Seth takes a closer look at how President Trump sparked a political firestorm with his comments on Russia’s election meddling, as his party deals with allegations that their Senate candidate in Alabama sexually assaulted underage girls.
If @JulianAssange spends the rest of his sorry life in that small embassy room, that’s OK by me. 👌
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) November 14, 2017
The fall of a presidency presented in tweet form:
Flashback: October 14, 2016. Pence responds to reports that the Trump campaign is in cahoots with WikiLeaks: “Nothing could be further from the truth.” pic.twitter.com/J4AjDrtjWF
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 14, 2017
Don Jr-coordinated w/Wikileaks
Roger Stone-coordinated w/Wikileaks
Cambridge Analytica-coordinated w/Wikileaks
Bannon & Kushner-knew Don Jr was in touch w/Wikileaks
Eric Trump-supported Wikileaks
Trump-supported Wikileaks
The conspiracy is unraveling.#FireHannity #TrumpRussia— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 14, 2017
Trump tweeted about hacked Podesta emails just minutes after WikiLeaks asked him to: report https://t.co/7Pajq0P2oA pic.twitter.com/KGn3BWFMNd
— The Hill (@thehill) November 14, 2017
Trump tweeted this out 15 MINUTES after #DonJr received email from #Wikileaks. Wikileaks = the Russian intel operation to get Trump elected. pic.twitter.com/WD2JQv9Ul3
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) November 14, 2017
The allegations have not only continued to mount, but they’d also increased in credibility with each passing day. Yet the Republican voters of Alabama are prepared to elect him to the Senate because they’d rather have a pedophile in the seat than allow a Democrat to take it.
The irony of Trump being taken down by a tweet would be icing I’d be licking with a spoon for the rest of my life
As for Don Jr’s tweets, it goes without saying that if this was Chelsea Clinton caught in communication with Fusion GPS, the GOP would be rushing to the nearest camera to declare that the dossier had been totally “discredited” and the Clintons revealed as in “collusion” with a foreign national to “steal” the election.
Your tax dollars at work, America.#RexTillerson reassigns ‘hundreds’ of State Department employees to search for @HillaryClinton dirt https://t.co/akGNSsxzfr
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 14, 2017
Temperature dropped 30° F in just a couple of hours around here, I imagine it’s quite noisy with snowmaking on the Born Free run at Vail ski area. They’re supposed to open on Friday.
This is not from the Gospels - you are ignorant of the contents of the Bible, I guess. This is from song “Jesus Loves The Little Children.”
— osteoarch (@osteoarch) September 19, 2017
Not even the Onion.
Great point about the costs involved in the US’s military maneuvers by Korea.
The three-carrier exercise earned lots of oohs and ahhs over the weekend, and it was well-deserved. But these exercises come at a cost, and it’s not just taxpayer dollars. Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker broke it down for lawmakers last week https://t.co/J7JkQTYzkY pic.twitter.com/AmYY5fZRxM
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) November 13, 2017
And more of Roy Moore’s vileness…
Roy Moore cast the sole vote in favor of a man who raped a >>four-year-old<<, “because there was no evidence of an implied threat of serious physical injury.”#ConservativeValues #RoyMooreChildMolester #NoMoorehttps://t.co/ZlFl9cxbYp pic.twitter.com/vvzUuOossH
— Bryan Dawson (@BryanDawsonUSA) November 13, 2017
re: #11 The Major
And more of Roy Moore’s vileness…
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Popehat, who is no RWNJ, did a pretty good takedown of this particular anti-Moore story. Not that there’s any shortage of other reasons to revile Moore.
OK. So, I’ve been dunking on Roy Moore all day. He’s awful, and always has been, so it’s been a pleasure. But the attacks about that dissent he wrote in the child rape case are misleading bullshit. /1
— Sign Popehat’s Yearbook (@Popehat) November 14, 2017
re: #9 jaunte
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Not even the Onion.
Roy Moore is an expert on loving little children.
I don’t believe for a moment that the GOP’s response to the allegations against Moore is due to anything other than the age of the accusers at the time of the alleged events. If they were women in the 20s or older when Moore had tried to molest them, you would see a lot fewer calls for him to “step aside” and a lot more “skepticism.”
re: #12 LastYearsMan
Popehat, who is no RWNJ, did a pretty good takedown of this particular anti-Moore story. Not that there’s any shortage of other reasons to revile Moore.
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He retweeted Kilgore Trout; haven’t seen that name for a few years.
re: #16 Big Beautiful Door
He retweeted Kilgore Trout; haven’t seen that name for a few years.
Don’t think that’s our KT
As expected, the county paper rejected my wife and my letter to the paper calling out the speaker’s statements at the Veterans Day Appreciation Luncheon. Unexpected was the publisher wrote my wife directly to say why he rejected it.
He claimed we had no right to state we were offended in the paper (technically true, since it’s his paper), and that what we said we walked out for was untrue.
For the second, he noted the speaker was a Marine, not a retired Navy officer, and sent a copy of the transcript of his speech as provided by him.
What’s in that speech copy is not what he said.
The paper is going to run the provided copy in its next issue.
re: #15 Targetpractice
I don’t believe for a moment that the GOP’s response to the allegations against Moore is due to anything other than the age of the accusers at the time of the alleged events. If they were women in the 20s or older when Moore had tried to molest them, you would see a lot fewer calls for him to “step aside” and a lot more “skepticism.”
If Moore wins the election, I don’t expect for a second they will refuse to seat him either.
We had a lively discussion here a couple of nights ago about age gaps in relationships.
I’ve been thinking about it and it occurs to me we were in fact making an apples to oranges comparison.
These men getting busted for years of sexual abuse against young women and girls aren’t do it under the pretense of wanting a genuine relationship or any kind of honorable romantic interest.
It was just about sex and using their power and experience to coerce young and vulnerable people to do things they didn’t want to do and didn’t even full understand.
These men get off not only on the sex act itself but also their ability to manipulate and control people much weaker than they are.
These kinds of things are a far, far cry from a mutual and consensual relationship between a 19 year old and a 37 year old and it’s very important we do not confuse them and call the blatant abuse out for what it is:
Appalling, disgusting and completely inappropriate.
re: #12 LastYearsMan
Popehat, who is no RWNJ, did a pretty good takedown of this particular anti-Moore story. Not that there’s any shortage of other reasons to revile Moore.
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In that dissent, Roy seems very concerned about the consequences of the sexual habits of teens and preteens. He has clearly thought about this a lot.
re: #18 Big Beautiful Door
Didn’t know there was more than one.
Well given KT took his name from a literary character.
Looks like popehat blocked me. Does tweetdeck still have a work around?
re: #20 Anymouse 🌹
If Moore wins the election, I don’t expect for a second they will refuse to seat him either.
I think they might. In the Senate he will be a pain in McConnell’s ass. if they expel him, the Governor will appoint another Republican who will work with McConnell.
When I was 20 I dated a 36-year-old gal from England who’d been living in the states since she was 21. We broke up after about a year. We’re still friends.
re: #25 Big Beautiful Door
I think they might. In the Senate he will be a pain in McConnell’s ass. if they expel him, the Governor will appoint another Republican who will work with McConnell.
If they expel him or refuse to seat him, their base will go ballistic.
They’ll seat him, count on it. He loves tax cuts for the wealthy and sticking it to Teh Gehy and liberals. Paedophilia doesn’t mean anything to them, particularly if the majority of Alabama voters elect him.
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
We had a lively discussion here a couple of nights ago about age gaps in relationships.
These kinds of things are a far, far cry from a mutual and consensual relationship between a 19 year old and a 37 year old and it’s very important we do not confuse them and call the blatant abuse out for what it is:
Appalling, disgusting and completely inappropriate.
Grandpa Bacon had a disastrous first marriage that drained all of his cash and net wealth he inherited from his grandfather. He was 22 years older than Grandma when they married on the day before Prohibition took effect. They were married for 52 years and both of them were heavily involved in the CIO Union organizing drives in the 30s and 40s.
re: #28 Anymouse 🌹
If they expel him or refuse to seat him, their base will go ballistic.
They’ll seat him, count on it. He loves tax cuts for the wealthy and sticking it to Teh Gehy and liberals. Paedophilia doesn’t mean anything to them, particularly if the majority of Alabama voters elect him.
Ayep, no way in Hell that the GOP leadership will refuse to seat him. And within a year, they’ll have stomped flat any lingering remnants of “concern” over the allegations.
re: #27 Big Beautiful Door
Yep, duh on me.
All good. I don’t miss our KT at all. He was a decent enough guy when I first joined but he became a real concern troll at the end.
Make no mistake about it. There is NOTHING the RepubliKKKlan Party won’t do to keep and expand their political power. Anything that gets them more power is fair game.
When Moore wins, they will seat him. He’ll give them another vote to expand welfare for the rich and in return, they will enact his RadiKKKal KKKristian agenda.
The Radical KKKristians want to force their agenda on everyone and they will stop at nothing to ram their Ayn Randian Jesus down everyone’s throats.
re: #33 Joe Bacon 🌹
Make no mistake about it. There is NOTHING the RepubliKKKlan Party won’t do to keep and expand their political power. Anything that gets them more power is fair game.
When Moore wins, they will seat him. He’ll give them another vote to expand welfare for the rich and in return, they will enact his RadiKKKal KKKristian agenda.
The Radical KKKristians want to force their agenda on everyone and they will stop at nothing to ram their Ayn Randian Jesus down everyone’s throats.
He’s another rubber stamp for Trump’s judicial picks too.
re: #34 HappyWarrior
He’s another rubber stamp for Trump’s judicial picks too.
Well any Alabama Republican will do that. I really wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Sessions or Strange ends up being appointed to that seat.
re: #36 Big Beautiful Door
Well any Alabama Republican will do that. I really wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Sessions or Strange ends up being appointed to that seat.
Hopefully Jones wins and it’s moot.
Curious question but would Moore possibly cause a legal ruckus if he won and they refused to seat him?
re: #38 HappyWarrior
Curious question but would Moore possibly cause a legal ruckus if he won and they refused to seat him?
The last Senators expelled from the chamber occurred in 1862 when 3 were expelled for supporting the Confederacy—Both Missouri and one from Indiana.
When Adam Clayton Powell was expelled from the House he appealed to the Supreme Court and they ruled in his favor in Powell v. McCormack so there is some legal precedent on this…
re: #39 Joe Bacon 🌹
The last Senators expelled from the chamber occurred in 1862 when 3 were expelled for supporting the Confederacy—Both Missouri and one from Indiana.
When Adam Clayton Powell was expelled from the House he appealed to the Supreme Court and they ruled in his favor in Powell v. McCormack so there is some legal precedent on this…
Thanks. Man what a mess. Just hope Alabama elects Jones. Jones is a great candidate.
re: #40 HappyWarrior
Thanks. Man what a mess. Just hope Alabama elects Jones. Jones is a great candidate.
I am hoping against hope that Doug wins in a landslide.
re: #12 LastYearsMan
Popehat, who is no RWNJ, did a pretty good takedown of this particular anti-Moore story. Not that there’s any shortage of other reasons to revile Moore.
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The 13 year age difference tends to belie his line of reasoning though. At best he was holding to a pedantic & literalistic definition of “minor”
— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 14, 2017
re: #41 Joe Bacon 🌹
I am hoping against hope that Doug wins in a landslide.
Me too. Give him a huge mandate.
Lots of people put photos up here of the meals they make to troll the rest of us.
I can’t put up a picture up tonight of the meal I’m making, but it is one of my cordon bleu recipes …
Tuna Fettuccine Alfredo from a box with my secret added specialty: a can of mushrooms. Y’all are missing out.
Lovely.
I will be making a major statement from the @WhiteHouse upon my return to D.C. Time and date to be set.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14, 2017
re: #42 goddamnedfrank
Honestly if you don’t understand that from a 4 year old’s perspective a 17 year old possesses all of the intrinsic fear inducing authority and physical power of a full grown adult then you’ve got no goddamned business being a judge.
Progressive Christian:
How Ken Ham’s Religion Pushes Our Children Towards Atheism
My most pressing concern is that kids might believe the entirety of our faith is untrustworthy if Genesis is understood in any other way.
