Colbert: Is It Okay to Say the ‘D’ Word About Trump Yet?
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Despite his affinity for sitting, some are questioning whether or not the President is off his rocker.
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The Jester Dance is OK, but for sheer dance awesomeness, nothing will ever compete with the Safety Dance. https://t.co/TqmaNggjFE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Admittedly rhetorical question, how do you get 500k to look that good that large? Sharper than FB. Downstairs
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re: #1 Charles Johnson
Its not bad, but if you’re in the game, then the Strokes the word…https://t.co/byR1sYtGRT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 3, 2017
EVERYBODY LOOK AT YOUR HANDS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 3, 2017
I’ve mentioned how red Rockwall is. Democrats hare mostly stayed low, though the Democratic party drives a truck in the Christmas parade. This year, there were three Democratic related entries, including Catherine Krantz, who is running against John Ratcliffe. In 2016, there was only a libertarian candidate.
re: #5 Belafon
I’ve mentioned how red Rockwall is. Democrats hare mostly stayed low, though the Democratic party drives a truck in the Christmas parade. This year, there were three Democratic related entries, including Catherine Krantz, who is running against John Ratcliffe. In 2016, there was only a libertarian candidate.
People are really wanting to stick it to these guys. It’s why I’m not totally cynical about our chances. I’m more worried about where we go from there.
re: #6 HappyWarrior
People are really wanting to stick it to these guys. It’s why I’m not totally cynical about our chances. I’m more worried about where we go from there.
I think the actual 2016 platform is a good start. Now we can add making the wealthy pay like the rest of us.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
the thing that always impressed me about that video is how lost and overwhelmed the singer looks.
re: #8 Belafon
I think the actual 2016 platform is a good start. Now we can add making the wealthy pay like the rest of us.
Right absolutely I agree. We have do our best so amnesia doesn’t set in though and we get another charlatan like Trump. Hopefully, I think Trump’s going to sour people on the GOP brand for a whlie.
re: #10 HappyWarrior
Right absolutely I agree. We have do our best so amnesia doesn’t set in though and we get another charlatan like Trump. Hopefully, I think Trump’s going to sour people on the GOP brand for a whlie.
That’s what I thought about W.
re: #11 retired cynic
That’s what I thought about W.
Me too, me too. I really thought that the demographics and the GOP’s general mindset had really killed them electorally but I underestimated Trump in the Rust Belt.
me: my music taste has evolved since i was younger i listen to much better music now
*playlist from middle school comes on*
me: pic.twitter.com/CSNOFuhocI— maeve ⋆ · ˚ ✧ (@bbiss666) December 2, 2017
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Every single journalist, every single media outlet that has over past 10 years or more allowed @GOP to lie through their teeth in interviews and on camera, and presented it as a “point of view” is responsible for what is happening in this country right now. every single one 1/
— Jodi Jacobson (@jljacobson) December 2, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump: “Kellyanne, get $5 million in cash, my passport and a bucket of chicken and put it in a duffel bag.” @nbcsnl pic.twitter.com/i4XmBtwzyc
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) December 3, 2017
re: #11 retired cynic
That’s what I thought about W.
The problem is that we though the economy would overcome people’s fears of an elected black man. That’s not going to stop me from voting for the best candidate no matter who they are, but lots more people need to do more than go “OK, the economy’s good, so I’ll either protest vote or stay home.”
re: #18 Belafon
The problem is that we though the economy would overcome people’s fears of an elected black man. That’s not going to stop me from voting for the best candidate no matter who they are, but lots more people need to do more than go “OK, the economy’s good, so I’ll either protest vote or stay home.”
Well we are experiencing a conflict within the left too. We are going to have to be united though. That’s the only way we’ll beat Trump.
re: #17 Stanley Sea
I’m doing REM now.
I’ll fight anyone on this.
I’ve actually been doing Elvis Presley today.
OT but i finally saw Anthropoid, a movei about they Heydrich Assassination in Prague. Really liked it. Those men and women were so brave.
re: #14 stpaulbear
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That brings back memories of KROQ in the early 80s. Still remember the first song I ever heard on it when I moved to Los Angeles—Romeo Void’s Never Say Never and it was uncensored. Now I had NEVER heard anything like KROQ back in Pittsburgh.
Oh, my bible thumping aunt threw a fit when she heard me listening to KROQ. She made me watch Trinity Broadcasting’s “expose” of backward masking where they alleged that playing songs like Stairway To Heaven backward you heard “My Sweet Satan”. Her minister really got into that backward masking shtick. In one sermon he went as far as to play the Mister Ed theme backward and he insisted that we heard “Satan Is Served By This Song”. Frankly I thought he was full of CENSORED…
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re: #22 Joe Bacon 🌹
That brings back memories of KROQ in the early 80s. Still remember the first song I ever heard on it when I moved to Los Angeles—Romeo Void’s Never Say Never and it was uncensored. Now I had NEVER heard anything like KROQ back in Pittsburgh.
Oh, my bible thumping aunt threw a fit when she heard me listening to KROQ. She made me watch Trinity Broadcasting’s “expose” of backward masking where they alleged that playing songs like Stairway To Heaven backward you heard “My Sweet Satan”. Her minister really got into that backward masking shtick. In one sermon he went as far as to play the Mister Ed theme backward and he insisted that we heard “Satan Is Served By This Song”. Frankly I thought he was full of CENSORED…
Did you tell your aunt that you played her expose backwards and it said “I am stealing your money”?
Important to remember: what we’re looking for is explicit/recorded evidence of criminal conspiracy. We already know Trump knew Russia was actively interceding in the election on his behalf and he was promising broad sanctions relief and the Putin wish list.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 3, 2017
2/ In other words, by any standard of national betrayal, he’s guilty as sin. Based on what is publicly known.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 3, 2017
re: #25 Stanley Sea
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I really think this is the worst political scandal involving a President ever. Worse than Watergate, Iran-Contra, etc. The only thing that comes close is the Nixon involvement with the South Vietnamese prior to the presidency but I think it’s worse than taht too.
re: #9 stpaulbear
the thing that always impressed me about that video is how lost and overwhelmed the singer looks.
That’s one of the great things about it. The whole thing is so OFF.
re: #19 HappyWarrior
Well we are experiencing a conflict within the left too. We are going to have to be united though. That’s the only way we’ll beat Trump.
I did kind of segue from talking about the right to talking about the left. There are a lot of people on the right I consider unreachable. And what will happen to them is their fault. But a number of people in the center and on the left contributed by thinking Hillary would automatically win and thus they could ignore how politics works.
One of my pieces of optimism is that there are a lot of people now aware of what needs to be done. So many women running for office is awesome.
re: #24 stpaulbear
Did you tell your aunt that you played her expose backwards and it said “I am stealing your money”?
What truly angered me was that my aunt literally sent Cement Head Paul Crouch and his Cotton Candy Hair wife with the runny mascara THOUSANDS of dollars. She got control of my grandmother’s savings and investments, cashed it in and gave most of it away to these fucking Pulpit Pimps. She cheated my Dad out of what was rightfully his according to Grandma’s will. Dad was FURIOUS and he was in total nuclear reactor meltdown mode when she told him Jesus told her to do that.
This is another reason why I truly HATE churches and I will NEVER step foot in one for the rest of my life!
Did this Rolling Stone article get posted yet?
Trump’s Hostile Takeover of Party of Reagan
re: #29 Belafon
I did kind of segue from talking about the right to talking about the left. There are a lot of people on the right I consider unreachable. And what will happen to them is their fault. But a number of people in the center and on the left contributed by thinking Hillary would automatically win and thus they could ignore how politics works.
One of my pieces of optimism is that there are a lot of people now aware of what needs to be done. So many women running for office is awesome.
Yeah I saw that here in Virginia this fall. Not only did we have a competitive election for my delegate seat, two Democrats ran for it. I think it’s that energy is why I get annoyed at Sanders when he trashes the party. We elected some truly great people last month.
re: #13 jaunte
Ha, ha! I relate to this so hard.
re: #33 Anymouse 🌹
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Oh God, that reminds me of the time several months back when I showed how old I am to my coworkers at my old job by remarking upon that song. Or rather that it had gained popularity as background music for a couple episodes of Dawson’s Creek. To which the young girls at the desk actually asked me what that show was because they’d never heard of it.
Kids these days!//
re: #37 Targetpractice
Oh God, that reminds me of the time several months back when I showed how old I am to my coworkers at my old job by remarking upon that song. Or rather that it had gained popularity as background music for a couple episodes of Dawson’s Creek. To which the young girls at the desk actually asked me what that show was because they’d never heard of it.
Kids these days!//
Disclosing my age, I remember the when the DuMont network had the only commercial TV station in Pittsburgh…
Reposting this from the last thread:
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: #31 Teukka
Did this Rolling Stone article get posted yet?
Trump’s Hostile Takeover of Party of Reagan
Reagan always BSed about America being “the Shining City on a Hill”
Trump turned it into a sewer pouring his narcissistic racist garbage out to the whole world.
re: #37 Targetpractice
Oh God, that reminds me of the time several months back when I showed how old I am to my coworkers at my old job by remarking upon that song. Or rather that it had gained popularity as background music for a couple episodes of Dawson’s Creek. To which the young girls at the desk actually asked me what that show was because they’d never heard of it.
Kids these days!//
Leah Nash spoke about that song once.
She said her group recorded it as a demo on cassette and sent it in to a record company. They never heard back.
A couple years later, she was sitting in a community college course where the same record company’s talent scout was speaking on how to make a good demo tape.
He said he carried this tape around in his car for a couple years and frequently played it, then played her song for the class. She jumped up and said “Hey, that’s my song!”
After class, the exec signed her group.
Think the only thing sadder was when my sister pointed out to me that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV. I immediately told her to stop talking because I already feel old enough.
re: #37 Targetpractice
Oh God, that reminds me of the time several months back when I showed how old I am to my coworkers at my old job by remarking upon that song. Or rather that it had gained popularity as background music for a couple episodes of Dawson’s Creek. To which the young girls at the desk actually asked me what that show was because they’d never heard of it.
Kids these days!//
We’re getting old.
re: #39 meteor
Um, dare I ask, 400+ pages of script? Try Celtx?
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re: #40 Joe Bacon 🌹
Reagan always BSed about America being “the Shining City on a Hill”
Trump turned it into a sewer pouring his narcissistic racist garbage out to the whole world.
The only difference between Reagan and Trump is Reagan still used the GOP’s dogwhistles. Reagan’s campaign announcement in Philadelphia, Mississippi was not an accident.
ICYMI
This went from “wow that’s pretty neat” to “WTF ITS ALIVE” real quick pic.twitter.com/BHBJuq4ANL
— Amanda Camarata (@AmandaCamaratoo) November 30, 2017
re: #42 Targetpractice
Think the only thing sadder was when my sister pointed out to me that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV. I immediately told her to stop talking because I already feel old enough.
And Star Trek The Next Generation premiered 30 years ago…
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹
The only difference between Reagan and Trump is Reagan still used the GOP’s dogwhistles. Reagan’s campaign announcement in Philadelphia, Mississippi was not an accident.
Nor was the rhetoric that he used that day. Reagan paved the way for Trump.
So, here is the News this morning. The Leader of the Free World is now completely unhinged, but we can’t do anything at all about it because he has rock solid support from racists, and all the very rich Republicans who badly need another tax cut
And now, the weather…— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) December 1, 2017
re: #47 Joe Bacon 🌹
And Star Trek The Next Generation premiered 30 years ago…
And I watched Star Trek the First Iteration when I was a kid (my mother is a big Star Trek fan so she let us stay up late to watch it).
My hair isn’t grey, so there’s that.
Reagan set the stage for Trump, his presidency really marking the point at which the GOP started really playing to the slack-jawed yokels with their guns and their Bibles. Nixon pioneered the Southern Strategy, but Reagan’s the guy who fine-tuned it and established it as the way forward for the party.
All Trump is is Reagan without the filters.
re: #51 Targetpractice
Reagan set the stage for Trump, his presidency really marking the point at which the GOP started really playing to the slack-jawed yokels with their guns and their Bibles. Nixon pioneered the Southern Strategy, but Reagan’s the guy who fine-tuned it and established it as the way forward for the party.
All Trump is is Reagan without the filters.
Yep.
re: #47 Joe Bacon 🌹
And Star Trek The Next Generation premiered 30 years ago…
I remember growing up watching TNG, though I’m thankful to say I was too young to remember the first few seasons.
re: #55 Targetpractice
I remember growing up watching TNG, though I’m thankful to say I was too young to remember the first few seasons.
You’ll have to get off all our lawns.
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: #50 Anymouse 🌹
And I watched Star Trek the First Iteration when I was a kid (my mother is a big Star Trek fan so she let us stay up late to watch it).
My hair isn’t grey, so there’s that.
I can barely remember Kellogg’s presenting Superman, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Circus Boy, Sky King and Howdy Doody on Saturday mornings.
Mom wouldn’t let me watch Cheyenne because I always screamed at the TV when Clint Walker was getting beaten up by thugs.
