Seth Meyers: What Roy Moore and Donald Trump Have in Common
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Seth takes a break from breaking news to check in on how a darling of the far-right, Judge Roy Moore, won a GOP senate primary in Alabama.
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JUST IN: Kushner registered to vote in New York as a female https://t.co/2exFIU4snS pic.twitter.com/wBEgaf7nEB
— The Hill (@thehill) September 27, 2017
Lock her up.https://t.co/MRMah4ibyt
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) September 27, 2017
Law Enforcement leaves a crazy bigot loose after he intentionally severely injures someone with his car, so that he’s free to kill.
After a killing driven by hate, family wonders ‘How many red flags does it take?’
Hey remember when hen Trump claimed to be pro LGBT? That was a good joke.
“I’m starting to think that hat is covering up a massive head wound.”
What kind of conservative nutbag politician has no opinion about DACA?
re: #5 jaunte
What kind of conservative nutbag politician has no opinion about DACA?
One undecided whether they need to be “saved” or if they’re demonic.
re: #1 Kragar
I’m not trans, but this just seems to be looking for a way to be offended:
Hey implying that a guy is trans as a joke is p transphobic please don’t do this
— ブーキ (@relative_void) September 28, 2017
I’ve known a thousand aw shucks redneck grifters like Moore. They’ve been played for laughs for a hundred years, but they are not really funny. They are dangerous and inhumanly cruel. They should have no place in the 21st century, it is time to take them seriously.
re: #7 Belafon
I’m not trans, but this just seems to be looking for a way to be offended:
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Yeah seems tame to me.
Any clue who Tim is talking about?
Tim Allen: “There’s nothing more dangerous … than a likeable conservative” https://t.co/kp0eUinOSp pic.twitter.com/Xy9MWkQ8PP
— The Hill (@thehill) September 28, 2017
re: #7 Belafon
I’m not trans, but this just seems to be looking for a way to be offended:
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It is, but I didn’t make the joke here, because I thought people would probably be offended.
re: #11 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It is, but I didn’t make the joke here, because I thought people would probably be offended.
Nah I think it’s a clever word play.
Hugh Hefner dead at 91 pic.twitter.com/WrSEZyBmIk
— Anthony De Rosa 🗽 (@Anthony) September 28, 2017
re: #10 Kragar
Any clue who Tim is talking about?
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It’s good that he recognizes that Conservatives are dangerous, and mostly unlikable, but he doesn’t seem to realize what that means
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 28, 2017
re: #10 Kragar
Any clue who Tim is talking about?
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His character. He’s claiming that his show was canceled because his character would have made conservatives look good and Hollywood can’t have that.
Congrats Florida: Rick Scott Taps 29 YO Travel Aide as New Director of Hurricanes (Goes to Wonkette)
Continuing to prove government doesn’t work, conservatives put people in to ensure that:
So it’s funny — funny weird, not funny Wonkette — that Rick Scott’s director of Emergency Management has chosen now to take an opportunity in the private sector. And that his replacement as director of Emergency Management is a 29-year-old former campaign travel aide, who has more than a year’s experience as the last director’s chief of staff. What else has young master Wes Maul got on the old CV?
According to Maul’s application with the state, while he was in law school he worked for three years at Barbri Inc. as a “student rep for a review course,” spent six months doing legal writing and electronic discovery in UF’s Office of General Counsel and worked for three months as a “summer associate” at Mezzanine Fund. He does not have any prior emergency management experience. Maul’s LinkedIn page also shows he worked for one year at Mattress Town of Gainesville before graduating from law school.
No International Arabian Horse Association? Is that even LEGAL?
Barbri is a law school, entangled in a $50M anti-trust lawsuit.
Mattress Town, while it may be a good business, hardly qualifies one for a state-level government post. Mezzanine Fund (for which he worked as an associate for three months), is a fund that specialises in mezzanine loans for capital.
re: #12 HappyWarrior
If there is, it’s not you Tim.
On October 2, 1978, Tim Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport for possession of over 650 grams (1.4 lb) of cocaine. He subsequently pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, and provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of three to seven years, instead of possible life imprisonment. He was paroled on June 12, 1981 after serving 2 years and 4 months in the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota.
Conservative hero in Hollywood!
re: #17 Belafon
His character. He’s claiming that his show was canceled because his character would have made conservatives look good and Hollywood can’t have that.
He whines so much for someone who has done well. But FNC won’t call him entitled because he’s a conservative.
re: #10 Kragar
Any clue who Tim is talking about?
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It sure isn’t Mr. Convicted Coke Dealer!
re: #20 HappyWarrior
He whines so much for someone who has done well. But FNC won’t call him entitled because he’s a conservative.
He got a second chance from the US government. He’s done pretty well for himself, but he obviously didn’t do it alone. Hollywood kind of helped.
re: #17 Belafon
His character. He’s claiming that his show was canceled because his character would have made conservatives look good and Hollywood can’t have that.
But he also says the character was like Archie Bunker, who had some positive qualities, but was more of an asshole than likable. The show poked fun at Conservatives.
re: #22 Belafon
He got a second chance from the US government. He’s done pretty well for himself, but he obviously didn’t do it alone. Hollywood kind of helped.
No kidding.
Reading through the article, he claims he’s just trying to be like Archie Bunker. But I think he misses that Archie was a mirror on conservatives.
re: #19 teleskiguy
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Conservative hero in Hollywood!
A coke dealer, and a rat. I’m surprised he’s still around to whine.
re: #14 Kragar
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People Magazine:
Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91
re: #2 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Law Enforcement leaves a crazy bigot loose after he intentionally severely injures someone with his car, so that he’s free to kill.
After a killing driven by hate, family wonders ‘How many red flags does it take?’
Yup. Amongst other reasons my wife and I abandoned Oklahoma.
So watching the local news tonight, there was a story about a school librarian in Cambridge returning a book donation from Melania.
They were asking about whether it was an insult to her, I don’t really care about that, but in her letter she also said:
“So, my school doesn’t have a NEED for these books,” she wrote. “And then there’s the matter of the books themselves. You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a cliché, a tired and worn ambassador for children’s literature.”
Dissing Dr. Seuss is just wrong…
This is actually pretty funny: Patricia Richardson, Tim Allen’s wife on Home Improvement, played a neighbor on Last Man Standing that ran her power tools all the time. I went to go look up what she has been doing and saw that.
re: #28 Anymouse 🌹
Yup. Amongst other reasons my wife and I abandoned Oklahoma.
Maybe, just maybe, we should put the criminally insane into institutions, instead of arming them so they can murder their neighbors.
re: #29 danarchy
So watching the local news tonight, there was a story about a school librarian in Cambridge returning a book donation from Melania.
They were asking about whether it was an insult to her, I don’t really care about that, but in her letter she also said:
Dissing Dr. Seuss is just wrong…
Doctor Seuss will be read for a long time.
They had articles?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 28, 2017
re: #31 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Maybe, just maybe, we should put the criminally insane into institutions, instead of arming them so they can murder their neighbors.
Reaganomics. Tax cuts.
Between Seth, Keith, Samantha and others, they really take it to Trump.
But sometimes it is sad too because Trump goes on…as crazy and dangerous as depicted. You want to laugh but there is nothing really, to laugh about.
Oklahoma woman finds baby in car seat filled with cash sitting by side of highway. “You see this in movies.” https://t.co/ug6UZ4qfeI pic.twitter.com/Y5NqSFWm9L
— ABC News (@ABC) September 28, 2017
re: #29 danarchy
So watching the local news tonight, there was a story about a school librarian in Cambridge returning a book donation from Melania.
They were asking about whether it was an insult to her, I don’t really care about that, but in her letter she also said:
Dissing Dr. Seuss is just wrong…
It gets worse. Full letter here.
Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.
I am honored that you recognized my students and our school. I can think of no better gift for children than books; it was a wonderful gesture, if one that could have been better thought out.
It was a wonderful gesture but it was steeped in evil hidden racism? Look, I’m somebody who has no trouble believing that many zombie movies are racist, but this is off the wall. This person is……confused.
re: #34 Anymouse 🌹
Reaganomics. Tax cuts.
The poor can become go, go Reaganauts, and they’ll all become wealthy from collecting the pee trickling down and selling it as fertilizer.
re: #15 HappyWarrior
Great champion for free speech.
Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione and Larry Flynt were constant pains in the asses of stodgy American thinking. They all played the laws and Constitution on the politicians and pretty much beat them up.
(I didn’t know if I should add Guccione, as he was different in my opinion. But he falls into the same area and time frame)
In re Hefner:
His daughter Christie is a pretty awesome person. She and I went to college together (well, she graduated 18 years before I did!), and she subsequently served on the board and did lots of good things for the place, as well as for a lot of very righteous causes. I’m very sorry for her loss tonight.
re: #38 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
It gets worse. Full letter here.
It was a wonderful gesture but it was steeped in evil hidden racism? Look, I’m somebody who has no trouble believing that many zombie movies are racist, but this is off the wall. This person is……confused.
The left is as batshit, and eager to attack anyone who isn’t pure, as the right. The difference being that the left attacks with reason and calls for compassion, and the right attacks with guns an calls for eliminationism.
re: #42 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The left is as batshit, and eager to attack anyone who isn’t pure, as the right. The difference being that the left attacks with reason and calls for compassion, and the right attacks with guns an calls for eliminationism.
Tribes.
re: #41 ipsos
In re Hefner:
His daughter Christie is a pretty awesome person. She and I went to college together (well, she graduated 18 years before I did!), and she subsequently served on the board and did lots of good things for the place, as well as for a lot of very righteous causes. I’m very sorry for her loss tonight.
I wanted to express the same, but can’t find her on Twitter. Her dad let a very full life, but that doesn’t reduce the feeling of terrible loss.
Southwest Airlines forcibly removes woman with dog allergy from flight.
They allowed the dogs to stay.
bbc.com (with video)
Christian nationalism can no longer be ignored. Roy Moore’s win proves it.
“We have to return the knowledge of God and the Constitution of the United States to the United States Congress.”
When former judge Roy Moore bounded onto stage Tuesday night to declare victory in the Alabama Republican primary, he was quick to offer his own explanation for his resounding nine-point win.
“There’s one you don’t see up here [on stage], and let me just tell you, He’s done more for my campaign than anybody — and that’s almighty God,” Moore said to a raucous crowd. He then quoted a passage from Isaiah 40 before declaring: “We have to return the knowledge of God and the Constitution of the United States to the United States Congress.”
re: #29 danarchy
So watching the local news tonight, there was a story about a school librarian in Cambridge returning a book donation from Melania.
They were asking about whether it was an insult to her, I don’t really care about that, but in her letter she also said:
Dissing Dr. Seuss is just wrong…
Back when the story about the books was first out, what struck me as odd was that she was donating books to high achieving schools rather than needy schools, and that the books she chose were way below the grade levels of the schools—i.e. the Dr. Seuss titles were recommended for pre-school kids.
Can’t find the article right now, but that is my recollection.
Yikes!
Hugh Hefner has died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, of natural causes: https://t.co/TwBEze9h4L pic.twitter.com/NHCyXpvvRV
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 28, 2017
Seriously though, Hef was extraordinary, a fierce advocate for free speech and joyful sexuality. His passing is a sad milestone. #RIPHef
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) September 28, 2017
This is admittedly a bit pedantic but it’s also one of my pet peeves, misusing language to put a dark meaning where it’s obviously not intended.
No, that’s what others, like you, choose to infer. Implied means it is intended by the speaker or writer and that seems unlikely here.
— Frankly My Dear 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) September 28, 2017
Please Conservatives, tell us more about how we need to respect the flag pic.twitter.com/Y9u7IBm7oL
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 28, 2017
re: #53 danarchy
Is it just my imagination or does Melania’s signature look an awful lot like Donnie’s on all those EO’s?
re: #46 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Christian nationalism can no longer be ignored. Roy Moore’s win proves it.
Too many of us are morons. Anyone who made it through a civics class would know that theocracy would be the end for America, but the rubes really want to dumb us down to their level.
My mother is proud to have a rejection letter from Playboy for a cartoon she submitted. The letter was signed by Hugh Hefner himself. (Playboy pays near the top of rates for cartoons and word-rates for articles.)
re: #52 Kragar
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Kneeling during the National Anthem: Not a violation of Title 36.
Wearing the flag as clothing: Violation of Title 36.
If wingnuts ever did pass some sort of law or amendment prohibiting using the ensign in ways contrary to the Flag Code, that would be the end of horrendous clothing like that, throwaway dinnerware emblazoned with flags, &c.
re: #58 Anymouse 🌹
And from that good compensation, good content followed.
re: #60 JordanRules
And from that good compensation, good content followed.
While Playboy is often the butt of jokes (I only subscribe for the articles, &c), the fact remains that the magazine has superb fiction, well-researched news or society articles, &c.
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
Barbri is a law school, entangled in a $50M anti-trust lawsuit.
Just to be clear, BARBRI is a prep course for a state bar exam, it is not a law school. When I took the Texas bar, way back in the 1980s, we had a week of classes from one company that only prepared you for the 6 hour multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam* (which was the first day of the three-day bar). BARBRI came right after that, a month of lectures through June, on all the topics that would be covered on the state bar (six hours of essays on subjects such as torts and contracts and three hours of essays on criminal and civil procedure). More than a few of my law school profs supplemented their income by lecturing for BARBRI.
And that is all I want to remember about that awful, horrible summer that almost turned me into an alcoholic. Oh, and I did pass the first time around.
The Economist print edition has one obituary page a week in the magazine. Since there are so many people on the planet and The Economist has worldwide reach, I imagine it is difficult for the editor to pick which person will be profiled.
I suspect my next print edition in the mail (yes, we still use things like “print” and “mail” around here) will be an obituary for Hugh Hefner.
re: #62 mmmirele
Just to be clear, BARBRI is a prep course for a state bar exam, it is not a law school. When I took the Texas bar, way back in the 1980s, we had a week of classes from one company that only prepared you for the 6 hour multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam* (which was the first day of the three-day bar). BARBRI came right after that, a month of lectures through June, on all the topics that would be covered on the state bar (six hours of essays on subjects such as torts and contracts and three hours of essays on criminal and civil procedure). More than a few of my law school profs supplemented their income by lecturing for BARBRI.
