Congressman Ted Lieu Rocks the Jim Jefferies Show: “Trolling the President”
Jim sits down with California Congressman Ted Lieu, who isn’t afraid to “stir s**t up” on Twitter with President Trump.
Jim sits down with California Congressman Ted Lieu, who isn’t afraid to “stir s**t up” on Twitter with President Trump.
Jesus Saves—Moses Invests!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) October 19, 2017
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
LOL, LGF denizens piling on to troll the troll …
From the previous thread:
re: #261 fern01
They ALL lie - every last republican in congress - and now with the non president - they lie more than they used to. They have no idea about truth any more - truth to the GOP is false news.
Fifty years of miseducation and agitprop is a helluva drug… .
re: #2 Targetpractice
Jesus saves, the rest of you take full damage.
I always heard it as, “Jesus saves. Everyone else rolls 1d20.”
.@TomiLahren on NFL anthem protests: “I would like to ask these players: What exactly are you kneeling for?” @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/SZAiQVcE6l
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 18, 2017
Serious question: If @TomiLahren doesn’t know, why is she booked on TV to talk about this topic? https://t.co/9iziZLQg1f
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 18, 2017
.@TomiLahren on NFL anthem protests: “I would like to ask these players: What exactly are you kneeling for?” @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/SZAiQVcE6l
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 18, 2017
Serious question: If @TomiLahren doesn’t know, why is she booked on TV to talk about this topic? https://t.co/9iziZLQg1f
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 18, 2017
She’s playing dumb. She knows. But playing dumb works better with the right wing marks. https://t.co/jpxGWhI8J8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 19, 2017
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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Playing to the stereotype of a blonde woman not having any clue. Thing is, the stereotype works because FNC’s target audience have no fucking clue themselves. All they know is black men are kneeling, Trump is raging against them, so obviously the kneeling is the problem.
Sometimes my friends are like a pack of wolves.
And I love you all for it…
re: #8 Targetpractice
Playing to the stereotype of a blonde woman not having any clue. Thing is, the stereotype works because FNC’s target audience have no fucking clue themselves. All they know is black men are kneeling, Trump is raging against them, so obviously the kneeling is the problem.
“Tee hee! I’m so stupid, I’d even sleep with a fat ugly Republican like you!”
This Republican gubernatorial candidate is giving away a bump stock – the gun accessory that helped make the Las Vegas shooting so deadly pic.twitter.com/PqhYsbCkj3
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 18, 2017
Stop this Republican gubernatorial candidate with his bump stock accessory for gun. Stop him. https://t.co/4HFl17LPGu
— A Synthesist (@ASynthesist) October 19, 2017
They think it’s all a big joke. https://t.co/vHNJbD3tOD
— Bob Snickers (@Dekinblus) October 19, 2017
The “white working class” that constantly moans about how misunderstood they are and how nobody seems to care what happens in their community…have listened for months to black players and activists declare for months that they’re demonstrating against racial inequality and yet express puzzlement over what the demonstrations are all about.
re: #12 Targetpractice
The “white working class” that constantly moans about how misunderstood they are and how nobody seems to care what happens in their community…have listened for months to black players and activists declare for months that they’re demonstrating against racial inequality and yet express puzzlement over what the demonstrations are all about.
Or they don’t - my dad thinks it’s just black people saying “eff you” to the President. Which, well, to be fair, they are, however indirectly.
re: #11 jaunte
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I’d say I was surprised, if I hadn’t seen numerous shootings in the past decade followed by Republicans raffling off guns as prizes during (re)election campaigns.
re: #14 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Or they don’t - my dad thinks it’s just black people saying “eff you” to the President. Which, well, to be fair, they are, however indirectly.
That wasn’t how it started out, but that’s what it’s become in the minds of wingnuts.
re: #9 Dave In Austin
Sometimes my friends are like a pack of wolves.
And I love you all for it…
LGF is, as far as I know, the best place on the net. It’s like a perfect private club to which you can go and enjoy the most intelligent and experienced and informed and just plain sympathetic company. I wish we could grow it, though, for us and for Charles and godammit, for the country. I’m trying to recruit new lizards and I hope the rest of yez are doing the same. I don’t really know much about this kind of thing, alas, so maybe some of the marketing/biz types here can give some tips?
re: #16 Targetpractice
That wasn’t how it started out, but that’s what it’s become in the minds of wingnuts.
It only became that in actuality because the President decided to open his gargantuan yap and bitch about it publicly. If he’d kept his goddamn mouth shut, it wouldn’t have had anything to do with him.
Yeah, this is a really stupid idea from a really stupid newspaper writer.
If Mike Pompeo Leaves the CIA, Trump Should Replace Him with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (more at the Washington Examiner):
President Trump should ask Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to be his next CIA director.
If, that is, Axios is correct in reporting that the president might replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Axios also suggests that Pompeo might be replaced at the CIA by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. But while I recognize Cotton’s intellect and hard-to-match proven patriotism, I believe Bezos would be a better choice to lead the CIA.
For a start, Bezos’ record at Amazon is one of bold organizational risks and innovative reforms. As evidenced by his purchases of Whole Foods and the Washington Post, the CEO also defines himself by relentless creativity; looking forward to the next market gap and associated opportunity. The data validates Bezos’ leadership: Amazon’s stock price has more than quadrupled over the last five years, and the Washington Post’s website has seen record growth in readers, reading time, and advertising revenue.
Bezos’ leadership style is just what “the Agency” needs.
Once you block all the bots with names like @CaliforniaGirl8793 that post every few seconds, you’re left with a lot of angry real Americans responding to wingnut Tweets to mock people like Tammy Lehrer.
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
The Canadian version is: Jesus saves - Gretzky scores on the rebound!
Well he may ask for his resignation , thinking it will end this current storm on #GoldStarFamilies that has blown up in his face
— lisa-helene (@MountjoyDAR) October 19, 2017
re: #18 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It only became that in actuality because the President decided to open his gargantuan yap and bitch about it publicly. If he’d kept his goddamn mouth shut, it wouldn’t have had anything to do with him.
He opened his yap last year, calling for a boycott and proclaiming the protests were “disrespectful.” The only thing that changed between then and now is he’s now in political office, so he could present the whole thing as an insult to him personally.
Your random flying dog of the day. pic.twitter.com/K1uCAt8433
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 19, 2017
Three tweets:
Gold Star families should be interviewed every day about the brave & beloved who served our country, not b/c the president is a psychopath.
— TobinEcht 🌎 (@TobinEcht) October 19, 2017
I’m off to bed for now…
Medals that #GoldStarFamilies get: their loved one’s medals when they are dead. The baby is me. pic.twitter.com/a2ToU076PT
— Noreen Doloughty (@NDoloughty) October 19, 2017
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Good morning pic.twitter.com/hd6sTrbpnJ
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) October 18, 2017
re: #14 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Or they don’t - my dad thinks it’s just black people saying “eff you” to the President. Which, well, to be fair, they are, however indirectly.
Except it started before Trump. Trump just made is to they had to respond.
It’s a scam. She knows why they’re kneeling, but pretending it’s “unpatriotic” enhances her right wing creds.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 19, 2017
Rachel: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. I have found DOJ has no interest in addressing Russian interference. DOJ’s Failure & stonewall is troubling
— Michael Grossman (@Michael36776349) October 19, 2017
Visiting Fellow @Seanspicer talks to students over breakfast about the state of politics in America. pic.twitter.com/bBOkBhRKeV
— InstituteOfPolitics (@HarvardIOP) October 18, 2017
I really can’t think of anyone less qualified for this https://t.co/7vSlppSUya
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) October 18, 2017
Frederica Wilson is reportedly getting threats for calling out Trump over his conversation with Sgt Johnson’s widow.https://t.co/2xkIR12b2a
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2017
Cultists riled again.
Frederica Wilson is reportedly getting threats for calling out Trump over his conversation with Sgt Johnson’s widow.https://t.co/2xkIR12b2a
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2017
I keep thinking we’ve hit rock bottom and I keep being wrong, so what’s next after this? He kicks a baby on television and blames the baby?
— Alex Halpern (@HalpernAlex) October 19, 2017
The baby’s self-possession and sangfroid were an intolerable challenge to the president*s character. https://t.co/BRmzdweb18
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) October 19, 2017
everything is terrible so here’s a baby lion cub learning to roar pic.twitter.com/JZpZGj69FJ
— shauna (@goldengateblond) October 18, 2017
re: #34 Charles Johnson
I FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP.
re: #31 jaunte
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DOJ has no interest because their boss is being told by his boss to put the kibosh on the whole mess. It’s the sort of situation that we use to judge banana republics, right here in our own government.
Gallup on Trump job performance by race; white 47% approve 49% disapprove; black 5% approve 88% disapprove; Hisp 17% approve 77% disapprove
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 16, 2017
Really, fellow white people. What is wrong with you? https://t.co/d60Oj4grVJ
— Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) October 16, 2017
re: #40 jaunte
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He’s been good to them so far. He’s been trying to make things better for the rich whites. He’s been suppressing the blacks and the browns and the wimminz. What more could they ask for?
Want to read something sweet?
(Found on John Dingell’s time line)
Here’s @_RoxanneRoberts with a lovely piece on Diane and John’s wedding last night. https://t.co/rIl87yjsyA
— The Diane Rehm Show (@drshow) October 15, 2017
re: #41 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Scary to be surrounded by sub-rosa racists and lamebrains.
re: #14 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Or they don’t - my dad thinks it’s just black people saying “eff you” to the President. Which, well, to be fair, they are, however indirectly.
Yeah. the hard thing to point out is this. “However indirectly” is exactly the wrong standard to measure by, as in like many things, we get to declare and define our own statements via protest. Like your dad gets to define what it means when he does something. His critics don’t. The bigots can define their own actions only.
Too bad Ted Lieu can’t run for President (born Taipei, Taiwan, immigrated in childhood).
re: #40 jaunte
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Racism mostly. Fear of losing their privilege for another chunk. Lastly being uneducated enough to fall for the fear & hate propaganda put out by Faux News.
re: #43 jaunte
Scary to be surrounded by sub-rosa racists and lamebrains.
You know how deeply I feel that.
re: #40 jaunte
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It’s easy enough to answer when you look at the same polls from the previous administration. They look up “US President,” they see a white guy, so they’re convinced that everything is good. The only time they get pissed at a white guy in the office is when they personally are getting the shit end of the stick.
re: #44 Unshaken Defiance
Yeah. the hard thing to point out is this. “However indirectly” is exactly the wrong standard to measure by, as in like many things, we get to declare and define our own statements via protest. Like your dad gets to define what it means when he does something. His critics don’t. The bigots can define their own actions only.
I don’t disagree with you.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
Want to read something sweet?
(Found on John Dingell’s time line)
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re: #49 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I was sure of that, a little frustration leaking. it’s just hard to roll back the perception and make this simple necessary logic stick. It seems to me to be exactly the ground to not ever give up conversationally. Critical thinking is critical in dealing with the critics, as it were.
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
The Canadian version is: Jesus saves - Gretzky scores on the rebound!
In my youth….(rod) Gilbert tips it in
You see polls about white approval of Trump versus minority approval, and you begin to understand why so many of the former go around declaring that Obama made racism “worse” when he was in office.
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹
LOL, LGF denizens piling on to troll the troll …
From the previous thread:
Fifty years of miseducation and agitprop is a helluva drug… .
Thought I was talking to myself on a dead thread - nice to see someone was reading it :)
re: #7 Charles Johnson
.@Green_Footballs @brianstelter @TomiLahren Old school agitprop. Build a false mystery, then any old false answer seems to make sense
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) October 19, 2017
re: #45 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Too bad Ted Lieu can’t run for President (born Taipei, Taiwan, immigrated in childhood).
He could have run for Senate from California if Diane Feinstein hadn’t decided that the seat is hers for life.
re: #39 Targetpractice
DOJ has no interest because their boss is being told by his boss to put the kibosh on the whole mess. It’s the sort of situation that we use to judge banana republics, right here in our own government.
As most lizards know, I’m an olds. Been around the block enough times to wear a rut in the cement sidewalk. Seen some shit.
I remember from childhood the McCarthy mess. It went on and on. In junior high our civics teacher, a great young man, allowed as how he hated Communism as much as anybody, but he didn’t see a Communist under every bed. Next term he was gone.
I remember all the segregation shit, up close, from the fifties through the seventies and into Reagan. I remember Impeach Earl Warren billboards on local highways as well as others claiming Ike was a Commie, so was JFK, so was MLK. I remember the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK. I remember Goldwater.
I remember Wallace and Nixon and Reagan from the time that jerk was governor of California.
I knew people, lots of them, who voted for David Duke to be governor of Louisiana.
