One of the Saddest Songs Ever Written: James McMurtry, “Ruby and Carlos”
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Texas native singer-songwriter James McMurtry stopped by the KXT studios to play a few songs during the KXT Afternoon Show with Joe Kozera.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown: Steve Bannon “is a white supremacist” https://t.co/o9K9bayIlj pic.twitter.com/U1BYpfJJQP
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 22, 2017
Yes, we know. https://t.co/EG3DfCyDiu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 22, 2017
Why is this even controversial at this point? Sen. Sherrod Brown: Steve Bannon “is a white supremacist” https://t.co/LFJuKCcfiK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 22, 2017
JJ has returned to her influence campaign thread
She’s already up to entry 55
That’s very important & should continue, but it’s equally important to note that the Russians cast a far wider net than the election. /45
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 22, 2017
re: #2 Charles Johnson
It’s only ‘controversial’ because the Republican party and the Conservative cult in general is not quite ready to openly come out as a white supremacist party. They are, but American media is still playing coy and pretending they are not. Slowly the American media is normalising it though, and when it has enough general acceptance CNN will be more overt about it.
Just like many Trump supporters. He can do no wrong in their eyes because he’s a white supremacist reaction to Obama.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 22, 2017
re: #6 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Exactly. It’s as Coates said, he’s our first white president.
the next democratic congress should set aside a generous land grant where white supremacists and proponents of a totally free market devoid of those annoying “laws” and “regulations” will be free to live out their ideals and theories without bothering normal people
Just as I thought though, Rep Wilson has been he subject of racist attacks because she dared to criticize Trump.
re: #7 HappyWarrior
Exactly. It’s as Coates said, he’s our first white president.
Of the modern era anyway. They were all white supremacist Presidents at one time.
re: #10 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Of the modern era anyway. They were all white supremacist Presidents at one time.
True.
How did it all go down with Mrs. Johnson and ABC News re: her confirming that Facebook post as a fabrication? Did they call her/she call them? Or was she on tv?
I’m watching the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin Texas and they just showed Big Bill Clinton at the track talking with Woody Harrelson and watching. I guess since he was in Texas this weekend he wanted to see some real auto racing.
re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus
How did it all go down with Mrs. Johnson and ABC News re: her confirming that Facebook post as a fabrication? Did they call her/she call them? Or was she on tv?
She’s scheduled to be on Good Morning America tomorrow I believe.
I’m guessing the question was raised in either a recorded interview, or pre-appearance questions
re: #14 FormerDirtDart
She’s scheduled to be on Good Morning America tomorrow I believe.
I’m guessing the question was raised in either a recorded interview, or pre-appearance questions
TOMORROW: Sgt. La David Johnson’s wife speaks exclusively to @GMA about the man she loved and the call she received from Pres. Trump. pic.twitter.com/p0FG79BqJz
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 22, 2017
re: #9 HappyWarrior
Just as I thought though, Rep Wilson has been he subject of racist attacks because she dared to criticize Trump.
Conservatives are also slamming her for wearing a silly hat.
re: #17 jaunte
Conservatives are also slamming her for wearing a silly hat.
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No Trump wearing his fugly MAGA hat?
re: #17 jaunte
Conservatives are also slamming her for wearing a silly hat.
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Dear #MAGA Trump supporters: This is your guy. Who is the “wacky” one here? Hint: It’s not #RepWilson #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/PT3ewAGCLK
— Witches Ba BOO! shka (@viciousbabushka) October 22, 2017
Note Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s handgun pin, to reassure the NRA he will always support the manufacturer’s lobby.
re: #24 jaunte
Note Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s handgun pin, to reassure the NRA he will always support the manufacturer’s lobby.
Moore looks like a child dressing up like an old time sheriff.
re: #25 HappyWarrior
Moore looks like a child dressing up like an old time sheriff.
He’s not the first Conservative to try to live in an imagined past.
re: #25 HappyWarrior
I’m an old enough native Texan to know wearing a sun hat indoors, especially at night, is playing dress up.