And that is all I want to remember about that awful, horrible summer that almost turned me into an alcoholic. Oh, and I did pass the first time around.
Barbri and 11 Law Schools Get Hit with a $50 Million Antitrust Lawsuit
I stand corrected, it is a preparatory course.
BARBRI, the bar exam prep course behemoth, is no stranger to antitrust litigation. It settled one case in 2013 for $9.5 million and another case in 2007 for $49 million.
And now BARBRI has a new antitrust case on its hands, as reported by the WSJ Law Blog:
The nation’s largest bar exam-prep company is facing allegations that it elbowed a smaller rival out of the market, capitalizing on special relationships with law schools that it had nurtured with donations and gifts.
(more at Above the Law)
I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a fan of the pictures in Playboy. However, there is this:
In the summer of 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner disappeared in Mississippi. And they couldn’t be found. The assumption (true) was that they were dead. Comedian Dick Gregory got an idea:
I told Farmer, “Jim I’ve got the wildest idea.” He said, ” What?” I said, “You know, the only way we’re gonna get it out is with large sums of money. If you’ll put up $100,000, we’ll break this case in one week.”
The comedian wasn’t able to get the full $100,000 but he was able to get $25,000 thanks to a phone call to Hugh Hefner. “Hefner understood what those rednecks didn’t: that things had changed,” he told British GQ in 2011. That you could no longer argue that you’d ‘killed three Jews’. Or ‘killed three blacks’. What you’d done was, you’d killed three fellow human beings.”
And yes, this helped to break the case wide open. After 44 days, the bodies of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were found. If you read the article, you’ll find that the FBI was worse than no help at all, and there were lots of rumors going around that the three had run off to Cuba or worse. Finding the bodies allowed the reality of what happened to sink in.
So thank you and Rest In Power, Hugh Hefner.
RIP to Hugh Hefner who I recently learned gave Dick Gregory the money to find the slain Civil Rights workers in 1964 https://t.co/uHmezW1JY6
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) September 28, 2017
Give this a read https://t.co/1JoCtDrhhb
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 28, 2017
Box Of Old Playboys Found, Good Ones Too https://t.co/5aZGXf5K4u pic.twitter.com/8e9c2Q8r8v
— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 28, 2017
re: #65 mmmirele
I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a fan of the pictures in Playboy. However, there is this:
In the summer of 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner disappeared in Mississippi. And they couldn’t be found. The assumption (true) was that they were dead. Comedian Dick Gregory got an idea:
And yes, this helped to break the case wide open. After 44 days, the bodies of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were found. If you read the article, you’ll find that the FBI was worse than no help at all, and there were lots of rumors going around that the three had run off to Cuba or worse. Finding the bodies allowed the reality of what happened to sink in.
So thank you and Rest In Power, Hugh Hefner.
J. Edgar Hoover was in charge then, and he believed anything contrary to the status quo was a Communist plot. After watching the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary, I figured it was Hoover telling Johnson and Nixon that all those anti-war protests were funded by the Commies.
Now, we have Russians actually screwing around with our elections, and no one in Washington seems especially incensed. How times have changed.
“With an opening like that, I think your mentor is Alex Jones!” says one commenter. I tend to agree. Sad that it has come to this: It hasn’t been all that many years since Todd was chair of the Lubbock County Democratic Party.
.@LindseyVonn revives request to race in men’s World Cup downhill https://t.co/Sf6hFHq7xt
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) September 28, 2017
I think FIS should at least *try* this once. I bet Lindsey would place in the top third in a Downhill ski race.
re: #65 mmmirele
I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a fan of the pictures in Playboy. However, there is this:
In the summer of 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner disappeared in Mississippi. And they couldn’t be found. The assumption (true) was that they were dead. Comedian Dick Gregory got an idea:
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I’ve occasionally read articles from Playboy … though I did not know Mr. Hefner was instrumental (with his donation) in cracking that case. Mr. Hefner really did care about civil rights his whole life.
As for the photography, he has also used that to occasionally make social or political statements. In a recent issue of Playboy he did a photospread of “The Women of YouTube,” which included atheist vlogger Jaclyn Glenn (she insisted on lingerie only).
Wingnut Christian blogs went ballistic when Jaclyn Glenn was featured in the magazine, and many folk on those blogs made up all sorts of slanderous crap about her.
Playboy also did a spread entitled “The Women of Mensa.” (In that spread, they did not include the porn star who is a member of Mensa; the women included were non-celebrity members.)
re: #53 danarchy
Is it just my imagination or does Melania’s signature look an awful lot like Donnie’s on all those EO’s?
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She was groomed.
That’s why it’s hard to respect her.
But I applaud her struggle & was especially proud when she was in & continued the WH veggie garden.
re: #68 wheat-dogg
J. Edgar Hoover was in charge then, and he believed anything contrary to the status quo was a Communist plot. After watching the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary, I figured it was Hoover telling Johnson and Nixon that all those anti-war protests were funded by the Commies.
Now, we have Russians actually screwing around with our elections, and no
oneconservatives in Washington seems especially incensed. How times have changed.
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re: #70 teleskiguy
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I think FIS should at least *try* this once. I bet Lindsey would place in the top third in a Downhill ski race.
Don’t men and women generally ski the same runs at competitions just at different times? Wouldn’t it be easy enough to check her past times on similar runs against the guys and get a sense of how she would do?
re: #69 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
The single most unpatriotic act any American can do is support Donald J. Trump.
re: #72 Stanley Sea
She was groomed.
That’s why it’s hard to respect her.
But I applaud her struggle & was especially proud when she was in & continued the WH veggie garden.
I’d be interested to see her signature before Trump to see if and how much it as changed.
re: #73 Anymouse 🌹
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Maybe you’re right, but the Democratic response has been too measured to suit me. I appreciate the dogged efforts of Dems on the various committees to get the bottom of this mess, but what I really want is someone getting fiery mad and calling out Trump and his minions for the traitors they are. Olbermann is pretty fiery, but his reach is sadly still too small.
OTOH there could be a lot of stuff going on behind closed doors that may yield the same results. Mueller’s probe, f’r’instance. I bet the IRS gave him a lot of juicy documents.
re: #74 danarchy
Don’t men and women generally ski the same runs at competitions just at different times?
Not exactly. Yes, they run races on the same slopes, but every course is different, and men’s and women’s starting gates are never the same (women’s starting gates are usually a little ways downhill from the men’s).
Wouldn’t it be easy enough to check her past times on similar runs against the guys and get a sense of how she would do?
Since in practice men and women never ski the same courses this is impossible.
re: #76 danarchy
I’d be interested to see her signature before Trump to see if and how much it as changed.
I am pretty sure it was Trump who signed it for her. It’s his seismographic script.
re: #68 wheat-dogg
The anti -Vietnam war protesters were funded by George Soros’ uncle.
re: #79 wheat-dogg
I am pretty sure it was Trump who signed it for her. It’s his seismographic script.
Don’t think so. Here she is signing a wall
re: #76 danarchy
I’d be interested to see her signature before Trump to see if and how much it as changed.
A graphologist noted back in May the signatures were amazingly similar. She also noted it is extremely rare for couples to adopt each other’s handwriting styles.
(article includes photo of a note sent to Pamela Anderson)
She gives the opinion that perhaps the Trump Organisation brought someone in to teach her Donald Trump’s handwriting style.
But she gets this entirely wrong if that’s the case:
“The first [letter], where it goes up into a point, that’s pretty sharp and direct and gets right to it. The downstrokes — those two lines in her last name — those are very sharp,” Kurtz said. She added that sharp, straight lines indicate that a person is “a sharp thinker, a fast thinker, and picks up information quickly.”
Kurtz’s take on POTUS has long been that he’s “very analytical and sharp. He’s blunt — the obvious is all there.”
It’s obvious Donald Trump is everything the opposite of that description.
Melania Trump is sharp: She is versed in several languages, &c.
As for pointy writing indicating you are analytical and sharp, I like to think I am those things, as a graduate of the Dunning-Kruger School of Penmanship. That said, my penmanship is nearly bookhand-perfect Palmer Method. None of that seismograph output that is her signature.
re: #79 wheat-dogg
I am pretty sure it was Trump who signed it for her. It’s his seismographic script.
No, it’s her sig
Price you pay = submit & conform
BREAKING: Vanuatu orders the complete evacuation of an island where a rumbling, belching volcano is threatening to blow.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 28, 2017
Infrared footage shows Vanuatu’s Manaro volcano - @nzdf
27 SEP 2017. Imagery taken during a New Zealand Defence Force aerial survey on September 27 showed huge columns of smoke, ash and volcanic rocks billowing from the crater of Manaro Voui volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae Island. pic.twitter.com/rArIu3mtOS— Jeannie Curtis (@VolcanoJeannie) September 27, 2017
re: #83 Stanley Sea
No, it’s her sig
Price you pay = submit & conform
I concede the argument, after seeing the photographic evidence.
Now I wonder what his kid’s sigs look like.
re: #85 wheat-dogg
I concede the argument, after seeing the photographic evidence.
Now I wonder what his kid’s sigs look like.
School v. Parents ??
re: #84 FormerDirtDart
Two volcanoes in Indonesia and now one in Vanatu, all on the Pacific Ring of Fire, in the same week.
Is it Teh Geyhs, the atheists, the liberals?
(Or is it just nature doing its thing. Expect the more bat-crazy Christian Websites blaming all sorts of things trying to claim God’s wrath.)
I can’t remember where I read it, but last week someone put up a tongue-in-cheek article about all the Christian pulpit-pimps blaming Irma and Maria on Teh Geyhs. He noted during Katrina, the only section of New Orleans that wasn’t significantly damaged was the French Quarter.
He suggested perhaps the issue is we need to spread Teh Geyhs around to dangerous places in the world, as they seem to suppress the effects of natural disasters.
re: #88 Anymouse 🌹
Plus the earthquakes in Mexico.
Republicans continuing to embarrass the USA around the world:
bbc.com
The article is a list of the things Roy Moore said publicly that are, well, crazy, to use a technical term from psychology.
re: #85 wheat-dogg
I concede the argument, after seeing the photographic evidence.
Now I wonder what his kid’s sigs look like.
I searched for some images of Ivanka’s autographed books. Her signature looks kinda like boobs.
re: #92 danarchy
Is that a pair of bewbs, a pile of Hershey’s kisses? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!
AirBNB guest accused of sexually assaulting a host’s seven year old daughter.
re: #92 danarchy
I searched for some images of Ivanka’s autographed books. Her signature looks kinda like boobs.
re: #91 Anymouse 🌹
Republicans continuing to embarrass the USA around the world:
bbc.comThe article is a list of the things Roy Moore said publicly that are, well, crazy, to use a technical term from psychology.
Moore and other batshit theocrats need to be exposed whenever and however possible. It’s still a little embarrassing though when foreign media take an interest, as though Moore is the crazy uncle who had fled the attic and appeared naked at a PTA meeting.
Remember a couple days ago when it was confirmed the election was hacked in 21 states? A fraction of the coverage of NFL. Well done, donnie!
— Rachel Dratch (@TheRealDratch) September 26, 2017
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹
I use airbnb so much. Best experiences ever.
You can find bad things with any google search
what is your purpose?
Hurricane Maria is east of Virginia Beach now, accelerating to the NE. It is a Category I.
Hurricane Jose is way out in the Atlantic, and has increased to a Category II.
The National Hurricane Center puts Maria as an post-tropical storm of tropical storm strength near the Irish coast in a few days.
re: #98 Stanley Sea
I use airbnb so much. Best experiences ever.
You can find bad things with any google search
what is your purpose?
Just noting the article. Not a big fan of child sex abusers.
Also, tech dudebro companies such as Twitter, Facebook, AirBNB, Uber, &c seem to have a problem with sexual assaults and sexual harassment. They seem to strongly oppose things such as security checks.
I’m also not a big fan of the “gig economy,” which undermines actual regulated businesses.
re: #100 Anymouse 🌹
Just noting the article. Not a big fan of child sex abusers.
Also, tech dudebro companies such as Twitter, Facebook, AirBNB, Uber, &c seem to have a problem with sexual assaults and sexual harassment. They seem to strongly oppose things such as security checks.
I’m also not a big fan of the “gig economy,” which undermines actual regulated businesses.
Oh please.
Imagine that you are a luddite, finding anything, everything you can to fight against smart tech.
re: #100 Anymouse 🌹
Just noting the article. Not a big fan of child sex abusers.
Also, tech dudebro companies such as Twitter, Facebook, AirBNB, Uber, &c seem to have a problem with sexual assaults and sexual harassment. They seem to strongly oppose things such as security checks.
Do they though? Are there more sexual assaults in Ubers than taxis? Are there more sexual assaults in AirBNBs than hotels?
I was only 10 but I remember this and even I was not amused. Shark was jumped.
📺’You’ve been guessing long enough!’ — September 26, 1986 pic.twitter.com/6nJFUiSwHD
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) September 27, 2017
re: #101 Stanley Sea
Oh please.
Imagine that you are a luddite, finding anything, everything you can to fight against smart tech.
Nope, not a Luddite.
I would note that even if Uber or AirBNB were good things, they would not be available here anyway (no cell service, so no apps for your phone to line up those services).
Perhaps you haven’t read of the FOX News-like culture at Uber that forced out its CEO, insisting that all its workers are contractors so they don’t have to be regulated, massive resistance from companies to actually provide security for their services.
An article from Voice of America on a family in the Sandhills of Nebraska (hey, that’s here!) on tech companies and conservative politicians leaving us behind the tech revolution. The family notes that when the government was involved in the REA, their family got electricity.
Kathy Starr recalls how, decades ago, her mother-in-law bought a dishwasher, even though her house had no access to electricity. Rural electrification was finally coming, even though for years nay-sayers had said it was economically infeasible.
Seventy years later, Starr awaits another technological marvel to transform rural life - high speed internet.
At present, she has a wireless connection, slow and unreliable. What electricity did for her mother-in-law’s generation, Starr says, broadband internet would “do the same thing for us.”
