Video: Stephen Colbert Riffs on Donald Trump Jr.’s Repeated Twitter Screwups
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Donald Trump Jr. is unable to keep his facts straight. And, on Election Day, he struggled with dates and words, too.
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Laura Ingraham: Ed Gillespie lost because he never fully embraced Trump pic.twitter.com/svfhQ0ohQ3
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) November 8, 2017
“TRUMP CANNOT FAIL! HE CAN ONLY BE FAILED!” https://t.co/WQAzfwq2kO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 8, 2017
Man Ralph Northam is in trouble when all the people that Donald Trump, Jr told to vote today in fact vote. Checkmate libtards!
re: #1 Kragar
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Yes, Laura that makes sense. Nevermind that Trump has a 43% approval rating in this state. Nevermind that a 1/3 of votes said they were influenced by opposition to Trump. Gillespie fully embraced Trumpism and if he had embraced Trump even more, we may have been looking at an even bigger loss for Enron Eddie.
re: #2 HappyWarrior
Man Ralph Northam is in trouble when all the people that Donald Trump, Jr told to vote today in fact vote. Checkmate libtards!
Northam is gonna get stomped and swamped today, my friends. Drain The Swamp! MAGA!
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Congratulations to all of the ”DEPLORABLES” and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory! pic.twitter.com/7ifv5gT7Ur
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2017
The minority of Americans who enabled and allowed this unqualified and incompetent cabal of cronies to fleece America for their own benefit need to be held accountable: https://t.co/rcrFukH6FC
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 8, 2017
[edit] And how soon before we can include indicted, indicted, indicted, unindicted coconspirator, indicted, and convicted felon to the IDs of those in the photo…. not soon enough.
re: #1 Kragar
.@foxandfriends The orange madman was Tweeting in support of him yesterday. Maybe it’s time to admit that bigotry is not right for America.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
re: #4 Sir John Barron
Northam is gonna get stomped and swamped today, my friends. Drain The Swamp! MAGA!
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Our Confederate statues*, even though I’m the grandson of a Scottish immigrant ot New York and son of a Czech trophy wife must be preserved as we vote for a guy whose “Confederate heritage” is in Philly.
What’s truly pathetic about how Gillespie acted is his own old man was an immigrant. I don’t know if the older Gillespie is still alive but if I were him, I’d be truly disgusted with my son and his pandering to nativism. Thing is in the past, Ed liked bragging about his Irish immigrant Dad to show how he’s a regular schmo. Ed’s like the Gary Lewis character in Gangs of New York. Don’t mind him, he used to be an Irishman.
God is truly in the nuclear triad… the Father, Son, and holy shit!
Here’s a video of Muslims repairing a Church recently destroyed in Mosul, Iraq. Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants w/ Christians demand Churches be protected & preserved no matter the circumstance. Humanity prevails again. pic.twitter.com/QfPmk9zLIi
— Dr. Craig Considine (@CraigCons) November 8, 2017
Hannity doesn’t appear to be planning to cover the Virginia election at all. This was it. It lasted 6 seconds. pic.twitter.com/AnpvcicXMT
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 8, 2017
re: #1 Kragar
Oh please. Gillespie was Trump’s Jockstrap and he got TROUNCED!
re: #1 Kragar
maybe if Ed had grabbed Trump by the pussy, perhaps that would have brought them closer….
They live in their own little fantasy worlds. pic.twitter.com/8VNs7Zat1I
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 8, 2017
re: #7 HappyWarrior
Our Confederate statues*, even though I’m the grandson of a Scottish immigrant ot New York and son of a Czech trophy wife must be preserved as we vote for a guy whose “Confederate heritage” is in Philly.
“I wasn’t born in a state proud of slavery, but I got here has fast as I could.”
Edit: And yes, I know VA is changing, I’m just thinking through Ed.
re: #16 Kragar
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I read that earlier. That’s my grandparents’ hometown. I was just there in July. It breaks my heart because I have seen the kindness of the people there. From the man who was neighbors with my great aunt/godmother and who kindly remembered her, the lady who lives in my grandmother’s childhood home and showed us around, the firefighter who told me about the American Legion memorial dedicated to my cousin Mike and the other men from the town that gave their lives in war. Johnstown has a special place in my heart. It literally was the place that welcomed many of my immigrant ancestors and it saddens me so much that many Johnstowners and and residents of Cambria County, descendants of so called “Hunkies” are now embracing the same naitivism directed at our families. I’m both sad and disgusted.
re: #18 Belafon
“I wasn’t born in a state proud of slavery, but I got here has fast as I could.”
Edit: And yes, I know VA is changing, I’m just thinking through Ed.
Haha, I like that as a riff on Anton Cermak’s “It’s true, I didn’t come here on the Mayflower but I came over here as fast as I could.” I told that one to my SiL’s older sister. She loved it.
re: #16 Kragar
He probably lost the remote to his TV in 2008, and it’s tuned to FOX News
re: #16 Kragar
an acquaintance of mine was anti-Obama because he was on disability and hadn’t seen an increase on his disability stipend until this year, which he attributed to the efforts of DJT until he was informed that the legislation to give him an increase was done via executive order from 44, not 45. In fact that with 45, his stipend could expect to be cut if the new tax bill is passed because everyone else will have to make sacrifices for those who’ve been oppressed making over 7 digits a year in income. Needless to say he was shocked. Had to have “proof”… links provided… then someone dropped the other shoe and informed him that he’s probably getting his “news” from sources that are less than objective.
people can be reached it seems, but it almost has to be personal, on a case by case basis on something that matters to them.
re: #9 lawhawk
I see Trump can’t shut up about where our nuclear subs are.
re: #22 piratedan
an acquaintance of mine was anti-Obama because he was on disability and hadn’t seen an increase on his disability stipend until this year, which he attributed to the efforts of DJT until he was informed that the legislation to give him an increase was done via executive order from 44, not 45. In fact that with 45, his stipend could expect to be cut if the new tax bill is passed because everyone else will have to make sacrifices for those who’ve been oppressed making over 7 digits a year in income. Needless to say he was shocked. Had to have “proof”… links provided… then someone dropped the other shoe and informed him that he’s probably getting his “news” from sources that are less than objective.
people can be reached it seems, but it almost has to be personal, on a case by case basis on something that matters to them.
It’s frustrating. I do feel lucky in the sense that most of my close friends and famliy are anti-Trump.
re: #16 Kragar
read the last few sentences of that article see what racist pieces of shit those people are.
they are lost, and I don’t care what happens to them
re: #20 HappyWarrior
Haha, I like that as a riff on Anton Cermak’s “It’s true, I didn’t come here on the Mayflower but I came over here as fast as I could.” I told that one to my SiL’s older sister. She loved it.
The ones I see here are “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.”
Paul Ryan on whether GOP has to choose on Trump:
“We already made that choice. We’re with Trump.”— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 8, 2017
Grab that anchor.
re: #22 piratedan
This might start the change. Introduce things that will affect him slowly, but with facts. Eventually, if he’s open to information, he’ll start looking himself.
re: #19 HappyWarrior
I read that earlier. That’s my grandparents’ hometown. I was just there in July. It breaks my heart because I have seen the kindness of the people there. From the man who was neighbors with my great aunt/godmother and who kindly remembered her, the lady who lives in my grandmother’s childhood home and showed us around, the firefighter who told me about the American Legion memorial dedicated to my cousin Mike and the other men from the town that gave their lives in war. Johnstown has a special place in my heart. It literally was the place that welcomed many of my immigrant ancestors and it saddens me so much that many Johnstowners and and residents of Cambria County, descendants of so called “Hunkies” are now embracing the same naitivism directed at our families. I’m both sad and disgusted.
FOX has turned Americans into evil monsters. That lesson was the hardest one for me a year ago.
re: #28 jaunte
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Grab that anchor.
If they won’t denounce the madman, they need to be removed with him. It’s time to take America back into the 21st century.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
re: #26 VegasGolfer
read the last few sentences of that article see what racist pieces of shit those people are.
they are lost, and I don’t care what happens to them
That guy McCabe isn’t much older than my Dad. Can’t imagine my Dad saying something htat disgusting. I never knew Dad’s Dad but a story my Dad often told my brothers and I is how when he used that word once in the late 50’s. Big Dad (That’s what we call my Dad’s Dad), anyhow he gave Dad a rare spanking and made sure he knew how terrible that word was. I never knew him but that story has shaped me. And it’s why I do not simply give people a pass for their era or place of birth. Big Dad would have been 104 this June. He was born the same year as Nixon, two years younger than Reagan, but he knew better than to be a bigot.
re: #27 Belafon
The ones I see here are “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.”
Never heard that one. My great aunt transplanted herself to Texas due to her husband and later worked for NASA though.
A great compilation if you’d like to share the wave.
THIS. via @torygavito ❤️💪🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/DlOFioARZ2
— Melissa Walker 🇺🇸 (@melissacwalker) November 8, 2017
re: #31 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Needs to be an ad in 2018. Tie Ryan to Trump.
Urban America will be no match for our endless fields of corn. pic.twitter.com/vjLzDQdnO7
— 27 Inch Garlic Hero (@Palle_Hoffstein) November 7, 2017
With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we’re eliminating harmful taxes that punish hardworking families. https://t.co/LDwrIn35qt
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) November 8, 2017
This is a lie.
Ryan’s plan is nothing but the same old GOP bullshit. Reaganomics Lite. ANOTHER big pile of money for the rich that won’t create a single job — well, not outside of India or Bangladesh, that is. https://t.co/bMS5EbwNfs— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 8, 2017
re: #34 JordanRules
A great compilation if you’d like to share the wave.
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Goddamn that’s just awesome.
re: #6 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The orange madman was Tweeting in support of him yesterday. Maybe it’s time to admit that bigotry is not right for America.
Shhhh!!!!!!
let em double down on this strategy
re: #36 Kragar
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You’re outnumbered dumbshits and we actually have a lot more people on our side who actually know how to handle themselves in civil conflict rather than a bunch of wankers who masterbate to Red Dawn.
re: #28 jaunte
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Grab that anchor.
I’m of the mind that once we get into the new year, a lot of Congressional Republicans are going to have a come-to-Jesus and realize that keeping their gig is a lot more important to them than Trump keeping his.
The smarter ones (I know, go with me here) might even bail before then.
re: #40 HappyWarrior
“We don’t need port cities, we buy everything at Wal-Mart.”
Bobby Knight is ripping on John Wooden. Someone’s desperate for attention.
re: #42 jaunte
“We don’t need port cities, we buy everything at Wal-Mart.”
We don’t need no California or New York!
re: #37 jaunte
With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we’re eliminating harmful taxes that punish hardworking families. https://t.co/LDwrIn35qt
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) November 8, 2017
“You’ll get a tax cut of $1182.”
Thanks to the GOP gutting social programs and undermining the ACA, the average family be out thousands more $$$ covering what they destroyed. https://t.co/QC5egxiQ2g— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 8, 2017
re: #41 makeitstop
I’m of the mind that once we get into the new year, a lot of Congressional Republicans are going to have a come-to-Jesus and realize that keeping their gig is a lot more important to them than Trump keeping his.
The smarter ones (I know, go with me here) might even bail before then.
Smarter ones will bail and resign. Dumb ones will try to straddle Trump and re-election/nomination. The GOP caucus is only going to get more crazier as the Dems grow more inclusive as we saw last night.
re: #29 Belafon
well, it’s a difficult process… for some reason, its seems that many people actually condone treason and cheating if “their” side wins. It’s really galling to watch people that are supposedly wrapped in their faith (because it’s promoted so prominently on their pages and in their interactions) actually support 45, and do so with apparently few reservations. I can understand the rich power hungry types because they see the use of their money to shield themselves as being essential and could give a good spit about the rest of us. Those folks, I can understand their motivation and selfishness because that’s who they are. The sanctimonious hypocrisy of those that profess to have faith is what I find so incredibly galling. I’m not religious after any fashion but I’ve read the Bible and I can remember the themes running through the New Testament regarding compassion, forgiveness, performing deeds not just mouthing words and its as if these folks have never gotten past the Old Testament smiting…
The Democrats’ circular firing squad dodges a bullet https://t.co/IfDqOhpLSg
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 8, 2017
After Politico did its best to use Donna Brazile’s crappy book to divide Democrats the weekend before elections and failed, THIS is the take they go with in response to Tuesday’s blue wave. https://t.co/HUt4vh5Rhv
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) November 8, 2017
re: #40 HappyWarrior
You’re outnumbered dumbshits and we actually have a lot more people on our side who actually know how to handle themselves in civil conflict rather than a bunch of wankers who masterbate to Red Dawn.
