Keith Jarrett has recorded this classic song many times on many albums and each time it’s unique and different; but for me this is the best version, from his solo concert at La Scala, the famous opera house in Milan, Italy.
Personal note: I played there once with Al Jarreau; it’s an amazing theater that opened for the first time in 1778.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Yip Harburg is also featured in Simon Shama’s “The Story of the Jews.” He is in episode four aptly titled, “Over the Rainbow.”
Trump subverts the US Constitution on a daily basis.
He’s undermining US national security almost daily.
Another vivid reminder that @realDonaldTrump is actively undermining US national security by attacking our allies, which only helps Russia
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 8, 2017
But never let anything get in the way of a Trump round of golf. Or tweeting.
All the while, millions continue to go without power in Puerto Rico.
This tangerine toddler is twiddling his tiny thumbs while his political party is sabotaging functioning government and installing the worst of the worst in all corners of government - especially the judiciary.
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The possible “O” storm is out there.
Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for ‘Dreamer’ deal https://t.co/jNrsTPHv59
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 8, 2017
One of the things that bugs me about the gun control argument I keep hearing from the right is that there is no law that would have prevented Vegas.
Probably true.
But they seem to forget there’s two parts to Law and Order. Deterrence and Prevention. Speeding is against the law. There are penalties. For a lot of people, they don’t speed because they don’t want to risk the penalty. For others, they are willing to take that risk so there’s police out there trying to detect people speeding and busting them from doing it — PREVENTING it from happening.
What gets me is, if I make a financial transaction of $10,000 or more, a SAR is filed (suspicious activity report) by the bank. It doesn’t stop me from doing it. It doesn’t mean I broke a law either. But it raises a flag that if it matches some pattern somewhere, it’s going to get looked at closer.
So why the hell can I go out and buy thousands of rounds of ammunition and not have any sort of suspicion raised? It doesn’t mean what I’m doing is illegal or should even be stopped. But the fact that Paddock was able to keep doing this for years and never was noticed?
Maybe that’s what we should be looking at.
Breaking: Harvey Weinstein has been fired, per a statement from the Weinstein Company.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 8, 2017
Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for ‘Dreamer’ deal https://t.co/jNrsTPHv59
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 8, 2017
This idiotic fantasy again. Notice how Donnie seems to have completely dropped the absurd talking point that Mexico’s going to pay for it. https://t.co/ELds4TkiPV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2017
Years ago I was in charge of coffee and donuts — the big time! — at a NYU symposium in celebration of Yip Harburg, during which the man himself held the stage for well over two hours, relating many great anecdotes about his life and times. No, related is too bland a word — he regaled the audience, and they reciprocated with love. My lasting impression was that he was a basically sweet yet very tough cookie. Pity the poor Broadway producer who dared to tangle with Yip.
People are way too bland these days. Mr. Yarburg was a character, in the very best sense of the word. And so creative!
Notice how no one on the right or in the media calls him out on it.
re: #7 lawhawk
Odd that the Trump Organization didn’t fire Donald Trump over his Access Hollywood video.
re: #10 Skip Intro
Notice how no one on the right or in the media calls him out on it.
The media and the right elected him - why would they call him out?
re: #8 Charles Johnson
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And the DNC leadership is gonna tell him where to cram those “principles.”
Repeat from end of last thread (because I seem to always be running behind, or on empty or something)
Dems fail to vet personal life of every donor.
Republicans fail to vet:
President
Vice President
Cabinet Members
White House Staff
Judiciary nominees
Department nominees/appointments
Media reps
President’s gross family
BUT BOTH SIDES DO IT!
Mike Pence has run away from a Hamilton showing and an NFL game, and once said he was victimized by watching Mulan. Maybe try PBS, big guy
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) October 8, 2017
re: #16 b.d. (bill d.)
He is afraid to PBS too.
And the answer is that these orgs already had political depts ready to go. Having worked in IT for years. They offered a service.
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) October 8, 2017
re: #18 b.d. (bill d.)
Maybe. I personally think it might be Fred Rogers.
My Baltimorian brother-in-law Larry pointed out to me this afternoon that when Mike Pence stomped out of the Colts game today he stomped on the memory of Johnny Unitas. Now that’s a hardcore old skool Colts fan right there.
re: #7 lawhawk
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re: #16 b.d. (bill d.)
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Mike Pence would find something to get offended at if he stuck to the Hallmark Channel.
re: #23 scottslemmons
Mike Pence would find something to get offended at if he stuck to the Hallmark Channel.
“Cold Sassy Tree is pure lesbianism!!!!”
re: #23 scottslemmons
Mike Pence would find something to get offended at if he stuck to the Hallmark Channel.
I wonder if Mikey ever read the kinky parts of the Bible such as Song of Solomon…
Fucking Pence, took me this long to realize it was World Octopus Day
Leaves change colors in the fall but octopuses change color all year long. Happy #WorldOctopusDay! pic.twitter.com/Zg0J3xChIx
— MontereyBayAquarium (@MontereyAq) October 8, 2017
re: #16 b.d. (bill d.)