I could go on, but like Faulkner said, the past isn’t dead, it’s not even past.
My point is that never in my opinion based on long experience has America been closer to Naziism than it is now. We’ve got to fight against this in every way we can. Even if “fight” becomes literal.
There is absolutely no reason for any rational person to believe a single word that Trump says
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) October 18, 2017
re: #56 Skip Intro
He could have run for Senate from California if Diane Feinstein hadn’t decided that the seat is hers for life.
Given how the senate seniority system works, I don’t blamer her as much as I might.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
Marriage is not something to be entered lightly, especially when you’re mature enough to know exactly what that really means. So the ceremony was traditional, serious and formal: The bride and groom vowed to love, comfort and honor but not obey. They exchanged rings and a chaste kiss, and then everybody applauded after they were pronounced husband and wife. And yes, they were beaming.
:)
re: #2 Targetpractice
Jesus saves, the rest of you take full damage.
Jesus saves, Gretzky with the rebound and SCORES!
Yeah, I’m getting old.
re: #53 Targetpractice
You see polls about white approval of Trump versus minority approval, and you begin to understand why so many of the former go around declaring that Obama made racism “worse” when he was in office.
A lot of them are afraid that if they don’t support the white guy enough, another minority, or a woman, might end up president.
re: #40 jaunte
Nearly half of us hate our egalitarian society, and they’re trying to tear the country down.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #58 Kragar
Of course not. The yahoos claiming that he’s telling the truth all have MAGA in their profiles. They’re basically in a cult.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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A cargo cult. Only their tinpot dictator actually does have real power.
re: #58 Kragar
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The problem isn’t so much rational people believing him, it’s rational people repeating what he says without criticism, establishing it as something to be debated rather than an absolute falsehood.
re: #57 whitebeach
I’m 64 in Dec. I remember as well. Good post.
Al Franken on MSNBC with Lawrence right now on Sessions: “well….” Then goes on, making clear that “this is not personal,” to eviscerate Sessions in kind of “stumbling stanza.”
He is so great at using his comedic timing in a serious manner. I love Al.
re: #68 Barefoot Grin
Al Franken on MSNBC with Lawrence right now on Sessions: “well….” Then goes on, making clear that “this is not personal,” to eviscerate Sessions in kind of “stumbling stanza.”
He is so great at using his comedic timing in a serious manner. I love Al.
That’s my senator.
re: #69 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
That’s my senator.
You have the two finest senators in the country as far as I am concerned.
re: #70 bratwurst
You have the two finest senators in the country as far as I am concerned.
We have our fair share of nutjobs - let’s not forget the recently departed Michele Bachmann (R-Mars) - but it’s hard to compete with Klobuchar and Franken (D-MN) when it comes to pure awesomeness.
IT’S NOT EVEN FUCKING HALLOWEEN YET!!!
(sorry for yelling)
Trump is OBSESSED with saying “Merry Christmas.” pic.twitter.com/QxwipHZKMx
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) October 17, 2017
re: #72 teleskiguy
IT’S NOT EVEN FUCKING HALLOWEEN YET!!!
(sorry for yelling)
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Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.
re: #73 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Merry ChristmasHappy Holidays, ya filthy animal.
re: #76 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
*DINGDINGDING* We have a winner!
Get down on your knees and tell me you love me!
re: #72 teleskiguy
The faker hasn’t even put up a tree yet.
re: #72 teleskiguy
IT’S NOT EVEN FUCKING HALLOWEEN YET!!!
(sorry for yelling)
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Tis the season to get Christians riled up.
re: #79 Belafon
Tis the season to get Christians riled up.
It seems like the War on Christmas is starting earlier with each passing year. Soon we’ll be hearing about it in July! ;)
Facebook is hot garbage, exhibit # ∞. Opinion | How the Russians pretended to be Texans — and Texans believed them https://t.co/Vuj3sbakzI
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 19, 2017
re: #40 jaunte
For those white people the yam is their chieftain. He is the representative of all that is holy and good about the American tribe. He must be supported or America dies.
Just think how versatile the phrase “Happy Holidays” is”:
It covers:
- Halloween (Oct. 31)
- All Saints Day (Nov. 1)
- Daylight Savings Time Ending Day (Nov. 5)
- Election Day (Nov. 7) Oops - not a Holiday but should be
- Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
- Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 23)
- Chanukah (Dec. 13)
- Winter Begins (Dec. 21) Also Winter Solstice - a Holiday in Alaska as the days start getting longer
- The Real Merry Christmas Day (Dec. 25)
- Boxing Day for the Brits and Canucks (Dec. 26)
- New Years Day (Jan. 1) Another oops, save that Happy Holiday for 2018
See, just one phase covers a whole shitload of “Holidays”. Just using “Happy Holidays” means you will never have to remember which Holiday comes next.
re: #84 Romantic Heretic
“Yam”
I’m beginning to feel bad for the dioscorea and ipomoea cultivars that have served mankind so well.
Visiting Fellow @Seanspicer talks to students over breakfast about the state of politics in America. pic.twitter.com/bBOkBhRKeV
— InstituteOfPolitics (@HarvardIOP) October 18, 2017
“Visiting Liar” would be a much better title for this guy. Shame on Harvard for rewarding his behavior. https://t.co/dgV2y3UyYR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 19, 2017
re: #85 Cheechako
See, just one phase covers a whole shitload of “Holidays”. Just using “Happy Holidays” means you will never have to remember which Holiday comes next.
You’re missing the point, which is that people who say “Merry Christmas” are headed for eternal happiness in Heaven whereas those who say “Happy Holidays” are doomed to an eternity of burning in a fiery Hell.
re: #88 whitebeach
You’re missing the point, which is that people who say “Merry Christmas” are headed for eternal happiness in Heaven whereas those who say “Happy Holidays” are doomed to an eternity of burning in a fiery Hell.
Well, if that’s the case, I guess I know where I’m headed.
I mean, I make delicious things with yams.
re: #89 Cheechako
Well, if that’s the case, I guess I know where I’m headed.
Like Mark Twain said, “Heaven for climate, Hell for society.”
I just learned a baby porcupine is called a porcupette. That’s among the best factoids ever. Here’s a photo. pic.twitter.com/8IpQ65cuTf
— Kelly Tyrrell (@kellyperil) October 17, 2017
Too accurate. pic.twitter.com/zVs8vdJygo
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 19, 2017
re: #56 Skip Intro
He could have run for Senate from California if Diane Feinstein hadn’t decided that the seat is hers for life.
He still can, just later…DiFi won’t live forever and, frankly, we could use her experience and guile in the Senate right now.
re: #95 TedStriker
“one, two, ten!” *unloads Tommy gun*
“It’s me, Snakes. I got the stuff.”
“Leave it on the doorstep and get the hell out of here!”
“Alright, Johnny. But what about my money?”
“What money?”
“AC said you have some dough for me.”
“Too bad AC ain’t in charge no more.”
“Whaddya mean?”
“He’s upstairs taking a bath. He’ll call you when he gets out.”
Best part of the Home Alone films. The film within the film, Angels With Filthy Souls.
re: #94 TedStriker
He still can, just later…DiFi won’t live forever and, frankly, we could use her experience and guile in the Senate right now.
Kevin de Leon, the president pro ten of the California Senate is challenging Feinstein this year. Based on the list that wikipedia has for Republicans…
Declared
Timothy Charles Kalemkarian, perennial candidate
Caren Lancona, businesswoman
Stephen James Schrader, veteranPotential
Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego
Caitlyn Jenner, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, television personality
Ashley Swearengin, former Mayor of FresnoDeclined
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California
It’s entirely plausible that they will face off in the general (we have a blanket primary now). Faulconer has already declined a run for governor and promised to serve out his term as Mayor of San Diego. And Swearengin already declined a run for governor and decided against running last year in an open Senate race.
re: #97 KGxvi
Kevin de Leon, the president pro ten of the California Senate is challenging Feinstein this year. Based on the list that wikipedia has for Republicans…
Declared
Timothy Charles Kalemkarian, perennial candidate
Caren Lancona, businesswoman
Stephen James Schrader, veteranPotential
Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego
Caitlyn Jenner, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, television personality
Ashley Swearengin, former Mayor of FresnoDeclined
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of CaliforniaIt’s entirely plausible that they will face off in the general (we have a blanket primary now). Faulconer has already declined a run for governor and promised to serve out his term as Mayor of San Diego. And Swearengin already declined a run for governor and decided against running last year in an open Senate race.
OMFG
re: #89 Cheechako
Well, if that’s the case, I guess I know where I’m headed.
Better to laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
re: #98 TedStriker
OMFG
Sadly, not just a wikipedia joke.
But I’m not going to lie, the idea of watching Pence squirm while swearing in Jenner might make me consider voting for her.
re: #72 teleskiguy
IT’S NOT EVEN FUCKING HALLOWEEN YET!!!
(sorry for yelling)
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I don’t give an aerodynamic intercourse aimed at the Earth’s natural satellite what Cheetolini says about Merry Christmas.
I’m going to say “Happy Hanukkah” and rub it in further with plenty of “Happy Kwanzaa” especially to fools wearing MAGA hats!
re: #97 KGxvi
Kevin de Leon, the president pro ten of the California Senate is challenging Feinstein this year. Based on the list that wikipedia has for Republicans…
It’s entirely plausible that they will face off in the general (we have a blanket primary now). Faulconer has already declined a run for governor and promised to serve out his term as Mayor of San Diego. And Swearengin already declined a run for governor and decided against running last year in an open Senate race.
I’m in DeLeon’s Senate district. I’ve talked with him and am very impressed. He will get my vote for Senator.
What ticks me off are these stupid term limits that folks were tricked into approving. It takes time to master the ability to pass legislation and now thanks to these asinine limits the real legislative power has shifted to lobbyists.
I still remember the racist commercials that were run for term limits that were aimed at then-Speaker Willie Brown. The Republican Dirt Machine cranked the racism up to 11 to get those term limits in so they could boot Brown out of the Speaker’s chair.
After they passed, I remember the Republicans had a bare majority in the State House and even then they couldn’t elect a Republican to be Speaker, Willie would always peel off a couple GOP members. Then the Republicans even recalled the renegade members and Willie still held on to the Speakership…
re: #102 teleskiguy
Not enough money, not in a million years….
Insect story suggests a massive ecological collapse that could threaten every human alive. Should be on the front of every newspaper.
— d-j-m-m (@DJMMCNEILL) October 19, 2017
re: #102 teleskiguy
This should be good.
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I honestly do not know which tub of lard is the bigger liar!
re: #104 retired cynic
Eh, the money estimate is passe and less entertaining than the “what cocktail of narcotics” estimate.
In which case…all the drugs. All of them.
re: #98 TedStriker
OMFG
Also, looking at that list and of de Leon’s legislative record (what there is in Wiki), it’s possiblere: #96 teleskiguy
“It’s me, Snakes. I got the stuff.”
“Leave it on the doorstep and get the hell out of here!”
“Alright, Johnny. But what about my money?”
“What money?”
“AC said you have some dough for me.”
“Too bad AC ain’t in charge no more.”
“Whaddya mean?”
“He’s upstairs taking a bath. He’ll call you when he gets out.”
Best part of the Home Alone films. The film within the film, Angels With Filthy Souls.
After all these years, I didn’t realize this until I looked at his filmography, but Ralph Foody (Johnny) also played the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers (skip to 4:22):
Police Dispatcher: “Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.”
re: #104 retired cynic
Not enough money, not in a million years….
Are you familiar with Vic Berger’s work?
re: #109 teleskiguy
Are you familiar with Vic Berger’s work?
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No, sorry! It seems as though I have once again leapt to a conclusion, and found it too slippery to stand on!
re: #110 retired cynic
He edits FVC footage in a very surreal way. This recent cut, with Pence’s entrance music, has been cracking me up every time I watch it.
Trump Forgets To Sign Executive Order (by @vicbergeriv) pic.twitter.com/iT01lga1BE
— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) October 12, 2017
Today is day 41 that St. John, US Virgin islands is 100% without power following Hurricane Irma. Please keep us in the news-Please retweet.
— News of St. John (@NewsofStJohn) October 17, 2017
The president doesn’t give a shit about you. Any of you.
— Michael Urie (@michaelurie) October 18, 2017
And yet Fuckface Von Clownstick maintains a 38% approval rating. Who are these waterhead nincompoops that comprise that 38%? The mind reels. https://t.co/ZKXv3qwEVt
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 19, 2017
Top Obama official: Trump used Obama plan to kick ISIS out of Raqqa https://t.co/uLqt46arvl pic.twitter.com/YxVhyU2v1L
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2017
That would explain why it actually worked https://t.co/JQZqggUiTR
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 19, 2017
Wingnuts duly enraged.
re: #58 Kragar
I’ve said before - and I hold to it - that if Donald Trump walked up to me and said, “Hi. I’m Donald Trump”, I’d ask to see his ID because I don’t believe a single goddamn word that comes out of his mouth.
