Video: Stephen Colbert Calls Out Kim Jong Un for Making Fun of Donald Trump
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A firm message for the erratic leader of North Korea: making fun of the President is Stephen’s thing.
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There’s a neo-Nazi threatening Angela Merkel and Twitter does nothing, as usual. https://t.co/Ryl16cmizL
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) September 23, 2017
Hey, @metpoliceuk there is a neo-Nazi threatening @theresa_may, and Twitter does nothing, as usual. https://t.co/b1hLmKbWvO
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) September 23, 2017
The Crown Prince of NAMBLA? Isn’t that Milo?
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re: #3 Blind Frog Belly White
The Crown Prince of NAMBLA? Isn’t that Milo?
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That’s the clown prince.
re: #3 Blind Frog Belly White
The Crown Prince of NAMBLA? Isn’t that Milo?
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He’s the KKKlown Prince of NAMBLA!
re: #1 Nyet
Holy shit. What sick assholes are out there.
It’s my birthday and I read this was the day the world would end. Not the present I hinted at, but I did have waffles, so it will be a great day no matter what :)
His name is pronounced with a hard J and like Moon without the M isn’t it?
President should not be telling the Washington Redskins to change their name-our country has far bigger problems! FOCUS on them,not nonsense
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2013
Physician, heal thyself. https://t.co/X6ddPBmPJR
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) September 23, 2017
I know not to read comments…but the Trump thing with the Golden State Warriors got me curious.
So, I checked the main story at ESPN. I went into the comments prepared to bail out as quickly as needed.
I was surprised. Many seem to backing the Warriors and are very critical of Trump. Some of the comments could be posted here and fit right in.
Good to see. Usually ESPN can turn into a wingnut fest.
To be fair, it’s not like the Dolphins are going to have a chance to visit the White House any time soon
And, as a Jets fan I really hope that Miami suffers a crushingly miserable loss tomorrow while visiting New Jersey.
NEW: Miami Dolphins owner responds to Pres. Trump: “Our country needs unifying leadership right now, not more divisiveness.” pic.twitter.com/vHt90CRsve
— ABC News (@ABC) September 23, 2017
How a grassroots Twitter account, @slpng_giants, is hurting the bigots at @Breitbart where it hurts: the pocketbook. https://t.co/QZYJfrE7Rh
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) September 23, 2017
Unfortunately, I don’t expect a statement from the NY Jets ownership rebuffing Trumps comments. He did appoint Woody Johnson to an Ambassadorship.
But, at least my NY Giants have responded.
Strong statement from #Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch on President Trump comments re: NFL and NFL players pic.twitter.com/HlnuDBMZtY
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) September 23, 2017
The Science Of Cooking (from the same folks as Cooks Illustrated) sez to load up one side of the grill with unlit charcoal and wood chunks, and pour lit charcoal overtop. Same idea as the Smoked Meat Forum - burn your fire DOWN.
So, the flaming charcoal has been layered on the unlit + chunks of Plum wood (have I told you about all the volunteer plum trees in my yard?) The fire has calmed down a bit. The water pan has been filled. The brisket has gone under the dome. Now I just need to keep it between 250 and 350 till it won’t stay over 250 anymore!
Will post pics when it comes out…..
Conservatives: Abortion is murder! Every life is precious!
Also conservatives: Fuck your sick baby that’s not my problem go get a 3rd job.— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 3, 2017
Don’t forget those “Pro-Life” Conservatives gloated over the deaths of black males (and females) by rogue cops.
re: #21 DodgerFan1988
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Don’t forget those “Pro-Life” Conservatives gloated over the deaths of black males (and females) by rogue cops.
But when cops are the ones getting shot, then obviously they’re deeply concerned about those black terrorists riling up “those people” against the heroes in blue.
From the 49ers, Kaepernick’s former team
— Jed York (@JedYork) September 23, 2017
Just wondering: how many teams (from whatever sport) refused/dissembled/were officially embarrassed by a White House invitation during Obama’s Presidency?
And maybe someone ought to bring that number to the present incumbent’s attention??
This is similar to my plan for this evening.
Imma eat brisket until I need medical attention. @ Freedmen’s https://t.co/hALxOHuk9E
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 23, 2017
My margarita is wearing off.
To be fair it was like 3 hours ago it should be wearing off by now.
re: #24 Jay C
Just wondering: how many teams (from whatever sport) refused/dissembled/were officially embarrassed by a White House invitation during Obama’s Presidency?
And maybe someone ought to bring that number to the present incumbent’s attention??
The Cubs couldn’t book their tickets to Washington fast enough. And out of all of the championship teams out there, you’d think they would have the most right to be entitled and choosy about whom they visited.
re: #23 FormerDirtDart
From the 49ers, Kaepernick’s former team
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trump may have been playing to his base and and he probably doesnt care
contracts and unions aside, no team seems to be publicly supporting him, and its spreading to other sports
he brought it front and center and fanned the flames
re: #27 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The Cubs couldn’t book their tickets to Washington fast enough. And out of all of the championship teams out there, you’d think they would have the most right to be entitled and choosy about whom they visited.
Missing the magic word, though….
“Chicago”.
The Latest: The Pentagon says B-1B bombers and F-15 fighter escorts have flown a mission over North Korea. https://t.co/KQCi1zd5rG
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2017
This sensationalist headline is dead wrong. Planes flew over DMZ in international airspace, not North Korea. Is @AP TRYING to start a war? https://t.co/qKqA663kxO
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 23, 2017
And
They
Keep
Paying
Him
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The key to understanding Trump: He likes people who like him. He hates people who don’t like him.
That’s it.— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 23, 2017
re: #30 goddamnedfrank
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Why not? Never forget that it was Pulitzer & Hearst that started the Spanish American War of 1898.
re: #24 Jay C
Just wondering: how many teams (from whatever sport) refused/dissembled/were officially embarrassed by a White House invitation during Obama’s Presidency?
And maybe someone ought to bring that number to the present incumbent’s attention??
RWNJ Tim Thomas refused to go to WH.
usnews.com
It’s apropos that Trump thinks NFL players making millions is a “privilege” instead of compensation commensurate w/ talent & value generated
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 23, 2017
Which is a hilarious position for a mediocre businessman who would be far richer if he’d simply invested his inheritance in the S&P to hold.
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 23, 2017
The staff lost the game of keep-away.
Roger Goodell of NFL just put out a statement trying to justify the total disrespect certain players show to our country.Tell them to stand!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Meanwhile, compare the ratio there to this one:
You can’t be uninvited to something you weren’t going to anyway pic.twitter.com/oZVmDn5ClH
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 23, 2017
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The staff lost the game of keep-away.