For these children who grow up and begin to find modern science compelling and at odds with the Young-Earth worldview, they become high risk for abandoning the faith because they have been preprogrammed and convinced that without Young Earth Creationism, the entire Christian faith is now called into question.
Sadly, our faith doesn’t have to be this way- a faith rooted in Jesus is strong and secure.
A faith rooted in a specific hermeneutical approach to one section of Scripture? Well, not so much- and they know it.
Ken Ham has built a house of cards where there wasn’t one to begin with.
re: #49 goddamnedfrank
Honestly if you don’t understand that from a 4 year old’s perspective a 17 year old possesses all of the intrinsic fear inducing authority and physical power of a full grown adult then you’ve got no goddamned business being a judge.
When I was five, and starting kindergarten, the 4-5-6 graders were upstairs in the grade school I attended. As far as I was concerned, THEY were adults.
re: #52 retired cynic
When I was five, and starting kindergarten, the 4-5-6 graders were upstairs in the grade school I attended. As far as I was concerned, THEY were adults.
Yeah. I had a neighbor across the street. He was in fofth grade when I was in kindergarten. Him and his friends were huge to us.
re: #52 retired cynic
When I was five, and starting kindergarten, the 4-5-6 graders were upstairs in the grade school I attended. As far as I was concerned, THEY were adults.
Exactly. It’s so easy for adults to forget how much deference young children give older ones based approximately on the factor of the two ages. The difference between 4 and 17 is the same as between 10 and 42 & 1/2. This shit really pisses me off. One of my major pet peeves is when people act so goddamned fucking hyper literal in their definition of something that they completely ignore an absolutely goddamned key factor in understanding a situation.
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹
Lots of people put photos up here of the meals they make to troll the rest of us.
I can’t put up a picture up tonight of the meal I’m making, but it is one of my cordon bleu recipes …
Tuna Fettuccine Alfredo from a box with my secret added specialty: a can of mushrooms. Y’all are missing out.
Ah! Goldbely is bringing back the Carnegie Deli!
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Progressive Christian:
How Ken Ham’s Religion Pushes Our Children Towards Atheism
That’s precisely why there are colleges like the one in La Grange, Wyo. The point is to keep adult children away from the evil secular world (in a town of three hundred) and spend another two to four years only teaching the Bible for eight hours a day.
re: #55 Joe Bacon 🌹
Ah! Goldbely is bringing back the Carnegie Deli!
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Damn you, stop making me hungry!
re: #54 goddamnedfrank
Exactly. It’s so easy for adults to forget how much deference young children give older ones based approximately on the factor of the two ages. The difference between 4 and 17 is the same as between 10 and 42 & 1/2. This shit really pisses me off. One of my major pet peeves is when people act so goddamned fucking hyper literal in their definition of something that they completely ignore an absolutely goddamned key factor in understanding a situation.
You are expecting them to have empathy, a trait apparently absent in most conservative hearts.
Now, if the 14-year-old were their *own* daughter, it would be different story altogether.
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I find myself agreeing more with Ken Ham on this (which doesn’t mean I want fewer progressive Christians).
re: #58 wheat-dogg
You are expecting them to have empathy, a trait apparently absent in most conservative hearts.
Now, if the 14-year-old were their *own* daughter, it would be different story altogether.
Speaking of hitting on little girls, Jared Fogle, formerly the Subway spokesguy, is a sovcit nutter and is trying to sovcit his way out of his conviction.
Jared Fogle’s life story takes another dramatic twist. https://t.co/NpMXcLvCpe pic.twitter.com/fo1J9jPg10
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) November 13, 2017
re: #58 wheat-dogg
You are expecting them to have empathy, a trait apparently absent in most conservative hearts.
Now, if the 14-year-old were their *own* daughter, it would be different story altogether.
I don’t actually believe that.
I mean, these are people who are quite literally saying ‘rather a pedophile than a Democrat’. It’s a cult. These people have lost their basic humanity. I truly believe that for at least 50% of Trump supporters, if Trump or someone equally FOX-approved were to murder their family member or molest their child, and FOX told them that the liberal media were the only ones upset about it and it was fine, they would agree. We see similar loss of humanity in the truly drug addicted, so strung out on heroin or crack that they will sell their own children for more drug, and hate is a much greater addiction for these cultists than crack.
re: #61 Renaissance_Man
I don’t actually believe that.
I mean, these are people who are quite literally saying ‘rather a pedophile than a Democrat’. It’s a cult. These people have lost their basic humanity. I truly believe that for at least 50% of Trump supporters, if Trump or someone equally FOX-approved were to murder their family member or molest their child, and FOX told them that the liberal media were the only ones upset about it and it was fine, they would agree. We see similar loss of humanity in the truly drug addicted, so strung out on heroin or crack that they will sell their own children for more drug, and hate is a much greater addiction for these cultists than crack.
I dunno. I’d like to believe that a RWNJ father would still go apeshit if an older man molested his teenage daughter, if only because he would consider the daughter his “property,” if you know what I mean.
Meanwhile, in the UK, the “war on Christmas” continues apace.
Threats to boycott Tesco after Muslim family features in Christmas ad https://t.co/jo4bagktez
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 14, 2017
FWIW, aside from the number of Muslims living in the UK who probably shop at Tesco, the corporation also has operations in at least four Muslim-majority countries. So, featuring Muslim customers in an ad is good business.
re: #62 wheat-dogg
I dunno. I’d like to believe that a RWNJ father would still go apeshit if an older man molested his teenage daughter, if only because he would consider the daughter his “property,” if you know what I mean.
He would, until he was told that it was fine by someone he wanted to obey. These are the same people who belong to churches where they will actively lie to protect their church leaders who are doing that very thing to their children. Their allegiance to FOX is far stronger than their allegiance to any church or deity.
“They want to know if he’s crazy or if this is just an act.” Inside the secret back-channel North Korea talks https://t.co/vpAtXW4nA9 pic.twitter.com/fM2IAK5jwA
— POLITICO (@politico) November 14, 2017
From the headline, I honestly don’t know if they’re talking about Trump or Kim Jong-un https://t.co/mFsN2oXBbW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 14, 2017
re: #62 wheat-dogg
I dunno. I’d like to believe that a RWNJ father would still go apeshit if an older man molested his teenage daughter, if only because he would consider the daughter his “property,” if you know what I mean.
What we’re looking at is formal jurisprudence—A is A is a crime—versus informal enforcement of social norms. The latter incorporates the power structure into it’s understanding of wrongdoing: people matter more and less to the community.
Hence the recurring fuckery—cross-culturally, even—of powerful men (and in particular, those with social capital in the form of sanctity) being granted sexual license by husbands and parents who should know better, but do the “math” that the man with power matters more and knows better. The cult theme of “leader with many wives and concubines” is just a hothouse varietal of an ubiquitous abuse of power.
OFFS…
It’s time for Americans—and especially Democrats—to face the allegations against Bill Clinton, @CaitlinPacific argueshttps://t.co/aBsLBN1iNR pic.twitter.com/QWnHc2CFvp
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 14, 2017
The man is retired, he is out of politics as anything other than a figurehead, and there is no point to this article except to shame feminists for not wanting Bill drug out of the White House by his balls. You’ve a political party that elected an admitted sexual predator and is prepared to put a pedophile in the Senate. But sure, let’s relitigate the 90s for the billionth fucking time.
re: #66 The Ghost of a Flea
What we’re looking at is formal jurisprudence—A is A is a crime—versus informal enforcement of social norms. The latter incorporates the power structure into it’s understanding of wrongdoing: people matter more and less to the community.
Hence the recurring fuckery—cross-culturally, even—of powerful men (and in particular, those with social capital in the form of sanctity) being granted sexual license by husbands and parents who should know better, but do the “math” that the man with power matters more and knows better. The cult theme of “leader with many wives and concubines” is just a hothouse varietal of an ubiquitous abuse of power.
IOKIYAR, though
If anyone is interested, today is Prince Charles’ birthday. Now 69 and still not King.
re: #70 wheat-dogg
If anyone is interested, today is Prince Charles’ birthday. Now 69 and still not King.
I’m beginning to suspect that, by the time Liz does pass on, Charles might be so old that he just decides to step aside and let William take the throne.
US breaks ground for new permanent base in Israel
(Story underplays the extent of long-term, mostly intermittent, US presence there.)
re: #68 Targetpractice
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The man is retired, he is out of politics as anything other than a figurehead, and there is no point to this article except to shame feminists for not wanting Bill drug out of the White House by his balls. You’ve a political party that elected an admitted sexual predator and is prepared to put a pedophile in the Senate. But sure, let’s relitigate the 90s for the billionth fucking time.
Pretty lame this comes on the eve of Moore and allegations against former President Bush too. I don’t know what happened with Bill Clinton but if you’re using the allegations against him simply to smear Democrats while ignoring Trump and Moore in the modern GOP, you’re being a hack.
The letter from “50 Pastors” supporting Roy Moore was faked—it’s recycled from early in his campaign, includes an out-of-state minister who had not been contacted, and at least 2 others have asked to be removed from it.
Kayla Moore posts support from 50 pastors; 2 ask for their names to be removed
re: #74 Decatur Deb
The letter from “50 Pastors” supporting Roy Moore was faked—it’s recycled from early in his campaign, includes an out-of-state minister who had not been contacted, and at least 2 others have asked to be removed from it.
Kayla Moore posts support from 50 pastors; 2 ask for their names to be removed
I think this campaign may actually be in trouble. If Jones wins this, wow.
re: #75 HappyWarrior
I think this campaign may actually be in trouble. If Jones wins this, wow.
Likelihood is still low, but better. The reward would be spectacular.
Ooops. Make that 4 pissed-off pastors.
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Pissing off pastors may be another nail in the Moore coffin.
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Pretty lame this comes on the eve of Moore and allegations against former President Bush too. I don’t know what happened with Bill Clinton but if you’re using the allegations against him simply to smear Democrats while ignoring Trump and Moore in the modern GOP, you’re being a hack.
Clinton is an interesting case in that I’m still not sure what to think about the accusations against him. If he were 20 years younger and running for the Democratic Presidential slot today, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. My perspective is obviously clouded by partisanship, but given that Hillary is according the the RWNJ is the world’s most prolific serial killer, it’s very difficult to gauge to the extent he is an abuser and rapist and to what extent it’s just his history of being a sleazy womanizer being exploited by his political opponents. Broadrick’s accusations are in my opinion the most credible, but her targeting of Hillary over what amounts to a brief social interaction leaves me a bit bewildered. It’s almost as if she blames Hillary more than her alleged rapist for the incident.
re: #78 Dave In Austin
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The old heraldry still works.
re: #80 Weaselone
Clinton is an interesting case in that I’m still not sure what to think about the accusations against him. If he were 20 years younger and running for the Democratic Presidential slot today, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. My perspective is obviously clouded by partisanship, but given that Hillary is according the the RWNJ is the world’s most prolific serial killer, it’s very difficult to gauge to the extent he is an abuser and rapist and to what extent it’s just his history of being a sleazy womanizer being exploited by his political opponents. Broadrick’s accusations are in my opinion the most credible, but her targeting of Hillary over what amounts to a brief social interaction leaves me a bit bewildered. It’s almost as if she blames Hillary more than her alleged rapist for the incident.
Agreed.
re: #80 Weaselone
Clinton is an interesting case in that I’m still not sure what to think about the accusations against him. If he were 20 years younger and running for the Democratic Presidential slot today, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. My perspective is obviously clouded by partisanship, but given that Hillary is according the the RWNJ is the world’s most prolific serial killer, it’s very difficult to gauge to the extent he is an abuser and rapist and to what extent it’s just his history of being a sleazy womanizer being exploited by his political opponents. Broadrick’s accusations are in my opinion the most credible, but her targeting of Hillary over what amounts to a brief social interaction leaves me a bit bewildered. It’s almost as if she blames Hillary more than her alleged rapist for the incident.
Broaddrick refused to testify for Ken Starr. She had the chance to bring down Bill Clinton but she didn’t. I could never understand that.
re: #81 Decatur Deb
The old heraldry still works.
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Like you, living in the South, that’s appropo but may also draw in the wrong element.
re: #84 Dave In Austin
Like you, living in the South, that’s appropo but may also draw in the wrong element.
Leaves you with Pepe, but his creator has disavowed the alt-stupids.
re: #83 The Vicious Babushka
Broaddrick refused to testify for Ken Starr. She had the chance to bring down Bill Clinton but she didn’t. I could never understand that.