Look at this. Doug Jones has a real shot at upsetting Roy Moore in the Alabama US Senate race.
re: #117 Big Beautiful Door
BREAKING! Roy Moore & Doug Jones tied in #AL-SEN @FoxNews #Poll MORE: https://t.co/gbaOyMA1Wq pic.twitter.com/qh3WXCwKAb
— Fox News Poll (@foxnewspoll) October 17, 2017
If Doug Jones wins a senate seat in Alabama I might actually have hope that Democrats can flip the houses of congress in 2018. https://t.co/oWvZiwrerj
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 17, 2017
Seriously. If a senate seat in Alabama flips in a special election, that’s BIGLY shit.
re: #118 teleskiguy
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Seriously. If a senate seat in Alabama flips in a special election, that’s BIGLY shit.
I’m almost afraid to make a contribution to Jones campaign because its like a kiss of death; candidates I make contributions to almost always lose!
Here’s hoping Roy Moore says enough stupid shit to move most of those 11% undecided voters to Jones.
re: #118 teleskiguy
Does anybody really believe Jones will win with the way republicans cheat?
Feel free to prove me wrong.
re: #118 teleskiguy
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re: #119 Big Beautiful Door
I’m almost afraid to make a contribution to Jones campaign because its like a kiss of death; candidates I make contributions to almost always lose!
re: #120 Big Beautiful Door
Here’s hoping Roy Moore says enough stupid shit to move most of those 11% undecided voters to Jones.
Cautious optimism, folks.
re: #122 TedStriker
Cautious optimism, folks.
I like Bob Cesca’s way of thinking, which was repeated on every one of his podcasts back during the election when Chez was still around (RIP).
DON’T GET HAPPY!
Not until all is said and done.
I will say that if that if Jones wins, wingnut heads from here to Azerbaijan will explode in shock and rage.
Figures; the Fox News poll doesn’t screen for likely voters.
Nate Silver has Democrats up more than ten points on the generic ballot. If that still holds a year from now, the Democrats have a real shot at winning a majority in the House.
re: #126 Big Beautiful Door
To make Bob Cesca’s DON’T GET HAPPY slogan into a meme I hastily decided on this.
It’s actually a bit of shocker that Jones is tied with Moore…..especially as this is Alabama we’re talking about. If you’d asked me as little as a month ago, I would’ve said that Moore would pretty much cakewalk to an easy victory.
A day that starts with Blur is a good day. And that’s a fact. https://t.co/WfLwIHN7Mq
— Michaela Maya (@MiMrMa) October 19, 2017
In Oklahoma, a jury finally convicted a white cop of gunning down his daughter’s African-American boyfriend after three previous juries deadlocked. But they could only agree on manslaughter, not murder, so the cop’s “phantom gun” defense worked to an extent.
USA Today decides to help the GOP by making today’s front page story about the question of the Russia investigation costs. As if the most pressing question to millions of Americans after 4 years, 11 investigations, and months of testimony over a “lie” told on the Sunday shows is “How much will it cost to investigate this whole Russia business?”
Abandoned amusement parks 🎃 pic.twitter.com/mWdYGWg1T6
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) October 19, 2017
Thread.
I’m at a loss: Sessions made *big* news today—he spoke to Kislyak about sanctions at the RNC *and* in September—and no one is discussing it. pic.twitter.com/CGO7RWUWwH
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 19, 2017
re: #121 VegasGolfer
Does anybody really believe Jones will win with the way republicans cheat?
Feel free to prove me wrong.
It’s Alabama so don’t hold your breath that Jones really stands a chance. If anything, polling showing Moore is neck and neck with Jones will be used by Moore to raise more $$$ from his knuckle-dragging, foaming at the mouth supporters. That and to drive them to vote. If Jones does pull off a win then you can safely bet that Republicans around the country are going to be sweating bullets.
I think a Democrat once again winning in Alabama is one of the signs that the Conservative Apocalypse is nigh.
When Moore won the GOP primary, I raised the hope for Jones to 1 in 30. Now it might be as high as 1 in 20. The potential psych payback makes donating and working for him worth the upstream swim.
re: #136 Decatur Deb
Yay!! Sure outsider cheerleading doesn’t do much, but I do hope yall find & feel some swings for on the ground juice.
re: #17 whitebeach
LGF is, as far as I know, the best place on the net. It’s like a perfect private club to which you can go and enjoy the most intelligent and experienced and informed and just plain sympathetic company. I wish we could grow it, though, for us and for Charles and godammit, for the country. I’m trying to recruit new lizards and I hope the rest of yez are doing the same. I don’t really know much about this kind of thing, alas, so maybe some of the marketing/biz types here can give some tips?
I am not trying to recruit anyone here. That’s what Facebook is for. Sometimes I just want a place to hang out where I don’t have to worry about unfollowing people who become unhinged, in either direction.
domestic violence was decriminalized in Russia, where 40 women/day beaten to death by partners. no uproar. How? Readhttps://t.co/nqZFZ4xtgI
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) October 18, 2017
re: #119 Big Beautiful Door
I’m almost afraid to make a contribution to Jones campaign because its like a kiss of death; candidates I make contributions to almost always lose!
Keep watching for a Bill Kristol call - and hope he doesn’t call for Jones.
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re: #12 Targetpractice
The “white working class” that constantly moans about how misunderstood they are and how nobody seems to care what happens in their community…have listened for months to black players and activists declare for months that they’re demonstrating against racial inequality and yet express puzzlement over what the demonstrations are all about.
Supposedly so superior but so dumb at the same time that they cannot understand why Kaepernick and other Black NFL players have been protesting for several months now.
re: #40 jaunte
I need to meet one of those 5% of Blacks who approve of what this racist “President” is doing to this country. That is truly baffling.
re: #5 b.d. (bill d.)
Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) October 19, 2017
Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2017
in case you’re interested, the president of United States just accused the FBI of engaging in treason with Russia https://t.co/nnYv1s55Mb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 19, 2017
re: #143 Patricia Kayden
I need to meet one of those 5% of Blacks who approve of what this racist “President” is doing to this country. That is truly baffling.
Start with his cabinet.
Got another hot one
WE ALL KNEW what We Signed UP .. Jane Fonda .. pic.twitter.com/BNC4fe9MMo
— Jaime4OU🇺🇸 (@Jaime4ou) October 19, 2017
jfc
.@foxandfriends “Russia sent millions to Clinton Foundation”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2017
re: #141 mmmirele
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re: #113 teleskiguy
As long as blacks are hurt worse, they will accept anything that happens to them.
re: #151 Belafon
As long as blacks are hurt worse, they will accept anything that happens to them.
There, you just explained why some poor whites accepted slavery and why some were even ready to die to preserve it.
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
It takes all of 30 seconds to find out how the process behind the sale of uranium one worked and yet this Hillary sold uranium to the Russians in exchange for cash persists.
re: #153 Weaselone
It takes all of 30 seconds to find out how the process behind the sale of uranium one worked and yet this Hillary sold uranium to the Russians in exchange for cash persists.
They don’t care. They need a fake scandal to distract from the real one that Trump calls “fake news”.
re: #153 Weaselone
Do you have a link?
re: #93 Kragar
And 5 people were shot yesterday in Maryland by a gunman… barely a rippled. 3 dead, 2 injured. The gunman taken into custody later in the day.
A mass shooting every ~2 weeks. Like fucking clockwork.
GOP and NRA don’t give a shit. They never did. They’re more interested in selling guns to people peddling on fear and “personal safety” when the reality is that crime is near historic lows across the nation, but those states with the lax gun laws and highest numbers of firearms ownership have the highest gun fatality rates per capita.
Guns don’t make anyone safer. They just hike the death toll.
Whoa. CBS 2 News says arsonist starting tree fires too close to home. Four or five separate instances this morning. I think I’ll grab my phone and stroll around a little.
He’s terrified! On full spin cycle now. Something is about to happen.
— Visionette (@queenofquantum) October 19, 2017
re: #160 Shropshire Slasher
Every other modern president has shown some measure of empathy and compassion, and can connect with children at some level. Trump has no compassion and no empathy.
He’s a black hole of empathy - and every attempt at trying empathy results in a worse situation and exposing the fact that the man is severely disturbed.
This flew under the radar yesterday.
McCain sides with Warner and Klobuchar and signs onto the Honest Ads Act, to force transparency in Internet ads. https://t.co/ks6UbuTj7C
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 18, 2017
By this point, it’s reasonable to assume Ben Garrison just straight-up wants to sleep with Trump, right? pic.twitter.com/fiEep6zNvM
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 18, 2017
re: #118 teleskiguy
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Seriously. If a senate seat in Alabama flips in a special election, that’s BIGLY shit.
Who is the “Other” candidate? Please assure me that there is NO GREEN PARTY ASSHOLE running in the Alabama Senate Race!!!!!
re: #163 Dave In Austin
I thought he was seeing Mitch McConnell.
re: #155 Shropshire Slasher
Approval of these sorts of deal is ultimately invested solely with the President. There is advisory power granted to the CFIUS of which the State Department is a member, but they only recommend a course of action. They don’t have the power to authorize or veto the sale. State isn’t even the head of the CFIUS, it’s chaired by Treasury Secretary.
re: #98 TedStriker
Kevin de Leon, the president pro ten of the California Senate is challenging Feinstein this year.
Is he a Dem? I assume so since my recollection is the GOP is not anywhere near a majority in either house of the CA legislature.
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
jfc
Did the Russians go to the DNC and lobby on behalf of ending sanctions, protecting their invasion of Ukraine, or hack the RNC emails?
/
re: #72 teleskiguy
IT’S NOT EVEN FUCKING HALLOWEEN YET!!!
(sorry for yelling)
Well, I haven’t heard it said this year. So Trump’s Merry Christmas revolution has yet to really take hold.
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Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. It’s been a month since Maria hit Puerto Rico, and the situation is grim.
FEMA said that they’d get 25% power restored to the island, which was absurdly low to begin with, but they couldn’t even get to that level. They’re not even at 20%. That’s absurd.
It’s also Trump’s failure and depraved indifference to the plight of millions of Americans in desperate need for immediate assistance.
1 month after #Maria, FEMA said that they’d get 25% of power restored. They haven’t even got 20%. Trump’s failing miserably.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 19, 2017
Trump would rather fixate on the bullshit uranium story and attack the FBI than let anyone focus on the failures of this administration to protect and serve all Americans. At same time, we’ve got trolls pushing fake Melania stories and deflecting attention from the fact that Trump’s entire admin faces a reckoning after lawyering up over the Trump-Russia collusion, as investigations continue and the smart ones take the 5th and idiots like Sessions continue to perjure themselves and enter perjury traps (also because Sessions still doesn’t care that he’s not Trump’s personal lawyer and has no authority to assert privilege on certain issues).
re: #167 Sir John Barron
Is he a Dem? I assume so since my recollection is the GOP is not anywhere near a majority in either house of the CA legislature.
Yes, DeLeon is a Democrat. He’s my State Senator and I will gladly vote for him!
re: #168 Sir John Barron
Did the Russians go to the DNC and lobby on behalf of ending sanctions, protecting their invasion of Ukraine, or hack the RNC emails?
/
Alex Jones said they did…
re: #159 Dave In Austin
I know we all want to believe this, but Trump does two things: Tweets what Fox reports in the mornings, and reacts to anything he thinks is a slight to him.
re: #173 Belafon
I know we all want to believe this, but Trump does two things: Tweets what Fox reports in the mornings, and reacts to anything he thinks is a slight to him.
which is what a lot of his supporters do as well: they are glad to have a President who sees things their way
re: #159 Dave In Austin
He’s terrified! On full spin cycle now. Something is about to happen.
Yeah…….maybe something big is about to drop and he got the heads-up on it.
re: #163 Dave In Austin
There is absolutely no difference between Ben Garrison and the various cartoonists whose work appeared in Pravda.
Go read: dailykos.com. It will make you mad, open your eyes, and make you wonder what can be done.
Another Republican is hanging it up. Observer Art, what do you know about this guy?
Rep. Pat Tiberi, a mainstream Republican on the powerful Ways and Means Cmte, plans to quit Congress.https://t.co/DpMJqDG8EF
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 19, 2017
GOP tax cut lies… in a nutshell:
99.2% of Americans unaffected by estate tax directly. They will not pay a tax whose threshold is $5.49 million for estate.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 19, 2017
Cruz claims the estate tax cut will help all Americans.