If they ever form an alliance with the cats, we’re screwed
Cephalopods’ intelligence allow them to understand and solve even complex problems https://t.co/1wS3nJF9r0 | https://t.co/Ktxx68oQBi pic.twitter.com/rh8g8tS75g
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 22, 2017
re: #27 jaunte
I’m an old enough native Texan to know wearing a sun hat indoors, especially at night, is playing dress up.
Who’s the dude in the lower left?
Ryan Zinke, who played cowboy dress up and rode a horse to work on his first day at Interior.
npr.org
Sportsball
Titans just defeated Browns 12-9, on an Overtime field goal
What a pathetic display of sportsball
re: #33 TedStriker
And who has ordered Interior HQ to raise a “command” flag up whenever he or his deputy is in their DC office.
So tacky.
re: #33 TedStriker
And who has ordered Interior HQ to raise and lower a “command” flag whenever he or his deputy is in their DC office.
These people are children.
re: #34 FormerDirtDart
Sportsball
As a Nashvillian and a Titans fan, I’ll take the W any way I can get it.
Just another fun day on a totally normal website pic.twitter.com/kYrgBSCqu9
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) October 22, 2017
I don’t know if this got mentioned while I was away on jury duty, but it’s about Russian meddlers putting up falsehoods about a Trump rally here in Phoenix:
Remember that photo supposedly showing a massive crowd for Trump’s rally in downtown Phoenix?
As it turns out, the account was run by a Russian organization with ties to the Kremlin that’s known for spreading fake news and propaganda.
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As first reported in an investigation by Russian newspaper RBC and then confirmed by BuzzFeed, the Twitter account behind the viral shot of not-Phoenix was run by the Internet Research Agency, an organization in Russia that traffics in a new breed of “information warfare.”
*snip*
The photo that purported to show people filling the street for Trump’s August 22 rally at the Phoenix Convention Center was actually taken at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ victory parade in 2016.
*snip*
The account, @TEN_GOP, used an avatar of the seal of the state of Tennessee and claimed to be an “unofficial” account of Tennessee Republicans.
This was five days before Trump pardoned Arpaio and just two months ago. We are still being rtfckd by the Russians.
re: #38 TedStriker
As a Nashvillian and a Titans fan, I’ll take the W any way I can get it.
And I even refrain from calling them the Tennessee Oilers, like I call Baltimore the Baltimore Browns.
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ON T for once.
James McMurtry should damn well know how to write a sad song. His dad Larry McMurtry wrote, among many other things, the novel Lonesome Dove.
Off T again.
For most of my life I was an agnostic. Then I learned that God really exists. His name is Drew Brees.
Just another fun day on a totally normal website pic.twitter.com/kYrgBSCqu9
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) October 22, 2017
I’ll never understand why Twitter allows this kind of ugliness to ruin their brand. It’s nightmarish. https://t.co/8qeNL8J0UX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 22, 2017
re: #40 mmmirele
I remember that. They were called out immediately. By a lot of people. But of course. Some Trumpers insisted it was real (probably Russian trolls themselves).
Nothing to do with Russia - we had our own bots in Bristol and we used AI to target specific groups - it worked because we knew who to hit
— Andy Wigmore (@andywigmore) August 30, 2017
Here’s @LeaveEUOfficial admitting it ran a botnet (h/t@peterjukes).
And it’s a whole new can of worms..
Dear @andywigmore some qs for you… https://t.co/gSI7UeyJaV— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 22, 2017
Well, that certainly casts Brexit in a very different light indeed. https://t.co/qaylopAl6P
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 22, 2017
.@kimguilfoyle: “Does anybody think really that @POTUS would not show incredible compassion & kindness to someone grieving?” pic.twitter.com/n8o0PhDCgn
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 22, 2017
Only everyone. https://t.co/faf9ArgHHn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 22, 2017
re: #266 Charles Johnson
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So Facebook allows threats like this on its forum? Can’t this be reported to the authorities?
re: #47 Patricia Kayden
So Facebook allows threats like this on its forum? Can’t this be reported to the authorities?