“If you want my guns you’ll need to come in here and take them!”
*sets perimeter, uses incendiary device on survivalist bunker*
re: #48 wrenchwench
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How about actually giving the Dems credit. You act like they’re despised. Yet they had their biggest victory in 32 years for governor yesterday in Va, flipped many HoD seats, and won in other places where they’ve struggled in the past. This wasn’t a dodged bullet. They were the bullet.
re: #40 HappyWarrior
Although in their favor, we’re mostly concentrated in cities. And as we all know, cities are so difficult to defend against a hostile force, after all the times we’ve steamrolled cities in the middle east.
We will be helpless to defend against their assault cornstalks.
re: #51 I cannot.
Although in their favor, we’re mostly concentrated in cities. And as we all know, cities are so difficult to defend against a hostile force, after all the times we’ve steamrolled cities in the middle east.
We will be helpless to defend against their assault cornstalks.
I like how they underestimate our resolve. They literally think every last Democratic voter is the meme they get from their stupid proapganda.
THREAD: After the wave election, these House Republicans should be scared to death of raising taxes on middle-class constituents. Call them up! #GOPTaxScam
[includes phone numbers and tax hikes by state from the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy]— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) November 8, 2017
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Gun nuts in my TL whining about how no one in the media is talking about how an AR-15 “stopped”Kelley. Man I am so sick of gunnuts and their whining bullshit.
re: #51 I cannot.
Although in their favor, we’re mostly concentrated in cities. And as we all know, cities are so difficult to defend against a hostile force, after all the times we’ve steamrolled cities in the middle east.
We will be helpless to defend against their assault cornstalks.
THEY’VE GOT TRIFFIDS!?!?!
re: #55 HappyWarrior
Considering jackass shot himself, I guess technically they could be correct.
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re: #43 HappyWarrior
Oh geez. He’ll probably have a job on Fox soon.
re: #57 Kragar
Considering jackass shot himself, I guess technically they could be correct.
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Ha! True, true. A good guy did stop the bad guy with a gun. Unfortunately, it was Kelley deciding to end it all after he killed 26 innocent people.
re: #59 JordanRules
Oh geez. He’ll probably have a job on Fox soon.
My favorite all time men’s college hoops coach is Dean Smith. Anyhow, speaking of Knight. He was brought into some motivational speaking at my mom’s former aegncy, NGA and he harassed a bunch of women there. Don’t know if my Mom was there that day or not. Knight may be one of the best basketball coaches ever but he’s one of the shittiest people ever in the history of college basketball too.
re: #36 Kragar
Not corn. It’s actually mostly desert.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 8, 2017
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Children of the Desert doesn’t sound as scary.
In the Desert, the children can’t remember your name.
re: #61 HappyWarrior
Funny you should mention harassment with him. I was just thinking that given the current climate he might want to keep a low profile because there might be folks willing to come forward about his abusive behavior.
Dean is my fav too!
I hate reading comments. There’s always so much self-righteous crap. My brother was telling me about the young woman who got punched by a cop in Miami on Saturday. She was drunk and she stupidly slapped the cop. Cop gave her a big punch in the face. My brother said the comments were as you can expected, acting like she deserved it. As far as I’m concerned, the woman made a mistake but this was thuggish behavior by the officer. As glad as I’m about yesterday’s results, I do hope for more empathy in this society.
re: #55 HappyWarrior
Gun nuts in my TL whining about how no one in the media is talking about how an AR-15 “stopped”Kelley. Man I am so sick of gunnuts and their whining bullshit.
If his running out of ammo is what they view as “stopped”, they are hopeless.
re: #67 HappyWarrior
It’s too bad police departments don’t provide continuous training on victim/victimizer psychology and how to avoid getting sucked into it.
Instead we have the Trumpian “if you hit me, I will hit you back ten times as hard” mentality.
The Anti-Trump Wave has come, and no one can stop it.
Democrats have suffered a series of close losses in special elections in 2017, contributing to the broad sense, especially among Democrats themselves, that Donald Trump had a kind of supernatural appeal that defied political physics and rendered metrics such as his dismal approval rating suspect.
The anti-incumbent wave in Virginia has dispelled that particular form of magical thinking. Trump is a deeply unpopular president, and his party is in serious danger of losing control of the House, many of its down-ballot offices, and conceivably even the Senate.
To be sure, Virginia has unique demographic qualities that may have enhanced the power of the anti-Trump wave. It is a racially diverse state with a high proportion of college-educated voters. But there are many House Republicans from districts with similar demographic profiles — in New Jersey, New York, and California, among other places. The suburbs alone could offer up enough Republican defeats to flip the House in 2018.
What is remarkable is that the Republican plan to avert this catastrophe is to inflict economic hardship on these very constituents.
The first paragraph is important, given the fatalism that Democrats often give in to.
re: #68 GlutenFreeJesus
If his running out of ammo is what they view as “stopped”, they are hopeless.
Gun nuts don’t live in reality. They can’t objectively answer why these types of tragedies happen far more here than anywhere else. The true problem though is while gun control advocates more or less have retained the same positions- universal background checks, closing the loophole, better enforcement of existing laws, gun nuts have grown more and more insane. And then there’s the hoarding that the right wing politicians encourage. See, that idiotic tweet by Abbott “We’re number two to California in guns, let’s beat them!” Like, it’s fine if you want to support the right to bear arms, but Republicans and gun nuts do it in such a goddamned irresponsible way.
re: #70 jaunte
Instead we have the Trumpian “if you hit me, I will hit you back ten times as hard” mentality.
Absolutely.
Reminder: cutting taxes for the 1% is wealth redistribution, taking money away from hard working Americans and handing it to the idle rich and corporations
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 8, 2017
re: #71 makeitstop
The Anti-Trump Wave has come, and no one can stop it.
The first paragraph is important, given the fatalism that Democrats often give in to.
I feel quite optimistic about it all and all. We outnumber the bastards.
While riding high on today’s euphoria, I’d like to go back to GUNS for a minute. Remember that shooting? Three days ago?
I’ll try to be brief (yeah right):
No gun law would have prevented….
If we don’t even enforce the laws on the books…..
Clearly, some laws deter, none “prevent”. We’ve beaten this one to death with examples and we all agree. Crime cannot be stopped in advance.
Enforcement happens *after*. It’s literally been three days. Three. It starts now. How can it be a failure? It’s barely begun.
Lots of things went wrong allowing the texas church gunman to get himself armed. Every one of those people and mechanisms should be scrutinized and if appropriate, charged. That’s what enforcement is. Enforcement is only a failure if no one tries.
re: #71 makeitstop
What is remarkable is that the Republican plan to avert this catastrophe is to inflict economic hardship on these very constituents.
This sort of stands out, too.
NBC News: Fmr advisor to Pres Trump, Carl Icahn, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s office SDNY @Carl_C_Icahn
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) November 8, 2017
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Children of the Desert doesn’t sound as scary.
He Who Walks Behind The Dunes just doesn’t sound that catchy, to be honest.
re: #74 Kragar
Reminder: cutting taxes for the 1% is wealth redistribution, taking money away from hard working Americans and handing it to the idle rich and corporations
i am all for progressive taxation
they’ll say “restoring what never should have been taken and ‘re-distributed’ in the first place”
re: #78 Sir John Barron
This sort of stands out, too.
As long as the Republican officials tell them there’s a group that’s really responsible for their pain, they will hate them more. it’s why while these people disgust me with their hate, I’ve come to hate the GOP politicians even more.
re: #10 JordanRules
Here’s a video of Muslims repairing a Church recently destroyed in Mosul, Iraq. Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants w/ Christians demand Churches be protected & preserved no matter the circumstance. Humanity prevails again.
I assume that Breitbart or Gateway Pundit will simply post that video playing backwards…
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
“Paul, is that you?”
“They call me Muad’Dib now.”
“Whatever Paul.”
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
He Who Walks Behind The Dunes just doesn’t sound that catchy, to be honest.
When I first saw COTC, it was on a Beta tape with fluttering audio tracks that made Isaac way scarier than intended.
re: #79 JordanRules
Fmr advisor to Pres Trump, Carl Icahn, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s office SDNY
State charges, if testimony bears fruit. Pardon-proof. Just sayin’
re: #84 Kragar
“Paul, is that you?”
“They call me Muad’Dib now.”
“Whatever Paul.”
There’s talk that Denis Villeneuve will direct a new cinematic take on Dune, but personally, I’m thinking that a film where drug-addicted, desert-dwelling jihadists are the good guys is gonna be…..something of a tough sell.
re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Paul is dead man!
Religious Belief Not Linked to Intuition or Rational Thinking
The results showed that while this brain stimulation increased levels of cognitive inhibition, it did not change levels of supernatural belief, suggesting there is no direct link between cognitive inhibition and supernatural belief.
Wow guys, check this out. It’s from Bob Marshall’s own sister. Marshall to refresh memory is the guy who lost to Danica Roem last night.
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
He Who Walks Behind The Dunes just doesn’t sound that catchy, to be honest.
Because the actual title is He Who Rides the Worms.
re: #36 Kragar
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Wasn’t that map the one they showed after the first Bush II election?
re: #86 makeitstop
Yes indeedy! I also remember someone , I think it was Kendzior, highlighting Icahn as someone folks may not know in this saga who potentially very important.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
Wow guys, check this out. It’s from Bob Marshall’s own sister. Marshall to refresh memory is the guy who lost to Danica Roem last night.
What is it? I see a search phrase and a bunch of tweets.
Urban America will be no match for our endless fields of corn. pic.twitter.com/vjLzDQdnO7
— 27 Inch Garlic Hero (@Palle_Hoffstein) November 7, 2017
They have a partial point in that the bulk of Trump’s base of support is dirt but it’s more so the human variety rather than the acreage.
I was raised by a White Sox fan. I am very familiar with this form of motivation.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 8, 2017
re: #86 makeitstop
State charges, if testimony bears fruit. Pardon-proof. Just sayin’
Don’t think so: US Attorney. Preet Bharara’s old post.
English teacher moment: “hurtling,” not “hurdling.” Unless the plane was leaping over fixed barriers, which would use up all the little paper bags.
Returning you now to your normal programming…
re: #95 MsJ
This is Robert Marshall’s sister.
Marshall is who Danica Roem, the first openly trans person elected to office in VA, beat for the Virginia House seat.
His sister pulls zero punches.
This is beautiful.#WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/SIvD9ToAYC— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) November 8, 2017
re: #98 ericblair
Don’t think so: US Attorney. Preet Bharara’s old post.
Ah. I think you’re right.
Only one cup of coffee this morning. I’ll blame that. :)
re: #100 JordanRules
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Thanksgiving is going to be awkward. Thank you Paula. I hope your brother can become a better person in defeat and learn grace and kindness from the woman who defeated him.
re: #95 MsJ
What is it? I see a search phrase and a bunch of tweets.
This is Robert Marshall’s sister.
Marshall is who Danica Roem, the first openly trans person elected to office in VA, beat for the Virginia House seat.
His sister pulls zero punches.
This is beautiful.#WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/SIvD9ToAYC— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) November 8, 2017
re: #98 ericblair
re: #101 makeitstop
Dang! Thanks for clarifying.
Maybe next time.
Some info on why he’s an interesting player…
The most notable departure from the Trump admin last week may not have been Bannon, but long-time backer Carl Icahn https://t.co/8DInY4OphZ pic.twitter.com/bvPgk7PboT
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 21, 2017
Back in August, I wrote about Carl Icahn, his crimes, and the significance of his resignation https://t.co/C8sUn4dyim
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 8, 2017
Didn’t know Marshall’s sister was an actress.
JFC!
In NYC, ran into @donnabrazile and talked about her book. Even though our political views are polar opposite, we had a great conversation. Complimented her on her courage to out the DNC and #CrookedHillary. Say what you want, more Dems should tell the truth. pic.twitter.com/IBzP6Ma9jR
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) November 8, 2017
Clarke says he “ran into” Donna Brazile — that picture looks like it was taken in Trump Tower!
re: #106 Charles Johnson
JFC!