Now let’s give the guy a break. He takes his mother with him everywhere he goes, so he’s probably concerned over what she sees and hears.
re: #25 Joe Bacon 🌹
I wonder if Mikey ever read the kinky parts of the Bible such as Song of Solomon…
I suspect he spends a lot more time perusing the slip section of the Sears catalogue.
re: #25 Joe Bacon 🌹
I wonder if Mikey ever read the kinky parts of the Bible such as Song of Solomon…
I think Mike just sticks to the killing parts, like all evangelicals do.
re: #28 De Kolta Chair
Dude. That’s just wrong.
I don’t think Sears has put out a catalogue in years…I mean, they have a website, but that’s not the same thing.
re: #28 De Kolta Chair
I suspect he spends a lot more time perusing the slip section of the Sears catalogue.
I’m sure Mommy blistered his hands with her ruler when she caught him perusing the new items on Freshpair…
What a magnificent rendition of such a beautiful song. I’ve always like it when the artists perform it at a slower tempo than Garland sang in the movie. The chord progressions, when draw out, are simply exquisite. And the piano Jarrett is playing is a jewel. Thanks for sharing this. It’s nice to know there is still beauty in this world amongst the shit pile we’re currently in.
re: #33 sizzzzlerz
What a magnificent rendition of such a beautiful song. I’ve always like it when the artists perform it at a slower tempo than Garland sang in the movie. The chord progressions, when draw out, are simply exquisite. And the piano Jarrett is playing is a jewel. Thanks for sharing this. It’s nice to know there is still beauty in this world amongst the shit pile we’re currently in.
I’m partial to Harry Connick Jr’s version.
re: #20 PhillyPretzel
Maybe. I personally think it might be Fred Rogers.
Yeah, a real Christian like him, being one of the Helpers, would terrify a corrupt freak like Pence.
re: #33 sizzzzlerz
What a magnificent rendition of such a beautiful song. I’ve always like it when the artists perform it at a slower tempo than Garland sang in the movie. The chord progressions, when draw out, are simply exquisite. And the piano Jarrett is playing is a jewel. Thanks for sharing this. It’s nice to know there is still beauty in this world amongst the shit pile we’re currently in.
Ah but for me that’s this version Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole
This was my guy. I had him in a tank for a couple of months.
He was the coolest thing ever, I would sit and watch him for hours.
He died & was buried in his Octopus’s Garden in the shade.
Thanks Charles for the image library - thankful that I posted these years ago on LGF, so many computers later, not sure where all the photos are.
Nobody could have done what I’ve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work! pic.twitter.com/k2jAkIpfjI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
re: #38 Stanley Sea
Those last two photos are particularly lovely and otherworldly.
re: #40 De Kolta Chair
Those last two photos are particularly lovely and mysterious.
Our tank was on the front porch. I swear I’d come home from work raise my arm & he’d raise one of his back.
It really was a magical experience.
*sniff*
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
he’s on a roll tonight:
“The Republican Party is racking up record amounts of small dollar donations - fueled by Trump supporters…..” @nypost Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
At this point how much more before Republicans will have had enough.
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really want to downding this post, but I won’t. I’m so sick of having Trump in my face every fucking day.
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
And the entire Republican Party refuses to lift a finger to save this country from collapse. You get people like Corker who only shoot their mouths off when their ego is bruised, yet Corker won’t do anything else to stop Dolt 45 from destroying this country!
This is Piper. She just had her first bath. Wondering what the h*ck that was all about. 12/10 would hug to dry pic.twitter.com/abwkRn9nq0
— SpookyWeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) October 8, 2017
re: #24 De Kolta Chair
“Cold Sassy Tree is pure lesbianism!!!!”
“Mother! That godless whore Jessica Fletcher is on TV again!”
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
It’s gonna be wild when this guy goes down for sentencing.
re: #48 scottslemmons
“Mother! That godless whore Jessica Fletcher is on TV again!”
I wonder if “Mother” brings out his inner Norman Bates?
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
About a third of Americans still believe the world was created ex nihilo 6000 years ago.
When a society is this daft, anything is possible.
re: #51 freetoken
About a third of Americans still believe the world was created ex nihilo 6000 years ago.
When a society is this daft, anything is possible.
The end product of the Powell Memorandum which led to the full scale attack by the GOP on public education. When the masses are dumbed down, it’s easier to manipulate them!
re: #50 Joe Bacon 🌹
I wonder if “Mother” brings out his inner Norman Bates?
You could make an amazingly creepy TV show about a God-bothering serial killer politician and his family.
re: #48 scottslemmons
“Mother! That godless whore Jessica Fletcher is on TV again!”
CABOT COVE IS PURE EVIL!!!!
re: #54 De Kolta Chair
Considering the murder rate in that town, that would be hard to dispute…
re: #48 scottslemmons
“Mother! That godless whore Jessica Fletcher is on TV again!”