Fact is that the estate tax doesn’t affect 99.2% of Americans. It affects only those who have estates of more than $5.49 million (double for married filing jointly). In other words, this isn’t the family farm being at risk, but millionaires like Trump who would have to shell out millions in taxes.
The only ones who benefit are rich like Trump.
Everyone else gets fucked as the $269 billion that is collected over 10 years is lost. There’s no making up for that amount, and there’s no economic activity generated by the rich to make up for that lost revenue. None.
It’s $269 billion that could go to infrastructure work or disaster relief.
Cruz doesn’t care.
The GOP doesn’t care. They want their fucking tax cuts, all consequences be damned.
re: #178 makeitstop
Another Republican is hanging it up. Observer Art, what do you know about this guy?
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Dem lawmaker get threatening calls after sharing her account of Trump’s comments to widow of fallen soldier https://t.co/ySmcW1nQHO pic.twitter.com/HpTIlelAQl
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2017
Criticize Big Giant Orange Leader, get death threats from his (totally not) fascist brown shits. https://t.co/DTEdn7fxr2
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 19, 2017
Heh.
Trump Isn’t anything like Hitler but I kinda wish Adolf had spent all his time golfing, self-sabotaging & alienating his allies.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 19, 2017
I wouldn’t entirely put it past people on the left - they are humans - but I wonder if, when people have received threats from supposed liberals, they were actually Russians.
This “Sonic attack” story isn’t going away.
U.S. Tourists, FBI Agent May Have Been Hit by Cuba Sonic Attacks
Poisoning seems more likely to me, based on the symptoms. Maybe tainted alcohol.
re: #185 Belafon
I wouldn’t entirely put it past people on the left - they are humans - but I wonder if, when people have received threats from supposed liberals, they were actually Russians.
I remember that frenzy the day after the Vegas shooting, when right-wing bots tried to create fake outrage over a made-up “Leftist teacher” on Twitter who allegedly expressed delight that “Trumptards” were shot.
Q: Do you know enough about Niger?
McCAIN: Of course not.
Q: Have you been briefed?
JM: No.
Q: Why not?
JM: You’ll have to ask the Pentagon— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2017
@SenJohnMcCain should be demanding hearings on #NigerAmbush and why US relied on private contractors to evac our forces after 4 killed. https://t.co/ORa2MdDAvw
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 19, 2017
re: #185 Belafon
I wouldn’t entirely put it past people on the left - they are humans - but I wonder if, when people have received threats from supposed liberals, they were actually Russians.
I’m sure a lot of these threats have been that. But yeah I can’t help but to think of Dana Loesch claiming gun control activists have threatened her. Something just didn’t seem right on that matter to me. VB makes a good point about the fake teacher outrage as well following LV.
This just happened…,
Heard from reliable colleague that senior Hill Republicans briefed by Mattis, McMaster, etc., believe Trump will order limited strike on NK.
— Michael D. Swaine (@Dalzell60) October 19, 2017
re: #149 jeffreyw
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— Michael D. Swaine (@Dalzell60) October 19, 2017
re: #190 Scottish Dragon
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That could have serious repercussions. Do they think Beijing’s just going to ignore that?
re: #193 HappyWarrior
That could have serious repercussions. Do they think Beijing’s just going to ignore that?
Who knows….
re: #190 Scottish Dragon
This just happened…
Dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Trump sees this as another means of distraction. But it’s going to pop open a fucking can of worms.
Seoul will suffer. You know that’s where the retaliation will occur.
re: #192 Scottish Dragon
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It seemed very plausible with the FBI closing in on Trump.
re: #197 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It seemed very plausible with the FBI closing in on Trump.
I agree. I think Trump will do something insanely stupid because the military is like his personal set of toy soldiers to play with.
re: #198 Scottish Dragon
And then the GOP will be all like: “we can’t impeach a President during a war!”
re: #195 Scottish Dragon
Who knows….
TUNE IN TOMORROW!! because for Trump, being POTUS is nothing more than the ultimate reality TV show.
re: #192 Scottish Dragon
Words have meanings. Did someone forget to include NOT or “No” when saying what could or couldn’t be going on with North Korea?
We are not discussing first strike.
We are not discussing limited strikes.
We are not discussing active military measures.
What I can believe that the admin (or any admin might do):
But we are implementing cyberwarfare and trying to undermine North Korea’s ability to sustain its economy through black market measures. We also want to subvert their industrial capacity to develop nukes.
re: #196 makeitstop
Dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Trump sees this as another means of distraction. But it’s going to pop open a fucking can of worms.
Seoul will suffer. You know that’s where the retaliation will occur.
Yeah I hadn’t even thought about Seoul being stuck in the middle of this. Gah.
why why why would somebody be this freaking stupid?
Tenn. boy gets a letter from Pres. Trump after sending money to help cover the president’s salary. https://t.co/SpnVlvbyHu pic.twitter.com/Xtw90XWczB
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 19, 2017
Your misleading Drudge tweet of the day:
Germans Going Wild for Show About Nazis… https://t.co/3fAT3xuQM8
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) October 19, 2017
A) It was the best debut for a show on CABLE in Germany since Game of Thrones. Is that really “Going Wild”?
B) It’s a detective drama set in 1920s Berlin…so it’s just as much about Social Democrats and Communists as it is about Nazis.
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
why why why would somebody be this freaking stupid?
He’s nine, and his parents probably know less about how government works than he does.
re: #205 bratwurst
Your misleading Drudge tweet of the day:
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A) It was the best debut for a show on CABLE in Germany since Game of Thrones. Is that really “Going Wild”?
B) It’s a detective drama set in 1920s Berlin…so it’s just as much about Social Democrats and Communists as it is about Nazis.
The Nazis were actually pretty small potatoes in 1920’s Berlin. Munich and Nuremberg always had much bigger Nazi support. This sounds like an interesting show though. So I grudgingly (ha!) thank Drudge for this.
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
Tenn. boy gets a letter from Pres. Trump after sending money to help cover the president’s salary.
— NBC Nightly News
TRUMP IS SACRIFICING SO MUCH FOR US AND FOR THIS GRATE COUNTRY MAGA!!!
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
why why why would somebody be this freaking stupid?
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I’d hope that his parents would have encouraged him to send money to someone who needs it. I get that she wants to encourage him to help people but Trump doesn’t need financial help.
re: #209 HappyWarrior
I’d hope that his parents would have encouraged him to send money to someone who needs it. I get that she wants to encourage him to help people but Trump doesn’t need financial help.
You mean to the poors and welfares with their Obama phones and food stamps people buying steaks on public moneys? The have flat screen TV’s!!!!1
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re: #207 HappyWarrior
The Nazis were actually pretty small potatoes in 1920’s Berlin. Munich and Nuremberg always had much bigger Nazi support. This sounds like an interesting show though. So I grudgingly (ha!) thank Drudge for this.
If you are not familiar with the Philip Kerr series of novels about fictional detective Bernie Gunther set in the 1930s to 1950s you need to be ASAP.
re: #211 bratwurst
If you are not familiar with the Philip Kerr series of novels about fictional detective Bernie Gunther set in the 1930s to 1950s you need to be ASAP.
I am not. Thanks. I’m reading Winter right now, fascinating book about two German brothers in the first half of the 20th century.
One thing I didn’t know about Nuremberg until I went there. The city is mostly Protestant not Catholic in background.
re: #191 Stanley Sea
Here’s my doofus Chica
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Torties!
re: #210 Sir John Barron
You mean to the poors and welfares with their Obama phones and food stamps people buying steaks on public moneys? The have flat screen TV’s!!!!1
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Touché.
Oh effing thrill… if it’s not one damn thing it’s another.
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re: #210 Sir John Barron
You mean to the poors and welfares with their Obama phones and food stamps people buying steaks on public moneys? The have flat screen TV’s!!!!1
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Other than pawn shops and garage sales, where can you buy a TV that ISN’T flat screen?
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
Tenn. boy gets a letter from Pres. Trump after sending money to help cover the president’s salary.
in an ideal world, all taxes would be voluntary
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear the kid say that his preacher told him to do that!
re: #217 Eventual Carrion
Other than pawn shops and garage sales, where can you buy a TV that ISN’T flat screen?
A 32” flat screen is $169, a 55” is $399. Hardly a luxury item.
I think they’re trying to exploit the way Conservatives don’t understand time, so to them the Democrats are the KKK and a flat screen is a $3000 plasma.
re: #219 Joe Bacon 🌹
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear the kid say that his preacher told him to do that!
I wish kids didn’t have preachers. Let them get involved with religion or not as adults when they might be able to question what they’re told.
George W. Bush: “We know that the desire for freedom is not confined to or owned by any culture. It is the inborn hope of our humanity.” pic.twitter.com/X1CY9QI3KO
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 19, 2017
Kid Rock got booed at the Pistons’ opener last night — and Eminem got cheered. pic.twitter.com/E00DC0iJYM
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 19, 2017
Former Pres. George W Bush: “Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.” pic.twitter.com/KyQK5vul3j
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 19, 2017
re: #216 William Lewis
Oh effing thrill… if it’s not one damn thing it’s another.
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re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
why why why would somebody be this freaking stupid?
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Somebody - a teacher, parent, preacher, whomever, either directly coerced the boy into it or indirectly via the some libertarian poison like Atlas Shrugged. My guess is direct coercion because they wanted to show they’re better than those “others” picking on their special president. < barf >
Colorado GOP lowers price of tickets for Pence event after struggle to sell tickets https://t.co/lrd2GUGLmp pic.twitter.com/NW5GEFf0FC
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2017
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— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 19, 2017
re: #225 Big Beautiful Door
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re: #226 William Lewis
Somebody - a teacher, parent, preacher, whomever, either directly coerced the boy into it or indirectly via the some libertarian poison like Atlas Shrugged. My guess is direct coercion because they wanted to show they’re better than those “others” picking on their special president. < barf >
I suspect the parents talked a lot about the sacrifices President Trump was making in order to take office, like giving up all of his businesses and his TV show. The kid, being nine, interpreted this has Trump becoming poor, and the parents encouraged it.
re: #224 The Vicious Babushka
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I don’t disagree with his assessment but at the same time, it rings hallow for him to call out bigotry while he’s supported Ed Gillespie here in Virginia who has been using every dog whistle he has to get out the Stewart voters for him.
I do find it odd that only recently has “Jehovah, the lord God Almighty” become overly concerned about how the “media” delivers information to the “consumers”
How exactly to tell God that “to receive information and send it out” is stenography and not journalism pic.twitter.com/jWi0042JCp
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) October 19, 2017
re: #229 Belafon
I suspect the parents talked a lot about the sacrifices President Trump was making in order to take office, like giving up all of his businesses and his TV show. The kid, being nine, interpreted this has Trump becoming poor, and the parents encouraged it.
Yes, I think that sounds right. I’m sure he’s a decent kid whose heart is in the right place but damn.
re: #229 Belafon
I suspect the parents talked a lot about the sacrifices President Trump was making in order to take office, like giving up all of his businesses and his TV show. The kid, being nine, interpreted this has Trump becoming poor, and the parents encouraged it.
As I said, coerced. The kid is not going to have sufficient knowledge of economics to understand how completely he’s being lied to by his parents and mass media and, probably being in Tennessee, his school.
re: #233 William Lewis
As I said, coerced. The kid is not going to have sufficient knowledge of economics to understand how completely he’s being lied to by his parents and mass media and, probably being in Tennessee, his school.
Yep wouldn’t shock me.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
I do find it odd that only recently has “Jehovah, the lord God Almighty” become overly concerned about how the “media” delivers information to the “consumers”
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They hated any talk of restoring the Fairness Doctrine in the past but the second popular media started being critical of Trump………
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
Jehovah, eh? Anyone using that spelling of The Name as their own could prbably use a fairly serious tweak in their med levels.
THIS is what is wrong with modern GOP. Too many have as their primary goal to “spite” dems rather than policy. https://t.co/cqlWZckRJm
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 19, 2017
Mind, what’s wrong with modern US politics is that GOP’s reflexive spite and contrarianism is all they seem to need to win ad infinitum
— Horrified K (@Citizen_Kryptik) October 19, 2017
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like they should pay people to come.
re: #237 Citizen K
Their base is spiteful, uneducated people, who can’t find high-paying, low-skill jobs anymore. Their free ride ended and they hate it.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #238 Sir John Barron
Sounds like they should pay people to come.
I’ll listen to Pence for $2,500 an hour. Not a penny less.
re: #239 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Yep spiteful politicians for spiteful people. I don’t want the policies I support because they piss off wingnuts, I want them because I think they’ll benefit the people of our country. If you’re in politics only to spite the other side, get the fuck out.
re: #237 Citizen K
Religion is shaped by the local culture, and their local culture sucks. Their Christianity is nothing at all like the one I grew up in.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #237 Citizen K
Cleek’s law is their only platform.
re: #241 HappyWarrior
Yep spiteful politicians for spiteful people. I don’t want the policies I support because they piss off wingnuts, I want them because I think they’ll benefit the people of our country. If you’re in politics only to spite the other side, get the fuck out.