(more at VOA)
I strongly advocate for technical innovation. I’d really like to see some here. I do not advocate for a “race to the bottom” for employees to barely make it doing things like Uber, rape issues aside.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹
What EVIDENCE do you have that Melania is ” versed in several languages” ?
Which languages, has anyone ever heard her speak these languages, she doesn’t even speak English fluently, are we to take Trump toadies at their word?
re: #105 gocart mozart
What EVIDENCE do you have that Melania is ” versed in several languages” ?
Which languages, has anyone ever heard her speak these languages, she doesn’t even speak English fluently, are we to take Trump toadies at their word?
I have heard her speak French, Italian and English. I am guessing she can speak her native tongue and I have no reason to believe they are lying about the german.
re: #102 danarchy
Do they though? Are there more sexual assaults in Ubers than taxis? Are there more sexual assaults in AirBNBs than hotels?
There is no way to compare data, because no one is doing those studies. The only “study” if you can call it that are news reports from around the world. (That, and Uber’s CEO being ousted for fostering his FOX News-like culture at his company.)
The Atlantic attempted to tackle the problem.
What we do know about Uber for example, is they absolutely fight submitting drivers to background checks. When Austin voters passed a referendum to regulate Lyft, the company said, “no thanks” and pulled out of the city.
The Atlantic notes information is largely anecdotal (again, only from news reporting). However:
There have been several reports about loopholes that have led to Uber approving drivers with criminal histories including felony convictions. And the Fair Credit Reporting Act limits the amount of information HireEase is able to uncover. (“The [act] does not limit the time for reporting convictions,” the company explained on its website, “However, adverse matters that did not result in a conviction are only reportable for seven years under the FCRA.”)
So while taxi companies check a prospective driver’s fingerprint records against a database that theoretically (more on that in a minute) includes a person’s complete criminal history in the United States, Uber background checks use a database that can only go back seven years for some information. Late last year, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon called Uber’s background checks “completely worthless,” according to the Los Angeles Times. And several Uber and UberX drivers in the Washington, D.C., area said Uber’s background checks were hardly rigorous.
re: #105 gocart mozart
What EVIDENCE do you have that Melania is ” versed in several languages” ?
Which languages, has anyone ever heard her speak these languages, she doesn’t even speak English fluently, are we to take Trump toadies at their word?
I don’t know, she seemed relatively fluent in english when she read Michelle Obama’s words and the Republican National Convention.
Honestly, unless all of her addresses have been spelled out phonetically for her to read, she seems significantly more adept at the use of english than Donald.
Lubbock conservatives have discovered openly communist Army officer Spenser Rapone, with most of the guano brigade demanding that he be shot.
Far be it from me to coddle commies, but I would remind the RWNJ faithful that it is not illegal to be a communist, never has been, while it has definitely always been illegal to wage war against the United States, as right-wing heroes and icons Jeff Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson proudly admitted to doing.
re: #107 Anymouse 🌹
For a dude with no tv or cell coverage, it pains me to see you pontificate about any of it.
#RIP #HughHefner pic.twitter.com/hq9Qc3zUBF
— Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) September 28, 2017
re: #106 danarchy
I have heard her speak French, Italian and English. I am guessing she can speak her native tongue and I have no reason to believe they are lying about the german.
Much of it is anecdotal off course. A person at Quora attempted to answer the question of her language ability.
Which brings us to Melania Trump. It’s claimed that she speaks Slovenian (what Robert Heinlein would call her “milk tongue”) Serbo-Croatian, Italian, German, and English (also French according to some sources). Slovenia’s neighbours are Italy to the west, Austria (German speaking) to the north, Croatia (Serbo-Croatian) to the south, and Hungary to the east. There are Italian and Hungarian “protected minorities” within Slovenia and, according to Wikipedia, a significant significant group of Croats, Serbs, Montenegrans, and Bosniaks - about 5.5% of the population - who speak Serbian or Serbo-Croatian. The relative similarity between Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian apparently makes it easy for Slovenian speakers to learn.
Again according to Wikipedia, English is usually the first foreign language that is taught in Slovenian schools being taught from pre-school on. German is the second foreign language taught, along with Serbo-Croatian. I would suggest that a woman who qualified for the University of Ljubljana would have at least some capability in those three languages. Italian might be more of a problem but you could at least pick up a bit of the language during work or vacations.
However, it has to be noted that there is no actual proof that she speaks any language other than Slovenian and English with any actual degree of fluency. There are no recordings of Melania Trump speaking any of the languages she claims to be fluent in except English. It is very possible that she studied it but does she or has she used it regularly. And what does she consider “fluent”. I know that I did four years of high school French and graduated each year but I don’t speak French and comprehend what is being said only a little better. Until such time as proof - one way or the other - appears about Melania Trump’s linguistic capabilities, we essentially have to take her word on it.
On the last (we have to take her word on it), I suppose that is no different than my claim I speak Portuguese and Andalusian Spanish (you have to take my word on it).
I have no particular reason to doubt her (Europeans tend to be versed in more than one language, unlike Americans).
re: #110 Stanley Sea
For a dude with no tv or cell coverage, it pains me to see you pontificate about any of it.
I can read newspapers, and I do have Internet service.
And yes, I can absolutely pontificate about not having anything resembling modern tech in this area.
My house was wired for electricity under the REA. It was backfitted with indoor plumbing in the late Fifties.
I couldn’t be a Christian: I can’t afford to tithe to a church. I already have to do more than that to CenturyLink. (There is a reason I am the only person in town with Internet service.)
And I do own a cell phone (albeit a flip phone). I only use it when I am in a city like Cheyenne or Denver.
re: #108 FormerDirtDart
She may or may not speak many languages fluently. Maybe you’re right and I am mistaken.
She is demonstrably not “sharp” by any stretch unless she is putting on a dumb act in which case, kudos to her.
re: #113 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Well, they could tell you that being a Communist isn’t a crime or a violation of the UCMJ, so get over it, asshole pic.twitter.com/3f4rknd9Cb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 28, 2017
I wonder if there are any U.S. soldiers who are politically affiliated with Freak Power.
re: #112 Anymouse 🌹
You have no reason to doubt her, well aside from her being part of a family of pathological liars
re: #113 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Spenser Rapone with secret commie hat and clenched fist at West Point graduation in 2016, and getting Ranger patch in 2011.
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Wasn’t aware he had been in the Regiment while enlisted. Saw some comments elsewhere that he was currently in Ranger School, and assigned to 10th Mountain Division. You know, along with all the demands that he be tried for treason and what not.
re: #117 Kragar
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promoting a political message while in uniform violates the UCMJ doesn’t it?
LOL
I would ordinarily be watching Thursday Night Football, but for some reason I’m not
— Charlie Daniels (@CharlieDaniels) September 28, 2017
Sweetie, it’s Wednesday. Even for racist morons like you, this isn’t a difficult concept. https://t.co/LichngkfeL
— Charles Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) September 28, 2017
re: #121 danarchy
promoting a political message while in uniform violates the UCMJ doesn’t it?
Yes.
Also, wearing a printed t-shirt in uniform is an out-of-uniform violation. (T-shirts must be plain.)
re: #119 gocart mozart
You have no reason to doubt her, well aside from her being part of a family of pathological liars
There is that.
I’m going to need to leave for the evening. I have an appointment with the VA tomorrow in Cheyenne … get to see Torquemada for my hand physical therapy and get poked and prodded for the osteoporosis study being done by the Salt Lake City VA.
re: #117 Kragar
Technically he could be charged under Art 133 of the UCMJ. Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and a Gentleman. Which authorizes a maximum punishment of:
Dismissal, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for a period not in excess of that authorized for the most analogous (similar) offense for which a punishment is prescribed in this Manual, or, if none is prescribed, for 1 year.
re: #125 FormerDirtDart
Technically he could be charged under Art 133 of the UCMJ. Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and a Gentleman. Which authorizes a maximum punishment of:
Part of me wonders if he is trying to get discharged before Trump starts a war.
re: #122 Anymouse 🌹
Wow. That guy. I just can’t. But I did.
That’s funny. It’s politically incorrect to kneel during the SPB. Yet you have a problem with it. Oh. I know. It’s those blacks. That’s it.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) September 28, 2017
Seeing Hef discussed with a lot of nuance on the intertubes which is good. Some good stuff and some not so good stuff. He lived quite a life and I hope his family is at peace with his home going.
I didn’t get skeeved by him until the later years and that damn reality show. It was weird and a little gross to me. Grown ass doppelganger women who were just soooo young (and younger looking) had all these house rules and curfews. They were certainly there of their own free will but it was like a bizarre boarding home for blondes. They weren’t trying to create awareness of less mainstream relationship types it was just a stale mens’ fantasy reel mixed with reality show dynamics.
re: #125 FormerDirtDart
Technically.
I can remember dozens of other similar incidents over the years which amounted to nothing more than a slap on the wrist, if even that.
re: #126 danarchy
Part of me wonders if he is trying to get discharged before Trump starts a war.
That wouldn’t be incredibly bright. Seeing as if he is dismissed from the service, he would likely be subject to reimbursing the United States for his USMA education.
re: #127 GlutenFreeJesus
Wow. That guy. I just can’t. But I did.
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The critics of “PC culture” sure seem to be a huge bunch of “snowflakes,” don’t they?
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Hugh Hefner is gone and so is the job of the person who did this pic.twitter.com/mH4YVuobSr
— lauren ashley smith (@msLAS) September 28, 2017
“Desalinisation plant?”
“Yes. The Grotto uses so much water. The bunnies felt we should go this way.”
“Smart bunnies, Hef.” pic.twitter.com/RuXdR4Tzuy— SimpsonsQOTD (@SimpsonsQOTD) September 28, 2017
Here’s my question. Why would anyone want anything to do with a country they believe oppresses them? Transportation and other nations exist.
— Andrew Duval 🇨🇦 (@NorthernDragon) September 27, 2017
This is my country, Andrew! The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors built America. I am committed to seeing her potential realized! https://t.co/6wto7eifb8
— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) September 27, 2017
re: #134 JordanRules
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Perhaps Andrew can explain how millions fleeing Germany during the 30s did the world any good.
re: #135 Targetpractice
Whew! It is entirely too late at night for that much realness on Twitter Target!
As usual with the mob rule: the mob.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) September 28, 2017
re: #137 Nyet
Case in point:
Terfs are not feminists, because trans women are women. Punching violent thugs, however, is feminist. Punch more terfs.
— Lorax 🌳 (@bbhorne) September 24, 2017
No, advocating violence against women is not feminist. Nice try tho https://t.co/N6vp8RYuZC
— Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) September 26, 2017
RT if filthy Hugh Hefner had more years than your father and that’s how you know there is no God.
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) September 28, 2017
Oh, he’d be on the bottom of that list. The shitshow of elderly men who’ve out lived my papa is too long these days. https://t.co/d1pgoTCnwv
— Kelly Carlin (@kelly_carlin) September 28, 2017
re: #136 JordanRules
Whew! It is entirely too late at night for that much realness on Twitter Target!
Andrew’s “argument” couldn’t be more stereotypical if he tried. It blends two of the more thoughtless talking points: “Rich people are hypocrites to complain about social ills” and “Emigration is so easy that refusal to leave proves things aren’t that bad.” Compound it by being a Canadian who thinks the answer to societal problems is just holding another election and you get a moron who could write for the New York Times editorial board.
re: #108 FormerDirtDart
Honestly, unless all of her addresses have been spelled out phonetically for her to read, she seems significantly more adept at the use of english than Donald.
Most 5 year olds are considerably more adept at the use of english than Donald.
re: #139 teleskiguy
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We can look forward to at least 24-48 hours of moral guardians sounding off about the “evils” of Hugh Hefner.
Hugh Hefner’ nasty ass dying is making my night and anyone who thinks playboy is liberatory feminism need to block or deal with these hands
— Rawan🌹روان (@rawanabanana) September 28, 2017
Hugh Hefner was not an American hero. He didn’t empower women or advance feminism. He set a shitty example for shitty men. #GrandpaFuckboy
— Ricky McBurney (@imyourvolunteer) September 28, 2017
I really have no opinion on Hef either way, I grew up in an era when far raunchier porn was available for free on the Internet. Hell, Porn Hub these days is a greater detriment to the morals of society than Hugh Hefner. Both sides will make their arguments for and against him, damning him as the “evil” to befall the “moral fabric” of America or laud him as an icon of the sexual revolution.
Me? By the time I came around, he was the punch line of jokes old enough to drink.
re: #88 Anymouse 🌹
There have been epochs of strong seismic and volcanic activity in Earth’s past. It’s really nothing new…..we’re just around to witness in real-time now.
Those of the feminist activists who are sex-negative (there are quite a few) will join in with the right in pouring dirt on the dead man. Funny how these things converge.
40 years from now, white folks gonna stand on Colin Kaepernick Blvd and lie about always supporting him and his message of unity.
— LaLentil Ball (@__broke) September 27, 2017
The New NFL can go suck a cock.
— Trey (@Trey012277) September 28, 2017
Wow, Scott Ian of Anthrax is posting as a numbered account from Cleveland OH!
What are the odds? https://t.co/GlPaBfYl8o— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 28, 2017
And for anyone needing high octane nightmare fuel…
#OnWhoresIsland all your dreams can come true… pic.twitter.com/tW49yOCC2H
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 28, 2017
There’s no such thing as ‘TERF” because no transperson, even myself, can ever be a real woman and I should lobby for better drugs…
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 28, 2017
One of my favourite Shel Silverstein poems for #NationalPoetryDay pic.twitter.com/oneuXN2IHy
— Joel (@boywonderjoel) September 28, 2017
re: #150 Kragar
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The “New NFL” is so terrible that the wingnut fans are threatening a boycott unless they can go back to what they paid to watch: A bunch of burly black men engage in a ritualized blood sport that dooms those involved to a lifetime of neurological issues and declining mental health from repeated traumatic brain injuries.
I’m sure Roger Goodell is so worried about a boycott, considering the boycott that was launched last year at Trump’s insistence did so much to…drive up the league’s profitability to where it did almost $1 billion more in revenue that the prior year.
re: #157 Targetpractice
I’m sure Roger Goodell is so worried about a boycott, considering the boycott that was launched last year at Trump’s insistence did so much to…drive up the league’s profitability to where it did almost $1 billion more in revenue that the prior year.
