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I’m going to repost from the previous thread:
Does anyone here have any clue about this tax proposal and how it affects sole proprietors? I’m trying to figure out if I would still be able to deduct my business expenses from my gross income to get a net income. I’m also wondering if I’m going to be able to deduct my health insurance premiums which are outrageously high and that I simply cannot afford, but have to have anyway.
Have any Republicans chimed in about You Know Who’s latest tweet??????
Breaking: CONGRESS HAS NOT PASSED A TAX BILL YET. House & Senate passed 2 different bills. Nothing to send to president yet. This is half time. Plenty of bills have gotten this far and never become law.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) December 2, 2017
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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Gee, I already know that, Lawrence, but I’m not going to sit back and wait to see what they vote for. I want the facts NOW.
I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2017
Sure, Donnie - because people always lie to the FBI about perfectly lawful actions. https://t.co/07IDowSrDl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
re: #1 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
That’s a good part of this outrage. Nobody knows. You deserve to know. We all do.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Not just directed at Charles, but I was wondering what it takes to get this fool arrested? Why is all of this mess not considered actual treason? Will Trump ever see the inside of a prison cell? I keep hearing you can’t charge a sitting President with any crime, is that right ? Even if he’s caught red handed? I really don’t know, anyone have insight on this?
re: #7 A Mom Anon
Mueller is building a case against Trump and Company. That takes time and the fact he is starting at the bottom Mueller is showing how far the “rot” has gone. I think only a lawyer could go further into making a case.
re: #7 A Mom Anon
Not just directed at Charles, but I was wondering what it takes to get this fool arrested? Why is all of this mess not considered actual treason? Will Trump ever see the inside of a prison cell? I keep hearing you can’t charge a sitting President with any crime, is that right ? Even if he’s caught red handed? I really don’t know, anyone have insight on this?
So far it’s yet another case of IOKIYAR 🤬
re: #7 A Mom Anon
AFAIK, only Congress can impeach and convict him, and the political will is lacking.
re: #1 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’m going to repost from the previous thread:
Does anyone here have any clue about this tax proposal and how it affects sole proprietors? I’m trying to figure out if I would still be able to deduct my business expenses from my gross income to get a net income. I’m also wondering if I’m going to be able to deduct my health insurance premiums which are outrageously high and that I simply cannot afford, but have to have anyway.
I responded, but not sure how helpful it was.
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That’s the nutshell!
re: #6 JordanRules
That’s a good part of this outrage. Nobody knows. You deserve to know. We all do.
Exactly. I got divorced 2 months ago and wasn’t planning on that! So, now I’m head of household, only have my kids every other week, have to pay rent on a house, work as an independent contractor, lost my insurance, and now get to worry about how much fucking money I’m actually going to have. These goddamn mother fuckers are stressing me out worse than the divorce. I don’t need this!!!
re: #13 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
No one needs this. The only thing keeping me going today is my Star Wars collection. That and the bonus features.
For those wondering where that private jet amendment came from,
Charlie Pierce
esquire.com says follow the money:
It’s very good to be a wealthy Republican donor in Wisconsin these days. The U.S. Senate is going to let you deduct the maintenance on your private jet and the state will build you an airport for it. From The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
“A tiny airport in central Wisconsin that’s seen an influx of private jets since a Republican donor’s world-class golf course opened nearby would get $4 million in improvements under funding slipped into the state budget this week. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved the funding after the developer of the Sand Valley Golf Resort, Michael Keiser, donated $25,000 to the state Republican Party in February, records reviewed by The Associated Press show. That donation was three weeks after Gov. Scott Walker released his budget without funding for Wisconsin Rapids’ Alexander Field. Keiser has given at least $65,000 to Walker and Wisconsin Republicans since 2012. “It sure looks like Mr. Keiser’s campaign contributions to Scott Walker and Republicans teed up millions in taxpayer-funded improvements to help bring corporate jet ferried golfers to his Wisconsin courses,” said Mike Browne with the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. “Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to have to deal with crumbling roads and bridges and delayed projects as these same Republicans take a budget mulligan and refuse to fix the state transportation funding crisis.”
I don’t normally wish the shanks on any of my fellow humans but I hope this cat doesn’t find a fairway for the next 10 years.
re: #11 BeachDem
I responded, but not sure how helpful it was.
That’s kind of what I’ve been understanding as well. I don’t have the money to structure a business and pay all the fees. I’m a fucking independent contractor! I don’t need a business structure. If I find out more, I will definitely post.
re: #14 PhillyPretzel
No one needs this. The only thing keeping me going today is my Star Wars collection. That and the bonus features.
I don’t even have time to work on my fiber arts projects or puzzles to just unwind. I’m too busy working. So busy working that I still don’t have my house unpacked and I need to finish it up this weekend before my girls come back tomorrow night. They deserve better than this and it’s been two months.
re: #1 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’m going to repost from the previous thread:
Does anyone here have any clue about this tax proposal and how it affects sole proprietors? I’m trying to figure out if I would still be able to deduct my business expenses from my gross income to get a net income. I’m also wondering if I’m going to be able to deduct my health insurance premiums which are outrageously high and that I simply cannot afford, but have to have anyway.
totally guessing, because, you know, i havent seen it or read an actual bill yet
so im guessing there will still be a schedule c
there could be changes to what’s deductible though it’s gonna be hard to mess with “ordinary and necessary”
i have no idea what they did/plan to do with the above the line adjustments
then again they targeted the teachers $250 adjustment for supplies bought with personal funds…
re: #13 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Uggh. It makes me sick thinking about all the millions of folks struggling with the same thing right now. You should not have to worry about this. Not like this.
The GOP is deplorable.
re: #1 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’m going to repost from the previous thread:
Does anyone here have any clue about this tax proposal and how it affects sole proprietors? I’m trying to figure out if I would still be able to deduct my business expenses from my gross income to get a net income. I’m also wondering if I’m going to be able to deduct my health insurance premiums which are outrageously high and that I simply cannot afford, but have to have anyway.
All the scribblings on the back of local bar napkins haven’t been interpreted yet, so all the text of the details are not ready. They are still collecting them as some lobbyists didn’t make it back from, the uh, legislation composing sessions until this morning.
Trump likes to call this process “the mixer and that you will be so happy with the Christmas gift Trump is giving you this year. So happy believe me.”
So, no. No one knows…anything.
But damn it…they got ‘er done!
And they gotta pay for this.
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So he could literally murder someone and still not be arrested for it? I get why the Office of POTUS would be protected to some degree, but if it’s obvious he’s committed felonies, and Congress doesn’t act, that’s it? I hate sounding dumb, but I don’t get why he’d be immune from the law just because Congress won’t act.
re: #19 JordanRules
Uggh. It makes me sick thinking about all the millions of folks struggling with the same thing right now. You should not have to worry about this. Not like this.
The GOP is deplorable.
The GOP is evil and must be destroyed as a political force in America if the nation is to be civilized.
It is admittedly impossible to figure out what to do about the deprogramming of tens of millions of Faux News quasi-murderbots that will be necessary for any improvements to be stable.
re: #16 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
That’s kind of what I’ve been understanding as well. I don’t have the money to structure a business and pay all the fees. I’m a fucking independent contractor! I don’t need a business structure. If I find out more, I will definitely post.
My accountant had actually mentioned the idea of becoming a sub-S (?) a while back—if my memory is correct, it wasn’t hideously expensive (like about $500-$800 range I think.) I declined because I’m an “old” and didn’t think it would be worth my while.
We have occasionally wondered how the VA state house race is going, and the Daily Kos Elections newsletter has a response. Sorry it’s so long!
• Virginia: On Monday, Virginia certified its 2017 election results, but three state House races where Republicans narrowly lead are still unresolved. Democrats have asked for recounts in the 28th, 40th, and 94th districts, where Republicans lead by 82, 106, and 10 votes, respectively. If Republicans prevail in all three recounts, they’d maintain a razor-thin 51-49 majority, but if Democrats can flip just one seat, it would create a 50-50 tie and force the GOP into a power-sharing arrangement—and if the outcome changes in two races, Democrats would take control outright, so the stakes are incredibly high.
In a desperation gambit, Republicans filed for a recount of their own in the 68th District, but they face an almost impossible 336-vote deficit there, and they know it: GOP Del. Manoli Loupassi conceded on election night to his Democratic opponent, Dawn Adams. Loupassi even said that he was seeking the recount only “to make sure everything is in order here,” so there’s little chance anything will shift here.
The most-watched seat, therefore, is the 94th, thanks to the closeness of the results, though the 40th District has a quirk that bears keeping an eye on, since Democrat Donte Tanner actually went to bed on election night thinking he’d won; the next day, however, officials gave the lead back to Republican Del. Tim Hugo, apparently having failed to count a number of ballots.
Meanwhile, in the 28th, an explosive problem in how the election was administered could upend everything. Officials there have admitted that at least 384 registered voters were assigned to the wrong district, and at least 147 cast a ballot last month. Of those, 86 voters who should have been assigned to the 28th were given ballots for two other districts, while 61 voters who should’ve been in the 88th (a safely Republican seat) incorrectly voted in the race for the 28th. We don’t know if these errors alone were enough to cost Democrat Joshua Cole victory against Republican Bob Thomas in the 28th, but Cole has understandably asked for a recount that will hopefully shed light on this mess.
House Democrats might also pursue a challenge on another front. They’d previously filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Thomas’ 82-vote win, but a federal judge refused to grant an injunction. However, the judge also denied the GOP’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit and suggested Democrats might have a case if they were to ask the court void the election and call a new one. They have until Dec. 6 to amend their lawsuit to seek such a remedy.
It’s unclear why exactly this foul-up happened, and the person who was likely responsible for it, former Fredericksburg registrar Juanita Pitchford, can’t explain since she died in April. However, we do know that this problem is a direct result of Republicans splitting the city of Fredericksburg between multiple districts when they drew the House map—something they did to benefit their own political fortunes. Mistakes like these are inevitable when election administrators are less than fully transparent, and this incident of disenfranchisement is undoubtedly not an isolated event in this country.
re: #20 ObserverArt
All the scribblings on the back of local bar napkins haven’t been interpreted yet, so all the text of the details are not ready. They are still collecting them as some lobbyists didn’t make it back from, the uh, legislation composing sessions until this morning.
Trump likes to call this process “the mixer and that you will be so happy with the Christmas gift Trump is giving you this year. So happy believe me.”
So, no. No one knows…anything.
But damn it…they got ‘er done!
And they gotta pay for this.
Oh, Heller will pay, all right. I’ll find the time to volunteer to make sure he is not elected again.
re: #7 A Mom Anon
Not just directed at Charles, but I was wondering what it takes to get this fool arrested? Why is all of this mess not considered actual treason? Will Trump ever see the inside of a prison cell? I keep hearing you can’t charge a sitting President with any crime, is that right ? Even if he’s caught red handed? I really don’t know, anyone have insight on this?
part of this is that he’s blurred the lines between official office and individual citizen
when he tweets, what is he? legally, im guessing it’s really not clear
so he’ll say he’s just yelling from a street corner, fully protected speech - it’s just blather. a tweet is not an admission or proof of anything. “if you think there’s a crime, prove it”
congress or the cabinet? that’s a whole different set of motivations
re: #13 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’m with you on that.
re: #23 BeachDem
My accountant had actually mentioned the idea of becoming a sub-S (?) a while back—if my memory is correct, it wasn’t hideously expensive (like about $500-$800 range I think.) I declined because I’m an “old” and didn’t think it would be worth my while.