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The minions responsible for keeping the President’s phone in the nuclear football case have been sacked.
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I think when Trump wants his phone he just whistles and Gen. Kelly comes in on all fours with the phone in his mouth.
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My family didn’t serve this country for you to use its power to threaten American citizens. You don’t get to define patriotism.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 23, 2017
re: #40 Skip Intro
I think when Trump wants his phone he just whistles and Gen. Kelly comes in on all fours with the phone in his mouth.
Aaaaaand that was a mental image I really didn’t need. BRAIN BLEACH!
re: #25 Blind Frog Belly White
This is similar to my plan for this evening.
[Embedded content]Imma eat strudel
brisketuntil I need medical attention
On John Kelly being called to the stage and refusing to speak: Aren’t them some rules that restrict political campaigning by White House staff?
re: #44 dangerman
I hope you can still run tomorrow.
re: #31 FormerDirtDart
And
They
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The key to understanding Trump: He likes people who like him. He hates people who don’t like him.
That’s it.— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 23, 2017
Someone needs to decipher the key to people constantly hiring Chris Cilliza. https://t.co/qOfZ0QSUh6
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) September 23, 2017
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Draft Dodgin’ Donald can take a whole auditorium of seats.
re: #46 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I hope you can still run tomorrow.
i have 10 scheduled.
itll be the first time in 2 years (yeah i know, broken record - pretty much everything now is at the level of “not in the last 2 years”)
i have the post run email sitting in my drafts: “i just ran 10 effin miles!”
wait for it
re: #46 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I hope you can still run tomorrow.
This guy would be fantastic to run with. Bring plenty of water.
We finished the Southwest Navajo Fair Half Marathon. Congratulations to all the finishers of the Half, 10K & 5K. WIHCC did an awesome job. pic.twitter.com/2e8BGPAXoW
— Jonathan M. Nez (@VPNez) September 23, 2017
re: #26 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My margarita is wearing off.
To be fair it was like 3 hours ago it should be wearing off by now.
Sorry I didn’t reply earlier with the prescription: a new margarita, ASAP
Sound advice for pretty much anyone looking at Dear Leader’s Feed of Twit.
re: #51 wrenchwench
That run looks gorgeous. *drools*
re: #50 dangerman
i have 10 scheduled.
itll be the first time in 2 years (yeah i know, broken record - pretty much everything now is at the level of “not in the last 2 years”)i have the post run email sitting in my drafts: “i just ran 10 effin miles!”
wait for it
My first response is, “damn, maybe I should run more tomorrow.”
My second response is, “wait, most people don’t respond to this sort of thing with the burning need to go run 10 miles too.”
(I’m doing 13 on Monday.)
re: #47 wrenchwench
[Embedded content]The key to understanding Trump: He likes people who like him. He hates people who don’t like him.
first, who cares. second, i cribbed and modified this from someone at politicalwire.com
the key to understanding trump is that many human personalities, once formed, can’t and don’t change in meaningful ways
many of us held on to a faint hope that once he saw the enormity of the office’s responsibility he might be awed into at least **trying** to be a President. Trying to learn new things for once in his life. Trying to seek out and heed good advice. Trying to use a “light touch” on policy, so that at the very least he didn’t cause serious damage, and could slip away after four years and bask in being part of the most exclusive club on earth.
he’s reaffirmed and doubled down on every ignorant, reactive, impulsive and obnoxious tendency that we’ve seen throughout his entire life.
this is me again:
the key to understanding trump is he’s a pig
he’s a self described, admitted molester
he’s a self described, admitted cheat
he’s a self described, admitted liar
THAT’S it
re: #56 dangerman
first, who cares. second, i cribbed and modified this from someone at politicalwire.com
the key to understanding trump is that many human personalities, once formed, can’t and don’t change in meaningful ways
many of us held on to a faint hope that once he saw the enormity of the office’s responsibility he might be awed into at least **trying** to be a President. Trying to learn new things for once in his life. Trying to seek out and heed good advice. Trying to use a “light touch” on policy, so that at the very least he didn’t cause serious damage, and could slip away after four years and bask in being part of the most exclusive club on earth.
he’s reaffirmed and doubled down on every ignorant, reactive, impulsive and obnoxious tendency that we’ve seen throughout his entire life.
this is me again:
the key to understanding trump is he’s a pighe’s a self described, admitted molester
he’s a self described, admitted cheat
he’s a self described, admitted liarTHAT’S it
I agree apart from who cares. We care by way of understanding that which must be overcome.
re: #33 VegasGolfer
RWNJ Tim Thomas refused to go to WH.
usnews.com
And Trump fanboy Tom Brady in 2015.
re: #30 goddamnedfrank
This sensationalist headline is dead wrong. Planes flew over DMZ in international airspace, not North Korea. Is @AP TRYING to start a war?
The Latest: The Pentagon says B-1B bombers and F-15 fighter escorts have flown a mission over North Korea. https://t.co/KQCi1zd5rG
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2017
…
Headline is bullshit, but there’s a reason it’s called a De-militarized Zone.
(Once pulled an MP-ish daytime patrol there wearing kevlar over my best summer suit. Korea can be weird.)
re: #56 dangerman
this is me again:
the key to understanding trump is he’s a pighe’s a self described, admitted molester
he’s a self described, admitted cheat
he’s a self described, admitted liarTHAT’S it
Don’t forget ‘malevolent toad’, for which I have a new image:
This extinct frog probably ate crocodiles and dinosaurs https://t.co/ktJR7bVaph pic.twitter.com/UdXyWmbqSA
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) September 20, 2017
You probably want to know what these frogs ate—the researchers had a guess. “Given that prey size is known to increase with body size in a variety of tetrapods, and that Beelzebufo clearly had the ability to bite with considerable force, large individuals would have been able to prey upon a variety of contemporaneous taxa, including small/juvenile crocodiles and non-avian dinosaurs.”
Important news today.
500lbs of LOVE! We are so excited that Fiona has reached 500lbs today! Thanks to everyone for never giving up on this little (big) nugget! pic.twitter.com/7jFxn2VxIK
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) September 23, 2017
Remember the time Trump took a knee during the Vietnam war?
— Adam Wolf (@AdamWolf77) September 23, 2017
Roger Goodell of NFL just put out a statement trying to justify the total disrespect certain players show to our country.Tell them to stand!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
The president of the United States, not to put too fine a point on it, is a rancid turd. https://t.co/LybaxTEIaS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 23, 2017
re: #55 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My first response is, “damn, maybe I should run more tomorrow.”