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Why the hell is she posing with him? JFC, she’s tone deaf. Hope all the far lefties loving her see this for the clown rodeo it is.
Where we’re at:
—Dems win #NJGov, full control of NJ government
—Dems win VA Gov, huge gains in VA Assembly (shock shot at majority)
—Dems win mayorship in Charlotte, St. Petersburg, Manchester, NYC
—Dems pick-up leg seats in NH & GA (x2)
—Civil-rights attorney will be Philly DA— Taniel (@Taniel) November 8, 2017
re: #107 Charles Johnson
Clarke says he “ran into” Donna Brazile — that picture looks like it was taken in Trump Tower!
Yeah. Something stinks here.
Brazille is either a total moron or something stinks big time here.
re: #108 HappyWarrior
Why the hell is she posing with him? JFC, she’s tone deaf. Hope all the fat lefties loving her see this for the clown rodeo it is.
Your typo is fat-shaming the lefties.
re: #113 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Your typo is fat-shaming the lefties.
LMAO. R and T are so close together but thanks.
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Children of the Desert doesn’t sound as scary.
More like Children of the Dessert.
re: #109 MsJ
Check out the compilation in my comment #34. Seeing it all really got me emotional.
So proud!
Happy birthday to the kind and legendary Bonnie Raitt. Seeing her play made me want to learn slide guitar. pic.twitter.com/Ujkin9IGrR
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) November 8, 2017
re: #118 wrenchwench
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I love it when talent pays tribute to other talent. I remember hearing Bonnie as a kid and I see Jason did too.
re: #120 HappyWarrior
I love it when talent pays tribute to other talent. I remember hearing Bonnie as a kid and I see Jason did too.
Bonnie Raitt has made this planet worth living on.
I did not know that parents “invested” in food. She didn’t scold but this is an absolutely tone deaf and insensitive statement. How many parents can’t “invest” in after school activities. Gah.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) November 8, 2017
re: #122 JordanRules
Starting Shit. For money.
More waviness!!
More amazing stories from last night’s elections. https://t.co/dT6jErBjqF
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 8, 2017
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 8, 2017
re: #127 JordanRules
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Much would rather have him (Braxton the newly elected council member) than a turncoat like Coyne who is living in the past and babbling about Reagan Democrats. Glad his town’s voters fired his ass. I hope he never comes back to the party.
re: #1 Kragar
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If conservatism as Laura Ingraham is mentioning gets curbstomped in the 2018 and 2020 elections and people want social programs restored or even bolstered from what they were prior to Trumpism…will Laura Ingraham and Fox go away? Please!?
And where does she get off open markets and military interventionism? Trump and most of his buddies are still “marketing” overseas and he is saber rattling as much as any neocon ever dreamed of doing.
What’s awesome is I’m seeing a lot of young people inspired to run and winning too.
re: #123 HappyWarrior
Only she knows.
She’s going to be on Tucker Carlson’s show tonight, and you notice that if you click on the picture on Clarke’s twitter feed there’s what I’m assuming is a copyright tag for FNC. So, I’m assuming pre-recorded interview, Clarke was there because he has nothing else to do, and got a photographer to take a quick picture.
If anything, he’s the one stirring the shitpot.
And no, I don’t have a problem with her going on FNC. She was on MSNBC last night and I think explained things well. Hopefully she will be able to pierce the FNC bubble a bit with actual facts, rather than the normal conspiracy theories they spout over there.
re: #131 KGxvi
She’s going to be on Tucker Carlson’s show tonight, and you notice that if you click on the picture on Clarke’s twitter feed there’s what I’m assuming is a copyright tag for FNC. So, I’m assuming pre-recorded interview, Clarke was there because he has nothing else to do, and got a photographer to take a quick picture.
If anything, he’s the one stirring the shitpot.
And no, I don’t have a problem with her going on FNC. She was on MSNBC last night and I think explained things well. Hopefully she will be able to pierce the FNC bubble a bit with actual facts, rather than the normal conspiracy theories they spout over there.
I wonder if Clarke has an actual job rather than to be the cos playing wingnut sheriff.
Like I see Clarke who should be quite busy as sheriff shitting on liberals a lot more than being his county’s top cop but then again I realize that’s what he wants to be.
That was an oopsy.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Like I see Clarke who should be quite busy as sheriff shitting on liberals a lot more than being his county’s top cop but then again I realize that’s what he wants to be.
I’m pretty sure he’s currently unemployed.
This would be a disaster for American democracy https://t.co/WnKsrbB4vd
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 8, 2017
doesn’t it look like a name like trump is blurred out above Donna’s head? pic.twitter.com/vxmi8Nr8T3
— Kace C 🌈🗽 (@KaceCrawford) November 8, 2017
re: #135 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m pretty sure he’s currently unemployed.
Oh, that’s right. Do we know who Milwaukee replaced him with?
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Like I see Clarke who should be quite busy as sheriff shitting on liberals a lot more than being his county’s top cop but then again I realize that’s what he wants to be.
David Alexander Clarke Jr. (born August 21, 1956) is a former American law enforcement official who was the Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 2002 to 2017.
re: #137 Charles Johnson
That name above the elevator was definitely deliberately blurred out, and very sloppily too.
re: #139 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Oh I had forgotten he resigned in late August. No wonder why he’s on Twitter all the time hamming it up.
re: #140 HappyWarrior
JFC.
The best part is Republicans are all like FUCK YEAH! LET’S DO IT! When they don’t know what IT is.
JFC is right.
re: #138 HappyWarrior
Oh, that’s right. Do we know who Milwaukee replaced him with?
Acting Sheriff Richard R. Schmidt
Duterte wants Trump to “lay of human rights” when they meet. Don’t even know why he felt the need to ask because it’s not like Trump cares.
You ran into her at Trump tower? Why is the “Trump” blurred? Speaking of, how can you support Trump and talk about truth?
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
Awww. Didn’t make the cut.
Pretty good push alert @chicagotribune pic.twitter.com/5oGCzJJLzN
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) November 8, 2017
re: #136 MsJ
I swear these “constitutional conservatives” seem completely ignorant of what happened the last time we had a constitutional convention. That one, in 1787, was only supposed to amend the Articles of Confederation. Instead, it gave us an entirely new constitutional system.
A new constitutional convention would mean an entirely new constitution, not just a handful of Amendments. And unlike 1789, I highly doubt that every state would vote to ratify. It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
This got missed as well but NJ also elected an African-American, Lt Governor.
re: #149 KGxvi
It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
Maybe that’s what they’re aiming for.
re: #149 KGxvi
I swear these “constitutional conservatives” seem completely ignorant of what happened the last time we had a constitutional convention. That one, in 1787, was only supposed to amend the Articles of Confederation. Instead, it gave us an entirely new constitutional system.
A new constitutional convention would mean an entirely new constitution, not just a handful of Amendments. And unlike 1789, I highly doubt that every state would vote to ratify. It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
They don’t seem to give a shit.
BREAKING: Maine’s LePage refuses to implement Medicaid expansion passed by voters.
This was predicted by @MGR207 last night. Stay tuned.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) November 8, 2017
Oh god. A YouTube video talking about whether the Empire from Star Wars allowed blasters or not. And another one talking about feminism in the WH40k universe.
Surprisingly, the comment sections aren’t as impossibly fucked up as you’d expect given the subject matter and the fact that they are YouTube comment sections…not saying they’re GOOD…
re: #148 JordanRules
No litigator wants another lawyer on his/her jury…
There’s part of me that would love to see a former president (or some current high ranking politician) actually serve on a jury, but I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be anything other than a nightmare for those actually involved.
re: #149 KGxvi
I swear these “constitutional conservatives” seem completely ignorant of what happened the last time we had a constitutional convention. That one, in 1787, was only supposed to amend the Articles of Confederation. Instead, it gave us an entirely new constitutional system.
A new constitutional convention would mean an entirely new constitution, not just a handful of Amendments. And unlike 1789, I highly doubt that every state would vote to ratify. It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
Or they do know and that’s the point.
re: #96 gocart mozart
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really love how much corn is grown in our mountainous regions…
re: #156 KGxvi
No litigator wants another lawyer on his/her jury…
There’s part of me that would love to see a former president (or some current high ranking politician) actually serve on a jury, but I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be anything other than a nightmare for those actually involved.
For some reason, I imagine Obama being like Henry Fonda’s character on 12 Angry Men if he ever were on a jury. Trump would be the Lee Cobb character without the decency lurking beneath. Biden would be the kindly, old juror. Romney would be the EG Marshall juror.
Yes, I’m doing a casting of politicians for a 12 Angry Men remake. //
re: #156 KGxvi
I would love to see an “all-stars” jury, ex-presidents, secretaries of state, retired SCOTUS judges…just because of awesome.
But having ONE of them on a jury with a bunch of mooks is a disaster waiting to happen.
Just start reminding people that the oligarchs could remove the right to own guns period.
re: #156 KGxvi
Obviously. It was fun for folks at the courthouse today though. There was some video posted earlier of him greeting everyone.
InfoWars has copied more than 1,000 articles produced by Russia’s RT to its website https://t.co/AjUfKvJgMV via @JaneLytv
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 8, 2017
re: #161 I cannot.
I would love to see an “all-stars” jury, ex-presidents, secretaries of state, retired SCOTUS judges…just because of awesome.
But having ONE of them on a jury with a bunch of mooks is a disaster waiting to happen.
There’s this jury.
re: #163 JordanRules
Obviously. It was fun for folks at the courthouse today though. There was some video posted earlier of him greeting everyone.
re: #149 KGxvi
I swear these “constitutional conservatives” seem completely ignorant of what happened the last time we had a constitutional convention. That one, in 1787, was only supposed to amend the Articles of Confederation. Instead, it gave us an entirely new constitutional system.
A new constitutional convention would mean an entirely new constitution, not just a handful of Amendments. And unlike 1789, I highly doubt that every state would vote to ratify. It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
They don’t seem to give a shit.
re: #157 MsJ
Or they do know and that’s the point.
RWNJs would love nothing more that to excise “liberal” states from the Union; what would be left would basically be the Republic of Gilead.
InfoWars has copied more than 1,000 articles produced by Russia’s RT to its website https://t.co/AjUfKvJgMV via @JaneLytv
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 8, 2017
Now consider how much Infowars crap Drudge pushes, and then how much Drudge crap ends up on Fox News https://t.co/UaVV8suGqe
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 8, 2017
re: #166 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Angel’s going to have the coolest bar story or story to tell his grandkids one day.
re: #149 KGxvi
I swear these “constitutional conservatives” seem completely ignorant of what happened the last time we had a constitutional convention. That one, in 1787, was only supposed to amend the Articles of Confederation. Instead, it gave us an entirely new constitutional system.
A new constitutional convention would mean an entirely new constitution, not just a handful of Amendments. And unlike 1789, I highly doubt that every state would vote to ratify. It’s a recipe for the dissolution of the Union.
The more aware of them see this as a way to solidify white minority rule before they’re overwhelmed by demographics, while their dominance in state legislatures still holds.
re: #166 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Look at this full service blog! Thank you.
I need to play around with more of the great functionality here.
re: #170 Blind Frog Belly White
The more aware of them see this as a way to solidify white minority rule before they’re overwhelmed by demographics, while their dominance in state legislatures still holds.
They do seem to want a sort of Apartheid as they fear the consequences for how they’ve treated minorities for years.
I love seeing how Obama interacts with people. You can just see a man who loves people and his fellow Americans. Makes me laugh all the more harder when the eternally raging wingnuts tell us that Obama hates this country and has rage against it all the while they’re saying the shit that they say.
OMG THIS THREAD
I found it, the worst idea https://t.co/s88J0o2fD5 pic.twitter.com/0qbwuJZnwx
— andrea grimes (@andreagrimes) November 8, 2017
This dumbass needs to sweep around his own front door.
Colbert on guns: “If your village had a tiger eating people every day, you wouldn’t do nothing.” https://t.co/uD0hJuCRKo pic.twitter.com/SZTijPkk0U
— Slate (@Slate) November 8, 2017
But what if the tiger had a Constitutional right to eat people every day? https://t.co/8A17Z5YJUX
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 8, 2017
re: #176 JordanRules
This dumbass needs to sweep around his own front door.