Her decision not to testify then doesn’t really bother me any more than the fact that only now are women stepping forward to speak about Moore. I believe that Broaddrick believes she was raped. I’m just not sure that what Broaddrick believes now is what she believed then or what actually happened.
re: #62 wheat-dogg
I dunno. I’d like to believe that a RWNJ father would still go apeshit if an older man molested his teenage daughter, if only because he would consider the daughter his “property,” if you know what I mean.
There has been case after case where a young child takes a gun and kills themselves or a friend but the parents do not rethink their devotion to the gun culture and instead consider the death an accident, an act of God, rather than a preventable tragedy that was not preordained.
The Moore supporters are the same — they either see nothing wrong with an older man courting a teenager or they really believe that Moore is a godly man and infinitely better than any Democrat, no matter what his crimes. Last night, George Will said that the people of Alabama are better than this; I think he doesn’t understand the depth of depravity of too many, especially in Southern states, — particularly the white men who continue to be the base of Trump’s support
re: #89 Hecuba’s daughter
There has been case after case where a young child takes a gun and kills themselves or a friend but the parents do not rethink their devotion to the gun culture and instead consider the death an accident, an act of God, rather than a preventable tragedy that was not preordained.
The Moore supporters are the same — they either see nothing wrong with an older man courting a teenager or they really believe that Moore is a godly man and infinitely better than any Democrat, no matter what his crimes. Last night, George Will said that the people of Alabama are better than this; I think he doesn’t understand the depth of depravity of too many, especially in Southern states, — particularly the white men who continue to be the base of Trump’s support
Alabama went for Obama at 38% in 2012. Demographics alone don’t explain that.
You know who keeps mysteriously popping up as the guy who delivered the denial that later proved to be false? You guessed it: #MikePence. pic.twitter.com/x58jm7a4il
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) November 14, 2017
The United State’s biggest trading partner, Canada, seems to be disengaging in favor of economic ties with Asia. Or if not disengaging, hedging it’s bets.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a sales pitch to core members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday in hope they will open the door to Canada joining their exclusive and influential circle.
Trudeau said Canada looks forward to becoming a member of the association’s East Asia Summit and the ASEAN defence ministers panel at the earliest opportunity.
re: #90 Decatur Deb
Alabama went for Obama at 38% in 2012. Demographics alone don’t explain that.
Alabama is 25% black, though I don’t know the percentage that vote. So the 38% basically shows that the almost all whites voted for Trump. I think it’s safe to say that demographics explain their vote for Romney. Yes — the women who have now been persuaded to come forth do object to what happened to them personally, but I have no doubt that they would have continued to support Moore if it hadn’t happened to them; My guess is that if the Post had not published the article they would have voted for Moore, despite what happened to them.
My usual Twitter follows are suspiciously quiet this morning.
Either everybody slept in this morning, or something is about to drop. In light of the Junior-Wikileaks story from last night, I half expect Trump to do something rash.
Keep swingin’ that hammer.
RATINGS CHANGE ALERT: #ALSen moves from Lean R to Toss Up. https://t.co/0I3lhOdger
— CookPoliticalReport (@CookPolitical) November 14, 2017
re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter
Alabama is 25% black, though I don’t know the percentage that vote. So the 38% basically shows that the almost all whites voted for Trump. I think it’s safe to say that demographics explain their vote for Romney. Yes — the women who have now been persuaded to come forth do object to what happened to them personally, but I have no doubt that they would have continued to support Moore if it hadn’t happened to them; My guess is that if the Post had not published the article they would have voted for Moore, despite what happened to them.
During the Obama years Alabama AA voters slightly overperformed in turnout. It was down for HRC, though still overwhelmingly Dem. We are even now at great disadvantage for the 12 Dec Special, and the rising tide of contempt in the media isn’t going to make the ground game any easier.
re: #82 HappyWarrior
Broadrick’s accusations are in my opinion the most credible, but her targeting of Hillary over what amounts to a brief social interaction leaves me a bit bewildered. It’s almost as if she blames Hillary more than her alleged rapist for the incident.
Seconded.
re: #90 Decatur Deb
Alabama went for Obama at 38% in 2012. Demographics alone don’t explain that.
Fascinating to see the county percentages, the band of blue across the lower middle of the state.
re: #98 Sir John Barron
Fascinating to see the county percentages, the band of blue across the lower middle of the state.
Much of that’s the Black Belt—named not for race, but for the soil color. It’s thinly settled, often with AA-majority districts. Some of the counties in it are among the lowest percentages of registered voters. Does include the Montgomery MSSA, with a large AA pop.
Rep. Mo Brooks Voting for Roy Moore Because Conservatism Is ‘Vastly More Important’ Than Allegations https://t.co/SKyq2nSfnA pic.twitter.com/1kbyCtBsIZ
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 14, 2017
GOP voters are completely irredeemable.
re: #100 Dr. Matt
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In the end, they must be redeemed if Alabama is going forward. (Mo Brooks is perhaps the only representative stupider than mine.)
re: #99 Decatur Deb
Much of that’s the Black Belt—named not for race, but for the soil color. It’s thinly settled, often with AA-majority districts. Some of the counties in it are among the lowest percentages of registered voters. Does include the Montgomery MSSA, with a large AA pop.
Yes, V.O. Key famously wrote about that area and in Southern Politics. IIRC it was also heavily AA and the area in which White hostility to Civil Rights was most virulent.
re: #102 Sir John Barron
Yes, V.O. Key famously wrote about that area and in Southern Politics. IIRC it was also heavily AA and the area in which White hostility to Civil Rights was most virulent.
Lot of competition for that honor. The NE corner, with Anniston, Gadsden, and (shamefully) Huntsville is pretty damn bad.
Thread (that links to older threads, proceed with time on hand)
1) You can’t truly understand Wikileaks in 2016 w/o understanding ClimateGate in 2009 & 11 / tweetstorm kanvz’d here https://t.co/NBa3ibJVpb
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
2) We’ve known that for many years, WikiLeaks under Assange used a predictable MO: publish stolen documents with the goal of deliberately deceiving the public about their targets https://t.co/BpqvHN8G5e
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 14, 2017
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Remember the Trump judicial nominee who has never tried a case or argued a motion, and didn’t disclose that he’s married to a White House lawyer? He spent a year as a paranormal investigator. You can’t make this stuff up. https://t.co/63kDNqvDy7
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 14, 2017
Wisconsin Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker pass law to allow even toddlers to hunt with guns if they’re accompanied by an adult; used to have to be 10 years old: https://t.co/hqbpvOC5Yk
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2017
What could go wrong?
re: #100 Dr. Matt
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The whole party is irredeemable — supporting a totally unqualified judicial appointment — allowing toddlers to hunt — having no problem with men who prey on teenagers. I weep for the future of our country.
re: #107 Hecuba’s daughter
The whole party is irredeemable — supporting a totally unqualified judicial appointment — allowing toddlers to hunt — having no problem with men who prey on teenagers. I weep for the future of our country.
Weeping is not a course of action.
re: #47 JordanRules
Lovely.
I suspect it’s going to be about the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into Clinton.
re: #22 Renaissance_Man
In that dissent, Roy seems very concerned about the consequences of the sexual habits of teens and preteens. He has clearly thought about this a lot.
Yes, because clearly, teen and preteen girls should only have sex with creepy old men.
FIGHT BACK
The House is voting on this plan ***THIS WEEK***.
Get involved: https://t.co/U3fGViFc9e
Speak up: Call Congress at[no phone numbers allowed]
Show up: https://t.co/kpjujFkLR7#NotOnePenny
/end— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) November 12, 2017
re: #28 Anymouse 🌹
If they expel him or refuse to seat him, their base will go ballistic.
They’ll seat him, count on it. He loves tax cuts for the wealthy and sticking it to Teh Gehy and liberals. Paedophilia doesn’t mean anything to them, particularly if the majority of Alabama voters elect him.
Damn right they will seat him.
re: #68 Targetpractice
OFFS…
The man is retired, he is out of politics as anything other than a figurehead, and there is no point to this article except to shame feminists for not wanting Bill drug out of the White House by his balls. You’ve a political party that elected an admitted sexual predator and is prepared to put a pedophile in the Senate. But sure, let’s relitigate the 90s for the billionth fucking time.
Let’s. Bill Clinton should apologize and shouldn’t be invited to any other Democratic function. That still doesn’t affect Hillary, and Republicans still aren’t doing shit about their abusers.
re: #55 Joe Bacon 🌹
Ah! Goldbely is bringing back the Carnegie Deli!
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Love Goldbely but man, talk about expensive. Like WHOO-WEEEEE expensive.
re: #58 wheat-dogg
You are expecting them to have empathy, a trait apparently absent in most conservative hearts.
Now, if the 14-year-old were their *own* daughter, it would be different story altogether.
Maybe. Don’t count on it.
“I’m a lifelong Republican, but I just can’t do it.”
“I can’t vote for Roy Moore.”
Doug Jones is out with a new campaign ad: ‘Common Ground’. pic.twitter.com/th3EzRlDQz— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 14, 2017
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #71 Targetpractice
I’m beginning to suspect that, by the time Liz does pass on, Charles might be so old that he just decides to step aside and let William take the throne.
I think that is her plan, myself. Charles is kinda kooky. He’s into all the woo-woo stuff and sells some magical herbs or some shit. He’s a little whackadoodle. William, OTOH, seems rather grounded.
re: #78 Dave In Austin
I need Twitter wingnut stickers to put on the back window of my truck.
Thanks again for letting us know. Our investigation found this account in violation of the Twitter Rules:
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@50calValery
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I got that, too…but the account is still live and he’s still posting bullshit. So…big whoop Twitter.
re: #95 makeitstop
Keep swingin’ that hammer.
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The Hill - Roy Moore holds 10-point lead in poll taken after accusations
I heard a report earlier today that Moore is up 10 points on The Groper.
And it is being reported by The Hill this morning.
Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore holds a 10-point lead over his Democratic opponent, according to a new poll.
The Emerson College survey found that Moore has the support of 55 percent of the Alabama voters polled, compared to 45 percent for the Democratic nominee, Doug Jones.
The poll was conducted from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11, after The Washington Post published its report in which a woman accused Moore of initiating sexual contact with her in 1979, when she was 14 and he was 32.
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re: #121 ObserverArt
The Hill - Roy Moore holds 10-point lead in poll taken after accusations
I heard a report earlier today that Moore is up 10 points on The Groper.
And it is being reported by The Hill this morning.
How reputable is the Emerson College poll? Not familiar with them at all.
re: #121 ObserverArt
The Hill - Roy Moore holds 10-point lead in poll taken after accusations
I heard a report earlier today that Moore is up 10 points on The Groper.
And it is being reported by The Hill this morning.
None of the published polls, encouraging or not, are very reliable. This one is landline-roboquery dependent. We’re probably still behind, but not by much.
re: #92 Dizzy
The United State’s biggest trading partner, Canada, seems to be disengaging in favor of economic ties with Asia. Or if not disengaging, hedging it’s bets.
They would be stupid not to. Trump is going to kill NAFTA which is going to hurt the US bigly. Losing trade to Canada and Mexico is going to damage the US economy in a big way. Each country has to consider its own economy. The US isn’t All That any longer. We have a liar in chief who cannot be trusted.
This election is going to damage the US for a long time. I don’t even know if Mueller can fix it with whatever he is doing. Russia is getting everything it wanted. Civil war in the US would be icing, because the cake is already baked.
re: #105 FormerDirtDart
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Not the full Senate confirmation, yet.
Just the Senate Judiciary Committee.
So inside a year we’ve gone from ‘No Russian contacts at all!’ to ‘Gee, we didn’t know they were connected to Russia! Gosh!’
Lewandowski said there was no way to know if the Trump campaign knew of Wikileaks’ ties back then, despite remarks from the Trump-nominated CIA director Mike Pompeo, who has labeled the group a hostile, non-state actor with ties to Russia.
“I don’t know when Mike Pompeo made that statement about Wikileaks. My guess is that since he has only been head of the CIA since January and this occurred in October, I don’t know if we knew back in October if Wikileaks had that same type of notion behind them,” he said. “Maybe he did. Maybe he didn’t. I don’t think it’s fair to say that looking back a year ago that we would have known what Wikileaks was about.”