Jessica Fletcher was the greatest mass murderer in the history of the world and every single week she successfully framed one poor sap.
Nobody could have done what I’ve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work! pic.twitter.com/k2jAkIpfjI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
Delete your Presidency https://t.co/eR2jXFeEHI
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 9, 2017
re: #54 De Kolta Chair
CABOT COVE IS PURE EVIL!!!!
Mrs. Pence: I know you will never entirely comprehend this, Michael, but you must believe I did not know it would be you. I served them. I fought for them. I’m on the point of winning for them the greatest foothold they would ever have in this country. And they paid me back by taking your soul away from you. I told them to build me an assassin. I wanted a killer from a world filled with killers and they chose you because they thought it would bind me closer to them.
[Puts her hands on Pence’s face]
Mrs. Pence: But now, we have come almost to the end. One last step. And then when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.
re: #44 Dave In Austin
At this point how much more before Republicans will have had enough.
When they’ve completely stacked the judiciary with extremists who will overturn Roe and civil rights decisions nationwide.
That’s what they’re doing while media directs attention to Weinstein as some kind of equivalent to Trump that Democrats have to answer for.
re: #55 I cannot.
Considering the murder rate in that town, that would be hard to dispute…
I’m a total believer in the theory that Jessica Fletcher actually committed all the murders. But who wants to see the delightful Angela Lansbury go to prison? Murder away, Angela!
re: #58 Joe Bacon 🌹
Mrs. Pence: I know you will never entirely comprehend this, Michael, but you must believe I did not know it would be you. I served them. I fought for them. I’m on the point of winning for them the greatest foothold they would ever have in this country. And they paid me back by taking your soul away from you. I told them to build me an assassin. I wanted a killer from a world filled with killers and they chose you because they thought it would bind me closer to them.
[Puts her hands on Pence’s face]
Mrs. Pence: But now, we have come almost to the end. One last step. And then when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. AND I LOVE IT.
I remember when Keith Jarrett was the new kid on the block. Same for Chick Corea.
(゜ロ゜)
It may be that I’ve just locked down my social media enough that I’m not seeing the assholes…but I’m really not seeing ANY love from ANYONE today for Pence’s stunt. Even the comments on that Indy Star op-ed attacking Pence were noticeably devoid of the usual trollish MAGA crap.
Now, I have family in Indiana, so I have years of experience about how loathsome Pence is once you get to know him a little better. But this is, if nothing else, a pleasant reminder that if we eventually get to impeachment or resignation, Pence is going to have a hard time making America love him.
re: #62 lawhawk
When they’ve completely stacked the judiciary with extremists who will overturn Roe and civil rights decisions nationwide.
That’s what they’re doing while media directs attention to Weinstein as some kind of equivalent to Trump that Democrats have to answer for.
That is the Republican goal! Pack the courts with the most right wing extremists they can find and overturn every liberal law passed since FDR came to power!
re: #66 ipsos
As if Pence isn’t neck deep in Trump/Russia. Mikey goes down with Donnie.
What he’s done for Puerto Rico? All he’s done is shoot jump shots and flash moose knuckle.
re: #66 ipsos
It may be that I’ve just locked down my social media enough that I’m not seeing the assholes…but I’m really not seeing ANY love from ANYONE today for Pence’s stunt. Even the comments on that Indy Star op-ed attacking Pence were noticeably devoid of the usual trollish MAGA crap.
Now, I have family in Indiana, so I have years of experience about how loathsome Pence is once you get to know him a little better. But this is, if nothing else, a pleasant reminder that if we eventually get to impeachment or resignation, Pence is going to have a hard time making America love him.
I’ll be willing to bet my dad will applaud the VP for his actions, but even so, my folks have no love for their former governor.
A couple months ago I mentioned that I’ve been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. My C1A level at the time was 8.3. I had it tested again last Thursday and I’ve managed to drop it down to 5.6. I’ve also managed to drop about 40 pounds since then which has been kind of frustrating because the first 25 came off really fast and it’s been hell trying to lose weight since then. I want to lose another 65 pounds over the next 20 months, hopefully I can get it done in half that time. My doctor was pretty happy.
re: #26 Stanley Sea
Fucking Pence, took me this long to realize it was World Octopus Day
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re: #66 ipsos
It may be that I’ve just locked down my social media enough that I’m not seeing the assholes..
I suspect the Trumpers who used to be on my Facebook stream have pretty much unfollowed me somehow, as I don’t see much now too.
The obnoxious stupidity of Trump does eventually wear people out, perhaps. His followers are not increasing in number, and every stunt eventually backfires on him, as idiotic things tend to do.
That’s why the hate-industry have to keep rolling out Hillary as an item - they need anything at all to somehow keep the marks, and Hillary-hate is the last thing that worked so they go back to it.
re: #23 scottslemmons
Mike Pence would find something to get offended at if he stuck to the Hallmark Channel.