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Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousins’ husbands(two of my cousins are married to Brits and reside in the UK), or Bowie.
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousin’s husbands, or Bowie.
re: #94 JordanRules
Yes indeedy! I also remember someone , I think it was Kendzior, highlighting Icahn as someone folks may not know in this saga who potentially very important.
Carl Icahn, eh? Big buds with Trumpy. Very Interesting.
I can’t remember, but wasn’t Icahn going to be in the cabinet but something was revealed that caused him to back out or Trump to not consider him?
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousins’ husbands(two of my cousins are married to Brits and reside in the UK), or Bowie.
We have my son-in-law.
re: #178 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Okay that does make me feel better. I do love Sir Anthony Hopkins. and Tracy Ullman will always have my thanks for that one yellow family she had on. The Sampsons or something like that.
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
We have my son-in-law.
That’s right. We also have the daughter in law of a candidate I campaigned for in the spring. I was kind of being tongue in cheek there but man I can’t stand how pompous Morgan is.
She referred to herself as DB.
doesn’t it look like a name like trump is blurred out above Donna’s head? pic.twitter.com/vxmi8Nr8T3
— Kace C 🌈🗽 (@KaceCrawford) November 8, 2017
Is this photo taken in Trump Tower?
IF so – and I cannot personally confirm – why is Donna Brazile in Trump Tower on the one-year ANNIVERSARY of the disastrous election (during which she was acting DNC chair)?https://t.co/KWPbOr7b2q— leah mcelrath 🗽 (@leahmcelrath) November 8, 2017
No, DB is not at Trump Tower. Some of you all have lost I️t. Geez… @leahmcelrath please spread some joy and not more noise. #AmenCorner https://t.co/3qkEjJ88rb
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) November 8, 2017
The lettering reads “Turnip”, they had just fallen off the back of the delivery van
re: #151 Dr Lizardo
Maybe that’s what they’re aiming for.
I live in California, and if a convention were called and a new constitution written (and it was overly wingnutty), I’m honestly not sure how I’d vote if there was a ratification referendum with choices of ratify, reject, or independence.
re: #122 JordanRules
I am so confused.
What is she doing?!?!?
Making money.
Money…money…money.
MONAY!
re: #185 KGxvi
I live in California, and if a convention were called and a new constitution written (and it was overly wingnutty), I’m honestly not sure how I’d vote if there was a ratification referendum with choices of ratify, reject, or independence.
I think in a dark way it’s funny they’re pushing this because they’re the ones who claim to be Constitution originalists. Then again, it’s a lot like when Schalfry’s bat shit son tried to make a conservative version of the Bible.
re: #141 Charles Johnson
That name above the elevator was definitely deliberately blurred out, and very sloppily too.
They did it the fastest and least convincing way possible. They knew their audience doesn’t pay attention to details…it’s Fox.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
re: #187 HappyWarrior
I think in a dark way it’s funny they’re pushing this because they’re the ones who claim to be Constitution originalists. Then again, it’s a lot like when Schalfry’s bat shit son tried to make a conservative version of the Bible.
LOL yeah, the “conservabible” or some shit.
re: #167 TedStriker
RWNJs would love nothing more that to excise “liberal” states from the Union; what would be left would basically be the Republic of Gilead.
I think if dissolution ever happened, there would be 4-5 countries formed.
re: #189 HappyWarrior
It’s either Trump or Thbmp, I’m pretty sure it’s Thbmp.
re: #41 makeitstop
I think ‘stronger survival instincts’ works better than ‘smarter’ in this case.
“Well, Grant, we’ve had the devil’s own day, haven’t we?”
“Yes. Lick ‘em tomorrow, though.”
- Sherman and Grant, the night before winning the battle of Shilohhttps://t.co/5GvE77DjDH#WednesdayWisdom— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 8, 2017
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousins’ husbands(two of my cousins are married to Brits and reside in the UK), or Bowie.
Bowie lived in NYC for many years, so we did get him.
And Lemmy lived in LA. :)
One more reason to love Lin-Manuel Miranda (as if we need another one!)
Lin-Manuel Miranda is bringing Hamilton to Puerto Rico. https://t.co/C7cE6fgnva
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 8, 2017
And Patrick Stewart is working on his citizenship.
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousins’ husbands(two of my cousins are married to Brits and reside in the UK), or Bowie.
Well, there’s me.
But then I came here (aeons ago) to get away from the asshole Brits. My proud boast has always been that I was one of the few immigrants (aside from some refugees) whose income went down. But it’s OK, I’ll always have Social Security, right? Right?
I quit facebook, I can quit twitter, too.
Looks like I FINALLY got verified by Twitter. I must be the only working class white advocate with that distinction. pic.twitter.com/IMXqtmhgvn
— Jason Kessler (@TheMadDimension) November 7, 2017
Twitter has verified the organizer of the Charlottesville Unite the Right white supremacist rally https://t.co/v8jAxcKjkj
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) November 8, 2017
Long as I have my LGF.
re: #177 HappyWarrior
Why do we always get the asshole Brits? Piers, Milo, Derbyshire and not the awesome ones likes the guy who interviewed Spencer yesterday, my cousins’ husbands(two of my cousins are married to Brits and reside in the UK), or Bowie.
It’s a British tradition going back to the 1600s to send their worst off to other places.
re: #202 wrenchwench
I quit facebook, I can quit twitter, too.
Long as I have my LGF.
“I must be the only working class white advocate with that distinction.”
Bernie’s been on twitter for a while.
re: #191 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Ha!!!! Well played!
re: #62 Ace-o-aces
I hadn’t thought of that.
So I’ll just shoot one of their malnourished cattle and dump the corpse in their well.
Rinse and repeat.
re: #203 KGxvi
It’s a British tradition going back to the 1600s to send their worst off to other places.
Too bad they didn’t send that Cromwell guy.
re: #202 wrenchwench
If they’re going to verify white supremacists they could at least use a different symbol like a poop emoji wearing a white hood.
re: #201 petesh
Well, there’s me.
But then I came here (aeons ago) to get away from the asshole Brits. My proud boast has always been that I was one of the few immigrants (aside from some refugees) whose income went down. But it’s OK, I’ll always have Social Security, right? Right?
Ha, you’re good. I actually didn’t know you were from Britain.
re: #204 Belafon
“I must be the only working class white advocate with that distinction.”
Bernie’s been on twitter for a while.
Ouch.
Has anyone here learned a language in their 30’s and manage to become fluent in it? If so, what language?
Heh you guys are right. We do have plenty of awesome Brit ex-pats here.
Regarding Donna “Bizarre” Brazile, earlier someone posted a bit of the Morning Joke segment with her from this morning. I went to the Joke site and watched it. This woman confuses me. She is circular in her answers and refuses to admit she got the premise of her book wrong, but she can tell you exactly why cancer is not the same as saying everything was fixed.
And then there is Joke. He got his chance to take some more cuts at the Clinton’s.
If anyone wants to watch this, it is interesting in a strange way. Hopefully she is done working with the Democrats. She is not needed any more.
re: #202 wrenchwench
I quit facebook, I can quit twitter, too.
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Have you written for any non-racist sites? Whites have most of the power, and don’t need advocacy. You’re just a racist.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
re: #211 electrotek
Has anyone here learned a language in their 30’s and manage to become fluent in it? If so, what language?
I haven’t but I’d like to. Most likely Spanish.
re: #211 electrotek
I moved to Costa Rica in my mid-30s and was determined to become fluent in Spanish, and also had a year of course in college. I lived there for 5 years and was never able to speak it fluently; I can get by but mostly speak only in the present tense. It never flowed easily.
Black Panther is going to be so dope.
Chadwick Boseman, an intellectual: pic.twitter.com/G32VDbp9qt
— shine || bp (@Iubesirhc) November 7, 2017
re: #87 Dr Lizardo
There’s talk that Denis Villeneuve will direct a new cinematic take on Dune, but personally, I’m thinking that a film where drug-addicted, desert-dwelling jihadists are the good guys is gonna be…..something of a tough sell.
After seeing the latest Blade running I had this exact thought. That would amazing.
Oh, and go see Blade Runner before it leaves the theaters. It will some day be seen as a classic IMO.
re: #216 Eclectic Cyborg
I haven’t but I’d like to. Most likely Spanish.
I’d like to get better at my Spanish. I took it in college but it’s terrible. I do take pride in that I’m a better speaker of the language than my brother and he’s married to a native Spanish speaker but I’m the one who joked with his sister in law whom was visiting Colombia being “La Patrona De Mar.
re: #218 JordanRules
Black Panther is going to be so dope.
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Is Boseman’s Marshall bio-epic out yet? I really enjoyed him as Jackie in 42. He’s good actor. I’d like to see more of him.
What a disgrace.
This Rep. should be ashamed of himself. You’re a member of Congress, for crying out loud. https://t.co/1NMTFo1Bc4— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) November 7, 2017
Dear @SarahPalinUSA: Feel free to call me names because I’m cool like that. But I will keep fighting for gun safety. Unlike you I don’t quit https://t.co/aUral2ohJz
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 7, 2017
Heh Ted Lieu got into it when Sarah Palin called him a disgrace. I do wish he’d consider higher office. Unfortunately, the Presidency’s out of the question as Ted was born in Taipei.
re: #211 electrotek
Has anyone here learned a language in their 30’s and manage to become fluent in it? If so, what language?
I half-heartedly tried (a few times), but it was Spanish (which I grew up around). I know my grandparents learned English in their 30s or 40s, when they came to the States. I think it’s doable, you just have to be committed.
May try again, even as I’m staring down my 40s. There was a decent podcast I had subscribed to for Spanish, coffee break Spanish, that was like 15-30 minute episodes. First couple of seasons involved just learning phrases and pronunciation. But I had too many podcasts I was trying to listen to at the time. Maybe I’ll pick it up again.
Harrowing, bracing moment when Tucker Carlson shapeshifted into an actual sad trombone and was forced to declare Northam the winner. pic.twitter.com/LmzsBB7RYT
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 8, 2017
re: #183 JordanRules
She referred to herself as DB.
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— Faaaaaaaaah Q (@FaaaaaaaaaaaH_Q) November 8, 2017
re: #221 HappyWarrior
Yeah, been out a couple weeks. Reviews seem pretty good.
Hey, Happy, Charlie Pierce hears you:
If you’re looking for an unsung hero in Virginia, and if you’re looking for a role model who should embarrass all the squabbling Democrats who are still relitigating the dismal 2016 primary process, look to Tom Perriello, the former Democratic congressman who lost to Northam in the Democratic primary this year. Perriello suited up and worked tirelessly for the Democratic ticket up and down the ballot, including for the man who’d beaten him. Perriello’s performance not only piled him up serious cred within his party, it also should shame a lot of people in that party’s upper echelon.
re: #219 John Carter
After seeing the latest Blade running I had this exact thought. That would amazing.
Oh, and go see Blade Runner before it leaves the theaters. It will some day be seen as a classic IMO.
I already saw it - it really is one of those films that needs to be seen on the big screen - and yeah, like the original Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 will one day be regarded as a sci-fi classic.
re: #24 jaunte
I see Trump can’t shut up about where our nuclear subs are.
They’re under the sea!
Dumbass doesn’t know or care what our nuclear posture is, only that he has his finger on the trigger.
Every day he shows his incompetence, incoherence, and incompatibility with reality.
re: #228 Dr Lizardo
I already saw it - it really is one of those films that needs to be seen on the big screen - and yeah, like the original Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 will one day be regarded as a sci-fi classic.
I saw it full-frame in an IMAX theater. It was beautiful.
re: #229 lawhawk
They’re under the sea!
Dumbass doesn’t know or care what our nuclear posture is, only that he has his finger on the trigger.
Every day he shows his incompetence, incoherence, and incompatibility with reality.
Just like the people he represents.
JUST IN — North Korea says the US must oust “lunatic old man” Donald Trump from power, in a new article published by the state-run news agency KCNA. #CNN
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) November 8, 2017
Finally, some common ground https://t.co/NfG4sliqxJ
— Gargoyle (@Patztense) November 8, 2017
Trump environmental nominee doesn’t believe science should ‘dictate policy’ https://t.co/dJSl5mjgIo pic.twitter.com/1DTvILYpRS
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 8, 2017
I’m wanting to learn Japanese, but I’m hesitant because of previous experiences.