It has been.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔@Green_Footballs
Replying to @paleofuture @AdamWeinstein
I’ll never understand why Twitter allows this kind of ugliness to ruin their brand. It’s nightmarish.Just another fun day on a totally normal website pic.twitter.com/kYrgBSCqu9
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) October 22, 2017
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4:27 PM - Oct 22, 2017
Are we sure they are not sympathetic to some of this White Nationalism crap?
I don’t know anything about their ownership, but it sure makes me wonder.
Same with idiot Zuckerberg.
If not sympathetic at least ‘soft’ enough to stand out of the way and try to not to judge so they just let it go on.
re: #28 FormerDirtDart
Cephalopods’ intelligence allow them to understand and solve even complex problems
maybe they could explain the nuclear triad to resident rump
re: #50 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
maybe they could explain the nuclear triad to resident rump
Is this what we are left with when the peepee tape goes away?
what on earth pic.twitter.com/FT9As9PZQf
— Die-lan Scott (@dylanlscott) October 22, 2017
She described it accurately.
.@HillaryClinton uses obscenity on TV describing reaction to Trump’s inaugural speech https://t.co/Vif1dKry2z
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 22, 2017
re: #49 ObserverArt
Are we sure they are not sympathetic to some of this White Nationalism crap?
I don’t know anything about their ownership, but it sure makes me wonder.
Same with idiot Zuckerberg.
If not sympathetic at least ‘soft’ enough to stand out of the way and try to not to judge so they just let it go on.
They Are The Future ™, according to them. See, pulling together links to existing websites and organizing peer-to-peer interactions over the net are such incredibly amazing feats that clearly anyone who can achieve them is a superperson who not only deserves tens of billions of dollars but can also solve all the problems that mere human philosophers, politicians, psychologists, etc etc have so far not succeeded in overcoming. /s if thou cannot guess.
Once-proud @LindseyGrahamSC will go down in history books for (1) enabling Russian aggression & (2) stripping healthcare from millions. Sad! pic.twitter.com/GW7fmBFmiK
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) October 22, 2017
And being a dick…. https://t.co/VO5Wa464oX
— QChocolate (@QrsChocolate) October 22, 2017
re: #49 ObserverArt
Are we sure they are not sympathetic to some of this White Nationalism crap?
I don’t know anything about their ownership, but it sure makes me wonder.
Same with idiot Zuckerberg.
If not sympathetic at least ‘soft’ enough to stand out of the way and try to not to judge so they just let it go on.
Their only concern is financial reward. I doubt they are actually sympathetic to these arguments —they just don’t care, unless it has a serious negative impact on their bottom line.
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
She described it accurately.
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So they should fire that son of a bitch? Did she ask who the hell wants to talk politics in front of a group of by scouts? Maybe talk about sex on her boat to those same boys?
re: #9 HappyWarrior
Just as I thought though, Rep Wilson has been he subject of racist attacks because she dared to criticize Trump.
That’s par for the course in this country. The NHL player who raised his fist during the national anthem has been subjected to death threats to the point where he will no longer protest.
The NHL’s JT Brown says he won’t “raise fist during national anthem anymore” after receiving countless death threats. pic.twitter.com/IaFZE5nzhc
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) October 19, 2017
She used the same word for Trump’s speech, that Trump used for how women should be treated. Seems like fair play.
— Witches Ba BOO! shka (@viciousbabushka) October 22, 2017
Ha. Bill Clinton is presenting the trophies for the race winner, Lewis Hamilton and the other 2 podium places at the U.S. Grand Prix. And now he is hamming it up with Hamilton who seems to be having a good time with Clinton. Pictures being taken of course. Pretty cool. Way to go Bill.
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
So what if she used obscenities? Trump used obscenities all during the campaign. 
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
She described it accurately.
