didn’t do stuff like this as well? This election could well have been completely stolen. Man, we are in such a goddamn mess.
re: #382 Anymouse 🌹
Soros is admittedly a public figure. The standards for defamation are so much higher. You’d need to show actual malice. D’Souza knows or has reason to know that Soros was too young to be in any role approaching complicity with Nazi atrocities, so it would appear that Soros could bankrupt the convicted felon.
re: #384 JordanRules
What is this in reply to? I can’t do twitter at work, and sometimes the parent tweet shows up here, and sometimes it doesn’t.
re: #378 Anymouse 🌹
I suspect D’Sousa knows that George Soros was a child during the reign of the Nazis.
What he appears to be doing is:
a) Painting liberals as complicit in Nazi crimes (and going after that ol’ “International Jew” dog whistle)
b) Betting most of his wingnut followers don’t actually know anything about Mr. Soros (including his age) and banking on that to spin them up with the wingnut battle cry SOROS!!2!!!uno!!1!!
You’d have to prove he knows that but yeah we know what he’s doing. Proving that in a court of law OTOH.
re: #389 HappyWarrior
Hey! You stole my words!
LOL My thoughts exactly.
re: #390 Belafon
What is this in reply to? I can’t do twitter at work, and sometimes the parent tweet shows up here, and sometimes it doesn’t.
From what I gather, people in states like NC feeling there was something up with the voting machines.
re: #390 Belafon
NYT exclusive: Election hacking went beyond Russian assaults in 21 states. But there have been few inquiries. https://t.co/phb02GdYQa pic.twitter.com/0Kn0W8tMOK
— Clifford Levy (@cliffordlevy) September 1, 2017
Hey guys though OT note but I recommend Atypical. It’s a nice show. Might give you a better understanding of what life on the spectrum is like or having a loved one on it.
Two Faced Trump sees self in mirror and realizes he’s a disaster, just like Harvey?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
re: #388 lawhawk
Soros is admittedly a public figure. The standards for defamation are so much higher. You’d need to show actual malice. D’Souza knows or has reason to know that Soros was too young to be in any role approaching complicity with Nazi atrocities, so it would appear that Soros could bankrupt the convicted felon.
I would love for Soros to be able to do that. Though of course bankruptting the Douche wouldn’t stop him from doing what he does on Twitter.
re: #387 HappyWarrior
I’ve been wondering about this too. If the Russians focused their spreading misinformation in battleground states, who’s to say that they didn’t do stuff like this as well? This election could well have been completely stolen. Man, we are in such a goddamn mess.
There has been some inquiry, but the side that depended on the hacking won the White House and controls Congress. They’re not going to look into it too hard.
BBs I know seriously complaining about Kamala Harris co-sponsoring legislation with Sanders. I fucking hate their shit. They really do want a narrative of Sanders versus everyone else. Stop it, just stop it already and stop attacking everyone who doesn’t see things your way as not being real liberals or Democrats when your guy doesn’t even see himself as a liberal or a Democrat.
re: #399 Belafon
There has been some inquiry, but the side that depended on the hacking won the White House and controls Congress. They’re not going to look into it too hard.
Of course not.
re: #389 HappyWarrior
From one to another. But props Geraldo I guess?
I’d file that under ‘takes one to know one.’
re: #400 HappyWarrior
BBs are goddamned purity ponies who are more interested in screwing over Democrats and the nation to further their own agenda. In so many respects, they’re mirror image of Trump twits.
My sister flew into town today for a couple weeks but my depression is all like “I’m not ready for this”.
re: #403 lawhawk
BBs are goddamned purity ponies who are more interested in screwing over Democrats and the nation to further their own agenda. In so many respects, they’re mirror image of Trump twits.
Pathetic thing is they still whine about how Clinton wasn’t good enough even though we may see the end of DACA this evening. Must be nice to have all that privilege they have.
The repair shop in Sterling just called me. They told me they’ve already talked to my insurance company in Scottsbluff, which approved the repair (that was kind of them).
They also told me they already have the Smart stripped down and ready to install the new parts when they get them. They ordered all the parts from the same dealer we bought the car from and have all our maintenance done. (I still don’t understand why the dealership punted on the repair in the first place, but that means the Mercedes dealer isn’t getting the labour charge, the shop in Sterling is.)