Lewandowski also pushed back on all of Cuomo’s questions about whether he had knowledge of anyone within the Trump campaign being in communication with Russian officials during the election. He swept aside all allegations that former campaign advisers Carter Page and George Papadopoulos were in communication with Russian officials by saying the two were acting as private citizens, not campaign officials.
“What they’re doing (as private citizens), I can’t control,” he said. “I told (Page) ‘You can do whatever you want to do, you don’t work for the campaign.’”
Y’all thought you were smarter than everybody. Now your last line of defense is claiming that you’re every bit as stupid as we said you were. Good luck with that.
re: #101 Decatur Deb
In the end, they must be redeemed if Alabama is going forward. (Mo Brooks is perhaps the only representative stupider than mine.)
I hate that guy. He really was pissing me off in the Healthcare BS. For some reason some of the MSNBC programs in the afternoon liked to get comments from him and every time it would be some dodgy conservo-talk BS.
I was reading through this thread from late last night and I see everyone is saying the Senate will seat Moore no problems because they are Republicans and the just don’t care.
I am going to say they won’t. My reasoning…they are on thin ice now with America. If McConnell and all of these guys saber rattling now about how Moore should drop out and he gets elected and they seat him, they will pay for it in 2018 and 2020.
It is still politics and their seats are more important than allowing someone as deplorable as Moore to take the seat if elected.
And it is McConnell. I’m sure he has already got some shaky way of not seating Moore and holding a special election or something. But I don’t think they seat Moore.
oh dear…he was also banned from the YMCA:
Um, holy shit. https://t.co/hW5jyPbKTS pic.twitter.com/oAVPB29HN7
— Alex Kotch, MA/PhD, Private Eye, Lifeguard (98-99) (@alexkotch) November 13, 2017
re: #121 ObserverArt
The Hill - Roy Moore holds 10-point lead in poll taken after accusations
I heard a report earlier today that Moore is up 10 points on The Groper.
And it is being reported by The Hill this morning.
This is fascinating. Hubby read yesterday that it was a dead-heat. Last night I saw that Hill article. Above in the comments it says it changed from Lean R to Toss Up.
At this point, I have no idea who or what to believe.
re: #123 Decatur Deb
None of the published polls, encouraging or not, are very reliable. This one is landline-roboquery dependent. We’re probably still behind, but not by much.
I read “landline” and it still sorta blows my mind…..mostly because residential landlines here in the Czech Republic are pretty much extinct. Everyone here is mobile.
UPDATE: At least 10 companies have now announced that they’ve pulled their ads from @seanhannity’s show, after he defended Roy Moore:
Keurig
E*Tradehttps://t.co/5zvu1axzuq
Eloquii
23andme
Nature’s Bounty
Hebrew National
Volvo
Reddi-wip
Marie Callender’s#FireHannity— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 14, 2017
re: #129 MsJ
This is fascinating. Hubby read yesterday that it was a dead-heat. Last night I saw that Hill article. Above in the comments it says it changed from Lean R to Toss Up.
At this point, I have no idea who or what to believe.
It’s one poll. Other polls have shown things closer to parity. More polling is required to determine the current state of the race. Even then, things like turnout will have a big influence on whether those polls ultimately reflect reality.
re: #108 Decatur Deb
Weeping is not a course of action.
Do you get the feeling a lot of Democrats are so upset by some of what has gone on for the past two years they will talk themselves out of voting because everything is a mess, the Republicans always get their way, the media is against us…so why vote?
I think that is the biggest problem Democrats face.
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
I read “landline” and it still sorta blows my mind…..mostly because residential landlines here in the Czech Republic are pretty much extinct. Everyone here is mobile.
Think I recently saw that AL is about 50/50, not uniformly distributed.
Leaving Manila, POTUS said he had forged relationship w Philippines “better than ever.” Said under Obama, AF1 had gotten close but was barred from landing (that never happened)
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) November 14, 2017
What?
Air Force One was NEVER barred from landing in the Philippines. This is complete fabrication. https://t.co/karAPrvr27— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 14, 2017
re: #133 ObserverArt
Do you get the feeling a lot of Democrats are so upset by some of what has gone on for the past two years they will talk themselves out of voting because everything is a mess, the Republicans always get their way, the media is against us…so why vote?
I think that is the biggest problem Democrats face.
All the Dems I know are pissed. Pissed is good.
re: #133 ObserverArt
Do you get the feeling a lot of Democrats are so upset by some of what has gone on for the past two years they will talk themselves out of voting because everything is a mess, the Republicans always get their way, the media is against us…so why vote?
I think that is the biggest problem Democrats face.
I would hope that Virginia results would encourage Democrats all over the country.
re: #127 ObserverArt
I hate that guy. He really was pissing me off in the Healthcare BS. For some reason some of the MSNBC programs in the afternoon liked to get comments from him and every time it would be some dodgy conservo-talk BS.
I was reading through this thread from late last night and I see everyone is saying the Senate will seat Moore no problems because they are Republicans and the just don’t care.
I am going to say they won’t. My reasoning…they are on thin ice now with America. If McConnell and all of these guys saber rattling now about how Moore should drop out and he gets elected and they seat him, they will pay for it in 2018 and 2020.
It is still politics and their seats are more important than allowing someone as deplorable as Moore to take the seat if elected.
And it is McConnell. I’m sure he has already got some shaky way of not seating Moore and holding a special election or something. But I don’t think they seat Moore.
Sorry to have to disagree. They will seat Moore. I’d bet my house on it.
re: #100 Dr. Matt
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Mo Brooks is Mormon. He should follow the example of his coreligionist Jeff Flake and drop-kick Moore.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t know much about the YMCA but are there girls there (vs the YWCA)?
she’s live tweeting the Sessions hearing
Rep Conyers is doing a perjury recap of Sessions’ prior testimonies about Russia, in which he denied contacts that were later confirmed #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
Rep Conyers: “Trump believes that on a whim he can bring pressure on his enemies, insulate his allies, protect his family from consequences…this is a threat to the republic” #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
re: #140 MsJ
I don’t know much about the YMCA but are there girls there (vs the YWCA)?
The M doesn’t really mean much any more. Everyone can join.
At hearing on sex harassment in Congress, @BarbaraComstock says she’s been told that a young woman staffer recently went to a lawmaker’s house to deliver documents. He answered wearing only a towel, then exposed himself to the staffer, who left & quit her job.
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) November 14, 2017
re: #123 Decatur Deb
None of the published polls, encouraging or not, are very reliable. This one is landline-roboquery dependent. We’re probably still behind, but not by much.
In Alabama, I’m thinking a land-line poll might be indication of an elderly vote. I’m guessing they are the base for the Republicans in the state. So, if they are giving this kind of polling I think it a positive sign.
And I am positive. I like to start my day positive. I am sure by later tonight reading here can bring me down again. : )
re: #135 jaunte
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As always, Trump is full of shit. Another day, another easily disprovable lie.
“The president is similar to a tea kettle, with an almost physical need to let off steam after a period of contained pressure — and White House aides are now largely resigned to his periodic eruptions.” #facepalm https://t.co/S9ryaGHwI5
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) November 14, 2017
We are two days into a markup of the #GOPTaxPlan & Democrats haven’t even seen the real bill yet. In their desperate rush to get this tax bill through Congress, the Republicans started by marking up a bill that’s not even the one they intend to pass.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 14, 2017
re: #126 makeitstop
So inside a year we’ve gone from ‘No Russian contacts at all!’ to ‘Gee, we didn’t know they were connected to Russia! Gosh!’
Y’all thought you were smarter than everybody. Now your last line of defense is claiming that you’re every bit as stupid as we said you were. Good luck with that.
The Know Nothing White House.
And they govern like it.
Hey Dems! JFK had an extra marital affair with 19-year old Mimi Alford when he was 45 years old. https://t.co/E5l3ncflDG
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 13, 2017
Well, that seals it. I will not be voting for JFK in 2020. https://t.co/YVxrDIUzZA
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) November 14, 2017
re: #137 Belafon
I would hope that Virginia results would encourage Democrats all over the country.
I would too. But if you use this forum/blog comment section as another indicator I don’t know if I would use the word encouraged.
Sessions applauds the rule of law, says its above politics, and then offers a long list of wildly politicized actions taken by the DOJ.
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) November 14, 2017
Sessions bragging about voter ID laws and gerrymandering before admitting that he now recalls Carter Page and George Papadopoulis
— Karoli (@Karoli) November 14, 2017
SESSIONS: “I had no recollection of this [March 31] meeting until I saw these news reports. I do now recall the March 2016 meeting that Mr. Papadopoulos attended, but I have no clear recollection of the details of what he said during that meeting.”
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 14, 2017
Sessions has no recollection of the Papadopolous meeting at hotel, BUT, on reflection, he remembers he “made it clear” to Papadopolous that there should be no follow-up with Russians. But, again, he doesn’t remember the meeting!
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) November 14, 2017
Sessions: ” I did not recall this event, which occurred 18 months before my testimony of a few weeks ago, and would gladly have reported it had I remembered it”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 14, 2017
re: #138 MsJ
Sorry to have to disagree. They will seat Moore. I’d bet my house on it.
I’ll take your house bet!
Imma marking this down. We should know in January.
And if Moore loses the election, can I at least get a room…maybe a detached garage???
re: #150 ObserverArt
I would too. But if you use this forum/blog comment section as another indicator I don’t know if I would use the word encouraged.
I think we congregate here because we feed off of a certain amount of despair. :)
Actually, I think what makes this site a bit more depressing is we’re seeing all the noise and interpreting it as all being important, rather than being out with those going door to door.
Sessions: ” I will not accept and reject accusations that I have ever lied. That is a lie.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 14, 2017
He’s very indignant and agitated. Get him his smelling salts, stat! #SessionsHearing https://t.co/FfqgiHKj4H
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) November 14, 2017
LOLOLOLOL
Sessions: ” My answers have never changed. I have always told the truth”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 14, 2017
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
I would lose my patience with someone like Sessions. I’d be berating him and asking him on live national TV if he’s suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s.
re: #155 Belafon
I think we congregate here because we feed off of a certain amount of despair. :)
Actually, I think what makes this site a bit more depressing is we’re seeing all the noise and interpreting it as all being important, rather than being out with those going door to door.
Also, this is Alabama we’re dissecting. A couple weeks ago we were polling -22. Now we’re creeping up on 50-50. That’s not despair.
BREAKING: Jeff Sessions acquits himself of perjury in testimony before House Judiciary Committee #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/6JAyLOZgVS
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 14, 2017
re: #155 Belafon
I think we congregate here because we feed off of a certain amount of despair. :)
Actually, I think what makes this site a bit more depressing is we’re seeing all the noise and interpreting it as all being important, rather than being out with those going door to door.
There it is.
We need to get out more.
And, we need to get out Moore.
Sessions: I don’t recall anything about this Papadopoulos fellow and his meetings [Sessions was Papadopoulos’s supervisor on Trump’s foreign policy campaign team] #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
In his written opening statement Jeff Sessions said he has never changed his story. Just an extraordinary, disqualifying fiction. https://t.co/7SFCozZjpa
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) November 14, 2017
Goodlatte: Special counsel on Hillary and Lynch wrt Comey’s decision not to prosecute. In receipt of letter. Do I have assurance these matters will proceed fairly and expeditiously?
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
🤣 Sessions says DoJ investigations into Clinton will be done “without political considerations.” 🤣
— Barbara Morrill (@BarbinMD) November 14, 2017
I’m dying here…
Sessions defends himself by saying the campaign was a “form of chaos every day from day one.”
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) November 14, 2017
Incredible defense https://t.co/cTsVEgcqyZ
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 14, 2017
The degradation of democracy and dignity in one image, as Trump’s tweets are introduced as evidence #SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/GHWttm81jC
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
“I have not been improperly influenced,” Sessions says of Trump’s tweets asking suggesting DOJ investigate Clinton.
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) November 14, 2017
Jeff Sessions says he didn’t recall what appears to have been the sole meeting of the campaign committee he led. There’s no possible explanation that renders him truthful and/or competent. pic.twitter.com/QRiJ0RNDyg
— Ned Price (@nedprice) November 14, 2017
His competence rests in lying to benefit Trump. That’s his job. That’s what he does. https://t.co/aDWik5V8h5
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 14, 2017
Somewhat OT, but I’m hearing rumors that a coup d’etat is underway in Zimbabwe against Robert Mugabe. Anyone else?