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Who the fuck cares? Trump curses all the time.
re: #62 Patricia Kayden
And he is the biggest obscenity of all.
re: #59 Patricia Kayden
That’s par for the course in this country. The NHL player who raised his fist during the national anthem has been subjected to death threats to the point where he will no longer protest.
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It’s so awful.
re: #59 Patricia Kayden
The American-right has a fascism problem. Republican propaganda has taught them to hate everyone outside their extremist subculture.
— Jeff Fearlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 22, 2017
Someone designed this. Then someone approved it for production. Then someone printed it. Than someone bought it and put it on their car. pic.twitter.com/O3AYi1yEp5
— Luke Romyn (@LukeRomyn) October 21, 2017
re: #66 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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It kills me that we figured the end of WWII meant the Nazis were done for and just slacked off and let them win. Only bright point is that the human race will be extinct in another century.
re: #67 goddamnedfrank
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All they would have had to do was put the bone behind the heart, play with the sizes of each a bit and done. All the same elements, a totally different meaning.
re: #49 ObserverArt
Young lady? Do you recall what happened the last time people like you tried shit like this? No? Let me remind you. (Note: not for those with weak stomachs)
re: #70 scottslemmons
It kills me that we figured the end of WWII meant the Nazis were done for and just slacked off and let them win.
Same shit as happened after the Civil War.
re: #72 Romantic Heretic
And we didn’t dare take the stance of “let’s hear them out.” that these idiots insist we do with the likes of Spencer today.
re: #28 FormerDirtDart
If they ever form an alliance with the cats, we’re screwed
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Can you imagine something like that chasing the Laser?
re: #59 Patricia Kayden
That’s par for the course in this country. The NHL player who raised his fist during the national anthem has been subjected to death threats to the point where he will no longer protest.
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Because of course…
America is an impossibly, impenetrably racist nation. It is a white country through and through it seems, and any attempt at inclusion past that will have you buried in the hate of centuries, and the power of hate is infinite. Daring to fight it just swallows you up in more hate and spite because they can keep it up forever, love can’t.
As you can tell, I’ve lost absolute faith in the ‘Love Trumps Hate’ bullshit.
UPDATE: 38 women contacted me for this story. That number has now doubled since it was published. https://t.co/beVGHWGOKM
— Glenn Whipp (@GlennWhipp) October 22, 2017
I really, really, really hope Trump does not go off script tomorrow.
Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday: The story behind Operation Tailwind and the medic who became a hero. https://t.co/uLMu8WIeaJ pic.twitter.com/5O8meviVlq
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) October 22, 2017
re: #78 FormerDirtDart
I really, really, really hope Trump does not go off script tomorrow.
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At some point, he’ll just award himself the medal, half the country will cheer and celebrate his ‘bravery’, and the media will question ‘is it about time Presidents were allowed to gift themselves medals?’. Oh, and try and find some untoward way a Dem awarded a medal that allows them to act like this is all normal somehow.
re: #76 Citizen K
Because of course…
America is an impossibly, impenetrably racist nation. It is a white country through and through it seems, and any attempt at inclusion past that will have you buried in the hate of centuries, and the power of hate is infinite. Daring to fight it just swallows you up in more hate and spite because they can keep it up forever, love can’t.
As you can tell, I’ve lost absolute faith in the ‘Love Trumps Hate’ bullshit.
I’m encouraged that there’s a lot of cultural change that I think will be hard to roll back. There are a lot of great comics with minority and women characters, for example, and I can’t see Marvel and DC putting some Nick Spencer type in charge so he can have Captain America kill black people and deport Ms. Marvel. I can’t see sci-fi publishers like Tor putting out books by Vox Day. I can’t imagine it’d be possible to say, “Okay, we’re going to have culture look exactly like it did in 1953.”