I don’t have that kind of money. I spent a long time trying to figure out how I was going to get insurance. Couldn’t afford anything on the market, or if I could afford it, I’d still be paying completely out of pocket for everything since the deductible was so high. I decided on going with COBRA which is in the middle of as far as cost of the premium from what I was looking at and I will still be able to use the insurance. It’s money I don’t have and it’s only for 18 months, but after I got back a suspicious chest CT scan and need another one in 3 months, I don’t really have a choice.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
280 characters will be Trump’s downfall.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 2, 2017
re: #29 Interesting Times
We all keep saying that and it just keeps going on and on and getting worse every day.
re: #23 BeachDem
My accountant had actually mentioned the idea of becoming a sub-S (?) a while back—if my memory is correct, it wasn’t hideously expensive (like about $500-$800 range I think.) I declined because I’m an “old” and didn’t think it would be worth my while.
i recently did a florida llc for about 300 total direct costs - no professional fees, including, in this case, county and town business tax registrations
and a single member llc (at the moment) doesnt have to file a separate return. its called a disregarded entity and is reported on the schedule c, like the unincorporated business before it
re: #30 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
We all keep saying that and it just keeps going on and on and getting worse every day.
Looking at the date stamp, I assumed McMullin is subtweeting Cheeto Benito’s latest FBI admission (I already know GOPers and the media bothsiderists will ignore it, but hopefully Mueller won’t).
re: #28 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I don’t have that kind of money. I spent a long time trying to figure out how I was going to get insurance. Couldn’t afford anything on the market, or if I could afford it, I’d still be paying completely out of pocket for everything since the deductible was so high. I decided on going with COBRA which is in the middle of as far as cost of the premium from what I was looking at and I will still be able to use the insurance. It’s money I don’t have and it’s only for 18 months, but after I got back a suspicious chest CT scan and need another one in 3 months, I don’t really have a choice.
Damn, I feel terrible that you’re going through all that—which sounds a lot like “thoughts and prayers” but I will try to find out anything I can about the tax scam/sole proprietor stuff and get the info I find to you asap.
I can definitely relate (and agree how much it sucks.) Most of my career has been freelance, and I’ve always had really crappy, high deductible, doesn’t cover much of anything, private insurance. The only time I had decent insurance was during a long-term assignment where the company let me buy into their group policy—particularly fortunate because that was in effect when I had breast cancer.
The only advantage I’ve seen becoming an old has been getting Medicare—even with the Medi-gap policy and prescription policy added in, it’s still cheaper than the crap private insurance I used to have.
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do after a loss. Not this time.
This tax bill is only going to get worse as people learn more about it. There are 6 GOP Senators that have to run on it & 2 open seats in 2018. We all need to get to work.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 2, 2017
The New York Times reveals more Trump lies: Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia https://t.co/3xHA8pixw2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
What was that old cliché about dusky cookware accusing a certain appliance of being too dark…?
Not surprised when the WH or its surrogates choose to incorrectly spin the significance of the Flynn news, but to see some journalists and columnists do it when they clearly know what they are saying is misleading makes it look as if all they care about is their WH access
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 2, 2017
re: #34 BeachDem
Damn, I feel terrible that you’re going through all that—which sounds a lot like “thoughts and prayers” but I will try to find out anything I can about the tax scam/sole proprietor stuff and get the info I find to you asap.
I can definitely relate (and agree how much it sucks.) Most of my career has been freelance, and I’ve always had really crappy, high deductible, doesn’t cover much of anything, private insurance. The only time I had decent insurance was during a long-term assignment where the company let me buy into their group policy—particularly fortunate because that was in effect when I had breast cancer.
The only advantage I’ve seen becoming an old has been getting Medicare—even with the Medi-gap policy and prescription policy added in, it’s still cheaper than the crap private insurance I used to have.
Damn! I was fortunate that I was covered under my ex’s insurance, but I can’t be on it now. I feel the same way about Medicare, but I’m sure by the time I can use it, it will be all fucked up as well.
Thanks in advance for anything you may find that you post.
Well shit.
This email from KT McFarland suggest Trump officials wanted to ease sanctions on Russia *explicitly because* of their help winning the election https://t.co/GVpvQLQgs6 pic.twitter.com/QGVsmugCsF
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 2, 2017
Whoa. This is a stunner. https://t.co/zPPdoarkxI pic.twitter.com/KigUK7cOEj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
re: #40 Charles Johnson
This makes me want to throw things. Heavy things.
re: #41 A Mom Anon
This makes me want to throw things. Heavy things.
Makes me want to forward it to Mueller — only I don’t have a Twitter account, and anyway I expect he’s already seen it.
re: #45 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Probably has.
Talked to Mom today. She had brunch with a group of other ladies from their old neighborhood. They get together every month. My aunt is part of this group. Apparently she said something to the effect of “Thank God President Trump did something about taxes. It’s about time.” After she said that, complete silence from the other 8 at the table.
That’s a serious admission. What else does Mueller have?
re: #36 Charles Johnson
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On Dec. 29, a transition adviser to Mr. Trump, K. T. McFarland, wrote in an email to a colleague that sanctions announced hours before by the Obama administration in retaliation for Russian election meddling were aimed at discrediting Mr. Trump’s victory. The sanctions could also make it much harder for Mr. Trump to ease tensions with Russia, “which has just thrown the U.S.A. election to him,” she wrote in the emails obtained by The Times.
re: #42 Unshaken Defiance
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I wish my mood looked that good. Nice photo!
re: #7 A Mom Anon
Not just directed at Charles, but I was wondering what it takes to get this fool arrested? Why is all of this mess not considered actual treason? Will Trump ever see the inside of a prison cell? I keep hearing you can’t charge a sitting President with any crime, is that right ? Even if he’s caught red handed? I really don’t know, anyone have insight on this?
Mueller can prosecute any federal crimes linked to the investigation. In theory, that could include legal action against the president. Rosenstein gave him a lot of latitude to conduct his investigation.
Whether or not he’ll be prosecuted is another question. I’d guess that Trump would agree to resign before it got to that - at which point, hopefully Schneiderman would be waiting to charge him with crimes as a citizen of New York State.
re: #48 BigPapa
Probably more than The New York Times has.
re: #48 BigPapa
I’m guessing a hell of a lot more since this was so casually thrown out there.
re: #21 A Mom Anon
So he could literally murder someone and still not be arrested for it? I get why the Office of POTUS would be protected to some degree, but if it’s obvious he’s committed felonies, and Congress doesn’t act, that’s it? I hate sounding dumb, but I don’t get why he’d be immune from the law just because Congress won’t act.
again, AFAIK, Congress would have to have him impeached and convicted
re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus
complete silence from the other 8 at the table.
This is how it’s done we do it.
re: #20 ObserverArt
But damn it…they got ‘er done!
No. As of today, they didn’t. They still have to go through reconciliation, and the nutjobs in the House could very well fuck that up as badly as they fucked up ACA repeal.
Not, Done. Yet.
re: #56 makeitstop
No. As of today, they didn’t. They still have to go through reconciliation, and the nutjobs in the House could very well fuck that up as badly as they fucked up ACA repeal.
Not, Done. Yet.
Edited the one above.
re: #50 wrenchwench
Thanks much. From 2016, blackening a steel ingot mold. Raw propane as a silk dancer. Not sure if I was on the torch and LWC on the camera or vice versa.
re: #56 makeitstop
No. As of today, they didn’t. They still have to go through reconciliation, and the nutjobs in the House could very well fuck that up as badly as they fucked up ACA repeal.
Not, Done. Yet.
they only want to reconcile with their donors and lobbyists, who were growing impatient with their minions
Oh god, read this article
I know we’re talking about obstruction and collusion right now but Corey Lewandowski says Trump used to have press secretary Hope Hicks press his pants on the campaign plane while he was wearing the pants. https://t.co/7FxWFzZPu3 pic.twitter.com/hsdvy1MPM6
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 2, 2017
re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
they only want to reconcile with their donors and lobbyists, who were growing impatient with their minions
Just like ACA repeal was a done deal, right?
Just like Virginia was lost beyond a shadow of a doubt, right?
re: #60 Stanley Sea
Oh god, read this article
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He does not know the meaning of ‘press secretary’.
Insurance approved my brother’s neck surgery (fusion of C5 and C6) yesterday afternoon, so he is having surgery on Monday afternoon. However, I was thinking that if the surgery didn’t come off as expected, I could spend my week dropping by the Phoenix offices of Sens. McCain and Flake and letting them know exactly how I feel about their votes on the tax bill.
And yeah, I’m planning on it. (My brother said to me—“you can go Monday morning, my surgery isn’t until 1:30.)
So, what are some pithy things I can put on a sign? One of my friends suggested TREASON’S GREETINGS but this tax bill isn’t explicitly treasonous. So looking for something besides a whole raft of four letter words that would get me arrested.
This is one time Lewandowski made the right call. Zero tolerance for custom orders at fast food joints. https://t.co/oxM8p5AdaS pic.twitter.com/5DKxp5V103
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) December 2, 2017
re: #61 makeitstop
Just like ACA repeal was a done deal, right?
Just like Virginia was lost beyond a shadow of a doubt, right?
I am less optimistic about this. ACA was not about placating their donors, it was only about screwing working people. This is mostly about keeping the donors happy, screwing working people is just a side effect.
re: #55 wrenchwench
This is how
it’s donewe do it.
Heh. If I were there, a loud “Are you kidding me with this shit right now?!” would have silenced the whole restaurant.
re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am less optimistic about this. ACA was not about placating their donors, it was only about screwing working people. This is mostly about keeping the donors happy, screwing working people is just a side effect.
Like a wise man once said, ‘That’s why they play the games.’
Maybe it’s because I’m an old man, but like allegro (I think?) said last night, I’ve got a highly developed ‘wait and see’ skill.
None of the players on the GOP side are as smart as they think they are. Not a one. I’ll continue to do what I can, knowing that stupid people who think they’re smart are always, always capable of committing a fatal error.
re: #37 Interesting Times
What was that old cliché about dusky cookware accusing a certain appliance of being too dark…?
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Anyone have that comment Todd made a few years ago about it is not the media’s business to take a side in the news because they wouldn’t have guests or some such. That needs to be stuffed down Chuck throat.
re: #67 GlutenFreeJesus
Heh. If I were there, a loud “Are you kidding me with this shit right now?!” would have silenced the whole restaurant.
The perfect scene for a needle being dragged across a record.
re: #40 Charles Johnson
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Quid pro quo? Inquiring minds and all that.
Plus, who’s leaking this stuff?
re: #60 Stanley Sea
Oh god, read this article
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Brings a whole new meaning to Hot Pants!
re: #56 makeitstop
No. As of today, they didn’t. They still have to go through reconciliation, and the nutjobs in the House could very well fuck that up as badly as they fucked up ACA repeal.
Not, Done. Yet.
Sorry, I was talking about the Senate and only in the context of last night. It’s just snark.
This seems to be a common trait of Republican politicians. pic.twitter.com/ZQqXfFfgpi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
re: #56 makeitstop
No. As of today, they didn’t. They still have to go through reconciliation, and the nutjobs in the House could very well fuck that up as badly as they fucked up ACA repeal.
Not, Done. Yet.
Aaaand, apparently the yam is busy flapping his yap and hopefully fucking things up:
President Trump on Saturday suggested for the first time that he would consider significant changes to the emerging tax overhaul plan, including setting the corporate tax rate at 22 percent — a rate higher than the level he had long demanded as the House and Senate crafted their legislation.
The last page of the Cruz Amendment to the GOP tax plan is pretty interesting. pic.twitter.com/ad4mkjyDZ6
— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 2, 2017
re: #75 ericblair
Aaaand, apparently the yam is busy flapping his yap and hopefully fucking things up:
Like I said, stupid people who think they’re smart…
The GOP is crawlin’ with ‘em.
James O’Keefe is NOT A JOURNALIST.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
re: #78 Charles Johnson
SMH
For gods sake @politico raise the bar for journalist a little up off the damn floor.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 2, 2017
re: #78 Charles Johnson
What are you doing Politico?!?!
33%
NEW: Trump’s approval rating has dipped further, down to 33%, in Gallup daily tracking poll pic.twitter.com/4q7Uax6A7q
— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) December 2, 2017
That’s true - Romney’s the kind of guy who steams his own crotch. [cough]
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 2, 2017
Let the competition for top bunk begin. From a really good article over at Slate:
The prisoner’s dilemma is a famous problem in prosecutions and in academic game theory. A prisoner (or more illustratively in this case, a defendant) knows if he holds out against making a deal, and if all his co-defendants in other jail cells also hold out, they will all go free. However, if he holds out and another defendant confesses and implicates him, he will get a much worse sentence. If everyone confesses, everyone gets something in between.