Apparently the car will only be laid up for a week or so.
re: #404 Amory Blaine
Uggh. I know that all too well. Take care of yourself and don’t let guilt inhibit that self-care. But you know this song and dance I’m sure :)
re: #386 Amory Blaine
Perhaps Mr. Rivera can open a secret safe on live television to expose for the world he’s found Mr. D’Sousa’s integrity. Like Al Capone’s, I imagine he’ll find nothing there.
When everything @realDonaldTrump does is either: lie, bully, bluster, or bloviate, a pattern emerges. He bullies-fails-backs down
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2017
re: #394 JordanRules
I can imagine why there haven’t been enquiries from at least some state governments, such as North Carolina …
NC’s legislature is controlled by the GOP. Why would they want to involve the Feds in examining their election, when it might call into doubt their state election victories?
OMB’s Mulvaney judges programs from perspective of taxpayers who pay -not people who benefit. https://t.co/KByfR7MhQP @MikeGrunwald
— Joanne Kenen (@JoanneKenen) September 1, 2017
This is a polite way of saying he judges from the perspective of rich people rather than most people https://t.co/MiYGF8J8MQ
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 1, 2017
re: #413 FormerDirtDart
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re: #363 makeitstop
These replies are still giving me life!
K “He sounds like he smells like thunderbird and bigotry”
— Lippy LaPoo (@The_Real_Lippy) September 1, 2017
re: #415 JordanRules
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I know, really funny.
I almost posted the ‘I miss your musk’ one, but didn’t want to turn people’s stomachs. :)
re: #406 Anymouse 🌹
The repair shop in Sterling just called me. They told me they’ve already talked to my insurance company in Scottsbluff, which approved the repair (that was kind of them).
They also told me they already have the Smart stripped down and ready to install the new parts when they get them. They ordered all the parts from the same dealer we bought the car from and have all our maintenance done. (I still don’t understand why the dealership punted on the repair in the first place, but that means the Mercedes dealer isn’t getting the labour charge, the shop in Sterling is.)
Apparently the car will only be laid up for a week or so.
Your dealership might not have a collision repair center or has one that may not be rated (either by Mercedes, by the insurance industry, or by the state) for the sort of repairs your car needs.
More potential fun for Houston. Does Arkema still have this stored? They won’t say.
Fed records (from 2014) show chemical stored at exploding plant in Texas could put one million at risk https://t.co/9zuGJqPyeY via @WSJ
— Jay Root (@byjayroot) September 1, 2017
“…According to that 2014 report, the plant in Crosby, Texas, owned by Arkema SA, stores 66,260 pounds of anhydrous sulfur dioxide. Under a hypothetical worst-case scenario outlined in the report, the gas, if released, could prove harmful for a radius of 23 miles, covering more than 1 million residents. The report was filed as part of a risk-management plan required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Plants that store certain particularly toxic chemicals are required to file such reports every five years, and this is the most recent for the Crosby facility.”
re: #419 jaunte
A 23 mile radius from the Arkema plant in Crosby.
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That’s some real-ass nightmare fuel right there.
Products and Raw Materials on site in Crosby, Texas (scroll down)
arkema-americas.com
The Sound You Hear Is Me Banging My Head Against the Kitchen Table (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, more at the link):
Remember how I told you that the Brazos River was going to crest on Wednesday morning and that’s when I’d know if I was going to flood or not? Then it became Thursday afternoon, then early Friday morning. I was too tired to wait it out so when my feet hit a dry floor this morning, I started singing the Hallelujah Chorus using my bedside table as drums. Scared the crap outta Bubba, who assumed I was in labor or something.
Then I checked the local police department to see how high the river got when it crested.
Damn.
The river, they are saying, now won’t crest until [Sunday, September 2].
So, the way I see it, this is Texas so we are bound to have a drought before the river crests so I’m just holding out for it.
She also notes that the area is having an Ozone Action Day, meaning you can’t breathe above water either.
And she relays more derp:
Quebec’s Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre called [Secretary of State Rolando] Pablos to express her sorrow and condolences on behalf of the people of the Canadian province. She also offered equipment and manpower.
Pablos turned it down. Instead he asked for “prayers from the people of Quebec,” the minister relayed.
Look, Rolando, you damn fool, that was an answered prayer.
re: #422 Anymouse 🌹
Just another ignorant Texas RepubliKKKlan…
re: #422 Anymouse 🌹
From the comments:
Micr says:
September 1, 2017 at 12:14 pmWould someone please splain to me how one can be an adult Hispanic in Texas and be a Republican? Are you deaf, blind, and crazy?