This is all a business decision on the part of the NFL and its member teams. I refuse to look on it as anything else. They can pass a rule about standing at attention during the SSB if they think that is in their overall interest.
re: #158 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This is all a business decision on the part of the NFL and its member teams. I refuse to look on it as anything else. They can pass a rule about standing at attention during the SSB if they think that is in their overall interest.
Right, if they believed that there was a real chance that a boycott over these protests would hurt the league, they would take action to do something about them. Contrary to the wingnuts, we shouldn’t assume that lack of action is an implicit endorsement of the protests. Goodell could decide tomorrow to walk out to the podium and declare every player and owner who has participated in the protests will be penalized. Though at this juncture that would likely be career suicide.
re: #159 Targetpractice
Right, if they believed that there was a real chance that a boycott over these protests would hurt the league, they would take action to do something about them. Contrary to the wingnuts, we shouldn’t assume that lack of action is an implicit endorsement of the protests. Goodell could decide tomorrow to walk out to the podium and declare every player and owner who has participated in the protests will be penalized. Though at this juncture that would likely be career suicide.
and remember that this was all a moot point until 2009, when players started coming out for the national anthem because the US military started offering money to professional sports teams to promote more patriotic spectacles. The leagues took the millions and did not think about possible consequences down the line…
re: #157 Targetpractice
The last year the NFL made their salaries public a couple of years ago, Roger Goodell earned $46 million, more than twice the earnings of the CEO of Walmart.
re: #153 teleskiguy
#NationalPoetryDay Shel Silverstein. pic.twitter.com/83P9v4nW1p
— Faaaaaaaaah Q (@FaaaaaaaaaaaH_Q) September 28, 2017
Man Gets Same ‘Neutered’ Tattoo As His Dog, Has No Regrets
In a Facebook post, the Texas native announced that he was upset that a previous owner had decided to tattoo Bear before the rescue dog was adopted by him in 2010. “It sickens me to know that people actually tattoo their pets. So tonight I got his tattoo,” Bear’s owner wrote. According to reports however, the symbol likely came from a doctor because it’s meant to let other vets know an animal’s been neutered to prevent unneeded surgery. Tattoos like that are also required by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.
Opinion | The Trump administration is working hard for you https://t.co/HCJac0tqtv pic.twitter.com/ToDmD7hZTN
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) September 28, 2017
True
Very True
The only difference between a @realDonaldTrump tweet of #140Characters and one of #280characters: pic.twitter.com/FJPFSuwWAp
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 27, 2017
re: #59 Anymouse 🌹
Kneeling during the National Anthem: Not a violation of Title 36.
Wearing the flag as clothing: Violation of Title 36.If wingnuts ever did pass some sort of law or amendment prohibiting using the ensign in ways contrary to the Flag Code, that would be the end of horrendous clothing like that, throwaway dinnerware emblazoned with flags, &c.
the july 4th party store lobby would totally rally against it
“Great Reviews!”
He really believes this is a fucking reality show
Democrats don’t want massive tax cuts - how does that win elections? Great reviews for Tax Cut and Reform Bill.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2017
re: #168 The Vicious Babushka
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He really does. I really think he’s senile or that insane. Either way, he doesn’t belong in the WH.
re: #47 JordanRules
True. I’d heard about his racism before and was quite shocked but it can’t be denied.
re: #65 mmmirele
Thanks for that very important story. Never knew. It’s great how we can learn so much from blogs like these.
re: #102 danarchy
Do they though? Are there more sexual assaults in Ubers than taxis? Are there more sexual assaults in AirBNBs than hotels?
Transport for London certainly thinks so in regard to Uber.
re: #65 mmmirele
I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a fan of the pictures in Playboy. However, there is this:
In the summer of 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner disappeared in Mississippi. And they couldn’t be found. The assumption (true) was that they were dead. Comedian Dick Gregory got an idea:
And yes, this helped to break the case wide open. After 44 days, the bodies of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were found. If you read the article, you’ll find that the FBI was worse than no help at all, and there were lots of rumors going around that the three had run off to Cuba or worse. Finding the bodies allowed the reality of what happened to sink in.
So thank you and Rest In Power, Hugh Hefner.
Why did Heff and Gregory politicize these Civil Rights killings?
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Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump’s busy tweeting this morning about tax cuts and lying his ass off (as usual). The GOP is likewise lying about their tax plan.
But first, a recap on Maria aid/recovery:
Have orders been cut for the #USNSComfort @realDonaldTrump and why not? Puerto Rico’s hospitals are in dire trouble & public health at risk.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
The answer so far remains no. They haven’t given the USNS Comfort orders to go help in Puerto Rico.
Trump did finally waive the Jones Act this morning, more than a week after he should have - it was clear a week ago that massive aid was needed, and shipping would be critical to getting aid and equipment in.
PR is still in dire shape. Lack of water, food, power, and even money is an issue. Trump’s still too busy pandering to millionaires like himself though, and the GOP is more than happy to oblige Trump with a massive tax cut that shifts the burdens from the rich to everyone else.
We can definitively say that millionaires like Trump make out like bandits. We know their top tax rate gets slashed. We know that pass throughs would get a big tax cut (think Kansas), and the estate tax would get repealed (only affects 0.1% of Americans, but adds up to billions of dollars a year that could go to … disaster relief).
Instead, the GOP will claim that their tax scheme will grow the economy by a higher rate than the CBO or others estimate and that will not grow the debt. The reality is that the trickle down BS will do nothing to grow the economy but it will massively add to the debt, and the GOP response to this will be to slash and burn the safety net in response.
They’ve been trying to do that via Obamacare repeal to destroy Medicaid. They’re going to try the same thing with the outcome of their tax scheme.
And I refer to it as a scheme because there’s no bill. There’s nothing that can be scored. There aren’t even basic details like whether the GOP considers this revenue neutral or what the bracket thresholds would be.
I can set the brackets of 12%, 25%, and 35% any way I want. I could make 12% apply to the first dollar of income or to $12,000 or above. Likewise, I could set 35% to hit people at $450,000 or $4.5 million. Guess who benefits in each of those cases.
If Trump sets that middle rate anywhere near what he was proposing during the campaign, many Americans will see no benefit on the tax rate alone. They might get royally screwed depending on what deductions and credits will continue. But we know that the rich will see significant cuts. That’s the only we can know for sure.
re: #23 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
But he also says the character was like Archie Bunker, who had some positive qualities, but was more of an asshole than likable. The show poked fun at Conservatives.
So he’s a typical conservative victim: If he’d have been a leftist all would be well. His show was only cancelled because he was a conservative. Oh woe is he.
Meh. Whatever.
I’ve been absorbed the past week with cat care. My oldest feline went OTRB yesterday. I’d had him for almost 16 years, and he may have been as old as 20. He’d been declining for some time, but the end was still a little more sudden and more confusing than I would have preferred. But it’s done and he’s at rest now.
And The Orange Fuhrer used this time to issue a Papal Bull regarding NFL football games and the proper posture of “respect” he believes should be granted to the flag during the playing of the national anthem.
At this pace I’m not sure how the country gets through the next three years.
re: #176 Sir John Barron
Your Nic today is Kind Sir John Barron.
Respects and sympathies.
re: #175 MsJ
So he’s a typical conservative victim: If he’d have been a leftist all would be well. His show was only cancelled because he was a conservative. Oh woe is he.
Meh. Whatever.
Actors in Hollyweird should stop being so political except for conservative actors who should be given more roles even though affirmative action for blacks is bad.
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re: #177 Unshaken Defiance
Your Nic today is Kind Sir John Barron.
Respects and sympathies.
Thank you. Much appreciated.
re: #149 JordanRules
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This is basically something my 16yo said in the car a few days ago: CK is going to look pretty good in a few years and few of my friends will admit to hating him.
re: #174 lawhawk
Greets and saluts…
Instead, the GOP will claim that their tax scheme will grow the economy by a higher rate than the CBO or others estimate and that will not grow the debt. The reality is that the trickle down BS will do nothing to grow the economy but it will massively add to the debt, and the GOP response to this will be to slash and burn the safety net in response.
echoed further and clarified at Electoral-vote.com “Wizard of Oz” Tax Reform
Trump is promising 6% annual growth for the rest of his term, which might indeed make his plan revenue-neutral if it happened, but that is about as likely as a herd of unicorns appearing at his next rally. According to the World Bank, the U.S. has achieved that level of growth precisely once in the past 50 years (1973), and has never pulled it off for three years in a row. Consequently, it is almost certain that the Trump plan will blow a giant hole in the budget. This will mean borrowing more money, and then will eventually culminate in a crisis of some sort, most likely to manifest itself when a Democrat is in the White House, left holding the bag.
Democrats don’t want massive tax cuts - how does that win elections? Great reviews for Tax Cut and Reform Bill.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2017
There is no bill. They are not even close to having a bill. https://t.co/OWr976Mx1w
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 28, 2017
This is still in the vaporware stage. When it gets to a bill that can be scored, it becomes malware.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
Even Trump’s idiot advisers are admitting that taxes may rise for some in the middle class.
That’s yet another red flag that this tax scheme is bullshit.
Only ones we know will end up paying far less are millionaires. Everyone else may see a wash or higher taxes. We also know that the GOP is pushing for massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid again, so we see the full scope of the GOP craven agenda - massive redistribution of wealth to the rich from everyone else while everyone else’s burdens are increased.
Moreover, the GOP has punted on all the key decisions - the so called framework leaves out all the critical bits that identify bracket thresholds and what credits and deductions will continue. That’s all on purpose, because despite having years to come up with a plan, we’re again seeing the GOP absolutely rudderless and incapable of putting together a coherent plan or vision because the only things that matters to them are: destroying the safety net, rolling back civil/voting rights, and giving massive tax cuts to the rich.
Their proposals accomplish all of the above, but they can’t get agreement on the specifics - mostly because the GOP extremists don’t think even that radical agenda is sufficient.
re: #174 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump’s busy tweeting this morning about tax cuts and lying his ass off (as usual). The GOP is likewise lying about their tax plan.
But first, a recap on Maria aid/recovery:
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The answer so far remains no. They haven’t given the USNS Comfort orders to go help in Puerto Rico.
Trump did finally waive the Jones Act this morning, more than a week after he should have - it was clear a week ago that massive aid was needed, and shipping would be critical to getting aid and equipment in.
PR is still in dire shape. Lack of water, food, power, and even money is an issue. Trump’s still too busy pandering to millionaires like himself though, and the GOP is more than happy to oblige Trump with a massive tax cut that shifts the burdens from the rich to everyone else.
We can definitively say that millionaires like Trump make out like bandits. We know their top tax rate gets slashed. We know that pass throughs would get a big tax cut (think Kansas), and the estate tax would get repealed (only affects 0.1% of Americans, but adds up to billions of dollars a year that could go to … disaster relief).
Instead, the GOP will claim that their tax scheme will grow the economy by a higher rate than the CBO or others estimate and that will not grow the debt. The reality is that the trickle down BS will do nothing to grow the economy but it will massively add to the debt, and the GOP response to this will be to slash and burn the safety net in response.
They’ve been trying to do that via Obamacare repeal to destroy Medicaid. They’re going to try the same thing with the outcome of their tax scheme.
And I refer to it as a scheme because there’s no bill. There’s nothing that can be scored. There aren’t even basic details like whether the GOP considers this revenue neutral or what the bracket thresholds would be.
I can set the brackets of 12%, 25%, and 35% any way I want. I could make 12% apply to the first dollar of income or to $12,000 or above. Likewise, I could set 35% to hit people at $450,000 or $4.5 million. Guess who benefits in each of those cases.
If Trump sets that middle rate anywhere near what he was proposing during the campaign, many Americans will see no benefit on the tax rate alone. They might get royally screwed depending on what deductions and credits will continue. But we know that the rich will see significant cuts. That’s the only we can know for sure.
Moring, the Comfort is headed that way:
The Internet asked for the USNS Comfort to be sent to Puerto Rico. The Navy listened.
Thanks to 160K+ of you who signed the #SendTheComfort petition, the Comfort will be sent. Read tonight’s update. https://t.co/hyVY4VXCSJ pic.twitter.com/RqWsdLoO7g
— Send The Comfort (@SendTheComfort) September 27, 2017
It is a disgrace that costs lives that it wasn’t there much, much earlier.
re: #181 dangerman
echoed further and clarified at Electoral-vote.com “Wizard of Oz” Tax Reform
“This will mean borrowing more money, and then will eventually culminate in a crisis of some sort, most likely to manifest itself when a Democrat is in the White House, left holding the bag.”
As usual.
The most troubling response I’ve heard in reaction to the NFL protests is that which links The Flag with The Military, The Police, and First Responders. As in, by kneeling instead of standing, the players are disrespecting the military and all law enforcement.
So, the implication being, that the overly militarized and heavily choreographed starts to large sporting events like football have become in effect religious liturgies in which the public and sportsballers are required to pay obeisance to uniformed personnel. Among everything else, this is pretty disturbing.
re: #182 lawhawk
Democrats don’t want massive tax cuts - how does that win elections? Great reviews for Tax Cut and Reform Bill.
— Donald J. Trump
Next week (or tomorrow): Senate needs 50 votes immediately no blocking filibuster! End filibuster now! Dems will do!
re: #183 b.d. (bill d.)
It is a disgrace that costs lives that it wasn’t there much, much earlier.
As I recall, the Navy said, in one of the MANY conflicting reasons why it wasn’t being sent, was that there were no working ports/harbors there that could support it and patients would have to be airlifted offshore to it.
IT.
HAS.
A.
HELIPAD.
FOR.
THAT.
REASON.
re: #187 I cannot.
As I recall, the Navy said, in one of the MANY conflicting reasons why it wasn’t being sent, was that there were no working ports/harbors there that could support it and patients would have to be airlifted offshore to it.
IT.
HAS.
A.
HELIPAD.
FOR.
THAT.
REASON.
It’s also an island, very hard to get to. You just can’t drive there. Atlantic Ocean. Many people don’t know that.