My second response is, “wait, most people don’t respond to this sort of thing with the burning need to go run 10 miles too.”
(I’m doing 13 on Monday.)
Question for you (and any other runners): If your town had a perfectly good sidewalk, for what reason(s) would you ignore it and run in the road instead? Pretty much everybody I see running through town on my way into work in the mornings runs on the road instead of on the sidewalk. It drives me a little crazy (and is a little dangerous when they come around a parked car!), and I never understood why.
re: #64 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Question for you (and any other runners): If your town had a perfectly good sidewalk, for what reason(s) would you ignore it and run in the road instead? Pretty much everybody I see running through town on my way into work in the mornings runs on the road instead of on the sidewalk. It drives me a little crazy (and is a little dangerous when they come around a parked car!), and I never understood why.
Well, I run on the sidewalk? Unless there isn’t one, in which case I run on the road.
I have no idea, honestly. I could speculate that it could be because of not wanting to trip when crossing the road but honestly that is speculation. (For the record, I can still surprise people coming out of their driveways on the sidewalk. Did that twice this week.)
re: #64 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
If your town had a perfectly good sidewalk…
In my dreams! I heard they have one a few miles away, near the hospital…
re: #67 wrenchwench
In my dreams! I heard they have one a few miles away, near the hospital…
I mean, the sidewalk can be a lot more uneven than the road surface, depending on where you are, so if you don’t necessarily want to be watching your step every minute that could be one reason…
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The staff lost the game of keep-away.
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Roger Goodell of NFL just put out a statement trying to justify the total disrespect certain players show to our country.Tell them to stand!
6:25 PM - Sep 23, 2017
He’s really pushing this BS.
The news about Manafort and Facebook must have really shook him.
re: #68 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I mean, the sidewalk can be a lot more uneven than the road surface, depending on where you are, so if you don’t necessarily want to be watching your step every minute that could be one reason…
I could understand that, and perhaps it is less even than it looks as I’m driving along beside it. It looks like it is rather well maintained (there are a number of freshly poured segments, indicating that the town is meticulous in repairing it), so I was just wondering if there was some other reason besides the fact that runners are certifiably insane.
re: #70 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I could understand that, and perhaps it is less even than it looks as I’m driving along beside it. It looks like it is rather well maintained (there are a number of freshly poured segments, indicating that the town is meticulous in repairing it), so I was just wondering if there was some other reason besides the fact that runners are certifiably insane.
It’s easier to find those little uneven bits when running than when driving or honestly even walking. You typically find them at the least convenient time too.
Interesting thread on respecting the flag.
Let’s jump right in…
US Flag Code: Chapter 10.176C
“The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.” pic.twitter.com/a9niowcX5f— HennyWise (@koopa_kinte) September 23, 2017
It’s impossible to conclude now Trump is doing anything other than purposely playing with racial animushttps://t.co/8cxiM2wemd
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 23, 2017
Cillizza’s brain moves at a glacial pace but eventually even he arrives at the painfully obvious conclusion. https://t.co/Uz66rlYBEN
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 23, 2017
re: #75 wrenchwench
Trump has advice for the owners because their servants are getting uppity enough to express opinions.
Jesus wouldn’t have kneeled during the national anthem.
re: #45 Timothy Watson
On John Kelly being called to the stage and refusing to speak: Aren’t them some rules that restrict political campaigning by White House staff?
Oh, we’re going to start following rules now in the Trump White House?
That’d be a first.
re: #71 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s easier to find those little uneven bits when running than when driving or honestly even walking. You typically find them at the least convenient time too.
And they are least expected on the sidewalks. So they surprise one more, which is worse. It’s like the sidewalk offers a tempting illusion of smooth surface.
re: #78 Skip Intro
Jesus wouldn’t have kneeled during the national anthem.
Jesus would have chased everyone out of the stadium. And flipped some tables, if available.
re: #44 dangerman
If I do it right, the 5# of brisket will just barely last till Monday.
re: #23 FormerDirtDart
From the 49ers, Kaepernick’s former team
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Yet the 49ers didn’t keep Kaepernick and no other team picked him up. Makes it seem as if he was fired for his protests.
Hope that every Black NFL player takes the knee during games tomorrow. Send a strong message to the Bigot-in-Chief.
re: #84 Patricia Kayden
Be a nice touch if they all had a picture of Trump under their knee.
re: #84 Patricia Kayden
Hope that every Black NFL player takes the knee during games tomorrow. Send a strong message to the Bigot-in-Chief.
Would rather see a wider array of players do it, to show that they are not pawns of the dictator-aspirant.
re: #81 wrenchwench
Jesus would have chased everyone out of the stadium. And flipped some tables, if available.
He would feed the multitude. Miracle of the Brats and Fries.
re: #73 goddamnedfrank
Cillizza is just now figuring out that Trump is a White Supremacist? Really Dude? **blood pressure sharply rising**
re: #84 Patricia Kayden
Yet the 49ers didn’t keep Kaepernick and no other team picked him up. Makes it seem as if he was fired for his protests.
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The problem with looking at Kaepernick about that is that he was a marginal NFL level quarterback on his best days. If he had never taken a knee, his career would probably look the same as it does now. I get the feeling that he knew he was short for the NFL so he grabbed the bully pulpit that he had and used it for all it was worth even if it sped up the end of his NFL career. More power to him and his moral courage - something utterly alien to Trump.
re: #88 Decatur Deb
He would feed the multitude. Miracle of the Brats and Fries.
Nah, it would be the sermon on the Tailgate.
re: #87 freetoken
Would rather see a wider array of players do it, to show that they are not pawns of the dictator-aspirant.
I think you will. This will be a major thing tomorrow in every NFL football game, by all the pregame and after-game shows, by the talking heads during the game and on the Sunday political shows.
And that may just be what Trump wants.
He’s losing it over this for a reason. Just not sure what crazy thinking he is going through on all of this and to what end.
re: #94 ObserverArt
Well whatever it is it’s good to know the Gen. Kelly has a firm grip on the Trumpster.
re: #94 ObserverArt
Perhaps he’s trying to divert attention from the coming indictments of Manafort et. al.?
re: #88 Decatur Deb
He would feed the multitude. Miracle of the Brats and Fries.
Dime-a-Dog night.
Nothing is free in this world!
re: #94 ObserverArt
I think you will. This will be a major thing tomorrow in every NFL football game, by all the pregame and after-game shows, by the talking heads during the game and on the Sunday political shows.