It’s the $
re: #400 HappyWarrior
BBs I know seriously complaining about Kamala Harris co-sponsoring legislation with Sanders. I fucking hate their shit. They really do want a narrative of Sanders versus everyone else. Stop it, just stop it already and stop attacking everyone who doesn’t see things your way as not being real liberals or Democrats when your guy doesn’t even see himself as a liberal or a Democrat.
There is no reason to believe Russia just packed up when the election was done.
As I am not on Twitter or Facebook, nor know any Sanders supporter here who did not go all-in with Clinton on Election Day, I can’t speak to the issue of so-called Bernie Bros directly, but I do wonder how many of them are committed to Sanders as if he is a cult leader, and how many of them are really Russian rodent copulators.
Dear #DREAMers:
Don’t get mad at @realdonaldtrump for enforcing our immigration laws, get mad at your parents for breaking them.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 31, 2017
So you’d be cool with being punished for any crimes that your parents, not you, committed? https://t.co/YRT0a2g8pz
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) September 1, 2017
re: #419 jaunte
A 23 mile radius from the Arkema plant in Crosby.
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Yikes. That circle comes pretty close to my brother-in-law’s home. He’s already dealing with all the flood damage; the idea he might have to consider leaving again over chemical contamination if the wind blows the wrong way probably isn’t helping him (or a million other people in that circle).
re: #389 HappyWarrior
From one to another. But props Geraldo I guess?
When Fox people start mocking Fox News popular guests like D’Souza it can’t be any clearer that the network isn’t a serious news agency. In a way Geraldo’s comment proves they know it is all a big joke.
re: #427 Jebediah, RBG
Deadbeat dad says what? I’m guessing so-called dreamers shouldn’t be taking legal advice from an apparent criminal.
re: #406 Anymouse 🌹
The repair shop in Sterling just called me. They told me they’ve already talked to my insurance company in Scottsbluff, which approved the repair (that was kind of them).
They also told me they already have the Smart stripped down and ready to install the new parts when they get them. They ordered all the parts from the same dealer we bought the car from and have all our maintenance done. (I still don’t understand why the dealership punted on the repair in the first place, but that means the Mercedes dealer isn’t getting the labour charge, the shop in Sterling is.)
Apparently the car will only be laid up for a week or so.
A lot of dealers no longer do body/frame work. It takes too much modern equipment and technicians that are body specialists, etc.
re: #425 Anymouse 🌹
If you aren’t following the ‘Our Revolution’ movement on Twitter, I’ll be honest, I think you’re missing a whole lot of the picture in regards to Bernie’s surrogates and supporters and how they are behaving post election. And this is a wholly different thing from the RUS bot networks and folks with questionable political evolutions. There may be a few rateffers, but that is not what is driving this Bernie movement in my estimation.
Even though you’re not “on” Twitter, it would still be easy enough for you to check it all out like you’ve done with other Twitter content in the past. But we’ve gone around that one here repeatedly so I know you already know this.
re: #426 Barefoot Grin
Prayer Sunday!
Sorry, to explain: Trump just said he’ll be proclaiming next Sunday as a national day of prayer or something “because we need and deserve it.”
re: #161 teleskiguy
-Supports the war on drugs and opposes legalization or decriminalization of any drugs, including marijuana.
I wonder if he’s consistent enough to support a new Prohibition, because I can’t figure any definition of “drugs” that includes weed but doesn’t include alcohol.
And that existential threat bullshit does actually sound pretty white supremacisty.
re: #434 Barefoot Grin
Sorry, to explain: Trump just said he’ll be proclaiming next Sunday as a national day of prayer or something “because we need and deserve it.”
Trump came up with the idea of praying on Sunday himself. No one has done that before. He’s a genius.
re: #427 Jebediah, RBG
Well, Joe’s punishing his children by not paying support, so….
re: #386 Amory Blaine
Wow, he got something right for once!
Trump is very proud of his own leadership in inspiring people to be decent.
— digby (@digby56) September 1, 2017
He sat there with his arms folded which is just weird. https://t.co/uQ2twOGwsV
— digby (@digby56) September 1, 2017
re: #427 Jebediah, RBG
Dear #DREAMers:
Don’t get mad at @realdonaldtrump for enforcing our immigration laws, get mad at your parents for breaking them.