I was in ESL from Kindergarten to 4th grade so I struggled with English greatly in my childhood (even though I’ve been in the U.S. since I was 10 months old), so that is making me feel discouraged that I won’t be able to grasp Japanese fully.
re: #235 electrotek
I think it might be easier for you than for those of us for whom English is our native tongue. Children who learn a second language pick up other languages as adults much easier than those who attempt to learn a second language later in life.
re: #236 HappyWarrior
GMTA:
How dare we use science to determine sound policy choices. We should rely on maximizing corporate interests (and profits) ahead of all else.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 8, 2017
re: #235 electrotek
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before!
$7 on Steam
re: #237 Flying Squirrel Girl
I think it might be easier for you than for those of us for whom English is our native tongue. Children who learn a second language pick up other languages as adults much easier than those who attempt to learn a second language later in life.
I mean, I took a course in Arabic during undergrad and bombed it (no pun intended) severely.
That put a damper to ever learning it forever.
re: #234 Kragar
The Republican party has gone completely insane. Trump and this blockhead are symptoms of a party gone mad from its own propaganda.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
re: #234 Kragar
To people like that, the dictates of an authoritarian “leader”, of course. Reality doesn’t matter to authoritarians.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 8, 2017
Steven Schmidt a few minutes ago in ref. To yesterday.
@SteveSchmidtSES “A Coalition of the Decent”. @NicolleDWallace 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👋
— D. E. Todd (@DaveoutofAustin) November 8, 2017
re: #240 electrotek
…I could be wrong… :)
November 8th, a great day for releases:
Lou Reed “Transformer” (‘72)
Queen “ Sheer Heart Attack” (‘74)
OMD “Architecture & Morality” (‘81)
David Bowie “The Buddha of Suburbia” (‘93) pic.twitter.com/XmxXa7h7mi— Jake Rudh (@JakeRudh) November 8, 2017
Sieg Heil, Laura. pic.twitter.com/kpfN7Wrnz5
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) November 8, 2017
This will be the only thing I post to L.I. on Twitter. Ever.
re: #248 GlutenFreeJesus
Speaking of little white supremacists….
Who’s this they you keep talking about. The majority of Americans aren’t GOPers, or right wingers. You’re letting your white supremacist bigotry show. And on that, you’re right. It’s a war - one you must lose.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 8, 2017
Why would anyone meet and pose with David Clarke, a brutal man who helped murder an inmate through dehydration, made women give birth in shackles, etc?
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 8, 2017
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right
Forward March!
A-Left,
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A-Left,
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Right
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A-Left,
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There she was just-a walkin’ down the street singin’
Do-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-do.— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) November 8, 2017
re: #235 electrotek
I’m wanting to learn Japanese, but I’m hesitant because of previous experiences.
It is difficult as an adult to learn another language.
Especially one from an entirely different language family.
Japanese is not difficult for pronunciation - the syllabary defines how things sound, for the most part.
The real hard part is that the written language is different than the spoken language. That’s not even getting into the idioms that are gender dependent (men and women speak differently in informal language), keigo (the formal language), or the dialects.
The Chinese characters are hard to learn and even harder to keep straight, as the Japanese have grafted their own language ontop of the Chinese words.
I went through the standard 2 years of college Japanese in US, then one year full time study in Japan, and lived their another 2 years and still cannot really understand half of what I hear and three quarters of what I attempt to read.
re: #248 GlutenFreeJesus
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This will be the only thing I post to LH on Twitter. Ever.
Maybe because he should be mocked.
Alex Jones: The Texas church gunman carried out his attack while under “mind control” from the deep state https://t.co/2DayfaFdr0
— Timothy Johnson (@timothywjohnson) November 8, 2017
Jared and Ivanka are miserable and spiraling in “a world of sh*t”, insiders say https://t.co/0mD0oESFeW
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 8, 2017
Okay, I get it. Jared and Ivanka are miserable. Donald and Melania are miserable. Don Jr is miserable. Well, I’ve got the perfect solution! Why don’t all of you do the country a big favor, and pack your bags & move back to your Manhattan penthouses? https://t.co/e6HeK413Pg
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 8, 2017
RNC chair breaks with Trump, says Gillespie embraced White House https://t.co/QBgFY7fo9k pic.twitter.com/AhpLdX5DYr
— POLITICO (@politico) November 8, 2017
The @TomPerez era of the Democratic Party has begun. This memo from the DCN shows part of what that means: All money (and human resources) for organizing, none for TV ads. Which may have something to do with why and how cable news amplifies the voices of his detractors… pic.twitter.com/dxVWGrakxz
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) November 8, 2017
Honestly, who watches ads anymore?
re: #260 Kragar
I agree with this strategy. Local. Voter by voter. Deeper engagement.
re: #249 lawhawk
Speaking of little white supremacists….
Who’s this they you keep talking about. The majority of Americans aren’t GOPers, or right wingers. You’re letting your white supremacist bigotry show. And on that, you’re right. It’s a war - one you must lose.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 8, 2017
What a dipshit. I am probably more disgusted with the fake persecution whining than with any other aspect of right wing trash-culture, and that’s saying a lot. I wish we had some Bolsheviks and Maoists we could put in charge for just one week, then rein in again at will. These drama shits would get some idea what repression really is.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t think they’re going to get any sympathy.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #260 Kragar
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Honestly, who watches ads anymore?
Perez is doing a good job so far. I thought he was a great pick for DNC chair.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
We’ll even build a wall to keep the riffraff out.
re: #263 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
What a dipshit. I am probably more disgusted with the fake persecution whining than with any other aspect of right wing trash-culture, and that’s saying a lot. I wish we had some Bolsheviks and Maoists we could put in charge for just one week, then rein in again at will. These drama shits would get some idea what repression really is.
Professional victimhood while attacking real victims of persecution is Authoritarianism 101 but Chuck knows that and doesn’t care.
Yancey (R) holds on by 12 votes in in HD-94, winning by 0.05 pts. Surely a recount there. #VAGov
— Geoffrey Skelley (@geoffreyvs) November 8, 2017
For those that think voting doesn’t matter, control of VA House of Delegates hinges on race decided by 12 votes https://t.co/m9M4EvM6Cx
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 8, 2017
re: #249 lawhawk
Speaking of little white supremacists….
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another seriel monogamist like Newt.
re: #259 JordanRules
RNC chair breaks with Trump, says Gillespie embraced White House
She’s as good as fired.
re: #232 Kragar
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Now, we are truly screwed. The permanently paranoid will use this as an example of how we are on the right track —if PRK hates GRIFTUS, then we must be on the right track.
/gah
re: #277 Birth Control Works
Now, we are truly screwed. The permanently paranoid will use this as an example of how we are on the right track —if PRK hates GRIFTUS, then we must be on the right track.
/gah
The permanently paranoid believe Alex Jones.
EVERY @HouseGOP member of @HouseJudiciary committee just voted against my legislation requiring Congress be notified ASAP by intel officials if election interference has occurred. So, we don’t want to know? #ProtectOurDemocracy
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 8, 2017
This is crazy.
re: #211 electrotek
Has anyone here learned a language in their 30’s and manage to become fluent in it? If so, what language?
Because of where I live, I’ve become rather fluent in Spanglish.
Does that count?
Nice framing.
🇺🇸On November 8, 2016, @HillaryClinton became the first woman to win the popular vote in a United States presidential election pic.twitter.com/9vR5A5ALIy
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) November 8, 2017
It never ends.
re: #137 Charles Johnson
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— David Dockter (@dwdockter) November 8, 2017
Just a poor-quality photo.
re: #265 HappyWarrior
You’re the ones who went along with your father and father in law when he decided to run for office. Tough shit. People are a lot more miserable in the sweatshops that Ivanka owns.
They are nowhere near miserable enough. I hope it becomes more and more miserable for them.
re: #275 makeitstop
She’s as good as fired.
Or we are seeing the first schism. Here’s hoping for many more.
re: #285 MsJ
Or we are seeing the first schism. Here’s hoping for many more.
In either case, she’s still probably fired… only for there to be an outpouring of support for her if it’s a legit schism, contrasted with an outpouring of “she’s a RINO dumbass” if she’s going it alone.
When in Rome, or Chicago: Thermal baths open in former River West paint factory https://t.co/HNV3nXZGl1
— ggt (@geegeetee) November 8, 2017
re: #286 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
RNC chair has to be about raising the big bucks.
The only “schism” that will matter is if their deep-pocket backers want to break away.
re: #284 MsJ
They are nowhere near miserable enough. I hope it becomes more and more miserable for them.
keep taking the high road
/:)
The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates imposed a gag order Wednesday in the case ordering all parties, including potential witnesses, not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.U.S.
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington issued the order five days after signaling her intention to do so. In a two-page order Wednesday morning, Jackson said she had received no objections by the Tuesday deadline she had set for the parties to weigh in.
Jackson barred any prejudicial statements “to the media or public settings” to safeguard the defendants receiving a fair trial, “and to ensure that the Court has the ability to seat a jury that has not been tainted by pretrial publicity.”
The ruling applied to all participants in the case, including the parties, potential witnesses and attorneys.
I wonder if Carter Page falls under this?
re: #281 JordanRules
Hasn’t been up long but I am sure the replies will turn to garbage quickly.
Charming Christmas ideas from gun superstore Cheaper Than Dirt:
Gifts for the Home Responder.
I guess “home responder” is a new term (to me at least) for “vigilante.” The offering includes such goodies as Glock pistols, various over-priced first aid kits, and police style tactical vests with a bewildering array of pockets and pouches. They also have fancy knives of course. I don’t think I ever gave a thought to my single pocketknife in Vietnam, but every survivalist knows that the better your knife, the more tactically potent you are.
I guess when the radiation crazed hordes of “other” zombies show up in your driveway, you can jump into your tac vest, grab your Glock and run out to neutralize them. Afterward, you can play surgeon without anesthetic or prescription pain meds and enjoy a nourishing meal of rehydrated tactical bacon. Fun for the whole family.
Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century https://t.co/qvpN3AkRlv
— ggt (@geegeetee) November 8, 2017
Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians have declined as a percentage of the global population, but Ethiopian community is highly observant and growing
Cloudy, teasing rain for two days but none has fallen.
Large Pacific low pressure off of Washington isn’t going to dip far enough south for us either:
Loquats have been blooming for a couple of weeks now, but usually we get a November rain to help them move along with making large fruit. If we have another dry November then I am not hopeful.
A Sikh, an atheist and a trans woman walk into a bar. They all had a drink together to celebrate their election victories.
— God (@TheGoodGodAbove) November 8, 2017
re: #292 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Charming Christmas ideas from gun superstore Cheaper Than Dirt:
Gifts for the Home Responder.
I guess “home responder” is a new term (to me at least) for “vigilante.” The offering includes such goodies as Glock pistols, various over-priced first aid kits, and police style tactical vests with a bewildering array of pockets and pouches. They also have fancy knives of course. I don’t think I ever gave a thought to my single pocketknife in Vietnam, but every survivalist knows that the better your knife, the more tactically potent you are.
I guess when the radiation crazed hordes of “other” zombies show up in your driveway, you can jump into your tac vest, grab your Glock and run out to neutralize them. Afterward, you can play surgeon without anesthetic or prescription pain meds and enjoy a nourishing meal of rehydrated tactical bacon. Fun for the whole family.
Gotta love those marketing terms
heh…
Republican John Carman’s comment that he hoped women would get home from the Washington women’s march “in time to make dinner” so pissed off Democrat Ashley Bennett she ran against him in New Jersey for county supervisor. She won. pic.twitter.com/EM8Ri0Yc2Y
— Scott McGrew (@ScottMcGrew) November 8, 2017
Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Notre Dame told its employees Tuesday that they will continue to receive no-cost birth control coverage in a reversal from what the university told its faculty and staff last week.
The Roman Catholic university in northern Indiana sent an email to employees saying its insurance provider is continuing to offer contraception coverage not funded by the university. Notre Dame notified employees a week earlier that contraception coverage would end Jan. 1.
they are desperate to pretend that yesterday did not happen…
Watching the results come in exactly one year ago! This picture was taken just after they called #NorthCarolina! pic.twitter.com/QlwKivKk9f
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) November 8, 2017
Sean Hannity just announced on the radio that Fox News has hired Sebastian Gorka.