He’d probably freak out if he had seen today’s episode of Victoria — the two young lords who were obviously in love with each other finally had their first kiss.
re: #76 Amory Blaine
Tomorrow is Monday. Are we ready for the next shitshow?
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re: #76 Amory Blaine
Tomorrow is Monday. Are we ready for the next shitshow?
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Tomorrow we’re supposedly commemorating one of the all-time great shitshowers, so L’chaim!
re: #71 stpaulbear
A couple months ago I mentioned that I’ve been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. My C1A level at the time was 8.3. I had it tested again last Thursday and I’ve managed to drop it down to 5.6. I’ve also managed to drop about 40 pounds since then which has been kind of frustrating because the first 25 came off really fast and it’s been hell trying to lose weight since then. I want to lose another 65 pounds over the next 20 months, hopefully I can get it done in half that time. My doctor was pretty happy.
I have been there. Now my a1c floats between 6.1 and 6.3. Doctor has it checked every 3 months. When I was diagnosed with Type 2 my weight was right at 300 pounds. I am down to 215 right now. I go to the gym and work out every day for at least 30 minutes. Now if I get up in the morning and my wakeup blood sugar is over 130 then I do 45 minutes of work on the elliptical at the gym.
Also keep an eye on nutrition information labels. Keep an eye peeled for anything with high fructose corn syrup in it since that really spikes blood glucose. Eat lots of fiber and substitute Stevia for any other artificial sweetner! Stay away from anything white (rice, potatoes, white flour or table sugar).
Hope that helps encourage you!
First National Hockey League player protests police violence against minorities during the national anthem:
JT Brown of the Tampa Bay Lightning raised his fist, bowed his head, and closed his eyes during the anthem. (It is a bit tough to kneel holding a hockey stick in the narrow confines of the team bench area astride the ice.)
This is the year of the woman. From Fox, to SIlicon Valley, to Hollywood. We may have the lost the election, but it raised sleeping lions.
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 8, 2017
I dunno. I’m 51. Two guys harassed me today, one homeless, one in first class. Feels like same shit, different decade. https://t.co/YBSPWwuoQG
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) October 9, 2017
Seriously, folks. This is not me humble-bragging. This is me asking how old I have to be before unfamiliar men think they own rights to me.
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) October 9, 2017
re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) October 9, 2017
The face you make when you find an unexpected extra crunchy Cheeto under the desk pic.twitter.com/3D4NFIfSdX
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 9, 2017
re: #71 stpaulbear
;-)
Isn’t that cute? Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone used the White Power handsign in her tweet…
hahahahahahaha
The NFL should no longer be subsidized by any government: local, state, or federal
End all of their subsidies— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 8, 2017
Oh please @DonaldJTrumpJr and @charliekirk11, please don’t take away government subsidies for stadiums. We’ll do anything. https://t.co/m3sAy0neEI
— David Weiner (@daweiner) October 9, 2017
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Hey, person I don’t know! Pay attention to me while I tell you my opinion of your appearance loudly!! Hey! Why don’t you pay attention to me while I loudly comment on you? Hey, don’t you care what I think about your breasts and derriere?”
The other day I said I’m tired of white people. Now I’m also tired of men.
And I’m a white man.
Apropos of Tom Servo…
As always, #MST3K is represented at #NYCC2017 @FrankConniff @TraceBeaulieu pic.twitter.com/QMzLB4A0xK
— (((DailyShowCouch))) (@TDSCouch) October 8, 2017
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
Here’s an image:
There are plenty of other big corporations you should add to that list. Starting with the ones that get rich off our wars for corporate 💰💰💰. pic.twitter.com/7W4GG0F2li
— I.F. Thunder (@IFThunder) October 8, 2017
Why don’t you go where the big subsidies are—on Wall Street…
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) October 9, 2017
A trangender boy was crowned homecoming king in his school, after he was previously kicked out of a Christian school for being transgender.
He says that it was a blessing from God to be kicked out of the Christian school to attend public school.
re: #71 stpaulbear
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 47. I struggled for years to lower my A1C level. What did it for me was changing my diet and cooking nearly every meal I eat. I’ve always been on the slender side, but I lost more weight. I weigh about 135 now, and I’m 5’8” tall. I used to weigh 158 lbs. The only time I’ve eaten in a restaurant this year was in June with my daughter to celebrate her birthday. My last A1C reading last month was 5.1. Since I overhauled my diet and began cooking most of my meals at home four years ago, the highest my A1C level has been was 7.1. It’s usually around 6.2. I’m proud of you for attaining a lower A1C level. Hang in there, it will continue to decrease. Keeping a food log helps me, too. If my after dinner blood-sugar reading is higher than 200, I note the foods I ate for dinner that day. I can’t explain it, but for some reason, a few potato chips will cause a significant increase in my evening blood-sugar level. Go figure.