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re: #182 lawhawk
Democrats don’t want massive tax cuts - how does that win elections? Great reviews for Tax Cut and Reform Bill.
— Donald J. Trump
Whatever happened to the handwringing about OUR NATIONAL DEBT WERE PRACTICALLY BANKRUPT 75 TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT FOR INFINITY!!!
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Omg who made this!? pic.twitter.com/Atxz4L4uTt
— 🌚 (@blk_tray) September 27, 2017
re: #159 Targetpractice
Right, if they believed that there was a real chance that a boycott over these protests would hurt the league, they would take action to do something about them. Contrary to the wingnuts, we shouldn’t assume that lack of action is an implicit endorsement of the protests. Goodell could decide tomorrow to walk out to the podium and declare every player and owner who has participated in the protests will be penalized. Though at this juncture that would likely be career suicide.
I give the owners a little credit for standing up to Trump. I give the coaches and players way more credit because they could be fired for what they’re doing.
re: #190 I Would Prefer Not To
That too is ripe for a photo edit job….
With Trump Admin vs. FBI (or Mueller) and FBI/Mueller advancing.
re: #53 danarchy
Is it just my imagination or does Melania’s signature look an awful lot like Donnie’s on all those EO’s?
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Totally the same signature. Donnie likely signed it or has a stamp that he created for her (it’s part and parcel of being the kept trophy wife).
To whom was that letter written? What grade level gets a Welcome Back to School letter along with a Dr. Seuss book? That seems something more towards kindergartners.
Kinda weird in my eyes.
This is so incredibly perfect pic.twitter.com/0Ds4EDXg3X
— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) September 25, 2017
Gen. Honore knows when someone is stuck on stupid, and @realDonaldTrump is locked on stupid.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
re: #194 makeitstop
my goal in life is to never get owned this hard by my advisor. pic.twitter.com/SGv0qLOFhE
— hannah gais (@hannahgais) September 25, 2017
re: #84 FormerDirtDart
Vanuatu, the place I’d never heard of until a few years ago, and only learned about when I downloaded a couple of Earthquake apps, because they have earthquakes there every single day. Some relatively small, others rather large, but every day Vanuatu has earthquakes.
re: #116 gocart mozart
She may or may not speak many languages fluently. Maybe you’re right and I am mistaken.
She is demonstrably not “sharp” by any stretch unless she is putting on a dumb act in which case, kudos to her.
Why kudos? A woman playing dumb serves what purpose?
re: #134 JordanRules
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My question is: Why don’t these people that seem to hate parts of out Constitution just leave and find another country that better meets their idea of the perfect society? Why do those of us that demand people adhere to our country’s Constitution have to leave?
re: #201 Eventual Carrion
My question is: Why don’t these people that seem to hate parts of out Constitution just leave and find another country that better meets their idea of the perfect society? Why do those of us that demand people adhere to our country’s Constitution have to leave?
Because they desire to rule over others. It’s not just enough to be white/Christian/male. It has to be forced upon those around them because they know best.
re: #200 MsJ
Why kudos? A woman playing dumb serves what purpose?
In Melania’s case, it protects her from being thrown down the stairs when her master thinks she’s getting “uppity”.
re: #128 JordanRules
Seeing Hef discussed with a lot of nuance on the intertubes which is good. Some good stuff and some not so good stuff. He lived quite a life and I hope his family is at peace with his home going.
I didn’t get skeeved by him until the later years and that damn reality show. It was weird and a little gross to me. Grown ass doppelganger women who were just soooo young (and younger looking) had all these house rules and curfews. They were certainly there of their own free will but it was like a bizarre boarding home for blondes. They weren’t trying to create awareness of less mainstream relationship types it was just a stale mens’ fantasy reel mixed with reality show dynamics.
For me it was the great-grandpa and the young girls dynamic that grossed me out. Rigid lifestyle imposed on young girls by their sexually desirous great grandpappy.
Ick.
re: #190 I Would Prefer Not To
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Probably found in a university bookstore in Lexington.
re: #204 MsJ
For me it was the great-grandpa and the young girls dynamic that grossed me out. Rigid lifestyle imposed on young girls by their sexually desirous great grandpappy.
Ick.
Hefner was stuck in perpetual 20-something mode. I could admire his determination to remain young at heart, but not his inability to see women above 30 as suitable partners.
re: #205 Barefoot Grin
Probably found in a university bookstore in Lexington.
It looks ‘shopped. The bracket is too straight to be a rumpled T-shirt.
But it wouldn’t be too hard to print it on a shirt.
“Not to brag, but we are very good-looking,” Uighur model Xahriyar Abdukerimabliz says https://t.co/STDEYsDTIg
— NPR (@NPR) September 27, 2017
“Not to brag, but we are very good-looking,” he says. “Our facial features are naturally attractive. We’ve got great eyebrows, big, beautiful eyes and double eyelids that weren’t created by a surgeon.”
I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at this quote.
re: #208 electrotek
Some facts about Chinese Uyghurs.
The government requires them to adopt a two- to three-character Chinese name for national ID purposes. (Also true for Tibetans.)
They are becoming a minority in their own homeland, as the government has enticed Han majority people to move there. (Again, same is true for Tibet.)
They are more closely related genetically and culturally to Turkic peoples in Central Asia.
Their food is damned good.
And yes, there are many beautiful (and tall!) Uyghur ladies. Quite a few at the university I used to teach at in Hunan.
re: #200 MsJ
You have to be really smart to in order to play really dumb. If its an act, its a credit to her acting ability. Its not necessarily a credit to her as a person though.
Catching up on last night’s Vietnam War installment. Burns and Novick were pretty unsparing when it came to Jane Fonda. (And also relatively brief - how is it that in an 18 hour documentary, some parts still feel glossed over?)
re: #209 wheat-dogg
Some facts about Chinese Uyghurs.
The government requires them to adopt a two- to three-character Chinese name for national ID purposes. (Also true for Tibetans.)
They are becoming a minority in their own homeland, as the government has enticed Han majority people to move there. (Again, same is true for Tibet.)
They are more closely related genetically and culturally to Turkic peoples in Central Asia.
Their food is damned good.
And yes, there are many beautiful (and tall!) Uyghur ladies. Quite a few at the university I used to teach at in Hunan.
What’s their food like? And the lady on the image is beautiful.
re: #209 wheat-dogg
Some facts about Chinese Uyghurs.
The government requires them to adopt a two- to three-character Chinese name for national ID purposes. (Also true for Tibetans.)
They are becoming a minority in their own homeland, as the government has enticed Han majority people to move there. (Again, same is true for Tibet.)
They are more closely related genetically and culturally to Turkic peoples in Central Asia.
Their food is damned good.
And yes, there are many beautiful (and tall!) Uyghur ladies. Quite a few at the university I used to teach at in Hunan.
This flies in the face of the “white genocide” crowd who argue that diversity is killing off what makes us supposedly unique.
I’m familiar with the Uighurs and the repression they’ve gone through since 1949. Don’t like what China is doing in Xinjiang by encouraging more Han settlement to dilute Uighurs of their presence and numbers. It should be celebrated instead of repressed. I’m concerned about how many Uighurs will end up becoming more radicalized as a reaction to the repression and make things a lot worse for the province.
re: #212 HappyWarrior
What’s their food like? And the lady on the image is beautiful.
If you love lamb and oven-toasted bread then you’re in for a treat. Had some in Tokyo and I was hooked.
re: #214 electrotek
If you love lamb and oven-toasted bread then you’re in for a treat. Had some in Tokyo and I was hooked.
Yes and yes! Cool deal. I love trying new cuisines.
re: #215 HappyWarrior
Yes and yes! Cool deal. I love trying new cuisines.
You live in DC/VA/MD region correct? There’s a few Uighur restaurants over there.
re: #216 electrotek
You live in DC/VA/MD region correct? There’s a few Uighur restaurants over there.
Yeah I do. I’ll definitely look for one next time I’m in D.C or closer to it.
Regarding Hefner: I look at him as a highly flawed hero. Someone who did good… while he was doing bad.
re: #217 HappyWarrior
Yeah I do. I’ll definitely look for one next time I’m in D.C or closer to it.
There’s one called Queen Amannisa
re: #219 electrotek
There’s one called Queen Amannisa
Cool, that’s in Arlington. I’ll have to check it sometime before I go to a show.
Supposedly there are some Uighur restaurants in Houston so I’ll have to scope one out next time. I’m a sucker for grilled items out of the Near East so sign me up!
I need to make it an effort to try some Puerto Rican food next time I’m in NYC. Not sure how it compares to Dominican which I’ve tried and liked.
Steve Scalise is back on the House floor. Still don’t like his policies, but I’m pleased to see he’s evidently recovered well from the shooting.
This is straight bullshit. I’ve never really had strong feelings about MZ even though I stopped using his platform over 10 years ago. But after the lies and delays regarding the investigation of foreign ads and the like I started looking at him funny. This response though…it’s foul and I think he’s a jackass that deserves more scrutiny.
So, Mark Zuckerberg’s transformation into an arrogant, MSM editorial page editor is complete, it seems. #bothsides pic.twitter.com/Ltt8KMIHog
— Reed F. Richardson (@reedfrich) September 28, 2017
re: #206 wheat-dogg
Hefner was stuck in perpetual 20-something mode. I could admire his determination to remain young at heart, but not his inability to see women above 30 as suitable partners.
It wasn’t just Hef that made me go Ick. It was the girls as well, if not more, because while the grandpa sex thing grossed me out, the three young girls “taking advantage” of the old man thing was equally, if not more gross, on its own.
I know we have a lot of Houston lizards. Guys, I’m a diehard Steelers fan but your QB just made another fan. This guy is awesome. It just shows real humility considering is own background. Between him and J.J. Watt, the Texans may have become my new second favorite team outside of “Who’s playing New England.”
re: #223 ipsos
Steve Scalise is back on the House floor. Still don’t like his policies, but I’m pleased to see he’s evidently recovered well from the shooting.
That is good.
re: #224 JordanRules
This is straight bullshit. I’ve never really had strong feelings about MZ even though I stopped using his platform over 10 years ago. But after the lies and delays regarding the investigation of foreign ads and the like I started looking at him funny. This response though…it’s foul and I think he’s a jackass that deserves more scrutiny.
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Zuckerberg is a worm.
He’s probably sweating over the fact that he repeatedly lied to the FBI about how many Russian ads he took money for. I sincerely hope they find something to charge his dudebro ass with. He definitely needs to be knocked down a peg or two.
re: #226 HappyWarrior
What an awesome gift. #texasproud
re: #226 HappyWarrior
Watson has been on the receiving end of a similar kindness in the past, as he and his family were once recipients of a house built by Habitat for Humanity.
This is part of the reason so many of them protest as well: They may be making more money than their families have ever seen, but they know where they came from and the help it took to get there. They know they didn’t do it all on their own.
re: #229 freetoken
He had a heads up from the Ukrainian President and President Obama about how his platform was being used for especially bad stuff by one side and has the nerve to go public like this after saying in December it was silliness to think his platform played any role in anything.
Just foul.
The Chinese finding a niche with Uighurs reminds me of the Japanese modeling agencies doing the same with their hafus. It’s such a dichotomy, as hafus aren’t exactly respected in Japanese society but have no problem with their looks being in demand on the catwalk and product campaigns.
It’s weird.
re: #234 electrotek
The Chinese finding a niche with Uighurs reminds me of the Japanese modeling agencies doing the same with their hafus. It’s such a dichotomy, as hafus aren’t exactly respected in Japanese society but have no problem with their looks being in demand on the catwalk and product campaigns.
It’s weird.
It’s the exotic, and possibly a bit of domination. Think Jefferson and Sally Jennings. Think football fans and black players.
re: #231 Belafon
This is part of the reason so many of them protest as well: They may be making more money than their families have ever seen, but they know where they came from and the help it took to get there. They know they didn’t do it all on their own.
Exactly. A lot of these guys come from truly humble backgrounds.
re: #235 Belafon
It’s the exotic, and possibly a bit of domination. Think Jefferson and Sally Jennings. Think football fans and black players.
Good point.
I was thinking of an analogy with Latin America but it doesn’t apply since the light-skinned models that grace the billboards of many Latin American metropolitan cities are sought after by the same light-skinned elites. Not so much the case in East Asia.
re: #230 Flying Squirrel Girl
What an awesome gift. #texasproud
Isn’t it? What a great guy. Last week I was just rooting for him because I hate the NE Patriots but Watson seems like a great dude. I think he’s going to be a good one. A winner on and off the field.
re: #233 electrotek
That phrase needs to die hard after 2017 ends.
When it comes to “Both Sides”, the initials alone speak to its value as an argument.
re: #224 JordanRules
November 2016 https://t.co/cjJcnmO27G pic.twitter.com/B1bvSowJBV
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) September 28, 2017
Get a load of this BS:
What about Moore’s history of racially insensitive comments? Haven’t heard anything. Homophobic remarks? Nada. Moore’s claim that some American communities are living under Sharia law? Crickets. Moore’s statement that 9/11 happened “because we’ve distanced ourselves from God”? Nothing for you on that. Moore’s assertion that Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress because he’s a Muslim? We’ll get back to you. Moore saying Mitch McConnell should be replaced as Senate majority leader? Uhh, zip. […]
“I don’t know anything about Roy Moore,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “If I’ve read anything he’s said, I wouldn’t have any recollection of it.”“I don’t know him. I think I’ll leave it there,” said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who laughed when asked about Moore. “I supported Luther Strange.”
“I’ve never met the gentleman,” said Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson. “Being from Georgia, which is next to Alabama, I’ve heard his name in the Alabama Supreme Court. I know what I’ve seen on TV and what I’ve read in the papers.”
So what does Isakson think about Moore? “I like to keep my comments to my own.”
A three part act pic.twitter.com/4dJ0Az1pUR
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 28, 2017
re: #241 Belafon
They can prolly just re-up their evolution of supporting Twitler and the accompanying comments for Moore now.
They have no problem with him.
You really have to ask? GOP who touted “A Better Way” on HCR and taxes are revealed to have nothing but vaporware/malware? Shocked are you? pic.twitter.com/N647S67OQ1
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
re: #246 lawhawk
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Gee Rich I dunno. Could it be that your ideology isn’t about cutting middle taxes at all but instead about cutting taxes for the very wealthy?