So, the dilemma here is whether to assume everyone is holding out or whether to assume someone else is confessing to get a better deal. Up until now, only a very small figure—Papadopoulos—had confessed, not enough to make any central figure rethink his assumptions.
But now that Flynn is cooperating with Mueller, all bets are off. Everyone knows the next few cooperators will get deals, but the later you cooperate, the worse deal you get. The last (and biggest) co-conspirators get no deals at all. Flynn’s deal could be a moment that breaks the silence, and opens the gates for others to cooperate with Mueller to get a deal while there are still deals on the table.
I sure hope Mueller doesn’t take weekends off.
re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg
I sure hope Mueller doesn’t take weekends off.
His calendar doesn’t even have Saturday and Sunday listed.
re: #64 mmmirele
Insurance approved my brother’s neck surgery (fusion of C5 and C6) yesterday afternoon, so he is having surgery on Monday afternoon. However, I was thinking that if the surgery didn’t come off as expected, I could spend my week dropping by the Phoenix offices of Sens. McCain and Flake and letting them know exactly how I feel about their votes on the tax bill.
And yeah, I’m planning on it. (My brother said to me—“you can go Monday morning, my surgery isn’t until 1:30.)
So, what are some pithy things I can put on a sign? One of my friends suggested TREASON’S GREETINGS but this tax bill isn’t explicitly treasonous. So looking for something besides a whole raft of four letter words that would get me arrested.
“Kochs = 1, America = 0 at halftime
The game isn’t over yet”
It’s still fuzzy, but the fuller version of the McFarland quote supports her defence that she was referring to a Democratic perception that Russia threw the election to Trump, not that she was making this claim herself. https://t.co/CHqYHf2b9b pic.twitter.com/tYJPIJgFGa
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 2, 2017
It really doesn’t. She was clearly referring to Russia itself there, and the “trap of saying something” only existed at all because she knew Russia had thrown the election.
— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 2, 2017
Gonna need a bigger holding cell.
Spicer knew. https://t.co/BJZms5vxNQ pic.twitter.com/1P0IcZwBjw
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 2, 2017
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Trump Motorcade arriving to chants of “Lock Him Up” in NYC https://t.co/fIFcUCLuIO
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 2, 2017
I like the refrain “Traitor!”
re: #38 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Damn! I was fortunate that I was covered under my ex’s insurance, but I can’t be on it now. I feel the same way about Medicare, but I’m sure by the time I can use it, it will be all fucked up as well.
Thanks in advance for anything you may find that you post.
Check with your COBRA administrator. If you were covered under your spouse and lost coverage due to the divorce, you’re entitled as a Qualified Beneficiary to keep COBRA for up to 36 months, not 18. (If you and the spouse were both on COBRA and then divorced, it’s a second Qualifying Event and coverage can only extend to 36 months after the original start of COBRA. That gets complicated.) Make good and sure your admins have the right reason listed for loss of coverage, and the correct end date for your eligibility now, to save a possibly futile fight later.
(Worked in COBRA admin for 5 years. Been out of it for 2, but the gov website still shows the 36-month eligibility for death or divorce.)
Edit: With apologies in advance if you already know this, just going off your posts in this thread
re: #90 CleverToad
At this point you may get a fairer shake from the COBRA commander…
re: #89 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
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I like the refrain “Traitor!”
Good to see. This has to be repeated everywhere Trump goes. It will help make him crazy.
Well, crazier.
Hopefully to the point of craziness it becomes obvious to all those needed to start the process to go with a 25th amendment solution. If we get that and Mueller all building and building it might pressurize congress to act.
re: #1 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I’m going to repost from the previous thread:
Does anyone here have any clue about this tax proposal and how it affects sole proprietors? I’m trying to figure out if I would still be able to deduct my business expenses from my gross income to get a net income. I’m also wondering if I’m going to be able to deduct my health insurance premiums which are outrageously high and that I simply cannot afford, but have to have anyway.
Should be asking this question to your senators and your rep - over and over - until you get an answer.
re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg
I sure hope Mueller doesn’t take weekends off.
He can if Trump keeps making it easier for him…
It’s like watching Nixon tweet, “Fuck it, here are the deleted parts of the tapes.”
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 2, 2017
I always get tickled by the mental image of Cobb reading tweets like that and immediately spitting his coffee out. What he’s charging an hour to defend Trump, it’s obviously way too cheap.
re: #96 Targetpractice
I don’t know…if he keeps busting out the Comic Sans for his public statements I’m tempted to think he might be over earning.
The honest question is who isn’t crooked in this admin?
re: #98 HappyWarrior
The honest question is who isn’t crooked in this admin?
It’s sort of sad that, so far, the only person who seems “clean” is Rinsed.
re: #35 JordanRules
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Thank you, Madame President! Flip Congress next November. Flip the White House in 2020. Yes we can.
re: #47 GlutenFreeJesus
Talked to Mom today. She had brunch with a group of other ladies from their old neighborhood. They get together every month. My aunt is part of this group. Apparently she said something to the effect of “Thank God President Trump did something about taxes. It’s about time.” After she said that, complete silence from the other 8 at the table.
They were so polite - I’d have told her about trump and his taxes and asked her to leave.
re: #37 Interesting Times
What was that old cliché about dusky cookware accusing a certain appliance of being too dark…?
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Dang! When you’ve lost Chucky Toad, ….!!!
Trump’s lawyer Ty Cobb: “Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn.” pic.twitter.com/vk7Hx9pOm0
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 1, 2017
Ty Cobb writes letters in comic sans. Even more proof we’re living a simulation. https://t.co/AnwsGywzPW
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) December 1, 2017
re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Dang! When you’ve lost Chucky Toad, ….!!!
We’ll see on tomorrow’s Press The Meat if he lets Nancy talk about the tax bill…
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re: #104 Joe Bacon 🌹
We’ll see on tomorrow’s Press The Meat if he lets Nancy talk about the tax bill…
In retrospect, that was an even bigger deal than it sounded like last Sunday.
re: #103 BigPapa
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Yeah, just one charge. Very lawyerly statement (no offense to any reputable lawyers.) The problem for the White House’s side of the story is that Flynn could have been charged with a whole lot more, so why wasn’t he? It’s not like he was some random, low level volunteer shooting off his mouth.
But so many people don’t bother with critical thinking.
And this is crazy too. Sorta awesome, I commend the guy.. but that’s sad.
They say that one vote doesn’t matter, but I literally wrote in my own name and won an election because I guess no-one else ran/voted for this position. pic.twitter.com/43iam09Inp
— p.e. garcia (@AvantGarcia) December 1, 2017
re: #90 CleverToad
Check with your COBRA administrator. If you were covered under your spouse and lost coverage due to the divorce, you’re entitled as a Qualified Beneficiary to keep COBRA for up to 36 months, not 18. (If you and the spouse were both on COBRA and then divorced, it’s a second Qualifying Event and coverage can only extend to 36 months after the original start of COBRA. That gets complicated.) Make good and sure your admins have the right reason listed for loss of coverage, and the correct end date for your eligibility now, to save a possibly futile fight later.
(Worked in COBRA admin for 5 years. Been out of it for 2, but the gov website still shows the 36-month eligibility for death or divorce.)
Edit: With apologies in advance if you already know this, just going off your posts in this thread
I went in there thinking it was 36 months because I saw the word “divorce,” but then I read it again and it said that an extra 18 months could be added to the original 18 months if a divorce occurred during the first 18 months. That’s also what the COBRA person told me as well.
re: #93 fern01
Should be asking this question to your senators and your rep - over and over - until you get an answer.
Yes, I’ll call Heller’s office on Monday and insist on an answer.
re: #108 BigPapa
There are some divisions that do not have a judge of elections let alone anyone to sit on the election day board. I am not sure where the 21-10 is but if he won it by writing his name in he has it.
I followed the thread he is in Manayunk.
Looks like families of the Tx church shooting are going to sue the Air Force. No mention of holding gun manufacturers or politicians who make obtaining guns easily obtainable accountable.
re: #112 VegasGolfer
Looks like families of the Tx church shooting are going to sue the Air Force. No mention of holding gun manufacturers or politicians who make obtaining guns easily obtainable accountable.
I’d also like to remind everyone bump stocks are still 100% legal.
re: #107 calochortus
Yeah, just one charge. Very lawyerly statement (no offense to any reputable lawyers.) The problem for the White House’s side of the story is that Flynn could have been charged with a whole lot more, so why wasn’t he? It’s not like he was some random, low level volunteer shooting off his mouth.
But so many people don’t bother with critical thinking.
He must have spilled a couple of truckloads of beans They caught him in at least 4 instances of lying to the FBI as I understand it.
I also read somewhere that they could have not charged him with more than one count so they’d be able to try him again if the case went sideways.
re: #109 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
CleverToad:
Did I read it wrong? (Please, please tell me I read it wrong!)
re: #114 makeitstop
He must have spilled a couple of truckloads of beans They caught him in at least 4 instances of lying to the FBI as I understand it.
I also read somewhere that they could have not charged him with more than one count so they’d be able to try him again if the case went sideways.
Yup
Do the math: #MichaelFlynn was NOT charged with lying re: FARA filings & SF86 omissions. Each false statement brings up to 5-year sentence. #Mueller therefore saved Flynn several years in prison. He would need something major in return. The math does NOT favor Admin.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 2, 2017
re: #114 makeitstop
He must have spilled a couple of truckloads of beans They caught him in at least 4 instances of lying to the FBI as I understand it.
I also read somewhere that they could have not charged him with more than one count so they’d be able to try him again if the case went sideways.
Smirconish today said if they had more on Flynn they’d have charged him with it and this is very bad news for Mueller.
In other news Smirconish is a fucking idiot who doesn’t understand how plea deals work.
Lies on top of lies on top of lies. Trump’s lawyer tweets for Trump but it sure reads like Trump. Amazing that anyone would believe this but it’s the only spin they have.
Trump on Michael Flynn’s guilty plea: It’s a ‘shame’ because he had ‘nothing to hide’
Trump’s lawyer John Dowd drafted the president’s tweet, according to two people familiar with the twitter message. Its authorship could reduce how significantly it communicates anything about when the president knew that Flynn had lied to the FBI, but also raises questions about the public relations strategy of the president’s chief lawyer. Two people close to the administration described the tweet simply as sloppy and unfortunate.
They just showed Hair Furor answering a few questions and he looks even more horrible than he typically does, huge dark bags under his eyes
re: #119 BigPapa
Lies on top of lies on top of lies. Trump’s lawyer tweets for Trump but it sure reads like Trump. Amazing that anyone would believe this but it’s the only spin they have.
Trump on Michael Flynn’s guilty plea: It’s a ‘shame’ because he had ‘nothing to hide’
Whatevs
Trump lawyer John Dowd drafted today’s much analyzed tweet, two people familiar tell the Post. https://t.co/azuj3H9sHR
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) December 2, 2017
The White House position has long been that these are official statements of the president. https://t.co/wxCSrumwmz
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) December 2, 2017
re: #121 Cheechako
Fuck WP and their paywall!!!
Fortunately the Anchorage Daily News re-posts many WP stories so I may get to read it later.
re: #119 BigPapa
Lies on top of lies on top of lies. Trump’s lawyer tweets for Trump but it sure reads like Trump. Amazing that anyone would believe this but it’s the only spin they have.
Trump on Michael Flynn’s guilty plea: It’s a ‘shame’ because he had ‘nothing to hide’
lol, Dowd drafted that tweet? Right………he writes all of the ones that get Trump in trouble.
re: #120 bill d. (b.d.)