And that may just be what Trump wants.
He’s losing it over this for a reason. Just not sure what crazy thinking he is going through on all of this and to what end.
I think it’s pretty simple, actually: He saw it on Fox News this morning, and had to comment on it. Then, when people didn’t just agree with him, he had to double down. I don’t think there’s any grand plan other than he’s always got to be right and the last one that said anything.
re: #96 Skip Intro
Well whatever it is it’s good to know the Gen. Kelly has a firm grip on the Trumpster.
This may be the firm grip.
We just don’t know how really bad it probably is with Trump and how much Kelly has to fight the idiot every single day.
That’s the point I was trying to make earlier. I’m no fan of Kelly, I just wonder how bad it would get if he, as is, was not around.
I think it is one of those watch what you wish for kind of things.
I don’t want Trump unleashed.
re: #76 jaunte
Trump has advice for the owners because their servants are getting uppity enough to express opinions.
Chris Rock has a spiel about the wealth and privilege of black millionaires.
so we took a dinner break
i’m sitting there, minding my own business, when mrs. dangerman says:
“you clean up. i’ll go out and get some ice cream to put on the strudel”
i am so in love
(with mrs. dangerman….not the ice cream…..)
re: #100 ObserverArt
This may be the firm grip.
We just don’t know how really bad it probably is with Trump and how much Kelly has to fight the idiot every single day.
That’s the point I was trying to make earlier. I’m no fan of Kelly, I just wonder how bad it would get if he, as is, was not around.
I think it is one of those watch what you wish for kind of things.
I don’t want Trump unleashed.
That’s all true and it makes Trump even more terrifying.
re: #84 Patricia Kayden
Yet the 49ers didn’t keep Kaepernick and no other team picked him up. Makes it seem as if he was fired for his protests.
Hope that every Black NFL player takes the knee during games tomorrow. Send a strong message to the Bigot-in-Chief.
Kaepernick exercised his option to opt out of the final year of his contract and became a free agent after the 2016 season. The 49ers did not let him go, release him or fire him.
re: #64 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Question for you (and any other runners): If your town had a perfectly good sidewalk, for what reason(s) would you ignore it and run in the road instead? Pretty much everybody I see running through town on my way into work in the mornings runs on the road instead of on the sidewalk. It drives me a little crazy (and is a little dangerous when they come around a parked car!), and I never understood why.
As others have said, sidewalks are often uneven. They have tree roots growing under them, and they have curb cuts that aren’t always easily seen. In San Mateo, we have rolled curbs on many streets, and the sidewalk slopes toward it - which means your feet are not landing on a flat surface, but rather a slope. Not ideal.
Another thing is that asphalt is not as hard as concrete. Less shock, less damaging to your joints.
And then there’s all the vegetation that hangs over sidewalks, and the fact that people walk on them, often taking up the entire sidewalk. This, BTW, is why you don’t ride a bike on the sidewalk, either.
People who don’t run, or ride, often are not aware of these issues and just wonder why runners and cyclists can’t just go someplace else. Drivers want cyclists to ride in the gutter pan, which is full of parked cars, leaves, broken glass, etc. Or they want you to take the ‘bike path’, which is a misnomer, because it’s usually full of dawdling families out for a stroll, novice rollerbladers trying not to land on their asses, and people who run or walk with ear buds and don’t hear you shouting
On your left!
On your left!!
On your left!!
HEY ASSHOLE!! ON YOUR GODDAM LEFT!!!!”
re: #99 Belafon
I think it’s pretty simple, actually: He saw it on Fox News this morning, and had to comment on it. Then, when people didn’t just agree with him, he had to double down. I don’t think there’s any grand plan other than he’s always got to be right and the last one that said anything.
He was barking about it last night at his rally. He made it a thing then. This is a continuation. He has chosen this as a weapon or a smoke screen. Just a feeling. You never know with Trump.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
OK lizards, I’m just now watching Guardians of the Galaxy2 and right off the bat I have found our newest “we need more popcorn” picture:
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I was watching that last night. Now on Wonder Woman.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
OK lizards, I’m just now watching Guardians of the Galaxy2 and right off the bat I have found our newest “we need more popcorn” picture:
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We’re gonna need a bigger bucket.
Here comes the Alt-Right parrot comment “Steph Curry is a thug” all over social media,
Like mindless automatons.
re: #109 DodgerFan1988
Here comes the Alt-Right parrot comment “Steph Curry is a thug” all over social media,
Like mindless automatons.
“Tim Thomas is a thug”
I’d like to see the fans take a knee. That’s what I’d like to see.
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) September 24, 2017
Thread
Let’s jump right in…
US Flag Code: Chapter 10.176C
“The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.” pic.twitter.com/a9niowcX5f— HennyWise (@koopa_kinte) September 23, 2017
And, the back end
So yanno, if you want to point your anger at the flag being disrespected anywhere… the mirror might be the best place to start. Fin
— HennyWise (@koopa_kinte) September 23, 2017
re: #105 Blind Frog Belly White
People who don’t run, or ride, often are not aware of these issues and just wonder why runners and cyclists can’t just go someplace else. Drivers want cyclists to ride in the gutter pan, which is full of parked cars, leaves, broken glass, etc. Or they want you to take the ‘bike path’, which is a misnomer, because it’s usually full of dawdling families out for a stroll, novice rollerbladers trying not to land on their asses, and people who run or walk with ear buds and don’t hear you shouting
I put most of my miles in on the local multi-use path. Weekends are awful. The weekday users are at least a generally respectful crowd that tries to acknowledge each other and follow basic rules (the county park that it cuts through excepted, because you get a lot of little old ladies out for a stroll there).
For my part, I run with only one earbud and wear it on my right, and keep as far to the right as I can, unless passing a slower pedestrian. Anyone calls out an on your left, I’ll raise a hand to show that I heard them and are aware of their presence. I get just as irate (if not more so) with people who are being completely oblivious to their surroundings.
In general, I run under the “don’t be a dick” rule in shared spaces. A lot of people fail at this lesson in general, so it’s not surprising that they fail it here too.
An addition to the post above, I am pretty sure it would something out right racist like n***** Kap or some such.
The blind hatred and political idiocy of the so-called “alt-right” is only surpassed by their sheer incompetence. https://t.co/p8yw3lDm11
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #106 ObserverArt
He was barking about it last night at his rally. He made it a thing then. This is a continuation. He has chosen this as a weapon or a smoke screen. Just a feeling. You never know with Trump.
We’re talking about two different things here - he barked about the NFL last night.
He saw the Steph Curry story about the Warriors going to the White House on Fox this morning.