Moore made national news in the Bush years FFS with his 10 Commandment stunt.
good fecking grief
Trump relaxes #JonesAct in Puerto Rico🇵🇷
THEN
Takes passports from evacuees 2 guarantee full payment 4 evacuationhttps://t.co/TJuMb3yZZK pic.twitter.com/CaGCvQRXjg— Andrew J. Padilla (@apadillafilm6) September 28, 2017
Trump is repeatedly making it crystal clear: one set of rules for white people. Another set of rules for all other colors. https://t.co/3p1WnoZoAT
— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) September 28, 2017
So the GOP plan keeps the mortgage interest deduction. But… https://t.co/tvFNb3JDBm pic.twitter.com/Lwg6U9gUx6
— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) September 27, 2017
Going to include some of the reply thread with more analysis
But, by keep in the MID even in name, I would assume that home prices would remain stable and not drop. Unless it drops at bottom end.
— David Herzig (@professortax) September 28, 2017
Right in absolute numbers. But, I would guess that those houses which can be itemized to get MID would retain value. Those are upper end.
— David Herzig (@professortax) September 28, 2017
This is especially troubling as most middle class families have the majority of their wealth in their homes and retirement plans.
— David Herzig (@professortax) September 28, 2017
Yes. But it would still take a chunk out of their equity. https://t.co/qJGjxmlefK
— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) September 28, 2017
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
good fecking grief
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— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) September 28, 2017
Of course, we’ll get crickets from the taxation is theft people because Puerto Ricans don’t look like them.
re: #211 ipsos
Catching up on last night’s Vietnam War installment. Burns and Novick were pretty unsparing when it came to Jane Fonda. (And also relatively brief - how is it that in an 18 hour documentary, some parts still feel glossed over?)
The “American” part of the Vietnam War went on for about 13-14 years or so: with frequent combat, and fairly high casualty rates for most of it: not to mention the domestic issues it engendered.. It’s not surprising that even a well-constructed documentary is going to have skip/gloss/abridge/condense a lot of the story. And given that the “progress” made during that time was, for the most part temporary or illusory, telling the “story” of the US involvement there is no simple task.
IANAE: but I recall reading once that as far as the Vietnamese are concerned, the “American War” was only the latter stages of their struggle for national independence - which for them, was seen as a nearly thirty-year fight (from Ho Ch Minh’s declaration of an independent government in Sept., 1945 to the final Fall Of Saigon in April, 1975)
Oh look at her pearls!
Look who wore her pant suit to meet @HillaryClinton !! #WhatHappened pic.twitter.com/0Rd3ZJ8H8p
— GregHale1 (@GregHale1) September 27, 2017
Love!
re: #240 FormerDirtDart
Obama, 2008: How can we use the internet to bring people into our campaign to try to change America?
Republicans, 2016: How can we use the internet for evil?
re: #257 JordanRules
*punches updinger multiple times*
Has that bigoted Miss Puerto Rico Trump supporter Destiny Velez commented anything about the disaster in her homeland yet?
re: #241 Belafon
Get a load of this BS:
Yeah, right. Jeez Louise! I know about as much/more about Judge Roy Moore as them, and I’m just Some Random Guy On The Internet! Ans these clowns are Senators???? GMAFB….
PS: anyone know what the Moore-Jones polling numbers look like (yet)??
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump administration making Puerto Rico evacuees pay full airline fares & confiscating passports
The inevitable question that arises is ‘How is Trump making money off of doing this?’
The thing about NASCAR is they always respect the flag. pic.twitter.com/KebzvvezBV
— Shane Morris (@IamShaneMorris) September 26, 2017
You gotta scroll through the whole thread. #SlowClap for days https://t.co/yvlORgiOjc
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) September 28, 2017
The thread is pretty epic.
Just a taste
Alright, here’s NASCAR respecting the… GODDAMNIT. pic.twitter.com/mGO41iKRwl
— Shane Morris (@IamShaneMorris) September 26, 2017
Trump just told Fox News that some NFL owners are “afraid of their players.” Dog whistles getting loud enough for humans to hear now…
— Alana HorowitzSatlin (@achorowitz) September 28, 2017
Oh my, we have reached peak racial demagoguery. https://t.co/jlXmpDZbHd
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 28, 2017
re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth
We don’t know if Jerry Jones answered his calls or not, but I said on Monday that these 2 super egos sparring could be interesting.
Two sources told NBC DFW President Trump blew up Jerry’s cell Monday, calling him four times throughout the day… https://t.co/rAGHFzFCX8
— Jean-Jacques Taylor (@JJT_Journalist) September 28, 2017
He is going to keep getting louder and more offensive.
re: #268 JordanRules
We don’t know if Jerry Jones answered his calls or not, but I said on Monday that these 2 super egos sparring could be interesting.
He is going to keep getting louder and more offensive.
Tax shirker did what?
re: #268 JordanRules
We don’t know if Jerry Jones answered his calls or not, but I said on Monday that these 2 super egos sparring could be interesting.
He is going to keep getting louder and more offensive.
While there’s a lot of cussing to be made at the owners, they are businessmen. I’m pretty sure they’re not going to want to be seen as kissing Trump’s ass. Especially since most of them could buy him in a hostile takeover.
Edit: What if Jones had been original planning on discouraging the players from doing something until Trump kept calling? What if that’s what pushed Jones to go out with the players?
re: #268 JordanRules
Two sources told NBC DFW President Trump blew up Jerry’s cell Monday, calling him four times throughout the day…
— Jean-Jacques Taylor
Trump not preoccupied, busy working, works really hard.
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re: #268 JordanRules
We don’t know if Jerry Jones answered his calls or not, but I said on Monday that these 2 super egos sparring could be interesting.
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He is going to keep getting louder and more offensive.
It’s only a matter of time before one of Trump’s targets tell him to go fuck himself to his face. Preferably, on live TV. In front of the whole world.
re: #272 Dr Lizardo
It’s only a matter of time before one of Trump’s targets tell him to go fuck himself to his face. Preferably, on live TV. In front of the whole world.
I’d pay good money to see that.
re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth
I mean, I’d be afraid of guys three times my size that are paid to crash into guys three times my size at full speed…but its pretty obvious what he actually meant.
re: #275 Sir John Barron
But Obama was a tyrant…..
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Who knew the English language had so many words for black?
Sigh. I wonder what Merrick Garland is up to these days?
Today Neil Gorsuch is giving a speech at Trump hotel, i.e., a speech that will profit Trump. Totally shocking, completely unsurprising.
— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) September 28, 2017
This is a violation of judicial ethics. #GorsuchRecuse https://t.co/7e5jyejJaT
— NARAL (@NARAL) September 28, 2017
re: #277 JordanRules
Sigh. I wonder what Merrick Garland is up to these days?
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Still at his old job I believe. Unbelievable isn’t it?
One wonders what could embolden those committing these acts
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Racial slurs written on dorm room boards of black Air Force Academy cadet candidates: https://t.co/o48FnCnnH7 pic.twitter.com/0toO1o8MiH
— Air Force Times (@AirForceTimes) September 28, 2017
re: #279 FormerDirtDart
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Fuck.
NEW: Senate Health Chair Lamar Alexander says a bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare’s insurance exchanges could come as early as tonight
— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) September 28, 2017
Last week: no bipartisan agreement is possible, Graham-Cassidy is the only way
[Graham-Cassidy dies]
Actually… https://t.co/o8axcJaB67— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 28, 2017
So, it’s voodoo economics, Trumpworld edition. GOP spews this nonsense for decades with no evidence lowering taxes correlate w/growth inc.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
re: #282 FormerDirtDart
Are they planning on taking funding distribution and signup operations out of Trump’s hands?
re: #282 FormerDirtDart
No presidency has accomplished as much as my Administration. Great reviews. Everyone says so.
re: #285 Sir John Barron
No presidency has accomplished as much as my Administration. Great reviews. Everyone says so.
HIGHEST RATINGS EVER!!!!!!
re: #263 I cannot.
He probably isn’t this time.
I bet this is Miller just being a sadistic dick.
Passports show citizenship. Without them you can starve the citizen and throw them to ICE, The American Gestapo.
Hey, just FYI, I’m seeing ads for InfoWars overpriced vitamins on this site now.
re: #176 Sir John Barron
I’ve been absorbed the past week with cat care. My oldest feline went OTRB yesterday. I’d had him for almost 16 years, and he may have been as old as 20. He’d been declining for some time, but the end was still a little more sudden and more confusing than I would have preferred. But it’s done and he’s at rest now.
And The Orange Fuhrer used this time to issue a Papal Bull regarding NFL football games and the proper posture of “respect” he believes should be granted to the flag during the playing of the national anthem.
At this pace I’m not sure how the country gets through the next three years.
I was just thinking about the fear that Trump is a divide and conquer type. But it seems like it isn’t just about dividing major groups. He seems to have fractured the entire American society into individual tiny pieces that are now fighting each other for a smaller piece of the pie.
The flag/anthem thing is a great example. When friends and family split up and fight over it all it makes each person beging to feel like they are on their own.
Not only will it be tough to get through Trump Times, it is going to be even harder to gather all the pieces and get them back together into some kind of a cohesive unity.
Goddamn Donald J. Trump.
he really has no fucking clue
The electric power grid in Puerto Rico is totally shot. Large numbers of generators are now on Island. Food and water on site.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2017
re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth
he really has no fucking clue
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He’s probably just repeating what someone told him. He doesn’t stop to discern whether what he’s being told is total horseshit.
So, I found a few episodes of Sea Tales on YouTube, an old show on the History Channel, from 1997.
And you know…….it’s kind of sad. Not the stories per se, but in that it represents what the History Channel used to be.
re: #289 ObserverArt
I was just thinking about the fear that Trump is a divide and conquer type. But it seems like it isn’t just about dividing major groups. He seems to have fractured the entire American society into individual tiny pieces that are now fighting each other for a smaller piece of the pie.
The flag/anthem thing is a great example. When friends and family split up and fight over it all it makes each person beging to feel like they are on their own.
Not only will it be tough to get through Trump Times, it is going to be even harder to gather all the pieces and get them back together into some kind of a cohesive unity.
Goddamn Donald J. Trump.
Remember, the kneeling thing occurred before Trump.
Trump is a symptom of the Republican party. These are things that we’ve kind of been sitting on for the last 30 or so years. Now we have to deal with them.
re: #291 Dr Lizardo
Yup. It’s what he does. Remember this?
“I was given that information,” Trump said in response. “Actually, I’ve seen that information around. But it was a very substantial victory. Do you agree with that?”
/edited for clarity
re: #292 Dr Lizardo
So, I found a few episodes of Sea Tales on YouTube, an old show on the History Channel, from 1997.
And you know…….it’s kind of sad. Not the stories per se, but in that it represents what the History Channel used to be.
It really is too bad because the old history channel stimulated my imagination. It truly was “Where the past came alive.”
Russian attack to divide us continues: Russian troll farms tweet out #BoycottNFL #StandForOurAnthem and #TakeAKnee https://t.co/0wL1oWEEiR
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 28, 2017
Russia’s internet access needs to be blockaded, as does their access to global financial networks. WE ARE AT WAR. https://t.co/UZm6TnGuSW
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) September 28, 2017
re: #295 HappyWarrior
It really is too bad because the old history channel stimulated my imagination. It truly was “Where the past came alive.”
Yeah, exactly. It really was about history. Now it’s about a lot of woowoo and other assorted bullshit.
re: #292 Dr Lizardo
So, I found a few episodes of Sea Tales on YouTube, an old show on the History Channel, from 1997.
And you know…….it’s kind of sad. Not the stories per se, but in that it represents what the History Channel used to be.
The History and Science channels are the clearest results of what happens when you require everything to make a profit.
re: #296 MsJ
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Can’t someone in our intel agencies just Stuxnet the ever-living fuck out of Russia’s internet?
Take the SOB’s offline. Shut ‘em down. Banks, comms, everything.
re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth
Reality: an insufficient number of generators are on Puerto Rico, fuel is scarce to run them, and the grid needs complete rebuild. Try again
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
That you dragged your feet on sending aid to Puerto Rico shows where your priorities are - tax cuts for millionaires. You and GOP don’t care
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 28, 2017
Large number. How many? Quantify? You know, those are the kinds of things that stand up to scrutiny. 10? 100? 1000? What size generators? Enough to power a single home or one that can power a hospital?
3.5 million are without power. How many generators does it take to restore hospitals? How many supermarkets have power? How many gas stations? Fuel depots? All need power and are critical to get up and running.
Large numbers suggests Trump doesn’t know, and he’s bluffing his way through yet another critical issue.
UPDATED: @GovMattBevin will appeal federal court decision to block anti-abortion law: https://t.co/pMrjWJcdZD
— 89.3 WFPL News (@WFPLNews) September 28, 2017
Of course he will. https://t.co/IAcGqhzrA6
— Huxley (@HuxleyMorgan) September 28, 2017
sigh…
Typical ethical conflicts of Trump appointees
Thread
1. Important story about a coal exec Trump recently nominated to the Tennessee Valley Authority https://t.co/iknEhL7eHr
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
Rest of thread behind the button
3. Trump nominated a (former) coal exec to sit on the board. I know, not surprising. But there is more https://t.co/HCYiJZDQMA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
5. 5 cents doesn’t sound like much but this provision has made him about $200,000 EVERY YEAR https://t.co/HCYiJZDQMA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
7. Now he’s going to sit on the TVA board and make the decisions. These decisions could line his own pocket! https://t.co/HCYiJZDQMA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
9. The company, however, refuses to comment. According to the latest SEC filings, he still has this deal in place https://t.co/HCYiJZDQMA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 28, 2017
I know we all want to protest 40 Days of Life but you *absolutely* should be checking in with a clinic to make sure you’re wanted outside.
— Caitlin Van Horn (@HelloCVH) September 28, 2017
Also these people have churches I AM JUST SAYING https://t.co/I0nXxX7t07
— Huxley (@HuxleyMorgan) September 28, 2017
re: #298 Belafon
I just remembered that TLC used to be The Learning Channel.
What a decline for all of them.