They just showed Hair Furor answering a few questions and he looks even more horrible than he typically does, huge dark bags under his eyes
I sincerely hope he got no sleep whatsoever last night. And tonight, and every night for the rest of his life.
re: #121 Cheechako
Fuck WP and their paywall!!!
There’s a pretty easy workaround. Just delete your local cache of website data associated with washingtonpost.com
In Safari it’s: Preferences -> Privacy -> type “was” in the search field -> click on washingtonpost.com -> click the Remove button.
Boom, your allotment of free articles just got reset.
re: #127 goddamnedfrank
There’s a pretty easy workaround. Just delete your local cache of website data associated with washingtonpost.com
In Safari it’s: Preferences -> Privacy -> type “was” in the search field -> click on washingtonpost.com -> click the Remove button.
Boom, your allotment of free articles just got reset.
They won’t let me read shit because I run an ad blocker.
re: #128 makeitstop
They won’t let me read shit because I run an ad blocker.
You should stop being worse than Hitler.
Okay, fucking seriously? The tweet that reads like a confession was drafted by a lawyer?
Man, remember in the early 90’s when people were all militantly against commercialization of the internet.
In retrospect that’s pretty funny.
re: #130 Targetpractice
Okay, fucking seriously? The tweet that reads like a confession was drafted by a lawyer?
What kind of lawyer would draft something like that or allow it to be released? That’s worse than press releases in comic sans.
re: #131 goddamnedfrank
Man, remember in the early 90’s when people were all militantly against commercialization of the internet.
In retrospect that’s pretty funny.
I suspect that, in half the time, we’ll be looking back on today as a period of relative “freedom” compared to what ISPs have planned in the absence of Net Neutrality.
re: #114 makeitstop
He must have spilled a couple of truckloads of beans They caught him in at least 4 instances of lying to the FBI as I understand it.
I also read somewhere that they could have not charged him with more than one count so they’d be able to try him again if the case went sideways.
That’s pretty much what Rachel was saying last night—that they have a slew of charges they’re probably holding back, both in case it goes sideways, or if the yam decides to pardon him on the one count, they can come back with a whole lot of others.
Remember the Saturday Night Massacre? This could the Saturday Self Immolation. You can’t make this stuff up.
re: #132 BigPapa
What kind of lawyer would draft something like that or allow it to be released? That’s worse than press releases in comic sans.
[trump] Your honor, my lawyer is an idiot…but that’s ok because I wasn’t going to pay him anyways [/trump]
re: #135 BigPapa
I came close to that yesterday. littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #134 BeachDem
That’s pretty much what Rachel was saying last night—that they have a slew of charges they’re probably holding back, both in case it goes sideways, or if the yam decides to pardon him on the one count, they can come back with a whole lot of others.
Also—she and Lawrence both pointed out that Flynn is going to want to protect his “charming” son as well, so there’s a whole lot that Mueller is probably keeping close to his vest. Let the yam and his ridiculous lawyers run their mouths (in Comic Sans, no less) and let Mueller just nod his head and smile as they continue to implicate themselves further.
re: #135 BigPapa
Remember the Saturday Night Massacre? This could the Saturday Self Immolation. You can’t make this stuff up.
I never knew Trump was Buddhist.
/yeah, I’m going to Hell for that one…
I agree with one of the replies - there’s something weirdly calming about this thread (and you have to click through to get the full effect):
I hate each and every member of the @SenateGOP who voted yes on the #TaxScamBill
— Av Gutman (@abgutman) December 2, 2017
re: #139 Targetpractice
I never knew Trump was Buddhist.
/yeah, I’m going to Hell for that one…
Downding for being horrible. But I gave it two Updings for being hilarious.
re: #142 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
rofl. That was a good one.
re: #140 Interesting Times
I agree with one of the replies - there’s something weirdly calming about this thread (and you have to click through to get the full effect):
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re: #145 Skip Intro
I see hope she sold her soul for a halfway decent price, seeing as how she’s got kids to feed and all that…
re: #108 BigPapa
And this is crazy too. Sorta awesome, I commend the guy.. but that’s sad.
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Almost how I got voted into Inspector of Elections (I was actually appointed to Judge since it was vacant and I was the only elected officer available). No one running for the position so I wrote my name in. I told my wife about it on our way home and she said I should have told her, but it was a spur of the moment thing. Ended up a tie with another person (whom I know, and that’s another story) who wrote their name in. I won at a later date by the blind selections of numbered balls from a pouch at the courthouse assembly room. That is how elections ties are settled around here.
Trump lawyer John Dowd drafted today’s much analyzed tweet, two people familiar tell the Post. https://t.co/azuj3H9sHR
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) December 2, 2017
Trump’s folks are so freaked out by @realDonaldTrump tweet that establishes Obstruction of Justice that they are trying to blame lawyer Dowd. If true, they should fire him for malpractice. But it doesn’t absolve Trump. If lawyer drafts X & I say X, then I have adopted X as my own https://t.co/lmB6PmM3OE
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 3, 2017
re: #142 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Ooh boy.
pbbbbbb WEET! whoodala whiddly *squeek-a* chit CHIT CHIT chit
— Korben the Budgie (@korbenisabird) December 3, 2017
Oy…I was afraid of this -_-
jeremy corbyn: they are the few, and you are the many. you are lions.
democrats: pic.twitter.com/feJ6q1iUpB— isaiah breen (@isi_kbreen) December 2, 2017
…and from the replies:
Republicans not only don’t want to work together. They use democrats willingness to compromise as a tactic against them and it works every damn time. It has the added effect of making Dems look perpetually helpless.
— GrumpusPowder (@fartpowder) December 2, 2017
I ask Schumer why the Dems didn’t block the entrance to Senate chambers and demand no vote to take place without Democrats involved in the process? The Dems just laid down and gave up. I can only assume it’s because they are just fine with the way the GOP is operating.
— SeattleSoaker (@SeattleSoaker) December 2, 2017
All right, then - given that the MSM is utter bothsiderist garbage, what can Dems do in spite of this to combat the perceptions above? In addition to the bothsiderist media and the conservative cult, the other big impediment to Democratic wins is the ever-so-easily dispirited and demotivated element of the Dem base…
re: #116 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Been a while since I’ve done COBRA cases, but here’s a link I found about it:
re: #152 Interesting Times
Oy…I was afraid of this -_-
All right, then - given that the MSM is utter bothsiderist garbage, what can Dems do in spite of this to combat the perceptions above? In addition to the bothsiderist media and the conservative cult, the other big impediment to Democratic wins is the ever-so-easily dispirited and demotivated element of the Dem base…
They block access to the Senate and then what happens?
re: #152 Interesting Times
Oy…I was afraid of this -_-
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It’s shit like this that makes it easy to characterize the far-left as anarchists, when their only answer to democracy not going in their favor is just to prevent democracy from working at all.
re: #155 Targetpractice
It’s shit like this that makes it easy to characterize the far-left as anarchists, when their only answer to democracy not going in their favor is just to prevent democracy from working at all.
Yes.
re: #152 Interesting Times
The only serious complaint I’ve seen is moar procedural delays wanted . Not much else they could have done, I think. Schemer is just reminding us of the Good Old Days when the parties worked out compromises on issues.
re: #154 HappyWarrior
They block access to the Senate and then what happens?
The vote still happens, the question is whether it happens after Democrats give up and go home…or they’re hauled off by the Capital Police.
re: #158 Targetpractice
The vote still happens, the question is whether it happens after Democrats give up and go home…or they’re hauled off by the Capital Police.
Exactly which is why this is stupid.
Did this get posted already?
Another reason to hate the tax bill, courtesy of Rude Pundit:
The bill would fuck Puerto Rico like a cat in heat covered in kibble and catnip tossed into the pound. Yeah, both versions propose “a 20 percent excise tax on goods imported from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States.” Both the mayor of San Juan and Puerto Rico’s governor have said that it would be another roundhouse kick to the face of the island that is, despite Trump’s best efforts, still in existence and still part of the US.
New painting, of high ideological value, depicts Marshal Kim Jong-Un expertly drawing “charge” from US founder George Washington.
Great Soviet leader Joseph Stalin remains skillfully poised for rebound over US fascist Abraham Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/oWDBQJo07Q— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) December 2, 2017
re: #158 Targetpractice
The vote still happens, the question is whether it happens after Democrats give up and go home…or they’re hauled off by the Capital Police.
In all seriousness, I had someone tell me (who’s one of those left-leaning but apathetic/cynical voters) that the Dems needed to do something just like that to prove they “took a stand” (this was earlier in the year, and I don’t recall exactly what the issue was, but he was angry at Elizabeth Warren for telling people to call instead of doing something herself…I don’t remember his exact words but it was something to that effect).
There’s also the shallow, whizz-bang, “durr hurr nuance schuance” aspect of the American psyche where unless it’s something loud and showy and in-your-face, it doesn’t exist. That’s one reason (aside from voter suppression) that election turnout tends to be so miserably pathetic compared to other countries.
Remember the House Dem sit-in last year? When they declared that they would sit on the floor of the House until Ryan agreed to let gun control measures come to a vote? It didn’t succeed because the House Reps just turned off the cameras and went home, waiting out the Dems before pushing forward as if nothing had happened. The GOP even got a boost by declaring that it was a violation of “regular order.”
So when one of our biggest talking points about this tax bill is the violation of “regular order,” how would barring the doors and refusing to allow a vote help that?
re: #134 BeachDem
That’s pretty much what Rachel was saying last night—that they have a slew of charges they’re probably holding back, both in case it goes sideways, or if the yam decides to pardon him on the one count, they can come back with a whole lot of others.
Rachel was also wondering why trump was spending the hugh effort in defending Flynn.
That’s an easy question….Flynn has the pee tape. Putin gave it to him during that fancy dinner.
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re: #160 Teukka
Did this get posted already?
If I lived in Florida, I’d probably drink too.
/apologies to Floridian Lizards
Sure, maybe the GOP will dump trump after their big raid the treasury win, but even better would be for Putin do it because trump no longer has any value to him. That would be fantastic.
re: #148 jaunte
What Ted Lieu said, along with “titter is the official word of dumb-ass” should make whomever drafted that tweet irrelevant. If that’s the defense, nothing said on the platform would ever have any legal standing.
re: #169 Colère Tueur de Lapin
What Ted Lieu said, along with “titter is the official word of dumb-ass” should make whomever drafted that tweet irrelevant. If that’s the defense, nothing said on the platform would ever have any legal standing.
Trump doesn’t write that crap the put on his teleprompter either but the second he says it out loud he owns it…..same thing.
re: #164 Targetpractice
So when one of our biggest talking points about this tax bill is the violation of “regular order,” how would barring the doors and refusing to allow a vote help that?
Here’s the thing, though - does the average American voter know what “regular order” is or give even a fraction of a shit about it? No. They WILL care about losing tax deductions they depend on, however. So…if nothing else, the Dems need a SIMPLE message of “We did everything we could to stop this horrible bill but there weren’t enough of us - elect [Dem challenger here] so we can repeal the GOP Tax Scam and replace it with a plan that benefits YOU.”
Totally OT. My photos are a mess. And there aren’t all that many of them. If I were setting up Apples “Photos” (the successor to iPhoto) I wouldn’t have done it quite like they did. I now have a project! Sorting this stuff out into albums and getting it all labeled. And promise I’ll do better in the future.
good grief
62 years ago this week, a brave seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama uttered one word that changed history… pic.twitter.com/eOvCBcMIKX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2017
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
How. Dare. You. If Rosa Parks had applied to be a tenant in one of your buildings, you would have turned her away. Keep her name out of your filthy, treasonous mouth. https://t.co/ISl84AabmW
— April (@ReignOfApril) December 2, 2017
62 years ago this week, a brave seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama uttered one word that changed history… pic.twitter.com/eOvCBcMIKX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2017
And 18 years later, the Nixon administration sued your father and your company for housing discrimination for having applications from black would-be tenants in your Queens apartments labeled “c” for colored. https://t.co/iMFO1O7j8A
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 2, 2017
re: #39 JordanRules
Well shit.