re: #96 majii
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 47. I struggled for years to lower my A1C level. What did it for me was changing my diet and cooking nearly every meal I eat. I’ve always been on the slender side, but I lost more weight. I weigh about 135 now, and I’m 5’8” tall. I used to weigh 158 lbs. The only time I’ve eaten in a restaurant this year was in June with my daughter to celebrate her birthday. My last A1C reading last month was 5.1. Since I overhauled my diet and began cooking most of my meals at home four years ago, the highest my A1C level has been was 7.1. It’s usually around 6.2. I’m proud of you for attaining a lower A1C level. Hang in there, it will continue to decrease. Keeping a food log helps me, too. If my after dinner blood-sugar reading is higher than 200, I note the foods I ate for dinner that day. I can’t explain it, but for some reason, a few potato chips will cause a significant increase in my evening blood-sugar level. Go figure.
Any snack food spikes my blood sugar—chips, pretzels, crackers or even “sugar-free” candy. That’s why I now avoid them and replaced them with nuts, Ry-Krisp and yogurt.
re: #96 majii
My wife was diagnosed three years ago with Type II diabetes when the local hospital held a flu shot clinic at the church in our village … they gave checks with a glucose meter and she said “why not?”
The nurse told her she wasn’t keeping her diabetes under control, and she responded “I didn’t know I had diabetes.”
Now three years later it is well-controlled, and she’s lost about eighty pounds. As an aside, she’s taken to making recipes from several “diabetic” cookbooks more interesting (without adding carbohydrates to the meals).
I supplement my meals with additional carbohydrate bombs like sandwiches and crackers (if I lost eighty pounds I would be under forty pounds).
Trump’s complaint that he’s unappreciated signals open refusal to provide resources for millions of citizens unless they show due reverence
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) October 9, 2017
Exactly right. It’s a message. https://t.co/hqikZhc1gn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 9, 2017
re: #100 Charles Johnson
“Kiss my ass or you get nothing from the US government”
re: #87 Joe Bacon 🌹
Isn’t that cute? Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone used the White Power handsign in her tweet…
HER. NAME. IS. TOMMY. LARRY!!!!
re: #69 Mike Lamb
I’ve seen yam janglies waaaay too many times in the last few days.
re: #102 gocart mozart
Uhh, I believe it’s actually Tender Lettuce.
re: #31 I cannot.
Dude. That’s just wrong.
I don’t think Sears has put out a catalogue in years…I mean, they have a website, but that’s not the same thing.
Whacking the weasel ain’t what it used to be. ;-(
While diabetes isn’t a problem for me, in the same year my mother, my sister, and I have all been diagnosed with osteoporosis.
It does seem like everything is out to kill us.
re: #87 Joe Bacon 🌹
Isn’t that cute? Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone used the White Power handsign in her tweet…
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Doesn’t one have to have first thoughts before one can have final thoughts? I have seen no evidence that Tomi has any thoughts at all.
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nobody could have done what I’ve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work! pic.twitter.com/k2jAkIpfjI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
Textbook Malignant Narcissism. This is a man who flies out and thinks he hit a grand slam. #ThisIsNotNormal #Dolt45 #PuertoRico https://t.co/CmuUkvK2Yt
— Brawny K #GunControl (@Citizen_Kryptik) October 9, 2017
It’s about patriotism. It’s about respect for the flag, respect for the country, & respect for those who’ve fought & died to defend it.
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) September 26, 2017
you mean like the muslim US soldier who fought and died while defending our country and whose Gold Star parents your boss attacked? https://t.co/MdXeWC90aS
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) October 8, 2017
Get ready for a whole lot of pseudo-patriotic sanctimonious posturing tomorrow on Columbus Day.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 9, 2017
Mom Whose Daughter Was Killed by Illegal Immigrant: Congress and President Must Work Together to Build the Wall https://t.co/n8uAFZiftB
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 9, 2017
What about people whose children & parents were killed by US-born citizens with unlimited access to guns? What are they, chopped liver? https://t.co/hHcWAAyvsn
— 🌍Vicious Babushka🌎 (@viciousbabushka) October 9, 2017
re: #111 Charles Johnson
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“Well Columbus wasn’t really all that great a guy…”
“HOW DARE YOU IMPUGN THE DISCOVERER OF OUR NATION, YOU LIBERAL HEATHEN?! YOU ARE THE MOST UNPATRIOTIC PERSON I HAVE EVER MET! THE FOUNDERS WOULD HAVE BURNED YOU AT THE STAKE IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD TRUMP!”
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
Wait - this woman’s daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant FROM HAITI, and she says we have to build The Wall?
Uh. Um. I hate to be the one to say this……
re: #59 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
sigh
re: #92 Belafon
Commandment #11 — Thou shalt not brew any espresso priced at more than $3.50 a cup.
Commandment #12 — Thou shalt have no other god before me; oh Jesus I’m bored just thinking about it.