The unwritten rules:
• Be extra careful of male lawmakers who sleep in their offices — they can be trouble
• Avoid finding yourself alone with a congressman or senator in elevators
• Speaking out about sexual harassment might cost you your careerhttps://t.co/rlo0qV8xIR— CNN (@CNN) November 14, 2017
Want an easy, surefire solution to SOLVING & ENDING the sexual harassment problem by male lawmakers in Congress?
ELECT MORE WOMEN INSTEAD OF MEN TO CONGRESS. https://t.co/gMiYHlAmam— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) November 14, 2017
Well, the Omaha World-Herald rejected my Veterans Day letter in favour of letters saying such things as “Trump only erred in underestimating the depth and breadth of the swamp,” “Traitors such as Bowe Berghdal and Chelsea Manning will go on the liberal talking circuits,” and “illegal immigrants are taking American jobs.”
Apparently a veteran outraged over how veterans were treated at a Veterans Day event on the day after Veterans Day was not worthy of print in the World-Herald.
The city newspaper is not much different than our county newspaper in that regard. Apparently, the Omaha newspaper already had their one liberal note for the month.
omaha.com (recent letters to the World-Herald), covering every wingnut subject under the sun (and sports).
Fox “news”:
1. “Wikileaks as just a talking point.”
2. “Pedophilia is Southern Pride.”
Sessions says a “president cannot improperly influence” an investigation and insists Trump has not influenced him
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 14, 2017
The first statement is a tautology. The second is a lie. https://t.co/7J6RRhFjsF
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) November 14, 2017
Sessions won’t say “yes or no” if he’s recused from any investigation of Clinton Foundation (!) - says he can’t confirm or deny whether investigation exists.
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) November 14, 2017
bwahahahahahaaaa
This Trump judicial nominee who didn’t disclose his wife is a WH lawyer? Guess what his current job is: helping judicial nominees fill out their forms. https://t.co/R3wtLhIPUt
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 13, 2017
You had one job! https://t.co/k7iBStapjN
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 14, 2017
Conyers: Are you recused from investigations involving HRC?
Sessions: I can’t tell you because “top officials” told me not to
What “top officials” is he referring to? #SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
bwahahahahahaaaa
It gets better (for worse): Before he became a judicial nominee (since he never appeared in a court), he was a paranormal investigator.
On his questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee, a copy of which was provided to The Daily Beast, Talley says that he was part of The Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group from 2009-2010. The group, according to its website, searches for the truth “of the paranormal existence” in addition to helping “those who may be living with paranormal activity that can be disruptive and/or traumatic.”
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Frankly, Alabama and the GOP deserves Roy Moore and Donald Trump. These two cretins and deviants are the end result of decades and decades of cultivating low-information voters.
Sessions is now claiming he “pushed back” against Papadopoulos regarding events which he just said he can’t recall 🤔 #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
Is Jeff Sessions even a lawyer?
re: #175 Anymouse 🌹
It gets better (for worse): Before he became a judicial nominee (since he never appeared in a court), he was a paranormal investigator.
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that was mentioned here earlier this morning.
re: #176 Dr. Matt
Frankly, Alabama and the GOP deserves Roy Moore and Donald Trump. These two cretins and deviants are the end result of decades and decades of cultivating low-information voters.
They might deserve him, but we don’t. What the hell did I do to deserve a paedophile in my Senate? And WTF Ben Sasse, why are you still supporting this guy?
My Senator supports paedophiles. Can I move to Saskatchewan now?
My wife, over the hullaboo over the Veterans Day event here we walked out of, suggested this morning we go on an extended vacation away from the area. She is concerned for our safety.
Nadler: You communicated with nobody after this matter.
Sessions: I don’t recall it.
Nadler: After you became aware of FBI investigation, did you discuss Papa’s effort with FBI?
Sessions: Have not had any discussions w/Mueller or FBI.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
re: #177 jaunte
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Is Jeff Sessions even a lawyer?
Yes. He was the District Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It is a matter of some embarrassment to me that Coulter is a Cornell graduate. I guess anyone can go bad.
#BREAKING: Felony charges dropped against 7 for toppling Durham Confederate monument https://t.co/FpRInFrSXU #wral
— WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) November 14, 2017
Sessions says he ‘told the truth’ in denying Trump campaign contacts with Russians, but now recalls meeting with low-level aide https://t.co/dvj6hVlQ0B
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 14, 2017
Lies about three meetings with Kislyak AND the Mayflower Meeting.
And the “low-level aid” met heads of state and drafted speeches on policy.
Jeff Sessions: Perjury Addict https://t.co/X71wtg8cpY— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 14, 2017
The Sackler dynasty’s ruthless marketing of painkillers has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts. (Newyorker - Paywall if you’re over the article limit)
Q: Has there ever been a worse AG? Me: I can’t recall.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) November 14, 2017
For cryin’ out loud, Rep Chabot is asking about MARIJUANA!
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) November 14, 2017
I am ashamed Rep Chabot is from Ohio. The damn dossier is not widely discredited.
— Amanda Wohlfelder (@aaamanda) November 14, 2017
re: #154 ObserverArt
I’ll take your
housebet!Imma marking this down. We should know in January.
And if Moore loses the election, can I at least get a room…maybe a detached garage???
I have two extra bedrooms, so sure thing. Note that you need to throw out all the almost-but-not-quite-hoarding shit I have everywhere. :-)
re: #109 Belafon
I suspect it’s going to be about the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into Clinton.
I’ve predicted all along that Trump will arrest Hillary and put her in a trial that would even make Stalin jealous. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the presstitutes once again go into full Hillary Hate Mode.
re: #182 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
It is a matter of some embarrassment to me that Coulter is a Cornell graduate. I guess anyone can go bad.
Getting into college is more a matter of who you know or how much money you have.
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re: #190 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’ve predicted all along that Trump will arrest Hillary and put her in a trial that would even make Stalin jealous. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the presstitutes once again go into full Hillary Hate Mode.
I don’t think it will go far enough to arrest Hillary, but he thinks he’s doing something big. It will be a distraction that the media will be all too willing to fall for. Maybe she should change her name to “Squirrel.”
re: #176 Dr. Matt
Frankly, Alabama and the GOP deserves Roy Moore and Donald Trump. These two cretins and deviants are the end result of decades and decades of cultivating low-information voters.
Alas, the rest of us do not.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
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.@RepZoeLofgren: Did you know that Flynn was working for the Turkish govt while acting and after acting as a surrogate for the Trump campaign?
Sessions: I do not recall. #QuestionSessions pic.twitter.com/vl4CTCuni2— ACS Law and Policy (@acslaw) November 14, 2017
re: #193 Belafon
I don’t think it will go far enough to arrest Hillary, but he thinks he’s doing something big. It will be a distraction that the media will be all too willing to fall for. Maybe she should change her name to “Squirrel.”
This might be one of the only things that would make some people sympathetic towards her. Imagine she was put in jail on some trump up charge.
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
Widely discredited! Debunked! Fake news! Now let’s talk more about the real scandals of Uranium One and Pizzagate.
Rep. Steve King gives lengthy comments on Obama/HRC/Comey. “I don’t know that I have a question on that”
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) November 14, 2017
Rep Lee: These women have accused Roy Moore of child sexual activity. Do you believe them?
Sessions: No reason to doubt them.
Lee: Would you investigate Moore if he’s elected?
Sessions: Ethics officials said I shouldn’t get involved #SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
re: #196 John Carter
This might be one of the only things that would make some people sympathetic towards her. Imagine she was put in jail on some trump up charge.
Was the pun intended?
The state rural water association is in town now. They still want records we don’t have. Fellow just called me from the village hall suggesting I could pull the results of the last fourteen years of lead and copper samples from the state Website for water tests and submit that as our records.
I told him I already did that last summer and the state rejected that, as they want the test papers we do not have.
Why did I volunteer for this? I’m not even getting paid. The state folks are pressuring the state health department to issue an EPA violation against the village for not having the records, which I had nothing to do with.
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wouldn’t stop you if it was a Democrat.
Q: Do you want to change your Senate Intel Committee testimony on June 13?
Sessions: “I stand by this testimony. I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or foreign officials concerning any type of interference in the campaign.”— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 14, 2017
Jackson Lee: Do you want to correct your testimony right now?
Sessions: I don’t think I understand what you’re saying.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Trump’s on his way back stateside to the fact that his chosen AL Senate candidate Roy Moore now faces even more scrutiny over his actions.
Moore was always a bad choice, given that he had been removed from the state judiciary twice for refusing to follow law and rules. Now, we’ve got plenty of evidence that he sexually abused minor girls and was targeting high school girls while he was in his 30s as an ADA. It’s gotten to the point where we know that it was an open secret that he was chasing after high school girls, and that the only reason no one actually acted on his behaviors back then was because he was an ADA. Power has its privileges (as we continue to see across the board).
The reason people are able to focus on Moore’s behaviors and history is because the national media can actual dig into his background, but it’s stuff that even local media seems to have known of but never really dug deeper on. Now, everyone is digging, and the more you look, the more you find.
Of course, the women coming forward are being attacked for not coming forward sooner, which is precisely why they didn’t come forward sooner. Moore was a guy in power and who’d believe a teen girl was getting molested by Moore, an ADA.
Meanwhile, Trump continues pushing for tax cuts even though he’s absolutely clueless what the GOP plans actually do - and that the GOP plan limits tax cuts to the middle class so that they can make corporate tax cuts permanent along with tax cuts to millionaires (like himself, who’d benefit from the massive tax cuts for passthroughs and estate tax repeal).
Decades from now there will be countless movies and mini-series depicting what is unfolding in today with this criminal Regime. Future generations will either not believe it or will think we were completely fucking stupid. Or both.
Sheila Jackson Lee to Jeff Sessions: “I cannot imagine your memory would fail you so much.”
— MzYun (@MzYun) November 14, 2017
Sarah Kendzior ✔@sarahkendzior
Conyers: Are you recused from investigations involving HRC?Sessions: I can’t tell you because “top officials” told me not to
What “top officials” is he referring to?
I want to believe that, if there actually was a ‘top official’, it was Mike Pence.
re: #206 Dr. Matt
Decades from now there will be countless movies and mini-series depicting what is unfolding in today with this criminal Regime. Future generations will either not believe it or will think we were completely fucking stupid. Or both.
Presuming that we’ve not gone back to the Middle Ages and movies are banned or something as anti-religious.
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Are you recused from duties that require a working memory?”
AG Jeff Sessions: “I will not accept and reject accusations that I have ever lied. That is a lie.” https://t.co/gUBcK9Uteu
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 14, 2017
Liar Not Liar, Says Liarhttps://t.co/Kr7Ygk4p51
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 14, 2017
re: #208 stpaulbear
I want to believe that, if there actually was a ‘top official’, it was Mike Pence.
What “top official” overrules the Attorney General on reporting on investigations? Where is that in the Constitution?
re: #212 Anymouse 🌹
What “top official” overrules the Attorney General on reporting on investigations? Where is that in the Constitution?
See, that’s Article III, Section VI of the Trumpstition.
re: #209 Anymouse 🌹
Presuming that we’ve not gone back to the Middle Ages and movies are banned or something as anti-religious.
I would have rolled my eyes at such a comment 8 months ago. Today….no such reaction.
what could possibly go wrong with this plan?
A flea beetle is the @USDA’s solution to a ‘super invader’ overtaking forests across the American South - the Chinese tallow tree. https://t.co/14kxx9zFSL
— AP South U.S. Region (@APSouthRegion) November 14, 2017
Meanwhile, Sessions is calling on the DOJ to look at whether Clinton Foundation did anything wrong vis a vis uranium one deal.
These fuckers don’t know when to stop. This is straight up red meat to the ignorant know nothings who support Trump and think Clinton did something wrong.
Never mind that Clinton wasn’t directly involved.
Never mind that it took a unanimous decision by the panel of 9 agencies/departments to approve the deal.
Never mind that the agencies/departments would still approve the deal today.
Never mind that the sale didn’t actually mean Russia was in control of uranium or affected our nuclear weapons program.