I think it’s readily apparent @WalshFreedom would not be opposed to his children being punished 4 his failure to follow the law
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) September 1, 2017
re: #386 Amory Blaine
Yes he is, but you’re part of the same propaganda system, meant to radicalize Conservatives.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 1, 2017
re: #433 JordanRules
If you aren’t following the ‘Our Revolution’ movement on Twitter, I’ll be honest, I think you’re missing a whole lot of the picture in regards to Bernie’s surrogates and supporters and how they are behaving post election. And this is a wholly different thing from the RUS bot networks and folks with questionable political evolutions. There may be a few rateffers, but that is not what is driving this Bernie movement in my estimation.
Even though you’re not “on” Twitter, it would still be easy enough for you to check it all out like you’ve done with other Twitter content in the past. But we’ve gone around that one here repeatedly so I know you already know this.
These are also people I’ve known a long time. They’re not Russian bots. I really think their hearts may be in the right place on most issues but their heads are in the wrong if you catch my drift.
re: #434 Barefoot Grin
Sorry, to explain: Trump just said he’ll be proclaiming next Sunday as a national day of prayer or something “because we need and deserve it.”
Gotta pander to the RR rubes.
re: #445 HappyWarrior
“He knows it’s true! We ARE a Christian Nation!!!”
North Korea announces hiring of Sheriff David Clarke. pic.twitter.com/UFvL1TDI6L
— LivingBlue (@LivingBlueinRed) August 31, 2017
re: #425 Anymouse 🌹
There is no reason to believe Russia just packed up when the election was done.
As I am not on Twitter or Facebook, nor know any Sanders supporter here who did not go all-in with Clinton on Election Day, I can’t speak to the issue of so-called Bernie Bros directly, but I do wonder how many of them are committed to Sanders as if he is a cult leader, and how many of them are really Russian rodent copulators.
Easy to dismiss as Russian trolls AM but these are people I’ve known for a while. They’re true believers. They really do despise most left officials not named Sanders and they really are fuming at Harris.
re: #448 HappyWarrior
There’s a website that tracks that stuff. Securing Democracy. They have a dashboard that tracks Russian fuckery in the Twitterverse, but you can be damned sure that they’re manipulating media in various methods.
re: #444 HappyWarrior
Oh yeah, for sure. The folks on both sides have known each other. Many times they’ve worked with each other previously. And last year they were screaming at each other during raucous caucuses. LOL
re: #444 HappyWarrior
These are also people I’ve known a long time. They’re not Russian bots. I really think their hearts may be in the right place on most issues but their heads are in the wrong if you catch my drift.
Maybe you’re a Russian bot.
/
re: #452 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Maybe you’re a Russian bot.
/
He might not know it yet, running around Battlestar Galactica with no clue what he really is.
No way Trump donates $1m of own money to Harvey victims. He only promises to give. Never actually does.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) September 1, 2017
Good afternoon from Corpus Christi!
We are getting back to normal here and keeping a watchful eye on Irma. A good thing that has happened as a result of Harvey: the local AM hate radio station has been knocked off the air, so no Limbaugh, no Hannity, no Beck, etc.
re: #453 Belafon
He might not know it yet, running around Battlestar Galactica with no clue what he really is.
all along the watchtower…
This is very cynical, but I want a Harvey-Truthers group to form.
re: #453 Belafon
re: #457 Belafon
I’ll believe @realDonaldTrump donated $1 million to charity when I can read it on his income tax returns
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 1, 2017
BREAKING: Houston mayor: People in inundated homes should leave because reservoir releases mean flooding for up to 10 more days.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 1, 2017
re: #457 Belafon
This is very cynical, but I want a Harvey-Truthers group to form.
Obama should never have pumped in all that water to make Trump look bad. Now he’ll have to pay.
re: #457 Belafon
Floodwaters have eliminated all the pizzeria basements in Houston; Harvey is in on the coverup.
The yam is using Dreamers as a fucking tease.
Congress needs to take immediate action to protect #DACA kids.
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) September 1, 2017
As POTUS nears decision: https://t.co/CJbsdEc2Vi
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 1, 2017
The other day I wrote of the flooding in India from the extra heavy monsoon rains, and the collapse of a building that killed 12.
But that story doesn’t even broach the magnitude of the problem:
1,200 Dead from Monsoon Rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Around 41 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides.
According to the United Nations, around 41 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides that have ensued due to the monsoon across the subcontinent. They issued this estimation on August 24, which was before the brunt of the rains slammed Mumbai, India’s financial capital. As of Thursday, the rain and flooding is affecting Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city, local sources have confirmed to weather.com. Eight people are cofirmed dead thus far as a direct result of the flooding.