Commandment #13 — Yea verily you idiots, Stanley Kubrick did not film the moon landing, though he definitely did film the upcoming Jupiter landing.
re: #115 Blind Frog Belly White
Wait - this woman’s daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant FROM HAITI, and she says we have to build The Wall?
Uh. Um. I hate to be the one to say this……
I wouldn’t doubt that she or others probably think Haiti is in Mexico or something.
Every word that comes out of Trump’s mouth & Twitter IS A FREAKING LIE but he has “credibility” with rural voters? What utter dumbshits.
— 🌍Vicious Babushka🌎 (@viciousbabushka) October 9, 2017
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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In Pence’s political calculus there is a day he has to turn savagely on Trump, or go down with him. It’s a narrow window, but he has a good notion of the week.
re: #111 Charles Johnson
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it’s already starting:
Maine changes Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day….because “they” discovered America🤔 We are rapidly losing our country people!!
— Lynne (@poconomtn) October 7, 2017
oh, and she’s upset about being a “laughing stalk”, too:
We must be the laughing stalk
— Lynne (@poconomtn) October 7, 2017
bless her heart…
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
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Her daughter’s killer came from Haiti. Now how would a wall on the Mexican border have stopped that???????
re: #122 Joe Bacon 🌹
Her daughter’s killer came from Haiti. Now how would a wall on the Mexican border have stopped that???????
THEY SPEAK FRENCH IN HAITI SO IT MUST BE IN CANADA. BUILD A WALL ON THERE BORDER TOO!!!!!!
re: #124 Decatur Deb
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She’s well on her way to going the full Dr. Smith is a celery stalk route!
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s already starting:
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bless her heart…
A laughing stalk is what killer clowns do to their victims before they attack.
re: #122 Joe Bacon 🌹
Her daughter’s killer came from Haiti. Now how would a wall on the Mexican border have stopped that???????
Why are you laughing??? Isn’t Haiti the capital of Mexico???
re: #100 Charles Johnson
Which fits right in to my opinion that any state who didn’t vote for him will get zero help from the federal government if there’s a disaster. We are on our own.
Actually I’m giving way too much credit to Trumporrhoids if they even know that Haitians speak French.
OT: I just came back from raising the village flags to full-staff (half-staff today for National Fallen Firefighters’ Service).
In this year’s village budget, I got a bump (wearing my street superintendent hat) to the streetlamp budget to replace sodium vapour lamps that fail with new LED fixtures. (The argument was they save money over the long run as they fail less often, light the streets better, and use less electricity saving money on the village electric bill along with lower carbon emissions because of less electricity use). The increase in the budget was passed.
I’ve since called in a number of dead lamps to the public power district (they change lamps for us because we don’t have the capability). Gradually the streets are being lit up better. (Hopefully the savings on the village electric bill and replacing lamps every few months will add up to significant savings in the village budget. That will keep the angry pitchforks and torches away from my house, at least until my next letter to the newspaper… .)
re: #129 The Vicious Babushka
Actually I’m giving way too much credit to Trumporrhoids if they even know that Haitians speak French.
I did, because my church sponsors a church/medical center in Haiti.
re: #42 Charles Johnson
I still find it hard to believe this malignant narcissist asshole piece of shit is the president.
I didn’t know the level of hate that was inside me until trump was elected. I frighten myself with such hate.
re: #131 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I did, because my church sponsors a church/medical center in Haiti.
But you are not a Trumporrhoid.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
Celery for brains… . low calorie, high fibre.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s already starting:
bless her heart…
Not enough brains to fill a thimble, there…
re: #41 Stanley Sea
Our tank was on the front porch. I swear I’d come home from work raise my arm & he’d raise one of his back.
It really was a magical experience.
*sniff*
(゜))<<
re: #133 The Vicious Babushka
But you are not a Trumporrhoid.
Yeah, I have an actual functioning cerebrum. I opted out of the frontal lobotomy before my folks had the chance.
Yo #49ers Since you instigated protest, 2 wins and 19 losses. How about taking your next knee in the other team’s end zone ?
— Brent Musburger (@brentmusburger) October 9, 2017
professional sportscaster thinks games are won/lost during national anthem https://t.co/YQSHZJvOx1
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 9, 2017
re: #137 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yeah, I have an actual functioning cerebrum. I opted out of the frontal lobotomy before my folks had the chance.
And to think, you could have had Dr. Ben Carson do that for you. /s
re: #139 Anymouse 🌹
And to think, you could have had Dr. Ben Carson do that for you. /s
I lived in Indiana. It would have been Mike “I think I’m an MD, therefore I’m an MD” Pence.///
What the heck does Columbus have to do with the USA:
Lynne @poconomtn
Maine changes Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day….because “they” discovered America🤔 We are rapidly losing our country people!!
He was from Italy, sailing for Spain, and landed in Hispaniola.
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹
What the heck does Columbus have to do with the USA:
He was from Italy, sailing for Spain, and landed in Hispaniola.