Never mind that the Clinton Foundation didn’t profit from this, or that Clinton didn’t personally profit from any of this.
It’s all a sham and sideshow Sessions is throwing out there to deflect attention from the real story of Trump’s countless connections to Russia directly and by and through Wikileaks. Trump campaign, including Junior, Papadopoulos, Sessions, Kushner, Manafort, Flynn, and others all worked with foreign entities and agents (or were undeclared foreign agents themselves) to manipulate the election outcome, working with groups like Wikileaks to deflect attention shift the conversation away from Trump’s multitude of problems to focus on BS about Clinton. The actions constitute a conspiracy against the US and multiple violations of federal law.
Junior once again confirmed that he’s at the center of all this, but he’s repeatedly shown that the connections and coordination went all the way to Trump himself.
It’s weird that Sessions recalls with great accuracy details from the Obama administration, but not Trump’s. #SessionsHearing
— Scott Sticker (@ScottSticker) November 14, 2017
re: #216 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Sessions is calling on the DOJ to look at whether Clinton Foundation did anything wrong vis a vis uranium one deal.
These fuckers don’t know when to stop. This is straight up red meat to the ignorant know nothings who support Trump and think Clinton did something wrong.
Never mind that Clinton wasn’t directly involved.
Never mind that it took a unanimous decision by the panel of 9 agencies/departments to approve the deal.
Never mind that the agencies/departments would still approve the deal today.
Never mind that the sale didn’t actually mean Russia was in control of uranium or affected our nuclear weapons program.
Never mind that the Clinton Foundation didn’t profit from this, or that Clinton didn’t personally profit from any of this.It’s all a sham and sideshow Sessions is throwing out there to deflect attention from the real story of Trump’s countless connections to Russia directly and by and through Wikileaks. Trump campaign, including Junior, Papadopoulos, Sessions, Kushner, Manafort, Flynn, and others all worked with foreign entities and agents (or were undeclared foreign agents themselves) to manipulate the election outcome, working with groups like Wikileaks to deflect attention shift the conversation away from Trump’s multitude of problems to focus on BS about Clinton. The actions constitute a conspiracy against the US and multiple violations of federal law.
Junior once again confirmed that he’s at the center of all this, but he’s repeatedly shown that the connections and coordination went all the way to Trump himself.
The Clinton Foundation was running a shadow government during the Obama Administration and approving deals and legislation? /
I don’t know what these people are trying to get at.
re: #216 lawhawk
There is nothing there to investigate. The Republicans know that, but the voters have been convinced there is.
This is nothing more than a distraction to get them past the 2018 election. They can drag this out for a year easily, with the idea of damaging the Democratic Party’s chances in the election.
re: #212 Anymouse 🌹
What “top official” overrules the Attorney General on reporting on investigations? Where is that in the Constitution?
They’re making it all up as they go. They’ll say anything. They don’t care about the Constitution.
Cohen: will you stop fighting voter ID laws?
Sessions: It can be done in discriminatory way, but it’s settled law that properly handled voter ID law is lawful.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
*blink*
Rep. Cohen: “What have you done as AG to ensure that African Americans have equal access to the ballot box?”#JeffSessions: “We will absolutely defend voter rights.”
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 14, 2017
19/ Every testimony by Sessions before Congress has been a farce, and *this* testimony is a farce.
Sessions pretends to misunderstand questions; answers questions he’s not asked instead of those he is; plays dumb; “can’t recall”—it’s all an embarrassment to Congress and America.— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 14, 2017
re: #225 jaunte
Once again, Trump picked a clearly unqualified hack to be a key member of his administration, and GOP rubber stamped the choice, with even them knowing how awful he was.
This is the kind of testimony that should show once and for all that he’s in criminally incompetent (and just plain criminal) territory. His testimony is perjurious or straddling the line (and when you’re that close to the line, you’re actually over it).
re: #220 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
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Me & my Navy air wing do not support child abusers or sexual harassment. We deploy soon tho & appreciate quick, hot cups of coffee between 3x flight rotations & 20hr days. If you’ve sadly blown up your machine pls DM us, we’ll humbly send a UPS label for any unused cups. #Keurig pic.twitter.com/ChRxWiWIox
— ETOPS (@_ETOPS_) November 14, 2017
Sessions just broadened his pseudo-executive privilege claim. Says he can’t talk about conversations with @realDonaldTrump OR his senior advisers
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 14, 2017
re: #228 sagehen
When my oldest son was 2, he couldn’t say triceratops, so he called them etops.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
Someone should ask him if he realizes he doesn’t work FOR the president.
I’m off to bed. The sun has been up awhile. I’m not sure which one I want coming for me first, outraged locals over my Veterans Day walkout, or the state coming to drag me off to jail for water issues that I had nothing to do with.
(They keep shaking me too hard about this water stuff, I probably won’t renew my license next month. That would hurt our town since there is no one else here qualified to be the village water operator, and would leave the problem to the state. Plus if enough people want to run me out of town, I don’t really see a need to spend the money on a license anyway - I can use the $150 fee for a license to drive to Canada.)
Sessions has tremendous recollection of all topics not related to criminal allegations against Trump admin.
Sessions *can* recall. He is a fake dotard. #Fauxtard #SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
re: #231 Belafon
Someone should ask him if he realizes he doesn’t work FOR the president.
Someone should tell Sessions he works for the Constitution of the United States of America. Perhaps he can’t recall taking his oath of office…..he probably needs to be reminded.
We are two days into a markup of the #GOPTaxPlan & Democrats haven’t even seen the real bill yet. In their desperate rush to get this tax bill through Congress, the Republicans started by marking up a bill that’s not even the one they intend to pass.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 14, 2017
re: #233 jaunte
Did Trump express any interest in meeting w/ Russia during campaign?
Sessions: I DO NOT RECALL.
Did you discuss any changes to the foreign policy platform at the RNC?
Sessions: I DO NOT RECALL.
Did you smoke crack last night?
Sessions: I DO NOT RECALL.#SessionsHearing— PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) November 14, 2017
These are responses designed to avoid a perjury trap now that Sessions knows that he too is up to his eyeballs in wrongdoing. Everything he says and does will be used against him (rightfully so): https://t.co/JUTFnqhTdo
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 14, 2017
What Sessions is asking us to believe: he previously didn’t remember the Papadapoulos mtg. Now he remembers the parts that are exculpatory to him, but not any other details.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 14, 2017
This is a full on lawyered up performance from Sessions. Almost every answer includes a version of “I don’t believe,” or “I don’t recall.”
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 14, 2017
11:23: JACKSON-LEE: When the fuck are you going to go after these Nazi white nationalists? SESSIONS: Derno.
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) November 14, 2017
re: #228 sagehen
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SUPPORT THE TROOPS!!
SEND THEM K-CUPS!!
re: #236 Dr. Matt
Weiner-Savage is now pimping himself out to the pedophile evangelical crowd.
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the yam will take all of the credit for this
China releases UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting. They’re on plane back to U.S. https://t.co/8z4Yz4fC52 pic.twitter.com/oxOJDvvaOm
— WCPO (@WCPO) November 14, 2017
Trump on US relationship with country run by the murderous thug Duterte: “we’re back with the Philippines”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 14, 2017
LOL
Wonderful. Picture just in from Matilda, 87, winner of our competition. She won a free scenic flight over her home city of Newcastle. Marvellous. pic.twitter.com/tOkJEahIa8
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) November 14, 2017
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
re: #245 electrotek
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
Happy Birthday! Don’t work too hard.
Jeff Sessions asked officials to look into whether a special prosecutor is needed to investigate the Clinton Foundation https://t.co/saZZktBgZP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 14, 2017
The fact that this letter was sent to the Majority, without the customary and appropriate notice to me, indicates that the charge given to Department officials to evaluate these issues has political motivations. https://t.co/v6vj5U2WZw
— John Conyers, Jr. (@RepJohnConyers) November 14, 2017
re: #245 electrotek
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
HAPPY B’DAY!
At least you have LGF to keep you company…
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
the yam will take all of the credit for this
Trump has saved these whiny nclang players Obama couldn’t so Trump not white supremacist!
Lewandowski: I don’t think we knew Wikileaks had ties to Russia back then https://t.co/FivD7F5rbG pic.twitter.com/jBfVYowtaC
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) November 14, 2017
the US Intel Community declared this publicly… https://t.co/JvFnlGwLNd
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) November 14, 2017
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jeff Sessions asked officials to look into whether a special prosecutor is needed to investigate the Clinton Foundation nytimes.com
— The New York Times
Very shadowy group t his CF. Collects money, does good work overseas.
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RT ABC “AG Jeff Sessions on Roy Moore’s accusers: “I have no reason to doubt these young women.” … pic.twitter.com/nS7R7Gxmv0”
— niangnianga (@liangliangde) November 14, 2017
So is Sessions trying to sabotage Moore so he can get his old job back?
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
*Fingers in ears* “LA-LA-LA! I can’t hear you!”
re: #245 electrotek
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
I’m sorry you’re at work on your birthday. Have some Internet cake.
re: #251 Sir John Barron
Very shadowy group t his CF. Collects money, does good work overseas.
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As I joked yesterday, Hillary will be impeached for eradicating malaria.
re: #86 jeffreyw
Is that some of your homemade bacon? Looks awesome.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lewandowski: I don’t think we knew Wikileaks had ties to Russia back then talkingpointsmemo.com pic.twitter.com
— Talking Points Memo
Oh, OK. /
But why interact with WL at all? It’s not like WL was regarded as a friendly actor by the US Government, Democrats and Republicans.
re: #256 Belafon
As I joked yesterday, Hillary will be impeached for eradicating malaria.
Might as well go after Jimmy Carter for trying to eradicate Guinea Worm while they’re at it.
This exchange about Don Jr. is everything@ChrisCuomo: Why’d he wait?@JeffreyToobin: Because he’s not that bright.
Cuomo (as an aside): Wasn’t expecting that.
Toobin: All of Don Jr’s behavior suggests someone who is really not a terrifically intelligent person pic.twitter.com/Z1m3JlpMQ2— Lis Power (@LisPower1) November 14, 2017
re: #245 electrotek
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
Happy Birthday. Is the foot all healed up?
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I hope that is an old image and not one from today after their release. Those idiots have nothing to be smiling about. Come on guys act like you have been humbled by this.
Deutch: Does Trump have power to pardon Papadopoulos?
Sessions: Too premature to comment
Deutch: How about pardoning Manafort, Flynn or Trump Jr before they’re charged?
Sessions: I can’t answer that #SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
This is turning into a circus.
With any luck Mueller will have a few items drop at the end of this week to preserve our collective sanity.
re: #260 Anymouse 🌹
Might as well go after Jimmy Carter for trying to eradicate Guinea Worm while they’re at it.
FOR THE LOVE OF G-D DO NOT GOOGLE THAT.
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Don Jr.]That’s right! See? I’m just not a very bright guy. Don’t blame me![/Don Jr.]
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
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My wife is going to “anger management for dementia patients” training today, coincidentally.
re: #267 Sir John Barron
[Don Jr.]That’s right! See? I’m just not a very bright guy. Don’t blame me![/Don Jr.]
Nah, I see him pulling a Fredo. I’m smaht! I can do things!
JUST IN: Sessions: I’d need “factual basis” to appoint a second special counsel to probe Clinton https://t.co/qfepdL9WhG pic.twitter.com/p30mSbhnMh
— The Hill (@thehill) November 14, 2017
Sessions: I’d need “factual basis” to appoint a second special counsel to probe Clinton
GOP: Hah hah, good one. https://t.co/JZvZLKH73f— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 14, 2017
Need a laugh? Onion hits it.
Jared And Ivanka Holding Each Other At Gunpoint In Kitchen After Simultaneously Revealing Undercover Identities
Rep Lee asks why is DoJ focused on BLM while ignoring the Alt Right and white nationalists. Much babbling from Sessions and interrupting by the chair.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) November 14, 2017
.@judgetedpoe just brought up sore point with Sessions. Rep. called him “a former judge.” Sessions replied: “a would-be judge.” Senate Judiciary blocked his nomination in 1986
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) November 14, 2017
re: #271 Unshaken Defiance
Need a laugh? Onion hits it.