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Yes, and this is all the more reason to look into what Susan Rice was up to! //////
Just so we’re clear, a vetted statement drafted by counsel that admits to a crime is MUCH MORE INCRIMINATING than a tweet tossed off by a suspect with a well-known reputation for saying things that aren’t true.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 3, 2017
re: #118 goddamnedfrank
Smirconish today said if they had more on Flynn they’d have charged him with it and this is very bad news for Mueller.
In other news Smirconish is a fucking idiot who doesn’t understand how plea deals work.
Literally every other qualified person is saying the exact opposite—even Napolitano.
re: #177 Stanley Sea
We really are being led off a fucking cliff by morons.
Unintended (?) consequence of #taxreform; #robots get a tax cut! 100% expensing=big deduction for #automation/#AI. #TCJA
— Rob Kovacev (@RobKovacev) December 2, 2017
GOP jobs program for robots.
re: #180 jaunte
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GOP jobs program for robots.
It’ll give workers more time to spend with their guns and grievances.
Addicted to lies #MAGA #CombatVetsforTrump #MuellerTime pic.twitter.com/baHjdiGbIa
— T. D. Neliton (@WarriorforKids) December 3, 2017
— Ducks for the Duck God (@DucksForDuckGod) December 2, 2017
Trump lawyer wrote tweet implying the president knew Flynn lied to the FBI https://t.co/rKN9tKMpJd
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 3, 2017
Ah so this is the part where @realDonaldTrump publicly confesses to obstruction of justice and then claims “the lawyer did it!” As a lawyer myself, we are not sloppy when writing for our clients. The lawyer meant what he wrote, if he wrote it at all. https://t.co/hXbHzCFk6R
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) December 3, 2017
endorse pic.twitter.com/3YjTV72Sth
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 3, 2017
re: #184 makeitstop
How about they “claim” the lawyer wrote it?
We can’t take them at their word CBS!
re: #185 Stanley Sea
Pay per view it… It could help lower the deficit.
Your client has just admitted on a social media platform that is viewable across the globe that he engaged in obstruction of justice. Do you:
A) Blame the tweet on a “hack” and claim that your client is totally innocent of what was said
B) Blame a random “staffer” for the tweet and have him terminated immediately
C) Play upon your client’s known history of spouting lies to suggest that this was just him telling a “joke”
D) Release a statement that the tweet was drafted by you and is no way a confession, even though a layman can conclude just from reading it that your client has admitted to knowingly obstructing justice by firing the lead investigator
If you answered “D”, congratulations on your disbarment.
re: #184 makeitstop
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Earlier Saturday, Mr. Trump told reporters that there was “no collusion, no collusion” with Russia.
“There’s been absolutely no collusion, so we’re very happy,” he said from the White House South Lawn before departing for New York.
No collusion = Very Happy!
Like everyone else trump hires, the only thing trump cares about in lawyers is their personal loyalty to him.
This is a very good thing for the rest of us..
Earlier Saturday, Mr. Trump told reporters that there was “no collusion, no collusion” with Russia.
“No puppet, no puppet; twice is for believing me, believing me.”
re: #186 JordanRules
How about they “claim” the lawyer wrote it?
We can’t take them at their word CBS!
They claim the lawyer drafted it.
Maybe he gave Trump a reasonably sane draft, but then Trump ran it through the Crazy Asshole translator and ran with it.
re: #193 makeitstop
They claim the lawyer drafted it.
Maybe he gave Trump a reasonably sane draft, but then Trump ran it through the Crazy Asshole translator and ran with it.
Dowd was the principle wordsmith for the tweet, and it’s unclear whether Mr. Trump saw the final version, sources said. The president was in between fundraisers in New York when the tweet was sent from an iPhone.
Doesn’t Donnie use an Andorid?
re: #193 makeitstop
Oh yes! That’s very plausible. Didn’t they do that with the Comey firing memo, but unlike the Tweet, they were able to stop the Dotard version from going out?
Melania’s expression doesn’t change much, but I believe she’s human.
Guys, if I ever get in trouble remind me never to hire John Dowd.
re: #196 jaunte
I’m not so sure.
Melon wears coats inside a lot and doesn’t seem to know what the arm holes are for. Sophia-esque!
Don’t panic. Just FYI, six U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have arrived in S. Korea to stage simulated attacks on mock N. Korean nuclear and missile targets and transporter erector launchers that move the North’s missiles.https://t.co/8FyhryFIFL
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) December 3, 2017
These are precisely the types of moves that, in normal times, could be used to bolster deterrence & reassurance, but in the context of repeated threats of preventive war by Trump & McMaster could trigger miscalculation. https://t.co/vqWejAG8NU
— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) December 3, 2017
re: #109 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I went in there thinking it was 36 months because I saw the word “divorce,” but then I read it again and it said that an extra 18 months could be added to the original 18 months if a divorce occurred during the first 18 months. That’s also what the COBRA person told me as well.
Sorry for the belated reply! Also apologies if someone else already answered down thread, I’ve been dealing with my mom and just got back on.
Look at your original COBRA paperwork. It should list the Qualifying Event and length of eligibility.
1) Your ex-spouse is an active employee who had you covered under his plan as of the date of the divorce. You lose coverage because of the divorce. Your Qualifying Event should be listed on the paperwork as DIVORCE, and you ARE eligible for 36 months. (Ditto covered children if he drops them at the same time.)
2) Your spouse is an ex-employee who carried you on his COBRA plan. The original Qualifying Event is the end of his employment. You divorce during the 18 months of his original eligibility, and lose COBRA coverage. That is a Second Qualifying Event, that lets you elect COBRA in your own name, and keep it for up to 36 months from the original Qualifying Event (not 18 months from the divorce itself, in this case. Told ya it was complicated.)
3) Ex-spouse goes onto Medicare any time within COBRA eligibility — that one gets really complicated, so I won’t go into detail if it doesn’t apply.
If this is Case 1) make sure your paperwork says DIVORCE and talk to whoever is administering COBRA for your ex-spouse’s company. Sometimes if it’s self-administered the HR person may not be really familiar with COBRA law.
Let me know if that’s confusing?
re: #199 Stanley Sea
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re: #191 Skip Intro
Like everyone else trump hires, the only thing trump cares about in lawyers is their personal loyalty to him.
This is a very good thing for the rest of us..
Trump lawyer John Dowd drafted today’s much analyzed tweet, two people familiar tell the Post. https://t.co/azuj3H9sHR
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) December 2, 2017
The president’s legal team:
-Guy Who Drunk-Emails Threats To Strangers And Got Two Black Eyes At A Club With His Mistress
-Guy Who Gives Information To The Email Prankster And Is Overheard At Lunch Talking About Case
-Guy Who Drafts Tweets Confessing to Obstruction of Justice https://t.co/6uuClzAFXp— Hayes Davenport (@hayesdavenport) December 3, 2017
re: #199 Stanley Sea
Don’t panic. Just FYI, six U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have arrived in S. Korea to stage simulated attacks on mock N. Korean nuclear and missile targets and transporter erector launchers that move the North’s missiles.
Yunno the really neat thing about stealth technology warplanes? NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
Was I yelling? Oh. Excuse me.
re: #203 Decatur Deb
Yunno the really neat thing about stealth technology warplanes? NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
Was I yelling? Oh. Excuse me.
Relax, they’re like invisible so even if North Korea knows where they should be, they still won’t be able to see them!
re: #204 JordanRules
Woooo!!!!! Dream Team!!
What a ball of litigious hot garbage.
No idea about the black eyes & don’t feel like finding out.
Yet
re: #204 JordanRules
Hot garbage representation for the piece of rotting human garbage so called President. Rather fitting.
re: #202 Stanley Sea
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re: #205 jamesfirecat
Relax, they’re like invisible even if North Korea knows where they should be, they still won’t be able to see them!
Just fuck me with a SAM-6.
re: #185 Stanley Sea
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Isn’t Drudge a Trump supporter. Odd tweet. We all know how disastrous Mueller’s interrogation of Trump will be — for Trump.
So realistic! pic.twitter.com/3TeSeRpCuz
— Awwwww (@AwwwwCats) November 29, 2017
re: #208 Targetpractice
Indeed. Revealing, once again, the horrendous regime vaulted into power. The incompetence works for the ‘burn it down’ sect of the swamp. It may help save us.
Their audacity is something to behold. Dangerous.
We all remember how the F-117 was supposedly invulnerable because it was “invisible” to radar…right up until the Serbs shot one down. Then the USAF tried to brush the whole thing off as the Nighthawk being “outdated” and the downing as a “lucky shot,” but it’s hard to win back the idea that stealth aircraft are “invisible” when a SAM-3 blows one out of the sky.
re: #213 Targetpractice
We all remember how the F-117 was supposedly invulnerable because it was “invisible” to radar…right up until the Serbs shot one down. Then the USAF tried to brush the whole thing off as the Nighthawk being “outdated” and the downing as a “lucky shot,” but it’s hard to win back the idea that stealth aircraft are “invisible” when a SAM-3 blows one out of the sky.
Lucky shot. The plane accidentally flew into the flight path of the SAM-3.
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re: #213 Targetpractice
If you know where they are, and you know where they’re going, it makes the problem a little more tractable.
Reminding us how bad the nat sec implications are as more details are confirmed.
INTEL THREAD. Leaving aside the Logan Act for a moment (which as you know I’m happy to chat about), I want to highlight how serious the Trump team’s interference with Obama’s sanctions were, as I have some experience in this area.
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 3, 2017
And it continues. SMH
So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday “interrogation” with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
The FOX News watcher has logged on https://t.co/CCkqQbErIR
— Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) December 3, 2017
re: #200 CleverToad
Here’s the text of that section of the COBRA paperwork:
re: #200 CleverToad
Here’s the relevant section on my COBRA paperwork:
“Another extension of the original 18-month (or 29-month, if applicable) continuation period can occur if, during the 18 months or 29 months of continuation coverage, a second qualifying event takes place (divorce, legal separation, death, Medicare entitlement, or dependent child ceasing to be a dependent). If a second qualifying event occurs, then the 18 months of continuation coverage will be extended to 36 months from the date of the original qualifying event for the qualifying beneficiary, spouse, and/or dependent child. If a second qualifying event occurs, it is the qualified beneficiary’s responsibility to notify the Trust in writing within 60 days of the second qualifying event and within the original 18-month or 29-month COBRA period. In no event, however, will continuation of coverage extend beyond three years from the date of the event that originally made the qualified beneficiary eligible for continuation coverage.”
Since we got divorced and then I got the COBRA coverage, I’m reading it that I don’t have any secondary events to qualify for that additional 18 months.
re: #214 Cheechako
Lucky shot. The plane accidentally flew into the flight path of the SAM-3.
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re: #215 Decatur Deb
If you know where they are, and you know where they’re going, it makes the problem a little more tractable.
re: #213 Targetpractice
We all remember how the F-117 was supposedly invulnerable because it was “invisible” to radar…right up until the Serbs shot one down. Then the USAF tried to brush the whole thing off as the Nighthawk being “outdated” and the downing as a “lucky shot,” but it’s hard to win back the idea that stealth aircraft are “invisible” when a SAM-3 blows one out of the sky.
Close enough only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, nuclear weapons…and SAMs.
re: #218 Ace Rothstein
I’m not watching Fox, but they must be running something on Hillary.
re: #218 Ace Rothstein
What the fuck is he on about?
The usual “Whataboutism” that has become the White House’s only defense, defaulting to Hillary Clinton whenever another shoe drops.
He’s on a roll!
Many people in our Country are asking what the “Justice” Department is going to do about the fact that totally Crooked Hillary, AFTER receiving a subpoena from the United States Congress, deleted and “acid washed” 33,000 Emails? No justice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Oh my god he is tweeting about her fucking emails again…..
re: #223 Ace Rothstein
He’s on a roll!
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He’s getting no justice!! I would quit in protest.
re: #223 Ace Rothstein
He is a one trick pony. All he knows is to point his tiny finger at Hillary and say she is the problem.