Yeah, but he was white. Obviously that makes him the most important.
sometimes. the human. will lift up. my ear. to tell me something.. this is. completely. unnecessary
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) October 9, 2017
re: #143 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yeah, but he was white. Obviously that makes him the most important.
Well, for a long time Italians weren’t treated as if they were white here. (Nor Spaniards, nor Slavs, &c &c).
I wish there was a way to conduct a racistecotmy on the nation.
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹
Well, for a long time Italians weren’t treated as if they were white here. (Nor Spaniards, nor Slavs, &c &c).
I wish there was a way to conduct a racistecotmy on the nation.
Hell, even the Irish (who are about as white as you can get!) weren’t treated the same as other white people in this country. My ancestors seem to have escaped that particular bit of prejudice, but others weren’t so lucky.
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹
What the heck does Columbus have to do with the USA:
He was from Italy, sailing for Spain, and landed in Hispaniola.
How about this? We name the second Monday in October “Italian Heritage Day”, name a different Monday “Indigenous Peoples Day”, and teach the full truth about Columbus?
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) October 9, 2017
instead, it’s always Christians who think they have a say in what their female employees do, legally, on their own time.
— Rebecca Schoenkopf (@commiegirl1) October 6, 2017
re: #150 Anymouse 🌹
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Every month when clipping my toe nails I think about how I only do it because the Hollywood elite tell me to. Fuck you Cecil B. DeMille and Charlton Heston!!!
Poor Mike Pence! He just wanted to oppress women and gays. He had no idea he’d end up a pawn in Trump’s racist morality play.
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) October 8, 2017
Stop being such a freaking crybaby.
— 🌍Vicious Babushka🌎 (@viciousbabushka) October 9, 2017
I was watching FearTWD, but
Corker went off
Corker comments in this stunning story are first on record statement of what many in GOP have been saying for monthshttps://t.co/L4qGHLFTMo
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 9, 2017
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹
What the heck does Columbus have to do with the USA:
He was from Italy, sailing for Spain, and landed in Hispaniola.
There was an influential Democratic politician in New York named Generoso Pope who led the first major push to make it a national holiday. After Pope’s death, Pennsylvania Democratic leader Michael Musmano headed the drive. When Musmano was challenged by Pitt professors about earlier Norse explorations of America he led a massive protest against them.
Pope and Musmano are the key figures who led the movement that culminated in the 1970 act making Columbus Day a national holiday.
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Bob Cunnigham’s sick masturbatory fixation on being the last man on earth will kill us all.
Like anyone even knows who Bob Cunnigham is (fourth season Brady Bunch replacement, right?)
Tropical Depression Nate will be in Pennsylvania tomorrow …
re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth
Columbus Day: it will be a double shitshow.
Yeah, I figured out it was a federal holiday (and not one we get to take at the evil too big to fail bank this year) when I got voice mail and email from the Arizona federal court saying, basically, “The judge is expecting you at 8 am Tuesday. No tank tops or shorts.” (This is for jury duty.)
Added in the “Tuesday” part because otherwise it makes utterly no sense.
re: #155 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wikipedia [citation needed] differs:
Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in autumn of 1905, and became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, though people have celebrated Columbus’s voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, New York City and other U.S. cities celebrated the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World. President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to celebrate on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These rituals took themes such as citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and celebrating social progress.
I get why Columbus Day is a holiday in Spain (in Rota it is a massive multi-day party with an agricultural fair, street parades, &c, as he sailed from San Lucar de Barrameda just up the road from there, and much of Latin America).
I don’t get why it’s a holiday here. He didn’t “discover” North America. He was looking for India; he thought the world was smaller than it was. If Hispaniola wasn’t in the way of his voyage, his crew would have starved and another legend would have run round of people sailing off the edge of the Earth.
He is famous by accident.
re: #159 Stanley Sea
Sorry, but Trump has changed the definition of “dinosaur” to “hellacious kick ass Anglo Saxon predecessors.”
DOD has ID’d the 4th 3rd Special Forces Group soldier killed in Niger on Oct. 4 as Sgt. La David Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fl. pic.twitter.com/t1gbTbSghc
— Drew Brooks (@DrewBrooks) October 7, 2017
*Sigh. And the commander in chief uses his Twitter feed to whine about latenight TV and brag that he treats his VP like a marionette. https://t.co/ETh5Mczu8t
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 8, 2017
Next Sunday Mike & Karen Pence will spend $223 billion taxpayer dollars to fly to the moon for 15 minutes & yodel the N word at an apple pie
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 9, 2017
re: #160 Anymouse 🌹
Wikipedia [citation needed] differs:
I get why Columbus Day is a holiday in Spain (in Rota it is a massive multi-day party with an agricultural fair, street parades, &c, as he sailed from San Lucar de Barrameda just up the road from there, and much of Latin America).
I don’t get why it’s a holiday here. He didn’t “discover” North America. He was looking for India; he thought the world was smaller than it was. If Hispaniola wasn’t in the way of his voyage, his crew would have starved and another legend would have run round of people sailing off the edge of the Earth.