I’m pretty sure that the two stories have merged at this point, because athletes in both leagues are pretty pissed, for different reasons. Instead of having one sports league full of pissed off athletes, he now has two.
But I still believe that he sees how close his whole administration and his family are two indictment and prosecution, and it’s freaking him the fuck out.
And I’m fine with this. I hope he’s losing sleep over it all, every night.
re: #117 Skip Intro
Lots of blue dots in Gohmert country.
re: #115 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I put most of my miles in on the local multi-use path. Weekends are awful. The weekday users are at least a generally respectful crowd that tries to acknowledge each other and follow basic rules (the county park that it cuts through excepted, because you get a lot of little old ladies out for a stroll there).
For my part, I run with only one earbud and wear it on my right, and keep as far to the right as I can, unless passing a slower pedestrian. Anyone calls out an on your left, I’ll raise a hand to show that I heard them and are aware of their presence. I get just as irate (if not more so) with people who are being completely oblivious to their surroundings.
In general, I run under the “don’t be a dick” rule in shared spaces. A lot of people fail at this lesson in general, so it’s not surprising that they fail it here too.
When I lived 2 miles from work, I biked the Foster City pedway to and from. Generally not much problem, plus in the evenings the wind would push me halfway home! I did have one near miss with a guy who thought “On your left!” meant he should pivot on his LEFT foot to face me….
For serious rides, though, I abandoned it after one Sunday ride - in addition to all the families that spread across the thing from edge to edge, there was a young couple, obviously had JUST gotten their first rollerblades! They were doing that dance that says, “I’m trying not to fall!” That wasn’t the bad part. The bad part was they were also trying to walk their dog, who was on a retracto leash. The dog was all the way across the pedway from them, in the bushes. I had to go off the pedway, all the way around the dog and the bushes, and back on.
The road is safer.
Rage Furby Chuck C. Johnson’s Facebook account was reactivated (why?) and one of the first things he did was post this dumb Birther shit. pic.twitter.com/JddTH6j122
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
Looking at the GIF of the sea ice depths during the period of minimum Arctic sea ice:
Image: arcticictn_nowcast_anim30d.gif
Very little thick ice. The extent was not quite as low as last year, but the volume was pretty close to a new low:
re: #118 Charles Johnson
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My belief is that it was always vaporware.
I think they put together a list of the Fascists most likely to elicit an angry response, and advertised it. Ben Shapiro was in town last week, and I bet the expectation was there’d be a big violent clash over Shapiro’s speech that they could then use as an excuse to cancel their ‘Free Speech Week’ , and claim that college campuses have become too dangerous for Conservatives.
But apparently Shapiro’s speech went off without too much of a hitch, and at the same time, people who were listed as speakers started telling the press that nobody’d ever invited them, AND the organizers never bothered to arrange any venues for the talks.
re: #39 A Cranky One
Upding for Dim Buff Un.
re: #122 Charles Johnson
Apparently it pays the bills
There is a bird outside right now that sounds exactly like a cat about to have a hairball.
re: #127 klys (maker of Silmarils)
A mockingbird? They will repeat the sounds they have heard and then sing them.
NFL players:
You have the right to protest Trump tmrw. But aren’t there better ways than kneeling before the flag soldiers died to defend?— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
btw, Trump wants you to kneel—because it divides the nation, with him and the flag on the same side. Don’t give him the attention he wants. https://t.co/ic5Vc9oGyB
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
lot of problems here. but stick it to trump by stopping your protests doesn’t hold up to scrutiny very well. https://t.co/oeQboyDtZK
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 24, 2017
re: #119 makeitstop
We’re talking about two different things here - he barked about the NFL last night.
He saw the Steph Curry story about the Warriors going to the White House on Fox this morning.
I’m pretty sure that the two stories have merged at this point, because athletes in both leagues are pretty pissed, for different reasons. Instead of having one sports league full of pissed off athletes, he now has two.
But I still believe that he sees how close his whole administration and his family are two indictment and prosecution, and it’s freaking him the fuck out.
And I’m fine with this. I hope he’s losing sleep over it all, every night.
It is blending.
If you follow back, I was talking about how tomorrow will be all about Trump during the football games and what is he up to.
Belafon then made his comment while quoting my NFL thing and said Trump saw it on Fox News and it was just Trump going off because of Fox.
I was just trying to make the NFL stuff clear in that it started last night at his rally.
But it is Trump’s war on sports, where a lot of people of color play and seem to upset him so.
re: #129 FormerDirtDart
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Soldiers died defending the right of free expression, not the SYMBOL OF the right of free expression.
Agree, totally wrong-headed approach. We need MORE protests, not fewer.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #109 DodgerFan1988
Here comes the Alt-Right parrot comment “Steph Curry is a thug” all over social media,
Like mindless automatons.
WTF the guy has never been in trouble with the law. Oh wait, he’s a black guy who dissed the emperor, thug obvs.//
re: #131 Blind Frog Belly White
Soldiers died defending the right of free expression, not the SYMBOL OF the right of free expression.
As George Carlin said, “I’ll leave symbols to the symbol minded”
It’s ok, you’re safe now. Kaep can’t hurt you anymore you poor snowflake.#TakeAKnee #ImASonOfABitchToo #TakeAKneeNFL #MAGA #Kaepernick #BLM pic.twitter.com/zUVgMpFex2
— StrictlyCovfefe 📻 (@christoq) September 24, 2017
re: #135 HappyWarrior
He just doesn’t get it.
“Don’t protest! If you protest, white people will get scared and you won’t get what you’re asking for!”
Okay, so if we don’t protest, will we get what we ask for?
“Some day. Maybe. Gradually. In the fullness of time.”
re: #135 HappyWarrior
He just doesn’t get it.
I thought Sasse was supposed to be the scholarly conservative?
EPA removes “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” at Texas toxic sites, won’t say from where. By @mbieseck. https://t.co/P75dGCYlGP
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 24, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during Hurricane Harvey.
The agency has not provided details about which Superfund sites the material came from, why the contaminants at issue have not been identified and whether there’s a threat to human health.
The one-sentence disclosure about the 517 containers was made Friday night deep within a media release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency summarizing the government’s response to the devastating storm
Players taking a knee during the national anthem is disgraceful and unpatriotic, but sending troops to die in Iraq and Afghanistan for sixteen years isn’t. What a country of idiots.
re: #139 freetoken
I thought Sasse was supposed to be the scholarly conservative?
Supposed to be not is.