He’s in a bathrobe, his wife & child are on another floor or something.
He’s a fucking mess & I like it.
re: #223 Ace Rothstein
donald….Hillary’s emails are so last year.
re: #223 Ace Rothstein
He’s on a roll!
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He says this with a straight face while Jared is about to dragged before Congress yet again to explain why he’s stonewalling on turning over emails and documents that they know he has in his possession.
“acid washed” 33,000 Emails
The so-called President is a fucking idiot.
Points for the President!! At least he isn’t trying to hide his spiralling descent into madness
re: #218 Ace Rothstein
Hitting the Hillary Pavlov bell in coordination with the Fox Alt Nazi criminal org. Also in coordination with being alone, crazy and a fraud.
So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday “interrogation” with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Nothing quite says white privilege quite like being the president of the United States & complaining the system is rigged against you. https://t.co/CYs97z0gEl
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) December 3, 2017
Thing is, I fully expect the Sunday shows to spend time tomorrow quasi-defending Flynn by suggesting Hillary “got away” with lying to the FBI over her emails.
re: #231 A Cranky One
“acid washed” 33,000 Emails
The so-called President is a fucking idiot.
This is secondary to “Justice” Department, but again: Trump has completely invented the “acid washed” thing based on Clinton staff’s use of deletion software called BleachBit. He turned that into “bleached” and then that into “acid washed.” pic.twitter.com/7h8pZN4qvS
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 3, 2017
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, @REALDONALDTRUMP
FROM,
THE DEEP STATE 😱 pic.twitter.com/ywbPkzBLu3— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 2, 2017
Another great entrepreneurial opportunity squelched by PC do-gooders:
Snopes: Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?
Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offer human meat to diners are fake news..
meanwhile in Kentucky:
Bevin: The 4 GOP House members who were part of the settlement should resign.
Also Bevin: Roy who? pic.twitter.com/0fc39jO5yv— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) December 3, 2017
And here’s House GOP member Bam Carney giving Bevin’s resolution the finger: 👀 pic.twitter.com/tG26CZ5Idi
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) December 3, 2017
Bless his heart.
— jenny hobson (@jmhobsonschoice) December 3, 2017
Please don’t acid wash your emails. You will want to look back on your emails and not be able to tell which decade they are from. Stick with classic washes.
— Christina Uticone (@snowcones) December 3, 2017
re: #235 Targetpractice
Maybe Pelosi will get five seconds of Upchuck’s time to talk about the tax apocalypse.
The White House again can’t decide on what lie they’re going to tell. One moment it’s “Flynn is a lying liar who lies!” The next, it’s that the man was railroaded and the “real” criminal is Hillary.
By the way, were these tweets also drafted by Donny’s lawyers?
Many people in our Country are asking what the “Justice” Department is going to do about the fact that totally Crooked Hillary, AFTER receiving a subpoena from the United States Congress, deleted and “acid washed” 33,000 Emails? No justice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Serious question: How can you work for the DOJ when the man in charge puts your department’s proud name in sarcastic quotes? https://t.co/Zh3Btcr7cn
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) December 3, 2017
Many people = Donald Trump
Some say = Donald Trump
They say = Donald Trump
I took this picture a year ago. pic.twitter.com/tEISu82jlY
— Brody Leven (@brodyleven) December 2, 2017
Orrin Hatch claims we don’t have enough money to pay for children to have healthcare. CHIP would cost 1% of the GOP tax bill he voted for. https://t.co/6dLskRwR9G
— sean. 🎅🏽 (@SeanMcElwee) December 3, 2017
re: #236 Stanley Sea
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re: #219 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Here’s the text of that section of the COBRA paperwork:
Here’s the relevant section on my COBRA paperwork:
“Another extension of the original 18-month (or 29-month, if applicable) continuation period can occur if, during the 18 months or 29 months of continuation coverage, a second qualifying event takes place (divorce, legal separation, death, Medicare entitlement, or dependent child ceasing to be a dependent). If a second qualifying event occurs, then the 18 months of continuation coverage will be extended to 36 months from the date of the original qualifying event for the qualifying beneficiary, spouse, and/or dependent child. If a second qualifying event occurs, it is the qualified beneficiary’s responsibility to notify the Trust in writing within 60 days of the second qualifying event and within the original 18-month or 29-month COBRA period. In no event, however, will continuation of coverage extend beyond three years from the date of the event that originally made the qualified beneficiary eligible for continuation coverage.”
Since we got divorced and then I got the COBRA coverage, I’m reading it that I don’t have any secondary events to qualify for that additional 18 months.
Correct, if a spouse gets COBRA because they divorced an active, there’s no 18 month extension because they get the maximum 36-month eligibility to start with.
The really relevant section is the part that lists your personal Qualifying Event reason, Qualifying Event Date, and the end of your particular eligibility as determined by the Event reason. If your paperwork doesn’t say flat out that you ARE eligible for 36 months, get hold of the admin pronto.
re: #238 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Another great entrepreneurial opportunity squelched by PC do-gooders:
Snopes: Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?
Expect to see a new attempt at this kind of cuisine in one of the upcoming Galt’s Gulch free enterprise zones. After all, Republicans have a history of resistance to this kind of regulatory overreach, as shown by the career of the noted Republican cannibal Alferd Packer. At his first trial he was reportedly excoriated by the judge for eating 5 of the 7 Democrats in Hinsdale County. Alas, the speech calling him a “voracious man-eating son of a bitch” and “you Republican cannibal” is apparently a fabrication, but it is a fact that there are still very few Democrats in Hinsdale County Colorado.
re: #246 Ace Rothstein
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re: #236 Stanley Sea
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Perhaps he thinks it’s the same process for cleaning coal…
— Charlie (@charliegollie) December 3, 2017
I said this hours ago, but I’ll say it again: The “outrage” about handwritten amendments to the Senate tax bill is fucking stupid. It speaks to inadequate ability to criticize the bill on the substance.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) December 2, 2017
NARRATOR: Kind of hard to criticize a bill IF YOU CANT READ IT https://t.co/4Qt0pi1l34
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) December 3, 2017
re: #252 bratwurst
Comms strategist. Blunt (‘16). Walker (‘12-‘15). Rand Paul (‘13). Perry (‘12) Fiorina (‘10)
So, she’s the kind of strategist that brags about going 0 and 6.
I love how you all point out the idiots for me to block.
re: #253 jaunte
So, she’s the kind of strategist that brags about going 0 and 6.
Blunt? Loser. Walker? Loser. Paul? Loser. Perry? Loser. Fiorina? Loser. Arsenal? Loser. Try winning.
— Billy Batts (@BillyBatts1970) December 3, 2017
“Inadequate ability to criticize the bill on the substance” because no one had time to read it.
re: #248 CleverToad
Correct, if a spouse gets COBRA because they divorced an active, there’s no 18 month extension because they get the maximum 36-month eligibility to start with.
The really relevant section is the part that lists your personal Qualifying Event reason, Qualifying Event Date, and the end of your particular eligibility as determined by the Event reason. If your paperwork doesn’t say flat out that you ARE eligible for 36 months, get hold of the admin pronto.
My paperwork does not say 36 months. Do you happen to have a link to the law that I can show them where they are wrong?
December 2, 2017: the day ‘but Obama/Hillary colluded with the Russians!’ died.
I’ll criticize the bill on its substance the moment a Republican Senator can step forward and walk me through all 479 pages, including the shit written in the margins, and explain it to me without asking for help from his staff. And I don’t mean giving me some cheat sheet “This is what the bill does” BS, I mean can actually walk me through the text itself.
This “substance” bullshit is always the talking point when Republicans want you to ignore how they cornholed you without lube because “Party uber allies.”
Keeping score:
Nothing to do with the Russians
But Obama and Hillary colluded with the Russians
No Russian collusion
Top NSA guy negotiating with the Russian to help the ISIS thing but he was lying and alone
Whassamatta with trying to get along with the Russians?
There’s nothing wrong with talking to the Russians (even though we all lied about it)
I think that’s about half of it.
Congratulations to @ABC News for suspending Brian Ross for his horrendously inaccurate and dishonest report on the Russia, Russia, Russia Witch Hunt. More Networks and “papers” should do the same with their Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Unbelievably pathetic. Your former national security adviser has just pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russia, and here’s Donnie on Twitter again calling it a “witch hunt.” The flop sweat is visible from here. https://t.co/mHk97UJ3JI
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
re: #264 Charles Johnson
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Personally, what I consider a fucking travesty about this shit is that ABC suspended Brian Ross for attributing the orders to Donny instead of Jared. Meanwhile, nobody was suspended at the NYT over the “No signs of Russian collusion” story published 8 days before the election last year.
re: #248 CleverToad
I really appreciate your help on this. It looks to me like they took the COBRA guidelines and mucked them up on their paperwork. I’ll check back to tomorrow to see what you had to say about it, but I’m off to bed now. Thank you again so much!
Marcia Marcia Marcia….
Sorry people, but thats all I could hear our of trumps mouth
Brian Ross should not have been suspended, but ABC News has shown themselves many times over to be one of the worst media suck-ups to Donald Trump.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
Ross screwed up but 4 weeks seems over the top. I think ABC is over reacting.
re: #264 Charles Johnson
About the Brian Ross bit, Drift Glass tells it.
And tonight Trump’s giving them a doggie treat. Good ABC News? Who’s a good boy? You are!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
Media folks are comparing the Brian Ross suspension to the Seth Rich report “investigation.” Better comparison is Bret Baier’s bogus report days before election that Hillary would be indicted. No investigation, no suspension.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 2, 2017
re: #269 BigPapa
Hannity got two days for his Seth Rich bullshit and Fox called it a preplanned vacation.
How many times have Trump’s asshole friends on FNC completely gotten something wrong with the wrong images or wrong people and no one has been punished at all. And I bet Ross will be proven correct too.
Oh, and on that other little thing going on:
Over 6,000 DC lobbyists worked on GOP tax bill: report https://t.co/L4pV3SgYo2 pic.twitter.com/sQzGG7uw4T
— The Hill (@thehill) December 2, 2017
re: #279 BigPapa
Oh, and on that other little thing going on:
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re: #276 HappyWarrior
How many times have Trump’s asshole friends on FNC completely gotten something wrong with the wrong images or wrong people and no one has been punished at all. And I bet Ross will be proven correct too.
At least they aren’t doing this kind of thing so much anymore:
Arab League warns Trump: Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “will fuel extremism” https://t.co/lojTlEH7VA pic.twitter.com/y8EtofzAaQ
— The Hill (@thehill) December 3, 2017
This is truly “You can’t make this shit up” territory:
POLITICO: FCC official retires amid complaints about porn viewing
A senior FCC official quietly retired this year after allegations surfaced that he had used his work computer to view pornography, the latest in a series of porn-viewing incidents that agency investigators have uncovered in the past two years.
An investigation that began in January found “pornographic and inappropriate images” indicating the employee used his FCC-issued computer and the agency’s network in violation of commission policy, according to a new report from the FCC’s office of inspector general.
The employee, who is not identified, retired from his senior level position in June, the report said. The document says he worked at the GS-15 level, which earns as much as $161,900 a year.
Whoever runs the FCC’s Network Security should have been sacked as well - I mean…
re: #268 Charles Johnson
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Thing is, he scared the fuck out of the media with first, his attacks, then “fake news”
Dictator shit.
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That’s the point. His buddy Bibi needs pressure taken off him, so provoking a new wave of violence that can be used to drown out the corruption investigations and present Bibi as the “defender of the faith” is just a friend doing another friend a solid.
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
If there really was a god a clawed hand would have reached through that crack and pulled trump in.
re: #279 BigPapa
Oh, and on that other little thing going on:
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Drain in the swamp must be clogged.