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) November 8, 2017
great news. another person that I can completely IGNORE https://t.co/xiOYEVVXQz
— missLtoe (@missLtoe) November 8, 2017
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
they are desperate to pretend that yesterday did not happen…
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So who are those guys throwing the white power signs? I think the kid in the lower right is Barron but who is that dude front and center?
#RIPPaulBuckmaster. So heartbroken. He helped make me the artist I am. A revolutionary arranger who he took my songs and made them soar. Ex pic.twitter.com/Ww2cT8Om2X
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) November 8, 2017
Foreign health groups cutting services after a White House decision on abortion funding https://t.co/x4oUdTVCqV via @statnews
— ggt (@geegeetee) November 8, 2017
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
they are desperate to pretend that yesterday did not happen…
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re: #299 jaunte
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Stocking gifts.
I’m sorry, what world are these idiots living in?
I cannot even begin to wrap my head around this one:
Human Mini-Brains Growing Inside Rat Bodies Are Starting to Integrate by @PeterNHess https://t.co/PkkgSvDJ5G via @inversedotcom
— ggt (@geegeetee) November 8, 2017
re: #306 calochortus
I’m sorry, what world are these idiots living in?
The same one in which we are living.
sucks, doesn’t it?
re: #306 calochortus
I’m sorry, what world are these idiots living in?
The one where they can make money of the rubes.
re: #293 Birth Control Works
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re: #302 The Vicious Babushka
So who are those guys throwing the white power signs? I think the kid in the lower right is Barron but who is that dude front and center?
no idea
re: #307 Birth Control Works
I cannot even begin to wrap my head around this one:
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Forget brain-in-a-vat, now it’s brain-in-a-rat.
The Mythical Whiteness of Trump Country https://t.co/ZohVzfLow2
— ggt (@geegeetee) November 8, 2017
For many conservatives, the beauty of Hillbilly Elegy was not just what it said about the lot of poor white Americans, but what it implied about black Americans as well. Conservatives believed that Hillbilly Elegy would make their intellectual platforming about the moral failures of the poor colorblind in a way that would retroactively vindicate them for viciously deploying the same stereotypes against nonwhite people for decades.
Vance uses an enduring myth about race in Appalachia to give Hillbilly Elegy its organizational logic. It is, in essence, the magic that transforms Hillbilly Elegy from a memoir of a person to the memoir of a culture. Central to it is Vance’s belief that both historic and modern white Appalachian people share a common ethnic ancestry in the form of Scots-Irish heritage. He connects this belief, in turn, to his claim that shared ethnic heritage has endowed contemporary white Appalachians with certain innate characteristics that hold the key to understanding why their home is, as he puts it, a “hub of misery.” (It is worth noting that my distinction—“white Appalachians”—is not one that Vance uses. In the world of Hillbilly Elegy, all Appalachians are white.)
re: #313 Birth Control Works
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^^THIS^^
‘Over the past three years, conspiracy site InfoWars has copied more than 1,000 articles produced by Russian state-sponsored broadcaster RT to its website — all without the permission of RT.’ https://t.co/I2bJTFw2Hr
— Casey Michel (@cjcmichel) November 8, 2017
re: #306 calochortus
I’m sorry, what world are these idiots living in?
Their own heads. A while back I was interviewed on the radio about biotech and specifically heritable gene editing in humans (which I oppose: “therapy good, designer babies bad” is the cartoon shorter). I had no idea what to expect but I’d just published something, so I said yes. Turned out that the host was a survivalist, hugely skeptical of big government and big industry and big science so I had an easy time just being factual. But all, and I mean all, the ads were for this kind of stuff. And guns. And ammo. And storage. And solar-powered fridges. And warm clothes. There’s evidently a huuuuge market out there.
VA’s favorite (metal) son chimes in…
FINALLY! Some GOOD news! Time to take this moment to personally congratulate this woman, Danica Roem, on her historic electoral victory over Bob Marshall, a man who described himself as his state’s “CHIEF HOMOPHOBE”- Webster’s defines HOMOPHOBIA as: “irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals” (Nice, Mister Marshall- what exactly are you scared of, btw? It’s not like you’re gonna “catch the gay” or suddenly start crossdressing.) Why is this a historic victory? Because Roem is now the first OPENLY transgender person to run as such and then be elected to a state legislature in the history of the United States of America. What state did this happen in? MY STATE, Virginia. Oh yeah- Danica is also a writer (award-winning journalist), aaaaaaaand… a singer in a melodic DEATH METAL BAND. By the way, America, THAT is a first, too-when was the last time you heard of a high-level elected official who was a raging Dark Tranquility fan? Or who could discuss Cannibal Corpse in any manner other than a potential court case? So Danica, if you read this, as a fellow Virginian, writer, vocalist in a metal band, & OPEN-MINDED HUMAN BEING- CONGRATS. Good luck, & don’t let the bastards grind you down. You’re gonna need it… (📷: @noisey) #danicaroem
re: #316 jaunte
“…The region’s population growth is increasingly fueled by minorities, who have composed almost half of Appalachia’s new residents (42 percent) over the past three decades and helped fuel awareness about the heterogeneous reality of mountain towns.”
npr.org
yup!
Stereotypes and labels are not serving us well, are they?
re: #320 Birth Control Works
yup!
Stereotypes and labels are not serving us well, are they?
White supremacists keep living up to their stereotypes. The rest of them, not so much.
re: #323 jeffreyw
Throw some butter and Parmesan and it will do some wonders ….
re: #323 jeffreyw
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I don’t know what the fuck you are talking about. That looks amazing and now I have a craving.
re: #148 JordanRules
Awww. Didn’t make the cut.
Well at least he showed up as was his duty/responsibility as an American Citizen. Unlike a myriad of people who avoid Jury duty like the plague.
Good news is a nice change, isn’t it?
re: #326 Bubblehead II
Well at least he showed up as was his duty/responsibility as an American Citizen. Unlike a myriad of people who avoid Jury duty like the plague.
I never understood that. I get it, jury duty can be boring as hell if you get stuck on a bad trial. But it’s important, and wouldn’t you want decent people willingly volunteering if you wound up in court?
re: #318 petesh
Their own heads. A while back I was interviewed on the radio about biotech and specifically heritable gene editing in humans (which I oppose: “therapy good, designer babies bad” is the cartoon shorter). I had no idea what to expect but I’d just published something, so I said yes. Turned out that the host was a survivalist, hugely skeptical of big government and big industry and big science so I had an easy time just being factual. But all, and I mean all, the ads were for this kind of stuff. And guns. And ammo. And storage. And solar-powered fridges. And warm clothes. There’s evidently a huuuuge market out there.
Yeah, I have a nephew isn’t that crazy, but he prefers his vision of reality to what I would call actual reality. One where men are men and money is backed by gold.
re: #327 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Good news is a nice change, isn’t it?
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BREAKING NEWS: A Floresville police officer says someone fired shots at a nursing home. Officers are searching for a suspect. Vice President Pence is due in Floresville this afternoon to pay tribute to the victims of the Sutherland Springs church shooting.
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) November 8, 2017
re: #328 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I never understood that. I get it, jury duty can be boring as hell if you get stuck on a bad trial. But it’s important, and wouldn’t you want decent people willingly volunteering if you wound up in court?
Yeah, I don’t look forward to it, but someone has to do it. I get why some people aren’t happy about it-doctors need to see their patients, small businesses don’t have a lot of employee flexibility, etc. But the Very Important People who bitch the most probably are the least likely to cause disruption.
re: #289 Birth Control Works
keep taking the high road
/:)
You mean when Michelle Obama said When They Go Low, We Go High, she wasn’t referring to the jugular?
//
I miss you, Michelle. And your hubby, too.
Is that younger @SebGorka behind Goebbels? /s pic.twitter.com/6yVZD9nvoh
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) November 8, 2017
re: #117 prairiefire
Democratic wins. It feels good to say that.
Really. Today I woke up feeling sort of hopeful about America for the first time in a solid year. It was like, Yes, Santa Claus, there is a Virginia.
re: #336 whitebeach
Really. Today I woke up feeling sort of hopeful about America for the first time in a solid year. It was like, Yes, Santa Claus, there is a Virginia.
You win an Internet. Well bloody done.
re: #327 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Good news is a nice change, isn’t it?
Very nice, for a change. I suspect a lot of us will need to catch up on our sleep tonight, but we’ll sleep a little easier. Then gird our loins for the next battles…
(Did you know you can find how-to instructions for loin-girding? The internet is a wondrous thing.)
How goes NaNoWriMo?
re: #338 CleverToad
Very nice, for a change. I suspect a lot of us will need to catch up on our sleep tonight, but we’ll sleep a little easier. Then gird our loins for the next battles…
(Did you know you can find how-to instructions for loin-girding? The internet is a wondrous thing.)
How goes NaNoWriMo?
I am devoting myself this year to “Finishing The Story Currently On The Plate And Forget A Word Count Target” Month so …slow.
But I made my first bowls on the potter’s wheel yesterday, and broke my 1000 mile goal somewhere back in October, so life is overall okay? Maybe?
Wait, are we really going to make the @TheJusticeDept use antitrust law to force the sale of a cable channel because the President doesn’t like its news coverage? You can dislike consolidation but still find this extremely disturbing if true.
— Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) November 8, 2017
FCC Commissioner >> https://t.co/HMy2i52x1s
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 8, 2017
re: #339 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am devoting myself this year to “Finishing The Story Currently On The Plate And Forget A Word Count Target” Month so …slow.
But I made my first bowls on the potter’s wheel yesterday, and broke my 1000 mile goal somewhere back in October, so life is overall okay? Maybe?
“Finishing” sounds like a worthy goal, t’heck with word count. I’m working on “actually write the transitions in the (far too many) places where there’s a note that says {{fill in}} between scenes.”
The bowls on the potter’s wheel sound like more fun.
re: #331 jaunte
BREAKING NEWS: A Floresville police officer says someone fired shots at a nursing home. Officers are searching for a suspect. Vice President Pence is due in Floresville this afternoon to pay tribute to the victims of the Sutherland Springs church shooting.
— KSAT 12
The solution, of course, is more gunz.
re: #345 Dr. Matt
The solution, of course, is more gunz.
Good news for the right wing, it is now once again too soon to talk about gun control.
re: #342 HappyWarrior
Nazi time lord.
The fuck are you talking about, everybody knows Time Lords are British.
welp
Rand Paul actually has six broken ribs and fluid around his lungs after assault https://t.co/2NUsrBBAAb pic.twitter.com/2otWFFLdwW
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 8, 2017
How does this make you feel? pic.twitter.com/wyWteMeMRD
— Dunny (@lykebutts) November 7, 2017
re: #348 Backwoods_Sleuth
welp
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re: #348 Backwoods_Sleuth
welp
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Rand Paul, Kelley Paul, and me walking around the Kentucky house looking at the lawn and landscaping. Long live transcript. pic.twitter.com/9b8nvagEE8
— Jason Horowitz (@jasondhorowitz) November 7, 2017
re: #347 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
The fuck are you talking about, everybody knows Time Lords are British.
Gorka IS British.
re: #350 wrenchwench
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) November 8, 2017
re: #353 HappyWarrior
Gorka IS British.
A British Nazi already makes my head explode. A British Nazi Time Lord…
This is actually good news. It means I will NEVER be in danger of seeing him on TV.
Sean Hannity announces on his radio show that Fox News has hired Sebastian Gorka (AUDIO) https://t.co/rkmRCLJ0CR pic.twitter.com/FNuUkVsRYQ
— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 8, 2017
re: #259 JordanRules
POLITICO ✔@politico
RNC chair breaks with Trump, says Gillespie embraced White House politi.co
Is this some distance being put between the party and Donald? Very interesting.
I get the feeling last night may have been the apogee of the Trump rise as far as support from the party and GOP politicians. The signal is out now…you can step away from Trump.
This all is making it easier for Republicans to consider things like pressuring Trump to step down, bringing impeachment charges against him if Mueller gets a lot of dirt on his administration being involved with Russia, etc.
re: #352 Backwoods_Sleuth
That transcript…”could your neighbors have sent the squirrels?”…I’m dying…
It’s not just Rand Paul, everyone’s neighbor hates them. Maybe turn off that !@#$!!*% leaf blower. https://t.co/ax8x5lKj1h ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 8, 2017
re: #356 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
A British Nazi already makes my head explode. A British Nazi Time Lord…
Heh I know.
re: #333 MsJ
You mean when Michelle Obama said When They Go Low, We Go High, she wasn’t referring to the jugular?