[…]
The floods damaged 18,000 schools across the entire south Asia, which in turn has left approximately 1.8 million children unable to attend indefinitely.
re: #464 freetoken
The other day I wrote of the flooding in India from the extra heavy monsoon rains, and the collapse of a building that killed 12.
But that story doesn’t even broach the magnitude of the problem:
El Cheeto Pendejo would like building (non) codes like they have in Mumbai.
The rumors are true! We finally have shirts on our site 😎 https://t.co/FaaCgDzxaQ pic.twitter.com/cIrMWdjq9o
— DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) September 1, 2017
You claim to be socialists, but you demand money in exchange for goods?
Interesting… https://t.co/u04RiTg1vv— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 1, 2017
lol at the number of people not realizing this was a joke https://t.co/7j8Aqxuocy
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 1, 2017
This morning our officers stopped a doe for toll evasion, on the Bay Bridge. She said she usually pays it, but today she was a buck short. pic.twitter.com/KkkDJpn5Ck
— CHP Oakland (@CHPoakland) August 29, 2017
Kid Rock accused of violating federal election law https://t.co/ZrLh9Fb0mL pic.twitter.com/ypEU0otvBB
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) September 1, 2017
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
kudos to the face based organizations which have done so much to help the faceless hurt by harvey which i heard that the forgotten man is one of the faceless every once in a while we remember him but soon he must submit to his inevitable fate of being forgotten again
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
sleeping cat
re: #468 The Vicious Babushka
“Who could have predict-” pic.twitter.com/3pfB8iuB2W
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 1, 2017
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
Spray foam
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re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
Use arm of sweater you no longer need or want. Tie end with string. Use both.
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
My wife makes corn babies. Just stick it in the microwave for a couple of minutes and it stays nice and warm for a surprisingly long time. They’re $20 if you want one (shameless plug).
re: #433 JordanRules
If you aren’t following the ‘Our Revolution’ movement on Twitter, I’ll be honest, I think you’re missing a whole lot of the picture in regards to Bernie’s surrogates and supporters and how they are behaving post election. And this is a wholly different thing from the RUS bot networks and folks with questionable political evolutions. There may be a few rateffers, but that is not what is driving this Bernie movement in my estimation.
Even though you’re not “on” Twitter, it would still be easy enough for you to check it all out like you’ve done with other Twitter content in the past. But we’ve gone around that one here repeatedly so I know you already know this.
I’ll take a look at that. Thanks for the information.
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
OK, real suggestion: Maybe a wash cloth, you can possibly tuck it inside the cast so it doesn’t fall away if you move
re: #449 HappyWarrior
Hey, Happy. Yesterday I met a Slovenian. He’s passing through town on his bike (happens a lot around here) and when I saw his loaded vehicle (bike) I took pity and unlocked the door (I’m closed Thursdays, usually). I did not have the exact tube he wanted (cyclists are so particular) but we chatted for a while. At one point, he said he had a month remaining on his visa (he reaches his touring goal this week) and I asked him where he was going home to after that. When he told me ‘Slovenia’, I told him my grandmother was born there and I named the village. He said he wasn’t from there, but had been there, on a bike ride. He was so amazed to find such a connection at almost the end of his trip. We talked about Jure Robic (he pronounced the surname row-bitch) and he said there are many crazy Slovenians like Jure. I refrained from telling him about MY crazy relatives.
This does not count as a ‘CL’ because it was my computer’s fault it took so long.
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
My toes are sticking out of my cast but they’re cold! The cast is too big to put a sock over it? What should I do? Wrap a T-shirt around it?
Warm them up using a hair dryer then stuff hole with material that will cover toes and keep them comfy.
re: #434 Barefoot Grin
Sorry, to explain: Trump just said he’ll be proclaiming next Sunday as a national day of prayer or something “because we need and deserve it.”
No we don’t. As Madalyn Murray O’Hair noted: Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.
I’m sure the Evangelicals who voted in droves for the serial adulterer and divorcee who owned casinos and defrauded students will be pleased though.
whitehouse.gov (Text of Presidential Proclamation)
re: #452 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Maybe you’re a Russian bot.
/
So that’s what the 2008 PUMAs were. /s
re: #469 The Vicious Babushka
Stocking cap or ski type hat.
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