.@SenDeanHeller now throws out a stage 4 cancer patient for demanding answers. This is disgusting. #GOPTaxScam pic.twitter.com/tZa9HMOoCA
— Battle Born Progress (@BattleBornProg) December 2, 2017
.@DeanHeller @SenDeanHeller’s goons threatened me before the event even started. (Srsly, wut?) Then he read my question from the stage, so I stood up to add to it. This is what happened next. https://t.co/a9f9TPvccO
— Laura Packard (P.S. Pls ban the nazis already) (@lpackard) December 3, 2017
Now @SenDeanHeller throws out local #Dreamers and refuses to answer where he stands on a #CleanDreamAct. Shame on you Heller! pic.twitter.com/zMNQ6LLBIN
— Battle Born Progress (@BattleBornProg) December 2, 2017
Let’s be clear, @SenDeanHeller has REFUSED to hold a public townhall in #LasVegas for months. Today he held a public forum with Libre. It was open to the public. When people demanded answers from THEIR Senator they were thrown out. Period. #GOPTaxScam #GOPTaxbill #Nevada pic.twitter.com/lBOBlJxzhc
— Battle Born Progress (@BattleBornProg) December 3, 2017
welp…
Hey, Happy, Juanita Jean has a bone to pick with your Sen. Mark Warner. I hadn’t heard about this.
re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth
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welp…
No accountability for their actions - exactly the way they like it.
re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Let this only be the start. I want to see a rerun of the post-ACA town halls, only this time with Republicans running with their tails between their legs as an angry public demands answers.
re: #292 retired cynic
Hey, Happy, Juanita Jean has a bone to pick with your Sen. Mark Warner. I hadn’t heard about this.
I’m as stumped as she is.
re: #294 Targetpractice
Let this only be the start. I want to see a rerun of the post-ACA town halls, only this time with Republicans running with their tails between their legs as an angry public demands answers.
Me too. Many of them owe their career and the House GOP owes their majority to lies about ACA. I want payback to be a bitch.
re: #294 Targetpractice
Let this only be the start. I want to see a rerun of the post-ACA town halls, only this time with Republicans running with their tails between their legs as an angry public demands answers.
If these people continue to dodge their own constituents, those constituents may decide to make their points in a more, umm, direct manner. I’d have a really hard time working up any sympathy if senators and representatives started getting punched the fuck out.
re: #257 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
My paperwork does not say 36 months. Do you happen to have a link to the law that I can show them where they are wrong?
re: #153 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Been a while since I’ve done COBRA cases, but here’s a link I found about it:
re: #263 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Under Q11, it looks like they HAVE to provide me with 36 months, that they don’t have any other option. Is that the way you read it?
Thank you, Hollow Voice, and yes, Sionainn, that’s exactly the site I was checking tonight. Yep, they hafta.
Make them fix it ASAP and make sure that your revised paperwork shows the following:
1) The Qualifying Event is Divorce
2) They have the correct Event Date, i.e. the date of the final decree
3) They show eligibility ending 36 months after the QE Date. You may not need to keep it that long, but you bloody well have the right.
I’m not assuming malice on the part of HR, could just be a screw-up. However, if they are working with a separate company as their COBRA admin, make sure they know that the Admin has the wrong info. (HR might have sent them the wrong info, or it could be an error on the Admin’s part, but either way the company is exposed to legal consequences and they really ought to know.)
Chances are very good that Brian Ross was deliberately fed disinformation by the White House to embarrass ABC News.
These guys? Fucking PSYCHED about the private jet write-off. pic.twitter.com/4VRkKnExcP
— John Ross Bowie (@JohnRossBowie) December 2, 2017
re: #298 CleverToad
I’m going to assume lack of malice… unless she’s part of a huge organization, they probably don’t get “exceptional” cases very often. (I never saw a divorce event in about 20 years of doing COBRA, among other things, for a small division of a very large organization.) And COBRA, as we know, gets tricky sometimes.
…but definitely tell them… nicely. (In their position, I’d want to know!)
Ha, I missed this last night:
The Declaration of Independence was handwritten. Somehow we managed ok. https://t.co/AHupSqQuxn
— Avik Roy (@Avik) December 2, 2017
I am happy to do your next surgery without anesthesia, somehow people managed ok https://t.co/h2t1kb5UMY
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) December 2, 2017
So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday “interrogation” with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Two words that explain this incoherent rant: “Flop sweat.” https://t.co/PppBWUzFvb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
re: #301 BigPapa
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“They said with this tax bill, the plant will reopen and I’ll get my old job back.”
*whisperwhisper*
“The fuck do you mean they’re giving the rich tax write-offs for their private jets and I’m expected to pay the difference?!”
re: #276 HappyWarrior
How many times have Trump’s asshole friends on FNC completely gotten something wrong with the wrong images or wrong people and no one has been punished at all. And I bet Ross will be proven correct too.
And look how a NYT story changes once Maggie and the gang re-write it to make it more yam friendly (Note, Ted Lieu’s tweet is completely gone in the rewrite)
Emails from Trump officials dispute the White House’s claim that Michael Flynn went rogue with his Russia contacts https://t.co/spUYfpdV2O
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 2, 2017
“…emails among top transition officials, provided or described to The New York Times, suggest that Mr. Flynn was far from a rogue actor.” https://t.co/5x1hn0OZd8
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) December 2, 2017
re: #304 Charles Johnson
Oh shut the fuck up alrewdy.
Trump’s third event of the day is at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/GtiJcxQBOA
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 2, 2017
Scooplet: Trump’s fundraising event at 740 Park Av was at the home of Steve Schwarzman, two sources tell me. https://t.co/FQsKlVicWV
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 2, 2017
Can you believe this? Literally the day after private equity firms slipped in a sweet tax break at the last minute, Trump is collecting a huge bribe from the CEO of a private equity firm and his pals. https://t.co/aYBLLtgvHn
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) December 2, 2017
I bought showtime for Shameless. Episodes 1-3 so meh. I was despondent.
Ep 4 was old school. Yeah!
I was asked earlier today if I read the tax bill…
Read it?
I helped write it!— Dean Heller (@DeanHeller) December 3, 2017
He gets trolled in the responses, well deserved.
re: #300 Charles Johnson
Chances are very good that Brian Ross was deliberately fed disinformation by the White House to embarrass ABC News.
Chances are it was the truth. There’s no way that Kushner came up with the idea to contact Russia by himself and McFarland worked for Flynn so she didn’t order him to do jack shit. McFarland was apparently staffing Trump on national security, acting as a Flynn-Trump go between, so when Trump said he would have ordered it that means he did order it. Every act by the administration points in this direction.
re: #311 Stanley Sea
I bought showtime for Shameless. Episodes 1-3 so meh. I was despondent.
Ep 4 was old school. Yeah!
Feels like everyone is binging on that. Both my brothers are too. I really like the show.
So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday “interrogation” with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Hillary Clinton had a non-custodial interview, which, per FBI and Justice Department policy, would not have been recorded. FBI/DOJ policy on recording interviews applies to people in custody https://t.co/vfeHrFy1Ih
— Eric Tucker (@etuckerAP) December 3, 2017
So Trump fired Flynn for lying to the FBI. But lying to the FBI is not really a big deal, he was just trying to help. Alrighty then.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump and his supporters don’t know nor do they care about the difference.
Alex Jones said that lesbians are torturing women and eating their brains.
Ummmmm…Alex? That’s not
What
We
Eat.— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) December 3, 2017
re: #318 BigPapa
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I seriously think Alex Jones is either the best act I’ve ever seen of a conservative gone insane or he’s on some drugs that I don’t even think libertarians want legalized.
re: #319 HappyWarrior
I seriously think Alex Jones is either the best act I’ve ever seen of a conservative gone insane or he’s on some drugs that I don’t even think libertarians want legalized.
Alex suffers from the Acquired Stupidity Syndrome. It’s a disease caused by the A.S.S. Virus!
re: #319 HappyWarrior
I seriously think Alex Jones is either the best act I’ve ever seen of a conservative gone insane or he’s on some drugs that I don’t even think libertarians want legalized.
Bath salts, definitely.
re: #319 HappyWarrior
His segments frequently remind me of Pro Wrestling interviews.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The reality of all this is that the wingnuts had bet the farm on the FBI having a recorded session that they would then be able to pick apart and show her “lying under oath.” So when they found out that there was no recording and she was never under oath, it totally destroyed their entire game plan. It was just one of the major events that convinced them that the FBI had either conspired with or been ordered by the White House to end the investigation without charges.
re: #323 Eclectic Cyborg
His segments frequently remind me of Pro Wrestling interviews.
I dunno. One of my friends is a pro wrestling fan and I’ve seen wrestling promos and they seem less over the top than Jones because there’s some actual basis in reality.
re: #314 HappyWarrior
Feels like everyone is binging on that. Both my brothers are too. I really like the show.
Unfortunately, this is not binging, but so anticipatory that we are watching real time.$$
re: #321 Joe Bacon 🌹
Alex suffers from the Acquired Stupidity Syndrome. It’s a disease caused by the A.S.S. Virus!
HA!
White House blaming John Dowd for @Potus’s “I confess” tweet. I call BS. I know Dowd. Smart as a whip lawyer. He wouldn’t give a damn what twitter world thinks of Flynn charges. Thats pure Trump. WH blaming Dowd is transparent attempt 2 hide lie with attorney/client privilege.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 3, 2017
re: #326 Stanley Sea
Unfortunately, this is not binging, but so anticipatory that we are watching real time.$$
I really enjoy the characters. My brother just started the show last week and is already on Season 4.
re: #223 Ace Rothstein
He’s on a roll!
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— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) December 3, 2017
Stop listening to people who spend more time criticizing Democrats than they do fighting Republicans.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) December 2, 2017
Auditory Mayonnaise FTW
Turn the Page by Bob Seger. It’s auditory mayonnaise.
— Donate to Doug Jones for Senate (@kkeeltygartland) December 3, 2017
re: #329 HappyWarrior
I really enjoy the characters. My brother just started the show last week and is already on Season 4.
Frank is now Francis & he’s a good guy.
lol
re: #39 JordanRules
Well shit.
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I think I’ve mentioned before that my stepson met KT McFarland when she gave some kind of IT security talk at his company. He knows way more than she does in that area, but his bosses had invited her for some mysterious reason. Anyway, his take on her was “all hat, no cattle.” She said virtually nothing about IT security and went on mostly speaking generalities about politics. (This was before Trump was elected, btw.)
I’ve also read that KT has a hugely inflated sense of her own importance and expertise, while being (according to some) dumb as a box of rocks. This email would be one data point supporting that estimation.
I was asked earlier today if I read the tax bill…
Read it?
I helped write it!— Dean Heller (@DeanHeller) December 3, 2017
You provided the crayons? https://t.co/aqCyP2qt5A
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 3, 2017
re: #266 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I really appreciate your help on this. It looks to me like they took the COBRA guidelines and mucked them up on their paperwork. I’ll check back to tomorrow to see what you had to say about it, but I’m off to bed now. Thank you again so much!
Glad to help!
After five years on the phones, it set off a Pavlovian response when you said “divorce” and “eighteen months” :)
re: #333 Stanley Sea
Frank is now Francis & he’s a good guy.
lol
I wonder lol how long that’s going to last. I love Frank/Francis. Pure genius acting by Macy. Been a fan of his ever since Fargo.
re: #60 Stanley Sea
I’m sure Trump enjoyed the part about Hope getting on her knees in front of him.
Who the hell steams a suit while he’s still in it?
re: #339 wheat-dogg
I’m sure Trump enjoyed the part about Hope getting on her knees in front of him.
Who the hell steams a suit while he’s still in it?
A guy who calls up the media pretending to be his own PR guy without even attempting to disguise his voice?
re: #332 BigPapa
“Puppy Love” by Donny Osmond. Raises my blood sugar so high I have to take an emergency insulin shot!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 3, 2017
Question: if you had to choose between a cat and a dog to represent Obama, which would you choose? How about for Trump?
re: #332 BigPapa
Auditory Mayonnaise FTW
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Honestly any of the overly patriotic country music released post 9/11. I’m all for love of country but gimme something like This Land Is Your Land by Guthrie over Toby Keith’s stuff.
re: #342 Belafon
Question: if you had to choose between a cat and a dog to represent Obama, which would you choose? How about for Trump?