//
I miss you, Michelle. And your hubby, too.
In my dreams, I get to vote for her for President in 2020, and she squashes the rotten pumpkin flat.
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Turning down the leaf blower isn’t in the Constitution.
this is strange
6th Cir.: OK for a police officer to arrest a woman who loudly called him an “idiot,” even if it was in retaliation for her political views. pic.twitter.com/p77PCGGVgS
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 7, 2017
6th Cir.: OK for police to arrest a woman who sent emails to his personal address after he asked her to send them to his work address. pic.twitter.com/VbvbPWPuYh
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 7, 2017
more in the thread
re: #235 electrotek
I’m wanting to learn Japanese, but I’m hesitant because of previous experiences.
I was in ESL from Kindergarten to 4th grade so I struggled with English greatly in my childhood (even though I’ve been in the U.S. since I was 10 months old), so that is making me feel discouraged that I won’t be able to grasp Japanese fully.
Think of it this way: you’ll be stretching out your brain in a new way. It would probably require going to an immersion program here and then Japan, or a language school there. I was pretty good at one time, but I don’t speak on a significant basis now, mostly just read. I’ve been at it for a long time and I’m pretty sure I’ll never grasp it fully. But I won’t stop trying. I’m going back next year (probably) for couple of weeks. Looking forward to those Japanese language dreams again.
re: #365 Barefoot Grin
Think of it this way: you’ll be stretching out your brain in a new way. It would probably require going to an immersion program here and then Japan, or a language school there. I was pretty good at one time, but I don’t speak on a significant basis now, mostly just read. I’ve been at it for a long time and I’m pretty sure I’ll never grasp it fully. But I won’t stop trying. I’m going back next year (probably) for couple of weeks. Looking forward to those Japanese language dreams again.
mr. klys is fond of renshuu.org for reviewing kanji but that helps less with speaking.
re: #367 jeffreyw
If that craving is for Italian beef, I can hook you up!
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Damn you, that looks awesome!
re: #366 klys (maker of Silmarils)
mr. klys is fond of renshuu.org for reviewing kanji but that helps less with speaking.
Nice!
These are all the pro-middle class amendments Democrats were prepared to offer before Chairman Brady cut off debate. Do Republicans have something more important to do tonight? pic.twitter.com/8RSjWdsOUS
— Ways and Means Dems (@WaysMeansCmte) November 8, 2017
After ZERO hearings, Republicans just shut down debate and amendments on the tax bill. https://t.co/YAVQiZhvFi
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) November 8, 2017
Snake charmer: man held in Germany found with python in his pants https://t.co/N8342aLcFz
— Ricardo S Oliveira (@ricardosmo2) November 8, 2017
don’t make no damn sense. pant legs + gravity makes pants terrible snake-holders. tuck your shirt into your pants & put the snake in your shirt https://t.co/ybz0RGWHV1
— Asia Murphy (@am_anatiala) November 8, 2017
re: #370 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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Apparently, they are determined to forge ahead with the Fuck You, I Got Mine Bill of 2017.
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
(It is worth noting that my distinction—“white Appalachians”—is not one that Vance uses. In the world of Hillbilly Elegy, all Appalachians are white.)
^^THIS^^
What about the Melungeons? They’re Appalachians and they’re non-White.
I have to wonder if, after last night, maybe the federal GOP is seeing the handwriting on the wall, and they’re determined to try and get in as much shafting of the people who got them elected as they can before they get their asses kicked in the midterms.
re: #286 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
In either case, she’s still probably fired… only for there to be an outpouring of support for her if it’s a legit schism, contrasted with an outpouring of “she’s a RINO dumbass” if she’s going it alone.
To the wingnuts and other party backers you are correct.
Can’t look outside the party politics too much. What is being said at places like the RNC now becomes important for the people inside that have to face the decisions of how much Trump they want on them and what are the costs of stepping away from him and to what degree.
The delicate balance will be party versus voters and who pisses off who more and what that does to everything.
The GOP has got themselves in some fine fix now. They’ve done this to themselves.
Somewhere in the Cincinnati area Johnny Boehner is in an easy chair, with a drink, a cigar, watching the news and thinking about timing.
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re: #362 Big Beautiful Door
In my dreams, I get to vote for her for President in 2020, and she squashes the rotten pumpkin flat.
She has been assigned by the Avengers Initiative.
“I’m glad you could both make it. I’d like to talk to you about… The Avengers Initiative” pic.twitter.com/dUsaiwkSrG
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 7, 2017
(I know, it’s a tad old.)
re: #373 The Vicious Babushka
What about the Melungeons? They’re Appalachians and they’re non-White.
exactly.
I was just saying that Vance is a moron.
re: #378 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
One of our Antifa/ACORN super-choppers removes a major hazard to progress in New Jersey.
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Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. I know, it’s a tall order, there’s a lot of ass to miss.
280 characters? Fuck that.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 8, 2017
re: #327 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Good news is a nice change, isn’t it?
You know, I was thinking this would bring you out. Howdy!
Current mood. pic.twitter.com/hrQlOjlsSL
— Mark Pahlow (@mcpheeceo) November 8, 2017
re: #328 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I never understood that. I get it, jury duty can be boring as hell if you get stuck on a bad trial. But it’s important, and wouldn’t you want decent people willingly volunteering if you wound up in court?
Money. Idaho I thinks pays $15.00 per day, not hour. Some companies don’t compensate employee’s for that lost time. They can’t fire you for fulfilling your your duty (it’s the law), but they don’t encourage it either. Thankfully, my Company does. Bring in the check from the State to prove you actually served and you get paid at your hourly rate while serving as a Jury member.
Tennessee Southern Baptist church put on notice after hiring woman pastor. https://t.co/w8YyyHRKns
— Holly Meyer (@HollyAMeyer) November 8, 2017
JEFFERSON CITY — First Baptist Church of Jefferson City hired a woman as its lead pastor this fall and now may lose voting rights at next week’s Tennessee Baptist Convention.
A TBC committee last month deemed First Baptist — which traces its start to the 1830s — is “not a cooperating church” because the Rev. Ellen Di Giosia is its senior pastor.
Though the committee action speaks to a single church, it also goes to the heart of Southern Baptists’ affirmation that only men can pastor a congregation. It also points to the Baptist belief that each church is autonomous and can make decisions without a hierarchy of denominational authority.
*spit*
Guessing there will be some major Mueller action soon.
Personally, I have no problem if Republicans keep going low. As we demonstrated last night, that just makes it easier to stomp on them.
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) November 9, 2017
Breitbart devoted 1200+ words to Rand Paul’s neighbors praising his lawn-care skills https://t.co/8GIhwjEmCO pic.twitter.com/9HR1digMP1
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) November 8, 2017
I love NASA
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has geyser-like jets of water vapor that spew into space. Heat from friction could be their power-source: https://t.co/gcd2oXAYz4 pic.twitter.com/AIiyIGoTJs
— NASA (@NASA) November 9, 2017
InfoWars Has Republished More Than 1,000 Articles From RT Without Permission https://t.co/Yn3ZVGMxS0 via @janelytv
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) November 8, 2017
Hahahahaha permission hahahahaha the Kremlin’s gonna sue hahahahahaha https://t.co/JwptravF6O
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 9, 2017
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
Leaf blowers are antithetical to life.
re: #374 Shropshire Slasher
This band reminds me of Fish
and it is spelled Phish. I feel like such a moran (more than usual).
•This is Saudi escalation of rhetoric directed at Houthis, Hezbollah and more seriously Iran.
•Unclear what UNSC action is sought.
•Keep in mind US amb Nikki Haley confirmed yesterday that Iran had manufacturing role in July missile fired on Saudi by Houthis…— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 9, 2017
re: #351 HappyWarrior
Jesus. I don’t like him at all obviously but his neighbor is nuts.
Unless he did catch Rand fucking his wife. Then…uncouth but not nuts.
re: #395 Shropshire Slasher
and it is spelled Phish. I feel like such a moran (more than usual).
They like to make things unnecessarily long.
re: #350 wrenchwench
How does this make you feel?
Something has gone horribly, horribly wrong with evolution.
re: #371 wrenchwench
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Obviously trying to impress a special lady with his trouser python.
re: #400 Big Beautiful Door
Obviously trying to impress a special lady with his trouser python.
It appears to have more than just the one eye, however.
re: #399 freetoken
Something has gone horribly, horribly wrong with evolution.
And so easy to fix. Flip it over. Then the pineapple is on the pizza, where it belongs.
re: #375 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I have to wonder if, after last night, maybe the federal GOP is seeing the handwriting on the wall, and they’re determined to try and get in as much shafting of the people who got them elected as they can before they get their asses kicked in the midterms.
Precisely so.
Highway in northern AZ is being named after the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupier LaVoy Finicum who died at a police roadblock toward the end of the 41 day anti-government siege via @reviewjournal https://t.co/X0dIEI9ck5
— Kirk Siegler (@KirkSiegler) November 8, 2017
Arizona police should be protesting this hard. https://t.co/3lQqNhB7gi
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) November 9, 2017
re: #402 wrenchwench
And so easy to fix. Flip it over. Then the pineapple is on the pizza, where it belongs.
I should downding this, but won’t. However you are on notice!
The father of a slain Muslim pizza delivery driver forgave and hugged the man who was sentenced to prison for playing a part in his son’s death. The father said he did it in the spirit of Islam https://t.co/VFsmFkQFrj pic.twitter.com/my1vX1uXm1
— CNN iReport (@cnnireport) November 9, 2017
re: #405 Big Beautiful Door
I should downding this, but won’t. However you are on notice!
I almost ended the comment with
/ducks
, but I didn’t want to end up with ducks on my pizza.
Adam Goldberg launches crowdfunding effort for Hebrew Hammer sequel https://t.co/MSN5xeB3Qd
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 17, 2017
Hey @realDonaldTrump, you thought there was a war on Christmas before?
Shabbat Shalom motherfucker. https://t.co/9gMNENhh44— Adam Goldberg (@TheAdamGoldberg) October 17, 2017
re: #407 wrenchwench
I almost ended the comment with
, but I didn’t want to end up with ducks on my pizza.
Oooooooh, duck pizza… There’s a place downtown that makes gyro pizza (among many other specialty flavors), is very yum.
THREAD: Why the Trump Administration’s push for Time Warner to sell off CNN appears to be illegitimate retaliation against the press.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 8, 2017
re: #341 jaunte
FCC Commissioner >>
Wait, are we really going to make the @TheJusticeDept use antitrust law to force the sale of a cable channel because the President doesn’t like its news coverage? You can dislike consolidation but still find this extremely disturbing if true.
— Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) November 8, 2017
…
Not anymore.
SEC should investigate if any of Trump’s hedge fund buddies were shorting Time Warner.
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 8, 2017
re: #413 Ace Rothstein
I honestly believe there are several very large corporations that need the Standard Oil treatment. But I do not trust Trump and his minions to do it.
Turns out Ross has a stake in at least 75 shipping vessels & was buying and selling them while Commerce Secretary. Total failure of the ethics process https://t.co/ncRWaWevMC
— David Dayen (@ddayen) November 8, 2017
“What Japan and China are doing is so obvious that it’s hard to believe it would work even on Trump. But it does.” https://t.co/R2GEsKaJ93 pic.twitter.com/olsYCMB5Ai
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 8, 2017
re: #415 KGxvi
I honestly believe there are several very large corporations that need the Standard Oil treatment. But I do not trust Trump and his minions to do it.
One of my wingnut cousins once told me that he was as capitalist as they come, but he did believe in a level playing field. This was when we were discussing the shutdown of AT&T trying to gobble up T-Mobile (I think) a few years ago. If they had, they would’ve had a stranglehold on the cellphone provider industry.
Why does he feel qualified to talk about Democrats when he isn’t one?
— Jeff Fecke 🇻🇮 🇵🇷 (@jkfecke) November 8, 2017
re: #416 FormerDirtDart
He should be fired tomorrow. But he won’t.