Right, and they’ll benefit the wingnuts too! They just need to let go of their bigotry and hate.
re: #241 HappyWarrior
Unfortunately, hate and spite seem to be the two biggest political forces in the country. GOP wins because they can harness it at the drop of a time, and hate and spite simply beget more hate and spite.
This is essentially their country to run precisely because of this.
re: #246 Citizen K
Unfortunately, hate and spite seem to be the two biggest political forces in the country. GOP wins because they can harness it at the drop of a time, and hate and spite simply beget more hate and spite.
This is essentially their country to run precisely because of this.
Oh yeah for sure.
re: #244 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Right, and they’ll benefit the wingnuts too! They just need to let go of their bigotry and hate.
Wingnuts would rather see liberals annoyed than their own lives bettered by liberal policy.
re: #243 Belafon
And the title of the article should mark that last part out and say “In order to get more people killed.”
Good morning 2 pic.twitter.com/gXqcHOsIzS
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) October 19, 2017
re: #239 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Their base is spiteful, uneducated people, who can’t find high-paying, low-skill jobs anymore. Their free ride ended and they hate it.
Pres. George W Bush: “According to our intelligence services, the Russian gov’t has made a project of turning Americans against each other.”
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 19, 2017
re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
They turned Trump and his radicalized supporters. Now what do we do about it?
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
How long until Trump comes out and attacks him?
re: #249 HappyWarrior
Wingnuts would rather see liberals annoyed than their own lives bettered by liberal policy.
And it’s not always really even “liberal policy” that gets the wingers riled up, it’s often policy that someone else (usually RW media) tells them is “liberal” and thus worthy only of immediate and total rejection.
ISTR reading once about a study of self-described “conservative voters” who were polled on various public-policy issues: and their approval/disapproval rates varied dramatically whether the “proposer” was cited as a Democrat or a Republican. Same policy, same wording, mind: just the differing source was enough to sway opinions….
re: #237 Citizen K
Also too, this son of a bitch would make light of liberal “snowflakes” and deride as politically correct any criticism that it the bump stock giveaway wholly insensitive to the families of the victims in Las Vegas, while at the same time throwing a tantrum over NFL players kneeling during the anthem.
re: #257 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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The problem is, there seems to be precious little we can do that isn’t immediately and wholly negated by the total inoculation the GOP provides. Mueller may be our only long shot to finally get them to start abandoning this shitshow, and that’s only if they can be shamed out of their usual MO of shrugging, declaring IOKIYAR, and letting the slavish media parrot them per usual to normalize it anyway.
We pretty much have zero power here to enact anything.
— Jean Cantor (@CantorjJean) October 19, 2017
My social media feed. Every day. https://t.co/00DVhq7fJM
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 19, 2017
re: #259 Jay C
And it’s not always really even “liberal policy” that gets the wingers riled up, it’s often policy that someone else (usually RW media) tells them is “liberal” and thus worthy only of immediate and total rejection.
ISTR reading once about a study of self-described “conservative voters” who were polled on various public-policy issues: and their approval/disapproval rates varied dramatically whether the “proposer” was cited as a Democrat or a Republican. Same policy, same wording, mind: just the differing source was enough to sway opinions….
That’s very true as well.
I’m at Pep Boys getting new tires on my truck, and for some reason the national anthem started playing in the store. Wasn’t sure whether I should stand up or what.
re: #259 Jay C
And it’s not always really even “liberal policy” that gets the wingers riled up, it’s often policy that someone else (usually RW media) tells them is “liberal” and thus worthy only of immediate and total rejection.
ISTR reading once about a study of self-described “conservative voters” who were polled on various public-policy issues: and their approval/disapproval rates varied dramatically whether the “proposer” was cited as a Democrat or a Republican. Same policy, same wording, mind: just the differing source was enough to sway opinions….
That’s why I have to specify that contrarianism is a huge part of it too. They really don’t care about the policies, just reflexive opposition to it if it comes from one of those hated Libby Libs or Dems. Long as they lose, GOP feels they win, even if they lose out worse eventually. Their only goal is hate.
re: #264 makeitstop
I’m at Pep Boys getting new tires on my truck, and for some reason the national anthem started playing in the store. Wasn’t sure whether I should stand up or what.
Take a knee?
/sorta
I’ve been trying albeit with little success to point out to my few conservative friends and family that conservatives are even bigger snowflakes than liberals are. I get outraged by things like discrimination. They get pissed off by coffee cups.
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
They’re not really followers. They’re more like cats
Feral cats
Who would eat you if you stopped moving long enough
girlfriend had a cabin out in the country. with a cat flap…she went away and asked her dad to come by and tend to the cats…dad managed to set the flap so that it opened only in…when she came back, about a dozen neighborhood cats were locked in her place
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
girlfriend had a cabin out in the country. with a cat flap…she went away and asked her dad to come by and tend to the cats…dad managed to set the flap so that it opened only in…when she came back, about a dozen neighborhood cats were locked in her place
I had 2 cats trapped in my bathroom over a weekend when the wind blew the door shut with them in there. It was quite a mess. I imagine this was a lot worse.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
I don’t mind Jehovah so much, it’s those witnesses, always watching with their shifty eyes…
Trump is whining about Happy Holidays before Halloween ffs.
George W. Bush on Russian election interference: “This effort is broad, systemic, and stealthy…but ultimately, this effort won’t succeed.” pic.twitter.com/PosppNVMys
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 19, 2017
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Trump is whining about Happy Holidays before Halloween ffs.
He’s pandering to the dumbest, most reactionary, Christianist- Americans.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
It installed a madman in the White House and allowed the theft of a Supreme Court seat. That seems like success.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
I don’t see how we get over a stolen Supreme Court seat.
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
girlfriend had a cabin out in the country. with a cat flap…she went away and asked her dad to come by and tend to the cats…dad managed to set the flap so that it opened only in…when she came back, about a dozen neighborhood cats were locked in her place
Oh god, what a mess. An utter disaster but I can’t stop laughing anyway…
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #274 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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I don’t see how we get over a stolen Supreme Court seat.
That’s the reason why most Republicans still accept Trump. He got them the court. I’ll never forgive the GOP for that stunt. Gorsuch has been awful so far too. Nothing but a pathetic Scalia act alike with no original thought or perspective.
President George W Bush in NYC: “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism…we need to recall and recover our own identity” pic.twitter.com/dsiSkFzEVp
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) October 19, 2017
We’re down the rabbit hole NOW, aren’t we? https://t.co/9NFve7a9wj
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 19, 2017
re: #274 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I don’t see how we get over a stolen Supreme Court seat.
I think he means more like it being an existential threat. Crappy people on the SCOTUS is nothing new. Look at who Gorsuch replaced.
re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe he’ll call for Congress returning to its rightful role as a check on the president, even if it requires new leadership.
re: #179 lawhawk
GOP tax cut lies… in a nutshell:
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Cruz claims the estate tax cut will help all Americans.
Fact is that the estate tax doesn’t affect 99.2% of Americans. It affects only those who have estates of more than $5.49 million (double for married filing jointly). In other words, this isn’t the family farm being at risk, but millionaires like Trump who would have to shell out millions in taxes.
The only ones who benefit are rich like Trump.
Everyone else gets fucked as the $269 billion that is collected over 10 years is lost. There’s no making up for that amount, and there’s no economic activity generated by the rich to make up for that lost revenue. None.
It’s $269 billion that could go to infrastructure work or disaster relief.
Cruz doesn’t care.
The GOP doesn’t care. They want their fucking tax cuts, all consequences be damned.
Further it is neither unfair nor unaffordable
George W. Bush: “The Russian government has made a project of turning Americans against each other.” pic.twitter.com/VvFtzKdXzA
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2017
You know you’re a catastrophically shitty president when George W. Bush becomes a voice of reason. https://t.co/UiFHL0aRZI
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) October 19, 2017
Trumpbots are so fucking stupid.
It’s going to take time to line it all up. Just think 6 months ago we didn’t know about the Uranium/bribery & now it’s come to light.
— melaniegore (@melaniesgore) October 19, 2017
re: #281 dangerman
Further it is neither unfair nor unaffordable
Huh? These tax cuts would be textbook illustrations of unaffordable because they are so utterly unfair.
We need to be raising taxes not lowering them; I’d like to see the tax rates that were in effect on 12/31/1959 put back in place because it was Kennedy lowering those rates that started this slide into fiscal idiocy in the first place.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
George W. Bush on Russian election interference: “This effort is broad, systemic, and stealthy…but ultimately, this effort won’t succeed.”
well, it succeeded in the short run
re: #125 Big Beautiful Door
Figures; the Fox News poll doesn’t screen for likely voters.
So basically it is a way to whip up the scared white folks that if they don’t get out and vote for Moore, the evil liberal demoncrat Jones will win.
Amy Sedaris: The Demented Martha Stewart We Need Right Now (The Daily Beast)
re: #286 MsJ
So basically it is a way to whip up the scared white folks that if they don’t get out and vote for Moore, the evil liberal demoncrat Jones will win.
Hopefully it has the reverse effect and encourages Alabama Democrats, independents, and those fed up with Moore’s pathetic bullshit to vote for Jones.
This is Ludo. He retreats to his comfort barrel whenever the world around him starts to suck. 13/10 would politely ask to join him pic.twitter.com/HxxPzQ6KC5
— SpookyWeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) October 19, 2017
re: #224 The Vicious Babushka
George Bush on bigotry, conspiracy theories, etc.:
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Why is Apple promoting this bullshit creationist movie? https://t.co/AXI0XQj3Dn
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 19, 2017
3D bullshit is still bullshit.
re: #292 Ace-o-aces
Why is Apple promoting this bullshit creationist movie?
I noticed that amazon prime streaming also has a ton of Christian videos on offer
re: #283 The Vicious Babushka
It’s going to take time to line it all up. Just think 6 months ago we didn’t know about the Uranium/bribery & now it’s come to light.
— melaniegore
This is a true confirmed FACT and we should take forever getting to the bottom of it but the Trump-Russia investigation is stupid, FAKE news and has already been investigated too long and should stop right now.
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re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I noticed that amazon prime streaming also has a ton of Christian videos on offer
The country is full of Christians, so that’s probably just good business.
re: #264 makeitstop
I’m at Pep Boys getting new tires on my truck, and for some reason the national anthem started playing in the store. Wasn’t sure whether I should stand up or what.
Gross. WTF is happening.
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Trump is whining about Happy Holidays before Halloween ffs.
Trump is—without question—the absolute least Christian president in my memory.
re: #295 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The country is full of Christians, so that’s probably just good business.
my thoughts as well. my baptist mother in law was always sending our kids Christian-themed DVD’s, this is obviously just an extension of that market
re: #268 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
girlfriend had a cabin out in the country. with a cat flap…she went away and asked her dad to come by and tend to the cats…dad managed to set the flap so that it opened only in…when she came back, about a dozen neighborhood cats were locked in her place
This is fine
re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I noticed that amazon prime streaming also has a ton of Christian videos on offer
“Christian” videos, huh? You know who else believes in creationism? ISIS!
JUST IN: Trump: “I would give myself a 10” out of 10 for my Puerto Rico response https://t.co/7lzdtS9CQg pic.twitter.com/22WHKcdlQV
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2017
Um, that’s not how scoring works there, Kim. https://t.co/8jtP9h1ITS
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 19, 2017
re: #139 JordanRules
reading that piece in whatever russian site that is was basically all the women (every one of them) saying that hollywood actresses deserved it, let it happen so they deserved it, were stupid so they deserved it, and the men saying that they hope it isn’t happening there but if it is is it small throughout the industry and weinstein is a psychopath, which of course no russian is.
pure russian propganda on how much better they are (that’s how i read it).
re: #297 Sir John Barron
Trump is—without question—the absolute least Christian president in my memory.
In both practice and knowledge.
re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who thought it was a good idea to elect an incompetent narcissist?
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I noticed that amazon prime streaming also has a ton of Christian videos on offer
They also have a ton of Ancient Alien BS. They are just giving customers what they want. I am willing to bet the licensing fees on that crap are pretty negligible too.
re: #302 MsJ
Yup, me too. And it’s timely propaganda that our own deplorable cult can latch onto.
AAAAND here is Ben Garrison’s most homo-erotic, wtf gay fetish Donald Trump porn EVAH!
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re: #296 Stanley Sea
Gross. WTF is happening.
Inorite? At a freaking car parts store?