77 Sunset Strip, Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Perry Como, Lawrence Welk, Jack Paar or Guy Lombardo on New Years Eve. Twilight Zone, Ernie Kovacs, Roller Derby and Boxing on Prime Time TV. Douglas Edwards doing 15 minute CBS evening news broadcasts. Amos N Andy. 64,000 Question, Twenty One’s scandals. Dave Garroway hosting Today. Local kids shows…One Step Beyond scared me much more than Twilight Zone because those episodes were based on actual occurrences…Memories…
re: #15 Interesting Times
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One of their problems is, they can’t distinguish between neutrality and objectivity. Journalists aren’t actually supposed to be neutral. They’re supposed to be objective, and on the side of TRUTH, wherever that originates. It also means you call out falsehoods, as such.
— Lucy Burton (@swirlOsquirrel) December 3, 2017
The FCC got 444,938 comments on net neutrality from Russian email addresses https://t.co/8EKaRcleEH pic.twitter.com/q0DeWOvJw4
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) December 2, 2017
This is too good. pic.twitter.com/FqmpcaUT59
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 2, 2017
All right, I’m gonna bitch about something a little OT. Watched two big college f-ball games today, Auburn-Georgia and Wisconsin-Ohio State. Not bad games. But at the end of halftime in both games, comes out two teenage kids to compete throwing footballs through about a four-foot hole in a big facsimile Dr. Pepper can ten yards away. Timed event, most throws through the hole in the time wins. Both of these involved a girl against a guy. Girl won in the SEC game, guy in the Big Ten. Nobody could throw worth a rat’s ass. This was a pure made for TV short entertainment, except that the winner in each case received a $100,000 scholarship from Dr. Pepper.
There are many things to say about this, but I’ll just mention two or three. First, television money corrupts everything in our society. Look at this thing: Kids vying for a hundred thousand bucks throwing dumbass footballs through dumbass holes in a dumbass fake soft drink can, while a thousand other kids with more brains are working their butts off to make their lives of value to all of us. Second, why the fuck should any kid in the richest nation on earth need a hundred thousand bucks to go to college? Third … Ah, fuck it. Sometimes I wish I’d been born in France. Or Sweden. Or Ireland.
re: #60 Charles Johnson
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Why, it is as if the entire Republican Party has been taken over wholesale by a Russian dictator.
And you might say to yourself, “My God, what have I done?”
re: #57 Kragar
In my last election, I beat the gun shop owner by four votes. In his previous election, he won by lot (cutting a card deck) over the person he ran against because of a tie.
Mr. Cleese, could you please ask Her Majesty to take us back? This time we promise to be good!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 3, 2017
Tonight’s culinary delight from my wife will be chicken vindaloo.
re: #61 Charles Johnson
That ruined a great song.
Right wingers like Jack Posobiec started a vicious smear campaign against Joy Reid, and it’s beginning to get picked up by mainstream media now.
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Right wingers like Jack Posobiec started a vicious smear campaign against Joy Reid, and it’s beginning to get picked up by mainstream media now.
Lemme guess, the Main Balance Fairy Media is not calling out Mr. Posobiec as a liar (or to be charitable, misinformed).
Please Hillary Clinton post a selfie with a glass of Chardonnay on a beach in Italy with the caption “Boy ur so obsessed with me.”
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) December 3, 2017
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Right wingers like Jack Posobiec started a vicious smear campaign against Joy Reid, and it’s beginning to get picked up by mainstream media now.
The Bernie-or-Busters are going all in on this as well, as she dared to be critical of St. Bernard of Burlington and was a Hillary shill all along.
The far right and far left are joining forces again in this attack on Joy Reid. She wrote some blog posts years ago in which she referred to Charlie Crist as “Miss Charlie,” to point out the hypocrisy of his anti-gay positions, and they’re calling it “homophobia.”
re: #75 Charles Johnson
The far right and far left are joining forces again in this attack on Joy Reid. She wrote some blog posts years ago in which she referred to Charlie Crist as “Miss Charlie,” to point out the hypocrisy of his anti-gay positions, and they’re calling it “homophobia.”
Personally, I cringe when I hear Senator Lindsay Graham referred to as “Miss Lindsay.” I don’t know if it rises to the level of homophobia, but I put it in the same category of “ni*CLANG.”
I don’t call women “Mister” for the same reason.
And right on cue—the interview guests for the Sunday shows:
Chuck Todd’s House Party—3 Republicans (including the loathsome Lewandowski) and 1 Democrat.
ABC’s “We’re So Sorry, Uncle Donald”—2 Republicans, 1 Democrat (and a panel that includes fucking Christopher Ruddy from Newsmax)
CBS’s “Face Forward and Lie”—3 Republicans and Angus King.
And, Fox, of course—2 Republicans, no Democrats and a panel that includes Karl Rove and Jason Chaffetz.
Guess I’ll sleep in (as usual)
re: #71 jeffreyw
We went with gumbo, again.
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Trick— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) December 2, 2017
re: #77 BeachDem
And we can almost guarantee here that none of the Republicans or GOP operatives will be significantly challenged on their position vis-a-vis the tax scribble they passed.
Even though Angus King is an independent, he would offer a spirited rebuttal of the bill (if they allow him to, I wouldn’t hold my breath).
Something something corporate media. (To be fair to corporate media, which is more than they deserve, I don’t know how you could run a media outlet like CBS without being a giant corporation in our capitalistic society. But that same corporation is going to first and foremost defend its profits.)
Way back when the FCC first allowed television broadcasting, and only NBC and DuMont were television networks, they could have mandated no advertising on news shows, or that news be part of a public service mandate that theoretically all broadcasters have to fulfill. They did not.
Reinstalling Office 2016, because Outlook crapped out (again) … it has some sort of error in it where when you start the program, about five minutes in the program crashes. When you reload it (if that is the next thing you do after the crash), it then runs fine.
This is the second time I have had to reinstall Office. (94% complete now, so I will have to get off when it finishes to restart my computer.)
The last time I did this, my Internet service crapped out in its regularly scheduled unscheduled outage. It took me three days to get Microsoft to help me redo the download.
Despite Outlook 2007 no longer being supported as of a few months ago (though Microsoft came out with a security update for it yesterday), I am sorely tempted to go back to that program. At least it’s stable.
couple goals pic.twitter.com/7vjo9bZ4Ov
— sim (@naarmis) December 1, 2017
re: #70 Charles Johnson
and it’s beginning to get picked up by mainstream media now.
That he started it?
re: #75 Charles Johnson
The far right and far left are joining forces again in this attack on Joy Reid. She wrote some blog posts years ago in which she referred to Charlie Crist as “Miss Charlie,” to point out the hypocrisy of his anti-gay positions, and they’re calling it “homophobia.”
Ah, that makes it clear.
Office stopped at 96% saying “we have a problem (Houston)” (well, I added the Houston part), saying I could retry or ignore. I hit ignore, then it said it was completely installed.
Outlook loaded correctly, giving me my new E-mail. Wait, no it didn’t it just crashed again.
Yesterday I sent on the link someone here gave to Ars Technica and its article about Voyager 1, adding some information about the space probe.
My brother-in-law wrote back this evening with a tongue-in-cheek response:
So what you are saying is that this space probe that is 40 years out of date and not trendy any more, apparently is suddenly a focus for the public relations people at NASA and they are trying to spin this as some sort of happy story.. Its clear however to me that since they are having to spend time and effort in retraining this damn probe that has run amok, its apparent that the damned thing is in need of an “attitude” adjustment….
I suppose it is male since it is referred to as a probe, and therefore was created by men, who were all sexists and it must, therefore, have been, at least symbolically, used to harass or degrade women in the workplace….. Now the truth is coming out….This would also explain how and why this Voyager (obviously unable to have a stable home life) has been on the move all of this time and why it was so devotedly talked about by all of the men who worked in the television news industry as well as Hollywood (they even made a star trek movie about a voyager who came back to destroy earth…and it had a female slave servant in the movie which showed its ideal role model of women to be unequal and biased….) but anyway, see…
this voyager male sexist and sexually abusive space sex probe with a bad attitude spent years as the honored object of affection and admiration by all of these convicted or at least accused news and Hollywood type sexual predator male persons… therefore the Voyager must have a whole list of females who were in some way harmed by association or a lack of association with it….May I recommend that we let Kim Jung Ill blast the damn thing to vapor with his big shiny Type-Oh-Dong- Mark 15 Atomic Pocket Rocket and do the world a favor…
OK, what she wrote rises to the level of distasteful and something one should apologize for, but no more than that. IMHO.
The Nebraska Democratic Party is already on the GOP tax giveaway with a new programme designed to engage all the state’s voters. Since I already hold (a very minor) office, I already engage the voters, but this is the sort of thing we need to do here.
… .
Dear Democrats,
The Republican Party just gave the biggest government handout in decades to millionaires and billionaires while pretending they are giving tax cuts to our families.
We are angry and ready to take back the Congress for the people.
The Nebraska Democratic Party, along with national Democrats, are launching a new Block Captain program.
Sign up to serve as a Block Captain (link removed)
When you sign up to be a Block Captain you agree to canvass 50 houses in your neighborhood 3 times a year. This is a commitment of about 9 hours a year that will help elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
Sign up today to serve as a Block Captain. A staff member of the Nebraska Democratic Party will then be in touch with you about the next steps.
If we can sign up and train 1,000 Block Captains across Nebraska, we will transform the way we turn out our neighbors and we will win elections with the grassroots.
We know some Nebraskans cannot commit the 9 hours a year to serve as a Block Captain. We need to hit 200 monthly donors by the end of the year, so if you can not be a Block Captain, then please sign up as a Monthly Donor.
The only way to take back Congress FOR the People is WITH the People.
In Democratic Service,
Chair Jane Kleeb
@vurnt22 The power of soul. pic.twitter.com/GNOgP5pi4V
— Brian Conaty (@BC1a07) December 2, 2017
That’s Lemmy holding Jimi’s amp up- barely. https://t.co/c0HwWaF9Bv
— Vernon Reid (@vurnt22) December 2, 2017
“But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24
The pee tape is real.
Its good that we can all see so clearly now that these public servants in DC were private servants all along. Serving their donor class. As my wise father once said - It’s a big club and we’re not in it.
— Kelly Marie Carlin (@kelly_carlin) December 3, 2017
Tonight in Warhammer:
“A heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor can never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor.”
Although primarily concerned with monitoring the Ecclesiarchy to prevent its clerics from subverting the Imperium’s delicate political balance between all the different loci of Imperial power, the Ordo Hereticus has expanded its jurisdiction to encompass the other internal threats to the Imperium of Man: witches, mutants, Heretics, Traitors and other human deviants who would threaten the lives, or even worse, the souls, of the Emperor’s subjects. Hereticus Inquisitors are the most feared members of the Inquisition, as their focus is on Mankind itself and they are pitiless towards those they deem to have failed the Emperor or broken His trust. And under the fierce and unflinching gaze of a Hereticus Inquisitor, there are few now alive who have not failed the Master of Mankind in some way in either word or deed. The arrival of an Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor on a world is met with fear and awe, as no one but the Inquisitor himself knows where or upon whom his attentions will fall.
.@SenOrrinHatch on CHIP: “I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won’t help themselves – won’t lift a finger – and expect the federal government to do everything.”
Unbelievable. https://t.co/4VHROvIL8X— Jenny Wilson for UT (@JennyWilsonUT) December 2, 2017
HE’S TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN https://t.co/9CiZPhb9Kl
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 3, 2017
Everyday, they get bolder. By 2020 they’ll be feeding the poor to lions during halftime.
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.
— This is Bob Dylan (@quotesbobdylan) December 3, 2017
You’re a metaphorical Jeffrey Dahmner. https://t.co/kkczke61QX
— Jeff Ross (@realjeffreyross) December 3, 2017
re: #10 HappyWarrior
Right absolutely I agree. We have do our best so amnesia doesn’t set in though and we get another charlatan like Trump. Hopefully, I think Trump’s going to sour people on the GOP brand for a whlie.
watch how quickly Republicans start touting their “never trump” creds while quietly ignoring the fact that they supported all of his initiatives and appointments…
re: #25 Stanley Sea
In other words, by any standard of national betrayal, he’s guilty as sin. Based on what is publicly known.
and what is publicly known about his conflicts of interest and violations of emoluments clause.
but as long as GOP has a majority in Congress, he will face no consequences.
The new prime minister of Iceland is Katrín Jakobsdóttir: a 41-year-old democratic socialist, feminist, anti-militarist who says Iceland will expand its health-care system, “go farther than the Paris Accord” in fighting climate change and strive for increased gender equality. pic.twitter.com/vjYeYMLHjA
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) December 1, 2017
re: #47 Joe Bacon 🌹
And Star Trek The Next Generation premiered 30 years ago…
Original Star Trek 50 years ago.
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and what is publicly known about his conflicts of interest and violations of emoluments clause.
but as long as GOP has a majority in Congress, he will face no consequences.
Unless the GOP sees a bloodbath coming in the polls (see VA and OK for previews of that). Then it will be just like Nixon (get him out before he ruins us).
re: #50 Anymouse 🌹
And I watched Star Trek the First Iteration when I was a kid (my mother is a big Star Trek fan so she let us stay up late to watch it).