NEW: GOP Sen Bob Corker will hold an SFRC hearing Nov 14 on the president’s authority to use nuclear weapons. Wowsers. pic.twitter.com/0cYr1kFlpS
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 9, 2017
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Did he think there was a difference between Northam and Gillespie, and if so, why did he not endorse?
re: #422 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something tells me Corker is going to vent his anger against Trump in the most creative of ways.
re: #418 Ace Rothstein
One of my wingnut cousins once told me that he was as capitalist as they come, but he did believe in a level playing field. This was when we were discussing the shutdown of AT&T trying to gobble up T-Mobile (I think) a few years ago. If they had, they would’ve had a stranglehold on the cellphone provider industry.
I have what you might call a Platoian view of capitalism. Reduced to its very core, capitalism will ultimately lead to oligarchy. Even as a libertarian, I get that for the system to work, there has to be restraints on excesses and unfair business practices.
re: #425 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They’re revoking Trump’s use of the football?
We gave the toddler a shotgun. They’re just checking to make sure the safety is on.
re: #427 Decatur Deb
I think Corker just wants to goad Trump.
re: #426 KGxvi
I have what you might call a Platoian view of capitalism. Reduced to its very core, capitalism will ultimately lead to oligarchy. Even as a libertarian, I get that for the system to work, there has to be restraints on excesses and unfair business practices.
Need to be more libertarians like you. Too many are as dogmatic about capitalism as Marxists are about socialism.
re: #425 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They’re revoking Trump’s use of the football?
My understanding is that they are placing some checks and balances in place to keep Trump from single-handedly initiating a nuclear strike.
re: #422 Backwoods_Sleuth
Probably meet to disconnect the red phone, Trump got ‘em speed dial anyway.
re: #425 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They’re revoking Trump’s use of the football?
I’m not really sure how they could do that. Short of a veto proof majority in both chambers authorizing immediate disarmament of our nuclear weapons program, Trump as commander-in-chief has the authority to use nuclear weapons. Now, if he uses them unilaterally or preemptively, he would be in violation of the War Powers Resolution and probably international law. That might give them the pretext to initiate impeachment, but do we really trust Ryan to not continue licking the shit off of Trump’s shoes?
re: #430 Weaselone
Don’t we already know the answer to this? Trump’s authority to use nuclear weapons is essentially absolute outside of a breakdown of the military chain of command.
That’s worked fairly well for 70 years or so. What could go wrong?
re: #434 Decatur Deb
That’s worked fairly well for 70 years or so. What could go wrong?
PACOM had delegated authority too, until I believe Clinton finally ended it.
re: #429 HappyWarrior
Need to be more libertarians like you. Too many are as dogmatic about capitalism as Marxists are about socialism.
I’m libertarian in the sense that I approach most issues with the basic question of “what results in the most liberty?” But I’m also Hamiltonian in that I believe in ordered liberty, not license/anarchy, as so many Libertarians do. My gut instinct is that ordered liberty is best achieved by diffusing power as much as possible and where there are concentrations of power, setting those entities against each other.
re: #432 Shropshire Slasher
Probably meet to disconnect the red phone, Trump got ‘em speed dial anyway.
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re: #435 freetoken
PACOM had delegated authority too, until I believe Clinton finally ended it.
Control of subs was a bit less constrained, at least at one time.
and the red phone was a myth. Who knew? I blame Dr. Strangelove.
Florida Man is getting competition from out west.
Lubbock Man Stopped from Stealing, Now Sues Target Store for $10 Million
The plaintiff admits that he was stealing and served one day in jail. Video shows he tried to bite the Target guy who stopped him, then tried to claw his eyes out. Neither man required hospital treatment, and Target guy did not receive rabies shots.
re: #433 KGxvi
Now, if he uses them unilaterally or preemptively, he would be in violation of the War Powers Resolution and probably international law. That might give them the pretext to initiate impeachment, but do we really trust Ryan to not continue licking the shit off of Trump’s shoes?
Well if that happens we’ll probably be invaded and occupied by NATO, Canada, Mexico, China & Japan and Trump & his supporters in congress will face war crimes tribunal.
re: #443 Blind Frog Belly White
All of those old films are colorized now!
re: #438 Decatur Deb
Control of subs was a bit less constrained, at least at one time.
It wasn’t just subs. Many Americans didn’t know it, but the Russians did, but during parts of the cold war PACOM could launch. It was the ultimate back-up in case DC and the NCA chain was lost.
After the USSR ended, eventually the policies were changed, as well as us and Russians getting rid of most of nuclear weapons.
Of course, now Trump would like to bring back the good ol’ days of nuclear warfare.
re: #442 The Vicious Babushka
Well if that happens we’ll probably be invaded and occupied by NATO, Canada, Mexico, China & Japan and Trump & his supporters in congress will face war crimes tribunal.
I used to play Civilization IV, and if you ever launched an ICBM in that game, every other country would immediately declare war on you. I would always make sure that I had all the uranium and build an arsenal and then when I got board, I’d start a war and nuke everyone. Of course, I also understood that it was a game.
re: #446 KGxvi
I used to play Civilization IV, and if you ever launched an ICBM in that game, every other country would immediately declare war on you. I would always make sure that I had all the uranium and build an arsenal and then when I got board, I’d start a war and nuke everyone. Of course, I also understood that it was a game.
I always went for the science victory.
Probably says something about me.
Of course, I also tweaked the game settings to play on the ginormous map with one other civilization.
The House tax bill would give about as much in tax cuts to the top 0.1% as to the bottom 80%, per @TaxPolicyCenter: pic.twitter.com/z3IKmzcw0d
— Chye-Ching Huang (@dashching) November 8, 2017
Turn that bar chart counterclockwise 90 degrees. They’re giving us the finger.
re: #448 Blind Frog Belly White
In all truth I laughed so loud at your black and white comment I scared the cat off of my lap.
re: #447 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I always went for the science victory.
Probably says something about me.
Of course, I also tweaked the game settings to play on the ginormous map with one other civilization.
Still play a good bit, and never allow the spacefaring victory—got blindsided too often in good games.
re: #450 Shropshire Slasher
In all truth I laughed so loud at your black and white comment I scared the cat off of my lap.
Then my work here is done.
More on the misadventures of Lubbock Man, a rural specimen this time:
Lubbock Co. Man Jailed, Another Dead After Shooting Incident
Short version: 3 men were shooting pistols outside a rural residence in the middle of the night. One of them, David Perez, stepped in front of another one, Kenneth Cate, and was shot dead.
A search warrant in the case said, “There was a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Kenneth’s person. Kenneth said he, [another man] and David were drinking alcohol while the shooting took place.”
Lizards, calling it a night. Been a long hard couple of weeks. Sleep well.
If you haven’t seen it yet, these are the names and ages of the victims in the Sutherland Springs church massacre:
1 Robert Scott Marshall 56
2 Karen Sue Marshall 56
3 Keith Allen Braden 62
4 Tara E. McNulty 33
5 Annabelle Renae Pomeroy 14
6 Peggy Lynn Warden 56
7 Dennis Neil Johnson, Sr. 77
8 Sara Johns Johnson 68
9 Lula Woicinski White 71
10 Joann Lookingbill Ward 30
11 Brooke Bryanne Ward 5
12 Robert Michael Corrigan 51
13 Shani Louise Corrigan 51
14 Therese Sagan Rodriguez 66
15 Ricardo Cardona Rodriguez 64
16 Haley Krueger 16
17 Emily Garcia (died at the hospital) 7
18 Emily Rose Hill 11
19 Gregory Lynn Hill 13
20 Megan Gail Hill 9
21 Marc Daniel Holcombe 36
22 Noah Holcombe 1
23 Karla Plain Holcombe 58
24 John Bryan Holcombe 60
25 Crystal Marie Holcombe (pregnant*) 36
26 *Carlin Brite “Billy Bob” Holcombe (unborn)
Sacrifices for your Tree of Liberty, wretched ghouls of the NRA. And where is that Republican concern for the unborn?
re: #422 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe it should be at least as hard for Trump to use a nuke as a Californian to buy a semi auto handgun?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) November 9, 2017
Here’s a puppo who forgot he cloned himself. Quite the surpuprise. 13/10 for both (IG: bosunthefrenchie) pic.twitter.com/EX1kNZ2VRU
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) November 8, 2017
.@jack @TwitterSafety Just wondering if you folks realize that when you do things like this, a whole lot of people feel like you just spit in their faces? pic.twitter.com/FtGXna3dZG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2017
*blink*
Marine recruit says drill instructors ordered him into a clothes dryer and wouldn’t turn it off until he renounced his Islamic faith. https://t.co/uIJW5WQGvw’
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2017
re: #460 Ace Rothstein
That is probably my favorite Souza photograph of Obama.
re: #418 Ace Rothstein
The ‘level playing field’ is a paradigm of regulation. Let’s take football as an example.
The regulations say how big the field is, how many people can be on the field, what equipment is allowed, how long the game is, how the points are scored and everything else about the game. Furthermore there are a lot of people watching to enforce those rules and levy penalties on those who break them.
Football without regulation would essentially be open warfare. It wouldn’t be fun to play, and no one would be a spectator.
So it is with capitalism. No rules equals chaos.
re: #456 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
If you haven’t seen it yet, these are the names and ages of the victims in the Sutherland Springs church massacre:
Sacrifices for your Tree of Liberty, wretched ghouls of the NRA. And where is that Republican concern for the unborn?
Some of the victims of the Texas church shooting. I hope you don’t have to make it past the first photo before you can answer if this is a price worth paying for “freedom” pic.twitter.com/QsFDcFUs7C
— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) November 8, 2017
re: #447 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Same for me. Plus being at the top of the science race was the safest place to be, in my opinion. Tanks against pikeman makes wars easy.
This is one of the terrible costs of electing Republicans. It’s time for change.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) November 9, 2017
re: #464 Ace Rothstein
Trump will have him promoted.
“Boot camp’s supposed to be brutal, didn’t you watch Full Metal Jacket? Beating and hitting on recruits is the only way to make them into soldiers! WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TROOPS?!”
Cleanup on Aisle DudeBro. Obviously stung by criticisms he didn’t endorse Northam, Bernie blames Northam. With an assist by the failed prog rock historian himself. pic.twitter.com/cg3rOaG9Bu
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) November 8, 2017
Thanks also for verifying this notorious Gamergate doxxer who attacked my family and assaulted a cop the same week you verified him. pic.twitter.com/U2j5z0CN8m
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) November 9, 2017
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
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How did that stop Bernie from endorsing Northam? Or are we supposed to read between the lines that he expected Ralph to come and “kiss the ring” before receiving his blessing?
Excuse me I need everyone to see this picture of Danica Roem immediately pic.twitter.com/dMmLkXUqJp
— mike (@chunk_widebody) November 8, 2017
I would make that my phone background, but my wife probably wouldn’t like it.
And this former NYPD cop with 70K is clearly threatening to shoot people with whom he disagrees but he’s still verified and still posting. pic.twitter.com/sdLjd40flh
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) November 9, 2017
re: #462 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gunnery Sergeant Felix? You are a disgrace to the Corps.
No joke: Really struggling with using a site that verifies topside Nazis
— Jason Miller (@longwall26) November 9, 2017
re: #471 The Vicious Babushka
Can anyone else access those tweets? I’m told that page does not exist.
re: #478 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Can anyone else access those tweets? I’m told that page does not exist.
It doesn’t exist for me either.
re: #480 Belafon
It doesn’t exist for me either.
I can’t access that user at all. Maybe he deleted his account.
re: #473 Belafon
I would make that my phone background, but my wife probably wouldn’t like it.
If I had a cell phone, I would. For that matter, my wife probably also would.
re: #478 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Can anyone else access those tweets? I’m told that page does not exist.
The tweet has been removed by Twitter or deleted by the user.
re: #447 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I always went for the science victory.
Probably says something about me.
Of course, I also tweaked the game settings to play on the ginormous map with one other civilization.
I played Civ V and achieved the science victory. Since it let me continue playing, I decided I would conquer everyone. Even though it was a game, I had a mental hurdle I had to push through just to attack another country to take them over.
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ...
Cheechako
4 days ago
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 374 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...
Joe Bacon ✅
3 weeks ago
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
3 weeks ago
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
4 weeks ago
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
4 weeks ago
Views: 563 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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