His mouth is moving; his fingers are tweeting. Trump is lying, but we all know that even his cronies.
Hey @WashingtonPost, everyone in Puerto Rico is American. pic.twitter.com/BHgzYS0PDw
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) September 28, 2017
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) September 28, 2017
Co-creator of the trickle down theory: trickle-down is a lie divorced from reality. cc: @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/xG2BjdlmbZ #TaxReform
— House Budget Dems (@HouseBudgetDems) September 27, 2017
re: #235 Belafon
It’s the exotic, and possibly a bit of domination. Think Jefferson and Sally Jennings. Think football fans and black players.
Yep. There are cosmetic companies in Japan selling products to give young women the “hafu” look, supposedly (a friend posted a picture from a billboard, but I can’t remember the exact product—it wasn’t for skin darkening, if you get my drift).
re: #305 JordanRules
I just remembered that TLC used to be The Learning Channel.
What a decline for all of them.
Learning—there’s no money in it.
Amazing. GOP Rep flat-out admits they were only using deficits as a “talking point” against Obama.https://t.co/EDLkowr4Wq pic.twitter.com/T07sV4PMhr
— Seth Hanlon (@SethHanlon) September 28, 2017
re: #297 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, exactly. It really was about history. Now it’s about a lot of woowoo and other assorted bullshit.
Even the stuff about ghosts they had was historical snce folklore is history too.
re: #309 JordanRules
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re: #292 Dr Lizardo
So, I found a few episodes of Sea Tales on YouTube, an old show on the History Channel, from 1997.
And you know…….it’s kind of sad. Not the stories per se, but in that it represents what the History Channel used to be.
I really get depressed about TV when I run into an old episode of Discovery Wings…
One of my favorite shows on history was Great Spy Stories.
Ryan says people have a right to express themselves, but protests during anthem look “like you are protesting against the ideals of America” pic.twitter.com/RY7YfQRcIl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 28, 2017
Police brutality and racism are the “ideals of America?” https://t.co/9yt4hCokI3
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) September 28, 2017
re: #313 HappyWarrior
Even the stuff about ghosts they had was historical snce folklore is history too.
I have no problem with that when it’s presented as folklore. I do have a problem when it’s presented as “science”.
re: #320 Dr Lizardo
I have no problem with that when it’s presented as folklore. I do have a problem when it’s presented as “science”.
Exactly.
re: #310 Barefoot Grin
Yep. There are cosmetic companies in Japan selling products to give young women the “hafu” look, supposedly (a friend posted a picture from a billboard, but I can’t remember the exact product—it wasn’t for skin darkening, if you get my drift).
Remember the ganguro trend? LOL
re: #238 HappyWarrior
Isn’t it? What a great guy. Last week I was just rooting for him because I hate the NE Patriots but Watson seems like a great dude. I think he’s going to be a good one. A winner on and off the field.
Man all the NE hate. I guess when you are the greatest of all time people get jealous ;)
re: #213 electrotek
This flies in the face of the “white genocide” crowd who argue that diversity is killing off what makes us supposedly unique.
I’m familiar with the Uighurs and the repression they’ve gone through since 1949. Don’t like what China is doing in Xinjiang by encouraging more Han settlement to dilute Uighurs of their presence and numbers. It should be celebrated instead of repressed. I’m concerned about how many Uighurs will end up becoming more radicalized as a reaction to the repression and make things a lot worse for the province.
Ironically, the Beijing government uses “anti-radicalization” as the primary reason for its increasing suppression of Uyghur culture and religion, which a lot like pouring gasoline on a fire, trying to put it out. ISIS has made some inroads in recruiting Uyghurs, and the government uses those few examples to justify police-state regulation and control. Men can’t grow out their beards. Women can’t be veiled. Government workers who are Muslim cannot fast during Ramadan. Uyghurs cannot get passports to leave the country (Supposedly. One of my students was able to study in Turkey two years ago.) Security police are also supposedly collecting DNA samples of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The Internet in the province is even more tightly locked down than anywhere else in China but Tibet. And there is a prevailing prejudice against Uyghurs because of their religion and because they don’t look “Chinese.”
Sound familiar?
Anecdotally, most of the Uyghur students I know major in business, maths, science, and IT, and do quite well at them. And most benefit from scholarships offered by the Chinese government to attend uni outside Xinjiang. I’m sure you can guess the advantages to the government to educate Xinjiang youth outside their home province.
re: #322 electrotek
Remember the ganguro trend? LOL
Oh, lord. But I did kind of like the idea that they were acting out a feminist critique by exaggerating makeup and fashion almost clownishly. Like, “oh, here’s what I think of your beauty standards!” In truth, I doubt much thought went into it at all. Just wanted to be chō beri baddo!
re: #325 Barefoot Grin
Oh, lord. But I did kind of like the idea that they were acting out a feminist critique by exaggerating makeup and fashion almost clownishly. Like, “oh, here’s what I think of your beauty standards!” In truth, I doubt much thought went into it at all. Just wanted to be chō beri baddo!
I hated how so many people thought of Japanese society as a whole with the ganguro girls. So glad it was pretty much gone by the time I visited, which made for a pleasant visit lol
You see social media posts about Japan and they think it’s weird because they conflate places like Harajuku with the rest of the country when that’s really not the case.
been travelling by car for the last couple of days and in too much pain to even look at the computer.
Did I miss anything important that wasn’t broadcast on Fox radio?
re: #325 Barefoot Grin
Oh, lord. But I did kind of like the idea that they were acting out a feminist critique by exaggerating makeup and fashion almost clownishly. Like, “oh, here’s what I think of your beauty standards!” In truth, I doubt much thought went into it at all. Just wanted to be chō beri baddo!
Like Fox News Barbie dolls?
Fuck Trump. So pissed at charging people to leave PR. I’m going to have to yell at anyone that defends this policy.
re: #324 wheat-dogg
Ironically, the Beijing government uses “anti-radicalization” as the primary reason for its increasing suppression of Uyghur culture and religion, which a lot like pouring gasoline on a fire, trying to put it out. ISIS has made some inroads in recruiting Uyghurs, and the government uses those few examples to justify police-state regulation and control. Men can’t grow out their beards. Women can’t be veiled. Government workers who are Muslim cannot fast during Ramadan. Uyghurs cannot get passports to leave the country (Supposedly. One of my students was able to study in Turkey two years ago.) Security police are also supposedly collecting DNA samples of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The Internet in the province is even more tightly locked down than anywhere else in China but Tibet. And there is a prevailing prejudice against Uyghurs because of their religion and because they don’t look “Chinese.”
Sound familiar?
Anecdotally, most of the Uyghur students I know major in business, maths, science, and IT, and do quite well at them. And most benefit from scholarships offered by the Chinese government to attend uni outside Xinjiang. I’m sure you can guess the advantages to the government to educate Xinjiang youth outside their home province.
Yup, very spot on.
Ironic is that Uighurs weren’t really religious people, but they definitely adopted religious extremism purely as a reaction to Chinese repression (the veiling, the big bushy beards, etc.).
You’d figure the viable solution is to relax the draconian laws and encourage more communication between the Han and Uighurs instead of segregation. I highly doubt the Han mingle with the Uighurs much in Urumqi.
a new follower on twitter posted this. I might follow back
Meanwhile in Dubai pic.twitter.com/TJy2HieXu1
— Cause It’s Humor (@CauseItsHumor) May 26, 2017
re: #212 HappyWarrior
What’s their food like? And the lady on the image is beautiful.
Not at all like Chinese food. Heavy on noodles and naan-like bread, fish, chicken, lamb, some hot peppers but not as much as Hunan or Sichuan cuisine. It’s not quite like Greek or Lebanese food, but that would be the closest kind of cuisine I’m familiar with, anyway.
Most Chinese cities have a “Muslim quarter,” where you can find shawarma and other delicacies. But they may be populated by the Hui minority, which is also Muslim but more closely related to the Han genetically. In other words, they look “Chinese” and not Caucasian. The Hui originated mostly in the interior parts of China, but close to the ancient Silk Road.
re: #323 danarchy
Or because NE cheats… a lot. Whether it be the visiting teams audio going out (and miraculously comes back when the NFL goes over to the Patriots sideline (and then back off afterwards - video of Tomlin - youtube)
And anyone who visits NE had their hotel fire alarm pulled (which has happened to the Broncos and Chiefs the last few years - not certain about this year).
Not to mention the illegal video taping of other teams practices etc… deflated footballs.
re: #331 Birth Control Works
a new follower on twitter posted this. I might follow back
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re: #311 Barefoot Grin
When ‘The Learning Channel’ started, it was wall-to-wall documentaries and science programs then they discovered they could make more money broadcasting stupid shit and you know the rest. Same thing happened with A&E which back in the 80’s would broadcast classical music and EVEN opera! The History Channel had actual history programs (albeit to much Hitler) and now it’s all Ancient Aliens, ghosts and Nostradumbasses.
re: #329 I Would Prefer Not To
Don’t forget the juxtaposition of his cabinet jet setting around.
Trump uses taxpayer $$ for cronies’ private jets.
Trump charges Americans FULL FARE to evacuate.https://t.co/e3eyLnFTfd
By @EricBoehlert— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) September 28, 2017
This. Is. Disgusting. https://t.co/Q7XIHurhFF
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) September 28, 2017
re: #234 electrotek
The Chinese finding a niche with Uighurs reminds me of the Japanese modeling agencies doing the same with their hafus. It’s such a dichotomy, as hafus aren’t exactly respected in Japanese society but have no problem with their looks being in demand on the catwalk and product campaigns.
It’s weird.
Wasn’t the last Miss Japan a “hafu?” She’s commented about the prejudice she encountered growing up.
???
— Friends OfRita (@People4DrRita) September 28, 2017
— Friends OfRita (@People4DrRita) September 26, 2017
re: #323 danarchy
Man all the NE hate. I guess when you are the greatest of all time people get jealous ;)
I ought to like the Patriots, but some of the stuff they do to win is a bit like putting up signs that say “Polls are closed today, come back tomorrow.”
Wow, that thing about charging evacuees is so fucked up…
re: #336 gocart mozart
When ‘The Learning Channel’ started, it was wall-to-wall documentaries and science programs then they discovered they could make more money broadcasting stupid shit and you know the rest. Same thing happened with A&E which back in the 80’s would broadcast classical music and EVEN opera! The History Channel had actual history programs (albeit to much Hitler) and now it’s all Ancient Aliens, ghosts and Nostradumbasses.
I remember when The Learning Channel started, one could take actual college courses for credit.
re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth
I remember when The Learning Channel started, one could take actual college courses for credit.
Then they found they could actually turn a profit catering to the lowest common denominator.
What a picture.
A man kneels with a folded U.S. flag as the POTUS motorcade passes him in Indianapolis. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) pic.twitter.com/KrBlzhauai
— Colin Campbell (@colincampbell) September 28, 2017
.@StateDept is NOT evacuating americans from #PuertoRico -PR is a US territory. State only handles international evacs @thehill @MarketWatch
— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) September 28, 2017
State Dep refutes PR promissory note story. https://t.co/3TuzwPlMNG
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2017
I love all these comments of “find some other way to protest—you could easily protest on Monday—don’t do it during the anthem.” Here’s the deal: this conversation means it’s FUCKING WORKING. No one would give a shit or pay attention of they protested on Monday. And frankly, the time between games is when the real work gets done in terms of community outreach that I know for a fact is occurring in multiple NFL cities across the country (contra the assholes that say to stop kneeling and DO SOMETHING).
My other fave: The protest has been coopted and isn’t even sending the same message any more. The fuck it isn’t. It starts over protesting police brutality as an example of systemic racism. Now, you have a rich white, racist asshole occupying the White House telling black athletes to sit down, shut up, or get fired for daring to point out that race relations in the US aren’t at kumbaya levels or even approaching it. So the athletes, in turn, stage a larger protest. Ya, protesting in response to the comments of a white supremacist who is effectively stating “we let you have some money, now shut the fuck up and get to the back of the bus before we take it away” is TOTALLY not the same as Kaep and Reid’s initial protest.
I have so had it with this shit.
OMG! while forced listening to Fox News in the car, they broadcast a presser about the Fed Indightment of individuals involved in a pay to play in the NBA -Adidas etc.
Fox people then proceed to talk about the NFL …ad infinitum. Day after day after day.
Who the fuck cares.
re: #334 I Would Prefer Not To
Too soon for a joke about humps?
Actually, yesterday would have been a better day for them…
re: #331 Birth Control Works
But…its Thursday.
re: #350 Mike Lamb
I love all these comments of “find some other way to protest—you could easily protest on Monday—don’t do it during the anthem.”
Wingnut football fans suddenly very snowflakey.
Nine spammers opened accounts last night and tried to post LGF Pages. Denied and suspended.
re: #355 I cannot.
But…its Thursday.
Somewhere on the other side of the international date line, it is Wednesday.
re: #330 electrotek
Yup, very spot on.
Ironic is that Uighurs weren’t really religious people, but they definitely adopted religious extremism purely as a reaction to Chinese repression (the veiling, the big bushy beards, etc.).
You’d figure the viable solution is to relax the draconian laws and encourage more communication between the Han and Uighurs instead of segregation. I highly doubt the Han mingle with the Uighurs much in Urumqi.
Hardly at all. The Han congregate in the newly built neighborhoods, and the Uighurs in the old neighborhoods. There’s a lot of mistrust between the two groups, to say the least.
It’s probably been mentioned here before, but the Han Chinese consider themselves superior to everyone else in every way, and they try to gaslight the population to make sure that myth remains unchallenged. The “5,000-year history” so often referred to glosses over the invasions and dynasties begun by the Mongols and the Manchu, who had as much to do with Chinese history as the Han. Chinese scientists push the theory that there was parallel evolution in China, so that Chinese can imagine they are not descended from prehistoric African migrants. (Genetically, they are, but fossil records can be creatively analyzed to argue otherwise.)
At the same time, the Chinese people envy Western culture and young women elect to have cosmetic surgery to get “double eyelids,” IOW “Western” eyelids.
Okay regading the “charging evacuees from Puerto Rico” story, it looks like most of the reports originated with a story from Marketwatch that was merely quoting standard State Dept. policy for certain types of evacuations.