My hair isn’t grey, so there’s that.
mine is still mostly intact and only just going gray (not grey!)
I had to watch Star Trek downstairs on the b/w portable because my folks did not like it
re: #58 Joe Bacon 🌹
I can barely remember Kellogg’s presenting Superman, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Circus Boy, Sky King and Howdy Doody on Saturday mornings.
one of my early childhood memories was being really annoyed because Rocky and Bullwinkle was cancelled because JFK got shot and it was on all the channels…
re: #65 jaunte
And you might say to yourself, “My God, what have I done?”
1989:
I had just come from Europe to visit the US. I was in another part of the world.
My buddy was too drunk to drive home, so he gave me the keys to his car. I found myself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
I could not figure out the seat belt so I asked “How do I work this?”
Where was my beautiful house? Where was by beautiful wife?
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
mine is still mostly intact and only just going gray (not grey!)
I had to watch Star Trek downstairs on the b/w portable because my folks did not like it
My mom never got into SF, because she said she didn’t understand it. My dad OTOH would watch ST:TOS with me every week. I never asked if he liked it. lol
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹
And we can almost guarantee here that none of the Republicans or GOP operatives will be significantly challenged on their position vis-a-vis the tax scribble they passed.
enough middle-income people will see some short-term tax benefits from this bill and continue to vote GOP
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
mine is still mostly intact and only just going gray (not grey!)
I had to watch Star Trek downstairs on the b/w portable because my folks did not like it
My mother’s hair isn’t grey (or gray) either, so maybe mine won’t turn. (My wife’s turned grey in her twenties.)
She’s also a Get Smart! fan, and I have the complete series on DVD, so next time I go to Chicago I’ll take the set with me and we can binge-watch the whole five year’s worth of shows. (Either that, or I can buy another set for her for a gift this year … that might work too.)
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹
Unless the GOP sees a bloodbath coming in the polls (see VA and OK for previews of that). Then it will be just like Nixon (get him out before he ruins us).
That’s why the upcoming Alabama Senatorial election may prove to be of importance; ordinarily, I’d totally write it off as an R win. But if…..and that’s a big “if”, naturally…..if Jones can pull off a victory, the GOP might interpret that as a foreshock of a coming earthquake.
What the GOP’s internal polling looks like by, let’s say, late next spring, when primary season begins in earnest, is impossible to foretell of course. But if it really does look bad - and I mean hair-on-fire “OMG we’re gonna get demolished!!” bad - then there’s a possibility the GOP may well start to turn against him because if the internals are bad, really bad, then Trump has become an albatross around their necks and they’ll try to frantically distance themselves from him (while simultaneously trying not to alienate the Trumpista base, LOL).
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
That’s why the upcoming Alabama Senatorial election may prove to be of importance; ordinarily, I’d totally write it off as an R win. But if…..and that’s a big “if”, naturally…..if Jones can pull off a victory, the GOP might interpret that as a foreshock of a coming earthquake.
Unfortunately, Moore will probably win and the GOP will see that as proof that they can get away with rape and/or murder.
It’s not only Trump who is unhinged, but about 35% of the US population; therein lies the real problem.
As early as 2002 or 2003, I recall very clearly posting on Billmon’s Whiskey Bar that in 15 or 20 years the US would look like a hybrid of Russia and Brazil. It’s actually taken less time than that. You’re already a full-blown democrature with all the features that characterize what used to be called third-world countries.
Getting rid of Trump, which will happen sooner or later, will not magically make your country better. Only time and education will, and the trend in that respect is not good. As an aside, that is why we left the US in 2005, as I reported on DKos then.
Life in Russia or Brazil is not necessarily a living hell for every citizen, so I’m not talking apocalypse here, but as I write yesterday quoting Stephen King’s DARK TOWER (who like Robert Heinlein and John Brunner may have been somewhat prophetic in that respect), your world has moved on.
re: #114 Lupin
It’s not only Trump who is unhinged, but about 35% of the US population; therein lies the real problem.
The crazification factor - between one-quarter to one-third of any given population is batshit insane.
re: #114 Lupin
Well, we’ll have to see. For those who cannot leave (lack of funds, relatives, or needed skills in other countries) we have to try to prevent the fall of night.
Regrettably, those who throw in the towel and leave because they can afford to (rather than stay and fight) actually make it harder for those of us left behind. We don’t have the benefit of you in the fight helping to keep things from “going south.”
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
The crazification factor - between one-quarter to one-third of any given population is batshit insane.
in some populations they tend to keep the cray-cray to themselves, but in the USA they are proud to shout it from the mountaintops, and the media find themselves locked in a competition to engage as many of them as possible.
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
The crazification factor - between one-quarter to one-third of any given population is batshit insane.
I agree; I don’t kid myself that the same people don’t exist in France, Germany, Sweden, etc., etc., (eg Breivik) but I’d estimate that they’re kept at a manageable 10-15%.
Also in Europe the societal and legal context on guns and hate speech is more restrictive and in effect acts as a fire alarm, if you will.
During the last French elections, I was interested to see on our social media how even hardcore Front National voters rejected some of the most obvious rubbish news (the equivalent of your pizzagate) clearly propagated by Russian or American trolls.
The UK, OTOH, has proved far more gullible (IMHO).
re: #116 Anymouse 🌹
Well, we’ll have to see. For those who cannot leave (lack of funds, relatives, or needed skills in other countries) we have to try to prevent the fall of night.
Regrettably, those who throw in the towel and leave because they can afford to (rather than stay and fight) actually make it harder for those of us left behind. We don’t have the benefit of you in the fight helping to keep things from “going south.”
Well, to be fair, in my case, I am a French citizen who moved to America in 1978, married an American, and gained dual citizenship. (My wife did the same in the other direction.) So being both dual citizens, and having spent most of our professional lives in the US, our decision to move back to France in 2005 was more “going home” than “bailing out”.
But I will admit that had the US not been on that dramatic societal curve which we identified as early as the days of the Clinton Impeachment, we likely would have stayed there.
re: #114 Lupin
As early as 2002 or 2003, I recall very clearly posting on Billmon’s Whiskey Bar that in 15 or 20 years the US would look like a hybrid of Russia and Brazil. It’s actually taken less time than that. You’re already a full-blown democrature with all the features that characterize what used to be called third-world countries.
I’m an American overseas as well, and fairly knowledgeable about Russia at least. I have to disagree with this. US institutions are weakening and have been under constant assault for decades by the right, but there is no comparison. In Russia, the institutions are now just props for the oligarchy, and almost the entire press simply takes orders on what to publish from them. Mueller’s investigation would not be allowed to exist, or would simply be a whitewash; the VA elections would have simply been fixed with blatant ballot stuffing and outright lying about the results; and lawmakers who voted against ACA repeal would be arrested, hounded out of office, and/or exiled.
This is proving confusing to the Russian oligarchs, who expected Trump to rule as a dictator and give the Russian government what they wanted with little effort. Based on their previous thinking, they’ll interpret Mueller’s investigation and institutional resistance as an attempted coup by the national security apparatus (“Deep State!”). The idea that anyone takes laws and institutions seriously in America is pretty much incomprehensible to them.
re: #120 ericblair
This analysis from a fellow Lizard made me smile. Thank you.
When Fuckface Von Clownstick fired the FBI director… hopefully it’s fuckin’ dominoes, right?!?
re: #118 Lupin
I wonder if that’s because Russian trolls speak better English than they do other languages; obviously, it would make more sense for them to concentrate resources on their biggest perceived foe (ŧhe USA) so English-language skills would be in more demand than say, French or German or Italian.
re: #121 teleskiguy
This analysis from a fellow Lizard made me smile. Thank you.
Yeah, I mean I have no illusions about the mass of bigots and nutjobs that have outsized influence in the US, how archaic important institutions are, and that things can go pear shaped pretty quickly. But these archaic institutions have a lot of inertia and the dynamics are very different than a country with a new political system that is just waiting to snap right back to the bad old days.
re: #120 ericblair
I’m an American overseas as well, and fairly knowledgeable about Russia at least.
Ditto here, since 1988, spent a year and a half living in Russia in 92-93 back when it was the wild west with 1,000% inflation.
We make the mistake of addressing Russia in Cold War terms, when that is no longer the case. The USSR was about exporting its influence and ideology to the entire world, Putin is more interested in restoring the old Russian Empire or at least its political-economic counterpart.
And we tend to overlook the issue of the Russian diaspora: the millions of ethnic Russians left stranded outside their native country since the demise of the USSR. They used to be a pampered minority with access to the best jobs and education. Now the opposite is often true and that rankles.
And the role of the diaspora is key in understanding the unrest in Ukraine and Crimea and could also become a catalyst in other areas as well.
re: #120 ericblair
I’m an American overseas as well, and fairly knowledgeable about Russia at least. I have to disagree with this. US institutions are weakening and have been under constant assault for decades by the right, but there is no comparison. In Russia, the institutions are now just props for the oligarchy, and almost the entire press simply takes orders on what to publish from them. Mueller’s investigation would not be allowed to exist, or would simply be a whitewash; the VA elections would have simply been fixed with blatant ballot stuffing and outright lying about the results; and lawmakers who voted against ACA repeal would be arrested, hounded out of office, and/or exiled.
This is proving confusing to the Russian oligarchs, who expected Trump to rule as a dictator and give the Russian government what they wanted with little effort. Based on their previous thinking, they’ll interpret Mueller’s investigation and institutional resistance as an attempted coup by the national security apparatus (“Deep State!”). The idea that anyone takes laws and institutions seriously in America is pretty much incomprehensible to them.
You’re quite right of course, and i might add our entertainment is a lot better than Brazilian TV. :-)
That said, we are on a curve towards a kleptocratic oligarchy, even if we’re not as bad as Russia (yet). Also our kleptocrats may be better than the Russian oligarchs at getting what they want without resorting to brute force. In effect, the path taken may be dissimilar, but the results may end up being the same.
Last night I watched an old episode of FAWLTY TOWERS (The Workers) and it struck me that Trump’s governing style has a lot in common with Basil’s.
re: #123 Dr Lizardo
I wonder if that’s because Russian trolls speak better English than they do other languages; obviously, it would make more sense for them to concentrate resources on their biggest perceived foe (ŧhe USA) so English-language skills would be in more demand than say, French or German or Italian.
According to recent reports, the Russians seem to be paying Venezuelan trolls to destabilize Spain.
The language barrier may have been a factor quantitatively speaking, but I still saw some really heinous posts in perfect French that got laughed at by (alleged) Front National voters who resented being mistaken for idiots.
re: #127 Lupin
According to recent reports, the Russians seem to be paying Venezuelan trolls to destabilize Spain.
The language barrier may have been a factor quantitatively speaking, but I still saw some really heinous posts in perfect French that got laughed at by (alleged) Front National voters who resented being mistaken for idiots.
It helps that the Russian bots’ command of written English is generally better than a lot of Tea Partiers.
re: #123 Dr Lizardo
I wonder if that’s because Russian trolls speak better English than they do other languages; obviously, it would make more sense for them to concentrate resources on their biggest perceived foe (ŧhe USA) so English-language skills would be in more demand than say, French or German or Italian.
Lupin can probably describe it a bit better, but in the latest Presidential election in France, there was a cyberattack and hack of emails dropped right before the election, in the “quiet period” where candidates cannot. It turned out to be a dump of emails and documents seeded with fake incriminating material. The French press explained that the cyberattack occured, that there was no time in the 48 hours before the election to validate any of the information, and they would be cooperating with the election authorities and would not publish them.
The Russian trolls have tried to stir up trouble with the fake Cologne rape story. A girl was supposedly raped by a group of Arabs on New Years, which was hyped up by Russian media and even the Foreign Minister to raise anti-immigrant tensions and prop up the far right. She actually confessed later to being at her boyfriends’ that night and this didn’t happen. The trolls have been constantly pushing anti-immigrant sentiment, especially among ethnic Russian Germans, and supporting Allianz fuer Deutschland, the fascist party. Similar stuff in Italy with the populist Five Star movement.
re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It helps that the Russian bots’ command of written English is generally better than a lot of Tea Partiers.
We have our goodly share of xenophobes here in France, but I came out of the recent election with the notion that, despite everything else, they might simply be less gullible, anti-science or simply crazy (or at least fewer of them are).
At the end of the day, it’s worth recalling that Marine Le Pen came in a rather distant third (with a fairly high rate of participation) despite all the propaganda massed behind her. Our situation was somewhat comparable to the Brexit referendum or the recent German election and overall, I’d say our system handled it better.
#NowPlaying George Carlin > Life Is Worth Losing > Dumb Americans https://t.co/s0ZwHouzbL
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 30, 2017
At the moment, my brother-in-law’s wife who emigrated here from the Soviet Union (but still travels to Russia occasionally - was stranded there during Hurricane Harvey) says she would much rather live here.
re: #126 Lupin
That said, we are on a curve towards a kleptocratic oligarchy, even if we’re not as bad as Russia (yet). Also our kleptocrats may be better than the Russian oligarchs at getting what they want without resorting to brute force. In effect, the path taken may be dissimilar, but the results may end up being the same.