He is famous by accident.
Answer—it’s politics…
“I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it’s a situation of trying to contain him,” Mr. Corker said in a telephone interview.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹
Words cannot convey how much I despise these lame ass motherfucking fartsmelling miserable excuses for human shitheads.
re: #163 teleskiguy
Meanwhile, Newt and Callista will throw a fit because they can’t be Martin Landau and Barbara Bain on Moonbase Alpha!
re: #164 Joe Bacon 🌹
Answer—it’s politics…
We can’t possibly admit that non-white people got here before the Master Race.
At least that’s what it feels like to me.
In regards to Rebecca Shoenkopf’s tweet at #150 above, if Jehovah’s Witnesses or Christian Scientists (or Scientologists) start asserting their “religious rights” to force employees to conform to the employers’ religious beliefs (for example with a combination of I Amendment and XIV Amendment arguments), I’ll bet that “religious protection to deny contraceptive coverage” thing goes away really quickly.
C’mon, Scientology, do something worthwhile for once. Sue for the right to deny psychiatric care for employees. JW’s to deny blood transfusions or organ transplants. Claim equal protection for your religions under the law.
The senator, who is close to Mr. Tillerson, invoked comments that the president made on Twitter last weekend in which he appeared to undercut Mr. Tillerson’s negotiations with North Korea.
Without offering specifics, he said Mr. Trump had repeatedly undermined diplomacy with his Twitter fingers. “I know he has hurt, in several instances, he’s hurt us as it relates to negotiations that were underway by tweeting things out,” Mr. Corker said.
“A lot of people think that there is some kind of ‘good cop, bad cop’ act underway, but that’s just not true,” Mr. Corker said.
re: #159 Stanley Sea
Yo #49ers Since you instigated protest, 2 wins and 19 losses. How about taking your next knee in the other team’s end zone ?
— Brent Musburger (@brentmusburger) October 9, 2017
Brent Musburger called ‘68 olympics protesters “black skinned stormtroopers” just so u know where he’s coming from https://t.co/V2uOdQMBRb https://t.co/ocIE5BdEQu
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 9, 2017
Dino for sure. No growth since then is pretty pitiful.
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹
My religion objects to covering viagra. When God decides your dick should stop working, its heresy to second guess him.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹
I’m still waiting for the congressional enquiry into nigergate
re: #164 Joe Bacon 🌹
Answer—it’s politics…
Politicians were pandering for the Italian vote and so gave them Columbus Day.
Yep pic.twitter.com/kxgCxlr67F
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) October 9, 2017
re: #173 fern01
I’m still waiting for the congressional enquiry into nigergate
That’s an awful pun.
I’m surprised Mr. Trump hasn’t pronounced the name of the nation in the cringeworthy way I would expect. If he weighs in on this soldier though …
JFC
Corker.
(think for a moment before you react against Corker, a RWNJ golden crown holder.)
What does it say when a member of the RWNJ goes against the yam’s behavior??
He said on Sunday that he had made all those comments deliberately, aiming them at “an audience of one, plus those people who are closely working around with him, what I would call the good guys.” He was referring to Mr. Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly.
“As long as there are people like that around him who are able to talk him down when he gets spun up, you know, calm him down and continue to work with him before a decision gets made, I think we’ll be fine,” he said.
re: #167 Joe Bacon 🌹
That show didn’t last very long. but I recall almost every minute of it. A few years later Blake’s 7 stole my heart and mind, but Barbara Bain has always rocked my moon base.
Racism (or at least racial insensitivity) creeps in from all corners of our society:
#Dove ‘s weak apology for ad in which black woman turns white slammed by @ava and others. https://t.co/ntqUfC7sYM
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) October 9, 2017
re: #171 JordanRules
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Oldwhiterichdude
They set the standard at many a company/work environment
Remarkable how many of the posts written & shared by Russian FB groups were written in near-perfect English. Here’s one from SecuredBorders: pic.twitter.com/IglIOf32KL
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 6, 2017
re: #115 Blind Frog Belly White
Wait - this woman’s daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant FROM HAITI, and she says we have to build The Wall?
Uh. Um. I hate to be the one to say this……
It will have to be a VERY high wall. And may disrupt shipping a little, but we must do what we must do.
re: #182 Eventual Carrion
It will have to be a VERY high wall. And may disrupt shipping a little, but we must do what we must do.
Or just ban Haitians.
BREAKING: New rule from Trump admin puts our birth control coverage at risk.
Fight back: https://t.co/En46N9QpCb #HandsOffMyBC pic.twitter.com/XKb3DqqA1Y— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) October 6, 2017
Rolling back no-copay birth control shows a blatant disregard for medicine, science, & every woman’s right to make her own health decisions. https://t.co/bqUxEIT7nY
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2017
re: #179 Anymouse 🌹
Racism (or at least racial insensitivity) creeps in from all corners of our society:
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