On the other hand, I do still think it’s too late to save the country, and we need to be either fleeing or helping vulnerable people escape. So I don’t know what the hell I think, I guess.
re: #80 scottslemmons
Throughout human history, we have done unbelievably awful things to each other. We have gone through events that defy belief in terms of human suffering. Human nature is not especially different now than it was during those times. Yet, despite all odds, the trend of human history is towards more enlightenment, not less. Despite the weaknesses of human nature, as a whole, humanity has moved forward. This trend will continue. Of course, in the short term, there will likely be a lot more suffering - the way forward is not always straight.
re: #80 scottslemmons
On the other hand, I do still think it’s too late to save the country, and we need to be either fleeing or helping vulnerable people escape.
If you really don’t see any other options, then vaya con Dios.
re: #48 Charles Johnson
It has been.
Okay. Good to know. This is beyond crazy. I would hope an arrest is in order for making such a clear lynching threat.
re: #60 The Vicious Babushka
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He said it
She repeated it
re: #78 FormerDirtDart
He will.
Dear non-Muslims: Brown face, fake nose,& going undercover is not how to learn about Islam—its how to advance racism
Please stop doing this pic.twitter.com/xlzpFD2gHu— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) October 21, 2017
re: #26 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
He’s not the first Conservative to try to live in an imagined past.
Nope. Why, there was a fake Navy SEAL on Fox News just last week!
…and lying about Dolt 45’s golf score!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) October 22, 2017
re: #70 scottslemmons
It kills me that we figured the end of WWII meant the Nazis were done for and just slacked off and let them win. Only bright point is that the human race will be extinct in another century.
At the moment at least, we seem to be going in that direction. We’re just missing 1 or 2 more loonies to make it a sure thing.
re: #91 Semper Fi
At the moment at least, we seem to be going in that direction. We’re just missing 1 or 2 more loonies to make it a sure thing.
You sure about that?
Welp. We’re probably all going to die. Pruitt’s #EPA has no ‘protection’ in it except for massive industry giveaways https://t.co/s0ZuQJTBLQ
— Horrified K (@Citizen_Kryptik) October 22, 2017
They always ask “who’s a good boy” never “hows the good boy” pic.twitter.com/gFOupxeODV
— memes 🎃 (@memeprovider) October 17, 2017
re: #88 The Vicious Babushka
Hmmmm. Sounds a bit like that “Black Like Me” book from the 60s.
Just ask Muslims what’s going on in their communities instead of donning Brown face to pretend you’re one of them.
re: #84 Patricia Kayden
Okay. Good to know. This is beyond crazy. I would hope an arrest is in order for making such a clear lynching threat.
I reported that ass Tom Keevers to Facebook as well. Appears that post has been removed from his page. But what remains on his page still proves that he’s a racist asshole and he was just added to my block list!
re: #93 goddamnedfrank
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re: #82 whitebeach
If you really don’t see any other options, then vaya con Dios.
Nah, I’m stuck here. No skills, no money. I just hope some of y’all will sneak a few good writers out of here when you go.
EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert | @MarcusReports https://t.co/Z54bxQXSRc
— Defense One (@DefenseOne) October 22, 2017
US nuclear bombers are on 24-hour alert now. This hasn’t happened in 26 years.
Here we go… https://t.co/JsIE727oCg— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) October 22, 2017
re: #99 Charles Johnson
Very sad to see this happen.
re: #99 Charles Johnson
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But hey, it’s ok, isn’t it? After all, Pruitt’s EPA said we can survive 10 times more radiation than we thought we could during Obama, so we’ll all sure be able to live through the literal fallout, right?! Right?!
Fuck.
re: #101 I Would Prefer Not To
Dr. Stangelove is one of my fav movies.
Fail-Safe wasn’t bad either. And On the Beach could tweak your heartstrings too.
I remember my little stepdaughter watching TV with me when the Berlin Wall came down. She asked me what it meant. I told her it meant she would never have to worry about a nuclear war. What an idiot I was.
re: #102 Citizen K
But hey, it’s ok, isn’t it? After all, Pruitt’s EPA said we can survive 10 times more radiation than we thought we could during Obama, so we’ll all sure be able to live through the literal fallout, right?! Right?!
Fuck.
He’s gonna be out there standing next to us right?