Agree: the danger is very very real, and brute force will not be used in the future. They caught the West napping with what is essentially a modern psy op against the entire population, but we need to make sure that everyone knows this, expects this, and protects against this in the future.
re: #124 ericblair
Yeah, I mean I have no illusions about the mass of bigots and nutjobs that have outsized influence in the US, how archaic important institutions are, and that things can go pear shaped pretty quickly. But these archaic institutions have a lot of inertia and the dynamics are very different than a country with a new political system that is just waiting to snap right back to the bad old days.
The “bad old days” in the U.S. are extremely bad. We’re *still* dealing with ramifications of the bad old days of the Civil War. Eek!
re: #129 ericblair
Lupin can probably describe it a bit better, but in the latest Presidential election in France, there was a cyberattack and hack of emails dropped right before the election, in the “quiet period” where candidates cannot. It turned out to be a dump of emails and documents seeded with fake incriminating material. The French press explained that the cyberattack occurred, that there was no time in the 48 hours before the election to validate any of the information, and they would be cooperating with the
Yes this totally correct. There was worse on 4chan, etc. Between the threats of actual criminal prosecutions and perhaps an ingrained notion of doing the right thing, the French media overall partitioned (or censored, if you will) the crazy out of the public discourse. I sort of expected that. Our system has stronger “fire alarms.”
What I didn’t expect was overall, the rejection by French internet users of the same gross propaganda that was used successfully to torpedo the UK and US votes.
re: #134 ericblair
Agree: the danger is very very real, and brute force will not be used in the future. They caught the West napping with what is essentially a modern psy op against the entire population, but we need to make sure that everyone knows this, expects this, and protects against this in the future.
It’s hard to do when 1/3rd of the population agrees with the psyops.
I’m left with the notion (somewhat unscientific) that while the US and UK nazis are ready to welcome their fascists overlords, the French fascists are crotchety stubborn bastards who won’t do what they’re told — let’s face it Vichy regime was a spectacular failure.
Reminds me of a funny story. When the Nazis took over France during WWII they decided to “aryanize” the French publishing industry, and to the death camps went some wonderful and dedicated Jewish publishers. The Nazis then appointed a noted Vichyite French author to run one of the “stolen” publishing companies. Nine months later, the man had driven it into bankruptcy.
You look at the Brexiters in the UK or Trump: same thing. They’re Basil Fawltys. Incompetent nazis.
It’s morning here.
#NowPlaying Pearl Jam > Yield > All Those Yesterdays https://t.co/WfyFOcK7FJ
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 7, 2017
re: #135 teleskiguy
The “bad old days” in the U.S. are extremely bad. We’re *still* dealing with ramifications of the bad old days of the Civil War. Eek!
The psychological descendants of the confederacy and its sympathizers are the 27% nutsos we’re fighting against. They should have been dealt with after the war, but they weren’t. Germany denazified and it mostly worked. We didn’t.
Watch how the internet gets across the ocean: pic.twitter.com/TrgPS7t1cg
— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 3, 2017
He’s takin’ a shit.
I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
re: #143 teleskiguy
He also retweeted this from his Press Secretary.
The Trump effect: “The U.S. economy is running at its full potential for the first time in a decade” -WSJhttps://t.co/ee5N0zOU7W
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 30, 2017
re: #143 teleskiguy
He’s takin’ a shit.
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Does he not remember that he admitted in an interview that he asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn? WTF?
I’m pretty sure Trump did in fact admit that he asked Comey to “drop” the Flynn investigation
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
Fuckin’ mind boggling. All the stupids.
Uh? Fuckface Von Clownstick just retweeted Chris Christie. A tweet from last Wednesday.
.@POTUS has done more to combat the addiction crisis than any other President. https://t.co/EfjJVrE29G
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) November 29, 2017
re: #143 teleskiguy
I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!
I never asked him to stop, I just fired him!
Live by the Twitter. Die by the Twitter.
Keep tweeting dude.
re: #143 teleskiguy
I now understand why Mom and Dad shipped little Donnie off to military school. He must have been hell on wheels as a child.
Comey himself said Trump asked him in a private meeting if Comey would be loyal to him. It doesn’t take a genius to understand what the implication was, even if Trump did not specifically say to drop the Flynn probe. Comey demurred, then got fired.
Trump is rewriting history, not unlike a little boy who blames the broken china on the housemaid’s clumsiness.
Oh, and guess what? The 137 economists who praised the GOP tax plan aren’t really economists.
Trump’s mind is really starting to fail - and with greater frequency and significance due to acute stress levels. In a sane world, the 25th Amendment would be invoked by the cabinet, as it’s obvious to anyone - outside of the most deranged sycophantic cultists - that Trump is simply not fit to be POTUS.
And about that lawyer writing the tweet thing:
Attorney-client privilege wd have been lost by publishing. Also, no “smart as a whip” lawyer wd have written “pled.” Past tense of ‘plead’ is ‘pleaded.’ Trump wrote it.
— Rick Petree (@RickPetree) December 3, 2017
I’m genuinely curious why many news orgs are taking at face value the claim that Dowd wrote that tweet. It’s in Trumps tone, very hard to believe even a washed up lawyer like Dowd wld err so dramatically. What am I missing?
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 3, 2017
Agreed. It was like they were reporting the weather. https://t.co/fe8ydSO8IG
— Vanilla Gorilla (@BigPapa1849) December 3, 2017
I’m somewhat surprised Trump’s admission of guilt on Twitter wasn’t more newsworthy or trending. I had to read his tweet a few times to make sure it said what I think it said. Then I had to read the media’s interpretation of comments of ‘WH staffers familiar with the matter’ which was no interpretation at all, just ‘WH Staffers said X’ with no other commentary despite the obvious.
This is not normal. But people are acting like it is.
re: #157 BigPapa
I’m somewhat surprised Trump’s admission of guilt on Twitter wasn’t more newsworthy or trending. I had to read his tweet a few times to make sure it said what I think it said. Then I had to read the media’s interpretation of comments of ‘WH staffers familiar with the matter’ which was no interpretation at all, just ‘WH Staffers said X’ with no other commentary despite the obvious.
This is not normal. But people are acting like it is.
The emperor’s new clothes phenomenon.
re: #31 Teukka
Did this Rolling Stone article get posted yet?
Trump’s Hostile Takeover of Party of Reagan
The takeover is far from hostile. The GOP is fully behind their President. There’s nothing he’ll do which would make them impeach him.
Trump can keep his story straight and his mouth shut. Good for Mueller. But check this:
Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn
Story was side bar highlighted on main news page. Should be ‘President tweets admission of obstruction on Twitter’ and should be a lead story. In a rational world.
re: #160 BigPapa
Trump can keep his story straight and his mouth shut. Good for Mueller. But check this:
Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn
Story was side bar highlighted on main news page. Should be ‘President tweets admission of obstruction on Twitter’ and should be a lead story. In a rational world.
I have a shorter headline: Trumps lies yet again
re: #163 teleskiguy
Tainted (no, very dishonest?) FBI “agent’s role in Clinton probe under review.” Led Clinton Email probe. @foxandfriends Clinton money going to wife of another FBI agent in charge.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
OK….this thought just crossed my mind. With Trump now denying he asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn, I can’t help but wonder if another indictment is in the pipeline and he’s found about it? Or maybe a big story is about to break or something.
This is me observing Fuckface Von Clownstick’s Sunday morning tweets:
re: #166 freetoken
“Nice and appetizing pee-foam.”
That has to be usable somehow in regards to Trump.
re: #157 BigPapa
I’m somewhat surprised Trump’s admission of guilt on Twitter wasn’t more newsworthy or trending. I had to read his tweet a few times to make sure it said what I think it said. Then I had to read the media’s interpretation of comments of ‘WH staffers familiar with the matter’ which was no interpretation at all, just ‘WH Staffers said X’ with no other commentary despite the obvious.
This is not normal. But people are acting like it is.
Because it is new normal. We have turned a corner here and there is no going back.
re: #166 freetoken
I bet his kitchen smells wonderful.
Freetoken pissed on this thread. Bad Freetoken.
(giggles)
We need some yahoo inhaling his farts to save this thread.
(giggles again)
My last comment was not a challenge. Do not go on YouTube and search ‘smelling my own farts.’ I said stop it.
re: #164 teleskiguy
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He’s talking about Jill McCabe who ran for State Senate in my district and whose husband was acting director after he fired Comey. He’s unhinged. He knows Mueller will eventually have him and he’ll very likely be walking away from the presidency in disgrace and may in fact be the first President to go to jail.
I think eventually one of these days he’ll slip up on Twitter and admit colluding just as he sort of came out and admitted that he obstructed justice.
I walked away from my laptop for a few minutes. Came back to find Windows had rebooted the computer and I am now in Ubuntu. Whatever.
My Win8.1 has been doing this lately - spontaneously rebooting, sometimes with a BSOD, most times no clues at all as to why. Probably time to back up the whole schmeer in case it decides to crash completely.
Our Israel vacation is over. We are almost home, we’re in the Toronto airport now, waiting for our flight to Detroit.
Should we ask for asylum in Canada while there is still time?
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
WB VB. That may be a good idea. I think Mueller is going to get the uncouth one and the rest of his cronies.
re: #174 PhillyPretzel
That is a beautiful cat.
It’s a shelter cat, the pic was taken by Mrs J the last time she went in for a volunteer shift. I don’t have any info on it. Mrs J says it is very affectionate critter.
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
Our Israel vacation is over. We are almost home, we’re in the Toronto airport now, waiting for our flight to Detroit.
Should we ask for asylum in Canada while there is still time?
Hope you had a great trip…….please tell the Canadians good thing about us Lizards, we may need some help from them soon
It’s that time of the month again.
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re: #185 MsJ
It’s that time of the month again.
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Our flight is delayed by an hour and a half (YYZ is fogged in).
re: #147 teleskiguy
Uh? Fuckface Von Clownstick just retweeted Chris Christie. A tweet from last Wednesday.
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Christie still wants a job
re: #189 fern01
Christie still wants a job
I guess Christie figures Jared could be on his way out as he is in NJ and he could weasel his way into a job by sucking up to Trump.
re: #189 fern01
The Jersey Whale is always looking for a job.
re: #191 PhillyPretzel
The Jersey Whale is always looking for a job.
Despite his best efforts he doesn’t seem to have accumulated the $$$millions that other politicians have no trouble doing. He needs a job - or has he implemented governor welfare in NJ?
re: #59 BeachDem
Great thread. And the comments that sort of say it all
One of their problems is, they can’t distinguish between neutrality and objectivity. Journalists aren’t actually supposed to be neutral. They’re supposed to be objective, and on the side of TRUTH, wherever that originates. It also means you call out falsehoods, as such.
i’d have preferred “lies” to “falsehoods”
otherwise, spot on
re: #185 MsJ
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Well the early morning showing of Hamilton’s America is over and now I will head to my collection of videos. Hmm. I think I will watch Victoria.
re: #196 PhillyPretzel
Well the early morning showing of Hamilton’s America is over and now I will head to my collection of videos. Hmm. I think I will watch Victoria.
I’m watching episode 6 of The Punisher myself.
re: #197 wheat-dogg
I have a nice collection of videos courtesy of Amazon. Thank you Charles for making that suggestion a while ago. It has paid off many times over.
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
Our Israel vacation is over. We are almost home, we’re in the Toronto airport now, waiting for our flight to Detroit.
Should we ask for asylum in Canada while there is still time?
Canada is a great country so yes!! You can come back when Trump and his thugs are kicked out of office. Mueller is on it.
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
Our Israel vacation is over. We are almost home, we’re in the Toronto airport now, waiting for our flight to Detroit.
Should we ask for asylum in Canada while there is still time?
We’re getting to the good part. Orange Foolius is in full meltdown mode and the GOP is still enabling him until he signs that tax bill…
re: #200 Joe Bacon 🌹
We’re getting to the good part. Orange Foolius is in full meltdown mode and the GOP is still enabling him until he signs that tax bill…
Heh just imagining Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell acting all like that French police commander in Casablanca the instant Trump gets done signing the tax bill.
Hmmm…
DCIA Pompeo: WikiLeaks may think they are protecting those who provide them with classified information & other secrets, but they should not be certain of that.#RNDF
— CIA (@CIA) December 3, 2017
Bots out in full force in the comments.
oops….
They attempted to implode the Silverdome this morning. It didn’t really work. pic.twitter.com/QqnGbF8a2T
— Chris Burke (@ChrisBurkeNFL) December 3, 2017
The President of The United States of Ragetweets is in a flaming panic right now.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 3, 2017
re: #203 bill d. (b.d.)
They made it better than it was expected to be.
.@SenOrrinHatch talking about children’s health care: “I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won’t help themselves – won’t lift a finger – and expect the federal government to do everything.”
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 3, 2017
A lesson in how Republican politics have changed: Hatch created the Children’s Health Insurance Program with Democrats, then in 2008, worked with Democrats to expand it with a higher tobacco tax against Bush’s wish. https://t.co/MYNmK7wXYU
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) December 3, 2017
re: #208 JordanRules
FFS this is about children’s health care. What a pathetic jerk.
re: #209 HappyWarrior
They fear Trump and they are jumping to stay out of the line of his fire.
re: #210 PhillyPretzel
They fear Trump and they are jumping to stay out of the line of his fire.