I always have to laugh when conservatives tell liberals the way to win is to just stop protesting.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #141 Ace Rothstein
Players taking a knee during the national anthem is disgraceful and unpatriotic, but sending troops to die in Iraq and Afghanistan for sixteen years isn’t. What a country of idiots.
That’s different!//
re: #137 Blind Frog Belly White
“Don’t protest! If you protest, white people will get scared and you won’t get what you’re asking for!”
Okay, so if we don’t protest, will we get what we ask for?
“Some day. Maybe. Gradually. In the fullness of time.”
“…right before the heat death of the universe.”
Honestly, playing the National Anthem before sporting events is stupid anyway.
I’d like to know how Sasse expects people to protest. Protest isn’t about conforming to what some white conservative’s idea of acceptable is. It’s about making a point and yeah sometimes people get offended. That’s freedom.
re: #129 FormerDirtDart
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Sasse’s trying to make the protests about Trump. They’re not about him.
re: #146 Ace Rothstein
Honestly, playing the National Anthem before sporting events is stupid anyway.
BURN, HERETIC!!!!!
Stephen Curry has some additional words.
ESPN - Donald Trump says Warriors not welcome at White House
Stephen Curry said his beliefs were “cemented even further about how things in our country are going” after President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday morning that the Golden State Warriors are not welcome at the White House to celebrate their 2017 NBA championship.
“My stance is the same as it was [Friday],” Curry said Saturday. “And even kind of cemented even further about how things in our country are going, especially with [Trump] representing us in a very damaging way.
“I don’t know why he feels the need to target certain individuals rather than others. I have an idea of why, but it’s kind of beneath a leader of a country to go that route. That’s not what leaders do.”
On Friday, Curry said he would vote no if the team were invited to the White House. Teammate Kevin Durant previously told ESPN that he would not go. Warriors owner Joe Lacob told ESPN on Friday that he planned to meet with the team Saturday morning before its first practice to discuss the issue and that the White House was aware of the timeline.
President Trump made his message clear Saturday morning on Twitter before that meeting could happen.
…(More at link)
re: #147 HappyWarrior
I’d like to know how Sasse expects people to protest. Protest isn’t about conforming to what some white conservative’s idea of acceptable is. It’s about making a point and yeah sometimes people get offended. That’s freedom.
You are not supposed to protest.
So much of this crap is reminding me of 1965 to ‘70 and Vietnam. I guess it goes with Ken Burns having his Vietnam documentary going.
I wonder if people will draw some parallels to then and now?
re: #138 HappyWarrior
Heh and they call us snowflakes.
Every day Trump enables the worst in humanity.
re: #151 ObserverArt
My dream outcome is Curry and the Warriors go to to the Obama’s house in DC, drink champagne, then Pete Souza takes the picture of all of them giving Trump the middle finger and it crashes Twitter forever.
The Warriors should all go to Chappaqua and give Hillary a 45 jersey.
— Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) September 23, 2017
oh my god 😅😂🤣 https://t.co/oZXSFWQX4i
— shauna (@goldengateblond) September 24, 2017
re: #153 nines09
Every day Trump enables the worst in humanity.
Invites. Enables. Celebrates.
This is power to Trump.
It’s a variation on “lie back and enjoy it.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #147 HappyWarrior
I’d like to know how Sasse expects people to protest. Protest isn’t about conforming to what some white conservative’s idea of acceptable is. It’s about making a point and yeah sometimes people get offended. That’s freedom.
re: #157 Charles Johnson
“Lie back and dream of England Ivanka…”
To: Trump
From: Sports pic.twitter.com/Sj1YFxAjXr— El Magobits (@megobits) September 23, 2017
I never get tired of this GIF. It’s so expressive.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #147 HappyWarrior
I’d like to know how Sasse expects people to protest. Protest isn’t about conforming to what some white conservative’s idea of acceptable is. It’s about making a point and yeah sometimes people get offended. That’s freedom.
The only people allowed to protest are conservatives. Sasse is fine with Nazi torch parties, Teabag powerchair protests, Young Republican harassment campaigns, Trump rallies, and crazed bombers at Planned Parenthood clinics. If you’re black or a Democrat, you aren’t allowed to stand, to kneel, to lay down, to speak, or anything else. Them’s the rules Sasse plays by.
And @JackPosobiec, of course, goes right to the scumbag racist talking point, as always. pic.twitter.com/Jnfm8V8R5M
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell is kneeling for the National Anthem. He’s the first MLB player to do so. Maxwell has hand on heart, facing flag
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 24, 2017
Let’s not forget the racism angle here too, folks.
No way you can tell me this would have played out the sams if it had been a WHITE player kneeling for the flag.
— Trump’s Ties (@TrumpsTies) September 24, 2017
re: #164 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Team was clearly warned this was happening as the Twitter account had this ready to go.
— Oakland A’s 🌳🐘⚾️ (@Athletics) September 24, 2017
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
Kinda like if the Central Park Five were white.
Aren’t there better ways to honor fallen soldiers than use them as pawns to advance your political agenda?
— Harrison Goodman (@GoodmanHarrison) September 23, 2017
OMFG. I love this account.
— Trump’s Ties (@TrumpsTies) September 21, 2017
re: #163 Charles Johnson
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LeBron James will bash the White House but silent about the carnage inner cities face every day. Why is that?
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) September 23, 2017
In 2016 he donated 41 million dollars to send kids to college. He is consistently ranked as one of the most charitable athletes in the world https://t.co/ETd7l2SGRm
— U bum (@Lindzeta) September 23, 2017
re: #163 Charles Johnson
Lebron had the N word spraypainted on the gate of one of his houses not so long ago. These stupid fucks like Posobiec don’t have a fucking clue what that’s like and never will.
Also, we all know what “inner city”’ is code for. I’d like to know when was the last time Posobiec did anything for the benefit of an inner city (hint: probably never).
re: #168 Ace Rothstein
Kinda like if the Central Park Five were white.
Or Michael Brown or Eric Garner or Philando Castile or Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin or…
re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg
Lebron had the N word spraypainted on the gate of one of his houses not so long ago. These stupid fucks like Posobiec don’t have a fucking clue what that’s like and never will.
Also, we all know what “inner city”’ is code for. I’d like to know when the last Posobiec did anything for the benefit of an inner city (hint: probably never).
Or “Chicago.”
re: #170 Ace Rothstein
No wonder Ivanka needed so much plastic surgery.
re: #163 Charles Johnson
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Like you actually care about inner cities, Jagoff and if you knew anything about Lebron, you’d know what he’s doing and done.