Obama: Good reliable Lab.
Trump: The Mexican hairless dog from the urban legend that’s actually a rat.
re: #334 wheat-dogg
I think I’ve mentioned before that my stepson met KT McFarland when she gave some kind of IT security talk at his company. He knows way more than she does in that area, but his bosses had invited her for some mysterious reason. Anyway, his take on her was “all hat, no cattle.” She said virtually nothing about IT security and went on mostly speaking generalities about politics. (This was before Trump was elected, btw.)
I’ve also read that KT has a hugely inflated sense of her own importance and expertise, while being (according to some) dumb as a box of rocks. This email would be one data point supporting that estimation.
I read that they called KT the brain of Flynn.
holy shit
My Mom worked in the intelligence community for years. Not the agency that Flynn headed but the one Clapper headed. Anyhow. Her feelings are that people genuinely liked and respected Clapper while Flynn was seen as a bullying douche.
re: #344 HappyWarrior
Obama: Good reliable Lab.
Trump: The Mexican hairless dog from the urban legend that’s actually a rat.
More like the rabid possum that you see ‘mistaken’ for a dog in those joke tweets.
re: #344 HappyWarrior
Welp. There’s my answer!
LOL
re: #343 HappyWarrior
Honestly any of the overly patriotic country music released post 9/11. I’m all for love of country but gimme something like This Land Is Your Land by Guthrie over Toby Keith’s stuff.
Obama is a tuxedo cat that looks impossibly cool and stylish no matter what it is doing,
Trump is one of those yappy chiwawas that insists on trying to make up for its small size with an excessive amount of noise.
re: #347 Citizen K
More like the rabid possum that you see ‘mistaken’ for a dog in those joke tweets.
I couldn’t resist going with one of my favorite urban legends though. The rat is rabid in the urban legend by the way.
re: #342 Belafon
Question: if you had to choose between a cat and a dog to represent Obama, which would you choose? How about for Trump?
If I had to choose a dog to represent Obama it would be a Collie like Lassie coming to Timmy’s rescue.
As for Trump, would have to be a very feral cat since we know Trump loves to grab those…MEOW
The Empty-Headedness of K.T. McFarland
“…When retired Adm. Robert Harward rejected Donald Trump’s offer to succeed Gen. Michael Flynn as the president’s new national security adviser (NSA), a variety of sources reported that the general’s real reason was that he couldn’t pick his own staff. He would have been required to work with Stephen Bannon as Trump’s chief White House strategist, who finagled himself onto the Principals Committee of the National Security Council. Worse, his second-in-command would have been Flynn’s deputy NSA, K.T. McFarland, a former Fox News national-security commentator who distinguished herself at the cable station for, among other things, Islamophobia, Sinophobia, and conspiracy theories. Although Harward, a former Navy SEAL, publicly cited the familiar family and financial reasons for regretfully turning down a U.S. president, he was reliably reported to have privately told his friends that the package—mainly McFarland but presumably also some other political appointees on the NSC—offered by Trump constituted a “shit sandwich.”lobelog.com
re: #352 jaunte
The Empty-Headedness of K.T. McFarland
Wasn’t she the ding dong that ran against Hilary in a NY race, saying helicopters were spying on her, or something?
re: #343 HappyWarrior
Honestly any of the overly patriotic country music released post 9/11. I’m all for love of country but gimme something like This Land Is Your Land by Guthrie over Toby Keith’s stuff.
On that note, “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. Every fucking station played that damned song at least once a day post-9/11 and when I was younger I thought it was a good dash of patriotism. Now I’ve grown so sick of it that anytime it plays on the radio, I immediately change the station or turn it off.
re: #334 wheat-dogg
I think I’ve mentioned before that my stepson met KT McFarland when she gave some kind of IT security talk at his company. He knows way more than she does in that area, but his bosses had invited her for some mysterious reason. Anyway, his take on her was “all hat, no cattle.” She said virtually nothing about IT security and went on mostly speaking generalities about politics. (This was before Trump was elected, btw.)
I’ve also read that KT has a hugely inflated sense of her own importance and expertise, while being (according to some) dumb as a box of rocks. This email would be one data point supporting that estimation.
Did she bring the Internet?
Up for air after some Lightroom practice. Once at the Oceanside pier this guy was making huge soap bubbles in the air for kids. I just found this one and worked it up from the original raw file. The bubble caught the light and objects around us. Fascinated me when I shot it.
Shot with my trusted 7DII, and a 400 mm tele.
re: #354 retired cynic
Wasn’t she the ding dong that ran against Hilary in a NY race, saying helicopters were spying on her, or something?
Yep. Hillary had them black helicopters following K.T.
re: #354 retired cynic
Wasn’t she the ding dong that ran against Hilary in a NY race, saying helicopters were spying on her, or something?
Yep. Her house in the Hamptons.
KT McFarland a political hack? Surely, you jest.
I don’t know how the Ken Burns film of the Trump Era stays less than 18 hours like The Vietnam War was.
re: #357 Unshaken Defiance
Up for air after some Lightroom practice. Once at the Oceanside pier this guy was making huge soap bubbles in the air for kids. I just found this one and worked it up from the original raw file. The bubble caught the light and objects around us. Fascinated me when I shot it.
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re: #355 Targetpractice
On that note, “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. Every fucking station played that damned song at least once a day post-9/11 and when I was younger I thought it was a good dash of patriotism. Now I’ve grown so sick of it that anytime it plays on the radio, I immediately change the station or turn it off.
I honestly never liked that song. They made us do some silly flag dance with it in grade school. Agh. It’s just honestly not a good song. I love our country but that song is just so tacky. By the way, I thikn it’s “Proud To Be An American.”
re: #357 Unshaken Defiance
Up for air after some Lightroom practice. Once at the Oceanside pier this guy was making huge soap bubbles in the air for kids. I just found this one and worked it up from the original raw file. The bubble caught the light and objects around us. Fascinated me when I shot it.
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The reflection is amaze
re: #343 HappyWarrior
Honestly any of the overly patriotic country music released post 9/11. I’m all for love of country but gimme something like This Land Is Your Land by Guthrie over Toby Keith’s stuff.
re: #357 Unshaken Defiance
That is a BEAUTIFUL shot!!!!!!!
re: #365 Joe Bacon 🌹
Thank you very much. Kudos to Charles for how well it embiggens.
re: #354 retired cynic
Wasn’t she the ding dong that ran against Hilary in a NY race, saying helicopters were spying on her, or something?
Yeah, Fox got two has-beens from that race, her and “Judge” Pirro.
re: #354 retired cynic
Wasn’t she the ding dong that ran against Hilary in a NY race, saying helicopters were spying on her, or something?
Pirro attempted to run against Hillary, but she was such a horrible candidate she dropped out and was replaced by Rick Lazio. Clinton gave him the ass kicking he deserved.
re: #355 Targetpractice
On that note, “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. Every fucking station played that damned song at least once a day post-9/11 and when I was younger I thought it was a good dash of patriotism. Now I’ve grown so sick of it that anytime it plays on the radio, I immediately change the station or turn it off.
I remember that song ENDLESSLY playing with Reagan rallies in 1984. I detested it so much I stood in line at the polls for an hour to vote for Mondale after the election had been called for Reagan!
re: #349 jamesfirecat
Obama is a tuxedo cat that looks impossibly cool and stylish no matter what it is doing,
Trump is one of those yappy chiwawas that insists on trying to make up for its small size with an excessive amount of noise.
Before he’s done, Trump is going to be the dog who caught the car.
re: #368 HappyWarrior
Thanks. I really liked that gospel like cover of “For What It’s Worth.” I like what I’ve heard of Sharon Jones before. I erally like this so far too!
I heard some interviews with her on Fresh Air, and thought she was terrific. They had a memorial on there when she died. What a trooper.
re: #370 Joe Bacon 🌹
I remember that song ENDLESSLY playing with Reagan rallies in 1984. I detested it so much I stood in line at the polls for an hour to vote for Mondale after the election had been called for Reagan!
I still love how the Reagan team totally misunderstood Springsteen’s Born in the USA.
re: #369 makeitstop
Pirro attempted to run against Hillary, but she was such a horrible candidate she dropped out and was replaced by Rick Lazio. Clinton gave him the ass kicking he deserved.
And I remember how biased Tim Russert was during the debate Lazio had with Hillary. Truly loathed how Russert chided Hillary after Lazio did his little debate stunt…
re: #372 retired cynic
I heard some interviews with her on Fresh Air, and thought she was terrific. They had a memorial on there when she died. What a trooper.
That was a tough loss. I love her voice. Very much a throwback.
Mandy of LGF lore always posted the Lee Greenwood song.
It was always such a poor joke, UGH & always in response to some perceived or real criticism of the USA. (5 years or so ago, they were prepping for fascism)
I will always associate that song with that poster.
re: #362 HappyWarrior
I honestly never liked that song. They made us do some silly flag dance with it in grade school. Agh. It’s just honestly not a good song. I love our country but that song is just so tacky. By the way, I thikn it’s “Proud To Be An American.”
No, it’s “God Bless the USA,” I had to look it up. Pure early-80s pseudo-patriotism, the patriotism substitute that we were supposed to swallow as the country went down the tubes under Reagan. You know, “He made us good about ourselves!” as fucked over the unions and oversaw the selling off of jobs to overseas sweat shops.
re: #374 Joe Bacon 🌹
And I remember how biased Tim Russert was during the debate Lazio had with Hillary. Truly loathed how Russert chided Hillary after Lazio did his little debate stunt…
Russert has had a posthumous rehabilitation, mostly because Chuck Todd is so horrible. But Russert was an asshole.
re: #377 Targetpractice
No, it’s “God Bless the USA,” I had to look it up. Pure early-80s pseudo-patriotism, the patriotism substitute that we were supposed to swallow as the country went down the tubes under Reagan. You know, “He made us good about ourselves!” as fucked over the unions and oversaw the selling off of jobs to overseas sweat shops.
My mistake, you’re right. You’re right. It’s so typical of that era. Feeling good about America whlie Reagan was destroying the legacy of the New Deal. There’s a special place in my contempt for Reagan taht not even Nixon has because Nixon at laest didn’t destroy the New Deal and Great Society.
re: #359 Stanley Sea
Yep. Her house in the Hamptons.
Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson denied any spying was going on.
“We at the Hillary campaign wish Ms. McFarland the best and hope she gets the rest she needs,” he said.
But Wolfson couldn’t resist a sharper gibe at McFarland’s oddball remarks.
“Some campaigns hand out campaign buttons; the McFarland campaign hands out tinfoil hats with antennas,” he quipped.
re: #378 makeitstop
Russert has had a posthumous rehabilitation, mostly because Chuck Todd is so horrible. But Russert was an assholes.
The one I always disliked was John McLaughin. Just seemed very pompous. I liked Peter Jennings. We watched a lot of the docuseries he narrated on the 20th century in history class. Jennings just seemed like a genuinely good guy.
re: #378 makeitstop
Russert has had a posthumous rehabilitation, mostly because Chuck Todd is so horrible. But Russert was an assholes.
I truly hated that asshole. Still remember when he was one of the four ringleaders of the Bill Clinton Penis Hunt along with Tweety Matthews, Michael Kelly and Maureen Dowd. Each one of them tried to out-do the others in ripping Bill Clinton to pieces.
His son made a complete fool of himself as a reporter GOP Stenographer! Little Luke finally quit after Pelosi smacked him down on live TV. If it wasn’t for his GOP asskissing Daddy, Little Luke would have flunked out of the manager trainee for Arby’s because he couldn’t master the meat slicer!
I’m furious. Tonight, having taken a nap in the evening, I got up and figured I’d go back to working on this script I’ve been writing. I use Libre Office because it’s free.
On my last effort, earlier in the day, I was up to page 485. This is what I got when I tried to open the document a few minutes ago:
I could scream.
I haven’t been able to open the thumb drive on which I had a backup copy stored. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Right now, I need my rest.
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief
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