No doubt. Hatch is retiring though so it’s not like he should fear much.
re: #201 Dr Lizardo
Heh just imagining Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell acting all like that French police commander in Casablanca the instant Trump gets done signing the tax bill.
They will certainly start polishing their “never trump” creds and quietly forgetting that they supported all his bills, initiatives and nominations…
Dumb Seb getting spicy with Tapper.
i have no idea. If you have an issue with a Comey quote, take it up with Comey. I quote the president and other various newsmakers all the time, most people seem to understand that.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 3, 2017
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will certainly start polishing their “never trump” creds and quietly forgetting that they supported all his bills, initiatives and nominations…
The internet never forgets
re: #214 JordanRules
He is looking for an outlet. He must have something …
Whoa: “as Mr. Trump closed in on the nomination, Russians were using three foundational pillars of the Republican Party — guns, #veterans and Christian conservatives — to try to make contact with his unorthodox campaign” https://t.co/DnC7izG2R2 via @npfandos pic.twitter.com/ayB7DZMCXp
— Phillip Carter (@Carter_PE) December 3, 2017
Russia succeeded in exploiting each of these lanes, including by gaining access to WH after inauguration in multiple ways. Why does it matter? Because two of these lanes also spend millions to influence American opinion. On things like Russia. https://t.co/gL5ZL7iW0y
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) December 3, 2017
re: #215 dangerman
The internet never forgets
but their constituency does, which is one reason they still support the GOP
Good luck to the lawyers naive enough to take this on. Trump’s bankruptcy lawyers didn’t even trust him because he lies so often. pic.twitter.com/NCpHRPFQKe
— Avi (@JasperAvi) May 22, 2017
Trump’s confession of obstruction today is just one part of a large nightmare for his lawyers. A legal team is really only as useful as their client is truthful, which means Trump’s legal team is absolutely screwed. https://t.co/7GvxMqv04j
— Avi (@JasperAvi) December 2, 2017
re: #219 makeitstop
And any lawyer worth his/her salt would not want to take him on.
Oh, man, I hope like hell this is for real.
Was Michael Flynn asked to wear a wire in Mueller hunt for evidence on Russia? https://t.co/46ZIEK7gz8
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 3, 2017
re: #217 JordanRules
“A conservative operative trumpeting his close ties to the NRA & Russia told a Trump campaign adviser last year that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Trump & Putin” https://t.co/f3b4hl1it3
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 3, 2017
re: #204 bill d. (b.d.)
No what? That place is really unsafe as hell now…
Hell itself would be safer…
I say let him tell it a few more times. Nail it down, once and for all.
I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Trump had better stop telling this lie when he is interviewed by Mueller. https://t.co/BAXUJZ3p5a
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 3, 2017
Hi everyone, this is Judd’s lawyer:
Just wanted to let you know that if anything super incriminating appears on this Twitter account it was written by me (not Judd) and I️ actually meant to write something not incriminating
Sincerely,
Judd’s lawyer (not Judd)— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 3, 2017
re: #227 makeitstop
I say let him tell it a few more times. Nail it down, once and for all.
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Trump is snapping out like a blind dog in a butcher shop.
re: #206 makeitstop
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He should be. Flynn cooperating with Mueller is going to help him. By the way, the legitimacy of Trump’s entire presidency is in tatters. As dumb as he is, he must know this.
Never forget that the GOP said Clinton was impeached because of perjury….
re: #223 William Lewis
Hell itself would be safer…
Normally, an electrically primed detonation failure is easier to clear than non-electric. Don’t have to wait, unhook the power source, close the circuit, go search for your failure point.
Unfortunately, there was at least a partial detonation. Which should mean it has to be approached as a non-electric firing system failure.
re: #229 bill d. (b.d.)
Trump is snapping out like a blind dog in a butcher shop.
As dim as he is, I think even he realizes that he fucked up bad yesterday.
I’d be lying if I said I was not enjoying this.
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
He should be. Flynn cooperating with Mueller is going to help him. By the way, the legitimacy of Trump’s entire presidency is in tatters. As dumb as he is, he must know this.
I think that’s why he’s freaking out. He spent years questioning Obama’s legitimacy as an American and President and here he may be a creation of the Russians. The sad thing is I think he genuinely thinks the Russians like and respect him whereas it’s obvious that the Russians see him and his inner circle as easily manipulated fools.
re: #231 bill d. (b.d.)
And the late US Senator Arlen Spector is a footnote in history by voting “not proven.”
re: #234 HappyWarrior
I think that’s why he’s freaking out. He spent years questioning Obama’s legitimacy as an American and President and here he may be a creation of the Russians. The sad thing is I think he genuinely thinks the Russians like and respect him whereas it’s obvious that the Russians see him and his inner circle as easily manipulated fools.
Tatters. Plus
For all his pre election bragging and boasting
He’s proven to be comically pathetically bad horrible inept at presidenting
And that calls into question his entire lifetime of self promoted successes
CBS just released a poll showing 70+% Alabama Republicans don’t believe Roy Moore molested girls…
No doubt the brainwashing from the Pulpit Pimps using Luntz talking points works yet again…
Assange steps to Malcolm Nance. Nance stuffs him like Olaijuwon.
This is a MIND BLOWING Goldman Sachs transcript that hasn’t gotten much air yet: https://t.co/8byzpNHIc8 pic.twitter.com/zK6HYpyUun
— The Omnivore (@OmnivoreBlog) October 7, 2016
Please be skeptical of alleged #PodestaEmails. Trumpists are dirtying docs. Not all will be as lame as this one is. https://t.co/uhGdOXhiQj
— KA Semenova (@SemenovaKA) October 7, 2016
Official Warning: #PodestaEmails are already proving to be riddled with obvious forgeries & #blackpropaganda not even professionally done. https://t.co/UuJZrurHAA
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 7, 2016
MSNBC/CNN keep using this proven con-man, Malcolm Nance, as their “intelligence expert”. A brazen, serial liar. U.S. officials (FBI) state the emails are authentic. Not even Podesta claims forgeries. Hardly surprising: WikiLeaks has a flawless authentication record. https://t.co/T8xq7hZXxT
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 24, 2017
Wow @JulianAssange. After 13 months you finally decide to tweet at me? Flattered but I’m too busy traveling worldwide-a free man. 😉 Meantime Rapey McRapeface, Keep hiding in your broom cupboard till Trump renditions you to USA for espionage! FYI #SnowdenHasaBroomCloset https://t.co/SJULAtC0hS
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) December 3, 2017
re: #231 bill d. (b.d.)
Never forget that the GOP said Clinton was impeached because of perjury….
Clinton was impeached because the GOP had a majority. Trump will not be impeached as long as they have a majority
re: #238 makeitstop
Assange steps to Malcolm Nance. Nance stuffs him like Olaijuwon.
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re: #236 dangerman
Tatters. Plus
For all his pre election bragging and boasting
He’s proven to be comically pathetically bad horrible inept at presidentingAnd that calls into question his entire lifetime of self promoted successes
Yep- “I know more than the generals do.” He’s proven what we all knew about him and that he’s an ignorant schmuck.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL…he is such a moron.
People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he has been suspended), should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages this bad reporting has caused - many millions of dollars!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL…he is such a moron.
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Coming from the guy who said we had unemployment numbers worse than the Great Depression. He really wants to make the Ross story the worst journalistic fail ever when his own friends on FNC repeatedly and deliberately lie for him.
Breakdown of the CBS poll I posted above:
A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
The poll found 92 percent of Republicans who don’t believe the allegations against Moore say the Democrats are behind the charges, and 88 percent say newspapers and the media are behind them.
This is the end result of 40 years of KKKristian SKKKooling in ol Alabamy…
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he has been suspended), should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages this bad reporting has caused - many millions of dollars!
of course he understands how the stock market works, but he is not about to pass up a dig at the unflattering press
Friend from France e-mails me asking when the coup will happen…My answer—not gonna happen but the country is heading for implosion and collapse…
Gerard Mas carved this beauty from a tree stump. Amazing and looks so real! pic.twitter.com/znlcbmrTX4
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) December 3, 2017
re: #244 Joe Bacon 🌹
Breakdown of the CBS poll I posted above:
A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
The poll found 92 percent of Republicans who don’t believe the allegations against Moore say the Democrats are behind the charges, and 88 percent say newspapers and the media are behind them.
This is the end result of 40 years of KKKristian SKKKooling in ol Alabamy…
If we don’t win this one, I’m going to honestly wonder if there’s anything that cancause us to win statewide elections in bright red states.
“We have an opportunity this election to show the nation that Alabamians can come together and find common ground.” - Doug speaking at Hightown Church of God pic.twitter.com/vAR4gAsJ2H
— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) December 3, 2017
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
What about all the people who lost damn near or pretty much everything in the last financial crash? Can we sue someone? How about the hedge fund assholes or the fucking banks? How about the bought and paid for rich fucks in Congress who passed laws letting this shit happen? Can I sue those guys?
re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Clinton was impeached because the GOP had a majority. Trump will not be impeached as long as they have a majority
maybe
they are normalizing child molesting and pu**y grabbing
it maybe harder when there’s a publicly released obvious slam dunk case made for multiple accounts of obstruction, election fraud, conspiracy (or whatever word you want) with foreign powers……
re: #248 HappyWarrior
If we don’t win this one, I’m going to honestly wonder if there’s anything that cancause us to win statewide elections in bright red states.
I expect the GOP will win, and it will convince them that they can get away with rape and/or murder. and the might just be right
re: #253 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I expect the GOP will win, and it will convince them that they can get away with rape and/or murder. and the might just be right
I’m not as cynical as you are after this fall. I think Moore just may lose this.
The Christmas Story begins 2,000 years ago with a mother, a father, their baby son and the most extraordinary gift of all—the gift of God’s love for all of humanity.
Whatever our beliefs, we know that the birth of Jesus Christ and the story of his life… pic.twitter.com/P94C3LjWlx— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2017
Never in my lifetime have we had a @POTUS willing to take such a strong outspoken stand for the Christian faith like @realDonaldTrump. We need to get behind him with our prayers. https://t.co/H640MzsRSj
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 1, 2017
Never in my lifetime have men who proclaimed to be Christians been so full of shit. https://t.co/N7VNPjKhTn
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 3, 2017
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You know what’s frustrating is lost in the fact that Moore is a creepy bastard shouldn’t be anywhere near office is that Jones is the kind of guy who should be in office. He is the best personification of the word “public servant.”
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Never have I seen who enjoys being pandered to as much as Franklin Graham. Really Frankie, ask Donald about the Bible, ask him what he really knows. He doesn’t know shit.
.@sendavidperdue: “68% of the tax cuts in this bill go to individuals such that a family of 4… making a median income of $73,000 is going to get a 60% tax cut.” #SundayFutures @MariaBartiromo pic.twitter.com/iNTTwZQUGp
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2017
$73,000 is a “median” income? https://t.co/tadd8hJ5sT
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 3, 2017
Oh God…I just got a chance to turn on Chuck Todd hoping there is some good stuff…and I see him with Lewandowski and David Bosse with a book basically asking to “Let Trump be Trump.”
Why does anyone take anything Lewandowski says seriously? He is a known liar. And his book will be full of lies.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
68% of the tax cuts in this bill go to individuals such that a family of 4… making a median income of $73,000 is going to get a 60% tax cut.
Jesus. That dude should be prosecuted under the Geneva Conventions for torturing numbers like that.
DCIA Pompeo: WikiLeaks may think they are protecting those who provide them with classified information & other secrets, but they should not be certain of that.#RNDF
— CIA (@CIA) December 3, 2017
As if to make my point @JulianAssange Director of Central Intelligence is sending you a message… see you soon - in Eastern District of Virginia courthouse 😉👍🏾 https://t.co/at7iuwiGfG
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) December 3, 2017
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not in GA it’s not. And he knows it and he’s lying. And he knows that too. Oh I will be calling his offices AGAIN about this one. What a smug asshole.
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@MeetAnimals Gerard even got the bark right. :-)
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 3, 2017
Damn, Jared. Just change your middle name to ‘Failed to Disclose,’ already.
Jared Kushner failed to disclose directorship of foundation supporting illegal Israeli settlements ahead of U.N. vote https://t.co/bVf02GMyD9 pic.twitter.com/2mPEB4Q72F
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 3, 2017
re: #260 ObserverArt
Oh God…I just got a chance to turn on Chuck Todd hoping there is some good stuff…and I see him with Lewandowski and David Bosse with a book basically asking to “Let Trump be Trump.”
Why does anyone take anything Lewandowski says seriously? He is a known liar. And his book will be full of lies.
Did Chuck U flaunt the brown lipstick on his face?
On “Justice,” @GovMikeHuckabee discussed the Kate Steinle case and decried sanctuary city policies. pic.twitter.com/Z5aCh2TyiH
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2017
If only Republicans got this outraged at EVERY death from gun violence in America. https://t.co/0fmFA9tlcM
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 3, 2017
re: #265 makeitstop
Damn, Jared. Just change your middle name to ‘Failed to Disclose,’ already.