Jared And Ivanka Holding Each Other At Gunpoint In Kitchen After Simultaneously Revealing Undercover Identities
They’d better either finish each other off, or get into a shootout with the rest of the Trump administration in the Mall. (I liked the movie.)
Gutierrez asks for a Mother Jones article noting Sessions has made multiple false statements under oath to be entered into the record #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
We need to get serious about regulating the “supplement” industry in this country. Just because something is herbal or all natural doesn’t mean it isn’t a drug or that it is safe.
Gutierrez asks if he had campaign comms w/Russians. Sessions grabs his notes (he can’t answer this extemporaneously, it appears).
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berates Canada’s Justin Trudeau at the end of Philippines summit for raising questions about his war on drugs. https://t.co/pUwNwF9ofN pic.twitter.com/NO15t1eyni
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 14, 2017
Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Do you feel an obligation to fulfill Pres. Trump’s campaign promises?
AG Sessions: “The president makes decisions, and if it’s lawful, we defend it.” https://t.co/obU9oYboRn pic.twitter.com/T9GeGs1FLv— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 14, 2017
re: #220 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I had been wondering what that asshole Fischer had been up to lately. Still living up to his title I see.
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sessions to aide: Can you get some ‘facts’ that would justify a special prosecutor for the Clinton Foundation and the emails thing?
Aide: rubs chin…I’m sure Breitbart has something we can use.
If you go to Right Wing Watch and type in “Bryan Fischer” and keep clicking “load more” (and clicking and clicking), in fact you’ll get an endless list of people Bryan Fischer judges.
But not pedophiles.
Wonder why?
2/2 pic.twitter.com/O1LxeZoFpc— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 14, 2017
“We were not a very effective group.” -#JeffSessions, speaking about Trump campaign’s foreign policy team. 😂#SessionsHearing
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 14, 2017
depends on who you’re asking….
34/ Hearing former prosecutor Trey Gowdy mispronounce “petit jury” hurts, as does nearly every Congressman wrongly calling Jeff Sessions “General Sessions” (the “General” in “Attorney General” means “general” as compared to “special” or “specific,” *not* a military designation).
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 14, 2017
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Almost Judge” Sessions.
Sessions struggling to answer Karen Bass’ questions on the “black identity extremists” report:
“This department will not unlawfully target people.”
Repeatedly says he has not read it— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) November 14, 2017
re: #189 MsJ
I have two extra bedrooms, so sure thing. Note that you need to throw out all the almost-but-not-quite-hoarding shit I have everywhere. :-)
I don’t hoard, either. I will have to use this line on the better-half.
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Jeff Sessions song, To the tune of “Because I got high”
I don’t remember what I said,
Because I have lied.
I don’t recall what’s in my head,
Because I have lied,
Now I’m sweating at this hearing and I know why,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied.
I want to go and outlaw the drugs,
Because I have lied,
I want to call the Democats thugs,
Because I have lied.
Now they’re doubting me about Clinton and I know why,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied.
They think that I was there at that meeting,
Because I have lied,
They think Trump went and gave me a beating
Because I have lied.
Now they’re asking me about Russia and I know why,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied,
Because I have lied.
re: #171 jaunte
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THANK YOU ASIA! #USA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FziKSbrzcu
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14, 2017
What’s with the random slo-mo shots? Is Zack Snyder editing these things? https://t.co/82QYzjkd9q
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 14, 2017
Richmond: OUt of all judges nominated, I think 98% have been white males.
Sessions: You should look for qualified candidates.
Richmond: National Bar Assoc could rec a number of minority candidates that are qualified.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 14, 2017
Sessions: “I think it’s setttled law.” Rep. Deutch: “What’s the settled law?” Sessions: “I don’t know”. #SessionsHearing
— angel_inTexas (@ms_intexas) November 14, 2017
re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #294 Ace-o-aces
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His feet are so tiny. Such tiny little feet. How can he even walk?
“I don’t recawwwww” is Southern for “I’ve committed perjury and pleading the 5th would look bad.” #SessionsHearing
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) November 14, 2017
Off-topic, but here’s a depressing and frightening read from Wired about a terrifically persistent cyberstalker and how a family took him to court.
This just happened:
“You said you ‘don’t recall’ 36 times, is that correct?”
“I don’t know.”#SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
BREAKING: Police official: Multiple people reported shot by gunman in Tehama Co. in northern Calif.; there are multiple scenes; gunman taken down by police - @kcranews
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) November 14, 2017
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
JEALOUS?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) November 14, 2017
Important pts from wikileaks/Don Jr exchange not being discussed:
1) this is part of recruitment strategy — goal was to test if Jr would engage, advance, behave as requested
2) “wikileaks” was playing different parts of campaign off each other. And that’s really interesting.— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) November 14, 2017
Thanks guys!
re: #262 Unshaken Defiance
Happy Birthday. Is the foot all healed up?
Sadly not 100% yet. I don’t consider it healed up until I can go out running again. You guys have no idea how much I’m dying to get back to running again.
re: #304 Joe Bacon 🌹
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re: #303 The Vicious Babushka
Pretty sparsely populated area. Red Bluff is the county seat - always used to stop for gas either in Red Bluff or Redding when I’d drive between Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
re: #306 electrotek
Thanks guys!
Sadly not 100% yet. I don’t consider it healed up until I can go out running again. You guys have no idea how much I’m dying to get back to running again.
Happy Birthday!
This sums it up pretty nicely.
The siege mentality among evangelical Christians has led to a sort of self-induced dementia. Bit by bit they’re literally going out of their minds, sliding from “Values” to Trump, from Trump to Roy Moore. It started with wanting to save babies and ended with support for a rapist
— Frank Schaeffer (@Frank_Schaeffer) November 14, 2017
re: #304 Joe Bacon 🌹
19 years old.
Moore sexually assaulted a 14 year old.
See the difference?
This wasn’t and isn’t a consensual relationship. It is de facto statutory rape because the girl Moore attacked cannot by law consent.
This isn’t a relationship. This was Moore sexually assaulting girls as young as 14. He was targeting minors.
I’ve got some nitwit on Twitter trying to Alabama-splain why this is acceptable behavior down there, and that the state doesn’t care about the law or that they don’t believe the claims against Moore (which again goes to why the women didn’t come forward even sooner).
It’s not just national media identifying the problems. Local media knows what was going on, and this is on them to inform their viewers/readers in a way they should understand.
re: #303 The Vicious Babushka
But it’s still too early to talk about gun control.
re: #294 Ace-o-aces
Make Asia Great Again
Have the right-wingers resorted to bringing up Muslims to deflect from their shortcomings?
Seriously, WHY INCLUDE THIS LINE?? https://t.co/ZsqIZnbRNi pic.twitter.com/dFxZMWkOwR
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 14, 2017
re: #291 HappyWarrior
Fischer literally blames gay people or Nazism but let’s not judge Roy Moore on his actual actions.
This was Jerry Falwell Jr’s schtick during the campaign when anyone challenged him over his support for Trumpy.
But naturally all the hateful leftists can be judged….
re: #303 The Vicious Babushka
Reset the clock. We’ve again gone less than a week without a mass shooting (3+ shot). This doesn’t happen anywhere in developed world except the US.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 14, 2017
re: #310 Dr Lizardo
They were never saving babies. They conflated blastocysts, embryos, and fetuses with babies to try to control women, and it drove them all insane.
— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 14, 2017
re: #314 electrotek
Have the right-wingers resorted to bringing up Muslims to deflect from their shortcomings?
I’m honestly surprised I haven’t seen a “But Muhammad yet”. I guess the Alabama Auditor ruined that when he brought Mary and Joseph.
re: #316 Sir John Barron
This was Jerry Falwell Jr’s schtick during the campaign when anyone challenged him over his support for Trumpy.
But naturally all the hateful leftists can be judged….
Falwell, Jr may in fact be more intellectually and morally bankrupt than his Dad. At least with his Dad, you could say maybe he was a product of an era. Falwell, Jr isn’t that old though.
My last saluts and greets from NY. (Yesterday I said my last saluts from NYC).
Thanks to lawhawk for graciously watching me mangle his catchline time and again.
Today’s runlog from Fishkill/Wappingers falls NY:
50 minutes at 29 degrees. I thought I was out where the buses don’t run. There were sidewalks. One other runner. Lots of kids waiting for school buses.
An interesting observation: I run in the cold maybe three times a year every year. over time I got the right clothing and made a table of what to wear for different temp ranges. Yes I’m anal and no I couldn’t keep it straight in my head.
From March to October or so it’s all hot weather. Then I’m faced with a cold situation and it sounds daunting. 29 degrees. I kind of forget I have a system. 29 degrees. brutal. Do I hafta? Why can’t it be…
The worst kind of run is one you want to be over from fatigue, pain or, gasp, boredom. The second worst is one you want to be over because you are uncomfortably cold. Today I was not.
I followed the chart wore the right stuff and was toasty warm the whole time. Trust your systems. Don’t second guess.
Flying back to sofla tonight. My skin is looking forward to reabsorbing some heat and lots of natural humidity.
re: #303 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #315 jaunte
Seriously, WHY INCLUDE THIS LINE??
Because they were planning ahead; they wanted it to be (eventually) found.
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹
Yet another reason why the Fairness Doctrine needs to be reinstated in all commercial media.
re: #315 jaunte
Theory: It was done as a test to see if anyone would pay enough attention to it that it would be an issue. I.e They wanted to see how much they could openly get away with.
re: #324 sagehen
Because they were planning ahead; they wanted it to be (eventually) found.
Tampering with the election doesn’t split the country along wingnut/sane person lines until they and Trump are caught and the wingnuts won’t accept it. That’s when the real chaos begins.
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sessions has tremendous recollection of all topics not related to criminal allegations against Trump admin.
Sessions *can* recall. He is a fake dotard.
Remember Watergate?
“Yes senator, to the best of my recollection. His recollection and my recollection are just not the same recollection”
re: #317 lawhawk
lawhawk @lawhawk
Reset the clock. We’ve again gone less than a week without a mass shooting (3+ shot). This doesn’t happen anywhere in developed world except the US.
1:15 PM - Nov 14, 2017
That’s because other countries in the developed world do not have the same freedoms we have in America!
If they were as free as us, then they’d be shooting at each other too.
Ain’t freedom grand?
“Has any W.H. employee or official, including the president, contacted the Justice Dept. regarding the AT&T-Time Warner transaction?”
Sessions: “I’m not able to comment” https://t.co/RzYTra4RFT— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 14, 2017
If the answer was no, he would’ve just said so. There is no rule preventing him from commenting, despite his implication. https://t.co/yUDWSnyDNw
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 14, 2017
re: #329 dangerman
Remember Watergate?
“Yes senator, to the best of my recollection. His recollection and my recollection are just not the same recollection”
“That statement is no longer operative.”
Some clarification on those Russian wire transfers…
As BuzzFeed notes, legislative elections were held in Russia on September 18 2016. But still significant that the FBI is scrutinizing the wire transfers. pic.twitter.com/IJkBteMn4S
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 14, 2017
Jeff Sessions to English Translator:
“Black Identity Extremists” = “Uppity Negros”— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 14, 2017
Merlina loves to play with a stick while laying on her back… well why not. 😀 pic.twitter.com/vUFRU4jCtZ
— Ravenmaster (@ravenmaster1) November 14, 2017
re: #306 electrotek
Thanks guys!
Sadly not 100% yet. I don’t consider it healed up until I can go out running again. You guys have no idea how much I’m dying to get back to running again.
Sorry to hear that, I bet the time is worthwhile in the long term. We do miss our sports.
re: #336 Unshaken Defiance
Sorry to hear that, I bet the time is worthwhile in the long term. We do miss our sports.
It has kept my figure in check and my cholesterol level. That’s why I’m looking forward to running again. I miss being able to fit in my 30 waist jeans with ease.
re: #333 makeitstop
Some clarification on those Russian wire transfers…
Why would Russia send money to embassies in faraway countries regarding elections in Russia, though?
re: #290 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I don’t hoard, either. I will have to use this line on the better-half.
The better half will likely say that you’re just lazy (which is totally my excuse and I readily admit it. Alas, hubby is as lazy as I.)!
This.
Jeff Sessions asked officials to look into whether a special prosecutor is needed to investigate the Clinton Foundation https://t.co/saZZktBgZP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 14, 2017
Do it. Investigate the Clinton Foundation. Do it in public. Do it in public so there is no more question, so Republicans can no longer perpetuate this baseless bullshit.