And one more:
Literally everyone suggesting that @Kaepernick7 kneeling is “anti-military” is entirely full of 💩. pic.twitter.com/Zc4hupZWWU
— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) September 24, 2017
“It’s not about dividing. We as American people need to come together even stronger.” — @KingJames responds to @realDonaldTrump’s comments. pic.twitter.com/UHpzXpb42K
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) September 23, 2017
re: #146 Ace Rothstein
I wish I could give you many many updings. I’ve thought this for years.
re: #89 Patricia Kayden
“Cillizza is just now figuring out that Trump is a White Supremacist? Really Dude? **blood pressure sharply rising**”
Cizilla is like a lot of other Americans when it comes to race in that they deny what their eyes are showing them until it becomes crystal clear that what they’re seeing is real. That clarity hit when Trump made his comment yesterday calling the NFL protesters “sons of bitches.” They, too, are abusers because they don’t see what they don’t want to see, and because they make excuses for the Abuser-in-Chief. The mistake Trump made was not only in attacking a specific player but in attacking other players of the same race and forgetting that he was attacking NFL teams and their owners. He’s a clueless, addle-brained, immature dotard who seems to think because he’s POTUS, he can boss others around. He just discovered at the age of 71 that not everyone he tries to intimidate and issue orders to will permit him to do it.
I clicked. I won’t tell you what to do. This is a journey we must decide whether to take on our own https://t.co/RGAeu6YplW pic.twitter.com/DNIWON5Rek
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) September 24, 2017
All you have to do is look at the right wing reaction to understand that Trump was instinctively exploiting a deep vein of ugly racism.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2017
re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg
Lebron had the N word spraypainted on the gate of one of his houses not so long ago. These stupid fucks like Posobiec don’t have a fucking clue what that’s like and never will.
Also, we all know what “inner city”’ is code for. I’d like to know when was the last time Posobiec did anything for the benefit of an inner city (hint: probably never).
Why would Posobiec do anything for the inner city?
That is the whole point to these guys. LeBron should stay amongst his own and take care of them so they don’t come into Posobiec’s area where he wants to take of his own.
Never shall the twain meet.
re: #164 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Just FYI, the A’s player who kneeled during anthem is the son of US soldier & was born on a base.
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) September 24, 2017
re: #167 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Team was clearly warned this was happening as the Twitter account had this ready to go.
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Good for him and good for them. I’m no A’s fan, but that earned them positive points. That took balls of titanium given the President literally just saying what he did.
Checking in from are: #184 FormerDirtDart
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Won’t stop the more patriotic than thou from attacking him.
re: #185 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Good for him and good for them. I’m no A’s fan, but that earned them positive points. That took balls of titanium given the President literally just saying what he did.
He’s a rookie, apparently?
A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell becomes the first MLB player to kneel for the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/oFnOdpY2tX
— SI MLB (@si_mlb) September 24, 2017
There’s another country in the world that punishes it’s citizens for not standing up to and “disrespecting” the national anthem. North Korea.
re: #152 ObserverArt
“You are not supposed to protest.”
I witnessed the same thing during the Civil Rights Era. We were told not to protest and call attention to our grievances, and some time in the not specified future, our grievances would be addressed. I always view the “do not protest” persons as those who refuse to acknowledge that certain problems exist in our country and as wanting to maintain the status quo. I also notice that these are the same persons who say they love the Constitution while advocating against its contents.
re: #188 DodgerFan1988
There’s another country in the world that punishes it’s citizens for not standing up to and “disrespecting” the national anthem. North Korea.
Trump is intending on using “Patriotism” (with a capital P) to drive his cult of personality. Worship God, worship Country, worship Trump.
Welp, I know exactly where I was and what I was doing 40 years ago tonight!
📺ABC Primetime, September 23, 1977:
— ‘Donny & Marie’ pic.twitter.com/TR5sCQyDMG— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) September 24, 2017
The hot takes just continue.
NFL players:
You have the right to protest Trump tmrw. But aren’t there better ways than kneeling before the flag soldiers died to defend?— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
btw, Trump wants you to kneel—because it divides the nation, with him and the flag on the same side. Don’t give him the attention he wants. https://t.co/ic5Vc9oGyB
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
re: #192 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The hot takes just continue.
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What… the actual fuck.
My damn allergies seem to be acting up more and more these days
And I didn’t even know I had any allergies…
First NYC EMT to contract HIV on duty to be memorialized by the city that abandoned her 20 years after her death https://t.co/7G1kz36EDw pic.twitter.com/0ZaMs6Oh2S
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 24, 2017
So Ben, you just want us all to be Good Germans? No protesting? No disorder? If I were on Twitter, I’d tell you to go look up my hero Sophie Scholl who on February 22, 1943 said these last words: “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
These people are righteous Senator. It’s a pity you are not.
BREAKING: US government tells election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems in 2016, but most not breached.
— AP Eastern U.S. (@APEastRegion) September 22, 2017
Love the way the @AP is all like “Good news everyone! Only SOME of the State elections systems were raped.” https://t.co/USCrHXZRql
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2017
Can’t wait for this kind of optimistic lede when a terrorist attack happens, “Cheer up you dumb motherfuckers, most people WEREN’T blown up”
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2017
re: #195 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My bad, I missed it. I’ll leave it anyway.
Hey, it caught the attention of some latecomers… like me, who missed half the thread because I was out on a Pokewalk/raid with Mrs. Fish…
Donald Trump on the American flag, circa 2008 (at 5:20): “I don’t know what the 13 stripes represent.” https://t.co/0Hn6NEG8eC
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) October 26, 2016
re: #190 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Trump is intending on using “Patriotism” (with a capital P) to drive his cult of personality. Worship God, worship Country, worship Trump.
Probably sounds better in the original German.
re: #195 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My bad, I missed it. I’ll leave it anyway.
I’m hoping someone will also post it at 219, and 291. I think 912 and 921 are out of the question, though. (Math portion of my brain overclocked.)
re: #201 TedStriker
Probably sounds better in the original German.
Only in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Just to be perfectly clear: Conservatives and true Americans will not tolerate any protest during national anthem, no matter what the cause.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 23, 2017
Anyone seen Kyle?
re: #201 TedStriker
Probably sounds better in the original German.
Ein volk, Ein Reich, Ein Dumbass.
re: #204 jaunte
To become a “true” American, you must first try the Soylent Green.
re: #205 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Ein volk, Ein Reich, Ein
DumbassDotard.
re: #204 jaunte
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Anyone seen Kyle?
What if we’re protesting the protesters who are protesting during the National Anthem, during the National Anthem? Hmm?