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Flip the script and this was Marc Mezvinsky who was committing lie of omission after lie of omission, and the GOP would be demanding his head on a platter. Along with Chelsea’s for being an accomplice. And Hillary’s for knowingly letting him get away with it all.
re: #65 jaunte
Yeah, you might. But he never will.
So you are now admitting that you bow down and pray to Ayn Rand before a Golden Elephant! Great! Keep being the full fledged fraud!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 3, 2017
re: #265 makeitstop
Damn, Jared. Just change your middle name to ‘Failed to Disclose,’ already.
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Jared will be sharing a cell sometime eventually. He’s crooked as hell.
only the best lawyers…
John Dowd seems to contradict himself in the explanation he gave to @axios about the Trump tweet.
First he says he drafted the tweet, in which Trump says he fired Flynn because he lied to the FBI.
Then he says that Trump didn’t know at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI. pic.twitter.com/4CQJy813hJ— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 3, 2017
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Jared will be sharing a cell sometime eventually. He’s crooked as hell.
That’s probably why Fatass let him marry his daughter. He could uphold those Trump Family Values.
On a neat note, I found some more info about my great uncle the RCC priest yesterday. According to my Aunt, he was pretty liberal minded and even gave his blessing to my great grandmother to attend a marriage in an Episcopal Church. I mean that’s no big deal to us now obviously but this was pre Vatican II. Had a feeling Uncle Bill was a pretty liberal minded and tolerant guy given his parish was predominately African-American.
re: #273 makeitstop
That’s probably why Fatass let him marry his daughter. He could uphold those Trump Family Values.
I really hope Ivanka goes down eventually too. I can’t stand how fake she is. She may be in some ways the Trump I loathe most becaues she tries to present herself as someone who cares but she’s just as greedy and criminal as the rest. The only Trump I have a modicum of respect for is Barron. (Learning Slovene as a kid is pretty cool).
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rather selective enforcement no?
.@FoxNews @GovMikeHuckabee You guys realize failed law enforcement enabled the church shooter and every straw man purchased crime gun right? New convicted American felons never get the phone call to give up their gun collections. Why is that less important to you?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 3, 2017
re: #275 HappyWarrior
I really hope Ivanka goes down eventually too. I can’t stand how fake she is. She may be in some ways the Trump I loathe most becaues she tries to present herself as someone who cares but she’s just as greedy and criminal as the rest. The only Trump I have a modicum of respect for is Barron. (Learning Slovene as a kid is pretty cool).
I like Tiffany Trump, but that’s largely because A) she’s been kept away from Ivana’s brood and B) she’s practically invisible to Daddy. She seems to be the least Trump-like Trump I’ve seen so far.
re: #266 Joe Bacon 🌹
Did Chuck U flaunt the brown lipstick on his face?
You know, I have it on and didn’t even listen. I can’t take Lewandowski. I see him as a block-headed yes man goon that spouts nothing but deflection and lies.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
You just know these fuckers are going to keep bungling all the cover-ups for the cover-up.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
only the best lawyers…
Like someone said last night - these guys are used to crushing nobody contractors when Trump wants to get out of paying a bill, and they think they can take on 20 attorneys who have put mob families in prison.
They’ll be roadkill when they actually have to face off with Mueller and his team. They just don’t know it yet.
re: #276 Unshaken Defiance
Rather selective enforcement no?
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On that subject, I’d like Huck to explain how an “illegal” convicted of multiple felonies managed to get ahold of a high-priced firearm if (as they insist) he went to that pier armed with the intent of shooting a white girl.
Wonder how much money the NRA gets from Russia?
My new vacuum is amazing pic.twitter.com/ibU83HBtCB
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) December 3, 2017
After a contested election, the Honduran government suspended constitutional rights and called for the military to enforce a curfew over the weekend. https://t.co/n1FQHuPxs8
— NPR (@NPR) December 3, 2017
re: #275 HappyWarrior
I really hope Ivanka goes down eventually too. I can’t stand how fake she is. She may be in some ways the Trump I loathe most becaues she tries to present herself as someone who cares but she’s just as greedy and criminal as the rest. The only Trump I have a modicum of respect for is Barron. (Learning Slovene as a kid is pretty cool).
It’s worth remembering that she and Junior narrowly avoided being indicted for fraud.
re: #277 Targetpractice
I like Tiffany Trump, but that’s largely because A) she’s been kept away from Ivana’s brood and B) she’s practically invisible to Daddy. She seems to be the least Trump-like Trump I’ve seen so far.
Yeah I don’t mind Tiffany really either. In fact, I feel quite bad for her. I’m pro-choice as the next liberal but it was really messed up that her dad said he wanted to abort her. Yet another reason why Graham and the RR assholes that fawn over Trump suck.
re: #276 Unshaken Defiance
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Hey Huck! Explain why you kept your mouth shut and didn’t say a peep when all those folks in Las Vegas got shot!
We’re waiting, asshole!— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 3, 2017
re: #285 makeitstop
It’s worth remembering that she and Junior narrowly avoided being indicted for fraud.
That’s right.
re: #287 Joe Bacon 🌹
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Also no word about Brisenia Flores and her father who were murdered by anti-immigrant vilgantes. Kate’s case is tragic but it was NOT murder and had nothing to do with the guy being an illegal immigrant. Tehy really want to turn this family’s tragedy into an excuse to commit violence against illegal immigrants.
Mick Mulvaney to Fox Biz: “The authority that I have now as the Acting Director [of the CFPB] really should frighten people.” pic.twitter.com/FoVOGJfShH
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) December 3, 2017
re: #252 dangerman
maybe
they are normalizing child molesting and pu**y grabbingit maybe harder when there’s a publicly released obvious slam dunk case made for multiple accounts of obstruction, election fraud, conspiracy (or whatever word you want) with foreign powers……
Conspiracy is the correct charge word.
I didn’t get a chance to follow much around here yesterday.
Was there discussion of the ABC News article about Trump asking Flynn to contact the Russians being wrong initially and causing ABC to suspend the reporter?
If so, what was the general take on it all? Anyone have the Cliff Notes?
just when you thought it was safe to go into the water…
Newsflash: Bats Can Swim
Capable of swimming in stressful situations if the need arises
Some species, such as those belonging to the genus Pteropus (megabats or flying foxes), have been known to brave the water to secure a meal
Rock Garden of Chandigarh (India)
🦇🦇🦇 pic.twitter.com/ITgQ8afoen— Laurel Coons 🌀🔬 (@LaurelCoons) December 3, 2017
re: #291 Eventual Carrion
Conspiracy is the correct
chargeword.
Yep.
I watched an ‘Independent’ waltz through a thread on Facebook repeating over and over that there was ‘zero evidence of collusion’ with Russia. Repeating it like a mantra.
‘Collusion’ is a semantic smokescreen that they’re all hiding behind, and I pointed that out - along with reminding everyone that Manafort and Gates were charged with conspiracy and Flynn was charged with making false statements.
The ‘Independent’ has since bailed from the thread.
re: #294 makeitstop
Yep.
I watched an ‘Independent’ waltz through a thread on Facebook repeating over and over that there was ‘zero evidence of collusion’ with Russia. Repeating it like a mantra.
‘Collusion’ is a semantic smokescreen that they’re all hiding behind, and I pointed that out - along with reminding everyone that Manafort and Gates were charged with conspiracy and Flynn was charged with making false statements.
The ‘Independent’ has since bailed from the thread.
I get really annoyed with my right wing friend who claims to dislike Trump but yet happily repeats talking points that Trump very much is in agree with. I think he’s from the Ben Shapiro of denying Trump is a conservative and Republican and then using his bullshit to attack liberals.
re: #161 wheat-dogg
I have a shorter headline: Trumps lies yet again
— Claire Lopez (@imcbear) December 3, 2017
re: #231 bill d. (b.d.)
Never forget that the GOP said Clinton was impeached because of perjury….
And obstruction.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
only the best lawyers…
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Just realized that Trump has set a new record for a modern presidency. He’s managed to get 2 guilty pleas from his White House in a faster time than any president in ages. And he’s got more guilty pleas from his White House in 10 months than Obama managed in 8 years.
Take a bow, you bloated, egotistical fuck.
from politicalwire.com
(from wsj which i dont subscribe to)
“The president on occasion has called White House aides to the private residence in the evening, where he makes assignments and asks them not tell Mr. Kelly about the plans, according to several people familiar with the matter. At least once, aides have declined to carry out the requested task so as not to run afoul of Mr. Kelly, one of these people said.”
read the bolding, which is mine and see if you can avoid thinking “don’t tell mom…”
Just now on #ThisWeek:
GSteph: Do you believe 45’s accusers?
McConnell: OH LOOK A SQUIRREL— Jamie. (@thewayoftheid) December 3, 2017
Nope. Not letting this go. The FBI’s reputation is not in “tatters”. It’s composed of the same dedicated men and women who have always worked there and who do a great, apolitical job. You’ll find integrity and honesty at FBI headquarters and not at 1600 Penn Ave right now
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) December 3, 2017
Some Senate Democrat just said on national TV: “The American people have a right to know what’s in that tax bill.”
True. But the American people had a right to know what was in that healthcare bill eight years ago too.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 3, 2017
Apparently someone was too busy not paying his child support to have realized there were months of debates, town halls, etc….https://t.co/7GbacsVEGc
— Justice is Coming (@firedup79) December 3, 2017
re: #244 Joe Bacon 🌹
Breakdown of the CBS poll I posted above:
A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
The poll found 92 percent of Republicans who don’t believe the allegations against Moore say the Democrats are behind the charges, and 88 percent say newspapers and the media are behind them.
This is the end result of 40 years of KKKristian SKKKooling in ol Alabamy…
This just reflects the fact that the deep South has never been deprogrammed from the views they have held since prior to the Civil War. It’s not as though Alabama has ever been a liberal stronghold with thoughtful voters. The non-racist non-Bible thumper voters have always been a small minority in the state; it’s not just 40 years, it’s been true since the inception of our Republic.
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The bill being available for viewing on the internet for a week, during which time every news organization across the country deciphered it so that nobody went into the vote ignorant of what was at stake.
Once again, Deadbeat Daddy proves he is incapable of telling the truth about anything!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 3, 2017
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.
Trump’s been up early with the tweets about the FBI, Comey, and trying to walk back the tweet yesterday implicating Trump in obstruction of justice and firing Comey because the FBI was investigating Flynn.
Dianne Feinstein says the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Russia probe is exploring a potential “obstruction of justice” charge against Trump. https://t.co/t5kiG8hIjM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 3, 2017
Trump’s lawyers are either monumentally awful (a real possibility) or Trump’s lying once again (again, a real possibility). There was a reason Trump’s business lawyers had a 2 man rule for interviewing him: all Trump does is lie about his actions and recollections.
Trump lies. It’s all he does when he’s not bullying, bloviating, and projecting.
It’s also leading his administration into still more criminality - because lying about how and why Comey was fired is central to ongoing investigations into Trump obstructing justice.
One thing to further consider is that Flynn’s guilty plea deal with Mueller is just a fraction of the charges he should have been indicted over. You don’t cut a deal like that unless there’s a lot more that Flynn will be giving - and I don’t think getting Kushner or Junior is sufficient for that purpose.
You don’t cut a deal and are expected to drop details about your underlings or associates - you turn on your superiors. That puts Trump directly in the spotlight.
Even if Trump or his lawyers don’t fully appreciate the situation, at some point the GOP has to realize that this investigation is serious and racking up names and numbers.
It’s unprecedented to already have 2 indictments and 2 guilty pleas involving campaign/transition/administration officials within first year of a presidential administration, and the names are only getting bigger from here.
That’s why Trump and GOP are hoping to deflect attention from the investigation with anything - and I mean anything - that could distract people. The GOP Tax Scam is a good example - the GOP is hoping people focusing on the scandal to push an awful tax bill, while the tax bill is also deflecting attention from the awful Trump admin and its policies.
We’re already seeing Trump’s popularity skirting with historic lows in his first term, and it’s not going to get any better.
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Walsh is a fucking moron. If I were kids, I’d be bugging him on Twitter all the time when he acts like a shallow asshole liek this.
re: #252 dangerman
maybe
they are normalizing child molesting and pu**y grabbingit maybe harder when there’s a publicly release obvious slam dunk case made for multiple accounts of obstruction, election fraud, conspiracy (or whatever word you want) with foreign powers……
there are already obvious violations of conflict of interest and emoluments clause but nobody is acting on them. as as we have seen, nothing can be slam-dunk obvious enough to get them to act otherwise
re: #254 HappyWarrior
I’m not as cynical as you are after this fall. I think Moore just may lose this.
it’s bad enough that he still has a chance at all
From the “Two Good Guys With a Gun” file.
A security guard is shot by a security guard, police say
One security guard shot another security guard after a dispute in Hollywood, according to early reports on Sunday.