Also, the local news is on the TV, and they’re reporting a search for a body or bodies that includes Nassau county cops, FBI, DHS and ICE. Could be MS-13 related, but they’re more established in my county than in Nassau
re: #145 Dave In Austin
I called this days ago when i saw Nunes was going to call them after they said they’d take the 5th. No other witnesses have ever been called after saying they’d take the 5th like this. This was his sole purpose…to get them to take the 5th so they could be discredited.
This is exactly what Nunes wanted from calling these people to testify (after he supposedly recused himself).
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 19, 2017
re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe he’s counting number of deaths. //
Naah. He just thinks his presence is enough to make things better.
re: #309 The Vicious Babushka
AAAAND here is Ben Garrison’s most homo-erotic, wtf gay fetish Donald Trump porn EVAH!
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re: #314 Eventual Carrion
It already did
Only if you think their only goal was to get Trump elected.
re: #311 MsJ
Wingnuts ALWAYS project. They must be closing in on him.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #307 danarchy
They also have a ton of Ancient Alien BS. They are just giving customers what they want. I am willing to bet the licensing fees on that crap are pretty negligible too.
Yeah….YouTube is full of woowoo (some of which I confess to enjoying from time to time as a guilty pleasure on a lazy Sunday, especially the good stuff from the 1970’s, the Golden Age of Woowoo) and it gets plenty of clicks.
re: #301 Backwoods_Sleuth
JUST IN: Trump: “I would give myself a 10” out of 10 for my Puerto Rico response
— The Hill
If President Obama had said this about himself the wingnutisphere would have:
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New Zealand has it’s first female PM.
I am so jealous
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Science is so freakin’ kewl!
F.D.A. Approves Second Gene-Altering Treatment for Cancer https://t.co/DnlJboDTgt
— ggt (@geegeetee) October 19, 2017
re: #309 The Vicious Babushka
AAAAND here is Ben Garrison’s most homo-erotic, wtf gay fetish Donald Trump porn EVAH!
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re: #287 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Amy Sedaris: The Demented Martha Stewart We Need Right Now (The Daily Beast)
Sister of David Sedaris?
re: #284 William Lewis
Huh? These tax cuts would be textbook illustrations of unaffordable because they are so utterly unfair.
We need to be raising taxes not lowering them; I’d like to see the tax rates that were in effect on 12/31/1959 put back in place because it was Kennedy lowering those rates that started this slide into fiscal idiocy in the first place.
Sorry I was un clear
I was referring to the estate tax as being neither unfair nor unaffordsble
re: #319 Birth Control Works
New Zealand has it’s first female PM.
I am so jealous
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re: #313 HappyWarrior
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re: #292 Ace-o-aces
3D bullshit is still bullshit.
…that will make money off the rubes and those that want to watch to mock; kinda like the people who go to the Creation Museum to laugh.
George W. Bush: “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 19, 2017
Uh…but you JUST campaigned for the guy in Virginia who is running a Trump inspired nativist campaign. https://t.co/nIws1k9QKk
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 19, 2017
re: #321 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Sister of David Sedaris?
Yes, best known from Strangers With Candy probably.
This evening, Pres Trump attends dinner at the Kuwaiti Embassy at which UN Refugee Agency honors Melania Trump for her humanitarian efforts.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 19, 2017
What efforts are those? https://t.co/QaKCAvRABT
— Only4RM (@Only4RM) October 19, 2017
re: #309 The Vicious Babushka
You gave us two hidden clicks and I still looked and now I need an acid bath with a brillo and some serious alcohol therapy.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart
Why does God need a media outlet?
Why does God need a PR guy?
Why does He need a spaceship?— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 19, 2017
re: #317 Dr Lizardo
Yeah….YouTube is full of woowoo (some of which I confess to enjoying from time to time as a guilty pleasure on a lazy Sunday, especially the good stuff from the 1970’s, the Golden Age of Woowoo) and it gets plenty of clicks.
Leonard Nimoy gets a lot of crap for doing the “In Search of…” series but I still watch it, I mean it’s all a bunch of bunk, but it’s fun.
re: #332 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You gave us two hidden clicks and I still looked and now I need an acid bath with a brillo and some serious alcohol therapy.
I’m still click-shy from yesterday, so I didn’t click.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The blatant visuals on Fox bring me to the point of vomiting at times.
The other day, the Nerds were sitting with their legs open and their ties pointing to and covering their crotch. The Barbie Dolls were, as usual, dressed for their market.
It always reminds me of a porn movie.
re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s important that he’s speaking out. We need all of the former living presidents, Democrat and Republican, speaking out and united on Russia, the divisions in this country, racism, Naziism: the things that are absolutely poisoning this country right now.
I hate that they need to step out of well-deserved retirements, whether we agreed with them or not. But the nation needs reminding of what a real president looks and acts like, even the ones that did not seem all that presidential at the time. Because I tell ya, I smile a little fondly when I see W. now.
We need them united against what has happened.
re: #335 danarchy
Leonard Nimoy gets a lot of crap for doing the “In Search of…” series but I still watch it, I mean it’s all a bunch of bunk, but it’s fun.
If I’m going to watch woo nonsense, it’s In Search Of every time.
re: #336 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m still click-shy from yesterday, so I didn’t click.
Smart. Very, very smart.
re: #253 The Vicious Babushka
Pres. George W Bush: “According to our intelligence services, the Russian gov’t has made a project of turning Americans against each other.”
Murdoch has ties to Russia…which is making me wonder just how long this game has been. Murdoch is trying to do the same thing in the EU (he already accomplished it in the UK via Brexit).
George W. Bush: “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 19, 2017
Uh…but you JUST campaigned for the guy in Virginia who is running a Trump inspired nativist campaign. https://t.co/nIws1k9QKk
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 19, 2017
It’s maddening how many will rehabilitate George W. Bush in the age of Trump instead of pointing out how Bush’s GOP paved the way for Trump
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 19, 2017
Bush lied us into a catastrophic failure of a war & appointed far-right ideologues to the Supreme Court who gutted the Voting Rights Act https://t.co/Pgtare4kIa
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 19, 2017
Don’t sub-tweet him in a speech. Call for him to resign or for Congress to impeach.
re: #330 JordanRules
It’s actually for the Melania stand-in we saw yesterday.
re: #309 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #345 JordanRules
LOL!!!
She’s being recognized more and more!
“I give her an Eleventy out of 10!”
on russia, today’s thought (you’ve probably figured this already)
imagine clinton won the ec and is president
there would be years (almost forever i’d guess) of explaining and separating two thoughts:
- yes, there was russian interference with the election
- they were not trying to help clinton win
it would never stop
WATCH: Protesters marching on UF campus shout “Nazis are not welcome here” ahead of white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech. #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/M8c9QEuIqq
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) October 19, 2017
re: #70 bratwurst
You have the two finest senators in the country as far as I am concerned.
Illinois has Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth as well as the only Ph.D. in Science in Congress: Bill Foster.
re: #335 danarchy
Leonard Nimoy gets a lot of crap for doing the “In Search of…” series but I still watch it, I mean it’s all a bunch of bunk, but it’s fun.
I enjoyed In Search Of… when I was a kid - I grew up watching it - and I still do. Though I’m disappointed that the original theme music was replaced in later airings.
re: #309 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #352 Birth Control Works
Not shabby at all.
I can’t play this game. :(
We have a Flake and a fake Maverick. Blech!
We’ve got to fix this.
Up to 45,000 people disenfranchised by Wisconsin voter ID law in 2016 found UW study. Trump won state by 22,000 votes pic.twitter.com/fluDYzblQ0
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 19, 2017
re: #335 danarchy
Leonard Nimoy gets a lot of crap for doing the “In Search of…” series but I still watch it, I mean it’s all a bunch of bunk, but it’s fun.
Rob Lowe just did a reality series with his sons, looking for UFOs and ghosts and bigfoot. One of the sons is super-skeptic, the other son (and Rob) are very “I want to believe, I hope it’s true”. They never find anything, but they seem to have a lot of fun trying.
“Did we do a great job?” @realDonaldTrump to PR’s guv asking him to rate his admin’s response to Hurricane Maria.
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) October 19, 2017
and PR Gov Rossello refused to say it https://t.co/8G6UgSOuyo
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 19, 2017
re: #357 JordanRules
We’ve got to fix this.
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/ sort of
.@POTUS: “If the mainstream media would cover the uranium scandal… I think that’s your Russia story, that’s your REAL Russia story.” pic.twitter.com/qF8HkIRYZZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 19, 2017
OK, Netflix really has to do something about releasing entire series at a time.
While it is satisfying to binge a whole series, I am now left with the prospect of further withdrawals as I await season 2 of Mindhunter
re: #363 The Vicious Babushka
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So let me get this straight, Fox is covering the President complaining about why the media won’t cover a story that he learned about from Fox. I liked this film better when it was called Adaptation.
2 weeks ago Trump on Puerto Rico: not “a real catastrophe like Katrina”/ today: “I think it was worse than Katrina” https://t.co/DxMuEMXagy
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) October 19, 2017
re: #351 FormerDirtDart
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I’m so fucking pissed he’s going to be there.
I hope the students raise hell & stay safe.
re: #363 The Vicious Babushka
The FBI is closing in on this corrupt President. Distractions work on the Fox News crowd, but not on the FBI.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #368 Stanley Sea
I’m so fucking pissed he’s going to be there.
I hope the students raise hell & stay safe.
Your alma mater right? Hope they raise hell.
re: #343 JordanRules
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we must give up all hope of a better past. this does not make us weak, nor does it forget or condone the past.
i think this:
re: #57 whitebeach
My point is that never in my opinion based on long experience has America been closer to Naziism than it is now. We’ve got to fight against this in every way we can. Even if “fight” becomes literal.
if gwb is a voice right now, for how things are, right now, then he’s a voice.
sigh…
Trump: TX, FL recovery is “well-oiled machine” but there’s corruption in Puerto Rico—“Not by the fedl, this is local we’re talking about.”
— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) October 19, 2017
Make it stop. https://t.co/E5tRECljwg
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) October 19, 2017
re: #353 Dr Lizardo
Thank you for the smile inducing flashback to Saturday afternoons before a dinner of beans and hamburgers and reruns of Hee Haw.
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Total fatalities: 1,833
Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHWS)
re: #365 HappyWarrior
So let me get this straight, Fox is covering the President complaining about why the media won’t cover a story that he learned about from Fox. I liked this film better when it was called Adaptation.
All other media outlets must cover the same things and in the same way as Fox News because, um.
/
re: #370 HappyWarrior
Your alma mater right? Hope they raise hell.
Yup.
Only benefit is I get to see pix of the campus.
re: #361 Birth Control Works
They look ready to tear my throat out.
re: #375 Sir John Barron
All other media outlets must cover the same things and in the same way as Fox News because, um.
/
It really disturbs me how FNC is how this President gets his information and perceptions. For crying out loud, he was having Hannity consult him on the Iran Deal.
Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump
- Mother Jones
re: #376 Stanley Sea
Yup.
Only benefit is I get to see pix of the campus.
Hopefully your fellow Gators do you proud. I think they will.
These wealthy institutions are quietly financing white nationalism
Neither Mercer’s involvement in Breitbart, nor his support for Yiannopoulos, nor charges of discrimination, have appeared to negatively impact his business. Renaissance Technologies now manages $45 billion in assets, up from $27 billion at the start 2016, according to Forbes. Outside investors pay a hefty fee for the privilege of accessing a Renaissance fund and a good deal of that money ultimately ends up in Mercer’s pocket.
The identity of Renaissance’s investors has largely remained secret. The company is not obligated to disclose their clients, who are generally required to invest at least $25 million. ThinkProgress, however, has been able to identify numerous investors in Renaissance by identifying institutions that, either voluntarily or by law, disclose how they invest their money. This includes reports from public pension plans, non-profit filings, and university endowment reports.
re: #371 dangerman
While literally doing the opposite of what he’s saying ala Gillespie?
re: #381 JordanRules
These wealthy institutions are quietly financing white nationalism
More reasons to hate the Citizens United decision.
This Neo-Nazi is telling white supremacists who can’t get into Richard Spencer’s UF speech to target Jewish and black institutions. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/PthLSr7wGa
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) October 19, 2017
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
“But, since Obama waited too long to respond effectively to Maria, we’ll just have to bury Puerto Rico and start over.”
If you’re wondering about Yiannopoulos, he’s the tech editor for Breitbart, the conservative news outlet, who says things like “feminism is cancer” and, despite being gay, questions the role of biology in homosexuality. So he’s made a career of saying controversial things. Add him to the list of digital age oafs or truth-tellers, depending on your own point of view.