[Watches Kyle’s brain - what little there is - slowly melt and dribble out his ears.]
re: #207 Belafon
I accept your edit, well done.
Pissed off. The Who are playing Rock in Rio. Tickets sold out in 2hrs so missed out.
Less pissed off. I’ll sit on my terrace listening anyway. Main stage is just across the lake!
Some of what Bruce Maxwell will be seeing in his twitter mentions feed
twitter.com
If you’re on twitter, think about sending @bruu_truu13 your support
A’s Bruce Maxwell just took a knee during anthem. He is the first in #MLB to do it. @sfchronicle @SFGate #baseball #Oakland #athletics pic.twitter.com/xJMeAskC4z
— Santiago Mejia (@SantiagoMejia) September 24, 2017
@bruu_truu13 Well done sir.
And, to you too @outtadapakmark https://t.co/giBK4BOHAf— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) September 24, 2017
Freud would have a field day w/the psychodynamics of this weak, inept, tiny handed, senile man throwing weak punches at graceful gladiators.
— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) September 24, 2017
re: #190 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Trump is intending on using “Patriotism” (with a capital P) to drive his cult of personality.
Worship God, worship Country,worship Trump.
Fixed that for you
The only person Trump will #TakeAKnee for is Vladimir Putin.#TrumpRussia
— Captain Truth (@TruthTeamOne) September 24, 2017
Ha!!
Milo is beginning to look like Bea Arthur. pic.twitter.com/1FREDPAXdl
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) September 23, 2017
Bad Ass Nance.
#NewProfilePic That didn’t take long. Reverting back to War Chief photo. Idiocy abounds. pic.twitter.com/AQ4byeKNjH
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) September 24, 2017
For the number nerds.
NFL players:
You have the right to protest Trump tmrw. But aren’t there better ways than kneeling before the flag soldiers died to defend?— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
btw, Trump wants you to kneel—because it divides the nation, with him and the flag on the same side. Don’t give him the attention he wants. https://t.co/ic5Vc9oGyB
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
(Yes, I know.)
Conservative logic: You’re disrespecting the freedom to not stand for the flag that the flag stands for by not standing for the flag. pic.twitter.com/u6F4LzOzxA
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 24, 2017
How he’s threatening violence against NFL players who protest==>
Last night, @POTUS railed against @NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem. https://t.co/p3bZGq1xEe pic.twitter.com/nXbiK4zYSq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 24, 2017
Leland Melvin, ex-astronaut and NFL player, calls out Trump: have you no decency? https://t.co/znv2bZVaNA
— Muckmaker (@RealMuckmaker) September 23, 2017
To Donald Trump
I believe in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this country even though at the time they were drafted, their tenets of life, liberty justice for all and eventual freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press and petition amendment ratified in Dec 1791, only applied to a select group of people and not ones that looked like me.
Donald Trump, I listened to your Alabama rally rant and could not believe how easily you say what you say.
We have become numb to your outlandish acts, tweets and recent retweet of you knocking down Hillary Clinton with a golf ball that you hit.
Donald Trump, your boorish and disgusting actions are not funny. They actually promote violence against women especially when your followers act out what you say.
I used to walk the grounds of UVA in Charlottesville, VA as a graduate student only to watch in horror as those same grounds became a battlefield being trod by Nazi and anti-Semitic worshippers armed with assault style weapons ready to fight to make America White again. (their words). You actually said there were nice people on both sides. People armed and ready to kill other Americans for the purpose of eradicating Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Mexicans, Asians, Latinas and even the first real Americans, Native Americans to make America Great Again were “nice people”?
Comparing this to what you say in condemnation of an unarmed black man peacefully protesting by exercising his constitutional First Amendment rights by silently taking a knee is appalling, unnerving and reprehensible.
Today, you called Colin Kaepernick “a son-of-a-bitch.”
You said he should be fired.
You are calling his white mother a bitch.
The strong contrast in language for a black man and a Nazi is very telling. Do you have any sense of decency or shame in what you say to the American people that are part of your duty to serve respectfully with dignity, presidentially?
Our National Anthem has been edited to try not to offend, because when Francis Scott Key penned the song he watched freed slaves fighting for the British and wrote this stanza:
“And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”I guess if I were a slave back then I probably would have done anything to obtain freedom from my American oppressors who were whipping, killing, raping, dismembering, hanging or releasing the dogs on people like me all under our Constitution.
In 1814 former slaves fought with the British for their freedom from their American enslavers.
Key witnessed a battle from a ship off the Maryland shore at Fort McHenry, which inspired him to write what became our National Anthem.
I served my country not in the military, but as 1 of 362 American Astronauts that have explored the universe to help advance our civilization. Not just Americans, but all humans. I also was briefly in the NFL and stood for the National Anthem with my hand over my heart. What makes us great is our differences and respecting that we are all created equally even if not always treated that way.
Looking back at our planet from space really helps one get a bigger perspective on how petty and divisive we can be. Donald Trump, maybe you should ask your good friend Mr. Putin to give you a ride on a Soyuz rocket to our International Space Station and see what it’s like to work together with people we used to fight against, where your life depends on it. See the world and get a greater sense of what it means to be part of the human race, we call it the Orbital Perspective.
Donald Trump, please know that you are supposed to be a unifier and a compassionate and empathetic leader. If you can’t do the job then please step down and let someone else try. I pray that you do the right thing.
May God bless you.
Sincerely,
Leland Melvin
Former Astronaut and NFL Player
NFL players:
You have the right to protest Trump tmrw. But aren’t there better ways than kneeling before the flag soldiers died to defend?— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 23, 2017
The truest political correctness in the United States is the euphemistic way we talk about the military’s work. https://t.co/OALLvBivZH
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 23, 2017
re: #171 scottslemmons
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Heh
Huh I think Jack might have one of those racist bones that are never in anyone’s bodies
— Gwendifer (@boredliberal) September 23, 2017
re: #189 majii
“You are not supposed to protest.”
I witnessed the same thing during the Civil Rights Era. We were told not to protest and call attention to our grievances, and some time in the not specified future, our grievances would be addressed. I always view the “do not protest” persons as those who refuse to acknowledge that certain problems exist in our country and as wanting to maintain the status quo. I also notice that these are the same persons who say they love the Constitution while advocating against its contents.
I believe Dr. King had something to say about that. While sitting in jail for protesting.
re: #36 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The staff lost the game of keep-away.
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.@realDonaldTrump They’re standing up to a madman who equates protesting police brutality with disrespecting our country. You’re scum.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 24, 2017
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