The shooting happened around 6 a.m. Sunday. The victim was found outside the Hollywood Water Treatment Plant at 3441 Hollywood Blvd. Police said the shooting occurred after an argument between the two men, who were both employed by a private company and not the city.
re: #306 Hecuba’s daughter
This just reflects the fact that the deep South has never been deprogrammed from the views they have held since prior to the Civil War. It’s not as though Alabama has ever been a liberal stronghold with thoughtful voters. The non-racist non-Bible thumper voters have always been a small minority in the state; it’s not just 40 years, it’s been true since the inception of our Republic.
When Moore is elected watch how Fisher, Capito, Murkowski and especially Collins welcome him into the Senate and fully embrace him!
re: #312 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
it’s bad enough that he still has a chance at all
No shit.
re: #309 lawhawk
I’d say it’s plausible that Flynn did turn on Kushner and Uday, as well as others in the Don’s inner circle. Mueller would probably accept incriminating evidence on multiple suspects in lieu of such on Donny alone. Why? Because it gives him more people to squeeze and betters his case by getting more people willing to squeal for a deal.
re: #316 Targetpractice
I’d say it’s plausible that Flynn did turn on Kushner and Uday, as well as others in the Don’s inner circle. Mueller would probably accept incriminating evidence on multiple suspects in lieu of such on Donny alone. Why? Because it gives him more people to squeeze and betters his case by getting more people willing to squeal for a deal.
Where’d Priebus run off to? Dude’s been pretty much invisible for a while now.
Makes me half-wonder if he was smart enough to make himself a deal…
re: #317 makeitstop
Where’d Priebus run off to? Dude’s been pretty much invisible for a while now.
Makes me half-wonder if he was smart enough to make himself a deal…
I noted yesterday that it seems like the only guy who’s “clean” is Rinsed and I suspect that’s because he was never really read into the whole scheme. That the Trumps didn’t trust the GOP leadership and so kept him at arm’s length.
re: #317 makeitstop
Where’d Priebus run off to? Dude’s been pretty much invisible for a while now.
Makes me half-wonder if he was smart enough to make himself a deal…
That’s true. We haven’t heard much from him at all since he got replaced by Kelly.
After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Significance of this tweet is that @realDonaldTrump has now rejected multiple opportunities to adopt spin from lawyer John Dowd that Trump didn’t mean what he tweeted earlier in admitting he fired Flynn for lying to FBI. Instead, Trump is attacking the professionals at the FBI. https://t.co/wbHj9VHnGq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 3, 2017
re: #318 Targetpractice
I noted yesterday that it seems like the only guy who’s “clean” is Rinsed and I suspect that’s because he was never really read into the whole scheme. That the Trumps didn’t trust the GOP leadership and so kept him at arm’s length.
or he had enough sense to keep himself out of anything that might later tar him
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
or he had enough sense to keep himself out of anything that might later tar him
Plausible. Either way, the fact that he’s disappeared off the radar since being fired would indicate that he’s probably not going to be much help to Mueller aside from (perhaps) providing testimony to support the testimony of those who have flipped.
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m sure the FBI love their commander in chief trashing them to attack Comey who many of them greatly liked. This fucking asshole really needs to go.
Doug joins the city of Selma for their annual Christmas parade to continue his message of bringing people together pic.twitter.com/UKxUngkYDO
— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) December 2, 2017
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth
Doug joins the city of Selma for their annual Christmas parade to continue his message of bringing people together
alt-right media title: Doug Jones enrolling more convicted felons to vote in upcoming election
Huzzah! This morning, I managed to open the thumb drive and find the original version of the script. All 484 pages of it. It’s for a TV series, that’s why it’s so long. Anyhoo, I’m relieved.
re: #318 Targetpractice
I noted yesterday that it seems like the only guy who’s “clean” is Rinsed and I suspect that’s because he was never really read into the whole scheme. That the Trumps didn’t trust the GOP leadership and so kept him at arm’s length.
But Team Treason was so blatant with what they were doing, there was probably still a lot that was perfectly visible even at arm’s length.
The Trump family have always believed they were above the law. Their behavior in the immediate aftermath of the election showed that - they were repeatedly violating the Emoluments Clause in plain sight. If that’s what we saw, what did someone on the inside - even someone who probably wasn’t fully trusted - get to see?
And remember how Flynn went pretty much silent for a while, too. Might not be anything there, but then again there might.
It seems strange to say this 70 years after Jackie Robinson, but today Geno Smith will be the first African American QB to start for the NY Giants
Jared Kushner: “We got 54 Arab and Muslim countries together for a summit, which was the first time that that had happened.” pic.twitter.com/e5qMo4FIcw
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2017
No, the OIC has been bringing together all Arab and Muslim states for routine meetings since 1969. That’s 12 years BEFORE Kushner was born. https://t.co/Pj4ioSiG9V https://t.co/rvBdnco7dj
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) December 3, 2017
re: #327 meteor
Huzzah! This morning, I managed to open the thumb drive and find the original version of the script. All 484 pages of it. It’s for a TV series, that’s why it’s so long. Anyhoo, I’m relieved.
tech sux
all tech
it will lie, cheat, steal, dissemble and eff you up at every turn
i am not a luddite
use it as necessary
protect yourself with the metaphorical belt, suspenders and a healthy roll of duct tape
never let your guard down
never ever trust tech
h/t to the internets who allowed me to post th
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I can see why Donny welcomed him into the family, he’s the same delusions of grandeur that his father-in-law suffers from.
re: #332 Targetpractice
They want to keep it in the family. /half
re: #318 Targetpractice
I noted yesterday that it seems like the only guy who’s “clean” is Rinsed and I suspect that’s because he was never really read into the whole scheme. That the Trumps didn’t trust the GOP leadership and so kept him at arm’s length.
Priebus was on the transition team. He knows everything that went on. He participated fully in everything that went on. He may be smart enough to be keeping quiet now or even to have made a deal with Mueller, but he was never clean.
re: #335 scottslemmons
You are correct he probably made a deal.
re: #335 scottslemmons
Priebus was on the transition team. He knows everything that went on. He participated fully in everything that went on. He may be smart enough to be keeping quiet now or even to have made a deal with Mueller, but he was never clean.
I suspect he’s made a deal, but the question is what exactly could Mueller charge him with? Was he the third Trumper stupid enough to try to lie to the FBI?
re: #338 Targetpractice
Times, places and dates are also very important.
re: #22 Joe Bacon 🌹
That brings back memories of KROQ in the early 80s. Still remember the first song I ever heard on it when I moved to Los Angeles—Romeo Void’s Never Say Never and it was uncensored. Now I had NEVER heard anything like KROQ back in Pittsburgh.
Oh, my bible thumping aunt threw a fit when she heard me listening to KROQ. She made me watch Trinity Broadcasting’s “expose” of backward masking where they alleged that playing songs like Stairway To Heaven backward you heard “My Sweet Satan”. Her minister really got into that backward masking shtick. In one sermon he went as far as to play the Mister Ed theme backward and he insisted that we heard “Satan Is Served By This Song”. Frankly I thought he was full of CENSORED…
KROQ! I listened to that in the early 1980s when I moved to L.A., too! I just got a new car that has Sirius and I’ve been listening to all that stuff with Richard Blade and Swedish Eagle. Used to go down to an import record store to get music that you couldn’t get anywhere else. Fun time!
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’re not going to be able to gut the FBI. They’re coming for you. Tick, tock…
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 3, 2017
re: #327 meteor
Huzzah! This morning, I managed to open the thumb drive and find the original version of the script. All 484 pages of it. It’s for a TV series, that’s why it’s so long. Anyhoo, I’m relieved.
Yay!
One quick question for you. Do you always make sure to “ask” the computer to allow you to remove the thumb drive by using the “safely remove hardware” function?
I have found it seems to keep the thumb drive operating better. If you just unplug and plug in the thumb drive without doing it, the thumb drive can become unreadable or act like it is which I had had happen and it was just like what happened to you.
And a recommendation. If your files are critical, back them up on a DVD drive that has been formatted to use like USB Drive in addition to the thumb drive. You can write and overwrite the file even if you are using up the DVD as you do it. It is a cheap way to have additional backup. When you can no longer write to the DVD, start a new one.
I am paranoid about data especially with my finished graphic arts files.
re: #342 retired cynic
Shades of 13 dwarves, a wizard and a hobbit, up a fir tree.
re: #329 Big Beautiful Door
It seems strange to say this 70 years after Jackie Robinson, but today Geno Smith will be the first African American QB to start for the NY Giants
Wow. I am a sports buff, but I hadn’t realized that bit of history.
re: #343 ObserverArt
Also put a copy on Google Drive or Dropbox in case your home is robbed or burns down.
— Jared Krichevsky (@Monstermash042) December 3, 2017
re: #327 meteor
Only one backup?
re: #329 Big Beautiful Door
It seems strange to say this 70 years after Jackie Robinson, but today Geno Smith will be the first African American QB to start for the NY Giants
Had no idea about that. The Steelers had Joe Gilliam competing with Bradshaw as early as the 70’s. But Jefferson Street Joe struggled with drugs. It’s a shame. He had talent.
re: #338 Targetpractice
I suspect he’s made a deal, but the question is what exactly could Mueller charge him with? Was he the third Trumper stupid enough to try to lie to the FBI?
As you mentioned earlier, he could just be a corroborating witness.
Russian sites call HIV a myth, Western conspiracy—an epidemic is now exploding
As rate of new cases decline worldwide, Russia saw 149% jump in the past decade.
Welcome to the world of “family values” medicine.
re: #289 HappyWarrior
Also no word about Brisenia Flores and her father who were murdered by anti-immigrant vilgantes. Kate’s case is tragic but it was NOT murder and had nothing to do with the guy being an illegal immigrant. Tehy really want to turn this family’s tragedy into an excuse to commit violence against illegal immigrants.
We have another case in Arizona that my congresscritter Andy Biggs has taken up, the murder of Grant Ronnebeck, who was killed by an illegal immigrant with a record. Grant’s father showed up in the Facebook comments on Yet Another Biggs post about the alleged travesty of justice that was the Steinle trial. I wasn’t having any of it. I keep waiting for Biggs to block me from his Facebook, but I think he knows if he does that, his people will get afternoon pickets every day at their office on the other side of Mesa. Here’s my two responses to Steve Ronnebeck:
No, I’m sorry, what Andy Biggs is suggesting is wrong. I’m sorry for you and your family, but when an elected official, one who has graduated from law school, tries to undermine the rule of law and the jury system with his remarks, I have NO respect whatsoever. There are too many people on this topic who would string up the defendant in a lynching, rather than let the case take its course. Again, I am very sorry for your loss, but your loss does not mean we should just shred up the Constitution and associated rights.
I realize some people are going to think it’s completely awful that I’m commenting negatively on the comment of a grieving father. However, Steve Ronnebeck’s terrible loss does not mean I am going to give him a pass when he starts questioning our system of law. What do you want done differently, Mr. Ronnebeck? Do you just want our system of law to mean nothing because you want vengeance?
I feel terrible for Steve Ronnebeck, but vengeance isn’t going to bring back his son.
“That’s a ridiculous idea. There is no crisis.”
McConnell on @ThisWeekABC responds to Dems threatening to withhold gov’t funding unless it includes a Dreamer fix. pic.twitter.com/YAH2Z6Rzvk— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 3, 2017
re: #289 HappyWarrior
My repulsive Republican senator (spineless except for tax cuts Toomey) ran on attacking sanctuary cities and continues to do so.
re: #256 HappyWarrior
You know what’s frustrating is lost in the fact that Moore is a creepy bastard shouldn’t be anywhere near office is that Jones is the kind of guy who should be in office. He is the best personification of the word “public servant.”
It’s that word, “Public”. To many Americans it means “Godless Communism! Killitkillitkillitkillit!
It’s why I call them barbarians.
re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #353 Skip Intro
Russian sites call HIV a myth, Western conspiracy—an epidemic is now exploding
Welcome to the world of “family values” medicine.
Sooner or later, anti-science quacks and woo profiteers are going to cause a public health disaster of monumental dimensions. Hucksters who survive need to be held to account, I mean put on trial for their lives before a special tribunal. I understand the free speech and other implications but nobody should get away with causing millions of needless deaths, and that is a real possibility.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love bats! Grew up with them.
re: #362 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I love bats! Grew up with them.
I still live with them.
They are in my attic, my barn, the shop, and every other outbuilding here on the farm.
re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth
I still live with them.
They are in my attic, my barn, the shop, and every other outbuilding here on the farm.
we have a whole colony of them in the belfry of a neighboring village, they swarm out at night and circle around street lights and any sort of lamp post
re: #365 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we have a whole colony of them in the belfry of a neighboring village, they swarm out at night and circle around street lights and any sort of lamp post
one of our favorite pastimes is to sit outside at dusk/twilight watching them fly out for the night (oftentimes using Flight of the Valkyries as the musical accompaniment).
This could be interesting
Aetna agrees to $69 billion sale to CVS Health: sources https://t.co/UzTCd3pptK
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 3, 2017
Stop investigating someone I love and start investigating someone I despise, dammit!!11!!