Of course, if you’re a DePaul student, you may still be unsure because the Yiannopoulos event collapsed after 15 minutes. Yiannopoulos was invited by the school’s College Republicans group, which seemed to anticipate a potentially rowdy audience. According to the DePaulia, extra security guards were hired, but the campus public safety department decided against trying to restore order. Chicago police, called to the scene, also were not asked to intervene.
re: #373 Shropshire Slasher
Thank you for the smile inducing flashback to Saturday afternoons before a dinner of beans and hamburgers and reruns of Hee Haw.
I tried watching a couple of episodes of Hee Haw; I simply couldn’t get into it. Not my thing.
re: #382 JordanRules
While literally doing the opposite of what he’s saying ala Gillespie?
I have no good answer
re: #368 Stanley Sea
I’m so fucking pissed he’s going to be there.
I hope the students raise hell & stay safe.
Quite a turnout here for #SpenceratUF so far. (What I mean is about two dozen guys in white polos and quadruple the media.) pic.twitter.com/4JPMMFoDtt
— Claire McNeill (@clairemcneill) October 19, 2017
re: #390 HappyWarrior
The latest fauxrage.
Latest? IIRC, this nonsense was circulated around the media as part of last year’s Presidential campaign. A nothingburger then, which hasn’t gotten any more substantive over time…
re: #393 FormerDirtDart
A camera needs to be at the bar where people could get a free bear beer with an unused ticket.
Fixxed
re: #391 dangerman
I have no good answer
I appreciate W speaking out but it does come off hollow to me that he’s saying this while campaigning for Gillespie. Now, I know W wouldn’t be campaigning for Corey Stewart but Gillespie since he got the nomination has been pandering to the worst elements of Virginia politics.
re: #394 Jay C
Latest? IIRC, this nonsense was circulated around the media as part of last year’s Presidential campaign. A nothingburger then, which hasn’t gotten any more substantive over time…
Well latest in the sense that this is what FNC wants us to be outraged about instead of Trump being a total dingus to Gold Star families.
re: #395 Belafon
A camera needs to be at the bar where people could get a free bear with an unused ticket.
I think that was a free beer: but it would certainly work either way…
re: #394 Jay C
Latest? IIRC, this nonsense was circulated around the media as part of last year’s Presidential campaign. A nothingburger then, which hasn’t gotten any more substantive over time…
They claim there’s new evidence that money was going from the Russians to the Clinton Foundation and that the DOJ knew it and did nothing.
Impeach President Clinton!
re: #389 Dr Lizardo
I tried watching a couple of episodes of Hee Haw; I simply couldn’t get into it. Not my thing.
I didn’t care for the humor but I usually enjoyed the musical guests and Buck Owens and Roy Clark were always worth listening to.
re: #394 Jay C
Latest? IIRC, this nonsense was circulated around the media as part of last year’s Presidential campaign. A nothingburger then, which hasn’t gotten any more substantive over time…
I remember the loss of nuclear *stuff* when the wall came down and the only capitalists in the Eastern Block too advantage of the power vacuum.
re: #395 Belafon
A camera needs to be at the bar where people could get a free bear with an unused ticket.
What I’m I gonna do with a free bear?
re: #400 William Lewis
I didn’t care for the humor but I usually enjoyed the musical guests and Buck Owens and Roy Clark were always worth listening to.
Fair enough…..Owens and Clark are pretty much legends. The humor….yeah, that left a lot to be desired. :/
re: #403 Dr Lizardo
Fair enough…..Owens and Clark are pretty much legends. The humor….yeah, that left a lot to be desired. :/
Every time I look at my yard I sing “If it weren’t for crab grass/I’d have no grass at all.”
re: #400 William Lewis
I didn’t care for the humor but I usually enjoyed the musical guests and Buck Owens and Roy Clark were always worth listening to.
I was reading Hillbilly Elegy and reminded how many of those mountain folks lived on our block in a working-class subdivision in Gary, Indiana in the 60’s before all the whites fled to the suburbs. And Hee-Haw was a fixture.
So from CBC I stumbled across this. A dog called Odin survives California wildfires after refusing to abandon his goats
You can click on “listen” under the header to hear the radio broadcast.
And then we have Trump.
re: #391 dangerman
I will take all the help we can get too!
I am much more extreme than most in my view about us being in a new type of war right now but I’m going to steel myself against gaslighting as well.
It’s a dynamic very much informed by my race. Like the soldiers that go abroad to give everything for America and then come back to a nation that denies them full humanity, dignity and mortgage loans.
The thieves are in the White House swamp. Get outside the propaganda bubble instead of repeating a criminal’s campaign slogan.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
Most of the people responding to Fox get it, but there are still some derpsters.
The irony of a Trump supporter calling for other people to be locked up. You still support a criminal President at this late date.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #397 HappyWarrior
Well latest in the sense that this is what FNC wants us to be outraged about instead of Trump being a total dingus to Gold Star families.
And that Chuck Grassley is promoting it as a real thing by launching an investigation. Couple this with the call to end Russia-Trump probe by the end of the year and you can see the playbook.
WATCH: Man with gun detained outside #SpencerAtUF. Man says he’s private security, @WJXTvic reports — https://t.co/TN409CiRTN pic.twitter.com/6ozOVjIquG
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) October 19, 2017
Trump Supporter Suing West Village Bar Demands Religious Recognition For MAGA Hat https://t.co/bJgNZZHAsd
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) October 16, 2017
re: #417 JordanRules
Fair enough. The Trump supporters are obviously a cult, totally cut off from reality.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #412 dangerman
My parents would be roaring with laughter during the Carol Burnett show. Tim Conway as the old man… Or him spitting teeth out all over the bar after a fight.
So Trump accuses the FBI of treason, lies his ass off about the hellhole that he’s left PR, and Dubya comes out as the voice of reason.
I can’t leave you fucking people alone for one minute, can I?
//
re: #402 dangerman
What I’m I gonna do with a free bear?
You will hold it in your arms, as is your right and duty under the Constitution.
re: #417 JordanRules
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Yeah, well, good f***ing luck with that suit, dude: in New York??
“Supporting Trump is a religious statement”?? Hate to tell ya, man: but that probably isn’t even CLOSE to pushing the envelope of “weird lawsuits in New York”. Not by a long shot….
re: #204 The Vicious Babushka
why why why would somebody be this freaking stupid?
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re: #420 Shropshire Slasher
My parents would be roaring with laughter during the Carol Burnett show. Tim Conway as the old man… Or him spitting teeth out all over the bar after a fight.
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we all roared over a lot of carol burnett - a bunch of brilliant people
re: #424 Jay C
Yeah, well, good f***ing luck with that suit, dude: in New York??
“Supporting Trump is a religious statement”?? Hate to tell ya, man: but that probably isn’t even CLOSE to pushing the envelope of “weird lawsuits in New York”. Not by a long shot….
The judge should dismiss the case with extreme prejudice, then order the plaintiff locked up for being a Trump Cult knucklehead. I don’t think even the plaintiff’s attorney would object.
re: #423 jeffreyw
You will hold it in your arms, as is your right and duty under the Constitution.
i bow to greatness
you win
If Donald Trump were a Democrat, Trey Gowdy would have already convened a hearing on Fake Melania.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) October 18, 2017
This feels significant: The IRS says it won’t process tax returns that don’t include insurance status, a change. https://t.co/sonqot4upM
— Margot Sanger-Katz (@sangerkatz) October 19, 2017
Wow. This is very significant. This is a reversal of an act of sabotage to weaken enforcement of the individual mandate. https://t.co/m2NbClIV2v
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) October 19, 2017
re: #432 JordanRules
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re: #432 JordanRules
At FoxNews Twitter, yahoos go on about how Trey Gowdy is a great man. No mention of fraud or being a clown. Just a “great man”, because he lies for their cult.
re: #417 JordanRules
Trump Supporter Suing West Village Bar Demands Religious Recognition For MAGA Hat
this is why our forefathers had the foresight to separate church and state
re: #433 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I am sure this was done by an IRS civil servant and was not a directive from anyone political. Which means once Donald Trump hears about it he will direct the IRS to reverse the policy.
re: #179 lawhawk
GOP tax cut lies… in a nutshell:
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Cruz claims the estate tax cut will help all Americans.
Fact is that the estate tax doesn’t affect 99.2% of Americans. It affects only those who have estates of more than $5.49 million (double for married filing jointly). In other words, this isn’t the family farm being at risk, but millionaires like Trump who would have to shell out millions in taxes.
The only ones who benefit are rich like Trump.
Everyone else gets fucked as the $269 billion that is collected over 10 years is lost. There’s no making up for that amount, and there’s no economic activity generated by the rich to make up for that lost revenue. None.
It’s $269 billion that could go to infrastructure work or disaster relief.
Cruz doesn’t care.
The GOP doesn’t care. They want their fucking tax cuts, all consequences be damned.
It is unfair to characterize people who may have 5.49 to 10 million dollars “rich like Trump”. Professionals who grew up in modest circumstances without an inheritance, who are not even the top earners in their profession, but who earn a good income, perhaps in the $100,000 to $200,000 range, who are able to contribute the maximum to their 401(k) with a match from their employer, and who do not live extravagantly, can indeed accumulate that amount, mainly through their retirement funds. They are comfortable and affluent, but not truly rich. Their income does not even place them in the top 5%.
re: #438 danarchy
I am sure this was done by an IRS civil servant and was not a directive from anyone political. Which means once Donald Trump hears about it he will direct the IRS to reverse the policy.
And order them to drop-kick the person(s) responsible out the front door with a pink slip in hand.
re: #439 Hecuba’s daughter
It is unfair to characterize people who may have 5.49 to 10 million dollars “rich like Trump”. Professionals who grew up in modest circumstances without an inheritance, who are not even the top earners in their profession, but who earn a good income, perhaps in the $100,000 to $200,000 range, who are able to contribute the maximum to their 401(k) with a match from their employer, and who do not live extravagantly, can indeed accumulate that amount, mainly through their retirement funds. They are comfortable and affluent, but not truly rich. Their income does not even place them in the top 5%.
If they do everything you say, and then retire, will they die with that much money? If not, their estates won’t be that big, and wouldn’t be part of the group being talked about.
Pres Trump declined to say it he thinks Puerto Rico should become a state. “You’ll get me into trouble with that one,” he told reporter.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 19, 2017
FYI it’s in the Republican platform. https://t.co/Yn1fXazdQV
— Armando (@armandodkos) October 19, 2017
What a coincidence! That’s the exact same amount @realDonaldTrump promised me he’d give @includingkids - never did! https://t.co/mllfRcvjU6
— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) October 19, 2017
Dave here from the WashPost. Did @realDonaldTrump promise this $25K gift on air or off? https://t.co/qXhELGLw5u
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 19, 2017
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump left off “with my base.”
re: #443 Backwoods_Sleuth
He wants people to like him and thank him, without any actual expense, so he lies and lies.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #259 Jay C
And it’s not always really even “liberal policy” that gets the wingers riled up, it’s often policy that someone else (usually RW media) tells them is “liberal” and thus worthy only of immediate and total rejection.
ISTR reading once about a study of self-described “conservative voters” who were polled on various public-policy issues: and their approval/disapproval rates varied dramatically whether the “proposer” was cited as a Democrat or a Republican. Same policy, same wording, mind: just the differing source was enough to sway opinions….
This may not be as dishonest as it sounds. We may all do something analogous: after all, the devil is in the details. Two policies that are dramatically different can often be described using the same superficial summary. If you hear that Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell support a policy, you would probably react differently than if it were supported by Adam Schiff or Al Franken. You would assume that if you looked at the details, the Ryan program would be designed to help the wealthy, while the Schiff program would be designed to help those more in need. This applies equally to editorials and opinion columnists. You have to be very skeptical of anything proposed by conservatives or Republicans, even those that have seen the light like Jennifer Rubin.
re: #441 Belafon
If they do everything you say, and then retire, will they die with that much money? If not, their estates won’t be that big, and wouldn’t be part of the group being talked about.
if you manage to accumulate 10m and die without any preplanning re the estate tax, your estate would owe appx 1.8m.
in todays environment, when you get into even 3, 4 or 5million in assets, it is incumbent on you to do some tax planning and thinking about this
re: #261 Citizen K
The problem is, there seems to be precious little we can do that isn’t immediately and wholly negated by the total inoculation the GOP provides. Mueller may be our only long shot to finally get them to start abandoning this shitshow, and that’s only if they can be shamed out of their usual MO of shrugging, declaring IOKIYAR, and letting the slavish media parrot them per usual to normalize it anyway.
We pretty much have zero power here to enact anything.