I’d love to see @HillaryClinton wipe the floor with these sons of bitches, like she did with Trey Gowdy. https://t.co/u5zV9T8MK8— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 14, 2017
Bring it on MFs. Bring it on.
When in doubt, scapegoat the Clintons to make up for your own lack of ethics.
re: #340 I Would Prefer Not To
Jeff Sessions asked officials to look into whether a special prosecutor is needed to investigate the Clinton Foundation nytimes.com
— The New York Times
What officials?
re: #70 wheat-dogg
If anyone is interested, today is Prince Charles’ birthday. Now 69 and still not King.
Today is my father’s birthday. He is also 69.
re: #338 Sir John Barron
Why would Russia send money to embassies in faraway countries regarding elections in Russia, though?
To cover the costs of having nationals vote in other countries, I suppose.
re: #343 teleskiguy
Today is my father’s birthday. He is also 69.
And still not king, so he’s doing as well as Charles.
re: #310 Dr Lizardo
This sums it up pretty nicely.
The only problem is that it started with wanting to maintain segregation. Abortion was just one tool to use to maintain it.
re: #340 I Would Prefer Not To
This.
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Bring it on MFs. Bring it on.
They won’t. They can get more milage teasing the wingnuts with the speculation of Clinton Foundation doing illegal things than having an investigation with real findings.
It has worked for over 20 years. Nothing gets a wingnut frothing like mentioning the name Clinton. I know, my older brother goes off like a rocket when you say the name.
I’ve heard unconfirmed rumors that Charles won’t take the crown anyhow since he’s far from admired and his second wife Camilla really isn’t accepted by the British public. Honestly, I got no real opinion on the British monarchy. I think it’s silly but it’s a nice tourist revenue for the Brits.
re: #347 ObserverArt
They won’t. They can get more milage teasing the wingnuts with the speculation of Clinton Foundation doing illegal things than having an investigation with real findings.
It has worked for over 20 years. Nothing gets a wingnut frothing like mentioning the name Clinton. I know, my older brother goes off like a rocket when you say the name.
Guess you shouldn’t play any music by George Clinton around him then.
Not even in Arrested Development did they dare to have Bluth checks with the memo line “Light Treason” https://t.co/ONQpXZTclh
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 14, 2017
re: #306 electrotek
Thanks guys!
Sadly not 100% yet. I don’t consider it healed up until I can go out running again. You guys have no idea how much I’m dying to get back to running again.
I do
re: #307 HappyWarrior
You said it yourself Ann, 19. Oh and JFK isn’t running for office. Just shut up for once when your “best case” is from 57 years ago.
An “affair”
..over time?
which implies some mutual consent
re: #349 electrotek
Guess you shouldn’t play any music by George Clinton around him then.
Oh hell no. He would never understand George Clinton. And George Clinton is black.
re: #350 I Would Prefer Not To
Someone pointed out the Russians were also having an election during that same time frame.
Of course they could have been using that fact as cover for these transfers
re: #354 Kragar
Someone pointed out the Russians were also having an election during that same time frame.
Of course they could have been using that fact as cover for these transfers
I’m assuming that one of the things that will be looked into what this money was likely spent on.
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) says he’s worried congressional offices will hire fewer women to avoid issue of sexual harassment.
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 14, 2017
Placing the burden on women, and eroding their opportunity to excel on the Hill, is exactly the wrong approach. It’s up to men to not subject women to harassment or assault in the workplace—not on women to avoid it. https://t.co/rl552E3MgC
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) November 14, 2017
City directory confirms Ole Hickory House stood at 305 East Meighan Blvd in Gadsden in 1977. Site now has Rally’s. pic.twitter.com/5SG707uwJp
— WilliamThornton (@billineastala) November 14, 2017
Roy Moore’s wife shared a Facebook post claiming the Olde Hickory House restaurant didn’t exist in 1977. Alabama reporter proves it did: https://t.co/ASouhA4GlB
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2017
The Dunning-Kruger effect’ll get ya. How do you get RID of it? There’s a study on that. By me! https://t.co/kUsEFyEmpD
— Sci Curious (@scicurious) November 14, 2017
[…]
At first, the students in the experimental class tended to fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. They overestimated how well they would do on the tests by about 11 percent. But after a semester of guided study — and probably some blows to their pride — the students underestimated how well they would do on each test.
The class that got the guided study and the feedback on their quizzes also did better in the chemistry course. Overall, there was only about a 4 percent improvement in scores. But the poorest performing students — those who had been the most overconfident to begin with — showed the most improvement. Their grades improved by 11 percent. That’s enough to raise a D to a C. Casselman and Atwood published their findings October 20 in the Journal of Chemical Education.
“I think [the study is] thoughtful, it’s rigorous, it’s detail-oriented, and it was a pleasure to see it,” says David Dunning. Yes. That Dunning. The namesake of the Dunning-Kruger effect is a scientist who studies psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The best way to get rid of dangerous overconfidence is to learn more, he says. And the method proposed in this study is one way to get there. “It’s the combination of having people guess and [having them] come up with a plan,” he says. “That combination seems to be key.”
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RTWT, or you might not know what you don’t know.
About those pastors endorsing Moore…
Roy Moore’s wife takes old endorsement letter from pastors, edits it, and passes is it off as current.
Some pastors who signed are like “Wut?”
I. AM. SHOCKED.https://t.co/fMODpyNAWj via @HuffPostPol— Elon James White, 1st of his name… (@elonjames) November 14, 2017
re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Senator Kaine, thank you for showing why I’ve voted for you the most of any office holder. BTW Rep. Davis, men can be sexually harassed too, you idiot.
re: #360 Kragar
About those pastors endorsing Moore…
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Pissing off pastors. Sounds like a winning strategy.
re: #358 Stanley Sea
They double-down….they get exposed.
You’d think they’d get rather tired of this foolishness sooner or later. Don’t they realize how easy it is to expose their BS?
re: #308 Dr Lizardo
I reside in Shasta County and not only is the area sparsely populated but heavily armed in this area. Tehama county is a filled with a lot people who would like to break off of California and start the State of Jefferson. It’s sad to say but I have been saying it’s only a matter of when not if a shooting happens in this area, and unfortunately it now has happened. A lot of angry, ignorant folks in this area and everyone is armed to the gills.
re: #245 electrotek
Afternoon guys.
I’m here at work spending my 33rd birthday at the moment. Fun stuff.
Oh crap. Crap crap crap. I ordered a beautiful pair of boots from Nordstrom and they were delivered today and….
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re: #360 Kragar
About those pastors endorsing Moore…
I bet the Moore’s are glad bearing false witness isn’t a sin.
Do you hear that faint high pitched whistling sound?
That’s pressure bleed off from a mass of triggered RWNJs.
Mattel unveils a new hijab-wearing Barbie modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad https://t.co/BsOhCvoDaF pic.twitter.com/gW2KsjzS7p
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 14, 2017
re: #366 The Vicious Babushka
Oh crap. Crap crap crap. I ordered a beautiful pair of boots from Nordstrom and they were delivered today and….
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re: #369 Belafon
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Hmmm…
Glenn Simpson, co-founder of firm that assembled ‘Trump Dossier,’ arrives for private, voluntary House Intel interview. Under deal, says his lawyer, only has to answer questions he wants to.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) November 14, 2017
re: #360 Kragar
About those pastors endorsing Moore…
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So, Mrs. Moore is as big a liar as hubby.
And people wonder why some folks are suspicious of those that go around acting all holy.
Maybe they both need a little refresher on those Ten Commandments.
re: #368 FormerDirtDart
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I need to look for a Peruvian Barbie for my niece. She’s starting to love Barbie dolls.
Rep. Gaetz replies: “I’m no longer interested in that.”
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 14, 2017
re: #374 HappyWarrior
I need to look for a Peruvian Barbie for my niece. She’s starting to love Barbie dolls.
Inca Queen Barbie?
re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth
Damn it. Kaine should be Veep now. Just damn it all.
Rep. Gaetz is no longer interested in a thread of inquiry that undermines his bullshit argument. #SessionsHearing
— Trois Gymnopedies (@troisgymnopedie) November 14, 2017
re: #368 FormerDirtDart
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Some people really get freaked out if they can’t see a woman’s hair.
Lieu: If Trump asked you for a loyalty oath would you do it?
Sessions: People are expected to be loyal to the exec branch head…#SessionsHearing— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2017
Sessions took the loyalty oath.
re: #368 FormerDirtDart
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She looks like a superhero.
re: #380 jaunte
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Sessions took the loyalty oath.
That’s probably why Trump’s so pissed off at him for recusing himself in the Russia investigation - Trump views it as a betrayal of Sessions’ loyalty oath.
re: #361 HappyWarrior
Senator Kaine, thank you for showing why I’ve voted for you the most of any office holder. BTW Rep. Davis, men can be sexually harassed too, you idiot.
there are quite a few Senate pages over the years who will agree with that statement.
re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth
there are quite a few Senate pages over the years who will agree with that statement.
Yep.
Silly me. I thought the loyalty oath Sessions took was to defend the Constitution.
Jeff Sessions has proved to be worse than I would ever have thought…and I never thought much of the grand wizard imp.
re: #373 ObserverArt
So, Mrs. Moore is as big a liar as hubby.
And people wonder why some folks are suspicious of those that go around acting all holy.
Maybe they both need a little refresher on those Ten Commandments.
She’s an enabler. She, in my eyes, is as culpable as he.
Religious nutbars. Sheesh.
Just paged the analysis of Don Jr’s confession to basically colluding with Wikileaks/Russians.
Toobin went straight for the jugular.
“Because he’s not that bright,” he said.
Cuomo was taken aback by the blunt response.
“Wasn’t expecting that,” he said to colleague Alisyn Camerota.
Toobin elaborated.
“All of Donald Trump Jr.’s behavior suggests someone who is really not a terrifically intelligent person, someone who is crude in his thinking and is just trying to help his father get elected by any legal or illegal means he can.”
Opening day for Vail ski area has been postponed. Now they’re shootin’ for Thanksgiving Day. With this weather (persistent warm and dry)…
re: #390 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Just paged the analysis of Don Jr’s confession to basically colluding with Wikileaks/Russians.
I haven’t seen anything about Don Jr that suggests Jeff is wrong.
re: #390 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Just paged the analysis of Don Jr’s confession to basically colluding with Wikileaks/Russians.
That was brutal….
re: #391 teleskiguy
Opening day for Vail ski area has been postponed. Now they’re shootin’ for Thanksgiving Day. With this weather (persistent warm and dry)…
Thanks climate change.
re: #310 Dr Lizardo
There is now no difference between American Radical Right Republican Christians and Soviet Communists. Both toe the Party Line and put the Party first no matter what!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) November 14, 2017
“If you are the Russian FSB and you want to pay these hackers, you have to figure out how to make your payments in a way that won’t raise red flags…You want to hide them in a large volume of transactions.” https://t.co/2u6LPiTZNM
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 14, 2017
re: #380 jaunte
Sessions took the loyalty oath.
I hope Lieu pressed the point that Sessions doesn’t work for the president.
.@tedlieu to #JeffSessions: “Were you lying then [when you filled out your security clearance form] or are you lying now?” 🔥#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/44evnzWkhW
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 14, 2017
@tedlieu catches Jess Sessions lying in his security clearance form. pic.twitter.com/T03X2HJNyR
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) November 14, 2017
re: #402 jaunte
I appreciate you renaming him to “Jess”. I hate sharing a name with that bigoted dark-elf.
— The site has a Nazi problem, and Jack does nothing (@FurlingtonJeff) November 14, 2017
re: #394 electrotek
Thanks climate change.
Speaking of climate change, ol’ Al Roker on The Today Show reported today from the Houston area and gave some free stuff to the locals from Lowes, etc.
He said something really chilling. The Houston storm and flood was once considered a 100 year storm. He said climate scientists now say they can be counted on to be about every 12 years now and by 2026 or so we can expect them every 5 1/2 years.
Is anyone in this country thinking ahead how this is going cost us in lives and rebuilding?
Of course not. So coastal areas…you are in for a rough ride.
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
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
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
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ... CheechakoKGxvi
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
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