BREAKING: FOX NEWS AIRS GEORGE H.W. BUSH’S PROTEST OF THE ANTHEM. pic.twitter.com/AivYEs3A5t
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) October 22, 2017
re: #105 dangerman
He’s gonna be out there standing next to us right?
Fat chance. He’s going to be in Jim Bakker’s bunker munching on that moldy freeze-dried survival crap!
re: #8 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
the next democratic congress should set aside a generous land grant where white supremacists and proponents of a totally free market devoid of those annoying “laws” and “regulations” will be free to live out their ideals and theories without bothering normal people
And we could call it South Carolina.
re: #103 whitebeach
Fail-Safe wasn’t bad either. And On the Beach could tweak your heartstrings too.
Alas, Babylon & On the Beach were my two favorite novels from the early (Ie before we really understood how bad it would be) apocalyptic nuclear war novels. AB for a “Rah Rah We survived!” fantasy & OtB for utter & complete depression that made you want one of the pills the Aussies were handing out.
re: #99 Charles Johnson
Skilled leadership would have kept this unnecessary.
re: #94 Patricia Kayden
Hmmmm. Sounds a bit like that “Black Like Me” book from the 60s.
Just ask Muslims what’s going on in their communities instead of donning Brown face to pretend you’re one of them.
I work in Dearborn FFS. There are Muslims all around me, at work, shopping. They do all the same things that I do.
re: #108 steve_davis
And we could call it South Carolina.
“South Carolina: too small to be a country, too large to be an insane asylum.”— J. Pettigru.
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
I work in Dearborn FFS. There are Muslims all around me, at work, shopping. They do all the same things that I do.
Yes i know what you meant…..
Still
Fwiw there are Muslims all around all of us
They don’t all wear signs 😁
re: #99 Charles Johnson
And we couldn’t even manage to get an administration that avoids using personal email accounts.
The dehydrator is getting a workout this evening.
The last shiitake harvest of the season (I haz a sad…another huge rain stating tonight with gloriously mushroom friendly warmness…but morning temp on Wednesday is forecast to be 35F, so the shrooms will come to a screeching halt for the nonce) has been sliced up and completely filled five trays.
re: #99 Charles Johnson
Guess it’s time to move that Doomsday clock up again…
John McCain doesn’t exactly call the president a draft dodger. But … in a way… he does. https://t.co/7mTo8mOElZ
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 22, 2017
On C-SPAN McCain says, “One aspect of the (Vietnam) conflict by the way that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”
re: #110 William Lewis
Robert Heinlein called it “Coventry”.
thanks for the tip! i just got the kindle edition which also contains ‘if this goes on -‘
re: #114 dangerman
Yes i know what you meant…..
Still
Fwiw there are Muslims all around all of us
They don’t all wear signs 😁
Not yet anyway. Just give Trump and his cadre time….
re: #94 Patricia Kayden
Hmmmm. Sounds a bit like that “Black Like Me” book from the 60s.
Except that the reporter who wrote Black Like Me didn’t have to pretend to much of anything else. He simple darkened his skin and the world changed dramatically for him. It was a pretty good piece of journalism, especially for the time.
Well, Donny has something to tweet about
Miami-area man, allegedly inspired by ISIS, arrested in plot to bomb South Florida shopping center. https://t.co/Xtx0VlcMhy pic.twitter.com/hUKI297khF
— ABC News (@ABC) October 22, 2017
re: #108 steve_davis
And we could call it South Carolina.
Hey!!
Give ‘em Idaho or one of the Dakotas…or Kansas, yeah, give ‘em Kansas. They don’t need a beach.
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
The dehydrator is getting a workout this evening.
The last shiitake harvest of the season (I haz a sad…another huge rain stating tonight with gloriously mushroom friendly warmness…but morning temp on Wednesday is forecast to be 35F, so the shrooms will come to a screeching halt for the nonce) has been sliced up and completely filled five trays.[Embedded content]
Your pancakes are overcooked.