The fact Puerto Rico is in the U.S. Should mean this policy doesn’t apply to them.
re: #350 Mike Lamb
I love all these comments of “find some other way to protest—you could easily protest on Monday—don’t do it during the anthem.” Here’s the deal: this conversation means it’s FUCKING WORKING. No one would give a shit or pay attention of they protested on Monday. And frankly, the time between games is when the real work gets done in terms of community outreach that I know for a fact is occurring in multiple NFL cities across the country (contra the assholes that say to stop kneeling and DO SOMETHING).
My other fave: The protest has been coopted and isn’t even sending the same message any more. The fuck it isn’t. It starts over protesting police brutality as an example of systemic racism. Now, you have a rich white, racist asshole occupying the White House telling black athletes to sit down, shut up, or get fired for daring to point out that race relations in the US aren’t at kumbaya levels or even approaching it. So the athletes, in turn, stage a larger protest. Ya, protesting in response to the comments of a white supremacist who is effectively stating “we let you have some money, now shut the fuck up and get to the back of the bus before we take it away” is TOTALLY not the same as Kaep and Reid’s initial protest.
I have so had it with this shit.
Actually the protests had been pretty small until Drumpf opened his fat ugly mouth. Kaep isn’t even in the league.
re: #358 Birth Control Works
Somewhere on the other side of the international date line, it is Wednesday.
Only in my time machine story.
re: #359 wheat-dogg
Hardly at all. The Han congregate in the newly built neighborhoods, and the Uighurs in the old neighborhoods. There’s a lot of mistrust between the two groups, to say the least.
It’s probably been mentioned here before, but the Han Chinese consider themselves superior to everyone else in every way, and they try to gaslight the population to make sure that myth remains unchallenged. The “5,000-year history” so often referred to glosses over the invasions and dynasties begun by the Mongols and the Manchu, who had as much to do with Chinese history as the Han. Chinese scientists push the theory that there was parallel evolution in China, so that Chinese can imagine they are not descended from prehistoric African migrants. (Genetically, they are, but fossil records can be creatively analyzed to argue otherwise.)
At the same time, the Chinese people envy Western culture and young women elect to have cosmetic surgery to get “double eyelids,” IOW “Western” eyelids.
The mental gymnastics people will do to ignore our common origin. Afrika!
Trump’s no friend of the working man. If you’re working for wages, brothers and sisters, he couldn’t give Shit One about you.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 28, 2017
re: #345 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, that thing about charging evacuees is so fucked up…
They don’t want or need or care about the money, but it’s an excuse to confiscate passports. So if a bunch of those Puerto Ricans stick around the new place they’ve evac’d to, they won’t have proper ID to register to vote.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
State Dep refutes PR promissory note story.
I’d like to know where that came from in the first place - whether it’s trolling, or they’re backing off because people were horrified.
re: #366 makeitstop
They can back of the PR promissory note - but are they backing off the passport claims?
This morning Trump decided to waive the Jones Act.
For 10 days.
Yep, that should be long enough to make a difference…
*spit*
“Liberals say we helped Trump.” - Mark Zuckerberg
No, Mark.
The FBI says you took MONEY from Russia to spread PROPAGANDA. pic.twitter.com/JXlSrbECQy— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) September 28, 2017
re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg
Okay regading the “charging evacuees from Puerto Rico” story, it looks like most of the reports originated with a story from Marketwatch that was merely quoting standard State Dept. policy for certain types of evacuations.
The fact Puerto Rico is in the U.S. Should mean this policy doesn’t apply to them.
Thanks for digging on that one.
re: #369 makeitstop
At least we don’t have to worry about him running as a Democrat.
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
BREAKING: White House announces Pres Trump has authorized waiving the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, effective immediately.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) September 28, 2017
For only 10 days. (The fine print)
That’s not enough.
This happened because YOU MADE NOISE.
Don’t give up.https://t.co/pxx7qvHPdf https://t.co/Z0fjknHyP6— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 28, 2017
Please @realDonaldTrump, imagine your family was running out of food & water & the shipment to save them was, say, 11 days away.
NOT ENOUGH. https://t.co/7JUjShpw2z— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 28, 2017
re: #363 Birth Control Works
The mental gymnastics people will do to ignore our common origin. Afrika!
The genetic code doesn’t lie. Now the geneticists say there were two migrations out of Africa, several tens of thousands of years apart, which took different routes to spread across the world. IIRC, the earlier migration followed the Mediterranean coast into Asia Minor and then Europe, while the second migration crossed over the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula and gradually moved east toward Asia and Oceania.
But both groups originated in Africa, that much is undeniable.
I suspect Creationists hold so dearly to their mythical creation story because it enables them to deny they descend from “black” Africans. The OT rather has the blacks descending from Noah, who as we all know was as white as snow, just like Adam and Eve. //
re: #359 wheat-dogg
Hardly at all. The Han congregate in the newly built neighborhoods, and the Uighurs in the old neighborhoods. There’s a lot of mistrust between the two groups, to say the least.
It’s probably been mentioned here before, but the Han Chinese consider themselves superior to everyone else in every way, and they try to gaslight the population to make sure that myth remains unchallenged. The “5,000-year history” so often referred to glosses over the invasions and dynasties begun by the Mongols and the Manchu, who had as much to do with Chinese history as the Han. Chinese scientists push the theory that there was parallel evolution in China, so that Chinese can imagine they are not descended from prehistoric African migrants. (Genetically, they are, but fossil records can be creatively analyzed to argue otherwise.)
At the same time, the Chinese people envy Western culture and young women elect to have cosmetic surgery to get “double eyelids,” IOW “Western” eyelids.
How the fuck do the Communist-led party expect social cohesion and harmony if there’s that much fucking separation between the two? I know it goes both ways since there are some Uighurs who are hesitant on learning Mandarin but it seems that a lot of it was forced upon them by the Han elite.
That being said, I wouldn’t say China is anti-Muslim since the Hui are awarded generous privileges that make Uighurs blush with envy. It also doesn’t help that Hui are also becoming more despised (if not already) by the Uighurs who see Huis as collaborators with the Han establishment.
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Following immense public pressure, U.S. officials will finally allow the sister—and perfect stem cell donor match—of a California woman fighting leukemia to come to the United States for a lifesaving transplant.
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I know not everyone here follows (or cares) about sportspuck, but with the Penguins’ decision to go visit the Chief Racist, there’s been a lot more interest than normal in what some of the other players are thinking about the protests.
There aren’t a lot of black players in the NHL - as has been discussed before, hockey tends to white, upper-middle class guys, at least for the player base. (Because hockey equipment is expensive, and if you’re serious about it, you’re typically talking private schools, etc.) But there are a few, and one of them plays for my local team. There’s been a lot of interest in what he was going to do and today he released a statement. Full disclosure, I have massive amounts of respect for him and think this did an excellent job of walking what must feel like a very fine line to him. He’s currently a top candidate for me to get a jersey of this year. (He wears 42, deliberately.)
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(Images behind the spoiler for Belafon and anyone else who can’t get to Twitter.)
re: #372 JordanRules
Yesterday: Trump is right to not wave the Jones Act because it protects American jobs and MAGA!
Today: See how much Trump is MAGA? He waved the Jones Act that was passed because Obama.
We hear so much about men in sports protesting, but Nancy Letourneau in Washington Monthly has more from the women’s side.
Oh to be a fly on the golf cart
Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton attend the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club. pic.twitter.com/KzS3Td5mFu
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re: #374 electrotek
How the fuck do the Communist-led party expect social cohesion and harmony if there’s that much fucking separation between the two? I know it goes both ways since there are some Uighurs who are hesitant on learning Mandarin but it seems that a lot of it was forced upon them by the Han elite.
That being said, I wouldn’t say China is anti-Muslim since the Hui are awarded generous privileges that make Uighurs blush with envy. It also doesn’t help that Hui are also becoming more despised (if not already) by the Uighurs who see Huis as collaborators with the Han establishment.
The Hui tend to keep a low profile, because they’ve been living among the Han much longer than the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. As for learning Mandarin, everyone has to learn it in school. It’s China’s common language. Otherwise, even Han from different parts of China would be unable to understand each other. My students tell me that their roommates can speak to their moms on the phone and be completely unintelligible to anyone else in the dorm.
re: #379 Stanley Sea
Oh to be a fly on the golf cart
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I find it fascinating that these three guys seem to get along so well together.
re: #380 wheat-dogg
The Hui tend to keep a low profile, because they’ve been living among the Han much longer than the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. As for learning Mandarin, everyone has to learn it in school. It’s China’s common language. Otherwise, even Han from different parts of China would be unable to understand each other. My students tell me that their roommates can speak to their moms on the phone and be completely unintelligible to anyone else in the dorm.
I have to dig up a post I made about a Uighur student who wrote a nuanced understanding of how Uighurs should live in China, it was a couple of years back…sometime in early 2015 is all I can remember.
Let me dig it up and I’ll repost the link.
re: #376 klys (maker of Silmarils)
There aren’t a lot of black players in the NHL - as has been discussed before, hockey tends to white, upper-middle class guys, at least for the player base. (Because hockey equipment is expensive, and if you’re serious about it, you’re typically talking private schools, etc.)
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It was my understanding that there aren’t a lot of American players in the NHL, that they’re mostly Canadians.
Or is that an outdated generalization?
re: #373 wheat-dogg
The genetic code doesn’t lie. Now the geneticists say there were two migrations out of Africa, several tens of thousands of years apart, which took different routes to spread across the world. IIRC, the earlier migration followed the Mediterranean coast into Asia Minor and then Europe, while the second migration crossed over the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula and gradually moved east toward Asia and Oceania.
But both groups originated in Africa, that much is undeniable.
I suspect Creationists hold so dearly to their mythical creation story because it enables them to deny they descend from “black” Africans. The OT rather has the blacks descending from Noah, who as we all know was as white as snow, just like Adam and Eve. //
I just don’t get it. But I guess I”m in the minority as most people seem to cling to their myths as if their life depended on it.
re: #381 wheat-dogg
I find it fascinating that these three guys seem to get along so well together.
The yam will never, ever fit in.
re: #383 sagehen
It was my understanding that there aren’t a lot of American players in the NHL, that they’re mostly Canadians.
Or is that an outdated generalization?
Depends on the team. The majority of players aren’t American (although I think we’re up to like ~30% now or something) and of those, the majority are Canadian. But there’s a bunch from Europe, Russia, etc. - the NHL is the undisputed king of the leagues so they get their pick. My team had ~5 American players on the starting roster last year (including our captain).
That said, Joel Ward is from Canada.
re: #383 sagehen
It was my understanding that there aren’t a lot of American players in the NHL, that they’re mostly Canadians.
Or is that an outdated generalization?
re: #381 wheat-dogg
I find it fascinating that these three guys seem to get along so well together.
I don’t think it’s that surprising. Clinton appears to be able to get along with anyone. Obama seems pretty similar if not quite so folksy. W also looks to be pretty friendly. While W was a goddamned political disaster, I don’t find that he was mean spirited.
Because of that, you have 3 guys that can get along provided (guessing here) they don’t get into political discussions too deeply (also helps that W was opposed to Trump Trump support is now something that can’t be bridged or forgiven).
In 1914 there was a book published called Race Orthodoxy that listed a racial code, and this list is still applied today #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/pmn5QJmzZT
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) September 28, 2017
re: #379 Stanley Sea
Oh to be a fly on the golf cart
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re: #384 Birth Control Works
I just don’t get it. But I guess I”m in the minority as most people seem to cling to their myths as if their life depended on it.
There is some security in “just so” stories, and every ethnic group seems to have at least one to justify their superiority over other groups.
re: #381 wheat-dogg
I find it fascinating that these three guys seem to get along so well together.
They are members of an elite club.
For anyone looking to grab a SNES Classic:
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— Wario64 (@Wario64) September 28, 2017
re: #394 Birth Control Works
They are members of an elite club.
Trump will never be a part of that club. He is an aberration; a low sub-caste that will be ignored by all the former presidents.
re: #394 Birth Control Works
Yes, extremely elite. There is so much that only they get and can talk about even without a partisan bent.
re: #395 electrotek
I still have my actual one. ;)
re: #399 GlutenFreeJesus
I still have my actual one. ;)
I never got one, only had a Sega Genesis which I still have.
re: #395 electrotek
For anyone looking to grab a SNES Classic:
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We had the Pong home console and the TI-99/4A. In fact, we still have them in a storage room. They both still worked last time we plugged them in, but that’s been a few years ago…
As Puerto Ricans begin to clean up the rubble in the wake of Hurricane Maria, they’re looking to their fellow Americans for help. pic.twitter.com/yP7U1xVtMM
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) September 28, 2017
The Heritage Foundation wants your money. For themselves. https://t.co/cyxq28DItY
— 👓 Tom Wellborn (@TomWellborn) September 28, 2017
Morning: Supreme Crt agrees to hear case that wld cripple public unions
Lunchtime: Gorsuch talks to group funded by same ppl funding case— Noam Scheiber (@noamscheiber) September 28, 2017
Requiem for Zeitgeist By Kurt Vonnegut
A newly discovered short story, published here for the first time anywhere.
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Democrats need to file something about this, though I’m not sure what. Impeachment isn’t going to happen.
And it has begun.
High schools are now following Trump’s order.
Will kick off any players who don’t stand during the National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/lfNWyW7z5f— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 28, 2017
Creeping authoritarianism gonna creep. https://t.co/OBZHzQqg5h
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) September 28, 2017
Parkway High School might want to take a few minutes to check out a certain past SCOTUS decision…
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Edging ever closer to an authoritarian government, where the judiciary is in the pockets of big business and the other branches of government.
Gary Cohn on @CNBC: tax cuts will pay for themselves thru growth.
— Steve Liesman (@steveliesman) September 28, 2017
Just like in Kansas… where it failed utterly and completely, destroying the state’s economy https://t.co/lNqhY82OVx
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 28, 2017
re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth
I played high school sports (water polo and swimming), there was maybe one game/meet a year where they played the national anthem before the game. I don’t think I ever remember seeing it before football games. But then that was in the ’90s before the war times…
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