.@TomFitton: “This particular FBI agent was one of the top agents investigating @HillaryClinton and it turns out he was an anti-Trumper.” https://t.co/X5qeJTp8bW pic.twitter.com/90Ub6u0FG4
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2017
The out-of-control #Mueller investigation needs to be reined in and the flawed #Clinton investigation needs to be re-opened. https://t.co/4eA8OnMj7M
— Judicial Watch 🔎 (@JudicialWatch) December 3, 2017
re: #366 Backwoods_Sleuth
one of our favorite pastimes is to sit outside at dusk/twilight watching them fly out for the night (oftentimes using Flight of the Valkyries as the musical accompaniment).
We have a couple here that we often watch flying around in the evenings in the Summer. I have no idea where the hell they go in Winter, though. I’m bat-ignorant. :)
Retweet if you want to see Fiona on the cover of @TIME! #TeamFiona (via Rosemary Mosco & Lisa Hubbard) pic.twitter.com/seumAdoTKl
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) December 3, 2017
re: #362 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I love bats! Grew up with them.
I like bats. They’re like coyotes, real survivors.
Actual things Trump associates put in writing:
1) “Russia… has just thrown USA election to him”
2) “I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this”
3) “Putin wants to host the Trump team when the time is right.”
4) “If [Deripaska] needs private briefings we can accommodate.”— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 3, 2017
Cool memory of Sydney: all the bats in the Botanical Gardens. They were big.
re: #374 makeitstop
Yeah but no collusion because Trump would never lie.
re: #368 bratwurst
Stop investigating someone I love and start investigating someone I despise, dammit!!11!!
Did they ever think the FBI agent may be anti Trump because Trump trashed his former boss and agency as a whole?
re: #368 bratwurst
Stop investigating someone I love and start investigating someone I despise, dammit!!11!!
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I knew as soon as I saw that story that the wingnuts would try to blow it up into “proof” that Mueller’s investigation was biased.
re: #368 bratwurst
Stop investigating someone I love and start investigating someone I despise, dammit!!11!!
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If anything comes out of the Mueller investigation, I really hope it pulls in some of these long-time ratfuck organizations like Judicial Watch.
re: #378 Targetpractice
I knew as soon as I saw that story that the wingnuts would try to blow it up into “proof” that Mueller’s investigation was biased.
Meanwhile they have no one problem at all using people with a big grudge to push the Anti Clinton propaganda bs.
re: #374 makeitstop
Mercy!
The benefit of doubt was strained a while ago, but these days it’s some other type of ignorance or complicity to grant it in non-legal contexts. There’s just too much there. And many in the media are still playing that game.
There’s so much there, I’m reminded daily about something damning that we learned months ago.
re: #378 Targetpractice
I knew as soon as I saw that story that the wingnuts would try to blow it up into “proof” that Mueller’s investigation was biased.
FBI response:
I’ve got word of thanks
That I’d like to say
For the way that I feel
The way that I feel today
Got stacks, got stacks
Stacks of chips on my shoulder
In everything I do
Cos I made, I made
I made the mistake
The mistake of trusting youYeah, people like you just fuel my fire
Yeah, people like you just do
You liar
You liar
You liaaaaar
You liaaaaarYeah, my layers are thick
And I’ve got bad attitude
Yeah that knife in my back
Has fingerprints that belong to you
Got a grudge, got a grudge
Got a grudge that I’m holding
For as long as I like
Cos you lied, you lied
You lied to my face
And that’s something that I can’t forgiveYeah, people like you just fuel my fire
People like you just burn
You liar
You liar
You liaaaaar
You liaaaaar
Trumpers think his actions have no impact on what those investigating him and his people think. But meanwhile it was just fine to use a rape victim of a guy HRC reluctantly represented at the debates to claim she didn’t care about women.
Oh yeah? Well, what about Chappaquiddick?
BY ART BUCHWALD
Republished courtesy of the estate of Art Buchwald
DECEMBER 01, 2017 07:22 PM
UPDATED DECEMBER 02, 2017 10:52 AM
WASHINGTON
These are difficult times for people who are defending the Nixon administration. No matter where they go they are attacked by pseudo-liberals, McGovern lovers, heterosexual constitutionalists and paranoid John Dean believers.As a public service, I am printing instant responses for loyal Nixonites when they are attacked at a party. Please cut it out and carry it in your pocket.
re: #378 Targetpractice
I knew as soon as I saw that story that the wingnuts would try to blow it up into “proof” that Mueller’s investigation was biased.
He was moved off the Trump investigation in July.
A former senior Trump administration official said Strzok was evenhanded in all his dealings with the Trump White House. “I had the occasion to work closely with Special Agent Peter Strzok and never experienced even a hint of political bias. He was one of the most competent [counterintelligence] agents, and a role model,” the official said. “The country is tearing itself apart, and men like Pete Strzok are victims. The enemy is better off with him sidelined,” the former official added, referring to foreign adversaries.
re: #384 BigPapa
Oh yeah? Well, what about Chappaquiddick?
BY ART BUCHWALD
Republished courtesy of the estate of Art Buchwald
DECEMBER 01, 2017 07:22 PM
UPDATED DECEMBER 02, 2017 10:52 AM
Things don’t change much do they?
Winners and losers of the Senate bill pic.twitter.com/w4mVPiOsR7
— Sweet LLC, ineligible for pass-thru deductions (@billsweet) December 3, 2017
re: #384 BigPapa
Oh yeah? Well, what about Chappaquiddick?
BY ART BUCHWALD
Republished courtesy of the estate of Art Buchwald
DECEMBER 01, 2017 07:22 PM
UPDATED DECEMBER 02, 2017 10:52 AM
44 years later, the GOP cultists still require talking points to function.
re: #348 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
I’ll make more. :)
Face off between white supremacists, incl Richard Spencer and Mike Enoch, and counter protesters at the White House. Will tweet if there’s anything interesting. pic.twitter.com/7jJ3eEWnCD
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 3, 2017
Keep an eye on this thread. https://t.co/KkhpbzMvU2
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) December 3, 2017
The more things change the more they stay the same - some smart person.
Behind a pay wall:
Inside the secretive nerve center of the Mueller investigation
I get the impression this thing won’t be over fast, it’s just starting to pick up speed. A couple comments of people interviewed said essentially ‘I got the feeling they (prosecution) didn’t know much about X or Y.’ The prosecution will always play aloof and fishing unless they want you to know they got you as a way to apply pressure. It’s quite possible prosecutors don’t know much about an aspect of their purview but my feeling is they know a lot more than they’re letting on.
Oh, and Mueller has a huge staff broken into teams that are specializing in specific areas of investigation.
Knocking off Mueller won’t stop this. I’m sure they have contingency plans if Mueller is fired.
re: #385 blueraven
He was moved off the Trump investigation in July.
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The enemy is better off with him sidelined,” the former official added, referring to foreign adversaries.
Wonder who he meant? Russia? I’m guessing Russia.
re: #391 FormerDirtDart
Where white supremacists need a police escort to be safe. We’re only a few face punches away from being back to normal.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) December 3, 2017
It’s honestly sad seeing what FNC is pushing on their gullible viewers. You’d think these people would notice that every time the Trump about Trump and his cronies gets exposed, FNC is right there to have an “explosive” story about the Clintons. I’d feel bad but they never want to listen about how Mr. MAGA could care less about them let alone this country.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
Quality footnote in the Seth Rich investigator’s lawsuit fight against Fox News pic.twitter.com/C1ksslfhCp
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 1, 2017
Pink Gun Toting Lesbians are the future liberals want.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
It’s honestly sad seeing what FNC is pushing on their gullible viewers. You’d think these people would notice that every time the Trump about Trump and his cronies gets exposed, FNC is right there to have an “explosive” story about the Clintons. I’d feel bad but they never want to listen about how Mr. MAGA could care less about them let alone this country.
The radical Republicans won’t rest until Bill and Hillary Clinton and Chelsea even her husband and the kids are all lined up before a firing squad!
It is almost 2018 and TODAY there are White Supremacists outside of the White House defending the occupants inside the White House. Wow. Just fucking wow. How exactly is this MAGA?
re: #399 Dr. Matt
It is almost 2018 and TODAY there are White Supremacists outside of the White House defending the occupants inside the White House. Wow. Just fucking wow. How exactly is this MAGA?
Answer—Just your typical RepubliKKKlan Pow Wow!
And after 20 min of speaking, white supremacist crew is moved out under heavy police escort pic.twitter.com/CRyEX6cIz6
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 3, 2017
After this small event, which was drowned out by counter protesters and didn’t last 30 min, you can see why public events have fallen out of favor on far right after Charlottesville.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 3, 2017
re: #392 BigPapa
The more things change the more they stay the same - some smart person.
Behind a pay wall:
Inside the secretive nerve center of the Mueller investigationI get the impression this thing won’t be over fast, it’s just starting to pick up speed. A couple comments of people interviewed said essentially ‘I got the feeling they (prosecution) didn’t know much about X or Y.’ The prosecution will always play aloof and fishing unless they want you to know they got you as a way to apply pressure. It’s quite possible prosecutors don’t know much about an aspect of their purview but my feeling is they know a lot more than they’re letting on.
Oh, and Mueller has a huge staff broken into teams that are specializing in specific areas of investigation.
Knocking off Mueller won’t stop this. I’m sure they have contingency plans if Mueller is fired.
As it stands right now, there’s enough evidence to convincingly charge several members of the administration with obstruction of justice. But I don’t think Mueller’s planning to stop there, I think he plans to make the case against the Trumps so air-tight that they’ve no choice but to accept plea deals. Which is why, while the odds of his being fired by Donny have gone up, the consequences for doing so have increased exponentially. Not to mention the whole matter would be brought before a judge faster than you can say “Saturday Night Massacre,” which would only prolong the anguish as Donny tweeted up a storm that would only further incriminate him.
re: #397 BigPapa
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Pink Gun Toting Lesbians are the future liberals want.
Are the lesbians pink, or are their guns? Punctuation would be useful. (I realize it was absent in the original)
I had a larger movement after two cups of coffee this morning. Just saying.
re: #401 FormerDirtDart
What a bunch of namby-panbys. They need police protection and they have rush to their vehicles.
re: #401 FormerDirtDart
What a bunch of man babies. Spencer HAD to be hustled away in a waiting SUV did he? Poor Snowflake. He’s afraid of getting punched again, which by the way would be far less likely if he WASN’T A FUCKING NAZI.
re: #405 PhillyPretzel
Only the star Nazis get cars. The rest have to use Govt transportation with the unwashed.
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re: #404 makeitstop
I had a larger movement after two cups of coffee this morning. Just saying.
More or less nuts? Asking for a friend.
re: #408 Blind Frog Belly White
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re: #402 Targetpractice
As it stands right now, there’s enough evidence to convincingly charge several members of the administration with obstruction of justice. But I don’t think Mueller’s planning to stop there, I think he plans to make the case against the Trumps so air-tight that they’ve no choice but to accept plea deals. Which is why, while the odds of his being fired by Donny have gone up, the consequences for doing so have increased exponentially. Not to mention the whole matter would be brought before a judge faster than you can say “Saturday Night Massacre,” which would only prolong the anguish as Donny tweeted up a storm that would only further incriminate him.
hence re congress continuing to do nothing…. my re: #252 dangerman
maybe
they are normalizing child molesting and pu**y grabbingit maybe harder when there’s a publicly release obvious slam dunk case made for multiple accounts of obstruction, election fraud, conspiracy (or whatever word you want) with foreign powers……
re: #406 A Mom Anon
What a bunch of
manbabies. Spencer HAD to be hustled away in a waiting SUV did he? Poor Snowflake. He’s afraid of getting punched again, which by the way would be far less likely if he WASN’T A FUCKING NAZI.
fixed that for everyone
re: #318 Targetpractice
I noted yesterday that it seems like the only guy who’s “clean” is Rinsed and I suspect that’s because he was never really read into the whole scheme. That the Trumps didn’t trust the GOP leadership and so kept him at arm’s length.
It’s also possible that Reince was already smart enough to cut a deal and keep his trap shut because Mueller’s been real good at getting people interviewed without the media knowing about it.
Mueller’s methodical and thorough, which means that he’s probably going to go back to people he interviewed earlier based on new info too. Once you get some info, and names are shared, you can then go back to others and corroborate (or roll in perjury traps).
None of those around Trump seem to completely understand the gravity of the situation. Even as the indictments and guilty pleas start piling up, they’re still pushing all kind of nonsense.
Yet everyone knows that had any Democrat done a fraction of what this group of compromised and complicit extremists had done, the GOP would have already initiated impeachment against them.
Speaking of compromised and complicit - Kushner’s problems continue piling up as his lies and omissions continue to be documented and yet he continues to maintain his security clearance.
re: #338 Targetpractice
I suspect he’s made a deal, but the question is what exactly could Mueller charge him with? Was he the third Trumper stupid enough to try to lie to the FBI?
What could he be charged with?
Conspiracy against the US. Obstruction of justice. Perjury.
Take your pick.
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re: #403 calochortus
You just proved punctuation can kill people. We should regulate it, but not more than guns. Because 2A.
re: #422 BigPapa
You just proved punctuation can kill people. We should regulate it, but not more than guns. Because 2A.
People don’t kill people, punctuation kills people.
That’s the First Amendment.
HANDS OFF MY PUNCTUATION!!!
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