For example, the GOP seems determined to force the ACA markets to fail, even though this seems bound to primarily hurt their own rural, older voters, all in the hopes the Democrats will get the blame. Completely nihilistic.
re: #447 dangerman
I understand, but I guess the point is that someone who pumps that much money into their 401K, if they started out with nearly nothing on their own, is probably going to be spending quite a bit of it on retirement. Yes, they could die suddenly, and then there would be taxes owed, but under normal circumstances they’ll be using a good portion of it, driving themselves below the cutoff. That’s part of the point of those Prudential commercials I keep seeing.
what w doesnt account for in his speech is that unless he is painstakingly specific about who he is criticizing, wingnuts will take it as a condemnation of “liberals”
re: #451 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
what w doesnt account for in his speech is that unless he is painstakingly specific about who he is criticizing, wingnuts will take it as a condemnation of “liberals”
I dunno. They’ll either do that or call him a cuck.
re: #339 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
If I’m going to watch woo nonsense, it’s In Search Of every time.
If you have to listen to woo, listen to Spock deliver it; makes it sound logical!
re: #201 lawhawk
Words have meanings. Did someone forget to include NOT or “No” when saying what could or couldn’t be going on with North Korea?
We are not discussing first strike.
We are not discussing limited strikes.
We are not discussing active military measures.What I can believe that the admin (or any admin might do):
But we are implementing cyberwarfare and trying to undermine North Korea’s ability to sustain its economy through black market measures. We also want to subvert their industrial capacity to develop nukes.
Here’s a idea for Trump: stop running your damn mouth and nobody would be even talking about attacking North Korea. No talking, no way of misinterpreting what is said. JFC, what a shitheel Trump is.
The head of elections in Milwaukee told me Wisconsin voter ID law “changed the outcome of the presidential election in Wisconsin.” pic.twitter.com/KF8E6ybnvO
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 19, 2017
re: #455 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And Walker who did this was very much championed by the mainstream GOP long before Trump.
re: #450 Belafon
I understand, but I guess the point is that someone who pumps that much money into their 401K, if they started out with nearly nothing on their own, is probably going to be spending quite a bit of it on retirement. Yes, they could die suddenly, and then there would be taxes owed, but under normal circumstances they’ll be using a good portion of it, driving themselves below the cutoff. That’s part of the point of those Prudential commercials I keep seeing.
oh i agree with you 100%. if the plan and timing works out.
focusing only on the could die suddenly part - ie with more assets remaining than you planned on (and ignoring spouses for the moment) - you mitigate that by getting some insurance, or you start giving (if your family gets along) or you resign yourself that some estate assets will be liquidated to pay the tax ($1.8m).
re: #450 Belafon
I understand, but I guess the point is that someone who pumps that much money into their 401K, if they started out with nearly nothing on their own, is probably going to be spending quite a bit of it on retirement. Yes, they could die suddenly, and then there would be taxes owed, but under normal circumstances they’ll be using a good portion of it, driving themselves below the cutoff. That’s part of the point of those Prudential commercials I keep seeing.
Not necessarily, if they lived frugally to get there and continue to do so in retirement they can easily live off of the income generated off $5 million plus without ever having to touch the principal. Hell, they may even be able to keep adding to it in hopes of passing it on to their kids and grand kids.
So Kellywise the Clown crawls form the sewer to correct us on Trump’s classless phone call:
‘It’s just the haters’: Kellyanne Conway brushes off criticism that Trump is politicizing soldiers’ deaths https://t.co/Xl2TYteUQU
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 19, 2017
Conway appeared to acknowledge that Trump did, in fact, say the soldier knew what he signed up for, arguing the problem is instead that the media is leaving out the “full quote.” Conway pointed to Wilson’s own account of the conversation, pointing out the president followed up with some variation of “it’s never easy or it’s very difficult.”
“It’s just the haters being presumptively negative, as they always are,” Conway said. “But you know what’s tragic? That family just suffered a loss … and yet it gets immediately politicized because people of privilege think they can score cheap political points against the president.”
“That’s what we do find to be most disgraceful,” she added.
No Kelly, what’s disgraceful is you dropped this turd on live TV just a day after the family came out and confirmed Wilson’s recall of events and stated how upset they were over the call. In effect, you’re following your boss in accusing the family of being liars and showing even less class than he by accusing them of trying to “score cheap political points.”
Conway said Trump followed protocol of prior administrations, despite Trump himself claiming on Saturday that previous presidents did not reach out to the families of fallen soldiers.
“Sometime you call, sometimes you write, sometimes you go in, you receive the fallen soldier in a casket with an American flag draped on it, everyone, for a reason—the American flag is there for a good reason,” Conway said.
Even when the victims in this whole mess are black, Kelly can’t avoid firing up that air raid siren.
“You know what’s in his heart,” Conway insisted.
Enough cholesterol to clog Niagra Falls.
re: #459 Targetpractice
So Kellywise the Clown crawls form the sewer to correct us on Trump’s classless phone call:
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No Kelly, what’s disgraceful is you dropped this turd on live TV just a day after the family came out and confirmed Wilson’s recall of events and stated how upset they were over the call. In effect, you’re following your boss in accusing the family of being liars and showing even less class than he by accusing them of trying to “score cheap political points.”
Even when the victims in this whole mess are black, Kelly can’t avoid firing up that air raid siren.
Enough cholesterol to clog Niagra Falls.
Kelly Anne is such a pathetic hack.
re: #450 Belafon
I understand, but I guess the point is that someone who pumps that much money into their 401K, if they started out with nearly nothing on their own, is probably going to be spending quite a bit of it on retirement. Yes, they could die suddenly, and then there would be taxes owed, but under normal circumstances they’ll be using a good portion of it, driving themselves below the cutoff. That’s part of the point of those Prudential commercials I keep seeing.
If a couple has $10M, they could leave each of their 5 children enough to never have to work another day in their lives.
If they’re leaving more than that, damn straight the kids should have to pay some inheritance tax.
re: #236 William Lewis
Jehovah, eh? Anyone using that spelling of The Name as their own could prbably use a fairly serious tweak in their med levels.
re: #458 danarchy
Not necessarily, if they lived frugally to get there and continue to do so in retirement they can easily live off of the income generated off $5 million plus without ever having to touch the principal. Hell, they may even be able to keep adding to it in hopes of passing it on to their kids and grand kids.
True. But I’ll say this: I think there’s a limit to how much you should be able to hand off to descendants. I support the estate tax for that reason. I would set it at college, a car, and a house.
re: #1 Joe Bacon 🌹
Why don’t you try Jesus and see for yourself
dear brenda,
i would like to try jesus but i’m unsure about which one to pick. some people are selling a jesus who says i can live in paradise forever without worrying about good deeds and by only having “faith” (??? not sure what that is) and sending lots of money in to the preacher. others are advertising a jesus that wants me to keep my wife in the kitchen, persecute gay people and islams, and make sure nobody ever says “happy holidays” ever again. still others say they will give jesus away for free but i have to be nice to weird foreigners and mexicans, even the ones who refuse to speak english. can that be right??
(signed) being a good consumer is the core value of american citizenship
Stick to flash mobs, Dick:
Richard Spencer’s supporters outnumbered ’50-to-1′ by protesters, press and police at Florida rally https://t.co/vNW4aSHfb4
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 19, 2017
Look for the wingnuts to insist that the lackluster turnout is because of the “violent” protestors outside and not because these fuckers are afraid to show up without their hoods.
re: #461 sagehen
If a couple has $10M, they could leave each of their 5 children enough to never have to work another day in their lives.
If they’re leaving more than that, damn straight the kids should have to pay some inheritance tax.
re: #463 Belafon
True. But I’ll say this: I think there’s a limit to how much you should be able to hand off to descendants. I support the estate tax for that reason. I would set it at college, a car, and a house.
Yep, I’m way more strict than you.
re: #465 Targetpractice
Stick to flash mobs, Dick:
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Look for the wingnuts to insist that the lackluster turnout is because of the “violent” protestors outside and not because these fuckers are afraid to show up without their hoods.
Good.
re: #464 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
The last episodes of American Gods do a great job on this.
re: #465 Targetpractice
Stick to flash mobs, Dick:
Look for the wingnuts to insist that the lackluster turnout is because of the “violent” protestors outside and not because these fuckers are afraid to show up without their hoods.
That’s why they wait until the middle of the night.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
We want a parade of ex presidents saying these things. All of the living. Hell, put a mic on a few modern Presidential graves. You might hear the spinning
re: #461 sagehen
If a couple has $10M, they could leave each of their 5 children enough to never have to work another day in their lives.
If they’re leaving more than that, damn straight the kids should have to pay some inheritance tax.
remember also that (and yes this is a generalization) this is not double taxation - ie a tax on money that’s already been taxed.
a good part of the estate tax is on the increase in the values of assets over time - ie unrealized gains - and those would not have been taxed at all (yet)
re: #465 Targetpractice
Stick to flash mobs, Dick:
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Look for the wingnuts to insist that the lackluster turnout is because of the “violent” protestors outside and not because these fuckers are afraid to show up without their hoods.
It’s nice that they’ve learned that they’re unacceptable, and will lose their jobs if they cheer on a Nazi.
Of course they are. Despite the wishes of the vile Trump crowd, America is not a fascist country.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 19, 2017
re: #470 Unshaken Defiance
We want a parade of ex presidents saying these things. All of the living. Hell, put a mic on a few modern Presidential graves. You might hear the spinning
We’ve got W and Obama making public speeches today. Coincidence? Maybe not.
If all Trump had been left with was a car and a house, he’d be pushing a broom somewhere.
re: #461 sagehen
If a couple has $10M, they could leave each of their 5 children enough to never have to work another day in their lives.
If they’re leaving more than that, damn straight the kids should have to pay some inheritance tax.
Not so incidentally, the fact that planning can be used to reduce estate tax liability is a problem that should be fixed.
JUST IN: Trump says he’s “open” to bipartisan ObamaCare deal https://t.co/ML6Ut3gT8l pic.twitter.com/jeFAOZmXgk
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2017
Mark the time. It’s 2:32pm. Check back at 3:48pm. https://t.co/XictI0c1El
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) October 19, 2017
did you guys see where president shithead specifically demanded that the governor of puerto rico praise him for the half assed puerto rico assistance efforts?
re: #474 Belafon
If all Trump had been left with was a car and a house, he’d be pushing a broom somewhere.
No, he would be drawing Social Security, ogling Tomi on Fox and screaming about the colored lady on welfare driving a Cadillac!
re: #218 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
in an ideal world, all taxes would be voluntary
in the u.s., they mostly are:
- you keep your own records
- you file your own reports / returns
- you pay (at this point it is a bit less voluntary) what you say you owe
some information is verified - mostly at the personal level - w-2, 1099, 1098 etc.
a large majority is not - even those requiring compliance, like charitable contributions - there are rules but you dont submit receipts.
most information is completely unverified - no one verifies a business’s income and expenses, or schedule C info.
and around 2% or less returns are ever even audited
re: #439 Hecuba’s daughter
It is unfair to characterize people who may have 5.49 to 10 million dollars “rich like Trump”. Professionals who grew up in modest circumstances without an inheritance, who are not even the top earners in their profession, but who earn a good income, perhaps in the $100,000 to $200,000 range, who are able to contribute the maximum to their 401(k) with a match from their employer, and who do not live extravagantly, can indeed accumulate that amount, mainly through their retirement funds. They are comfortable and affluent, but not truly rich. Their income does not even place them in the top 5%.
So they shouldn’t pay a single dime in estate taxes? The vast majority of Americans will never accumulate anywhere near that kind of wealth.
Two additional comments on the estate tax:
1. My comment was not directed on the taxation but only on pointing out that people affected aren’t necessarily truly wealthy.
2. 401(k) money escaped taxes in the first place so that anything left over was indeed not a subject of double taxation.
re: #475 EPR-radar
Not so incidentally, the fact that planning can be used to reduce estate tax liability is a problem that should be fixed.
why is that?
whats wrong with buying an insurance policy to fund the tax and preserve the assets?
or giving away 14k a year to whoever you want
or setting up (legitimate) charitable giving?
look, any system can be gamed and when dollars are involved someone will figure out the best way how. some fair, some far too grey
re: #459 Targetpractice
So Kellywise the Clown crawls form the sewer to correct us on Trump’s classless phone call:
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No Kelly, what’s disgraceful is you dropped this turd on live TV just a day after the family came out and confirmed Wilson’s recall of events and stated how upset they were over the call. In effect, you’re following your boss in accusing the family of being liars and showing even less class than he by accusing them of trying to “score cheap political points.”
Even when the victims in this whole mess are black, Kelly can’t avoid firing up that air raid siren.
Enough cholesterol to clog Niagra Falls.
Yes we do know what’s in his heart…Occam’s Razor, Skeletor…I mean Kellyanne…