How scary is this thought:
Trump wants to drop nukes because it would set him apart from other Presidents.
re: #122 whitebeach
Except that the reporter who wrote Black Like Me didn’t have to pretend to much of anything else. He simple darkened his skin and the world changed dramatically for him. It was a pretty good piece of journalism, especially for the time.
And I remember that my home town library banned that book as…you guessed it…“Communist propaganda”!
re: #99 Charles Johnson
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It’ll take a LOT of money to regenerate a nuclear alert capability again. When I was at K. I. Sawyer AFB, we had six alert lines of two planes, a paired bomber and a tanker. So, 60 pilots, naviguessers, bombardiers, gunners, and ECM crews. We were all housed in the Alert Shack. It hasn’t been used in 26 years and will have to repaired and upgraded. Not living with us, but a daily presence, were cooks, security crews, daily briefers, weapons handlers, drivers, comm teams and Ops and Field Maintenance crew.
We would have to pull all of the mothballed B-52 H’s out of Davis-Monthan and get them back to Emergency War Order status, including remounting the 20 mm Gatling gun in the tail, returning and upgrading the ECM suite, training new Gunners and ECM operators, upgrade comms and nav suites, etc.
It’ll take months and a shitpot of money.
The reason that the Buffs were taken off of alert status in the first place was that we figured we could get by on the other two legs of the triad and use the B-2s as the nuclear bomber force, and use the Buff as a conventional platform, along with the B-1B.
re: #126 Eclectic Cyborg
How scary is this thought:
Trump wants to drop nukes because it would set him apart from other Presidents.
So would getting impeached, convicted, and removed from office.
re: #129 Blind Frog Belly White
Actually, even more so because he’d be the second to drop nukes, but the first removed from office.
I was in awe when I first saw a B-1 fly over Los Angeles…and I didn’t even hear it…just saw it moving through the sky…
re: #108 steve_davis
And we could call it South Carolina.
What, is Texas suddenly out of commission? They’ve already got all the amenities in place. Let the South Carolinians move to freakin Lubbock.
Well, it got up to 95 here in Los Angeles. We’re going into the 100’s tomorrow and Tuesday. Now just imagine being in Dodger Stadium for Game 1 and it’s 100 degrees!
But remember folks!!!!! Scott Pruitt assures you that there is no such thing as Global Warming!
re: #126 Eclectic Cyborg
How scary is this thought:
Trump wants to drop nukes because it would set him apart from other Presidents.
Couldn’t he just go out and masturbate on the front lawn? That would set him apart without all the damage and death.
re: #134 Eventual Carrion
Couldn’t he just go out and masturbate on the front lawn? That would set him apart without all the damage and death.
There’s a limit to what Viagra can do. Ask Limbaugh… 😉
re: #126 Eclectic Cyborg
How scary is this thought:
Trump wants to drop nukes because it would set him apart from other Presidents.
Truman already beat him to that
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah but Trump probably thinks he can do a better job than Truman did.
re: #128 austin_blue
The reason that the Buffs were taken off of alert status in the first place was that we figured we could get by on the other two legs of the triad and use the B-2s as the nuclear bomber force, and use the Buff as a conventional platform, along with the B-1B.
That would be the Triad that the yam had no idea when asked about it during the campaign, instead he went off on one of his patented unrelated tangents.
re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg
Yeah but Trump probably thinks he can do a better job than Truman did.
Well, the difference will be Truman used nukes to end a war.
Trump will use them to start one.
re: #132 whitebeach
What, is Texas suddenly out of commission? They’ve already got all the amenities in place. Let the South Carolinians move to freakin Lubbock.
As Anymouse suggested, we would need an emergency airlift for the local liberals. I volunteer to borrow a Cessna 208 and do it in one flight, dogs and all. Most of Texas Tech can be left there, especially the various Austrian-school business programs, while the hopelessly liberal residue is moved to Snyder in a couple of U-Haul trucks.
re: #28 FormerDirtDart
That octopus couldn’t be that smart, they got it in the jar. Cats, on the other hand…
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